Shengshichun

Chapter 354 My son has his own reasons! (Ask for monthly ticket)

"There are three masters and servants. The master is twenty-four or five years old, about seven feet tall, has a long face, thick eyebrows and phoenix eyes. I didn't hear how to call him, so the two servants who follow him and live here call him master."

"Sure enough, it's him!" Fu Zhen straightened up. "It seems that the few people we met at the bun shop this morning live here."

The appearance of the man described by the man was the same as that of the man he had seen in the morning.

Cheng Chili also made a judgment in his mind, and immediately glared at the man: "When we came to search last night, why didn't you tell the truth? Are you with them?!"

"General, spare your life! The common people really are not! The common people would never dare!"

The man collapsed to the ground.

Fu Zhen asked: "You are doing business in this town. Everyone who comes from north to south should have seen them. What accent do these people have?"

The man blurted out: "They came from outside the Northwest Pass. They said that there was a war in the northwest two years ago, and now they can't go back as businessmen."

Fu Zhen looked at him for a long time and said nothing.

The people who escaped moved so quickly that they naturally wouldn't leave many clues for them to pick up. Now, no matter how many questions you ask, it's just a waste of words. What's important is where did this person go? And what is his identity?
The only thing that was certain was that Lian Ren did not go far after escaping from the capital, and was probably lurking within the fifty miles.

And whoever the person who escaped must be the person who came to contact him.

"Let's go back to the city first." She looked at Pei Zhan, "Now we can go back and interrogate the person named Lian."

Pei Zhan nodded: "It will be judged whether Lien Juan and Lianyang are the same party? If so, then the person who escaped will have a big problem."

After saying that, he stepped across the street and said, "Let's go. It's dawn and it's time for us to enter the palace."

"Enter the palace?" Cheng Chili was stunned for a moment, then chased after him: "Why did you suddenly enter the palace?..."

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After entering the city gate, Pei Zhan sent Cheng Chili to find Liang Chen to interrogate Lianchong, while he and Fu Zhen returned to his residence.

After a brief wash, the couple met again in the main room.

"You come into the palace with me. I will go to see the emperor to report the military situation. You go to see the queen. At the same time, you will find out the queen's reaction to the matter of the emperor's eldest son."

"I came to think of it together." Fu Zhen nodded, and then took out a memorial from his sleeve: "You see, I have even written a note of greetings."

Pei Zhan smiled and said, "That's really a tacit understanding."

"Who says it's not?" Fu Zhen pushed him lightly and took his hand: "Let's go!"

Pei Zhan was as obedient as a little sheep and followed her briskly out of the courtyard.

Last night, he kissed Fu Zhen for the first time, and he was already prepared for her to fall out. Who knew that she didn't, and accepted his kiss calmly... From that moment to now, Pei Zhan's My mood was as high as floating in the clouds.

When he arrived in front of the palace gate and handed in the certificate, someone soon came to tell Pei Zhan to enter the palace. After all, he had military information to report, and no one dared to be displeased.

The queen was in the harem, and the distance was already far away. Fu Zhen waited at the palace gate for a while before the young eunuch from Kunning Palace came to welcome her in.

The queen folded some sweet-scented osmanthus branches and was placing them in the vase.

The maid brought Fu Zhen into the main hall. The queen had already handed the vase to the maid, turned around and walked over: "Why are you alone today?"

Fu Zhen smiled and bowed down: "According to mother's order, I came to the palace to pay my respects to the queen. Mother said that if the queen doesn't find me annoying, I can stay and talk to the queen."

The queen also smiled when she heard this: "Of course I am happy to have a naughty girl like you talking to me. But if your mother really talks like that, I will scold her later, but she is not such a mother-in-law."

After saying that, she sat down on the couch and waved to Fu Zhitong to sit down: "What is Zhan'er busy with? I haven't seen him for a while."

"He is in Qianqing Palace. Last night we received an important new military information. We really can't wait to enter the palace overnight."

"Oh?" The queen became interested, "What kind of military situation is it? Could it be that something happened in the northwest?"

"Your Majesty, you are really good at predicting things." Fu Zhen didn't mince words at all. "It's indeed news from the northwest, but it's just a crisis in Dongzi."

"What's wrong with Donzi?"

