Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 293
The secretary's room in front of the Imperial Palace.

Luo Yanyu reported to Zhao Kuangyin that a strange thing happened in the palace today.

"Fan Xianggong, the dignified prime minister, quietly followed behind Wang Hanlin like a thief. He even deliberately pretended that something had been dropped to deceive others. It's funny to think about it."

The duty of the Dianqian Division is to guard the palace and belong to the Palace Guards.

The defense of the palace is all under the responsibility of the Dianqian Division.

Fan Zhi is a literati, and he is still a dignified prime minister. He is also an upright person. When did he ever do something sneaky?

His tracking ability is really bad, the soldiers standing guard on the city tower can clearly see it, secretly laughing.

Originally, this was just a small episode of Dianqian Secretary, a day's talk.

No one would investigate the cause, nor would they dare to offend the Prime Minister of Da Zhou.

But Zhao Kuangyin specifically asked him to inform him of any weird and strange things in the palace.

Luo Yanyu didn't know if this was considered weird, so he told Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin was slightly stunned, and said, "You read it right, right?"

Fan Zhi is known as the prime minister of Qingfeng, and after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was the prime minister, and until now, his moral character is obvious to all.

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't believe it, he was sneaking around in the palace and following people.

Luo Yanlu said: "The subordinates have not seen it with their own eyes, but there are not a few people who have seen him like this, it is impossible for them all to miss it..."

Zhao Kuangyin showed some interest in his eyes.

Zhao Kuangyin knew this person Wang Zhu. After Guo Rong was established as the crown prince, he returned to Bianjing from Chanzhou and took over the Kaifeng mansion.

And he, Zhao Kuangyin, became the Ma Zhijun envoy of Kaifeng Prefecture at this time and became Guo Rong's direct subordinate.

At this time, Guo Rong had three cronies beside him, two literate and one military.

Wu is Yuan Yan, one of the two texts is Wang Pu, and the other is Wang Zhu.

Zhao Kuangyin also drank wine with Wang Zhu and had a little friendship.

Knowing that Wang Zhu was open-minded, outspoken, and knowledgeable, he was famous all over the world when he was young.

When Zhou Taizu Guo Wei heard of his name, he called his disciples and got to know Guo Rong.

Later, Guo Rong was in Chanzhou and appointed Wang Zhu as the observation envoy, second only to Wang Pu's staff.

In Zhao Kuangyin's impression, Guo Rong was very close to Wang Zhu. If Wang Zhu hadn't been addicted to alcohol, he would have been a prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Why is he still a Hanlin scholar?
There was a hint of excitement in Zhao Kuangyin's eyes, and he praised: "Good job, you can help me find out what happened between Fan Zhi and Wang Zhu."

Luo Yanxuan excitedly said: "This subordinate will do it now."

Zhao Kuangyin's heart was very hot. When he went to the palace, he was inspected and officially became the top leader of the palace department. He immediately felt that all sentient beings were under his feet.

Especially now, Luo Youdu is far away in Youzhou, and Han Tong is busy with the internal security of the Guards Division.

The military is headed by him and respected by him. It feels like Zhao Kuangyin can only say four words... a dream.

Fan Zhi's strangeness, Zhao Kuangyin felt that this was an opportunity.As long as Luo Youdu doesn't return to the division for a day, he will be No.1 in the army.

And Fan Zhi is No. 1 civil servant.

If the two can cooperate and join forces, wouldn't it be even more powerful?

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Zhao house.

Zhao Pu and Zhang Jin got together again.

Before, the two met once every few days to report on the situation.

But ever since Fu Qing'er received Fu Yu's warning that Guo Rong's condition had deteriorated, Zhao Pu asked Zhang Jin to report the information he found every day.

The more this time, Zhao Pu believes that the opponent's moves will be bigger, and the easier it will be to reveal his flaws.

The flaws appear in the details and trifles everywhere.

Looking at the list he made, Zhao Pu couldn't help but click his tongue secretly.

The Zhao family's father and son's connections were far beyond his imagination.

However, in just over ten days, Zhao Kuangyi personally visited more than sixty honorable families.

The reason for the visit is very good, return the courtesy.

Zhao Kuangyin was promoted to inspector in front of the palace, and most of the famous people in the city gave gifts.

Zhao Pu analyzed the good words and closeness of each other's relationship by the time of stay, and found that he spent too long time with 32 of them.

Among them, Wang Shenqi, Wang Yanchao, Li Jixun, Yao Yuanfu, and Zhang Lingduo stayed the longest.

These people are all well-known figures of the older generation in the military!

Zhao Pu took the information sent by Zhang Jin.

Zhang Jin said: "As usual today, I didn't notice any changes in the brothers of the Zhao family. But when we investigated Zhang Lingduo, we discovered a strange thing. Not only we are investigating Zhang Lingduo and the Zhao family, but also a group of people with us Similarly, we are also investigating the Zhao family brothers."

Zhao Pu was greatly surprised and asked, "Who? Who is investigating the Zhao family?"

Zhang Jindao: "The Han family is the Han family that guards the pro-military division."

Zhao Pu frowned and said, "Han Kuyan? Is he that rough?"

Han Tong's nickname is Han Baiyan, because he has big eyes, and when he looks at people seriously, he will stare angrily, which is very scary, so Han Tongyan is called Han Tongyan.

