In the south of the city, at the mouth of one of the most inconspicuous streets and alleys, a noble son dressed in ordinary clothes came.

Since it is ordinary, how can you tell that it is the son of your family?

You must know that ordinary people are not allowed to call Gongzi, Gongzi is only in the emperor's family, and calling others Gongzi is a crime to kill the head.

Even if it is simple and ordinary, but those eyes, those eyebrows, it is not difficult to guess that it is the eldest prince Chunqiu.

Chunqiu glanced at the entrance of the alley and nodded slightly, this is the old street and alley he is coming to.

Compared to the old alley, he was more familiar with the other side of the alley.

It was the place where the Sword Casting Hall was located, but even if he was the crown prince and the existence of the prince at the beginning, he didn't know how many swords were cast in the Sword Casting Hall.

If there is any place in this city that is still opaque, it is only the Sword Casting Hall where Emperor Zulong was alive.

He had taken a look at the old streets and alleys before coming to them, although it was a few years ago, but the old traces were still there, although they had long been emptied, but the Sword Casting Hall was still full of slaughter.

Touring the Sword Casting Hall brought up a lot of memories, but the savings of the prince for twenty years were not worth the edict of the first emperor before leaving.

Like His Majesty the Emperor today, he also doesn't know what made the first emperor make that kind of decision, and what a big deal it is to change the crown prince, but he said that he would change it, even if the hundred officials went to intercede, they only got a sentence of the sword of the Son of Heaven in hand, and then there are persuaders, they should be decided.

Some people say that the emperor is old and starting to get confused, but he doesn't think so.

Regarding the Sword of the Son of Heaven and the name of the Ancestral Dragon Emperor, even insisting on parade is just a death in the eyes of others, who used to look at their own land as a king, but now they are just thinking about it as an emperor.

The eldest prince was able to guess a little bit of these things, so he knew very well that the first emperor's vision was extremely long-term, and even few people in this world could match it.

In the eyes of the eldest prince and the current emperor, nothing can really be hidden from people's eyes and ears, but the army that is hidden in the dark has really done so.

This means that it will be a very powerful force, so strong that the dignified prince and the emperor are actually tied up.

If it weren't for this, the capital would have been in turmoil, and it would have been a battle to the death.

There will never be survivors in the struggle for imperial power, and there will never be any innocent people.

Both sides know that in this fight, the dead are the ones who deserve to die.

No one will show mercy, and no one will have half a mercy, mercy is for oneself, not for one's opponent.

The battle had already started from the time the edict was issued, and the assassins of the first emperor had people from the capital, but few people knew about it, and no one could use it to do anything.

What ironclad evidence is just for everyone to see, it's just a situation, and it doesn't matter who did it.

From the beginning of the battle, the eldest prince did not make any moves, because the situation in the court was still in his favor, and he only needed to maintain this.

Although the emperor is the emperor, he is only trapped in the palace.

It was impossible for him to know exactly how much local taxes were paid, how many soldiers and horses were conscripted, how much military pay was paid, and how much grain and grass was consumed.

These things were reported in the local newspaper and then transferred to the hands of the officials below, and only when they were confirmed that the matter was worthy of the emperor's visit.

Whether it is big or small is not something that the emperor can judge in advance, but the officials under his command who are easy to hide people's ears, and in the end, what the emperor knows is just an imaginary number.

He didn't even know where there were any calamities, what was going on in civil affairs, whether he was rich or poor.

If he left the palace and traveled around like Emperor Zulong, he would find out what kind of disaster relief, and it was not his job to help him.

As His Majesty the Emperor himself said, an emperor who does not know the state politics and the state system will inevitably be called a faint monarch.

The eldest prince knows that as long as he maintains his current situation, it will naturally be extremely beneficial to him, but he can afford to wait for a few more years.

But it wasn't until today that he found out that this balance was about to be broken, just as Doctor Yu Shi could see a lot of things through his attitude when he went to Gongzi's Mansion, he could also see a lot of things from the other party's move to find him immediately when he learned about it.

So he came to this old street and alley, and came to the fish shop.

He was good at calligraphy, good at chess, and he was even good at many other things.

The city has become a chessboard, and all the officials of the court are trapped in the game.

There are millions of spectators inside and outside the game, as well as many players.

And the chess player is black and white, but he and His Majesty the Emperor are just two people.

