Chapter 15 Power is like poison
"That's all for today."
In Zhangtai Palace, in the king's bedroom, Li Tonggu, who is a long history, stood in the distance, recounting to Xuan Wangzheng, who was sitting in front of the case, what happened today but he did not know.
"Most of the thieves have been caught, but the remaining thieves have scattered and infiltrated the city, and it must take a lot of effort to find out all of them."
"So, when Zhao Jian died, except for Zhao Gao, you didn't see the process with your own eyes?"
"Huh. According to Zhao Gao, Zhao Jian died of exhaustion. ”
“…… How about the two sons? ”
"It's all right. Although the eldest prince was injured, fortunately it was not serious, and the imperial doctor had already seen it, so he only needed to recuperate for a few days. As for the little boy, except for being in a coma for a while after drinking the pool of water at the beginning, there was nothing abnormal after waking up. ”
"You saw the little boy drink it with your own eyes?"
"The minister did not see this with his own eyes. It's just that when the eldest prince was unconscious, the younger prince also tried his best to protect the eldest son, and in the face of the menacing Zhao Jian, he was as steady as water, not showing the slightest cowardice. ”
"Find out who poisoned it?"
"The poisoner wetted the poison powder and smeared it thinly in the wooden barrel of the salvage lake, the poison was colorless and tasteless, and after drying, there was no clue, which also caused the group of people to be unable to detect it at all. The ministers and others checked the people who had access to the barrels one by one, but they did not find anything, and the ministers were incompetent. ”
"It doesn't matter, if a martial artist above the master realm sneaks into the palace and deliberately hides it, it will be quite difficult to detect it, and it is necessary to strengthen the patrol, which is the case in advance. So, are Meng Tian and Zhang Hanke okay? ”
"I was seriously injured, but it did not hurt my life, and the imperial doctor diagnosed that I needed to recuperate for many days before I could continue to operate the Qi at high intensity and release the Gang Qi. The two of them have now woken up, and they are fine with their daily lives. ”
"This time, the two of them have merit and should be rewarded."
"Do you need the minister to let the two adults come over?"
"No need, wait until they are healed before we discuss, let the two of them temporarily return to their original positions and recuperate with peace of mind. By the way, let Zhao Gao serve as the commander of the CRRC government and concurrently carry out the Fu Xi order. ”
"Huh."
"General Wang Qian, can they properly deal with the matter of the beam?"
"Today's war report, General Wang has suppressed many rebel forces in a year, and now almost the rebels in Daliang have been wiped out, but there are still stubborn forces, according to the spy report, most of them are supported by local nobles or hundreds of families, and it is difficult to clear them quickly, and it may take several months."
"Send a message to General Wang's father and son to return first, let General Mengwu sit in charge, and the rest of the thieves can be the best without blood, if not, cut the grass and eradicate the roots."
"Oh, do as the king wills."
"Let the eldest prince come to the main hall to see Lonely, and you will retreat."
Li Tonggu was slightly stunned, then bent down to salute, and retreated step by step, when he retreated to the door, he reached out to open the door, retreated to the door, and closed the door gently.
"Someone."
Li Tonggu, who had walked for a while, said softly.
A group of guards suddenly appeared, kneeling on one knee, waiting for instructions.
Taking the pen and bamboo pieces handed over by the dark guard, Li Tonggu wrote quickly, and handed over one order after another to the dark guard one by one after writing, and there were fewer and fewer secret guards in front of him.
"You go to invite the eldest prince, the main hall of Zhangtai Palace, and the eldest prince is secretly guarding on the way here."
The remaining guards saluted and vanished.
The sunset was already hanging on the horizon, the candlelight began to ignite, standing on a high place and looking down or looking away, this Weiyang city began to be busy again in different forms.
In the Wangyi Palace, after scolding with difficulty, Zhou Yujue, who had fallen, could only watch the ground get closer and clearer.
Obviously, it has come to this point, but his heart that is restless all the time today has stopped at this moment for the first time, his thoughts are extremely active, countless thoughts are rolling in his mind, and there is a faint warm current in his abdomen.
But this can't change anything, although this Hundred Treasure Pavilion only has two floors, but a single floor has a height of about four meters, and if you fall from here, you will be half crippled if you don't die.
It's better to be crippled than to burp directly.
It was obvious that it was a moment, but in Zhou Yujue's perception, it was extremely long, and at this time, a pair of hands that appeared out of thin air held him firmly.
"Little boy, are you okay, the villain is late, the guards are not effective, please ask the son to surrender."
A masked secret guard carefully put down Zhou Yujue and knelt on one knee, unable to see his demeanor clearly, but he could hear the horror of the secret guard from his tone.
Today, I experienced two things that were extremely close to death, and I still didn't get my wish, just like God didn't let him die here. He clearly remembered that all the secret guards in the city had been transferred to search for the whereabouts of those assassins, or he took the initiative to "lend out" that group of people in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner, but he didn't expect that Xuan Wangzheng was so worried about his safety and left one of them here.
"Childe!"
Zhou Yujue had just come back to his senses and wanted to say something to the secret guard, when an anxious voice stopped him, and when he looked up, he saw the bright light on the lamp at the door, which was Dao Yun who was supported by him.
Daoyun looked flustered, ran to him, grabbed Zhou Yujue regardless of etiquette, looked at the other party's face carefully, and after confirming that he was not injured, he was about to lift Zhou Yujue's clothes to check.
