Piyuan Hou and Jin Chunzhong came with hope, but when they said goodbye and left, they got a stomach full of doubts.

The king of the East China Sea in the study was even more puzzled, walked to the bookcase, and said carefully: "I probably understand what you mean, let the Xiongnu envoy preach the threat from the north, so as to force the queen mother to come to power, but what is the use of this?" Once the Queen Mother came to power, the power of the Shangguan family was even greater. ”

"Yes, then why is the Queen Mother still unwilling to come to power?"

"Because...... Because she needed a good excuse, and the Hun envoy provided exactly that. ”

"Is there no other reason?" Han Ruzi unconsciously used Yang Feng's tone, which was an inquiring and tentative tone, like an erudite teacher guiding a new disciple and an experienced hunter to train an apprentice who entered the mountain for the first time.

The East Sea King was very unhappy, but he still thought about it, "Hmm...... Of course, in the past few months, there has been no approval for a single piece of music in the palace, leaving countless disasters, and the Queen Mother can't say that she will recover if she recovers, in that case, she is telling the world that she is pretending to be sick, which means that she once regarded the people in the world as nothing. So the Queen Mother must have made a perfect comeback plan, and if you mess it up, the plan may be chaotic. ”

Han Ruzi smiled: "Actually, what I think is not so complicated, just test the Queen Mother to see how much she can endure." ”

"Beware of setting yourself on fire."

"The fire has burned to the body."

The king of the East China Sea stared at Han Ruzi, he had despised this brother, framed him, admired him, feared him, and unconsciously knew him very well, "If the Queen Mother just refuses to come back, and the Huns really want to fight, what should you do?" ”

Han Ruzi did not answer.

The King of the East China Sea took a step back, his face full of surprise, "You want to leave Beijing and lead the Northern Army back to the frontier, right?" ”

"Someone has to protect the Great Chu and the people."

"Leaving the capital is tantamount to telling the world that you don't want to be an emperor again. The election of the emperor is a scam for us, but for the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the common people, this is a real competition, as soon as you leave, the champion Hou will have no opponent......"

"I'm sorry, if this is more concerned about Da Chu Jiangshan than anyone, I admit defeat."

The eyes of the East China Sea King widened and widened, "But you are doing this in the hands of the Queen Mother, she doesn't have to come back in advance, you can wait until the best time, the Great Chu Jiangshan you protect may end up in the hands of the Shangguan clan." ”

Han Ruzi thought for a while, "The best outcome is that I take the throne, and then negotiate peace or a decisive battle with the Huns, if not, I would rather stay on the frontier forever." ”

"There's another possibility." The king of the East China Sea immediately said, even his eyes were shining, "You capture the northern army and the cities on the frontier, and then form an alliance with the Huns, and wave your army to the south......"

Han Ruzi shook his head with a smile, "That's impossible, I may make peace with the Huns, but I will never use the power of the Huns to seize the throne, and the soldiers of the Northern Army will not agree." ”

"As soon as you leave, the throne will be the champion Hou."

"Not necessarily, what the Queen Mother needs is a puppet, if I leave Beijing, the Queen Mother and the champion Hou will have a good battle." Han Ruzi paused for a moment, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Me?"

"You can leave Beijing with me, let's find a way to capture Cui Taifu's southern army, and jointly garrison the frontier, one east and one west, relying on each other, attacking and retreating."

The King of the East Sea barely squeezed out a smile, "You also saw it in the Broken Iron City, I don't have the ability to guard the frontier. ”

"You can also stay in the capital, and when the Queen Mother and the Champion Hou are both defeated, you may still have a chance to seize the throne, but your situation will be more dangerous."

The smile of the East Sea King was even more embarrassing, "I didn't want to be an emperor for a long time......"

"If I have to leave Beijing, I hope you will be the emperor, and the Northern Army will fully support you under my control." Han Ruzi said very sincerely, for him, the King of the East China Sea is definitely a better choice than the champion Hou and the King Ying, "I also need your support in the frontier. ”

The expression on the face of the King of the East China Sea was uncertain, and he, who had always thought that he would be the emperor, suddenly became frightened, and said for a long time: "Are you telling the truth?" ”

"I'm just making the worst preparations, if I can force the Queen Mother to show her flaws, I will still stay in the capital, in that case, you will assist me."

"When, of course, you are more suitable to be emperor than I am...... If I take the throne, I can also give it to you. ”

"Haha, the throne is not child's play, no matter who becomes the new emperor of Dachu, he can't toss anymore."

"I will crown you king, give you all the northern frontier, and send Xiaojun's cousin over...... This is just an assumption, you are not yet to the point where you have to leave the capital, there is still a great hope of winning the throne, rest assured, I will fully support you, and so will the Tan family. ”

The King of the East Sea was a little incoherent at first, but quickly returned to normal.

"I will fight for the throne with all my might, but I must also prepare for the worst." Han Ruzi stood up, pressed his right hand on the bookcase, and stared at the East China Sea King opposite, "Then it's decided?" ”

"Hmm." The King of the East China Sea nodded solemnly, "It's decided." ”

"Only the two of us are orthodox Emperor Huan, you and I don't die, and the throne should not fall into the hands of others."

"That's right, that's the truth."

In the following time, the king of the East China Sea was restless and said goodbye earlier than usual, and Han Ruzi guessed that he was going home to discuss it with the Tan family.

Han Ruzi wrote letters to Chai Yue, Fang Daye, Cai Xinghai and others, handed them to the servants in the house, and asked him to send the letter early the next morning. There was no special content in the letter, just a greeting to An No, and then some inquiries about the situation in northern Xinjiang.

