8-7 Fight poison with poison

Zhu Youxiao is seventeen years old this year, but it doesn't mean that his mind is only seventeen years old, he has been a puppet emperor since he was five years old, there is no freedom, no maternal love, some are just crises and surveillance, in the depressed and gloomy palace, he has created a suspicious character, and at the same time has an extremely strong sense of insecurity, Zhu Youxiao does not believe in anyone from the bones, or the trust in anyone is not absolute, such as the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, who has followed him for more than ten years, such as his own brother-in-law and good brother Liu Ziguang.

But after all, he is the emperor, the emperor needs someone to assist, although the Ming Dynasty said that the situation in the past two years has been better, but it is still serious internal and external troubles, the provinces that the imperial court can control are only Zhili, Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangdong, Fujian provinces, and many provinces under the control of the real power of the governor, the court is yang and yin, although nominally the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, it is not much stronger than the late Tang Dynasty's feudal towns, and a large area of northern land is under the occupation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and there is a wider land occupied by the Tanguts, As for Tubo, which was still under the orders of the imperial court, it has long been a country, and these chaotic ministers and thieves, and barbarian captives all need loyal courtiers to submit.

At this juncture, Zhu Youxiao didn't want any more trouble, he didn't want to believe the content engraved on this stone tablet in his heart, but the three words "conquer the world" are indeed too dazzling, and no emperor can ignore it, although Zhu Youxiao is a scientific teenager, but he fears ghosts and gods, and attaches great importance to the will of heaven in the underworld, especially this stone tablet is dug up under his own imperial mausoleum construction site, and he has to make him believe that this is a warning from God to himself.

There was silence in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao looked at the stele blankly, Wei Zhongxian knelt on the ground and trembled and didn't dare to speak, the little eunuch outside was even more silent, and he didn't dare to come out. ”

Wei Zhongxian raised his head, already in tears: "The emperor is sage." ”

"Okay, don't let more people know about this matter, you can find someone to smash and throw away the stele, and in the future, the East Factory will add a task, that is, to monitor the South Factory, do you understand?" Zhu Youxiao stared at Wei Zhongxian's eyes and said.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly crawled on the ground again: "The slave is grateful, and he must live up to the emperor's trust." ”

The atmosphere in the Qianqing Palace returned to the harmony of the past, Zhu Youxiao also asked the little eunuch to take two bottles of Coke to give Wei Zhongxian to drink, and the little eunuchs were relieved for a while, and then they stepped forward to report: "The deputy capital Yu Shi Lin Ruhai has a book to play, and he has been waiting outside the noon gate for a long time." ”

"This Lin Ruhai is full of dedication, he thinks about people all day long, let him come in." Zhu Youxiao said.

Not long after, Lin Ruhai came to the Qianqing Palace under the guidance of Xiaohuangmen, it seemed that he had been waiting outside for some time, his chest and back were soaked with sweat, and his face was also sweaty.

"Lin Ruhai, who are you going to join?" Zhu Youxiao asked with interest, the last time he joined Liu Ziguang, the emperor read his file, and he felt quite good about this Qing official and direct minister.

"Your Majesty, Weichen wants to join the town of Wuhou Liu Ziguang, this person secretly hides the dragon and tiger sword, creates rumors in the market, and intends to rebel." Lin Ruhai said loudly.

"Oh? Present the fold. Zhu Youxiao said.

Lin Ruhai's excerpt is clearly written, and now it is rumored that "the gold sword, the dragon and tiger sword, the two meet, and the world is easy." The nursery rhyme, and it is also rumored that the construction site of the imperial tomb was unearthed and engraved with a proverb: the dragon and tiger sword won the world

From ancient times to the present, whenever someone peeps into the world, he always wants to artificially create some so-called miracles to confuse the people in the world, pave the way for his own usurpation of a certain dynasty, carve a stone stele, make up nursery rhymes, and hide the silk with words written in the belly of the fish, these tricks are endless. From this, it can be inferred that Liu Ziguang is planning a rebellion and seizing the Zhu family.

Zhu Youxiao laughed after reading the excerpt, he was still suspicious just now, but now he was dispelled by Lin Ruhai's excerpt, it turns out that since ancient times, some people have engaged in this kind of trick and forged miracles, originally he didn't want to believe that Liu Ziguang would seize his own country, but now he saw Lin Ruhai and Liu Ziguang's intention to rebel, but he is even more convinced of Liu Ziguang's loyalty, because no matter what aspect, he does not have the conditions for rebellion now, and now rebellion is self-defeating.

"Xiao Weizi, take a look too, it seems that the stele is really fake." Zhu You said to Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly stepped forward and read the excerpt with both hands, and then his face was filled with a pleased smile: "That's good, this is the best, the slave just said, Zhenwu Hou is the pillar of the country, or the emperor's closest relative, how can he rebel." ”

"Haha, you are still the most loyal, in that case, you dare to risk death to speak for Zhenwuhou, and I want Zhenwuhou to thank you when I turn around." Zhu Youxiao laughed heartily, and a knot in his heart was finally untied, which made Lin Ruhai confused, am I participating in Liu Ziguang or praising Liu Ziguang, how can such a sensational excerpt be handed over, but it makes the emperor trust Liu Ziguang even more.

