Left nodded, "Yes, your subordinates are not talented, and they can't compare to a few princes who have a deep relationship with Your Majesty, but they can barely be regarded as worthy of the teacher, and they have the opportunity to serve." ”

Bu Tong felt as if he was slowly getting in touch with the core part of the problem, and all this was about to be revealed, Lin Xiangguo slowly spoke,

"Zuo Chong was friendly with Brother Bai in private back then, but later, for some reason, Brother Bai came together with your father and uncle, as well as Your Majesty, and the relationship became more and more intimate.

Butong looked at Zuozhong, got up and saluted,

"It's a matter of national affairs, the northwest barbarians are now eyeing the tiger, if it is found that we have no soldiers on the border, Lord Zuo, this is not a trivial matter, what will happen to the soldiers on the border, even if you have been working as a civil servant in the center of the imperial court, I am afraid that you don't know, if there is anything unspeakable, I hope to tell you clearly, the courtiers must go back to the house to inform their father and brother, and deal with it as soon as possible."

Zuo Zhong sighed, "Your Majesty is here today to find the county lord's mother, just for this reason." ”

Lin Xiangguo waved his hand, "It's okay to say it's open, get up and sit down and say, it doesn't have to be like this." ”

Bu Tong stepped forward to help Zuo get up, "Lord Zuo, get up quickly." ”

The three of them sat down again, and the atmosphere was completely different from Fang Cai, and the left heavy face finally showed a gloomy cloud, and he drank the tea in the cup angrily and said,

"What I should have expected was that the Duke of Beiguo operated all this behind the scenes, just to help the son of the Liu family to the position of crown prince."

Bu Tong looked at him with a puzzled look,

"Uncle Bai doesn't have a reason to stir up trouble now, even if it's for old friends, as long as they have the idea of using heavy troops to subvert power, it will be infamous through the ages, so why bother."

"How could he care," Zuo Zhong shook his head and sighed, "The Liu family is more important to Brother Bai than the safety of the entire Bai family. ”

Bu Tong was puzzled, and quietly listened to him continue,

"In the past, when I was in the Liu Family School, the Liu family had a friendship with Brother Bai, and the two often met secretly for secret meetings, and the Liu family also liked Brother Bai's stability and courage, so they had the intention to promote this matter......"

What is the plot direction of this? A black line fell on Butong's head, isn't it going to start a cliché plot later?

"Could it be that the Liu family later saw that His Majesty was expected to ascend the throne, and here they ruined their daughter's marriage contract and switched to His Majesty to stabilize their own position?"

Bu Tong couldn't help but say his own inference, Bu Tingyun roughly meant this, because in this way, mentioning the past was even quite contemptuous for the Liu family.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Zhong shook his head,

"No, the Liu family is a national teacher of three dynasties and five generations, with many protégés and most of them ranked among the important ministers, how could they pay for the life of their only daughter in order to win over the new emperor."

Bu Tong sighed,

"With high merit and power, suppressing the new emperor, such a big tree is bound to attract wind."

Zuo Zhong nodded sullenly,

"What the county lord said is extremely true, the overturning of the Liu family has long been a foregone conclusion, but it is a pity that Brother Bai is obviously in love with the Liu family, but in the end he was taken away by His Majesty's horizontal knife, and even pressured the Liu family and the Bai family, so that the two high-ranking families dare not speak out, such a strong and stubborn woman as the Liu family, in order to protect her mother's family, but also to protect the Bai family, had no choice but to enter the palace, but in the end she still did not eliminate His Majesty's jealousy."

Bu Tong looked around,

"Lord Zuo speaks carefully."

Lin Xiangguo coughed, "Ah Tong is right, Lord Zuo has always been steady, why didn't he drink today, but he was so out of proportion." ”

Zuo Zhong smiled bitterly, "Sir, the student has endured all these years according to your instructions, and I really can't bear it anymore, although this matter is His Majesty's shame on the Liu family, but now it is also a peaceful and prosperous world, why should Brother Bai have a storm again, such a thing of aiding and abusive, the student would rather die than agree!" ”

Lin Xiangguo's eyes became cold and hard a little bit, and he turned his head to look at Bu Tong, "You are the county lord of Changping personally appointed by His Majesty, and the word 'Changping' is to make you the county lord of Zhenguo, but at the moment the internal and external troubles are the most difficult, but you can't slack off, even if Your Majesty has made mistakes, but you can't make mistakes on top of mistakes, Brother Bai is now so old, I'm afraid I will make a mistake." ”

Bu Tong only listened quietly, it seems that the power of the Liu family was too big back then is indeed a fact, His Majesty is about to be afraid of the Liu family, and he likes the Liu family, so he took away his beloved from his friends, and then eradicated the Liu family mercilessly, the Duke of Beiguo was indeed sad back then, and now seeing that the child of his sweetheart is out of the country and stationed at the border all the year round, His Majesty is not half sympathetic as if he forgot to have this son, but he can't bear it, so he simply takes advantage of His Majesty's own bad now to call back the three princes, Wholeheartedly support this child of the Liu family to ascend to the supreme position.

Butong shook his head slightly,

"Uncle Bai is such a loving person, I only thought that he had always been iron-faced and selfless, only good at managing soldiers, and he didn't look like a half-smile to the people around him, the most cold-faced general, but I didn't expect to know his other tender appearance today, which is also unusual."

