Chapter 375: Snow Falls
"This king.... This king ......" Li Zhi picked up the teacup, and his trembling hand foreshadowed the unrest in his heart.
He was going to take a sip of tea to hide his fear, but he couldn't think about the huge impact this incident had on his "weak" mind.
Du He did not feel disappointed because of Li Zhi's performance, King Jin was a mellow person, if he heard this kind of thing, he could still behave calmly as usual, Du He would inevitably be afraid in his heart.
What's more, King Jin's age is not high, which just meets Du He's imagination of showing his strength in the court.
King Qin?
Du He didn't think he was inferior to King Qin, he just didn't have a chance.
"Your Highness doesn't need to be in a hurry, this matter is still to be discussed."
"Ahem, this king is fine."
Li Zhi forced himself to calm down, pretending not to be afraid of this matter and said, "Do you know that this king has no soldiers in his hands!" ”
Du He had already predicted, "The military department is still the book of the Hou Junji, and there are thousands of elites in his hands." ”
There was obviously a hint of surprise in Li Zhi's eyes, "You mean, you and Hou Jun gathered him?" ”
Du He hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty has reached a consensus with Hou Shangshu a few days ago to help His Highness!" ”
Li Zhi hesitated even more, "Do you know that if this matter is done, it will be fine, if it is, it will be ......."
"Your Highness! If His Highness wants to spend his life in peace and stability, His Highness will leave, and he will never appear in front of His Highness again in the future! ”
Li Zhi's thinking was a little confused, and the two voices in his head began to collide.
"Fight! Why not fight? Why don't you fight, they are all imperial heirs, why can the eldest brother and the fourth brother fight, but they can only accept their fate? ”
"No, you can't fight, if you fail, there is only a dead end!"
"Stupid! Think about how Li Tai treated us at the beginning, and Li Chengyu, obviously he is also his younger brother, why should he always be used to Li Tai! ”
"I ......"
The scars on his body have not yet faded, Li Zhi still has resentment in his heart, Du He mentioned this matter, Li Zhi was very struggling in his heart.
He knows very well that if he doesn't seize the opportunity, he can only be resigned to mediocrity in the end.
Fighting?
When Li Zhi looked at Du He, his gaze had changed, if he didn't fight for himself, he would be mediocre, and if he did, he would have the opportunity to ascend to the supreme position.
"Du He, make it clear to this king what Hou Junji thinks."
Du He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and persuaded him, everything is easy to say!
"Your Highness, the main reason why Hou Junji conspired with his ministers is himself!"
"Himself?"
"Yes, Hou Junji is a minister from the dragon, and now he is the secretary of the military department. But he's so greedy, he wants more! ”
Li Zhi frowned and said, "If this is the case, won't this king become a puppet of others?" ”
"Your Highness, what are these words, Your Highness, don't forget, the surname of the world is Li today! Hou Junji can raise troops, but he can't be king. If Hou Junji has the intention of usurping the throne, the world will not tolerate him! ”
"This king, is it okay to allow him a king with a different surname?"
Du He said with a smile: "Three generations will not be cut, and they will rest with the country!" ”
"Good!"
The two then talked about many things, and before leaving, Li Zhi personally handed Du He a letter.
The recipient of the letter was none other than Hou Junji.
Du He laughed loudly in his heart, not in vain his painstaking calculations, he would be able to get what he wanted immediately.
Fail?
Now that the snow is closed, after the snow melts, the sixteen guards camp of Chang'an City will send people to the capital to face the saint.
Du He had already picked a time, that is, the day after the soldiers and horses left Beijing.
Returning to the troop? I'm afraid it's too late!
When they learned the news and rushed to Chang'an from the Sixteen Guards camp, the sky in Chang'an had changed!
Walking out of the palace gate, Du He couldn't help but feel joy in his heart and laughed loudly. The astonished gaze of others, in his eyes, completely turned into the envy of him a few years later.
"Look at it, the Du family will definitely rise in my hands!"
