581. The Dark Guard
Zhang Chong had only said half of his words, and Chu Shaoyuan's sharp eyes had already looked at him, so frightened that he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and hurriedly stopped.
Chu Shaoyuan snorted coldly: "Lord Zhang really has a good appetite, anyone dares to come over, and you are not afraid of supporting you!"
In the last sentence, Chu Shaoyuan's tone did not hide it at all, how much disgust he felt in his heart, how much disgust there was in his voice.
Zhang Zhongzhong couldn't help but jump heavily, he had heard more or less about the cause of Concubine Chen's death back then, he didn't know how disgusted Chu Shaoyuan hated the prince's party, he was just afraid that Chu Shaoyuan would be angry when he found out, so he deliberately delayed like this, and only said it in the end, but he was really angry, Zhang Chong was anxious, if Chu Shaoyuan threw himself out regardless of it, it would be all over!
He hurriedly knelt on the ground, and his tone was anxious: "Lord Wang, please calm your anger, the minister of Anbei Hou did not voluntarily do this, it was really forced by the situation at the time, so the minister had to give the technique to Anbei Hou......"
Zhang Zhong explained, while quietly looking up at Chu Shaoyuan, his tone was a little eager, "At that time, Anbei Hou was still stationed in Yanmen Pass, and once when he returned to Yunfu to report on his work, because of the construction of fortifications in Yanmen Pass, some managers of the Ministry of Engineering invited Anbei Hou to eat and drink.
"How do you know that he immediately got up, after being full of wine and food, he designed the minister drunk and fell in the Tianxiang Building, where did the minister go to the kiln, he was stupid at the moment, the bustard mother in the Xianglou that day dragged the minister and did not allow the minister to go, the minister's face was ashamed, the minister knew the severity, where to dare to pull and pull with her, but for a while there was no way to get out, until seeing that the minister was going to be seen, Anbei Hou came out to relieve the siege for the minister, and after the siege was lifted, he took this matter to force the minister to agree, otherwise he would use this matter to impeach the minister, it was a matter of official career, the minister had no choice but to promise him to give him the technique of bracketing, and the minister also regretted it very much in his heart, only hated himself for falling into the trap of the Marquis of Anbeiγ β
Dayan's officials are not allowed to stay overnight in the land of flowers and willows, so Zhang Chong is so tight.
Chu Shaoyuan frowned and listened to his explanation, only feeling that it was not that An Beihou was smart, but that this Zhang Zhong was too unintelligent, he really thought that Tianxianglou was so easy to enter?
Fortunately, Anbei Hou is also dead now, otherwise it would be another trouble.
It's just that Chu Shaoyuan thought of the prince, if An Beihou knew the production method of the machine bracket technique, would it be handed over to the prince?
If the prince knew, would he use the trick to build a team of secret guards for himself in private?
With such a team of secret guards, even in the palace, under the strict guards of Yan Yunwei, they can blend in with the assassins, so for a person like the prince who is familiar with everything in the palace, wouldn't it be possible to take these secret guards by his side without knowing it?
Chu Shaoyuan's eyes narrowed, he couldn't think about it anymore, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was not a good thing to put the prince in the Taimiao, and he couldn't say that there would be more trouble in the future, so he glanced at Wei Qing.
Wei Qing had been running back and forth for the prince's affairs before, but now that he received Chu Shaoyuan's eyes, he immediately understood what Chu Shaoyuan wanted to say, he nodded his head, the prince did secretly have a team of secret guards guarding his safety.
Knowing this, Chu Shaoyuan felt that he couldn't sit still, although he didn't say it clearly, but the people who followed him all knew that the prince was going to die no matter what, even if he used all means, he would definitely eradicate the prince.
If you don't get rid of the crown prince, won't the suffering of the mother concubine be in vain?
How did he want to let the queen mother taste the taste of losing a loved one, otherwise wouldn't he be too sorry for the queen mother's kindness to him?
The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he glanced at Zhang Chong, who was still waiting for him to speak, and said: "In this case, you can't blame Lord Zhang, you don't have to give the technique of bracketing to this king, or Lord Zhang will continue to keep it, and I hope that Lord Zhang will do it himself, if Lord Zhang keeps the technique of bracketing and something goes wrong, this king can't do anything, and in the future, Lord Zhang still doesn't want to worry about the country and the people like this, this king's ability is not so big, and if something happens, this king can't protect Lord Zhang." β
Zhang Chong's old face turned red, Prince An used the words "worrying about the country and the people", which was simply a slap in the face, satirizing him for paying too much attention to the movements of the court and forgetting his own responsibilities.
Scolding people should also be so subtle, Zhang Chong became more and more afraid of Chu Shaoyuan for a while.
And Zhang Zhong didn't expect that Chu Shaoyuan didn't ask him for the drawings of the machine bracketing technique, which was obviously different from what he thought, he said: "The machine bracket technique is better handed over to the prince to take care of, put it here in the minister's place, the minister is really a little worried." β
Chu Shaoyuan glanced at him coldly, he still preferred to stay alone than in contact with people, but his experience since he was a child made him sensitive to everything, and his identity made him feel like this, even if he didn't like these courtiers, he couldn't put an end to dealing with them, but he would never have a heart-to-heart relationship with these courtiers, and he had always treated his courtiers with the same attitude as his subordinates.
