Capital.

When I received the news of Mingzhu, it was already nightfall.

Since the invasion of the Qiman, intelligence investigation against the Qiman has always been the top priority of Zhang Bangli's work.

This time it was the same, as soon as the intelligence came, it was handed over to Zhang Bangli.

After reading it carefully, Zhang Bangli didn't care too much, the news about the Ming Wangfu and the Qiman would happen almost every once in a while, and it was no longer strange, so he just replied: "I know, deal with it properly!" ”

After replying, he began to pick up other information sent back from all over the country, and after reading them one by one, Zhang Bangli frowned and asked in a deep voice: "Still there is no whereabouts of King Ming?" ”

"No, we have arranged a large number of manpower monitoring along the way, and so far, there has been no trace of His Highness and his party." The subordinate shook his head.

"If we send more people, we must find the whereabouts of His Highness as soon as possible." Zhang Bangli said in a deep voice.

"My lord, according to the time, His Highness should be in Yuezhou tomorrow at the latest, and now there is little point in continuing to send additional people to control, it is better to wait for His Highness directly in Yuezhou." Subordinate Dao.

"Your Majesty is very ill this time, and it is possible to summon King Ming back at any time, and we must grasp the whereabouts of King Ming in advance. I'd rather be a moment earlier, not a minute later, just sit as I say, and be sure to find King Ming as soon as possible. Hearing this, Zhang Bangli was silent for a while, but finally shook his head and ordered directly.

"Yes!" Subordinates receive orders.

Zhang Bangli didn't say anything more, went out directly, and headed towards His Majesty's bedroom.

When he passed by the imperial study, he turned his head to take a look, only to see that the lights inside were turned off, and a flash of worry flashed in Zhang Bangli's eyes.

Not far from the imperial study, it is the Qianyuan Palace where Dingwu lives.

There was a light inside, and after Zhang Bangli invited him to see him, after a while, an attendant came to ask: "Lord Zhang, Your Majesty has summoned you in." ”

"Your Majesty, have you ever felt better?" Zhang Bangli nodded, followed the waiter, and asked softly.

"Just took the medicine, it's going to be fine." The waiter whispered, didn't say anything more, and walked quickly to lead the way.

"Why haven't you seen Mr. Liu in the past two days?" Seeing that his answer was so vague, Zhang Bangli frowned slightly, and asked again.

"Mr. Liu accidentally contracted the wind evil and took leave!" The chamberlain replied.

Zhang Bangli nodded and didn't ask any more.

Walking into Dingwu's dormitory, Zhang Bangli immediately smelled a faint medicinal fragrance, raised his head slightly and looked in the direction of the dragon bed, and saw that Dingwu was wearing a single coat and didn't get up, just half lying on the bed, with his eyes slightly closed.

Not far from the dragon bed on the right, His Excellency also appeared, sitting quietly on a futon.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Bangli stepped forward and bowed.

When Dingwu heard the voice, he opened his eyes and looked at him, nodded slightly, and said softly: "Excuse me!" ”

After that, he said to the waiter at the door: "Sit!" ”

The chamberlain immediately turned around and carried a low stool towards him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Bangli thanked him, sat down, and bowed to the real person again.

The real person didn't speak, but after opening his eyes and nodding at Zhang Bangli, he withdrew his gaze.

"Your Majesty, have you felt better today?" Zhang Bangli looked at Dingwu's pale face and red eyes, and said worriedly.

Dingwu only waved his hand, did not answer, half-leaned on the head of the bed, and asked softly: "Let's talk about things!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Bangli wanted to ask a few more questions, but seeing His Majesty like this, he couldn't open his mouth.

I had to pick some of the information I got today and report it to Emperor Dingwu.

These include the mobilization of men from the Daomen to the south, as well as the situation of the Lin clan deploying along the way to find the traces of King Ming.

Dingwu just lay at the head of the bed and listened quietly, never speaking.

Until he finished speaking, Dingwu didn't open his eyes, but after he finished speaking, he said softly: "I know, you can handle these things." ”

Seeing that Emperor Dingwu looked sick, Zhang Bangli didn't dare to bother more, he wanted to get up and say goodbye, but he couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Ming has excellent medical skills, it is better to summon King Ming back to Beijing......"

As soon as he said this, he saw Dingwu suddenly open his eyes and turn his head to look at him.

On the other side, the real person also slowly opened his eyes, first glanced at Zhang Bangli, then at Dingwu, and finally lowered his eyes.

Zhang Bangli was taken aback by Dingwu's sudden reaction, and hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to say more.

"Ming Wang ......" The room was quiet for a while, and then he heard Dingwu's voice slowly sounding, but he only said these two words and paused again.

