When the prince finally asked about the motive behind the arson of Yanzhongyi, everyone's hearts skipped a beat: the motive was obvious, but no one was comfortable speaking out.
The prince waited for everyone for a while, then turned his eyes to the young master, as if waiting for his answer. The young master dodged for a while, and finally replied: "I must have something to give to the prince. This thing is very important, so I can't give it to the prince. So I stopped him on the way."
The prince asked again: "Why do you have to go to the confinement and send it out?"
Shaofu said: "The road is very far, and the news is difficult to get through. But by the time he gets through, the envoy has already arrived in the confinement. If it is one day later, the envoy has already arrived, and his plan will be defeated."
The prince said: "No. If the messenger comes, he will kill us. Therefore, all the ministers have passed away in my place!"
When the ministers heard this, they were shocked! Although this was what they were vaguely thinking, it was still too shocking to be told directly by the prince.
The prince said: "If the king wants to keep his ministers alive, he would rather return to the Wei Dynasty. Now he will put his ministers to death. What can be done?" He stared at the young master with his eyes.
The young master was still pondering, but the fifth doctor stood up and said: "I swear to ensure that the prince is fine!"
The three ministers also stood up and said: "I swear to ensure that the prince is fine!"
The prince bowed his head and said, "Sit down, sir. Nothing has come to this. The young master must have a plan!"
Then everyone's eyes were focused on the young master. The young master said slowly: "This prince can travel thousands of miles away to conquer the people of Wei and do this. His power is not small. If the prince avoids the sharp edge and waits for the opportunity to return to his country, he will be unable to do anything."
The prince said: "If he is here, will I still be able to return to the country?"
The naked questioning directly pushed the young master into the corner. The young master did not resist, and said calmly: "The king ordered the prince and his ministers to stay in Hedong and return them to Wei. For this reason, the prince stayed in Hedong, and then he will return!"
The prince said: "I pledged to the princes and returned without the king's order to join Bei Tong. I hope the young master will find another strategy!"
The fifth doctor said: "The prince was held hostage by Liang Jingnian, why didn't he come back?"
Shaofu said: "The prince was held hostage in Liang in order to lead the way to Tao and to supervise Wei. Before everything was done, the prince had not returned. What's more, the Wei officials used the prince to threaten Qin. If he summoned him back, it would show his weakness. He had not yet returned. To get a plan!"
The fifth official said: "What benefit will it bring to Qin to connect Tao Yi, but the prince must be held as hostage?"
Shaofu said: "Tao Yi, so in the Song Dynasty, in the world, not only wealth and goods are collected, but also connected to all directions; in the pass, it is like two wheels of a chariot or two wings of a bird. If one of them is missing, it will overturn. Tao Qiang If Qin is strong, if Tao is weak, Qin will be weak. This is the situation."
The prince said: "My husband, the former king, relied on Qin's method to strengthen the feudal lords. I have never heard of using Tao."
Shaofu said: "First, Qin didn't get Tao, so it defended the mountains and rivers, and the soldiers of the princes repeatedly detained Han Valley. When Qin got Tao, Qin repeatedly went out of Han Valley and detained the gates of the princes. What? Wealth and goods In Yan. To make a country strong, even if it is farming and fighting, wealth and goods are also indispensable. There is Tao in Yan, which attracts the princes externally. Although they are not killed immediately, there are always inconveniences; internally, the country's surplus is used to make up for the country's deficiencies. Gather wealth. It is as huge as Guanzhong."
In the past few months, the prince had acquired some business knowledge and was no longer so repelled by the role of business. However, he still did not understand the young master's explanation and asked: "It is not enough to supplement internally, but I can get it. To attract the princes externally." , what is it?"
Shaofu said: "Tao trades all over the world, and the people he trades with are all from powerful clans and powerful families, and they all have power among the princes. With Tao, if you advance, you can benefit from its help, and if you retreat, you can seize profits and reduce its power. In both advancement and retreat, there are Balance. As for observing the affairs of the princes and observing the changes in the princes, that is the next step. If the prince is in Wei, then Tao is in Qin; if Tao is connected with Xianyang, Qin will be strong and the princes will be weak. The prince's contribution can be said to be huge. "
The prince said: "Then he wants to put me to death, so why?"
The young master asked: "Is there a person like the prince?"
The prince said: "If he doesn't want to pass things on to his ministers, he must be from Qin, not Wei."
The young master said: "If you come from Qin, who will do it?"
The prince said: "Those who can do this must be powerful. Those who are the top five princes belong to them."
The young master said: "He wants to harm the prince, does the King of Qin know?"
The prince said: "You must be ignorant."
The young master said: "He wanted to harm the prince but the king failed to detect it. This is treason and a very serious crime. Who can do it?"
The prince and others were shocked when they heard this. According to the young master, this person wanted to harm the prince with the consent of the King of Qin. The prince...
The fifth doctor said: "Young Master said in the preface that the prince was held hostage by Wei, which was of great significance. Now the King of Yun and Qin wants to harm the prince, why do he do this again and again?"
The young master said: "Heaven's heart is unpredictable, how can I guess it?"
These words choked everyone. The prince said helplessly: "What should I do now?"
The young master said: "The king ordered the prince and his ministers to send troops to the east of the river and move Zhi to Wei. Although there are few mistakes now, we should still do it!"
The prince said, "I'll wait until Lord Xinling investigates the case."
The young master said: "Although the case in the confinement is important, it is not the king's order. The king's order should be given priority."
The prince was a little impatient with this irresponsible young master, and said: "The case in the confinement must be cleared, let's talk about other things!"
The young master said: "I think it is impossible!"
