The system forced me to be emperor

There was a smile on the corner of the old man's mouth. As for what he was thinking in his heart, no one knew.

Afterwards, the topic returned to how to find out Xiao Rui.

The old man said: "Your Majesty, since Xiao Rui is hiding very deeply, and there are brilliant counselors by his side, it is impossible to find out in secret, so it is better to startle the snake, let me draw a portrait of Xiao Rui, and then publish it directly, and strictly investigate the entire emperor. In the capital, the mansions of any high-ranking officials and dignitaries will be searched, and at the same time, high rewards will be offered. Whoever reports the first merit, no matter what their identity, will be directly granted the status of a lord by traffickers and pawns, and will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver. Rui, there may be unexpected joy, money and silk will touch people's hearts."

"Okay! Someone here draws up an order to announce to the people of the imperial capital that whoever finds the prince of Xia, Xiao Rui, will be made an earl and rewarded with 10 taels of silver!" Zhao Huang immediately issued an order.

The old man said again: "Secondly, the purpose of Xiao Rui's coming to the imperial capital is to assassinate His Majesty, so I have to guess whether Xiao Rui has something to do with the deposed prince's rebellion!"

Emperor Zhao immediately sat upright, frowned and said: "Before the abolished prince plotted against him, he not only killed Prince Rui, but also Prince Lin and Prince Yin, and even his Crown Princess! I still can't figure out why he would do this! Unfortunately, At that time, the guards who knew the situation were all executed, and I didn't think carefully, so I didn't survive."

The old man said again: "Since there is no way to find out, let's change the angle. Your Majesty, the purpose of Xiao Rui's coming here is to assassinate His Majesty. Since it is to assassinate His Majesty, then the most direct question arises, how to get close to His Majesty! What happened to His Majesty's meal?" There is no opportunity for eating and drinking. He handles government affairs in the Golden Palace during the day, and the imperial guards are heavily guarded, so he can't get close. From this point of view, the only way for him to do it is when His Majesty returns to the harem to rest. I suggest checking the harem All eunuchs, maids, and female officials, first check to see if there is anyone with a problem! In addition, notify the palaces where His Majesty may go to rest, and check to see if any suspicious things have happened recently. Secondly, when His Majesty is resting, he must ask the imperial army to strengthen defense .”

"It makes sense, I forgot about the harem." Zhao Huang was overjoyed, and quickly asked the chief eunuch to arrange it.

The old man said again: "Secondly, Your Majesty likes to take elixirs. The elixirs contain erysipelas, and the imperial hospital must also check it carefully! Avoid Xiao Rui from contacting alchemists and poisoning the elixirs!"

"Haha, with you here, I can rest easy." Zhao Huang comforted.

The old man said humbly: "Your Majesty, Liao praised."

"By the way, you said that Liang Haonan's disappearance was also caused by Xiao Rui?" Zhao Huang suddenly thought of the Marquis Rui Yong whom he had just conferred.

The old man nodded, and said: "Nine times out of ten, he did it, and I guess, the purpose of Xiao Rui's arrest of Liang Haonan is to suspect that he is the son of Ruyang King Xiao Conghu, who was sent by His Majesty to assassinate Xiao Conghu. The family snatched away Xiao Conghu's son, although he fell into the cliff, but the body was not found. It happened that Commander Liang brought back an adopted baby, who was not too young, so doubts would naturally arise."

Speaking of this matter, Zhao Huang snorted coldly: "I was calculated back then, and I would get angry just thinking about it, so I don't care if I don't mention it."

The old man continued: "Your Majesty, the state of Qin that Commander Liang and I went with is now back. Liang Haonan reckons that there is more danger than good luck. Commander Liang is deeply saddened by the loss of his son in his later years, and he must take revenge. If that is the case, then use him as bait Let’s see if we can lure Xiao Rui out, and I will also hand over the task of arresting Xiao Rui to him!”

