Be surprised, be afraid!

Shi Kai, who heard the news, was frightened, and said in a trembling voice, "But, the king fell and injured himself, what do we have to do?" When he spoke, Shi Kai had already put himself and Liu Tong together.

"Hahaha, General Shi, you are so smiling, you know that I know that the king was injured himself, but does Prince Zhao think so? If he frames us and says that we conspire to frame him, will we still be alive? ”

"How dare he?" Shi Kaidao.

"What does he dare not do, you must know that once Prince Zhao returns to China, he will be the new monarch, and under normal circumstances, the new monarch will kill a group of people to establish his prestige. Think about it, among so many ministers of civil and military affairs, who will he take the knife? ”

"Is it us?" Shi Kai looked at Liu Tong in surprise.

Liu Tong nodded slightly, "Is there anyone else besides the two of us?" ”

Shi Kai listened, the cool air only swished upward, and his back was surprisingly cold. Then, Shi Kai asked tentatively, "So you will not be in the long run?" ”

Liu Tong nodded, "It's just a matter of the past two days." ”

"Huh----, how can this be?" Shi Kai was shocked and frightened in his heart, and he didn't know what to do, "Even if that's the case, then there is no need for him to kill us!" There is no need for us as courtiers to frame the king! ”

Listening to Shi Kai's brainless words, Liu Tong knew that he had no thoughts at all at this time, so he pointed at Shi Kai and said, "You, you, why are you so confused?" As long as the prince Zhao returns to China, whether there is a reason or not, he will have to change the ministers again, we must be the object of the change, as for the king being injured and dying, it is just an excuse for others, not to mention that this excuse is still a fatal excuse. Are you waiting for someone to come back and pick you up? ”

"This?" Shi Kai hesitated, thought about it and said firmly: "I, of course I can't sit still. ”

"That's right, I also heard that Lao Xiangguo said a lot to Prince Zhao when he was dying, and one of the most important ones is to ask Prince Zhao to eradicate dissidents and let his son Zhou Yao succeed him as Xiangguo. Lord Shi, think about it, since people have thought about everything, after Prince Zhao returns to China in the future, will you still be able to live well? Will you be able to keep your position today? ”

Zhou Huan did say a lot to Prince Zhao before he died, and Shi Kai, as the general of Sancheng, knew it, but whether Zhou Huan proposed to let Zhou Yao succeed Xiangguo was another matter.

However, Liu Tong was able to say such a thing at this time, Shi Kai still believed it, after all, who wants to joke with his fate?

Liu Tong is the current Xiangguo, aren't you worried about being replaced by someone else in the next step?

Since Liu Tong told Shi Kai about his situation so heartily, Shi Kai was also relieved of Liu Tong, "Lord Xiangguo, so we are grasshoppers on a rope now?" ”

Liu Tong raised his eyes and looked at Shi Kai, "Lord Shi, we can't sit still." ”

After listening to Liu Tong's words, Shi Kai "chuckled" in his heart, "Say it, what do you want me to do?" ”

Liu Tong knew that Shi Kai had already taken the bait, so he said: "The matter is actually very simple, you only need to lead the troops to protect everyone's safety during the great funeral of the king." ”

Protect everyone during the funeral?

Liu Tong's words made Shi Kai a little puzzled, "The king is in mourning, and I, as the general of Sancheng, should lead troops to protect me, do you need to say this?" ”

It seems that Shi Kai still didn't understand what he meant, so Liu Tong said directly to Shi Kai: "I mean that you and I join forces to directly control the situation in Sancheng, and after Sancheng is completely controlled by you and me, I will send someone to the royal family to ask Prince Zhao to return to China to preside over the king's funeral." After the great funeral, if the crown prince is at the mercy of us, we will support him to succeed to the throne, and if he does not obey us, then we will directly put him under house arrest. ”

After listening to Liu Tong's words, Shi Kai subconsciously said: "The prince under house arrest is a rebellion, which is a great crime to exterminate the nine clans." ”

"General Shi don't worry, we are helping to disperse the country's long-term stability. Besides, rebellion is tightly limited to assassinating the monarch to seize the throne, and the crown prince Zhao is not the monarch, so how can we be considered a rebellion if we control him? Liu Tong said to Shi Kai.

"You say that what we do is to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the scattered country? Isn't it a rebellion? Shi Kai asked suspiciously.

"Of course, of course, we are thinking about the long-term peace and stability of the scattered country. If you think about it, we controlled the crown prince, so that many ministers of the scattered country were saved from being poisoned, and the country could be stable and stable for a long time. Therefore, if we can make the scattered countries stable for a long time, we must do this. When the country is stable in the future, you and I will be the heroes of the country. ”

In this way, not only is he not a rebel, but he can also become a hero of national stability.

Many people who rebelled did not think that they were going to embark on the road of rebellion, but only later moved towards rebellion step by step with the development of the situation.

"Lady Xiangguo, tell me, what do you need me to do now?" Shi Kai asked.

"Now, many people have begun to suspect the king's illness, and they have begun to suspect that you and I have done something to it, so for the sake of safety, you will now order all the soldiers guarding the city to patrol the streets and close the city gate early in the evening. After the gates were closed, everyone was forbidden to walk on the road, and violators were arrested. ”

Liu Tong's request was similar to the later curfew, but it was not as clear as it was called at that time!

"Why is that?"

"In order to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to go out of the city, report to Prince Zhao; In addition, it is also to prevent the officials in the city from colluding with the army outside to murder us! ”

"Xiangguo is right, I think that in addition to imposing a ban, it is also necessary to send people to guard the mansions of all officials in Sancheng to prevent them from colluding with each other. What do adults think? "Now that it's all here, it's just a little more mistake.

"It's up to the adults. You will arrange it, and I will immediately send someone to the royal family to ask Prince Zhao to return to China after returning to the palace. ”

The matter had been settled, and Liu Tong got up and left Shi Kai's mansion.

The reason why Liu Tong was so anxious was because he knew very well that once the crown prince Zhao, who was far away in the royal family, knew the news that Sanpanzi was dying, he would definitely report this matter to the Son of Heaven, and once the Son of Heaven knew about it, it would be difficult for him to control Sanguo with Shi Kai.

So now he can't wait to invite Prince Zhao back to China.

"Someone's coming, please come here." After returning to the palace, Liu Tong commanded.

Since Sanpan was seriously injured and ill, the matter of Sanwang's Palace is basically Liu Tong's final say.

"No---"

There wasn't much time, and Ren Ji came over, "The matter is decided?" ”

Liu Tong lowered his voice and said to Ren Ji: "I have already negotiated with Shi Kai, and he is willing to follow me." ”

"Oh---, that's good, I don't know what the master wants to do with me?" Ren asked.

"You immediately set off for Hojing to ask Prince Zhao to return to China." Liu Tong explained to Ren.

Ren Zhi listened, and did not immediately agree, but responded silently.