The second legitimate son of the Yuan family is named Yuan Qiong. Some time ago, I went to the Western Regions to check on business. On the surface, it was like this, but in fact, I secretly went to the Xiongnu to see King Youxian.
What Xiao Qing told Zhao Yao a few days ago was actually this matter.
"Your Highness, who killed him?" Although Tong Xi had never met the second son of the Yuan family, he had heard about him. He is a well-known romantic figure in the capital and the ideal husband of many women in the boudoir. He doesn't like to be an official, he only likes to do business, and he is very good at doing business. It is said that he is in charge of the Yuan family's business. Today, the Yuan family's business is very large, not inferior to other aristocratic families.
Zhao Yao asked: "What do you think?"
Tong Xi quickly thought of something, and a horrified look appeared on his face: "Your Highness, could it be that His Highness the Eighth Prince sent someone to kill him?" Tong Xi spoke softer and quieter, and when he mentioned the three words "His Highness the Eighth Prince" When he spoke, his tone was very soft, for fear that if he spoke louder, others would hear him.
Zhao Yao nodded solemnly and said nothing.
Tongxi quickly covered his mouth with both hands, a look of horror on his slightly delicate face.
It turned out to be His Highness the Eighth Prince!
Oh my god, His Highness the Eighth Prince, he...he...
"Your Highness, why did the Eighth Prince want to kill Erlang of the Yuan family?" Tongxi's face was full of confusion, "Has the Erlang of the Yuan family offended His Highness? Does His Highness know the Erlang of the Yuan family? Do they have any intersection?"
Zhao Yao guessed: "Bago and Erlang of the Yuan family probably have nothing to do with each other."
"Then why did the Eighth Highness want to kill Erlang of the Yuan family?" Tong Xi was full of questions, "Why would you kill someone who has no grievances and no grudges?" He felt that the Eighth Highness was becoming more and more scary.
Zhao Yao said calmly: "Revenge."
"Revenge?" Tongxi asked with a look of surprise, "Your Highness, didn't you just say that His Highness the Eighth Prince and Erlang of the Yuan family have no interaction at all? Why did His Highness seek revenge from Erlang of the Yuan family? What did Erlang of the Yuan family do to offend His Highness the Eighth Prince? Want to kill him?"
Zhao Yao tapped the table with his right index finger and muttered: "Avenge the Southern Wei Dynasty."
"Southern Wei, what does this have to do with Southern Wei?" Tong Xi became more and more confused as he listened.
Zhao Yao asked: "Do you still remember the time when the Yuan family framed the Pei family, causing the entire Pei family to be executed?"
Tongxi nodded and said: "I remember, your Highness, you said that Concubine Pei's grandmother was from the Southern Wei Dynasty. There was another reason why the Pei family was raided and executed. However, this is not the same as the Eighth Prince's murder of Yuan. What does it have to do with the second son of the family, His Highness the Eighth Prince is not from the Southern Wei Dynasty?"
"You are stupid, what is the relationship between Bage and Southern Wei now?" Zhao Yao rolled his eyes and said happily, "Bago now has a close cooperative relationship with Southern Wei, so naturally he wants to help the people of Southern Wei avenge him."
"That's right." Tongxi suddenly looked around, with a guarded and cautious look, and lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, does the Eighth Highness want to kill all the Yuan family members?"
"The people of the Southern Wei Dynasty have begun to take revenge, and they will definitely not let go of the Yuan family. However, with Bage's methods, he will first kill the second son of the Yuan family, and then kill the eldest son of the Yuan family, Yuan Han." Zhao Yao speculated, "Bago first killed the two most important people of the Yuan family. One was to avenge the Yuan family, and the other was to demonstrate against the Yuan family. As for killing the entire Yuan family, Bago would not do it himself. He should kill Yuan at the right time. The family’s collusion with the Xiongnu came to light.”
"The Yuan family deserves it." However, His Highness's methods were truly terrifying. Tongxi suddenly thought of the Sixth Prince and asked hurriedly, "Your Highness, will the Eighth Highness kill His Highness King Han?" King Han was the Sixth Prince, and he became a king the year before last and went to the fiefdom.
When Zhao Yao heard Tongxi's question, his eyebrows furrowed, and then he said with a heavy face: "I think so."
Tongxi gasped in fright. He stammered: "Your Highness the Eighth Prince really wants to kill, kill, kill His Highness the King of Han..."
"Brother Six is the hope of the Yuan family. Killing Brother Six will be a big blow to the Yuan family." Zhao Yao guessed in his heart that after Yuan Han dies, it will be Brother Six's turn next.
