Do you know that it starts with Meng Tong?

The Wenzong of that time was well-deserved!

Seeing Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye staring at him with piercing eyes, Wei Chen coughed a few times in embarrassment and changed the subject: "Ze Cheng, Zhong Huai, it's almost dark today, why do you come to my house so late? , you didn’t come all the way to praise me, right?”

"Of course not."

Sheng Changbai was just happy to see Hunter Xin, so he couldn't help but sigh. Now being reminded by Wei Chen, he and Gu Tingye turned to Wei Chen to talk about the topic.

I saw Gu Tingye take out a small piece of paper from his arms, unfold it on the table, and press it with a paperweight.

Wei Chen glanced at the small piece of paper on the table and saw eight crooked and strange characters on it. He couldn't help but curiously asked about the origin of this thing.

Gu Tingye looked at Wei Chen in surprise: "A flying fire meteor fell in Prince Yong's palace more than half a month ago. Now the officials are searching for well-educated scholars and strange people to identify the heavenly book on the meteorite. These ancient characters are The rubbings taken from that meteorite have been spread all over Bianjing City these days, Xingyun, you don’t know about it?”

"I know, Chang Feng has told me this a long time ago, but what does this have to do with me?"

"You, you, you!" Gu Tingye's eyes widened, looking at Wei Chen's innocent look, he was speechless for a moment.

Sheng Changbai on the side smiled and said: "Xingyun, your qi-raising skills are really amazing. These days, the entire Zhou Dynasty has been disturbed by these words. People who are related or unrelated are trying to decipher the mysteries of the heavenly book. Xingyun Yun, you don’t care at all.”

"What's there to care about?"

Wei Chen looked at the eight clumsy characters on the small piece of paper on the table and couldn't help curling his lips, with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

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"Some people have finally made such a big noise, how could they forget to make up the last link?"

Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye's eyes lit up when they heard this: "Xingyun, you mean... that these so-called flying fire meteors and heavenly books are all caused by man-made things?"

Wei Chen did not answer their questions directly. He just breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the gray sky outside the window.

"Just wait and see. It's just that the people behind the scenes need time to let the news ferment. When the time comes, someone will naturally come forward to interpret the heavenly book for the world."

Chapter 293

Wei Zhai, study.

After listening to Wei Chen's words, Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye couldn't help but look at each other with shock written on their faces.

If according to what Wei Chen said, the flying fireballs that caused a lot of commotion in Bianjing recently were caused by man-made things, and even the heavenly book on the meteorite was man-made, then there are too many things involved behind this incident.

Nowadays, the official family is old and sick, and the throne has been vacant for a long time. The battle between King Yong and King Yan has intensified.

Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, it seems that King Yong has the upper hand in this battle.

At the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony on the first day of this year, Zhao Zhen unexpectedly fainted, and all the civil and military officials were panicked. At that time, King Yong rushed ahead of King Yan and asked him to accompany him to serve him.

After that, King Yong was called into the palace more often than King Yan. Obviously, King Yong was more favored by Zhao Zhen than King Yan.

After Zhengdan, the battle for the reserve position, which was originally shrouded in mystery, began to become clearer as King Yong was summoned again and again.

The balance of victory gradually tilted towards King Yong's side, while King Yan's side clearly showed signs of decline.

But what puzzled everyone was that although Zhao Zhen showed his preference for King Yong, he still had no intention of appointing King Yong as the crown prince.

This caused a lot of speculation inside and outside the court. Many people felt that Zhao Zhen had never given up and still wanted a son of his to inherit the throne.

This is not an unfounded guess. After all, this is human nature, and Zhao Zhen has a criminal record in this matter.

Although Zhao Zhen has never been in good health, in order to have a son these years, he has put almost all his energy into a woman's belly.

There are also results.

In the past three years, five princesses have been born one after another, but none of them has taken the lead...

Of course, despite this, no one dares to say that the official family will definitely not be able to give birth to a son.

After all, the official family has long proven that there is no problem with their ability, but they are unlucky. Most of the children they have are daughters, and the few sons they have also died early.

Moreover, there are still several pregnant women in the palace. No one knows whether a prince will suddenly appear before the moment of birth.

But everyone knows in their hearts that hope is actually very slim.

Perhaps Zhao Zhen himself is still holding on to this last glimmer of hope and refuses to let go, but everyone with ambitions, ideas, and greed, both inside and outside the palace, in the government and in the field, has already made their own plans. .

