"What? Where? How many assassins are there? Who are the local magistrate and military commander?" Zhao Heng's heart tightened instantly, but he pretended to be calm and asked in a deep voice.
Liu E worshiped him as a god. At this time, he was not only the emperor of the Song Dynasty, but also someone else's husband. Therefore, even if the sky fell, he had to hold on.
Liu Chenggui, who was well known to the right squad, also quickly realized that his actions just now were a bit rude. He quickly sorted out his thoughts and reported one by one, "Zhang Wengong, the inspector of the left army in Kaifeng Prefecture, was assassinated at the administrative office on Jingdong East Road, at the gate of Qingzhou City.
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"The name of the prefect of Qingzhou is Wu Qian, and he was born as a Jinshi. The name of the military commander is Xu Wenyun. He made extraordinary achievements when he followed the late King Cao Bin of Lu to pacify the Southern Tang Dynasty!"
"The specific number of assassins has not yet been investigated clearly. According to the secret report sent by the eunuch sent by the Imperial City Division to purchase sulfur, there should be more than a hundred people. However, the information from the Imperial City Division may not be accurate. We have to wait for details.
Only the Feilong Division’s secret report and the local officials’ memorial can verify each other!”
"How dare you, thief!" Zhao Heng gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice. His heart was beating wildly, and his face was as green as pine needles struck by frost.
The assassin is demonstrating! By killing the left army inspector of Kaifeng Prefecture who went to investigate the case, he is demonstrating to him, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty! He is not allowed to continue to pursue that bullshit Chunyang Sect, and what insidious plot he is doing!
If he sent people to investigate further, the person who was killed might not be a Zhengfifuchinjun envoy. The entire Jingdong East Road, so officials loyal to the imperial court, might become assassination targets.
By then, Jingdong East Road will definitely be in chaos...
Suddenly, a soft and tough feeling came from his right palm. It was Liu E who gently held his hand.
Zhao Heng's heart rate slowed down rapidly, and at the same time, a surge of heroic spirit slowly surged into his chest.
Although he has never left Bianliang City since he was a child, he is after all the nephew of Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and the son of Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi!
If he is frightened into confusion by a group of assassins of unknown origin, it will not only disgrace himself, but also show that his uncle and father have no vision!
Therefore, whether in private or public affairs, he cannot show any weakness. He must send important ministers to Jingdong East Road as quickly as possible to make the assassins and those who instigated the assassins pay for their debts with blood!
Thinking of this, he made a decisive decision, "There is no need to wait for the secret report from the Control Bureau and the memorial from the local government. The difference is only the number of assassins and the assassination process of Zhang Wengong. It is impossible to say that the assassination did not happen at all, and Zhang Wengong will be killed again."
Send it back to me with all its beard and tail!"
"My slave, I obey!" Liu Chenggui, a member of the right squad, bowed and saluted, and then asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, do you want the two important ministers Lu Mengzheng and Lu Duan to enter the palace immediately?"
"No need!" Zhao Heng waved his hand vigorously without thinking, "I will pass my imperial edict directly to Kou Zhun. Ask him to immediately hand over the matters at hand to the new economic and strategic comfort envoy Wang Dan. Then he rushes to Qingzhou. The specific official edict is,
After my meeting tomorrow, I’ll… um——”
Halfway through his words, he suddenly paused and then fell into deep thought.
Kou Zhun had a treacherous mind and was decisive in killing. He rushed to Jingdong East Road and took up the post. He would definitely be able to suppress all the young people so that they would not dare to move. However, the reminder that Empress Dowager Li had just given him through the mouth of Liu E was right.
Prince Ming cannot rely on just one wise minister!
Determined to be a famous king through the ages, Zhao Heng believed that he had never doubted Kou Zhun's loyalty.
However, Chai Rong never doubted his uncle Zhao Kuangyin back then. As a result, as soon as Chai Rong died, his uncle was "gone with a yellow robe". Chai Rong's sons did not have the chance to grow up.
