"Among the officials promoted by His Majesty is Otsuka Zai's internal response, and this is the list of internal responses I stole from Otsuka Zai."

I handed a folded piece of paper full of people's names to Yu Wenyu, who read the list carefully, and his two eyebrows were tightly knit, "It's really a waste of trust in them!" ”

Shang Bai unconsciously touched his nose, and after thinking for a while, he said: "These people can't be killed for the time being, Your Majesty has just canonized them, if these people die suddenly, won't it cause panic, and those who are truly loyal to Your Majesty will have a sense of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox, and they will retreat because of this, and they will not dare to serve Your Majesty." From the perspective of his subordinates, he found an opportunity to find the mistakes of these people, demoted and dismissed them, and made them unable to participate in important tasks. ”

Yu Wenyu sighed and said, "This is exactly what I am worried about, and I have to think carefully about this matter." ”

These lists are naturally fake, and they were presented by Yuwen Hu at my behest in order to divide and weaken Yu Wenyu's power. Yuwen Yu, Yu Wenyu, although you are smart, you are not patient enough, and you are too early to show your edge, causing Yuwen Hu's defense, and you are not Yu Wenhu's opponent after all.

Thinking about it gloating while walking, I bumped into Shang Bai coldly, and a pair of white eyes slashed over like a flying knife, I quickly came back to my senses and apologized again and again.

Out of the threshold of Suyun Yaju, a faint smile appeared on my eyebrows.

Yuwen Hu and Yu Wen Yu, two cousins, do you think you can control me and make me obedient? I actually know in my heart that I will never get the antidote one day, Yuwenyu will not give it to me, and Yuwenhu will not help me. Because they don't care about my life or death, I know too much, they won't let me live in this world. When I have no use value, I will not be far from death.

These high-ranking conspirators will not take my fate as grass mustard in their eyes at all, but even if my Xiao Qingqiang's life is like an ant, I will not let you rub it!

Yuwen Yu thought that he was superior in chess, but in fact he was wrong, all this was just Yuwen Hu's conspiracy. He reused me and deliberately asked me to participate in the secret, in order to attract Yu Wenyu's attention, but Yu Wenyu really lived up to expectations and jumped into the big pit that Yuwen Hu had prepared for him. He thought he could use me to find out the news, but he didn't know that Yuwen Wu had already made a plan for me to send false information.

I have a life-saving grace for Yuwen Hu, and it is not surprising to get his attention, but no one has ever doubted it, even if I am kind to him, how can Yuwen Hu be suspicious and affectionate, how can I trust me as an orphan girl of unknown origin?

At first, Yubun Hu deliberately let me know the secrets of the imperial government, but I had doubts but did not investigate them deeply. It wasn't until later that a lot of things happened, Yuwenyu's poisonous wine forced each other, Li Ning followed him inexplicably, Yuwenhu asked me to pass on false information, this series of things were connected together, and I gradually understood that this was a bureau, a conspiracy by Yuwenhu to use me as bait to lure Yuwenyu to the bait.

Yu Wenyu, the praying mantis catches the cicada, the yellow finch is behind, and there are hunters behind the yellow finch. No matter how smart you are, you won't guess that this is a trap set for you by Yuwen Hu early on, you calculate others, but you don't know that you are also in other people's calculations.

However, even if I am a cicada in the hands of a praying mantis and a yellow finch, I am not a cicada at the mercy of others and slaughtered by others. I'm a cicada that can protect myself, fight back, and get out of the way!

At dusk and sunset, the sky is dark, Chang'an implements a night ban, every household is closed doors and windows are not allowed to go out, and pedestrians are prohibited on the street. However, Li Ning and I got the pass token through the relationship with Yuwen Hu, and the military attache who patrols the night will not come to us for trouble.

Today, I deliberately bumped into Shang Bai, and secretly changed the sachet on his waist when he was unprepared, and replaced him with a sachet with glow-in-the-dark powder, with a small hole under it. As he walks, the glow-in-the-dark powder in his bag will be sprinkled little by little along his path, leaving a mark.

When it gets dark, the glow-in-the-dark powder will glow, and if you follow these signs, you can understand the whereabouts and range of activities of Shang Bai.

The glow-in-the-dark powder stops in front of a martial arts hall, and its name is Wuying Society.

Asked someone to sweep away the traces of luminous powder, and Li Ning and I went back to the house to report to Yuwen Hu. Yuwen Hu decided not to startle the snake for now, and waited until he sent a secret guard to find out the situation before taking action.

"Wuying Society is a martial arts hall, and the martial arts hall is full of martial artists." Li Ning seemed to think of something, and his expression was shocked, "In the past, Emperor Xiaomin raised samurai in the palace and practiced wrestling, intending to capture and kill Otsuka Zai, but fortunately, someone in the palace came to report, and Otsuka Zai was spared. Now, His Majesty actually has a connection with the martial arts hall, could it be that His Majesty wants to follow the example of the first emperor and raise warriors outside the palace, using the name of the martial arts hall as a cover, but in fact he is training samurai, intending to be unfavorable to Otsuka Zai? ”

After listening to Li Ning's speculation, Yuwen Hu laughed instead of anger, "It's not impossible, there are widows in the palace, he doesn't dare to make any moves in the palace, for fear of being discovered and repeating the mistakes of his third brother, so he naturally wants to find another way and go outside the palace to make plans." ”

Yuwen Hu laughed to the end, becoming more and more gloomy and more frightening, "If that's the case, then the widow ...... There will be no more relentlessness. ”

The wind in summer and autumn gradually became a little colder, and the cool breeze rolled up and rolled the bamboo outside the window. In the quiet of the night, the sound of overlapping bamboo leaves looks a little weird.

