Chapter 195: The Great Scam
Li Rui didn't want to contact anyone he didn't know in the palace at all, how complicated things were in the palace, he had been in the palace for less than a year, and he had already started to get tired of it in his heart.
Last month, he witnessed a eunuch asking Qiu Mu to see a bachelor, but the eunuch was a member of the second prince, and Qiu Mu almost suffered a loss.
"Father-in-law, I still have to rush home, I'm afraid I can't discuss anything with you."
The inner eunuch is in charge of the affairs of the Son of Heaven, and the eunuchs of the inner eunuch cannot be offended easily. Although Li Rui was sure that the second prince could not transfer the inner eunuch, it was difficult to ensure that there were any other conspiracies.
But the father-in-law only said one sentence, which made Li Rui change his mind.
"What I want to discuss with you has to do with Lingtang."
Out of caution, Li Rui did not go to any place with a roof or wall to discuss the so-called "Lingtang" with this old eunuch. The house told him that he should discuss with one person a matter that must not be heard by others, and the best place to be in an open and uninhabited place around him, where there are only two people.
So Li Rui took his generals and the old eunuch to fight horses outside the city, this old eunuch's footsteps are weak and weak, he is definitely not a person who has practiced kung fu, Li Rui is not afraid of him.
When he arrived at the place, Li Rui asked those generals to stand on top of a dirt bag so far that they couldn't hear the speech.
The old eunuch trembled and walked up to the dirt bag, and looked into the distance with Li Rui.
"Our family's name is Wang Hao, who was the secret guard of the former emperor, and his identity in the open is the inner counselor of the Inner Servant Province." The old eunuch spoke quietly, and said something surprising.
"Back then, our family was the 'dark person' who delivered the news to the palace by your mother."
The so-called eunuch is the eunuch who is responsible for guiding and serving the women who enter the palace. They proclaimed all the edicts and the names of the foreign women. But when all the relatives and wives enter the palace court, they must arrive at the Inner Servant Province in advance, and then these eunuchs will be responsible for inspecting their identities; Once the women get out of the car, they are guided to the court or harem for recital.
If the inner woman needs to go to the court, or hand it to the palace, it is also handed to them first, and then enter the palace.
Li Rui is willing to enter the palace to accompany him, and he is willing to accept the emperor's assignment to befriend various families and families when he becomes an adult, just waiting for this moment.
He wanted to find out what was going on with his mother. Judging from his aunt's words and speculation, Li Rui didn't know what his mother would die for.
Who is persecuting her? What are you forcing her for? Who is Mother's enemy?
He wanted to know what to do.
"You don't look like your mother at all, you look more like your father." The old eunuch looked at Li Rui in the same color as he picked up goods in the store, which made Li Rui very displeased.
"You don't look surprised at all, you know who your mother is, do you?"
"My mother is the eldest daughter of the Zhang family in Yanzhou, and she was instructed by the emperor to supervise my family. I have known about this for a long time, and the emperor told my grandfather back then. Li Rui said it without hesitation.
"They're really despicable...... Wang Hao smiled a little cruelly, "Then didn't they tell you that they forced your mother to death?" ”
He's lying.
What is he trying to do?
In order to know his calculations, Li Rui clenched his fists and pretended to be very shocked.
"What did you say?!"
"I guess, they didn't tell you who your mother really was. Yes, the emperor is dead, who will know the true identity of your mother? Your mother is a golden branch and jade leaf that is more noble than the daughter of the Zhang family. ”
Li Rui straightened his face and said as if he was unhappy: "What are you talking nonsense?" ”
It's a bit ridiculous, but it's true. In that year, the Yin Dynasty was destroyed by the Hu people, and a vassal king was spared because the garrison resisted the Hu people in Yanzhou. Your mother is a descendant of that vassal king, and she was fostered in the Zhang family in Yanzhou since she was a child. Then Zhang Tingyan took the children of her family out of the mountain to help the emperor, just to plot big things. ”
"Originally, Zhang Tingyan wanted your mother to enter the center and wait for the opportunity to marry the current majesty, but she was noble and self-conscious, and she was unwilling to be a concubine, which attracted the attention of the emperor. The emperor recruited her to be a 'dark person', and she agreed, and finally the three generations of the Zhang family's children were reused by the emperor. ”
"But after your mother herself was the royal family of the Yin Dynasty, the Yin Dynasty never gave up the move to subvert Dachu, and gradually the first emperor discovered the clues and began to clean up the Yin Dynasty spies in the army." Wang Hao's voice has the unique spy of eunuchs, and at this time, recalling the past, there is a sense of strangeness.
