The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

With the help of Wangcai and Fuduoduo, the poisoner was quickly found. The poisoner killed the fireman in the kitchen, then disguised himself as him and successfully sneaked into the Han Dynasty palace. Before killing the fireman, he had been secretly monitoring and observing him. He waited until he understood all of the fireman's habits before taking action.

After he sneaked into the Han Dynasty, his personality, movements, habits, etc. were no different from the previous fireman, so no one in the kitchen noticed that the fireman had changed.

After the assassin became a fireman, he did not poison him immediately, but continued to be a fireman for a period of time. Another reason why the assassin did not take action immediately was that Zhao Yao was basically not in the Han Palace during this period.

I learned that His Royal Highness the King of Han was often away from the palace, and sometimes when he came back, he could not stay for more than a few days. The assassin saw that Zhao Yao finally came back this time and did not leave immediately, so he decided to poison him.

After the assassin poisoned him, when he saw that His Highness the King of Han was intact, he knew that the poison was unsuccessful and decided to poison him again, so he did not leave the Han King's Mansion or the Marsh Mansion.

In the past few days, Wang Cai, Fu Duoduo and the others secretly followed and monitored the assassin, and found that the assassin had contacts with the shopkeeper of a rouge shop.

After Zhao Yao learned about it, he asked the stall owner of the secret guard camp to investigate the shopkeeper of Yanzhipu, and found that the shopkeeper of Yanzhipu appeared to be from Yangzhou, but was actually from Jizhou.

Jizhou is the fiefdom of King Dai, so the man behind the scenes is naturally King Dai. However, Zhao Yao didn't think so. He didn't believe it was that simple.

"The King has reason to kill you. Why don't you think it's him?" He Lianfang was playing chess with Zhao Yao. "Last year, because of the glass incident, the King was dissatisfied with you and gave you a lesson. Before that, the King sent someone again He came to you for cooperation, but you rejected him again. You repeatedly refused to give him face, and you got close to the King of Chu. He will never tolerate you again."

"The King did have a reason to kill me, but this time, don't you think things went too smoothly?" Zhao Yao played with the chess pieces in his hand, with a half-smile on his lips, "The mastermind behind the scenes is to make me think... The king sent someone to assassinate me."

Hearing what Zhao Yao said, He Lianfang found that it was going so smoothly.

"Then who do you think is the mastermind behind the scenes, King Jing or King Han?"

With a snap, Zhao Yao dropped the chess piece in his hand, raised his eyes to look at He Lianfang, and said firmly: "King Han."

"Why King Han, not King Jing?" He Lianfang asked, "King Han just cooperated with you, and he poisoned you, wouldn't it be too reckless? Besides, King Han also expected you to make money, so he poisoned you and killed you. ,what is the benefit?"

Zhao Yao said nonchalantly: "If I die, King Han will be able to take over my business."

"After you die, King Han can indeed take over some of your business, but he cannot take over the Marsh Mansion." He Lianfang did not think that King Han would poison Zhao Yao for this reason, "Zhao will not let King Han take over the Marsh Mansion." of."

Zhao Yao asked back: "Second uncle, do you think who wants my life this time, King Jing?"

He Lianfang said: "King Han."

Zhao Yao was very surprised by He Lianfang's answer, "Second uncle, didn't you just say that King Han would not kill me?"

"I think the reason you just mentioned is wrong." He Lianfang thought for a while and said, "Did the person you arranged in the northern military camp be discovered by King Han?"

Zhao Yao shook his head and said: "Probably not. The person I arranged was not a big shot in the northern military camp, and he did not hinder the King of Han." Many years ago, Zhao Yao sent people into various military camps. There are people from Zhao Yao in the northern military camp, but his people do not hold high positions in the northern military camp. On weekdays, it is difficult to get in touch with the center of power in the northern military camp. Furthermore, Zhao Yao asked him not to pry for information if it was not a big deal. Therefore, he has not sent back any news from the north over the years.

