Chapter 213 The fourth contender

Chapter 213 The fourth contender

Han Ruzi got dressed and waited to set off. Feeling a little bored, he asked Yang Feng, "Some things are obviously very beneficial, why is no one willing to do them?"

Yang Feng stood in front of the bookshelf, turned around, and held a glass of wine in his hand, "Because the disadvantages always follow the advantages, let's talk about it first."

"There are a lot of people in the world. I suggest that the general should recruit the refugees and use official food to support the people, which can not only calm the civil strife, but also strengthen the strength. However, the king of the East Sea told me that the general is afraid of trouble, but he only agrees superficially, and will never do it. ."

"The King of the East Sea is right, the general will not recruit refugees, but he is not afraid of trouble, but is afraid of suspicion."

"Suspicion?"

"The people's heart is the most important weapon in the world. It is like a treasured sword. The owner of the sword can play with it at will, and children can touch it. At most, they will be reprimanded. If others touch it, they will inevitably be suspected. If it is an ordinary person, everyone may laugh at him for not being If you are a master who has practiced martial arts, even if you just take a second look, you will inevitably be considered by everyone as having ulterior motives."

"The people's heart is the most important weapon, and the general is an important official of the clan.

Yang Feng nodded.

"Hey, the Great Chu is in turmoil, and the Han family is at stake. He dares to summon the clan's children to rebel against the champion, but he dares not admit the refugees?"

"The rebellion against the champions is carried out in secret, but the incorporation of refugees has to be made public. It is also used as a metaphor for the general to create a treasured knife, but he hopes that others will use this knife to kill people, not himself."

"He found the King of the East Sea, and the King of the East Sea found me again." Han Ruzi sneered, he understood the truth long ago, "When I wave the knife to 'kill', they will take the knife back."

"Anyway, let's get the knife first." Yang Feng said flatly that the general's support was necessary, even if he had ulterior motives, Hou Wan had to accept it, at least temporarily.

The palace chief came in and said in a slightly trembling voice, "Marquis Tired, someone from the palace..."

"Understood, I'll go out immediately."

The Fucheng retired, silently praying that he would not be implicated.

Han Ruzi stood up, picked up a bamboo bookmark from the desk, put it in his sleeve, walked out of the study one after another with Yang Feng, and Du Chuanyun greeted him, "Do you really need an escort?"

"You can't bring guards into the palace," Han Ruzi said.

"This is a good opportunity to wipe out all of you." Du Chuanyun said bluntly, the so-called "those people" refer to the descendants of the Han family who are interested in competing for the throne.

Han Ruzi smiled without stopping.

There are two sedan chairs parked outside. Han Ruzi prefers to ride horses, but the sedan chairs are also good, and they can sit inside and think by themselves.

Several eunuchs and more than a dozen palace guards escorted the sedan chair all the way to the palace. The refugees had not yet affected the capital. There were many people on the streets.

The meeting place was not in the inner city of the palace, but in one of the dormitories in a row near the Qinzheng Hall. Sometimes the ministers could not leave the palace after dark, so they lived here.

The room is not big and empty, not only has no beds, but also no tables, chairs and benches. The visitors can only stand. This solves a big or small trouble.

The King of the East Sea has arrived, and although he claims that he does not trust Wang Qi, the "strategist" he brought is still Lin Kunshan. The King of Donghai Chong Ruzi nodded without saying anything, but Lin Kunshan stepped forward, bowed his hands respectfully, and said in a low voice, "Lin will leave without saying goodbye in Broken Iron City, I hope you forgive me."

"Following the trend, what's the sin?" Han Ruzi smiled, and Lin Kunshan smiled back to the East Sea King.

Champion Hou arrived quickly, and only brought one person. As soon as he entered the room, he bowed his hands to Han Ruzi and Donghai King, greeted with a smile on his face, and showed no hostility at all—this is the generosity of the winner.

Han Ruzi returned the salute normally, but Donghai Wang pretended not to see. He really couldn't forget that the champion Hou and Mrs. Cui once joined forces to get rid of him.

Champion Hou's counselor is also a qi person. Yang Feng introduced it to Han Ruzi before serving. This man is called Lu Congxin. Like other qi person, he can't tell his specific age from his face. Possibly, the only difference is that the expression is more serious, not as easy-going as Lin Kunshan and others.

"The guests are here, where is the master?" Donghai King shouted.

The door opened, and two more people came in, one was a seven- or eight-year-old child, and the other was an old man with white beard and hair.

The child had a chubby face, didn't say hello to anyone, ran around as soon as he entered the floor, and finally stood in the corner, looking up at the adults in the room.

The old man bowed his hands to everyone and said with a smile, "One step late, everyone, Haihan."

"Who are you?" Donghai King asked in surprise.

"Under Yuan Zifan, together with Mr. Lin and Mr. Lu, they are all disciples of Chunyu Shi."

Another high-spirited person, Han Ruzi, Donghai King and Champion Hou all looked at the strange child in the corner.

Yuan Zifan, the watcher, walked up to the child and introduced: "This is the youngest son of Emperor Wu.

The three of them were all stunned. British King Han Ling, this kid was actually their uncle.

Han Ye stood against the wall and did not speak, but his expression was not too afraid of people.

"He also wants to compete for the throne?" Champion Hou couldn't help but speak.

"The son of Emperor Wu should be qualified." Yuan Zifan said with a smile.

