I don’t know when it started, but a message circulated among the cities in the middle of the Beijing city: “Champion Hou Li Lian suddenly became ill on the front line, and the medicine was useless and died of sudden illness. However, because he was worried about the morale of the army and the counterattack of the Huns, he concealed the news of the death of the Zhoujun Hou and kept the funeral from secretly.”

Later, not long after, a rumor that was said to have come from the palace suddenly came out between the market: "The death of the champion Hou Li Lian was because the emperor was afraid that he was very good at making great achievements, so he took the initiative first, and specially sent someone to poison him!"

As soon as the news came out, the people were all in an uproar, and there was a lot of discussion, almost causing a riot.

After hearing this important "information", the servants from various prefectures quickly returned to their homes to report to their masters.

This news spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and the whole capital was shocked for a moment.

It is hard to say how the people in the capital are talking endlessly. Just saying that civil and military officials and nobles always whisper when they go to court.

In the circle of civil servants

"Mr. Wang, have you heard of it?"

"I naturally heard about such a big thing! Mr. Chen, what do you think?"

"It seems like I gave some medicinal materials a while ago (pointing my fingers upwards) to the front, maybe..." I looked as if I was speechless.

"No! There is (pointing to the direction of Ningshou Palace where the Supreme Emperor lives) looking at it, does that person dare to do it?"

"Why don't you dare? This kind of thing has been there in all dynasties."

"It should...it shouldn't be! He is not like this."

"Knowing people, but not your heart, who knows who is!"

In the Wuxun circle

"Oh! Lao Qi, have you heard of it?"

"Now everyone in the capital knows it, how can I not know it!"

"You said that (be careful to point to the sky)... People, really killed the Marquis?"

"Who knows! I'll say it first here! The Marquis saved my life. If the Marquis really... I must seek justice for the Marquis!!!"

"Bah! I'm going to beat me! It seems that you are the only one who cares about the kindness of the Marquis! Who in our circle has never received the favor of the Marquis!"

"For the years, if it weren't for the marquis' support, our brothers would have been tricked by the group of civil servants who eat people and don't spit bones again and again!"

"Okay! There is no need to say this nonsense! What should we do now?" The general who spoke was grinding his fists and wished he could do something big.

"Send someone to the front line to find out what the situation is like? It would be bad if it makes a joke!" Someone still said calmly.

"If, what if...what really did it..." someone said anxiously.

The calmest man just now said: "No matter what, if the Marquis is gone, there will be the young Marquis (Li Lian)!" Even if you can't help the Marquis avenge, you must try your best to raise the child for the Marquis.

When attending the court meeting, although the ministers still lowered their heads respectfully and listened to the reports of the officials, their eyes either communicated with their colleagues beside them, or they couldn't help looking up, wanting to see the emperor's expression.

Last night, the emperor, who had not even turned the signs, only felt that the ministers today were strange, either constantly suing for lawsuits or sneaking glances at themselves, as if they were looking at ghosts (rolling their eyes).

This made the emperor unable to help but signal An Fuhai to look at his face, but what was wrong with him?

After careful observation, An Fuhai found that as usual, there was no problem, so he shook his head and said that there was no problem.

The emperor looked at the heads of the officials half-believingly and waved his hand to ask An Fuhai to go and thoroughly investigate what happened, making all the ministers so strange.

As the governor of the Beijing camp, Wang Ziteng is also one of the senior officials who are qualified to attend court.

He naturally knew the rumors circulating in the market, and even some of the officials who were really curious (?) came to ask him for information before going to court because he and the champion Hou could barely get along with each other.

Although the truth of the rumors is not known yet, it seems that the emperor's attempt to poison Li Lian is very reasonable.

Li Lian was arrogant and relied on the support of the Supreme Emperor, and no one would give him any face. Even his relative, who had a shortage of the Jingying Palace Commander, wanted Li Lian to say a few words in front of the Supreme Emperor because of the lack of a shortage of the Jingying Palace. Not only did he want to arrange a few people to enter the Tiance Mansion, but even the Sixth Prince was brought out. Li Lian not only refused to give face, but instead mocked him, causing him to lose face in front of the Sixth Prince, and also implicated the Sixth Prince to apologize and apologize to Li Lian.

