Zhu Wang is a simple-minded person, such a person will most likely be calculated to death, but fortunately for him, he has a shrewd mother and a powerful foreign family.

Concubine Jing is a woman of few words, but she is a little smart.

When Zhu Wang was crowned king, she used the power of her mother's family to establish contact with the Lu family in Yanzhou City through some in-laws who had turned a corner.

Her son was crowned king, and Concubine Jing also had some ideas for the future. Knowing that her son would not play conspiracy, Concubine Jing thought that if that day really came, she would leave a way back for herself and her son and give it a go. I couldn't fight, so I escaped by the back road.

This back road is the Lu family.

The Lu family and the Goguryeo royal family have always had dealings, and Concubine Jing asked Zhu Wang to get in touch with the Lu family and Goguryeo, so that Zhu Wang could not move the Lu family line unless he had to.

Although King Zhu was reckless and dull, he listened to Concubine Jing's words very much, and gave the Lu family some small favors quietly for several years.

The people of the Lu family committed a crime, and the criminal department was on file, and I wish the king to erase him. Some major and important cases, involving the crime of killing the head, wish the king can also be replaced by death row prisoners. The enemy of the Lu family, I wish the king to get the list, and he can also find a way to make a crime and eradicate dissidents for the Lu family.

It doesn't happen much, but the next one to make people know is a scandal.

Therefore, King Zhu has always been very careful and has never exposed the matter of the Lu family.

But it can't be stopped, Qi and Lu are both in Yanzhou, and they are both members of the three major clans. When the young masters of the two families fought, they had to talk about their own backstage.

The crown prince and King Zhu knew that the other party also had contact with Yanzhou.

Although I don't know what this connection is, it doesn't prevent them from jointly protecting the interests of this side, and they are also afraid of each other.

This delicate balance was still balanced until the incident of Yanzhou Tongzhi being stabbed in front of the emperor.

King Rui, who found out the relationship between the Qi family and the crown prince, was not clear about the connection between the Lu family and King Zhu at that time.

He secretly suspected in his heart that Ji Guangmiao disappeared after arriving in the capital, and he might have something to do with the Criminal Department and King Zhu, but there was no evidence.

Seeing that the New Year was approaching, King Rui did not want to continue to stay in Yanzhou.

He packed up his piece of evidence, took care of it carefully, and planned to return to Beijing according to the itinerary.

But halfway back to Beijing, King Rui was assassinated by a group of people, and King Rui was caught off guard, fell off the horse, and immediately fell his leg.

Fortunately, with the protection of the people sent by Emperor Yuanwu, King Rui's people would not be damaged too much.

However, no matter how elite the people sent by Emperor Yuanwu were, they could not withstand the large number of enemies. In the end, both sides were defeated, and the people on the side of King Rui died almost the same, and the enemy did not leave a single mouth alive.

Those evidences were found and destroyed at the very beginning.

King Rui made a quick decision, asked his good friend Yanqing to take him in disguise, stayed in a farmhouse outside Yanzhou City, and then wrote a letter, carrying it to the capital to Liu Tong openly, suggesting that Liu Tong came to respond. Because he was afraid that Princess Rui and Concubine Rui would be too panicked when they found out about this and something would go wrong, King Rui decided to hold his troops for the time being.

When the letter passed through the station, it was carefully examined, and it was delayed for a while. Otherwise, Liu Tong could have received King Rui's letter earlier in the capital, and he could have come to answer King Rui earlier.

"And then?" Chang Runzhi held his cheeks and asked Liu Tong: "Why does King Rui refuse to show up when he comes back?" ”

Liu Tong sighed lightly and said, "When the fifth brother was recuperating from his injuries in the farmhouse, my father's side naturally got the evidence that he had sent back before. Then he never got the news of the fifth brother and the people sent by his father. When the father and queen came, they sent someone to find the fifth brother, and they ...... privately I guess I also secretly investigated the criminal department. ”

"What about the prince?" Chang Runzhi couldn't help but ask, "Prince...... Can the saint be checked? ”

Liu Tong frowned, shook his head lightly and said, "I don't know about this...... Regarding the crown prince and the Qi family, the fifth brother does not seem to have reported it to his father. ”

Liu Tong paused and said, "The person sent by my father conveyed what my father meant, asking the fifth brother not to tell anyone about his whereabouts for the time being, and to see how things are going first." This is exactly what the fifth brother means. I see, the fifth brother seems to want to secretly find out about the Qi family and the prince, as well as the Lu family and King Zhu. ”

Chang Runzhi pursed his lips and asked softly, "The Lu family has a connection with King Zhu, how did King Rui know?" ”

"The fifth brother is Tong Guò Ji Guang Miao and the Criminal Department, and he thought of the strange appearance of King Zhu, and later recalled the clues when Pang Liang explained the truth about Yanzhou with him, and deduced it." Liu Tong said: "In the past few years, the Qi family and the Yuwen family have had cases, and there are still two or three people who have been punished, but the Lu family, there are many people who have committed crimes, and there are many people who have been registered, but there is no one who has been punished." Who else can do this, except for the head of the criminal department? Those who have committed a major crime and should have been exiled and killed can get away with a few fines...... Who can write this kind of judgment? ”

Liu Tongmo held the teacup and his eyes were heavy: "Yanzhou is a place, it's time to take care of it." I just don't know if my father can make up his mind this time. ”

Chang Runzhi pondered for a moment, and said softly to Liu Tong: "Today's birthday of the saint, I see that there is nothing wrong with him to the crown prince and the king. Could it be that the Holy Lord still doesn't know about the connection between the two of them and Yanzhou at all? ”

Liu Tong was silent, and Chang Runzhi could only say: "If the saint doesn't take any action, King Rui will continue to hide his whereabouts like this...... I'm afraid it's all in vain. ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Liu Tong closed his eyes: "But I can only wait for my father's decision." ”

Chang Runzhi nodded, suddenly remembered, and hurriedly asked: "By the way, is it the people of the three major clans of Yanzhou who assassinated King Rui?" Can you find it out? If they fail in their assassination, there will be no follow-up? ”

Liu Tong said: "At that time, I was going to take the fifth brother back to Beijing, and my father's people also came to find it, and I wanted to take the trail to go, but the fifth brother said that it would be safer to go the opposite way, and it would be safer to take the official road generously, so we came back along the official road all the way, and it was indeed safe and sound." When he was about to arrive in Beijing, his father's people came to assassinate the fifth brother, and it was someone from the Yuwen family. ”

"Yuwen family?" Chang Runzhi's eyes widened slightly: "Isn't it the Qi family and the Lu family?" ”

"It's not." Liu Tong shook his head: "This is indeed quite curious." ”

Liu Tong was also thoughtful.

The couple talked for a long time, and Chang Run's previous wave of doubts was solved, and a new wave of curiosity was added.

She sighed, snuggled into Liu Tong's arms, and said softly: "I feel thrilling and scary when I hear you say it, I won't dare to let you go out of Beijing in the future." ”

Liu Tong smiled, hugged her and said: "It's not a dangerous place outside the capital, if I need to go out of Beijing on an errand in the future, will you stop me?" ”

Chang Runzhi pursed his lips and said, "Then I'm stopping you like this, are you leaving?" ”

Chang Runzhi wrapped his arms around Liu Tong's waist, Liu Tong couldn't cry or laugh, thought about it and said seriously: "I don't want to go, but I have to go...... Otherwise, you will have less money to support your family. ”

Chang Runzhi lowered his head and smiled. (To be continued.) )