If the King of Shu really dies, even if he knows that he, the emperor, is most afraid of brothers killing each other. The last thing he wants to see is that one of his sons dies. The other sons have no sadness at all, and Huang Qiong will laugh heartily. Because only when the King of Shu is really dead can Huang Qiong truly open the shackles in his heart.
It's just that the King of Shu, who I learned from King Jing and even Yi Ying, is insidious, vicious, and cunning, and his actions are almost watertight. Could it be that because of a mistake that should never have happened, he could do this so easily? To end one's own life easily in a way that is close to suicide?
Especially knowing that many assassinations of King Jing's family members failed because of his tight defense. In such a long period of time, there has been no abnormal movement. Why did something like this happen on the night he returned to the capital? How can people believe that this is all just a coincidence?
Although I don’t know much about that person from my own contact with him. But no matter what happened to King Jing, or what he did over the years, they undoubtedly told Huang Qiong that King Shu was definitely not the kind of person who would just sit back and wait for death and drink to drown his sorrows in times of despair. People like him, even when they are at their most desperate, will never give up the idea of making a comeback or trying to bite off a piece of other people's flesh.
What's more, judging from the way the emperor sent Prince Jing's family to him, it was enough to show that even the emperor, who was his biological father, didn't believe it was true. As the biological father of the King of Shu, the emperor who watched the King of Shu grow up and knew his character well did not believe it. How could he easily believe that he was really dead?
The corpse in King Shu's study might just be a stand-in used by the cunning King of Shu to confuse other people's eyes. As for the King of Shu himself, before the fire last night and the so-called drunkenness, he should have stayed in the other courtyard. But when the fire breaks out, it may not still be in the other courtyard.
The people who were in charge of Fusi in the north and south may have seen the drunk King of Shu himself. But it is very likely that the King of Shu was consciously pretending to be drunk and deliberately confusing the people who were watching him. And then no one saw the King of Shu, not even his intact body. When everyone saw the fifth emperor, all they saw was a burnt corpse.
Facing a corpse that has been burned to charcoal, in this era where there is no DNA test and a charred corpse can only be judged through body size comparison, who can guarantee that it is the person? His body shape and height alone were enough to prove that a vicious and cunning man was really dead. To Huang Qiong, this was simply ridiculous.
For Huang Qiong, arson itself is a cover-up suspicion. In this era of underdeveloped technology, a fire can cover up everything. A fire can destroy all evidence. The bodies left behind, even if they were not completely burned to ashes, were beyond recognition. And with the King of Shu's ability, is it difficult to find someone of similar height and shape to yourself?
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong suddenly remembered that Yi Ying once mentioned that there was at least one secret passage leading to the outside world in the King of Shu's courtyard. Every time Concubine Shen and her daughter had a secret meeting with the King of Shu, they always entered the other courtyard through the secret passage. If Yi Ying didn't lie to herself, that secret passage really existed. It can be confirmed that the burnt corpse cannot be the King of Shu at all.
The corpse in King Shu's courtyard was just a means for him to confuse others and buy himself time to escape. Moreover, while the King of Shu was under house arrest, he was not really cut off from various sources of information. It may not even be possible to relax control over the strength hidden in the capital. An unknown secret passage is enough to facilitate him to do many things.
Huang Qiong believed that, at least in this matter, it was the end of the road. Yi Ying, who knew that the backing behind her had begun to collapse and was eager to escape, had no need to deceive herself. When thinking of Concubine Shen and her daughter, Huang Qiong immediately remembered what Yi Ying had told her about Concubine Shen's miraculous disguise surgery that could transform a person of similar height and body shape into another person in a short period of time.
I was even more certain in my heart that the man burned to death could not be the King of Shu. It is even possible that the intoxicated King of Shu that those people from Nanzhen Fusi saw in the King of Shu's Courtyard might not be the King of Shu. The real King of Shu probably slipped out along the secret passage before the fire broke out. Now it is possible that they have all escaped from Jingzhao Mansion.
My fifth brother even had people in the palace who could cover up a scandal in the palace without a trace. When assassinating himself, it can be seen from the means of obtaining the waist card of the left and right control crane army who are the emperor's personal soldiers. Place a few of your own people in the garrison areas at several gates in the capital. And it is not easy for these people to let a few people go in the middle of the night.
It seems that my fifth brother, in front of my own emperor, has played a trick of escaping the golden cicada for everyone in the world, and also concealed the truth. Thinking of this, Huang Qiong, who had never forgotten Chen Yao's revenge and had no intention of letting it go, had no intention of continuing to bathe. He stood up and ordered to change clothes and prepare to enter the palace.
Huang Qiong just stood up from the bathtub and after a slight hesitation, Huang Qiong finally gave up the idea of entering the palace now. Since the King of Shu has played such a golden cicada escape shell, he will not leave any backup plan behind. I'm afraid that by this time, he had already left the capital and it was very difficult to catch up. And if the emperor has already become suspicious, he will definitely send people to check carefully.
