One Curtain Wind Moon Nine Heavens

Chapter 314

Blessings are unparalleled, and misfortunes do not come singly.

Not long after the Empress Dowager passed away, news came from the west of Shanxi that Hussar General Bei Yueli was stabbed indoors by his concubine Xu Shi, and died of his injuries.Xu Shi was also beheaded by the lieutenants on the spot. After her death, it was known that she was pregnant, and she died twice.

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The head of Jiahui County, who was keeping a filial piety for the Empress Dowager at Mount Dantai, received the news, and after reporting to Emperor Yongchang, Xingye hurried back to the capital to accompany A Niang.

In the Duke's mansion, the third sister-in-law Yan fainted several times from crying. A pair of twins, who are ten years old this year, accompanied their mother with a sad look.The whole house mourned, and even the neighbors in Zhengyang Lane were deeply affected, and many people shed tears along with them.

When the news came back to the capital, Yuan Zhao, who was far away in the eastern suburbs, did not cry. She received the news one step earlier than her family.Not only did he receive a secret report of the bad news, but he also attached a letter, a letter from Xu's own handwriting.

"His Royal Highness, the concubine Xu was originally a citizen of Daqi..."

Her ancestral home lived on the border, and she suffered from the war, and her family was destroyed when she was five years old.He was taken away by a middle-aged man surnamed Han, and was offered food and drink to practice martial arts. After several twists and turns, he entered the imperial court of Wuchu.

Because of his strong learning ability and outstanding performance, he was favored by the first emperor and trained for a period of time, and finally entered the Duke's Mansion.

The first emperor's order was to monitor every word and deed of the masters of the Duke's Mansion, and Uncle Han's order was to let her stay in the Duke's Mansion in peace and become the confidant or concubine of any master.

Later, the first emperor passed away, and Emperor Yongchang did not send anyone to inform her of anything.On the contrary, Uncle Han tried many times to see if she was a traitor, which brought crisis to her peaceful life, so she never dared to have close contact with the general.

Fortunately, the general did not force her.It wasn't until they went to Jinxi that they became husband and wife, and soon had a child.

The days in Jinxi were not peaceful. Someone beside the general was poisoned and died. That person should have eaten the general's meals.Fortunately, knowing that she was happy, the general took her into the city that day to try something new and missed it.

Since that time, the general and her diet have been more cautious.

Moreover, the general asked her to drink a cup of blood wine every few days, saying that it would prevent poisoning.Even if he is not in the mansion, he will send someone to bring it to her.

Said that she is pregnant now, so there is no room for loss.

Jinxi's life is hard, but calm and simple, she is very happy.When the child is born, if the general has been stationed in Jinxi, she would rather take the child and stay with him in Jinxi than return to the dangerous capital.

However, life is not as easy as imagined.

The general's mansion in Jinxi has a simple population, and there is no embroiderer in the mansion. In the past, the shopkeeper brought cloth into the mansion for her to choose.That day, she wanted to go out for a walk, so she took her maid to Lishangfang to look at the fabrics, and met Uncle Han who hadn't seen her for a long time.

"...He didn't seem to see me. I was afraid of being discovered by him, so I didn't care about the material, so I hurried back to the house with my maid..."

After that, she never stepped out of the house again.

Strangely enough, her maid insisted that she had been out.Sometimes it was evening, sometimes it was midnight, and the maid had been unable to find her for three consecutive days.

But she was not impressed.

The general seldom returns home, and she only leaves for half an hour each time.In order not to provoke criticism, the maid did not mention it to outsiders, but behind her back advised her that even if she didn't care about the general, she should think about the child in her womb, Mo Lao ran outside.

"How can I not care about the general? He is my bedside person, and even the father of the child. But for some reason, ever since I listened to the words of the maid, I have been dreaming at night, dreaming that I personally killed the general..."

Every time she wakes up, the bed is covered with her cold sweat.

Every time she woke up from the dream, she would remind herself that even if Emperor Fengwu asked her to kill the general, she would never do it.As for Uncle Han, he told her since she was a child that her relatives were trampled to death by soldiers and horses of Duke Ding, the father of the general.