"The emperor entrusted this matter to your father at that time, and the leader of the secret agents in Beijing is your mother, and you can imagine the results for yourself." Wang Hao's words stopped at the point, but the meaning in his words was very obvious.
Li Rui clenched his teeth and looked up at the sky that was already gradually reddening.
Wang Hao didn't say the rest of the words. The father, who was in charge of cleaning up the Yin Dynasty's manpower in Beijing, gradually discovered the identity of his wife, and out of protection of his wife, he did not tell the emperor the result, but went home to question his wife.
"Your mother did not run away, but admitted all this. She has a special identity, your father can't accept it, and she is quite devastated, and she stays in the palace for several days in a row. Your mother was worried about the changes in the situation in Beijing, so she sent a message to the old lady Zhang to temporarily let the Yin Dynasty's men withdraw from the capital in order to preserve her strength. Wang Hao looked at Li Rui, who was already expressionless, and then said: "But Taishi Zhang made a bolder decision......
"He contacted the power left by the King of Qiyang in Beijing, pretended to avenge the King of Qiyang, and arranged an assassination."
"The emperor was assassinated, your father died in his escort, your mother completely collapsed, disheartened, no longer involved in the restoration of the country, and only took care of you wholeheartedly at home." Wang Hao sighed, "It's just that this matter was still known to the former emperor, because of Li Meng's meritorious rescue and the first emperor's agreement to leave your life, your mother can only commit suicide to protect the reputation of the Xinguo Mansion." ”
"Your grandfather and your uncle all knew about this matter, but they deliberately concealed it, watched your mother throw herself into the lake, went to report the 'martyr' the next day, and earned a reward for your family as a 'martyr', which is really a good calculation. You are obviously the eldest grandson, why didn't you become the prince, and you didn't have two titles? Here's why. ”
He's talking nonsense.
Li Rui sneered in his heart.
The words of this eunuch are true and false, false and true, because there are seven points in it that are true, and those three points are extraordinarily true.
If he hadn't realized his mother's identity, and learned from his aunt that his mother was forced by a man that day to kill his grandfather and uncle before committing suicide in the lake, I am afraid that he would have really believed the words of this eunuch at this time.
Even if you don't believe it, you will have a problem with the Great Chu royal family and your relatives.
Yin Chao didn't know that there was his aunt hiding behind the screen, and he had long known that they had bad intentions.
I didn't know that Uncle Lu Dao had gotten out of the matter at the suggestion of his uncle, and his uncle already knew about their plan to rebel.
If the first emperor wanted to know the true identity of his mother, he was afraid that he would have died a long time ago, how could the first emperor leave the remnants of the previous dynasty? Even if there was any reason to stay with himself, it was impossible for the emperor not to communicate with the current saint. If he knew that he was the son of the county lord of the previous dynasty, how dare the saint let him be the companion of the great prince?
Yes, even if my father knew the identity of his mother, he would not tell the emperor.
Since childhood, their family has been taught by their grandfather to be a "gentleman", and everything is family first. I'm afraid that my mother really wants to rebel
For the sake of the country's righteousness, he can't do such a thing at home.
"You're calm. At this age, there is such a city, and it is worthy of being the son of your father. Wang Hao saw that Li Rui did not lose his temper, let alone make a move such as killing people and killing people, so he squinted his eyes unexpectedly.
"What, you don't believe it?"
"Why should I believe it?" Li Rui deliberately tricked him to say a little more, and said disdainfully: "A person I don't know at all suddenly came to me and said that my mother was the lord of the former dynasty, and the emperor and my whole family forced my mother to death, so I want to believe it?" ”
"It's just funny."
Li Rui rebuked proudly: "Your story is very beautiful, unfortunately, I don't believe it at all. Why did a dark man of the emperor tell me these things? I advise you to make your identity clear, otherwise I will arrest you directly and go to see Your Majesty. ”
"No, you believe it!" The eunuch listened to Li Rui's words, but he became energetic. "If you don't believe me, you should arrest me and go back to the palace at this time. If you refute this, you are empty-hearted. ”
He was secretly happy in his heart. He is an important secret person under Zhang Tingyan, on the surface, he has been serving the former emperor and the current emperor, and has been a spy for two generations, specializing in delivering news inside and outside the palace, but in private, he passed the news to the old lady's subordinates, and he has been doing it for decades.
