Ah Zhen's choice to hide in Song Guogong's mansion is not a hot-brained behavior, although there may not be any good wine and meat here, but it is better than sleeping on the street I don't know how many times.

The people sent by Song Guogong to investigate have returned, and it is basically not very good news. Whether it is for Ah Zhen or Song Guogong, it will not end well if his whereabouts are exposed now.

Ah Zhen's calculation in his heart was that as a member of Song Guogong's command, he would not make any great contributions, but at least some help. Now it is almost impossible to act, and no one wants to have anything to do with Ah Zhen, even Song Guogong thinks so in his heart. Helplessly, Ah Zhen still had some evidence of plotting with Song Guogong, which made Song Guogong still afraid of the adverse effects of him if he was caught.

The number of people in the house has dropped sharply, and there are only a handful of people who can be called, and there is no one to take care of Ah Zhen's food. After a moment or two, Ah Zhen even went out hungry to forage for food at night, just like a stray dog. What makes people feel ridiculous is that the whole city is struggling to find Ah Zhen, no matter how the bounty climbs, Ah Zhen just doesn't show up. I searched all over Chang'an City and the surrounding cities, but I didn't even see a single figure. Within a day, the bounty order was torn and pasted, pasted and torn, nothing more than to change the amount of the bounty, and it was suspected that Ah Zhen himself had been caught, but in the end, after being identified by everyone, it was found that it was just a character who looked similar.

When the matter reached the court, Li Shimin was furious, he didn't understand why so many officials in the Tang Dynasty could be turned around by a gangster in the market, and after making such a big turmoil, they could still get out of the way, as if the world had evaporated, and they couldn't be caught at all. However, the news of the reward order was issued by Li Shimin, and the ministers also thought that it was particularly appropriate to do so, as long as the criminal could be arrested, the market in Chang'an would return to normal, and at least some missing treasures could be recovered, and the people would be able to give an explanation. For several days in a row, the people gathered around the notices and cursed and cursed, among which there were many people who fished in troubled waters, and there were more than 30 cases of petty theft in one day.

The ministers didn't even have any further plans, Li Shimin wanted to withdraw the reward order but he couldn't hang up on his face, how could he give an order and suddenly change his mind and withdraw it in a hurry, doesn't this show that my Tang Emperor is very incompetent? It's really been played by a market. The Turks outside are not very worry-free, and the Hu people are ready to move. I heard that there had been a huge change in Shuofang City, and Liang Shidu had encountered a great disaster, and the people sent to investigate had been chased out for three days and still had not returned.

Song Guogong of the previous dynasty pretended to be fine, and his heart was turbulent. He knew that he harbored a nationally wanted criminal in his home, and if he was found out, his reputation would be ruined. He even had some thoughts, was it a good choice to secretly dispose of Ah Zhen? In this way, it is possible to take the criminal to ask for a reward, and he will not be affected, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. Song Guogong secretly thought about how to implement the plan smoothly, he really needed help. If Rogan had been by his side at this time, there might still be someone to discuss. Now the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all villains who understand things, and there are too many people in Fang Xuanling's camp, and they can't tell which people can tell the truth and which people are pretending to be harmless to people and animals to deceive intelligence.

Even if I think of the worst situation, it is nothing more than planting flowers and grass now. There is a criminal who runs to his house, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't know that he is not guilty.

Although it is true that the emperor does not know how to treat Song Guogong, but in this way, he seems to be quite similar to Sima Yi, while raising flowers and plants and moaning without disease, while surging in the undercurrent, in order to get a rough idea. The eyes of the world are cloudy, and they can only see the surface of things, and cannot fathom the mysteries of all things inside.

Song Guogong, who was pacing in the garden, was a little anxious, in his opinion, Ah Zhen's matter was not the most critical. At the moment, he has another plan, there must not be much space to exert himself above the court, and let Fang Xuanling or Du Ruhui's gang go to the government and the opposition, and he will be an old lady, and it is not easy to attract attention when he does something.

The sky in March in Chang'an is dyed with a little blood-red leaves, and some such tokens are sent from all directions, which are quite symbolic, and the people next to them can't understand what the connection between Song Guogong and these strange businessmen is, and whether the red leaves have any special meaning? A subordinate hurriedly went back and reported such a strange act to Fang Xuanling, which made Fang Xuanling also very puzzled.

Fang Xuanling felt that Song Guogong was a little too comfortable now, and the merchants who came from all over the world were not connected with other assassins? Continuing to search along this line, I caught a merchant who came to interrogate carefully, and the merchant only said that he was sending some gifts from the Western Regions, this kind of safflower leaf is the so-called "saffron", which specializes in treating depression, typhoid fever, and blood stasis. In this way, Song Guogong should have suffered from the so-called "geriatric disease", and the long-term unwillingness made him a little depressed, and now he can only rely on some Yulu to go to the Western Regions to buy some medicinal materials to treat the disease.

Du Ruhui took this saffron from the side, and when he got close to his nose, he smelled that it was indeed nothing different, which surprised Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling: "Du Gong is not afraid that it is poisonous inside?" ”

Du Ruhui: "Everything must be experienced by yourself, and you can't be careless." ”

Fang Xuanling: "Naturally, but I think Song Guogong is so virtuous now, I'm afraid it's difficult to do anything, do we think he is too important." ”

Du Ruhui: "From the perspective of the overall situation, it is true that Song Guogong is not a threat. But his behavior is suspicious. ”

Fang Xuanling laughed, looking at Du Ruhui's appearance of being a soldier, he felt a little nervous.

Fang Xuanling: "I went to visit Song Guogong a few days ago, and I was already old and dizzy, and I could barely be recognized when I walked in front of him in the past, and the flowers and plants under his feet were trampled to death by himself, and the survival rate was so low." The doormen in the house don't know how to answer the door, and the subordinates are listless, and they don't look decent! is a good minister, and now this appearance should be even more miserable than exile on the frontier. ”

Du Ruhui shook his head, for some reason, in Du Ruhui's opinion, Song Guogong was hiding a mystery.