Xiao Li was also a person in a high position in the court, even if he had been away from the court for more than ten years, but only from the recent information, it was enough for him to analyze such a shape.

The real consequences of the case of stealing and selling official grain have not yet been officially revealed, but it is foreseeable that in the case of reduced grain production and no grain in the granary, it is indispensable to get the help of these businessmen to survive the crisis brought about by this great drought, so the emperor has to appease those angry and rebellious businessmen in advance.

However, although the recovery of stolen goods is the emperor's will, as the lord of the world, he must not ask the emperor to admit that he has done wrong in front of the world.

So, mistakes always have to be admitted, and as for whose head is the fault to be placed, is his son a natural scapegoat?

Xiao Li suddenly recalled that when the Great Wu Dynasty had not yet been established and they were still busy fighting, the woman named Han Su once said that the richest wealth under Zhao Tiannan was to be loyal to his subordinates like Xiao Li.

But now it seems that the emperor obviously doesn't think so.

Perhaps, in the eyes of the emperor, there are obviously too many loyal courtiers under his command who are crying to offer him loyalty, so one or two less is not distressed at all.

If it weren't for this, how could their father and son be sacrificed by the emperor again and again?

Thinking of this, Xiao Li shook his head and smiled bitterly, then suddenly closed his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, he had already eliminated all his former loyalty.

He looked at Xiao Jingbei and wanted to reach out and pat Xiao Jingbei's shoulder, but suddenly found that he was no longer the high-spirited An Guogong more than ten years ago, but a bad old man who even had a rickety back.

Sighing again, Xiao Li felt a kind of heroic sadness in his heart.

"Jingbei. Father is already old, what will this Great Wu Dynasty experience in the future, my father has no energy and no qualifications to take care of it anymore, after today, I will hand over the excerpt to the emperor and pass the title to you. What you do in the future is up to you. "At the end of the day. Xiao Li felt uncomfortable.

The establishment of the Great Wu Dynasty. There was his blood and sweat in it, but now, he knew that the Dawu Dynasty would experience some turmoil. But he is not qualified to take care of it anymore, and he doesn't want to care about it at all.

Thinking about the high morale when he fought the country, Xiao Li had to feel ironic.

Xiao Jingbei bowed slightly, and chatted with Xiao Li for a while. Until he saw Xiao Li's tired face, he called someone to serve him and rested. Then he turned back to the Leaf House.

From Xiao Li's last words, Xiao Jingbei knew that his father must have noticed something.

Told Feng Zhige about the conversations with Xiao Li one by one. Xiao Jingbei said: "Stop singing, father, do you know something?" ”

Feng Zhige was not surprised when he heard this.

She was no stranger to Xiao Li at the beginning. Although Xiao Li is widely known for his bravery, this does not mean that he is a dull and stupid person. On the contrary, under the rugged appearance, Xiao Li actually has shrewdness and acumen that rarely show in front of people.

Although it didn't take long to wake up, thinking about it, this time was enough for Xiao Li to know the relationship between his daughter-in-law and the Han family, and then faintly detect the changes in the Han family.

"What's so strange about this, you obviously don't know enough about your father, if you have fought side by side with your father in the first place, you will definitely know that under the surface of your father's bravery, there is actually a full shrewdness." Feng Zhige said.

Listening to Feng Zhige's words, Xiao Jingbei faintly felt something strange in his heart.

Feng Zhige himself said that it was "those who fought side by side with his father at the beginning" to know his father's shrewdness, but how did she, the daughter-in-law who had only been in contact with her father for a few months, discover this fact that his son had not discovered in this short period of time?

Looking back now, it seems that from the very beginning, Feng Zhige was extremely familiar with his father.

When my father first woke up, in order to persuade my father to let go of his knot, it was Feng Zhige who said the name Hansu, so that his father could settle down and recuperate.

Xiao Jingbei was not unaware of these abnormalities of Feng Zhige before, but he had always held the idea that Feng Zhige would not ask if he didn't want to say it, but at this time, listening to Feng Zhige talking about his father's original affairs in such a familiar and plain tone, he always had the urge to understand the person in front of him deeply.

