Zhao Mo dumped the matter of Lan Xue's brothers and sisters to Zhao Yan, and let him go back to the Liao Palace.

Whether it is Lan Xue or Lan Fusheng, they are no longer in the climate now, but they are just ants pinched in the palm of his hand. Even those of their accomplices, now that he has the whereabouts of most of them, he can arrest people at any time when he really needs to make up his mind. It's just that he still needs conclusive evidence to be able to stab this matter in front of the emperor, otherwise he is a clan king, even if he has the power in his hands, it is not good to be too showy in the capital.

Anyway, if those people are really from Beirong, then most of them sneaked in from Liaodong, and the Liaowang Mansion can't escape a charge of negligence anyway. In order not to let himself be implicated, he had to think of a way to give the Liao Wangfu a chance to atone for his crimes. Of course, no matter how much the Liao King can do in the end, this time the emperor will definitely punish him, just depending on how strong the final punishment is.

The King of Liao has been in charge of Liaodong for decades, and even if his influence in the Liaodong army has begun to decline, his local control is still good and his manpower is sufficient. Zhao Mo had no intention of sending all his manpower to Liaodong to investigate the affairs of Beirong's spies, not to mention the serious things that affected him, but also to beware of suspicion in the Liao Wangfu and the army, it was better to hand it over to the Liao King to do it for him.

In fact, Zhao Mo also thought that if Lan Xue and Lan Fusheng were really Beirong spies, they would sneak into the Liao Wangfu in the first place, and naturally they didn't come for Zhao Shuo. It is impossible for the people of Beirong to predict the prophet, so how could they know that the eldest son of the Liao king, whom he hated the most, would participate in the competition for the royal heir? At that time, Zhao Shuo was not only not the prince, but he was also despised in the palace, and his situation was very poor. The Beirong people must have come for the King of Liao, but they just used Zhao Shuo as a pedal. At that time, the king of Liao was in charge of the military power of Liaodong, and he was in power, even if there was no major war between the two armies for many years, and there were only a few small-scale conflicts every year, it would be of great benefit to the Beirong people to collect more information about the Liaodong army.

Just now Zhao Mo talked about the few small-scale defeats of the King of Liao, suspecting that Lan Xue and Lan Fusheng might have stolen the relevant information of the Liaodong Army, which led to the defeat of the King of Liao, but in fact, it was just to scare Zhao Yan. If he didn't say so, how could he persuade the King of Liao to take this matter seriously as his own business? In fact, when Lan Xue and Lan Fusheng first sneaked into the Liao Wang's Mansion in the past, Lan Xue couldn't leave the inner house at all, and with the situation of Zhao Shuowen and his wife in the Liao Wang's Mansion at that time, if she walked around in the palace, she would have been regarded as a big sin by other girls and mothers-in-law, and she would have been sued in front of the concubine of the Liao Wang. Lan Fusheng is the same, Zhao Shuo does not have the real power of the palace, where does he have the opportunity to contact military intelligence?

The King of Liao occasionally fought a few small defeats, but it was really just bad luck or inferior in force. Because the consequences were not serious, those small defeats did not attract much attention from others.

But now that there is the possibility of Beirong's spies, this article is another approach.

It was true that Zhao Shuo did not have the real power of the palace at the beginning, but as long as Lan Fusheng himself was in the Liao Palace, who could guarantee that he would not sneak into the study or something like that to steal secrets? Moreover, even if he didn't steal secrets, it didn't mean that he couldn't get any news. Zhao Li, who was still young at the time, was always taken by the King of Liao to see in the army. Every time I have the opportunity to go out of the house, I can't help but run to Zhao Shuo to show off, so as to ridicule my eldest brother. Zhao Mo hated his behavior when he was a child, and his memory was particularly profound, but now that he thinks about it, if Zhao Shuo had Beirong spies around him, Zhao Li's move would obviously be leaking!

Originally, it was unruly for the king of Liao to take his favored second son to participate in military operations, but if the news was leaked because he brought a child, the Beirong people knew the movements of the Liaodong Army in advance and prepared in advance...... Even if the King of Liao is not worried about himself, he must think about whether Zhao Li, who already has a black history, will be forgiven by the royal family if he is charged with such negligence again.

Things were just as Zhao Mo thought, two days later, Zhao Yan came to the door again and reported him a good news.

The king of Liao attached great importance to the information brought back by his youngest son. Even if he felt that the emperor would not really withdraw his domain no matter how much he hated him, he also knew that once this kind of thing spread, there would be no good fruit to eat in the Liao Palace. The king of Liao didn't care about holding the eldest son who he had always hated and the eldest daughter-in-law who died early into the house responsible, so he quickly sent his henchmen back to Liaodong to secretly investigate the affairs of the year. Of course, the origins of Lan Xue and Lan Fusheng must also be traced clearly. There is also what Zhao Mo mentioned, how did Lan Xue's accomplices, who were unidentified in Baidao, enter the customs from Liaodong, and the King of Liao must also find out. If one of the generals is careless, or if he is fornicating with a foreign enemy, even if he is not as influential in the army as he used to be, he can still kill one or two people.

