Chen Shubao was actually already drowsy, especially when he found out that what Li Xingchen said after he came was the same as what Xiao Mohe and others said before, and it didn't mean anything. So at this time, he didn't want to stay and listen.
Li Xingchen was not very interested in what he said. Before Chen Yu could come forward, he stretched himself and stood up first and walked to the backyard.
In order to facilitate communication, a hole was punched in the wall directly in front of the Xiliang Prince's Mansion where Chen Shubao lived and the Jiangling General Manager's Mansion where Xiao Mohe lived. Therefore, Chen Shubao could go directly through Xiao Mohe's mansion to return to his place of residence.
At the same time that Chen Shubao left, Li Xingchen also walked over and closed the door of the meeting hall. When he turned around, the only ones still left in the meeting hall were Xiao Mohe and Zhou Que, and of course Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie.
Or in other words, these few people present are the core of the power of the East Palace in Jiangling City, and can even be said to be the controllers of more than half of the power in the East Palace. If a meteor falls from the sky at this time, the meeting hall will be directly destroyed.
, I’m afraid Chen Shuling, the governor of Yangzhou, can wake up laughing even when he sleeps.
Li Xingchen's expression became more solemn and he said in a deep voice: "Although Chen Shuling did not finally put the prince to death this time, the black-clothed killers he sent exposed some problems. For example, the arrows they used were smeared with enough poison to kill one blow.
Fatal, it is indeed not simple.”
Xiao Mohe frowned. He had heard Xiao Shilian mention this before, but the whereabouts of Li Xingchen and Lechang were unknown at that time, so he had no intention of caring about it. When he encountered the damn killer in black, of course he had to kill them first.
Now that Li Xingchen mentioned it, Xiao Mohe couldn't help but feel alarmed.
As a standard science student, Li Xingchen certainly knows that there are many deadly things. Even in ancient times when technology was not developed, there were still mercury, crane crown red, etc., but these things not only have sufficient dosage,
Requirements, and after contact with the human body, there will be a period of time for the human body to react, and death will not occur instantly.
In Li Xingchen's impression, the only thing that can cause organ disease and physiological death in the human body so quickly is the sap from the blood-sealing throat tree. This kind of venom contains many deadly ingredients, which can cause death in a very short time after contact with blood.
It causes death, which is very similar to the venom smeared on the arrows used by those black-clad killers.
"I have seen this kind of poison that seals the throat when it sees blood. I have seen it in a novel before." Zhou Que also cheered up at this time and also realized that things were far from being as simple as he thought. "This kind of
The tree only exists in Lingnan and Zhuya, so not many people know about it, and it is rumored that because the sap of this tree is highly toxic, the tribes in the Lingnan mountains and forests generally do not allow outsiders to approach these trees...
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"Lingnan..." Xiao Mohe murmured, gently rubbing his chin.
Lingnan in this era was not a semi-civilized place like the early Qin and Han Dynasties, or rather a forgotten place. With the Jin Dynasty's migration to the south three hundred years ago, people from aristocratic families came to the south in an endless stream like crucian carp crossing the river.
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This has caused the originally sparsely populated southeastern land to naturally become extremely precious, thus further promoting the development of the Lingnan area. At least now Nanchen has a complete governance system in Lingnan, and at the same time he has maintained relations with the tribes in the mountains.
With a certain vassal relationship, those tribes were nominally under the jurisdiction of the Nanchen imperial court.
To be honest, Chen Baxian raised his army from Jiaozhou, Lingnan, and his official title at that time was the Sima of Jiaozhou in Nanliang. The tribes in Lingnan provided a lot of help to Chen Baxian at that time, which allowed Chen Baxian to quickly stabilize Jiaozhou and then go north.
Fight with Hou Jing.
Therefore, these tribes in Lingnan are definitely not just people who have always lived in isolation in the mountains. They were able to help Chen Baxian pacify Jiaozhou and even the entire Jiangnan in one fell swoop, thereby achieving peaceful coexistence between the Chen Dynasty and them. Now they can naturally be more involved in Nanchen's affairs.
In the midst of the political tide, we can gain more benefits and development space!
Li Xingchen didn't know whether these Lingnan tribes were used by Chen Shuling in history, but at this time, he was sure that Chen Shuling must have colluded with these Lingnan tribes who had access to the Blood-Sealing Throat Wood, and the two sides had even established a basic relationship.
cooperative relationship.
Otherwise, these Lingnan tribes would not be able to easily hand over the poisonous juice that sealed the throat to Chen Shuling. After all, it would be really easy to trace it to them.
Now that Chen Xu is still alive, the East Palace may not be able to do anything to Chen Shuling, but it does not mean that there is no way to put small shoes on these Lingnan tribes. Therefore, while handing over the blood-sealing throat wood poison, it also means that these Lingnan tribes have been involved.
There is no way out of this vortex.
Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie were both a little surprised. They never thought that it was just a conspiracy between a few senior people in Nanchen, but now it has become so involved.
"The governor of Yangzhou feels threatened and will not sit still and wait for death, so it is reasonable to hook up with Lingnan." Zhou Que said coldly.
After a pause, Zhou Que said even more worriedly: "And this time Yuchijiong also sent many of his scouts to lead the charge, wouldn't it..."
Xiao Mohe frowned slightly and gently rubbed his chin.
This time Huarong Dao was in danger, and even damaged Mao Xi. Firstly, it was because the betrayal of Prince Wei was sudden, which was indeed unexpected by everyone at the time. Secondly, it was also because these Northern Zhou scouts who appeared first disrupted the Southern Zhou Dynasty.
Chen's arrangement.
Otherwise, if it were simply those men in black, even though the situation was dangerous, both Li Xingchen and Xiao Shilian present were still confident that they would be able to catch them all.
So not to mention Zhou Que, the other people present obviously also doubted whether Yuchi Jiong, or the entire Northern Zhou Dynasty, might have colluded with Chen Shuling. In the past, they were able to support the puppet Xi Liang by supporting the Nan Liang clan.
Naturally, the same old tricks can be repeated.
One after another looked at Li Xingchen, wanting to consult him. Now there is obviously a strange balance in the entire meeting hall. Xiao Mohe, who represents the military commander system of the East Palace, and Zhou Que, who represents the civil service system, have different starting points.
Different, there will definitely be conflicts and contradictions in various aspects.
Now is the time when the East Palace needs to be unanimous in dealing with the outside world. No one wants to see this kind of conflict and contradiction, so one party needs to compromise and make concessions. However, no matter who takes a step back first, it may cause his subordinates to criticize him.
Because of their dissatisfaction, Xiao Mohe and Zhou Que would often reach a deadlock in their discussions.
At this time, it is natural to have someone who can convince the public to stand up and explain his reasoning clearly. No matter which side he is on, at least the other side can follow the trend and listen to his opinions. And obviously in the entire Donggong system, Li Xingchen naturally