Lord Du didn't know that in addition to the two of them in the room, there was another person on the roof.

The man listened to the conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Du clearly, and only after the couple had rested did he jump off the roof and turn to leave......

In the guest house

Huo Sijin looked at Chu Zheng, who was sitting opposite, and the corners of his lips lifted lightly, "Tianxing, this game, I may have won." "As you speak, place the white pieces in your hand somewhere on the board.

Before Chu Zheng could speak, there was a sound of the door opening in his ears.

The person who walked in was the man in black on the roof, and the man in black ripped off the face towel to reveal a familiar face, which was Zheng Changdong.

"Sure enough, as Huo Gongzi expected, Master Du has an account book in his hand, which clearly records the whereabouts of the disaster relief money over the years."

In the main room, Zheng Changdong heard it clearly, Lord Du wanted to show favor to the prince, and the treasure he wanted to offer was the account book.

As he spoke, Zheng Changdong took out an account book from his arms and presented it with both hands, "The disaster relief money allocated by the imperial court every year, except for the one that fell into the hands of Lord Du, the rest fell into the hands of the five princes, and this account book is clearly recorded. ”

"Fifth prince, how could it be him?" Huo Sijin was slightly surprised, she guessed that there must be a bigger figure behind Du Yancai, but she didn't expect that this person would be the fifth prince Chu Heng.

Chu Heng is the prince of the prince, and he is of noble birth, how can he take a fancy to Huzhou's disaster relief silver?

Although the imperial court has allocated funds to Huzhou every year, but the floods in Huzhou are serious, and relief is needed every year, and the imperial court has long been impatient, coupled with the continuous wars at the border gates, the treasury is tight, and the disaster relief silver that can be allocated to Huzhou is only about 200,000 taels per year.

"The fifth prince has brocade clothes and jade food on weekdays, and the brocade robe and accessories around him alone are more than 200,000 taels, how can he still be greedy for this bit of disaster relief silver in Huzhou?" Huo Sijin was deeply puzzled.

Greedy for ink is risky, and it seems a bit worthless to take such a big risk to be greedy for this bit of silver? Of course, for Chu Heng, this bit of silver may be money that ordinary people can't spend in ten lifetimes.

"Maybe the five princes' brocade clothes were bought with the disaster relief money from Huzhou." Zheng Changqing took over and smiled again, "Your Highness only needs to put this account book in front of Your Majesty, and the Fifth Prince will no longer be able to make a splash." ”

This account book is ironclad evidence, with this thing, it is enough to bring down the five princes.

If you want to talk about several princes in the capital, Zheng Changqing hates the fifth prince Chu Heng the most, since Chu Zheng returned to the capital, Chu Heng has always wanted to take away the position of the prince, and he is a stumbling block everywhere. Although Chu Heng couldn't help Chu Zheng, he was disgusting like a fly.

Zheng Changqing, like Zheng Changdong, was also a guard who had followed Chu Zheng for many years, and he was loyal to him, wishing that the fifth prince Chu Heng would be thrown to the ground and never get up again.

Hearing this, Huo Sijin thought in his heart, and then said to Chu Zheng: "This account book should indeed be submitted to Your Majesty, but this should not be done by you. ”

Chu Zheng raised his eyes and glanced at Huo Sijin, and with just one glance, he understood what Huo Sijin meant, and handed the account book to Huo Sijin, "You are good at copying handwriting, so I'll leave this to you." ”

The corners of Huo Sijin's lips raised slightly, took the account book, nodded and smiled: "Okay, I will copy it overnight, but I just put the account book back, but I don't have that ability, and I have to trouble Zheng Weiwei." ”

Zheng Changdong and Zheng Changqing both looked confused, "Put the account books back?" Zheng Changqing was not as calm as his brother, and immediately asked, "I finally got this account book, why do you have to send it back?" ”

Isn't it just a waste of work to send the account books back?

"Everyone knows that the five princes and the crown prince are fighting, if the five princes' greed for ink is exposed by the prince, there will inevitably be rumors that the prince deliberately framed the five princes, so instead of letting His Royal Highness present this account book, it is better for Du Yancai, the governor of Huzhou, to confess, and then this account book will really be ironclad evidence. Once Du Yancai is arrested and returned to the capital, the five princes will definitely find a way to cover Du Yancai's mouth, and even destroy the account book, I will immediately copy a fake one, and then Lao Zheng's guards will send the copied account book back to its original place. ”

After Huo Sijin's explanation, the Zheng brothers understood. Transcribing the account books is actually an additional insurance measure, and the real account books have always been in their hands, and they are not afraid of the five princes breaking them.

Zheng Changqing muttered: "How much silver the five princes are greedy for, I remember it clearly in this account book, His Royal Highness has stayed at the border all these years, and he has not interfered in anything in the capital, saying that His Royal Highness framed the five princes, who would do such a thing, it is not reasonable at all!" ”

He couldn't understand that the silver was not greedy by the prince, so how could it be said that the prince framed the five princes?

"Don't forget, what is the greatest reliance of the five princes." Huo Sijin said lightly.

The reason why the fifth prince Chu Heng has the ability to compete with Chu Zheng is not because of the Yao clan behind him. The Queen Mother and the Empress are all from the Yao family, although Empress Yao is not favored, but the Empress Dowager Yao is indeed the emperor's biological mother, and it is impossible for the emperor not to listen to her words.

