The Royal Palace, the Imperial Study.

"Scholar Zhou, what's the matter with being in such a hurry to find me?" Empress Liang Zhao sat on the dragon chair, looked at Zhou Zhenwen, and asked.

To be honest, she was very curious, today is a rest day, Zhou Zhenwen doesn't stay at home to rest, what did she suddenly come to her for?

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, have you ever sent someone to Qingzhou secretly?" Zhou Zhenwen bowed, did not hide it, and asked directly.

As soon as these words came out, Empress Liang Zhao frowned, raised her hand and waved, and ordered: "You all retreat." ”

"Yes." The palace maids and eunuchs saluted one after another and withdrew from the imperial study.

"Scholar Zhou, what do you mean by that?" Empress Liang Zhao's face is not very good-looking, no matter how she says, she is also an emperor, she is a king, questioning her like this, this Zhou Zhenwen is simply bold!

"Did Your Majesty send a dragon guard to follow you secretly?" Zhou Zhenwen did not answer and continued to ask.

"Zhou Zhenwen, what do you want to do?" Empress Liang Zhao was furious, took the case, pointed at Zhou Zhenwen, and reprimanded: "Zhou Zhenwen, you are bold!" Do I need to tell you a courtier about something? ”

"Are you questioning me?"

In the face of the angry emperor, Zhou Zhenwen was still calm, his attitude was tepid, and he said: "Your Majesty, do you know that they went to Qingzhou on a post horse?" ”

"So what?" Empress Liang Zhao frowned slightly, not understanding what was wrong with this.

The post horses are originally for military affairs and government services, and the dragon guards, as the emperor's personal guards, are used to use these horses.

"Even the ministers can know the movements of the Dragon Guard, dare to ask Your Majesty, will Qingzhou Taishou Zhang Qi know?" Zhou Zhenwen looked at Empress Liang Zhao and asked rhetorically.

As soon as these words came out, Empress Liang Zhao's face changed slightly, she understood what Zhou Zhenwen meant, and the whereabouts of the dragon guard were exposed!

The exposure of the dragon guard also means that the actions of the dragon guard may be under Zhang Qi's surveillance.

Once Qingzhou Taishou Zhang Qi knew that the Dragon Guard was in contact with the Qingzhou family, he might strike first and set off the Qingzhou Incident in advance, causing her plan to fall short......

"Zhou ...... What are you going to do? Empress Liang Zhao didn't care about Zhou Zhenwen's presumptuousness, and asked.

"For the sake of today's plan, I can only let Feng Qian drag Zhang Qi first, and not return to the capital to report for the time being."

Zhou Zhenwen said calmly: "As long as he is still in Qingzhou, Zhang Qi, who doesn't want to tear his face with the court so quickly, will not rebel easily." ”

"But there is a premise, that is, the plan of the dragon guard cannot be exposed, once it is exposed, after a long time, the minister is afraid that Zhang Qi will find out that something is wrong, and he will take control of Qingzhou in advance."

"Okay, I know what to do." Empress Liang Zhao bowed slightly, understanding Zhou Zhenwen's thoughts, "However, if you just stabilize Zhang Qi, I'm afraid the danger of Qingzhou will still be difficult to solve." ”

"The minister thinks that if he wants to break this situation, he must send out the offerings of the worship hall." Zhou Zhenwen said the purpose of entering the palace this time.

"Huh? Out to worship? Empress Liang Zhao thought about it for a while, and felt that this was a good plan.

The situation in Qingzhou is difficult to break, and it is nothing more than two points.

First, Zhang Qi has been in Qingzhou for many years, his power is deep-rooted, and he has the support of the forces of the Heavenly Wolf Country, so he can be regarded as the local overlord, even if it is Chen Jia, the assassin of Qingzhou, it is difficult to deal with.

Second, the attitude of the Qingzhou family is ambiguous, and they must be aware of Zhang Qi's behavior, but they all choose to turn a blind eye and indifferently watch the collusion between the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom and Zhang Qi, and even the empress Liang Zhao suspects that some people in the Qingzhou family are also involved in this transaction.

After all, if there is no support from the Qingzhou family, even Zhang Qi will not be able to empty the entire Qingzhou reserve grain, the cooperation between them must be a layer of profits, anyway, there is Zhang Qi on top, something happens, the Qingzhou family also has a way to stay out of the matter, they cannot directly cooperate in the name of the family, in this kind of transaction, over one hand, over two hands, it is particularly normal.