Finally, Zhang Bangli, who couldn't wait for a long time to move, couldn't help but look up at Dingwu, but saw that Dingwu had closed his eyes again.

Zhang Bangli's lips moved, as if he wanted to continue to say something, but he didn't spit out a sound, bowed, and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, suddenly I only heard Dingwu's voice sound: "Bang Li, what do you think of King Ming?" ”

"Huh?" Zhang Bangli paused, raised his head, and said with doubt in his eyes: "I don't know what Your Majesty means......"

Dingwu seemed to think for a while, and then said: "Medical skills, many people say that his medical skills can be the best in the contemporary era, even if my Tai Hospital is in front of him, he can only bow down." ”

Zhang Bangli didn't answer immediately, he had a keen intuition, what His Majesty asked just now may not be just medical skills.

But at this time, he didn't have time to think about it, and seeing that His Majesty seemed to be finally relieved, and had the intention of finding King Ming, he was overjoyed, so he hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Your Highness has been transferred to practice medicine in Mingzhu for several years, and no matter how difficult the illness is, Your Highness has never missed a single time over the years. Just said that after His Royal Highness returned to Beijing, he made a few shots, and every time he was a capable person, he couldn't do it. first rescued Lu Xunyi, who was seriously injured and dying, and then cured the queen's mother's leg disease for many years, and then Chu Zhenping of the Patrol Division. According to his subordinates, His Royal Highness King Ming's reputation in the medical Tao is definitely worthy of the name. ”

After listening to this, Dingwu didn't say anything for a long time, and finally just raised his hand slightly: "I'm tired, you go back first!" ”

Zhang Bangli raised his head and his lips moved, but he finally didn't say anything and withdrew from the hall.

After he left, in the dormitory, the chamberlain stepped forward to help Dingwu lie down, but Dingwu waved his hand: "You guys retreat!" ”

"Yes!"

When several attendants heard this, they immediately withdrew from the hall.

Suddenly only Dingwu and Zhenren were left in the dormitory, and the silence was very quiet.

I don't know how long it took, Dingwu was half lying there, and suddenly his chest rose and fell to make a note, and then he bent down and coughed violently.

The real figure disappeared on the futon in the blink of an eye, appeared directly beside him, and raised his hand to cross the air for him, but only to see Dingwu, he suddenly raised his arm and blocked the real person.

The real person paused, staring at Dingwu's raised hand, a few drops of dazzling bright red, dyeing in the center of his pale palm.

Dingwu was still coughing, and the real person's eyes moved from his palm to the bright yellow brocade quilt covered on his legs, or blood spots, or blood streaks, which appeared on the brocade quilt, which was shocking to see.

After a while, Ding Wucai finally stopped coughing, slowly straightened up, and leaned against the head of the bed again, but his eyes swept slightly, and he just saw the blood on the brocade quilt.

His eyes paused slightly, and then he slowly raised his hand, staring at the few drops of blood on the back of his hand.

The real person stood aside and looked at his pale face at the moment, and the sluggish expression, a sad color slowly slipped through his eyes, and said softly: "Your Majesty, don't move your liver fire again!" ”

Hearing this, Dingwu slowly raised his eyes, glanced at the real person, was silent for a moment, and finally regained his calmness.

Directly stretched out his hand, grabbed the bright yellow brocade quilt and wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth, and without looking at it, he lifted the brocade quilt and wanted to sit up from the bed.

The real person raised his hand and wanted to help, but seeing Dingwu's indescribable eyes at the moment, he didn't help him in the end, and let him get off the bed with difficulty and sit on the edge of the bed.

The real person slowly took two steps back and stood on Dingwu's side.

Dingwu propped his hands on the edge of the bed, staring at the slowly rising incense in the center of the dormitory, and only spoke for a long time: "Go find King Ming's internal guards, and withdraw them!" ”

When the real person heard this, he was slightly silent and did not reply, but said slowly: "Lao Dao can go in person, and I will definitely invite King Ming to return to Beijing to see." ”

Dingwu slowly turned his head to look at the real person, and a smile suddenly appeared on his pale face: "Real person, do you think I have come to this point, why do you want to hide it from Zhang Bangli and not tell him." ”

The real person stared at Dingwu, he really didn't know this, in fact, he had always been strange, it stands to reason that Zhang Bangli is the most trusted person of His Majesty, and at this time, if you want to arrange things behind you, the most important thing to tell is him.