It was already dark, and Yang Bong still didn't come back.

Han Ruzi was faced with a thousand problems, but he had nothing to do for a while, so he simply sat on the chair and worked silently, letting Zhang Youcai stay outside, and Yang Feng woke him up as soon as he came back.

After the second watch, Yang Feng finally returned home.

It's not easy to find the iron-headed Hu San'er, people in and outside the capital are being arrested on a large scale, especially those outsiders, Hu San'er is not from the capital, and he is naturally on the arrest list, fortunately, he is not an important person, he is more vigilant, and he hides as soon as he finds that the momentum is wrong.

It took Yang Feng a lot of trouble to find him, and the two talked secretly for a while, but Hu San'er didn't know anything about the assassin, and he didn't understand why Du Motian mentioned himself at all.

Yang Feng did not give up and helped Hu San'er peel off the cocoon: Du Motian was not at the assassination scene, and it was definitely not him who recommended Hu San'er, but Du Chuanyun, who was immortal, but did not provide more explanations, which means that the clues found by Du Chuanyun are likely to be in Hu San'er's memory, it may be a person, or a thing......

Hu San'er finally remembered something.

He and Du Chuanyun have a common hobby, that is, gambling, and often meet in the same gambling house, which is a very famous private gambling house, hidden in the alleys of the southern city, especially loved by foreign characters.

About ten days ago, Du Chuanyun and Hu San'er met two new customers in the gambling house, the two of them were not very old, they were sixteen or seventeen years old, they claimed to be surnamed Guan, refused to say their names, and made bold moves.

Du Chuanyun and Hu San'er pretended not to know each other, and together they won a lot of silver from the two teenagers.

The teenager was very unconvinced, and made an appointment to come back the next day, gambling big, Du Chuanyun and Hu San'er were also ready, but after waiting for several days, the two teenagers did not show up, and went to other gambling houses to inquire, and they all said that they had never seen guests with the same appearance.

Du Chuanyun was disappointed, complained to Hu San'er several times, felt that he had missed an opportunity to win a lot of money, and he was very puzzled, the more ordinary people lost money, the more addicted they became, and the two teenagers could not bear it, either they were strong-willed, or they were watched by the adults in the family.

Du Chuanyun agreed with Hu San'er, who lives in the gambling house, that as long as the two teenagers appear again, he must be notified at any time, and he must win big.

Hu San'er remembered this incident because Yang Feng told him that there were several teenagers in front of the shop at the scene of the assassination who were very suspicious. He remembered very well that the two teenagers who gambled money listened to the accent of the southerners, their feet were light, and their skills should be good, and with Hu San'er's experience, he guessed that the teenagers were very likely to be from a gang of bandits.

Generally speaking, the lone thief is more cautious, after coming to a certain place, either live in seclusion, or go to meet the local leaders of the rivers and lakes, and only dare to walk around after obtaining protection, but the robbers who occupy the mountains are arrogant and accustomed, and they can't change their temper when they come to the feet of the Son of Heaven, and they dare to go anywhere.

Hu San'er knew this, and when he heard that Du Chuanyun was still alive, he was very happy and promised to help inquire about the whereabouts of the gambling boy.

Yang Feng himself also found some people to help, and until he returned home, there was no news coming.

Han Ruzi was very puzzled, "Is Jiang Yang a thief?" How could they come to the capital to assassinate the British king? How could the Queen Mother get in touch with such a person? ”

Yang Fengdao: "It's possible, after the palace change, the queen mother was more jealous of the people in the rivers and lakes, and the 'Guanghua Tigers' arrested a lot of people, so naturally they also needed many rivers and lakes to be traitors." ”

"But Jiang Yang's thief ......" Han Ruzi still found it hard to believe.

"Another possibility is that the person who brought the assassins into the capital was Meng Che."

"Meng Che?"

"The Meng brothers and sisters are from overseas islands, and the Meng family has connections with many robbers."

Han Ruzi was silent, when he thought that Meng E would betray him, he always felt unacceptable, and suddenly remembered one thing, "The Qi Seeker around Champion Hou is a fake, and the one he sent to the side of the general Han Xing will be no exception, but Meng E killed the Fake Qi Seeker, and Lu Congxin threatened to take revenge on Meng E......"

"According to this speculation, Meng E must have offended the Queen Mother, and the person who chased and killed her may be Meng Che."

"They're brother and sister!"

"A person who is willing to enter the palace as a slave in order to realize his ambitions, what is the brother-sister relationship?" Yang Feng didn't know the true identities of the Meng brothers and sisters, but he was keenly aware that these two people had a lot of ambitions.

Han Ruzi was both shocked and relieved, at least Meng E did not betray him, and then, he thought of "brotherly love" from "brother and sister love".

"I told the King of the East China Sea that if necessary, I might leave the capital to defend the northern frontier, and then support him as emperor."

Faced with such a major decision, Yang Feng didn't even think about it, and asked directly, "Does the King of the East China Sea believe you?" ”

Han Ruzi sighed lightly, "He believes me, the princess may not, I guess they will send someone to test it." ”

"Hmm." Yang Feng didn't ask any further, the tired marquis was already mature, and he didn't need his teaching in the details, "Even if we find the assassin, we may not be able to change anything, we still have to find a way to deal with Shangguan Sheng and the Eighth Camp of the Su Guard." ”

Han Ruzi nodded, he was wondering if at the last moment, he could be as decisive as Meng Che. (To be continued.) )