Find a substitute for the dead ghost family, be the middleman, and if something happens, let their family take the blame, and they can stay out of the matter.

If you want to break the game, it seems difficult, but in fact, it is not impossible.

"Scholar Zhou, do you want to capture the thief and capture the king first, control Zhang Qi first, and let Zhang Qi's plan fail?" Empress Liang Zhao sat down again and asked tentatively.

Zhou Zhenwen nodded and admitted directly: "That's right, Zhang Qi dares to embezzle the grain stored in the imperial court, there must be foreign forces behind him, but after all, foreign forces are foreign races, not my race, their hearts must be different, they can't get on the stage, Zhang Qi dies, no one in Qingzhou can set off turmoil, Qingzhou families don't dare, and other counties and counties don't have the courage to do so, as for Qingzhou Assassin Chen Jia, he is not a person who colludes with foreign races and seeks personal gain." ”

The meaning of Zhou Zhenwen's words is actually very simple, it is nothing more than that Zhang Qi is here, the forces of the Heavenly Wolf Country and the forces under his command can set off a rebellion in Qingzhou, and Zhang Qi is not there, no one can bear this burden.

Fame seems to be an ethereal thing, but in fact, it is extremely useful.

Without prestige, just a few words, you pull a large group of people to follow you to rebel?

Who's doing it?

No one is stupid, something that is profitable will naturally be done, and something that is unprofitable and knows that it will die, naturally no one is willing to do it.

"Dispatch to worship, are you worried that there is a strong grandmaster in Qingzhou?" Empress Liang Zhao continued to ask.

Zhou Zhenwen nodded and said: "It's not worrying, it's for sure, Zhang Qi is a mercenary and unscrupulous person, the same, he is most afraid of death, if he dares to rebel, there must be a strong man around him, there is only one strong grandmaster in Qingzhou, Ouyang is invincible, the former leader of the Red Whale Gang, he lives in seclusion in Aoki Mountain, but it is impossible for him to work for Zhang Qi, the Red Whale Gang is a maritime gang, he is a transcendent, once he contributes to the anti-thief, he will inevitably implicate the Red Whale Gang." ”

"But those Grandmasters of the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom don't have so many scruples."

"In the minister's mind, they support Zhang Qi so much, in addition to these grains and grasses in Qingzhou, I am afraid that there is also the idea of taking the opportunity to invade the Central Plains after the Qingzhou rebellion."

Empress Liang Zhao bowed slightly, very much agreeing with Zhou Zhenwen's point of view, according to the prompt of the Empress Simulator 2.0, there is indeed an option for barbarian invasion in the follow-up, indicating that there will indeed be barbarian invasion in the future.

The Qingzhou incident is estimated to be one of the causes.

"I'll arrange this." Empress Liang Zhao had a plan in her heart.

"Then the minister took his leave." Zhou Zhenwen nodded, he had already done what he had to do, as for how to arrange and deal with Emperor Xuan in the future, it had nothing to do with him.

After that, Zhou Zhenwen was about to leave, but was stopped by Empress Liang Zhao.

"Wait."

Zhou Zhenwen stopped and looked at Empress Liang Zhao: "Your Majesty still has something?" ”

"I don't seem to have ever said anything about Qingzhou, how did you know that?" Empress Liang looked at Zhou Zhenwen, and always felt that Zhou Zhenwen was extremely mysterious, which made people unable to see through, whether it was the extremely powerful martial arts cultivation or the formation ability of almost ghosts and gods, she was surprised and shocked.

What kind of secrets is he still hiding?

"Your Majesty, the minister has a lot of friends, and some things in the rivers and lakes, the minister has also heard of them, although the whereabouts of the dragon guard are hidden, they can't escape the eyes of the people in the rivers and lakes, and they can't escape the attention of people who have hearts." Zhou Zhenwen naturally wouldn't say that he also had an intelligence organization that was collecting intelligence from all over the world, and said casually.

"Huh!" Empress Liang Zhao smiled, she didn't believe Zhou Zhenwen's words at all, "Okay, you can step down." ”

"The minister retired." Zhou Zhenwen saluted and turned to leave.

Empress Liang sent Zhou Zhenwen away and ordered: "Let Yang Lie and Zhou Xiong come over to see me." ”

"Yes." The eunuch hurriedly walked towards the courtyard where the worship hall was located.