Yang Guang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he just wanted to test Wang Shichong's reaction, although today Wang Shichong passed his test again and again, but he always felt that this guy was suspected of deliberately framing his son, although he knew that his son was not as good as his father, and he also won the position of prince through various despicable and dark means, but he didn't think that the current Yang Xun had the ambition to dare to seize the palace, but if it was really as Wang Shichong said, a Yang Suyu Wenshu group was formed around him like the one around him back then, Or similar to the Gao Ying Group beside Yang Yong, then the matter will be troublesome, even if this kid doesn't have this mind at first, he can't withstand the instigation of the people around him over the years.

It's just that if Wang Shichong volunteered to investigate this matter, it shows that his motives are not pure, but he now refuses this matter so sternly, it means that he is saying this out of his public heart and loyalty, although this kid has a bad stomach, but he seems to be very knowledgeable about current affairs, and under his own hands, he is extremely deferential, not only can he follow his own wishes like Pei Shiju and Yu Shiji, but also cleverly avoid what he doesn't want him to do, and it is rare to dare to express his views on things that others dare not say clearly, it seems that he has this person, are you a little too guarded?

Yang Guang thought of this, his expression suddenly eased a lot, and there was a trace of sincere appreciation in his eyes when he looked at Wang Shichong: "Wang Aiqing, you are too worried, I want you to do this, it is my absolute trust in you, since you know these rumors, it should be more convenient to check from you." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Almost everyone in the eastern capital knows about these things, but no one dares to report them to His Majesty, and the micro-ministers are soft-spoken." Before that, he was dismissed from office by His Majesty and served as a citizen. Although the grace of heaven is mighty. On the way out of the tour, he was promoted to the squire of the criminal department, but if he wants to find out the king of Qi, the level is still far from enough, if His Majesty gives Weichen the right to investigate the case, it will make the relationship between His Majesty and the king of Qi out of control, in case he finally wrongs the king of Qi, and then wants to restore the previous relationship, it will be difficult. ”

Yang Guang laughed: "I'm afraid that Wang Aiqing will not succeed in the investigation." I will be angered by the King of Qi. ”

Wang Shichong scratched his head embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, this little bit of caution of Weichen can't hide your fiery eyes at all." Your Majesty, it's not that Wechen doesn't want to be loyal to you, but this matter is really difficult for Wechen, when the time comes, Wechen's small life is small, and it affects the Jiangshan Sheji of the Great Sui, then Wechen will die a thousand times, and he can't redeem Weichen's sins! ”

Yang Guang nodded: "You have a point, I listen to you, and find someone else to handle this matter." Wang Aiqing. I have one more thing I want to ask you, and you have to answer it truthfully. ”

Wang Shichong nodded. He sneered in his heart, it seems that Yang Guang specially brought himself here today, and asking about the matter of the country is just a foreshadowing, first using the matter described by Yuwen to pretend to ask for his own opinion, which can be regarded as showing favor to himself, just now he intentionally or unintentionally brought out the matter of Yang Khan, which can be regarded as a fork, and now what he is about to say is what he really wants to ask himself this time.

So Wang Shichong said: "Your Majesty, please open Chrysostom, Weichen knows everything." ”

Yang Guang stared at Wang Shichong's eyes motionlessly: "Recently, there have been rumors in the capital, saying that Xiao Xiaofu is rising again?" ”

Wang Shichong pretended to be slightly stunned: "What's the matter, Your Majesty even knows this?" But he couldn't stop sneering in his heart, Yuwenshu had been spreading rumors in the Eastern Capital for more than three months, and Yang Guang had only heard about it now, which showed how bad his intelligence department was, or that no one dared to report it truthfully to this stubborn, lascivious and lustful Sui Dynasty emperor.

Yang Guang snorted heavily: "It seems that this thing is true, Wang Aiqing, why don't you report this kind of thing to me?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Some folk songs and rumors, such rumors have never been broken, and many of them are deliberately released by people with other useful intentions, so everyone rarely takes them seriously." ”

Yang Guang's expression showed a hint of dissatisfaction: "Won't you take it seriously? Wang Aiqing, is such a shrewd person as you really see it this way? ”

