royal robes

Chapter 202
"Heaven and earth conscience, this is your own idea, we didn't let you go undercover." Li Hongmao said, "It's you who said that salt is an important strategic material and should not be managed by outsiders. You must grab the business of Baiyun Village .But Baiyunzhuang is very powerful, and its work is strict, so you have to go undercover at Baiyunzhuang to find out the origin and whereabouts of all the sea salt."

"Xi'er sacrificed so much for us, how dare you say such a thing?" Li Hongji said, "But Xi'er, you've been doing pretty well without us two brothers for the past few years. Bai Yunfei is on the bed It makes you feel good, doesn't it?"

"Can you two brothers be more serious? I was brought to you when I was a child, and the three of us grew up together, and I am a servant. The country is peaceful and the people are safe, you two brothers usually fool around, but sometimes you should be more serious, you know?"

"I know I know." X2
Suddenly, there was another knock on the door.

"What happened."

"What's the matter?"

The housekeeper said: "Hey~General Huangfu Jixun asked to see him, saying that he had an important matter to meet with the two princes alone."

"Let him wait a moment, let's get dressed."

Li Hongji and Li Hongmao did not dare to neglect Huangfu Jixun, so they immediately put on their clothes and then let Huangfu Jixun enter the room.After the door opened, both Li Hongji and Li Hongmao were shocked, because Huangfu Jixun was very filial and kowtowed to the two princes immediately, but he only had one elder, General Huangfu Hui.Huangfu Jixun is dressed like this...could it be said that the old general Huangfu Hui has passed away?
Huangfuhui was the mentor of the two princes, and he usually defended the two princes. Knowing that the teacher passed away, he felt a little sad.

"General Huangfu... Could it be that Teacher..."

Huangfu Jixun said: "My father was assassinated. I reported to Jinling only after finishing the funeral. Before that, I kept the news hidden from outsiders."

"I didn't report such a big event right away. Who killed my mentor?" Li Hongji became angry when he heard it. Huangfu Jixun was too good at handling things. He was not so sloppy in ordinary times, and he came after the funeral was over. Report the letter, and report it to yourself alone.What the hell is he thinking?
Xi'er frowned and said, "Could it be that... the murderer is Master Zong Xin and the Third Prince?"

Xi'er is very smart, and she can understand why Huangfu Jixun has been hiding this secret all this time.And he knew that Zong Xin and his party were injured, and they were seriously injured, so he knew that they were fighting against a master.Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the old general Huangfu Hui, this group of people must be too courageous, even dare to kill Huangfu Hui.

Huangfu Jixun nodded and said: "Sister Xi guessed right, it was Zong Xin and the third prince who did it, and there was a member of the Zhao Clan named Zhao Kuangyin. I have been hiding this news, but I don't know how to deal with it. Seeing this, I really want to cut these three into pieces, but Li Congjia is the third prince of my Tang Dynasty after all, I don't know why they want to attack my father, so I came to report to King Ji."

The old general Huangfuhui was the biggest supporter of Li Hongji, King of Ji, and Huangfuhui could at least speak half of Li Jing's words.In the court, as long as Huangfu Hui turned to the left, at least half of the courtiers would follow.Sometimes even Li Jing didn't dare to confront Huangfu Hui.

Huangfu Hui has worked hard and made great achievements, and he is very old and can rely on his old age to sell his old age. The most important thing is that he is excellent in martial arts, and he is also a general with a bad temper. Who would dare to offend such a person?Therefore, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty tried their best to curry favor.

Huangfuhui said at the beginning that he would live until the day Li Hongji became emperor and protect the country for him.But now the old general Huangfu Hui is determined to die, and the murderers turn out to be Master Zong Xin and his third brother Li Congjia.It's just... I don't know what to do.

"I didn't expect Master Zong Xin's martial arts to be so powerful, he even killed the old general Huangfuhui." Xi'er said: "After he recovers from his injuries, unless we can invite a peerless expert to help, otherwise we can only kill him with a large army." Got him."

Xi'er said: "Zong Xin and Wu Wang killed the old general Huangfu, do you have evidence for this?"

"There is no evidence, but I know they did it. My father was assassinated on the night of Zongxin's death, and they escaped overnight. Isn't this a guilty conscience?" Huangfu Jixun said: "They poisoned my father's wine. Poison. With my dad’s skill, ordinary poisons are useless to him. I don’t know what kind of poison it is. White hair grows all over my dad’s body, his skin turns black, and his eyes are red. It’s like he’s alive. Like a ghost."

It's troublesome, it's okay if you don't know, now that Xi'er knows how powerful Zong Xin's martial arts are, she feels that things are really difficult.Since it was Zong Xin and King Wu who killed Huangfu Hui first, this matter has already shown their position, and they will definitely confront King Ji, otherwise they would not do such a thing, and it would be impossible to bribe them.

The most important thing now is... there is no evidence.It is not difficult to convict King Wu based on Huangfu Jixun's guess, but it may not be easy for Zong Xin.

