In the palace, Xiong Huai had just calmed down the panicked prince Heng when he saw a waiter come to report: "King, the assassin asks to see him." ”

"Please." Xiong Huai responded, then looked at the prince on the side, and said with a smile: "Prince, Assassin Shiling came to see the widow at this time, and I think the identities of those thieves have been figured out." ”

"Father is wise." When the prince heard this, he immediately responded, and at the same time, his face was slightly soothed.

It would be great if Chen Zhen could find out the identities of those thieves and prove that the thieves had nothing to do with Le Jun and them, and that he had nothing to do with Le Jun and them, and that he had neither united with Le Jun nor betrayed Le Jun.

As the saying goes, knowing a son is better than a father, although he believes that his father knows him. However, in the same way, the father is also the son.

From being young and frivolous to now, he has been the prince for more than 30 years, and he has reached the age of not being confused. After twenty years of silent observation of politics, more than ten years of teaching by Taifu, and the tips of the auxiliary ministers around him, now he has a deep feeling for the current situation of Chu State, and he also knows a lot about his father's determination.

From the failure of his father to lead the army of the Five Kingdoms to attack Qin for more than 20 years, to the failure of his father and the late Ling Yin Zhaoyang to investigate the population of Chu twice, these three major defeats at home and abroad made his father determined to change the state of Chu and change the law in the state of Chu.

Twenty years ago, the first change of the law by Qu Yuan and others ended in failure under the strong opposition of the nobles and feudal lords in the country.

However, that failure not only did not defeat his father's determination to change the law, but made his father even more determined to change the law.

Then, more than ten years later, Qu Yuan and Tang Yu made a comeback, and the first in northern Han and Jiangdong and the suppression of the feudal monarchs of Jiang and Han all showed that his father's will to change the law could not be changed.

And in the face of this situation, when his father gave him a crown salute, he gave him a static word, let him learn King Zhuang, silently watch the government, and his teacher Taifu Huanyuan also let him do nothing.

At first, he didn't understand the intentions of his father and Taifu, but when he really calmed down, he understood.

Although my father had made up his mind to change the law, and had even been preparing for the change for more than ten years, my father still had no confidence in whether the change would succeed.

Therefore, in this case, he, the crown prince, is the guarantee of the future of the Chu State.

As long as he quietly observes the government, and does not show any inclination for changing the law, nor does he clearly express his opposition to the change, then he is a qualified prince.

If the change is successful, then there is no need to say anything, and after the father, he only needs to enjoy the fruits of victory.

If the reform fails, then he, the prince who pursues inaction, the legitimate heir of the Chu State, can easily win over a large number of Chu nobles, and then clean up the mess and recuperate, so as to prevent the Chu State from being torn apart due to the change, thinking that the Chu State will be revived again in the future.

And the premise of all this is that he is impartial and cannot easily enter the game until the situation is clear.

Otherwise, then he, the prince, is not what his father wants, nor is he a qualified prince that the Chu State needs.

Now, the spies in the city have pulled him and Le Jun together three times and twice, either saying that he is united with Le Jun and them and is going to break with his father, or that he betrayed Le Jun to flatter his father.

All of these things, in either case, are breaking his foundation.

If he colluded with Le Jun and others and clearly stood opposite his father, he believed that as long as this situation was true, then his father would definitely abolish him.

In this regard, he did not doubt his father's determination to change the law, even if he was the crown prince.

If he betrayed Le Jun to keep in line with his father, this would be even worse, it was enough for Chu to have a Chu king who was bent on changing the law, and there was no need to add another prince.

If he, the crown prince, could not give the Chu State a stable guarantee, he believed that his father would not mind changing the crown prince.

Not to mention his younger brothers, let's just say that his eldest son, Gongziping, will wait for two years to perform the crown ceremony.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that those who attacked the prince's mansion were Le Jun's people, saying that he had betrayed Le Jun Sima and others, he immediately entered the palace to explain to his father that he was still a qualified prince...

