Chapter 38: Chaos(1/2)
Changfeng, Lin Furong and Dongfang Furong continued to visit some other places in the palace, but nothing surprising was that. Changfeng focused on the palace library. Lin Fu valued several alien horses in the Imperial Horse Prison. Changfeng didn't understand horses and was full of fun, so the three of them quickly came out of the palace and returned to Piaoranju to rest.
It is natural for Lin Qimeng to be kept in the palace by Lin Yunfang. She has a different identity from everyone. She is not only her niece, but also her own think tank. Lin Yunfang left her behind to find a solution to the current situation. Now it has been half a month since the king of the country would personally explain to his subordinates to the civil and military officials. Now the mother of the country passes the message on his behalf. The maximum time for the king of the country is three months. Because he is the lord of a country, he naturally cannot be in seclusion for ten or eight years like other martial arts masters, and he has no children. This is the most deadly thing. The ministers advised him to take a concubine several times, but Chen Di firmly refused to agree. If those ministers knew about Chen Di's death, Wu Yue Kingdom would not know what kind of unrest would occur, and Lin Yunfang was worried.
"Aunt, my niece wants to go to the ice cellar again to see my uncle's body!" Lin Qimeng made this request to awaken the mother of the contemplative Wu Yue Kingdom.
"No, my aunt can't let you go in again, your body will not be able to bear it." Lin Yunfang immediately rejected Lin Qimeng's request without thinking.
"But my niece thinks that the cause of my uncle's death is a bit strange. My niece must find out the reason when she goes this time." Lin Qimeng cuts the railway line.
"No, aunt can't let you make any mistakes, otherwise there will be no one who will help me out." Lin Yunfang rejected Lin Qimeng's request again.
Looking at my aunt's firm eyes, I knew that the chance of asking her to agree to go again would be slim, so I had to find a way to go in by myself.
"In this way, my niece will not persist." Lin Qimeng pretended to be compromised, with a feeling of loss on her face.
Lin Yunfang's nervous expression slowed down a little, knowing that her niece had a very strange temper. As long as she wanted to do nothing, she wouldn't not do it, but as long as she promised not to do it, she wouldn't do it.
Unfortunately, Lin Qimeng in front of her is no longer the Lin Qimeng she knew before. After rolling in the mall for several years, Lin Qimeng learned to disguise herself and confuse her competitors anymore. The tricks of intrigue in the mall were actually used on her own aunt, which was a last resort. Lin Yunfang was very wrong to treat her as Lin Qimeng as before.
"Go to rest early." Lin Yunfang specially left Lin Qimeng in his dormitory and slept with him in the same bed. Now the only thing he can believe is his niece. With her, he can't feel powerless. This may be God's will. Not only did it not increase the resistance of Lin Qimeng to enter the ice cellar, but it gave Lin Qimeng a chance. Even if Lin Yunfang knew it, it was no longer important. Lin Qimeng slept beside Lin Yunfang, allowing Lin Qimeng to lit her sleeping hole without any defense, easily took the fire note and went straight to the secret room of Qianzai Bing where the king of the king Chen Di was stagnant.
Lin Qimeng was afraid that she would have frostbite if she could not get close to the secret room, so she brought a quilt to wrap it around her to resist the cold.
Lin Qimeng quietly lifted the bed board and walked down the steps. The tunnel was pitch black. Fortunately, my aunt's dormitory had been preparing a fire note, otherwise she wouldn't know where to find the lighting object.
Lin Qimeng blew the authentic fire quilt for Lin Yunfang's tunnel. This fire quilt was specially developed for the palace of Wu Yue Kingdom. One can be lit for an hour and a half and will not be extinguished. Lin Qimeng walked according to the road he remembered during the day and approached the outside of the ice cellar in a few moments. Her body gradually became colder. Lin Qimeng wrapped the velvet quilt in her arms and walked forward. Because she was afraid that she could not bear the coldness of the thousands of years of ice, she almost trotted to the secret room in a velvet quilt, because at night, this place was a secret and she would not worry about being discovered.
