Zhao Mo's dinner—or supper—was settled in the Yongjiahou Mansion. When he appeared in front of Qin Hanzhen, she was taken aback. The first watch day (19 to 21 o'clock in the evening) is almost over, how can he come to the door at this time?

"I haven't seen you today. Zhao Mo looked at her pitifully and said, "Besides, I originally told my family that I would go to Liaowangfu for dinner today, and I would also go to my father's place, Mama Fei and they would definitely think that I had eaten outside, but I didn't expect that my grandfather and father would never keep me." I'll go home again now, and what can I eat in a cold pot and a cold stove?"

It sounded very pitiful, but Qin Hanzhen immediately relented. Isn't it just a light meal? It'll be ready in a moment.

It's winter now, but after Wu Shaoying enters Beijing, she occasionally needs to socialize with others, and sometimes she goes home late, and she inevitably feels hungry. Niu felt sorry for him, so he specially ordered the kitchen staff to prepare two fresh noodles every day, and make them as they eat, even the soup base was boiled, and even the soup can was put on the stove and simmered over low heat to keep it hot. Even if Wu Shaoying didn't need to eat supper that night, it didn't matter, someone would solve it the next morning, and there would be no waste.

There are a lot of noodles prepared in the kitchen tonight, and there is no difficulty in giving one to Zhao Mo. Today's dinner has stewed mutton soup, which is used to make a soup base, fresh noodles, and then accompanied by four dishes of home-pickled side dishes, cut a plate of spiced braised beef, and then serve with a plate of sauce radish, and all the efforts of a cup of tea are placed in front of Zhao Mo. Even if it was just a simple meal of mutton noodle soup, half of the table was still full, and it was fragrant, and Zhao Mo's index finger moved.

He ate in the flower hall, only Qin Hanzhen accompanied him, Feng'er stood by the door, and considering the temperature outside, he didn't let her go outside the door. As for the others, they didn't get in the way.

Qin Bai was summoned to the palace today, accompanied the emperor to dinner, drank a little wine during the banquet, maybe drank a little too much, and when he returned home, he was sleepy and had already fallen asleep. The Niu family took care of her husband, and when she saw that Zhao Mo had a granddaughter to take care of her, she was relieved to go back to Ermenli. is also because Zhao Mo comes every day, she is used to it, and she doesn't have to be cautious every time, so she doesn't be polite to him. Recently, the little grandson Brother Zhuang has been a little angry, and he has vomited milk today, Niu can't rest assured, he can run to the west courtyard five or six times a day, and now he wants to go over and take a look before going to bed. After all, Xiao Feng is a first-time mother, and she still needs the guidance of her experienced mother-in-law.

Zhao Mo finished eating a large bowl of noodles, and finally felt that his stomach was relieved, so he slowly ate the side dishes on the half table with the delicious mutton soup, and at the same time chatted with Qin Hanzhen, talking about today's experience, and did not go into too much detail, but he didn't hide the general situation.

After hearing this, Qin Hanzhen asked: "So, those Beirong secret spies, except for a few who took the lead, basically fell into the hands of the emperor?

Zhao Mo nodded and sighed: "It's really not easy, there are quite a lot of them." I kept an eye on them for a long time, and I didn't dare to let go of it until I finally got their hands out. Speaking of which, I also have to thank the person who claimed to be Lan Dafu, if he hadn't set such a trap to trick my second uncle, and the third uncle reminded me in time, when I went to report to my father, I found that there were still Beirong people lurking in his house, I'm afraid I would never know that he still has other Beirong spies hidden there. I thought that Zhen'er's mother and daughter, who were arrested earlier, Zhu'er, who died, and the mother-in-law in the front yard, plus a few new servants who were closely connected with the mother-in-law, were already all the people they arranged in my father's mansion, but I didn't expect that the spy who was finally caught was really calm. It's really hard to guard against!"

"What is this called?" Qin Hanzhen said disapprerovingly, "Originally, if this person has not come forward, you will never know that he is a spy, even if Lan Xue is arrested, the Beirong people still have eyes and ears in your father's mansion, and they may find out the secrets of this dynasty at any time." As a result, he actually exposed himself for a trap used against your father, and this trap also sacrificed their companions, as well as Zhao Qi, who they could have used...... I think that's stupid!"

Zhao Mo smiled: "Although he was a little stupid, he didn't know that I sent someone to guard around his father's mansion, but if anyone was suspicious, he would follow, so naturally he didn't watch out." He just needs to know that if he doesn't make this trip, his accomplice may be blocked by the people brought by the second uncle, and in order to save his companion's life, he can't care about it much. His idea was good, but he was too careless and a little stupid to expect him to bring us to his companions instead. Therefore, after he was caught, he quickly committed suicide while others were unprepared, probably because he had no shame to face his companions, right? He actually thought too much, and although the place he led us to was new, we already knew about the hiding places of his other accomplices, and we just waited for the rabbit. ”