"Several generals of the Dongzi Kingdom were incited to rebel by Lian Yang, the adopted son of Duan Ruo, who had been fostered by the Lian family. These generals controlled nearly two hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and the reason why Lian Yang The success of the plan was due to a series of past events such as the elder sister of King Jinxu of Dongzi marrying Da Yue in his early years. "

Fu Zhen took advantage of the situation and stated in detail the allusion Yang Yi said last night. "The old grudge between King Dongzi and Queen Mother Wu was exploited by Lianyang, and once his conspiracy succeeds, it will definitely cause damage to the Great Zhou Dynasty, so our general does not dare to make a mistake."

The queen took a deep breath: "These small countries are not peaceful. Once the imperial power is involved, there is no small matter." At this point, she pondered again: "I still have some impressions of King Dongzi. When he just ascended the throne, he sent envoys to the big country. Zhou, the few gifts he brought at that time were actually from my ancestral home.

“I felt at that time that this person was attentive and considerate.

“But then Dazhou and Dayue fought for so many years, and their relationship with Dongzi also fell by the wayside.

"How did the news from their country reach you?"

Fu Zhen was calm: "We received an anonymous letter last night, which stated the whole story. At first glance, we thought it was none of Zhou's business, but after thinking about it carefully, we still can't be careless. Lian Yang is very ambitious, and he is now in exile. Outside, he has no ability to make a comeback, but if he has Dongzi's 200,000 troops as his backing, the situation will be different. "

The queen pondered: "But Lian Yang is already like a lost dog. What ability does he have to convince those generals to cooperate with him?"

"Lian Yang has no troops now, but if he colludes with these people to take down the throne of Dayue first, he will have his own power. And then he helps these people devour Dongzi, which means both parties will benefit. ”

After listening to this, the queen thought for a moment and nodded: "That makes sense." Then she sighed and said: "The desire for power really makes people crazy."

Fu Zhen looked at her secretly: "Why do you express such emotion?" The queen sighed and shook her head: "As the queen of a country, I have the power in my hands, so I am really not qualified to say such things."

"Your Majesty's words are serious, I don't mean this."

The queen smiled slightly: "I don't blame you, it's purely based on my feelings."

Fu Zhen looked at her gray hair and lowered his shoulders: "My queen has been working hard for the world. It has been really hard these years. It would be great if His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the emperor, was by your side. With such an outstanding prince, he will definitely be a good prince and learn how to do it. Keep the world in order and don’t let the queen worry.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the eunuch next to her glanced sideways at her, then cleared his throat: "General, Madam, please be careful what you say."

The Queen lost her son back then and had been heartbroken over the years. If someone mentioned this in front of her at this time, wouldn't that mean they were stabbing her in the heart?

Looking at the queen's face, it turned out that the delivery was not as fast as before.

But how could Fu Zhen not know this sense of propriety?
Of course she meant it.

She stood up and apologized: "I made a mistake, please forgive me."

The queen sat in silence for a moment, waved her hands and said, "That's it, sit down."

Fu Zhen thanked En and sat back down, and then said: "Actually, there is a reason for what I just said, but... I didn't dare to say it."

The queen glanced at her: "You have said what you dare not say. What else do you dare not say?"

Fu Zhen chuckled and said, "Then the Queen has forgiven me? Then I will say it." She paused and said, "There is a martial arts gym in the capital called Taishan Gym. It is opened by an old man. His surname is Li. His name is Li Yi. When the emperor led the army to attack the capital, Mr. Li and several other righteous men helped him out of righteousness, and later received a commendation from the emperor. I wonder if the empress knows this person?"

When Fu Zhen said Li Yi's name, the queen had already raised her head. After Fu Zhen finished speaking for a while, she said, "What's wrong with him?"

"It's like this. Mr. Li said a while ago that several of his shops in Cangzhou were smashed. I saw that he was looking sad, so I borrowed two shopkeepers to help him clean up the accounts. He came back a few days ago, and it was... He came to me with a sad face and told me that his shop was smashed because he was implicated. The group who smashed the shop were looking for a man with a crested birthmark on the back of his neck...

"Mother, when I heard about this phoenix-shaped birthmark, why did I think of His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the Emperor?"

The queen was still sitting on the brocade couch, but her thin body looked unusually straight now, and her face, which was not plump in the first place, also turned a little white. "Are you talking about the past few days?"