He always had a wonderful premonition that if he really wanted to enter her heart, he must first understand her mysterious past.

Thinking like this, Xiao Jingbei was a little distracted.

So, where does he start?

If so, it should be from beginning to end, it seems to be inextricably linked with Feng Zhige, Han Su?

Feng Zhige, seeing Xiao Jingbei suddenly lost his voice when he spoke, he stretched out his five fingers and shook them in front of his eyes, "What are you thinking?" ”

Xiao Jingbei was pondering at this time, and subconsciously said when he heard the words: "I want to know how to understand you." ”

Then, looking at Feng Zhige's expression of treating his words as a joke, Xiao Jingbei secretly made a decision in his heart.

……

Xiao Jingbei did not spread the news of the assassination, so although he was robbed and killed once, except for Feng Zhige and a few Qilin guards who were with him at the time, no one knew about it.

The next few days were also calm.

However, Xiao Jingbei knew very well that this was just the calm before the storm.

Although the royal dead rarely appear in front of people, there are not many people in the capital who know about these dead soldiers, especially the widely known is that these dead soldiers are not only absolutely loyal to their masters, but also once they accept orders, they will not stop until they achieve their goals.

Not to mention the failure of those dead soldiers to assassinate Xiao Jingbei before, they also left a few corpses, and they will inevitably act again.

And what Xiao Jingbei is waiting for is their second action.

Those dead soldiers did not let Xiao Jingbei wait for a long time.

On this day, Xiao Jingbei reported to Zhao Tiannan about the situation of Beizhen Fusi in the past few days before he came out of the palace, and he met several black-clothed dead soldiers again.

Although it was getting late at this time, and there were not many people walking around the roots of the imperial city, compared to the last time, they were still patient and waited for Xiao Jingbei to enter a secluded alley before making a move.

I saw more dead soldiers than last time. Xiao Jingbei was not surprised, and even showed a smile on his face.

The leading dead man was slightly startled when he saw this, but the arrow had already had to be fired, they had already appeared, and if they returned before they could do anything, the master would definitely not let them go.

As a result, the leading dead man suppressed the ominous premonition in his heart. He drew his sword and swung it down. Then he rushed towards Xiao Jingbei first.

Seeing that the sword was about to touch Xiao Jingbei's body, Xiao Jingbei suddenly jumped into the air and stepped back, and then. Those passers-by who seemed to be unrelated before, suddenly gathered here, and then blocked in front of Xiao Jingbei.

I was already injured last time, and I said in front of Feng Zhige that I would solve this matter perfectly. How could Xiao Jingbei really be alone.

Since the two sides are facing each other, there is naturally no need to say anything else. In the blink of an eye, they were all together.

Out of some tacit understanding, no one made any other sounds, only the crisp clanging of the intersecting swords. Even the guards at the palace gate not far away were not alarmed.

The men and horses on Xiao Jingbei's side already had an advantage in numbers, and they had already prepared, even if their skills were slightly inferior to those dead soldiers. But after grappling for a while, it still has the upper hand.

Don't do anything. The leader of the dead soldiers was not brutal, and with a loud whistle from his mouth, he wanted to retreat.

"Stop them, live or die!" Xiao Jingbei gave a cold order behind the crowd.

One side wanted to retreat, but the other side didn't care about the other party's life and only wanted to keep people, but in a moment, except for the leading dead soldier who successfully escaped at the cost of heavy responsibility, the rest of the dead soldiers were all intercepted.

"My lord, they're all dead." The leader of this operation in the Qilin Guard, that is, Wu Yue, reported to Xiao Jingbei after checking the situation of the dead soldiers who fell to the ground one by one.

In fact, they also had a living mouth, but after realizing that they could not escape, these dead soldiers simply bit through the poison hidden between their teeth, and in just a few moments, they all turned into a corpse with a blue face.

