Song Zhao hurriedly responded: "Erchen obeys the order, and the real murderer must be arrested as soon as possible." ”

The emperor was still not at ease, his voice was gloomy, and he said slowly: "It's best to be like this, I can't rub sand in my eyes, and I will never let people who plot against you live, if you can't find out the truth, I will never spare you!" ”

"Erchen understands." Song Zhao bowed and retreated, and after leaving the hall, the wind blew, only to feel a layer of cold sweat on his back, his mood was a little heavy, if it was easy to find out the real culprit, he would not be clueless for so many days.

Thinking all the way, the two people behind them saw the prince and hurriedly caught up, while lowering his voice and shouting: "Lord Wang, please stay!" ”

Song Zhao looked back at the sound and saw the two of them, he was a little surprised, so he had to stop, the two of them looked hurried, running out of breath, and when they stopped, they slowed down for a long time before they could say a complete sentence: "Where is the prince going?" ”

Song Zhao frowned, faintly displeased, the other party asked knowingly, and he had something on his mind, so he didn't want to deal with it, but the two of them looked courteous, so they had to say perfunctorily at will: "Back to the palace, do you have something to do with the two adults?" ”

Song Zhao asked casually, but the expressions of these two people immediately became nervous, and after looking around, he approached Song Zhao and lowered his voice and said: "We have something very important to tell the prince, but it is not very convenient on the road, and it is not too late to talk about it in detail when we return to the palace." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Song Zhao's brows furrowed even deeper, what does he look like this sneaky, he is already in public opinion, if he is seen by the emperor's people, won't the suspicion on his body be deeper?

Lord Qing Fang of Dali Temple was a little nervous, looked left and right, hesitated again and again but didn't speak, but said: "It's a big matter, let's find a quiet place where no one is there to discuss." “

"Yes, lord, let's go back and talk about it." The two pleaded again and again. Song Zhao had a bad premonition in his heart, if there were really these two people who really had bad intentions, wouldn't it be easier to attract his father's people if there was any movement outside? After a little deliberation, he finally said, "Since this is the case, the two of you will go back to speak with this king." ”

"Yes." The two were overjoyed, thanked them and followed behind Song Zhao. They didn't speak all the way, the atmosphere was inexplicably solemn, and the two of them seemed to be carrying some big secrets.

Back at the palace, Song Zhao took Lord Qing Fang of Dali Temple and Lord Lang Zhonghai of the Military Department to his outer study, sat on it, looked at the two of them, and asked, "Say, what is the matter?" ”

Dali Siqing got up from the chair, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and slowly walked to Song Zhao, with a solemn and serious expression, lowered his head and presented the paper, Song Zhao was puzzled, but the paper suddenly changed his face when he saw it, and he immediately said angrily: "Bold!" Who gave you permission to do that! It's ridiculous! ”

Master Fang's body trembled, he looked up at Song Zhao in confusion, and said even more puzzled: "Lord Wang, isn't that what you mean?" ”

"Don't stop talking!" Song Zhao threw the piece of paper full of signatures of the ministers of the court and the central government in front of him, and scolded angrily: "Who is the leader, and is it not enough to hurt this king?" What the hell are you trying to do?! ”

"Lord Wang, the lower officials are all fully supporting you, and they are willing to die for the prince, how can they harm the prince?" Lord Fang was extremely aggrieved, and the soldier Lang Zhong noticed that something was wrong, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Lord Wang, haven't you been gathering people recently?" It was when the subordinates heard the news that they dared to take such a risk to come to see you, could it be ......?"

Song Zhao raised his head and stared at him, his voice cold: "This king has never said that he will gather people and horses, where did you hear that?" ”

"This ......" Lord Fang and Lord Hai looked at each other, and finally realized that they were probably falling for the tricks of traitors. After thinking for a moment, the two of them bowed their heads and replied with shame: "Xiaguan received a secret letter late that night, and the letter said so, after Xiaguan learned about this, he immediately contacted several colleagues, only to learn that everyone had received news from the prince. That's why ......"

"This king has never sent any secret letter to anyone!" Song Zhao asked coldly, "Where is the secret letter you received now?" ”

The two adults lowered their voices: "Because I was afraid of being exposed, I immediately lit a fire after reading it." ”

Song Zhao laughed angrily after hearing this: "You are really meticulous enough, but this king has indeed never done it, and there is someone else who transmits the message." ”

"It's the officials who are stupid and mistakenly think it's true, but what should I do now?"

Song Zhao pondered for a moment, and unconsciously turned his gaze to the signed book on the ground where all the ministers unanimously elected the king of Nan'an as the crown prince, and his eyes were complex and deep: The other party is in the dark, he is in the light, and if it goes on like this, I am afraid that I will not be able to wash it by jumping into the Yellow River!

Before the emperor determines that he is plotting against him, he must catch the real murderer as soon as possible!

After a while, he carefully asked Dali Siqing and Bingbu Langzhong who proposed to promote himself as the crown prince, Lord Fang thought for a long time, and was a little embarrassed: "Xia Guan can't remember, this signed letter also suddenly appeared in Xia Guan's study late one night, and there were already many signatures of colleagues on it at that time. ”

Song Zhao's heart sank, and he looked at Lord Hai, and the two answered almost the same.

Now it is obvious that someone is summoning people in his name, and so many ministers have taken refuge in him, and now it has become a bad thing, and the other party has taken advantage of this, and has resorted to such indiscriminate means to wipe them out, and he will never let them succeed!

However, there was one more thing that made Song Zhao suspicious, how did the other party know the secret code that he had been communicating with the ministers for the past few days? If it weren't for the code, how could these ministers who had been in the official sea for several years fall into the trap so easily?

Unable to get any useful clues from these details, Song Zhao could only order them to describe the origin of the matter word for word, trying to find clues from it.

The two waited until late at night before saying goodbye and leaving, before leaving, Song Zhao solemnly explained that they should be cautious during this time, if the other party makes any more moves, they must report to him immediately, in addition, don't act rashly, there are other people too. After the two agreed, they let them go.

Song Zhao's expression was solemn, his heart was like pressing a boulder, he slowly paced back, and as soon as he entered the door, Steward Zhao hurriedly greeted him, and said, "Why did the prince come back late, the princess has been waiting for you inside for a long time, please go in and see her." ”

When Song Zhao heard this, he immediately quickened his pace, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Gong Tianyao sitting at the table, leaning forward and closing his face with his hands on his face, he felt distressed for a while, and stepped forward lightly, wanting to carry her to the bed to rest, but before he could get closer, Gong Tianyao woke up, his eyes were half-open, and said, "Are you back?" ”

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