Wang Shichong gritted his teeth, and said: "Your Majesty, although Weichen feels uneasy about this rumor in his heart, he really doesn't dare to say anything, if you want to say that the matter of King Qi just now, there are still some ironclad facts, but this matter involves the queen and the Xiao family, and Weichen has also secretly checked, although there are many children of the Xiao family who have come out to be officials in the past two years, but there is no illegal behavior, and even with the respect of Liang Guogong (Xiao Cong, the patriarch of the Xiao family, the last emperor of Western Liang, and the elder brother of Xiao Meiniang), he is not as corrupt as some upstarts, wantonly accepting bribes and selling official positions. ”

Yang Guang sneered: "I'm really not afraid of the heavy ministers and generals under my command to be greedy, I don't like money, I am rich and rich, and if I have power, I will naturally have money, but if I have power, I don't want money, Wang Aiqing, don't you think it's terrible?" ”

Wang Shichong pretended to raise his sleeves and wiped the sweat on his forehead: "Your Majesty, Weichen will never dare to speak falsely about this matter, but I hope that Your Majesty will be judged!" ”

Yang Guang said coldly: "Can you find out the source of these rumors?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Your Majesty, these so-called rumors are mostly folk nursery rhymes, how do those children know who taught them, they will just follow along, but there are some things, that is a prophecy." ”

Yang Guang waved his hand impatiently: "Wang Aiqing, you don't need to tell me about this proverb, didn't you and I often use this kind of prophecy and witchcraft to attack our opponents when we were seizing the crown?" So this must be a rumor spread by someone, intended to hit the queen and the Xiao family, do you have a way to find out this person? ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Your Majesty, sometimes this kind of prophecy is not necessarily artificially made, sometimes it is that God will give some hints to the monarch to let him avoid disasters." It is almost impossible to find the spreaders of this rumor, and it is up to His Majesty to choose whether to believe it or not. ”

Yang Guang's eyebrows raised: "Empress Xiao and I have shared weal and woe for more than 20 years, and it was not easy to get to this position, and he did not betray me when I was in the most difficult time, how could he do such a thing now?" I would never doubt her. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Your Majesty." Wechen also thinks so. ”

Yang Guang's heart was a little wider, and he said with a smile: "Then someone must want to challenge Empress Xiao's status to spread such rumors." This guy is really hateful. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Weichen is brave. There is one thing that Weichen is puzzled about. Why didn't you see this kind of rumor when Empress Xiao was with Her Majesty in the past, but now that Her Majesty has to ascend to the throne, such rumors have come out? Does anyone really think that they can take the place of Empress Xiao? ”

Yang Guang's eyes flashed: "Wang Aiqing, what do you mean?" ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Weichen thinks that there is at least one point in this rumor that is to the point, that is, since His Majesty ascended the throne, the Xiao family has indeed served as too many officials in the government and the opposition. Even if Empress Xiao and Liang Guogong, as well as Xiao Shilang, have no such intentions, it is inevitable that there will be some ill-intentioned people in the clan, and the minister remembers that during the previous emperor's period, there were people in the Jiangnan region who rebelled under the banner of the son of Xiao Maha, the former southern Chen general, after all, the Xiao family was the Western Liang royal family, and its influence in the south is much greater than that of Xiao Maha, this Xiao Xiao has risen again, maybe it is really a warning from God to His Majesty, His Majesty must not be observed! ”

Yang Guang's face was blue and red. In the end, he still sighed: "Wang Aiqing." Thank you very much for your reminder today, you go down first, I want to be quiet, oh, by the way, you go to the inner library and get three hundred fine silk silks, this is my reward for you. ”

Wang Shichong sneered in his heart, but still bowed respectfully.

Half a month later, on the fourth floor of the Siyu Building in the garden, the original state of the Siyu Building in Daxing City has been restored, and even most of the building materials are demolished and transported over the Siyu Building in the garden, although it is difficult for the workers to understand why Wang Shichong wants to go far and near, but only Wang Shichong knows in his own heart, only in this way can he feel that An Suiyu's soul is still with him.

At this time, Wang Shichong, dressed in a mink nightgown, was lying on the tiger skin recliner on the edge of the attic against the fence, squinting slightly, Wei Zheng was smiling, standing behind him, reporting to him about the recent heavy events.

