Chapter 126 How can Zhou become a king?

The spring cold is steep, sweeping away the festive atmosphere of the New Year's Festival, and this sudden cold wave blows people tremble from the bones.

The rich and noble family wore a cotton jacket made from their own streams, which was much warmer than the linen clothes stuffed with reed flowers. But even so, everyone's faces were still extremely gloomy, for the news from the palace was more chilling to the bones than the cold snap from the Far North.

The little prince Zhao Di, who was only a month old, died like his seven brothers.

When the news reached Shi Miyuan's ears, he was eating, and the chopsticks in his hand fell off his fingertips, and he was still at a loss.

Although I have never seen this little prince, but Shi Miyuan's people in the palace have news sooner or later, this little prince is in good health, and the queen mother also loves him very much, and there is a royal doctor every day to take his pulse, which can be said to take care of him meticulously. The last news I got yesterday also said that the little prince was fine, why did it change overnight?

"Enter the palace, enter the palace!" Shi Miyuan stood up, first in a low voice, then in a loud roar.

He just left the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xuanxuan, Xue Ji and others came to the Prime Minister's Mansion one after another, and after hearing that he had entered the palace, these people did not leave, but stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion and waited in some panic. It took two hours before Shi Miyuan came out of the inner palace with a gloomy face.

"Xianggong, the prince of Nadi......" Xuanxuan has the highest status, so after everyone's eyes, he came forward to inquire.

"It's gone." Shi Miyuan said coldly.

"However, ...... everyone here has their own way, so they all know that the prince Zhao Di is in good health, and he died suddenly, and there must be suspicions in this.

Shi Miyuan glanced at everyone, sighed slightly, shook his head, and said, "It's a sick sting." ”

Everyone's hearts immediately brightened, Shi Miyuan did not directly say "sick sting", but "said it was sick sting", which proved that the death of the little prince was indeed suspicious. The little prince, who was only a month old, how could he die if it weren't for some people?

"Xianggong, it seems that this matter can be used?" Xue Ji jumped out at this time, he had a pair of two-cornered eyes that made people feel terrible when they looked at him, and his slightly yellowed eyes flashed with a cold light: "Is it the prince Zhao Hong's doing?" ”

He also hid half of his words, in fact, it doesn't matter if it was done by the prince Zhao Hong, the important thing is whether he can use this matter to attack the prince Zhao Hong. If they can take this opportunity to bring down Zhao Hong, then they will be removed from the big trouble in their hearts as Shi Miyuan's party.

"This matter is not to be mentioned." Shi Miyuan's face sank again.

In the palace, when the prince Zhao Di had symptoms of discomfort, the prince Zhao Hong went to the temple to pray for Zhao Di. The prayer is mournful, and there is even a saying "If the prince is blamed by heaven, please replace a certain body with Hong", when Shi Miyuan rushed into the palace, the son of heaven was hugging and crying with the prince Zhao Hong.

It must be admitted that the prince Zhao Hong's hand is extremely beautiful, no matter whether the prince is dead or alive, he can consolidate his position in the heart of the Son of Heaven with this hand. The Son of Heaven was benevolent and cowardly, originally a person who valued love and righteousness, and after this incident, Zhao Hong, who was originally the most suspicious, became the most suspicious.

Shi Miyuan firmly believes that the death of the prince must have something to do with Zhao Hong, but Zhao Hong has done too beautifully, in Shi Miyuan's opinion, with Zhao Hong's always impatient temper, it is difficult to have such wisdom, so who is behind Zhao Hong's back, this is a question.

There is also the matter of giving advice to the prince Zhao Hong before, so that he will not be believed in front of the Son of Heaven......

This man must be found and eliminated!

Whenever he thought of this kind of thing, Shi Miyuan's mind moved very quickly, and he no longer felt like he was dying of old age, on the contrary, he could feel that his heart was still beating strong and powerful.

He loved the feeling of discovering a political enemy and finding a way to get rid of him, a feeling that has stayed with him since he stepped into the world at the age of sixteen, but decades later, he still doesn't hate it.

"Xianggong?" Xue Ji was somewhat uneasy when his words were not accepted by Shi Miyuan, he held Shi Miyuan and helped him into his seat, which should not have been something he did, but he did it very naturally, without any sense of shame. Shi Miyuan didn't speak for a long time after he sat down, Xue Ji didn't know that he was thinking about who the person who was guiding the prince Zhao Hong, but he was a little panicked because of this sudden incident, so he couldn't help but ask.

In his heart, there was also a trace of wavering, Shi Xianggong, who relied on the Great Wall, could it be that he was really old, and this little accident could knock him down?

"The Son of Heaven posthumously presented the prince Di as the king of Pi, and he wanted to draw up a nickname." Shi Miyuan raised his eyes and did not say the suspicion in his heart - the person who can guide the prince Zhao Hong must be an extremely treacherous person, and may even be one of the people here, these people are also quite interested in their own phase.

