Ye Mengde smiled and said mockingly: "The king of the county has been tracking for a long time, hasn't he found out what he really wants?" ”

Zhao Gou shook his head awkwardly and said, "It's true that I haven't traced it, I can only guess that the person behind the scenes must have a great background, but I don't know who it is." But your identity is crucial, and you should know exactly who that person is, and things will be much easier to do next. ”

"I'm sorry, I know who he is, but I can't tell you!" Ye Mengde unceremoniously refused.

Zhao Gou frowned and said, "Why?" ”

Ye Mengde didn't tell the reason, he just smiled, obviously he had a hard time but couldn't tell anyone, and Zhao Gou didn't continue to pursue this matter, he believed that one day he would find out who that person was, and he was not in a hurry.

"If the county king has leisure and elegance, you might as well listen to me tell a story!" When the atmosphere between the two of them seemed a little awkward, Ye Mengde spoke again, and he didn't wait for Zhao Gou to respond, and said to himself: "This is a very long but short story, and the core of this story is the heir to the throne. ”

"Five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the world has not yet been unified, and it has gone through a hundred years of chaos. There was a general who was highly valued by the Later Zhou Emperor at that time, and made many military exploits during the conquest of the Southern Tang Dynasty; When the Emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty was seriously ill, he appointed the general as the capital of the palace and was in charge of the forbidden army in front of the palace. ”

Unexpectedly, the wolf was lured into the house, but the general seized the country and forced the young emperor to take the throne, and the general remembered the former emperor Longen and gave the descendants a hereditary title. The general seized the throne, and there were many generals who could fight well, and there were literati and scholars to give advice, and soon the world was unified, and the country and the people were safe. ”

Ye Mengde glanced at Zhao Gou and said with a smile: "Presumably, with the wisdom of the county king, you should guess who this person is!" ”

Zhao Gou didn't bother to pay attention to it, he didn't say that Zhao Gou knew who this person was in his heart, but could he say it? After all, that person is the founding king of the Great Song Dynasty and his ancestor, so he can't call him by name or shout out, so if people know about it, he will definitely say that he is not.

"Then is the end, after he won the world, the people have enough food and clothing, and foreign enemies are eyeing but dare not invade half a step. The external troubles were lifted, but internal worries occurred, and this internal worry was the matter of the heir to the throne. At that time, he intended to pass on to his son, but his mother, who was still young, changed to a prince, and set up a younger brother to succeed him, and then passed it on to his son. ”

At that time, the queen mother was seriously ill, and took this opportunity to call the last words of the important ministers of the court at that time to enter the palace to record the future succession to the throne, so that the emperor could pass on to his brother after his death. The emperor was forced to be helpless, and he didn't want others to say that he was disobedient and unfilial, so he could only let it go, but he didn't want to cause a bigger storm. ”

"The Golden Alliance?" Zhao Gou also knew what happened to him, and he knew better in his heart the harm of harem interference, part of the political problems in the Great Song Dynasty were not unrelated to the harem interference, which also contributed to the trend of civil officials, and he also felt that who was appointed as the prince, others did not need to interfere, as the emperor, he could not even determine the heir to the throne, it was really a failure.

He remembered that it was now the Song Dynasty, and the minds of people in this era had long been sealed by rotten etiquette and dogma, if he really didn't obey the orders, he was afraid that even the emperor would say that he was disobedient and unfilial, no matter how good he was in life, as long as he did something wrong, it was not good, Zhao Gou couldn't help but think of what King Wu of Zhou once said: "The chicken has no morning, the morning of the chicken, but the family is the rope." ”

This is the earliest rule of the feudal dynasty that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and Zhao Gou also guessed what Ye Mengde was going to say later, that is, the impact of the "Golden Kui Alliance" on the entire Great Song Dynasty, and this influence is related to the matter to be investigated this time, that is to say, the person behind this matter is a prince.

Zhao Gou was still a little unsure, looked at Ye Mengde in a trance, and saw him continue: "From now on, whenever the emperor ascends the throne, there will be some people in the court, thinking that it is better to pass on to the younger brother than to the son, and to tell the previous things again. ”

"It is such a precedent, but also to create an unprecedented precedent, there has never been any dynasty brother to brother and take over the throne, if not, how can there be a fight between brothers and sons every time the throne is replaced, which also invisibly leads to the ministers of the court and the heart of the disagreement, how can they be loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, loyal to the emperor, and how to relieve the worries of the people!"

Zhao Gou knew what he meant, but he still pretended not to know, and said slowly: "What does Lord Ye mean by telling me such a story?" ”

Ye Mengde glanced at Zhao Gou deeply, then retracted his gaze and said lightly: "That's it, it's up to you next!" ”

Zhao Gou then asked, "What I'm curious about is, what kind of role did you play in this case?" ”

"Inconsequential characters!" Ye Mengde smiled indifferently and said: "Originally, I was just a nobody, but I gave a fatal blow at the last critical moment and reversed the whole situation, or I can pretend to be cowardly and incompetent in front of others, and I don't know anything, this is my responsibility." ”

"Thank you!" Zhao Gou thanked him sincerely, and he knew almost everything.

Now that Ye Mengde has truthfully revealed his identity, then what happened is easy to say, Cai Jing and Tong Guan wooed Ye Mengde, wanting to use him as a cover to achieve the result they wanted, but they never thought that Ye Mengde would think the same way, and use the hands of the two of them to achieve their goals.

The purpose of the two of them is the same, but Cai Jing and Tong Guan never dreamed that Ye Mengde, who seemed to be insignificant, would be the one who made the two of them carry the black pot but couldn't argue.

Ye Mengde's appearance also shows that Tong Guan is indeed not lying, and he doesn't know why things are like this, and something unexpected happened in the end when things that were clearly calculated were good. Moreover, he also made a wedding dress for others, he worked in vain, he was aggrieved to think about it, and he made his own head different for that incident, if he lived, he would definitely scold.

Zhao thought about it, and guessed the evidence left by Zhu Minzhong, only Cai Jing and Tong Guan, and everyone else would be destroyed, and he didn't have to guess to know that it was Ye Mengde's masterpiece, and after doing all this, Ye Mengde seemed to be unaware, and he looked confused and incompetent every day, which made people relax their precautions against him a lot, and in fact, they had already planned to handle things properly.

Thinking of this, Zhao Gou had to admire Ye Mengde's ability, and he indirectly told himself through the story that the identity of the person behind the scenes was the prince, and he was also the prince of the Zhao family, that is, the person of the royal family. Then the purpose of snatching the silver taels is self-evident, and now he also wants to see which prince dares to do this.