Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 353 Stirring the Muddy Waters
Although the scene was already under the control of the imperial guards, to avoid further disturbances, the emperor and all the officials were escorted to the banyan garden.

Because of poor legs and feet, Yan Mu was left behind by the large army. He walked through the alley alone, and the moonlight stretched his shadow very long.

There was a slight movement behind him, the corner of Yan Mu's mouth twitched, and he continued to walk unhurriedly.

Walking to a fork in front, he disappeared at a very fast speed, and the people following him hurriedly followed up. When he came to the fork, before he could see clearly, a knife had already reached the neck of the visitor in the next moment.

Yan Mu's overly stern face appeared behind the visitor, "His Royal Highness, you followed me all the way, what did you find?"

This person is the king of England, Leng Yulu!
A look of astonishment flashed across his face, and then he sneered, "Should I call you His Highness the Seventh Highness, Commander Yan, or King Zhenbei?"

"up to you."

"If not, it's still..."

The next moment, Leng Yulu suddenly separated Yan Mu's hand, and at the same time turned the long sword in his hand, stabbing Yan Mu with the sharp blade.And Yan Mu moved faster, hardly seeing that his figure had avoided the sword, and the knife in his hand slashed across Leng Yulu's neck.

The two trembled for dozens of rounds close to each other, unable to hurt each other, and then slowly opened the distance, separated by a few steps.

But it was the King of England who came after them. There were more than a dozen soldiers in armor, each of them looked like a master.

A ruthless look flashed in King Ying's eyes, and at the same time, the corners of his mouth twitched, and in the next moment, shadows moved in the dark, and he looked towards one place, only to see arrows with cold lights pointing at him.

He was the caught prey!

"As expected of King Zhenbei, this king underestimated you." Leng Yulu snorted coldly.

Yan Mu raised his hand, and the next moment, the black-clothed man in the dark quickly wiped away the traces like an ebbing tide.

Leng Yulu was silent for a while, and raised his hand to make his subordinates retreat.

"Do you know why I followed you?"

Yan Mu turned around and continued to walk slowly out of the alley, "His Royal Highness Xu Ying saw something."

Leng Yuxi looked at the person walking in front, he was clearly a prisoner and a cripple, but he was able to stir up a violent storm, which made him tremble with fear.

"I saw you approaching the prince."

"Only saw this?

"You have an arrow in your hand."

"so what?"

"The arrow went into the prince's chest."

Yan Mu glanced sideways at Leng Yuxi, "I promise you never saw this scene."

Leng Yulu narrowed his eyes, "You want to say it's not you?"

"I think I did it very secretly, and it is impossible for anyone to see it."

Leng Yulu's pupils shrank sharply, "It really is you!"

"I told you."

"Why did you tell me that you are not afraid that I will report you?"

Yan Mu stopped in his tracks, and gave a low laugh, "His Royal Highness has robbed [-] stone grains from Yuzhou. This matter is trivial, but His Highness is sympathetic to the soldiers, and he has done things a little too extravagantly. , Your Highness is robbing food, disregarding military discipline, and whatever your intentions are, let those who want to bring down His Highness say whatever you want."

"so what?"

"The crown prince was assassinated and died, and the battle for succession began. Some people will frantically bite His Highness to death. Rather than being fished by mermaids, it is better to fish others, what do you think?"

"Could it be that you killed the prince for the purpose of..."

"Help His Royal Highness win the throne!"

In the Banyan Garden, after Yan Mu entered, he stood behind all the civil and military officials, and saw each of them lowered their heads, as if they were sad for the death of the prince, but in fact they were beating their hearts.

The prince is dead, who killed him?What is the purpose?The prince is gone, who can become the new prince?What is the emperor thinking?Among the princes and princes, who can regain the position of prince?Which prince has the strongest power behind him?
The death of the prince can be said to have stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and the undercurrent of the Northern Jin court began to surge.