"Good idea!" Zhao Huang was overjoyed.

The old man said with a smile: "Just now, His Majesty has issued an order to search the imperial capital. In my opinion, it can be postponed. Let Commander Liang lead the snake out of the hole first. If the other party is cunning, then search the whole city."

Zhao Huang nodded, and immediately sent someone to call Liang Haonan's father.

The old man bowed his hands and retreated, when he walked out of the golden palace, the sun shone on his face, if Xiao Feng were here, he would be dumbfounded in shock, how could his grandfather who hanged himself be here so well!

That's right, the old man is none other than the Duke of England, Huang Qilin!

Who would have thought that Huang Qilin, who hanged himself, met a man whose face was almost the same as his long ago, so he imprisoned this man for emergencies.Unexpectedly, the act of preparing for a rainy day really came in handy.

He feigned death and stayed in the dark.

Chapter 498: Gan Ning's Plan

Two days after Xiao Rui lived in Chuan Jianguo's manor, Zhang Liang got reliable news from Chuan Jianguo that Liang Haonan's adoptive father, Liang Zhenggang, suddenly returned to Beijing and said: Whoever dares to hurt his adopted son, he will not die Endless to track down the murderer!So let him go immediately!

The attitude is very arrogant, very appetizing to Xiao Rui!

So Xiao Rui asked Xiang Dianwei: "Where are people?"

"Buried!" Dian Wei replied.

Xiao Rui said again: "Dig it out at night and send it to the gate of the Liang Mansion."

"Alright!" Dian Wei replied.

It can be regarded as allowing the father and son to meet again. A kind person like Xiao Rui is really hard to find in ancient and modern times.

There are no clues from Liang Haonan, so what happened back then, it seems that we can only ask the participant Liang Zhenggang, but Xiao Rui is not stupid to do it now, the possibility of exposure is relatively high now, and Xiao Rui Rui is busy with other things now.

Gan Ning introduced through Mao Falcon's letter that when he returned to Qijiang, he recruited more than 100 people, all of whom were friends from his youth, and then robbed more than a dozen ships, regaining his former title of "Jinfan Thief" , and then sneak attack at night, successfully captured a water thief's lair and took it as his own. After accepting most of the other party's personnel and supplies, Gan Ning's Jinfan Village's reputation can be regarded as upright.

During this time, Jinfan Pirates began to expand and were about to swallow another gang of water thieves, but the opponent had a larger number of people and was stronger. Gan Ning considered several plans, but none of them could take down the opponent, so he had no choice but to send a letter. call for help.

Xiao Rui was bored staying in the imperial capital, the plan to blow up Emperor Zhao was in progress, gunpowder was being transported into the palace little by little, so he couldn't come in a hurry, he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

So now that Gan Ning asked for help, after Xiao Rui discussed with Guo Jia and Zhang Liang, he immediately left the capital with Dian Wei and Yang Youji and rushed to Qijiang County.

Three days later, the three of them revisited their old places and returned to Qijiang.

After contacting Gan Ning through Gyrfalcon, it didn't take long for Gan Ning to greet him by boat.

"Master!" Seeing Xiao Rui, Gan Ning jumped ashore to salute quickly.

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "It took more than a month to play Mingtang, you are really there, I saw you right!"

Gan Ning smiled modestly: "Hey, it's up to the brothers, please get on the boat, master, and I will take you to the base camp of Jinfan Village!"

"Okay!" Xiao Rui got on the boat, and then three small boats sailed into the river.

The boat went south for more than ten miles. There were steep cliffs and dense trees on both sides of the Qijiang River.As we walked, the boat suddenly left the river and entered a river. The river is six to seven meters wide, with dense bushes on both sides. The river has nine bends and eighteen bends. There are many forks. Will be dizzy.

Two quarters of an hour later, there was a cottage at the end of the river, Xiao Rui found out after going up to the cottage, they were going around in circles, in fact, this cottage is very close to the Qijiang River, under the cliff to the west is the Qijiang River!

