[Rat cat] Long live the emperor

The 'seriously injured' Chang Lei was carried back to Kaifeng Mansion by Dynasty Ma Han.

Taking advantage of Gongsun's time to detoxify Chang Lei, Zhan Zhao took a few bank notes that Chang Lei had with him, and turned them over to study.

First of all, it is not a fake bank note, the front is not damaged, and there is no writing on the back. No matter how you look at it, it is an ordinary bank note.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang wonderingly, "Are you sure you read it right?"

Bai Yutang lacked interest, "There was a section in the middle where the door was closed and I didn't see it. Maybe he took advantage of the chaos and destroyed the bank notes."

Zhan Zhao looked at the listless Bai Yutang, a little puzzled, "Why have you been listless for the past two days?"

Bai Yutang raised his eyelids, and glanced lazily at Zhan Zhao: Ask me, I don't know.

Zhan Zhao was innocently treated coldly, a little bit wronged, with a blank expression on his face.

The corners of Zhao Zhen's mouth twitched. When Tsundere meets Natura, who is more bitter?

Reaching out to take the bank note, Zhao Zhen looked carefully at the sun, not to mention, Zhao Zhen really found a loophole.On the back of one of the bank notes, you can see a faint imprint, which looks like text, but the printing is too shallow, and the specific content cannot be seen clearly.

In fact, it is a pencil drawing game that modern people always love to play. Writing on paper with hard objects will leave shallow marks on the paper, and smearing with a pencil will reveal the handwriting.There was no pencil here, so Zhao Zhen asked the housekeeper Bao Cheng for a piece of charcoal, rubbed his finger black, and lightly daubed it on the back of the bank note.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang all came over to watch.

This letter is very short, only a few greetings, and a little poem full of affection.

The three of them were a little speechless. It took so much effort to deliver a love letter?

Then Chang Lei was assassinated in the street, wasn't it a murder caused by a love letter?

When Gongsun came in, he happened to see the three heads of Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, and Zhao Zhen crowded together, and couldn't help being speechless.

Zhao Zhen is young and Zhan Zhao has always been lively, so it's not uncommon for the two of them to act childishly.But Bai Yutang used to be such a serious person, he was handsome and handsome in every way, and he has only been in Kaifeng for a long time, and he is becoming more and more "childlike" when he is teased by the teacher and his apprentice...

While sighing, Gongsun stretched his head to watch with great interest, "What are you looking at!"

——It seems that Bai Yutang was far more than the only one who was led badly by Doubi, his master and his disciples.

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After listening to Zhan Zhao's story, Gongsun approached the bank note and smelled it, "This may be Xinzhongxin."

All three of them looked at him: what letter is trustworthy?

Gongsun smiled mysteriously, "Wait, I'll do a trick for you."

Gongsun put down the bank note, turned around and went back to the room to take out a medicine box. The bottles and jars were placed on the table and began to dispense medicine.

Zhan Zhao was a little worried, "Chang Lei is a third-rank official after all, if he can't prove that he is related to the case, he may not be willing to cooperate."

Zhao Zhen grasped his claws, fearing that the world would not be chaotic and said: "It's easy! We can let him go first, and when he is on the order, we can hit the sap and grab the bank note first! Even if he doubts it in his heart, he has no evidence to prove that it is us. You did it, oh oh oh oh~~~~"

Zhan Zhao rolled his eyes at him, "It's a bad idea, why don't you just steal the bank notes and let him eat Coptis chinensis."

Gongsun rolled his eyes at the two of them, "I've already given him medicine, and if he doesn't sleep until tomorrow morning, even the gods won't be able to wake him up."

Bai Yutang stared at the sky speechlessly: This is really Kaifeng Mansion, isn't it a copycat bandit's den, Longtan and Tiger's Lair?

After preparing the potion, Gongsun lit a small brazier and smoked the silver bill with the steam of the potion.

Soon, the words hidden on the bank note were revealed, and the three of them were shocked when they saw it.

The content of this letter is actually Chang Lei admonishing someone not to assassinate the emperor?