"Why is that?" He Lianfang asked with a puzzled look on her face, "You and King Han have no conflict of interest. Why does he want to do business with you while doing business with you, and at the same time, he wants to kill you?"

Zhao Yao tapped the table with his index finger and said with a thoughtful expression: "Maybe it has something to do with Fourth Brother or Eighth Brother."

"Is it related to them?" He Lianfang was surprised.

"I am not trying to seize the throne, and I am not a rival to the King of Han. However, the Fourth Brother and the Eighth Brother are involved in the fight for the throne. They are King Han's biggest rivals for the throne. I have a good relationship with the Fourth Brother, and the King of Han wants to deal with me. Maybe." Zhao Yao guessed, "Besides, I have a cooperative business with Fourth Brother, and I help Fourth Brother make money. This is also why I act on behalf of the King and others."

"King Han has been hiding very deep. He has never contacted King Chu and the others, and has never been an enemy of them. Why did he suddenly deal with them?" He Lianfang felt that Zhao Yao's guess was not correct. "At this time, King Han I won’t expose myself.”

Zhao Yao felt that He Lianfang's analysis just now made some sense. If it wasn't the reason for his guess, then what was it. "Second uncle, what do you think the reason is?"

He Lianfang stared at Zhao Yao and said, "Maybe King Han thinks you are his biggest opponent."

After hearing this, Zhao Yao pointed at himself in shock, his tone full of disbelief: "Me? You said that King Han thinks I am his biggest opponent? How can I be so virtuous and capable?"

He Lianfang looked at Zhao Yao quietly for a while and did not answer his question.

Zhao Yao smiled mockingly: "King Han really thinks highly of me."

"You successfully held the trade conference and made people in the capital start to fear you. King Han thinks you are his biggest opponent. What's wrong?" He Lianfang always thought that Zhao Yao had a big misunderstanding of his own abilities. Let’s not talk about the things he has made before, but let’s talk about this trade conference. Everyone, including him, thought it would not be successful. But as a result, the trade conference was held very well and made a lot of money. It also shocked the outside world. State people.

On the surface, this trade conference seems to be very easy to organize, but in fact it is very difficult. Not everyone can organize the trade conference very successfully. Through this trade conference, everyone realized that Zhao Yao's ability was stronger than they imagined.

"I'm far away in Marsh Mansion, what do they have to worry about."

"The success of the trade conference has allowed Zhao Zheng to praise you in front of all the civil and military officials this morning. Those in the court suspected that Zhao Zheng might transfer you back to the capital. Do you think they should be worried?" He Lianfang knew in her heart that the emperor was worried. Zhao Yao will not be transferred back to Beijing for a while.

After hearing this, Zhao Yao frowned and his expression became ugly: "Even if my father sends me back to Beijing, I will not go back."

"This is not a question of whether you want to go back or not, but what the people in the capital think. They think you are a threat, so they will naturally find ways to get rid of you, even if you haven't done anything." He Lianfang dropped a piece, and the situation on the chessboard changed. He instantly became weird, "Just because you didn't participate in the fight for the heir, and even went to the swamp mansion thousands of miles away for this, doesn't mean those people in the capital will let you go." Zhao Yao sighed with a headache: "Oh, it's really annoying. , I really don’t want to compete with them for the throne, they have been watching what I am doing.” I thought that by staying away from the capital, I would be able to stay away from the bloody storm of seizing the throne, but in the end I was still involved.

He Lianfang glanced sideways at Zhao Yao, who looked troubled, and said coldly: "No one will believe that you have no ambition for the throne."

"Fourth brother and eighth brother just believe me."

"What's the use of them believing in you? King Dai and King Han don't believe you." He Lianfang didn't talk about it anymore and continued to talk about King Han, "King Han wants to get rid of you, what are you going to do?"

Zhao Yao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Of course I will treat you the way you want."

"You want to poison King Han?"

