In the capital, Cao Jixiang couldn't sit still, originally after the fall of Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang felt a slight sense of crisis, and now after learning some news, he was even more frightened.

Cao Jixiang has an adopted son named Cao Qin, the age is not too much different from Gao Huai himself, the year of the weak crown, that is, the difference of ten years, it is also suitable as an adopted son, but Gao Huai is now Cao Jixiang, his body is old, and his mind is also old, so it seems that Cao Qin is too young.

Cao Jixiang's brows have not been stretched these days, he can't eat well and sleep well, his toothache is very painful, he opened his mouth and saw that his gums were swollen, Cao Qin saw his father like this, and hurriedly asked, Cao Jixiang sighed and said: "Son, let me ask you, why do you say that the three-legged tripod has three legs, and if you fall one leg, can you still stand." ”

Cao Qin looked at his father puzzled, and said after a long time: "If the distribution is very orthodox, then it can't stand, if it's not an irregular arrangement, maybe it can stand, isn't it just two legs." ”

Cao Jixiang nodded and said: "It's this kind of irregular leg, if there is only one leg left, can it still stand." ”

"Inevitably." Cao Qin said,

"Hey, yes, today, Ding's body is Lu Yunzhi, and the next three legs are Xu Youzhen, me and Shi Heng, I suspect that Lu Yunzhi used the three of us from the beginning, with the help of the small forces in our hands as his stepping stones, and now he doesn't need to remove these legs, when the world is stable, Lu Yunzhi got rid of Xu Youzhen, I guess he wanted to get rid of me and Shi Heng at that time, but I never thought that Zhen Lingdan was making trouble in the two lakes, and the general trend could no longer catch fire in the backyard, So there was Shi Heng and me later, Shi Heng was too arrogant and did too much, he killed himself, there is no doubt that it was Zhu Qizhen's hand, but let's imagine it, if Lu Yunzhi's old feelings protect Shi Heng, even if Zhu Qizhen wants to come, he won't dare to do it. Cao Jixiang said,

Cao Qin didn't answer with a look of admiration, and he didn't know whether he really understood or pretended, Cao Jixiang glanced at him and continued: "Being a father is the third leg, originally the three of us have different forces, restricting each other, although they are generally high and low, but the positions are different, which creates a balance, and at the same time, it also leads to a situation where even after Xu Youzhen's death, we are still standing, Shi Heng, a fool, has to die, and as a result, his leg becomes too long, which makes Ding feel very uncomfortable, so he was cut off by people who are unhappy, Ding body did not say anything to save him, now only my legs are left, although Lu Yunzhi's Ding body and I have an old relationship, but the lonely palm is difficult to sing, the lonely wood is difficult to support, one leg has never been able to withstand the huge Ding body, what do you say is there to maintain the balance of Ding. ”

Gao Huai is a good person, and the righteous son he receives will not be too stupid, Cao Qin understood and said: "Only by cutting off your father and landing on the ground with the belly of the Ding can you ensure the stability of the Dading." ”

Cao Jixiang nodded and said: "Yes, I am frightened for my father, I handled Xu Youzhen before the war, and dealt with Shi Heng halfway, and now that the war is over, I am afraid that it will be my turn, these days I heard that Qu Xiangtian was killed by Lu Yunzhi after the defeat, and even Lu Yunzhi's sister-in-law Murong Yunfei was also given to death, and now Lu Yunzhi is afraid that he is already a king, and he can't judge what he does from the eyes of worldly righteousness, I am afraid that he will not miss the old feelings and attack me, and wait until he starts, We don't even have a chance to shout, we will die without a place to be buried, cutting the grass and eradicating the roots is a means that every king and overlord loves to use, and it will be a big disaster if the grass is not eradicated. ”

"Then what should I do, father, if it doesn't work, let's escape." Cao Qin said, Cao Jixiang shook his head: "Now that the four seas are stable, where is the place where we can stay, even if we flee overseas, no one dares to take us in, I don't know if you have heard of it, now the people in the Western Regions know that they can't offend the Ming Dynasty, and they will definitely take the initiative to hand over the people who want to be arrested by the Ming Dynasty, Maybe he will be under house arrest for life, if he runs away, not to mention being caught and killed, even if he escapes through the blockade and outside the territory, maybe he will be slaughtered with a knife and cut off his head and sent to Daming, that is the real tragedy, in the end, he has to be accused of absconding from a foreign country in fear of crime, and become a stinking minister who has been scolded by the world for thousands of years, hey, sad. ”

"Otherwise, let's do the opposite, since there is no way to escape, then we can only do the opposite." Cao Qin said, Cao Jixiang's face sank and he stood up, made a silent movement, listened attentively for a long time, and then leaned out half of his body from the room, kept looking, and when he returned to the house, his face regained a trace of calm, but it was still a little pale,

Cao Jixiang sat there, glanced at Cao Qin, who was at a loss, and then picked up the cup and took a sip of the tea in the cup, his hand was a little shaky and the tea set jingled, and after a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Don't dare to say this, do you know that just what you just said, our family is enough to kill the whole house." ”

"It's the father." Although Cao Qin said this, he didn't care, pouted and said: "But my father is not too cautious, we are not in the palace, nor outside, but in our own home, not to mention that there are no others around, just our father and son, so it will not be so that our father and son will report each other." ”

Cao Jixiang sighed and said, "My son, do you know Mi Thirteen. ”

"What thirteen, secret thirteen, what is it, is it a food, or a sacrificial item." Cao Qin was puzzled, he always felt that his father was a little strange today, and he mentioned what Lao Shi Zimi was.

"Mi Thirteen is the same as Jinyi Weidong Factory, it's just that he is Lu Yunzhi's secret killing tool, this organization is more terrifying than Jinyiwei, and extremely secret, I don't know much, I can only tell you about it, this organization is different from Jinyi Wei's Lu and wearing a flying fish suit and carrying a Tang knife on his waist, they belong to the hidden force, there are secret thirteen in the army, there are secret thirteen in the business world, and there are secret thirteen in the court and politics, these people have their own duties, not professional intelligence personnel, but because of this, they are even more unnoticed and more threatening, I heard that the reason why Qu Xiangtian was defeated was that the members of the Secret Thirteen in the place he captured heard the order and acted together, the most terrible thing is that not only these aspects, but even the various branches of heaven, earth and people have now become members of the Secret Thirteen, and I heard that even the slaves of the minister's family have the Secret Thirteen people, and it is difficult to prevent thieves day and night, not necessarily any words will be heard, and then cause a catastrophe. Cao Jixiang said,