Lin Qimeng finally came to the secret room, and according to her memory, she opened the mechanism of the secret room and walked in, slowly erected the fire note in her hand to illuminate the entire secret room so that she could see it more clearly.
What made her incredible happened. The body of Chen Di, the king of Wu Yue who was parked on Qianzai Ice, disappeared. Lin Qimeng was shocked and dropped the fire in her hand on the ground, and the velvet quilt on her body also slid down. Fortunately, the fire broker was extinguished as soon as it fell to the ground, otherwise it would definitely ignite the quilt on the ground. Now it just burned the quilt in a small hole. Lin Qimeng quickly picked up the fire broker and the velvet quilt, wrapped it on her body, and blew the fire broker again. The fire light illuminated the entire secret room again. Lin Qimeng was disappointed. The body of his uncle on Qianzai Ice was really missing.
Lin Qimeng hurriedly left the secret room. After such a serious matter, Lin Qimeng didn't care whether she would be scolded by her aunt. She quit the tunnel and relieved Lin Yunfang's sleepy acupoints. She pushed her aunt with a trace of tears around her eyes and said, "Auntie, wake up quickly, wake up."
Lin Yunfang opened her red eyes and said, "What's wrong? Qi Meng, what happened."
"My niece had just been to the secret room and found that her uncle's body was missing." Lin Qimeng said anxiously.
"What, what did you say?" Lin Yunfang suddenly became excited and woke up immediately. She didn't care that she hadn't put on her clothes yet, so she pulled Lin Qimeng and lifted the bed board and walked down.
The two stood in front of Qianzai Hanbing in the secret room. Lin Yunfang watched helplessly as the empty Qianzai Hanbing, with no trace, and her husband's body disappeared out of thin air.
"What's going on? What's going on? Why did the body suddenly disappear?" Lin Yunfang pointed at Qianzai Hanbing with trembling.
"As soon as my niece came in, it was like this." Lin Qimeng knew that her aunt was emotional now and should not say too many exciting words, so she could only tell the truth.
No matter how suspicious Lin Yunfang was, he would not doubt his niece's words, so he tried his best to suppress his excitement and tried his best to say, "Only you and I know about this matter, and you must not leak it out. Now my aunt can only rely on you alone. You must find your uncle's body back. Now we are in trouble!"
The aunt and nephew hurried back to the dormitory. Because it was almost dawn, they returned to the dormitory. They hid the entrance of the secret passage. Lin Yunfang was no longer in the mood to pursue Lin Qimeng's intention to not listen to her and enter the secret passage privately.
The situation in front of you is even more serious. If you make a mistake, you and Wu Yue will fall into a doomed place. The most urgent task is to find your husband's body first. With your husband's body, no matter what it turns out or what happens, everything can be discussed with a long-term plan. Once the body falls into the hands of hostile forces, it is used to threaten you to submit and ask her to see her husband in the underworld a hundred years later?
"Qi Meng niece, the only thing my aunt believes in now is you. You must help her think of a solution." Lin Yunfang was in a mess and could only ask for help from her niece in Zongheng Shopping Mall. This is her only relative now.
"Aunt, don't worry, your niece will definitely help you find your uncle's body. This is also the responsibility of being a niece!" Lin Qimeng said this because she was a little lacking in confidence, but in order to comfort her sad aunt, she could only say this first.
My aunt is very strong. It has been nearly half a month since my uncle passed away. I can still be so calm in front of all civil and military officials and insist on not telling the truth. It shows how courage and will I have. Lin Qimeng thought to myself, in fact, Lin Qimeng has always had another question in her mind, that is, although her aunt's name is in her family genealogy, she does not write about how she knew her uncle. Moreover, even her father didn't know much about what happened before her aunt was twenty-five years old.
My aunt Lin Yunfang has always been more mysterious than her uncle. Why did my aunt learn the academic knowledge of institutional information? The Lin family did not have such a science. Who is my aunt's master? Lin Qimeng never knew all of this. How could she marry Chen Di, the king of Wu Yue Kingdom, and it has always been something that the family cannot discuss. Lin Qimeng took a few strokes from Lin Yunbao but did not get the answer she wanted. After that, she no longer got the answer she wanted.