This is the effect of fighting poison with poison, Lin Ruhai unconsciously did something to help Liu Ziguang, he is a speech official, he has no worries, and he will not be like Wei Zhongxian's hypocritical face-to-face pretending to be a good person, stabbing a knife in the back, today after hearing the nursery rhyme on the street, he became vigilant, went home to write an excerpt to prepare to participate in the people, and when he was writing, a colleague of the imperial history who was supervising in the imperial tomb came to report the news, saying that a stone tablet engraved with proverbs was unearthed, so Lin Ruhai paid more attention to this issue, and did not wait for tomorrow's court meeting, and went directly to the palace to face the saint and report this major appearance.

Now the most depressed is Wei Zhongxian, a good move was actually disturbed by Lin Ruhai, a stunned man, he adopted the tactics of boiling frogs in warm water, to slowly destroy Liu Ziguang's image in Zhu Youxiao's heart, this stone tablet is an important step, of course, he does not expect such a simple move to bring down Liu Ziguang, as long as it causes the emperor to have a good heart, the merit will be complete, and he also has to stand on a fair position to help Liu Ziguang say a few good words, it seems that he is not a villain.

Lin Ruhai jumped out and made a fuss, the good situation was all destroyed, of course the effect caused by the stone tablet was gone, and the nursery rhyme walking in the market outside was invalid without even playing a role, sad, this is a plan that Mr. Sima has made for several nights, and it actually came to naught, so that Mr. Sima knows that he is not so angry that he vomits blood.

The depressed blood in his heart, and the expression of relief on his face, this is the most uncomfortable, fortunately, Wei Zhongxian has been in the palace since he was a child, and he has practiced a pair of kung fu that is different from the outside, and everyone can't see through his beardless young eunuch face.

Zhu Youxiao said to Lin Ruhai with a smile: "Lin Qing, you did a good job, just stay here, you can retreat." ”

"But... Emperor... Zhenwuhou is indeed suspected of rebellion, and he must prepare in advance, just in case. Lin Ruhai was talking, when he suddenly heard the little eunuch outside shouting: "Liu Ziguang, the minister of the guard, will come to see you." "It turned out that the party came.

Liu Ziguang supervised the envoy who led the ministers of the guards to walk in front of the palace, and when he entered the palace, he went to work, and he didn't need to report at all, and he had already come to the gate of the Qianqing Palace with the dragon and tiger sword.

Zhu Youxiao said: "It's just in time, announce it quickly." ”

Liu Ziguang walked into the Qianqing Palace with the dragon and tiger sword in his arms, Lin Ruhai saw him come in with a weapon, and immediately jumped up in shock, escorted him to Zhu Youxiao and shouted: "Liu Ziguang, you bring the sword to see the driver, do you want to rebel?" ”

Liu Ziguang said: "I am a guard in the inner house, it is natural to bring a sword, I not only bring a sword, but also two firearms, do you want to see Lin Yushi?" ”

Lin Ruhai then remembered that one of Liu Ziguang's positions was the head of the inner guard, and it was reasonable to bring weapons, but he was still not at ease, and pointed at Liu Ziguang and said: "Isn't it the dragon and tiger sword in your hand that you took from Beijing, and you captured the enemy chieftain's sword and didn't give it to the emperor, is this the practice of being a courtier, I want to join you!" ”

Liu Ziguang said: "I entered the palace to talk about this dragon and tiger sword, this sword must not be dedicated to the emperor, and only I can have it." ”

As soon as these words came out, even Zhu Youxiao felt strange, and Lin Ruhai was so angry that his beard floated up, pointing at Liu Ziguang and scolding: "You are bold!" Licentious! Wei Zhongxian smiled and didn't speak, quietly observing the state of affairs.

Liu Ziguang said eloquently: "This sword is a great thing, his several masters are not good to die, the first master Nurhachi, originally healthy as a cow, more than sixty years old can still go into battle to kill the enemy, but soon after getting this sword, the body weakened, and died of an arrow, his son Huang Taiji took over the throne, and also used this dragon and tiger sword as a sidearm, and later retired from the army with serious injuries in the southern invasion campaign, and was murdered by Dolgon halfway, and then the owner of this sword became Dolgon, the prince of Rui

, Dolgon, you all know it, this guy committed suicide by touching the pillar after I was captured alive, but this sword followed Aobai back to Beijing, Aobai this guy secretly hid the dragon and tiger sword, not half a year, it was done by Xiao Kangxi, and then the sword returned to the hands of Nurhachi's descendants again, Kangxi took this sword to suppress the uprising of the heroes in the capital, and you also know the end, I sprayed a face of iron sand, I'm afraid that now my face is still wrapped in gauze, such an inauspicious sword, do you say it can be dedicated to the emperor? Isn't that a conspiracy to harm the emperor? Lin Yushi, I want to ask you, is this what you do as a courtier? ”

How could Lin Ruhai know so many allusions, and he was robbed and speechless, but Zhu Youxiao listened to it with relish, and he asked: "Then why can you keep this dragon and tiger sword, Liu Aiqing?" ”