Chapter 327 Complaint
Han Ruzi can no longer tell the difference between day and night, and he may fall into a drowsiness at any time. When a certain idea comes together, he may sit up at any time and ask an inexplicable question. For him, it is the result of careful deliberation, but to others, it is a preface. No afterwords.
"Where did it come from?" Han Ruzi sat up and asked, sweating profusely all over his body, his face flushed, and his spirits brightened. It won't take long for this mental head to disappear, and he will become dazed and weak again. Powerless.
Zhang Youcai could hardly leave an inch. When he was sleepy, he would lie on the table and squint for a while. As soon as the emperor woke up, he also woke up. He would answer any questions he had, but he would know the exact answer in the future, "Where did it come from?"
"The support army, didn't you just say that a support army arrived and was annihilated by the Huns?"
"That's right." Contrary to the emperor, Zhang Youcai was in a dizzy state every time he woke up, and it took a while to wake up slowly.
"I want to know where they came from." Han Ruzi hoped that he could remember this army.
"Well... According to the observations of the generals, that army may have come from Mayi City."
Han Ruzi was silent for a while, "There is a checkpoint of the Great Wall between Mayi City and Jincheng. The Huns deliberately did not guard against the checkpoint and let reinforcements enter the checkpoint."
"It should be." Zhang Youcai didn't know much about the war.
"Could it be the reinforcements sent by Zhuo Ruhe?"
Zhuo Ruhe, the governor of Hongnong County, is mobilizing troops outside the fortress as an imperial envoy. I wonder if he has received the imperial decree?
"It's possible." Zhang Youcai replied perfunctorily, he really didn't understand the situation.
Han Ruzi had a hard time concentrating, rubbed his stomach, his thoughts suddenly drifted to two years ago, "Porridge and pickles are good."
"Ah? Your Majesty... hungry?"
"Why is street food more delicious than home-cooked food?"
"Because...because I don't eat it often, right?" Zhang Youcai suddenly remembered what the emperor was talking about. It was when he had just moved from the palace to the Juanhou Mansion, and there was no rice or noodles in the mansion. Cai Xinghai bought porridge and pickles from the street to give Everyone is hungry.
"I'll get it now!" Zhang Youcai glanced at Meng E in the corner, nodded to her, and hurried out. The emperor finally got some appetite, and he had to find delicious food no matter what.
It was deep at night, the whole Jincheng was fashionable during the day and the streets were deserted. At this time, it was even more silent. Zhang Youcai did not care. He wanted to find Liu Jie, the supervisor of the central government, the servants in the palace, the officials of Jincheng, and everything he could find. People, cook a Beijing-style porridge and pickles for the emperor.
Han Ruzi was stunned for a while, "Youcai? Zhang Youcai? Why is he so elusive..."
"Your Majesty sent him to do something," Meng E said.
"Oh, I forgot." Han Ruzi began to feel sleepy again, but didn't want to sleep. "I don't think I heard the piano for a while."
"It's been a few hours. I told the piano master to stop. Your Majesty doesn't need to listen to the piano now."
"Okay." Han Ruzi was actually in a daze, and the sound of the piano became more and more ordinary, and it had long lost its original magic.
Various thoughts came and went in his mind, like a group of noisy children, Han Ruzi suddenly asked, "Meng E, are you trying to manipulate me?"
"Well, it's almost a success." Meng E replied.
Han Ruzi felt that he should be surprised and even angry, but he was disheartened and felt nothing. He tried hard to grasp this idea and continued to ask. There was a knock on the door outside, and his thoughts drifted away again.
Liu Jie came in, "Donghai King and Cui Teng asked to see His Majesty, saying that there is an urgent matter."
"Yeah." Han Ruzi nodded, feeling that there were two of them among the noisy children in his head.
King Donghai came first, bowed to the emperor and stood aside without saying anything, but Cui Teng was in a hurry and opened his mouth to speak. Seeing Meng E in the corner, he closed his mouth again, thought about it, and said: "Your Majesty, I have something important to tell you."
Han Ruzi nodded again, and after a while he looked up at the King of the East Sea, "You step back first."
The King of the East Sea was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Cui Teng, who hurriedly said, "It's not the King of the East Sea, but His Majesty's bodyguard."
"Guards? Where are the guards? The guards are all outside."
Meng E walked up to the emperor, "I am the bodyguard, and I am also outside, always on call."
"Okay." Han Ruzi felt that he was going to ask, but he couldn't remember.
Cui Teng couldn't hold his breath, and said to Meng E: "Any time you call, don't come if you don't call."
Meng E walked out of the room without looking sideways.
The King of the East Sea reminded: "Be careful, if you really start, neither of us are her opponents."
Han Ruzi's body slowly tilted, and the East Sea King hurriedly stepped forward to help the emperor sit up, "Your Majesty will sleep again later, Cui Teng brings important news."
"Well, I don't sleep."
Cui Teng took two steps forward, "Your Majesty, I found out who was poisoned?"
"Who?"
"It's the female bodyguard who just walked out."
Han Ruzi was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed, "Meng E? No, not her."
"Your Majesty, don't trust her too much, I have evidence..."
"Who did you listen to?" Han Ruzi asked.
"Ah? It's not important, the key is..." Cui Teng was reminded that he didn't want to mention Qin and his daughter in front of the emperor.