"As for me, although I am the secret man of the previous emperor, I am loyal to the royal family of the previous dynasty. I have had a friendship with your mother for many years, and I really can't bear to watch you live such a muddy life, so I kindly remind you. ”
Now that the old lady is dead, and the Zhang family has left the clan, they can't stop all this, and seeing that Li Rui has no hope of becoming the Duke of Xinguo, these people have made the decision to use Li Rui.
Whether it was making him hate the royal family, or being disheartened by the Li family, they all had an opportunity to take advantage of.
What they have to do now is to mess up the situation, the more chaotic the better, and the more chaotic the better.
It would be even better if he could take the opportunity to infiltrate Li Rui's side.
"How do I believe, and what do I not believe? My mother died, and so did my father, and there was no proof of death. Li Rui raised his eyebrows, "Even if what you say is true, and I believe it again, what else can you expect from me?" I am now the companion of the eldest prince, and my future is good, is it possible to rebel with you? I advise you to get out of here. ”
"Is it a good future to follow the eldest prince? The Shinkoku Mansion was supposed to be your seat. Now that your father's seat has been given to your uncle, your brother will climb on top of you in the future, but will drive you out of the city, is this also a good future? Wang Hao said sarcastically: "They took everything from you, and then let you live, just applaud?" ”
"Get out! Get out of here now! Li Rui was furious, pointed to the outside of the dirt bag and yelled at Wang Hao: "Get out!" ”
"You tell me to get out now, but you'll use me later. Your mother's subordinates are still there, and the people from the previous dynasty are still there, just waiting for you, the little lord, to grow up. If you think about it and want to believe in the position of the Duke of the Kingdom, you will put three small stones in the shape of a zigzag under the Luohan Pinatsu in the Shangyang Palace. I'll send someone to you. ”
Wang Hao grinned and deliberately misled Li Rui, making him think that he was the only remaining descendant of the previous dynasty, and the position of Duke of Xinguo was within reach, and there would be a large number of people waiting to be called by him at any time.
As long as he really starts using them, it will really make him irreversible, and he can only obediently become a puppet.
Will he refuse?
A child who has been killed by his aunt when he was a child, whose uncle is hypocritical, and whose only grandmother who cares for him and who may die at any time after a stroke, will he refuse?
When he is in precarious situations, he will come to them.
After Wang Hao finished everything, as if he really came to tell a story, he walked away in the opposite direction of Li Rui.
Li Rui didn't stop him, nor did he kill him, he just turned his back to him, as if thinking about something.
Wang Hao walked a few steps, as if he hadn't stimulated Li Rui enough, suddenly stopped, and said to Li Rui on the dirt bag:
"Do you think your dad really pounced on himself?"
After Wang Hao said this, Li Rui turned around suddenly. It may be that Li Rui's movement of turning around was too violent, and Wang Hao was so frightened that he thought he would fall off the small dirt bag.
Li Rui stood on a relatively high place, and his figure looked really lonely. As soon as the wind blew, his loose hair fluttered weakly. Li Rui clenched his fists, took a step forward, and looked down.
"What do you mean?"
Li Rui's voice was almost squeezed out from between his teeth, he sent away his voice change period at the end of autumn, and now his voice was very low, so low that Wang Hao was a little afraid.
In the dead silence, Wang Hao felt that he smelled a smell of blood.
Is this murderous?
Be angry, be suspicious!
Wang Hao smiled proudly in his heart.
He left without saying anything.
Li Rui on the dirt bag had a straight face, his lips were closed, and his lips were white.
“…… Sick! Li Rui spit out two words. The traitors of the Yin Dynasty are all sick! ”
"All sick!!!
Shinkoku Mansion.
Li Rui didn't know how he got home.
Yes, he stood on the little dirt bag for a long time, until his legs were numb. The generals in the distance were worried about him, so they had to drag him down and drag him onto the horse.
He followed the generals back to the house in a chaotic manner, and was sent to Zhiyun Courtyard again.
In the west, the last ray of sunset was gone, and his mood was even heavier.
My aunt was there that night, and she must have known something more detailed!
Last time, my uncle said it, but I just talked about the process roughly, and my aunt heard all the conversations, maybe she knew what to say!
