Mi Xin didn't know the details of Li Bing's affairs in Shuzhong, and His Royal Highness King Mu was coming at this time, and he suddenly had a layer of suspicion in his heart. Just wanted to talk to Li Bing, glanced at Anzi, and stopped talking.

Li Bing hurriedly said: "Uncle Mi, don't worry, he is his own person...... No problem. ”

"This time, His Royal Highness King Mu came to seek the support of the Xiangwang Mansion. Now that the situation is uncertain, no matter what King Mu says, he must deal with it carefully, and he must not agree to any conditions or refuse them...... Everything will wait for His Royal Highness King Xiang to come back, and then make plans!"

This advice made Li Bing scratch his head. Mi Xin looked at him puzzled, and said: "In the past few months since you left, a lot of things have happened. The East Palace and King Harmony were calm before, but in the past few months, the situation has changed abruptly, and the two have reached the point where they are incompatible.

King Mu has gradually grown, and his power in the court has been on a par with the East Palace. After five or six years of planning, a move broke out, which was really powerful, and the prince was a little unable to resist. When His Majesty is undecided, he will ask His Royal Highness King Xiang. King Mu came at this time, mostly because he had a plan......"

Li Bing was greatly surprised, before he left, His Royal Highness the Third Prince could be said to be respectful to the crown prince, why did he suddenly make such a big fuss: "Wasn't it okay before I left? What happened?"

Mi Xin didn't speak first, walked to the door, ordered his subordinates to go to the main gate to guard, and instructed: Once His Royal Highness King Mu arrives, he must come to report immediately.

After that, he lowered his voice: "It started before you left, when the third prince crowned King Mu." Seven or eight things have been done before and after, and even your father has admired his forbearance, and after laying out for so long, he can actually endure it, and no news will be revealed at all......

If you want to talk about the origin of this whole thing, it is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came up with an idea - to lead the rivers and lakes and green forests to attack the Tubo Tantra, force the Tubo army to return to defense, and relieve the danger of Ganzhou and Bashu. The idea was thought of by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but the matter was done by King Mu, who did this errand beautifully, won His Majesty's commendation, and was awarded the position of the envoy of the five prefectures of Lingnan.

(Lingnan Five Prefectures: The seat of governance is in Guangzhou, and it also leads Guizhou, Yongzhou, Rongzhou, and Jiaozhou)

Although this errand of the five governments is good, it is not the most important. Once the king has an official position, he can discuss matters in the court.

This participated in the government politics, and his accumulation of five or six years broke out, which can be described as menacing.

First of all, in the court, King Xiang found that he had recruited a lot of staff outside the palace, and every time he discussed, the countermeasures were reasonable and reasonable, and he was thoughtful, and he could always get His Majesty's approval. Among the civil and military officials, the support he received was definitely not something that could be obtained because he dealt with it properly once or twice. The plan to win over these ministers probably began five or six years ago.

At present, nearly half of the trusted ministers around His Majesty have fallen to him. The support of the court seems to be evenly divided, but in fact, in terms of the status of the crown prince, he has already lost.

Second, in the case of scholars, he has foresight and will build momentum, and when he is not a good king, he makes friends with well-educated people everywhere, and he is frugal and frugal, but he is particularly attentive to the things of respecting famous people and building temples and schools, and it can almost be said that he helps each other.

Luoyang's 'White Deer Cave Academy' was robbed last year, three schools were burned, and many famous paintings and masterpieces were destroyed. Seeing that the thousand-year-old academy was about to be destroyed, he sold two Zhuangzi outside the city, donated 100,000 yuan in silver to rebuild the school, and personally went to the Eastern Capital to supervise the work. For this alone, his virtuous name in Luoyang was set and spread all over the world.

Moreover, the first emperor of Taishang, the great sage of the Taoist Emperor Ming Xiao (Tang Xuanzong), when he was in power in his later years, he deposed the good minister 'Zhang Jiuling' and appointed the traitorous minister 'Li Linfu', which led to the Anshi Rebellion. The world's learned people are very dissatisfied with this, but they just read the exploits of the emperor Taishang, and no one dares to say anything.

This incident was already more than 30 years ago, but six years ago, Zhang Jiuling's only grandson, Yuan Zhou Sicang joined the army 'Zhang Dunqing' and defected before the war, which was a big crime of continuous sitting, not only was his house raided in Chang'an, but the whole family was exiled. It was King Mu who asked Zhang Jiuling to stay, and His Majesty opened up and forgave his wife and two daughters. This incident gave him a reputation as a courteous corporal in the world. ”

Mi Xin said this, and suddenly looked at Li Bing: "Actually, you have seen his eldest daughter, called Zhang Nidie, when the Jiaoyun Sword Gate came to Chang'an to find a successor, your father also took you to see the martial arts competition." His daughter only won second and unfortunately lost. It's been so long that you can't remember it......"