Establishing a good relationship with the next official in advance has become a topic that people gradually no longer avoid. Because of this, King Yong and King Yan gathered a large number of supporters around them.

Now it seems that King Yan has gradually lost the ability to compete with King Yong. King Yong is gaining momentum and is only one step away from the throne, and that is Zhao Zhen's determination.

As the throne becomes uncertain, the supporters around King Yong will not feel at ease. It is not surprising that at this critical moment, a big disturbance was made, prompting Zhao Zhen to finally make up his mind to make King Yong the prince. .

In fact, before coming to Wei's house, Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye had vague speculations in this regard.

It’s just that after all, everyone wins gold, three people become tigers, and all kinds of flying meteors in Bianjing City

The mysterious place is said to have a nose and eyes, and even smart people like Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye will inevitably be affected.

Now looking back and carefully tracing the origin of the whole thing, they realized that except for the people from Prince Yong's Palace, no one seemed to have seen the first scene where the meteorite appeared. No one had any news about this matter. It's all based on hearsay.

This also means that it is entirely possible for Prince Yong's Mansion to deliberately fake the scene and then spread rumors.

"His-"

Thinking of this, Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye couldn't help but take a breath. If this is really the case, then King Yong has kept everyone in the world in the dark this time.

Not to mention ordinary people, even Zhao Zhen, who is the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is convinced of this matter. During this period, he has been trying every means to study the heavenly book on the meteorite, hoping to get revelation from heaven.

But Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye were still puzzled. Most people in Bianjing now believed in the meteorite falling from the sky. Why did Wei Chen see at a glance that the meteorite was man-made?

Seeing his two friends looking at him with doubts, Wei Chen smiled and said, "Actually, I was just guessing at first. Only when I saw these words brought by Zhong Huai did I dare to confirm it."

With that said, Wei Chen picked up the piece of paper that Gu Tingye brought, pointed at the eight strange characters rubbed from the meteorite, which are the so-called heavenly books, and said leisurely: "I recognize these characters. "

"On these few words, the officials gathered all the learned scholars and strangers from all over the world and tried to identify them for more than half a month with no results. You actually said you recognized them?" Gu Tingye looked at Wei Chen in surprise.

Sheng Changbai was thoughtful: "Xingyun has read a lot of books since he was a child, studied classics, and has a photographic memory. If we talk about being knowledgeable about the past and the present, and looking at the Zhou Dynasty, there are really few people who can match him."

Gu Tingye was right when he thought about it. Wei Chen might not be as old as those old scholars, but if he had more ancient books in his belly than anyone else, then Wei Chen really wouldn't lose to anyone.

Since Wei Chen was so confident and could identify the contents of the heavenly book, Gu Tingye was even more certain that the so-called meteorite falling from the sky was nothing more than a man-made auspicious event.

After all, when the people behind the scenes were trying to create the Heavenly Book, they had to find a source as supporting evidence. Otherwise, even if someone claimed to have cracked it in the end, they still could not convince the world, and then the meaning of concocting the Heavenly Book would be lost.

Gu Tingye couldn't help but feel a little boring. He thought there was real auspiciousness in the world, but he didn't expect that in the end it would be another big drama staged to win the heirloom.

He can now understand Wei Chen's indifferent attitude towards this matter. The battle for the heirloom is too dangerous and unpredictable, and with Wei Chen's status, there is no need to get involved.

Thinking of this, Gu Tingye couldn't help but envy Wei Chen.At the beginning, Wei Chen took the lead in advising the officials to establish the crown prince, prompting the officials to issue an edict to establish the two kings as princes, which was a great favor to both King Yong and King Yan.

Therefore, Wei Chen no longer has to take risks and choose sides. He just needs to sit tight on the Diaoyutai and wait quietly for everything to end.

No matter whether King Yong or King Yan ascends the throne as emperor in the future, Wei Chen's contribution will not be forgotten.

However, Gu Tingye is still limited to the mindset of choosing between King Yong and King Yan at this moment.

As everyone knows, Wei Chen didn't pay attention to these two people at all. He just watched from the other side and allowed them to torment Bianjing City to pieces, and then Zhao Zongquan came out to clean up the mess.

Chapter 294 Murder

Three days later, news came from the palace that the officials held a banquet in Ziguang Pavilion and summoned all officials to enjoy the auspiciousness.

