In the palace of Wuling, Xiao Ye was sitting in the pavilion in the backyard with the princess Liu, chatting and laughing, and Liu Fang, as Liu's brother-in-law and Xiao Ye's brother-in-law, also sat together drinking tea and chatting.

"This king heard that yesterday Xie Guifei was put on a table by Xie Zheng, in order to raise food, offended many nobles of the noble clan, is this true?" Xiao Ye asked Liu Fang suspiciously, and Liu Fang replied: "I vaguely heard about it, but I didn't believe it, so I went to inquire, it's true!" ”

And Liu sat aside, as if he remembered something, and suddenly said: "The concubine has also heard about this matter, when the concubine went into the palace this morning to ask Shuyi Niangniang to say goodbye, I heard Shuyi Niangniang mention it, saying that Xie Guifei was ordered to invite the Jiankang Shi clan and the noble daughter, but in fact, she was used by the county lord of Shanyin, not only did she not get any benefits, but she was also hated by the scholars. ”

Xiao Ye was not very happy when he heard this, and said triumphantly: "It's not good to offend someone, but to offend the scholars, I'm afraid the third brother's road to winning the heir will not be easy to go in the future." ”

"Isn't that just right? There is one less stumbling block on the road under His Royal Highness's feet," Liu said, adding some tea to the teacup in front of Xiao Ye, and then holding the teacup and sending it to Xiao Ye's mouth with tenderness, the whole person looked more and more charming.

But Xiao Ye was not busy drinking, but said expressionlessly: "There are many third brothers, and there is no interest in this king, and now the biggest enemy of this king is the eldest brother!" ”

"Prince?" Liu put down the teacup, withdrew his hand, and was surprised, but also with a contemptuous smile, it seemed to be very disdainful of Xiao Zhen, and laughed: "What is he!" ”

"The eldest brother has Xie Zheng to give him advice, and he is indeed an opponent! This king doesn't dare to underestimate him anymore," Xiao Ye spoke, with a slightly sad look on his eyebrows.

Liu sneered and said bluntly: "Then kill the county lord of Shanyin, without the support of the county lord of Shanyin, the prince will naturally not be the opponent of His Royal Highness." ”

Xiao Ye didn't speak, holding the teacup in front of her, looking at the tea in the cup quietly, as if she was pondering, and said meaningfully for a long time: "Leave it to harm yourself, kill it is a pity, with her intelligence, wouldn't it be better if it could be used by this king?" It's a pity...... What a pity! ”

As he spoke, he suddenly spilled the tea in the cup, which was meaningful.

Liu Shi seemed to disagree, and pondered: "This county lord of Shanyin, is it really so powerful?" ”

"She once designed to make this king lose his right hand, what do you think?" Xiao Ye looked indifferent, looked at Liu with a torch in his eyes, and did not say more, Liu looked at him with four eyes, and finally closed his mouth and asked no more.

Xiao Ye's eyes were also gentler at the moment, and he continued: "This Xie Zheng, if she only has some means, it is not enough to make this king so jealous, but she is good at calculating people's hearts and guessing the holy will, so she is deeply favored by her father." Pingxiang, do you know that my father now not only trusts her, but is almost obedient, you say, such a person is not terrible! ”

Liu was stunned and didn't dare to speak, Liu Fang relieved his sister's trouble, so he took over the words and said with a sneer: "Your Highness, this will be Xie Zheng, she was Xie Yu's anti-thief impostor, and she has sent someone to Boling to invite Xie Zheng's brother, and Xie Yu will show his feet at that time." ”

Xiao Ye laughed, and only said: "How many words are credible about what Huan Rang said?" You see that he has been with this king for half a year, and in these six months, has he done anything that satisfies this king? ”

Liu Fang was speechless, and there was a burst of baby crying not far away, which was a cry from the house, and then I saw the maid holding the prince and hurriedly walked out, and saw Liu sitting in the pavilion, hurriedly ran over, and shouted far away: "Princess Niangniang, His Royal Highness the prince woke up and couldn't see you, crying so much!" ”

At that time, Liu also stood up anxiously, and when the maid came to her, she hurriedly reached out to bring the son, but she opened her mouth to blame the maid: "Why don't you see the nurse?" ”

The maid replied hesitantly: "Slave...... The slave doesn't know ......."

Liu hugged the son of the world and shook it gently, the son really stopped crying, and fell asleep again, Liu scolded the maid without knowing the severity: "Useless things!" I can't bring you a child! ”

She scolded and scolded, and woke up the son who had just closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep, and the son immediately cried loudly, Liu suddenly panicked again, and hurriedly continued to shake, who knew that the son was crying more and more, Liu was anxious and dry, and complained: "You child, this good manner, what are you making trouble with your mother!" ”

The "thunderous" cry of the prince made Xiao Ye particularly distressed, and he also hurriedly stood up, involuntarily shook his face at Liu, and scolded: "Give Ying'er to this king!" ”

Seeing that Xiao Ye had stretched out his arm, Liu hurriedly "stuffed" the prince into his hand.