Huh--, the spring breeze has come out, and suddenly it is warm and then cold, and the petals all over the sky are falling like flying snow.
After realizing that Zhao Heng had given him an order, he fell into deep thought. Everyone in the right class knew that Liu Chenggui decisively closed his lips, looked at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose, and began to make clay and wood sculptures.
Having served three emperors of the Song Dynasty one after another, he has neither died in a daze nor been convicted in a daze. What he relies on is not his intelligence, but knowing when to shut up.
The officials did not want to rely on Kou Zhun for everything. Liu Chenggui could easily see this. From the perspective of a bystander, he also believed that the officials did nothing wrong.
As the saying goes, you must be on guard against others.
No matter how loyal Kou Zhun was, it would not be a good thing for both parties if he had too much power or was overly relied upon by officials.
Liu Chenggui has seen too many examples of monarchs and ministers starting from getting to know each other and ending with mutual suspicion and jealousy.
Not to mention the distant ones, but the close ones, such as Han Chongyun, who was posthumously named Zhongwu. Thinking back to the time when he was the life-and-death friend of Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, almost all the things that Emperor Taizu did not want to do personally or were inconvenient to do personally were explained to him.
Give him a ride.
As a result, he almost died under the sword of Emperor Taizu. Fortunately, Zhao Pu said a word for him at the critical moment, which allowed him to escape unscathed.
Another example is Han Chongyun's younger brother Han Chonggui. He was the man who used his body to block the arrows of Emperor Taizong in the Battle of Gaoliang River.
As a result, in his later years, Emperor Taizong became one of the most difficult people to trust. Thanks to this man's awakening and the timely handover of the palace minister, he was finally able to go home and take care of himself.
"According to my oral instructions, Wang Qinruo, who was informed of the political affairs and also served as the inspection and pacification envoy on the East and West Roads of Beijing, went to Qingzhou to thoroughly investigate the assassination of Zhang Wengong. After receiving the oral instructions, he set off immediately and formally issued the imperial edict, allowing me to come back after the court meeting tomorrow.
Make up." As he was recalling the past in a daze, Zhao Heng's voice reached his ears again.
This time, nothing happened to Kou Zhun, so he was replaced by another political advisor, Wang Qinruo. The latter's abilities were not even slightly inferior to Kou Zhun's, and his greatest strength was to figure out the Holy Will.
"I obey!" In his heart, he was not optimistic about Zhao Heng's decision at all, but Liu Chenggui decisively agreed and trotted away.
After the assassination of an official of the fifth rank occurred, Zhao Heng naturally could not continue to go to Liu E's place as if it was none of his business to experience the joy of an ordinary couple. Turning his eyes quickly to the latter, he explained apologetically, "
I have to return to the Wende Palace. Lu Duan, Bi Shi'an and others, after hearing about the incident in Qingzhou, will definitely join the palace tonight..."
"Your Majesty, please go ahead. I have prepared a late-night snack for the officials to use, no matter how late it is!" Liu E knew both coldness and heat. She nodded with a smile before he finished speaking.
"Yes! I will definitely come to eat, no matter how late!" Zhao Heng felt comfortable in his heart and agreed without hesitation. Then, he felt more and more that his choice back then was right.
In such a large harem, there was no shortage of beauties more beautiful than Liu E, and there was no shortage of concubines smarter than Liu E. However, there was no second woman who was willing to personally cook a midnight snack for him.
Sometimes he would deal with government affairs all day long in the Hall of Wende, and at nightfall, he would drag his exhausted body to a certain concubine. When the latter saw him, they would either be as nervous as a puppet, or they would try their best to get pregnant.
. There was no other person like Liu E who cared about whether he was hungry, and then even if he had no energy to do anything all night, she would hold his arms with a face full of joy.