After thinking about it, I brought a portrait and presented it to Yuwen Hu, who looked at the scroll and wondered: "This is not a portrait of Yuan Xi, what are you doing with it?" ”

"Otsuka Jae will understand later." Unhurriedly, I took out the sachet from my sleeve, took out a small white porcelain net bottle from it, and poured a little red powder on my hand, "This is what Qingqiang stole from Shang Bai beside His Majesty, it's cinnabar." ”

I slowly applied cinnabar to the painting, and Yuan Xi's face was shocked to see a hideous birthmark, Li Ning leaned over to take a look, and couldn't help but exclaim: "This is not ......"

"That's right." I took his words, "This is Shang Bai, it should be said that Yuan Xi disguised himself as Shang Bai, Shang Bai is Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi is Shang Bai, they are the same person." ”

Li Ning exclaimed: "So, Yuan Xi is His Majesty's person, then, the assassination in Cuihua Mountain was arranged by His Majesty?!" ”

Yuwen Hu was in a trance at first, and then his eyes gradually became fierce, and I pulled out a piece of paper from the bookcase, and said: "This is the post that Hou Zhi wrote to Otsuka Zai when he first asked to see Otsuka Zai, and it is a five-character poem. Otsuka Jae criticized him for writing messily and not knowing what to say. This poem seems to be in the clouds and hazy, but if you look closely, you will find that this is a hidden poem, and there is another mystery. ”

"Waving a sword and dancing in the back garden, day and day against Luoying, late summer and near autumn society, what is there before death, and a lonely ghost after death. There are ghosts in the Dance (Wu) Ying Society, and Hou Zhi Gongzi wants to remind Otsuka Jae to be careful of the Wu Ying Society. I guess Hou Zhi may have accidentally learned the secret of Wuying Society, and was killed by the murderer. ”

Yuwen Hu took the case heavily, grabbed the paper and crumpled it into a ball, his eyes were full of hatred, "Very good, the person who is carefully assisted by the widow actually wants the widow's life, it is really my good brother!" ”

Yuwen Hu's gaze gradually condensed into a little, dangerous and cold, "This time, I won't hesitate anymore, and I won't be soft-hearted anymore." Under the imperial power, all brothers and feelings are fake, and only the power in the hands is real. ”

"Li Ning, isn't your brother working in the imperial dining room?" Yuwen Hu slammed to Li Ning, gritted his teeth and said coldly, "Secretly summoned him to see me, I have important things to hand over to him." ”

"Yes." Li Ning bowed his head in response.

This night, Yuwen Hu's eyes were solemn, and he asked someone to bring a jar of bamboo leaf green wine, poured the wine in a big green glazed bowl, and drank bowl after bowl, almost without stopping.

When he was a little drunk and hazy, Yuwen Hu's eyes were complicated, his mood was contradictory, he was sad, he sighed, and he was helpless, and muttered: "Uncle, Hu'er has always respected you very much, and it was you who single-handedly promoted Hu'er to become a talent, without you, there would be no Yuwen Hu today." This bowl, Hu'er respects you. ”

I saw Yuwen Hu's eyes confused, as if he was speaking to someone, "Uncle, you have been looking forward to dominating the world and sitting on thousands of miles of rivers and mountains." It's a pity that the sky doesn't live forever, God took your life, you handed over your son and your unfulfilled wish to me, and my nephew has always remembered your entrustment, I abolished Emperor Wei Gong, established the Great Zhou, and supported Yuwenjue to ascend the throne, "But——"

Yuwen Hu's eyes rolled up with a cloud of resentment, and he shouted and drank a bowl of wine in one go, "Yuwen Jue is big, his heart is ambitious, he wants to be in power, my cousin has become a stumbling block for him, he actually wants to kill me!" For the first time, the nephew remembered his uncle's kindness and let him go. But Yuwenjue completely disregarded brotherhood, and wanted to kill me for the second time, This time my nephew can't bear it anymore, since Yuwenjue is ungrateful, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, then I don't have to care about brotherhood anymore. I can support him on the throne, or I can pull him down and depose him! ”

Slowly pouring the wine, Yuwen Hu sneered faintly, "Uncle, I can support Yuwen Yu, he is your son, and he can take on your great cause." But--my nephew is really afraid, afraid that he will deal with me in the same way as Yuwenjue, and my nephew doesn't let go of power, just wants to see if he trusts me. ”

"I didn't expect ......" Yuwen Hu actually pulled away a bitter smile, "He is still the same as Yuwen Jue, and he is trying his best to get rid of me." Uncle, don't blame your nephew for being ruthless, your nephew has no choice but to do this. ”

Because of his great power, Yuwen Hu was dictatorial and arbitrary, and violated his authority, causing the king's dissatisfaction and suspicion; And because of the king's suspicion, Yuwen Hu held his power even more tightly and did not dare to delegate power; And the tighter Yuwen Hu's power is held, the deeper the king's suspicion, and then there is a murderous intent, and finally it is inevitable that the brothers will turn against each other.

Among the grievances and grievances, in the pursuit of power, who can tell which is right and which is wrong?

However, what do their grievances do to me, why do they force me into this pool, I have done nothing wrong, but they are regarded as pawns in the power struggle, regarded as a mustard, why should I be bullied by them like this?

Man is a sword, I am a fish. However, I will not sit idly by and let others slaughter me.

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from Su Shi's "Fortune Operator" in the Song Dynasty: "Pick up all the cold branches and refuse to live, and the lonely sandbar is cold." ”