Using the reason of living in the military camp for training, Li Mo replaced the original personal bodyguards and servants with those he personally selected from the military camp with both abilities and ambitions.
In order to make his changes look more natural, Li Mo was very lazy in the first few days.Later, out of curiosity, he fought a few tricks with a centurion, and after finding out that his combat effectiveness was ridiculously low during the battle, he began to change his mind and offered to train with the soldiers.
Of course Xue Zhao would not object to Li Mo's proposal, but he would not really let Li Mo train with ordinary soldiers either.
In order to take good care of this precious eldest son, Xue Zhao deliberately selected a few clever commanders from among the middle-level generals, and asked them to serve as his martial arts masters and training partners.
After hearing that they could get along with the future King Pingnan, the six elected commanders were also very excited. They rushed to the nearby river to take a bath with their new clothes, cleaned themselves up and , before reporting to Li Mo.
Naturally, Li Mo took all of the free staff. If there is no accident, these people will be her future team.
After staying in the military camp for a month, Li Mo's skills have improved a lot, and his originally frail body has also become much stronger.Although it is impossible to fight one against a hundred, it is still possible to fight one against ten.
After seeing Li Mo's progress, Xue Zhao was happier than Li Mo himself.Seeing that Li Mo had no plans to go back to the palace, he immediately wrote to King Pingnan of the good news.
After seeing Xue Zhao's letter, King Pingnan's first reaction was that the other party was talking nonsense. Doesn't he know what his son's virtue is?A dude who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun.
But when he read the letter for the second and third times, King Pingnan couldn't sit still. Has his wronged son really turned back?Could it be that the death of the eighth princess frightened the other party?But this temperament is no longer at 01:30, it is completely turned upside down!
After a little hesitation, King Pingnan temporarily stopped writing the reply to the sixth prince, changed into light clothes, and rode directly to Dongdaying.
It is true that King Pingnan scolded his son for being an unbelievable little bastard. After so many years, he has accepted his son's mediocrity.
But as parents, who wouldn't be happy that their son suddenly became sensible?Even though this understanding was more than ten years late, King Pingnan was still happy in his heart.
Especially when he rushed to the barracks and saw Li Mo wearing soft armor, waving the red-tasseled spear in his hand and fighting Xue Zhao back and forth, he almost couldn't help but started clapping and applauding.
After Yu Guang found out that King Pingnan had arrived, Xue Zhao began to release water without leaving any traces.After more than a dozen tricks, he sold a flaw to Li Mo, allowing her to win this competition.
In order to maintain Jiang Ling's character setting, Li Mo didn't see Xue Zhao's release, and when he found out that he had won the competition, his face had a bright smile, and he clasped his fists proudly and said, "Uncle Xue, I admit it. "
"My son is very talented, he can beat me after only a short time of learning." Xue Zhao saw that Li Mo is a good-looking person, and praised him very strongly.
Li Mo accepted the compliment with a smile, flung a beautiful spear, and threw the red-tasseled spear directly to his bodyguard.
"Father, why are you here? Did you come to see me?" After realizing that King Pingnan was standing not far away, Li Mo raised his hand and waved, the smile on his face became more obvious.
"I just passed by here, so I came to see you." There are so many people here, King Pingnan inevitably put on airs, and said in a rather official way, "Xue Zhao taught you very well, I haven't seen you in a month , the red-tasseled gun is playing well."
"Of course, I'm very talented. Uncle Xue gave me something, and I basically learned it after reading it!" Li Mo straightened his back proudly, as if begging for praise.
In the end, King Pingnan didn't hold back his arrogance, and patted Li Mo's shoulder with his hands. The smile on his face was very gratifying, "That's right, you're promising. But you just haven't learned enough in the military camp. In the future, if you If you have time, take someone to inspect the territory, recognize the person, and check to see if the local officials have neglected their duties."
"To patrol the entire territory?" Li Mo frowned slightly, showing a little reluctance, "That can't be done in a day, right?"
"What's the matter, you have learned so many things, shouldn't you help me share my worries?" King Pingnan put on a straight face. It is rare that his son shows signs of rising up. He must hurry up and train people.
Li Mo nodded reluctantly, then his eyes lit up, and he thought he was shrewd and said, "I haven't seen my mother for a long time, does she miss me? How about I go back and see my mother first?"
King Pingnan raised his eyebrows, and when he found that Li Mo didn't dare to look at him, he guessed that she planned to use this as an excuse to push away the matter of patrolling the territory.
"No, your mother has been busy holding a flower appreciation conference these days, so I don't have time to see you." Wang Pingnan said seriously, and directly settled the matter, "I need to accompany your mother to receive guests, this The task is entrusted to you."