But there is one thing she never suspected that Lin Yunfang was not her own aunt, because they were so similar. In addition to their temperament, the young Lin Yunfang and Lin Qimeng in front of her can be said to be very similar. Of course, when Lin Yunfang was young, Lin Qimeng could not see it. These were said from Lin Fu's mouth.
Changfeng was estimating when Cheng Xiuyun would arrive in Qianqiu City, so he could make up his mind. Lin Fu was older and not as early as Changfeng. Lin Qimeng was in Piaoranju to book a courtyard, which was specially designed for those who followed him to live with him. When Lin Fu got up, Changfeng had already washed up in the yard. Is summer here? The weather began to get hot, so naturally he needed to lower the temperature. He had just moved his muscles and sweated.
"Sir, I got up so early!" Lin Fu greeted when he saw the long wind with wet hair.
"So it's Mr. Fu, don't you get up all the time?" Changfeng turned around and smiled.
"Sir, please don't take what happened yesterday to you." Lin Fu bowed to the end.
Changfeng turned his eyes and knew that Lin Fu was talking about himself in secret between the mother of Wu Yue and Lin Qimeng yesterday. Changfeng had already made up his mind, and his answer was equivalent to being clear on the spot, so he didn't take it seriously: "What does the old butler Fu say? Changfeng is not a person with a narrow mind."
"It would be great." Lin Fu also complained about Lin Qimeng several times for this matter. If he had no malice, then there would be an enemy out of thin air. With Changfeng's martial arts, no one in his mansion except for the few old monsters living on Yuanyang Island would be his opponent. Since he didn't mind, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sir, why don't you go and try the delicious food of Qianqiu City with Lin Fu?"
Changfeng hesitated for a while and said, "Did you call Miss Dongfang here together?"
Lin Fu slapped his head and said, "Sir, I really forgot that I was in the most excited yesterday. I asked whatever I saw. Maybe I was still sleeping with my head covering at this time and didn't want to come out with us, but I still have to invite you in terms of etiquette. Sir, wait first, and Lin Fu will come."
"Okay, Changfeng is waiting for you here." Changfeng replied with his fists.
Lin Fu hurried away, and sure enough, the little girl was sleeping soundly. If Lin Fu hadn't woken up her personally, the person who woke her would not have had any good fruits.
Lin Fu walked back with a wry smile on his face and said, "Sir, let's go, that girl almost scolded me."
Changfeng smiled and said, "It's okay, then we can go by ourselves, so as not to let that girl chatter in her ears."
The two looked at each other and smiled, raised their legs and walked out of Piao Ranju, heading to the most prosperous food street in Dongcheng. The living in Dongcheng are all wealthy people, so they are naturally very particular about food. However, the main customers of this food street are not those high-ranking officials, but the servants of those high-ranking officials. These people usually give them good things, and their diet is considered to be middle-aged and upper-class, so this mouth is also quite tricky. If it is not a famous product, it is quite difficult to gain a foothold in this food street. Lin Fu is familiar with the situation here, and of course he pulled Changfeng here. Moreover, this place has the most news. Many strange and anecdotes are almost spread from the mouths of these people and then spread to all directions. Some people also call this street Dawen Street.
Changfeng has tasted a lot of famous foods along the way, and they can be seen on this street. This street is indeed well-known. Changfeng thought to himself that when he looked at Changfeng's happy expression, Lin Fu knew that what he introduced was right, and he was also proud of himself at the moment.
Lin Fu introduced Changfeng to a large teahouse. None of the teahouses here sells tea alone. They almost all provide some snacks, and there are seats to rest. They can also hear a lot of strange stories. Chats and stories often gather in the teahouses, so the teahouse is the favorite place for people here, and people often stay here for a day.