"Besides, Your Majesty actually has a lot of doubts." Huo Sijin looked at Chu Zheng cautiously, and saw that his expression did not change, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Could it be that Your Majesty will also be suspicious of Your Highness?" Zheng Changqing was very surprised.

At this time, Chu Zheng spoke, "You go down first, wait for Changjin to copy the account books, and then you can send them to Changdong." ”

Zheng Changdong immediately nodded in response, "The subordinates will retire first." Before leaving, he didn't forget to drag Zheng Changqing, who was full of doubts, away.

Huo Sijin's heart, which had just been relieved, suddenly tightened again, and Chu Zheng seemed a little displeased......

"Changjin lost his words for a while, and asked His Highness for forgiveness." Huo Sijin hurriedly confessed.

Chu Zheng's gaze fell on her, "You used the wrong name." ”

He said that in the future, she would call him Tianxing in private.

Huo Sijin was about to change his words, but Chu Zheng said again: "Changjin, tell everything you know, don't shy away from it." ”

He knew she knew what he was referring to.

Huo Sijin raised his eyes and faced Chu Zheng's eyes, his eyes were sharp, but there was no anger, naturally revealing a kind of calmness and indifference.

Actually, Chu Zheng has a number in his heart......

"When I was a child, I heard that His Majesty had a deep affection for Empress Yuanjing, and when he was a prince, he took the initiative to ask for marriage, and later ascended the throne, and the first thing he did was to canonize his wife Xie as the queen."

"It's a pity that Queen Yuanjing died of illness within a few years. In the same year that Empress Yuan Jing died, His Majesty canonized her son as the crown prince, who was only six years old that year. Everyone said that His Majesty loved His Royal Highness the Crown Prince the most, so he was canonized as the prince early. ”

Huo Sijin changed his words, "But Changjin doesn't think so, if Your Majesty really likes His Royal Highness the Prince, why did he wait until Empress Yuanjing died before issuing an edict to canonize him?" The death of his biological mother made a young prince seem glorious, but in fact he was dangerous. ”

"After the canonization ceremony, the emperor sent the prince to the border pass for training, and since then he has stayed away from the capital, and the hands in the capital can't reach the border pass, isn't this a kind of protection?" The corners of Chu Zheng's lips lightly hooked up a touch of sarcasm.

Under the sleeves, Huo Sijin's fingers rubbed unconsciously, looking at the irony in Chu Zheng's expression, could it be that he really knew everything in his heart? But since he knew in his heart that the emperor did not value him as much as he appeared, why did he ...... in his previous life

That's it, Huo Sijin took a deep breath, since the words have been said, he might as well spit them out. Whether Chu Zheng knows it or not, as a strategist, she should also give him a wake-up call.

"Your Majesty sent the prince to the border pass, it seems to be protection, but this is more than ten years, and when the prince returns to the capital, there is no foundation, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, how many people can the prince use?"

Huo Sijin shook his head, "There are too few people who are willing to support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, compared to the Fifth Prince, or even the Third Prince, the Crown Prince can be said to be weak. For more than ten years, the prince in the capital has already firmly occupied the capital and the court, and what does His Royal Highness have in his hands? ”

"The prince has been staying at the border pass for more than ten years, making great achievements and holding heavy troops, but these soldiers can't do anything except guard the border pass. Beiliang and Xirong have always been eyeing each other, the border war is unstable, and the two prefectures of Lin and Xia are the most important barriers in Southern Chu. The importance of the Luo family's army to Southern Chu, the prince knows better than anyone else, even if it is really time to use force in the future, can the prince transfer these troops back to the capital? ”

"Can't!" didn't need Chu Zheng to speak, Huo Sijin answered for him.

Immediately, Huo Sijin said with a straight face, "Once the border pass is insufficient, it is very likely that Beiliang and Xirong will immediately attack the border pass, and even if the crown prince wins the throne, he will not be able to stop the foreign invasion." ”

What will be the consequences of foreign invasion of the Central Plains?

In the early days of the establishment of the Southern Chu State, Beiliang and Xirong had invaded, and almost all the cities that were slaughtered were destroyed, and no one survived, and the tragic situation made people unbearable to look at directly.

Huo Sijin raised his eyes to look at Chu Zheng again, "The most important thing is that according to your temperament, you would rather die on the battlefield than allow the soldiers and horses of other races to step into the land of Southern Chu." ”

Died on the battlefield, and there were no bones left, this was the end of his previous life.

If Chu Zheng hadn't chosen to go to the border at that time, then the last person to take the position would definitely not be Chu Li. Huo Sijin in his previous life was still rejoicing at that time, fortunately, Chu Zheng was a hard bone, and he would rather bend than bend, otherwise it would be difficult for Chu Li to sit on the throne.

Now that she thinks about it, she really wants to slap herself twice.

Huo Sijin, you were still the prime minister at that time, as the head of a hundred officials, but you only cared about the love of your children, knowing that Chu Zheng would rather not take the throne, but also go to the border to fight, you don't support such a prince who cares about the people, but you want to help Chu Li's selfish villain, you really damn it!

If you can live a new life, God probably wants you to make up for the mistakes of your previous life, right?