Gan Ning asked with a smile, "Young master, why not guess, how many gangs of water thieves are there on the [-]-mile river road in Qijiang County alone?"

Xiao Rui naturally didn't know, so he simply guessed: "Ten?"

Gan Ning said: "28 water villages!"

Xiao Rui was shocked and said: "There are so many! The whole Qijiang River is thousands of miles away, isn't there hundreds of pirate leaders?"

Gan Ning shook his head, and said: "From Qijiang County to the south, the water is turbulent and the drop is large. The merchant ships are relatively large and can withstand the impact, but the pirates use small boats, which are very dangerous. Therefore, the water in the south of Qijiang County There are not too many thieves, but there are some, and they are all relatively powerful. On the river to the north of Qijiang County, because two of Zhao Jun's three major water barracks are located upstream, deterring water thieves, so the bandit gang There are very few. On the contrary, the inner river in Qijiang County is gentle and the danger is small, so a large number of water thieves gather here."

Xiao Rui nodded and said, "There are so many water thieves, how can there be so many merchant ships for you to snatch?"

Gan Ning continued to explain: "Transportation through the Qijiang River is three times faster than land transportation. Even though there are many water thieves on the river, many merchants are willing to take risks. At worst, they recruit guards. They are all merchant ships, densely packed, but now that Daxia's soldiers and horses have reached Lingshan County, many merchants have stopped trading, and even the transportation is short-distance transportation, which indirectly caused the livelihood of the water thief gang to be hit. Now Qi Jiang The water thieves in the county have all started to change careers, not only robbing ships, but also acting as bandits, robbing merchants on the road. Or they are black and white. Besides, which bandit doesn't have a small treasury, even if he doesn't rob for a year or so, it's enough It's time to eat."

Speaking of food, Xiao Rui asked, "Did the Marquis Chang Sheng provide you with weapons and food?"

Xiao Rui asked Gan Ning to pull up a team of water thieves, saying that he was asking him to start from nothing, not giving people or boats, at least giving him a knife!

Gan Ning nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Master Hou directly gave me the most advanced standard weapons in Daxia, as well as bows and crossbows. They are definitely the most sophisticated weapons among the water bandits in Qijiang County! At the same time, they also sent me enough food."

Xiao Rui smiled and said, "At first I wanted to send some troops from Marquis Chang Sheng to come here, but after thinking about it, I forgot. Let alone how good they are, if they are discovered by Qi Jiangying, it will be a disaster. The Qijiang camp can tolerate the existence of water thieves, but it absolutely cannot tolerate the presence of Daxia soldiers as water thieves in Qijiang."

"Haha, what the young master said is very true, Xingba will not disappoint the young master, and promises to build a strong navy team." Gan Ning said confidently.

While talking, everyone has arrived in the cottage.

The scale of the cottage is acceptable, but the buildings are a bit crude, with houses, walls and sentry towers made of wood. Only the middle room is made of stone, which is the Juyi Hall of Jinfan Village.

Xiao Rui came to the main hall and sat down. Gan Ning introduced his two good brothers to Xiao Rui. Both of them were friends of Gan Ning and they were brothers of the same clan. One was Gan Xin and the other was Gan Xing. He is very good at water, and he has been doing water thieves all along, and now he is Gan Ning's right-hand man.

After a brief rest, Xiao Rui did not forget the purpose of the trip, so he asked Gan Ning about the specific situation of the water thief that Gan Ning was going to deal with.

"What we have to deal with is the Shuisha Village. It is also hidden on the mountain thirty miles to the south and west of the river. During this period of time, I asked Gan Xin and Gan Xing to search, and finally found the specific location and route of the other party's Water Village. However, The opponent has nearly 300 water thieves, and we number 120 are attacking more with less, and we are still attacking the opponent's water village, the difference in strength is huge, and we can't win at all." Gan Ning introduced.