All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

In just six days, the news that the king of Yunjiang cheated and dismembered his corpse in front of the mansion in Manyifang has already spread in the capital.

Under the eyes of everyone, the stumped limbs of King Yunjiang were scurrying around. The scene was too weird, far beyond ordinary people's understanding of ghosts and gods.

The incident was already horrifying, but with the help of people with good intentions, the people in the capital closed their doors and locked their homes, and the rumors were utterly alarming.

I was afraid that if I wandered outside, I would get into something unclean and attract ghosts to the door.

Not to mention that no one dared to go to the streets at night, even in the daytime, the busiest eastern and western cities were deserted, and business was unprecedentedly deserted.

The only ones that could be called lively were the palaces and temples all over the capital. The exorcism charms of Jinxian Temple were almost sold for a tael of silver each.

Under such circumstances, faint rumors came out, saying that "after the prince entered the East Palace, all the ghosts and ghosts came out. It must be because the prince did not have the protection of heaven, which made the dragon spirit in the capital unable to suppress the evil spirits."

The rumor spread to the emperor's ears, and the emperor Longyan was furious.

Order the Embroidery Envoy, Dali Temple and the prefect of the capital to hear the case in public.

In front of the common people, we must investigate clearly the matter of Yunhongshan's fraudulent corpse.

Therefore, the time was neither early nor late, and it was set on the seventh day that Chu Yan had agreed in the morning.

Seven is a very meaningful number.

Taoism believes that everything in the world is born from the energy of yin and yang, supplemented by the five elements, in order to develop and even prosper.

Yin and yang, two qi plus five elements, are exactly the number of seven.

Therefore, the seven are contained in all things, determine the changes of all things, and have the meaning of reincarnation.

The first seven days are the days of returning to the soul.

In order to clean up the atmosphere in the capital, Chu Yan ordered the magistrate to hold an interrogation directly in front of the government office.

Considering that the people are in awe of ghosts and gods, he specially invited eminent monks from Huguo Temple, Taoist priests from Shangqing Palace, and Kun Dao from Jinxian Temple to set up water and land ashrams on both sides of the court.

For Chu Yan, the crown prince who never believed in ghosts and gods, it was the first time in history.

The people of the capital surrounded the area in front of the magistrate's gate, and there were many yamen servants on both sides, and eminent monks and Taoist priests lined up on the left and right.

The emperor, empress and empress dowager all sent their cronies to watch.

The case was heard by Wang Yuanchang, the magistrate of the capital, and the embroidered clothes envoy and Dali Temple attended the hearing.

Everyone saw Prince Chu Yan, dressed in black embroidered gold, with a jade crown and hair tied up, sitting dignifiedly on the east side of the head.

And beside him, sat a woman wearing a snow-colored Taoist robe and a lotus crown.

The woman has bright eyes and white teeth, and her appearance is so beautiful.

Wearing the wide Taoist robe on her body, there is a sense of immortality.

"Who is this woman? To be able to sit next to His Highness the Crown Prince, she must have a high status. Why have I never seen her before?" Everyone in the crowd asked questions.

No wonder they couldn't recognize it.

It was really the day of the wedding, and Shen Lingxi was dressed in the crown of the crown princess with full make-up on the jade skirt of the princess. She had a dignified and dignified demeanor, giving people the impression that she was a noble girl who was at the pinnacle of power.

It is far away from the appearance in front of me that has not been applied with makeup, like a banished fairy descending to earth, untouched by the dust of the world.

"Look... how do you look like the new crown prince's concubine?"

"Yes! That's right! Isn't it the Crown Princess!"

"Since you are married as a royal bride, you should abide by the rules and morals of women in the palace, live in the East Palace, and spread your branches and leaves for His Royal Highness as soon as possible. Why do you have to dress up like this and show your face in front of others? This is my future mother's rite How decent is the queen of the world!"