"It's very important." Han Ruzi still had a sick face, his body swayed slightly, and he looked weak, but his words still had an unquestionable majesty.
Cui Teng knelt down immediately, "It's Zhang Zhuhe, but I did find evidence."
"Zhang Zhuhe..." Han Ruzi's thoughts drifted again, "What a strange name."
Cui Teng walked forward on his knees, came to the emperor, raised his head and said: "Don't worry about the name, before your majesty fell ill, the female bodyguard bought many medicinal herbs through the servants of the palace, some of which were poisonous! I have brought that servant with me. Now, it's just outside the hospital, you can call in to confront him."
"Meng E... I will ask her personally, no need to confront her."
"She won't tell the truth to His Majesty, in case the dog jumps over the wall..."
"No." Han Ruzi affirmed that although his thinking was a little confused, he was not confused.
Cui Teng wanted to say more, and the East Sea King said: "Don't worry, let Your Majesty think about it for a while. Anyway, this is not a sudden thing. There is no need to solve it tonight. The other thing needs His Majesty to make up his mind right away."
"Anything else?" Han Ruzi asked.
The King of the East Sea nodded, and before he could speak, Cui Teng had already said, "Deng Cui wants to betray His Majesty and surrender to the Huns."
Han Ruzi yawned loudly, "You also have evidence for this?"
The emperor behaved so disapprovingly, Cui Teng was greatly disappointed, and looked at the King of the East Sea for help, the King of the East China Sea said: "You start, go on."
King Donghai was not interested in complaining. He would rather observe the emperor's every move closely, especially the emperor's expression. If he only looked at his face, the emperor's condition was getting worse and worse.
Cui Teng didn't worry so much, and said, "It's the evidence found by General Fan. He has always suspected Deng Cui, so he sent someone to spy on Deng's mansion and found a maid sneaking out of the mansion after dark. Two male servants in private meeting!"
"Yeah." Han Ruzi was even less interested in this kind of thing.
"After they were separated, General Deng's men seized the maid, and the first interrogation found out that the maid was acting on orders. Deng Cui handed a piece of paper out of the city to the two male servants and asked them to go out of the city and surrender to the Huns!"
Han Ruzi became more and more sleepy, and he only felt that his head was sinking like a mountain. Even if the sky fell, or the Huns made a relief, he would not get excited, he pushed away the hand that the King of the East Sea offered to support, and said, "King of the East China Sea, you can handle it. , I don't think things are so simple, Deng Cui doesn't look like..."
Han Ruzi said that he slept when he slept, but he slept unsteadily. In his dream, he continued to talk to the King of the East Sea, saying that he did not believe that Deng Cui would betray.
Cui Teng said blankly, "Your Majesty, what does this mean?"
The East Sea King suppressed the excitement in his heart and said in an indifferent tone: "You heard, Your Majesty let me deal with it."
"Deal with what?"
King Donghai wanted to say "everything", but resisted the urge and said, "Deng Cui and Meng E's betrayal."
Cui Teng stood up, bewildered, obviously he kept saying, how could the right to deal with it fall into the hands of the East Sea King? But His Majesty did make it very clear. He couldn't find any flaws, so he could only sigh: "Your Majesty is getting sicker and sicker, and his heart is already confused."
"Even so, His Majesty's words are sacred decrees."
Cui Teng snorted and said angrily: "Okay, you can deal with it, what do you say?"
"For Meng E, you must first hold your ground."
"Wait until she succeeds?" Cui Teng glanced at the sleeping emperor.
Donghai Wang smiled and shook his head, "Of course not, we have to first find out if Meng E has any companions in the city, and then catch them all and force them to hand over the antidote."
Cui Teng nodded reluctantly, "Okay, do as you say, what about Deng Cui?"
"Fan Zangshan is a rough man. I have to personally interrogate the maid in Deng's house."
"What about the two people from the Royal Palace?"
"Get them out of town."
"what?"
"It's not long before the fourth shift. Let them go out of the city. Now arrest them. It's hard to prove anything. Let them go to see the Huns, and then see what Deng Cui will do."
"How to do it? Open the city gate and surrender."
"Deng Cui is a general defender of the city, and he must have the most direct evidence. It is best to catch the appearance."
Cui Teng thought for a while, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I still think His Majesty was a little confused and called the wrong name."
"The imperial decree is the imperial decree. You can't help but think about it, let's go, don't disturb Your Majesty's rest."
The two went out of the house, and Zhang Youcai ran in with a plate of steaming hot rice porridge and pickles on it. A restaurant in Jincheng that had not opened for several days called in several famous chefs to cook this simple meal specially. Regrettably, it is impossible to perform.
Seeing the emperor fall asleep again, Zhang Youcai sighed softly, put the food tray on the table, and covered the emperor with a quilt.
Meng E came in quietly, walked to the emperor's side, leaned over to observe for a while, gently supported the emperor's head with one hand, and put a small pill into the emperor's mouth with the other hand, stroking his chest lightly. , helping him swallow, and backing into the corner as if nothing had happened.
After a while, Han Ruzi slowly opened his eyes, did not sit up, lay there and asked softly, "What are you feeding me?"
(One update today. At 3 pm, we will meet in the group.)