Zhang Jin said with a smile: "The subordinates went to investigate. Han Tonggang is a real resourceful man, but he has a son named Han Wei. Because he was weak and sick since childhood, his body was hooked for a long time, so that he was a little hunchbacked, so he was called Lu Tuoer. This man Contrary to his father, he was smart since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was famous for his wit and strategy, and he often made amazing moves, and every word was sure to hit the mark."

Zhao Pu's eyes lit up, he clapped his palms and laughed and said, "That's interesting... Instead of helping his father solve the internal problems of the Guards and Military Division, this stump came over to investigate the Zhao brothers?"

Zhang Jin said: "According to the information we have, they are different from us. When our people followed the Zhao brothers, Zhao Kuangyi and Zhao Kuangmei to Zhang Lingduo's mansion, they found a group of people monitoring Zhang Lingduo's mansion. Before It is said in the intelligence that the master said that we are short of manpower, so we don't need to make extra troubles. But just today, we also found them near Zhao's house."

A flash of understanding flashed in Zhao Pu's eyes, and he said, "That is to say, they originally monitored Zhang Lingduo, but now they are the brothers of the Zhao family!"

He glanced at Zhang Jin and asked, "Brother Zhang, do you know what this means?"

Zhang Jin looked bewildered.

Zhao Pu tapped his finger on the case table heavily, and said, "It means that the ambitions of the Zhao family brothers are greater than we imagined. It means that Li Chongjin's dismissal is most likely not because of Han Tong's stupidity, but because of his ignorance." It's someone else's way."

He got up and took two steps back and forth, and said, "How did Li Chongjin's short-term protection case get to the officials? There are only two kinds of people who know the inside story. One is the framed person, and the other is the framed person."

"Han Tong is the most clear about whether he has done this. Now that Han Tong's son is investigating Zhang Lingduo, it means that this matter was not done by Han Tong. Thinking about it, no matter how stupid a person is, he will not expose his boss, let alone This boss of mine is still protecting his people."

"Zhang Lingduo is the Marquis of Duyu, who is in charge of military discipline."

"It is impossible for Zhang Lingduo to not know the inside story of this matter..."

Zhao Pudao: "There are now two conclusions to this matter. One is that Zhang Lingduo intends to follow up and replace Han Tong, so he framed Han Tong. The other is that the Zhao family brothers overthrew Li Chongjin in order to overthrow Zhang Yongde..."

Zhang Jin heard that one head and two big.

But seeing Zhao Pu's analysis and analysis, from a trivial matter, he can analyze this completely irrelevant result, apart from admiration, I still admire it.

Zhao Pu said with a smile on his face, "This matter is getting more and more interesting. Brother Zhang, help me send a note to this Han Wei, and don't let him know who it is."

He said with his backhand, wrote a few words crookedly, and handed it to Zhang Jin.

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Han house!

Han Tong sat on the chair a little haggardly.

Li Chongjin's prestige in the Great Zhou military was too great. As an "informer", he was not only hostile to the guards and military commanders, but also his colleagues were unwilling to approach him, with prejudiced and hostile eyes.

Han Tong didn't care about the others, but the guards and military commanders must not be ruined by him.

Thinking of Guo Rong's kindness and the task Guo Rong gave him, Han Tong clenched his fists and had to carry it no matter what.

"Father……"

Han Wei came to the front, bowed and saluted.

Concerned, Han Tong stepped forward to help him sit down beside him, and said, "My son has worked hard. Seeing you so busy and tired, I feel sorry for my father."

Han smiled and said: "The baby has already recovered, and he is no different from ordinary people. Father, please don't treat the baby as a child."

He said in a deep voice: "As for who leaked the news, the boy has already found out that it is almost inseparable. It's just that there is no evidence..."

Han Tongchang sighed and said, "Tell me about it!"

Han Weidao: "Cai Shenting was timid to fight, and the envoy Li suppressed the matter. My father accidentally learned that there was a dispute, and then let Zhang Lingduo, the Marquis of Duyu who was in charge of military law, deal with it internally. Zhang Lingduo didn't want to offend you, so he put the matter on hold. The guard There are quite a few people in the pro-military division who know about this matter, but you three are the core. Apart from Li Xiangxiang and father, the first person to be investigated by the child is Duyuhou Zhang Lingduo."

"My son found out that Zhang Lingduo was invited out for a drink in Chanzhou. God bless his father. When Zhang Lingduo went out, he met Zhang Dutou. The two exchanged casual greetings, saying that it was Zhao Kuangyin who invited him to drink. The soldiers on patrol heard it. middle……"

"My boy specially went to check on the restaurant in Chanzhou. My father said it was a coincidence? The largest restaurant in the city was bought by someone the next day. I also asked about other restaurants, but I have never met Zhang Lingduo and Zhao Kuangyin... If it wasn't for the accidental meeting and greetings, The opponent left no trace at all."

"After checking here, everything will be clear. Without evidence, we have nothing to do with them. But the child thinks that no evidence is the best evidence. If they are not guilty, why should they cover up everything?"

"Zhang Lingduo is now trying to win people's hearts in the Guards and Military Division, and the child finds it strange."

"Zhang Lingduo is really ambitious. He wanted to replace his father. Why didn't he fight against his father with Minister Li at the beginning? He was really ambitious. Why did he wait until Zhao Kuangyin was inspected before entering the palace, and then came to fight against his father?"

"My boy thinks that Zhang Lingduo's current dispute is instigated by others. The non-dispute back then just shows his innocence!"

"Father, you have become a stepping stone for Zhao Kuangyin to seize power!"

(End of this chapter)