Lin Xiangguo sighed leisurely, "Brother Bai has always been the most simple and straightforward, not like others who don't have half a twist and turn, and they can be regarded as kind." But it is a straight tendon, and it is most likely to do the wrong thing in a radical way. ”

Butong pondered for a moment,

"So what does it mean now, Mr. Lin and Lord Zuo think that Uncle Bai has the intention to support the Third Highness, so that he can accumulate the strength of the army, and want to take advantage of the emptiness of the treasury in Kyoto City after the army is drawn out of the camp, and the resistance is insufficient, forcing His Majesty to appoint the Third Highness as the crown prince?"

Lin Xiangguo raised his eyes to look at Butong, his eyes were clean and helpless, "The county lord really thinks that if the Bai family brother has the heart to make trouble, the purpose is just to promote the third highness to the position of the crown prince?" If so, what will happen to them if they only wait for the army to be in good health, or if Your Majesty's health improves? ”

Bu Tong admitted that even if he lived another life, he still didn't understand the appearance, if they really succeeded, I am afraid that the government and the opposition will be overturned and the dynasty will be changed.

Zuo Zhong sighed, "Even if you want to be a pure minister in all forces, it is in the case of the chaos of the court, even if the forces of all parties are fighting all year round, it is not necessary to worry about the matter that does not hurt the foundation, but now, if the court is gone, how should you deal with yourself as a courtier?" Even if the subordinates will never recover from the catastrophe and increase their infamy, they will never allocate the silver grain out of the treasury like this and help the abuse. ”

Bu Tong was full of emotion,

"I thought that if I got rid of the traitors and scheming people in Kyoto City, I could live in peace, but I didn't want it to be a matter of life and death."

Bu Tong immediately got up, bent down deeply and saluted,

"The two adults are bent on consolidating the court, the courtiers are very admirable, this matter cannot be delayed, Rong Butong went back to the house to tell his father and brother, and made plans early."

Lin Xiangguo and Zuo Zhong immediately got up and saluted, "The county lord is righteous." ”

Bu Tong sat in the carriage again, only to feel that the whole person's whole head was a mess, originally peaceful and prosperous, happy, how to get to this point, Chun Tao sat by the window only felt that there seemed to be some noise outside, opened the curtain and took a look, and suddenly opened his mouth and instructed the people outside, "Stop at the pastry shop in front, Miss is hungry, you go pick up some good ones to buy." ”

The coachman should get down, Bu Tong heard the sound of the carriage being slowly stopped, and looked at Chun Tao in puzzlement,

"Chun Tao, I'm not hungry at the moment, the most important thing is to hurry back to the house and tell my father and brother about these things."

A black figure instantly lifted the curtain and entered the door, and Chun Tao sat outside, "I'm afraid that Lord Tang also has something important to tell Miss." ”

Tang Xuanlin took off his hood, "Thank you, Miss Chuntao." ”

Bu Tong saw him and hurriedly spoke,

"I'm thinking about how to contact you, and there are some things that I need to tell the Fourth Highness as soon as possible."

Tang Xuanlin nodded,

"I'm afraid it's not the Duke of the North conspiring to rebel?"

Bu Tong was stunned, and he had a conversation with Lin Xiangguo and Zuo Chong, just saying that the Duke of Beiguo was planning a foolish thing, but the layer of window paper that no one pierced was undoubtedly a rebellion.

Butong nodded,

"You've got it."

Tang Xuanlin looked at Butong's lost appearance, and a trace of distress flashed in his eyes,

"I was chasing a little clue about why my sister-in-law wanted to target the four highnesses, and ordered Suzaku to investigate, and then I tracked down an old general who had retired under the command of the Duke of the North Kingdom, who had been working behind the Duke of the South Kingdom, and was responsible for delivering news to the sister-in-law in the day, and today he was quietly caught by the people of Dongchang, and he confessed after asking for a while, saying that the Duke of the North intended the position of the prince, while making the Four Highnesses have no heirs and lose the hearts of the people; On the one hand, he supported the Third Highness, and took advantage of his meritorious service in the west to win some people's hearts and minds in one fell swoop. ”

Bu Tong only felt that his scalp was numb,

"Uncle Bai is confused."

Tang Xuanlin sighed softly,

"I have told the Fourth Highness about this matter, but the matter that the Holy Decree has been issued and cannot be changed is really troublesome, and now His Highness is afraid that he is rushing to the Nanguo Mansion to discuss this matter."

Bu Tong thought quickly,

"It is imminent to send troops, it is imperative, what we have to do now is to find a way to keep Mu Hewen in Kyoto City, once the bottom of the kettle is drawn, without the so-called military merits of the Third Highness, it is best to regenerate some stains, so that the forced palace of the Duke of Beiguo will completely become an unpopular rebellion, will the uncle give up this idea of rebellion for the sake of the reputation of the Bai family for several generations, for the sake of Sister Peony."

Tang Xuanlin frowned,

"If this method of making the Third Highness lose the hearts of the people has nothing to do with you, I agree with it."

Bu Tong looked at Tang Xuanlin's fairy-like face, and now he was looking at himself with worry, he was still in a good mood, and reached out to hold Tang Xuanlin's hand,

"Xuanlin, just now Lin Xiangguo told me that His Majesty named me the 'Changping County Lord', and specially took the word 'Changping', which is to make me the county lord of Zhenguo, and now looking at the city of Kyoto, my reputation among the people of the county lord is more than you, the overseer of Dongchang, if something happens to me, and then the people of Dongchang will find a way to spread it, I'm afraid that Mu Hewen will be beaten when he goes out?"