"What do you mean by this, do you suspect that one of us will plot to kill the emperor?"

A person in the hall asked aloud, hearing this, Haitang smiled slightly, and did not look in the direction where the voice came from, but said directly: "This is a good statement, it seems that the court is not all waste," then he looked in the direction of the emperor, and said a little jokingly, "It's just that this word came out of your Zuo Zongming's mouth, I don't know if it proves that the hundred officials of the court are not all waste, or is it another ridicule of the court?" Others may not know, but you Zuo Zongming must be very clear. ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zuo Zongming reprimanded angrily, "I am sincere to the emperor, and my loyalty is evident!" ”

"Whether my statement is right or wrong, you know in your own heart that I didn't come here to confront you, you are not qualified yet," Begonia said, yawning, "I just said this to mock and mock you, after all, what you just said made me see how to write the word shameless." ”

"Shut up." Zuo Zongming wanted to say something, but the emperor interrupted him directly.

Haitang smiled a little playfully: "So, let me explain the real situation." ”

Twenty-two years ago, at night, the temple of Bi'an.

Zhao Wuya put the freshly prepared meal on his plate and yawned slightly. He was a little helpless about the fact that the emperor had to eat the supper he made every night, but he was helpless, and he still had to do food.

Today, somehow Zhao Wuya had some diarrhea, but he always wanted to go to the thatched house to make a meal, and it was easy to hold on until the meal was finished, Zhao Wuya didn't procrastinate, took a lid to cover the plate, and turned around to look for the thatched house.

After checking the food again, Zhao Wuya put them in a basket and walked towards the Qiankun Palace, which was the location of the emperor's recent night review.

The night, very quiet, the moon, very round, no wind, no clouds, the stars in the sky and the full moon reflect each other, and the sprinkling of the moon will stretch Zhao Wuya's shadow very long.

He walked to the front of the Qiankun Palace, but was stopped by the guards, so he had no choice but to hand over the food to the guards and leave.

I didn't know that I returned to the Bi'an Temple to rest, but I was woken up in my sleep, and I was inexplicably taken away by the Praetorian Guards and imprisoned.

The emperor was assassinated, and he was poisoned by eating the food he sent.

This is the news he learned, but he also knows that he is not poisoned, if the food he cooks is really poisonous, all he can think of is the two guards guarding the door of the Qiankun Palace. He suffered every day, and under the torture every day, he didn't know how his few friends in the palace felt, and he didn't have the energy to think about it, and after telling the people who tortured him about the suspicion of the guards, he got the answer "The guards are innocent".

Ten days, just ten days, but he seemed to be dozens of years old, giving birth to a head full of gray hair, and after ten days, his face was withered, and he finally did not have to be imprisoned.

He was told that the emperor would no longer ask him about his old feelings, but he was asking him to leave the palace and never set foot in the imperial city.

"Maybe you think I'm making it up," Begonia took another sip of wine, "Let's assume that I'm right, so who will give you the poison in the food?" ”

"Is it a guard?" Xiao Yue took over the conversation, "But the guards have been proven innocent, if it's not the guards, who will it be?" ”

The crowd in the hall seemed to be lost in thought.

"If what you said is correct, if it wasn't Zhao Wuya or the guards who poisoned me, the only one who could touch the food was the cook who lived in the Bi'an Palace." The emperor spoke, his eyes were sharp, and he turned to Zuo Zongming on the side.

"That's right, it was the cook who lived in the Bi'an Palace, and Zhao Wuya's closest friend in the palace at that time was Zhang Tielin, who was also the imperial chef, and Zhang Tielin was later accepted as a righteous son by Zuoqiu, the general of the protectorate, and was renamed Zuo Zongming."

"What?!"

"It's ...... It's actually General Zuo?! ”

The hall resounded with one exclamation after another.

"You're spewing blood!" Zuo Zongming's face flushed.

"Everyone, listen to me," Haitang smiled, and said, "If Zuo Zongming is poisoned, what is his motive, killing the emperor doesn't seem to be good for him, and if the matter is exposed, he will put himself in danger." ”

"So, it's the other cooks who poisoned it?" A man in the hall asked.

"No, it was Zuo Zongming who poisoned him." Xiao Yue raised her eyebrows slightly, and cut the railroad to the point.

The city lord of Suzhou frowned slightly, and replied tentatively: "Is it difficult, who has bought General Zuo?" ”

"Yes, Zuo Zongming himself has no motive to assassinate the emperor, there is only one possibility, and that is to be bribed by others," Haitang said approvingly, "As for who this bribed person is, I think you have already guessed." ”

In the hall, everyone seemed to think of something, but no one spoke, but the emperor frowned slightly, and then said: "You want to say that this person was bought by General Zuo?" ”

"That's right, General Zuo asked him to poison his food, and the benefit for him was to recognize him as a righteous son. I think that Zuo Zongming first gave Zhao Wuya a laxative that day, and put poison on the meal when Zhao Wuya went to the thatched house. ”

"You have to think clearly, you are questioning my protector general!" The emperor is colorful.

