At a distance of half a foot, the two put eight arrows into the pot in turn, the prince has always been a good archery, must be every shot, made a few decent poems, can be regarded as a literati and ink writer's demeanor, this Sheng Zi'an, but also a bit of foundation, only missed an arrow, there are poems and wine.

The two of them were very happy, and finally drank wine together, and talked happily in the house, which was pleasant and comfortable, and they drank under the moon.

In the middle of the night, the two of them stepped into the door drunk, and quietly, the moon had turned to the upper Xuanyue.

On the second day, all the subordinates in the palace of the four princes were driven out, and the four princes were intercepted at the gate of the palace by the guards sent by the emperor every day.

The four princes have always been noisy, and the mansion is almost unable to bear the daily temper of the four princes, and everyone is helpless. They all look forward to the emperor's ban being lifted as soon as possible, so that everyone can have a peaceful life.

The four princes had no choice but to have some fun and pass the boring confinement life. He ordered people to take out the old wine from the cellar, and ordered the maids in the house who could sing and dance to perform, and he was drunk every day, and the days were almost over, and finally it was the end of the month.

"This prince is finally able to step out of the mansion to do something serious, and finally not be trapped in the mansion and not see the light of day, Xiao Jue, you caused this prince to lose the armory, but you are at ease, this prince will definitely want you to return the amount!"

On the day the ban was lifted, the four princes went to the Drunken Immortal Residence for a long time, and after the smell of alcohol, they saw the sworn enemy Seventh Prince, which was really surprising.

The fourth prince suddenly sobered up a lot, he thought about it carefully, these seven princes also did bad things, and they were also under house arrest for a month, could it be that they were also relieved of their boredom? Thinking of this, the fourth prince looked down on the seventh prince, and his methods were nothing more than that!

Feeling a beam of eyes staring at him all the time, the Seven Princes looked around, and they collided with the eyes of the Four Princes.

The two of them fight to the death on weekdays, but today they also ended up in such an unbearable end, but they felt like relatives in an instant. However, that moment quickly disappeared, and soon the two fell into a hostile state again.

"The Seventh Prince also fell for the Fifth Prince's move? The Seven Princes, who are ruthless on weekdays, also have times when they are down? It turns out that it is no different from this prince! ”

"Didn't the fourth prince be impeached by Xiao Jue and end up like this?" The two began to habitually ridicule and sarcasm again.

"Seven Princes, I think it's better for us to work together to drag the Five Princes into the water, and we have one less tough opponent?"

"This prince is not so stupid, first remove the obstacles for you, and finally you get rid of this prince, you think well!" The Seventh Prince's proposal was directly rejected by the Fourth Prince.

Besides, he knows very well the behavior of the four princes, interests are paramount, and the battle for the throne allows him, the elder brother, to do everything, let alone kill each other.

The two turned around and played their own games, drinking and listening to the moon and watching the beauties, and after the ban was lifted, the two were naturally at ease and left everything else behind.

Returned to the mansion, the seven princes thought carefully, the five princes are now the emperor's former celebrities, and the emperor is old, this heir is among these princes, one less person is one less opponent, the words of the four princes are not unreasonable, as long as the five princes do not participate in the battle for the throne, his life can still be kept.

Winning the emperor's trust is not only as simple as getting rid of the opponent, but also needs to make enough achievements to make the emperor see hope.

Thinking of this, the Seven Princes suddenly thought of the news from the guards yesterday - an important water transportation hub city near Guanzhong, the water conservancy of Yincheng was suddenly destroyed, the waterway was blocked, and the urban water transportation in the upstream and downstream of the river was threatened, and even if it was not handled properly, it would also cause flooding in the upstream and downstream cities......

This is a local news, but since ancient times, water conservancy is a big problem that the emperor attaches great importance to, water conservancy not only has the function of water transportation, can develop the economy, but also the main support for the development of agriculture by the people along the coast, the emperor sent officials to secretly monitor the situation of the important water transport places at the beginning, and the emperor already knew about coming to Yincheng.

The Seventh Prince thought that in recent years, natural disasters have often occurred in some places, and local finances have not been benefited, and local officials may have been greedy for money, or they may have been greedy for money in these water conservancy facilities, and they have eaten official money, resulting in the water conservancy facilities not being solid, and the problem may lie here.

The Seven Princes ordered someone to sneak to Yincheng to find out, the man quickly came to Yincheng, and found that the sluice here has been abandoned, and the river is seriously silted, if the problem of the river has not been dealt with in winter, in the spring, the river water volume begins to rise, and this useless sluice and dam is a big disaster, and the towns downstream will be completely submerged by the fierce river, and the loss is 100,000 points.

The man stepped forward to see what was wrong with the sluice, and he reached out and touched the sluice gate, but it was already at the point of being destructible, and the touch did not seem to be made of steel cast sluice gates according to the regulations of the imperial court, but also seemed to be made of silver.

After hearing the words of the guards, the Seven Princes had a clearer understanding of this matter, but it was the local officials who were greedy for money, which led to problems with water conservancy facilities, and the Seven Princes had the confidence to find out who was behind the scenes, and the emperor would definitely have trust in him again.