Xiao Ye didn't blame Liu anymore, he held the son in his arms, and his whole body couldn't help but sway gently, he looked down at the son in his arms, with a rare fatherly smile on his face, and said softly: "Ying'er is good, Ying'er doesn't cry, Ying'er is obedient...... Girl's ......"

After a while, the son fell asleep again, and Xiao Ye, the father, seemed to be more able to take care of the child than the Liu family, who was the mother.

At this time, another maid came here to report: "Your Highness, the concierge has spread that Huan Yushi is here and is waiting in the guest hall." ”

Just now Liu Fang mentioned Huan Rang to him, and now that Huan Rang is here, Xiao Ye sneered: "It's really Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive," after that, he carefully sent the prince to Liu's arms, and then took Liu Fang to the guest hall.

Huan Rang was standing in the guest hall waiting, and when he saw Xiao Ye coming here, he hurriedly saluted respectfully, bent down slightly, bowed his hand, and called: "See Your Highness." ”

Xiao Ye here was not in a hurry to take care of him, so he walked straight into the guest hall and sat on the stool until the whole person was stable

, Fang Cai raised his hand to Chonghuan Rang, motioned him to straighten up, and asked in his mouth: "Come here today, but there is something to report?" ”

Huan Rang was not in a hurry to reply, but just took out a palm-sized piece of wood from his sleeve pocket and presented it to Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye took the wooden slip, looked at it casually, supported it with his left hand, and looked at the painting on the wooden slip, which was outside the Baohua Gate of the harem, a man wearing a long instep court dress and a nine-fold flat crown on his head stood in front of the Baohua Gate, and there was a wide robe with big sleeves, and a literati with a scholar on his head stood in front of the man, nodding and saying something.

The Pingtian crown is worn by the emperor and the princes and kings, as well as the three princes and nine kings, and the emperor wears the Pingtian crown is twelve, the crown prince and the princes are nine, the three princes and the princes are six.

However, Xiao Zhen's Pingtian crown was added to the top of the ten.

As soon as Xiao Ye saw the one painted on the wooden slab, wearing a nine-hundred-day crown, he also guessed who it was, so he asked Huan Rang: "This is the third brother?" ”

"It's indeed the king of Linchuan," Huan Rang seemed to think that he had made a meritorious service, and he was smug when he spoke.

Xiao Ye asked again: "Who is this next to you?" ”

"The younger brother of Zhu Fen of the bus order, Lang Jun from the Zhu family of Wu County, is named Zhu Lian, and his expression is Yuxian."

Xiao Ye smiled contemptuously: "He also wants to win over the Zhu clan of Wu County!" As he spoke, as soon as his right hand was raised, Liu Fang, who was standing on the right side, happened to take the wooden slip.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Xiao Ye snapped his wrist and didn't look up, his tone was still slightly lazy.

Huan let Chengzhu report in his chest: "This is submitted by the imperial detective under Xiaguan, saying that the King of Linchuan was advised by this Zhu Langjun and conspired with Xie Guifei, intending to let Si Nongqing Lu Huilin ask His Majesty for his life and arrange for the matter of escorting grain and grass in the matter, Xiaguan thought that the King of Linchuan planned like this, and he must have ulterior motives, so he hurriedly reported the matter to His Royal Highness." ”

The responsibility of the Imperial Historical Observatory is to be a mysterious spy who comes and goes without a trace, and specifically monitors the civil and military officials, these imperial detectives are the illiterate people selected by the Imperial Historical Observatory, but these illiterate people must have a specialty, that is, painting, not asking for the painter to be as exquisite as "Gu Lu", just to be able to draw a rough.

Because when they perform the duty of monitoring the hundred officials, if they find anyone wrong, they must draw the scene on the wooden slab, hand it over to their own contact person for inspection, and then the contact person will check it, and finally present it to the law enforcement officer, that is, the imperial history Zhongcheng.

And Huan Rang is in charge of the supervision of the imperial city, and the imperial detectives under him are all internal supervisors and palace eunuchs, scattered all over the imperial city.

Therefore, Huan Rang's errand is indeed a good errand, but whenever there is any disturbance in the imperial city, as long as he is caught by the imperial detective, he will definitely know.

This is also the reason why Xiao Daocheng is the most taboo for Yushitai officials to form gangs!

"Escort the grain and grass ......," Xiao Ying said, only then did she raise her head and think, "Do they want to start with the grain and grass?" ”

Liu Fang, who was standing on the side, also thought about it for a while, and said: "Your Highness, I think that the king of Linchuan intends to plant blame, and now he has arranged to escort the grain and grass in the matter, and he will definitely order someone to rob the grain and grass on the way, either to treat the crime of ineffective handling of the matter, or to frame the person for embezzling the grain and grass in the matter." ”

Huan Rang then said: "I heard from the imperial detective that when the king of Linchuan was in Hanzhang Palace, he mentioned that he wanted to avenge the hussar general's destruction for Xie Guifei, and the lower officials thought that they must have wanted to frame the hussar general and the father and son in the matter to swallow grain and grass. ”

Xiao Ying arranged it like this, the meaning was obvious, how could Xiao Ye not know, he sneered: "With his little ability, he also wants to calculate the king?" Bite off more than one can chew! ”

"Now that His Highness knows that he is going to be so calculating, he must be on guard."