At this time, it would be a bit redundant for me to intervene. What's more, I also made some omissions in some things. He did not report the secret passage in King Shu's courtyard to the old man in time. At that time, it was because I couldn't verify it and didn't want to act rashly, so as not to arouse the suspicious emperor's unreasonable suspicion of me.
Especially when Yi Ying left and he lacked witnesses. But looking at it now, the original caution is now quite fatal. If you stand out at this time, you will only cause more trouble. And at this moment, it no longer matters how the King of Shu escaped. Determining where he will go next after leaving the capital is the key to finding him.
But after leaving the capital, will he really return to Sichuan? After all, that is the home base that he has worked so hard to manage. No matter how powerful he is secretly in other places, his roots are always in Liangchuan. Except for Chuanzhong, Huang Qiong couldn't think of where his fifth brother would escape next.
It is said that a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Does this insidious and cunning King of Shu really have only one lair in Sichuan? But if he doesn't turn back to Sichuan, where will he go? There is somewhere in this world that is suitable for him to be another nest. Huang Qiong believed that after he brought King Jing's family back to the capital, he had become famous for a while. Although he was far away from the feudal town, his prestige in the court was much higher than that of the prince.
Even the king of Shu, who was called a wise king by some courtiers because of his apparent eagerness for public good and justice, at least in the eyes of Da Qi, had no place in the world. Unless the emperor really thinks that he is dead, it is not for anything else but for his own country. Even if the face of the Tian family is taken into consideration, the pursuit cannot be done openly. But in private, capable people will be sent to search for him secretly everywhere.
And judging from his character, hiding among the people and disappearing is definitely not his style. Even if the wealth he has amassed is enough for him to live the rest of his life in glory and wealth, he will never do this. A person who is accustomed to rights will never be willing to sink once he loses his rights.
Otherwise, he would not even kill his brothers for the sake of the throne. In order to plant a nail in the palace, even the woman he loves will be sent into the palace. Such a person is definitely the kind of person who will never give up until the last moment of his life. Therefore, even if he escapes, he will not live in seclusion for the rest of his life.
But taking refuge in a foreign country, whether it was Northern Liao, Dali, or Tubo in the west, was probably the worst of the worst for the King of Shu. Taking refuge in Beiliao, which is evenly matched with Daqi, he will not gain any benefit except being a chess piece at the mercy of others. It was impossible for Beiliao to let him take charge of the army, and it was impossible for him to have any chance to establish his own power alone.
Being a chess piece that can only be passively manipulated by others is probably not his type. He is used to being above ten thousand people, and it is something that an ambitious person can accept. Unless he was really desperate, he would never choose to live under someone else's roof in Beiliao. Even if the Dali Kingdom closed its doors and claimed to be a lonely country, the much stronger Qi Dynasty was just a small country.
Dali State has neither the strength nor enough power to help him continue to fight for the throne. Moreover, if you seek refuge in Dali, you might be sent back to Daqi by Dali who wants to please Daqi. The Dali Kingdom, which even dared and was unwilling to offend Daqi, wanted to accept him when he went to seek refuge.
As for taking refuge in Tubo, except that the bitter cold there is unbearable for ordinary people in the mainland. At present, the Tubo tribes are already torn apart, and each tribe has already done its own thing. They simply do not have the strength to help him make a comeback. If he took refuge in Tubo, he would not be able to endure the suffering, nor would he see any hope. He has lived in Sichuan for a long time and probably knows the current situation of Dali and Tubo better than anyone else.
How could he not think of this when he could think of it? For a person with such huge ambitions, relying on others is definitely not a good choice. But is returning to Sichuan a good choice for him? The old man was able to keep him under house arrest in another courtyard for such a long time. With the shrewdness of his emperor, Chengdu would never fail to investigate secretly.
He had gone through so much trouble to escape from the capital, and he would never throw himself into a trap when he returned to Chengdu. Even his true foundation lies in Kawanaka. But he was too shrewd to do such a stupid thing. But going north, returning west, or even going south are not good choices. After he escapes from Jingzhao Mansion, where will he go? Huang Qiong thought about it repeatedly, but couldn't figure it out.
No matter where the King of Shu fled, Huang Qiong was helpless. But the revenge was not avenged, and the enemy disappeared, which made Huang Qiong somewhat unacceptable. Especially after discovering that King Shu's death was just a matter of playing a golden cicada to escape from its shell. What the emperor should do next and what he would do were beyond his control, and Huang Qiong felt even more uncomfortable.
Huang Qiong gently poured a handful of water on his face. Huang Qiong, who really couldn't figure it out, simply gave up the idea of continuing to guess for the time being. He decided to see what the emperor would do next before making a specific decision. At this moment, I have to keep calm. This matter is simply not something I can interfere with. Forcibly intervening would surely only cause the emperor's displeasure.
Just as Gao Wuyong said, don't look for trouble at this time. Even if Huang Qiong doesn't like the position of Crown Prince anymore. But Huang Qiong had to take the emperor's thoughts into consideration. The King of Shu is also his son. He can beat and kill him, but if others talk too much, I'm afraid the emperor will be unhappy. If I intervene at this time, I am afraid that the effect I can have will only be counterproductive.
