"Huh?" King De's originally narrowed eyes widened almost instantly, and his voice immediately raised a few points: "Who do you say?" ”

Chu Ruocai saw King De's reaction, nodded slightly, and said again: "King Ming!" ”

"Smack!" King De suddenly slapped on the table, and the whole person suddenly got up, pointed at Chu Ruocai and scolded: "Okay, you go around and around, so you make a mystery for a long time, in order to pull it on King Ming." Chu Ruocai, you are really so courageous, you have already died to the end, and you have not forgotten to provoke the relationship between Your Majesty and King Ming, you are really stupid to be the king, I don't know that you have always provoked the infighting between Your Majesty and King Ming, trying to make them both lose, do you have the intention of profit? ”

Chu Ruocai let him be angry, but he didn't refute it, and after he finished scolding, he said calmly: "Lord Wang, I said before that I don't have ironclad evidence, so I can't refute your words." ”

"Can you refute it? Can you deny that you have been provoking His Majesty and King Ming, is it not a fact? King De asked angrily.

"I'll admit I can't argue with that." Chu Ruocai's attitude was very sincere: "But this time, whether I am slandering King Ming, please calm down and listen to me." ”

King De's eyes flickered, but he finally sat down again: "Okay, this king will see what tricks you want to play?" ”

"Qu Guogong went to the appointment, and he brought absolute masters with him, and before he heard the sound in Gyeonggi Wei and rushed over, in a short period of time, he wiped out all five people of Qu Guogong, and even killed a few people from my Lin family, how can ordinary forces do it? The grandmaster guards brought by our southern army into Beijing this time, they were all monitored under the nose of the national dynasty, and they had no chance to move. Even if they were given the opportunity, they wouldn't be able to do this, and they weren't even the opponents of Qu Guogong's internal guards at all. ”

"There is only the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty that can do it in the capital, and the Guo Dynasty will definitely not be able to attack the Duke of Qu Guo, so there will only be the Ming Palace. This is all a situation on the bright side, am I nonsense, the prince must know it in his heart. ”

After that, Chu Ruocai glanced at King De's face, but saw that King De's face was blue and said in a deep voice: "It may not be that there is only the Ming Wangfu left, Shangqing Mountain is in your hands, although the internal guards around Qu Guogong are strong, but if Shangqing Mountain is fully prepared, it is not impossible to do it." ”

"With the real people of the Kingdom Dynasty and the King of Ming sitting in the capital, the grandmasters of Shangqing Mountain, especially the stronger the grandmasters, the more they dare not step into the capital for half a step, how can they commit crimes?" Chu Ruocai shook his head.

"Zhenren and King Ming are not gods, and it is not impossible for Shangqing Mountain to hide its entry. What's more, how many shadows did Shangqingshan leave in the capital, do you still need to say this king? King De still insisted on his opinion.

After that, he asked another question: "Besides, judging from the scene, the murderer has obviously been ambushed a long time ago, how can King Ming know about your appointment to meet Qu Guogong?" ”

Chu Ruocai's face turned ugly: "This matter is my carelessness, I shouldn't have made an appointment to meet Qu Guogong rashly, so that I gave King Ming a chance, in a sense, Qu Guogong's death, our southern army does have part of the responsibility." ”

"What do you mean?" King De didn't understand.

Chu Ruocai didn't say anything more, but sighed and said slowly: "This matter has to start from the first day we visited the Ming Palace......

Next, Chu Ruocai told him about his first visit to the Ming Palace, of course, it was another version in his mouth.

Because the princess was injured in the previous attack, Lin Huayao, the marshal of the Southern Army, has always remembered this, so this time they were specially ordered to visit the princess to find out the princess's current situation.

For this reason, they also invited Chen Ruming, the Holy Hand of the Southern Realm, in case the princess's old injuries have not healed.