Yan Mu lowered his eyes, wanting to escape from Beijin, the water is too clear, only muddy water can deceive people's eyes and ears.

The emperor had nine sons. Excluding the dead ones, there are still four princes, King Rui, fifth prince, King Qing, sixth prince, eighth prince Yingwang, and ninth prince, these five sons.

The principle is that if you become a king, you lose the qualification to fight for the heir apparent, but now that the crown prince is dead, everything can be restarted.

They are all in the banyan garden, and their hearts are probably bubbling.

At this time, the emperor came, and he had just lost his eldest son. He seemed to have aged a lot, and his eye circles were still red.

"Brother, you died so badly! Will my brother never see you again? God, you are so cruel!"

Before the emperor took his seat, the Ninth Prince who was standing at the end suddenly howled, looking distraught, thanks to the support from the servant next to him, otherwise he would have fallen to the ground.

"Brother, how can you bear to let father and emperor send a white-haired man to a black-haired man! My brother is often taught by you, and the scenes here come to mind. I feel that the world is pale, and all things are sad. I really want to go with you." ..."

"Then let's go together!" the emperor said.

The Ninth Prince cried so much that he forgot himself and didn't hear the Emperor's words, "Ah?"

The emperor looked at the ninth son and snorted slightly: "Aren't you going to go with your elder brother?"

"Son is so sad..."

"Then let's go together, so that your elder brother won't be alone."

The Ninth Prince was dumbfounded. Seeing that his father didn't seem to be joking, he hiccupped in fright, "My son... my son lost his composure!"

Immediately, he quickly retreated.

With the Ninth Prince setting an example, the others dared not act out the drama of brotherly love anymore.The scene suddenly became quiet, the big guy lowered his head, not daring to breathe.

After a while, the leader of the imperial guard came forward to report: "Your Majesty, the assassin has been caught!"

The emperor's pupils shrank: "Bring people up!"

Caught it?
Leng Yula frowned, and couldn't help but cast a glance at Yan Mu behind him, seeing that he lowered his eyes and looked calm, without a trace of panic.

Could it be that he still has plans?

Soon he was brought down at this moment, but to everyone's surprise, he was a thin and frail first-year scholar who was pushed forward by the imperial guards and seemed to be walking unsteadily.

When the emperor saw the scholar, his face sank.

"This is the murderer you caught?"

Zhao An, the commander of the imperial guards, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, when we found him, he was still holding a bow and arrow, and he confessed to shooting and killing the prince."

The scholar was pushed to kneel on the ground, and the emperor looked at him.

"Really you shot and killed the prince?"

The scholar lowered his head, shrinking back and not speaking.

"Do you want to have your tongue cut out if you don't speak?" The emperor shouted angrily.

This sound made the scholar shudder, then slowly raised his head, swallowed first, then nodded, "Yes, I shot it."

As soon as these words came out, the officials below gasped again and again.

It's really this scholar!

But the murderer was caught just like that?

Why do you think it is too simple?
"Why?" the emperor asked again.

The scholar took a deep breath, and said: "I shoot randomly, and whoever shoots will be whoever I shoot. I can only say that the prince is unlucky."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, "What a random shooter, come..."

"Your Majesty, I want to complain for the crown prince!"

"what?"

Since the murderer is calling for injustice for the person he killed?
This... is the biggest joke in the world!
The scholar kowtowed to the emperor, "The students are the students who were supposed to participate in Qiuwei this year, but because the garrison in Yuzhou was empty-paid and took up our student status, we were unable to participate in Qiuwei. I will wait for twelve students to come to Beijing Suing the imperial court, but I don’t want to be hunted down by them, now I’m the only one left, I hate the court, I hate the protection of officials, so I went to this extreme!”

"The students are wronged! The students' classmates are wronged! Countless young people in Yuzhou who have their heads taken are wronged! The prince is also wronged!"

(End of this chapter)