Chapter 1346: The whole body is moved by one hair (3)
"Xiao Xuan?"
Waving his hand to signal Zongwei Gao Kuo to step down, Zhao Hongrun stood up and welcomed his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan into the inner room of the study.
When Zhao Hongrun saw his younger brother's deep face, he had already guessed the purpose of his visit.
Sure enough, after the two brothers sat down, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan said angrily: "Brother, Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, is dead, do you know?"
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongxuan asked again: "Brother, I remember that you sent Qingya to monitor Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang. Is there any news about this from Qingya?"
Hearing his brother ask about this matter, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little depressed. The group of Yawu and others who had been sent to Fengqiu to monitor the Qulianghou Mansion had lost contact with them two days ago. Not to mention that Zhao Hongrun didn't know about the Qulianghou Mansion at all.
Who was attacked? Not even Ya Wu and others knew whether they were alive or dead. They could only wait for the Qing Ya people from Daliang to send people to investigate.
And at this moment, Zhao Hongxuan could not help but ask: "Brother, do you think it was someone sent by King Yong to do it?"
Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but glance at Zhao Hongxuan after hearing this, and thought to himself: My younger brother really hates King Yong so much that he will throw all the shit at the former.
However, he still tried to persuade him nicely: "Xiao Xuan, there is no grievance between King Yong and Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang. Why did he kill the Marquis of Quliang?"
"Of course it's because Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, was a secret chess piece placed by King Yong next to King Qing!" Zhao Hongxuan said without thinking.
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun was secretly surprised.
You should know that at first, he saw Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, pulling Quliang Hou Sima Song aside for a secret conversation and asking whether the latter was from King Yong. Then he became suspicious of Quliang Hou Sima Song's political stance. But
How did he know about the younger brother in front of him?
"Did Luo Yao or Zhou Min also notice it?"
Zhao Hongrun thought secretly.
Seeing that Zhao Hongrun didn't speak, Zhao Hongxuan mistakenly thought that his brother didn't believe it, so he lowered his voice and revealed: "Brother, don't believe it, Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, is really the secret chess placed by King Yong next to King Qing!... Two days ago, Chang Huang
My brother's house received a secret letter, which recorded in detail the specific date and general content of the conversation between King Yong's people and the Marquis of Quliang Sima Song. Among these people, King Yong's aide Zhang Qigong was also included.
"
"..." Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this. He looked at his brother in disbelief, then frowned and asked: "Secret message? What secret message? Where is it? Let me see."
Zhao Hongxuan showed a bit of embarrassment on his face and explained: "Brother Changhuang took him away when he came to the palace two days ago to seek help from Queen Wang. Queen Wang is said to have considered it, and the secret letter was also left in Fengyi Hall...
"After that, he was afraid that Zhao Hongrun wouldn't believe it, so he said firmly: "Brother, this is the truth. Brother Changhuang, Luo Yao, Zhou Min and others can all testify."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun frowned and thought for a moment.
Although the younger brother in front of him has gradually grown up and has his own opinions, and is no longer as clingy to him as he was when he was young, but since he was a child, this younger brother has never lied to him. Since the younger brother said so, then this matter must be
is real.
The question is the origin of the secret letter.
Who actually delivered that secret letter to the eldest prince's mansion?
Zhao Hongrun closed his eyes slightly and eliminated the suspects one by one in his mind.
But just as King Xiang Zhao Hongjing was thinking about this matter that day, after all the exclusions, Zhao Hongrun could not find anyone among his brothers who had the ability to do this. In fact, he himself was the biggest suspect.
This is wrong, very wrong.
Because this incident mainly targeted King Qing and King Yong, this shows that this is a conspiracy against the throne.
In other words, someone who would do such a thing must have some clear political purpose - otherwise, what would the other party do to bring down King Qing and King Yong?
"Is this a cruel trick by King Qing?"
Zhao Hongrun's expression was a little strange, and he also felt that this guess was a bit forced.
It cannot be denied that Prince Hongxin of Qing might have used this incident as a ploy to gain sympathy, and then left the stage sadly to win sympathy, and then defeated Prince Hongyu of Yong in one fell swoop and seized the throne in one fell swoop.
But the question is, isn't this superfluous? - Because the risk of this move is too high, and all the advantages may be ruined. Zhao Hongrun really doesn't think Qing Wang Hongxin is such a courageous person who dares to use this kind of move.
way to gamble.
Seeing that Zhao Hongrun didn't speak for a long time, Zhao Hongxuan asked anxiously: "Brother, do you think it is possible that King Yong killed someone and silenced him?"
"Kill and silence?"
Being interrupted from his thoughts, Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said: "Absolutely impossible!"
Seeing his brother speaking so categorically, Zhao Hongxuan felt a little unhappy and asked unconvinced: "Why is it absolutely impossible?"
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Zhao Hongxuan and said seriously: "Xiao Xuan, you said you received a secret letter, I believe it. But just relying on this secret letter to overthrow King Yong is far from enough...
...The origin of that secret letter is unknown. You can’t tell where you got it. King Yong can totally accuse you.
Forgery. Don’t be dissatisfied. Is there anyone who witnessed the private meeting between King Yong’s people and Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang? How could such a secret letter, which cannot prove its origin, have any actual impact on King Yong? Since it cannot have any actual impact
Influence, why did King Yong kill Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang? Isn’t this self-inflicted?”
Zhao Hongxuan was speechless. After a while, Nono said: "But... but the details in the secret letter may not be true..."
