"Yes, father-in-law." Cui Yingyuan agreed, turned around and walked outside.

After Cui Yingyuan left, Chen Hong turned his head to look at Xu Xianchun, sighed and said, "Your Majesty really values you, but you did something like that before, and this level is not so easy." This time Your Majesty has an errand for you, and you will be able to win back His Majesty's trust if you do it well. ”

Hearing this, Xu Xianchun suddenly became excited.

People only know how to cherish when they lose, not to mention that Xu Xianchun cherishes it in the first place. The attachment to power has long been engraved in the bones.

Being forced to give up is already painful, and the feeling is almost fatal. Now that he can recover what he lost, Xu Xianchun's excitement can be imagined.

"Please teach my father-in-law." Xu Xianchun hurriedly said to Chen Hong.

Chen Hong looked at Xu Xianchun, didn't make a detour, and said directly: "You must also know about the matter of Yan Shenggong; The title of Duke Yan has been stripped away, and you should know about it. Now His Majesty wants to send Yan Sheng Gong back to Qufu, and let you send it in person. ”

After hearing this, Xu Xianchun's heart moved, and then he frowned.

Apparently it's not that simple. If it's just sending people back, then who will send it, so why bother sending it yourself?

What's more, if you just send people back, you won't be able to win back Your Majesty's trust. How could such a simple thing have such a big effect?

Xu Xianchun's heart is very clear that if you have gains, you will have to lose. What you want is so important, you can't give so little.

Xu Xianchun looked at Chen Hong and asked, "Is it just sent back?" ”

"Not just send it back, of course." Chen Hong said with a calm face: "We also have to protect the safety of the Holy Father." Yan Shenggong is a descendant of the Confucian sage, he has read the sage books since he was a child, and his heart is very resolute and strong, and he has attempted suicide several times. ”

"Although the Kong family did something wrong this time, His Majesty still can't bear to let Yan Shenggong die. So you must be careful to escort along the way, don't make any mistakes, Yan Shenggong must not die. ”

"If you can, you can dismiss him with your heart. If you can persuade the Holy Father to give up the idea of suicide, it will also be a great achievement for you. ”

Hearing this, Xu Xianchun said with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Gonggong Chen, I'm afraid that our old man's rough persuasion is not so effective. ”

"But there aren't many people Your Majesty can trust." Chen Hong looked at Xu Xianchun and said with a sigh: "This matter is still left to you." As long as you can do this well, I think Your Majesty will no longer pay attention to the mistakes you made before. ”

"In that case, I'll take this errand." Xu Xianchun gritted his teeth and said.

Xu Xianchun understood in his heart that this was not an escort at all, this was murder, and he was going to kill the Holy Father, pretending to commit suicide.

This job is very tricky, once the news is leaked or the whereabouts are leaked, you will definitely die without a place to bury. However, if you get this thing right, you can definitely get back some of what you lost.

However, Xu Xianchun felt that suicide was a little unsafe.

After thinking about it, Xu Xianchun raised his head and looked at Chen Hong, bowed down and said, "I don't know if I can bring more people?" ”

"Recently, there have been a lot of rebellions in various parts of Shandong, and they are acting unscrupulously and rampantly. If they knew that Yan Sheng Gong had returned to Qufu, they might have done something. If I bring fewer people, I'm afraid there will be an accident. ”

After hearing this, Chen Hong pondered for a moment, nodded slowly and said, "This is natural, the safety of the Holy Father of Yan is more important than everything, and it is definitely no problem to allocate more manpower." As for the people who smell incense, they may not have the courage to do so. But be cautious, there is nothing wrong with it after all. ”

"So, thank you Grandpa Chen." Xu Xianchun said with gratitude: "Please also ask Gonggong Chen to return to Your Majesty, Xu Xianchun will definitely make meritorious contributions and will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty." ”

"In this case, our family will go back first." Chen Hong nodded. Turned around and walked outside.

"Xiaguan sends Gonggong Chen off." Xu Xianchun hurriedly bowed down and said, his tone was sincere and his attitude was sincere.

While walking, Chen Hong sighed in his heart, no wonder the emperor valued Xu Xianchun, this is really a talent, and the whole thing is so simple to talk about. Xu Xianchun was able to easily comprehend the meaning of his words, and he was able to draw inferences from one another.

He told Xu Xianchun that Yan Shenggong was going to commit suicide, and the escort should be careful, it was nothing more than a dot on the road to let Yan Shenggong commit suicide directly.