Xiao Jingbei glanced at the corpses on the ground and said, "It's okay, it's the same whether it's dead or alive." ”

It really didn't matter if the dead were alive or dead for what he was going to do next, in fact, he could have harvested a few corpses from the last assassination, but he hadn't yet figured out what to do next, and by the time he sent someone to look for them in the alley, those bodies would have already been disposed of.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have used himself as bait to lure these dead soldiers into appearing.

I have to say that the dead soldiers under Zhao Tiannan can indeed be regarded as the elite of the elite, and the Qilin Guards are not weak, and they also have an advantage in numbers, but leaving these dead soldiers, almost all of the Qilin Guards are also injured, and even several of them are seriously injured, if they hadn't prepared in advance, they were wrapped in thick bandages on the fatal places on their bodies, and they were afraid that someone would have to pay the price of their lives today.

Ordering people to collect these corpses, Xiao Jingbei turned around and went back to the Anguo Mansion.

Early the next morning, Xiao Jingbei went to the early dynasty after doing some dressing.

After the next dynasty, Zhao Tiannan called Xiao Jingbei to inquire about the recent investigation of the case separately.

As a matter of fact, there is almost nothing to investigate in the case of stealing and selling official grain, and most of the officials involved in the case have already been punished.

After reporting to Zhao Tiannan one by one, Xiao Jingbei suddenly knelt on the ground, "The minister implores the emperor to make the decision for the minister." ”

Zhao Tiannan's eyes froze when he heard this, the order to assassinate Xiao Jingbei was personally given by him to his subordinates, but until now, Xiao Jingbei can still appear in front of him with all his beards and tails.

Zhao Tiannan did not always pay attention to the progress of the tasks of his dead soldiers, but at this time, he was inevitably dissatisfied with their efficiency.

The dead soldiers he worked so hard to cultivate were not as good as the secret guards in Han Su's hands, and if even the entire assassination mission was so procrastinated, then they would not be worthy of his attention over the years.

His face did not show what he was thinking, and Zhao Tiannan said quite unexpectedly: "Xiao Aiqing has something that I need to decide, you might as well say it directly." ”

Xiao Jingbei kowtowed heavily, and then with a faint bend in his eyes, he said: "Your Majesty, as a courtier, it is within the scope of your duty to share your worries for the emperor. The minister was not afraid of any danger caused by this, but after thinking about it, he still felt that he should inform the emperor of this matter. ”

Zhao Tiannan's heart moved slightly, "Oh? I don't know what Aiqing said? ”

"Your Majesty, the case of stealing and selling official grain is now almost in the final stage, since those moths dare to attack the official grain in the granary. I should have figured out what the consequences would have been. For the crimes they committed, beheading or exile is not an exaggeration, but now it seems. I am afraid that there are still remnants of this case in the DPRK and China, and the ministers have been assassinated by this group of bold people more than once, and it is believed that it is due to the resentment of some officials involved in the case. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Tiannan's heart jumped.

He didn't doubt the ability of his dead soldiers. After all, these dead men have been tested for so many years.

He thought that the reason why Xiao Jingbei could stand here well. It's because the dead soldiers under his command haven't had time to do it yet, but they didn't expect that they didn't do it, but they did it but failed.

Zhao Tiannan was secretly annoyed in his heart. I saw Xiao Jingbei knock again, "The emperor, please forgive the ministers for their failure to honor in front of the emperor." ”

After speaking, he pulled the two pieces of clothing and pulled them to both sides. A large patch of gauze wrapped around his chest was exposed, and the blood stains oozing from the gauze. Suddenly there was a pungent smell of blood in the air.

"Your Majesty, so far, the minister has been assassinated twice, if it weren't for the minister's vigilance, I'm afraid that the minister would no longer be able to worry about the emperor." Xiao Jingbei said, "The safety of the minister alone is insignificant, but the remnants of those official grain cases are so bold that they dare to openly vent their dissatisfaction to the imperial court, and the minister thinks that such acts cannot be dealt with strictly!" ”

Xiao Jingbei spoke righteously and strictly, as if he was a loyal minister and a good general who considered everything for the king.