"Xue Zhao, the son will be taken care of by you, and you can follow the previous inspection route." Pingnan Wang said, "It doesn't matter if the inspection speed is slower, but the safety of the son must be ensured, understand?"
"Yes, don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely take good care of my son!" Xue Zhao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
The prince is trying to create momentum for the son, let him meet with important officials while familiarizing himself with the territory, which is obviously to let those people get to know his future master.
Great, my luck has finally come!As long as he stays with Shi Ziye, the next President of the Five Battalions will definitely be his!
Li Mo seemed to agree reluctantly, but a trace of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.Very good, with Pingnan Wang's assist, her plan can take another big step forward.
King Pingnan really dotes on his good-for-nothing son, chasing after him all the time to feed him.But it's a pity that his son's ashes have been washed away by the river under his order.
However, Li Mo is not too ruthless. For a long time to come, she will play Jiang Ling well and make King Pingnan happy for a while, which is also a kind of reward for him.
Of course, if she still needs Jiang Ling's identity in the future, she doesn't mind using it all the time.After all, she planned to use the Pingnan army to start a business, and she always had to give some benefits when she used his wealth.
King Pingnan's fief is a little smaller than King Zhenbei's, but the situation on the border between the north and the south is different.Compared with the north, where barbarians invade every few years, the Japanese pirates in the south are much more peaceful. The last time they invaded was more than 30 years ago.
At that time, King Pingnan was very brave, and within ten days after dispatching troops, he beat the Japanese pirates to the ground. If it weren't for the fact that the navy was not prepared for the long-distance voyage, King Pingnan would have taken the Japanese pirates' hometown directly.
On the tenth day of his inspection tour, King Pingnan sent someone to send an urgent report, and sent two copies to Li Mo and Xue Zhao respectively.
"My lord, what the lord means is that I want you and General Xue to pay tribute to King Zhenbei. The [-] guard battalion that accompanied you has already been arranged by the lord, and they are rushing here."
"The king of Zhenbei has passed away?" Li Mo opened the letter handed over by the general, and looked at it with a slight frown, "When did it happen? How did he die?"
"Returning to the son, according to the letter from King Xinbei, it seems that the old illness has relapsed." The general who sent the letter said, "But according to our news, it seems that King Zhenbei was poisoned by a traitor, and he was also implicated. Her only daughter Princess Anping passed away."
Princess Anping?Li Mo frowned slightly, then searched for related memories in his mind.
Zhenbei King and Pingnan King have very few children, and Pingnan King has only one son, Jiang Ling.King Zhenbei's words are slightly better. Princess Zhenbei is pregnant with twins, so she has a son and a daughter under her knees.
"Uncle Xue, the King of Zhenbei doesn't have any enmity with us, right?" Li Mo asked a little ignorantly, "Why did Dad ask me to bring so many people there? Shouldn't you travel lightly when expressing condolences?"
Xue Zhao thought for a moment, then clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, my son, the relationship between King Zhenbei and us has always been good. Before the border war was tense, we also sent a batch of food, but..."
"But what?" Li Mo asked.
"My lord, the king of Zhenbei had previously rejected the favor of the sixth prince." Xue Zhao said in a low voice, "This is what my subordinates have heard. I don't know if the news is true."
Li Mo nodded thoughtfully, if that's the case, then could the so-called traitor around King Zhenbei be the work of the sixth prince?
No, if it's the male lead reserve, he shouldn't be stupid enough to do such a thing that is almost collaborating with the enemy and treason, right?
"Don't worry, my son, my subordinates will protect you." Seeing Li Mo frowning, Xue Zhao thought she was worried, and quickly expressed his loyalty.
"Well, then I'll leave it to Uncle Xue." Li Mo put away his thoughts, "When the person sent by father arrives, let's go. It's better to go early for condolences."
Wen Shi was a reserve male lead when he was the eldest son, and now that he has succeeded as King of Zhenbei, the chance of becoming the male lead is even greater.You have to kill people as early as possible, and you have to go all the way. No matter how you say it, you have to solve a competitor for yourself.
"My son is wise." Xue Zhao praised, he would not let anyone have any chance to flatter Li Mo.
The distance from south to north was already long, and with the addition of two thousand guards, the speed of progress became even slower. It took nearly fifteen days to reach King Zhenbei's fiefdom.
Fortunately, the third prince who was sent by the imperial court to express his condolences was even more airy, and he brought five thousand escorts along with him. Even though the distance was closer than Li Mo's, he arrived an hour later than her.
"Brother Wenshi, my condolences." Li Mo changed into a robe that was almost completely black, and went to visit Wenshi ahead of the third prince, "I originally wanted to visit my uncle when my uncle was injured last time. But I was worried that it would affect my uncle. When I got to my uncle, I just sent someone to send some money and grain over..."
