[Rat cat] Long live the emperor

The resistance in [Dilapidated Alley] was not as intense as imagined.

On Zhao Zhen's side, he wanted people to have people, and experts to have experts, and the small flame of resistance was quickly extinguished.

There is an upright and upright Bao Qingtian in Kaifeng, whoever has the guts to settle down in [Dilapidated Hutong] is not a vicious person.

These slippery old loaches are full of hob meat. They are not afraid of being caught or investigated. They know that Mr. Bao handles cases impartially and presents evidence. It's much safer to live than anywhere else.

Hob meat is not afraid of investigation, but those who have ghosts in their hearts are afraid of investigation. In Gongsun's words, those who can't figure out the situation are all "newcomers".

For a long time, [Dilapidated Hutong] and the imperial court have maintained unwritten rules.It is impossible for the underworld forces to fight against the imperial court, and it is impossible for the imperial court to eliminate all the underworld forces, so [Dilapidated Alley] came into being!The imperial court gave [Dilapidated Alley] a certain living space, and [Dilapidated Alley] served as a cushion for the imperial court and the underworld forces. The two sides tacitly maintained a balance, and no one wanted to provoke disputes.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhen didn't play cards according to common sense, turned his face when he said he would turn his face, and punched [Shabby Alley] by surprise.

The underworld has no sense of integrity, and there is no psychological pressure to harm others for selfishness and betray one's peers.The wretched-looking representative of [Dilapidated Hutong] not only betrayed Meng Ke, but also explained everything about the assassination, the channel for buying and selling fairy music, and the deception of the Living Buddha in the eastern suburbs!

It turned out that Guo Huai and the one-eyed man who had assassinated Zhao Zhen both lived in [Dilapidated Alley].Guo Huai hired martial arts scum to matchmaking through [Dilapidated Alley], [Dilapidated Alley] provided assassins with convenient food, clothing, housing and transportation, as well as real and reliable information, and made a lot of money from it.

Zhao Zhen deeply hated these villains who feared that the world would not be chaotic, but he also knew that these people were like weeds growing in a crop field. After cutting a stubble, another stubble would grow again. Regular spraying of pesticides can only restrain the growth of weeds. With the determination of the crop land, weeds can always find the soil for survival.

Zhao Zhen has power and money in his hands. These two things are exactly what the underworld likes. Both parties have nothing to gain. In the end, the underworld took a step back because of their injustice. They agreed to go to Xishan to be a farmer for two months without mixing Zhao Zhen and The battle of King Xiangyang, and I sincerely look forward to Zhao Zhen's complete victory~

The gangster said it nicely, Zhao Zhen knew that if he lost, [Dilapidated Alley] would be the first to betray his faith and defect to the enemy.

On the contrary, as long as they are undefeated, these grandsons will have to pretend to be grandsons with their tails between their legs for the rest of their lives!

What's more, they can't be left behind when they enter Xishan, clean up the King of Xiangyang, and let these villains be farmers for the rest of their lives!

Hohohoho, Zhao Zhen laughed three times in his heart.

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The imagined chaos did not happen, and Meng Ke, who had other plans, was very disappointed.Several consecutive miscalculations can no longer be excused by 'coincidence' or 'momentary miss'.When [Dilapidated Hutong] sent representatives to compromise and negotiate with Zhao Zhen, Meng Ke's disappointment was almost written all over his face.

Zhan Zhao frowned, "When did you vote for King Xiangyang?"

Meng Ke's eyes flickered, and he said dejectedly: "The last time I met you, the men of King Xiangyang found me and threatened me with my parents to do things for him. I deliberately let Bai Yutang see me to remind you that if it wasn't for that General Pang intervened, and I wanted to persuade Mr. Gongsun to arrest him without a fight. The king of Xiangyang is already terminally ill, and the purpose of arresting Mr. Gongsun is to cure his illness. This is a good opportunity to break into the enemy camp, isn't it?"

Everyone looked at him with different expressions and said nothing.

Meng Ke looked sincerely and said: "As you have seen just now, I can't even control a few of my subordinates. They are the real confidantes of the King of Xiangyang. They have been watching me. I have suffered so much that I made such a bad plan. Seeing Since I didn’t hurt anyone, can you give me a chance to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds? Let me take Gongsun back to Xiangyang, and when the king of Xiangyang is killed with a dose of poison, there will be no need for war or loss of life.”

These words sounded reasonable, but everyone felt very disgusted!

It's the same strategy, and it's the same plan to deal with King Xiangyang. Why does Zhao Zhen's strategy make people smile, but Meng Ke's strategy makes people sick?

Bai Yutang thought about it for a while, and the biggest reason was that Zhao Zhen liked to use ulterior motives, and the methods were clever so as not to harm the innocent.But Meng Ke is a [-]% conspirator. In order to get rid of his crime, he backhandedly bought King Xiangyang.Moreover, it was Meng Ke's idea to poison the King of Xiangyang, but instead of doing it himself, he put on an attitude of worrying about the country and the people, and forced Gongsun to get his hands dirty.

Everyone looked at Zhao Zhen, hoping that the little poisonous tongue would give Meng Ke a knowing blow.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhen didn't speak, but waved his hands in a contemplative pose, "Take him down."

Gongsun was a little nervous, "You don't want to promise him, I don't use poison to harm people."

Zhao Zhen looked at the back of Meng Ke being taken away, "I seem to have underestimated him. I thought it was Lu Fengxian, but it turned out to be Cao Mengde."

Everyone was stunned. Gongsun was also familiar with the Three Kingdoms, but he couldn't understand what Zhao Zhen meant.