Zhao Tiannan was suffocated in his heart, and did not respond to Xiao Jingbei's words of severely punishing the murderer, but asked about the details of the assassination, "What? Aiqing was actually assassinated, I wonder what happened to those assassins now? ”

"Back to the emperor, Wei Chen was fortunate not to be dishonored, although he failed to stay alive, but he also left all the assassins who came to assassinate."

Hearing this, Zhao Tiannan only felt that his heart was dripping blood.

It is not easy to cultivate the royal dead, and each of them took a lot of effort to grow up, but now, Xiao Jingbei's fluttering sentence of "fortunately not dishonoring his life" made him lose the manpower he had worked so hard to cultivate.

At this time, Zhao Tiannan didn't know how much the dead soldiers under him had lost, and if he knew the specific number, he was afraid that it would be even more heartbroken.

However, hearing that Xiao Jingbei did not leave a living mouth in his hand, Zhao Tiannan was also slightly relieved.

In any case, even if those dead soldiers died at the hands of Xiao Jingbei, as long as their appearance as loyal ministers of the Ming monarch was not punctured, as long as the courtiers would not know that he, the emperor, actually sent someone to assassinate the courtiers under him in order to pull people to carry the black pot, then the matter was not too bad.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tiannan's face was also full of anger, "Lang Lang Qiankun, it is in the capital at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are still such things happening, I naturally can't tolerate these villains acting so recklessly, Xiao Aiqing, in this matter, you have suffered, this matter, then put it into the hands of Xiao Aiqing, as long as it can deter those bold villains, Xiao Aiqing can just let it go." ”

When he said this, Zhao Tiannan felt bitter in his heart.

Xiao Jingbei was assassinated, and he knew that he would never spare his hands when dealing with these dead soldiers.

But Zhao Tiannan also had to do this, one side was a loyal courtier for the country and the king, and the other side was a heinous gangster, if he defended these assassins and let the loyal ministers be separated, I am afraid that no matter how dull the person is, he should also notice that there is something wrong with this.

Moreover, although his dead soldiers have indeed done a lot of things for him over the years, since they are dead, they are of no use to him, and he can give up even the most useful courtiers, not to mention these useless corpses.

Xiao Jingbei lowered his head, "The minister thanked the emperor for his compassion." ”

There was no surprise in his eyes.

He will definitely fulfill Zhao Tiannan's orders, so that everyone can see how the emperor is merciless to the assassins who committed the murder.

In fact, at this time, he was still a little faintly disappointed in his heart, before entering the palace, Xiao Jingbei had already asked his subordinates to prepare the corpses of those dead soldiers, thinking that if Zhao Tiannan was interested, he could also send the corpse to Zhao Tiannan in person for him to watch it, but unfortunately, Zhao Tiannan did not have such interest.

After going out of the palace, Xiao Jingbei asked the corpses to be hung on the gates of several places in the capital where there were many people coming and going.

So, soon, the people of the capital knew that the remnants of the official grain case were unwilling to assassinate the prince of An Guo, who was the chief judge of the case.

And out of the consideration of setting an example, under the orders of the current emperor, the prince of An Guo will hang the corpses of the captured assassins on the city gate, so that those remnants who are still hiding in the shadows will know that the current emperor will never tolerate such acts.

Because of those bloody corpses, the people of the capital were a little silent when they talked about the official food case for several days.

As the center of the entire Dawu Dynasty, what happened in the capital will always spread everywhere at the fastest speed, and rumors can often be spread beyond recognition after passing through the mouths of a few people, otherwise there would be no word "three people become tigers".

I don't know what went wrong, when this matter spread to Jiangnan and other places that were experiencing a great drought, it had already changed its appearance, and it became an attempt to assassinate the emperor by the remnants of the official grain case, and the emperor was divided into corpses to show his weight, and the emperor was furious, not only ordered to deal with the remnants of the official grain case more strictly, but also demanded that the officials sent to Jiangnan and other places must strictly recover the stolen goods and not let go of any businessmen related to it. (To be continued.) )