Judging from Hao Yan's expression, the tone of his speech, and the content of his answer, King Yan knew that what Hao Yan said was the truth, so he said, "Thank you, Lord Hao, for telling me the truth!" ”

King Yan paused for a moment, and then said: "This king remembered one thing, after Guan Shenghong, the former governor of Chengzhou, was arrested, he committed suicide, leaving an unsolved mystery. According to his confession of Master Hu, after Guan Shenghong received a letter from the capital, he instructed Master Hu to kill the entire family of Zhao Ganyun, the son of Taizu. Who sent this letter? Guan Shenghong denied that he was Xiang Taishi, and refused to reveal who the letter writer was before he died, so far, the mystery has not been revealed. This king speculates that the letter writer is likely to be Lord Hao, because, first, you and Guan Shenghong are fellow villagers in the same year; Second, Lord Hao hated the search for Taizu's descendants. ”

Hao Yan replied: "The prince guessed well. Back then, Xiaguan and Guan Shenghong often talked about serving the country together, talked about everything, and had a deep personal relationship. Later, Xia Guan learned that there were descendants of Taizu living in Chengzhou, and His Majesty planned to send someone to find him, so he wrote a letter to inform Guan Shenghong and bitterly stated the evils. ”

"Guan Shenghong is a corrupt official who does all kinds of evil, and Lord Hao is an honest official, why do you have a deep personal relationship?"

"When Guan Shenghong first took the Jinshi examination, he also served the court loyally, so we had a lot of common topics. After he gradually transformed, we rarely interacted with each other. A year ago, Xia Guan wrote a letter to Guan Shenghong, asking him to get rid of the 'hidden danger of the Great Song Dynasty', but I didn't expect him to do it. ”

"Lord Hao, this king thinks that it is not advisable to resort to violence because of different political views! Lord Hao thinks that what is absolutely correct is not necessarily beneficial to the court and the future. Lord Hao advocates a strong army and a strong country, and in this regard, it is consistent with the views of this king. It's a pity that there are too few people who have this insight in the imperial court! This is another reason why this king is reluctant to pursue Lord Hao. ”

"The prince's teachings must be kept in mind!"

Early the next morning, Bai Haohong returned to the capital, he didn't go home, he went directly to Dali Temple, he didn't expect Zhanpeng to be in the head-catching room, Bai Haohong greeted: "Brother Zhan, come so early!" ”

Zhan Peng smiled bitterly: "No way, the case at hand is also very tight." I heard that Brother Xian went to Tangjia Village to arrest Xiao Xinwu last night, what was the result? ”

"We found Xiao Xinwu's residence, searched out bloody clothes and shoes from his well, and compared the bloody footprints at the scene, which were consistent, but Xiao Xinwu was not caught."

"If Xiao Xinwu kills Shopkeeper Zhang, he will definitely escape, and he will definitely not stay in this area of the capital."

"We carefully searched Xiao Xinwu's room and found that all his clothes were taken, but the silver ticket hidden in the quilt was not taken."

When Zhan Peng heard this, he was deeply surprised, and analyzed: "Oh?! In this way, Xiao Xinwu did not escape, but was arrested! The people who captured him wanted to mislead us and make us think that Xiao Xinwu killed the shopkeeper. ”

"That's what I thought, too."

As he was talking, Wu Qianzhong walked in, and after the three of them met the salute, Wu Qianzhong said: "Lord Bai, we have found out: Xiao Xinwu wants to give this person the bounty for the assassination of the prince." As he spoke, Wu Qianzhong handed Bai Haohong a note.

Bai Haohong took it and saw that the note read: "Wan Fengxian, Xinxian Restaurant in Yugu County." ”

Du Yiming, as usual, after breakfast, slowly slipped to the Yan Wang's Mansion, and listened to the people in the palace talking about the assassination of Yan Wang last night, he ran to the study in a panic, and when he saw Yan Wang, he asked worriedly: "Lord, are you injured?" ”

King Yan smiled: "This king captured the assassin alive with family planning, how could he be injured!" ”

"Who dares to assassinate you?"

"Supervise Yu Shi Hao Yan."

"Then Hao Yan must be a big traitor, even assassinated you."

"Definitely! Lord Hao can be said to be a great loyal minister. ”

Du Yiming pondered: "A big loyal minister came to assassinate King Yan, and King Yan must have done something unsightly and bad. King Yan is lustful, maybe he has occupied other people's wives and daughters. ”

When King Yan saw a wicked smile on Du Yiming's face, he knew that he wanted to be crooked, so he told everything in detail.

After listening to this, Du Yiming touted: "The prince is really resourceful!" If you lead your troops into battle, you will win every battle. ”

"Well, go to the army and plot!" King Yan also said proudly.

"Lord Wang, do you want to take advantage of this assassination incident to make some articles and test Liz's feelings for you."

"What kind of temptation?" King Yan asked with interest.

Du Yiming said his plan with a smile, and after hearing this, King Yan said, "Okay, just do as you say." ”

Du Yiming returned to Baifu as planned, ran into Lizi's house in a panic, and said breathlessly: "Lizi, King Yan was assassinated last night, and he was seriously injured, go and take a look." ”

Liz asked uneasily, "Is there any danger to life?" ”

"It's hard to say, it's too late if you don't go."

Lizi followed Du Yiming with a heavy heart, got into the carriage of the palace, and came to the palace. After entering the bedroom, Lizi saw that King Yan was wrapped like a mummy, so she asked worriedly, "Is the prince so badly injured?" ”

Du Yiming replied: "If it was only a slight injury, I wouldn't call you here." Now that the prince is unconscious, if you talk to him, maybe you can wake him up. ”

Lizi came to King Yan's bed and whispered with tears: "Lord Wang, wake up." ”

"Liz, if you say this, you don't say it, if you want to say something that can impress the prince, talk about your opinion of the prince, do you hate the prince?"

"The prince saved me and really cares about me, how can I hate him?! Moreover, he never bullies others, although he is a prince, but he can respect the emotions of others, can understand others, and is a real nobleman! Unlike some people, who are not big officials, but use the power in their hands to threaten and force the weak to do things against their will. ”

"Liz, the prince is good to you, the prince is unconscious at present, he likes you, only you can wake him up."

"What should I do?"

"Take the prince's hand and say something he likes to hear. I'm out, and if the prince reacts, call me immediately. ”

After Du Yiming left, Lizi sat on the edge of the bed, grabbed Yan Wang's hand with tears, and was about to speak, when he suddenly felt Yan Wang squeeze his hand hard. Lizi's heart moved, and she thought, "King Yan is unconscious, how can he still have so much strength?" She looked at King Yan's face carefully, and saw that it was no different from ordinary people, and immediately understood: This is King Yan wanting to take advantage of him by pretending to be dead!

So Liz withdrew her hand, got up and came to the head of the bed, pretending to cry: "Lord Wang, you can't die!" Liz wailed as she shook King Yan's shoulder vigorously.

King Yan endured it at first, but then he was really uncomfortable, and finally sat up and said, "This king's neck is going to be broken by you!" You want to kill this king! ”

Liz laughed and shouted, "Yiming, come in!" The prince was woken up by me! ”