On the way to this visit, but unexpectedly the king of Ming took the initiative to talk to him about cooperation, the king of Ming said that the palace has moved to kill him, if the new monarch successfully ascends the throne and takes power, then the Ming palace will be very dangerous.

King Ming hoped to obtain the support of the three marshals of the Southern Army and Hu, Liu and Zhang, and be able to stand by his side at the enthronement ceremony and help him fight against the new monarch.

For this reason, King Ming was willing to promise that in the war against the barbarians, the support of the Daomen would be tilted towards them.

On the contrary, the Daomen will not support them at that time.

After he reported this matter to Lin Huayao, in view of the overall situation of the anti-barbarian situation, the marshal thought that under the current situation, we should unite to fight against the banner barbarians, and there should be no more incidents, so he proposed to the king of Ming that he was willing to be an intermediary, hoping that His Majesty would reconcile with the king of Ming and fight against the enemy together, but the king of Ming rejected the kindness of the marshal and insisted on fighting to the death with His Majesty.

In desperation, for the sake of the overall situation, the marshal finally decided to report the matter to His Majesty, hoping that His Majesty would be prepared.

But there is no evidence for this matter, there is no evidence, and if you see Your Majesty rashly, I am afraid that I will be accused of provoking the royal family.

And he was afraid that it would attract the attention of King Ming, so he wanted to meet Qu Guogong through a secret appointment, secretly communicate this matter with Qu Guogong, and he reported it to His Majesty, if His Majesty trusted the Southern Army, then the two sides would discuss a solution to this matter.

But I don't know if it was because King Ming had been on guard for a long time, and when he saw him visit the Duke of Qu Guo's mansion, he became vigilant, so he secretly stared at the Duke of Qu, and when they made an appointment, King Ming killed him.

King De's face changed again and again with Chu Ruocai's words, sometimes shocked, sometimes angry, and sometimes incredulous.

"That's the way it is, Qu Guogong must have been killed by King Ming, he killed three birds with one stone, not only got rid of Qu Guogong, but also warned our southern army, and even planted the blame on us for this matter, so that our southern army and the national dynasty turned their faces, and they could only stand on his side." Chu Ruocai finally said.

King De was silent for a long time before he raised his head, suddenly clapped a few times, and said expressionlessly: "Wonderful, very wonderful!" ”

Chu Ruocai seemed puzzled, and then smiled bitterly: "It seems that the prince still doesn't want to believe it." ”

"Do you believe it yourself?" King De raised his eyes and asked, "Don't say anything else, your southern army has always been afraid that the world will not be chaotic." If things are really as you said, and King Ming really asked you to cooperate with Your Majesty, you are afraid that you will wake up with a smile in your dreams, and you will take the initiative to reconcile? More to Your Majesty? ”

Chu Ruocai didn't deny it, but said: "The relationship between our Southern Army and the first emperor was tense before, and many things were forced to do so. Now that the new monarch is in the dynasty, our southern army hopes to live in peace with the new monarch and fight against foreign enemies together, of course, it is useless for us to be willing to do this, it depends on whether Your Majesty is willing or not. ”

"How would you like it? What if you don't want to? King De stared at Chu Ruocai and asked word by word.

"If Your Majesty is willing, King Ming's murder of Qu Guogong, our Southern Army is willing to come out to do the certification, and fully support Your Majesty to severely punish the murderer." Chu Ruocai's expression was serious, and his tone was sonorous and powerful.

"Fully support Your Majesty's severe punishment of the murderer...... King De repeated, staring at Chu Ruocai for a long time as if he had an understanding in his heart, and then asked: "This is what Lin Huayao meant?" ”

"It is exactly what my family marshal meant, now the ambition of the banner barbarian wolf has been revealed, if we continue to fight, if we are really swept by the banner barbarian in our country in the future, we will all be sinners for the ages. In view of this, my marshal is willing to be kind to the dynasty and the new monarch, and this appointment to meet Qu Guogong is the sincerity of my marshal, as long as His Majesty can also show the sincerity of reconciliation, my marshal will not break his word. Chu Ruocai said sincerely.

