When Han Jian mentioned Xiao Zhan, the young man's face was very ugly. At the beginning, he had a life-saving grace for Xiao Zhan, but Xiao Zhan also knew him, he was a very inconspicuous serving eunuch by Xiao Zhan's side, but he could also be valued by Xiao Zhan. But in the end, he was the one who came to kill Xiao Zhan.

Waving his hand, Han Jian said: "Take the token of this king and send this person to the palace princess, as for how this person will be released, it is up to Princess Yongdan to decide." ”

When Han Jian mentioned Princess Yongdan, no one present dared to speak, and even gasping for breath felt terrified. These people don't take the people of the Northern Dynasty in their eyes on weekdays, but Xiao Zhan is the eldest princess of the Southern Dynasty after all, and this one in front of him is the king of the East. Although Han Jian has not yet made the matter clear, these people have also noticed that if it is not a big event, how can they work for the king of Dongwang?

Then the man was taken away by the guards, and by this time the young man had lost his mind completely, as if he had lost his soul.

As soon as the people left, the rest of the people thought that it was okay, Han Jian returned to the seat of the main hall to try the case, patted the shocked wood, and said, "Who else is connected with the assassin who assassinated Princess Yongdan?" Stand up for yourself, lest this king be punished and served! ”

Most of the merchants in the Southern Dynasty looked at each other, and they couldn't afford to assassinate Princess Yongdan for such a big crime. But after all, this is what the king of the east said, if no one comes out to admit it, then everyone needs to be punished!

After Han Jian asked, naturally no one answered.

Han Jian sighed: "It's not okay to take a look without giving some color." Drag everyone back! ”

With an order, the person in charge of beating people outside dragged out and beat them up, and several people who were half dead were pulled back. One by one, they were already out of breath and out of breath, and the middle-aged man who questioned Han Jian at the beginning was only left with one breath left. This situation was also unexpected by these merchants present, the trade between the two countries was an agreement reached between the Wei Dynasty and the Qi Dynasty before, and now if the Wei Dynasty suddenly wants to cut off trade, it seems reasonable. But it also seems a little overbearing.

Originally, these merchants thought that if they were there to fight a few times, they might have to pay some money or something, and they would be fine, after all, they had nothing to do with assassins or anything. But then something happened that made them feel a little cold.

There was some commotion in the courtyard at first, and then a dozen guards dragged a few people in. When they had all arrived in the main hall, they realized that they had dragged in a dead person, and some of them were frightened when they saw the dead, and some of them simply could not stand on their feet and sat directly on the ground. It's not that these people can't do it psychologically, but these dead people who were dragged in, most of them knew each other, and even their companions who had followed them several times to do business, among these people. There are also some big businessmen. From the clothes on their bodies, it can be judged that these people are all famous dignitaries, or they are taking care of business for famous dignitaries. But these people, who died for no apparent reason, are now being dragged in, just like Han Jian is telling them about their fate next.

"You must be wondering why these people died." Han Jian's opening made the people present refocus their attention on him, the East King, "I'm not afraid of revealing secrets." Your Southern Dynasty has been a little unpeaceful lately. Xie Xiang sent someone to assassinate Princess Yongdan, but unfortunately he was found out by this king. Princess Yongdan is the eldest princess of the Southern Dynasty, and this time she is here to visit our dynasty for a friendly visit, if she died in Luoyang in vain, then isn't everyone counting this account on the head of my majesty and this king? ”

Han Jian's words made it clear, and the atmosphere was wrong. After all, many people have a greasy in their hearts.

Han Jian said: "Originally, the two countries were friendly, and it was your emperor. And I reached a consensus through consultation. After all, I'm not very peaceful now, and you businessmen, among whom you have been mixed with assassins, are all ignorant? Say it. This king doesn't believe it. In this way, give you a chance to report to each other, whoever can find out who is suspicious, then the king will not be blamed, if you can't find it, or if it is reported by others, then the king really can't do anything. The two countries have diplomatic relations, and killing a few businessmen is just a sacrifice for free trade in the future! ”

The businessmen present were already in a state of confusion, but now Han Jian actually asked them to report it. They are no strangers to reporting this kind of thing, saying that it is a report, once it is reported, it is not guilty and guilty, and the guilty are even more guilty. Anyway, as long as you fall into the trap, you won't be able to escape.