Li Mo's eyes were slightly red as he spoke, and he couldn't help but start to choke up, "I never thought I'd miss meeting my uncle, this is the hardest thing in my life!"
Wen Shi stood up and patted Li Mo's shoulder, "Brother Jiang Ling has a heart. Father mentioned this matter before he passed away. He told me to remember King Pingnan's kindness, and we must continue the family friendship between the two families."
"Brother Wen Shi, if you say this, you will be out of touch. You and I were friends when we were young. Is it possible that you will alienate me when you become the king of Zhenbei!" Li Mo's tone was a bit complaining, "We two The family has been friends for generations, but it's just a little material, what kind of kindness is there to talk about."
"Brother Jiang Ling!" Wen Shi seemed to be very touched, "Good brother, forever."
"Didn't we have an agreement when we were young, you guard the north, I take care of the south, and keep wars out of the border!" Li Mo scratched at his pitifully few memories, trying to evoke Wen Shi's common memories.
Now it's on someone else's territory, so she has to have a good relationship with Wen Shi.Besides, the better the relationship between the two, the less doubts there will be about Wen Shi when something happens to Wen Shi.
To be honest, Jiang Ling and Wen Shi had a close relationship when they were young. At that time, their backgrounds and ages were similar, so they didn't need to worry about this and that, and it was normal to play together.
After about ten years old, the two changed from meeting to occasionally exchanging letters.As for after the age of 15, it is basically nodding acquaintances.
After chatting for about a quarter of an hour, someone came over to report that the third prince, who came to express condolences on behalf of the emperor, had arrived and was going to the mourning hall.
Li Mo and Wen Shi looked at each other, they stood up from their seats in a tacit understanding, and said in unison, "Brother Wen Shi/Brother Jiang Ling, let's go to meet the third prince first."
A trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the two, then they nodded to each other and walked forward side by side.
Li Mo/Wen Shi: This person is quite thick-skinned, and the relationship that has long faded can turn into a brotherhood with open eyes and nonsense. It seems that the other party is not an easy character to deal with.
"I have seen the third highness." Li Mo and Wen Shi said in unison again, even the arc of bending was the same, not even twenty degrees.
"You two are too polite." The third prince immediately bowed his hands back, looked at Wen Shi with a sad face, and began to express his respect for the old King Zhenbei, and the emperor's regret for the death of King Zhenbei, etc.
Wen Shi's eyes were reddened by the words, "Your Majesty and Your Highness's intentions, father understands, I only hate that hateful barbarian for using dirty tricks to buy father's personal guards with a lot of money, resulting in..."
As he spoke, the expression on Wen Shi's face changed, he gritted his teeth, and his tone was full of suppressed anger, "When I settle my father, I will make those who hurt my father pay for it with their blood. I will not let anyone go, I must cut them all into pieces! Only then can I comfort my father's spirit in heaven!"
The third prince nodded sympathetically, with an imperceptible guilty conscience in his eyes, "Indeed, the barbarians must pay the price! If your lord needs the court's support, just ask."
The expression on Wen Shi's face was quite moved when he heard it, "Your Majesty and His Highness's favorite ministers have accepted it. I believe that my father's spirit in the sky will definitely protect our Zhenbei Army, pacify the barbarians, and kill the enemy with his own hands."
While Wen Shi was having a "friendly" conversation with the third prince, Li Mo went to say a few words to the old concubine who was guarding the spirit, then took three sticks of incense and lit it, and after standing and praying three times, he lifted up his robe and knelt down I bowed three times.
After seeing Li Mo's actions, Wen Shi was stunned, with obvious surprise in his eyes.Although she didn't know the exact relationship between Jiang Ling and her brother, she could be sure that the two were no longer good brothers.
There is nothing wrong with Jiang Ling being the eldest son of King Pingnan, but he is the representative of King Pingnan. With this status, he has enough reasons and positions not to kneel down and worship.
As for the third prince, besides surprise, there was a little bit of embarrassment on his face.
Jiang Ling, who came on behalf of King Pingnan, worshiped King Zhenbei as a junior, what about himself?Although he represents the emperor, he is considered to be the younger generation of King Zhenbei.
Does he want to worship?To worship is to lose the face of the emperor, if not to worship, it will definitely make Wen Shi feel alienated from himself.
"Brother Wen Shi, why are you looking at me like this? Is there any problem if I pay homage to Uncle?" Li Mo inserted the incense, turned around and looked at Wen Shi in puzzlement.
"It's nothing, I just think father, father will be very happy." Wen Chi put away the surprise in his eyes, "Brother Jiang Ling, thank you."
"It's too alienated between brothers to say thank you or something." Li Mo patted Wen Shi's shoulder, and raised his eyebrows slightly after noticing that the other party's body stiffened subconsciously.