Xu Xianchun felt that some traces were too heavy to do this, so he proposed another method. Anyway, now that the Smelling Fragrance Sect is making such a big fuss, they even dare to assassinate His Majesty. Under such circumstances, it was not surprising that they would do something to Yan Shenggong.

They definitely have the guts to do it, so it might as well be put on their hats. was attacked halfway, and the smell of incense was painfully killed.

Anyway, the Smelling Fragrance Sect is a brick, and it can be moved where it is needed.

Chen Hong only thought about it a little and agreed with Xu Xianchun's statement. However, he still told him that this method must be cautious, must be used with caution, and there can be no mistakes.

At the same time, Chen Hong also had to go back to the palace to ask His Majesty.

Seeing Chen Hong leave, Xu Xianchun slowly stood up, the expression on his face was cloudy, and then turned into a helpless sigh.

Although His Majesty still seems to trust himself on the surface, in fact it is different, Xu Xianchun can feel it.

Before that, His Majesty trusted himself, promoted himself, and treated himself as a courtier; But this time, the task given to him by His Majesty is to do a proper black job.

To put it bluntly, he has become His Majesty's secret murder knife, his status has decreased a lot, and everything he does is a private matter, and if something goes wrong, I am afraid that His Majesty will not protect himself.

But these are all self-inflicted, and there is no way to change them in a short period of time.

Sighing softly, Xu Xianchun slowly walked out of the cell.

This is not a place to hold him in itself, and with what has just happened, he can naturally get out of here at any time.

Walking out of the prison door, looking up at the sky, Xu Xianchun muttered: "This time you must not make another mistake." I'm going to get back what I've lost, the same thing. ”

Speaking of this, the fierce light in Xu Xianchun's eyes flashed.

Zhu Youxiao's residence.

Listening to Chen Hong's report to himself, Zhu Youxiao's face showed a smile, and then said with a smile: "Xu Xianchun is still a person who can do things, and he thinks very thoughtfully, so let him do it according to his own ideas." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. And when the slave and maid returned, they sent him a message. Chen Hong hurriedly said.

"So be it." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "People die every day in this world. Some people died quietly, and some died earth-shatteringly. ”

"Some people have died for tens of years, or even thousands of years, and some people still remember; How some people died, no one knows; Everyone knows how some people died. I really can't tell what is going on in this world. ”

Chen Hong stood aside and didn't dare to say a word.

How is it possible to answer at this time?

Once you answer, I'm afraid the person will be gone. However, Chen Hong still took a step forward and said, "Since the emperor is worried about the chaos of the Smelling Fragrance Sect, do you need to secretly send someone to protect Lord Xu?" ”

Turned his head and glanced at Chen Hong. Zhu Youxiao immediately laughed.

Chen Hong: How could Zhu Youxiao not understand?

What does it mean to send someone to protect you?

To put it bluntly, it is to send someone to follow, and when Xu Xianchun finishes the matter, he will directly send someone to kill him, so as not to have a chance to spread this matter in the future.

This can't help but remind Zhu Youxiao of a person, this person's name is Liao Yongzhong.

At the beginning, Han Lin'er was in Chuzhou. Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang sent Liao Yongzhong to welcome Han Lin'er back to the sky, but the boat capsized and died when he was in Guabu, and Zhu Yuanzhang blamed Liao Yongzhong for this.

When he arrived at the Great Meritorious Hero, Zhu Yuanzhang said to the generals: "When Liao Yongzhong fought at Poyang Lake, he was selfless and resisted the enemy, which can be described as a strange man. However, he sent a Confucian scholar who was good with him to spy on his intentions, so when he was knighted, he was only a marquis and not a duke. ”

When Yang Xian was prime minister, Liao Yongzhong had a close relationship with him. Yang Xian was killed, and Liao Yongzhong was spared because of his merits.

In March of the eighth year of Hongwu, he was given death for illegal things such as using dragons and phoenixes.

The righteous and awe-inspiring Emperor Taizu, Zhu Youxiao admires it very much in his heart, what is the truth of this matter?

I'm afraid it's been buried in the dust of history for a long time, and there's no way to explore it. No one knows except the parties involved.

So Zhu Youxiao turned his head to look at Chen Hong, and said with a smile: "Xu Xianchun can send someone to protect him, what about you?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Hong knelt on the ground with a plop, and then said with a serious face: "There is an intention to poison the emperor by the Wenxiang Sect, and the slave and maid tried poison for the emperor and were poisoned to death by them. ”

"The slave is alone, but she has a younger brother at home. Over the years, the slave and maid sent some money to the family, and the slave and maid had only one request. ”

"Please see the slave maid's meritorious service in testing poison for His Majesty, and send the slave's nephew to the Royal Academy."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Chen Hong and was directly amused by him.