Thinking of the various benefits to Liu E, Zhao Heng planned to give her something in return. He smiled and asked softly, "I remember that you were fostered in your uncle's house since you were a child. You have two cousins. If they are willing to serve...
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"Your Majesty's great kindness, I am deeply grateful!" Liu E heard this and immediately bowed down, "However, my two cousins are both incompetent in literature and martial arts, and they are easily swayed by small profits. If you become an official,
, they will definitely fail the Holy Grace in the end. Therefore, it is better for the Holy One to let them continue to be virtuous people."
"Oh?" Unexpectedly, Liu E refused so decisively. Zhao Heng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "Then I will give them some land and wealth..."
"Most of what the Holy Father has always given to his concubines has been given to them at an advantage!" Liu E bowed again and refused as sharply as before. "They have no merit. If they receive too many gifts, it may not be a good thing."
After a pause, she raised her head, her eyes curved like crescent moons, "If the Holy One must give it to me, why not give it to Prince Ding who was kind to me in the beginning. When I first arrived in Bianliang, I had no food and clothing, so I lost everything."
Mrs. Ding Wang, who rented out her house to me, was kind-hearted and ordered her servants to spare me three months of rent, so that I could avoid sleeping on the street."
"Mr. Ding, where is her home? Is her husband still alive? Besides renting out houses, what do you do for a living?" Upon hearing this, Zhao Heng immediately became curious, lowered his head, and asked softly.
"Her husband was an official in Kuizhou at that time. It is said that he once made a contribution to suppressing the rebellion. Later, he returned home to observe his mourning because of his mother's death. After that, I didn't know what he did." Liu E's eyes were big and bright,
It was as if two stars were twinkling.
"I know, her husband's name is Ding Wei. He was the transfer envoy to Kuizhou back then. He put down the rebel Wang Jun and broke up the barbarian rebellion in Xizhou. He has made great contributions!" Zhao Heng had a very good memory and immediately mentioned Liu E.
The man confronted the court official. "If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't have known that his wife had actually helped you."
"I just saw that the Holy Lord was worried about the chaos in Qingzhou, and then I remembered that my benefactor's husband had made great contributions to suppressing the rebellion." Liu E looked up at Zhao Heng's face and carefully explained, "I am not
If you want to interfere in the affairs of the state, and if I overstep my bounds, your Majesty will definitely remind me and forgive me a little."
"You know how to repay a favor, so how can you interfere in the government affairs? Besides, Ding Wei did have the merit of putting down the rebellion." Zhao Heng stretched out his hand, rubbed Liu E's head lovingly, and said with a smile. "According to logic, I still have to do it.
I should thank you for your contribution to recommending talents to the country. However, if outsiders find out, they will hurt you with bad words. Therefore, I will keep this contribution in my heart."
"I dare not, but it is my lifelong wish to be able to help the Holy One share his worries!" Liu E lowered her head, feeling shy.
Zhao Heng retracted his hand and added with a smile, "Send someone back to send a message to Wang Ding to let her know that you are repaying her old love. I will go to the Wende Hall and have someone draw up the decree. Wang Qinruo is capable.
Not bad, but his temper is softer after all, and he has never experienced martial arts. It just so happens that I sent Ding Wei to be the transport envoy for Jingdong East Road. If the two of them cooperate, they will definitely get to the bottom of the case!"
As he spoke, he was filled with pride again, turned around, and strode towards the Hall of Wende.
The eunuchs and ladies-in-waiting hurriedly followed, fearing that the officials of the Song Dynasty would walk too fast and stumble.
However, Liu E watched Zhao Hengyuan away lovingly. She didn't look back until Zhao Hengyuan's back disappeared, then she slowly bit her red lips with her white teeth.
If you are kind, she will definitely repay it.
Even if she has a grudge, she will never forget it.
When the affair between Zhao Heng and her happened, she clearly remembered who persuaded Zhao Heng to start a relationship and eventually give up! In this life, she will definitely make this person pay a sufficient price!
