"Yes, it's Zhao San!" Xiao Zongxun said: "Zhao San is the third person who knows this secret. Let's talk about Wang Jien first! The second witness that the old man wants to talk about is Wang Jien. ”

Xiao Zongxun took a sip of tea and continued. Wang Jien was originally a small eunuch in the previous dynasty, but after entering the palace, he was adopted as an adopted son by a eunuch surnamed Zhang, so he followed the surname Zhang.

And now this name is still after Zhao Da made a war exploit, when he asked Zhao Da to restore his original sect, Zhao Da gave the name.

Wang Jien is good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, and whoever has great power will fall to whomever he wants. At the same time, he is also an ungrateful villain, and he is ruthless.

But this man has the advantage of being absolutely loyal to his master. During the reign of Zhao Da, helping Zhao Da eliminate many opposition forces in the court can be said to be a dog of Zhao Da. However, before Zhao Da died, Zhao Er was already the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, and the title was King of Wei, and many ministers in the court were on Zhao Da's side, and Zhao Defang, as the prince, was just in vain.

When Zhao Da was dying, let Wang Jien go out of the palace to summon Zhao Defang to preside over the funeral, it is conceivable that if Zhao Defang entered the palace at that time, he would go up the next morning, put on a dragon robe, sit on the dragon chair, and announce the news of the death of the first emperor, and he could rightfully sit on the throne.

However, this Wang Jien was afraid of Zhao Er's strong power, and was worried that even if Zhao Defang sat on the throne, the position of the throne would be unstable, and he would be usurped by Zhao Er, which would affect him, so Wang Jien went directly to Kaifeng Mansion Yin and declared Zhao Er into the palace.

And Zhao Er, under the reception of the palace attendants, smoothly entered the palace, and the next day he sat on the throne.

Zhao Er became the emperor, and he was even more grateful to Wang Jien for Dade's favor.

Wei Zhongshu said: "No wonder, but now Wang Jien should be on Zhao Er's side?" ”

"Yes and no!" Xiao Zongxun said: "On the side of the imperial power, it is indeed on Zhao Er's side, and how many bad things have been done for Zhao Er. Two years ago, Zhao Er asked Wang Jien to take the poison to poison the Duke of Longxi County, the abolished emperor Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty. As a result, Wang Jien was afraid of trouble, so he secretly lobbied Yin Zhao San of Kaifeng Mansion, and Zhao San was used as a knife in this way.

And Zhao Er trusts Wang Jien even more in this regard, thinking that he is very capable. But for the position of the future prince, Wang Jien has not yet had a clear attitude, and Zhao San has also been fighting for it.

After saying Wang Jien, Xiao Zongxun took a sip of tea and continued: "Another insider is Zhao Er and Zhao San. When Zhao Er was not the emperor, he knew about it from Wang Jien's mouth, and the two hooked up at that time. This can also be regarded as a characteristic of Wang Jien, who welcomes the master and secretly hooks up with another person who may become the master. ”

When Wei Zhongshu heard this, he said, "Then will Wang Jien hook up with Zhao San?" ”

Xiao Zongxun said: "It's hard to say in the future! ”

However, another person, Zhao San, also knew this secret, but it was revealed to him by the old man. Wei Zhongshu didn't ask why, Taigong did things, naturally he had a reason.

Wei Zhongshu suddenly said brightly: "No wonder Zhao San is fearless now, but it turned out to be the future prince." Now he has been named the King of Wei, and he is also the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, and has become a quasi-prince. It seems that Zhao Er's country will always be handed over to Zhao San! ”

"Not necessarily!" Xiao Zongxun said: "Zhao Er is not bigger than Zhao, Zhao Er is bigger than Zhao, his heart is more vicious, in order to achieve the goal, all means can be used, he will not willingly leave the throne to Zhao San, otherwise the current Zhao San, I'm afraid he is not a quasi-prince, but already the emperor's younger brother." Zhao Er will not let a sixteen-year-old boy be the king of Wei! ”

And Zhao San also knows this deeply, so he can't wait to find what we have, that is, our secret. And Zhao Er, because of Zhao Pu's disclosure, also knows that things are in our hands. Think about it, if this person surnamed Feng was really sent by Zhao Er, then Zhao San must have also sent someone.

Wei Zhongshu said: "Taigong, now Yuhang is our world, even if a strange fly flies in, we can find out, but now we just found that there is a group of people in the Gaosheng Inn, which is very unfamiliar." And since I came to the inn, I haven't been out all day. It is said that there are two teenagers in it, and it seems that they are also the masters, one is sixteen or seventeen years old, and the other is only twelve or thirteen years old! ”

Xiao Zongxun said: "Yes, I already know this, that sixteen-year-old boy is Zhao Er's eldest son, Zhao Yuanzuo. The thirteen-year-old boy is Zhao Er's third son, named Zhao Yuankan! And the leader is Wang Jien! ”

"What does the prince mean is that they were sent by Zhao Er?" Wei Zhongshu couldn't help but ask.

"If you guessed correctly, it must have been sent by Zhao Er, but Zhao San didn't send anyone! This has to feel weird! Xiao Zongxun said.

Wei Zhongshu thought for a while and said, "Could it be that Zhao San didn't get the news?" ”

Xiao Zongxun said with certainty: "He must have gotten the news." That's why the old man has the reason why you pay attention to strangers and don't startle the snake, I suspect that this surnamed Feng is Zhao San's person! ”

Wei Zhongshu nodded and said, "I'll try to investigate clearly!" ”

Xiao Zongxun said: "So everyone must pay attention during this time. Finally, the old man wants to tell you some important purposes of the old man, if the old man has any accidents, he must fulfill his wish for the old man, so that the old man can be blind under the nine springs! ”

Wei Zhongshu said that everyone knows, didn't your old man say it before!