Wen Shi's shoulders were a little thinner than she imagined, and she didn't seem like someone who had been in the barracks all the time.Was it because of King Zhenbei's death that he became thinner?
"Bring incense. I want to pay homage to the king of Zhenbei instead of my father." The third prince struggled for a while, but finally decided to put on a show.
After all, he knew who the king of Zhenbei was who killed him. If he really knelt down to worship, he might get into trouble with something dirty.
Li Mo stayed in the Zhenbei Palace for a total of two hours. After accompanying Wen Shi and the third prince for dinner, he offered to leave.
After returning to his residence and making sure that there was no one there, Li Mo dared to take off the mask on his face.Then he took out a set of night clothes and waited patiently until late at night.
The Zhenbei Prince's Mansion was heavily guarded. After putting on night clothes, Li Mo didn't intend to force his way in. He just asked 033 to scan and record the detailed topographical map when passing by, and then she headed towards the inn where the third prince lived.
The third prince is already in his twenties this year, so it stands to reason that such an errand of condolence should not fall on him.Even if the Sixth Prince and King Zhenbei do not deal with it, there is still the favored Ninth Prince who can be sent out.
Furthermore, the third prince is already a prince respected by civil servants. If he makes good friends with generals, he will be more likely to be in power. How could the emperor do such a stupid thing?There must be something wrong with it.
"033, can you get the news from the capital? I want more details." Li Mo asked.
"Master, some information related to the third prince has been sorted out and sent to you." 033 said, it has been with Li Mo for so long, and has already learned to collect the information Li Mo needs in advance.
Li Mo praised 033 a few words, while browsing the information, he bypassed the patrolling guards next to the inn, and successfully appeared directly above the third prince with the help of wind noise and shaking tree shadows as cover.
Lifting some tiles secretly, Li Mo looked down through the gap, just in time to see the third prince talking with a middle-aged counselor dressed as a literati.
"What should I do next? The relationship between Wen Shi and Jiang Ling seems to be pretty good. Jiang Ling even paid homage to King Zhenbei as a junior." Nei walked back and forth, "What if the two of them join forces, the court will be in danger!"
"Your Highness, please be patient, the relationship between the two of them is unlikely to get better, and it will not get better." Compared with the third prince, the expression on the counselor's face is much calmer, "Your Highness, don't forget, to entrap Zhenbei The sixth prince also had a hand in the matter of the king."
"Now that Jiang Ling and the Eighth Princess are married, no matter what their relationship is after marriage, Jiang Ling is labeled as the Sixth Prince's camp." Keep talking.
"Your Highness, the purpose of our trip has not changed. What we have to do is still to find a way to make Wen Shi suspect the sixth prince. If we can make the relationship between him and Jiang Ling worse by the way, that would be even better."
The third prince frowned and thought for a while, then picked up the teacup on the table and took a big gulp, "I know this, but the question is how do we do it. If the evidence is too obvious, maybe Wen Shi will suspect us instead. .”
"Your Highness, how about bringing Jiang Ling into the game?" The counselor quickly gave a suggestion, "Your Highness can take a chance and invite Jiang Ling to come out and swim together for a while."
"Then?" the third prince asked, "How do you plan to draw him into the game?"
"Your Highness, don't we still have two spies who are useless here? At that time, let them deliberately go to Jiang Ling to make trouble, and use the excuse of the quarrel to reveal that one of them has suddenly become rich..."
"As long as Jiang Ling is not stupid, he will definitely see that there is a problem, as long as he investigates..."
Not to mention, the counselor still has two skills. After listening to the arrangement and layout of the entire trap, Li Mo actually felt that the success rate of this trap was very high, so high that he could almost fool himself into it.
"If this is the case, would it be deliberate for me to invite Jiang Ling for a trip?" The third prince was a little hesitant. His character was relatively cautious, and he was unwilling to do too risky things.
"His Royal Highness's concern is indeed reasonable, but it is also a way to confuse them. As His Highness said, whether you invite Jiang Ling to travel with you or not, we can take care of things."
"Under such circumstances, if you still invite Jiang Ling to go out and witness the quarrel between the two and send someone to investigate, in the eyes of those serious people, you will be the most innocent."
Under the counselor's explanation, the third prince finally dispelled the doubts in his heart, "I understand, you go and arrange things first, and I will ask Jiang Ling out in two days."
Hey, this trick is played well.In this way, no matter whether the relationship between himself and Wenshi is good or not, it will only become bad in the end.
After all, the identity of the eighth princess is tied to the sixth prince.And Jiang Ling's identity was tied to the eighth princess. If she entered the game, no matter what she did, she would offend one of them.
Li Mo did not leave immediately, but waited quietly until the middle-aged counselor left, and the third prince fell asleep while tossing and turning.