Speaking of waiting for the rabbit, Qin Hanzhen was very curious about the "rabbit": "Who are these Beirong people colluding with? Does this person hate your father very much? Or does he have a grudge against the Liao Wangfu? This time the Liao Wangfu is really unlucky, according to what you said, even if the Liao King knows that his son is wronged and is wronged, he can only give in to the emperor, because the Liao Wangfu and the Liaodong Army, can't help but investigate. In case the court finds out a bigger problem, his fate will be even worse, so it is better to make a deal with the emperor. But even if the deal is done, the king of Liao will not lose power, but he will just lose the vast fief of Liaodong, he is still the prince of real power, and he has another smaller fief. I think that after your second uncle gets rid of the crime, the King of Liao may not be willing to be calculated, and maybe he will take revenge. ”

"If he loves revenge, he will retaliate, but revenge also needs to know who killed them, right?" Zhao Mo took a thin piece of braised beef and ate it, and said slowly, "He doesn't know that most of the Beirong people have fallen into the hands of the emperor now, and he doesn't know how to find someone to go when the time comes." When the emperor decreed and decided where he went, it was impossible for him to stay in the capital for a long time. I guess the emperor will send him away before the end of the year. The prince is afraid that he is going to celebrate the New Year on the road. ”

Qin Han really thought about it and asked him in a low voice, "Who do you think the allies of the Beirong people will be?"

She analyzed it a little, if he was really a person with an extremely powerful position and a noble status as the Beirong people confessed, why did such a person cooperate with the Beirong people? What was the purpose? What conditions did he agree to on the Beirong side? How did they get in touch? Why did the Beirong people believe him? Why did he deal with the Liao Wangfu and Zhao Shuo? Moreover, on the one hand, he cooperated with the Beirong people, and on the other hand, he coaxed Zhao Li to accuse Zhao Shuo of privately accepting a Beirong woman as a concubine and giving birth to a child, and this Beirong woman and his ally were still accomplices. What did he want to do? And his allies in Beirong even agreed to such a thing!

Qin Hanzhen said to Zhao Mo: "I guess they think that Lan Xue's identity has been exposed, and she has also fallen out of favor, and even her son has fallen out of favor, and it is no longer useful." But seriously, even if this is the case, they can't stab their companions backhand, right? Although Lan Xue is sorry for us and your father, she is still very loyal to Beirong, she lurked by your father's side at a young age, and she made him a concubine, gave birth to a child, and has been lurking for ten years, right? The secret spy has done her job, which is already good. Your father hasn't killed her yet, and her accomplices are in such a hurry to force her to die?"

Zhao Mo thought for a while: "I also think this thing is very strange, so I think that it must be this ally who can bring greater benefits to the Beirong people, far better than Lan Xue's mother and son." Maybe...... This person is now powerful and can meet the requirements of the Beirong people, but Lan Xue's mother and son will need many years and more effort before they can stand out one day. The people of Beijon have run out of patience and don't want to wait. ”

Herein lies the problem. If they already have power, why would such a person cooperate with the Beijung, and how could the Beijung believe that he would bring them enough benefits?

Qin Hanzhen said: "If this person's power has reached the point where it can bring benefits to Beirong, what is the difficulty for him to deal with the Liao Palace? The Liao Palace's power in the court does not have any power, it is only arrogant in Liaodong, and the emperor still does not want to see them." If that person has an enmity with the Liao Palace, it will be easy to retaliate back, and there will not be many people in the court who are willing to speak for the Liao Palace. If he wants to exterminate them all, it may be a little more difficult, and there will be opposition in the clan. But if it just makes the Liao Wangfu discredited, suffers a loss, is demoted, and takes back the fief or something, it is enough to rely on the stack of so-called incriminating evidence. The Liao Wangfu itself is not clean, and the imperial court can find out after a check, so why did that person make such a big detour to deal with the Liao Wangfu?"

Zhao Mo pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at Qin Hanzhen: "He can't let people know that he is the one who wants to deal with the Liao Wangfu!"

Qin Hanzhen's spirit was shocked: "This is a reasonable guess. If it weren't for the purpose of hiding his head and showing his face, he only needed to hand over the stack of incriminating evidence to the emperor, and if he didn't want people to know, he could also send it to the imperial historian, and he didn't have to come forward in person, he could deal with the Liao Wangfu. It's just that this doesn't guarantee that others won't guess that he is behind the ghost, because Yushi will always know. ”

is bent on dealing with the Liao Wangfu, but he can't let people know that he did it......

Qin Hanzhen looked at Zhao Mo suspiciously: "Do you have such an enemy in the Liao Palace?"

Zhao Mo didn't answer, just lowered his head and fell into deep thought. After a long while, he raised his head and said to Qin Hanzhen, "This person ...... Not necessarily the enemy of the Liao Palace, he may just be ...... I just want the reputation of the Liao Wangfu to be discredited. ”

Qin Hanzhen was a little confused when he heard it: "Since you are not the enemy of the Liao Prince's Mansion, why do you want the Liao Prince's Mansion to be discredited?"

Zhao Mo smiled slightly: "Because ...... I am also a descendant of the Liao Palace, the reputation of the Liao Palace, where can I be innocent? Even if I am not guilty of any crimes, I am still in the name of a sinner's descendant, and those rumors outside that the East Palace wants to succeed me as the heir, will anyone take it seriously?"