Due to the increasing tension between Wang Dun and the Son of Heaven, the first year of Yongchang New Year made Jiang Zuo's life extremely bleak, and both the major families and high-ranking officials and nobles seemed to have no intention of celebrating the New Year, and even the royal family did not hold any New Year's celebrations. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is a sense of urgency in the entire Jianye City, and Sima Rui, just in case, has already given a secret will to several confidant generals, always guarding against Wang Dunsheng's chaos.

Just after the Spring Festival, Sima Rui, the Son of Heaven, suddenly received a whistleblower letter, which recorded in detail that Zhou Za had secretly betrayed the imperial court and colluded with Wang Dun.

This secret letter made the Son of Heaven furious, and now that the decisive battle is imminent, Zhou Za's betrayal at this time is absolutely fatal to Sima Rui.

Zhou Zha is not an ordinary person, he was born in the Jiangzuo Hao family, is the youngest son of the famous general Zhou Chu, and is one of the few people in the Jiangzuo family who holds military power, and is now leading more than 10,000 troops to garrison in Stone City, which is the western barrier of Jianye.

If Zhou Zha defected to Wang Dun, the entire Jianye defense line would collapse, and Wang Dun would be able to take Jianye directly along the Yangtze River in the event of a rebellion.

Of course, due to the unclear source of this secret report, Sima Rui did not suspect that there was fraud in it, and even he suspected that this secret letter was spread by Wang Dun. But for such a thing as betrayal, the superior has always had an attitude of preferring to kill mistakes rather than let go, so even if Zhou Zha did not betray, Sima Rui could no longer trust the other party.

However, Zhou Zha is a representative of the Jiangzuo family, and Sima Rui is worried that the removal of the other party will arouse suspicion and suspicion in the Jiangzuo family, which will lead to unpredictable consequences.

In desperation, Sima Rui ordered Dai Yuan and Liu Kui to strengthen the defense of Jianye, just in case; On the other hand, Wang Dao was urgently summoned into the palace to discuss countermeasures.

Since the Son of Heaven accepted Xi Jian's advice and reconciled with Director Wang, Sima Rui has become more and more attached importance and trust to Director Wang, and once wanted to entrust Director Wang after a hundred years.

In the end, Wang Dao lived up to the expectations of the Son of Heaven, and did his best to help Sima Rui stabilize the court, win over the Jiangzuo family, and restrain his cousin Wang Dun from launching a rebellion.

Although Wang Dao is also from the Langya Wang family, he is different from the ambitious and arrogant Wang Dun, his personality is gentle and he does not have the slightest intention of rebellion.

When the envoy came to Wang Dao's mansion, he found that Wang Dao was feasting guests, and all the people present were Jiangdong celebrities.

Everyone looked at the angel in confusion, and couldn't figure out why the Son of Heaven had to summon the scrivener into the palace at night.

Facing the angels who kept urging him to move quickly, Wang Dao asked without changing his face: "But is the Son of Heaven in poor health?" ”

"Definitely!" In the face of the high-ranking and powerful Wang Dao, the angel didn't dare to urge too much, so he had to hold his temper and answer respectfully.

"Is that the harem concubine and the prince suddenly contracted a serious illness?"

"Definitely! The Son of Heaven, the Prince, and the harem concubines are all unharmed, and they are the scribes in the Son of Heaven's thoughts, and they want to see each other. Please follow the slave into the palace quickly! ”

Facing the angel who was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, Director Wang still asked unhurriedly: "Since no one is sick, it means that there is a foreign enemy attacking Jiangdong?" ”

Seeing that Director Wang was still tepid, the angel was angry, but when he thought of the powerful Langya Wang, he had to suppress the anger in his heart, and soon shook his head and denied Director Wang's speculation.

"Since the Son of Heaven, the concubine, the crown prince, and the hundred officials are all safe and sound, and it is not a foreign invasion? What big event can the Son of Heaven urgently recruit the old man into the palace to meet him? You go back and tell the Son of Heaven, just say that it is getting late today, and it is inconvenient for the old man to enter the palace for the time being, so let's talk about it after dawn tomorrow. ”

After speaking, Wang Dao no longer paid attention to the angels, but continued to return to the banquet to drink and have fun with the guests.

The angel saw that Director Wang looked indifferent, and almost blew up his lungs. But in the end, he could only hate and leave, planning to sue Wang Dao in front of the Son of Heaven.

For the angel who left in anger and shame, Director Wang didn't take it to heart, he behaved so arrogantly today, and he had to do it as a last resort.

At present, the situation in Jiangdong is unstable, and the forces on all sides are quite like frightened birds, and they can't stand the slightest fright.

