Liu Dai came to the room where Lan Haisheng was under house arrest, pushed open the door, and suddenly there was a foul smell inside, as if something was rotting. Liu Dai was suspicious in his heart, and cautiously looked inside, only to see that the room was lifeless, and there was no sound.

He didn't see Lan Haisheng, so he followed the stench to look for it, and sure enough, what he saw in his eyes matched the conjecture he didn't want to believe.

Through the layers of palace veils, bypassing the red pillars, a corpse fell somewhere.

The corpse was covered in corpse spots, apparently dead for some time. But he was still intact and there was no pain on his face. Liu Dai could see his face clearly, that was Lan Haisheng.

Just one side, he can't forget it, the most important thing is because of what Lan Haisheng said to him before, and now it seems that it is almost confirmed.

Lan Haisheng meant at the time that Liu Dai's ascension to the throne might bring more trouble, and now, Liu Dai is in trouble, and now maybe the only person who can ask for advice is Lan Haisheng, but Lan Haisheng has been killed, so where does he go?

Without the assistance of a courtier like Lan Haisheng, Liu Dai really felt tired.

He originally wanted to keep Lan Haisheng, in addition to asking him to witness him and himself, which is right and wrong, and more importantly, Liu Dai attaches great importance to his talent.

Seeing Lan Haisheng's corpse, Liu Dai was sad and indignant, he didn't care about what was around, and immediately ordered Chuan Jia to go to his bedroom to meet him.

Liu Dai returned to the dormitory and waited quietly, he knew that there was a good chance that Jia Rang did this, but at this time, he couldn't easily move Jia Rang.

First, Jia Rang is the key to his successful usurpation of the throne and a great meritorious hero; second, Jia Rang's current power is monstrous, and if he wants to release his power, it will take time to accumulate; third, that is, now that Jia Rang is the commander of hundreds of officials, and most of the people in the court are his people, Liu Dai must cultivate his cronies as soon as possible, otherwise as the days go by, he will be reduced to the same as the previous emperor, and he must be vigilant.

This time, Jia Rang was summoned to meet alone, and of course Liu Dai would not ask him stupidly, but Liu Dai wanted to talk about his tone and find out whether he was loyal or not.

Jia Rang soon arrived, and after saluting, he met Liu Dai.

Liu Dai gave him a seat and asked all his subordinates to retreat.

Liu Dai and Jia Rang were silent for a while, and the two of them each observed each other's faint movements.

In the end, it was Jia Rang who spoke first and said, "Your Majesty summoned the ministers to come alone this time, but what are your orders?"

After Jia Rang's words, Liu Dai said gently: "Jia Aiqing, this time I can successfully seize the throne, but you have the greatest credit." ”

"Your Majesty's words are serious, Your Majesty has the mandate of heaven, even if there is no micro-minister, it will be a matter of time before he ascends the throne. ”

"Jia Aiqing is too modest, if Jia Aiqing is not busy working inward and outward, how can I have today?"

"Your Majesty, could it be that you called the ministers to say this?" Jia Rang changed the subject, and he realized that Liu Dai seemed to be trying to put something out of his mouth.

"I can't hide it, although I ascended the throne, I still have worries. ”

"Your Majesty refers to the matter of the four armies pressing the border?"

"Yes, none of the ministers can come up with an idea, I want to ask Jia Aiqing's opinion alone. ”

"The ministers deliberate in the palace, which is nothing more than war and peace. ”

"In Jia Aiqing's opinion, should we fight, or should we make peace?"

"Your Majesty, I am afraid that the minister's opinion is foolish. ”

"It's okay, there are only me and Aiqing here, if you have any ideas, you might as well speak up. ”

"Your Majesty also asks for forgiveness, the minister is really stupid, and he knows very little about the war, but if His Majesty makes a decision, the minister will live and die. ”

Hearing Jia Rang's answer, Liu Dai looked at him, thinking to himself that this old fox has never said what he thinks in his heart, and wants me to make a decision, if it fails, I will be guilty of this crime.

"In that case, is Jia Aiqing willing to obey my arrangement very much?"

"Your Majesty's arrangement, the minister does not dare to disobey. ”

"Okay, I've thought about it all morning, and my decision is, fight!" Liu Dai said categorically.

In this case, Wechen fully supports. ”

"Okay, Jia Aiqing, then go back and prepare, and I will then draw up a holy decree and notify all the armies. ”

"Yes, Wechen obeys. ”

Jia Rang turned around and wanted to leave, but Liu Dai called out to him again, "Wait." ”

"What else does Your Majesty command?"

"Jia Aiqing just said that he doesn't know much about military affairs?"

"Weichen is indeed a shallow learner, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive your sins. ”

"Jia Aiqing is too worried, I didn't mean this. ”

"Then what does Your Majesty mean ......?"

"Jia Aiqing is my confidant minister, so naturally I need to be proficient in everything in case I need it. Since Jia Aiqing is not in the military, I originally thought that Jia Aiqing would be a military supervisor. ”

"Supervising the army?" When Jia Rang heard this word, his heart immediately tightened, and his eyes were different when he looked at Liu Dai, from the prime minister to the supervising army, which was obviously a naked demotion to the official.