Tong Xi turned pale with fright, "Your Highness, does the Eighth Highness really dare to kill His Highness the King of Han?"
"What's wrong with that?" Zhao Yao asked, "Do you think Bage is a coward?"
"No, I just think..." Tongxi couldn't say anything for a while. He hesitated and said, "I just think His Highness the Eighth Prince kills people a bit scary." The Eighth Prince has always been a good brother to His Highness, and suddenly he learned that His Highness would He was not only afraid of killing people, but also found it difficult to accept it.
"It's not like Bago killed people himself." Zhao Yao said with a deep meaning, "This is just the beginning."
"Your Highness, you made the right decision to go to Lingnan." Tongxi suddenly said with emotion.
Zhao Yao knew what Tong Xi was thinking and said angrily: "Otherwise, why do you think I agreed to my second uncle to go to a place like Lingnan where birds don't shit?"
After he finished speaking, he realized that he had not replied to the letter, so he sat back down again and picked up the pen to write a letter. After writing the letter, he tied it to Xiao Jin's leg and asked Xiao Jin to give it to He Lianfang.
He Lianfang was reading a book when she heard Xiao Jin's cry and hurriedly took off the letter from its lap.
Zhao Yao wrote in the letter: He speculated that it was Uwei's group of Southern Wei people who killed Yuan Jiaerlang, and they would kill Yuan Han next. Next, there is King Han.
His guess was the same as He Lianfang's guess.
Just as He Lianfang was about to reply, a figure appeared quietly. The movement in his hand paused for a moment, and then he took the letter from the hand of the person who suddenly appeared. When he read the letter, he smiled with unknown meaning: "Interesting." After saying that, he ordered the figure, "Follow the princess of Annan. If she is in danger, save her."
The figure said hoarsely: "Why don't you just take her away?"
He Lianfang said: "No, wait until she is in danger and despair, then rescue her, and then escort her back to Annan Country."
The figure nodded, and then asked: "What do you want from Prince Zheng?" Prince Zheng is the third prince.
"Keep watching, don't alert the enemy." He Lianfang ordered again, "Keep an eye on An Nanguo."
"Yes, my lord."
The figure waited for a while, but when He Lianfang didn't give any instructions, he disappeared without a sound.
He Lianfang wrote down the news she had just received and asked Xiao Jin to give it to Zhao Yao.
After Zhao Yao read the letter, his expression changed drastically.
When Tongxi saw this, his heart skipped a beat, and then a look of panic appeared on his face: "Your Highness, could it be that the eldest son of the Yuan family was also killed?" Could it be that His Highness the Eighth Prince killed the two Marquis of Jingyang all at once? A son?
"No, Princess Annan escaped from the third brother's house." When mentioning the third prince, Zhao Yao showed an undisguised look of disgust on his face.
"What did His Highness Prince Zheng do?" Tong Xi guessed with a horrified look on his face, "Could he have whipped the princess who abused Annan?"
"It's possible." Zhao Yao raised the corner of his mouth and sneered, "With the cruel temper of the third brother, he can't do anything."
"Princess Annan is so pitiful." At first, Princess Annan was drugged by His Highness Prince Zheng, lost her virginity, and was forced to marry His Highness Prince Zheng. She married His Highness Prince Zheng as a concubine and lived a very unhappy life. She had wanted to reconcile with His Highness Prince Zheng before. Now, he was abused by His Highness Prince Zheng again and had to escape from Prince Zheng's mansion. His Highness Prince Zheng is a beast.
"Second uncle said he would send someone to help her secretly and escort her back to Annan safely."
"That's great." Tong Xi suddenly murmured, "It would be great if His Highness the Eighth Prince could kill His Highness Prince Zheng." He still remembered that Tong'an was tortured by His Highness Prince Zheng and wanted to commit suicide by throwing himself into a well.
"Ba Ge won't touch the Wang family for the time being, so he won't be cruel to the third brother for the time being." Should he take action?
"I believe His Highness Prince Zheng will have his retribution. When the princess of Annan Kingdom returns, she will definitely seek revenge from His Highness Prince Zheng."
Zhao Yao felt that Tongxi's idea was too real, so he threw cold water at him and said: "What do you think she can do as a princess?" Maybe after Princess Annan returned, she was sent to Dazhou and returned to her third brother. .
"Your Highness, are you going to let His Highness Prince Zheng go like this?"
