In Xingde Palace, the eighth prince was playing chess with him. In the chess game, black and white are biting each other, neither one giving way to the other.
At this time, Yu Hai walked in. When he saw that the Eighth Prince's chess game had reached the most critical point, he did not rush to report the matter. Instead, he stood quietly and waited for the Eighth Prince to finish the game.
Yu Hai is not very good at playing chess, but he can see that the black and white stones in the chess game are equally powerful, and the situation is very dangerous.
Half an hour later, Black Zi was surrounded by White Zi and had no choice but to surrender.
The Eighth Prince raised his eyes to look at Yu Hai and asked, "What's the matter?"
Yu Hai reported respectfully: "That person from the Wang family has agreed to cooperate with us."
The Eighth Prince picked up a white piece from the chess game and immediately changed the game. Heizi, who had been forced into despair, had a glimmer of hope.
"Oh, you agreed?" The Eighth Prince played with the white piece in his hand, with a hint of interest on his lips, "You agreed so soon?"
"Your Highness, we offer a lot of money, of course he will not refuse." Mentioning the person from the Wang family, Yu Hai showed a contemptuous smile, "Although he is somewhat favored in the Wang family, he is not the legitimate son after all. His brothers-in-law and concubine regarded him as a thorn in their flesh and made things difficult for him at every turn. He didn’t have much money, so how could he not be moved when we promised him so much money.”
"The most important thing is that he is ambitious. He is not willing to remain the lowly bastard of the Wang family. He wants to control the Wang family, but it is impossible for him to do it alone. He can only cooperate with us."
The Eighth Prince flicked the white piece with his thumb, then stretched out his hand to catch the white piece firmly.
"I thought he was just a smart person, but I didn't expect him to be a talented person who knows current affairs."
"Your Highness, some of the children of the Wang family are idiots." Yu Hai raised a sarcastic smile on his lips, "But, Your Highness, these children of the aristocratic family are all greedy, which is really disgusting."
When the Eighth Prince heard Yu Hai's words, he chuckled: "How many people in this world are not greedy? Even I am greedy and want to get more things."
"Your Highness, you are different from them." Yu Hai hurriedly retorted, "What qualifications do they have to compare with you. The children of these aristocratic families have rotted from the bottom one by one. No wonder the emperor wants to get rid of these aristocratic families."
"It's good to be greedy, so that you can be used by us." The Eighth Prince smiled, "I'm afraid they have nothing to ask for."
Yu Hai said: "Your Highness is right."
He asked again, "Your Highness, what should we do next?"
"Not much." The Eighth Prince stretched out his hand to ruin the chess game, then grabbed a handful of chess pieces and played with them in his hands. "We have already given him money. What to do next depends on him. If he If he doesn’t have the ability to climb up, there is no need for us to help him.”
"Your Highness, although those people in the Wang family are rotten at heart, they like to play intrigues, and their methods are very insidious. It is not easy for him to get rid of those people." Yu Hai is not optimistic about the person who cooperates with them, "He He has some skills and cleverness, but can he fight against those old foxes of the Wang family?"
"Those old foxes in the Wang family are all turned into spirits. Can a young boy like him deal with them?" Yu Hai knew these aristocratic families and also knew their methods and strategies.
"Whether he can deal with it or not is his business. What should we worry about?" The Eighth Prince smiled casually, "If he doesn't have that ability, then he is of no use."
"Your Highness, if he doesn't succeed, then our money spent on him will be in vain." Yu Hai loves money. After all, he has invested a lot of money in that person.
The Eighth Prince smiled deeply and said, "Do you think I will do business at a loss?"
Yu Hai felt a chill in his heart when he saw the Eighth Prince's smile, and immediately said: "Your Highness is wise."
The Eighth Prince picked up the teacup, lowered his head and took a few sips of tea.
"What about the paddock?"
Yu Hai replied respectfully: "Nothing has happened in the paddock for the time being."
"Where's the tenth brother?"
"His Highness Ten is very good." When he mentioned His Highness, Yu Hai remembered something and exclaimed, "Your Highness, His Highness actually knows General Song and his youngest son. They are hunting together in the paddock now."
When the eighth prince heard this, he looked surprised: "You said that the tenth brother knows General Song and his youngest son?"
