Chapter 108, The Scapegoat
Ye Luxian stayed with Yan'er in the room until she fell asleep again, and then slowly closed the door and retreated, for fear of disturbing Yan'er's rest.
Xu Shoujing waited for Ye Luxian to walk out of the room and into the courtyard, and then stepped forward and asked, "Can the emperor rest in the servant's mansion today?" ”
Ye Luxian hesitated for a while, then looked at the room where Yan'er was resting, and said slowly: "The concubine gave birth today, and she is really tired, so I will stay in your mansion for the time being, and then leave for the palace after she is in a better condition tomorrow." ”
"The slave obeys the order, and the servant has already told General Yelu to transfer more people from the palace to protect the safety of the emperor and Niangniang, the emperor can rest assured!" Xu Shoujing replied respectfully.
"You do things, I don't worry! Thanks to your help this time, the concubine was able to give birth smoothly. Therefore, I will not pursue any of the reasons why you have a private house in Beijing! Thinking that you have made a meritorious contribution to the rescue this time, I will reward you with another hundred taels of gold and twenty horses of silk! Ye Luxian was very satisfied with Xu Shoujing's performance this time, so he rewarded him with a big reward.
"Slave Xie Emperor Longen!" Xu Shoujing hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Yeluxian.
"Get up!" Ye Luxian helped his sleeve and said lightly.
Xu Shoujing got up, patted the dust on his clothes, and then said to Yeluxian again: "General Yelu is waiting for the emperor in the main hall, saying that he has something important to report!" said that the mastermind behind the assassination had been found! ”
"Take me over!"
Xu Shoujing hurriedly led Ye Luxian to the main hall of his house. When he got there, he saw Jerod Chengfeng waiting in front of the temple.
Yeluxian walked to the chair in the middle of the main hall, and then sat upright waiting for Yelu's report.
"I heard that you have found out who is behind this assassination?" Yeluxian asked.
"Yes, the last general has indeed found out. According to the confessions of the men in black who were caught, they were all Song people! Yelu Chengfeng knelt on one leg and reported to Yeluxian.
"Great Song? How could they have such audacity? Ye Luxian seemed to have doubts about Ye Lu Chengfeng's words, in his impression, the time of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty was not long, so the foundation was not stable, and they were afraid of the wolf-like Liao State. How could they take the initiative to provoke a war with Liao?
"Back to the emperor, the Song people have always been treacherous, and according to the confession of the captured man in black, they are trying to cause chaos in our Liao country this time. Then the soldiers on the border of the Great Song Dynasty can just take advantage of our civil strife to start a war, so that their chances of victory are much greater! ”
Yeluxian was noncommittal about Yeluxian's words, and if this is the case, it is not unreasonable. I heard that the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was also a careerist. It was only through the yellow robe that he became the emperor, and the release of military power through the cup of wine lifted the situation of the military generals in the Great Song Dynasty. From this point of view, the Great Song Dynasty sent a detailed work to the Liao State, and then took advantage of the grand occasion of the Liao State to hold a sacrifice to the heavens and pray for blessings, and launched an assassination.
"And, the Admiral's men have picked up something." Yelu Chengfeng took out something from his arms and handed it to Xu Shoujing, who in turn handed it to Yeluxian.
Yeluxian took the thing and looked at it carefully, and realized that it turned out to be a token. In addition, he is already proficient in Sinology. So the Chinese characters above are not difficult for him at all. It seems that Yelu Chengfeng is right, this is really a Han thing.
This token feels a bit heavy when you weigh it by hand, and it must be pure gold. And the patterns carved on it are very fine, and it is not something that ordinary people can have. Ye Luxian carefully looked at the token in his hand, and found the word "righteousness" at the bottom of the token!
What does the word "righteousness" mean? As a member of the royal family, he knew very well that the lettering on such a token could only represent the identity of the owner of the token. But who does this "righteousness" represent?
At this moment, Xu Shoujing, who was next to him, suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty." Can you show this to the old minion? ”
Ye Luxian glanced at Xu Shoujing and felt that it would be okay to show him, so he reached out and handed him the token.
Xu Shoujing took the token, and then pondered it carefully.
"Your Majesty. Is the Chinese character under this token a righteous character? Although Xu Shoujing knew a little about Sinology, he was not very sure, so he asked.
"It's a righteous word, the righteousness of righteousness!" Yeluxian replied without thinking.
"Then the slave knew, the slave heard that the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty had a younger brother. His name is Zhao Kuangyi! His word is exactly the same word as this word! Xu Shoujing said categorically.
When Ye Luxian heard this, he slapped his thigh, and immediately stood up excitedly: "Yes, why didn't I think of it? Xu Shoujing, Xu Shoujing, you have helped me a lot again! ”
"Your Majesty, if the words on this token really represent Zhao Kuangyi, the imperial brother of the Great Song Dynasty, as Mr. Xu said, then plus the confessions of the black-clothed men who were captured before, it is simply a coincidence!" Yelu Chengfeng on the side also said.
"It's good that he is Zhao Kuangyi, I don't attack them, they came to the door by themselves, and they almost caused Yan'er to have a miscarriage, this account, I have to settle it with him!" Yeluxian hated the root of his teeth.
In this way, the three of them began to plan a plan to attack the Great Song Dynasty in Xu Shoujing's house.
And at this time, in a certain corner of the capital, a person was restless.
"Lord Wang, I told you not to get involved in this matter, but you still don't listen, it's okay now, this trip to the troubled waters, we can't hide!" Zhao Kuangyi's personal guard complained.
"How did I know that this Jereh was so treacherous! No wonder he said that he didn't need me to contribute anything in this operation, as long as I watched the battle, it turned out that he was waiting for me here! If his assassination is successful, then everyone will be fine. But if I fail, then I will be his scapegoat! He is really good at playing this abacus! Zhao Kuangyi was so angry that his face turned pale.
"I said, why did he let us avoid him when we went to Jerushin's house this afternoon! This difficult villain, next time I let the master meet me, I will definitely not be able to spare him! Zhao Kuangyi's personal guard said angrily.
"Okay, okay, now is not the time to be reckless, the most important thing at the moment is how to get out of the capital and how to explain to the imperial brother!" Zhao Kuangyi said impatiently.
Several people walked up and down the inn's room, fidgeting.
And this night in Shangjing, martial law has begun to be implemented in the whole city, and no one is allowed to go out at will. Every house is closed, and even the inn is closed. Zhao Kuangyi and his entourage spent a lot of money to persuade the shopkeeper to give them a place to live.
Zhao Kuangyi and the others knew very well that if they couldn't think of any way to deal with this sudden crisis tonight, then when it dawned tomorrow, the Liao people would definitely send people to search from house to house, and even if they wanted to escape, they would have nowhere to hide.
The night in the capital was as dark as a black hole.
For the first time, Zhao Kuangyi felt that the night was so difficult. I knew that he wouldn't take the risk of coming to the capital, he would stay in Bianjing honestly, and be his imperial brother in peace! But if that's the case, he won't be able to see Yan'er. This is probably a great regret in his life, right? Seeing her during the day, she didn't seem to be doing well, as if she was about to give birth. I don't know what her situation is now, whether she gives birth smoothly? Are both mother and child safe? He had no way of knowing this, so he could only worry faintly in his heart. (To be continued.) )