Ding Wu looked away and looked at the rising incense again, the pale smile on his face slowly disappeared, and he shook his head lightly and said, "Actually, even if I want to hide it, I can't hide it." Zhang Bangli knows me best, and he is in charge of the palace and the spy department, and it is difficult to hide from his eyes in the palace and outside the palace. ”

"I summoned four imperial doctors in the past few days, and these four imperial doctors did not leave the palace again on the grounds of cooperating with me to make pills. Zhang Bangli then noticed this incident and secretly investigated the whereabouts of these imperial doctors. ”

"I sent the internal guard to chase the Ming King, but I couldn't hide it from him, I let the internal guard go, but I didn't let him cooperate here, how could he not be suspicious with his intelligence?"

"I didn't tell him, and he has already begun to search for the whereabouts of King Ming with all his strength behind my back......"

Speaking of this, Dingwu seemed to be a little tired, his breath was slightly rapid, and the real person stepped forward silently, wanting to cross the vitality for him, but Dingwu waved his hand, refused, moved his position on the edge of the bed, leaned back on the head of the bed, and continued: "But even if he is already suspicious, I still have to hide it from him, because once he confirms my situation, he will definitely put all his hopes on King Ming, and he will definitely find King Ming to return to Beijing desperately." ”

"Your Majesty, didn't you want to come back to King Ming?" When the real person heard this, he was immediately shocked in his heart, he really didn't expect that His Majesty would hide Zhang Bangli, not to prevent him, but not to let him go to King Ming.

"The real person is strange, since he doesn't want to find King Ming, why do he send internal guards to chase his whereabouts?" Dingwu seemed to know the doubts of the real person and took the initiative to ask.

The real person didn't speak, but his eyes were fixed on Dingwu, obviously acquiescing.

Dingwu raised his hand and handed the blood stains that had dried up but were still shocking to the real person, and his dim eyes suddenly flashed with a light: "Because at that time, I was still unwilling, as Zhang Bangli said, the sixth medical skill is so good, and he has cured so many people who the hospital thinks are not good..."

Speaking of this, the light in Dingwu's eyes slowly extinguished again, he put down his hand, and lowered his eyes again: "My words, is there some contradiction?" On the one hand, he was unwilling and sent internal guards to chase after him. On the other hand, he concealed Zhang Bangli and prevented him from going to King Ming..."

"Your Majesty should have his own considerations!" The real person does feel contradictory, His Majesty is unwilling to understand it, and it is human nature, but why should he hide Zhang Bangli and not let him chase it, the real person really doesn't know why.

Dingwu paused, and seemed to be thinking about how to say his thoughts, and after a while, he finally spoke, but the words he said immediately shocked the real person's heart.

I only heard Dingwu's voice very low, almost inaudible: "If you really find him back, if he can't save me, then I will ...... Kill him! ”

The real person's eyes have always been peaceful, and with this sentence, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Dingwu didn't look at him, and continued to mumble to himself: "What if I don't kill the sixth child?" He has no foundation in the court, and I will pass on the throne to him, and he will not be able to sit down. The other princes, no matter which succeeds to the throne, will regard him as a great danger to their hearts, and they will never tolerate him. ”

"After I am gone, no one will be able to suppress the outbreak of war between them. If the new monarch can quickly win the sixth child, is it possible? Is the sixth person waiting to be killed? It is impossible, once they fight with each other, it will be a great chaos in the country. The banner barbarians are on the side, the warlords are on the side, they are all staring at the country, ready to swallow it at any time, this crisis-ridden dynasty can't withstand this chaos? ”

"What can I do? can only choose to get rid of one side, since the sixth can't take the big position, then I can only help the new monarch get rid of him. ”

Speaking of this, Dingwu's voice stopped.

The real person's eyes slowly regained their calmness, and after being silent for a while, he had to admit that from the perspective of Dingwu, it was indeed not groundless, he sighed lightly in his heart, and said: "Your Majesty's worries are all reasonable!" ”

Ding Wu shook his head slightly, and a complicated smile appeared on his face: "But if you kill King Ming, will this dynasty be saved?" The boss's heart is higher than the sky, but he is happy and angry, and his energy is as small as the tip of a needle, how can he be a heavy responsibility? The third child has some talent, but he only stares at the one-third acre of land under his feet, and he is full of cleverness, and his vision is not enough, so he can't be a king. ”

"Lao Jiu is not bad, he knows forbearance at a young age, knows how to advance and retreat, hides everything in his heart, and thinks twice before acting. But after all, he is still young and lacks courage, if he is allowed to take the throne now, he will be the dictatorship of his relatives, and if I help him to do his best, he will have nothing to rely on in the court, and he will be controlled by the ministers..."

Dingwu raised his head slowly, and a rare look of helplessness appeared in his eyes: "If you want to rely on Lao Jiu to rule the world, you have to have a strong arm to help assist, think about it, it is the sixth most suitable, if he can help Lao Jiu, however, Lao Jiu is so strong, can Lao Jiu tolerate him?" ”

Zhenren always listened, he never interfered in political affairs, let alone interfere in the succession of imperial power, even if it was the end of Dingwu at this moment, he still strictly adhered to the iron law.

