Chapter 505: Secret Discussion (Part II)
However, Song Yi was stunned but didn't believe it: "When the first emperor was in charge, the forbidden army was always in the hands of the Su family, but a few years before the first emperor died, it was taken over by He Wenqiong!" With the wisdom of the first emperor, I'm afraid that if the Su family wants to do something inside, it is impossible to keep all the forbidden troops in their hands, right? In this way, even if there are still so many people in key positions - it may not be possible to determine the overall situation! ”
- If the forbidden army has always been in the hands of the Su family, can the Su family endure it until now?
has already killed Emperor Duanhua's family of three, maybe he will add Gu Shao as a partner to support King Su to ascend the throne!
Su Shaoge smiled at her and said gently, "What Grandma Song said is extremely true! When He Wenqiong took over the forbidden army, he was instructed by the first emperor, and the Su family naturally did not dare to stop it. Today's forbidden army is indeed under the control of He Wenqiong! And although my Su family has left some people in it, it is probably possible to report a message and expect them to save the overall situation, but it is impossible. ”
He paused, looked around the room, and saw that in addition to himself and Ji Zifu, only Song Yixiao and Aunt Yun were the only ones, Fang said slowly, "However, the Su family has never thought of carrying the reputation of being a non-minister, so whether it is Grandma Song or brother-in-law, you can rest assured!" The Su family will not drag the two to the side of the rebellious ministers and thieves! ”
Song Yi smiled and groaned: "I want to hear it in detail!" ”
"Actually, it's not just King Xiang who has been assassinated recently." Su Shaoge smiled before continuing, "Lu Hehao, the concubine who was sent to the emperor's mausoleum to guard the tomb of the first emperor, was also suddenly assassinated yesterday, although Lu Hehao himself survived, but his whereabouts are still unknown!" And his wife and young son died unfortunately! ”
Ji Zifu didn't hear the news in advance, and subconsciously said when he heard the words: "What? ”
"Is it Lu Hehao?" Song Yixiao thought for a while before saying, "This person ...... Now the court has almost forgotten him, right? ”
In fact, it has not been a few days since Lu Hehao left the imperial capital, and the court will naturally not be forgetful to this extent.
What Song Yixiao means by this is that Lu Hehao has been deposed as a concubine and sent to the emperor's mausoleum - this person can already be said to be abolished here, whether he is assassinated or not, what does it matter to the overall situation?
If you want to put aside the ordinary, maybe someone cares.
Now that everyone is thinking about the assassination of King Xiang, who has the time to pay attention to it?
"As far as I know, before Lu Hehao left the imperial capital, he sent a letter to Mingren Palace through Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of the Yue family." Su Shaoge said calmly, "Let the Empress Dowager personally take a look!" ”
Song Yixiao and Ji Zifu glanced at each other, and their expressions became cautious: "I don't know if the Empress Dowager has ever read the letter?" If you read the letter, what will you say? ”
"After the Empress Dowager read the letter, she was furious!" Su Shaoge said gently, "Otherwise, why would I ask my brother-in-law to invite Grandma Song here in the name of my sister today?" ”
"What the second prince means by this is the empress dowager, and now he also has the intention of abolishing the emperor?" Song Yi smiled and pursed her lips, it is not surprising that the Empress Dowager will have the idea of abolishing the emperor, this old man is the original wife of His Majesty Emperor Huizong, even if Concubine Shentu and Mrs. Zhenyuan are favored, they will not be less humiliated, but in general, she has been high in her life.
In the past twenty years, she has been especially noble, and Emperor Duanhua treated her like that, she can stand it - after all, the Empress Dowager has more than one grandson, who is the emperor, she is not the Empress Dowager?
However, the biggest reason why the Empress Dowager and the Emperor Duanhua had a bad relationship was the death of the eldest princess of the country!
And Lu Hehao, a concubine, is the mastermind of the death of the eldest princess of the country - it is said that even if the Empress Dowager resents Emperor Duanhua, her disgust and hatred for Lu Hehao, a concubine, should not be much lower than Emperor Duanhua, right?
Could it be that Lu Hehao's assassination this time was also committed by the Empress Dowager?
Otherwise, how could the Empress Dowager contact the Su family and hint that they would start dealing with Emperor Duanhua?
However, no matter who did Lu Hehao's assassination, Song Yixiao noticed that what Su Shaoge said that the letter that Lu Hehao handed over to the Empress Dowager before leaving the imperial capital must be very important!
Because although everyone knows that the Empress Dowager will not let go of Emperor Duanhua, the Empress Dowager has not moved much during this time, except for occasionally scolding Emperor Duanhua.
Even if Emperor Duanhua forcibly sent her back to Mingren Palace in public, it can be said that she lost the face of this grandmother, and after the Empress Dowager went back, she didn't even smash a single thing - how could the word suddenly come out?
Song Yixiao's mind turned a few times, and suddenly said, "But I don't know, did the Empress Dowager's edict only inform the Su family, or did she also mention it with other people, such as the Queen Mother?" ”
Of course, there is a reason for her question: since the three people present know that the possibility of compromise between each other and Emperor Duanhua is very low, then the so-called hand-shaking and leaving, the so-called freedom to come and go, is just a means of bargaining, and it is impossible to really talk about it without a particularly big accident.
Therefore, even if Su Shaoge did not have the method to deal with the forbidden army mastered by He Wenqiong, Song Yixiao would not be able to get up and leave seriously.
And because of King Su, even if the Su family is not the most contribution, with their blood relationship with King Su, Song Yixiao and Ji Zifu will definitely give the Su family the necessary respect after the official cooperation.
