"What the young master means is that it is the crown prince who handed over such confidential operational information of Chen Jun to Gao Changgong... Zu Yuan didn't dare to say any more, he was dumbfounded, and he looked incredulous!

After all, the scope of this matter is too big, and the stakes are very high, but the people involved in it are the people at the top of the power center of Chen State, and this is no longer limited to the party struggle in Chen Guo's court, and now it has risen to the interests between countries!

If they just attack each other for the sake of competing for the throne, even if Emperor Chen Xu knows, for the sake of the family, even if they go too far, it will not be a capital crime! But now it is a capital crime of treason to sell state military secrets, even if this is the emperor's own son, but in the face of national interests, the emperor Chen Xu must also kill his relatives and execute him, so as to shake the national law and safeguard the interests of the country and the majesty of the court!

So this matter is no longer something that a small person like Zu Yuan can intervene in, if he is not careful, not only will he lose his head, but he will even implicate others!

"Then, then you already have evidence for this matter, young master?" Zu Yuan forcibly suppressed the shock, and asked with a little trembling as he spoke.

"Nope! If we didn't know the inside story of many things, even I wouldn't have guessed that this matter would have something to do with Chen Shubao! If it's just to deal with me Xiao Yao, I can understand why Chen Shubao wants to join forces with Gao Changgong, after all, I am their common enemy, and the enemy of the enemy is a friend! It's just that I don't understand, this time Chen Guo attacked Xuzhou, and I didn't go into battle, why Chen Shubao still told Gao Changgong about Chen Guo's battle plan so secretly, and now not only killed Xu Jingcheng, but also let more than 30,000 Chen soldiers die tragically at Gao Changgong's hands! Could it be that Chen Shubao doesn't know that if Xuzhou is captured, it will be of great benefit to Chen Guo, and lay a solid foundation for being able to compete in the world in the future, how can Chen Shubao stab his father Chen Xu in the back in such a national event as the Northern Expedition to Qi, you must know that as the prince of Chen Guo, he will be his in the future when Chen Guo conquers the world! Xiao Yao said very suspiciously.

"Maybe Chen Shubao has something in Gao Changgong's hands, which made Chen Shubao repeatedly compromise Gao Changgong's requirements, and even told Gao Changgong about the state secret of Chen's Northern Expedition plan!" Zu Yuan guessed.

"Then if you don't have any evidence to prove these speculations of ours, young master, can Your Majesty find out? According to the intelligence of the palace's eyeliner, His Majesty has asked the Ministry of War, the Criminal Department and several departments of Dali Temple to join forces to investigate the Xuzhou fiasco, if they can't find out that this matter is related to the prince, then should we secretly give them some clues, and then drag the prince into the water? Zu Yuan suddenly looked at Xiao Yao treacherously and suggested. Baixiao

"No! Because no matter how they investigate this matter, they can only find out that there is a traitor in Jinling City who is colluding with Gao Changgong of Qi State, but who this person is, it is impossible for them to find out, because now those Qi State killers lurking in Jinling City have either been killed by us, or they have fled Jinling City, and there is no proof of death, and Gao Changgong will not tell them who this person is, so in the eyes of these investigators of the Criminal Department of the Ministry of War, anyone is suspicious, and this naturally includes us! Our general trading house also has the ability to let hundreds of Qi killers lurk in Jinling City, and we also have the ability to obtain the Northern Expedition battle plan! If we secretly interfere in their investigation, this may arouse their suspicions, saying that we thieves shout to catch thieves and blame the crown prince, after all, they cannot believe that a dignified prince of Chen Guo would collude with foreign enemies and betray their own country's secrets! When the time comes to make trouble with His Majesty, he will naturally prefer to believe in his son rather than believe in us outsiders! Xiao Yao shook his head and said.

"In this case, then we can only pretend not to know, do our own thing, and let those people in the court check it out! Young master, what should we do next? This time Chen Guo Xuzhou fiasco, I believe that His Majesty will definitely want the young master to return to the army, and the young master will be able to reproduce the glory of the past when the time comes! Zu Yuan patted Xiao Yao's ass and said.

"Before, Your Majesty thought that you could win the Qi country with more people, so you would rather spend that money on expanding the army than give it to me to forge new artillery, now you know that it is wrong! Hmph, but now I'm no longer the free firefighter captain who was recruited by them and went when they came, and you still want me to go there wherever I am in danger? And I have to pay for the artillery myself, and since I pay for it, then I have to set the price myself! So during this time, you said to the people outside that I fell ill because I heard that the Chen army was defeated and Xu Jingcheng died on the battlefield! I refused all visits, and even His Majesty sent someone to stop me! It just so happens that my experiment has also reached a critical time, and I must concentrate on the experiment during this time, as long as it succeeds, even if Gao Changgong has artillery in his hand, these new weapons of mine can continue to crush him! The court wants me to go out of the mountain, so let's see if they can come up with some good chips! Xiao Yao said proudly.

"I have already sent people to collect a large number of experimental materials that you want, young master, and with your extremely clever intelligence, young master, you will definitely be able to develop more powerful weapons! However, if Your Majesty's side has been summoning the young master, what bargaining chips does the young master hope Your Majesty can come up with for us? Zu Yuan asked excitedly, because he had absolute confidence in everything Xiao Yao said, and Xiao Yao said that if the emperor wanted to take out the chips in exchange for Xiao Yao to go out of the mountain again, then this Chen Xu would have to bleed profusely, and when the time came, whether it was Xiao Yao or General Firm, he would definitely be able to get great benefits!

"First of all, of course, I want Your Majesty to return the General Comptoir to us! In the past year, how much silver has our general firm sent to Chen Guo's treasury, but the result is not only to remove me from my post, but also to send a person from the prince's camp of Chen Shujian to Jiangzhou, so that Li An and Zhou Chao and their iron workshops in Jiangzhou cannot operate normally, and now they are secretly casting new artillery for me! In the past, in order to gain a foothold in Chen State, we took refuge in Chen Shuling, who was the assassin in Jiangzhou, so this time I can't send people to the fence, now since Chen Xu has asked me to attack Xuzhou, no problem, but my request is also very simple, that is, I must give me the territory of Xuzhou! Xiao Yao said domineeringly.

"Give us Xuzhou? This, this Xuzhou has been a military important place for soldiers since ancient times, give us Xuzhou, Your Majesty may not easily agree, right? Hearing that Xiao Yao opened his mouth so loudly, he actually asked Chen Xu to give them Xuzhou a local territory, and even Zu Yuan was startled.

"If he doesn't give it, then I'll be sick all the time, see if he still wants to take Xuzhou! Hmph, I want the horses to run, and I want the horses not to eat grass, how can there be such a good thing in the world! Now that they have recognized my importance, I don't have to do my best to help them for free as before, and now it's time to make a deal with them! Xiao Yao smiled like a profiteer.