Every time he loses, he is indifferent, and in fact he doesn't seem to be much different from those who watch the chess, because his moves always look so insignificant, like standing on the sidelines and laughing at the game, occasionally reaching out and throwing a piece at will.

Although he is confident, he also knows that there is no certainty in this world.

Many people can't sleep tonight, but more of them are still asleep, and it's always interesting for people to wake up and see people who are asleep.

I wonder if the person who pretends to be asleep looks at the person who wakes up.

He thinks so.

There are times when people who sleep peacefully can't sleep, but people who are awake must stay awake all the time, so that others may be tired, but for others they don't know whether they should be tired or not.

Tiredness means slackness, and slackness will give others an opportunity.

Being in a high position and unable to sleep peacefully, he knew that the emperor was not lying about the conversation in the palace last autumn, not to win sympathy.

After so many years, I've worked hard for you. This is not only said to the other person, but also to oneself.

Compared with the other party, he just doesn't have those drooping eyelids, and there is just one less dog hole dug in the mansion.

It seems to others that such hard work for them is just self-inflicted for fame and fortune, but there is an extremely sharp sword on the head of that fame and fortune.

Put it down, and the sword will fall.

As long as you have picked it up, you can't let it go yourself, you can only lift it high, and you can't relax.

And in the face of temptation, who can really not covet?

Don't say it's a touch of that seat, as long as you look up, you can't bow your head anymore.

When he was young, he traveled to the country, held a copper plate in one of the most inconspicuous small cities in Ningguo, gambled with King Ning, who visited Weifu privately, and won seventy-one games in a row, and easily took down a state with three counties without using soldiers.

It has become a way to easily take the territory of other countries without soldiers for hundreds of years.

Compared with those, Yan Weichu's gambling life or gambling on fame and sword is really a small gamble.

But for those, even if there was no fame at the time, the eldest prince did not have the slightest desire.

He is not a man of desire, and one state and three counties cannot awaken his blood.

But it wasn't until after that edict that he realized that he was not without desire, but that the small land of one state and three counties could not be in his eyes.

Compared to the land of one state and three counties in Ningguo, that chair only needs to look up slightly when going up to the court to salute, which makes people no longer willing to just look up like that.

You're going to think about going up and sitting.

When you have this kind of thought, it will be out of control, and this is not desire, it is something more terrible than desire.

It's beautiful, it's the opposite of desire, there's so much beauty in that chair, and underneath the beauty is something that is very shady.

When you sit in that chair, there's always something hidden under the chair.

There was nothing wrong with his pursuit, what was wrong was that there was such a chair in front of him that could be seen as long as he looked up.

And on that chair, His Majesty the Emperor who was sitting raised his eyebrows and asked, "Your Excellency?"

Li Si hurriedly came back to his senses, remembered the question that the other party had just mentioned, and prevaricated back: "The minister doesn't dare to speculate, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." ”

The emperor sighed lightly, waved his hand and said casually: "There is nothing I dare not guess, it can be regarded as helping me to analyze this matter well, this matter is a headache for me, is it the way to share worries for the king?"

The corners of Li Si's mouth were a little bitter, and he said softly and slowly while thinking: "This, the assassination of the students participating in the examination is a major event of the country, if it is an ordinary robber or a bandit or something, naturally he does not dare to move this thought, so the minister thinks that it should be the enemy seeking revenge, just investigate whether there are any common enemies in those students' families, and then hand it over to the Tingwei Mansion for careful investigation." ”

Due to Li Si's cautiousness when guessing, his words were slower.

Therefore, when the other party said about the bandits and robbers, His Majesty the Emperor kept blinking his eyes in confusion on that chair, and he was stunned when he listened, even the bandits and robbers could move out?

It wasn't until I heard the other party say that the enemy was seeking revenge, and the common enemy was handed over to the Tingwei Mansion to investigate these words, that I suddenly realized.

What a prime minister, Li Si, is this saying that the common enemy is not himself?

The emperor cautiously asked, "It is feasible to hand it over to the Imperial Governor's Mansion for investigation, but according to Lord Li's wishes, can it be executed?"

Li Si said firmly: "The person who is suspected must know that this matter is deeply implicated, and if he does not move the punishment, he must not be able to ask anything." ”

The emperor's body shrank violently, shook his head, and said, "Since it is I who approve them to go to Wangshu Tower, it is better for me to investigate this matter." ”

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