"So, in the civil strife of the Chu State, I, Great Wei, had better not interfere? …… Is that what it means? ”

For a long time, Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly, and asked a little unwillingly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hearing this, Wei Tianzi looked at his son in front of him with a smile, and asked with a smile: "Do you believe in the promise of the Qu clan?" ”

"I don't believe it." Zhao Hongrun replied without hesitation.

The smile on Wei Tianzi's face became even stronger when he heard this, and he asked again, "Do you think the Qu clan has a chance to win?" ”

"I don't believe it." Zhao Hongrun replied again.

"In that case, it's just to prolong the duration of the civil strife in Chu and arouse the hatred of the Chu State, why bother?" Wei Tianzi spread his hands, and then, he lowered his voice and said quite seriously: "Hongrun, the Qu family is a courtier, and the Xiong family is a royal family...... My Zhao clan is also a royal family. Don't break the rules, you know? ”

"......" Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun was shocked.

Only then did he realize that he had made a rather serious negligence: he, as a member of the Wei royal power, could not help the Qu clan to subvert the royal power of the Chu state. The royal power is high up and cannot be touched by other clans.

No matter whether the Qu family is good or bad compared to the Xiong family, the royal family surnamed Zhao of Wei Guoji cannot support the Qu family in the true sense, otherwise, wouldn't it also weaken the status of their own royal family in disguise?

"Maintain ......orthodoxy," Zhao Hongrun's face changed slightly, and he read out something he had learned in the palace school.

"It's good if you remember." Wei Tianzi nodded with satisfaction.

Zhao Hongrun guessed correctly, his father Wei Tianzi really didn't want to intervene in the battle for royal power between the Qu clan of Chu and the Xiong clan, because this involved an orthodox issue of royal power.

The defeat of the king of one country by the king of another country is only a merger between royal families, which is within the rules; But if a subordinate plots against usurper the throne and steals the royal power of a certain country, this is something that no king can tolerate. -- because if they don't put an end to it, their position will be affected.

Therefore, not to mention that the Qu clan has almost no possibility of victory, even if it is possible to replace the Xiong clan, Wei Tianzi will not assist the former. Even, if the Xiong clan is at a disadvantage, Wei Tianzi may directly send troops to support the Xiong clan and maintain the legitimacy of the Chu State.

This is a tacit understanding between kings of the nations.

Seeing his son's face change color, Wei Tianzi did not say anything to blame, he knew that the reason why the son in front of him would commit such negligence was only because he did not have a correct mentality - to face up to the fact that he was a member of the royal family.

While Wei Tianzi was looking at Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongrun quickly turned a few thoughts in his heart, and then, he said in amazement: "In this way, in this civil strife in the Chu State, my Great Wei is indeed unable to interfere......

Seeing that his son had figured out the key, Wei Tianzi said with a smile: "This is not necessarily the case. …… I just said that you can't help the Qu clan shake the royal status of the Xiong clan, but I didn't say that you can't disgust the Xiong clan......"

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Hongrun looked at his father in surprise.

Seeing this, Wei Tianzi lowered his voice and reminded: "To the east of your Shangshui County, aren't there still a few pieces of land that you took from the Chu State, but you disdain?" ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun's head was running rapidly, and after half a ring, a treacherous smile appeared on his face, and he looked at his father and said sincerely: "Father, it is really a scheming ...... Insidious enough. ”

"It's a big rebellion!" Wei Tianzi patted his son's head angrily.

After a while, Wei Tianzi returned to the Vertical Arch Palace, while Zhao Hongrun took Zong Weiwei Jiao and went straight to Ningxiang Palace - anyway, they all came to the palace, and by the way, they should accompany their mother Shen Shufei.

Compared with the hesitation when he came, Zhao Hongrun only felt that the future was bright at this moment.

Although he was still a little unwilling in his heart, he had to admit that his father was indeed worthy of being a Ming monarch who could be ranked with kings such as Lu Xi, King of Qi, Xiong Xu, King of Chu, and other kings.

After returning to the palace in the evening, Zhao Hongrun wrote a letter carefully about the wording, and then he summoned Duan Pei, the leader of the Green Crows, and instructed him: "This letter, you send someone to Shangshui, and ask Yang Yutao and Ying Kang to organize a team of people to deliver it to the King of Chu, and there must be no mistake." ”

"Understood!" Duan Pei nodded, and was about to turn around to leave, but was stopped by Zhao Hongrun.

"Your Highness, do you have any other orders?" Duan Pei asked puzzled.

"......" Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth, and after a few hesitations, he waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you go down." ”

"Yes." Duan Pei left with a hint of confusion.

Looking at his departing back, Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly.

Just now, he wanted to remind Duan Pei to tell the green crows to settle down in Daliang, and not to touch the power of the inner guard, after all, from his conversation with his father today, his father was strengthening the supervision of the inner guard for some reason.

But after thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun gave up again.

After all, his father already knew about the two hidden thief forces under him, Shangshui Green Crow and Yangxia Black Crow, and joked that he would not mobilize the crowd for a few little crows, Zhao Hongrun felt that his father had no reason to deceive him.