Looking up at the sky, half of the bright moon was covered by dark clouds at some point, and it darkened the environment all of a sudden.
In order to make his changes look more natural, Li Mo was very lazy in the first few days.Later, out of curiosity, he fought a few tricks with a centurion, and after finding out that his combat effectiveness was ridiculously low during the battle, he began to change his mind and offered to train with the soldiers.
Of course Xue Zhao would not object to Li Mo's proposal, but he would not really let Li Mo train with ordinary soldiers either.
In order to take good care of this precious eldest son, Xue Zhao deliberately selected a few clever commanders from among the middle-level generals, and asked them to serve as his martial arts masters and training partners.
After hearing that they could get along with the future King Pingnan, the six elected commanders were also very excited. They rushed to the nearby river to take a bath with their new clothes, cleaned themselves up and , before reporting to Li Mo.
Naturally, Li Mo took all of the free staff. If there is no accident, these people will be her future team.
After staying in the military camp for a month, Li Mo's skills have improved a lot, and his originally frail body has also become much stronger.Although it is impossible to fight one against a hundred, it is still possible to fight one against ten.
After seeing Li Mo's progress, Xue Zhao was happier than Li Mo himself.Seeing that Li Mo had no plans to go back to the palace, he immediately wrote to King Pingnan of the good news.
After seeing Xue Zhao's letter, King Pingnan's first reaction was that the other party was talking nonsense. Doesn't he know what his son's virtue is?A dude who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun.
But when he read the letter for the second and third times, King Pingnan couldn't sit still. Has his wronged son really turned back?Could it be that the death of the eighth princess frightened the other party?But this temperament is no longer at 01:30, it is completely turned upside down!
After a little hesitation, King Pingnan temporarily stopped writing the reply to the sixth prince, changed into light clothes, and rode directly to Dongdaying.
It is true that King Pingnan scolded his son for being an unbelievable little bastard. After so many years, he has accepted his son's mediocrity.
But as parents, who wouldn't be happy that their son suddenly became sensible?Even though this understanding was more than ten years late, King Pingnan was still happy in his heart.
Especially when he rushed to the barracks and saw Li Mo wearing soft armor, waving the red-tasseled spear in his hand and fighting Xue Zhao back and forth, he almost couldn't help but started clapping and applauding.
After Yu Guang found out that King Pingnan had arrived, Xue Zhao began to release water without leaving any traces.After more than a dozen tricks, he sold a flaw to Li Mo, allowing her to win this competition.
In order to maintain Jiang Ling's character setting, Li Mo didn't see Xue Zhao's release, and when he found out that he had won the competition, his face had a bright smile, and he clasped his fists proudly and said, "Uncle Xue, I admit it. "
"My son is very talented, he can beat me after only a short time of learning." Xue Zhao saw that Li Mo is a good-looking person, and praised him very strongly.
Li Mo accepted the compliment with a smile, flung a beautiful spear, and threw the red-tasseled spear directly to his bodyguard.
"Father, why are you here? Did you come to see me?" After realizing that King Pingnan was standing not far away, Li Mo raised his hand and waved, the smile on his face became more obvious.
"I just passed by here, so I came to see you." There are so many people here, King Pingnan inevitably put on airs, and said in a rather official way, "Xue Zhao taught you very well, I haven't seen you in a month , the red-tasseled gun is playing well."
"Of course, I'm very talented. Uncle Xue gave me something, and I basically learned it after reading it!" Li Mo straightened his back proudly, as if begging for praise.
In the end, King Pingnan didn't hold back his arrogance, and patted Li Mo's shoulder with his hands. The smile on his face was very gratifying, "That's right, you're promising. But you just haven't learned enough in the military camp. In the future, if you If you have time, take someone to inspect the territory, recognize the person, and check to see if the local officials have neglected their duties."
"To patrol the entire territory?" Li Mo frowned slightly, showing a little reluctance, "That can't be done in a day, right?"
"What's the matter, you have learned so many things, shouldn't you help me share my worries?" King Pingnan put on a straight face. It is rare that his son shows signs of rising up. He must hurry up and train people.
Li Mo nodded reluctantly, then his eyes lit up, and he thought he was shrewd and said, "I haven't seen my mother for a long time, does she miss me? How about I go back and see my mother first?"
King Pingnan raised his eyebrows, and when he found that Li Mo didn't dare to look at him, he guessed that she planned to use this as an excuse to push away the matter of patrolling the territory.
"No, your mother has been busy holding a flower appreciation conference these days, so I don't have time to see you." Wang Pingnan said seriously, and directly settled the matter, "I need to accompany your mother to receive guests, this The task is entrusted to you."
"Xue Zhao, the son will be taken care of by you, and you can follow the previous inspection route." Pingnan Wang said, "It doesn't matter if the inspection speed is slower, but the safety of the son must be ensured, understand?"
