Yue Cao looked at the Moon Emperor in shock, and after calming down, his thinking was also clear, and he suddenly thought of the Moon Emperor's inquiring eyes before, combined with the intention of the fake half-toothed tiger talisman that he had just handed him, Yue Cao suddenly felt as if he had been pricked by a needle, and he was a little suffocated.

He tried his best to endure and keep his face as usual, but he already understood in his heart that recently, his father's hints and today's various hints all showed that in the past half a month, his father had been quietly investigating, obviously he was also the object of suspicion, this conclusion made him a little sad, but thinking about it carefully, with his father's wisdom, he must also understand that with his current situation, there was no motive to change the tiger talisman.

Now like this, I am afraid that the clue is broken, and he is about to leave Beijing, so his father took out the tiger talisman on the one hand to test him, on the other hand, there should be another arrangement, and his unconscious performance just now should make his father very satisfied, so there is today's conversation.

"Ah, what are you thinking? But I have some resentment towards me. The Moon Emperor looked at his silent son beside him and said in a faint voice.

Yue Xiao stepped down neatly, put his hands in front of his forehead, and said respectfully: "Father's words are serious, Erchen is afraid, Erchen has no resentment, Erchen is just thinking about the half-toothed tiger talisman, I don't know if my father has any arrangements?" ”

The Moon Emperor looked at the son in front of him who was not yet as weak as the crown, but his size was already on par with him, after all, it was a child who he watched grow up and had high hopes, what did he think in his heart, how could he not understand, but he could only sigh in his heart.

Then, he got up and took the brocade box on the side, and said to Yue Cao: "There are no outsiders here, only you and me, father and son, Ah Cao does not need to be formal." As he spoke, he handed the brocade box to Yue Xiao again, lowered his eyes and said, "You take this." ”

Yue Cao just stood up straight, didn't react for a while, the Moon Emperor raised his eyes to look at him, and handed it forward again, raising his eyebrows to signal him to hurry up, Yue Cao took the brocade box a little sluggishly, and sat down on the side couch with the Moon Emperor.

"You have been a very smart child since you were a child, you must also know that you can't make a noise, you can only check quietly, do it quietly, I sent close people to investigate, but where the clues are found, so now I can only be sure that this ban has been detailed, and it is not yet possible to determine the specific intention of the person who stole the tiger talisman, but it should be nothing more than related to Beizhao's imminent move in recent years."

Yue Xiao nodded, "Erchen thinks so too. The Moon Emperor glanced at him and motioned for him to continue.

"In recent years, neighboring countries have been affected by natural disasters to varying degrees, first the Dongyu drought in the front, and then the western source of the land is frequent, and now it is my Nanyue Honglin, only Beizhao is a little abnormal, the former barbarian land is a weak existence among the four countries, dependent on Dongyu for many years, and now it is also considered to be willing to lie on the salary and taste the hardships, in recent years, not only there is no natural disaster nuisance, but also under the auxiliary government of its prince Zhao Ember to maintain national stability, there is a growing sense of strength, according to this development hidden from Dongyu, breaking the long-term balance of the four countries."

"Well, what Ah Cao said is good, but in recent years, Beizhao's national strength has been stabilized, in addition to the prince Zhao Ember who came out of nowhere, according to the spies' report, there is a mysterious 'Holy Master' behind Zhao Ember to help, this person's whereabouts are uncertain, he does not show his true face, and the people who know his existence are not Erer, and my people also occasionally break it, and leave clues before dying to pass the secret report back."

Yue Xiao frowned slightly and pondered, and couldn't help nodding and said: "The third division once mentioned when talking about politics, Beizhao is located in the barbarians, although there are many heirs, but due to poor conditions, the survival rate is low, the current prince Zhao Ember, the mother is unknown, it is the king of Beizhao in the year of confusion, it is said that Zhao Ember's mother is a native of the Central Plains, so he was born handsome and abnormal, deeply loved by the king of Beizhao, originally intended him to be the crown prince, but because he was weak and sick since he was a child and is of foreign blood, he was unanimously opposed by the nobles of Beizhao, and after a few years, the king of Beizhao no longer mentioned the matter of establishing a prince. ”

"But just four years ago, a sudden plague within the Beizhao royal family almost wiped them out, if it weren't for Zhao Yan, who was only fourteen years old at the time, to find the magic medicine and save the Beizhao royal family, I'm afraid Beizhao is long gone." The Moon Emperor continued with Yue Cao's words.