According to the letter.

Chang Lei and someone often used bank notes to send letters, and one of the bank notes was stolen by someone during the delivery.I thought that the letter would not be discovered, but the frequent theft cases in Beijing and China made Chang Lei restless, suspecting that the contents of the letter had been cracked.

If the letter has been deciphered, the purpose of the theft is to find other letters, as well as to find oneself.

Chang Lei finally wrote: I have destroyed all the bank notes, this may be our last correspondence.And repeatedly persuaded the other party to give up the assassination, or live in peace, or simply leave the country. "Even if something happens to me, don't avenge me."

After reading this letter, everyone changed their views on Chang Lei. They thought he was the mastermind behind the scenes, but turned out to be a close comrade-in-arms.

Just as Chang Lei, how could he know a friend who wanted to assassinate the emperor?

Bai Yutang shook his head, no wonder Chang Lei just said 'there are other important things', this matter is really urgent.

Zhan Zhao felt a little regretful, "If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have brought Chang Lei back, and I can follow the vine for a while."

Gongsun waved his hand, "It's okay, Chang Lei has been exposed, otherwise there will be no assassination. The most important thing right now is to find this 'someone'. The letter mentioned that someone wants to assassinate the emperor by taking the opportunity of a meeting. We can Start here."

Zhan Zhao rested his forehead with one hand, "There are so many Korean, Chinese and military officials, it's no less difficult than finding a needle in a haystack."

Zhao Zhen stroked his chin and suddenly said, "...I seem to know who it is."

All three looked at him, "Who is it?"

Zhao Zhen felt a little troubled, and waved to Cheng Ying who was sitting on the beam.

"Chengying, do you still remember the last time we had a family banquet, two court ladies chatted lazily and mentioned that a son-in-law was sick?"

Cheng Ying knew Zhao's royal family well, thought for a while and said, "You mean Lin Lang, Princess Huiguo's son-in-law. During the family banquet, all the other princesses consorts are in pairs. Only Princess Huiguo is alone. I heard that Lin Lang The son-in-law is very ill."

"That's the man." Zhao Zhen clapped his hands, "Because I was curious, I asked a little bit."

"My son-in-law, Lin Lang, was originally a prodigy with both civil and military skills. Who would have thought that he would fall in love with the savage Princess Huiguo, and force her to abandon his wife. Lin Lang would rather die than die. The emperor loves the princess so much, so he treats his parents, wife and children as his wife." The threat of the lives of the nine clans finally forced Lin Lang to compromise. The son-in-law of this dynasty cannot participate in politics, and Lin Lang's ambitions have been squandered.

Everyone was surprised, "Although it's quite miserable, it's not enough to assassinate the emperor."

Assassinating the emperor is a felony crime of ransacking one's family and destroying one's family. Since Lin Lang had compromised for his family back then, how could he suddenly change his mind.

Zhao Zhen shook his head, "That wasn't the case. But recently, Lin Lang's old mother was seriously ill, and her only wish before she died was to see her grandson. The princess refused to agree, so Lin Lang forced her to die. The princess had no choice but to say The truth, it turns out that Lin Lang's wife and children were bestowed to death by the emperor many years ago, and there is no bones left..."

The ancients paid the most attention to being buried in the ground for safety, without leaving any bones. These four words are too heavy.

"Lin Lang's old mother couldn't bear the blow, so she went there that night, and my old father was also seriously ill. I don't know what's going on now."

Everyone was silent, even though they knew that the emperor was a scumbag, the emperor always seemed to be breaking the bottom line of a scumbag time and time again.

"Aspirations unfulfilled, bearing an unjust reputation, losing a wife, losing a son, losing a mother, dying a father..."

Zhao Zhen sighed: "If I were Lin Lang, I would also take revenge, and killing the entire Zhao family would not make me happy."

Bai Yutang suddenly asked, "Is Princess Hui the Queen's son?"

Zhao Zhen was taken aback, "How do you know?"