"Yes, don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely take good care of my son!" Xue Zhao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
The prince is trying to create momentum for the son, let him meet with important officials while familiarizing himself with the territory, which is obviously to let those people get to know his future master.
Great, my luck has finally come!As long as he stays with Shi Ziye, the next President of the Five Battalions will definitely be his!
Li Mo seemed to agree reluctantly, but a trace of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.Very good, with Pingnan Wang's assist, her plan can take another big step forward.
King Pingnan really dotes on his good-for-nothing son, chasing after him all the time to feed him.But it's a pity that his son's ashes have been washed away by the river under his order.
However, Li Mo is not too ruthless. For a long time to come, she will play Jiang Ling well and make King Pingnan happy for a while, which is also a kind of reward for him.
Of course, if she still needs Jiang Ling's identity in the future, she doesn't mind using it all the time.After all, she planned to use the Pingnan army to start a business, and she always had to give some benefits when she used his wealth.
King Pingnan's fief is a little smaller than King Zhenbei's, but the situation on the border between the north and the south is different.Compared with the north, where barbarians invade every few years, the Japanese pirates in the south are much more peaceful. The last time they invaded was more than 30 years ago.
At that time, King Pingnan was very brave, and within ten days after dispatching troops, he beat the Japanese pirates to the ground. If it weren't for the fact that the navy was not prepared for the long-distance voyage, King Pingnan would have taken the Japanese pirates' hometown directly.
On the tenth day of his inspection tour, King Pingnan sent someone to send an urgent report, and sent two copies to Li Mo and Xue Zhao respectively.
"My lord, what the lord means is that I want you and General Xue to pay tribute to King Zhenbei. The [-] guard battalion that accompanied you has already been arranged by the lord, and they are rushing here."
"The king of Zhenbei has passed away?" Li Mo opened the letter handed over by the general, and looked at it with a slight frown, "When did it happen? How did he die?"
"Returning to the son, according to the letter from King Xinbei, it seems that the old illness has relapsed." The general who sent the letter said, "But according to our news, it seems that King Zhenbei was poisoned by a traitor, and he was also implicated. Her only daughter Princess Anping passed away."
Princess Anping?Li Mo frowned slightly, then searched for related memories in his mind.
Zhenbei King and Pingnan King have very few children, and Pingnan King has only one son, Jiang Ling.King Zhenbei's words are slightly better. Princess Zhenbei is pregnant with twins, so she has a son and a daughter under her knees.
"Uncle Xue, the King of Zhenbei doesn't have any enmity with us, right?" Li Mo asked a little ignorantly, "Why did Dad ask me to bring so many people there? Shouldn't you travel lightly when expressing condolences?"
Xue Zhao thought for a moment, then clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, my son, the relationship between King Zhenbei and us has always been good. Before the border war was tense, we also sent a batch of food, but..."
"But what?" Li Mo asked.
"My lord, the king of Zhenbei had previously rejected the favor of the sixth prince." Xue Zhao said in a low voice, "This is what my subordinates have heard. I don't know if the news is true."
Li Mo nodded thoughtfully, if that's the case, then could the so-called traitor around King Zhenbei be the work of the sixth prince?
No, if it's the male lead reserve, he shouldn't be stupid enough to do such a thing that is almost collaborating with the enemy and treason, right?
"Don't worry, my son, my subordinates will protect you." Seeing Li Mo frowning, Xue Zhao thought she was worried, and quickly expressed his loyalty.
"Well, then I'll leave it to Uncle Xue." Li Mo put away his thoughts, "When the person sent by father arrives, let's go. It's better to go early for condolences."
Wen Shi was a reserve male lead when he was the eldest son, and now that he has succeeded as King of Zhenbei, the chance of becoming the male lead is even greater.You have to kill people as early as possible, and you have to go all the way. No matter how you say it, you have to solve a competitor for yourself.
"My son is wise." Xue Zhao praised, he would not let anyone have any chance to flatter Li Mo.
The distance from south to north was already long, and with the addition of two thousand guards, the speed of progress became even slower. It took nearly fifteen days to reach King Zhenbei's fiefdom.
Fortunately, the third prince who was sent by the imperial court to express his condolences was even more airy, and he brought five thousand escorts along with him. Even though the distance was closer than Li Mo's, he arrived an hour later than her.
"Brother Wenshi, my condolences." Li Mo changed into a robe that was almost completely black, and went to visit Wenshi ahead of the third prince, "I originally wanted to visit my uncle when my uncle was injured last time. But I was worried that it would affect my uncle. When I got to my uncle, I just sent someone to send some money and grain over..."
Li Mo's eyes were slightly red as he spoke, and he couldn't help but start to choke up, "I never thought I'd miss meeting my uncle, this is the hardest thing in my life!"
