The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

On the way back to the palace, Xiao Rui did not analyze the conspiracy between Xiao Xue and Du An, maybe he was too worried and always thought of others as bad, maybe the couple just caused a farce.

It was getting late back in the palace, so Xiao Rui didn't bother His Majesty, but returned to the East Palace to rest.

At noon the next day, Zhang Liang, who was going to Hangzhou, sent the news with a spear falcon. The symptoms of Tang Wang Xiaoyan's high fever persisted, accompanied by chills, fatigue and other symptoms, which were very consistent with the condition of acne. The condition seems to be more serious.

After Zhang Liang explained his identity to Princess Tang, he had already quarantined the Governor's Mansion. Kong Xun'er, who was pregnant, did not show any symptoms, but had to be quarantined.

At the same time, the Hangzhou Mansion has sealed off the city gates, King Jing Xiao Lie took a step back, the time should have come, and he will be in charge of the overall situation.

After reading the letter, Xiao Rui felt troubled.

Originally, he speculated that this was a conspiracy. After all, the system asked him to save Xiao Rui and Xiao Lie. If they had acne, how could they save them? But the letter from Zhang Liang made him worry. Could it be that he was wrong, and Xiao Yan was really infected with acne? This is not a conspiracy?

Xiao Rui reported the matter to Emperor Xia. Compared with Xiao Rui's worry, Emperor Xia could see it and said: Life and death depend on fate, wealth and honor are in the sky. Under the plague, no one is innocent.

Hey... Xiao Rui sighed.

At this moment, Emperor Xia suddenly asked: Do you still want to go to Hangzhou Mansion?

Xiao Rui was taken aback for a moment, and said in surprise: Father agrees with my son to go?

Emperor Xia nodded and said with a smile: You can visit privately with a micro-service, and you can't let others know!

Xiao Rui was a little dumbfounded, yesterday he yelled at himself for messing around, immediately sent Xiao Lie over, and ordered the gate of the palace to be under martial law, and he was not allowed to go out. It's only been a day, why did His Majesty go back on what he said?

Your Majesty, are you teasing Erchen?

etc!

Xiao Rui immediately came to his senses, and asked, Did Emperor Father do it on purpose, acting as a play for others to see?

At this time, only Hai Dafu and Yan Xiaoxiao were in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the other eunuchs were not there, so Emperor Xia did not continue to hide it, nodded, and said: I also feel that there is something strange about the outbreak of acne in Hangzhou Mansion, and I ordered Dongchang to contact you yesterday. The spies there found some tricks. The people you sent found that Tang Wang’s symptoms were very similar to having acne, but although the isolated people also had symptoms, they were different from Xiao acne, and they never I have never been to Shenzhou, and I have never had contact with people who have been in Shenzhou. This has strengthened my suspicion. I am worried that someone is playing tricks, so I forbid you to go, and instead send King Jin to go.

After a pause, Emperor Xia went on to say: Recently Zhao Guo and Qi Jun have been repeatedly defeated on the battlefield, and they will continue to use plots and tricks when they become angry, so I suspect that Tang Wang's illness is a trick to lure the enemy and deliberately lure you to Hangzhou. government.

If it's really a trick, the other party must think that the minister will go? Xiao Rui asked.

Emperor Xia laughed and said: If you don't try, how do you know you won't go? Even if you don't go, the other party will definitely have a follow-up conspiracy! So I agree with you to go, just to let you find out the enemy. Enemies lurking in the dark are hard to guard against. Also, bring Swordsman Qinglian with you.

I understand! Xiao Rui responded immediately.

Afterwards, Xiao Rui quietly left the palace without even returning to the East Palace, so he went to Zhan Shifu. After telling Jia Xu and Guo Jia about the situation, Xiao Rui immediately took Qinglian Swordsman, Li Yuanfang, Wu Zhanfa, Wei Guang and others with him. Twenty Iron Dragon Riders left the capital and headed towards Hangzhou Mansion.

A group of people went straight to Hangzhou Mansion, and arrived outside Hangzhou at noon the next day.

At this time, in the city of Hangzhou, the once bustling streets were empty.

Ever since the acne was discovered, the people in the city fell into panic, and they all stayed at home and did not dare to go out. The guards also sealed off the four gates, prohibiting entry and exit. All the people with symptoms were quarantined in a centralized place. The average incubation period of acne was 12 days, and the typical smallpox rash did not appear in the early stage of the infection.

At this time, Zhang Liang stayed in the room and waited in the governor's mansion.

After he rushed to Hangzhou Mansion the day before yesterday, he immediately went to the Governor's Mansion to meet Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan’s condition is indeed very similar to acne, with high fever, fatigue, headache, and chills. More importantly, acne is preceded by a reddish lumpy area that will appear along with the rash. This feature made Zhang Liang realize that it is very likely It was acne, so I was afraid that Xiao Rui would be anxious, so I immediately delivered the letter through the spear falcon.

And yesterday, he investigated other patients in the city, and found that although these patients also had high fever and cold war, they did not have light red lumps on their bodies! This immediately aroused his vigilance, and then continued the investigation, and found that these patients had not been to Shenzhou, or had contact with Shenzhou personnel, and they did not know each other, which did not meet the conditions of transmission at all.

After more in-depth inquiries, it was learned that Tang Wang was rushing to write the manuscript during this period and stayed at home to write Journey to the West. It is unlikely that he was infected with acne!