The fifth doctor also said: "I and the prince must also know who the murderer is in the prison, arrest him, bring him back, punish him according to law, and serve as a warning to the world!"
The prince said: "If Wei ignores him and is ruthless in discussing it, he has no Qin. It is not appropriate for him to return!"
The young master said: "This is not the king's order. I hope the prince will check it out!"
The prince said: "The people of Qin died in Wei. It is unreasonable for the thieves to escape the law and fight with Wei Yi."
The young master said: "I think it is not appropriate, and I hope the prince will discuss it again."
The prince said: "Why is it not done properly?"
The young master said: "The king entered Wei as a child. This king personally spoke to his ministers and ordered them to assist the prince. It is not appropriate to abandon important events for minor reasons."
The prince said: "The Qin people's attack on Wei is no small matter. The king ordered them to arrive, and there must be news. If we don't get it now, we can't go! I have made up my mind, no need to discuss it anymore!"
Everyone dispersed. When he was young, the five masters came back and said to the prince: "Young Master, why do you say it's upside down? It's not like its old state!"
The prince said: "He was promoted from the royal family to a concubine chief based on his merits, and he was in charge of the county. If I fall like this, I may be injured."
The fifth doctor said: "In all the prince's affairs, one should be regarded as ten. If the prince does this, he will miss important things!"
The prince said: "There must be a reason why the king sent you here! Qin Mo's retainers should be kind to them and don't leave them wanting!" The five officials bowed and left.
The prince sat in front of the hall, still unable to calm down for a long time. Although the young master's words were confusing, no one would have dared to do so without the King of Qin's approval, or at least his tacit approval, of killing the envoy. But why did King Qin do this? There is no need to go to such trouble to kill yourself. If you provoke the King of Wei, the King of Wei may cook you. Even if you call yourself back to Xianyang and kill yourself with some accusations, it will be nothing more than a backhand. After so many changes of hands like this, and then using the Wei army to kill ten people, what was the reason? If the mission arrives one day early, will it trigger a large-scale military operation to attack Guanyi? Although there are only a hundred people in Guanyi, it is difficult to completely eliminate them without thousands of elites! He believes that this will never be an option! If the mission can enter Guanyi, it will be safe.
The prince denied his previous thoughts: those retainers died on his behalf. Feeling better. If we continue to chase down, who will send people to kill these ten people? His first thought was that it was Marquis Rang, but after rejecting the previous judgment, he hesitated a little bit about this judgment: If the other party could only set a trap in the trap, then the mastermind behind it might be someone from Wei...
Seeing that things were getting more complicated the more he thought about it, the prince had no choice but to stop and stop thinking about it. He entered the back house, changed his clothes, spread out the mat, and lay down to rest under the waiters of the servants and boys. But the scenes he saw during the day kept reappearing before his eyes, especially the ten burnt black corpses... He suddenly remembered that it seemed that the Wei people were forcefully preventing him from exploring the corpses of the post officials. Is there any conspiracy in this? Amidst such random thoughts, the prince fell into a deep sleep, and he slept until the sound of drums for opening the city rang out in the city.
After breakfast, the prince sent someone to Xinlingjun's mansion to inquire about the progress of the investigation of the case. The people from Mr. Wei's house reported that Mr. Wei was surveying and there must be something to gain! The messenger bowed and returned.
Before dinner, the prince sent another person to Mr. Wei's house to inquire again. For several days, the prince sent envoys to Mr. Wei's house on time twice a day to inquire. Since the messenger was polite and unobtrusive, he came out as soon as he heard there was no news. But on the one hand, when Prince Qin sends someone, he always reports in and tells Lord Xinling to know; on the other hand, sending someone twice a day is annoying. Lord Xinling had no choice but to ask the retainer Zhang Ye, who was in charge of the investigation of the case, to go to the hotel in person to inform the prince of the progress of the case.
After receiving the message from the envoy that Zhang Zou was about to arrive, the prince showed great courtesy and personally led the young master, five doctors and three public servants to greet him outside the post gate. The post gate at this time is naturally no longer the post gate of Liang Xi Post Office. After being heightened and reinforced, it has become the shape of a wealthy family. The seven steps demonstrate the noble status of the owner.
Today, the ceremonial door of the posthouse is wide open. The prince and his ministers are standing at the foot of the steps. Swordsmen with swords are lined up from the steps in front of the door to the steps in front of the hall.
Zhang Zou came by car from Daliang without any entourage, only two people in the car. When I discovered the formation in front of the post office, I was shocked. He asked the driver to stop on the side of the road, got out of the car on the right side and moved forward, while the driver dragged the car behind. The prince and others took a few steps forward, greeted Zhang Ye, and said, "Mr. Cheng, I feel very uneasy after traveling so far!"
Zhang Ye said: "I am a commoner, but I don't have a nobleman by my side. How dare I be treated like a prince?"
The prince said: "Sir, you are extremely intelligent. Lord Xinling respects him and I dare not disrespect him!"
Zhang He said: "I am a humble concubine who is a servant of the prince, but I can use the power of an eagle and a dog, and I am praised by the prince. How can I be a humble concubine?"
The prince bowed deeply and asked Zhang He to ascend the west steps. Zhang Zou repeatedly refused and insisted on following the prince to the door from the east steps. Sanyi refused, so the prince could only let Zhang Ye and the young master go in together. Enter from the ceremonial door and go to the hall. Then he followed the young master up the steps and entered the hall. Zhang Ye insisted on taking a seat in front of the door, but no one else was willing. Finally, it was decided that the prince would sit according to the case, the young master and other Qin officials would sit in the east seat, and Zhang Yu and three other people would sit in the west seat.