Li Bing shook his head, seemingly unimpressed. Anzi also heard strangely that he was a thief about these temple things, and he had heard these inside stories there before. But curiosity is curiosity, but I don't dare to say a word, for fear that I will say something wrong, cause a joke, or cause trouble, so I have been cautious and dare not come out.

Listening to Mi Xin again: "This incident, plus some other things, in a few years, he has already been wise and far-reaching among scholars. Even when he was just crowned king, some people wrote poems praising him as a virtuous king, and His Majesty's act of giving him the title of king was in accordance with the mandate of heaven. These things, if you don't think about them before, it's nothing, but now the two are competing against each other, and the prince's game can be regarded as a big defeat!

The third is to the people. His Royal Highness King Mu has also worked hard......

In the seventh year of the Great Calendar, the Han River was flooded, and more than 10 state capitals such as Hanzhong, Xiangzhou, and Jingzhou were affected. Later, he helped Zheng Guogong 'Yu Chaoen' to control the water, and built many dikes along the Han River. This has left a good name among the people.

In this way, the court, scholars, and the people, among the three, the support of King Mu is almost greater than that of the prince, and in just half a year, there is a tendency to coerce the East Palace. ”

When Li Bing heard this, he also felt terrible, this inconspicuous mountain and water, suddenly so powerful, it was indeed unexpected, but after thinking about it carefully, he said: "Isn't this very good? It sounds like he is doing the right thing." If he is really virtuous, it is not impossible for him to be the prince!"

When Mi Xin heard this, he immediately signaled him to whisper, bluntly saying that the prince may be transposed, and if it is heard by someone with a heart, he will be charged with the crime of rebellion!

He shook his head slightly, and said, "It's hard to say whether these things come from the heart or have other intentions. His Majesty has always been interested in the eldest son, and after he ascended the throne, he also made the eldest son the crown prince very early. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's performance over the years may not be virtuous, but he is not as deliberate as King Mu. What's more, today, King Mu launched a big offensive, openly and secretly folding the prince's wings, not to mention His Majesty, even His Royal Highness King Xiang was displeased. ”

"So, my father supports the prince in private?" As soon as Li Bing's words fell, he looked at Mi Xin and shook his head: "The situation is unclear now, and King Xiang is not easy to express his opinions, in the final analysis, this matter depends on what His Majesty thinks...... However, for the time being, the Holy Lord also seems to have a lot of complaints about King Mu. He doesn't leave a way back for the prince, he really doesn't miss brotherhood, and he is too eager for quick success. ”

"From the beginning of Lulin's attack on Tubo, he calculated the Yizhou pastor. Before giving up Yizhou, the prince wanted to transfer the pastor of Yizhou back to Beijing to report on his work and protect this person. However, King Mu secretly obstructed, and in the end he died in office. When Yizhou Mu was still an official in Zhongshu, he was the prince's confidant, which was the first prince's confidant he overthrown.

After that, he collected evidence everywhere, participated in and even framed the prince's disciples. As an official, there are more or less things that can't be said on the surface, and I don't know how King Mu investigated so carefully, every time he starts, he is accurate and ruthless, and the human and material evidence is there, so that the prince can't save it if he wants to.

Not long ago, even the prince's distant relative, the dyeing workshop of the Chen family in Chang'an, was also remembered by him, and falsely accused him of communicating with Tibet, and sold it to the enemy country after the news from the prince.

This Chen family was originally a distant relative of the prince's biological mother, the former queen, and they have helped the prince a lot over the years, and the things that the prince did inconveniently in the court were all done by the Chen family. This matter is so obvious that even His Majesty can see that it is a party dispute, and he does not investigate it, but he does not know where King Mu found ironclad evidence, and he is convicted of the crime and sent him to prison.

Now the prince wants to move outside, but there are not so many manpower. ”

Li Bingting's heart trembled when he heard it, and he remembered the piece of jade that Wei Ze gave to Anzi. This is already a real thing: "Cannibalism, Your Majesty doesn't care? What about the prince?

Mi Xin said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is naturally trying his best to defend himself, but this is to no avail. But His Royal Highness King Xiang has recently found out some eyebrows......"

"Oh?" Li Bing listened to his father also participated, and was even more curious at the moment: "Let's hear about it?"

"Courtiers can be wooed in five or six years, but every time King Mu gets the information, where does it come from? With such a dense intelligence network, it is impossible to do it without twenty or thirty years of effort, not to mention that he is not the crown prince, where did he get so much money, and he relies on his connections alone, but there is not much! So King Xiang guessed that there must be other people behind him who were supporting him, so he checked a little in this direction......

"What did you find?" Li Bing was curious and asked eagerly.

"The source of the information of King Mu is not clear...... But the people who sent money to King Mu found two families, one was the Ganzhou medicine shop 'Huanxi Valley', and the other was the horse bandit 'Black Eagle Pond' in Xihui. Half a year ago, these two places sent money to King Mu's other village several times, and each amount was quite large. But I don't know why these two families sent money to King Mu......"