Dr. Tea led the two to a table by the window upstairs. When they sat down, they built a pot of good fog tea. Lin Fu was very familiar with local famous food, so the task of this order was handed over to him. Lin Fu was not polite and ordered eight snacks at once, two servings each. I wonder if they could eat them. Changfeng was a little suspicious. Lin Fu smiled and said that he couldn't eat them and took them back to the little girl and his subordinates. There was no need to worry about this.
Lin Fu's vision is indeed amazing. This snack is extremely sweet and has extremely particular workmanship. The only thing that is the only thing that is that Lin Fu ordered desserts this time, but it is also sweet but not greasy. It can be seen that people here like to eat sweet food. The characteristics of snacks are mainly sweet. Changfeng ate a lot of them. While eating, they enjoyed the scenery outside the window. Although this city is run through by a canal, it was originally a city surrounded by mountains on three sides. The location of this teahouse is quite high. You can see the smoke on the distant mountains and the weather is huge. It is a Feng Shui treasure land! Changfeng himself was also funny. After following Yun Zhongke for so many years, this Feng Shui is also a little capable of looking at Feng Shui, but he is not as powerful as his master. He can speak nonsense and talk about what others say. At best, Yun Zhongke can only be considered a mediocre martial artsman. Changfeng's level is naturally not much higher.
There are more and more people in the teahouse, and naturally the peddlers will not go to such teahouses. The teahouse is a place of elegance, how can we tolerate these vulgar people coming up to destroy the atmosphere here? Everyone knows this rule, why do people still have to go in without knowing the tact? What do the people here think?
Although the teahouse is a place of tranquility, the guests on the upper floor are still quite loud and a little noisy, but there is no way. How could people with status come to the teahouse here? The teahouse here serves these people who have status and status. They know a lot of rules, but how many can they absolutely follow the rules?
"This place is rich and rich, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. The eldest lady's uncle is really a good national lord." Changfeng said softly to Lin Fu.
Lin Fu didn't want to say much about Chen Di. This was what Lin Qimeng told him before he came back, so he said: "Lin Fu is not very familiar with this son-in-law, but it is believed that it must be good for him to manage Wu Yue like this."
"It's a pity that Changfeng failed to see this wise king." Changfeng sighed.
"Mr. It's a coincidence that the sir came. It's so good that he encountered the king's retreat." Lin Fu also said regretfully for Changfeng. He didn't know that Chen Di had passed away.
"Then why did the young lady take us to Wuyue in such a hurry?" Changfeng regretted it as soon as he said that. How could he ask this question? Isn't this asking about the owner's privacy?
"To be honest, I don't know. The lady didn't mention it to me before leaving." Lin Fu said honestly. Although Lin Qimeng trusted this master very much, it was not easy for him to keep his mouth shut. Another member of the Lin family was Lin Yun, the temporary housekeeper after Lin Qimeng left. After Lin Yun told Lin Yunbao the truth. In order to get rid of his predicament, Lin Yunbao told Li Yuanchao the whole story without thinking about it. Lin Qimeng didn't know that his father would betray his own sister, although this was unintentional.
Seeing that Lin Fu was not dissatisfied with his questions, Changfeng felt embarrassed, so he quickly changed the topic and talked about Dongfang Shuo and Dongfang Furong's father and daughter. Lin Fu understood that Changfeng was not familiar with him, so he could only listen to Lin Fu's talk. Dongfang Shuo's talent Changfeng was extremely admired, but he had a little grudge in his heart. Dongfang Furong heard that he was a nun in the past, but he had just returned to secular life recently. Changfeng was wondering why girls liked the most was their hair. Why did Dongfang Furong always wear a hat? It turned out that his hair had not yet
It grew up, but this girl was one of the few beautys in the world. Changfeng dared not have any interest in other women anymore. He felt quite satisfied with Cao Ruifeng. He thought of Cao Ruifeng and Changfeng, but he was secretly sad. He didn't know what she was doing now, and whether he was thinking about himself, a sweet smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Lin Fu looked at Lin Fu so hard that his heart was shivering. Changfeng's appearance outside was not very good. After smiling like this, he didn't know what he was thinking. Lin Fu suddenly felt that Lin Qimeng's approach might be right.