Xiao Zongxun ignored him, and just said to himself. In the past ten years in Yuhang, before and after, from the hands of Yuhang merchants, they have also extorted a lot of money, and they have secretly supported a large number of merchants, opened money banks, record houses, casinos, etc., as well as the annual river work silver, all of which have been intercepted, and these things, each of which are recorded in an account book.

And the account book in the hand of the master of the household, Jiang Yufeng, has another account book, which records the total income and expenditure of the silver in detail, and Xiao Zongxun also has a general account book in his hand, and the two account books are regularly reconciled!

Wei Zhongshu was taken aback when he heard this, it turned out that the property of his real group was actually recorded in Jiang Yufeng's hands. But listening to Xiao Zongxun continue, Jiang Yufeng is absolutely loyal to himself, and he is only loyal to those who have account books.

"Now I wonder where all the money goes?" Xiao Zongxun asked, feeling proud in his heart.

Wei Zhongshu said: "If the prince wants me to know, he will definitely tell me, and if he doesn't want me to know, he will definitely not tell me!" The subordinates don't dare to speculate! ”

Xiao Zongxun said: "I didn't expect that at this time, Zhongshu was still a cautious person, and the old man was really not mistaken!" Some of the silver was sent to the capital for gifts, which won over the relationship, otherwise do you think that the official positions of a few of you can be untouched for more than ten years? Do you think that the old man knows the situation in the capital clearly, how can he do it without silver? We are in the capital, in the imperial court, and we still have some eyeliner! ”

Wei Zhongshu had already guessed these words, otherwise Xiao Zongxun would not have said it so clearly, and it was real.

"Well, remember your mission, don't let the old man down! In due course, the old man will hand over the ledger to you! The old man knows that you are guessing what the real purpose of the old man is, so he must have told you today! In fact, we have to start with the identity of the old man! ”

Back then, when it was still the Later Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, and Zhao Kuangyin's brother who was able to form a righteous relationship, and Zhao Kuangyin repeatedly made military exploits and defeated the Khitan invasion many times. Therefore, he was even more respected by the Emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and was promoted to the front of the palace supervision and inspection point, and the forbidden army in the entire capital listened to his moderation. In addition, Zhao Kuangyin has been leading troops abroad for a long time, and his prestige in the army is extremely high.

Later, Emperor Sejong died, the young emperor Chai Zongxun ascended the throne, and Zhao Kuangyin plotted the Chenqiao mutiny, and the yellow robe was added to usurp the rivers and mountains of the Later Zhou Dynasty. At that time, because the emperor was young, he couldn't resist at all, and Zhao Kuangyin had a well-developed foundation in the imperial court, so he easily seized the rivers and mountains of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Speaking of this, Xiao Zongxun sighed and said, "You Zhao Da became the emperor, but it's okay." My family was originally a distant branch of the royal family, but Zhao Kuangyin was hypocritical and righteous, imprisoned the young emperor's family in Fangzhou, and secretly assassinated our clan! The old man's parents, brothers, and sisters were all killed overnight, and the old man was in his twenties at the time, and he was drinking out with a group of friends that day, so he escaped for his life! ”

Xiao Zongxun, who escaped from his surname, of course, was not called Xiao Zongxun at that time, and he hated Zhao Da's ruthlessness, so he decided to take revenge. Immediately changed his surname to Xiao and named Xiao Zongxun, which means that although the surname has been changed, the name is the name of the young emperor, which is considered to commemorate the meaning of Hou Zhou.

Xiao Zongxun tried to infiltrate the palace many times, but was unsuccessful, and later the palace recruited eunuchs, Xiao Zongxun entered the palace as a eunuch, because he was good at some words, he was favored by the Empress Dowager Du and transferred in to serve the Empress Dowager Du!

And Xiao Zongxun started his plan, that is, to let the entire Zhao clan kill each other, only in this way can he avenge his deep hatred!

Wei Zhongshu knew what happened later. It turned out that Taigong's preparation for so many years was actually to achieve his goal.

In order to take revenge, after Zhao Er sat on the throne, Xiao Zongxun told Zhang Defang the reason inside, through his own eyeliner. said that at that time, Emperor Taizu was originally going to pass on the throne to Prince Defang, but Zhao Er colluded with Wang Jien and usurped the throne. At the same time, this news was also revealed to Zhao Dezhao. The two princes decided to assassinate Zhao Er one after another, but they didn't expect these two princes to be too wasteful, Zhao Dezhao was directly forced to death by Zhao Er, and Zhao Defang was later assassinated by Zhao Er!

Xiao Zongxun felt that he was also ruthless, although this bad breath waited a little long, but then Zhao Er and Zhao San let themselves see hope again!

"What should be explained, the old man has already explained it clearly, as for the boy surnamed Feng, how to deal with it? The old man doesn't need us to deal with it. But don't forget that our plan must not be ruined by the surname Feng. This time, the old man wants to let Zhao Er and Zhao three brothers kill each other! After the death of Zhao Er and Zhao San, there are also Zhao Yuanzuo, Zhao Yuanyou and their brothers, in short, the old man wants her old Zhao family, and there will be no peace from now on! Xiao Zongxun seemed to be talking to himself, and it seemed to be for Wei Zhongshu.

Wei Zhongshu said: "The subordinates know what to do, please rest assured!" ”

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