I'm not Murong Chong

Ren Zhen was also stunned for a moment, and quickly ordered the accompanying imperial physician to come forward to diagnose and treat him.It was the first time he saw Murong Xi, but he didn't realize the similarities between him and Murong Chong. He only thought that this person was fair and beautiful. When it comes to describing his appearance, he is probably even a bit more beautiful than Yao Xiaohou.

This thought was fleeting, and he deliberately said to Feng Ba: "General Feng is so nervous for his subordinates that he loses his face, he really loves soldiers like a son." Feng Ba is not stupid, and at this moment he also knows that he can no longer pretend nothing , had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "This is my Royal Highness Hejian Wang."

At this time, the imperial physician had already taken out the arrowhead and applied the medicinal powder. Murong Xi was stubborn and held back his eyes without saying a word. The imperial physician immediately ordered someone to present the blood-stained arrow with both hands. Ren Zhen took a closer look and couldn't help but sneered and said: "General Feng still wants to lie to me? This person is wearing Houyan's military uniform, and his whereabouts are very strange. He must be a traitor!"

When Murong Xi heard this, he glared at Ren Zhen fiercely, and Feng Ba hurriedly pressed his hand lightly—this matter was obviously planned in advance, but he thought that he could sneak people out on his territory.But if Murong Chong hadn't been refusing to admit that Murong Xi was in his hands before, why would he take such a risk?Immediately he raised his eyebrows and said: "The last general asked the emperor several times before about the whereabouts of my highness, but the emperor always said that he didn't know - but now he is clearly in Chang'an, so I ask the emperor to give an explanation."

"General Feng, are you questioning me?" Ren Zhen narrowed his eyes dangerously immediately, and said in a deep voice, "I really don't know anything about this. It's just the majestic King of Hejian, and he will never be captured right?

Feng Ba choked up, and was immediately choked up speechless—it is a country's disgrace to have a prince captured, and Murong Chui is now at the most important time to invite his name, so he refuses to openly redeem him, and wants to cover it up secretly negotiated - so of course he couldn't admit it.Thinking of this, Feng Ba knelt down on his knees and smiled wryly: "Your Majesty's Sacred Heart shines alone, how can you not know? The general is dull, so he can't do this badly. If the emperor wants to blame him, he will return to the country and return to his life. I would like to come again." Chang'an was punished, and he never complained. It's just that the last general didn't understand why there was a hidden attack when he was hunting?!"

Although he was subdued, he still made his words soft and hard. The sentence "it is not possible to do this bad policy" means that Ren Zhen was clearly deceiving him first; If you really want to compete, you have to weigh Murong Chui's weight first; the last sentence even took on the tone of provoking a teacher to ask a crime.

Ren Zhen secretly praised him for his calmness in the face of danger, and his face was not happy. He just clapped his hands and said, "I don't understand. If he is really the king of Houyan River, why did the arrow that assassinated him come from you?" Hou Yan!?"

As soon as this remark came out, it was no small matter, Feng Ba looked at the arrow cluster in a daze, and sure enough, he saw the word "Jianxing" engraved on the tail of the arrow, which was the reign name of Houyan Murongchui.It turned out that Ren Zhen had said in advance that the two countries had to count the outcome of the spring hunting to determine the ownership of the Taizu tablet, so in order to facilitate the final calculation of the number of prey, the arrows used by the men and horses of the two countries were naturally different.And the arrow that hit Murong Xi was actually Hou Yan's special arrow!

Feng Ba's scalp went numb, and he searched for Murong Bao in all directions -- that Murong Bao claimed to have set up a net of heaven and earth. When the incident happened, he hid away early to avoid suspicion. He didn't know what happened at this moment, so he didn't show up -- Could it be that the crown prince knew what he was doing today, so the oriole was behind, and he committed murder while he was saving people?He didn't dare to think about it any further. He originally thought that the crown prince's lack of affection for the king of Hejian was due to his brother's discord. But who knew that the prince was really murderous, and the emperor of Xiyan said it out in public, whether it was intentional or unintentional—— Since ancient times, there are few courtiers who have been involved in the matter of entering the Yanqiang. Now he is not a human being caught in the middle, and the emperor he is loyal to is far away in Zhongshan. I am afraid that his future is in jeopardy.