Hearing him suddenly talk about this inconsequential matter, everyone was stunned.

"Xianggong, this matter is easy to do, and there is no need for Xianggong to spend more effort." Xuan Xuan was a little anxious, and he said: "According to Xianggong, is there no doubt that the prince of Di is behind it?" ”

"I know what you mean, but it's just ...... The prince of Di is indeed ...... with the prince Zhao Hong At least there is no evidence to blame him. Shi Miyuan squinted, his gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, hoping to find something from everyone's faces. But everyone's expressions were as he expected, just disappointed, Shi Miyuan coughed lowly, and then cheered up and said: "Don't worry, we still have the heir of King Yi in our hands, Prince Di, it's just a return to the past!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, I don't know why Shi Miyuan was suddenly so confident, that heir of King Yi was not loved by the Son of Heaven, he was competing with the prince Zhao Hong, and he was obviously at a disadvantage.

Shi Miyuan glanced at everyone lightly, and then waved his hand: "Let's all go back to our homes, and we will discuss this matter later." ”

When he heard this, he sent the people back, and they had to disperse. After everyone left, Shi Miyuan frowned again and called Qin Tianxi.

"Tianxi, you go to see Lu Qi's parents, and ask them to urge that woman again, and you must find out who Zhao Hong's mastermind is." There was a fierce glint in his eyes: "Zhao Hong, this person is stupid, I know that Lu Qi is a gift from me, but he still loves him, this is God helping me to do it." ”

Qin Tianxi lowered his head and said yes, and then left, after he left, Shi Miyuan ordered again: "Go and invite Zheng Qingzhi to come, just say that I have something important to discuss!" ”

There was a storm and clouds in Lin'an City, but Zhao and Ju didn't care, he just sat on the Diaoyutai and watched the clouds rise and disappear. But it would be a mistake to think that he didn't make the slightest move.

Sometimes the surface of the water is not rippling, but the underwater tide is turbulent.

"I'm leaving Xingzai again, Huo Guangliang, in my opinion, you should also leave Lin'an." Huo Chongcheng is still his owner in the "Heroes Club", but this morning, Su Sui sent someone to send a letter, there was only one sentence in the letter, Huo Chongcheng smiled bitterly after reading it.

In the past two years, he has summed up the law, as long as there is a wind and grass in Lin'an, the female head of Sanyuanlou will leave and live in Qingyuan Mansion or Zhenjiang Mansion for some time, and she will return to Lin'an when Lin'an calms down. On the surface, it seems that she is going to check the semicolon in the other state capitals, but in fact, she is going out to avoid the dark tide of Lin'an Mansion.

This lady of the Su family is extremely cautious and sensitive, what she is afraid of is that the fire at the city gate will affect the pond fish, and the gods will fight and the little ghosts will suffer. Sanyuanlou is a large restaurant in Lin'an City, if there is chaos in Lin'an City, this must be the object of coveting, her father and brother, can only avoid the field.

"It would be nice if I could come and go as freely as you do." Huo Chongcheng sighed, and then restrained the emotions on his face.

At this moment, he was as serious as an old master in Taixue.

One by one, he took out five books from his desk, and opened them one by one, these letters were full of numbers, and others would only think that they were children's graffiti, but he compared these numbers with those five books one by one, and he could string together a complete sentence.

In this secret letter, there is a secret order from Zhao and Ju from Dragon Twelve, and Zhao and Ju secretly ordered Liu to send twenty reliable personnel to live in Qin Dashi for the time being, so as to be ready for use. He also ordered Liuqiu to hoard the grain and grass of the armor weapons, not to sell them all, and the escort team entered a state of combat readiness, waiting for his orders. In addition, Huo Chongcheng's secret order was to make friends with Tai students extensively, and be sure to make friends with a few of them.

Qin Dashi frowned, there was a mark on this secret letter, so that he could also read it, otherwise according to the rules, he would not be able to view it.

The second secret letter came from the Jin State, to be exact, from Shi Mo Guangyan, in the past few years, he traveled between the Hu people and the Jin State, scattering countless money, and now there is a result, Zhao and Ju previously passed to Shi Mo Guangyan A list of the people listed, he has been looking for most of them. In Shi Ma Hirohiko's letter, these people will arrive at Jingdong East Road and ask the Red Jacket Army to respond.

Although Li Quan is now in a high position, the Great Song Dynasty is still very tight on his money and food, and with the cooperative relationship with the Red Jacket Army, plus a large amount of food and a small amount of armor support, the two sides still maintain a relatively close relationship. Huo Chongcheng shook his head after reading the letter, Li Quan has been extremely arrogant recently, and he has more and more requirements for Liuqiu, and he has a bit of a meaning of treating Liuqiu as his own backyard. After this group of people entered the sea from Jingdong Road, they had to think of a way to teach Li Quan some lessons, anyway, now Li Quan can't recover any population, and his role in Liuqiu is already small.