"Let's not go back to the house first, go to the Hou family!"
The carriage drove away, and a figure disappeared from the crowd of onlookers.
"Why is Duho so happy? Did the palace arrange an official position for him? But think about it, the waiter, except for entering the palace, he has nowhere else to go! ”
The figure muttered, wandering around Chang'an City.
After a long detour, I finally came to the outside of the house that had been burned by the fire.
The scene was broken, and no one around him would notice him.
In other words, most of the residents in this neighborhood have moved out.
More than 20 people were burned to death in one day, for fear that unjust souls would gather here.
The figure entered the house, its face was gray and black, and after a little wiping, it finally revealed its own face.
It looks very familiar, this person is the seventeenth who was ordered to go to Chang'an to investigate!
"Your Highness said, dig three feet into the ground?"
Seventeen waited in the house here, and when the sun set, there were many white wolf guards gathered in the village.
More than thirty of them, and at the same time saluted to the seventeenth: "Partial general." ”
Seventeen nodded, "Dig!" His Royal Highness ordered, dig three feet into the ground! ”
"Yes!"
Everyone dispersed and began to work on the courtyard.
It didn't take much effort to get the clue Seventeen wanted.
"General, there are really swordsmen here!"
"Take it out and have a look."
"Yes!"
Twenty-three long knives, corresponding to twenty-three charred corpses that died in the house, everything seemed to be explained.
No! Wrong!
Seventeen couldn't help but scream, one less!
Yes, one less person, one more knife!
Don't forget, when Du faced the saint, he held a long knife made of a white wolf as evidence.
If nothing else, there are twenty-four thieves who attacked and killed Du Mansion.
Among these people, some chose to betray and secretly burned the rest to death, and they left Chang'an in a different way.
Seventeen didn't know it, his conjecture was close to the truth.
"Check! Find out who the missing one is! ”
"Yes!"
The White Wolf Guards scattered and left, probing around.
After verification, no one knew how many people lived in this house.
But they also have good news for Seventeen, that is, there is indeed a leader among them.
Because the fire broke out suddenly, the charred corpse was unrecognizable, and no one knew whether the leader was burned to death together.
But from the mouths of the bystanders, Seventeen figured out one thing.
Before the fire, someone left the house and brought back wine and meat.
Following this news and continuing to investigate, it is not common for a wine store to buy more than 20 jars of wine in one go, especially since this person is still a fresh face.
Based on the portrait, Seventeen asked others to identify the person who bought the wine.
The descendant of the Du family, Du Liu!
Upon learning of this, Seventeen broke out in a cold sweat.
Aren't all the people of the Du family already dead?
Du Liu is the person next to Du He, and he disappeared after the massacre, but now he was suddenly told that this guy is still alive!
"Your Highness needs to be notified quickly!"
Seventeen raised his feet and wanted to walk outside Chang'an City, but after halfway there, he still had concerns in his heart.
The news that Du Liu is still alive alone is not enough for others to know that Du He is the father of the murder of the Du family.
What's more, now that Du Liu has fled from Chang'an, no one knows whether he is dead or alive.
Seventeen began to think in his heart, "The best way is to go to Du Mansion!" ”
If this matter is really arranged by Duhe, then there must be clues in Duhe's mansion.
Infiltrate the Du Mansion, find out the evidence, and when the time comes, the matter will be made public, and His Royal Highness will be innocent!
Just do it, Seventeen found a few white wolf guards hiding in Chang'an, asked them to bring the news back to Qinwangzhuang, and he changed into a night suit and rushed to Du Mansion at night.
At this time, Du He had just left Hou Junji's Mansion and was on his way back to Du's Mansion.
"Phew, the guy who doesn't shed tears when he doesn't see the coffin, the king with a different surname, is not afraid to hold it himself!"
Du He was very disdainful of Hou Junji in his heart, and the short-sighted ants were hooked by fame and fortune.
But that's fine, if it weren't for him, he really wouldn't have the ability to pull up a strong army!