Ren Zhen's face was solemn: "This is a serious matter, I still have to report to your prince in detail and investigate thoroughly - Tuobagui, order someone to invite Prince Houyan to come here as soon as possible; at the same time, block the entrances of Shanglin Garden without my warrant , are not allowed to come in and out!"

Tuobagui!Feng Ba was startled inwardly, the rescuer just now was Tuobagui who defeated Wang Xujun in Tongguan and captured Murongxi alive? !How could he happen to be here?Feng Ba couldn't help being somewhat suspicious that Xiyan did this on purpose, but on second thought, even though Murong Chong and Tuoba Gui had planned it earlier, Murong Xi would not have colluded with them.

Tuobagui bowed to accept the order, turned around and left.When passing by Murong Xi's side, Murong Xi, who had been expressionless and silent until now, suddenly raised his head and gave him a cold look.

Tuoba Gui lowered his head and hurried away.

Ren Zhen gave an order, and everyone waited for more than an hour. Ren Zhen was fine, and in the shade of the forest, a servant had already set up a canopy and laid a bed for him to sit, lie, and rest. Most of the people were under the sun Dizzy and dizzy, each anxious.Murong Bao was surrounded by his subordinates just now, and when he saw Murong Xi, who was pale and injured on his shoulder, he seemed to be taken aback, and asked anxiously, "Why is Brother Xi here? hurt--?!"

Murong Xi was already depressed, and he hated this cruel and merciless elder brother, so he couldn't help but retorted: "I'm just injured, brother?" Unexpected! You have been away from the palace for half a year, and the father, queen, mother, and orphan all miss you so much~"

Murong Xi is young after all, at this moment he sneered and pointed at the bloody arrow: "Brother Huang thinks I want to send me back to the west with an arrow?"

Feng Ba and other Houyan officials all bowed their heads in silence, not daring to speak up.Murong Bao said quite calmly: "It's just an arrow, brother Xi is a little bit arbitrary."

Murong Xi didn't expect his elder brother to simply refuse to admit it, and he couldn't help saying: "Then who will kill me in Yan Guozhong and hurry up!"

Murong Bao frowned, and raised his voice: "I'm the prince of a country, why kill you! You have always been domineering and arrogant in Zhongshan, how many children of the clan have been angry with you? If they bribed the guards to kill you, it would not be a bad idea to take revenge No!"

Murong Xisheng's good looks and relying on his father's favor, he has been acting recklessly and has indeed made many enemies, but he has heard with his own ears that Murong Bao is gnashing his teeth and wanting to kill him, but now he is still lying and confounding black and white, really full of anger Trembling wildly, I can't wait to draw out my sword and chop.Feng Ba heard that the two brothers were quarreling and exposing scandals in the palace and the country, and hurriedly said: "My lord, the crown prince was not there when the incident happened, and an arrow alone really doesn't explain anything. Xu Dangzhen is a treacherous person with ulterior motives who made a special arrangement, and the two Highnesses are angry again, isn't it because relatives hurt enemies?"

Ren Zhen was watching the excitement, and was suddenly stabbed by Feng Ba insinuatingly, but he just reached out to touch his nose helplessly, and silently rolled his huge eyes towards the sky.Tuoba Gui kept his eyes on the left and right all the time, he couldn't help but lowered his head when he saw this, and smiled secretly knowingly.

Just at this moment, horseshoes sounded in the distance, but it was Wu Lie who led several generals of the Huben camp to report. He jumped off the horse first, and rushed to Tuobagui for a few secret words, Tuobagui nodded, and then walked quickly He went forward and whispered to Ren Zhen—but it turned out that the Huben Guards chased them away quickly, and had arrested all the people who had just participated in the assassination, and detained them for interrogation on the spot—the Huben Guards had been personally trained by Tuoba Gui, and they were all good at criminal investigation and torture , scraped out a lot of government offices and lists of personnel who secretly colluded with Hou Yan because of this incident, and Wu Lie had ordered earlier that when he saw the list, he immediately sent people to surround these large and small offices to collect evidence-today's Shanghai Lin Chunshou and Ren Zhen deliberately acted so loudly that all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were trapped in Shanglin and isolated from the outside world. Naturally, they didn't know that Chang'an City was already full of storms at this time.