From these two trivial matters, we can already see how arrogant Li Lian is and arrogant. If it were Wang Ziteng, he would choose to kill Li Lian outside. If anything happens, it is easy to shirk anything and blame others.

Wang Ziteng felt very good about himself and thought that the emperor had tolerated Li Lian for too long. He could not bear it anymore and was afraid that Li Lian would be better than him, so he killed Li Lian in one go.

At the same time, Wang Ziteng sensitively noticed a sign - the emperor finally couldn't help but fight for power with the Supreme Emperor.

Wang Ziteng's career in the past years was not something that was used by luck. To be fair, if it weren't for Li Lian's existence, the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue would have long become the four major families of Wang, Shi, Jia and Xue.

If the emperor wants to start fighting for power, killing Li Lian is a signal of war.

Wang Ziteng thought that no matter how powerful the Supreme Emperor is, he is always nearly seventy years old and can survive in a few years! Moreover, since the Supreme Emperor abdicated, he will be injustice and dissatisfied with the government. On the contrary, the emperor is still young and strong, and it is legitimate to be in charge of the government. Besides, with his ability and military power in his hands, I believe that the emperor will definitely entrust him with important tasks. Maybe it can help the Sixth Radical Son win the favor of the emperor.

Since he had already chosen the team between the emperor and the emperor, Wang Ziteng decided to give him a letter of vote.

After going to court, Wang Ziteng took sick leave to the Jingying Palace Supervisor and immediately came to Rongenbo's mansion to find his brother-in-law, Jia Zheng.

"Uncle, this... this is absolutely impossible!" The middle-aged man refused to say with a difficult face.

"What's wrong with this? Cunzhou! You can't just watch your Jia family's title disappear in vain!" Wang Ziteng said with a thoughtful look on his face.

"But... this is the title of the third brother! I have always heard that my father died and my son succeeded me. How could I hear that my brother died and my brother succeeded me? I am his elder brother, how could I inherit his title? Besides, even if my third brother died, Lian'er, the legitimate son, should inherit the title." Jia Zheng shook his head.

That's right! The letter of fame that Wang Ziteng thought of was to ask Li Lian's brother and his brother-in-law Jia Zheng to attack the champion Marquis on the grounds that Li Lian was dead.

Jia Zheng's words were right. Logically, even if Li Lian unfortunately passed away, everything about him should be inherited by his legitimate son Li Lian. No matter what, it is not the turn of Jia Zheng, who is his brother.

However, Wang Ziteng also has his considerations.

First of all, the emperor was not very powerful in the army. A while ago, there were a few people in the Ministry of War, who happened to have mourned their filial piety or returned home, and they were vacant to give them a few positions to the emperor. If the emperor could get the support of the "Champion Marquis", both the power, prestige and others would definitely increase greatly.

However, Li Lian's little bastard has always been favored by the Supreme Emperor. If he was asked to inherit the title, he would probably bring Li Lian's connections and his old subordinates to loyalty to the Supreme Emperor as before. On the contrary, Jia Zheng was different. Who in the capital didn't know that the Champion Hou and the elder brother of the head of the Works Department of his family were not in harmony, and the Supreme Emperor had a bad impression of Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng had absolutely no chance of joining the Supreme Emperor, so he could only follow the emperor's pace with the Champion Hou's flag.

Secondly, Wang Ziteng naturally knew what his brother-in-law was. Although he was born in a martial arts family, he was a truly weak scholar. He had no power to tie up and had no chance of joining the army. Even if he attacked the title of Champion Hou, he could only be shocked by the group of arrogant soldiers and generals under his command. At that time, he could only ask his uncle to help. At that time, he could take the opportunity to recruit all the old subordinates of Champion Hou, and at least he could get the support of some of the old subordinates. You should know that Li Lian's old friends and old subordinates can be said to be everywhere in the court, and his power in the military is even more powerful. Even the imperial edicts of the emperor and the Supreme Emperor may not be greater than Li Lian's orders, otherwise the emperor would not have to be so anxious to take the opportunity to poison Li Lian to death. With the support of Li Lian's old subordinates, Wang Ziteng himself will definitely be able to go to the next level.

