Chapter 334: In full swing
Chu Hongze would open the letter in front of them, and then reply to his own words, or give them a secret message that they needed them to help transmit for themselves.
At this moment, it was as if they had secretly set up a secret intelligence network, and then strengthened their contact with each other in this way, and discussed what kind of plan.
After those loyal ministers got Chu Hongze's reply, they often began to contact other people who were close to them.
Most of them are loyal ministers of the first emperor and some people who are dissatisfied with the new emperor, although on the surface it seems that there are few left, but in fact, there are many such people, so they gradually joined the team of Chu Hongze and other loyal ministers.
Their team became more and more important, and they gradually united as one, and they also had a common goal, and this goal was self-evident, that is, to overthrow the new emperor Chu Hongchen under the command of Chu Hongze.
Everything seems to be going smoothly and covertly.
"Coming back? His Royal Highness King Rui has said what is the next step? The loyal minister saw his cronies returning, so he hurriedly asked.
"Returning to my lordship, His Royal Highness King Rui said that the only way to carry forward our plan now is to find the clues of the sudden death of the former emperor."
Listening to the words of his cronies, the loyal minister immediately showed a look of sudden realization, he didn't even think of this move, and then he went down to prepare without the slightest hesitation.
Everything is in full swing, and Chu Hongchen, who is still searching for the whereabouts of Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi at this moment, naturally doesn't know what these things are happening, so he perfectly missed the news that Chu Hongze had secretly searched for those remnants of loyal ministers in the past two days, and also missed a whole big move.
At this moment, Chu Hongchen gradually became a little anxious, he often had trouble sleeping, and even when he was usually awake, sitting and standing also made him feel very uncomfortable.
Not because he was sick or what, but because the news that was useful to him never reached his ears, that is, the things that Mu Zirong encouraged him to do - to search for Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi.
This matter has not been settled, so he has been torturing Chu Hongchen, he thinks about it every day, and he is about to eat and sleep well.
And the suspicion that his subordinates have a spy often torments every nerve of him, and he will doubt everyone when he sees it now, so the people he accepts are also panicked, for fear that he will be suspected by the emperor.
On this day, the subordinates sent out to find the news still reported to him: "Your Majesty, we are about to turn the capital upside down, but there is still no trace of the whereabouts of those two people!" ”
After knowing that his people were almost about to turn the entire imperial city upside down, and they didn't see Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi at all, Chu Hongchen couldn't help but start to be a little more anxious, at first he thought that as long as he looted as much as he did now, there would be news of the two of them immediately.
But even like this, this matter has not made the slightest progress, but has become more and more confusing, and may even attract the attention of many people, which makes Chu Hongchen very unacceptable.
He hadn't eaten well or slept well for a few days because of this, and he had hardly had an eye-catching attitude for several days, but he hadn't touched anyone at all, not even God had been moved by his attitude.
Because the purpose of what he did was not simple, although it was to find someone, it was very clear, in the final analysis, it was not a good thing, and naturally he would not get anyone's help.
It's just that Chu Hongchen himself doesn't think so, he is a little angry and thinks about why he tried so hard to find the whereabouts of those two people to no avail, and the people he sent out are becoming more and more strict in dealing with this matter, it stands to reason that the whereabouts of those two people should be able to be searched soon, and the efficiency is very high.
However, why did it become much more difficult for him after he listened to Mu Zirong's words and intensified his efforts to send people out to search?
But this is also understandable, after all, no matter who you are, you must feel a little anxious if you haven't made the slightest progress for such a long time.
Chu Hongchen's cronies on the side saw Chu Hongchen's uneasy appearance, so he couldn't help but remind: "Since the emperor is so worried about this matter, it is better to think about whether the prince of the enemy country is the wrong news, and whether these two people are not in the capital at all?" Why else, after searching for so long, the two big living people would have disappeared into thin air in our imperial city? It stands to reason that even if they dig three feet into the ground, they should have already found the two of them, but there is no news so far, and it is very likely that they are not in the imperial city at all, so we can't find it! ”
His words made Chu Hongchen suddenly wake up from a dream, and after listening to what his subordinate said, the doubts he had been carrying for the past two days suddenly seemed to have suddenly opened up, and he had a posture of clearing the clouds and seeing the moon.
