Nine hundred and sixtieth IX and the tiger seek skin
Emperor Chen deeply hated the remnants of the Liang Kingdom. Starting a few days ago, the capital had entered a state of martial law.
Regardless of whether they are leaving or entering the city, the procedures are extremely cumbersome. Anyone who cannot produce proof of identity will be immediately taken back to the Yamen and questioned in detail.
Of course, the capital of Chen State is home to hundreds of thousands of people. In addition to the slums, there are also many wealthy families. If you really want to hide a few people, it is not that easy to find them.
This kind of strict inspection is a big burden for both the court and the people. If they can't find those people within a month at most, they can only let it go.
This is the capital, and in this matter, Jing Zhaoyin has the heaviest burden on his shoulders. Fortunately, his father-in-law has already entered the Shangshu Province, so he doesn't have to bear so much pressure.
In addition to Jing Zhaoyin, King Huai also has a lot of responsibilities. I don't know why, but two days ago, Emperor Chen asked him to be responsible for searching for the remaining members of Liang Guo. No matter who is behind them, they must be uprooted.
To purge the capital of chaos.
From a certain perspective, King Huai is actually quite tragic.
He was capable. During the period when Emperor Chen left the government, many difficult matters in the government were settled by his hands.
However, even if he did these things well, he would not get any reward. Everyone knows that the prince that Your Majesty likes most is the gradually growing Prince Run. His regard for Prince Huai is only superficial.
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King Huai didn't seem to care about this and continued to do these thankless things without any complaints.
Not only the officials in the court, but also the people in the capital had a very high opinion of King Huai.
He is like a diligent scalper who never competes or grabs, and does his job in obscurity. Perhaps it is for this reason that among the three princes in the court, he is the only one left now.
one.
It stands to reason that he is the best candidate for the crown prince, whether in terms of character, talent, or in terms of eldest son.
However, many things in this world are not taken for granted. No one expected that King Run would come to everyone's attention so quickly. With Concubine Fang Shu's favor and the support of the Fang family, even if King Huai was in front of him,
It’s far from enough.
When Tangning, Xiaoxiao and Princess Anyang were walking on the street, they clearly felt that the flow of people on the street was much smaller than before.
Princess Anyang and Xiaoxiao originally went out for shopping, but after they came out, they found that due to the atmosphere in Beijing in recent days, many shops on the street were closed, which made them a little disappointed.
Princess Anyang curled her lips and said with some dissatisfaction: When will the martial law end? The capital cannot continue like this. The business of the shops has dropped by half these days. If this continues, we will have to close down first."
Tang Ning said: "By the time the remaining members of Liang Guo's party are caught, even if they are not caught, the court will give up within half a month at most..."
Mentioning the remnants of the Liang Kingdom, Princess Anyang became a little angry and said: "They are restoring their country, why are they causing trouble here..."
The people in Beijing also had the same idea as Princess Anyang, because the affairs of Liang Guo's remnant party really made the capital uneasy and greatly affected the lives of the people.
Everyone hopes that His Highness King Huai can find those people as soon as possible and restore peace to the capital.
At the same time, somewhere in the middle of Beijing was a remote courtyard.
A carriage slowly stopped in front of the courtyard gate. A servant got off the carriage and moved the food and other items on the carriage into the yard.
He looked at the figures standing in the courtyard and said: "This place has been searched. No one will come in a short time. There is enough food here. Please don't go out during this period."
After unloading everything from the carriage, Bai Jin closed the courtyard door, and Gongsun Ying stepped forward and asked, "Can King Huai be trusted?"
Bai Jin said: "He is in the same boat as us. If something happens to us, he won't survive. He is a smart man. I don't think he will do anything stupid."
King Wu looked at Bai Jin with a smile on his face and said, "It's all thanks to Elder Bai's hard work..."
Bai Jin didn't speak, but felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
All the arrangements and plans she had made in Beijing over the years were not originally for King Wu, but unfortunately after the death of King Qian and the Crown Prince, he had no other choice except King Wu.
King Wu looked at the two men and said: "I hope this person can take action soon. If he becomes the emperor, we will have an emperor's puppet. By then, there will be no need to let him help restore the country. We can first seize Chen
country, and then directly send troops to Guizhou..."
Bai Jin frowned and said, "This is not our plan..."
Although he thought about using the power of King Huai after he became emperor to help them restore the country, he never thought that he could directly seize the Chen Kingdom.
King Wu showed a smile on his face and said: "Plans will always change. When he first cooperated with us, he should have realized that he was seeking skin from a tiger..."
Bai Jin wanted to remind him that King Huai was also a tiger, seeking skin from a tiger. Even she herself couldn't tell who was the tiger...
However, seeing King Wu's ambitious look, he finally shut his mouth.
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At this time, in Prince Huai's palace, Prince Huai and Prince Fu were sitting in the pavilion, with a chessboard in front of them.
King Fu picked up a chess piece, but it didn't fall. He asked, "What should I do with the poison in your body?"
King Huai said: "Don't worry, I have already thought of a way."
King Fu asked: "What are you going to do after getting rid of Liang Guo's remaining members?"
King Huai dropped a chess piece and said: "It has been more than twenty years. It is time to seek justice for the concubine and the empress..."
King Fu picked up another chess piece and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't drop it.
He put the chess piece back and said, "He won't agree."
King Huai looked up at him and said, "Why should he agree?"
…
"Cough, cough..."
It was late at night, and several heavy coughs could be heard in the palace and Yangshen Temple.
Wei Jian walked forward with a piece of clothing and said: "Your Majesty, the weather is cold, please put on another piece of clothing..."
Chen Huang put on a coat and asked: "How is the investigation of Liang Guoyu's party going?"
Wei Jian said: "His Royal Highness King Huai is investigating, but there is no result yet."
"What are the spies doing?" Emperor Chen frowned and said, "Those rebels from the Liang Kingdom have come under my nose. They actually don't know at all. What's the use of raising them?
"
"Your Majesty, calm down..." Wei Jian said quickly: "Your Highness has found out some signs..."
As soon as he finished speaking, there were hurried footsteps coming from outside.
A young eunuch pushed the door open and came in, saying: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Huai has discovered the hiding place of those rebellious Liang people, and is leading three thousand gold-feathered guards to arrest them..."