Ren Zhen's goal was achieved, so he didn't bother to watch the show for nothing and said: "The people who attacked and besieged the Hexi king just now have all been arrested, and now they are being escorted back to Chang'an Prison. Unexpectedly, but I am also very disturbed, so I will suspend the spring hunting, let's talk again when I return to the palace!"

Although the emperor issued an order to return to Beijing, it was raining like rain inside and outside the palace. Many people had heard about the emperor's search of the mansion during the Spring Hunting in Shanglin. Ghosts or ghosts can't help but secretly feel uneasy.By the time of the three-day pilgrimage, the atmosphere was even more solemn and rigid to the extreme.Ren Zhen was leaning on the dragon chair with the same expression as usual. The difference from the past was that there was an empty golden basin in front of the table.

Everyone knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to complete the salute. As soon as they got up, they heard the emperor say: "Since I ascended the throne, I have always attached great importance to the martial arts performance, but this spring hunting has been abandoned halfway. Do you know the reason?"

coming.The ministers exchanged glances at each other, but no one wanted to be the first bird at this time. Fortunately, Ren Zhen didn't intend that they would tell the truth, so he continued on his own: "Everyone is a minister, and the guard is heavily guarded." Lin Yuan actually sneaked into Hou Yan's spy assassin, how dare I put all the adults in such a dangerous situation?"

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, not daring to show their anger, and as expected, Ren Zhen's tone turned straight down: "It's just that I don't understand, if there is no one in my court to make arrangements, then how can spies come and go freely under my nose like no one else?" ?!"

Tuobagui immediately knelt down first: "The emperor calm down."

The officials immediately knelt down on the ground following Hulala: "The emperor calm down."

Ren Zhen glanced at the crowd expressionlessly, and suddenly coughed lightly, and there were bursts of military footsteps colliding with armor in front of the hall behind the tent, scaring everyone's scalps and they couldn't guess what the daring emperor wanted for what.

"I'm not angry, I'm just sad—since ancient times, one minister didn't matter to two masters, so why are there so many second ministers in my Great Yan court!" Ren Zhen said coldly, and suddenly launched an attack like thunder, and several ministers died. Terrified, his liver and gallbladder were splitting, and he fell to the ground and cried bitterly to confess his loyalty.

Ren Zhen was unmoved, but ordered his servant to help the crying minister, and glanced at the people who were silent: "But I also know, no wonder you. I am not as good as the King of Wu. I am popular among Xianbei people and have a reputation. , so all these years, I can only hide in the pass, and dare not take half a step towards the east and beyond——how can you blame you for watching in secret, and even obeying his orders?!"

This is especially important, many timid people are already fighting in two directions, sweating profusely, but the emperor's uncle Murong Heng and other veterans of the Afang cavalry boast that they have completely separated their relationship with Houyan, the emperor will have no doubts about himself Reasonable, only at this time can he speak: "Murong Chui was originally a traitor of the former Yan. At that time, when Yao Qin was used as an army, it was a helpless strategy to make friends from afar and attack close to him. Whoever served in Xiyan but worked for Murong Chui is tantamount to treason! Is it a traitor?!"

"Which one?" Ren Zhen raised his chin slightly, and the servant held up a stack of documents and letters, "These are all the documents related to Houyan that were found in the various yamen in Chang'an that day! Those who exchanged letters and made friends in private may be traitors!" He casually picked up the top letter and said, "It may be just an ordinary greeting, or it may be the general's confidential matter revealed to the future. Yan! I can't bear to watch it, I'm afraid that my vassal minister is really exchanging songs with Murong Chui!"

Those who were more courageous couldn't help but look up, and there was indeed a bright red seal on the seal of the envelope, which was obviously not opened as Ren Zhen said.What Ren Zhen did next left everyone dumbfounded. He ordered someone to light the brazier, and threw the letter into the brazier and burned it.

