He Lianfang didn't stay in Zhao Yao's study for a long time, and left after a while.

Tongxi saw that after He Lianfang left the study, Zhao Yao didn't read or handle official business, but was in a daze, and he looked preoccupied, he couldn't help but be a little worried: "Your Highness, are you okay?" ”

When Zhao Yao heard Tongxi's words, he came back to his senses and shook his head lightly at him: "I'm fine." ”

"Your Highness, are you really okay?" His Highness's face was very ugly, and he didn't look like he was okay at all. "Is there something going on in the capital?"

Zhao Yao said in a heavy tone: "The eldest brother's family is dead. ”

"What?" Tongxi was frightened by these words, and asked with a shocked face, "Is the waste prince's family dead?" ”

"Well, all of them are dead, even the youngest son of the eldest brother has been killed." Whether it is the acting king or the king of Jing, they are so vicious that they actually cut down the grass and eradicate the roots of the eldest brother's family, and they did not even let go of a baby who was only a few months old. Not to mention anything else, the eldest brother's children are all their own nephews. Besides, the nephew is innocent.

Tongxi gasped in fright: "This ...... Who was so mad that he actually killed the family of the abolished prince?! ”

"Maybe it's the acting king, or maybe it's the king of Jing, but it's ......" Speaking of this, Zhao Yao paused, frowned slightly, and his expression was a little solemn, "I don't think this matter is as simple as it seems." ”

Tongxi didn't understand what Zhao Yao meant: "Your Highness, are you saying that it's not the acting king, nor is it King Jing who killed the abolished prince?" "No, didn't His Highness say just now that it was the acting king, or that King Jing killed the abolished prince.

Zhao Yao kept his face calm and did not speak.

Tongxi saw Zhao Yao's pensive look, and didn't dare to talk to disturb him anymore.

Zhao Yao suddenly asked, "What about Xiao Jin?" "There's no gold in the study. On weekdays, if Xiao Jin is at home, he will stay in the study to accompany Zhao Yao.

"Xiao Jin and General Tiger went out and haven't come back yet." Tongxi asked, "Do you want to send someone to find them?" ”

"No, I'll let them find the money." Zhao Yao walked to the window and shouted a few times to the window, "Come on money".

Not long after, the money appeared in front of Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao stretched out his hand and touched the little head of the money, and instructed it: "Come on money, you go and help me call Xiao Jin and General Hu back, I have something to look for them." "The little animals that followed Zhao Yao at the beginning, as long as they were alive, all came to Lingnan with Zhao Yao. I didn't come with them, because of my limited lifespan, I left, such as Lai Fu and Lai Wang.

Lai Qian complained dissatisfiedly: [Yaoyao, the two of them always disappear, you should teach them a good lesson. It's not the first time that Lai Qian has been sent by Zhao Yao to find Xiao Jin and General Tiger.

Zhao Yao felt that the words of the money were very reasonable, nodded approvingly and said, "When they come back, I will definitely teach them a lesson." ”

The money was satisfied, and then he waved his wings and flew away.

More than half an hour later, General Tiger carried Xiao Jin, holding something that seemed to be a dog or a wolf in his mouth, and swaggered into the gate of the Han Palace.

The guards of the Han Palace's mansion had long been accustomed to this scene. Although he is still afraid of the tiger general, he is not as scared as he was at the beginning.

At the beginning, when Zhao Yao appeared in the swamp mansion with General Hu, he frightened many ordinary people. There are many mountains and forests in Lingnan, which hide countless dangerous beasts, such as snakes, tigers, wild wolves, leopards, etc.

Some people in the swamp province have seen tigers in the mountains, and many people are eaten by tigers every year. The fear of tigers among the people of Lingnan can be described as "talking about the tiger's color change".

When Zhao Yao punished the corrupt officials in the swamp mansion at that time, General Hu also made a contribution. As for the specific process of contribution, I will not repeat it in detail.

When the people of the swamp mansion saw Zhao Yao taming the big tiger obediently, they became more and more in awe of His Royal Highness the King of Han in their hearts.