"Your Majesty is also sincere? What does this mean? King De's face changed.

Chu Ruocai bowed his head slightly: "My handsome family is sincere and good to the country, more than that, I am more willing to coordinate the three marshals of Hu, Liu and Zhang to work together with the country......

"I also said that Lin Huayao changed sex, it turns out that it is not surprising, let's say, what do you want?" King De suddenly snorted coldly.

Chu Ruocai shook his head: "My handsome family doesn't mean this, it's just that the sincerity is mutual." Don't hide it from the prince, the price that King Ming is willing to pay has already moved the hearts of the three marshals of Hu, Liu and Zhang, and it is my marshal who has been mediating. Who is King Ming, the prince knows in his heart, to deal with him, we will all take a great risk, this thing is not easy to do......"

King De stared at him for a long time, then suddenly got up and turned to leave.

Chu Ruocai didn't stop him again, but his eyes flashed slightly, he knew very well that King De couldn't be the master of such a big matter, and he would definitely report it to His Majesty.

Now it depends on Xinjun's attitude?

He didn't know that after King De went out, he did not go to see His Majesty, but immediately passed the news to King Ming.

went to see Zhang Bangli and Hu Qingyan again, and told the two of them about the current situation.

Hu Qingyan sighed, and his eyes, which had been dim and unknown, finally lit up: "I finally see it, it's really a good show." ”

Zhang Bangli was gloomy and could drip water: "I knew that the Lin family was uneasy and kind, it was really a good calculation, on the one hand, he lured King Ming to kill Qu Guogong, so that the relationship between King Ming and His Majesty was completely broken, and then in the name of helping His Majesty, he took the opportunity to blackmail His Majesty for benefits." ”

King De nodded: "Lin's intentions have been completely exposed here, no matter how well they play their abacus, they are still a bad move, and now what I haven't figured out is that King Ming is so cooperating with Lin to make such a big game, what is he trying to do?" ”

When Zhang Bangli heard this, he frowned, and after thinking about it, he raised his eyes to look at Hu Qingyan.

King De also looked at Hu Qingyan with his gaze.

Hu Qingyan sighed and sighed: "If the old man is not mistaken, King Ming is a drunkard who does not mean to drink, and he is not dealing with the Lin family at all, but His Majesty." ”

"Huh?" As soon as these words came out, King De and Zhang Bangli's faces froze at the same time.

Hu Qingyan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said slowly: "If you are not mistaken, the so-called cooperation between the Lin family and the Ming King should be true, but it will not be the Ming King who took the initiative to find them, this is inconsistent with the character of the Ming King, even if the Ming King is a play, he will not bow his head and ask for the Lin family." ”

No one knows this matter better than King De, as early as when he went to see King Ming, he already knew about the Lin family's cooperation with King Ming.

It's just that he didn't tell anyone about this because he was afraid that Hu Qingyan and Zhang Bangli might be careful because of this.

Now seeing that Hu Qingyan, the old guy, guessed the truth so easily, he became more and more vigilant in his heart, and he had to pay more attention in front of this old guy in the future.

Of course, on the surface, he, like Zhang Bangli, was a little pondering before he nodded slowly, agreeing with Hu Qingyan's guess.

Hu Qingyan continued: "It should be the Lin family who took the initiative to find the Ming King to cooperate, but the so-called cooperation, from the very beginning, was a bureau set up for the Ming King, the purpose was to lead the Ming King to deal with His Majesty, and then the Lin family turned his head and sold the Ming King, and used the Ming King to deal with His Majesty's affairs, looking for His Majesty to do business, this bureau is not complicated, to put it bluntly, it is to support the two families with one hand, and then seek to maximize the benefits from it." ”

Zhang Bangli nodded: "This game is not complicated, but it is difficult to prevent, no one would have thought that they who have always supported King Ming against His Majesty and tried to make the royal family fight would suddenly engage in such a move and put King Ming to death......

