In the dead of night, the lonely lamp flickered, Qi Ning got up and poured a glass of water for Lao Shangshu, put his hands in front of Lao Shangshu, Lao Shangshu bowed slightly, and then said: "Lu Xiaochao's father followed the old marquis of the golden knife to fight, and was injured on the battlefield, and later the old marquis arranged for him to be in the military department, and when the official position was the highest, it was only a master book of the military department, this person has an upright temperament and is honest, so his family background is not very good." After his death, the Lu family once borrowed money to make a living, and it was Lu Xiao who knew the situation and helped him, which was regarded as helping the Lu family to tide over the difficulties, but the intersection only stopped there, and then Lu Xiaochao entered the Tiger God Camp, and there was no relationship with Lu Xiao or even the Shantai family, but because the root is here, if you really want to talk about Lu Xiaochao's connections in the court, it can only be the Golden Dao Tai series. ”

Qi Ning said: "If Lu Xiaochao is really Lu Xiao's person, he took over the Tiger God Camp, and he will naturally benefit from the Golden Sword series, but ..... If Lu Xiaochao does not agree that he is Lu Xiao's person, then of course it is not the Ministry of War and the Lantai family that will benefit this time. Leaning forward slightly, his expression solemn: "Who Lu Xiaochao is is is very important." ”

"Lu Xiaochao was recommended by the Ministry of War." Lao Shangshu said: "Based on this alone, Lu Xiaochao may be grateful to Lu Xiao. ”

"But if this position was determined to fall into Lu Xiaochao's hands before Lu Xiao's recommendation, how could Lu Xiaochao be grateful to Lu Xiao?" Qi Ning's eyes were like stars, and the light flickered: "If someone assassinated Xue Lingfeng to pave the way for Lu Xiaochao, and Lu Xiaochao also knew the truth, then how could Lu Xiaochao care about Lu Xiao's recommendation?" ”

Lao Shangshu's face changed slightly, and the old man's hands began to tremble.

He stretched out his hand to hold the teacup on the table, barely stabilized his trembling hand, and pondered for a moment before he said slowly: "Do you mean that someone designed Lu Xiaochao to succeed Xue Lingfeng, but used Lu Xiao to make the Manchu Dynasty think that Lu Xiaochao sat on that chair because of the recommendation of the Ministry of War?" ”

"Of the three deputy commanders of the Tiger God Battalion, the one who is most likely to become the commander is Lu Xiaochao." Qi Ning said: "In addition, Lu Xiao thinks that Lu Xiaochao is his person, it is natural to recommend Lu Xiaochao in the name of the Ministry of War, and some people are waiting for Lu Xiao's recommendation, as long as the person recommended by Lu Xiao is in line with their hearts, they will agree to it, so that since Lu Xiaochao controls the Tiger God Camp and has the ability to control the capital, he will not show his deeds and let no one be suspicious." ”

Lao Shangshu frowned and said, "Who are some of the people you are talking about?" ”

Qi Ning thought for a long time before he said: "The Black Scale Battalion was transferred and directly incorporated into the Black Knife Battalion, which was controlled by Qu Yanzhi, and several generals of the Black Scale Battalion were all transferred to the East China Sea, but ......!" His eyes flashed with fierceness: "Lao Shangshu may not know that Zhao Wu, who was transferred to the East China Sea, was injured a total of five people, and was attacked on the way to the East China Sea, and all five of them were killed. ”

Lao Shangshu's body was shocked, and he lost his voice: "It's ..... Is there such a thing? There is no news in the DPRK and China. ”

"It's true, but it's not a big deal." Qi Ning said calmly: "That is to say, someone not only incorporated the Black Scale Battalion into the Black Knife Battalion, but also directly killed them all, completely destroying the Black Scale Battalion. After a moment of silence, he said: "In fact, someone wants to kill the Jinyi Qi family, but all this is definitely not what the emperor meant." ”

Lao Shangshu sighed: "The emperor originally rebuilt the Black Scale Camp, the purpose was to balance the Black Knife Camp, and the old man also felt that the emperor did not need to destroy the Black Scale Camp. After a pause, he continued: "Qu Xiaocang was given the title of Shenhou, but Ximen Shenhou did not appear that day, this matter is very strange, it stands to reason that since Ximen Shenhou wants to step down, he should also hand over the Shenhou Order to Qu Xiaocang, when Ximen Shenhou took over as Shenhou, it was the former Shenhou who handed over the Shenhou Order to him in front of the hundred officials. Furthermore..... Something should have happened in the palace, Fan Dehai suddenly disappeared, and a eunuch named Guihe suddenly appeared, the old man had not heard of this person before, but there were thousands of inner eunuchs in the inner palace, and it was not strange that the old man did not know him, the strange thing is that the emperor has always trusted Fan Dehai very much, why did he suddenly remove Fan Dehai and let a previously unknown Guihe serve as the deacon eunuch? ”

Qi Ning sighed: "The biggest thing that happened in the palace was not this. Xiao Zhang's rebellion in the imperial tomb has long been decided, but now he has been cleared of charges, and has become a loyal minister of Da Chu, doesn't Lao Shangshu think this is the weirdest thing? ”

"Not only you, but many people in the DPRK and China find it incredible." Lao Shangshu said: "But Xiao Shaozong, the son of the king of Huainan, took out the secret decree left by the emperor to Xiao Zhang, and there is an archive in the imperial file, which is confirmed, Xiao Shaozong has ironclad evidence in hand, and no one can say that it is wrong." ”