"Well, back then, everyone thought that this disaster was caused by Dongyu, and the Jade Emperor instructed it because he wanted to annex Beizhao, but he missed Zhao Ember who was far away from the pass, and was turned the tide by it, and he failed to succeed after all. But Erchen felt that this was not the case, not to mention that the Jade Emperor's reputation for virtue was outside, because he was a good friend with the former King of Beizhao, and for the last words of his friends, he would support the Beizhao who had no effect for decades, besides, if he wanted to annex, with the national strength of Dongyu and the in-law relationship with Xiyuan, Beizhao was also in his bag, so why bother to publish this book and leave a reputation as a villain. As she spoke, Yue Xiao unconsciously moved closer to the Moon Emperor.

The Moon Emperor saw it in his eyes, smiled at the corner of his lips, took the tea soup on the desk and moistened his throat, and then said: "Even Ah Cao can see through the truth at a young age, how can King Beizhao not know, but it is difficult to carry the black pot for many years for Yu Jincheng, and he can continue to endure it, that guy is a kind and stubborn person, although he has the talent of the world, but he also has the taboo of the emperor, Dongyu can still stand tall now, and it is also his ancestor who has accumulated blessings." ”

Yue Cao was suddenly a little stunned, how can she say that the conspiracy methods of Prince Beizhao suddenly turned to the personal character of Emperor Dongyu, and asked again: "Doesn't my father think that Prince Beizhao benefited the most from the events of that year, and the suspicion is also the greatest?" ”

The Moon Emperor came back to his senses, laughed at himself, as soon as he mentioned Dongyu, he habitually competed with Yu Jincheng, seeing that Yue Cao was interested in this matter, he thought about mentioning him more, "What if the suspicion is big, at that time, the princes died of death, sick and sick, Zhao Ember was indeed not in the imperial city because of official business, no one can say anything about this, and at that time, the domestic turmoil, the Northern Zhao royal family urgently needed to establish a new representative of imperial power to stabilize the dynasty, then Zhao Ember who saved the clan must be the best candidate, and at that time, Zhao Ember should have appeared around the mysterious one." 'Holy Master' has almost all the conditions for a successor, and it is logical to appoint a crown prince, and the royal nobles will not care about who will be the emperor at all when their fate hangs by a thread, as long as they can ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing and noble status. ”

The Moon Emperor's words fell, his eyes were dark, and he pretended not to care and looked at Yue Cao, only to see that his face was silent, and he nodded slowly, and said: "Erchen has been taught, such a simple truth needs to be broken by his father, and Erchen has been taught by the third master and his father for many years." ”

The Moon Emperor moved his knee, then patted him on the shoulder and said that it was okay, "The truth seems to be shallow, but it is not easy for people who have not struggled in the imperial power to see the clouds, although the royal family of Nanyue is not as single as Dongyu, but I have always tried to be your brothers, friends and brothers, I just don't want to see the end like the Beizhao royal family." The incumbent attaches great importance to the community, the people's livelihood is like a sword hanging over his head, and the decision-making of interests seems to be walking on thin ice. It's just that at my age, I always feel that if there is still the help of relatives and brothers around me, life will not be so boring. ”

Yue Cao was silent for a moment and said: "Erchen understands what his father knows, please rest assured that no matter what happens in the future, Erchen will live up to his father's wishes." ”

The Moon Emperor smiled at him and nodded slightly, at this time, the relationship between father and son was the trust and delivery from blood relatives, Yue Xiao looked at the tiger talisman in the brocade box, and said: "Does my father suspect that the tiger talisman was dropped this time and related to Beizhao?" What does my father need me to do. ”