"The Great Protector? No, it's not him that we're questioning," Xiao Yue snorted lightly, "Or rather, we're not just questioning him. ”

At this point, a whisper sounded in the hall again.

"Is there any evidence for what you say?!" Zuo Zongming looked quite inward-looking at the moment.

"The evidence is naturally there, let's not talk about the evidence first, just say that Mu Wangfu was poisoned and sent assassins, that is, there is already reason to suspect that someone secretly deliberately planted Mu Wangfu," Haitang said, "My girl just said that the object of our questioning is not just General Zuo, the object of our questioning is a bunch of people." ”

"According to the logic just now, even if General Zuo kills the emperor, I'm afraid he won't get any benefits, so why can't General Zuo be bribed by others? If General Zuo was also bribed by others, everyone present should think about how many people in the palace can buy General Zuo, and besides, if this person can even be bribed by the general of the protector, how can you guarantee that he did not buy others? At least I think he bought far more than General Zuo. Haitang said, but the expressions of everyone in the hall became more and more confused.

Haitang looked at everyone's expressions and smiled slightly: "This force that bought General Zuo is the one who really wants to kill the emperor, and buying General Zuo is just to let General Zuo buy a little cook at that time?" It is obviously impossible, so it is obviously for another purpose to buy General Zuo, and it is only incidental to let General Zuo buy Zhang Tielin, even if General Zuo does not buy Zhang Tielin, then there are other people to go.

Zhang Tielin received the benefits, gave Zhao Wuya a laxative in his meal, and poisoned the emperor's supper while he was unprepared, and the emperor became very weak after eating the meal, and then set out to assassinate the emperor after leaving all kinds of evidence in the Mu Wangfu, and after killing the emperor, it was naturally impossible for the court to be leaderless, but at that time, there were only a number of princesses under the emperor's knees, and it was obviously a big joke to let a woman be the king of a country, and at this time he could take over the throne and become the king of a country, naturally only the emperor's only brother - Mu Wangye. Mu Wangye's life is indifferent, obviously it is not so easy to buy, if he can't buy it, then he can only erase it.

This is the reason why this force bought General Zuo, but it is obvious that they are not the only one who buys General Zuo. They secretly bought many forces in the palace, and after the emperor was assassinated, they worked together to resist the throne of Mu Wangye, and the reason for the boycott was all kinds of signs of pointing the murderer at Mu Wangfu, if Mu Wangye was not stable in the palace, but many officials resisted him together, and the power of this Mu Wangye was also reduced by the emperor many times, obviously Mu Wangye could only suffer hardship, and this Qiang country would be in chaos.

"What's the solution?" Haitang paused and looked at the emperor with a cloudy face, "I think you have more or less understood, and it is better for the emperor to explain it to you." ”

The emperor's face was gloomy, he understood what would happen next, sighed heavily, and said: "First clear the Mu Wangfu that has the most possibility of assassinating me, but we must leave a fire for it, and after the cleanup, the person who remains is elected as the emperor, but obviously, this person is just a puppet." ”

After the emperor finished speaking, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he asked Haitang: "But the spark left behind will definitely obey the mastermind behind the scenes?" ”

"So they can't buy Mu Wangye, but they buy one of his children, according to the character of Mu Wangye's heir, this person should be Mu Ji, the second son of Mu Wangye, as for how they want to ensure that Mu Ji is the fire that stays...... I think the emperor should know how huge and diverse the forces they have bribed. ”

"But, you're just paying lip service...... Evidence, where is the evidence?! ”

Zuo Zongming on the side roared angrily.

"I said that I have evidence, since you are so anxious to let your identity be discovered as soon as possible, then I will fulfill your wish." Haitang shook his head and clapped his hands, the voice was not loud, but it was clear to everyone.

As the clapping sound fell, two figures wrapped in cloaks walked outside the door of the hall.

The two of them each carried one person, and the two who were carried were both tied up with flowers, their eyes were also covered with black cloth, and their mouths were stuffed with rotten cloths.

The two people in the cloak put down the people who were tied, one of them nodded slightly to Haitang and Xiaoyue, and then left, while the other person also sat down at the table, slightly uncovered his hood and drank wine.

Although the two tied up were blindfolded, their mouths were stuffed with rags, and they looked like they had been tortured and looked blue and swollen, some people recognized their identities.

"This is, this is the ......" Before a minister finished speaking, he was pulled by another minister on the side, and the two looked around, but found that many people were looking towards the emperor, so they also looked at the emperor on the first seat - to be precise, the woman beside the emperor.

The emperor's face was gloomy and terrifying, and for a while, he looked at the three begonias who were drinking wine on the table, and slowly turned to the woman beside him.

"Yes...... You? ”