"Yes, His Highness the Tenth Prince took them to see the Fourth Prince." Yu Zhibo said, "The Fourth Prince was also surprised. It seems that His Highness the Tenth Prince was not with the Fourth Prince either."
"How does the tenth brother know General Song and his youngest son?"
"Your Highness, the Tenth Highness, said that when Xiu Mu came out of the palace, he met General Song and his youngest son in the West City without fighting." Yu Hai said, with a look of anger on his face, "Your Highness, the Tenth Highness didn't tell you this. Thing, is His Highness the Tenth..."
The Eighth Prince interrupted Yu Hai: "You want to say that the tenth brother deliberately knew General Song and his youngest son, and then deliberately hid it from me?"
Yu Hai nodded.
"Yu Hai, do you think the tenth brother has this intention?" The eighth prince thought Yu Hai's idea was so funny, "Yu Hai, who do you think the tenth brother is."
Yu Hai was stunned by these two questions from the Eighth Prince.
"Then why didn't His Highness tell you that he knew General Song and his youngest son?"
The Eighth Prince smiled and said, "I guess I forgot."
"Forgot?" Yu Hai was shocked by the eighth prince's guess.
"With the temperament of the tenth brother, it is very likely that he will forget it." The eighth prince knew Zhao Yao as well as the fourth prince. "When the tenth brother comes back, you can ask him."
Yu Hai said: "I dare not question His Highness the Tenth Prince."
The Eighth Prince suddenly suppressed the smile on his face and his expression became very stern.
"Yu Hai, we are people like this, but don't speculate on Brother Shi with our thoughts." He added, "Also, don't you know what kind of person Shi Brother is?"
When the Eighth Prince said this, Yu Hai realized that his idea just now was wrong.
"Your Highness, I know I was wrong."
The Eighth Prince glanced at Yu Hai coldly: "Yu Hai, I hope this won't happen again."
Yu Hai's scalp was numb at the sight, and he said with a somewhat frightened expression: "Yes, Your Highness."
The Eighth Prince's expression softened a little: "Don't you understand the temperament of my tenth brother?"
Yu Hai said with a guilty look on his face: "Your Highness, I am wrong. I should not doubt Your Highness."
"Yu Hai, you can doubt anyone, but you can't doubt the tenth brother." The eighth prince said warmly, "The tenth brother is just a child. He is not me or anyone else. Do you understand?"
Yu Hai said respectfully: "I understand."
The Eighth Prince nodded lightly and said nothing.
Yu Hai looked at the Eighth Prince. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he hesitated and did not say anything.
Seeing Yu Hai's hesitant expression, the Eighth Prince said, "Say what you want to say."
"Your Highness, is it okay for His Highness Tenth to get along with General Song and his four younger sons?" Yu Hai had just suspected that Zhao Yao had a purpose in getting along with General Song and his younger sons, but now he began to worry about Zhao Yao, "After all, it is General Song and the others. Their youngest son, wouldn’t it be bad for His Highness to associate with them?”
The eighth prince said thoughtfully: "I remember that General Song and his younger son's reputation is not very good."
"They claim to be the little overlords of the West City, and the people in the West City say they are playboys." At this point, Yu Hai showed a worried look on his face, "Your Highness, the Tenth Highness will not be led astray by them if you associate with them. Bar?"
Seeing Yu Hai's worried expression, the Eighth Prince teased him: "Why are you worried about the tenth brother now? Didn't you doubt the tenth brother just now?"
Yu Hai blushed when the Eighth Prince said: "Your Highness, I know your mistake, please stop making fun of me." He was confused just now, and he actually thought of His Highness the Tenth.
"It's rare for the tenth brother to have friends outside the palace, so let's not stop him." The eighth prince said, "Besides, the tenth brother's association with them is not without merit."
When Yu Hai heard what the Eighth Prince said, he immediately thought more about it, and a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Your Highness is still wise."
The Eighth Prince looked at Yu Hai's admiring look and knew that Yu Hai had misunderstood. He didn't bother to explain to Yu Hai.
"Let our people protect the tenth brother." Based on his guess, Zhen Guogong is likely to take action tomorrow.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, our people have been secretly protecting His Highness Tenth."