"The year my parents died, although my concubine was only five years old, I knew that my parents and villagers were killed by bandits..."

One of the leaders of the bandits was a subordinate of a local official on the border of Daqi.The other party once molested and teased her mother, who was terrified, and her father was very angry, which left a deep impression on her.

But that dream was so real, she was worried that staying with the general would harm him, so she decided to return to the capital.

"His Royal Highness has gone through the battlefield with the body of a woman, set up the court, and refuted the ministers, and he can still retreat completely. He is an extremely human minister. It can be seen that his ability is extraordinary, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people. He will definitely be able to solve the concubine's doubts... Unfortunately, it was definitely not the concubine's original intention.

I hope that His Highness will learn from you, seek justice for the general, and return Xu's innocence to my concubine. "

This letter was brought back to the capital by an apprentice cook from the General's Mansion who was handed over by Mrs. Xu.Tell him that if either she or the general is missing or killed, this letter must be sent to the capital immediately.

However, it was not the apprentice who sent the letter to her, but an old farmer in a county near the capital.

The old farmer said that it was dusk at that time, and he met a young man on his way back from working in the field.The other party smelled of blood, stumbled, accidentally knocked down the old farmer, and hurriedly handed him a letter.

Tell him to deliver it to Lord Shaoyang in Fengjing, and run away after speaking.According to the old farmer's description, the direction the other party fled was a cliff, a dead end.

Yuan Zhao sent people to search, and found the mutilated body of the young man at the bottom of the cliff.

In addition, I learned from the guards who returned to Beijing to report the letter that the day of the accident was exactly the day before Xu's departure for Beijing, and his luggage had already been packed.The general deliberately took the time to come back and have a small gathering with her, planning to see her off in person the next day.

Unexpectedly, the general was killed that night.

On the night when the general was assassinated, Xu seemed to be a different person. Although she was pregnant, she had boundless strength and superb martial arts.Under the siege of dozens of personal soldiers and guards led by the deputy generals, she was beheaded on the spot with great difficulty.

In addition, Wu Zuo didn't find any abnormalities on Xu's body. The general was stabbed in the vitals with a knife and died of his injuries.There are various signs that Xu is undoubtedly the murderer.

She was gifted to the Duke's Mansion by the late Emperor, so...

"Changjia is the brave general of our dynasty, how can I be willing to kill him?!" The news spread back to the capital, and Emperor Yongchang was so angry that he called Yuan Zhao back to the palace to clarify, "Changjia Death is not my doing!"

"Killing my elder brother at the border is not good for the imperial court. I believe that this matter has nothing to do with Your Majesty." Yuan Zhao said, "I hope His Majesty will send officials to investigate this matter quickly, and the stability of the army's morale is the priority."

"Just believe it!" Hearing her reply, Emperor Yongchang heaved a sigh of relief, and was about to order her to set off immediately to guard Jinxi on behalf of his brother. one turn,
"Come on, pass on Xiahou—"

In the end, General Xia Shoulin, Xia Hou's nephew, rushed to the west of Shanxi to garrison.Officials from Tingwei Division accompanied him to investigate Bei Yueli's death and escorted his coffin back to Beijing.

"Including Xu's." Yuan Zhao added, and said in the gratified eyes of Emperor Yongchang, "I believe that she is wronged, not to mention that the child in her womb is my Beiyue's blood, and should return to her hometown..."

Whether it's the corpse or the ashes, let Hongye check it carefully after transporting it back, maybe you can find something.

In addition, Liu Taibu is gone, Guest Qing Fan Ji recommends a Taoist to His Majesty.After passing the palace examination, His Majesty was very satisfied, and ordered him to take up the post of Taibo temporarily to relieve the royal family's worries.

However, this is the person that Princess Wancheng found for Queen Jiang, and they formed an alliance.

　It’s confirmed, it’s still an update today, the author is working hard to code words, alas~
　　
　
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