"If Princess Annan is smart, then she will understand one thing: it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge." Zhao Yao felt that Princess Annan was not a smart person. When she returns to China, she will most likely not be loved by her father and brother. If she can't get the protection of her maternal grandfather's family, then she can only be sent back to her third brother.
If her maternal grandfather's family saved her, she should endure it for a while and then plan how to take revenge on her third brother. If she impulsively seeks revenge on her third brother, there will be no good results.
Zhao Yao thought for a while and felt that Princess Annan would act impulsively. In order to punish his third brother and for the sake of Princess Annan's maternal grandfather's gold mine, he had to write to his second uncle and ask his second uncle to send someone to help Princess Annan formulate a revenge plan.
After Zhao Yao finished writing his reply, Tongxi reminded him that it was getting late and asked him to rest quickly.
Thinking of meeting Mr. Meng tomorrow, it would be too rude and disrespectful for Mr. Meng if he kept yawning because he was too sleepy. He went to rest obediently.
At this time, Marquis Jingyang learned that his second son had been killed. His body shook violently and he almost fell. Fortunately, he held on to the table in time.
"Who killed him?" Marquis Jingyang said with a sinister expression on his face, "Who dared to kill Erlang?"
The steward of the Yuan family truthfully reported: "The head of the family is a Huns."
"Huns?" A flash of suspicion flashed in Marquis Jingyang's eyes, and then he asked with a gloomy face, "What Huns?"
"It's unclear which tribe they are from," said the Yuan family's housekeeper, "but they are definitely the Huns."
Marquis Jingyang had various speculations in his mind, the royal court of the Huns? A person from King Youxian? People from King Zuo Xian? Or people from other tribes?
It can't be someone from King Youxian. King Youxian had a close relationship with the Yuan family, so it was impossible for him to kill Erlang.
As for King Zuo Xian, he probably didn't know about the interactions between their Yuan family and King You Xian. However, King Zuo Xian should know Erlang's identity, so it would be impossible to kill Erlang.
It is unlikely that someone from the Hun royal court would be there, but it is not impossible. They know Erlang's identity and may act ruthlessly to provoke Da Zhou.
The possibility of people from other tribes would be very high. The Yuan family's business in the Western Regions was very large, which made some people from the Xiongnu tribe jealous.
"Master, why don't you write to King Youxian and ask him to help investigate?" The housekeeper suggested, "If King Youxian investigates, it will be faster than us."
"You're right." Marquis Jingyang was too angry and too sad to think of asking King Youxian to help him investigate.
When Marquis Jingyang just picked up the pen and was about to write a letter, he found that his hand was shaking so much that he couldn't write at all. He asked his butler to write the letter for him.
After the butler finished writing the letter, Marquis Jingyang asked him not to tell his family about Erlang's accident for the time being. After Erlang's body is brought back, he will tell his family.
The housekeeper saw that Marquis Jingyang seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and comforted him: "Master, please take care of yourself."
"Tell Da Lang about Erlang's murder and ask him to go to the Western Regions to bring Erlang back in person." When Marquis Jingyang said this, with tears in his eyes, he said with a choked voice, "Let him go see King Youxian. "
"Yes, head of the family."
Jingyang Hou Chao waved to the housekeeper, who quickly retreated.
After the housekeeper left, Marquis Jingyang could no longer suppress the sadness in his heart and cried silently.
After the housekeeper left the study, he sent out the letter written by the Marquis of Jingyang.
The letter was sent out of the capital that night, but it was intercepted as soon as it was sent out of the capital. The person who delivered the letter was also knocked unconscious. When he woke up, he had a copy of the letter in his hand. He could only listen to the other party's words obediently and continue to deliver the letter.
Early the next morning, when the eighth prince woke up, Yu Hai handed him the letter written by Marquis Jingyang to King Youxian.
After reading the letter, the eighth prince's face turned cold.
"Jingyang Marquis and Youxian King are really good brothers!"
Yu Hai was frightened by the Eighth Prince's fierce look. He felt frightened in his heart and did not dare to speak out.
"Let Uwe do nothing for the time being and continue to lure the snake out of its hole."
"Yes, Your Highness."
The Eighth Prince kept this letter as it would be useful in the future.
"Your Highness, His Royal Highness told the slave last night that he would not have breakfast with you today. He would sleep in and then follow the emperor to see Mr. Meng."
The eighth prince's gloomy face suddenly became brighter, and he smiled slightly: "I had already guessed that he would not come to have breakfast with me."
"Your Highness should understand Your Highness Tenth."