"Hey, don't you forget that this is not only the princess, she is also the Heavenly Master Miaoling bestowed by the emperor. Since we are going to try this kind of ghost case today, if we look at the whole capital, who is it? Xuanmen spells are more advanced than hers, so she will naturally come out to uphold justice for the prince."

"Who said that women must be in the deep palace to care for their husbands and teach their children? Don't forget that Empress Wu Lie, the founder of the previous dynasty, ruled the world together with Emperor Wende, settled the borders and Anbang, and ruled by culture and martial arts. They created a generation of prosperity. Even the late emperors of the Great Zhou praised Empress Wu Lie as a hero among women. If this concubine has the talent of Empress Wu Lie, why not even show her face?"

"Oh, in the final analysis, it's just a kun dao. It's all right to use some evil methods to deceive people. Relying on some charlatan tricks to make people feel popular is not called a female hero, but a demon queen."

Before the trial of the case started, the onlookers were already arguing red-faced and noisy about whether Shen Lingxi, the new crown princess, should appear in the courtroom pretending to be Kun Dao.

Those censors would never miss such an opportunity, keeping all the opinions of each school in their hearts, and quite a few of them have already started drafting their stomachs, sharpening their knives and preparing to participate in Shen Lingxi's "chicken rules the morning, disasters and chaos" guilty.

Although Shen Lingxi has no martial arts skills, her hearing is much sharper than ordinary people, so she naturally listened to what those people said.

She originally planned to come here in disguise as Chu Yan's entourage as before.

But at Chu Yan's request, she showed her true colors and sat beside him.

Shen Lingxi originally thought that the people of Dazhou were civilized and did not object to women showing their faces in public.

But I didn't expect that it would be like this.

She looked at Chu Yan, and asked in contemplation: "How about... I go and change my face?"

Chu Yan raised his slender eyebrows slightly, "Do you care what they say about you?"

"That's not true." No matter in the previous life or in this life, Shen Lingxi only followed her heart and responsibility in doing things, and never cared what others thought of her, "I'm not worried about causing trouble to Your Highness, at this time, one thing more is worse than one thing less... ..."

"You and I are husband and wife. Husband and wife should advance and retreat together. From now on in the Great Zhou Dynasty, no matter who you are, you have to accept that I have you by my side." Chu Yan looked at her and said meaningfully, "They slowly will get used to it."

Shen Lingxi was slightly taken aback.

She moved her lips, wanting to say, "There is no need for a fake couple to do this."

But when she saw Chu Yan staring at her with serious and uncompromising eyes, she swallowed the words again.

Shen Lingxi turned her face to look at the crowd, intentionally avoiding his gaze, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, as long as you don't find it troublesome, we are used to doing trivial things, and I am used to being pointed at by others. I never care about others how to see me."

She was telling the truth, but Chu Yan heard another meaning.

"It was my lack of consideration that caused you to suffer this kind of criticism in public. It will never happen again in the future." Chu Yan said in a low voice.

As soon as Shen Lingxi heard this, she knew he would be wrong.

She turned her head and was about to explain something.

But Chu Yan glanced at the magistrate indifferently.

The magistrate's expression became solemn, and the gavel slapped down hard, and said in a deep voice, "Silence!"

"Might...Wu!" The yamen servants sang in unison majesticly, "Up to... hall!"

The scene immediately quieted down.

The trial has begun.

"Bring up the person suspected of killing the king of Yunjiang!"

As soon as the words fell, a yamen came out leading Yunjiang princess Xiao Shi and Yunjiang prince Yunchao.

All the people present only saw the Yacha bring two people to the hall.

But in Shen Lingxi's eyes, Xiao Shi not only followed the dead soul of Yunhong Mountain covered in "tentacles", but also Kui Nineteen, Xie Zhangting, Xie Zhanghua and all the concubines.

What's more, even Mrs. Xie's soul, who is not staying in the mourning hall in her own house, came here to watch the fun.