Presumably Zhang Chong didn't know it, but he repeatedly offered the technique of bracketing, which made Chu Shaoyuan have to suspect something.
The corner of Chu Shaoyuan's mouth provoked a sneer, and his eyes looked at Zhang Zhong fiercely: "Since you are not at ease, then the king will choose a reassuring person to replace you." β
Zhang Chong's face suddenly turned pale, Chu Shaoyuan's words, did he want him to step down from his position as a waiter?
As soon as he wanted to ask, Chu Shaoyuan had already picked up the tea with an indifferent expression.
Serving tea to send guests, the ancient history pays attention to these.
Zhang Chong's face became pale, it was not that he didn't understand these etiquette, on the contrary, he understood the meaning of serving tea to guests better than anyone else, but he really couldn't figure out what kind of words he said that made Chu Shaoyuan unhappy, and he didn't leave any affection like this.
He clearly lowered his attitude to the point that he couldn't be lower, and even revealed his life to Chu Shaoyuan, let him handle it, what else provoked him?
It's just that he was only halfway through thinking about it, and Wei Qing called someone in and pulled him out.
Chu Shaoyuan sat on the chair and thought for a while, thinking about the information that had not been revealed in Zhang Chong's words.
This is still the method that Xie Yanning told Chu Shaoyuan, depending on what a person thinks in his heart, he can't just listen to what he says, but listen to what he doesn't say, and Zhang Chong's words mean that he is afraid that his case will be turned over, and that his family will be implicated, so what he didn't say is, is he Chu Shaoyuan one of Zhang Chong's choices, or the person Zhang Chong is determined to take refuge in?
The reason why he didn't accept the technique was just because the two people who received it were remembered by his father, if he accepted it greedily, wouldn't he take this risk in vain, and he didn't have to form a team of guards by himself now, just having Yan Yunwei allocated to him by his father was enough, plus Ming Yanlou sent underground palace killers to him from time to time to do private work, and there was no shortage of people around him.
After Wei Qing sent people out, it took a long time before returning to Lanxin Courtyard.
Chu Shaoyuan didn't look back and knew that it was Wei Qing, he frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"
Wei Qing nodded: "The subordinates followed Lord Zhang all the way, without letting him find out, and then the subordinates watched Lord Zhang enter the Maoyan Hutong before turning around and leaving." β
As soon as Chu Shaoyuan heard Maoyan Hutong, he immediately had an epiphany.
No wonder Zhang Zhong kept asking him to accept the trick, and he also showed a look of loyalty to him, so he was waiting for him here.
Maoyan Hutong lives in the Yijun King Chu Shaohan, who has just been canonized by Emperor Wen, and his mansion is borrowed from the mansion of the convicted King Rui, although the limelight of the King of Rui is not as good as the King of Thailand, but he is also one of the most proud people among the princes.
It is said that he is most similar to the first emperor Emperor Wuzong, and even speaks and does things on weekdays, riding and writing very similarly, so he is liked by Emperor Wuzong like this.
It's a pity that King Rui made the same mistake as the King of Thailand back then, that is, he thinks very highly of himself.
He thought that Emperor Wuzong liked him and wanted to make him the crown prince, so he never restrained his subordinates, and even he himself was unscrupulous, which made the heavens angry and resentful, and his subordinates actually made a dragon robe for him in private in order to please him.
It's a pity that he didn't have time to see it, and he was blown up as if he was lit by someone, I don't know who gave Emperor Wuzong a message, saying that King Rui had a heart of disobedience, which caused Emperor Wuzong to be angry and angry, after seeing the evidence, Emperor Wuzong had to order him to be imprisoned even if he pitied him again.
And King Rui's mansion was also vacant because of this, and he only ordered a few maids to clean it on weekdays, but he didn't expect it to be given to Chu Shaohan as a mansion.
Chu Shaoyuan still felt a little unbelievable in his heart.
He whispered to Wei Qing: "If you go to the Taimiao again, tell the entourage around the prince what happened in Yunfu, be sure to be exciting, so that the prince has to come back to support the scene, otherwise Yunfu will have no place for him." β
Wei Qing nodded.
The officials in Yunfu City all thought that the prince was terminally ill, but in fact it was not.
The prince's malaria disease is just a play directed and acted by the prince himself, and his real idea is to set up a secret guard that can be dispatched with him, just waiting to see if anyone in Yunfu is disobedient, and then use the secret guard to solve it.
And Chu Shaoyuan actually knew a little bit, he felt that since the prince had this plan, it was nothing wrong for him to add fuel to the fire.
It's just that the current impetus is obviously different from what he thought, and if the prince is allowed to develop like this, the result will be very amazing.
Chu Shaoyuan frowned and thought about it, he didn't think that even a squire in the Ministry of Industry would have such a thing before he took over the Ministry of Labor, but he was afraid that the Ministry of Industry would be even more messy.
Sighing slightly, he said to Wei Qing again: "Since the prince's illness has not been improving, it is better to change the prescription and save him from suffering so many sins once and for all." β