Chapter Seventy-Four: The Hidden Hand
Late at night at the beginning of the month, I can't see my fingers, and under the illumination of the lanterns, the imperial garden at night looks a little gloomy because of the many trees.
Zhao Dezhao is in a good mood, Chen Tuan has already taken the bait, and with his help, the re-organization of Taoism will reduce a lot of resistance.
What's even happier is that Zhao Kuangyin has fundamentally realized his role and attaches more importance to himself.
With him charging ahead, he just needs to farm calmly.
This is much easier than being both a father and a mother.
Two small yellow doors walked in front with lanterns, and Meng Kuan accompanied Zhao Dezhao.
"Second brother, the farm has inquired clearly, and the layout of the house has also been checked. Chen Ping sent his wife and children away the day before yesterday, obviously, there must be a conspiracy in this. ”
"Can you find out when the Zhongshu Order is abnormal?"
"It should be the day before the official wedding, the imperial physician Xiong Huai took leave due to illness, and then was invited by Chen Ping to the Zhongshu Mansion. Then there was a series of actions in which the guards were temporarily transferred, tung oil was purchased, and Chen Ping sent his wife and children away. ”
"Have you checked Xionghuai?" Zhao Dezhao paused for a moment. "Xiong Huai is sick? What disease? ”
"He's sitting in the room outside the Gongchen Gate now, can you summon him?"
Zhao Dezhao calmed down. "Got it all clear?"
"Clear. Xiong Huai tried the medicine at the beginning, but there was no response at the time, and it took several months before he felt unwell. After being known by Zhongshu Ling, he threatened him to tell the truth, and then he suspected the second brother. ”
Zhao Dezhao said with a smile: "He is going to die now, except for a few cronies around him, I'm afraid no one can command him." Those generals in the army used to respect him as a Zhongshu order and commanded the envoys, but now they won't listen to him, let alone help him deal with me.
Therefore, it is enough to keep an eye on the few people around him now, and keep an eye on the guards in his mansion. The only thing that matters is that we don't let the word out against my father and me can be heard. ”
Meng Kuan smiled: "It's all already arranged, and, in the ...... It won't be so stupid, for the sake of his own offspring, he won't talk nonsense. ”
"I hope so."
According to Zhao Guangyi's character, Zhao Dezhao didn't think that this matter would be easily settled, and everything depended on how Zhao Kuangyin went to Zhongshu Lingfu tomorrow and talked about it.
He didn't worry that Zhao Kuangyin would be soft-hearted, not to mention that his son was currently heavier than his younger brother. Just for the sake of the country, Zhao Kuangyin will not let Zhao Guangyi become an unstable factor.
After carefully calculating Zhao Guangyi's current chips, Zhao Dezhao put his mind at ease.
In the past, Zhao Guangyi had one-third of the forbidden army under his command, and the number of troops in his hands was more than that of Han Chongyun.
However, this is only a nominal command of the army, and he rarely goes to the barracks.
But since he fell ill, these people have become uncertain and look for other branches.
Everyone knows he's going to die, so why don't you hurry up and find a climbing object!
So, apart from his five hundred guards, he currently has a limited number of troops to control.
And he is not in good health and will die at any time, even these guards may not be dead to him.
In the months that he was ill, the power in his hands was actually in a phase of gradual dissipation.
Fortunately, he only realized that something was wrong now, and if he realized that it was wrong on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he would immediately raise troops, which would really form a huge destructive force.
Looking at the night, Zhao Dezhao suddenly stopped. "Meng Neishi, it's late at night, is there any room here in Jiying Palace?"
Meng Kuan immediately smiled and said, "This is naturally there, the second brother won't go back to the house to rest?" ”
"Well, let's sleep here for the night. Go and help me get Xiong Huai. ”
There are not many houses in the Great Song Palace, there are many yards and many trees.
The east palace is in the southeast corner, the Jiying Hall is on the west side, and there are six Shang Bureaus on the east side, as well as the Yintai Division.
At this time, the Yintai Division was not an espionage organization, but a real silver treasury for storing gold and silver money, and the emperor rewarded ministers and generals from here.
It was only later that the function was changed and it was changed to the headquarters of the espionage organization, but the name was not changed.
The harem is a forbidden place for ministers, including Zhao Dezhao when he grows up, and the harem can only go during the day, and he can't wander around in it.
However, the Jiying Hall on this side of the Imperial Garden originally had many courtyards for entertaining ministers, and some foreign ministers who were rewarded would often rest here for the night.
The small courtyard where Zhao Dezhao lives is not far from the one where Chen Qian lives, and they belong to the same courtyard with different buildings.
There are not many such small courtyards in the palace, which are basically in the west side.
Entering the hall in the middle, Zhao Dezhao glanced at Tong Liang and sighed. "Prepare the paper and ink."
Tong Liang gave the order, and two small yellow doors immediately went over and brought paper and ink.
He is now almost equivalent to the commander of the light pole, the inner guards and the guards have all gone to Xiangyang. Except for Tong Liang, even the guards were temporarily seconded.
At this time, there was another Zhao Guangyi matter, and there was not even a usable person in his hands, so he could only rely on Zhao Kuangyin.
He was still thinking about whether to take a risk and kill Zhao Guangyi directly.
In the more than 100 years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Dezhao was also accustomed to analyzing the situation from the General Bureau.
At all times, the first thing to do is to clear yourself.
But now that it has become Zhao Dezhao, the young mentality of Zhao Dezhao is not without a little influence.
Pei Ge'an helped him poison Zhao Guangyi, and now he has caused right and wrong, making him a little passive.
For Zhao Guangyi, now he can't beat, scold, or move.
No matter how he treats, as long as Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Dezhao make the first move, historical records say that they will leave a disgraceful side.
But if you keep being so passive and leak a little rumor, your reputation will still be damaged.
Tomorrow, Zhao Kuangyin doesn't know what he can negotiate with Zhao Guangyi, and he won't do anything on his side.
Whether it's useful or not, let's lay out a dark line first.
Xiong Huai was soon summoned, he was scared by Zhao Guangyi a few days ago, and today he was caught by Meng Kuan and questioned carefully, Xiong Huai knew that he was already in a whirlpool.
He only has one idea now, to hold the emperor's thigh tightly and not lose it, at least, so that he can keep his family.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw that the prince Zhao Dezhao was meticulously writing something, he didn't dare to slack off, he knelt down on his knees directly, bowed down and said, "The criminal minister Xiong Huai greets the prince." ”
Zhao Dezhao made a look, and Tong Liang immediately went over to help him up.
"I heard that Imperial Doctor Xiong is unwell, I have a prescription here that can alleviate the condition......"
Tong Liang came up and took two pieces of paper and handed them to Xiong Huai, Xiong Huai looked at it, and the first piece of paper was written with honey, schisandra and other Chinese herbal prescriptions, which are all to relieve the burden on the kidneys and heart.
There is also a recipe that turns out to be feeding on the pancreas of pigs.
On the second piece of paper, there is an aphrodisiac prescription, which is different from most of today's aphrodisiac prescriptions.
He was puzzled for a moment, and the prescription seemed to be perfectly fine.
But I heard Zhao Dezhao say again: "These two prescriptions are prepared for you, go down." ”
I met in a daze, and without asking a word, I was sent out again.
(I cooled down, and then today I had a splitting headache, took medicine, and was ready to sleep for a while, and there were only two thousand words at night.) )