Spring flowers bloom, there seems to be a little cold wind in the air, at this moment the gate of Qingyang is wide open, the officials left behind in the imperial court are lined up on both sides of the city gate, standing solemnly, the honor guard of the emperor's eastern tour is waving the flag, magnificent and magnificent.

The first to take the lead is a brocade and silver armor Lang Wei, that is, the emperor's personal guard, a silver bright armor, wearing a black coat, some holding a black military flag, some holding a shining halberd, axe, so not majestic, Lang Wei rode a high-headed horse, lined up in a neat line, silver armor for the belly, black big for the scales, from a distance it looks like a black dragon winding out of the city gate, the trombone drum on the city head is not lively.

After the first three thousand Lang Wei went out of the city, followed by the most elite lion cavalry heavy cavalry in the northern camp of the empire, all wearing armor, wearing long lances, waist ring swords, slowly marching out of the city, a sense of load-bearing oppression came to the face, this team is not like Lang Wei's security regiment, it is a showcase, and at first glance it is an elite division that has been on the battlefield.

After the lion cavalry passed, followed by the leopard cavalry guerrilla light cavalry, dressed in high-quality black leather armor, carrying a strong bow and crossbow on their backs, holding a long knife and a red dag, gushing out of the city gate like a sea of red.

Immediately after that, the elite infantry in black clothes and light armor carried the black military flag and went out of the city gate, until the emperor personally guarded a six-wheeled carriage pulled by six white horses out of the city, and the people and officials outside the city knelt down on both sides and shouted long live the emperor.

After the emperor's royal car passed, the rear was a continuous hundreds of gorgeous carriages through the crowd, at this time on both sides of the city gate and a large group of heavy cavalry holding the tiger head military flag, black clothes and black armor, with a white big gun, holding a spear fish out, guarding the emperor's car on both sides, this is the imperial elite tiger cavalry heavy cavalry.

The lion rider, tiger rider, leopard rider under the sweep of the year is unstoppable, every time the emperor goes out on patrol is naturally to take it with him to deter, the hundreds of thousands of Rao East Patrol team, the guard of honor looks like it is in full swing from afar, the magnificence is very, the blood of the straight people is boiling, this is the eighth eastern tour after the emperor opens the spring, which makes the next great shock.

After Emperor Kaichun's eastern tour, Guo Jue secretly sneaked back to Gongzi Sheng's mansion, at this time Guo Jue was reporting to Mu Sheng in the lobby about the current situation of the government and the opposition, Guo Jue also lived up to expectations, and in a few months he initially set up an intelligence channel between Zhixian County and Jingshi Liangcheng.

In fact, it is just a simple inquiry about the macro situation in the government and the opposition, everyone knows the kind of news on the bad street, this is actually not very difficult, just inquire a little carefully, and it is better than Mu Sheng being too far away in Linzhang County now, and being kept in the dark.

If you really want to make a detailed intelligence network and find out some very secret things, it will take time......

At this time, Guo Jue said: "Son, after listening to the emperor's eastern tour, I handed over the responsibility of supervising the country to An Guojun. ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he sighed: "It seems that my father really wants to train Gongzi Xiu as the future successor, when do you think Gongzi Xiu will be made the crown prince?" ”

Guo Jue shook his head and said, "Your Majesty will never establish a prince after the Taiji Palace changes, even if he is establishing a prince, it will not be now."

Mu Sheng nodded in agreement.

"Childe, because of the establishment of the prince, now Lao Zhao has been demoted to the local government to sit as a county magistrate"

Mu Sheng was surprised: "What? My uncle wouldn't be like this if he promoted me to be the crown prince, right? ”

Guo Jue laughed and said: "No, Lao Zhao Baoju is the son of An Guojun to be the crown prince, so he will attract the suspicion of His Majesty and be demoted out of Beijing." ”

Mu Sheng was surprised: "Why is this? Could it be that my uncle wants to support Gongzi Xiu's position? ”

Guo Jue also shook his head and said, "To be honest, I don't understand why Lao Zhao is doing this?" It stands to reason that he can't afford to support Gongzi to cultivate the throne, and he heard that His Majesty originally sent Lao Zhao to serve as a county guard in Lingqing County. ”

"It's just that I didn't expect that Lao Zhao kept going to the court when he was in office, saying that he would establish the prince early, and the emperor was angry, and the seat of the county guard was not hot, and now Lao Zhao was demoted to Huai'an County to make a county order, and now he has no power to write and say things."

"If it weren't for Lao Zhao's good job in the Jiuqing Shaofu in the past, and his political achievements were remarkable, if ordinary people were as straightforward as Lao Zhao, I am afraid that his life would not be able to be saved......"

Mu Sheng got up and paced around a few times, and said, "Your Majesty arranged for your uncle to go to Huai'an County to take office, I'm afraid it has another deep meaning!" ”

Guo Jue said: "En! Childe's is that the prince was defeated and captured in Huai'an County, which may also be a disguised reminder to Lao Zhao not to think about the establishment of the prince in his heart, and at the same time to remind the court officials that if anyone dares to write a book to establish a prince, who will be Lao Zhao's fate. ”

Mu Sheng suddenly smiled and said, "I understand, my uncle's political investment can be regarded as fast and ruthless!" After this, the ninth brother An Guojun rushed to the throne, and I am afraid that this favor is indispensable to reuse his uncle. ”

When Guo Jue heard this, he suddenly said: "Yes! I have a guess that if Lao Zhao establishes a foothold in the new dynasty, it will also be of great benefit to Gongzi you, and in the future, An Guojun will ascend the throne as emperor for Lao Zhao's face, and after taking the throne, he should not find excuses to target Gongzi! ”

Mu Sheng nodded and agreed: "Yours is good, but you are a little wronged at the moment." ”

Guo Jue said with a smile: "I know Lao Zhao, he looks loyal to the country on the surface, but in fact, he takes one step at a time to see the master of ten steps, and he will not be untargeted, at the moment this grievance is nothing, he must have his own long-term plan to do this, he and Lao Wu are essentially the same kind of people." ”

Mu Sheng shook his head helplessly after hearing this, heart, anyway, Lao Tzu will definitely be far away from the mountain puppet by then, just leave a stand-in puppet here to enjoy his wealth.