The Eighth Prince simply finished his breakfast and went to Chengguang Hall for the morning court. As soon as he arrived at the side hall of Chengguang Hall, he was surrounded by a group of ministers.
These ministers support the prince, and they usually have a good relationship with the eighth prince. They hurriedly asked the Eighth Prince why the Emperor did not take His Highness the Crown Prince to see Mr. Meng, but instead took His Highness the Tenth Prince?
The Eighth Prince was not surprised at all that the ministers knew that Zhao Yao was going to see Mr. Meng. He hurriedly said that it was because Zhao Yao made things like printing and Quyuanli.
The ministers didn't believe this because they didn't think it was extraordinary that Zhao Yao made these things, let alone Mr. Meng's special opinion.
The Eighth Prince sneered in his heart, what a bunch of idiots!
After a while, the Crown Prince came and asked the Eighth Prince the same thing.
The Eighth Prince once again told His Royal Highness exactly what he had just said to the ministers.
After hearing this, His Royal Highness also had some doubts. However, he thought about it and found that apart from this reason, there was nothing else that would make Mr. Meng specially summon him.
After the King Dai heard this, he mocked the prince unceremoniously. It was said that the prince claimed to be talented, but in the end Mr. Meng didn't even see him, and he was worse than his tenth brother who was not smart in studying.
The prince was not angry, but praised Zhao Yao for doing things that benefited the country and the people. He also said that Mr. Meng cared about the people and it was normal for him to see Zhao Yao.
The king followed the prince's words and praised Zhao Yao a lot, saying that Zhao Yao had done a lot to benefit the people at a young age, but the prince, as the prince of Zhou Dynasty, had not done anything for the people of Zhou Dynasty. matter.
The ministers who supported King Dai immediately flattered King Dai, saying that the king had been quelling chaos for the Zhou Dynasty in these years. Thanks to him, the people of Dazhou can live a stable life. He also said that King Dai’s contribution was very great, and Mr. Meng should pay a visit to King Dai.
The people who supported the prince immediately fought back, saying that Dai Wang was not good at studying and had no literary talent at all. If he meets Mr. Meng, he might not understand what Mr. Meng is saying.
Then, without any surprise, the prince's people and the king's people quarreled again.
He Xiang, Taishi Liu, and Shen Hu were drinking tea and watching a good show.
When the emperor learned of this, he was not surprised at all. He would only find it strange if they weren't noisy.
"Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King will not be jealous of His Highness the Tenth Prince, right?"
"They don't take Xiao Shi seriously and won't be jealous of Xiao Shi." The emperor's tone was sarcastic, "They would only be jealous if one of them was called to meet by Mr. Meng."
"Then His Highness Tenth will be fine." After Sun Kui finished speaking, he felt inexplicably sorry for Zhao Yao.
The emperor put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up and said, "Go to court."
He had just walked a few steps when he said to Sun Kui: "Ask your apprentice to go to Xingde Palace and wake up that brat Xiao Shi." That brat Xiao Shi must be sleeping in.
Sun Kui said: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhao Yao, who originally planned to sleep until midnight, was woken up early by Sun Doudou and Tongxi. After he finished his breakfast, he followed the emperor to Taixue to meet Mr. Meng. On the way to Taixue, Zhao Yao wanted to ask the emperor several times why he didn't grant the eighth prince a land, but in the end he didn't ask.
When the emperor saw Zhao Yao's hesitant expression several times, he guessed what he wanted to ask, but he pretended not to see it.
When Mr. Meng saw Zhao Yao, his eyes widened for a moment, and there was a look of shock on his face.
During the lecture yesterday, Mr. Meng did not look at Zhao Yao carefully. Now that he saw Zhao Yao up close, he was shocked.
Although Mr. Meng's expression soon became normal, both the emperor and Zhao Yao saw his shocked expression just now.
Zhao Yao muttered in his heart: Why did Mr. Meng see my expression of disbelief? I didn’t get anything weird on my face.
The emperor probably guessed what Mr. Meng was surprised about.
Mr. Meng solemnly thanked the emperor for arranging so many things for his lecture. He also said he deserved it.
The emperor said that he just did what he should do and asked Mr. Meng not to care. He also said that it was his blessing and honor that Mr. Meng came to the capital to give lectures.
Zhao Yao sat aside and listened obediently to the greetings between the emperor and Mr. Meng.
After Mr. Meng chatted with the emperor for a while, he turned his attention to Zhao Yao, stood up and saluted Zhao Yao solemnly.
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