“…… And there are others. ”
Zhou Yujue was a little helpless, and gently grabbed Daoyun's hand, and after seeing the little face with pear blossoms and rain, Zhou Yujue, who still wanted to say something, held back the words, and had to pull out a hand to touch her head, and smiled to show that she was fine.
"Childe, why are you stupid again......"
"I'm sorry to worry you."
Zhou Yujue, who was patronizing and comforting Daoyun, ignored the word "again" for a while.
A black shadow jumped out from the second floor of the Hundred Treasure Pavilion, stepped on the fence, and galloped away into the distance, the black shadow stepped on the fence and made a sound, causing the three people below to look up.
"Childe wait here, the villain will definitely take down the assassin."
"Eh, wait......"
Zhou Yujue just wanted to stop the man, and the secret guard who had made up for his kindness had disappeared with the assassin, and Zhou Yujue's raised hand was stunned in the air.
, listen to Lao Tzu finish speaking, with the master realm, it is easy to leave here while the vision is dim, it is obviously deliberate just now, and it is simply a technique to transfer the tiger away from the mountain.
On the lush branches, behind the wide rockery, and in the dead pool, the assassins hiding in it appeared one after another, a total of three, all of whom were masters.
The strange thing is that it is clear that the four master realm martial artists were able to forcibly kill them just now, why do they make another move to lure away the secret guard, is it because they are afraid that there are still secret guards who have not appeared, or there is another purpose.
The guards of Wangyi Palace are pitifully few because of him, and the position he sent to the front of Wangyi Palace is far away, and the method of shouting loudly will not work at all, so thinking about it, it is not a good thing for the house to be big.
It's just that it's useless to think so much now, it's nothing if he dies, but he doesn't want Daoyun to die because of him. I hope there is really more than one secret guard in Wangyi Palace, while thinking, Zhou Yujue protected Dao Yun behind him, Dao Yun wanted to stop in front of him, Zhou Yujue shook the hands of the two of them that had not yet let go, and looked at Dao Yun calmly.
"It's fine."
After speaking, Zhou Yujue turned his head, hoping that God would still favor him.
Zhangtai Palace, the main hall.
The lights were bright, and the fish in the pool water were churning from time to time, stirring up the water in the pool to sparkle, and even Zhou Fusu, who was the eldest prince, had to be searched outside the hall.
When he came to the pool, Zhou Fusu knelt down here to bow and bow, and did not dare to raise his head and get up, so he could only wait for the king on the high platform to give an order.
Seeing in this main hall, Zhou Zheng and Zhou Fusu are not only father and son, but also monarchs and ministers, and the relationship between monarchs and ministers is greater than that between father and son.
The pool in front of me was a square, nine feet on one side, and on the other side of the pool, the area was not large, and only one person could stand, and to get there, you had to go around the pool and then through the narrow aisles on both sides to reach it.
Further ahead are the ninety-nine steps, the steps are covered with fine silk, and there is a very spacious platform along the steps, there are four stone pillars carved with cloud birds at the four corners of the platform, a lampstand is placed on each side of the stone pillar, a wooden table is placed in the center of the platform, and there is a king chair behind the wooden table.
On the wall behind the king's chair is carved a bird with wings spread, and its shape is so large that it hides the entire wall in front of it.
Zhou Zheng, dressed in a royal robe, sat on the royal chair, with the sword named "Taixu" hanging from his waist.
"Get up."
"Thank you, Father."
Zhou Fusu got up and tidied up his clothes, then raised his hands and saluted.
"I don't know what happened to my father looking for his son?"
"You know, rumors have been spreading in the capital recently."
"Erchen has heard of it, but he doesn't know how to defend it!"
Zhou Fusu, who had just stood up, knelt down again, his head seemed to be lowered, clinging to the woven skin on the ground, panicked.
"You can know Wu Anjun."
"The first general of my Zhu Xuanguo, known as the human slaughter, is also a rare great master martial artist in the world, and he is proud of his achievements, intending to rebel, defeated, and committing suicide by taking poison in fear of crime."
Zhou Fusu straightened up, but still kneeled, palms facing inward, palms and four fingers level, thumbs stretched out, right palm behind, slightly bowed head.
"That's right, this is the historian's account. However, there are still those that have not been recorded, before committing suicide, Wu Anjun had a conversation with the former king - Wu Anjun asked, what is my crime, I never thought of rebellion. The king replied that he knew that you had no intention of rebelling, but that you had the ability to rebel, and that was your sin. ”
It would be a fool's dream to let a great grandmaster obey him, but if that person had an heir before becoming a great grandmaster, it would be easy.
Zhou Zheng got up, held the hilt of his sword, looked down at Zhou Fusu below, and continued.
"As the eldest son of Lone, such a sin has been with you since the moment you were born, born in the King's Garden, this is an innate sin, Lone knows it very well."
Zhou Fusu lowered his head again, and Zhou Zheng turned to look at the Xuanniao on the wall.
"Perhaps, the decision of the first king was wrong, after all, a living Great Grandmaster is more useful than a dead Great Grandmaster. However, who can know whether the decision is right or wrong before making a decision? Power is poison, and if there is a crack in the container, it will spread, and you may be just a victim. ”
"Father Mingjian!"
"Get up, Lone is ready to let you go to Daliang, no matter what method you use, before the next big war starts, give Lone a satisfactory answer, and set off tonight."
"Huh!"
"Stand down. Fusu, don't let Gu down. ”
Zhou Zheng waved his hand, and after Zhou Fusu saluted, he slowly retreated, looking up, his father did not turn around, and he also lowered his head again.