So, Chu Hongchen quickly thought about it, and commanded the subordinate who was waiting for his decision as quickly as possible: "You are right, it is indeed possible, hurry up and call the prince of the enemy country for me, I want to find a chance to talk to him about this matter." ”
After learning that Chu Hongchen's plan failed, Mu Zirong's mood was not very bright, and he was also annoyed by this matter, after all, he didn't expect that the result of asking the other party's emperor to help him search on the enemy's territory was so unsatisfactory, and he didn't know if this Chu Hongchen's person was too useless, or if those two people really seemed to have wings to come and go here freely.
Of course, Mu Zirong still felt that the first option was more likely, so he preferred to use the first way to speculate on the outcome of this matter, after all, according to his analysis, Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi would definitely come to the capital.
After receiving Chu Hongchen's summons, Mu Zirong's not very sunny mood became even more cloudy, because he didn't expect that when he hadn't questioned his ability, the other party actually took the initiative to come to the door, which was tantamount to hitting the muzzle of the gun.
But I don't know why, Mu Zirong, who was not very good-tempered, didn't refuse this time, but agreed, and came to Chu Hongchen's bedroom soon after getting the news.
When he came here, Chu Hongchen began to mention this matter to him without the slightest hesitation.
"Prince Mu, are you mistaken, my people have been sent out to search for those two people for a long time, and they are almost going to dig three feet in this imperial city, but there is no news of those two people at all, and the only explanation is that they are not in the imperial city of my Longteng Kingdom at all."
Perhaps the questioning flavor in Chu Hongchen's tone was too obvious, so Mu Zirong immediately felt a little dissatisfied, and he could be angry with Chu Hongchen anytime and anywhere now.
Thinking back to the fact that he couldn't find Wen Ruyi now, his mood was even worse, so he simply said it directly.
"How is that possible? It must be Wen Ruyi who took Chu Hongze away, and it is impossible for other people to carry this matter on! Since Chu Hongze escaped from me and ascended to heaven, then he must have received Wen Ruyi's help, the two of them have no escape, they can only come to your Longteng country, and now they haven't found it, it's just that your ability to do things is not enough. If he really had any ability to do things, he might have already found the whereabouts of the two of them! ”
Facing these words spoken by Mu Zirong in an annoyed tone, Chu Hongchen was suddenly speechless, he directly asked his subordinates in the palace to invite Mu Zirong down, and then sat in place with a headache to support his forehead, it seemed that he was very anxious about what happened just now.
Not only that, but in recent days, those ministers have often found something for him to do, that is, they began to protest against Chu Hongchen's actions by taking advantage of the fact that Chu Hongchen had no intention of taking care of the government these days, and he didn't even go to the early court.
This incident caught Chu Hongchen off guard, and he also felt very anxious for a moment.
The anxious Chu Hongchen now feels that everything is not developing in a good direction, but has a feeling that everything is hopeless.
But the current situation made him feel that his future was simply shattered, so he decided not to wait so absurdly.
Because he knew that even if he listened to Mu Zirong's words, he would still be powerless to look for it like this, so he found Mu Zirong again and put forward his thoughts to him personally, "I'm sorry, Prince Mu, I'm afraid I have to refuse your requests." ”
After Mu Zirong heard this, he couldn't help but skip a beat, and he didn't seem to be able to react to what was going on.
However, in the face of the current situation, what kind of request is actually self-evident, and if you think about it carefully, you can know that in such a situation, there is only one problem that they can communicate with each other because of this matter.
Looking at Mu Zirong's somewhat puzzled eyes, Chu Hongchen naturally directly understood what he wanted to say, so he replied directly without him asking: "I have decided to give up the search, because it is meaningless, Prince Mu, do you know what I am talking about?" ”
Now that he is the emperor of the Longteng Kingdom, although he doesn't want to be too stiff with Mu Zirong, there is no need to accommodate him.