"There are so many sons of Emperor Wu, can they all compete for the throne?" The King of Donghai was furious. Emperor Huan's orthodox status had been broken, but he never expected to be stepped on again.

"It should be possible, but as far as I know, among Emperor Wu's sons, only King Ying is interested in competing for the throne."

"This...this..." King Donghai glared at Lin Kunshan fiercely, blaming him for keeping it a secret beforehand. Lin Kunshan looked helpless and said that he didn't know, and King Donghai finally came up with a reason to object, "When today is the grandson of Emperor Wu, The successor can only be an equal or a junior, how can there be a reason to choose an elder? How will you be ranked in the imperial temple in the future?"

The elder Han Ling made up his mind not to speak, pursed his lips and blew out bubbles. Yuan Zifan guarded him in front of him and smiled: "The elders succeeded to the throne. There was a precedent in the previous dynasty. As for the placement of the tablets in the Taimiao Temple, it will be a long time later, and there will always be a solution."

Donghai King and Lin Kunshan, Champion Hou and Lu Congxin lowered their heads to discuss in a low voice respectively, Han Ruzi and Yang Feng looked at each other and did not speak.

After a while, the champion Hou said: "The fight for the throne is an extraordinary move. If the King of England wants to participate, it is all right. What about Master Chunyu? Why hasn't he shown up yet?"

"And what about the ministers in the court? Not even one?" asked the King of the East Sea.

The door opened again, and it was the fisherman who came in.

"If the minister wants to avoid suspicion, he will not participate in this gathering." Diaoyu Weng said with a smile.

"Mr. Huangfu." Champion Hou clearly recognized this person, and his attitude was very polite.

"Isn't Chunyu Xiao coming?" Donghai Wang said.

"Chunyu Xiao is a name I used before, my real name is Huangfu Yi."

The King of the East Sea looked at the other party a few times, "Don't be fooled, I have seen Chunyu Xiao, and he looks different from you, at least he doesn't have a beard."

Before the palace change, the Cui family had received Chunyu Xiao and his disciple Bu Hengru. The King of Donghai would never forget that Chunyu Xiao claimed to be castrated and once declared to the scholar Luo Huanzhang that he wanted to be an emperor without descendants.

Huangfu Yi smiled and said, "Chunyu Xiao is just a name, anyone can use it."

"But there is only one Chunyu Xiao who can be a 'teacher'." Donghai King said.

Lin Kunshan, Lu Congxin, and Yuan Zifan stood in different positions. At this time, they bowed to Huangfu Yi at the same time, "The disciple pays respects to the teacher."

Han Ruzi looked at Yang Feng beside him, Yang Feng was expressionless, as if he still did not recognize this "Chun Yu Xiao".

"Where's Chunyu Xiao from before? Where did he run to?" Donghai King still didn't give up.

"He is also one of my disciples. The more commonly used name is Lin Ganfeng. It's a pity that he was arrested by the government the year before, and he was tortured and died in prison. The name he used at that time was Zhang Kehong."

King Qi's rebellion failed, and the government arrested Wangqi people everywhere. After the palace change, they cast a net of heaven and earth. Many people just fortune-telling for a living were arrested as Wangqi people, and very few people were released from prison alive.

A year later, the hopefuls became distinguished guests in the palace, making the queen mother obey them.

The King of the East Sea rolled his eyes and sighed: "Unfortunately, I have a good impression of that Chunyu Xiao. Don't get me wrong, Mr. Lin, even if he is still alive, I will choose you as a military advisor."

Lin Kunshan just smiled.

The King of the East Sea probably disliked the tension, so he smiled at Yang Feng: "Yang Feng, you caught a lot of hopeless people back then, didn't you?"

"I rarely catch people alive, most of them are executed on the spot." Yang Feng said coldly, "Unfortunately, the time was too short, and I couldn't clear it up."

After Yang Feng left the palace, he lost the power and manpower to hunt down the qi-seekers, that is, after that, the qi-seekers gradually returned to the rivers and lakes.

The four famous people in the room were not angry, either smiling or calm, Huangfu Yi said: "Everything in the world does not use the situation to act, the situation is gone, all things wither, and the situation that Yang Gong borrowed is gone, don't regret it. ."

Yang Feng didn't say anything, looked away, intending to just listen and not talk.

The King of the East Sea whispered: "Say 'castration' in front of the eunuch, hehe..."

Huangfu Yi said, "Everyone has arrived..."

"Wait." Han Ruzi interrupted the air watcher and looked left and right, "Isn't everyone here yet? What about today's son? Where is the queen mother? Without them, what we say here is useless."

"That's right." The King of the East Sea echoed, "You can't decide who will succeed you, right?"

Huangfu Yi smiled and said, "It's my fault." After speaking, he raised his hand and clapped it twice.

The door opened again, and a group of palace maids filed in, standing side by side in the middle, a total of six people, all holding trays, each with two seals on it.

"Your Majesty is ill, and the Queen Mother is taking good care of it, so she can't come here. Twelve emperors' seals are specially sent to show your heart. Do you think it's okay?"

The four contenders came over to check. King Ying was short, so Yuan Zifan hugged him and reached out to touch the seal, but Yuan Zifan stopped him.

There are twelve imperial seals in total, with different uses. Han Ruzi only recognizes one, and the most important one is the one that can be used to issue imperial decrees.

He saw that the Baoxi was on the tray of a palace maid.

He looked at Yang Feng again and felt that the real Chunyu Xiao must be one of the four famous people.