Wen Shi stood up and patted Li Mo's shoulder, "Brother Jiang Ling has a heart. Father mentioned this matter before he passed away. He told me to remember King Pingnan's kindness, and we must continue the family friendship between the two families."
"Brother Wen Shi, if you say this, you will be out of touch. You and I were friends when we were young. Is it possible that you will alienate me when you become the king of Zhenbei!" Li Mo's tone was a bit complaining, "We two The family has been friends for generations, but it's just a little material, what kind of kindness is there to talk about."
"Brother Jiang Ling!" Wen Shi seemed to be very touched, "Good brother, forever."
"Didn't we have an agreement when we were young, you guard the north, I take care of the south, and keep wars out of the border!" Li Mo scratched at his pitifully few memories, trying to evoke Wen Shi's common memories.
Now it's on someone else's territory, so she has to have a good relationship with Wen Shi.Besides, the better the relationship between the two, the less doubts there will be about Wen Shi when something happens to Wen Shi.
To be honest, Jiang Ling and Wen Shi had a close relationship when they were young. At that time, their backgrounds and ages were similar, so they didn't need to worry about this and that, and it was normal to play together.
After about ten years old, the two changed from meeting to occasionally exchanging letters.As for after the age of 15, it is basically nodding acquaintances.
After chatting for about a quarter of an hour, someone came over to report that the third prince, who came to express condolences on behalf of the emperor, had arrived and was going to the mourning hall.
Li Mo and Wen Shi looked at each other, they stood up from their seats in a tacit understanding, and said in unison, "Brother Wen Shi/Brother Jiang Ling, let's go to meet the third prince first."
A trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the two, then they nodded to each other and walked forward side by side.
Li Mo/Wen Shi: This person is quite thick-skinned, and the relationship that has long faded can turn into a brotherhood with open eyes and nonsense. It seems that the other party is not an easy character to deal with.
"I have seen the third highness." Li Mo and Wen Shi said in unison again, even the arc of bending was the same, not even twenty degrees.
"You two are too polite." The third prince immediately bowed his hands back, looked at Wen Shi with a sad face, and began to express his respect for the old King Zhenbei, and the emperor's regret for the death of King Zhenbei, etc.
Wen Shi's eyes were reddened by the words, "Your Majesty and Your Highness's intentions, father understands, I only hate that hateful barbarian for using dirty tricks to buy father's personal guards with a lot of money, resulting in..."
As he spoke, the expression on Wen Shi's face changed, he gritted his teeth, and his tone was full of suppressed anger, "When I settle my father, I will make those who hurt my father pay for it with their blood. I will not let anyone go, I must cut them all into pieces! Only then can I comfort my father's spirit in heaven!"
The third prince nodded sympathetically, with an imperceptible guilty conscience in his eyes, "Indeed, the barbarians must pay the price! If your lord needs the court's support, just ask."
The expression on Wen Shi's face was quite moved when he heard it, "Your Majesty and His Highness's favorite ministers have accepted it. I believe that my father's spirit in the sky will definitely protect our Zhenbei Army, pacify the barbarians, and kill the enemy with his own hands."
While Wen Shi was having a "friendly" conversation with the third prince, Li Mo went to say a few words to the old concubine who was guarding the spirit, then took three sticks of incense and lit it, and after standing and praying three times, he lifted up his robe and knelt down I bowed three times.
After seeing Li Mo's actions, Wen Shi was stunned, with obvious surprise in his eyes.Although she didn't know the exact relationship between Jiang Ling and her brother, she could be sure that the two were no longer good brothers.
There is nothing wrong with Jiang Ling being the eldest son of King Pingnan, but he is the representative of King Pingnan. With this status, he has enough reasons and positions not to kneel down and worship.
As for the third prince, besides surprise, there was a little bit of embarrassment on his face.
Jiang Ling, who came on behalf of King Pingnan, worshiped King Zhenbei as a junior, what about himself?Although he represents the emperor, he is considered to be the younger generation of King Zhenbei.
Does he want to worship?To worship is to lose the face of the emperor, if not to worship, it will definitely make Wen Shi feel alienated from himself.
"Brother Wen Shi, why are you looking at me like this? Is there any problem if I pay homage to Uncle?" Li Mo inserted the incense, turned around and looked at Wen Shi in puzzlement.
"It's nothing, I just think father, father will be very happy." Wen Chi put away the surprise in his eyes, "Brother Jiang Ling, thank you."
"It's too alienated between brothers to say thank you or something." Li Mo patted Wen Shi's shoulder, and raised his eyebrows slightly after noticing that the other party's body stiffened subconsciously.
Wen Shi's shoulders were a little thinner than she imagined, and she didn't seem like someone who had been in the barracks all the time.Was it because of King Zhenbei's death that he became thinner?