The Moon Emperor got up, put his hands behind his back, paced back to the long table, turned around, and looked at him, "I want you to take it to Liangzhou, borrowing" In the name of the holy envoy's water control, he joined Yan Yun, and then took the small road to Wuzhou Beidaying within two days, and took my secret letter to your uncle General Xiahou, asked him to pay attention to the movements in the army, and cooperated with him to find out the details, Yan Yun will arrange people to control the water for you in the five counties of Liangzhou to appease the displaced people, but at most it is only more than a month, during which the new tiger talisman should be cast, I will order Xiahou Chong to send it to the army, and exchange you back to Liangzhou, remember that you only have one month, whether you can catch the fine work or not, you must come back from Liangzhou 'water control'. ”

"The son-in-law will receive the order, and he will not live up to the trust of his father."

Although there is still a light rain outside the eaves, there is a faint sunny intention in the distance, tomorrow is the moon's evening, out of the emperor's road, Yuexiao is holding a brocade box containing a half-toothed fake tiger talisman in his hand, and his heart is still a little abrupt, the North Battalion has half of the troops of Nanyue, if he can't arrive on time, then he will become a sinner of Nanyue.

Thinking of this, he inadvertently raised his eyes, Yue Cao was stunned for a moment, and unconsciously arrived in front of the gate of Chonghua Palace, standing outside the palace gate, he was a little hesitant in his heart, but when he thought of the delivery of the Moon Emperor in the middle of the road just now, he felt that he had courage again.

Immediately took out the tiger talisman from the brocade box and put it in the sleeve pocket, and threw the brocade box to the side and upward, and quickly popped out a hidden weapon between his fingers.

As soon as he entered the Chonghua Palace, a palace person stepped forward to give a salute, and Yue Cao opened his mouth and asked, "Where is the King of the South?" The palace people hurriedly replied respectfully: "Your Highness is now boiling tea and enjoying the rain in the pavilion." Yuexiao sneered lightly and said, "The royal brother is very interested, there is no need to spread the word, this king will look for him." The palace man answered, followed him, and walked forward together.

Walk on the long corridor, come to a fork in the road, the end of the road is a white jade bridge, across a small ornamental canal, is the Lu Pavilion, at this time the lotus in the canal is the end of the season, less the day before yesterday, more silent beauty, the koi fish that loved to shuttle between its rhizomes in the past, at this time are gathered in a heap, scrambling to eat the fish food sprinkled by the people on the shore.

On the shore, a gentle and elegant man with a light fur facing the stone bridge, dressed in a dark blue coat, sat on the side of the pavilion, leaning on the pavilion pillar hung with a light gauze veil, looking at the fish in the pond with a warm face, and seeing how happy they were eating, he quickened the action of feeding, and did not mind the rain wetting his white hands and floating wide sleeves.

Tea was boiling on the table in the pavilion, and the breeze blew, blowing the faint white mist that had just emerged, and the fragrance of tea was overflowing.

"Brother Huang is really good Yaxing, you can also find fun in this drizzle, it seems that Brother Huang and I came in time." Yuexiao walked slowly, came to the pavilion and saluted the silhouette.

Yue Tianyu turned around and saw that Yue Xiao seemed to be in a better mood, "Here, sit down." He took the handkerchief handed by the attendant, and after cleaning his hands, he returned the handkerchief to the attendant, and gestured to the side slightly, and the attendant comprehended the head, and left with a group of people.

Yue Cao is not surprised, but he has never liked many people, because the entire Nanyue royal family knows that Nanwang is happy, so the palace people in Chonghua Palace are the least, but they are all clever palace people, and because they almost don't need to deal with the master, so the life here is also the easiest in the entire forbidden, so the palace people who came here feel that this is the best place in the entire Nanyue Palace.

After the people were cleaned, Yue Tianyu rolled up his somewhat wet sleeves, revealing his white but strong arms, took off the boiling tea soup, cleaned up the tea foam, first poured tea soup into the Yueyu tea cup, and then said on the way to pour tea for himself: "I have been waiting for you for a long time, and you have just come." ”

Yue Xiao was about to pick up the hand of the tea cup, paused slightly, raised his eyes to look at Yue Tianyu, the two looked at each other, and they were speechless for a while.