When they came to the door of Zhao Yao's study, General Tiger and Xiao Jin did not break in. Xiao Jin tapped the door of the study with his mouth, and then shouted: "Yaoyao, we are back. 】

Soon, Zhao Yao's voice came: "Come in." ”

Xiao Jin slammed open the door of the study and flew in front of Zhao Yao first.

General Tiger walked up to Zhao Yao with the wolf cub in his mouth, and let go of his mouth. Then, he raised a paw and gently patted the wolf cub's head, and said to Zhao Yao as if inviting merit: [Yaoyao, wolf cub, I caught it and gave it to you. 】

"Wolf cubs?" Zhao Yao was shocked, and immediately hurriedly picked up the wolf cub and raised it in front of him to look at it carefully. The wolf cub that the tiger general brought back was snow-white, without a trace of stray hair, like a snow ball. This wolf cub has a pair of blue eyes, and it is very beautiful.

The wolf cubs are very small and look like they have just had a full moon. It opened a pair of wet eyes and looked at Zhao Yao pitifully. The snow-white body was in Zhao Yao's hands, trembling slightly, very pitiful.

Zhao Yao was cute by the poor helpless and weak wolf cub, hugged it into his arms, and touched its head soothingly.

The wolf cub obediently lay in Zhao Yao's arms, and soon he was not afraid. It likes the smell on Zhao Yao's body, it smells good, very comfortable, and very reassuring.

Zhao Yao squatted down, reached out and twisted General Hu's right ear, and said in a stern tone: "Did you snatch this wolf cub, or did you pick it up?" ”

"Picked it up."

"Did you really pick it up?" Zhao Yao didn't believe it, "Didn't you rob it?" ”

General Tiger was suspicious of Zhao Yao, and felt aggrieved: [Yaoyao, didn't you tell us not to rob the cubs of other animals, how dare we rob the wolf cubs, this is really what we picked up. 】

Xiao Jin, who was standing on Zhao Yao's desk, nodded again and again: [Yaoyao, we are very obedient, and we will never snatch the little cub of other things. 】

Zhao Yao asked, "How did you pick it up and where did you pick it up?" ”

General Tiger said obediently: "I picked it up in the forest, and when we saw it, it was a little cub. 】

Xiao Jin continued General Hu's words: [We were afraid that the little cub would get lost with the she-wolf, so we deliberately waited for the she-wolf to come to find it, but after waiting for a long time, no she-wolf came to look for it, so we brought it back. 】

"Okay, take your word for it." Zhao Yao heard the wolf cub humming and chirping, as if he was hungry, so he called Tongxi in.

When Tongxi saw General Tiger, he still couldn't help but be stunned. He cautiously walked from General Hu's side to Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao handed him the wolf cub in his hand and asked him to take the wolf cub to find the ewe to drink milk.

Tongxi was shocked by Zhao Yao's explanation, and said in disbelief: "Your Highness, this is a wolf, you let the wolf drink goat's milk?" ”

Zhao Yao glanced at Tongxi, and said angrily: "In addition to goat's milk, is there any other milk for it to drink?" ”

"The slave is afraid that the ewes will be scared to death by the wolf cubs." Tongxi thought that there were still dogs in the palace, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, rhubarb can feed the wolf cubs." "Rhubarb is a female dog, and the wolf cub looks like a dog, and Rhubarb should not be afraid, and he doesn't mind feeding the wolf cub milk.

"Then let Rhubarb be the mother of the wolf cubs."

As soon as Tongxi reached out to take the wolf cub, his hand was bitten hard. Fortunately, the baby teeth of the wolf cub are not sharp, and the bite on the hand is not very painful, and the hand is not bitten.

"Your Highness, it bites me!" He obviously saw that the wolf cub was very well-behaved in His Highness's arms, how could it become fierce as soon as it was in his hands.

"It's a wolf, isn't it normal to bite you?"

Tongxi: "......" makes so much sense that he can't refute it.

"The wolf cub is hungry, you quickly take it to drink."

Tongxi didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly hugged the wolf cub to find rhubarb.