Just when the angel descended on the palace, Wang Dao clearly saw a trace of panic in the eyes of the guests, obviously many people thought that the Son of Heaven urgently summoned the king into the palace because the general Wang Dun rebelled, and even Wang Dao was in a panic for a moment.

Fortunately, Director Wang stabilized his mind at the critical moment, and after a performance just now, he successfully stabilized people's hearts, and now there is no slightest panic on everyone's faces.

Not surprisingly, the angel returned to the palace and sued Wang Dao in front of the Son of Heaven. After Sima Rui listened to the angel's report, he felt very angry, and he almost couldn't help but send troops to arrest Wang Dao to ask for the crime, but fortunately he was stopped by Sima Shao, the prince next to him.

"The father is slow, and the sons think that the prince's move is for the consideration of the court, so please act cautiously."

"For the sake of the court?" Sima Rui's brows furrowed, unable to figure out what the prince meant.

"Father, right now, you are about to rebel against the thief king, and the hearts of people in Jiangdong are unstable, and you suddenly urgently recruit the secretary to enter the palace at night, and it is inevitable that you will not be suspicious of the outside world, which will cause unnecessary turmoil. On the contrary, after dawn tomorrow, through the mouths of all the guests at the banquet, the actions of the Zhongshu Jian will definitely spread throughout Jianye, which will greatly calm the hearts of the people, which will be greatly beneficial to the future confrontation with Wang Dun. ”

After listening to the prince's explanation, Sima Rui's eyes lit up, and his anger disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Sima Rui was not stupid, he quickly figured out the twists and turns in the situation, and couldn't help but stroke his palms and sigh: "Maohong is really the pillar of the country!" ”

"Your Majesty, that, that ......" The angel who told the king was dumbfounded, and looked at the Son of Heaven at a loss.

"Okay, you go to the palace again, and apologize to the middle secretary and all the guests on behalf of me, and say that I shouldn't disturb everyone Yaxing for trivial things, and I will talk about something tomorrow."

"Huh?" The angel's face changed abruptly, and he didn't expect that things would end up like this.

"Ahh Don't go yet, idiot. ”

As the prince reprimanded, the angel hurriedly withdrew from the main hall and came to the palace again. It's just that this time when facing Wang Dao, the angel's attitude became more respectful and low-key, and he no longer dared to have the slightest dissatisfaction.

Looking at the angels who went and returned, Director Wang showed an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth, feeling that the Son of Heaven was quite smart and did not waste his efforts in vain.

After his efforts today, even if he can't completely stabilize people's hearts, at least the outside world will not be as panicked as during the festival.

But Director Wang is not ignorant of the severity, the Son of Heaven was able to send someone to summon him into the palace overnight, obviously something very tricky happened.

Therefore, early the next morning, Wang Dao took a car and went straight to the palace.

"If Aiqing hadn't handled it properly last night, Jian Ye would have made a big mess!"

In the face of the praise of the Son of Heaven, Wang Dao modestly said: "Yesterday, the minister had to do it as a last resort, please forgive your majesty." ”

"Eh, Mao Hong's words are serious, what is Qing's crime? It's reckless to say. Looking at Director Wang, who was well-founded, Sima Rui was very pleased.

However, when he thought of the imminent threat at hand, Sima Rui's mood quickly became worse, and he said in a heavy tone: "I am in a hurry to find Aiqing, I have something to discuss!" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, if you have something to say, the sky won't fall." Although the Son of Heaven was so anxious that he burned his eyebrows, Director Wang still looked pampered and not surprised.

Hearing this, Sima Rui's face turned red, saying that he was the respect of a country, but in terms of qi cultivation and kung fu, he was really inferior to Wang Dao in front of him, which really made him feel ashamed.

"Aiqing, this is the tea that Mrs. Da Sima gave to the palace when she came to Jianye last year, and it is a good thing that cannot be bought on the market outside. Aiqing, let's taste this excellent tea first, and we'll talk about it later. ”

Sima Rui exhaled heavily, completely threw away the panic in his heart, and his face turned pale, but he was no longer in a hurry to talk about things, but instead ordered the palace maid to serve tea to the two.

At the entrance of the tea, Director Wang really felt that a fragrance was spreading from his heart to his body, and the tributes in Liaodong's private collection were indeed not ordinary vulgar things, far stronger than the best tea on the market. The two of them sat opposite each other in the main hall like this, you have a cup, I have a cup of tea, although the Son of Heaven has never spoken, but in fact, he has been thinking about how to speak later.

In fact, Sima Rui's suspicions are very reasonable, this news is indeed spread by Wang Dun's henchman Qian Feng, and the purpose is naturally to provoke the relationship between Zhou Za and the Son of Heaven. Regardless of the final outcome, this will be beneficial for Wang Dun (to be continued.) )