Third, Jia She, the eldest son of the Jia family, is a useless playboy, and it is entirely up to his younger brother, Li Lian. Now the only capable Li Lian is dead. Even if Jia Zheng inherits the title, he will definitely obey his own words based on his ability and temperament. The two brothers of the Shi family are not capable people, but rely on the power of their father and grandfather. The Xue family is just a mere merchant, and his talented brother-in-law Xue Peng has passed away. At that time, his Wang family will become the actual leader of the four major families, and he, Wang Ziteng, can also successfully take over the resources of the four major families to develop himself.

Wang Ziteng, who had already started to fantasize about how powerful he would be in the future, saw that Jia Zheng was still pushing against him and even mentioned Li Lian, he couldn't help but snorted coldly and tried to maintain a kind face. "I heard that Li Lian had already passed away with Li Jingya, how could the dead inherit the title?" How could he know that he was just talking serious nonsense, cutting the mess quickly, and asking Jia Zheng to agree to the title first.

"What!? Lian'er was just before the crown......" Jia Zheng looked shocked, with a mourning look on his face.

"Cunzhou Jie'a!" Wang Ziteng said a cliché skillfully and said earnestly: "Cunzhou think about it, Jingya and his son are both dead on the battlefield. If you don't want to inherit the title, it is equivalent to throwing the title of the Jia family out. What will you do to meet the ancestors and ancestors in the future?" With one sentence, Li Lian's title that he had been born and died and became the title of the Jia family. If Jia Zheng did not agree to inherit the title, he would be a sinner who would betray the ancestors and forget the ancestors.

"This..." Jia Zheng hesitated when he was put on by Wang Ziteng's high hat.

Wang Ziteng knew that he could not force him at this time, so he waited patiently for Jia Zheng.

"This... I will adopt Baoyu to the third brother! This is reasonable and in line with the law of the Great Zhou Dynasty; secondly, it will also make the third brother a person who has a basin, so that he will inherit the incense in the future." Jia Zheng still couldn't get through the obstacles in his heart, and felt that if he inherited the title, it would be like he was trying to seize the title of the third brother.

"Oh?" Although Jia Zheng still refused, he made a good suggestion.

After thinking about it carefully, Wang Ziteng found that this was a better solution.

If the emperor wants to ask the emperor to approve Jia Zheng's position as champion marquis, it is naturally not Wang Ziteng. Jia Zheng himself gave a memorial, and even the Secretary of the Shangshu could not. This memorial can only be given by the ancestor of the Jia family, namely Li Lian's biological mother Shi, to be considered to have a legitimate reputation.

Wang Ziteng's wife also heard his wife talk about the old lady of the Jia family who seemed to be enlightened since Duke Rong died, and suddenly changed her mind and no longer favored her second son. Her position became fair, and her sister complained about it.

The old lady would definitely not want to ask the emperor for the title of the third son to be inherited by the second son. Wang Ziteng originally expected to waste a lot of words and sacrifice a lot of short-term interests to get things done.

But if the person who inherited the title was changed to his nephew Jia Baoyu...

Although Li Lian and Jia She ordered the closure of the vision of Baoyu being born with jade, Wang Ziteng's close relatives can still hear about it.

When Wang Ziteng heard that Shi was extremely favored by Baoyu, he regarded this grandson as "heart" and "like life". Even when his second son Jia Zheng beat him once because Baoyu could not recite the book, Shi was immediately furious and was about to go back to his hometown in Jinling, which forced Jia Zheng to kowtow to his mother to admit his mistake.

Baoyu is the legitimate son and the second son. His elder brother Jia Zhu is an outstanding person and has already passed the imperial examination for the Juren. According to the inheritance system of the eldest son of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the eldest son can get 70% of the family property, and the remaining 30% of the family. How could the old lady of the Jia family bear her "heart" and "lifeline" and live a poor and poor life!

Wang Ziteng had a plan to think that Baoyu was still a child, and it was more beneficial for him to recruit and recruit the old subordinates of the champion Hou.

So he nodded readily and discussed the next move with Jia Zheng.

Ningshou Palace

The Supreme Emperor sat on the dragon chaise, his face was a little sallow, his body was thin, and his expression was slightly angry.

Dai Quan stood beside him, looking at the Supreme Emperor worriedly, wanting to say a few words of comfort, but he couldn't find the words for a while.