The third secret letter is from Liuqiu, this secret letter is for Huo Chongcheng and Qin Dashi, without translation, Huo Chongcheng can guess what is written on it, it is nothing more than some inquiries about Zhao and Ju's situation.

After burning all three secret letters, Huo Chongcheng thought about it and began to write letters to the five books. Zhao and Ju's secret letter must be written to Liuqiu in code, and Shi Mo Guangyan's request must be forwarded to Meng Xisheng, and Liuqiu's letter only needs to be accompanied by a reply after Zhao and Ju's secret letter.

As for Qin Dashi's side, every few days, a group of fishmongers would send fish to the "Heroes Club", and this group of fishmongers would also send fish to Qin Dashi's inn.

After careful calculation, Huo Chongcheng couldn't help but smile, over the years, he had placed dozens of eyeliners for Zhao and Ju in Lin'an City, these eyeliners had various identities on weekdays, and they didn't know what they were doing, only a very few people were from the righteous young people who were from Liuqiu, and they would know more.

After passing through the letter in his hand, it could be transmitted to Meng Xisheng through the "Heroes Meeting" branch of Qingyuan Mansion in about two days, and after Meng Xisheng got the letter, he arranged it according to the requirements in the letter. If the letter is a command to Liuqiu, it will be brought through the ship bound for Liuqiu. It's a slower delivery, but it's extremely secure, and at least so far, their secret message has never been leaked.

Nowadays, the hanging island is a huge ship yard, and new ships are launched every month, including sea boats built for the stream, fishing boats built for fishermen, and even warships of the Great Song Dynasty sailors. Although Hu Ke is old, he is old and strong, and he has gone to Tamsui, and is ready to expand the shipyard in Tamsui to make seagoing ships. It is Hu Yichen who is in charge of the boat yard here, and Hu Yichen, who has a beard, is much more stable in his work, and he is mature, but he talks less. In addition to the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, another role of the hanging island is transshipment, hanging island to the country, the country of the country to the tamsui, the water to the island, such a triangular trade relationship is still there, but now the goods transported to the island by freshwater are far more abundant than two years ago.

Hanging Island is no longer responsible for transshipment of new immigrants sent from Jinguo, and this matter has been completely replaced by Tamna. The area of Tamna is far wider than that of the Hanging Island, and it is also convenient to be close to the East China Sea and Zhigu, so when Shima Guangyan wants to pick up people, Meng Xisheng has to arrange for the ship to sail to Tamna first, and after informing Tamna to be ready, he will sail from Tamna to the East China Sea.

Now the power of Zhao and Ju is in a fan-shaped, the branch is above the East China Sea, and the southernmost is Liuqiu, which is the fundamental place, the territory is vast, the population is more than 200,000, and the situation is the most complicated, so most of the talents accumulated and cultivated by Zhao and Ju over the years are concentrated here. Then there is the hanging island, which is the center of trade and the place where information is transmitted, which is related to the overall situation, and the person who presides over the affairs here is Meng Xisheng, the person who has the most overall view. The northernmost is Tamna, which is where the horses are herded and the transit point for the northern population, which will be the foremost in the future when passing through Goryeo, Liaodong and Beihai. These three islands, connected by Liuqiu's current far-sea fleet, strangle the entire continent, and even if Zhao and Ju's plan on land fails, he is in a favorable position to attack and retreat.

In addition to these three territories directly controlled by hand, the countries of Beishan, Zhongshan, and Nanshan, through protons, study abroad, military advisers and other means, can also be regarded as Zhao and Ju's sphere of influence. These three small island countries are now the only ones who seek to see the horse, and through these three small island countries, it is more convenient for them to extend their tentacles to the Japanese countries.

Then there was the establishment of trading posts in the Wa Kingdom and Luzon. His job was mainly to collect the customs of the Wakoku country, contact merchants for trade, because of the imbalance between men and women, he also bought a large number of Japanese women, and transported them to Liuqiu with the ship. In the past few years, there have been no less than 3,000 widows who have been imported after him. The Luzon trading post was located in Manila, later because it was a natural port, but also because it was a geographical point in Luzon. Later generations, whether the Spaniards or the Americans, took control of the Philippines from the beginning of their occupation. The person in charge of the Luzon station is Han Ping from the third phase of Yixue, who is also talented in learning languages.

Note 1: "If the prince is charged by the heavens, please replace a certain body with Hong", which was changed from "Shangshu Jinteng", which was originally a prayer of Zhou Gongdan for the king of Zhou to pray for blessings and cure illness.