Hey, think it's really cheap this stand-in, no! Fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, and when the time comes, you have to take most of the income of the fiefdom back to the mountain puppet's lair.

As for the remaining fiefdom income, it is enough for the puppet to support the façade, and if you really want to enjoy the semi-wealth left by Lao Tzu, it is enough for the stand-in to live very well, in case the new monarch really wants to focus on repairing himself after taking the throne, this matter of being knifed will also have to be carried by the substitute......

Is it so easy to enjoy the riches of this world? How can there be so many cheap and good things that are picked up for nothing? All the gifts given by fate have actually been secretly marked with a price!

Thinking of this, Mu Sheng asked Guo Jue: "By the way, how did your brother do to find a stand-in for me?" ”

Guo Jue said with a smile: "Although it is difficult to find, but fortunately, we did not disgrace the mission, we hit the luck and found a man who looks seven or eight points similar to the son, but the age is on the older side, the age is twenty-seven years old, but it is not a big problem, and when my brother brings this person to me for training, a few months will be enough to confuse the real with the fake!" ”

Mu Sheng laughed and said, "Okay! Good! It's hard for you two brothers to put so much effort into it. ”

Guo Jue said: "Where is the son, my brothers are desperate, and it is also the son who took the risk to help save his life, the grace of saving lives, our brothers will never forget!" ”

Mu Sheng nodded in understanding.

Four months later, the county commander Meng City came to visit again, and it was the emperor who came here after the fifth inspection of the honor guard, so that Gongzi Sheng was ready to receive him.

Mu Sheng has been paying attention to His Majesty's itinerary all the way, and he has already prepared it, Mu Sheng and his wives and concubines have moved to another prepared mansion in the city, and this Anle Hou Mansion is specially reserved for His Majesty the Emperor.

Today, Guo Jue came to the door to find Mu Sheng and reported: "The son's stand-in has been brought over, do you want to take a look?" ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he said happily: "Okay! You bring it here for me to see. ”

After a cup of tea, Guo Huan led a man wearing a hat into the lobby, and Mu Sheng saw that his body was slender and slightly shorter than himself, but it didn't look obvious.

At this time, the man took off the hat at Guo Huan's signal, Mu Sheng was stunned when he saw it, he walked quickly to the stand-in and circled around him several times, and couldn't help but be surprised, this Guo Jue is really a good means?

Gongzisheng looked at the person opposite as if he was looking in a mirror, and if he looked closely, he could still see some slight differences, it should be Guo Jue's means to pick out this Rao's appearance, but it is definitely enough for outsiders......

Mu Sheng motioned for the stand-in to take a few steps, heart, en! It's still not perfect, the pace, demeanor, bearing, or slightly different from their own original goods, but to be able to do this, enough!

At this time, Guo Huan stepped forward and said: "Son, this person's name is Cai Gui, his family is innocent, his ancestral home is Guangling County, he is from Gui County, he was born in a commoner, his family used to be a family of businessmen, and he has studied for a few years, I think he is very suitable at first sight." ”

Mu Sheng nodded with satisfaction: "Okay!" Very good! Guo Huan, you have done a very good job in this matter. ”

Guo Huan turned his head and glanced at Cai Gui.

Cai Gui stepped forward and bowed down with some fear: "I've seen An Lehou, Cai Gui, the third in the family." ”

Mu Sheng snorted and asked, "What kind of business is your family?" ”

Cai Gui said respectfully: "Back to Anlehou, my father's ancestors have been in the business of selling silk silk for several generations, and my father's generation has fallen into the middle of the family, and the family is well-off, and after my father passed away, the family business has plummeted." ”

"People can't do rough work, and in order to make ends meet, they have to ask for a job as a knife and pen clerk in the county government to barely maintain their families, and if it weren't for the fact that people messed up several important businesses and lost their fortunes, people would not have fallen so far."

Mu Sheng nodded and said, "En!" How many people do you have in your family? My place is also big, you bring your family to live here in peace, treatment, food and housing, you don't have to worry! ”

Cai Gui said happily: "Thank you An Lehou, there is a mother alive, a wife, two sons and a daughter, which will disturb An Lehou." ”

Mu Sheng smiled and said, "It's okay! You can live here in peace. ”

Cai Gui is grateful to Dade, Mu Sheng waved his hand to let him go down, this kind of thing is very important, and taking his family over is also a hostage, so that Gongzi Sheng can also firmly control him.

Mu Sheng instructed Guo Jue: "In the future, this puppet stand-in will be trained by you, and when I am not at home, the Anle Hou Mansion will be at your disposal." ”

Guo Jue nodded yes.

Guo Huan stepped forward and saluted: "Since this matter is over, I should also leave, Your Majesty is about to tour the east here, and it is inconvenient for me to stay here." ”

Mu Sheng nodded and said, "En!" Okay, if you have anything to do in the future, just contact Guo Jue, your brother and the second brother will be the matter of Benhou! ”

Guo Huan was grateful, thanked him and turned around and left quickly......