So hundreds of civil and military officials poured into the imperial city from all directions. Before noon, Ziguang Pavilion was filled with people.

The two princes, the three college students, the ministers, and the learned men from the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College were all in their places.

The ministers whispered to each other, but their eyes glanced at the center of the hall, where the flying fireball fell from the sky, and the square table covered with red silk on the side.

According to well-informed sources, someone has deciphered the contents of the Heavenly Book for the officials, and it should be under the red silk.

Everyone is guessing what the eight characters in the book of heaven mean, but everyone knows that it is not a bad thing, otherwise the officials would not be able to make such a grand display.

After waiting for a short time, I heard the sound of ceremony and music playing loudly on both sides, and Zhao Zhen, with a spring breeze on his face, made a grand appearance wearing a dragon robe.The ministers quickly stood up to greet him.

Zhao Zhen sat down on the throne and said loudly: "Dear ladies, please take a seat."

When the ministers heard Zhao Zhen's angry voice, they couldn't help but secretly whisper in their hearts. People are really in high spirits during happy events. They haven't heard such loud voices from officials for a while.

After all the ministers were seated, Zhao Zhen stood up from the throne, slowly walked down the steps, came to the center of the hall, stretched out his hand and stroked the big round ball and said:

"The meteor that flew before the moon was accompanied by eight characters from the Heavenly Book. I summoned all the capable people from all over the world to study and figure it out, and finally deciphered what the Heavenly Book said yesterday. Therefore, I invite you all to come and enjoy the spectacle."

So, under the full attention of everyone in the hall, Zhao Zhen lifted up the red silk, revealing eight large golden characters.

"Xu Aiqing." Zhao Zhen looked at someone in the hall with a smile, "You deciphered this book, so it's up to you to read it out for everyone."

Wei Chen, who was standing in Class [-] of the Hanlin Academy, saw clearly the face of the person Zhao Zhen was looking at and couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be him.

Since this person came forward to decipher the Heavenly Book, it goes without saying that this person must have already sided with King Yong.

"Yes."

In the astonished gazes of the ministers, Xu Mu, the great scholar of Longtuge who was named by Zhao Zhen, slowly stepped forward, faced everyone, and read loudly: "The content of this eight-character heavenly book is: Zeren is pure, Fuzuo Yonglong.”

There were all knowledgeable people present, and now that Xu Mu had translated the characters for them, they could naturally decipher the meanings of these characters.

The first half of the sentence "Zeren Chunqia" praises Zhao Zhen as the emperor, while the second half of the sentence "Fu Zuo Yonglong" foreshadows the national destiny of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Obviously, this is the best auspicious omen for Zhao Zhen and Da Zhou.

Those who are good at deciphering the meanings of characters secretly speculated that the characters Ze and Qia both belong to the water attribute, and the ancient meaning of the character Yong is that the city is surrounded by water on all sides. If you think about it, wouldn't it be...

For a while, many people secretly cast their eyes on King Yong, whose face was glowing not far away, with different thoughts.

At this time, in the Ziguang Pavilion, the masterpiece of Shao music was already being performed. The palace people served the delicacies like a flowing stream, and filled the ministers with fine wine. Under the leadership of the emperor, everyone raised their glasses together to thank God for his grace.

After the banquet started, Zhao Zhen smiled and summoned King Yong to the nearest place and asked about the scene when the flying meteor occurred.

Although the ministers have already listened

There were rumors, but at this time I also wanted to hear the story of the person involved, so the hall quickly became quiet, and everyone looked at King Yong.

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I saw King Yong bowing respectfully to Zhao Zhen, and then slowly said: "That night, I was sleeping soundly, and this magical object suddenly fell from the sky and landed outside my window, waking me up from my sleep.

When the son came back to his senses, he saw a red light shining outside the window, making everything inside and outside the house aglow. There was also a vague fragrance like orchid and musk coming to his nostrils.

At dawn the next day, the son went out to check, and saw that the magical object had made a big hole in the backyard. The son had little knowledge and did not dare to be good at it, so he had to immediately order someone to go to the palace to report to his father. "

"Okay, okay, okay!" Zhao Zhen was very happy to hear this and nodded repeatedly while twirling his beard.

Emperors of all dynasties all dislike auspiciousness, which is God’s commendation for the peace and prosperity of the country and the people, and is evidence that there is a wise king in this world.