When the Eighth Prince heard this, he felt relieved and did not talk about it again.
Yu Hai saw that the Eighth Prince didn't say anything more and was about to retreat. At this moment, the Eighth Prince suddenly spoke: "When Duke Zhen takes action, let our people do the same."
"Your Highness, didn't you say you were afraid of being suspected by the Emperor, so you were holding back for the time being?"
The Eighth Prince said lightly: "Let our people fish in troubled waters and take the opportunity to assassinate Zhao Xi."
Yu Hai said in shock: "Assassinate the third prince?"
The eighth prince said calmly: "Find something for the Wang family to do."
Yu Hai instantly understood what the eighth prince meant, and then asked: "How far will the assassination go?"
"Seriously injured." The Eighth Prince ordered again, "Lao Wu and Lao Liu were assassinated together."
Yu Hai nodded hurriedly: "I will make arrangements right away."
The eighth prince said nothing more, picked up the book on the desk and started reading.
At this time, Zhao Yao and his four younger brothers who were far away in the paddock in the eastern suburbs were busy hunting.
There are indeed a lot of prey in the woods to the south, but there are also a lot of people.
Zhao Yao and the others met Song Jicai and several of his brothers.
Song Jimin and Shen Mu were very surprised to see their younger brother following the tenth prince.
Song Jicai and others thought that Song Jimin and others were in the woods to the east, but they did not expect that they were in the woods to the south.
Zhao Yao didn't know Song Jimin and the others, and they only got to know them after Song Jicai and the others introduced them.
Song Jicai's two elder brothers are Song Jimin and Song Jiren, both third-rank generals.
Shen Sen's two elder brothers are named Shen Mu and Shen Lin, and they are also third-rank generals.
Zhang He's two elder brothers are named Zhang Jiang and Zhang Hu respectively. Zhang Jiang's official position is one level higher than that of Song Jimin and others. He is a second-grade general who conquers the east.
Chu Huan's two elder brothers are named Chu Heng and Chu Yan respectively. The two of them are also second-grade generals, one is the General of Zhengnan and the other is the General of Zhengxi.
Zhang Jiang, Chu Heng and Chu Yan were older. They joined the army when they were seven or eight years old. They stayed with their father when they were twelve or thirteen years old and made many military exploits.
In the past few years, they had suppressed chaos abroad and made great military exploits, so they were canonized by Emperor Wu of Zhou as Generals of the East, Generals of the South, and Generals of the West.
The sons of these four families are all generals, and they are all the envy and targets of the ministers who want to win over them. They wanted to win over the Xie family and the Wang family, but they didn't dare to win over them because they were members of Emperor Wu of Zhou.
Song Jimin and Chu Heng had no impression of Zhao Yao, the tenth prince, but they were deeply impressed by Zhao Yao because of the stirrup incident.
When they met Zhao Yao, Song Jimin and others solemnly thanked him for making the stirrup, a good thing.
With stirrups, their combat capabilities on horseback have been greatly improved. If they fight with the Huns' cavalry in the future, they will not be afraid.
After Song Jiren and others thanked Zhao Yao, they told their younger brother to pay attention to safety and left immediately.
"Brother, they are so polite. Is this still our eldest brother?" Zhang He said in astonishment, then reached out and rubbed his arms, "Brother, they were so disgusting just now."
Shen Sen strongly agreed with Zhang He's words: "It's indeed disgusting."
Chu Huan complained sharply: "In front of the prince, the eldest brother, of course the eldest brother and the others have to pretend."
Song Jicai thought of the stirrups mentioned by their eldest brother, and looked at Zhao Yao with admiration: "Boss, the stirrup you made is really a good thing."
"That's right, boss, I've always forgotten you. How did you get the stirrups out?"
"Boss, my dad and eldest brother couldn't stop praising this stirrup you made."
Zhao Yao pretended to be calm and said: "That's how it was done."
"How about this? Boss, please tell us in detail."
"Hunt first, and I'll tell you when I get back."
At this time, a deer sprang out not far ahead. Zhao Yao immediately drew his bow and shot an arrow. Unfortunately, the shot missed. Zhao Yao and the others hurriedly chased after him.
Asking for a monthly ticket! ! !
(End of chapter)
