Wei Zhai, study.
After listening to Wei Chen's words, Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye couldn't help but look at each other with shock written on their faces.
If according to what Wei Chen said, the flying fireballs that caused a lot of commotion in Bianjing recently were caused by man-made things, and even the heavenly book on the meteorite was man-made, then there are too many things involved behind this incident.
Nowadays, the official family is old and sick, and the throne has been vacant for a long time. The battle between King Yong and King Yan has intensified.
Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, it seems that King Yong has the upper hand in this battle.
At the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony on the first day of this year, Zhao Zhen unexpectedly fainted, and all the civil and military officials were panicked. At that time, King Yong rushed ahead of King Yan and asked him to accompany him to serve him.
After that, King Yong was called into the palace more often than King Yan. Obviously, King Yong was more favored by Zhao Zhen than King Yan.
After Zhengdan, the battle for the reserve position, which was originally shrouded in mystery, began to become clearer as King Yong was summoned again and again.
The balance of victory gradually tilted towards King Yong's side, while King Yan's side clearly showed signs of decline.
But what puzzled everyone was that although Zhao Zhen showed his preference for King Yong, he still had no intention of appointing King Yong as the crown prince.
This involuntarily caused a lot of speculation inside and outside the court. Many people felt that Zhao Zhen had never given up and still wanted a son of his to inherit the throne.
This is not an unfounded guess. After all, this is human nature, and Zhao Zhen has a criminal record in this matter.
Although Zhao Zhen has never been in good health, in order to have a son these years, he has put almost all his energy into a woman's belly.
There are also results.
In the past three years, five princesses have been born one after another, but none of them has taken the lead...
Of course, despite this, no one dares to say that the official family will definitely not be able to give birth to a son.
After all, the official family has long proven that there is no problem with their ability, but they are unlucky. Most of the children they have are daughters, and the few sons they have also died early.
Moreover, there are still several pregnant women in the palace. No one knows whether a prince will suddenly appear before the moment of birth.
But everyone knows in their hearts that hope is actually very slim.
Perhaps Zhao Zhen himself is still holding on to this last glimmer of hope and refuses to let go, but everyone with ambitions, ideas, and greed, both inside and outside the palace, in the government and in the field, has already made their own plans. .
Establishing a good relationship with the next official in advance has become a topic that people gradually no longer avoid. Because of this, King Yong and King Yan gathered a large number of supporters around them.
Now it seems that King Yan has gradually lost the ability to compete with King Yong. King Yong is gaining momentum and is only one step away from the throne, and that is Zhao Zhen's determination.
As the throne becomes uncertain, the supporters around King Yong will not feel at ease. It is not surprising that at this critical moment, a big disturbance was made, prompting Zhao Zhen to finally make up his mind to make King Yong the prince. .
In fact, before coming to Wei's house, Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye had vague speculations in this regard.
It's just that after all, everyone wins gold and three people become tigers. The mysterious things about flying fireballs are widely spread in Bianjing City. Even smart people like Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye will inevitably be affected.
Now looking back and carefully tracing the origin of the whole thing, they realized that except for the people from Prince Yong's Palace, no one seemed to have seen the first scene where the meteorite appeared. No one had any news about this matter. It's all based on hearsay.
This also means that it is entirely possible for Prince Yong's Mansion to deliberately fake the scene and then spread rumors.
"Hiss——"
Thinking of this, Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye couldn't help but take a breath. If this is really the case, then King Yong has kept everyone in the world in the dark this time.
Not to mention ordinary people, even Zhao Zhen, who is the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is convinced of this matter. During this period, he has been trying every means to study the heavenly book on the meteorite, hoping to get revelation from heaven.
But Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye were still puzzled. Most people in Bianjing now believed in the meteorite falling from the sky. Why did Wei Chen see at a glance that the meteorite was man-made?
Seeing his two friends looking at him with doubts, Wei Chen smiled and said, "Actually, I was just guessing at first. Only when I saw these words brought by Zhong Huai did I dare to confirm it."
With that said, Wei Chen picked up the piece of paper that Gu Tingye brought, pointed at the eight strange characters rubbed from the meteorite, which are the so-called heavenly books, and said leisurely: "I recognize these characters. "
"On these few words, the officials gathered all the learned scholars and strangers from all over the world and tried to identify them for more than half a month with no results. You actually said you recognized them?" Gu Tingye looked at Wei Chen in surprise.
Sheng Changbai, however, was thoughtful: "Xingyun has read a lot of books since he was a child, studied classics, and has a photographic memory. If we talk about being knowledgeable about the past and the present, and looking at the Zhou Dynasty, there are really few people who can match him."
Gu Tingye was right when he thought about it. Wei Chen might not be as old as those old scholars, but if he had more ancient books in his belly than anyone else, then Wei Chen really wouldn't lose to anyone.
Since Wei Chen was so confident and could identify the contents of the heavenly book, Gu Tingye was even more certain that the so-called meteorite falling from the sky was nothing more than a man-made auspicious event.
After all, when the people behind the scenes were trying to create the Heavenly Book, they had to find a source as supporting evidence. Otherwise, even if someone claimed to have cracked it in the end, they still could not convince the world, and then the meaning of concocting the Heavenly Book would be lost.
Gu Tingye couldn't help but feel a little boring. He thought there was real auspiciousness in the world, but he didn't expect that in the end it would be another big drama staged to win the heirloom.
He can now understand Wei Chen's indifferent attitude towards this matter. The battle for the heirloom is too dangerous and unpredictable, and with Wei Chen's status, there is no need to get involved.
Thinking of this, Gu Tingye couldn't help but envy Wei Chen. At the beginning, Wei Chen took the lead in advising the officials to establish the crown prince, prompting the officials to issue an edict to establish the two kings as princes, which was a great favor to both King Yong and King Yan.
Therefore, Wei Chen no longer has to take risks and choose sides. He just needs to sit tight on the Diaoyutai and wait quietly for everything to end.
No matter whether King Yong or King Yan ascends the throne as emperor in the future, Wei Chen's contribution will not be forgotten.
However, Gu Tingye is still limited to the mindset of choosing between King Yong and King Yan at this moment.
As everyone knows, Wei Chen didn't pay attention to these two people at all. He just watched from the other side and allowed them to torment Bianjing City to pieces, and then Zhao Zongquan came out to clean up the mess.