Originally, they could have negotiated, but as long as they didn't speak, the king of the east would have nothing to do with them. But how could Han Jian not know what these people were thinking?

"Come on, put these people in separate places. Let me be clear, if you have not produced some pleadings to the satisfaction of the king by noon this day, you will be ready to lie in the coffin in the afternoon. ”

After Han Jian finished speaking, the people were escorted away. Once these people are in a state of isolation, they are psychologically hard, but they are also worried that others will wronged them and they will die if they don't do anything, and they have to bite people indiscriminately on top of their survival instincts.

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Back at the Dongwang Mansion, Han Cui's was waiting for Han Jian to come back in the main hall with a strong momentum. Seeing Han Jian, Han Cuishi stepped forward and asked, "Where did you go last night?" ”

"Why did Sanniang come here to ask?" Han Jian was a little surprised.

"Still not telling the truth? Yesterday, the banquet in the palace ended very early, and I heard that you were called by His Majesty for questioning, but why did you not come out of the palace until this morning? What do you have to say to your majesty that you want to talk all night? Han Cui's face was fierce, as if Han Jian had done something very wrong.

However, Han Jian knew that at the moment, Han Cui's lust was strong, and there was also a lot of helplessness in his heart. Some things have to be ganged up sooner or later, and it is very difficult to hide them, so I really want to think about his relationship with Yang Rui, now that Yang Rui has returned to Luoyang, as long as he enters the palace for a longer time, the generals below dare not inquire, and they don't dare to think much if they know, but who is Han Cui's family, can she not be careful?

"Actually, it's Princess Yongdan's business." Han Jian still didn't want to make his relationship with Yang Rui public so quickly, even Han Cui's family, his aunt and Gu Xin'er, he didn't want to say it. This kind of thing, after all, is harmful to some people.

"Princess Yongdan? A princess of the Southern Dynasty, what's the matter, do you still need to ask? ”

Han Jian didn't want to mention Yang Rui, so he could only push all the things on Xiao Zhan, and said that he was in the palace most of the time with Xiao Zhan, talking about some things in the Southern Dynasty, including the assassins. True or false, Han Jian believes that Han Cui's has no way to check. Han Cuishi would never ask Xiao Zhan in person, even if he asked, Xiao Zhan would not tell her.

"That means you came out of His Majesty's dormitory very early yesterday?" Han Cuishi was still a little skeptical after all.

"Otherwise?" Han Jian narrowed his eyes, "Does Sanniang think that His Majesty will leave me to spend the night in her dormitory?" ”

A word of truth. Ben Han Jian said it in such a questioning tone, which made Han Cuishi feel that it was ridiculous. The age gap between Han Jian and Yang Rui is there, although Yang Rui is still in his prime, but in a few years, he will be old and decrepit, and he is no different from her. The person who can be Han Jianniang is a Ken, and she thinks that Han Jian may not want it.

But there are some things that have already shown signs when they were in Jiangdu, that is, what happened to Han Jian to Yang Rui's stand-in. At that time, Han Song and Han Cui felt that there seemed to be a backlog of resentment in Han Jian's heart. This kind of resentment is likely to be hated by love, and at that time, it was also suspected that Han Jian had a wrong thought about Yang Rui. Now that the Eastern Prince's Mansion has completely controlled the imperial court, it is also possible that Yang Rui is committed to Han Jian, who is the Eastern King, at this time.

"Your second mother will come over in a few days, why do you have to restrain yourself."

Han Cui's tone seemed to be very heavy when he said this, but he only pretended to be forced. He couldn't be ruthless with Han Jian after all, that is, sometimes he knew that he was teaching Han Jian a lesson, but he could only pretend to be very angry.

Han Cuishi no longer continued to ask about Han Jian's overnight stay in the palace. Han Jian was naturally a little more relaxed in his heart, and said that the people of the Southern Dynasty were going to assassinate Xiao Zhan. Han Cuishi frowned slightly and said, "This Southern Dynasty person, even if he fights in the nest?" Princess Yongdan said that she didn't have much power in the court, why did anyone still want to kill her? ”

Han Jian knew it in his heart, but he only shook his head, and some words were still inconvenient to say in front of Han Cui's family.