It's a huge crowd of ghosts.

Because they wanted to avoid Chu Yan's ten-foot range, they had to fill up the vacant courtroom.

Shen Lingxi still has to stare at these ghosts and find a living person.

Fortunately, Concubine Xiao should be confident, and she is still dressed gracefully and luxuriously today.

The red gold hairpin on the hairpin shone brightly in the sun.

Concubine Xiao is ordered by imperial edict, and Yun Chao is also an official, so naturally she doesn't have to kneel in court.

Concubine Xiao's boudoir name is Yuanfeng, and she is the direct younger sister of General Xiao Rui of Yunjiang.

Xiao Rui is in charge of the [-] soldiers and horses in Yunjiang, which are the elite left after the Kingdom of Yun surrendered to Zhou Dynasty.

With such an elder brother, not to mention in Yunjiang, even in Da Zhou, Xiao Yuanfeng would be very honorable.

She was dressed gracefully and luxuriously, and as soon as she entered the hall, she greeted Chu Yan first: "His Royal Highness Jin An, my brother wrote a letter yesterday and asked my concubine to greet His Highness on his behalf. My brother said that I look forward to your Highness going to Yunjiang again, and have a drink with him." .”

She kept the word "brother" in every sentence, as if reminding Chu Yan of the support behind her.

Shen Lingxi heard the familiarity in Xiao Yuanfeng's tone, and her eyebrows moved slightly.

This reminded her of what Mu Huai'an had said when she was interrogating Kui Nineteen earlier, that Chu Yan should have ordered Yun Hongshan to instruct Xiao Rui to destroy the holy mountain.

More than a hundred people in the Yao Palace died here.

If he is really familiar with Xiao Rui...

Shen Lingxi didn't want to think about it.

After the case is settled, she has to ask Yun Hongshan about it.

"If Concubine Xiao really cares about your brother, she should truthfully confess the cause of King Yunjiang's death, so that my brother will not be deceived and make a big mistake on impulse." Chu Yan said coldly: "I have ordered the son of the Duke of Zhenguo to stand by the sword, Wangfei should know that Brother Ling's Yunjiang soldiers are running out."

Princess Xiao's expression froze upon hearing this.

Seeing Chu Yan's attitude, Wang Zhifu already had a bottom line in his heart.

"Crack!" He patted the gavel again, and said to Concubine Xiao, "Xiao Yuanfeng, someone accused you of murdering your husband on the morning of the first day of October, and made his body into a puppet to pretend that he was still alive. Shang Jing came to ask for the seal for the son, but is it true?"

Xiao Yuanfeng's pupils suddenly constricted.

The first of October.

Those who knew about this day were all dead before they came to Beijing.

How could the government know the real time of Yun Hongshan's death?
"I also ask the magistrate to be clear. That night in front of the palace gate, when the prince was killed by someone using sorcery, the villain tried to put the blame on me and the son."

As Xiao Yuanfeng said, he pulled out the handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped the corners of his eyes lightly, and pretended to be mourning: "Now that someone has reported this matter to the officials with such convincing words, he must be an accomplice to the person who murdered the prince. Our mother and son are also sufferers, The magistrate may wish to bring the person who reported to the official to the court, I am willing to confront him face to face, and return the innocence of my mother and child."

Yun Hongshan's death happened in Yunjiang.

Xiao Yuanfeng was confident about this, so why would he be afraid of confronting others.

In her opinion, this so-called "reporter" must be someone who doesn't need to exist.

After all, she is also a high-ranking imperial concubine, if Xiaoxiao dares to accuse her face to face, she can accuse him of the crime of "committing the above" with her backhand.

Thinking of these, Xiao Yuanfeng was slightly shocked just now.

Pretending to hesitate, Wang Zhifu looked in Chu Yan's direction.