Therefore, deliberately reminding Duan Pei may instead cause the crows to have a faint hostility towards the inner eunuchs - they thought they were hiding it well, but they didn't expect it to be all under the noses of others, and they wouldn't be convinced when they thought about it.

Then again......

Why did my father strengthen the supervision of the inner chamberlain? …… Who is he targeting?

Zhao Hongrun stretched out his hand and scratched his face, frowned and asked, "Wei Jiao, did something wrong happen to Daliang some time ago?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Jiao smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, you are asking the wrong person for your humble position......

But isn't it, he, like Zhao Hongrun, has only been back in Daliang for about a month, who knows what happened to Daliang some time ago.

"Turn around and ask Gao Kuo to probe and probe." Zhao Hongrun nodded and said.

"Understood."

The next day, Zhao Hongrun woke up from his sleep slowly, dressed and washed.

At this time, Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao said beside him: "Your Highness, Gao Kuo has just come here, saying that he has found some news. …… I told him to wait in the antechamber. ”

"Oh."

Zhao Hongrun answered, stepped into the front hall to take a look, and sure enough, he saw Gao Kuo sitting in the seat with a big grin.

"Your Highness." Seeing His Royal Highness come out, Gao Kuo immediately stood up.

Zhao Hongrun waved his hand to signal Gao Kuo to dispense with etiquette, and asked him at the same time: "Gao Kuo, what happened to Da Liang some time ago?" ”

"Huh? Oh. Gao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and after coming back to his senses, he explained: "I'm still investigating this matter......

"And what are you doing here?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a strange expression.

Gao Kuo smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said helplessly: "Your Highness, don't you want to humbly go to find out if there are any outstanding students among those new scientific students, but they have not yet been picked away." ”

"Uh-oh." Zhao Hongrun suddenly realized and patted his head, which still didn't look very bright because he had just woken up.

Immediately, he asked, "Is there anyone who has chosen someone?" ”

"Nope." Gao Kuo replied very simply, spread his hands and said: "But all outstanding students have been picked away, either they have become protégés of anyone, or they have been booked by some officials of the imperial court. ”

Although Zhao Hongrun had expected this situation, it can be seen that Gao Kuo replied so simply, he was still a little depressed, the corners of his mouth pulled and he exhaled, and said angrily: "Then why are you coming back?" …… Playing this king? I think you want to go to the Horse Army to collect horse manure, right? ”

Hearing this, Gao Kuo only felt sweat in his head, and hurriedly explained with a flattering face: "Your Highness, you are not Mu Qing, who doesn't know what to do, how dare you play tricks on you, Your Highness?" …… Although there was no gain from this humble position, it was quite interesting to find out. ”

"Interesting?" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Gao Kuo suspiciously, and said, "Let's hear it." ”

Hearing this, Gao Kuo was relieved, and said mysteriously: "Your Highness, in this year's examination, there is a ...... Well, very interesting student. It is said that this person deliberately wanted to take revenge on the imperial court and deliberately cheated in the examination, but none of the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette saw through the cheating methods in the examination room. ”

"That's it?"

Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes, walked to the table and poured himself a cup of herbal tea, and said lightly: "What's so strange about this?" Hmph, if this king goes to the examination room, he can still cheat under the nose of the examiner without knowing it. ”

Hearing this, a few strange smiles appeared on Gao Kuo's face, and he said softly: "Then, Your Highness, can you help several candidates cheat under the noses of the examiners of the Ministry of Rites, and make a few straw bales rank on the first list and obtain the qualification for the palace examination?" ”

“……”

Zhao Hongrun's action of raising the teacup to his mouth suddenly stopped, and he looked at Gao Kuo in surprise, with an incredulous expression: "Help others cheat in the exam room?" ”

Gao Kuo nodded inscrupulously.

"How many bales?" The expression on Zhao Hongrun's face became even more eccentric.

"Even if it's not a straw bag, it's not eligible to be on the first list. …… Among the people who were helped, several pretended to be sick to evade the palace examination, and one was not afraid of death, but he really dared to go to the palace examination, but he was named by His Majesty in the palace examination, and he didn't know what to ask, which angered Long Yan, because of this incident, the Ministry of Rites was severely reprimanded by His Majesty. Gao Kuo chuckled.

"And that kind of thing?"

Zhao Hongrun's face showed a little interest, and at the same time, there was a sour mood in his heart.

If you don't do it for yourself and for others, that person is simply a living Lei Feng...... I took the college entrance examination at that time, so I didn't meet this kind of bull?

Zhao Hongrun smacked his lips a little depressedly, and asked with interest: "What is the name of that person?" ”

"Onsaki!" Gao Kuo whispered.

Onzaki?

Hearing this name, Zhao Hongrun's expression changed slightly, because he felt that this name had some impressions, as if he had seen it somewhere.

"Where have you seen it......"

Zhao Hongrun paced a few steps in the hall, and gradually recalled a scene in his mind: a candidate in the examination room pointed to his mouth and shook his head, and then deliberately pointed to the candle on the examination table......

"Is it him?!"

A little surprise appeared on Zhao Hongrun's face. (To be continued.) )