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly, "Both Lv Bu and Cao Cao have ambitions, and both have betrayed their promises. The difference is that Lv Bu's family servants of the three surnames are brave and intrepid, while Cao Cao can lead the emperor to command the princes. Although Meng Ke wanted to imitate Cao Mengde, it is a pity that I am young. , but not the Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty who let mermaid go.”

Zhan Zhao picked up Zhao Zhen, "You must be thinking too much, Meng Ke is not capable of that."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "Meng Ke does not have the skills of Cao Cao, but he has Cao Cao's ambitions. Meng Ke has always wanted to get close to me and win my trust. He must have wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of King Xiangyang's rebellion and plan to poison King Xiangyang. Make great achievements and gain both fame and fortune!"

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said, "Meng Ke is too impatient, his intelligence is not enough to support his ambition."

Bai Yutang frowned, "You mean, Meng Ke didn't do it on a whim, he wanted Gongsun to poison King Xiangyang from the very beginning?"

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, "He didn't lie just now."

Modern people know that when people lie, they will do some tricks. In order to prevent the lies from being exposed, many people will consciously control themselves.But in ancient times, there was no such concept as [behavioral psychology]. Even people with deep affluence cannot completely cover up their lying actions.

Meng Ke's series of performances just now were impeccable, except that his eyes flickered at the beginning, but later he became more and more determined. When he talked about "take Gongsun back to poison the king of Xiangyang", Meng Ke's eyes were shining, which showed that he was really looking forward to it. He wasn't lying.

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Hundreds of people were arrested at a time, and the final finishing work was handed over to Pang Tong, Gongsun stayed with him, Zhao Zhen and Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang returned to Kaifeng.

Bao Zheng led people to copy the Living Buddha Temple, but he didn't get any more information from the fake demon monk.

Xiangyang King Zhao Jue is very cautious. He strictly controls the division of labor among his subordinates, and each person only knows what he is responsible for.Every time Kaifeng Mansion caught a branch, Zhao Jue immediately cut down the whole tree.And he himself has always been hiding behind the scenes, controlling everything with his invisible hands, acting rigorously but without a clear purpose, Zhao Zhen faintly felt that the King of Xiangyang had other plans, but he was still unable to comprehend them.

When I returned to Kaifeng Mansion, the Baxian King happened to be there, "Zhao Jue is very ill, and he probably won't live long."

Everyone was even more convinced that Meng Ke wasn't lying, Zhao Zhen said, "He's not going to be alive soon, he's not lying in bed, why are you fussing about?"

"Maybe it's really tossing around." The Eight Sage King hesitated to speak, "To be honest, I didn't believe that Zhao Jue was rebellious at the beginning. Zhao Jue has been honored and favored since he was a child. Naive and childish. Zhao Jue has good intelligence and means, but his courage is sometimes lacking. He also had many supporters back then, but he voluntarily gave up the throne..."

The Baxian King said vaguely, Zhao Zhen said thoughtfully: "The person whom the King of Xiangyang loves is Empress Liu?"

A nonsensical sentence that no one understood except the Eight Sage Kings. Zhao Zhen explained to everyone: "I heard from my mother that the King of Xiangyang was fascinated by a woman who was unmarried and had no heirs, and even turned against the first emperor. This woman Could it be Empress Liu?"

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "I remember you said that the late emperor has always questioned Princess Hui's bloodline."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "I suspect that Zhao Jue was used by Empress Liu to voluntarily give up the throne to fulfill the first emperor. The first emperor found clues and suspected that Zhao Jue had an affair with Empress Liu. This can explain why Zhao Jue did not return to Bian for 20 years. Jing, can also explain why Empress Liu can’t explain clearly.” A man doesn’t even want the throne because of you, saying that you two have no affair, even a fool would not believe it.

Bai Yutang was very surprised: "All people surnamed Zhao are infatuated?"

There were two people surnamed Zhao present.The Baxian King only had one wife, the concubine, and no concubines or concubines. He never lingered in the flower streets and willow alleys. He would drink tea and chat with his daughter-in-law at home when he had time.Zhao Zhen is distressed by the fate of her wives and concubines, and has no intention of looking for true love... In this way, regardless of the character of Zhao, he is quite serious about relationships.

Seeing that the topic was going off track, Bao Zheng coughed twice: "The problem now is treason."

The King of Xiangyang already has the strength to challenge the imperial court. Once the civil war starts, the innocent people will always be the ones to suffer. What's more, the frontiers are about to move around. deal with him.

Zhao Zhen blinked, "Why don't King Xuan Xiangyang enter the capital?"

Everyone was speechless: King Xiangyang did not return to Bianliang for 20 years, the former emperor passed away and the new emperor did not come back, what reason is there to announce him?

Zhao Zhen blinked again, "Why don't you think of a despicable idea."

The corner of Bai Yutang's mouth twitched, "For example?"

Zhao Zhen laughed like a god, "For example, Princess Huiguo is dying or something."

Everyone: "..." How despicable!

Bao Zheng felt that this method was too naive and impossible to succeed.

Zhao Zhen shrugged, "Let's try it first, if it succeeds, then there's no need to go to war." Zhao Zhen waved his hand while clenching his small fist, "Let the messenger threaten King Xiangyang, if he doesn't return to Beijing obediently, Princess Huiguo is not critically ill, but died of illness~~"

Zhan Zhao squeezed Zhao Zhen's small fist, "Can he believe it?"

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "A ruthless person always feels that everyone in the world is ruthless."

The Eighth Sage King couldn't laugh or cry, "Since the emperor has confidence, let's try it, just send someone to deliver the letter." The messenger probably won't come back, and with Zhao Zhen's character, he will definitely send the captives back to deliver the letter, making Zhao Jue feel embarrassed .

Sure enough, Zhao Zhen immediately said: "How about Meng Ke? Isn't he holding back to make meritorious service? Give him a chance~~"