He Lianfang's house has a new guest tonight.

Since He Lianfang promised to support Zhao Yao, the emperor's surveillance of him was not as strict as before. Now, what the emperor did to He Lianfang was to turn a blind eye.

In the study, the two sat by the window, playing against each other by the bright moonlight and bright candle flames outside the window.

In the courtyard outside the window, the sound of cicadas and frogs can be heard from time to time, which is very lively.

Sitting across from He Lianfang was a man with a full beard and loose hair. The man looked a little vicissitudes, but his eyes were bright.

The man sat in a very indecent position, he sat cross-legged on a chair with his feet without socks on. He plays chess with his right hand and picks his feet with his left.

"It's still cool and comfortable for you here." The man glanced at a basin of ice cubes placed not far away, and the chill from the ice cubes cooled the stuffy room a lot.

After He Lianfang dropped the chess piece, she also glanced at the ice cube placed not far away, and then the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked.

Seeing He Lianfang smile, the man immediately quipped: "When you see this pot of ice cubes, do you miss your little apprentice?" ”

He Lianfang ignored the man, picked up the tea that was put aside, and drank it slowly.

Seeing that He Lianfang ignored him, the man was not annoyed, and continued: "Your little apprentice is not simple, don't say anything else, just talk about this ice cube, he actually thought of using saltpeter to make ice, this is not something that ordinary people can come up with." ”

"My apprentice is naturally not an ordinary person." He Lianfang's tone was full of pride.

The man pointed at He Lianfang and teased: "Look at your proud face, tsk tsk......tt"

He Lianfang snorted lightly, and then said arrogantly: "Using saltpeter to make ice is nothing to Xiao Shi. ”

"Among the so many things that your little apprentice makes, saltpeter ice making is really nothing." The man raised his left hand and rubbed his chin and said, "It's amazing to be born to know, but I'm curious where all these whimsical things come from in the mind of you, a little apprentice?" ”

He asked again: "Most of these things made by your little apprentice are unheard of and unseen, he was born to know, where does he know?" ”

He Lianfang said with a deep face: "Future." ”

"Future?" The man thought about it and felt that He Lianfang was right, "Also, these things can't come from the past, so they can only come from the future." However, how long is this future, have you asked your little apprentice? ”

He Lianfang said: "No." ”

The man looked surprised: "You didn't even ask!" ”

He Lianfang glanced at the man with a surprised face, and asked, "Why should I ask?" ”

"Aren't you curious about the future?"

He Lianfang said indifferently: "I'm not curious. ”

When the man heard He Lianfang say this, he said with disgust on his face: "You are really boring. ”

He Lianfang fell and directly ate the man's three chess pieces.

"Hey, hey, don't you want to be so ruthless." The man hurried to find a way to save himself.

The man's chess skills are still okay, and he saved himself.

"Your little apprentice said that there are endless mountains of gold and silver in the Wakou, is it really fake?"

He Lianfang didn't answer the man's question, but gave him a roll of the eyes.

"There are mountains of gold and silver in the wokou, and do you also know about them through the future?" The man played with the chess pieces, "Don't you know that they have endless mountains of gold and silver?" ”

He Lianfang felt that the man's questions were too stupid, and said with disgust: "Didn't you go out with your brain today?" ”

The man was choked by He Lianfang's words. He was stunned for a moment before he said, "I have dealt with the Japanese at sea, and they are all savages. I heard that the Wa Kingdom is a small land, very poor and desolate, it is really hard to imagine that they have endless mountains of gold and silver. ”

"There's a lot of things you can't imagine."

"If we really can't dig up mountains of gold and silver, then we will be rich." The man's eyes glowed green, and his face was full of greed.

"Let you go to the Wa Kingdom, not only to dig up gold and silver mountains, but also to control that group of barbarians."

When the man heard this, he smiled playfully at the corners of his mouth: "Do you want me to be the emperor of the Wa Kingdom?" ”

"If you want to be the emperor of the Wa Kingdom, it's not impossible."

When the man heard this, he was stunned. His eyes widened suddenly, and he asked in disbelief, "You're not kidding me, are you?" ”

"If you want to do it, you can do it." He Lianfang's tone was very casual, "Xiao Shi said that the Wa Kingdom must be controlled in our hands. ”

The man pinched his chin and said, "I have done a lot of things, but I have not been an emperor yet." ”

He Lianfang said: "Then you can try it." ”

"Try to be the emperor?" The man imagined himself as the emperor of the Japanese Kingdom, and then his face changed greatly, and he said with a troublesome face, "Forget it, it's really too troublesome to be an emperor." ”

Looking at the man's expression of being troublesome as the emperor, He Lianfang thought of Zhao Yao, and said angrily: "You don't like to be wrong." ”

"Why, I'm not the emperor of the Japanese kingdom, aren't you happy?" The man laughed, "You want me to be the emperor of the Wa Kingdom?" Do you think I'm the material to be the emperor? ”

"I don't care if you do it or not, when you go to the Wa Kingdom, you must take the Wa Kingdom for me." He Lianfang's tone suddenly became very serious, "Let the Wa Kingdom become our bag." ”

"You still don't believe me, when I go to the Wa Kingdom, the Wa Kingdom will definitely become our bag." The man said confidently, "I went to the Wa Kingdom, is everything with me, I can do whatever I want?" ”

"Whatever you want."

The man suddenly laughed evilly: "Then let me have a good time, when will I go to the Wa Kingdom?" ”

"We will start next spring."

"That's still half a year."

"In the past six months, you can prepare well."

