In the evening of the same day, Zhao Hongrun came to Ningxiang Palace for dinner for the first time since he moved out of the palace.

To be honest, it's quite a hassle.

After all, when I lived in the palace in the past, it was okay, Wenzhao Pavilion was not far from the Ningxiang Palace in the harem, and it was not far through the courtyard and garden in the palace, which was about less than one hour, and it was right to walk back and forth as a walk to exercise.

But now that I have moved out of the palace and lived in the Suwang Mansion in the city, it will be troublesome to come to Ningxiang Palace to have dinner again, not only to ride a horse or take a sedan chair from Zhengyang Street all the way to the palace gate, but also to walk all the way from the south gate of the palace to the harem, how much more than double the distance?

But his mother summoned him, and Zhao Hongrun had no choice, so he took Shen Yu, Chong Zhao, and Mu Qing to drive a carriage from King Su's Mansion all the way to the palace, and then arrived at his mother Shen Shufei's Ningxiang Palace on foot.

After entering the main hall of Ningxiang Palace, Zhao Hongrun felt a little puzzled, because he didn't see his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan today.

"Mother, where is Xiao Xuan?"

After seeing Concubine Shen Shu, Zhao Hongrun asked curiously.

Concubine Shen Shufei smiled slightly and said, "Gongxue has assigned topics in recent days, and Xuan'er has pulled down some homework, so he can only return to his bedroom in the past few days." ”

"Huh." Zhao Hongrun tugged at the muscles at the corners of his mouth, secretly feeling sympathy for his younger brother's misfortune.

After all, once upon a time, he was also treated similarly, and was forcibly instilled by the lecturers of the palace school with a lot of so-called ways of being kings and ministers, and even being beaten by the ring ruler when he was young, which can be described as miserable.

After saying hello to his mother, Zhao Hongrun noticed Wei Tianzi.

Today's Wei Tianzi lacks a bit of the previous smile on his face, and he seems to be in a somewhat dignified mood.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun asked curiously: "Father has something to worry about?" …… Could it be because of General Xu Yin? ”

"You've heard?" Wei Tianzi raised his head and glanced at his son.

Zhao Hongrun nodded.

Thinking about it, there are rumors about Xu Yin, the general of Fenchengsai, who have been spreading in Daliang these days. How could Zhao Hongrun not know?

The reason why he didn't dig into it was because he firmly believed that General Xu Yin would not do such a thing, and secondly, because he knew that the imperial court and his father would definitely pay attention to this matter, mobilize all forces to stop the rumors, and at the same time track down the mastermind behind the scenes.

The strength of the imperial court is not comparable to his weak team of King Su.

"How does Father plan to deal with it?"

Hear that. Wei Tianzi did not hide it, and truthfully said the suggestion of Lin Yuyang, who was ordered by Zhongshu, only to hear Zhao Hongrun nodding frequently.

"That's a good idea!"

While making a positive evaluation of this, Zhao Hongrun did not forget to secretly praise Lin Yuyang in his heart.

"By the way, Father, what did the Criminal Department find out in this case?"

"Nothing has been found yet." Wei Tianzi stroked his beard and said inexplicably: "The person who planned this matter is very thoughtful...... Doesn't seem to be a good person! After that, it happened that Concubine Shen Shufei handed over a bowl of full rice, and he took the bowl of rice. Asked Zhao Hongrun: "According to Zhou Yanyan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, you are quite concerned about the attack on the team of Xiong Fen, the envoy of the Chu State...... What do you think about this? ”

"What did Lord Zhou say?" Zhao Hongrun frowned and asked.

Wei Tianzi picked up the chopsticks, forcibly held back his anger and said lightly: "Zhou Yan said, the person who slandered Xu Yin is probably the murderer who murdered Xiong Fen and others last year, otherwise, it is impossible to explain the accurate description of the place where the crime occurred in those rumors." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun touched his chin, frowned and said, "So it seems." Those thieves should be purely trying to make my Great Wei unstable......"

"I suspected a lot of people, but then I ruled them out...... I really can't think of it. What are the benefits of doing that? ”

Zhao Hongrun was stunned, and then guessed: "Otherwise...... It's just not for profit. ”

"Not for profit?"

"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded, frowned and said: "If it is simply that General Xu Yin was slandered, it may be because General Xu Yin offended some people, but if this matter is linked to the attack on the team of Xiong Fen, the envoy of the Chu State last year. I'm afraid the meaning is different...... Erchen suspected that those people were purely trying to unrest our Great Wei. Speaking of this, he shook his head and laughed at himself: "Obviously he is from Wei, but he wants to destroy the Great Wei...... Mo is not some Wei people who are dissatisfied with the policies of the imperial court. To take revenge on society? ”

"Revenge ......?"

Wei Tianzi probably didn't understand the meaning of the word "society", but the word "revenge" made his eyes change slightly.

You must know that at the beginning, Wei Tianzi suspected that it was some aristocratic families in China, but no matter how he thought about it, it didn't feel right, after all, it seemed that there was no interest in this kind of thing, how could ordinary people do it?

Da Wei has fallen, what good can it do for those families? They will only become fat in the mouths of other countries.

This is the same as when Zhao Hongrun collected the wealth of those big clans of Chu in Chu State, those big clans lost the protection of Xiong Tuo's army, and in a blink of an eye, they became the victims of Zhao Hongrun's collection of money.

