Daily life of captives

The end of the year is approaching, but the emperor is very sad.

More than two months into the winter, three of the hidden stakes he had arranged in the south were pulled out. After more than two months of investigation based on clues, a lot of clear evidence was found in the middle, but in the end it was empty. This is obviously someone's suspicion, deliberately playing tricks on them.

Sitting behind the imperial case in the imperial study, the emperor leaned against the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest his mind. The corners of his mouth were tensed, and his displeasure could be seen at a glance.

On the imperial case in front of the emperor was a bamboo slip, on which four clearly visible characters were clearly engraved: Land of Abundance.

Liu An stood in a dark corner next to the emperor, while Qing Lang and Li Zheng sat in front of the emperor, but they were both sitting on pins and needles, glanced at each other from time to time, and neither of them dared to speak.

Looking at the bamboo slip on the imperial case, Qing Lang frowned.

This is the third time they have seen that piece of bamboo slip. When they saw it the first two times, the name of a certain place was also engraved on that bamboo slip. After that, within seven or eight days, the hidden stake they placed in that place will be gone. was pulled out...

Who is provoking His Majesty?This person succeeds with one hit every time, and seems to know the hidden stakes they have arranged all over the country very well. Not only does he know exactly where the hidden stakes they have arranged, but he also knows the weakness of each hidden stake, and every shot They are both fast and accurate, and they are menacing. Even if they are prepared in advance, they always let the other party succeed.

Could it be that there was a traitor among them?But this is probably impossible...

Thinking of this, Qing Lang couldn't help turning his head and glanced at Li Zheng.

Speaking of which, since His Majesty reused His Highness, they have been in constant condition...

"Zheng'er." The emperor finally broke the silence in the imperial study with a deep voice, the sudden voice startled both Li Zheng and Qing Lang.

"Royal Father." Li Zheng replied tremblingly.

Upon hearing Li Zheng's useless voice, the emperor suddenly opened his eyes and glared at Li Zheng: "Is this really scary?"

Li Zheng was taken aback, and immediately slid down from the chair, and knelt down on the ground with a thud: "Father, calm down, I don't mean that! My son just saw that the father stopped thinking, and was afraid of disturbing the father, so he lowered his voice." The voice is not to be afraid of the father! If you have to say it, the minister is also in awe of the father!"

Unexpectedly, the emperor became even more angry after hearing Li Zheng's words: "Shut up!"

Who did Zheng'er learn her glib tongue from?Saburo never said such flattering words, and he didn't explain much when he was provoked. He was frank and daring, what a pity...

Forcing himself to ignore Li Zheng's honesty, the emperor asked coldly: "I want to ask your opinion, who do you think would provoke me like this? Get up, sit down and talk."

"Thank you, Father," Li Zheng stood up, and sat back cautiously, "My son thinks that the other party seems to be someone who knows everything about Father, either Father's old enemy, or Father's... people around him .”

Hearing this, the emperor laughed and said: "There will never be traitors in my secret department. I can trust their loyalty to me."

Anbu is the emperor's collective name for all the forces under him that cannot be put on the bright side, including the dark guards in the capital led by Qinglang, and the hidden piles arranged by the emperor in various places.

Li Zheng echoed: "Anbu was carefully cultivated by my father. If my father treats them well, they will naturally be loyal to my father. Regarding this point, I have no worries in my heart. It's just... just my father After all, there are dragons and snakes around me, and there are always one or two wolf-hearted people who will repay their kindness. After all, not everyone can understand the painstaking efforts of the father. Once some people feel that they have been wronged, they always find a way to get it back.

Of course, this is just my son's guess. I still don't know much about the things around my father, so I ask Qing Lang to give me advice. "

Hearing Li Zheng's voice, Qing Lang's eyebrows twitched, and he raised his head to look at the emperor behind the case, but saw that the emperor was also looking at him with Li Zheng, as if he was waiting for his "advice" .

Qinglang lowered his eyes and said respectfully: "Your Highness is serious. Your subordinates are not as talented as your highness. So far, they have led people to investigate and failed to find any results. This subordinate has nothing to teach your highness, and even more, you have failed your majesty." Looking forward, this subordinate is guilty, please punish him!"

After speaking, Qing Lang stood up from the chair, and kneeled down solemnly.

The emperor's eyes sank, and he asked Qinglang, "Don't you have anyone you suspect in your heart?"

"My subordinates are dull, and I didn't think of anyone suspicious." Qing Lang replied loudly, but his heart was beating nervously.

Your Majesty, please don't doubt the Third Highness just because of His Highness' words!

But the sky failed, the emperor squinted his eyes and looked at Qing Lang, and after pondering for a while, he said to Liu An: "Liu An, go and invite His Highness Third to return to the palace."