Speaking of this, Zhang Bangli looked at Hu Qingyan: "Pavilion Elder, Lin Huayao is doing this, it's a bit against their consistent strategy, keeping King Ming is more in line with their position than killing King Ming, right?" Lin Huayao won't help His Majesty get rid of King Ming for the sake of immediate interests, right? ”

When Hu Qingyan heard this, he smiled slightly: "Lin Huayao's nose is too smart, he is afraid that he smelled it from the last palace change, His Majesty dispatched the forbidden army but failed to deal with King Ming, and in the end, Concubine Lan died of illness." He should have been afraid in his heart, afraid that if he raised King Ming again, he would really raise a tiger and become a trouble, so he changed his previous strategy and had murderous intentions towards King Ming. ”

When Zhang Bangli and King De heard this, their hearts suddenly sank.

Seeing their expressions, Hu Qingyan raised his hand again: "Don't worry, Lin Huayao shouldn't know the truth yet, otherwise they wouldn't have taken the initiative to jump into King Ming's trap." ”

The two immediately reacted, and Hu Qingyan was right.

"Speaking of King Ming, he should have never believed that Lin Huayao could be well-intentioned, so he guarded against them from the beginning, and even calculated that they might make such a move, so he used a dead Qu Guogong to set up a bureau and send Chu Ruocai to His Majesty, to be precise, to be precise, to send it to us." Hu Qingyan said.

"I still don't get it." King De was not embarrassed, and said directly.

Hu Qingyan didn't say anything, and looked at Zhang Bangli: "The chief should have thought of it." ”

King De immediately looked over, but saw Zhang Bangli's calm face, and after a pause, he exhaled and said, "What King Ming is waiting for is the cooperation between the Lin family and His Majesty." ”

"What do you mean?" King De's brows tightened, his eyes swirled around Zhang Bangli and Hu Qingyan, and then he became a little irritable: "Don't play dumb riddles, Chu Ruocai is still waiting for me to answer." ”

"Elder Ge said!" Zhang Bangli seemed to be in a bad mood and didn't want to talk about this.

Hu Qingyan had to take over with a wry smile, looked at King De and said, "Actually, King Ming's bureau is not for the Lin family, but for Your Majesty. The biggest pit in this bureau is Qu Guochang, who is already dead. King Ming "killed" Qu Guogong in front of the Lin family, if you were Lin Huayao, you would definitely think that if Your Majesty attacked King Ming, he would definitely use King Ming to kill Qu Guochang as a reason. ”

King De nodded, finally reacting a little.

Hu Qingyan continued: "Think about it, if you go to see Chu Ruocai now, sign a cooperation agreement with him, which states that the southern army must prove that the king is the murderer of Qu Guogong at the enthronement ceremony, and support His Majesty to get rid of King Ming. After the matter was completed, it was promised that the six cities of Xijiang would be assigned to the Lin family, and the anti-barbarian agreement could also be adjusted by the Southern Army. ”

"When the time comes, at the enthronement ceremony, once Your Majesty, who doesn't know anything, openly attacks King Ming, the Lin family will inevitably jump out and prove that the king is the murderer of Qu Guogong. At this time, if it suddenly breaks out, Qu Guogong's death has nothing to do with King Ming at all, what kind of situation will it be......"

"If King Ming is ruthless again and breaks this agreement, everyone will think that the Lin family and His Majesty are jointly setting up a bureau to deal with King Ming, and no one will believe anything Your Majesty says, and Your Majesty, who has always been kept in the dark, will ...... then."

Speaking of this, Hu Qingyan's voice was a little low: "Two, now we can only hope that Your Majesty had better complete the enthronement ceremony calmly, and the means that King Ming has prepared can be eliminated." Otherwise, this enthronement ceremony will be an unimaginable storm.