Of course, in order to gain the initiative, it is reasonable for Su Shaoge to reveal all kinds of advantages and backgrounds on his side.
But it's as if he just told Song Yixiao that the news that Emperor Duanhua had explicitly said that he wanted to kill his wife in vain was conveyed by the Empress Dowager Su after listening to it - if it was to show the strength of the Su family, he should continue to tell the power of the Su family: where people were planted, what top-secret news did he hear recently, and what key back-up hands did he have...... Etcetera.
Su Shaoge suddenly mentioned the Empress Dowager, which inevitably made Song Yixiao suspect that even if Emperor Duanhua was calculated, King Su still had a strong competitor - and this competitor also had the possibility of winning the support of the Yanhou Mansion, so Su Shaoge mentioned the Empress Dowager now, and it seemed that he wanted to explain the ins and outs to Song Yixiao, but in fact, he was hinting at Song Yixiao:
You see, even the Empress Dowager, an old man from the founding of the country to the present, has supported us and supported King Su, you Yanhou Mansion, why don't you hurry up and place a bet?
Sure enough, when Su Shaoge heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then showed a touch of appreciation: "Grandma Song's eyes are like torches!" ”
He didn't hide it, and said bluntly, "The Empress Dowager will be very angry, and I hope to abolish Jinshang in the shortest possible time - so not only did Su Jiawei's family receive the Empress Dowager's secret decree, but even the concubine Lu Hehao was promised by the Empress Dowager, if this matter is achieved by him, the Empress Dowager allows him to ascend the throne as the new monarch!" ”
Song Yixiao and Ji Zifu asked at the same time: "What did Lu Hehao's letter to the Empress Dowager say?!" ”
"I don't know that!" Su Shaoge showed an apologetic expression, seeing that they all had expressions of disbelief on their faces, he spread his hands, "I really don't know!" If you know, how could Lu Hehao, a common man, be assassinated yesterday? ”
"You sent the assassins?" Song Yi smiled and hurriedly asked, "So, we can know the content of the letter later?" ”
She obviously asked euphemistically, does Su Shaoge plan to share this secret?
"If I can know the contents of the letter, I will naturally tell the two of them." Su Shaoge said briskly, "However, something happened - the people of the Wei family also made a move!" The two of them restrained each other, but they were managed to escape by Lu Hehao, a servant! ”
Song Yixiao didn't believe it: "For such an urgent matter, your family will dispatch 'Dai Feng', right?" The Wei family must also send 'Biwu'! After Lu Hehao lost power, he didn't have a few servants, where did he have the ability to escape from the elite guards of your two families? ”
"Grandma Song doesn't know!" Su Shaoge shook his head and said, "First, it's because Lu Hehao's ruthlessness and determination are far better than ordinary people!" To tell the truth, when 'Dai Feng' and 'Biwu' were confronting, they saw that Lu Hehao and his wife wanted to escape with their young son, and they planned to shoot him in the leg to prevent him from leaving. However, he first pulled his wife Sikong to block the arrows, and finally even took his young son from Sikong as a barrier...... So much so that the dark guards were shocked, and they were negligent, and they fled away from him! ”
"If that's all there is, Lu Hehao will just struggle for a moment longer."
"The problem is, there is another reason for his escape: he is not really alone, but he is also answered!"
Su Shaoge sighed when he said this, "The person who answered was dozens of riders, all masked and wrapped in hair, only showing their eyes, very strong!" 'Dai Feng' and 'Biwu' joined forces, but they could only watch them rescue Lu Hehao, and the dozen or so corpses they left behind couldn't find any clues until we went out! ”
Song Yixiao heard that there was something in his words, and frowned: "Who do you suspect?" ”
"I don't think it's royalty." Su Shaoge did not answer positively, "If the royal family wants to kill Lu Hehao, whether it is a decree or a holy decree, it can be made clear, and there is no need to hide it so much." ”
After a pause, he said, "Whether it is 'Dai Feng' or 'Bi Wu', although it is not as mysterious as the world imagines, but when it comes to skills, I dare to say that even if the palace guards are the same number of people, they may not be able to defeat them!" ”
Song Yixiao knew that he had always been modest, or rather, he was used to being modest, so he said that "he may not be able to win", in fact, it can be understood as "absolutely invincible" - when she returned to the imperial capital from Liaozhou, she witnessed the fierceness of the servants of the Song family's side branches, and roughly speculated about the background of the six lords' lineage, so the group of knights who made the Su Wei family return in vain must have amazing combat power.
Amazing combat power can not be achieved overnight.
The most important thing is that although Su Shaoge didn't say it, whether it was Song Yixiao or Ji Zifu, they all knew that after he received the news of the failure, he would definitely not only send people to check on those corpses, but also send people to track down the origin of those people, the whereabouts of Lu Hehao, and so on.
And now that Su Shaoge said that there are no clues, then even if he is not really clueless, at least the clues are pitiful.
The imperial tomb is less than 100 miles away from the imperial capital, and the fast horse can barely make a round trip in one day.
In such a range that can barely be called the feet of the Son of Heaven, such a group of people appeared, not sent by the royal family, but the Su family couldn't grasp the handle - Su Shaoge was suspicious of whom, don't ask!
Song Yixiao was silent for a while, and then said: "Xiliang Shen, Donghu Liu, and the side branch of the Song family...... Who do you think it is? Or, do they join forces? ”
However, what no one expected was that Su Shaoge said slowly: "Grandma Song, you seem to have missed one: Splendid Duanmu!! ”