By the way, go find Auntie!
Find Auntie!
For the first time, Li Rui did not go directly to the main house where his grandmother lived, but went straight to the Fang family, who had moved back to the Splendid Courtyard.
"Eldest prince, aren't you going to see Mrs. Tai?"
"Huh? Son, where are you going? ”
"Eldest Prince, are you going back to the West Garden to wash? It's almost time for dinner! ”
Along the way, the greetings of the subordinates were endless, but Li Rui turned a deaf ear.
A word kept swirling in his head.
Ask your aunt for clarification!
Ask clearly!
Cross-hospital.
Fang had just finished dinner with Li Ming at this time, and when Li Rui came, Fang reflexively glanced around the room.
Sister-in-law didn't come out?
Every time Li Rui is there, Zhang Jing will definitely appear.
Although Li Rui was anxious in his heart, his mind was still clear, keeping in mind that he was a junior, so he first asked to see him in a proper manner, and only when his aunt sent someone out to invite him did he enter the house.
As soon as he entered the door, he asked his aunt to step down, leaving only Li Ming.
Li Ming was left to avoid suspicion.
"You ask me what your mother said to the man at that time?" When Fang heard Li Rui's question, his face was full of surprise.
Did he not believe what she said? Or do you think there's something wrong with what she said?
As soon as Li Rui saw her aunt's expression, she knew that she was thinking too much.
"Auntie doesn't need to worry too much, someone found me today, saying that my father didn't go to block the arrows for the emperor himself, I heard my uncle say that my father's death seems to be related to the remnants of the Yin Dynasty, so I came to ask my aunt."
"Who's going to come up to you about this?" Fang looked at Li Rui with a frightened expression, "Did those remnants of the Yin Dynasty finally find you?" ”
What she had feared for so many years, but finally a nightmare came true?
Li Rui nodded silently.
Li Ming let out an exclamation from his mouth. Fang's clan suddenly fell softly on the couch.
No wonder the sister-in-law didn't show up!
How did she have a face!
The words that those people said back then still seem to be fresh in Fang's ears now. Every word and every word the man said was so vicious, with indifference and cruelty that regarded human life as a mustard, trapping the Fang clan in a huge cage, and it took countless years to get out.
She thought that those people had given up on Li Rui, and she thought that those people could no longer take the Xinguo Mansion.
So, did they still do it?
No way! Now that so many people are struggling to support this family, how can this group of insidious and vicious villains be torn apart!
Don't even think about it!
The events of that night were the nightmare of Fang's life, and as long as they thought about it, the whole person couldn't help but tremble.
She trembled, and tried her best not to let herself lose her temper and said to Li Rui:
"Your father, those people should have killed him."
She took a deep breath, reminiscing as she learned the man's words.
"At that time, the man said, 'You have to hurry, he's going to do something to us. If the government of the faith country is not chaotic, it is we who will die. Leemon's affair ......'. Fang Shi sighed in the man's voice, "He let out a long sigh and said to his sister-in-law, 'You have to believe us, it's really an accident. No one knew that Li Meng would pounce, he was not the one who would do that." ”
When Li Rui heard this, his swaying heart seemed to have finally found his chest, and he returned to his original place with great importance.
The sister-in-law listened to him and rebuked: 'No, you don't know him. He's the one who does that. You killed him, I really regret ...... in the first place'" Fang's words suddenly stopped.
"Sister-in-law didn't finish speaking, I don't know what I regretted at the beginning."
"My nephew thanked my aunt." Li Rui shook his head to the ground, "My nephew understands." ”
His mother regretted reporting to those remnants.
His mother regretted that he didn't wake up sooner.
It's useless to regret it, it's come to this point, and you can only look forward.
Li Rui walked out of Fang's courtyard and gritted his teeth and hammered the wall.
These remnants of the Yin Dynasty are determined that he is extremely miserable in the public mansion, just waiting for them to save the suffering?
Or do you think that his parents are dead, even if he gets this big secret, he can't do anything with them, and he can only be suspicious and frightened in his heart?
Then they are very wrong, although he has no parents, does he have no other relatives?
Li Rui straightened up, turned his head and headed towards the main house of Zhiyun Courtyard.
"Grandma! Grandmother! ”
He has an adult complaint!
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Li Rui: Grandma, someone lied to me today!
Gu Qing: Is it a woman?
Li Rui: ......