"Exactly, he will only be back in Beijing for three to five days at most."

"I'm talking about his shop being smashed up!" The queen became anxious, her always kind and kind eyes now gleaming with sharp light, "When was his shop smashed up? Why was his shop smashed up and why? Could it be related to people with phoenix-shaped birthmarks?”

Fu Zhen said: "His shop was smashed two or three months ago. It is said that when the shop was smashed, there was a man with a phoenix-shaped birthmark on the back of his neck who lived near his shop. For this reason, I made a special inquiry , the old man said, this man is very tall, good at martial arts, and the phoenix-shaped birthmark is at this location——"

She turned her neck and pointed to where Yang Yi's birthmark was.

The person who paid Li Yi to look for Yang Yi was He Rong. Fu Zhen had already found out, but she couldn't tell Li Yi the truth about this matter without permission.

The same is true on the Queen's side. The Queen is secretly searching for her son, but her son now has no intention of entering the palace to recognize his family.
Fu Zhen couldn't break his promise to Yang Yi and couldn't reveal his whereabouts, but for the queen - the queen was no longer young, and no one knew how many days she had left to wait.

After seeing Mrs. Ning's full love for her children, Fu Zhen couldn't bear to keep the queen in the dark.

So she boldly made such a choice. She didn't have to tell Yang Yi's whereabouts, but it was very necessary to let the queen know that her son was still alive.

"Two or three months... So he is really still alive? Is it really him?"

The queen clenched her hands tightly and looked at Fuzhen with wide eyes: "Li Yi really saw him with her own eyes two or three months ago? You said he was in Cangzhou?!"

"It's true," Fu Zhen nodded heavily, "For this reason, Li Yi also drew a phoenix-shaped birthmark of that person for me. Let me take a look. Is this birthmark the same as the one on the eldest son of the emperor?"

Fu Zhen took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, unfolded it and presented it to the queen.

Of course, this pattern was a temporary drawing by her. She had seen Yang Yi's birthmark with her own eyes. With the painting technique she had obtained out of thin air, the painting was at least 95% similar to the original, not to mention very similar.

Sure enough, the queen's eyes turned red as soon as she saw the circle: "I remember this shape of birthmark even ten lifetimes ago! After he was born, some eminent monks from outside the country asserted that as long as we have him, his father will definitely The uprising was successful, and then as expected—"

The heartbroken mother couldn't say the rest of the words. He clutched the paper tightly to his heart, then unfolded it, spread it on the table and smoothed it down.

"Call He Rong. No! - Call Li Yi into the palace! Go quickly!"

The people in the palace immediately said yes.

Seeing this, Fu Zhen served the tea and said, "Your Majesty, drink some water and don't get too anxious."

The queen waved her hand: "I don't need anything now. I just want to know if they really saw my son? Is he really still alive?"

Fu Zhen was silent for a moment and said: "Please calm down, Your Majesty. Your Highness...maybe he is no longer here? Maybe Li Yi and the others have misjudged the person."

"How could this be wrong? This is absolutely impossible!" The queen pushed the paper forward, "If he had never seen this birthmark with his own eyes, how could he draw such a similar birthmark? Absolutely impossible!"

"But, if that is the eldest son of the emperor, then why doesn't he come to the capital to meet the empress?" Fu Zhen looked at her, "Cangzhou is not far from the capital. If he wants to meet her, he can reach the capital in one day."

The queen stopped crying and looked straight at Fu Zhen, her wide eyes so empty that they could not see the end.

After a long time, she swallowed her saliva: "Is this important? It's not important to me. For so many years, no matter why he didn't show up, as long as I can still see him, I can do it and don't care about anything anymore. ”

Fu Zhen took a deep breath and said, "It would be great if His Highness could see how much I miss you. Seeing you in such pain, I can't help but want to blame Your Highness.

"He left quietly back then, and there has been no news for so many years. If he was still alive and well, he should have come to the palace to serve his parents as soon as possible and relieve the emperor's worries.

"If he only cares about his own happiness and wanders away without returning home, how can he be worthy of the mother's loving heart?"

"No!" the queen blurted out her denial, her eyes were firm: "No one can doubt his character. Even if he really refuses to come back, that is what I can foresee."