Han Ruzi met Zuo Cha Yushi Xiao Sheng at Chai's house.

One of Xiao Sheng's nephews was the son-in-law of the Chai family, and it was he who introduced him to facilitate this meeting. Princess Hengyang died, her own children were released back to Beijing, and the Chai family had no reason to be an enemy of the tired marquis anymore, in order to express their gratitude, they were willing to help, but none of the real people surnamed Chai showed up.

The capital is in the most chaotic period, everyone is in a hurry to make a statement, but all the statements are not so sincere, stepping on two or even several boats can be an open choice, no one is ashamed, on the contrary, they have to introduce each other's experience and ways, be sure to make their own feet stand more firmly.

In this case, Han Ruzi's meeting with Xiao Sheng was destined to be awkward.

The two did not meet alone, they both brought their entourage, Han Ruzi was Yang Feng on his side, and Xiao Sheng brought Lu Congxin, a qi seeker.

Among all the qi seekers that Han Ruzi had ever seen, this Lu Congxin was the most silent, so gloomy that he didn't look like a warlock in the rivers and lakes, but like a lonely chivalrous man with peerless martial arts, but Yang Feng had already figured out that Lu Congxin didn't know martial arts, and his silence was just a school of qi vision.

Xiao Sheng used practical actions to show that it was not a fluke that he could become a high-ranking official in the imperial court, he came in civilian clothes, greeted the tired Hou with a smile, politely bowed his hand, and after sitting down, he congratulated the tired Hou without humility or arrogance, congratulating him on the victories he had achieved one after another in the recent period, and Han Ruzi also thanked the other party for his cooperation and did not interfere in the matter of opening the warehouse and releasing grain.

Politely maintained a cup of tea, Xiao Sheng would not be the first to pick out his attitude, this is the capital he is familiar with, and he will not make the impatient mistake of Shenxiong Pass again.

"Let's make it clear, Lord Xiao, I need your support." Han Ruzi made the first move.

Xiao Sheng smiled and took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and said: "In this case, I might as well make it clear that the tired marquis has indeed done a good job, if you have today's reputation, the queen mother would not have been able to depose you in the first place, but unfortunately, time has passed." I won't say much else, the identity of the tired marquis of the abolished emperor is a big trouble, it is too rare to abolish the emperor and then set up this kind of thing, and this dynasty has never had it, and you will be re-established as the emperor, which means that the entire court has made unforgivable mistakes before, how to explain it to the people of the world when the time comes? ”

Han Ruzi had already expected this question, and he had already thought of an answer, "The emperor was deposed, so naturally there were traitors who got in the way and deceived the court and the whole world. ”

Xiao Sheng raised his eyebrows, "Dare to ask who the traitor is?" How can you have such a great ability? ”

"You can always find one, not many, only one." Han Ruzi refused to give his name.

Xiao Sheng smiled, didn't ask, thought for a while, and shook his head, "Does the tired marquis think that he will be able to take power when he ascends the throne this time?" ”

"Can't you?"

"The southern and northern armies are stranded outside Beijing, and the eight battalions of the Suwei are expanding every day, why is the new emperor in power?"

Han Ruzi glanced at Lu Congxin, a qi seeker, and asked, "Does Lord Xiao think that I can't be in power, or do you think that no matter who ascends the throne, I can't be in power?" ”

"I'm certainly not going to target Tired."

"And what difference does it make with whom the ministers support?"

"Absolutely." Xiao Sheng became serious, "As ministers, we have only one purpose, we hope that the court will be stable and the world will be peaceful, and the new emperor must be a person who can endure." It is impossible for the Queen Mother to live for a long time, and the Shangguan family will not always control the eight camps of the guards, and the new emperor will eventually come to power in person, but before that, the new emperor has to be content with the status quo. Can the tired marquis and the king of the East China Sea get along peacefully with the queen mother? Especially tired? ”

The queen mother abandoned the son of Emperor Huan and did not choose, and renamed the former prince orphan as the emperor, for this alone, the grudge has been deep-rooted, at least in the eyes of outsiders, no matter who the two brothers ascend the throne, it is impossible to let go of the queen mother.

Han Ruzi smiled: "I said 'yes', and you won't believe it." ”

Xiao Sheng also smiled and shook his head, "Tired Hou himself doesn't believe it, you just said that you will blame the Queen Mother for the 'crime of abolishing the emperor'." ”

"Someone must be responsible for the original act of abolishing the emperor, but I am not talking about the Queen Mother."

The smile on Xiao Sheng's face disappeared suddenly, and he found that he had made a simple mistake, Tired Hou only said that someone should be responsible, he naturally thought of the Queen Mother, but he didn't listen to Tired Hou say it himself. If the other party is a scheming guy, Xiao Sheng will pretend to be confused to the end, but in the face of teenagers, he always can't help but underestimate the enemy.

Xiao Sheng stared coldly at the tired marquis, and after a while, he asked, "Who is it if it's not the queen mother?" ”

"A superfluous person."

Xiao Sheng accepted the lesson, did not say a word, and did not ask, Han Ruzi added: "Prime Minister Yin is harmless, he is the head of the group of officials, and he is also the head of the ministers designated by the first emperor, but he failed the entrustment of Emperor Wu and Emperor Huan, abolished the emperor in the palace, he did not say a word, and set up another orphan of the former prince, he bowed his head and called the minister, and forgot that it was Emperor Wu who abolished the prince in the first place." ”

Xiao Sheng looked surprised, this was real surprise, not pretending, "All the ministers have done these things you said, not just the prime minister." ”

"Since he is the prime minister, he has to bear the greatest responsibility, if he was willing to stand up, would it be so easy to abolish the establishment?"

