I have to say that Zhao Yuanli guessed exactly right.

The next day, on the twentieth day of the first lunar month, he received secret information that the Zongfu had released King Su Hongrun.

After learning about this, Zhao Yuanli immediately told Princess Yulong the good news, after all, the latter lived in his Yiwang Mansion for the past two days, and he didn't think about tea and dinner all day long, and he was very worried about Zhao Hongrun, which made Zhao Yuanli quite distressed.

"Sixth uncle, then I'll go back to King Su's Mansion first."

After learning the good news, Princess Yulong changed her sad appearance from the previous two days, and took Mi Rui back to Suwangfu with a smile on her face.

"This girl...... After all, I'm still close to that kid from Hongrun."

personally sent Princess Yulong outside the mansion, watching her and Mi Rui gradually go away in the carriage, Zhao Yuanli shook his head and returned to the mansion.

He returned to his study, wiping down the hunting gear he was going to use for the coming day.

In fact, these things can be done as long as you command your subordinates, but for Zhao Yuanli, this is a kind of fun, just like hunting, fishing, and betting on horses, it is just a kind of fun.

Just when Zhao Yuanli was wiping the hunting equipment, the servant who delivered the tea came again, poured him a cup of tea, and told him in a low voice: After King Su left the Zongfu, he did not immediately return to the Su Palace, but followed Zhao Wenshen, the king of Chengling, to the palace that the latter temporarily purchased in Daliang.

"Hongrun...... Went to see King Chengling? What did he do when he went to see King Chengling?'

Zhao Yuanli frowned, and said lightly after picking up the teacup: "Keep staring." ”

The subordinate paused, and then whispered, "Lord, there are at least two groups of people who are watching King Su's whereabouts...... Do you want to follow? ”

"The Inner Chamberlain and the Sect?" Zhao Yuanli was stunned.

"I don't know. …… However, there is a group of people, who have tried it, and listened to each other's accents, which are a bit like the local accents of the beams, but they are not holograms, and it sounds a little awkward......"

『……』

Zhao Yuanli was stunned, and his brows furrowed slightly.

You must know that whether it is the secret agent of the inner chamberlain or the secret agent of the sect mansion, they are all secretly trained by the two in private, and they are well-trained, since they are in Daliang, it must be a mouth of Daliang accent, how can some guys with different accents come out?

With his accent exposed, this kind of guy is also worthy of being a spy? When eyes and ears?

Of course, having said that, training in this area is very difficult, and even under Zhao Yuanlian's hands, there are not many secret agents who can speak with accents from all over the world.

But the problem is, it's the inner eunuch and the clan, especially the inner eunuch, what they eat is the bowl of rice that inquires for the emperors of the past dynasties, how can he be compared to a prince?

"It's not the inner chamberlain, it's not the sect's house...... What?'

Zhao Yuanli frowned and thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Keep an eye on those people and see what they want to do." …… It's best to be able to find out the details of the other party. ”

"Then King Su's side, do you still want to keep an eye on it? The Lord is above and below is suspicious, and the people who are in charge of the inner prison may have been aware of those below...... If I keep an eye on it, I'm afraid it will expose ......"

"Now that Hongrun has been out of trouble, there is no need to keep an eye on it." Zhao Yuanli said lightly.

"Understood."

The man bowed his head and exited the study.

Suddenly, he was slightly stunned, and saw that in the courtyard outside the study, Zhao Yuanling's sect guard Wang Qi was standing there at some point, looking at him thoughtfully.

The subordinate bowed his head and hurried away.

And after glancing at the study, Wang Qi, the head of the sect's guard, didn't come forward to chase after him, he just stood there, not knowing what he was thinking.

After another two days, Zhao Yuanyan got the news that his nephew Zhao Hongrun, who was still a little worried a few days ago, actually united with Wei Tianzi, united with the four princes and kings including King Chengling, and the current Zongfu Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan kicked out the Zongfu.

This move greatly surprised Zhao Yuanyan.

After all, a few days ago, the four princes and kings such as Zhao Wenshen, King of Chengling, were still the enemies of Zhao Hongrun, and it was hard to imagine that the latter actually had a way to persuade the former, and even the current Zongfu Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan, the old-fashioned and serious second brother in Zhao Yuanyan's heart, was moved.

"This kid...... I'm getting better and better!'