Just when the crown prince's thoughts were turning, he saw Chen Zhen enter the palace quickly, seeing this, he immediately gathered his thoughts, and then looked at Chen Zhen nervously and expectantly, he didn't want his father to have any unfavorable words for him here.

Then, the crown prince listened to Chen Zhen tell everything that had just happened in the city, and was relieved to hear that Chen Zhen had pushed everything to the spies of various countries.

At this time, Chen Zhen finished his report, and said: "King, after this incident, the intelligence network planted by various countries in our Chu State will definitely be destroyed. However, at this time, a large number of exposed spies in the city fled out of the city, in order to avoid leaking the spies, and also to avoid the expansion of the scope of rumors and affect the area outside Yingdu.

Therefore, the minister asked the king to issue an edict to close the gate of Yingdu and block the road near Yingdu. ”

Xiong Huai groaned slightly, then nodded, "Yes." ”

Then, after Xiong Huai issued an edict to the guards of the city gate of Yingdu to close the city gate, he saw Chen Zhen staying where he was, wanting to stop talking, wanting to leave but refusing to leave.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai was suspicious and asked, "Chen Qing, what's wrong with you now, you and I have been a monarch for decades, is there anything inconvenient to say to the widow?" ”

When Chen Zhen heard this, he hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "King, this time the minister was able to break the intelligence network of various countries in Chu so quickly, not because of the minister's credit, but because the spies and spies of various countries took the initiative to jump out and let the minister catch one of them.

But it is precisely because of this that the minister is very worried. Shuyun: If you want to take it, you must first deal with it, and countries do not hesitate to take the initiative to expose the intelligence network they have operated for many years, and the plan must be big. ”

Saying that, Chen Zhen cautiously glanced at the King of Chu, and then spoke: "Even, the ministers are worried about disturbing Yingdu, and dividing the relationship between the king and Lejun is not the real goal of all countries. It's just that what their goal is, for a while, the minister is not very clear. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he smiled: "Chen Qing, this must not be like Qing's personality, since Qing is already suspicious, why should he warn the widow in a roundabout way!" ”

When Chen Zhen heard this, he immediately bowed his head and said, "The minister is stupid." ”

The prince on the side heard the two of them playing dumb riddles, and couldn't help but look at his father in the stands, and then looked at Chen Zhen opposite, I don't know what the two are talking about, and I can't think of what the intention of the countries to take the initiative to expose the hidden spies.

At this time, Xiong Huai saw the prince's hesitant gaze, thought for a while, and said: "Confucius said: If you don't learn poetry, you can't speak; If you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand, and few people think that what Confucius said is very right. However, what Confucius did not say was that it was not enough to read poetry and rituals, people also had to read history, and it was Confucius himself who compiled the "Spring and Autumn Period" for his disciples to study. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "The widow has been studying for decades, and he has a little experience, and the purpose of reading history is not to Bogu, but to understand the present." ”

When Chen Zhen heard this, the worry on his face suddenly disappeared, and he smiled in an instant, and praised him: "The king is wise!" ”

Seeing this, although the prince didn't know why in his heart, when he saw Chen Zhen praising him, he also followed and said: "Father is wise!" ”

Xiong Huai looked at the prince's blank eyes, knowing that although he had realized the influence of Yingdu on Le Jun and the others, he had not yet realized that this turmoil would have a series of subtle effects on the follow-up of the Chu State.

Xiong Huai thought about it and decided to mention the prince, so he pointed to the bamboo slips on his king's case and said: "Prince, the bamboo slips on this case are the history books of the Zhou Dynasty carried by the prince when he went to Chu in the past, which recorded the old affairs of the Zhou family in detail. The widow recently read it, and he gained a little, and the prince also read more. ”

"Yes, Father." The prince replied, and then, the prince took the bamboo slip from the waiter's hand, just glanced at the content on the bamboo slip, and couldn't help but be shocked.

I saw that the most conspicuous position of the bamboo slip was the annotation newly written by his father: King Zhou Li died because of rumors.