Now Zong Xin is an eminent monk in the eyes of the people in the world. As long as he says "no", at least half of the people in the world will believe him wholeheartedly, and the other half will at most be dubious.Monks don't know how to lie, let alone eminent monks?But Xi'er stayed with Zong Xin for a day and knew that this monk was different from ordinary monks. He had a lot of mean and shameless thoughts in his head, so Zong Xin would blurt out and deny it. It would not be good for them if this matter got bigger.

Xi'er said: "Let's say that the old general Huangfuhui died suddenly. There is no evidence that we may be able to use this matter to bring down the king of Wu, but it doesn't matter whether the king of Wu succeeds or loses. We can find a reason to kill him at any time. He. But now the key is Zong Xin, and we must find a way to defeat Zong Xin."

Xi'er is really smart, even Huangfu Jixun thinks she is smart, and has been loyal to King Ji for so many years after knowing her, and they have done a lot of bad things together, so Huangfu Jixun also trusts Xi'er.

Just now Xi'er mentioned the important point, killing the King of Wu is not difficult.Because no one in the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty was against him, King Wu could be ignored for the time being, because they could kill him at any time.The key now is Zong Xin. If Zong Xin keeps defending King Wu, he will keep putting pressure on King Wu, which will instead attract suspicion from others.

But Huangfu Jixun couldn't bear such a dumb loss.Huangfuhui was not only his biological father, but also an idol, who was killed for nothing, and he didn't dare to say anything... It was unbearable to be familiar with.

Xi'er said: "General Huangfu, don't worry, we will definitely avenge this revenge. Killing the King of Wu is easy, so we don't need to worry. Now let's think about how to deal with Zong Xin, he is a contemporary eminent monk, Moreover, the Tang Dynasty believed in Buddhism, so if a high-ranking monk was forcibly killed, the people in the world might not accept it. Moreover, King Wu is the third prince of the Tang Dynasty after all, and the Dugu Clan is in charge of the world’s rations, so we can’t force it.”

Xi'er thought carefully, they could kill the King of Wu, but they didn't dare to offend the Dugu Clan, nor did they dare to offend the people of the world.People depend on food, if something happens to the Dugu Clan, many people in the world will go hungry.After eating, it is spiritual sustenance. Everyone is willing to believe that Zong Xin is an eminent monk who has attained the Tao, and is willing to worship this master.

If Li Hongji once offended the hearts and beliefs of the people of the world, I am afraid that he would not be able to become the king of the Tang Dynasty, and he would even be severely punished by Li Jing.Not to mention the people of the world, even many officials are like this.

"Xi'er, what should we do now?"

Xi'er said: "It's still the same sentence, the key is whether Zong Xin can heal King Wu's eyes, if he can heal King Wu's eyes, and if he will do his best to assist King Wu, we will have to fight hard even if we lose both. If he can't heal King Wu's eyes, then it doesn't matter what they do, it will never affect your status."

All three people present nodded. Xi'er was right. The key to everything was whether Zong Xin could heal King Wu's eyes.But Li Hongji really couldn't guarantee it, because the monk Zong Xin was too powerful, and he really didn't want to offend Zong Xin.But if Zong Xin insisted on assisting the third younger brother, both sides would suffer.

Huangfu Jixun said: "The key is not only here, but also the Dugu Clan. If the Dugu Clan does not go to Zong Xin, we can take his life at any time. Although Zong Xin's martial arts are strong, if we send a large army to encircle and suppress him, I believe he will not be too powerful go."

Xi'er was really depressed to hear that, if the Dugu Clan didn't support Zong Xin, would they still need to send troops to encircle and suppress them?In terms of Huangfu Jixun's skill, he should be able to kill Zong Xin.This good-for-nothing general will send a large army to encircle and suppress several people.What I said just now means that the Dugu Clan will never give up Zongxin's advantage, so sending a large army is to eradicate the Dugu Clan together.Huangfu Jixun actually has the face to say that...

Although they didn't grow up together, it's not been a year or two since Xi'er and Huangfu Jixun have dealt with each other. I know that although this person has great ambitions, he is always cautious.Although possessing peerless martial arts, he is greedy for life and afraid of death. It is a pity that the old general Huangfuhui was a hero, and the children he taught learned his martial arts, but did not learn his character.

After all, Huangfu Hui was old, and all his martial arts were passed on to Huangfu Jixun.If the two fight, maybe Huangfu Hui is just slightly better.

Even if Zong Xin killed Huangfu Hui, he believed that he used poison and then the experts around him gathered together to attack.When seeing Zong Xin and his party, Zong Xin, Wu Wang, and Zhao Kuangyin were seriously injured, and I believe it was the old general Huangfu Hui who beat them.After being poisoned, they can still be beaten like this.If they were to face Huangfu Jixun, even if they were in a perfect state, they would be a dead end.

Huangfu Jixun has no temper, Xi'er has known this for a long time.But Zong Xin does have some ability. No matter how he did it, he killed Huangfu Hui, which is really admirable.Zong Xin is probably the only person who dares to kill Huangfu Hui today. Unexpectedly, he succeeded. It is understandable that Huangfu Jixun is afraid of him.

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(End of this chapter)