Zhao Yuanli was surprised and delighted.

What is surprising is that Zhao Hongrun was able to reverse the situation in that situation and counter the Zongfu; The good thing is that the child who longed for him at the beginning and kept saying that he wanted to be a gentleman finally grew into a figure who can turn the clouds and rain today.

But what made Zhao Yuanli frown was that not long after Zhao Hongrun overthrew the elders in the sect mansion, another rumor spread in Daliang City.

This rumor is obviously aimed at Zhao Hongrun, saying that he keeps saying that he disdains the throne, but he is keen to collect power, and now he has 100,000 troops in his hands and is ambitious.

At that time, Zhao Yuanli saw through this rumor at a glance that it must have been released by the elders of the sect mansion, after all, a lot of age, being knocked down by a junior, naturally resentful.

"Hongyun is still too young......

After learning about this, Zhao Yuanli shook his head in the study room in the palace.

He had already learned that Zhao Hongrun was ready to put the fault of the Zongfu on the two sect elders Zhao Tairu and Zhao Laiyu, the third uncle, so that the Zongfu in charge of Zhao Yuanyan would suffer much less negative impact in this matter, which would help the Zongfu continue to restrain the domestic royal family, the princess, and the nobles in the future.

But Zhao Hongrun didn't release the news at the first time, and let the elders of the sect take the lead.

Think about it, in the face of the rumor that "King Su wants to win the throne by retreating", what is the news that "a certain sect elder in the sect is pretending to be a public servant and wants to make the aristocratic forces share the benefits of the three rivers"?

You must know that at present, what the people are talking about after tea and dinner is "how is King Su" and "a certain sect elder of the sect", who is that?

"Find a way to control it." Zhao Yuanyan instructed the subordinate who came to report the matter.

"Yes, Lord." The man took the command and departed.

However, to Zhao Yuanyan's surprise, two days later, the rumor that was unfavorable to his nephew Zhao Hongrun did not stop, but intensified, as if it made everyone in the city know about it.

Seeing this, Zhao Yuanyan was displeased, and left the guards that night and stayed alone in the study.

It didn't take long for the servant to arrive at the study with the tea utensil.

Zhao Yuanli was reading a book at the time, glanced at the visitor, and said unhappily: "What are you going to do?" Didn't you stop the rumors? ”

The subordinate put down the teacup and whispered, "Lord, it's not that we are incompetent, but in fact, we are ...... It was the inner chamberlain's men who were conniving at the spread of this rumor. ”

"What?"

Zhao Yuanli was stunned, and there was something incredible in his eyes.

"The Inner Chamberlain...... Brother Four Kings? What is he going to do? Could it be that he wants to take the opportunity to cut Hongrun's power? No, hasn't he been cultivating Hongrun? …… I see, I see.'

A hint of relief flashed in his eyes, Zhao Yuanling shook his head with a smile, and secretly thought to himself: Brother Siwang really spared no effort for Hongrun, but it's a pity...... I'm afraid it backfired.

"It seems that Hongrun has not been in Daliang for a long time......

Zhao Yuanyan sighed slightly, shook his head and said, "Since he is the person of the inner attendant, then this matter will end here." ”

"Yes." The subordinate bowed his head, and then asked, "In addition, there is another thing that I feel should be reported to the Lord." ”

Zhao Yuanli scratched his forehead when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "If it is Wang Qi's matter, you don't have to say it, this king has already noticed it." ”

"It's not Wang Qizong's chief guard, although he saw something, but his mouth is very tight, and the well water under the well does not interfere with the river water, and he thinks he is loyal to the Lord. …… What I want to say next is that the people who promoted this rumor that was unfavorable to King Su were, in addition to the inner chamberlain, there was another group of people, who were the same people that the Lord had let him watch a few days ago. ”

Zhao Yuanli was stunned when he heard this, frowned and asked, "Is it the ...... Guy with an accent that doesn't look like a local of the Great Beam? ”

"Exactly!" The man nodded.

Zhao Yuanyan frowned, and couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart.

At this time, the subordinate took a few steps forward and whispered: "Under the subordinates, a few people pretended to be drunk, went over to test it, and when they scuffled, they touched this thing from the other party's arms. ”

After that, he took out something like a bead from his arms and handed it to Zhao Yuanli.