This case was investigated by the embroiderer envoy from the beginning to the end. Although he was ordered by the emperor to preside over the case today, it was only because it was related to the crown prince and it was inconvenient for the embroiderer envoy to appear in public.

At best, he was just a mouthpiece, and even the two words just now were ordered by His Highness.

Xiao Yuanfeng's gaze was fixed on Wang Zhifu.

Seeing his uncertain and timid look, she became more calm and relaxed.

Being used to being a superior person in Yunjiang, Xiao Yuanfeng's pitiful and weak appearance, she only pretended for a while and didn't bother to continue pretending.

She said aggressively: "The magistrate has not called the plaintiff for a long time, but he knows that he has no evidence, is it purely a false accusation? If it is true, I will definitely go to the palace to see the emperor, and ask the emperor to uphold justice for my mother and son!"

Hearing the words, Wang Zhifu seemed to have made up his mind, hurriedly stood up, walked in front of Shen Lingxi, bowed to her and said: "I also ask Her Royal Highness to take action and invite the plaintiff to the court."

Shen Lingxi nodded in response, stood up, and waved to the people waiting outside.

Following her signal, four embroiderers came up immediately, carrying two stretchers covered with white cloth.

Following behind them was a young man wearing a vestment of the Qing palace.

That young man is none other than Su Xian, who is well-known in the capital today, the second son of the former Wu'anbo family, a child prodigy who became famous at a young age, and the only closed disciple under the No.

Ever since the ancestor of Wu Anbo's first seven soul-returning nights, the "soul-returning technique" of Su Xian and Shen Lingxi has become a legend in the capital.

When everyone saw him playing, they had already vaguely guessed what they were going to do this time.

Strange to say.

When the common people heard that the king of Yunjiang cheated and dismembered his corpse in front of the palace, they were so frightened that they shut their doors and locked their houses, and the cranes rang out.

But for Su Xian and Shen Lingxi's "Soul Resurrection Technique", it was regarded as a miracle. Not only did they not have the slightest fear, but they were also faintly excited and looking forward to it.

Probably because people are always afraid of things they don't understand.

However, Su Xian, the closed disciple of the Shangqing Palace, and Shen Lingxi, the title of "Heavenly Master" bestowed by the emperor, have Taoist backgrounds, which are easier for the common people to accept.

Xiao Yuanfeng came to the capital for the first time, and she didn't know much about Su Xian and Shen Lingxi's "supernatural powers".

She was only surprised by Shen Lingxi, the princess...why does she look so familiar?

Shen Lingxi's status is a head higher than hers, so condescending to disrupt the situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with this time.

"I have lived in Yunjiang for a long time, and I have lived a normal life with the Crown Princess, why did the Crown Princess falsely accuse me?" Xiao Yuanfeng went all out and took the lead in attacking, "I heard that the Crown Princess has a close relationship with my concubine Yun Wang, so it is possible that the Crown Princess wants to replace me?" Did my unfilial son frame our mother and son by fighting for the throne of Yunjiang?"

Shen Lingxi raised her almond eyes slightly.

She didn't expect that even Xiao Yuanfeng, who was far away in Yunjiang, knew about the fact that she recognized Yun Wang as his righteous brother.

From this point of view, Xiao Yuanfeng's choice to kill Yun Hongshan in early October was not a whim.

Shen Lingxi looked at Xiao Yuanfeng's eyes with clear almond eyes and smiled.

"My concubine misunderstood. This case has nothing to do with me. It's just that when I was meditating in front of Venerable Sanqing a few days ago, King Yunjiang dreamed of entrusting me to avenge his grievances."

"As you said, Yun Wang is my righteous brother. His father asked for something. For the sake of my righteous brother, I naturally want to help."

"So, today I am here to lend some strength to King Yunjiang, let him be the plaintiff, and avenge himself..."

The ending of last night was changed to speed up the pace. If you watched it last night and didn’t continue it, re-read the ending of the last chapter. There will be another chapter at noon tomorrow.