"Dai Quan, have you come back if you have any news?" The Supreme Emperor asked.

The capital city and the border are far away, and even if it is 800 miles in expedited, it will take several days. The Supreme Emperor now knows that Li Lian defeated the Huns Allied Forces and captured the Huns' Great Khan, Huhanye, who had made him grit his teeth for many years, and was planning to lead his army to pursue the remnants of the Huns Allied Forces.

"Go back to the emperor, not yet." Dai Quan answered carefully.

After a moment of pause, he comforted the Supreme Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Jingya is strong, has a strong martial arts skills, and is good at using troops. You gave Yannian two bird pills, and there will be no problem."

"Jingya is good at using troops, but the battlefield is dangerous and no one can guarantee victory. Moreover, Yannian cannot follow Jingya's side at all times. How can I not worry? Besides, he dared to lead troops to chase and kill the remnants of the Huns coalition forces before he recovered. This child is really braver! Yannian is the same, and he doesn't know how to dissuade him!" The Supreme Emperor beat the imperial case anxiously.

Not to mention the Emperor's worries, even Dai Quan is very worried.

After a moment of silence, I suddenly said, "Did you find out where the news came from?"

The current emperor is afraid of the champion Hou Li Liangong and Gao Gai, and sent someone to poison the champion Hou...

The Supreme Emperor half lowered his eyes, his eyes deep, making people unable to understand.

Dai Quan felt a little nervous, "Back to the emperor, the news seemed to be known to everyone in the capital overnight. The old slave could only find out the work of Prince Zhongjing and Prince Zhongshun."

"You go and check whether the emperor has taken action against Jingya." The Supreme Emperor's eyes sank. Lao Qi is a stupid person. If Lao Ba and Lao Shi did something from it, it is hard to guarantee that Lao Qi would not do stupid things.

Jingya will not rebel, Lao Qi actually knew it in his heart. But the master is very good! Tiance Mansion has made many military achievements, and Jingya is loved by the people. It is like a thorn penetrates Lao Qi's heart deeply. The Supreme Emperor himself is also the emperor. He understands that from the emperor's perspective, the contribution of his subordinates is higher than that of him, and it is difficult to establish his own majesty. If the ministers take credit for themselves, the emperor will worry that the subordinates will rebel and threaten his status. But if Lao Qi really attacks Jingya, fearing that Jingya's achievements will be high and shocking the master is only one of the reasons.

As for Lao Ba and Lao Shi...

They are revenge.

Revenge on Concubine Gong (the Empress Dowager).

Perhaps because he is old, the Supreme Emperor does not have the energy to teach a lesson in his disobedient son as hard as before. Moreover, Concubine Gong took action first, which caused Lao Shi... It's not that Lao Ba and Lao Shi avenged revenge.

Concubine Gong was too much, and she actually dared to attack the prince of a country. Today she dared to attack the prince in the palace, and tomorrow she would dislike him, the old man, so would she dare to attack him too!

"Go to follow my words: Now the soldiers on the front line are desperate for the country, sacrifice their lives and die, fight hard, and defend their families and the country. The Empress Dowager is an example in the harem. She should enter the small Buddhist temple and recite scriptures and chant Buddha's name for 79 days to bless my soldiers' health. I will have a great life for thousands of years." There is no doubt that the Supreme Emperor took his anger. At the same time, it also shows that the Supreme Emperor, who is reluctant to punish his son, is willing to punish his son's mother.

"Yes, the emperor."

"You said, is Lao Qi really poisonous to kill Jingya?" The Supreme Emperor stared at him with a deep meaning in his eyes.

Dai Quan replied carefully again: "Go back to the emperor, Jingya is better, whether it is martial arts or military tactics, or loyalty to the emperor or patriotism, the emperor will naturally understand Jingya's loyalty."

"I know this son, I am a man of high-mindedness and suspicion. I have suppressed him for so many years and rubbed him for many years, but he still doesn't understand." The Supreme Emperor sighed slightly and looked out the window in a daze.

After a while, he seemed to have figured out something and said to himself: "Forget it! I am old and can't be a wicked person for the rest of my life."

"You go and call Lao Qi here in person!"

Dai Quan's face did not change his color.
Chapter completed!