He said in a relaxed tone, "Crane top red taster?" ”

After saying this, Zhu Youxiao himself laughed first, it was the kind of smile from the heart, very happy.

Chen Hong was a little confused, so he didn't know why the emperor laughed.

Not only did he not feel relaxed, but he was a little apprehensive.

Zhu Youxiao walked to Chen Hong's side, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Okay, get up." If you don't have the surname Yu, you can't die. ”

"In this world, some things can be solved by killing, and some things can't. Besides, if every time I kill a few people, I have to bury them with the people around me, I don't have that many people to compensate them. ”

After hearing this, Chen Honggong respectfully kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao, stood up and stood beside Zhu Youxiao, and never opened his mouth to continue to say anything.

He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

In fact, it's not that Chen Hong is amorous, nor does he really want to die. In Chen Hong's view, the stakes are very high, and it is not impossible for the emperor to want to kill him.

Instead of letting the emperor die, it is better to take the initiative yourself, after all, it is just your own life. If you take the initiative, the emperor may be able to give himself a little dignity for the sake of his own initiative.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao knew Chen Hong's thoughts, but Zhu Youxiao also knew that he couldn't do that.

If Kong Yinzhi on the front foot is dead, and Xu Xianchun and Chen Hong on the back foot are also dead, this kind of will not be explained clearly.

Even if you really want to do it, you have to learn from Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. This is what Xu Xianchun did, he figured out the holy will, and he really deserved to die.

Use this charge to dispose of Xu Xianchun, or more simply and bluntly:

Xu Xianchun and Kong Yinzhi had a disagreement, the two did not deal with each other, and on the way back, Xu Xianchun tortured Kong Yinzhi and tortured Kong Yinzhi to death.

When the emperor found out, he was furious, cured Xu Xianchun's crime, and killed him to bury Kong Yinzhi.

It's okay to do this, and you can also take out yourself as an emperor.

However, Zhu Youxiao still can't do this, and the reason is very simple, his enemy hasn't been killed yet, so he can't break the knife first.

Wu Zetian raised so many cool officials, and it was not until the end that he cleaned it up. When you still need a knife, you can't break it, and you have to sharpen it unusually sharp.

So it is impossible for Zhu Youxiao to be like Chen Hong said.

As for Xu Xianchun telling the matter, Zhu Youxiao didn't care. If you don't talk about this kind of thing, no one will doubt it?

Impossible.

Just like the kind of thing that Emperor Taizu did, although Emperor Taizu covered it up, there were still people who doubted it, and no one believed that it was really not Emperor Taizu who did it. It's just that no one dares to say it, and that's enough.

As an emperor, how can you do it without leaving a few mysteries?

Let this case become a historical mystery, and let future generations of archaeologists and historians study it well.

Maybe someone will fight each other for their own thing.

It's beautiful to think about.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao was in a better mood, and said to Chen Hong: "Prepare to rest, I am also tired." You don't have to worry about Xu Xianchun's side, you keep an eye on Cui Yingyuan's side, and tell me as soon as you have any news. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The slave and maid stared at it herself. Chen Hong hurriedly said.

Zhu Youxiao nodded, then turned around and went to rest.

The arrangement has been arranged, and the next thing is to wait for news.

Zhu Youxiao believed that there was nothing important, and at the same time, he also sighed in his heart that he was still inferior to Emperor Taizu.

Look at how simple the reason Emperor Taizu used to give death to Liao Yongzhong. The prefabricated use of dragon and phoenix patterns can kill Liao Yongzhong on this one charge.

I don't know when I'll have such power.

In a word, life and death are determined, and the most important thing is that no one dares to say anything, and it makes people fascinated when they think about it.

Zhu Youxiao went to rest, but the entire Jining City was in chaos.

Jin Yiwei dispatched again, and many people were alarmed in an instant.

Many people began to secretly watch the excitement, and more people were panicked, not knowing who Jinyiwei was going to arrest this time.

When they saw Jin Yiwei rushing to the door of Zhou's house, everyone gasped. No one expected that Jin Yiwei would actually do something to the Zhou family.

The people of the Zhou family didn't expect it.

In their opinion, they are safe this time. It's all already arranged.

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