There were several exclamations and inhalations from the crowd, and Ren Zhen said indifferently: "It's better not to look at the fear. You and I have only a little acquaintance, and it is difficult to start a business. How can a high-ranking official and a generous salary be able to replace your love?" No matter which of you have disclosed anything to them in the past, whether it was just a lie or sincerely passed on the military plan, I will not investigate it at all, and I will never go back and ask about it." He said one by one in front of everyone. His face burned extremely slowly, and his tone changed abruptly: "However, from now on, if there are still people with ulterior motives who disclose any news inside and outside the palace to people from other countries, and are even willing to do things for them, It is the heinous crime of bullying the king and destroying the country, I will destroy his three clans!" After the words fell, Wu Lie went to the hall, but he was wearing a full body armor and armor, and when he walked, he took up the curtain on the hall, and the sharp-eyed people followed him. The light of the knife flashed, and it seemed that the tiger ben guards had been buried all around the Jinhua Palace. Wu Lie clasped his fists at the emperor, stepped up the steps, held his sword for a while, and stood with his feet apart, standing beside Ren Zhen, the sound of gold and stone Immediately resounded throughout the audience.

All the officials couldn't bear the ups and downs in this short period of time and were frightened and frightened. When they heard the words, they kowtowed like the wind blowing wheat waves, and said from the bottom of their hearts: "Your Majesty is wise!"

After these beatings, the courtiers, no matter how daring and greedy they are, they dare not have anything to do with the people of Houyan, for fear of accusing An of collaborating with the enemy and treason; Luckily, he saved his life, and since then, he has been completely devoted to Ren Zhen and Xiyan, and dare not wait and see again.The Houyan Mission moved to the Chang'an post house, no matter what kind of relationship they used, they suddenly could no longer find out the news in Weiyang Palace.Murong Bao, Prince of Houyan, couldn't help getting more and more angry——Murongxi resumed his identity and returned to the Houyan Mission, and he had no chance to do anything again.But now the two brothers are in conflict, even though Murong Xi is recovering from his injuries, Feng Ba dare not leave even an inch, as if he is afraid that this precious prince will be harmed by others again - many of the attendants are talking about the "accidental injury" of hunting that day As for the matter, my own explanation obviously couldn't stop the public's mouth, and various versions of rumors and rumors spread loudly.Murong Bao couldn't steal a lot of rice, except for Murong Xi, he also caused a mess all over the place, not to mention holding back his anger, and finally couldn't help but go to the palace for a day.

In the Jinhua Hall, Ren Zhen was having a secret conversation with Tuoba Gui. The two sat down on their feet and muttered for a long time. Stay in his place for now, don't move him?"

Ren Zhen lazily checked the paper list and said: "They are all empty titles. It is understandable to write a few sour words, soft words and flattery to find the wealthy Murong Chui to earn some pocket money. Keep it. They may not really have the heart of treason. As for the people in the army, those who have passed the news with Murong Chui are not allowed to be reused. They just have to be isolated slowly, rise up and fall down, and leave them idle. Since I promised the court that day If you don't pay attention to it, you must not be seen by others. And-" Ren Zhen still felt that the small editor was complicated and difficult to write, and Tuobagui wrote densely beside him. He looked dazzled and took it out of Tuobagui's hand He took out the brush, waved his hand, ticked a few names, and wrote, "There are these two or three people who hold the real power in the third battalion of Jiaoqi, and are Xianbei nobles, but they must be eliminated. Blocking the Yellow River, falling into the river and disappearing, Murong Chui, who was far away in Jizhou, was able to hear the news and immediately asked Zhai Bin to challenge our defense line in the east. If you hadn't been stationed in Tongguan, Murongxi was young and energetic, and he was eager to make contributions. He took advantage of the danger, and our country would be You will fall into the quagmire of fighting on two fronts. So I don't care what method you use, and I will get rid of these people without leaving a trace."

Tuobagui looked down at the graffiti-like writing on the paper, and said, "That day I really thought you burned all the letters and documents."

Ren Zhen's eyes flashed, and he curled his lips and said: "The law does not blame the public. Besides, if so many people get off the horse at the same time, it will be a veritable cleansing, and it will definitely affect the political structure and political situation created by Murong Yong so hard. Stability and balance. The purpose of burning documents in public is to calm people's hearts. In fact, I have opened and read those letters long ago. I have recorded the list and then re-sealed them. When people are in doubt and fear, they can't wait for a glimmer of life. How can they doubt it? True or false? Governing a big country is like cooking small fish, there is no rush."