"You still don't understand." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and explained sternly: "Even if everything recorded in the secret letter is true, the unknown origin of the secret letter is not enough to be used as a handle...even if it is true.
,Disaster
Just by relying on this secret letter, can you intimidate King Yong and the Marquis of Quliang into chaos?" After a pause, he said decisively: "Even if Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, is really King Yong's secret chess, but killing him
This person will never be King Yong."
Zhao Hongxuan said unconvinced: "Isn't it possible that King Yong came here to make a false move? He knew that he was the most suspicious after killing Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, but he did this to confuse everyone."
Zhao Hongrun was happy when he heard this, shook his head and said: "Your idea is good, but the key point is that you have never pushed King Yong to a dead end, how could he make dangerous moves?... What if everyone in the court is like this?
If you act like this, wouldn't he be reaping the consequences and ruining the great situation he has now?"
Zhao Hongxuan was speechless and hesitated several times, but in the end he said nothing because he could not find anything to refute.
At this moment, Zongwei Mu Qing walked in from outside the study, clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness."
After that, he walked to Zhao Hongrun and said to the latter: "Your Highness, the Queen sent the eunuch Feng Lu to send a congratulatory gift."
"Huh?"
Zhao Hongrun was slightly startled, feeling a little surprised.
Because his wedding date is three days later, according to common sense, even if the Queen and the Queen want to give gifts, they should be on the day of his wedding three days later.
Of course, common sense is common sense, and there is no absolute in this matter. Maybe the king and queen would be willing to send a congratulatory gift before the wedding.
After thinking about it, he said to Zhao Hongxuan: "Xiao Xuan, go back and think about it carefully. I have something else to do here."
"..." Zhao Hongxuan nodded sadly.
It can be seen that he is still somewhat unacceptable to his brother Zhao Hongrun's unequivocal conclusion that the matter has nothing to do with King Yong.
Zhao Hongrun had nothing to do about this. After all, his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan was such an upright person - as long as he liked someone, he would believe that the other person was a good person; on the contrary, if someone did something that made him disgusted
, then it will be difficult for that person to change his opinion of him in his life.
At best, this is called hating evil as much as hatred; at worst, this is called stupidity.
"It still lacks tempering..."
Shaking his head, Zhao Hongrun stepped out of the study.
Looking at his younger brother, he felt like he was seeing him before.
He also had this kind of character in the past. At first, he was unhappy with Zhao Hongli, who was once the Prince of the East Palace. No matter what the latter did, he would not appreciate it. For example, he was also like this at the beginning when it came to dealing with the nobles in the country.
It's just that over the years, he has encountered many things one after another, seen many things, and gradually learned to be tolerant.
To put it bluntly, he has grown up, but his younger brother has not grown up yet.
Sighing secretly, Zhao Hongrun came to the front yard of the mansion under the guidance of Zong Wei Mu Qing.
From a distance, he saw Zongwei Lu Mu talking to an old eunuch with gray hair and a white face, calling him "Eunuch Feng".
Thinking about it, this person is the eunuch beside Queen Wang, Feng Lu.
Perhaps because he saw Zhao Hongrun walking this way, the eunuch Feng Lu hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, bowed his hands and said, "His Royal Highness King Su."
"Eunuch Feng." Zhao Hongrun returned the gift with a smile.
He was not very familiar with Feng Lu, or simply said that he had rarely interacted with him in the past, but even so, he also knew that the Feng Lu in front of him was the only two eunuchs in the palace - the other one was him
Tong Xian beside his father.
Tong Xian and Feng Lu, the only two eunuchs in the palace, are like the family eunuchs of the palace, in charge of the huge eunuch eunuch.
"Your Highness Prince Su is so polite."
Feng Luxun thanked Zhao Hongrun for returning the gift, then took out a gift list from his sleeve, handed it to Zhao Hongrun respectfully, and said with a smile: "When I learned that His Royal Highness Prince Su was about to get married, the Queen Mother specially ordered this old slave to send a congratulatory gift...
This is the gift list, please take a look at it, His Highness Prince Su."
"The Queen is so kind."
Zhao Hongrun took it with a smile, and after looking at the gift list, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
"As expected of Queen Wang, you are indeed generous with your actions! ... After receiving such a generous gift, it seems that I have to go to Fengyi Palace today and tomorrow to meet in person... hmm?"
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun was suddenly startled.
He suddenly remembered what his brother Zhao Hongxuan had just said, that the secret letter recording the secret contact between King Yong's people and Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, had been brought to Fengyi Hall by the eldest prince Zhao Hongli to show it to the Queen.
After that, Quliang Hou Sima Song died at the hands of a group of murderers who dared to cause massacre in Fengqiu County.
And today, for some unknown reason, Queen Wang deliberately sent him a congratulatory gift before his wedding.
"...No way?"
Looking at Feng Lu in front of him, Zhao Hongrun had a strange look on his face.
Perhaps noticing Zhao Hongrun's expression, Feng Lu asked doubtfully: "Your Highness, Prince Su, is there anything wrong with this gift list?"
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly, and suddenly he probed: "Eunuch Feng, how many birds have I lost in the past two days? I wonder if Eunuch Feng has seen them?"
"..."
Hearing Zhao Hongrun's hint, even though Feng Lu tried his best to hide it, he still subconsciously opened his eyes wide.
Seeing his expression, Zhao Hongrun was extremely shocked.
"The person who killed Sima Songman, the Marquis of Quliang, turned out to be Queen Wang?!"