Bai Yutang smiled coldly, and said with stern eyes: "Think about Zhao Yiyi and you will understand. The emperor deliberately spoiled Princess Huiguo and forced Lin Lang's wife and children to death on purpose. He married the princess to Lin Lang not out of favor at all. To a For a woman, what is more desperate than her husband's resentment, the emperor is not torturing Lin Lang, but the princess!"

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Today's discussion ended very late, when several ministers left the palace, it was already dark.

Bao Zheng walked last, his brows were furrowed, his expression was a little tired, but more worried.

"Bao Qing's complexion is not good, is she feeling unwell?"

Bao Zheng raised his head, but it was the Eight Sage Kings who were asking him, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, Bao Zheng is fine."

Bao Zheng and the Eight Kings walked side by side, one black and one white, one tall and one weak, but they both had exactly the same sad faces.

Both of them had things in their hearts, but they couldn't talk to others, they just walked in silence.

Although the queen conspires to bring disaster to the country, her existence is like wrapping a rein around the emperor's neck, which can effectively curb the emperor's reckless actions.Ever since the queen was thrown into the cold palace, the emperor has no shackles on him anymore, and his words and deeds have become more and more follow-through. Using the excuse of paying the Liu Party as an excuse, he has created many unjust prisons...

Bao Zheng turned around and walked to the sedan chair assigned to him by the palace after the carriage of the Eight Sage Kings left.

It's all customary.

The palace is strictly forbidden, and the ministers' carriages and horses are not allowed to walk around the palace at will, let alone stay for a long time, except for the time of going up and down.If a minister is left by the emperor to discuss matters, he will naturally be escorted by the imperial chariots and horses.Bao Zheng was often left behind to discuss matters. He had seen the bearers of the chariots and horses, but this time the bearers were very unfamiliar...

Bao Zheng looked at the bearer who helped him pull the curtain, and suddenly asked, "Are you new here?"

The bearer was taken aback, "Master, the younger one is a newcomer."

Bao Zheng asked again, "Where did you work before?"

The bearer hesitated for a moment, "Go back to the adults, the younger ones used to be in charge of shopping."

Bao Zheng nodded and said to the crowd, "Come on."

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the sedan chair landed on the ground, and the curtain was lifted, but in front of him was not the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, but a strange mansion.Bao Zheng's expression remained the same, calm and composed, he walked out holding the bearer's hand, as if this was the destination in the first place...

"Papapa" came three high-fives from behind, "You are so fearless in times of danger. I haven't seen you for many years. Mr. Bao is still the same as before!"

Seeing someone coming, Bao Zheng was stunned for a moment, "Consort Lin?"

Bao Zheng didn't know that Zhan Zhao had a clue, and when he saw Lin Lang suddenly, he was a little surprised and puzzled.

Lin Lang was only in his early thirties, and his handsome face was vaguely visible, but he had long since disappeared from his vigorous appearance.Lin Lang was decadent and decayed. Although he was alive and dead, only a pair of eyes were shining. He was more like a grieving ghost than a human being...

During Lin Lang's most glorious and most desolate years, Bao Zheng was only a magistrate in a remote mountainous area, and the two had no intersection.

Later, Bao Zheng was promoted all the way to become governor of Kaifeng, and the first major case he solved was to behead Chen Shimei who was ungrateful and abandoned his wife and son.At a banquet, Lin Lang, who had never met before, suddenly took the initiative to greet Bao Zheng. After toasting three glasses of wine in a row, tears streamed down his face and he couldn't make a sound.

Out of curiosity, Bao Zheng asked his colleagues about Lin Lang's experience.Bao Zheng wanted to avenge Lin Lang's wife and children, but he couldn't find the plaintiff. Without the plaintiff, the case couldn't be filed, and the case couldn't be tried if the case wasn't filed. The soft-spoken Bao Zheng was helpless.

After years, things change and people change.

The former Lin Lang had resentment in his eyes, and a small flame still danced in his heart.

Now Lin Lang is full of resentment, falling into the ice cave and no longer seeing a trace of joy.

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