Tuobagui nodded lightly: "I wrote it down." He said again: "I think the general has written the word for the emperor. Is this an ancient Xianbei character? I want to learn it too." Ren Zhen was stunned for a moment, smiling He waved his hand: "It's very easy to learn. Other than me, ordinary people can't understand it, and it's completely useless." He didn't know that what Tuobagui wanted was uniqueness. As Tuobagui was about to speak, the chief servant said inwardly. : "Your Majesty, please see me outside the Murong Palace."

Ren Zhen said with a smile: "I still can't help but ask the teacher for the crime."

Tuobagui could only hold back temporarily, got up and said: "Then I will leave first..." Who knows that Ren Zhen grabbed his sleeve: "No, you go to the tent and hide behind, let's listen to what he has to say. "

Tuobagui was taken aback for a moment, for an emperor, this was the rarest trust in his subjects, but he just lowered his head and thanked him calmly, then turned around and left.Standing still, he saw Murong Bao hurried up to the hall, as soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to frowned and said: "Does the emperor want to put Daoyou in the saber cauldron?"

Ren Zhen lowered his head and slowly took a sip of the freshly brewed butter tea. He felt that the tea this time was particularly fragrant and creamy, and it was brewed particularly well, so he left half of it on the table, and said calmly: "Prince What do you mean by that?"

Murong Bao said angrily: "The emperor once promised me to kill Murong Xi, why did the hunt fail?!" Ren Zhen suddenly lowered his face, and said coldly: "When did I promise to kill your brother? I did everything I can do Who can be blamed? If I hadn’t sent someone to inform you after the defeat, you would have come up with such excuses to perfuse Murongxi and Feng Ba’s doubts. " Murong Bao didn't expect Ren Zhen to argue so righteously and awe-inspiringly, and he couldn't help but said anxiously: "But why did the emperor personally order to protect Murong Xi from chasing and killing my assassins in Shanglin Garden?!"

Ren Zhen complained bitterly: "Feng Ba has revealed Murong Xi's identity, what can I do under the eyes of everyone? If I want to manipulate him, why didn't I allow Feng Ba to hand over Murong Xi when he begged hard? In exchange for countless gold and silk, it is a pity that I choose to support you and waste all these benefits in vain. Who can I complain to?! Now that you are still making things difficult, do you really want me to interfere in Houyan's internal affairs? Can your father forgive you? You and I?!"

Xu Shi said that his mouth was dry, Ren Zhen lowered his head and drank saliva, cleared his throat and continued persistently: "I will hunt down your men with all my strength, just because I am afraid that if they are in a hurry, they will gnaw at random and say something. If things related to you are spread, who will suffer more? I have decided to execute them in secret and kill them to silence them, Your Highness can rest assured." Murong Bao was dizzy from the bombardment, but after thinking about it, he seemed quite confused. It made sense, so he got up to apologize and thank him, and he apologized endlessly.Ren Zhen waved his hand graciously, and patted him on the shoulder: "His Royal Highness has also helped our country a lot, and I will naturally do my best for you. It's just——because of the war last year, and the three Qins in spring this year There are not enough grains stored in the area, it would be great if someone could lend me a thousand stones of grain to relieve my urgent need..."

Murong Bao: "..."

Tuoba Gui waited until Murong Bao was blackmailed by a profiteer and fled before he lifted the curtain, and gave Ren Zhen a sideways glance with a smile: "Did you really kill all those people?"

"Buff him!" Ren Zhen waved his hand, and handed over the leftover butter tea he drank, "Taste it. I think it's good, and I specially leave it for you to try." Tuobagui's eyes darkened, and he continued Afterwards, he lowered his head and looked at it for a while, then slowly took a sip along the trace of his lips, smiled and said: "It's really good."

Ren Zhen nodded, then smiled slyly, and continued, "Those people are going to be released secretly. They know that Murong Bao will kill people to silence them, so they dare not go back to him. They have no choice but to seek refuge with Feng Ba and Murong Xi, if they can return to Zhongshan alive——Murong Chui hates the matter of turning against his brother the most and causing Xiao Qiang's misfortune, they will definitely use Murong Bao to punish him, then Yan Chaozhong will have another good show!"