"Then tell me, how should the king be prepared?" Xiao Ying glanced sideways.

Huan Rang said: "According to the humble opinion of the lower officials, it is better to take the initiative to ask Your Majesty for orders in the matter and go to Jiuzhen County to escort the grain and grass, however, you must let Si Nongqing accompany you, so that even if something really happens on the road, it is Si Nongqing's problem, Your Highness, you think, now the hussar general is on the way to Jiuzhen County, and he urgently needs grain and grass support, what is wrong with the grain and grass, Your Majesty will never suspect the hussar general's son!" ”

"Well," Xiao Ye thought about it, nodded approvingly, and said: "It's indeed a good plan, then do as you say, this king will immediately summon Shen Wenhe to discuss." ”

Huan Rang glanced at the wooden slip held in Liu Fang's hand, and asked Xiao Ye tentatively: "That'...... Do you want to present this wooden stump to the Imperial History? ”

"No need," Xiao Ye gave Liu Fang a look, and only said, "Take it and burn it." ”

Liu Fang nodded, then took the wooden slip down, and Huan Rang then also said: "The lower official retired." ”

At daylight, Xie Zheng was invited by Xiao Zheng to the Prince's Mansion as a guest, and the two sat in the courtyard in front of the Xuan Garden to drink tea, and drank until the evening, when the sun set.

Yin Luo suddenly came to this point, and said: "Your Highness, Shen Wenhe asked His Majesty for an order today, to go to Jiuzhen County to escort grain and grass, and now Taicang has prepared grain and grass, just waiting for tomorrow's departure." ”

"Escorting grain and grass? Shouldn't this be Si Nongqing's concern? How to get his turn? Xiao Zhen was slightly surprised, Lu Huilin is the third person, Shen Wenhe, as the fifth henchman, has always been a mortal enemy with them, how can he have a relationship with Lu Huilin now?

I didn't believe it at first, but it was true! And not only that, but Shen Wenhe also inquired that Shen Wenhe later asked His Majesty for orders to let Lu Huilin accompany him, "If there is no definite news, Yin Luo will definitely not come here to alarm Xiao Zhen."

Xiao Zhen thought to himself after hearing this, and then asked, "Then what did Lu Huilin say?" ”

"Your Majesty's holy decree, he naturally has nothing to say, so he immediately agreed to it."

Xiao Zhen bowed his head, thought about it, and said: "You send a few people to mix in with their team to escort grain and grass, keep an eye on them, but if there is a little bit of trouble, immediately pass the book and report to Lonely, remember to be careful, don't startle the snake." ”

"Yes! Let's arrange it," Yin Luo bowed his hand, and then left.

After Yin Luo left, Xiao Zhen thought for a moment, and then suddenly showed a sneer, and said: "I thought he was reversed by the third child, but it turned out to be like this." ”

Yin Luo said that Shen Wenhe asked Cheng Rate to accompany him, Xiao Zhen immediately understood the reason for this matter, Xie Zheng also understood this matter when he heard it, and quipped: "Shen Wenhe and a Wenchen, how could a good person deign to ask for grain and grass to be escorted, I'm afraid I didn't hear any rumors, in order to protect myself." ”

Xie Zheng had already expected that Shen Wenhe's request to escort grain and grass was forced by the situation, and when she said this, she smiled contemptuously, and then said: "However, bring Lu Huilin as a talisman, I'm afraid I will ask Linchuan Wang Bai to design a one." ”

"How do you know that the third child will not abandon the Lu family in order to get rid of the Shen family completely?"

"They have offended the scholars, and now, I am afraid that they would like to tie the Lu family firmly, how can they be willing to give up," Xie Zheng took a leisurely sip of tea, and then said: "In fact, His Royal Highness does not need to send someone to keep an eye on them, now Shen Yuzhi is in urgent need of grain and grass support, Shen Wenhe will not delay the process of escorting grain and grass in order to design Lu Huilin, as for Lu Huilin, he is Si Nongqing, but if something goes wrong with the grain and grass, His Majesty is the first to ask the blame, and he naturally does not dare to do anything on the grain and grass." ”

"Having said that, you can send someone to keep an eye on it, and you can always rest assured," Xiao Zhen said, and also picked up the tea cup, Xie Zheng said pointedly: "In the future, these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains will all belong to His Highness, and His Highness is naturally reluctant to give up the treasure land in the south." ”

After she said that, she smiled at Xiao Zhen, and then raised the teacup and clinked glasses with him.

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