The Child Emperor

Donghai Wang ran in panting, poured himself a cup of cold tea, drank it in one breath, frowned, returned to the door, loudly ordered his entourage to ask for wine, then turned around and said, "It's unfortunate, you can imagine that this would happen. Is it the matter?"

Han Ruzi sat alone behind the desk without saying a word.

The King of the East Sea looked for a place to sit down. He seemed exhausted and slumped on the chair, unwilling to move. Soon, the servants in the house brought wine and food. The wine was hot and the food was cold. The King of the East Sea drove away the servants and poured himself a drink. After three cups, his energy recovered a lot.

"Why don't you speak?" Donghai King asked.

"Have you caught up with Yuan Zifan?"

"No, he runs faster and knows the way than me."

"You are so courageous that you dare to go after Qi alone. Those assassins are likely to be his companions."

"I thought you were all following behind, who would have thought... Hey, I heard it, you were suspicious of me?" The East Sea King became vigilant.

"If you sent someone to assassinate the King of England..."

"It's not me!" Donghai Wang said angrily.

"Let me finish, it's possible for everyone, I'm just making an assumption."

Donghai King still stared at Han Ruzi angrily, but did not interrupt.

Han Ruzi continued: "What good will it do for you to assassinate the King of England? The battle for the throne has become chaotic, and the champion and I have suffered greatly, but you can fish in the water."

King Donghai sneered, "Ah, I'm really smart, I took a huge risk to assassinate King Ying just to try to fish in troubled waters, but have you ever thought about it, we are all sons of Emperor Huan, and if you fail to fight for the throne, the ministers would rather choose someone else , and will never choose me to be the emperor..."

"It's just hypothetical, and you won't know what the real benefits are for you until things are clearer."

Donghai King drank another glass of wine and said angrily: "Suppose it is, okay, then suppose you sent someone to assassinate the King of England, what benefits can you get?"

"It would be the greatest benefit to me if the suspicion of assassination could be directed to the champion."

Donghai Wang was stunned for a moment, his anger calmed down a little, "Is the champion Hou suspicious?"

"I don't know yet, but he has been defeated by me one after another. In addition to being angry, he can do anything. He knows that King Ying goes to the prime minister's mansion, and he also knows the only way to go after leaving the mansion, and it may not be just Ying that he wants to assassinate. king."

"That's right! The champion Hou thought that King Ying would definitely be with us. King Ying ran ahead, and the assassins were forced to act in advance..." King Donghai shuddered and his face changed, "You actually let me go alone. Chase Yuan Zifan!"

"I said, it's just an assumption." Han Ruzi said calmly.

"Okay, let's continue to make assumptions." King Donghai thought for a while, then suddenly smiled, "Actually, there is no need to make assumptions. According to your opinion, people who are not suspicious at all are the most suspicious, because others' reputation will be damaged, or even lost. Competing for the position, he can take advantage of the fisherman."

Han Ruzi nodded.

"You don't believe that someone's luck is good?"

Han Ruzi shook his head, at such a time, only the most ignorant would believe in luck.

King Donghai was silent for a while, "There is also the possibility of assassinating King Ying, as well as the Queen Mother, Cui Hong, and your soldiers."

"Party Soldier?"

"I believe it wasn't your idea to assassinate the King of England, but haven't your troops returned to Beijing? They are loyal to you, but not smart enough. Maybe they thought they were helping you."

"Then they should go and assassinate the champion Hou."

Donghai King snorted and dismissed this hypothesis, "Cui Hong is actually very suspicious. Among the four people who are fighting for the throne, three of them are closely related to the Cui family. Only the King of England is an exception... No, the King of England is the weakest. There is absolutely no need for Cui Hong to get rid of him..."

"Maybe Mrs. Cui wants to see the capital in chaos."

"Well, that's really good for him, but the assassination of King Ying is not too small or too big, and it is not enough to invite the Southern Army, unless it becomes more and more troublesome in the future... Is King Ying dead? "

"I don't know yet, I'm also waiting for news."

"I should go out and ask, the Tan family is relatively well-informed." Donghai Wang stood up and did not leave immediately, "After all, the person who benefits the most is actually the Queen Mother!"

"Yeah." Han Ruzi was noncommittal.

"King Ying is not an ordinary person. Who will investigate the case after the assassination? First of all, it is the 'Guanghua Group Tigers', who are all the people of the Queen Mother, and the Eighth Battalion of Suwei..." The expression of King Donghai changed again.

"The queen mother has gone crazy." Han Ruzi reminded.

"If she is not sick at all, is she pretending to be crazy? Everyone who wants to fight for the throne is trapped in the capital, and the Suwei Eighth Battalion can take advantage of the assassination incident to openly take power... In this way, the 'Guanghua Group of Tigers' may also be I'm deceiving the Tan family..."

The King of the East Sea ran away.

Han Ruzi still didn't move. The whole capital was like a pond. The king's assassination stirred up the water in the pond, and the dregs rose. The big fish and the small fish rushed over, chasing and biting each other. It was impossible to tell who was the planned enemy. , Who are the speculators taking advantage of the fire.

In the middle of the night, Yang Feng came back.

"King Ying and Du Chuanyun were hit by poison darts. Fortunately, the rescue was timely, so there should be no problem."

Han Ruzi breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately gave birth to an ominous sign, "Poison dart?"

"Well, Du Chuanyun is very vigilant about the things that Jianghu people love to use. He hugged King Ying for a while, so he didn't hit the key."