Zhang Liang sensed the conspiracy, so he hurriedly sent away Mao Falcon Feixin yesterday, intending to tell Xiao Rui not to worry him too much. But at that time, Xiao Rui had already left the capital and rushed here, and did not receive his letter.

Now that he noticed the conspiracy, Zhang Liang quickly started investigating since yesterday.

If Tang Wang didn't have acne, then the current situation is not a disease, it is very likely that he was poisoned! Signs of an acne outbreak being intentionally created!

Then, if you want to poison King Tang, you must be someone who can contact His Highness Tang King, so you have to investigate everyone who can contact King Tang!

This time Zhang Liang came in a hurry, only bringing Dian Wei and Yang Youji with him. These two men are strong in martial arts, but not good at strategy. It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice!

In desperation, he asked Kong Xun'er, Princess of Tang Dynasty, for help.

Ever since Kong Xun'er knew that her husband might have acne, she didn't think about eating or drinking, and her pregnant body gradually became weak. Zhang Liang's speculation instantly sparked her hope, and she fully cooperated with Zhang Liang's investigation!

But she couldn't trust the others in the house, so she only asked the five Kong family members who came with her as a dowry to cooperate with Zhang Liang to investigate secretly, so as not to startle the snake.

With the cooperation of the staff, Zhang Liang asked them to check the list of people who can directly contact Tang Wang and be in charge of Tang Wang's meals. At this time, Zhang Liang stayed in the room and waited.

At this time, the door knocked.

Zhang Liang immediately opened the door, and there was a servant of the Kong family standing outside the door. He entered the room, handed the list to Zhang Liang, and introduced the information of the people on the list.

If Xiao Yan was really poisoned, it must have been the day before he contracted the disease. If he was the only one who contracted the disease, he would have had a normal meal, because he ate with the concubine. If the food was poisonous, the concubine would also contract the disease.

Therefore, it is only necessary to investigate who was responsible for the refreshment the day before he contracted the disease, and who he met, and the suspicion can be further narrowed down.

At this time, there were four suspects on the list.

One is Tang Wang Xiaoyan's personal servant, he is in charge of refreshments, this person has followed Xiao Yan for many years, and he is very trusted by Xiao Yan.

The second is Chen Qi, the prefect of Hangzhou, who has just taken office.

Originally, Hangzhou Governor's Mansion was in Jinhua Mansion, but after Xiao Yan took office as Governor, he begged His Majesty to agree to move the Governor's Mansion to Hangzhou Mansion because it was closer to the capital and closer to His Majesty.

This reason full of filial piety moved His Majesty, so he granted his request. As for his real reason, it is estimated that only he himself knows.

So Xiao Yan took the seat in Hangzhou Mansion, which was difficult for the newly appointed Hangzhou prefect. Suddenly a governor was airborne, and he was still a prince, so he would come to the mansion to report if he had anything to do.

The third is Zhou Yun, the commander of the Hangzhou Metropolitan Commander Division who has just taken office.

The previous commander, Zhang Hao, was transferred back to the Capital Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army by Xiao Rui. As the deputy commander, Zhou Yun was directly promoted and took the right position.

However, Zhou Yun's commander is still in Jinhua Mansion, and this time he came to Hangzhou Mansion for inspection, just in time to pay his respects to His Royal Highness Tang Wang!

The last one is Zhang Xin, an official from the Governor's Mansion.

Does Xiao Yan have the temperament of a governor? Writing alone is enough for him to be busy, so many things are left to the subordinate team of the Governor's Mansion, and this Zhang Xin naturally has to visit Xiao Yan often!

Except for the close servant, the other three met Xiao Yan alone the day before he contracted the disease, and chatted with him for a while. If the three wanted to poison him, they all had a chance!

At this time, looking at the three people on the list, they are considered to be high-ranking figures in Hangzhou. If one of them, or a combination of several people, is the one who poisoned them, then this conspiracy will be even more difficult!

However, this put Zhang Liang in a difficult situation.

He could interrogate that young servant, but Hangzhou prefect Chen Qi, commander Zhou Yun, and don't drive Zhang Xin, the three of them couldn't investigate!

At this time, none of the three people left Hangzhou Mansion. After all, Hangzhou Mansion suffered from acne. They were all local parents and officials. These three people should be accompanying Jin Wang Xiao Lie to deal with the illness in the city, making it even more difficult for Zhang Liang to start.

What should I do? Zhang Liang tapped on the table, showing a pensive expression.

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Xiao Rui and others stopped outside the city of Hangzhou and did not take the initiative to enter the city. Now that the gate of the city has been blocked, entering the city now is to tell everyone that the prince is coming!

At night, a group of people climbed over the wall and entered Hangzhou City.

At this time, the dark street was silent. Fortunately, Xiao Rui had been to Hangzhou City before, knew the general route, and immediately went to Jinfu.

Jin Zhengying was sleeping soundly when he was awakened by the hasty knock on the door by his servants, and only after he woke up did he realize that His Highness is coming!

Then he hurriedly put on his coat and ran out, and personally welcomed Xiao Rui into the mansion.

After chatting with him for a few words, Xiao Rui took a rest first.

In the early morning, Li Yuanfang visited the Governor's Mansion at night and met Zhang Liang. Hearing that His Highness had come down, Zhang Liang was a little surprised. He thought that His Majesty would never allow His Highness to come here until the illness became clear.

Unless His Majesty is also aware of the conspiracy inside!