But when he heard this, he had already realized something and asked, "Your Majesty hopes that King Ming can be the arm of the King of Thailand, so he hesitates to attack King Ming?" ”

Ding Wu heard this, but shook his head: "So, of course it's best, but I know that it's impossible." Lao Liu once slapped Lao Jiu in the court, although Lao Jiu is kind and forbearing, it does not mean that he does not hold grudges. Even if he doesn't hold grudges, the character of the sixth child can't be a minister, and even I can't suppress him, not to mention the ninth child, if he can't suppress the sixth child, he will inevitably get rid of the sixth child, and the two of them can't coexist. ”

Speaking of this, Dingwu seemed to realize that he had spoken far away, exhaled lightly, and rested for a while before continuing: "The reason why I hesitate is that I still want to keep the sixth child. It's not that he expects Lao Liu to surrender to Lao Jiu's men, but because he himself is a double-edged sword, as long as he is still here, he can help Xinjun share some of the pressure. The new monarch is afraid of him, why don't the Lin clan and other warlords be afraid of him? After I collapsed suddenly, the sixth child may be able to become an important weight to suppress the chaos inside and outside. ”

As he spoke, Ding Wu closed his eyes slightly: "For the sixth child, I am indeed contradictory, and it is difficult to make up my mind. ”

"Perhaps, it is also because His Majesty can't bear to attack his own heirs after all." The real man said softly.

When Dingwu heard this, he didn't speak, he seemed to be tired, and closed his eyes again.

After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes again and looked at the real person: "However, I don't have to contradict it now, and I don't have to think about how to treat King Ming." ”

When the real person heard this, he was silent, His Majesty had decided to withdraw the internal guard, which showed that His Majesty was not ready to find King Ming to return to Beijing, which means that in the end he gave up killing King Ming.

But I didn't expect Dingwu to continue: "Because I suddenly found out that after I came to see me from the day King Ming left Beijing, I actually never had a chance to attack him. ”

The real person's heart was suddenly shocked, and when he looked back, he saw that His Majesty was staring at him, his eyes were weak, but they were so profound: "Real person, I guessed right, right?" ”

"Your Majesty......" The real person took a deep breath, he would not lie to His Majesty.

However, just as he was about to speak, Dingwu shook his head at him: "There is no need for the real person to say more, I don't mean to blame, in fact, as early as when the real person told me that I was not far from life, I should have thought that Your Excellency dared to say that my life and death must have been determined, so why should I be sure?" ”

"At that time, I couldn't accept it for a while, and I only thought that Your Excellency had come to a conclusion based on your cultivation to observe my qi and blood, and I couldn't consider it rationally. At that time, Lu Xunyi was also seriously injured and dying, and the real person also concluded that he was helpless, but the sixth child finally saved him. This time, I am seriously ill so far, how can a real person know the skills of the sixth child, how can he dare to say it easily? ”

"There is only one possibility, the real person must have already known that even if the sixth child made a move, he would not be able to make a statement, so he dared to assert it to me. Since this is the case, the sixth child is aware of it, and it can't be cured, so is it a coincidence that the princess was attacked that night and let him leave Beijing quickly? ”

"Shangqing Mountain disappeared quickly, and no matter how you look for it after that, there will be no trace of it, is it also a coincidence?"

"This son of mine is really outstanding, step after step, if it weren't for the real person who showed a flaw here, I'm afraid I wouldn't have imagined that this would be completely arranged to be done for me to see, what a big game, not only deceived me, but also put the Daomen in to help him establish his authority, and even hit the old enemy Lin clan."

When the real person heard this, his heart was already sinking again and again, not because he was worried about himself, but he didn't know what Dingwu would do to King Ming after he noticed this?

Did you really let King Ming go by withdrawing the internal guards?

Fortunately, Dingwu's next sentence made him let go of his worries: "Real people don't have to worry, the moment the sixth child left from Shangqing Mountain, he was already out of my control, the so-called battle of Huangting Mansion, I dare to conclude that he will never show up." And I have already prepared a countermeasure to announce my illness and force him back with filial piety. Now, unless I am willing to bear the shameful reputation of being killed by my son, I will directly announce to the public that I killed the king and killed my father with poison......"

"That's it, it's hard for him, it's really not easy for him to be brought back to life in such a dead end, why should I force him to death?" Speaking of this, a smile appeared on Dingwu's face.

The real person looked at the pale Dingwu who was smiling, and his heart was very complicated.

"I've done my best in this life, and the rest depends on their own creation, I have a heart...... Weak! ”

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