The king of Liao did not tell his wife and second son about this. First, it is because the step-concubine of the King of Liao is now worried about Zhao Li's marriage, and secondly, he also feels that this is a military affair and an external government affair, so there is no need to alarm the women in the inner courtyard. Although the King of Liao often behaved a little weak in front of his current wife, he did not have the habit of discussing military affairs with women. Moreover, Zhao Li's recent stupidity also made him a little disappointed. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have another son to choose from, he wouldn't still be pinning his hopes on his second son. Now that the second son may also be charged with leaking secrets, he naturally has to wipe Zhao Li's ass first and confirm that it is okay before he can free his hands and teach his son a lesson.

With the help of this report, Zhao Yan successfully obtained 3,000 taels of silver from his father, several boxes of jewelry, precious medicinal materials, and a large mountain villa in eastern Liaodong, which included manor houses, forest farms, mountains, farmland at the foot of the mountain, and attached villages. Even a few of the subordinates who were waiting around him were successfully transferred to his name, and they were no longer affected by the step-concubine of the Liao King and Zhao Li. The King of Liao didn't know his plans yet, he only thought that he was disappointed in his mother and brother, and he was afraid that he would be treated badly in the future, and he would even have to rely on people for daily flowers, so out of pity, he rewarded his youngest son with these things, but he didn't know that Zhao Yan had already had the idea of setting up his own door in his heart.

Zhao Yan also said to Zhao Mo: "This thing is not enough for me to live comfortably in the capital, not to mention that I have reached the age of marrying a wife and having children, and I will have to support my family in the future." If I don't have a net worth, even if I heal my leg, it will be difficult for me to marry a lady from a good family, right? This is just the beginning, and my father seems to be very easy to talk. When I find an opportunity in the future, I will definitely ask for more things from him. I won't let Zhao Li know about this for the time being, lest he ruin my good deeds!"

In this regard, Zhao Mo could only express his blessings.

Zhao Yan seemed to be in a very happy mood, not only because he got what he wanted from his father, but also because Zhao Li had a quarrel with the step-concubine of the Liao King on the issue of marriage.

Originally, the step-concubine of the King of Liao had taken a step back from Zhao Li's marriage and agreed to let him marry the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family as a side room, and she would be the side concubine of the prince in the future. But in the selection of the main room, she demanded that the eldest son must obey her own arrangement. She thought that such an arrangement was enough to promote the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family, but she didn't expect that even if the latter was a woman who had been married once, and her family was in the middle of the road, she never intended to wronged herself.

Zhao Li was persuaded by his mother for two days, and he had some thoughts of giving in. He didn't have a very true love for the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family, but he couldn't resist the charm of the other party, and he blurted out that he wanted to marry her as his wife. But deep down, he was actually worried that if the princess couldn't win the position of the prince for him, it would be irrational enough to marry the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family as the main family. The suggestion put forward by the step-concubine of the king of Liao is just so that he can not only get the help of Jingzhong to seize the position of the prince, but also allow him to enjoy the blessings of Qi people and stay with his sweetheart for a long time. Although he is suspected of breaking his promise by doing this, as long as he has a little preference for the Wang family girl in the future, presumably she will not blame herself, right?

Men, always on this issue, have illusions about their women.

So he ran to see his sweetheart, trying to persuade the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family to accept the arrangement of the step-concubine of the king of Liao, in order to let the other party not complain about his broken promise, he also deliberately said: "My mother and concubine want me to marry a wife with a good family background and a powerful father and brother, then I can get help from the court to fight for the position of the prince of Liao." She doesn't believe that your royal family still has the ability to speak to the emperor. If Concubine Wang can do something to let my mother know that your Wang family cannot be underestimated, maybe she will no longer object to you marrying me. It seems to be tempting the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family to do something.

But the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family did not promise to do something for him, nor was she angry, she just showed a somewhat sad expression: "I have long expected that it is impossible for you to keep your promise, second master." Even if you promise to marry me, you can't do it if the princess is against it. I'm afraid that this arrangement to marry me as a side room is just an expedient measure, right? I can guess what the princess thinks. Second master, I am already very grateful if you could tell me that day that you are willing to marry me. I wouldn't expect anything more, as if you never said it. After today, you and I don't have to see each other again. I will ask the fourth uncle to arrange a family affair for me. You just forget about me, there's no need to force yourself. What the princess wants you to do and what you don't do, how can you, as a son of man, be disobedient? If you annoy the princess, you will have nothing. I can't watch you fall into that situation. ”

Zhao Li said that his face changed at that time.

After returning to the Liao Palace, he once again expressed to his mother the idea of marrying the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family, and refused to accept any other arrangements. He said: "Sooner or later, we will pull Zhao Shuo down from the position of the son of the world, and when the time comes, who else will be the son of this world? Have you married the daughter of the Chen family or the daughter of the Tang family, the result will be the same! Why does the mother have to let me marry a woman I don't want? I am your son, yes, but I am no longer a child, I have what I want to do, why do you have to ask me to obey your arrangement in everything? Could it be that I am a marionette in your hand, and I can only be at your mercy?!"

Zhao Yan laughed at Zhao Mo: "I think of my mother's expression at that time, and my heart is very happy! She always thinks that I am disobedient, and thinks that I am unwilling to act according to her arrangement, and only favors Zhao Li." Now, her good son has come to rebel against her, saying that he won't be at her mercy!

Zhao Mo curled the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Indeed...... It's ironic. "The eldest granddaughter of the Wang family seems to be smarter than he imagined. Since she is bent on marrying Zhao Li, then why should he fulfill her?