About Xiao Zhan's assassination. In the final analysis, it was an internal struggle among the people of the Southern Dynasties, and Zhu Tongjing did not want to be constrained by Xiao Zhan anymore on the one hand, and on the other hand, Xie Rumo was ready to use the assassination to attack Zhu Tongjing's prestige in the royal family, so that Empress Dowager He was completely dead to Zhu Tongjing and his party. Zhu Tongjing and Xie Rumo sent people to kill Xiao Zhan. It was a separate and independent event, and there was no communication between them, but it also happened invariably after Xiao Zhan arrived in Luoyang. This also shows that Xiao Zhan will not be able to gain a foothold in the Southern Dynasty now.

Xiao Zhan is already a member of the royal family, and he is a mother and daughter with Empress Dowager He, but Zhu Tongjing was only her follower before. Through Xie Rumo's rebellion was pacified, Zhu Tongjing had mastered the military power, and he no longer needed Mrs. He to support him, at this time Xiao Zhan became an obstacle by his side, and Zhu Tongjing could also continue to support Xiao Zhan, after all, Xiao Zhan was also the person who had the opportunity to get on the throne in the Southern Dynasty. But the problem is that if he continues to support Xiao Zhan, it will be abandoned by some conservative middle-of-the-road factions in the Southern Dynasty court, and at this time Zhu Tongjing needs a more convincing person to take charge of the overall situation.

As for who it is, Han Jian is not clear. But Han Jian knew that it was definitely not Xiao Ling, the king of Hui, and Xiao Tong, the king of Linjiang, who had emerged now.

Xiao Ling belonged to the pro-Empress Dowager faction in the Southern Dynasty, while Xiao Tong was a pro-Xie faction. It can be said that these two people have military power and prestige, and there are many people available under them, no matter who becomes the emperor, they are more convincing than the young emperor. It is really not easy for Zhu Tongjing to find such a prestigious person.

"Jian'er, are you saying that the person surnamed Zhu is ready to support another person, and this person is not Princess Yongdan yet?" Han Cui finally figured it out.

However, after all, she knew very little about the current situation of the Southern Dynasties, and it could be said that she had no insight.

Han Jian said: "Actually, Zhu Tongjing is reluctant to kill Princess Yongdan, after all, he is also a master and servant for so many years, but he also understands that if Princess Yongdan does not die, then his faction will lack convincing appeal after all." Maybe from the beginning, Zhu Tongjing was not ready to kill Princess Yongdan. ”

Han Cuishi glanced at Han Jian and said, "One will say that he sent someone to assassinate, and then say that he is not ready to kill, isn't this a contradiction?" ”

"Not a contradiction." Han Jian said, "The assassination can be found out by King Hui, and it is said that it was a coincidence, but it is better to say that Zhu Tongjing deliberately leaked the news." As long as Princess Yongdan learns about the assassination, even if the assassination has not yet happened, she will be dead to Zhu Dang, and no matter whether Princess Yongdan returns to the dynasty or stays in Luoyang, she will no longer become Zhu Tongjing's bond. You don't have to be a ruthless person to achieve your goal. ”

Han Cui's heart was a little shocked.

Originally, she didn't have a good impression of Zhu Tongjing, and Zhu Tongjing killed Xiao Zhan, in her opinion, it was just a nest of the Southern Dynasty people. Whether Princess Yongdan dies or not has nothing to do with her. Hearing Han Jian say this, she knew what conspiracy was involved.

In order to make his camp more appealing, Zhu Tongjing first encouraged Princess Yongdan Xiao Zhan to send an envoy, which naturally got the consent of the other camps. After all, Xiao Zhan has always been the backing of Zhu Tongjing's party, and without this person, other forces naturally feel that the pressure has dropped sharply. After Xiao Zhan's envoy, Xie Rumo wanted to send someone to assassinate him, and then blame the Wei Dynasty for the assassination, so as to achieve the goal of sending troops that he had always admired. But I didn't expect it. Even Zhu Tongjing himself sent someone to assassinate Xiao Zhan.