Xiao Sheng was silent, the Queen Mother's ability to grasp real power in a very short period of time is directly related to Prime Minister Yin's harmless connivance and inaction.

"Da Chu has constant internal and external troubles, as Lord Xiao said, after the new emperor ascends the throne, it will take a while before he personally comes to power, so that the heavy responsibility of the world is on the prime minister alone, if he continues' to do nothing, Da Chu will be terminally ill."

"Since the tired marquis is willing to live in peace with the queen mother, where does he have the power to remove the prime minister?"

"If I reclaim the title of emperor, the Queen Mother also needs to give an explanation to the world, this is an obvious matter, and I have my own way to persuade the Queen Mother."

Xiao Sheng fell silent again.

Han Ruzi smiled at Lu Congxin, the Qi Watcher: "What do you think? ”

Lu Congxin stood beside Xiao Sheng, shook his head, and refused to speak.

Xiao Sheng stood up and said, "Tired Hou...... Make good use of strange tricks, and admire them, but the way of governing the country is based on integrity, so I still can't support the tired marquis, this sentence must be made clear in person, so as not to give rise to misunderstandings, which is also the most important reason why I came to see the tired marquis. ”

Han Ruzi also stood up and arched his hand: "Lord Xiao is upright, worthy of being the mainstay of Da Chu, I also admire it, please believe that Lord Xiao has no personal grudge against anyone, even if it is the opinion of the prime minister, it is a last resort, and I also have no grudge against Lord Yin." ”

Xiao Sheng said goodbye, and what Tihou said in this meeting, although he couldn't believe it, did touch him.

The Qi Seeker Lu followed from the heart, and when he passed by the tired marquis, he stopped, and finally spoke: "We know who the murderer is. ”

Han Ruzi was slightly stunned, "Murderer? ”

"She's not in the capital, and she's not a protected target, so I'm just telling you: You'll never see her again."

Han Ruzi smiled, "Then I will be very sad." ”

The deer also walked away from the heart.

Han Ruzi said goodbye from Chai's house, returned home, and asked Yang Feng, "Will Xiao Sheng be tempted?" ”

"That's not important, he will publicize the words of the tired marquis, force Yin harmless to react, show his true position, and the right patrol imperial history Shen Mingzhi will also be affected."

The two imperial histories are the successors of the prime ministers according to the convention, and any change in the position of the prime minister will cause ripples in the hearts of the two.

The champion Hou is grateful and harmless, and the tired Hou wants to ask the prime minister for guilt, and it is clear at a glance which emperor will vacate the position of prime minister under the rule of the emperor.

This is a plan formulated by Yang Bong, and so far, the ministers have been very consistent, and they must find a way to smash a gap. As for the need to pass on the word through Xiao Sheng, Yang Feng also considered: Xiao Sheng is not in harmony with the tired marquis, his words can be trusted or not, and when necessary, the tired marquis can also deny it completely.

Yang Feng is like an experienced hunter, in order to hunt down his prey, he will do everything to hunt down his prey, traps, bows and arrows, nets, poisons, swords, ...... Use everything that can be used, without the slightest hesitation and compassion.

Han Ruzi admired him, and occasionally felt a chill in his heart, but now, Yang Feng was his right-hand man and indispensable.

"Why hasn't there been a letter from the general?" Han Ruzi asked, the capital has been in an uproar, and even the champion Hou believes that Han Xing is completely on the side of the tired Hou, but it is Han Xing himself who has never received a letter, and Qu Zixi and Meng E have never returned to Beijing.

"He is waiting and seeing, if the opening of the warehouse and the release of grain are unimpeded, Han Xing will have to choose Tired Hou, and if things don't work out, he still has a chance to fight for the forgiveness of the champion Hou."

Han Ruzi sighed, "The ministers of the DPRK and China are all such old slippery heads, if I call the emperor ......"

"If the tired marquis is called emperor, he must thank these old slippery heads, and he must reuse them."

"Why? Let them continue and dilute the mud? Han Ruzi was a little unwilling.

"Tired Marquis has read many history books, have you seen the exact same emperor?"

Han Ruzi shook his head.

"When the new emperor ascends the throne, how many people can completely not go against the will of the first emperor?"

Han Ruzi thought for a while, and then shook his head, on the surface, all the new emperors would praise the merits and greatness of the old emperor, claiming that everything would not change, but secretly, everyone had changed, Emperor Huan changed Emperor Wu's strategy, and the Queen Mother did not abide by Emperor Huan's will......

Therefore, if the ministers were all loyal, the imperial court would no longer exist, and they would either stick to the government of the former emperor and be incompatible with the current emperor, or they would go along with the ideas of the current emperor and be disloyal and unfilial to the former emperor. Pure loyalty is impossible and useless, the emperor is different from the emperor, it is like two different cars, there must be people with mud, and the new car can drive smoothly on the old road. ”

Han Ruzi felt that Yang Feng's words made some sense, but it was difficult to accept, he had never received the support of the minister, so he couldn't really accept the minister.

"It's too early to tell." Yang Feng said that he had to help the Tired Marquis solve the battle that was close in front of him, "Lu Congxin is not provoking for no reason, he wants to lure you out of the capital and lose your qualification to compete for the throne." Champion Hou began to pay attention to you, and also began to regret that he had pulled you in in the first place, so he has to do his best to push you out, be careful, and don't act recklessly. ”

Han Ruzi nodded, "But I have to send someone to inform Meng E." ”

"In that case, the Tired Hou will be fooled."

Informing Meng E means that the tired marquis attaches importance to this female guard, and if he does not notify, the hopeful will not easily let go of the murderer who killed his companion.

Only then did Han Ruzi understand that the Qi Seeker had given him a problem. (To be continued.) )