"Where's the assassin?"

"I'm still investigating. The shopkeeper said that there were six or seven teenagers staying in front of the store. They all disappeared after the accident. Lian Danchen is looking for these people."

"What about those who look out for breath?" Han Ruzi asked again.

"Yuan Zifan and Lu Congxin are missing, Huangfuyi is in the palace, the situation is unknown, and Lin Kunshan is still in the Donghai Palace."

"Lin Kunshan didn't escape?" Han Ruzi was surprised.

"Um."

Han Ruzi was confused, looked at Yang Feng, and asked after a while, "Has Shangguan Sheng come forward?"

"Not yet, Lian Danchen has three days to investigate the case. If there is no result, Shangguansheng will intervene."

"He's really calm. Is there anything else Mr. Yang wants to tell me?"

"Marquis Juan should rest. It is very likely that someone will come to ask Marquis Juan tomorrow."

Han Ruzi nodded, "Is it the Queen Mother?"

Yang Feng was silent for a while, "Why did Marquis Tien say this?"

"The King of England was recommended by the Queen Mother, but he didn't get much support. Now that I think about it, the King of England's only role is probably to be assassinated as a contender, to provide a reason for Shangguansheng to directly intervene in the struggle for the throne. I suspect that the King of England was assassinated. The queen mother, the champion Hou will also, but the world does not, they only see that the people supported by the queen mother are hurt, thinking that the murderers behind the scenes are us."

"Isn't it?" Yang Feng asked back.

Han Ruzi stared at Yang Feng for a while, then lowered his eyes, "This matter will probably never be investigated, right?"

"Take a rest, tired Hou, you think too much."

After Yang Feng left, Han Ruzi lay down with his clothes on and rested in the study. He thought he would not be able to fall asleep, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he fell asleep.

When he was pushed awake early the next morning, Han Ruzi was very reluctant. At that moment, it was not even important to be the emperor, he just wanted to continue to sleep soundly.

But he still sat up and quickly sobered up.

Zhang Youcai was not as flustered as last night, and even had a smile on his face, "Why did the master fall asleep without taking off his clothes? I brought new clothes, master, please change."

Han Ruzi obeyed like a puppet. After changing clothes, washing his face and rinsing his mouth, he became more sober and said, "You were frightened yesterday?"

"It's okay, it's just... It's too sudden, I thought..."

"Why?"

"I thought someone was going to kill the master and the East Sea King." Zhang Youcai whispered.

Han Ruzi smiled, Zhang Youcai was the eunuch in the palace, even if he suspected the queen mother, he would not dare to say it.

"Du Chuanyun should be fine."

"I heard that this guy will die in his own hands sooner or later."

"Don't you care about him? You are friends."

"Friend?" Zhang Youcai showed a bit of anger, "There are some things I shouldn't say..."

"In front of me, there's nothing you shouldn't say."

Zhang Youcai's face turned slightly red, "The day after I came back, Du Chuanyun said that he was cleaning the dust for me, but he took me and Loach... to that kind of place."

"Which place?" Han Ruzi didn't understand.

"Land of Fireworks."

Han Ruzi was stunned for a moment, then laughed, he believed that Du Chuanyun could do such a thing.

"He said, 'If you can't eat pork, you should watch the pig run. Can't eunuchs go to the brothel? There are eunuchs who marry wives and adopt children.' Master, listen, what are these words?" Zhang Youcai hummed.

Han Ruzi smiled and shook his head, without defending Du Chuanyun, he knew very well that Zhang Youcai was suppressing concern with anger, and the two were still best friends.

While cleaning up the house, Zhang Youcai continued to complain, "Even if I don't care, there is still a loach, how old is he, Du Chuanyun even took him with him. Well, the food and drink there are really good, and the people who accompany the wine are as good as they can. It sounds nice, but it's too much. Master, no matter what you think, I have to say that Du Chuanyun is good at drinking and lustful, and sooner or later he will be ruined by these two hobbies..."

Three poles in the sun, the King of the East Sea did not come as usual, and Lian Danchen, who joined the judicial army, came to visit.

Yang Feng personally brought Lian Danchen into the study, and several of the criminal officers who came with him stayed in the front yard and were entertained by the palace chief.

As soon as Lian Danchen came in, he knelt down and kowtowed to express his apology.

Han Ruzi asked him to get up, and after a few polite words, Lian Danchen took out a pen and paper and began to ask Juan Hou about the details of last night.

Han Ruzi had nothing to hide, he said it from beginning to end.

"The King of England came to visit suddenly and didn't say hello beforehand?"

"No."

"That is to say, there are not many people who know that the King of England is out of the house."

"When we went to see the prime minister, many people came out of the prime minister's mansion to greet us. That's probably how the news spread."

"Well, that's not enough to plan an assassination together. Those people are well prepared, and it's definitely not an impromptu intention." Lian Danchen did not continue to analyze, and respectfully sent the transcript, asking Marquis Juan and Yang Feng to sign and stamp them respectively. .

Lian Danchen put away the things, but did not intend to leave, Yang Feng walked out of the study wisely and waited outside the door.

"Is there a former palace guard beside Juan Hou?"

"Um."

"Her name is Meng E?"

"Yes. What's wrong?"

"Please be careful, Hou Juan." Lian Danchen bowed and saluted and left.

Han Ruzi understood that the methods and hidden weapons used to assassinate King Ying must be very similar to the Meng brothers and sisters.

(One more update today.)