Liu Dai caught a glimpse of Jia Rang's expression changing, but still pretended not to see anything, and then said: "But I thought about it, and remembered that Jia Aiqing was too old to travel long distances, so I still dispelled this idea. ”

"Thank you for your kindness. ”

"But in the military, I really need a confidant, I think about it, I still think that Jia Aiqing's son Jia Guangguang is the most suitable. ”

"What, Your Majesty, no. Jarang started to get nervous again, but he didn't have the anger he had just now.

"Why not?"

"The dog is still young, and he doesn't have any battlefield experience, so he is not afraid of His Majesty's jokes, the dog has been pampered since he was a child, and he can also be called a gentleman, he is really unbearable. ”

"Jia Aiqing is still too modest, Jia Aiqing is so capable, how can his son be mediocre? Even if it is a short-term frustration, it is just that there is no good leader, and now I am willing to give him this opportunity, it is precisely because of his youth that he has to temper it even more. And except for Jia Aiqing and Jia Gongzi, I really don't want to trust others. ”

"But ......"

"Jia Aiqing, there is no need to go to the battlefield for the position of supervising the army, you and I both know, take this opportunity to let Jia Gongzi go out to hone it?"

"The dog is still young, I ......"

"Jia Aiqing, let go when it's time to let go, you Jia are my heart, and your position in the future can only be Jia Gongzi's. ”

Liu Dai said this, Jia Rang really couldn't refuse, different from letting Jia Rang be a prison soldier, this time letting Jia Guangguang be a prison soldier was for promotion, and he was promoted to a big position, so in any aspect, he couldn't refuse.

And this is also within Liu Dai's calculations, he first looked at Jia Rang's face, and then said the next strategy, let Jia Guangguang go out in the army, which also restricted Jia Rang's activities in the capital.

Jajean was still muttering, but couldn't find any suitable reason.

"Jia Aiqing, don't shirk it. If Jia Gongzi is still young, then I am younger than Jia Gongzi, is it not suitable to be an emperor?"

Wei Chen didn't dare to think so. ”

"Then accept it, young people have to go through some hardships, I am so, and so is Jia Gongzi. ”

"Well, well. ”

"Okay, then it's decided, I look forward to Jia Gongzi's performance. ”

Jia Rang's heart was anxious, and he was about to leave in a hurry.

At this time, a eunuch hurriedly ran over and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good. ”

"What's the matter, you're flustered, don't you know anything about etiquette, how did you get into the palace?"

"I, I ......"

Jia Rangfa also stopped at this moment, wanting to see what was happening, and Liu Dai also acquiesced.

"Alright, tell me, what's going on?"

"Your Majesty, the former official of the dynasty who was under house arrest, Lan Haisheng, is dead. ”

"What, dead?" Liu Dai was slightly surprised, this was shown to Jia Rang, in fact, all this was planned by him, just to deliberately make a show for Jia Rang. Liu Dai then pretended to subconsciously look at Jia Rang.

At this time, Jia Rang, who was cunning and cunning, also pretended to be innocent.

"Okay, an official of the former dynasty, if he dies, he dies. Liu Dai pretended not to care, then reversed the tone and said: "But there is a person in the palace who died for no reason, this is still shocking, according to Jia Aiqing's opinion, this matter, should it be investigated or not?"

Jia Rang pretended to think about it, twisted his beard, and said: "According to the minister's opinion, this is all a matter of the old dynasty, even if you want to investigate, you have to push the road to do it later, and the top priority now is to stabilize the regime, as well as deal with the Quartet army." ”

Liu Dai thought for a while, nodded and said, "Jia Aiqing is very reasonable, then listen to Jia Aiqing, you go and dispose of the dead man's body." ”

"Yes. The eunuch stepped back.

At this time, Jia Rang also said: "The minister has also retired." ”

Liu Dai smiled and nodded, watching him leave.

This temptation, true and false, false and real, although Liu Dai is still not so clear about some things, he is also more convinced of some things.

He stayed alone until the night, and he took advantage of the night to leave the palace and come to the prison.

A man, a torch, entered the prison, but was discovered by the guards.

"Who?"

Liu Dai looked at the man and said, "King Jailer." ”

"You are ......" The firelight gradually illuminated Liu Dai's face, and after the person called the king's jailer saw it clearly, he knelt down straight and said, "See Your Majesty." ”

"Excuse me, I'm here alone today, and I don't want anyone to know. ”

"Yes, the villain understands. ”

Before Liu Dai gave way, Liu Dai walked over naturally, and then turned his head and said, "At that time, the one named Lin Xun entered the prison, thanks to your mercy under the stick." ”

"Your Majesty's orders, the villain does not dare to disobey. ”

"Well, I'm here today, or to see him. ”

The villain understood. The king jailer stepped forward to show Liu Dai the way.

In the darkness, the six generations walked through the path of the prison, on the way, he made a stop, he shone the light of the prison on both sides, and saw that there were many gorgeously dressed people, these people were undoubtedly the people of the former dynasty who were arrested by him, they only stayed here for two days, and then fell into a panic, there was no light here, only darkness, and many people could not help but collapse.

Liu Dai did not sympathize with them, and when he looked at them, he thought of what happened to him.