"Ahh Others don't know, doesn't Li Bing know that Huanxi Valley and Black Eagle Pond are the forces of Rongjiao? Oh my God!

Mi Xin was also taken aback by this scream, and immediately opened the door to see if anyone was eavesdropping in the yard, and then came back and asked Li Bing and the others: "What's wrong with you?"

Li Bing's heart was in a state of confusion, and he didn't know where to start, and suddenly, he remembered that the three brothers of the Mo family had said the most mysterious thing about the Dragon and Phoenix Venerable.

Dragon Venerable...... Could it be that King Mu is the Dragon Venerable? No, no, no, this idea is ridiculous, but if the Dragon Venerable is a person close to King Mu, it seems to make sense......

Mi Xin saw that he was thinking and was about to interrupt, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door. It was the next person who came to report that King Mu's palanquin had arrived at the gate of the mansion.

Li Bing instructed his subordinates to retreat, and Aunt Cai, Mi Xin, and Anzi prepared to go out to greet each other, and said in a low voice on the way: "This time I went out, and I inadvertently found something, but I'm not sure if it's related yet." Let me think about it, and when my father returns, we will discuss it in detail......"

As soon as the four of them arrived at the gate of the courtyard, they met the palace of King Mu entering the door.

"Oops, oops. Long time no see. Farewell to Shuzhong, I thought you would be back soon, why did you delay it for so long? I almost couldn't catch up with the reunion dinner!" King Mu was dressed in regular clothes, and seemed to be more energetic than before, and he still carried a "startled" paper fan with him.

As soon as Li Bing was about to salute, he was helped up by King Mu, and replied with a smile: "It's hard to go out, of course, you have to travel enough to come back before you ......."

Several people welcomed King Mu to take a seat, but he glanced at Anzi beside Li Bing: "This little brother looks so familiar...... Isn't it seen somewhere. ”

As soon as the words fell, he knocked his forehead with a fan and stared at Anzi: "Oh, I remembered." On that day in the pomegranate forest, he was the little brother by your side......"

When Anzi saw such a high-ranking person for the first time, he was a little at a loss, so he could only salute King Mu just like Li Bing: "I have seen His Royal Highness King Mu." He saluted formally for the first time, and his movements were a little clumsy, which caused King Mu to smile faintly.

"I'm here to thank you. Shuzhong has helped me a lot, if it weren't for you, my plan wouldn't have been completed so smoothly. Your Majesty is rewarding meritorious deeds, but I can't tell you about your help in this matter, so I can only pick some exquisite ...... from my house."

As he spoke, the entourage led by King Mu presented a reward from outside the door, eight brocade boxes, lined up, with coral, precious jade, music scores, famous calligraphy and painting, martial arts cheats, and finally a sword.

Li Bing glanced at it: "These things are too valuable, I helped by mistake, these things are really deserved." He didn't want to accept his gifts, not to mention that Mi Xin had said before that King Mu's purpose was not pure, so he couldn't accept it.

King Mu was not in a hurry, and said lightly: "I know that Uncle Xiangwang's family has a big business, and he doesn't lack anything." This is a little bit of my heart, if you don't want to take it all, you might as well pick a few things you like and keep them......" He said, seeing Li Bing's eyes glancing at the sword, he took the sword and pulled it out.

"Hum!" There was a buzz, and a cold light suddenly appeared, reflecting on Li Bing's face, as clear as the bright moon! This sword was shorter than the Tao sword, only about two feet and one inch, and the whole body was white, and the sword body was also narrower.

Li Bingduo glanced at this sword, but he felt that the lines of this scabbard seemed to be a little familiar, and he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

King Mu touched his hand on the sword, and flicked his fingers lightly: Hum!

"This sword is called 'Tired Dust', and it is a sword that has not been born in hundreds of years in the former dynasty Ouchi Imperial Collection, and there is no record of even the 'Sword List' and the 'Strange Soldier List'. According to the classics, it should be one of the swords, but only this one has been passed down, and the other one doesn't even know what the name is......"

Putting away the sword, King Mu handed him to Li Bing: "The sword is given to the hero! If you don't even accept this, then you really see the outside......

Li Bing shirked again to no avail, so he had no choice but to accept it.

Mi Xin was originally worried that King Mu would seek King Xiang's support this time, and he would make his words clear. In fact, it seems that he is really worried, today King Mu did not mention a word about King Xiang, and after chatting for half an hour about miscellaneous matters, he said that he would go back in the evening to prepare the next morning's recital, and left with a few polite words.

Before leaving, he also said: "By the way, like last year, the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month is the birthday of the eleventh, if you want to go to Ouchi to find him, I can send someone to pick you up into the palace, and you don't need to ask for another performance." ”

Li Bing no longer shirked this matter, and agreed to it.

He always felt that this King Mu had a little more courage than in Shuzhong, and he was afraid that even his spirit was different.