Zhao Yuanyan took it and sniffed, with a little doubt on his face: "Wax? As he spoke, he was about to squeeze hard.

Seeing this, the subordinate grabbed Zhao Yuanyan's hand and said urgently: "The lord can't, this thing is highly poisonous." ”

"What?" Zhao Yuanli was stunned when he heard this.

At this time, the subordinate took the wax pill from Zhao Yuanyan's hand and said in a low voice: "I have seen a lot of this thing in the past. …… The surface of this thing is wax, but it is highly poisonous, put it in the mouth and bite it with your teeth, the wax pill will shatter, the poisonous juice will flow out, and the throat will be sealed and killed immediately. ”

Zhao Yuanli was stunned for a while, then his eyes changed slightly, and he muttered, "Dead soldier?!" ”

Zhao Yuanyan is no stranger to this kind of wax pill with highly poisonous inside, after all, he has traveled south and north for so many years, and he has never seen strange things.

But the problem is that in Wei, this kind of thing is rarely seen.

Indeed, the nobles of Wei, although they were not allowed to set up private armies, in fact, more or less had some hidden power that could not be floated on the water, to protect themselves.

And these hidden forces are bound to be loyal to the families they are loyal to, and perhaps they will not be much different from the dead.

For example, Zongwei Yu Lin Lang of the Zongfu can almost be said to be a dead soldier who is willing to sacrifice for the royal family surnamed Ji, and the order is issued, even Zhao Hongrun is not enough to rebel.

But even so, things like wax pills with highly poisonous insides are still disdained by the nobles of the Wei people.

Unless it's some ill-intentioned, unspeakable guy.

Immediately, Zhao Yuanyan changed color and asked, "What about people?" ”

"When the guy saw that he had lost the pill, he killed himself with the dagger he had taken from my man......"

“…… What about corpses? ”

"Before anyone from the criminal department came, he was taken away by the inner prisoner...... Well, it seems that the inner chamberlain is also staring at these people, but the people below have made the first move...... I waited, but I didn't dare to stay. ”

"......" Zhao Yuanli sighed with his nose speechlessly.

After a pause, the subordinate looked up at Zhao Yuanyan and said in a low voice: "But it can be seen that these people are not from the inner guard...... I suspect that this group of people is very likely to be the murderer who the Lord has been looking for, and who intercepted and killed the envoys of the Chu State in Yongqiu. …… It's just that I don't know why King Su is involved, and I think that even if it is to fuel this rumor, King Su will not really be affected. ”

"They are going to take the opportunity to force Hongrun to leave the beam! …… But why?'

Zhao Yuanyan was puzzled, and immediately took a few Zongwei to the Suwang Mansion and waited for Zhao Hongrun in the garden of the inner courtyard.

waited until around the time of the year, Zhao Hongrun returned to Suwangfu from Ningxiang Palace, and when he heard that his sixth uncle Zhao Yuanyan was waiting in the garden, he hurriedly came to visit.

When the uncle and nephew met, Zhao Yuanli casually teased Zhao Hongrun a few words, and then he asked a question, that is, the biggest purpose of his visit this time.

"Hongrun, the sixth uncle asked you something, this time apart from those elders of the sect, did you offend anyone?"

"Huh?" Zhao Hongrun's face was dazed, and he said puzzledly: "Except for those sect elders...... I'm just offending King Chengling, well, it's not offended, right? The little nephew negotiated with them. ”

"It's not King Chengling, think about it again, who else?" Zhao Yuanyan asked solemnly.

"Isn't it? …… Sixth uncle, what's wrong? Zhao Hongrun asked puzzled.

Zhao Yuanyan smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "Sixth Uncle is just worried that you will offend people everywhere, so just ask casually." ”

"I'm not going to offend people casually, I'm full of food?" Zhao Hongrun will be skeptical.

Zhao Yuanyan ignored Zhao Hongrun's complaints, touched his chin and thought to himself.

"If Hongrun didn't offend those people, in other words, did those people just want King Su to leave Daliang? Why? What good will Hongrun do when he leaves Daliang?"

Zhao Yuanli was a little puzzled.

But one thing he gradually became sure of: the owner of that group of dead soldiers was most likely the mastermind of the original "attack on the Yongqiu Chu Envoy", and this person was very likely to be in Daliang! (To be continued.) )