As they chatted, they gradually lost interest. The two of them lowered their heads to drink tea. Suddenly, the teahouse became boiling. Lin Fu and Changfeng were at a loss. They didn't know what was going on. They saw a group of people surrounding a thin man in green clothes, making a noise, as if they were constantly asking something.
The thin man in green clothes tried his best to calm all those around him, Changfeng and Lin Fu were also interested, so he pricked up his ears to listen to what he said?
The thin man in green clothes had calmed everyone down and listened to him alone saying loudly: "Actually, the king of our Wu Yue Kingdom has passed away."
The teacup that Lin Fu held up was broken with a "bang". The news was so shocking. Changfeng also jumped in his heart and the tea was poured out. Changfeng put down the teacup and reached out to wipe the water from his hand, and said to Lin Fu: "Don't listen to the nonsense of ordinary people. Let's go to the palace to find the eldest lady to confirm it?"
Lin Fu hurriedly got up and settled the tent. The two hurried downstairs and headed straight to the palace. The streets had already started to be in chaos. The number of patrol soldiers on the streets had nearly doubled. Lin Fu became more and more convinced of the authenticity of the rumor. When he arrived in front of the palace, there were already familiar sedan chairs and more than a dozen horses in front of the palace. The civil and military ministers of Wu Yue had already arrived at the palace and were gathering in front of the door to ask for the meeting of the king and mother of the country.
When Changfeng and Lin Fu saw this formation, they knew that they would never be able to enter the palace and Lin Qimeng, so they could only return to Piaoranju decadently.
Dongfang Furong thought they had something delicious to her. When she saw Lin Fu's look dejected, Changfeng had a mask on his face, and there was nothing outside. The problem was Lin Fu. The little girl did have a good idea of observing her expression.
Lin Fu told Dongfang Furong, who was very curious about the situation outside. After hearing this, Dongfang Furong's heart suddenly became heavy. What she learned was the strategy of governing the country and ensuring national security. Now that she encountered such a thing, how could she not be moved? She carefully thought about whether she could solve this problem with her own ability. Of course, she was just deducing the budget in her heart. She could not intervene in the core of Wu Yue's power. Even if she had the intention to come up with a good plan, it would be useless. However, this was a good way to test what she had learned. Changfeng did not expect that Dongfang Furong, who was very curious, would stay quietly aside after hearing this, no longer entangled Changfeng and Lin Fu.
Gathered in front of the palace were Prime Minister Cheng Yun, Chief Secretary Li He, Duke Dingguo Jiang Yu, General Tuobagui, and the patriarchs of the three major tribes, who were confronting the inner court's chief guards, and the atmosphere in front of the palace was quite tense, and there was a possibility of being triggered.
This Prime Minister Cheng Yun was originally a subordinate of Chen Di to join the army, while Dingguo Duke Jiang Yu was the righteous brother of the king, Tuobagui was the patriarch of the Taishui tribe, the largest tribe among the three major tribes, and the chief Li He was the head of local officials of Wu and Yue, and basically represented the interests of one party's forces.
In order to calm the incident in front of you, the mother of the country, Lin Yunfang, finally had to agree to meet these ministers and generals outside the palace in the meeting hall.
Although Lin Qimeng is the niece of the king, such court meetings cannot be attended. She can only stay in Lin Yunfang's bedroom and avoid it.
After the order was issued, only four ministers outside the palace gate could enter the palace to meet, namely Prime Minister Cheng Yun, Duke Dingguo Jiang Yu, Chief Secretary Li He, and General Tuobagui. The rest of the officials were all blocked outside the palace gate, and everyone could accept this order. After the four people entered, the other officials became quiet and waited for news outside the palace gate.
Lin Yunfang sat next to the king Chen Di in a phoenix crown and robe. This is Lin Yunfang's usual position. Wu Yue Kingdom has no rules that the harem does not allow interference in politics. Moreover, those who are outstanding in women can be officials in the court. But this is a minority after all. However, this reform measure made all the people of Wu Yue Kingdom very happy. In the eyes of others, they are a wild land, but it is a piece of land with the most vitality. The land here is fertile and rich in grain and cotton. Moreover, there are many ethnic groups. Women's status is sometimes above men. This regulation is not only not opposed, but is supported. The mother of the country has always been the executor of the national government.