Zhu Tongjing came to assassinate, but it was not a real assassination, and Zhu Tongjing himself did not want to be a sinner. So he simply leaked the news to King Hui in advance, King Hui himself has an uncle and nephew affection for Xiao Zhan, and will not sit idly by and watch his niece die in a foreign country, and King Hui has Sima to contact the Wei Dynasty through this line, and then Sima has a love for Xiao Zhan, and then proposes marriage. Zhu Tongjing expected it when he was doing things, as long as King Hui learned about it. will inevitably get in touch with the people of the Eastern Palace, and Xiao Zhan will be able to seek protection. In the end, Xiao Zhan is likely to stay in Luoyang and dare not return to the dynasty. In this case, it is logical for Zhu Tongjing to support another prince or county king with the surname of the Xiao family to win over those neutral ministers in the imperial court.

After thinking about it, Han Cuishi sighed and said, "This is a matter of the court." Double-cross each other. Athletes, you can do these things yourself. You don't have to say it to Sanniang in the future, and your Erniang wrote again, saying that it would be there in a few days, and you had better go out to greet you when the time comes. ”

"Hmm." Han Jian just nodded as if he was dealing with something.

Han Cui's heart was naturally a lot more relaxed when he learned that Han Jian stayed in the palace and did not really have an affair with Yang Rui. Yang Rui committed to Han Jian. It is extremely unacceptable for Han Cui's to do so.

Yang Rui has always regarded herself as the sister of the Han family's daughters, such a sister, she can't help but be lonely and marry first, or marry Han Jian, who she has painstakingly cultivated, how can she accept this? And also. It was for Han Jian's sake, she felt that the purpose of Yang Rui's commitment was not simple, it was simply to exchange it for political power, that is, it was not sincere.

Han Jian's thoughts are not as complicated as Han Cui's, in his opinion, being together is also together, there is nothing to say. It's that Yang Rui wants to use him, as long as each other is sincere, so what's the matter? For the imperial court, Han Jian had no intention of controlling it, Han Jian wished he could be idle and be an idler, and live longer if he was less worried. When Yang Rui came back, he didn't want to ask about the affairs of the imperial court at all, as long as Yang Rui dealt with it, as long as it was not related to the Dongwang Mansion, there was no need to inform him.

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The Assassin matter had been "completely settled" by noon.

In order to protect themselves, the businessmen who were detained in solitary confinement did not care about any "morality in the rivers and lakes", and they bit as much as they could, and in the end everyone became guilty. Han Jian roughly read the confession presented and felt that it was about the same, so he kicked into his arms and went into the palace to ask Yang Rui to tell him about it.

Before Han Jian could leave the Tingwei Mansion, a guard came to report, saying that there was an urgent military situation.

Han Jian took the general's intelligence report, opened it and took a look, only to know that Su Tingxia's march in the north played with "flowers". Six days ago, Su Tingxia divided his troops into six roads, each known as 30,000 soldiers and horses, and was marching towards Beichuan City, the capital of Beiwangfu. Judging from the intelligence, Su Tingxia's march was very smooth, and in only two or three days, dozens of cities had already surrendered without a fight.

Su Tingxia played in the name of the imperial court, with the slogan of pacifying the local rebellion, coupled with the burning and looting of his troops on the march, and almost became a demon-like figure. Su Tingxia was extremely "imaginative", and during the march, he even sent people to the state capital under Beichuan's rule, clearly saying that as long as the army arrived, the city gate was opened and the city was offered, so that it would not be burned and killed, but it would also be looted. If there is a city that disobeys, then the city will have no bones left, as if it is intended to slaughter the city.

Originally, no one believed that Su Tingxia dared to take such a desperate road, the slaughter of the city has always been rare, after all, it is not a mountain bandit, and the occupation of the state and county is also to govern one side, how can there be a self-cutting root? But Su Tingxia did everything, and after he really slaughtered two cities, no one dared to suspect that this demon could not do anything.

As for the slaughter of the city, Luoyang had already made a fuss, if it weren't for the fact that Ning Yuan's side was still able to suppress it, the matter would have been known to the whole world.

