Jinling City, in the back garden of Wei Mansion.

Next to the rockery pavilion, there is a stone pavilion, the servants on the periphery are emptied, and there are only three distinguished men, here while admiring the moon and watching the lotus, while drinking and drinking.

The breeze is coming, the water waves are not prosperous, the rockery is flying, and the pond is quiet.

These three people are none other than the three leading figures of the Song Party today, Wei Cen, the squire of the Criminal Department, Feng Yanlu, the squire of the Ministry of Works, and Chen Jue, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

A few days ago, the poisonous plan to ambush Su Chen was set up by Chen Jue, one of the three.

Wei Cen put down the wine glass, coughed, and said: "Before the gate of the palace was closed, news came out from the palace, the kid surnamed Su, who had a great life, did not die, I heard that he was injured, but he escaped in the mountain village, and was found by the people of the government and Jin Wuwei, and he has been brought into the palace to treat the second prince and Queen Zhou. ”

"Hmph, count this kid's life as big!" Chen Jue sent a lot of dead soldiers this time, but he failed, which was a bit of a slap in the face, after all, he was too full of words before.

Feng Yanlu looked at Chen Jue and asked, "Those people, don't leave any tricks and hidden dangers, right?" ”

Chen Jue shook his head and said: "The people sent out are all dead soldiers, and if the mission fails, they have not returned, and they have not been left alive. ”

Feng Yanlu was silent for a moment, understanding the fate of those assassins.

Wei Cen, the waiter of the Criminal Department, continued: "We went to the Criminal Department, and found some waist cards and tokens of the Great Song Wude Division on the spot, and took the opportunity to render it, everyone knows it, and we can blame the secret spy of the Song State for the time being." Because it involves diplomatic relations between the two countries, our officials have long had the heart to avoid concessions and fear war, and they will definitely not make a big deal to trouble the Song State. Therefore, he could only suppress it and send Jin Wuwei and Dali Temple to investigate secretly. ”

Feng Yanlu is old enough to seek the country, although he himself is not capable and has average strategies, but after all, he is old and cautious enough, and said: "It's better to be cautious, pay attention to the progress of this case at any time, and never involve us." ”

Chen Jue said: "Don't worry, there will be no evidence unfavorable to us at the scene, but Su Chen has not been eliminated, do you want to find another opportunity to start?" ”

Wei Cen shook his head and said: "Don't use it for the time being, this time there is a lot of movement, if you continue to shoot, it is likely to expose us, don't touch him for the time being." ”

Feng Yanlu nodded in agreement, not wanting to attract attention, after all, ambushing the herald team and killing so many internal guards, once exposed, it is tantamount to openly confronting the imperial court, and there is a suspicion of rebellion.

Although they are all important ministers of the court, have a lot of power, and enjoy some treatment, they can't hold back such crimes if they are public!

Feng Yanlu also sighed a little unwillingly: "I can't kill it for a while, but if Su Chen is alive, he will continue to rescue Queen Zhou and the second prince, and he will win the favor of the official family. ”

Wei Cen groaned: "There are people in our palace, and those who have been saved in the palace, whether it is the Shang Medicine Bureau, or the Shang Food Bureau, the Shang She Bureau, etc., all have our nails, and they can do tricks and feet in decoction and medicine, whether it is the queen or the second prince, if one dies, then the official family will inevitably blame Su Chen, even if he is not sent to prison and beheaded, but at least it destroys the good impression of the official family on Su Chen, so it alienates the Sun faction." ”

Feng Yanlu and Chen Jue were silent for a moment, feeling that although this method was insidious enough, it could have the effect of killing people with a knife.

When they dealt with the crown prince back then, they used this poisonous trick, and in the end, Su Chen's father, Su Mingyuan, was one of the emperors of the Shang Pharmacy Bureau, the chief imperial doctor, who was responsible for treating the crown prince Li Hongji, and was involved. In the end, it was because of the people of the Song Party who did tricks and feet on herbal medicines, which led to the violent death of the prince, and Su Mingyuan became a scapegoat.

Even if Li Jing knew that there was something wrong with this matter, he finally executed Su Mingyuan, the man who was behind the blame, to calm down the complicated situation and give an explanation to the ministers of the court and the people in the harem.

Otherwise, the officials who support the party of the crown prince Li Hongji will inevitably continue to argue, demand a thorough investigation of the matter, attack other forces, and take the opportunity to break the balance and eradicate dissidents, which will affect the stability of the court, so Li Jing did not expand the matter.

What's more, at that time, Li Jing was very dissatisfied with Li Hongji's poisoning of his uncle Li Jingsui, although the royal family was ruthless, but it was not so unconcealed that the dead hand was placed on the bright side, which made people criticize, and Li Jing had the idea of changing the heir.

In addition, Li Jing's intention to give up the strong Li Hongji and choose the weak Li Yu as the new heir also had deep considerations, because Li Jing knew that with the national strength of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he could not resist the powerful northern regime, whether it was the Later Zhou Dynasty or the Zhao Song Dynasty, the result of the confrontation in the Southern Tang Dynasty was only destruction. Therefore, Li Jing felt that letting a self-righteous militant like Li Hongji fight against the Northern Song Dynasty could only attract more killings and faster destruction.

Wei Cen asked suspiciously: "Of the two sick numbers in the palace, which one will be solved, it will be a big blow to the official family, and it will make the official family hate Su Chen from now on?" ”

Feng felt that King Zheng would prefer the second prince Li Zhongxuan to die first, so the heir of the official family, only the eldest prince Li Zhongyu was left, he was only seven years old, and there were still more than ten years to go before the age of the weak crown, wouldn't there be other changes? When the time comes, the official family will have no heirs, and King Zheng will still have hope to inherit the throne of the country! Feng Yanlu explained.

Chen Jue picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "I agree with Brother Feng's proposal, these two princes are the most suitable, after all, he is the bloodline of the official family, in the past ten years, he only has these two heirs, if one person is removed, King Zheng will have more opportunities." ”

Feng Yanlu smiled and said: "If the second prince is not rescued in an accident, and then find a way to spread the news to the ears of Queen Zhou, the mother and son are connected, and the queen, who is already terminally ill, suddenly hears the pain of losing her son, maybe it can also accelerate the deterioration of her condition, and she will die with a whimper, and when the time comes, the two lives will not be saved, and Su Chen can only apologize with death." ”

"What a plan!" Wei Cen couldn't help but laugh.

Chen Jue also nodded, feeling that this strategy was feasible, and it was a difficult time for Su Chen, to see how he got through.

"Let Su Chen, continue to follow the path of his father Su Mingyuan, go to prison and poison him, it's a hundred!"

Feng Yanlu asked, "Then who should be sent to execute?" ”

Wei Cen said: "Move a chess piece in the Shang Pharmacy, let him exchange it for Xiangchong herbs or poisons, you can find suitable herbs from the inventory, it is very convenient, otherwise it is too dangerous to carry poisons into the palace from the outside and check them layer by layer." ”

Chen Jue and Feng Yanlu nodded, the people in the palace, Wei Cen has more doors, and he can find someone to handle this matter.