Now that the personal freedom of the Seven Princes can be solved, he personally took his personal guards to Yincheng for a private visit to Yincheng.

When they came to the abandoned dam and sluice, the Seven Princes asked the craftsmen who specialized in making the sluice gates to inspect and inspect them, and the problem of the sluice gates was solved.

The craftsman felt that something was wrong at first glance, so he looked inside and out several times before telling the Seventh Prince that the gate was not made of steel according to the regulations of the imperial court, and that it had indeed been replaced with a silver cast gate.

The silver cast gate is extremely unstable, and it is extremely risky to use it in water conservancy hub towns, and I don't know who is so bold.

The Seventh Prince recalled the official in charge of water conservancy in Yincheng, and after several confirmations, he locked up Li Zhong, the official servant of Yincheng who had taken office a few years earlier.

So the Seventh Prince asked people to take the fragments of the abandoned silver gate, and asked them to investigate Li Zhong's residence and other backgrounds.

After investigation, the Seventh Prince found that Li Zhong, as an ordinary local water conservancy official, could afford to live in such a luxurious mansion according to his little money, his mansion was almost similar to the mansion of the Qi family in the capital, and there was also a more chic courtyard on the outskirts of the city, which made the Seven Princes even more suspicious of Li Zhong.

Then the guards of the Seven Princes reported that in recent years, the phenomenon of Yincheng officials protecting each other has been very serious, and even the last time there was a middle-aged woman and child beating a drum in the county, saying that they would sue the county finance official Zhang Shuqiang for robbing the little girl, and when he arrived at the court, the county magistrate also protected it several times, and it happened that Li Zhong was also covering for it at that time.

The Seventh Prince already has a complete understanding of that empty servant Li Zhong.

The Seventh Prince led people to sneak to Li Zhong's mansion quietly, and found that the building was empty, so he immediately chased Li Zhong's courtyard on the outskirts of the city, and when he saw it, there was no trace, and there was still a cup of hot tea on the table, and the window was ajar.

He hurried in the direction the window was facing, a deserted path.

Li Zhong took his wife and children and ran very slowly with his baggage. The Seventh Prince and his guards quickly surrounded the people, drew their swords, and the Seven Princes said, "Tell me to go, Lord Li!" ”

The Seventh Prince arranged for someone to settle Li Zhong's wife and children, and quickly took Li Zhong to the abandoned river.

At first, Li Zhong was killed and did not admit it, but later the Seventh Prince threatened his wife and children, and Li Zhong slowly revealed the reason.

It turned out that the official in charge of the water conservancy manufacturing organization in Yincheng and Li Zhong were cousins, and the two of them had already begun this business of embezzling official money and protecting each other a few years ago, just to seek money, and they did not care about the life and death of the entire county people, and only cared about collecting money.

"Do you know that this matter has reached the ears of the emperor, since ancient times, water conservancy has been a major matter that the emperor attaches great importance to, you don't care about the consequences, and there is no trace of destruction afterwards, you can only follow the prince into Beijing to give the emperor an explanation!"

Li Zhong's voice was trembling, and he said tremblingly, "The lower officials are also confused for a while, for a while, the lower officials will definitely enter Beijing to give the emperor an explanation, and the lower officials pleaded and begged the seventh prince to release the minister's wife and children, and let the lower officials bear the consequences alone!" ”

Li Zhong pleaded in horror that the Seventh Prince just wanted the sinner to subdue the law and let the emperor trust him again, and it would have no effect on keeping his wife and children, so he agreed to Li Zhong.

Li Zhong knew that from the day he decided to commit a crime to accumulate money, this day would definitely come, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly, and he didn't know that this matter would spread to the capital, and even the emperor was alarmed, and he couldn't escape this catastrophe no matter what, so he could only let the emperor deal with it.

Seeing Li Zhong bowing his head and sighing, the Seventh Prince said, "Water conservancy is an issue that the emperor has always attached great importance to, and it is related to the survival of the people and the agriculture of the people.

"It's too late for the guilty to regret it, so I can only confess and try to recover some losses."

"This is where you end up."

There was no delay on the way, and when they arrived in the capital, it was already early the next morning.

The Seven Princes spent so much effort, they really wanted to invite credit as soon as possible, win the emperor's trust as soon as possible, and suppress the four princes and the fifth princes.

So according to the time of the previous dynasty, he took Li Zhong into the palace.

When the eunuch informed the emperor that the seven princes wanted to see him, the court was noisy, and the heated discussion was this water conservancy disaster.

After the eunuch Xuan Qizi went to court, Li Zhong also followed him.

"Father, Emperor Qi, the son heard about the problem of water conservancy in Yincheng a few days ago, so he went to Yincheng to investigate the matter thoroughly, and finally found that the Yincheng river gate was cut corners and sought official silver, resulting in the problem of water conservancy out of control, and the person who made money was Li Zhong, the empty servant of Yincheng!"