Yu Yuan kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, the minister has something to do." ”

Xiao Tuyou frowned and said, "Something?!" What else do you have to say?! Well?! What a great prime minister, such a majestic prime minister, you are really majestic! You are the great prime minister of Xie Li's yin and yang, and you have a lot to do. You've made a big mess of the situation, do you understand, Prime Minister?! Although he didn't say it explicitly, he was obviously suspicious.

Yu Yuan said: "The minister is guilty, causing the king to worry, and the minister is guilty." ”

Tuyu waved his hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense, say something useful." ”

Yu Yuan said, "Oh." Your Majesty, judging from the many details of this fire, this is by no means an accident, it must be a man-made disaster. As His Majesty said, this fire is not trivial, it has a bearing on the direction of the government, and if it is not handled properly, the people's will may be greatly damaged. The minister's meaning, the top priority, is to find out the real culprit of arson. ”

Both Tuyu and Dou Ji felt very strange that Yu Yuan did not defend himself.

Yu Yuan's demeanor was very calm, which made Xiao Tuyou think: "Could it be that the queen did this behind Luo Yuan's back?!" But the queen can't command the foreign court, where can she have such a scheduling ability, and the queen doesn't have such a ruthless heart. ”

Dou Ji was thinking: "Lao Yu is really a thousand-year-old fox. There's going to be a clever excuse again. ”

Luo Yuan said, "Your Majesty. The fire in Qihou Mansion was obviously deliberately done. Otherwise, how could there be phosphate powder and fireworks hidden on the north and east sides of the Hou Mansion? First, although the Mid-Autumn Festival is a big festival, from the palace to the wealthy to the people, there is never a practice of fireworks. These fireworks and phosphorous powder are not meant to be sold. Second, there is no merchant warehouse near the private residence of the clan relatives, and these two places must be deliberately arranged for private collection. In autumn, the northeast wind often blows in the holy capital, and phosphorus powder and fireworks are placed on the north and east sides of the Hou Mansion, which is obviously a pre-selected location. In addition, the timing of the attack was also very clever, coinciding with the time when all the heirs of His Majesty's special emperor in Beijing would have a dinner in the Qihou Mansion. This trick is too vicious, first, it will almost wipe out the heirs of the first emperor, and second, it will splash all the dirty water on His Majesty. Your Majesty, with all due respect. The fire in the Qihou Mansion is probably to be blamed on His Majesty, and if it is not handled properly, it will be extremely difficult to clean up. However, this 'blame' is also very different from person to person. Some people, because they don't know what to do, take it for granted that they 'blame'. And some people are deliberately 'blaming'! ”

He said, "Say some nonsense! Do I want you to talk this nonsense here? I don't even know this?! Hum! Now it's okay, everyone in the world will suspect that I have done such a thing that is inferior to a beast in order to make my son the prince! The fire was ignited again.

Yu Yuan said: "Your Majesty will calm your anger first, and let the ministers come carefully." As His Majesty said, it is inevitable that people in the world will have such suspicions. Because of this, the real culprit must be traced. If the real culprit cannot be found, someone will use this article to disturb the people's mind, and the situation will immediately be chaotic. Not to mention anything else, the kings of Xiangting, the kings of Canaan, and the county guards of the counties appointed by the first emperor may all be filled with righteous indignation and divorce from the court and His Majesty. And if someone is deliberately manipulating, this article that disrupts the situation is actually very easy to do. As long as the accusation is put on His Majesty, then whether it is the clan, the nobles, the ministers, and the people, they will all believe it. Why? Because there is no real murderer, and His Majesty is indisputable! ”

Seeing that Xiao Tuyu was about to get angry again, Luo Yuan hurriedly said: "This is the first point that the minister wants to say, that is, why the real culprit must be found." The second point that the minister wants to say is where the real culprit is. This is the most critical issue that the minister wants to talk about. The minister thought that since the real murderer had started, then he must have been carefully arranged and cleverly covered up, and simply left clues from the scene, the suspect and other searches would definitely not lead to results. Moreover, this is a major event involving the general trend of the DPRK situation, and it is a huge political conspiracy, and the perpetrators are by no means very human, so they will never leave any handle. Since it cannot be found through evidence, the real culprit can only be found through reasoning. To put it bluntly, it is by 'guessing'! ”

That's a little interesting. Xiao Tuyou obviously listened to it, calmed down a little, picked up the soup handed by Chuntuo, and took a big sip.