"What's wrong with the Qing family clamoring to see this palace early in the morning?" Lin Yunfang asked in a steady tone.
The civil servant was headed by Prime Minister Cheng Yun, so he was the first to stand up and speak, so he said, "The old minister heard that the master died of illness outside, so he came to the emperor to learn about the situation with the emperor."
"A bastard, the master's martial arts are so great, how could he die of illness? You important officials of the Wu Yue Kingdom believe in any rumors. If the master had not been in seclusion at the critical moment, he would have come out to denounce you." Lin Yunfang was furious, but who knew how helpless she felt when she said this!
The reputation of the mother of the country being kind and loving to the people for many years has been known to the whole country. It has been a long time since she scolded the ministers like this. It seems that the mother of the country was furious, and the four ministers were all trembling in their hearts and dared not answer.
The four of them dared not say anything. Whoever said something would be scolded first. They all lowered their heads and stood there like four wooden stakes. Lin Yunfang knew that she could no longer delay time and must make these people believe that their master was still alive. Over time, they would see their flaws. Her eyes could not hide them.
"You are the only one who is doing this for the sake of state affairs. I will just let it go today. If there is another time, if you mistakenly believe the rumors and disrupt the court, I will definitely be killed. You can't go down and tell the subjects not to believe this rumors." Lin Yunfang ordered sternly.
"Yes, Empress." The four of them replied at the same time, and they were all thinking about it, preparing to explain this matter to the people.
"Duke Ding, please turn around quietly. I have something to discuss with you!" Lin Yunfang called out to Jiang Yu who was walking at the end. Jiang Yu hesitated for a moment, but still raised his foot and walked forward. At this time, he should follow the other three people out and find someone to come back.
The officials outside the palace gate all dispersed, and the rumors seemed to be self-defeating amid the scolding of the Mother of China, but a countercurrent was quietly forming, and rumors about the unfavorable relationship with the Mother of China were flying even more.
Lin Fu finally waited for the opportunity to enter the palace to meet Lin Qimeng. Changfeng, who was with him, was blocked from the door. He was an outsider no matter whether he knew the truth was not that important. He was calm at the moment, but he still got him into the whirlpool.
Lin Fu came back soon, saying it was a rumor, but there was no such thing. It seemed that Lin Qimeng did not tell Lin Fu the truth. The fewer people knew about this, the better.
Changfeng was not worried about what happened to Lin Qimeng and Wu Yueguo, because no matter what happened, he could not help much. Politics was not something he could understand. Why bother himself to provoke such troubles?
Changfeng ate and slept as usual, Dongfang Furong was much more busy, and kept asking the shopkeeper of Piaoranju for information outside. The girl was really energetic. Changfeng looked at Dongfang Furong who was jumping around and guessed that she must be the master of the nunnery and could not stand her lively personality and was forced to return to secular life. If I were the host, I would not have waited until her father came to see her before driving her down the mountain. He would have kicked her down the mountain long ago. Who would have suffered such annoyingness?
Duke Jiang Yu of Ding secretly changed into a set of clothes with his servants and quietly entered the imperial kitchen as a means of transporting vegetables to the palace. He slipped to the palace without knowing it and changed the eunuch's uniforms. With his familiarity with the palace, it was not difficult to come to Lin Yunfang's bedroom at all. In fact, Lin Yunfang was waiting for him in the imperial study room. When he was out of the air, when he found it, Lin Yunfang was almost unable to wait.
When Lin Yunfang saw the eunuch's costume Duke Jiang Yu standing in front of him, he was overjoyed and hurriedly closed the imperial study room, leaving only himself, Lin Qimeng and Jiang Yu in there.
Jiang Yu was about to go forward to perform the rituals of the king and the ministers, but Lin Yunfang grabbed him and said, "You are the master of the Lord, and you don't need too much etiquette here."
To be continued...