But after all, the paper can't contain the fire, although after Su Tingxia broke through the city, he only killed some magistrates and gentry, as well as some troublemakers, but the following rumors are getting more and more outrageous, and Su Tingxia is simply described as a demon who kills people without blinking. But it also has a positive effect. With Su Tingxia's division of troops and marching to Beichuan, the states and counties along the way did not have any desire to fight, after all, the Beiwangfu itself had not yet raised an effective defense, and it was a little unreasonable for the state capital to resist the army of the imperial court by itself. After hearing about Su Tingxia's bad deeds, most of the military and political officials in the state capital were cowardly. Along the way, he almost did not leave office. Before, Su Tingxia explained that there was still preferential treatment in the city of Kaicheng, and this time, it was faster than who opened the city gate. Some small county towns, before Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses arrived, they had already opened the city gates and waited, as if they were afraid that Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses would pass through the city and not enter.

These, even Han Jian didn't expect in advance.

A building in the North Palace. After the defeat of the Battle of Jiangdu, the fiasco of the Battle of Luoyang, and the advance of the Xiwangfu, the building was about to fall, so it was exploited by Su Tingxia's eclectic marching method. Although the soldiers and horses did not have 180,000 horses as Su Tingxia claimed in the foreign election, it was only a month, and Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses already had nearly 100,000. However, most of them were recruited locally. Local garrisons and militias with little combat experience. The real main force of the North Wangfu is still shrinking and not coming out.

Han Jian knew. Maybe the Northern Prince's Mansion is waiting for a suitable time, and when the time comes, it will be a surprise to kill Su Tingxia and even the Eastern Prince's Mansion and the Wei Dynasty's court.

With this good information, Han Jian arrived in the palace, Yang Ruiben was still sitting alone behind the desk and doing nothing, and when she heard the little eunuch report that the East King had arrived, she still couldn't lift her spirits. After all, I haven't had a good rest in the past few days, and I was annoyed by some trivial things in Shangshutai in the morning, and I was in a bad mood.

When Han Jian entered, Yang Rui was the only one in the entire Ye'an Pavilion, lying on the table and looking up at him. It's like a student who doesn't care about studying looks at the teacher, with a very pure and flawless laziness in his eyes.

"See Your Majesty." Han Jian still saluted very respectfully.

Yang Rui didn't say anything.

Han Jian thought that Yang Rui hadn't heard it, and when he was about to speak, Yang Rui frowned and said, "Talking so much, don't be too tired to panic." What does the husband have to bother the concubine? ”

"Majesty, this seems to be...... In public. Han Jian reminded that Yang Rui said more than him in the previous reminders, and it was him, not Yang Rui, who usually disobeyed in public.

"Hmm." Yang Rui nodded, "What is the East King bothering me?" ”

Han Jian was about to take out the confession and the military report from his arms, but Yang Rui was a little dissatisfied and said, "You really have it?" Can't you let the concubine be quiet? ”

Saying that, Yang Rui seemed to be angry, his whole head was buried in his arms, and after a while, he raised his head, only to find that Han Jian was looking at her with a wry smile.

"What is the matter with the king of the east, just come to me." Yang Rui asked again, but the person was still lying on the table.

Han Jian stopped talking nonsense and handed over the confession and military report. Yang Rui was helpless to reach out and open it, and when he saw the confession, he just glanced at it casually, then closed it again and threw it aside, saying: "The Southern Dynasty people's own business, the concubine is Lao Shizi?" What is it? ”

As he spoke, Yang Rui opened the military newspaper, and after reading it, he finally sat up, and his face was a little incredible.

"Your Majesty, this is good news ahead." Han Jian smiled and said, "It seems that this General Su on our front line seems to be marching very smoothly, and the breakthrough of Beichuan is just around the corner." ”

Yang Rui smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Why isn't this surnamed Su dead?" ”

Han Jian said: "Why did Your Majesty say this? ”

"Isn't this annoying me surnamed Su enough? It's only been a few days since he came back, and every day until night, it's this guy surnamed Su who is causing trouble, and he is capable enough, but he is leading troops to go out, and people are not in Luoyang, as if everyone in Luoyang City can remember him. It seems that they are afraid that they will not be able to skin him alive! Yang Rui said, but he couldn't help but smile, and said, "But speaking of which, this surnamed Su really has some ability, while being cursed and gambling cursed, he is still unconsciously leading troops to the north, which is good, the military merit is there, do you want him to come back and be a murderer, and kill all the people who criticize him?" ”

When Han Jian heard Yang Rui's words, he knew that Yang Rui had a childish temper.

has been an emperor for a long time, and sometimes you need to make jokes and spice it up. (To be continued......)