Liu An agreed, after leaving the imperial study, he did not send someone out of the palace casually as usual, but specially found his godson, and asked him to send a message to Li Shao, so that he could call Li Shao Be prepared.

Looking at the back of his godson leaving, Liu An secretly sighed.

He used to be His Majesty's companion, and has been with His Majesty since he was nine years old. At that time, His Majesty was only eight years old, so probably no one knows His Majesty better than him.When he was young, His Majesty was a strong warrior. He had made many contributions to the Li family. He was also a good emperor when he was enthroned as the empress. But I don't know if it is because the old people have some Worrying about gains and losses, His Majesty has gradually become suspicious in the past few years. He intends to train His Highness, but he is worried that His Highness will be great. Now he wants to train His Highness, but he has not done his best. half.

Now that His Majesty's painstaking effort in this half of his life has gone wrong, he must be very angry. If he wants to invite the Third Highness to come down at this moment, he must have doubts about the Third Highness. After all, it happened at this time, and the Third Highness is undoubtedly the most suspicious person.

At the same time, Li Shao from Changsun's Mansion was strolling around the back garden with Changsun Boyi, seeing the gatekeepers of Changsun's Mansion leading Liu An's godson in, Li Shao smiled.

"He will doubt me."

But he had obviously risked his life to do so many things for his father, and in the end, if something happened, the first person his father would suspect was him.

Hearing this, eldest grandson Boyi frowned slightly, hugged Li Shao tightly, and comforted him unskillfully: "He also trusted you very much."

Li Shao shook his head with a smile, and sighed, "Never."

No matter where he is sent by his father, he will always be accompanied by more than two Anbu people, saying that they are used to protect him, but he is not that naive, and naturally knows that once he does something wrong, these " Those who protect" him will kill him immediately.

"Your Highness..." Changsun Boyi looked at Li Shao, but didn't know what else to say to comfort Li Shao.

"It doesn't matter," Li Shao smiled at Sun Boyi, "I've seen through it a long time ago, and I don't have any expectations now."

After Li Shao said this, Liu An's godson came in front of Li Shao and grandson Boyi, first said the emperor's oral instructions, and then lowered his voice, repeating Liu An's explanation.

Li Shao did not expect that Liu An would send him a letter behind the emperor's back, and he couldn't help feeling grateful.

In that imperial palace, there are almost no people who still look forward to his good.

Following Liu An's godson into the palace, Li Shao walked into the imperial study calmly, with a warm smile on his face as always, but there was a natural indifference in this warmth.

"My son joins the father." Walking in front of the emperor, Li Shao knelt down upright, greeted the emperor, and then turned to look at Li Zheng, "I have seen the elder brother."

The emperor looked at Li Shao and smiled lovingly, but compared with before Li Shao left the palace, this kindness was much weaker.

"Get up."

"Thank you, Father." Li Shao stood up unhurriedly, "Father summoned his servants back to the palace, but is there something urgent?"

The emperor looked at Li Shao with squinted eyes, and said with a chuckle: "Can't I call you into the palace if you have nothing to do? I want you to go out to play with the kid from the eldest grandson's family, but you are fine, the cat is in the eldest grandson's mansion, nowhere else." Go, it's almost Chinese New Year, aren't you going back to the palace?"

Li Shao lowered his eyes and said calmly: "If the emperor needs sons and servants, sons and servants will return to the palace immediately."

The emperor's eyes flashed, he looked at Li Shao's expression carefully, and said: "Some things happened in the south recently, have you heard about it?"

"Things?" Li Shao looked at the emperor, "I don't know what the father is talking about?"

The emperor stared into Li Shao's eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Zhaoqing Tower was destroyed."

"What?!" Li Shao turned pale with shock, "How could Zhaoqing Building...it shouldn't be!"

"Shouldn't?" The emperor's expression remained unchanged, "Why shouldn't it be?"

"Zhaoqing Tower..." Just as he opened his mouth, Li Shao stopped his voice suddenly, glanced at Li Zheng inexplicably, and then looked at the emperor again, with the look in his eyes wanting to ask the emperor if he should continue talking mean.

The emperor glanced at Li Zheng, thought about it, and decided to let Li Zheng leave first: "Zheng'er, you have nothing to do here, go back and rest."

Li Zheng was taken aback, and looked at the emperor puzzled: "But father, this matter has not yet been settled, one more person will give more strength, should I stay here?"

"Kneel down."

Li Zheng gritted his teeth, glared at Li Shao bitterly, then knelt down and left angrily.

Father still refused to let him know more about Anbu's affairs!Mingming Li Shao knew everything about Anbu, but his father refused to tell him anything!Speaking of cultivating him, the royal father is actually thinking about Li Shao in his heart, right? !