"Just because there is an archive in the Imperial Archives doesn't mean that the secret decree is true." Qi Ning said: "If Xiao Shaozong sent someone to put the archive into the imperial file in advance, he could naturally find out." ”

"The Imperial Cabinet is a forbidden place in the palace, and it is heavily guarded." Lao Shangshu said: "No one dares to trespass on the imperial internal file, there is no emperor's will, as long as anyone is close to the imperial internal file, it is a capital crime, and the internal guard guarding the imperial internal file can be cut first and then played." ”

"Since the Yulin Camp can get a secret decree to kill the juniors, it is not difficult to get a will to enter the imperial file." Qi Ning Zhengse said: "Old Shangshu, I have not been able to determine what happened in the capital before, let alone what happened in the palace, but now I am seventy percent sure that the emperor is ...... It's already involuntary! ”

"Involuntarily?" Lao Shangshu frowned and said, "You mean that the emperor was held hostage?" ”

"Otherwise, these recent things that have happened cannot be explained at all." Qi Ning said: "Lao Shangshu is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and he is well-informed, so he will never feel that all this is reasonable." ”

"You said that the emperor was held hostage, so who held the emperor hostage?"

"Xiao Shaozong!"

The corners of Lao Shangshu's eyes twitched, but he didn't change color, he just said: "Xiao Shaozong has always been under house arrest in the palace, and the emperor is in the palace, it is impossible for the two to meet before, how can Xiao Shaozong hold the emperor hostage?" ”

"Lao Shangshu is wrong." Qi Ning sighed: "Actually, Xiao Shaozong has always had the opportunity to enter the palace, and he has been approved by the emperor, but it is just ..... Not many people know about it. Without waiting for Yuan Laoshangshu to speak, he continued: "Sima Lan was executed during the autumn hunt, and he planned carefully, and the mastermind behind all this was actually Xiao Shaozong. ”

Lao Shangshu's body was shocked, and Qi Ning continued: "Sima Lan was in power at that time, and his power was too great, and the emperor knew that he must not be negligent in dealing with such a person, and there were not many people available to the emperor at that time, so he secretly summoned Xiao Shaozong into the palace to discuss countermeasures. ”

"Sima Lan's eyeliner at that time was all over the palace and outside the palace, Xiao Shaozong entered the palace, why didn't Sima Lan notice it at all?" Lao Shang Shuwu was a little incredulous: "If Sima Lan knew that Xiao Shaozong had entered the palace, he would be vigilant, but I was afraid that Xiao Shaozong would not be able to live now." ”

Qi Ning was silent for a moment before he said: "There is a secret passage to enter the palace, and not many people know about it, but Xiao Shaozong happens to be one of the people who know about this secret passage. ”

Lao Shangshu was even more shocked: "Is there a secret way to enter the palace? His lips moved, as if he wanted to ask more, but he didn't ask in the end, and his expression became solemn: "According to what you say, Xiao Shaozong used that secret passage to enter the palace and controlled the emperor in the palace, so these strange things happened." ”

"I can't produce hard evidence, but that's the truth."

"Not long ago, the emperor went to court, and he didn't seem to look very good at that time, and he ..... His voice is also a little different from before. Lao Shangshu said: "At that time, everyone thought that the emperor was because the dragon was unwell, so his voice changed a little when he spoke..... ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the last dynasty is not the emperor at all." Qi Ning sighed: "Since Xiao Shaozong controls the emperor, he will never dare to let the emperor show his face in front of the ministers. You've seen most likely a stand-in. ”

"Stand-in?" Lao Shangshu narrowed his eyes: "Xiao Shaozong replaced the emperor with a stand-in, and then controlled the government?" ”

"Xiao Shaozong is an extremely cautious person, and he is extremely scheming." Qi Ning said: "This person has been showing weakness for many years, making people ignore his existence, but what he did this time was by no means a whim, it must have been planned for a long time, and every step was carefully deployed in advance. Staring into Lao Shangshu's eyes, he said: "Maybe as early as many years ago, all this began to be laid out, he has been hiding his strength, watching the changes, secretly planning, and when the time is ripe, he will act quickly." The stand-in to replace the emperor, of course, has been prepared for a long time, Xiao Shaozong can get close to the emperor's side, have a deep understanding of the emperor's words and deeds, and train the stand-in according to the emperor's behavior, so as to achieve the purpose of making the truth real. He sighed lightly: "With Xiao Shaozong's strength, it is not difficult to find a stand-in who looks and looks like the emperor. ”

Lao Shangshu leaned back in his chair and was silent for a long time before he said, "If according to what you say, Xiao Shaozong has already controlled the palace?" ”

"Now it's much more than just controlling the palace." Qi Ning said: "Xue Lingfeng was killed, Lu Xiaochao mastered the Tiger God Camp, if all this was arranged by Xiao Shaozong, then the entire capital is now under Xiao Shaozong's control." ”

Lao Shangshu was shocked and said: "Lu Xiaochao is Xiao Shaozong's person? ”

"Maybe it's not such a bad situation." Qi Ning said: "But if I say that Lu Xiaochao is indeed a pawn planted by Xiao Shaozong in the Tiger God Camp, then everything is already under Xiao Shaozong's control, and my Great Chu Empire has also reached the moment of life and death." ”

"Lu Xiaochao is Xiao Shaozong's .....!" Lao Shangshu muttered and repeated, and suddenly felt a chill in his back.

If everything is really as Qi Ning said, Xiao Shaozong controlled the palace, and even used the recommendation of the military department to let Lu Xiaochao smoothly control the Tiger God Camp, then the deep scheming and insidious means of this dwarf-like Huainan prince are really terrifying.