"Okay, then I'll get ready." After the man finished speaking, he thought that he hadn't seen He Lianfang's little apprentice yet, and asked, "Should I go to Yangzhou to meet His Royal Highness the Ten?" ”

"Then you can go and see you."

"Then I'll go to Yangzhou to see His Royal Highness Ten in a while." After the man finished talking about His Royal Highness Shi, he remembered what happened in the capital during this period of time, and put away the hippie smile on his face, "Who do you say the emperor will appoint as the crown prince next?" ”

He Lianfang asked the man rhetorically: "Who do you think the emperor will appoint as the crown prince?" ”

The man said, "King Chu." ”

When He Lianfang heard this, she let out a chuckle: "Then you really underestimated Zhao Zheng." ”

"Why, isn't it?" The man felt that his guess was correct, "Before your little apprentice is full-fledged, the emperor will appoint a new crown prince and make him a target, so that your little apprentice will always be safe." ”

"The king of Chu is not a grandson, even if the emperor wants to make him the crown prince, he can't do it." He Lianfang reminded the man, "Above the King of Chu, there is also a acting king. Below him, there is also King Jing, who is a concubine. ”

After hearing this, the man raised his eyebrows slightly: "You mean that the emperor will not make the king of Chu the crown prince for the time being?" ”

"Zhao Zheng will not appoint a new prince for the time being, after all, the prince has just been deposed, and he is sad in his heart." He Lianfang's tone was full of sarcasm, "The emperor who is overly sad is not in the mood to appoint a new crown prince. ”

Seeing He Lianfang's cold and mocking expression, the man chuckled and said, "You still hate the emperor as always." ”

"Humph!"

"You hate the emperor so much, why do you still support his youngest son?"

"This is a bet between me and Zhao Zheng."

"Okay, I won't meddle in the matter between you and the emperor." The man knew that the grievances between He Lianfang and the emperor were not something he could ask casually, otherwise he would anger He Lianfang. "You just said that the emperor will not make the king of Chu the crown prince, but the Great Zhou can't do without the prince, and the ministers won't agree not to appoint a new prince."

He Lianfang said meaningfully: "The next thing is the time for the forces of all parties to play. ”

"With the means of the King of Chu, he will be the prince in the end." Speaking of this, the man thought of one more thing, "The emperor's favorite person is your little apprentice, if he makes the king of Chu the crown prince, how can he let your little apprentice ascend the throne later?" ”

"What do you say?"

The man immediately thought of something, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face: "Could it be that the emperor wants to give the king of Chu to ...... in the end" He reached out and made a gesture to wipe his neck.

He Lianfang did not speak.

There was an exaggerated look of horror on the man's face. He reached out to cover his mouth very contrivedly, "Is the emperor so vicious?" ”

He Lianfang sneered: "Zhao Zheng has always been vicious and ruthless. ”

"Tut-tut, it's really ruthless and the emperor's family." The man said, with a look of pity on his face, "I sympathize with King Chu now." In order to let his youngest son ascend to the throne, the emperor ruthlessly used other sons, and the king of Chu was really pitiful. ”

"Zhao Zheng is so despicable and insidious."

"But, then again, if your little apprentice participates in the succession, do you think he has a chance of winning?"

"Yes." He Lianfang said very firmly, "King Chu, they are not his opponents. ”

"I really have confidence in your little apprentice."

"Compared with means and planning, Xiao Shi is not lost to Zhao Zheng at all." He Lianfang felt that she had said something wrong, so she hurriedly changed her words and said, "No, Zhao Zheng is not as good as Xiao Shi." ”

When the man who was drinking tea heard this, he choked on a mouthful of tea in shock, and then coughed violently: "Ahem, cough, you can't help but think too highly of your little apprentice, right?" "The emperor's means and scheming are unfathomable, His Royal Highness Ten is only twelve years old, how can he be compared." You are not the emperor's opponent, how can your little apprentice surpass the emperor? ”

"When am I not Zhao Zheng's opponent." He Lianfang was very dissatisfied with this sentence.

"Why do you think your little apprentice can surpass the emperor?"

"You'll find out later." He Lianfang is not easy to say, after all, many of the things Zhao Yao does are confidential and cannot be said for the time being.

The man looked at He Lianfang speechlessly.

"When you see Xiao Shi, you will understand my words."

"You say that, which makes me look forward to meeting with His Highness the Ten."

At this time, Zhao Yao, who was far away in Yangzhou, sneeze coldly and almost flew the letter in his hand.

"Who's speaking ill of me?"

Zhao Yao rubbed his itchy nose and continued to read the letter He Lianfang wrote to him. In the letter, He Lianfang told Zhao Yao that the crown prince Zhao Xuan had been deposed, demoted to the rank of King of Jin, and was currently under house arrest in the Zongzheng Temple. After the Jin Palace, he was placed under house arrest.

Considering that the Zhenguo Mansion was the founder of the country and was deeply used by the first emperor, the emperor did not kill the father and son of the Zhenguo Gong. However, the death penalty could be avoided, but the living crime could not be escaped, and their father and son were imprisoned. As for the title of the Zhenguo Mansion, it was not taken away, and the Zhenguo Duke was held by Xie Shi.

Other people in the Zhenguo Mansion were arrested for stealing copper. Some were sent to prison, others were exiled.

The powerful Zhenguo Mansion suddenly fell into such a fate, which made many people sigh.

When the Wang family and the Xun family saw the fate of the Zhenguo Mansion, they were naturally afraid and uneasy.

For a while, the families in the capital were restless, and they were worried that they would be the next unlucky ones.