In fact, the same is true of those aristocratic families in Wei, if Great Wei cannot protect them, they will inevitably be destroyed by the armies of other countries, and no one will continue to provide them with them.

Therefore, Wei Tianzi felt that those people should not do such things that would harm the country and be detrimental.

was reminded by his son's words, Wei Tianzi realized that his guess might be wrong.

The object of suspicion should not be those aristocratic families that are now powerful, on the contrary, it should be those nobles or families that have declined because of his Wei Tianzi or the imperial court.

For example, the survivors of those families who have been connected and robbed.

It's not that Wei Tianzi looks down on ordinary Wei people, after all, according to common sense, ordinary people should not have such hatred for Great Wei, and they don't have the courage and ability to plan the whole thing.

"Humph!"

The corners of Wei Tianzi's mouth raised, and a somewhat cold smile faintly appeared on his face.

Obviously, after talking with his son, he felt that he had vaguely felt the general direction of this matter, and the rest was to track it down in this direction, and he should be able to find out something.

Yet the look on his face at the moment. But Shen Shufei and Zhao Hongrun were slightly stunned.

Especially Zhao Hongrun, after all, in his impression, even if his father was angry with his forehead, he never made him feel such a cold and compelling momentum as at this moment, as if he was a fierce beast that finally showed its fangs towards its prey.

But after thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun was relieved.

After all, his father. It is the king of the Great Wei, even if he is a Ming monarch who is admired by all the people, but it is undeniable that his hands are stained with countless blood, how can he really be a good kind?

The so-called Ming Jun only refers to the kings' virtue and merit to the country and the people, but it does not mean that they are cowardly or soft-hearted.

Come to think of it, in the past, even if Wei Tianzi was angered by Zhao Hongrun, he was furious. has never shown such a chilling side, it is nothing more than Zhao Hongrun has his blood flowing in his body, and the tiger poison does not eat children.

For outsiders, Wei Tianzi is probably not so tolerant.

So, Zhao Hongrun pretended not to see it, and buried himself in cooking.

Beside him, Concubine Shen Shu looked at Wei Tianzi without saying anything, and finally didn't say anything. Ignore it like her son.

However, Wei Tianzi realized his gaffe in time and quickly restrained the ruthlessness on his face. coughed and diverted the topic: "By the way, Hongrun, how is your palace?" ”

"Lu Mu is in charge." Zhao Hongrun knew what his father wanted to ask, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I asked General Bailiba to invite some veterans who have been discharged or are about to be discharged to my mansion. Just like guessed, those old soldiers brought a lot of people with their families, so the nurses, guards, family members, maids, old mothers, etc., were all solved at once. ”

The corners of Wei Tianzi's eyes twitched a few times when he heard this, and he said strangely: "This is not in accordance with the rules......

"What's out of the way?" Zhao Hongrun flipped through and said: "Sergeant Junshui died at the age of forty and must be discharged. Rather than letting those highly decorated sergeants go back to farming, it is better to go to my palace to exert their residual heat, and still wear armor. ”

Wei Tianzi couldn't help but be a little stunned, after all, in order to ensure the elite combat effectiveness of the six battalions of the garrison such as the Junshui Army, the average non-commissioned officer will face discharge from the army when he is forty years old, and he will be inherited by his son or brother, which is also the so-called "soldier", not just anyone can be recruited into the elite army of the sixth battalion of the garrison, it depends on the "bloodline".

For example, a soldier of the Junshui Army, his grandfather, his father, and his brother are all soldiers of the Junshui Army, this is a typical "Junshui Army bloodline", after taking over the position of his father and brother, he will be quickly accepted by the rest of the soldiers, and will not be bullied.

On the contrary, if a soldier who is promoted from the local Weirong Army to the Junshui Army, no matter how strong his personal strength is, he will suffer from prejudice and indifference, until he has made military achievements for the Junshui Army. And when the soldier is discharged from the army and his son takes his place, there will be no prejudice.

This is also the reason why Wei Tianzi is not sure to let Bailiba, Sima An and other generals take over Fenchengsai, after all, it is impossible to completely recover this kind of army soldiers who seem to be like a big family, it is impossible to do it in the short term, even if it is Xu Yin, Bailiba, and Sima An, it took many years at the beginning.

As for those retired soldiers, to be honest, Great Wei did not give them too generous retirement treatment, except for a few outstanding soldiers who would be sent to the Weirong army as the backbone, more soldiers could only lay down their weapons and go home to farm, and some even couldn't even farm.

And it's no wonder, after all, these veterans from the elite army, all they will do is how to kill the enemy efficiently on the battlefield and make themselves survive, for which they have been training for ten years or even more, farming? They may not even be able to distinguish between seedlings and weeds.

Fortunately, the military household system means that almost all of the families of those soldiers will have one or more men serving in the army and have a relatively stable military salary, otherwise, the life of these old soldiers after leaving the army may not be easy.

But no matter what, after those old soldiers took off their armor, they were no different from ordinary Wei people, so Wei Tianzi really couldn't say anything.

A meal passed in small talk.

When Zhao Hongrun was about to leave the palace, Concubine Shen Shufei called out to him.

At this time, the palace maid Xiao Tao took out a picture album-like thing from the inner room and put it on the table, and then spread it out.

On the first page of the album, a young woman sitting next to a fake stone with a paper umbrella was vividly depicted, with a shy smile blooming reservedly and subtly.

“……”

Zhao Hongrun only glanced at it, and a bad premonition rose in his heart. (To be continued.) )