Luo Yuan took the opportunity to say: "Since it is reasoning to find the real culprit, let's first look at the big gains and losses, pros and cons." The minister thought that on the surface, His Majesty was the biggest beneficiary of the fire in the Qihou Mansion, and it was precisely because of this that His Majesty would become the biggest suspect in the hearts of the world. And this is where the real purpose of the perpetrator lies, and of course, it is also where his cleverness lies. But this is only what it looks like on the surface, and in fact, His Majesty is not only not the beneficiary, but the biggest victim of this case. Why? First, His Majesty has been misunderstood by the world because of this case, not only has he been misunderstood, but His Majesty cannot make any excuse but can only forbear, and as a result, His Majesty's image will be greatly damaged. Second, because of this case, the situation and the people's hearts will be greatly disturbed, and the situation facing His Majesty's ruling and implementing the new policy will be even more complicated. Third, if His Majesty wants to gradually dispel the misunderstanding of the world and restore his image, then he must not make his own son the crown prince in the short term. As a result, a fire has greatly damaged His Majesty's image, His Majesty's court situation is in chaos, and His Majesty's follow-up is difficult to deal with. What could be more terrible than these three points for a Son of Heaven? Therefore, the minister said, His Majesty is the biggest victim. But now the difficulty is difficult, the clan, the nobles, the ministers and the common people generally do not see these things, and they do not want to believe them, they will only blindly think that His Majesty is the mastermind of the murder. ”

Dou Ji suddenly understood: "This old fox is really cunning. On the surface, he was crying out for His Majesty, but in fact, he was relieving himself, the Empress and the rank. As a result of the fire, His Majesty could not make his own son the crown prince, which meant that the rank would not benefit. Since it will not benefit, the party of the rank can naturally be relieved. Thinking of this, Dou Ji was suddenly shocked, if he didn't express his position again, he was afraid that he would arouse the emperor's suspicion, so he hurriedly interjected: "What Prime Minister Yu said is very true. In this fire, all the members of the imperial family will be damaged. ”

Tuyu glanced at Dou Ji with a vigilant eye.

Luo Yuan secretly laughed at Dou Ji's stupidity. Dou Ji confessed that there were really no three hundred taels of silver here, and he sent it to the door to make the emperor suspicious of Dou Ji, Dou Zhaoyi and Xiao Mu. The word "all" is especially silly. Even if the emperor's family is damaged, it is the emperor and the future crown prince and successor who are damaged, and there is really no "full staff". Dou Ji said the word "all staff", which exposed his heart's intention to take the heir for Xiao Mu. And when Luo Yuan said this, Dou Ji couldn't help but answer, this purpose of defending himself was too obvious, and it was really stupid.

But at this moment, Luo Yuan didn't care about Dou Ji and Xiao Mu's faction at all, he just wanted to explain the matter and completely free himself and Xiao Zhi and Queen Luo. Luo Yuan continued: "Your Majesty is the biggest victim, and naturally there are others who are the biggest beneficiaries. The minister dares to ask Your Majesty, in Your Majesty's holy opinion, who is the biggest beneficiary of this case? Also, dare to ask Mrs. Dou, who do you think is the biggest beneficiary of this case? ”

Dou Ji has always lacked urgency, so he rushed to speak, it was the limit, for Luo Yuan's sudden questioning, Dou Ji had no idea at all, just kowtowed to the emperor and said: "The minister is ignorant." Listen to Your Majesty's Hadiths. ”

Yu Yuan couldn't help but laugh at Dou Ji's stupidity and ignorance in his heart.

Xiao Tuyu had been persuaded by Luo Yuan, and his mind went down to Luo Yuan's train of thought: "Yes." Yu Yuan is right. The situation is very unfavorable for me and my children. With the shrewdness of Yu Yuan, he should not make such a decision. The other princes and the supporting forces behind them, even if they have the ambition to seize the throne and the decision to kill, it is difficult for them to have such the ability to strategize. There are only two factions with this ability, Dou Ji, Dou Zhaoyi, Shu Yan and Meng Jieyu, that is, the Mu faction and the Ke faction. However, as Yu Yuan said, after a fire, with his own temperament and style of acting, he will definitely not make his son the crown prince in the short term, otherwise he will attract the common condemnation of the world. Xiao Mu and Xiao Ke are still young, they are nothing more than the banners and signboards of the forces behind them, Dou Ji and Dou Zhaoyi behind Xiao Mu, Meng Jieyu and Bishop Shu Yan behind Xiao Ke, should all have this judgment. So they are not beneficiaries either. Who could that be? However, then again, he did not establish a prince for the time being, and the direct victim was actually a rank. Because if the crown prince is elected now, as the eldest son, he will be the best candidate. Therefore, in addition to the obvious loss of rank, the other heirs should actually be regarded as beneficiaries to some extent. ”

Xiao Tuyu paced slowly around Dongque, and the more he thought about it, the more chaotic he became. The strength of the figure lies in figuring out people's hearts, and the weakness lies in analyzing the situation in a meticulous manner. In the past, when Tuyu encountered a major event, he planned to analyze the situation and determine the path of advancement, and then he came forward to negotiate all parties and complete the operation. Xiao Tuyu knew his strengths and weaknesses, so he paced to Luo Yuan's side, helped him up and said, "You get up and say." He looked at Dou Ji and said, "Get up too." He also motioned to Chun Tuo to serve tea to the two of them.

Seeing that Luo Yuanyi took a sip of tea gently, Tuyu said in a gentle tone: "I am angry, my mind is blank, and my mind is confused. Just say it. Luo Yuanji felt the emperor's trust in him, and of course, he also felt the emperor's great contempt for Dou Ji.