When Tongxi left, Zhao Yao said to Xiao Jin: "You go back to the capital." ”

Xiao Jin tilted his head, and his small eyes were full of doubts: [What are you doing back to the capital? 】

"Help me look something up." Zhao Yao had doubts about the death of the abolished prince, "After you return to the capital, go to Ling Yun first and ask him about the death of the abolished prince." If Ling Yun doesn't know, you can ask Xiaoqing beside the starling. If Xiaoqing doesn't know, then you can go to the royal palace and ask the other birds what they should know. ”

Although Xiao Jin is a golden eagle, his intelligence is very high. Zhao Yao's words, it can understand.

[Then I might as well fly directly to the Royal Palace and ask, and then ask Ling Yun and Xiaoqing. 】

"Okay, you can watch for yourself." Zhao Yao explained, "After you go back, inquire more about things in the capital." After inquiring, let the pigeons fly back and tell me. "Pigeons are actually very smart, but they are so obvious that if they show up in the house of a certain minister, they will be caught. Even if you don't catch them, you'll kill them.

Zhao Yao has a lot of pigeons. Many of them stayed in the capital and were specially raised by the Liang family. Some came to Lingnan with him.

The officials of the various state capitals in Lingnan and the Tusi who were corrupt or unsightly, in addition to what the spies inquired about, there were also some small animals he raised.

Xiao Jin waved his wings and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me. 】

Zhao Yao reached out and touched Xiaojin's head, and said with a smile: "I don't worry about you doing things." ”

Hearing Zhao Yao say this, Xiao Jin was very happy and proud.

Zhao Yao specially advised: "By the way, don't let your mother and father find out that you have returned to the capital." ”

Xiao Jin said proudly: "I won't let anyone find me. 】

Zhao Yao gently patted Xiao Jin's little head, "You can set off now." ”

[Then I'm leaving.] Without hesitation, Jin waved his wings and flew away, and soon disappeared into the night.

General Tiger looked at Zhao Yao expectantly: [Yaoyao, what about me? What about me? What are my tasks? 】

Looking at General Tiger's eager expression, Zhao Yao patted its head, "You don't have a task." ”

When General Tiger heard this, he was immediately unhappy, and patted his front paw angrily.

Why don't I have a task? It's the most popular task.

"Well, there's no task for you right now." Zhao Yao coaxed, "When there is a task that suits you, I will definitely let you do it." ”

General Tiger snorted angrily.

"Alright, I'll take you to wash up, and then allow you to go to bed tonight and sleep with me."

When General Hu, who was originally angry, heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up and rubbed Zhao Yao's leg with his big plush head.

[Yao Yao is the best. 】

Looking at General Tiger's flattering appearance, Zhao Yao rubbed his big face funny.

"You smell of blood, I have to wash you well." On weekdays, General Tiger goes to the forest to forage for food by himself, and Zhao Yao doesn't need to feed it specifically.

Zhao Yao felt that General Tiger was a tiger after all, and he couldn't keep it in captivity, so he had to let it maintain its wild nature, so after coming to the swamp mansion, he rarely fed it.

General Tiger only allowed Zhao Yao to be close to it alone, so he could only bathe it with Zhao Yao, the owner. After bathing it and drying its body, Zhao Yao felt that his old waist was tired.

After washing his body, General Tiger happily climbed onto Zhao Yao's bed and unceremoniously occupied most of the bed.

[Yaoyao, come up, let's sleep together.] 】

Zhao Yao shook his head with a smile, and immediately went to bed and slept next to General Hu.

The Tiger General lay on Zhao Yao's chest, and his four paws also hugged his master tightly. After a while, I fell asleep.

Zhao Yao touched General Hu's head while thinking about the death of the abolished prince.

In fact, compared to King Dai and King Jing, he was more suspicious of starlings in the bottom of his heart. Only the starling can kill the eldest brother's family without knowing it. Moreover, the starling also has the motivation to kill the big brother.

He also suspects a person, Father!

Although as the saying goes, tiger poison does not eat children, but this sentence is useless for the father. For the sake of the Great Zhou, sacrificing a son is nothing.

The weather is cold, and it is easy to get a flu, so the old iron people pay attention to their bodies.