Chapter 81

It is said that the huge court is actually made of sand, and everyone is a grain of sand, and anyone who does not abide by the rules and turns over may cause the entire court to collapse.

As for how much collapse it can cause, it depends on what kind of person it is.

In modern times, the West calls this the "butterfly effect", but Tang Xiaoshi prefers the Chinese chess saying: "If you are not careful, you will lose the whole game." ”

In this game of chess, at the beginning, Tang Xiaoshi thought that the opponent was the emperor Chu Zheng, but gradually, Tang Xiaoshi felt that the real opponent seemed to be still hidden.

It is not an exaggeration to use "full of wind and rain" to describe Chang'an City at this time.

The soldiers who were originally set up in the Jingwang Mansion around the academy and Beizhuang did not say any hello to Tang Xiaoshi, and all of them withdrew to the Jingwang Mansion overnight, and even Uncle Fu and Hua Wu, Tang Xiaoshi could not find them. In fact, this is the most obvious signal that Chu Ming sent to Tang Xiaoshi.

Chu Ming had no way to convey any news to Tang Xiaoshi privately, because the surroundings of King Jing's Mansion seemed to be calm, but there were many Yu Linwei ambushes on the ground, not to mention that there was a person in and out of King Jing's Mansion, even a fly might not be able to escape the sharp eyes of those Yu Linwei.

As for Concubine De's side, she had already told King Qin Chu Sheng the news of the emperor's intention to pass on the throne to Chu Ming, how could an impatient person like Chu Sheng be able to hold back his temperament, he didn't know how many officials he would meet in private, and Prime Minister Tang Huairen was his father-in-law, and the imperial historian Jiang Moxie was his grandfather.

Under these undercurrents, the most unstable displaced refugees have become the most stable existence, they gather on the flat land north of Beizhuang and south of the dry land, and build grass huts in An'an, waiting for the news of the reclaimed dry land on the side of the academy.

At this moment, a piece of dust was raised, and a person with a burden on his back rushed into the city and went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

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The eagle slave took the token and entered through the side door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, all the way to the secret room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and not long after he sat down, the Zhao family came in a hurry.

When she came, she was happy, according to the silver from Yangzhou City at this time in previous years, she had already sent over, I don't know that this year in order to be more than half a month late, this messenger will finally come back, Zhao thought that this year's silver should be almost there.

"Ada, you're finally back." As soon as Zhao stepped into the door, he said with a smile, "When will the silver sent by Master Tang this year arrive?" ”

As soon as the words were finished, the shrewd Zhao noticed that something was wrong, Ada did not have the humility and obedience to her before, and did not even look at her, and her eyes were empty as if they were lifeless.

Sure enough, Ada didn't answer her words, just took off the wrapped wooden box from her back, placed it on the table, and didn't say a word.

Zhao immediately became vigilant in his heart at this time, and snorted coldly, the two old maids beside him touched their hands at their waists, and there were already two more daggers in their hands, and the guards outside the door also held the handle of the knife.

As long as she snorted coldly, the two old maids would rush over and take the life of the eagle slave like arrows off the string, but seeing that the eagle slave had no other movements, Zhao did not say anything more.

Zhao ordered one of the maids to open the wooden box, and the maid used a sharp dagger to slash and break the lock of the larger wooden box, carefully opening the wooden box, for fear that there was some mechanism inside.

She opened the box, and before she could see what was inside, she heard a rattle, and the spring in the box was triggered, only to see a round thing pop out, white and fluffy, rolled a few times, and just stopped at Zhao's feet.

Zhao was so frightened by the sudden arrival that he almost didn't shout.

Take a closer look, the round ball turned out to be a human head, pickled with lime powder and crumpled, and a sour smell suddenly filled the entire secret room, and then took a closer look, although the person's head was broken, Zhao recognized that the crown jade on his head was Tang Huaiyi's.

Although she heard rumors earlier that something had happened in Yangzhou City, but it had not been confirmed, she did not believe it, and she was confident in how stable the Tang family was in Yangzhou City.

Now, Tang Huaiyi's head is rolling at her feet, and the enemy is so rude to tell her the truth - her nest in Yangzhou City has been dug up, her silver is gone, and the rumors are true!

Zhao Shiqiang calmed himself down and motioned to the maid to open the smaller wooden box, and the maid became more cautious. This time, nothing popped out, but the moment he opened the box, Zhao's performance was even more intense than Fang Cai, and sweat broke out on his forehead all of a sudden, and he shivered.

I saw a piece of square jade in the small wooden box, and a tiger was carved on the jade, which was very familiar to the Zhao family.

This is Chen Guo's jade seal!

And the state of Chen was destroyed by the state of Chu as early as thirty years ago, and it is said that there is no one left in the entire imperial family.

Tang Huaiyi's head shows that her side of the force has been uprooted, although it hurts, but she can still bear it, but this jade seal shows that her identity is exposed, once her identity is revealed to the world, her efforts in the past 30 years will be shattered overnight.

"Ada, I adopted you and cultivated you for twelve years, and you betrayed me." Zhao stared at the eagle slave and said coldly, "Could it be that you have forgotten the blood of the Chen State on your body?" ”

"I have a new master." The Eagle Slave spoke without emotion, his eyes still empty.

"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?" Zhao threatened.

The two maids raised the dagger in their hands at this time, and in the blink of an eye, they held the eagle slave left and right, and the sharp dagger was on the eagle slave's neck, and if it was an inch forward, the eagle slave would have his throat cut.

"The master said, you don't dare to kill me."

He had already suffered ten days and ten nights of not closing his eyes, and such a thing as a knife frame and neck was no longer enough to make the eagle slave feel a trace of fear.

He was like an emotionless tool at this point.

It is undeniable that the Zhao family does not dare to kill the eagle slave, and if she kills the eagle slave, she will not be able to find the master that the eagle slave said. That person knew her true identity, and Zhao had to do everything to find this person and keep him shut forever.

Zhao asked, "What does he want?" Zhao didn't ask who he was, but what he wanted, and the meaning of the deal was already obvious.

"The master said that she doesn't want anything, she just wants you to wait and watch a good show."