Zhao Yao shook his index finger at He Lianfang and deliberately said, "You will know when the time comes."

After hearing what Zhao Yao said, He Lianfang did not ask any more questions.

"When you return to Beijing to get married next year, those people in Beijing will not let you go back to Lingnan easily."

Zhao Yao shrugged and said, "Let's talk about next year's affairs next year." Next year, he will never return to Beijing to get married. "Right now, I still have a lot of things to do, and I can't take into account next year's affairs for the time being."

He Lianfang knew that Zhao Yao must have known what was going on, so he didn't say anything more.

"King Han's people are in Marsh Mansion, what are you going to do?"

"Nothing to do, let them continue to do business." He welcomes anyone to come to the Marsh Mansion to do business. If King Han comes to do business, he will not turn them away. Besides, King Dai and King Jing will also send people to do business. He will not cooperate with them in business, but he will not prevent them from doing business in Marsh Mansion. Furthermore, since they came to Swamp Mansion to do business, he could also monitor their every move.

A few days ago, many people came to the capital, and these people came to see Zhao Yao. Overtly and covertly, they wanted to cooperate with Zhao Yao. Zhao Yao refused to cooperate with them, but allowed them to come to Marsh Mansion to do business. However, when doing business in Marsh Mansion, you must abide by his rules. Don't blame him for being heartless if you don't follow his rules.

Although the people in the capital were dissatisfied with Zhao Yao for not cooperating with them, when they saw that Zhao Yao allowed them to come to the Marsh Mansion to do business, they stopped coercing and offering inducements.

"It's too risky for you to let King Han and King Dai come to Marsh Mansion to do business." He Lianfang disapproved of Zhao Yao's move.

"Second uncle, the most dangerous place is the safest place." Zhao Yao said with a deep look on his face, "It is better to let them do small things under my nose than to do something with their back to me." As for his The secret, those people can't find out. He'll give them what they want to see.

"Be careful." He Lianfang sighed in her heart, Xiao Shi is worthy of being Zhao Zheng's son.

"No, everything is under my control." He will not let those in the capital ruin his affairs.

After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he dropped the ball with a happy smile on his face: "Second uncle, you lost."

He Lianfang glanced at the chess game, and then said calmly: "You win." Now, He Lianfang is playing chess with Zhao Yao, and it is very difficult to beat Zhao Yao. In the art of chess, Zhao Yao is already better than his master.

Zhao Yao stood up and stretched, "Second uncle, I'm going back." He still had things to do. "Tomorrow, I will leave the palace for a while. Second uncle, please stay at home and take care of yourself."

"What are you going to do again?"

"Busy harvest." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "The early rice harvest will start tomorrow, I have to go and take a look."

"If this year's early rice is not growing well, why are you going to see it?"

"Let's see how much early rice we can harvest this year."

He Lianfang knew that Zhao Yao was very concerned about food. During the spring plowing at the beginning of this year, he personally went to the fields to do the spring plowing. In order to harvest, he also made a windmill before the trade conference.

"This year's early rice harvest should be larger than in previous years."

"There must be more, but it's not clear how much." Zhao Yao naturally hopes that the harvest will be as large as possible. "If this year's early rice harvest doubles that of last year, then the people of Marsh Mansion will be able to have enough to eat." He came to Marsh Mansion has done so many things with the purpose of letting the people live a good life. "If the harvest is doubled, then what I did in the fields before can be replicated in other state capitals."

"Go ahead."

"Second uncle, I'm leaving." After leaving He Lianfang's study, Zhao Yao returned to his own study. As soon as he approached, Xiao Jin and General Tiger rushed towards him.

These two like to go out hunting and have not been back for several days. I can come back today. It seems that I have eaten enough outside.

Xiao Jin and General Tiger showed off their "accomplishments" to Zhao Yao these days. Zhao Yao listened carefully and praised their abilities from time to time.

After listening to what Xiaojin and the others said, Zhao Yao suddenly realized that there was something wrong with what they just said.

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