"Bring incense. I want to pay homage to the king of Zhenbei instead of my father." The third prince struggled for a while, but finally decided to put on a show.
After all, he knew who the king of Zhenbei was who killed him. If he really knelt down to worship, he might get into trouble with something dirty.
Li Mo stayed in the Zhenbei Palace for a total of two hours. After accompanying Wen Shi and the third prince for dinner, he offered to leave.
After returning to his residence and making sure that there was no one there, Li Mo dared to take off the mask on his face.Then he took out a set of night clothes and waited patiently until late at night.
The Zhenbei Prince's Mansion was heavily guarded. After putting on night clothes, Li Mo didn't intend to force his way in. He just asked 033 to scan and record the detailed topographical map when passing by, and then she headed towards the inn where the third prince lived.
The third prince is already in his twenties this year, so it stands to reason that such an errand of condolence should not fall on him.Even if the Sixth Prince and King Zhenbei do not deal with it, there is still the favored Ninth Prince who can be sent out.
Furthermore, the third prince is already a prince respected by civil servants. If he makes good friends with generals, he will be more likely to be in power. How could the emperor do such a stupid thing?There must be something wrong with it.
"033, can you get the news from the capital? I want more details." Li Mo asked.
"Master, some information related to the third prince has been sorted out and sent to you." 033 said, it has been with Li Mo for so long, and has already learned to collect the information Li Mo needs in advance.
Li Mo praised 033 a few words, while browsing the information, he bypassed the patrolling guards next to the inn, and successfully appeared directly above the third prince with the help of wind noise and shaking tree shadows as cover.
Lifting some tiles secretly, Li Mo looked down through the gap, just in time to see the third prince talking with a middle-aged counselor dressed as a literati.
"What should I do next? The relationship between Wen Shi and Jiang Ling seems to be pretty good. Jiang Ling even paid homage to King Zhenbei as a junior." Nei walked back and forth, "What if the two of them join forces, the court will be in danger!"
"Your Highness, please be patient, the relationship between the two of them is unlikely to get better, and it will not get better." Compared with the third prince, the expression on the counselor's face is much calmer, "Your Highness, don't forget, to entrap Zhenbei The sixth prince also had a hand in the matter of the king."
"Now that Jiang Ling and the Eighth Princess are married, no matter what their relationship is after marriage, Jiang Ling is labeled as the Sixth Prince's camp." Keep talking.
"Your Highness, the purpose of our trip has not changed. What we have to do is still to find a way to make Wen Shi suspect the sixth prince. If we can make the relationship between him and Jiang Ling worse by the way, that would be even better."
The third prince frowned and thought for a while, then picked up the teacup on the table and took a big gulp, "I know this, but the question is how do we do it. If the evidence is too obvious, maybe Wen Shi will suspect us instead. .”
"Your Highness, how about bringing Jiang Ling into the game?" The counselor quickly gave a suggestion, "Your Highness can take a chance and invite Jiang Ling to come out and swim together for a while."
"Then?" the third prince asked, "How do you plan to draw him into the game?"
"Your Highness, don't we still have two spies who are useless here? At that time, let them deliberately go to Jiang Ling to make trouble, and use the excuse of the quarrel to reveal that one of them has suddenly become rich..."
"As long as Jiang Ling is not stupid, he will definitely see that there is a problem, as long as he investigates..."
Not to mention, the counselor still has two skills. After listening to the arrangement and layout of the entire trap, Li Mo actually felt that the success rate of this trap was very high, so high that he could almost fool himself into it.
"If this is the case, would it be deliberate for me to invite Jiang Ling for a trip?" The third prince was a little hesitant. His character was relatively cautious, and he was unwilling to do too risky things.
"His Royal Highness's concern is indeed reasonable, but it is also a way to confuse them. As His Highness said, whether you invite Jiang Ling to travel with you or not, we can take care of things."
"Under such circumstances, if you still invite Jiang Ling to go out and witness the quarrel between the two and send someone to investigate, in the eyes of those serious people, you will be the most innocent."
Under the counselor's explanation, the third prince finally dispelled the doubts in his heart, "I understand, you go and arrange things first, and I will ask Jiang Ling out in two days."
Hey, this trick is played well.In this way, no matter whether the relationship between himself and Wenshi is good or not, it will only become bad in the end.
After all, the identity of the eighth princess is tied to the sixth prince.And Jiang Ling's identity was tied to the eighth princess. If she entered the game, no matter what she did, she would offend one of them.
Li Mo did not leave immediately, but waited quietly until the middle-aged counselor left, and the third prince fell asleep while tossing and turning.
Looking up at the sky, half of the bright moon was covered by dark clouds at some point, and it darkened the environment all of a sudden.
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