"Lord, as you expected, three days ago, Yang Guang ordered the dismissal of the internal history order, all the official positions of Liang Gong Xiao Cong, only retain the title, let him go back to the palace to pay tribute, what to say that Liang Gong has worked hard for many years of state affairs, and the Supreme Mind of his merits and body, he is specially allowed to go home to recuperate. The news just came this morning that Xiao Cong passed away at home due to illness. ”

Wang Shichong didn't open his eyes, and sneered: "This Xiao Cong has always been good friends with He Ruobi, and Yang Guang's hand is ruthless enough, saying that you are sick, you have to be sick, and after you go home sick, presumably Yang Guang will keep sending doctors to visit him like he did with Yang Su back then, hmph, this is obviously urging his life, if Xiao Cong is not dead, then he has to get up in advance, and fight with Yang Guang to the death, count him smart." ”

Wei Zheng sighed softly: "Lord, since we have formed an alliance with Empress Xiao, if this rumor is known to her, it may be a great disadvantage to us." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "You don't have to worry about this, I have already found a way to let Queen Xiao's sisters and brothers know that this rumor was made by Yuwenshu, and they have now hated Yuwenshu to death, and they will never suspect me." By the way, what happened to the pair of living treasures of the Yuwen family? ”

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "Yang Guang is really talented, he didn't do any amnesty, but confiscated these two guys as slaves, and gave them to Yuwen Shu together with Yuwen Chengdu, who surrendered himself." ”

Wang Shichong nodded and sighed: "When the Daxing Palace changed four years ago, Yuwenshu told me that this Yuwen Chengdu martial arts is world-famous, and it is not even inferior to Yang Xuangan, who is known as the invincible brave general in the world. At the time, I didn't quite believe it, but this time when ambushing Yu Wenhua and trading with the Turks' pig iron, this guy was able to rush left and right, and personally killed dozens of Xiaoguo warriors, if it wasn't for Zhang Xutuo to lead the team, I'm afraid that he would really save his father and uncle. ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "Fortunately, the lord arranged it properly, so that Xiao Yu reminded Yang Guang and took that Zhang Tuo to arrest people, but I heard that Yang Guang cherishes his talents, and has appointed this Yuwen Chengdu as the general of Xiaoguo Military Ceremony, and is in charge of the guards of the palace city. ”

The corners of Wang Shichong's mouth hooked: "People are not as good as heaven, in fact, this time I asked Zhang Xutuo to pass, originally I wanted him to take the opportunity to kill this Yuwen Chengdu, but I didn't expect that even Zhang Xutuo couldn't kill this son, alas, that's it, let's do it first, and then find a chance to act." By the way, how is Li Yuan there, he is still pretending to be sick, don't you want to be the deputy envoy of the prison river? ”

Wei Zheng stroked his goatee with a smile: "Li Yuan is smarter than we imagined, and he directly came to pretend to be sick, and Yang Guang couldn't send the imperial doctor to urge him because of this matter, so he had to temporarily let the official in Cizhou, who was known for his ferocity, be the deputy envoy of the river." I heard that Uncle Ma used millions of people to open the river, and the urging was very urgent, and the people were miserable, and the summer would be in two or three months, and there might be an epidemic of epidemics and a large number of deaths. ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Being a tyrant like Yang Guang can be regarded as the suffering of the people in the world, by the way, has the Yongji Canal in Hebei been excavated?" I haven't been to court for the past two days, so I haven't heard anything about it. ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "The news just came today has been officially issued, asking Hebei and Shandong to send six million people to dig a canal from Zhuojun to the Yellow River within a year, which is what you called the Yongqu Canal, I heard that it is to lead Qin water into the Yellow River, so that it can go straight to Zhuojun." ”

Wang Shichong opened his eyes, sat up, thought for a while, and nodded: "Diverting Qin water into the Yellow River is a good way, but the amount of work is very huge, and some of the ditches dug by Cao Cao when he transported grain to Yecheng can also be used, but six million people will still be very nervous if they dig for a year, and I don't know how many people will be killed." By the way, Ding Zhuang, the people in Hebei, I'm afraid that there are not yet six million, so Yang Guang won't consider this? ”

Wei Zheng shook his head: "I heard that Yang Guang's order must be completed on schedule, and if the local officials delay, then the officials will be held responsible." This matter of digging the river is in charge of Yu Wenkai, the general eunuch. ”

The corners of Wang Shichong's mouth hooked: "I actually handed it over to him, it seems that the construction of Jiangdu Palace will be dragged back, Yu Wenkai is also ruthless, the master of mustard people's lives, when he repaired Renshou Palace and Dongdu, he also forced tens of thousands of people to die, and the people of Hebei were unlucky to have such a person, but I am afraid that he will even catch women to dig the river at that time." (To be continued......) R1292