The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 533 King Han was so angry that he vomited blood
In order to prevent these Huns from committing suicide, Tongxi and others removed the poison from their mouths. In order to prevent them from committing suicide in other ways, Zhao Yao deliberately poisoned them to make their limbs weak. However, they are a group of well-trained dead soldiers, and it is difficult to get useful information from them.

Even if they were locked in a dark room where there would never be any daylight, they would not speak.

"Your Highness, no matter how we interrogate them, none of them speaks. What should we do?" They even used severe torture, but the group of dead Huns still didn't speak. They also threw the group of dead soldiers into the sea, but the group of dead soldiers still did not speak. They are obviously not mute, but they act like mutes and do not speak a word.

"In this way, you cover their eyes, then make a cut on their arm or thigh, and bleed them little by little. Wait until the blood in the wound clots, and then cut again to ensure that their blood continues to flow. "Zhao Yao emphasized, "Separate them and choose a particularly quiet place so that they can hear the sound of their own bleeding."

Tongxi just imagined it for a moment and felt that this method was very scary.

"Yes, Your Highness." How could His Highness come up with such a creepy idea.

Of course Zhao Yao knew it from Zhao Yao in his dream. How could he, a pure and kind person, come up with such a terrible method?

Tongxi arranged to do it. At first, the dead Huns were not afraid, but gradually they heard the sound of their own bleeding, felt their bodies becoming colder little by little, and fear slowly spread in their hearts.

Darkness, coldness, fear, and despair are eroding their sanity bit by bit.

Although they have been trained to be ruthless dead warriors, they are not really dead. As long as you are alive, you will have the emotion of fear.

It didn't take long before some dead soldiers couldn't bear it anymore and started shouting like crazy.

If one dead soldier cannot bear it, there will be a second one. Soon, most of the dead soldiers spoke.

They would rather have their heads chopped off with a knife than endure the despair and fear they just experienced.

When Zhao Yao interrogated them in Xiongnu language, they were very surprised. They did not expect that a prince of Zhou Dynasty could actually understand their language.

They didn't hide anything and told Zhao Yao everything they knew.

After interrogating these dead soldiers, Zhao Yao got very little useful information.

These dead soldiers were not the confidants of King Han and the third princess. Their daily task is to kill people, and they have no access to confidential matters. The most important thing is that they have never met King Han and the third princess. Their leader is not King Han or the others.

"I didn't expect these dead soldiers to know anything." Tong Xi felt that they spent so much time interrogating them, but in the end they didn't get any useful information. It was really annoying.

Zhao Yao shook his finger and said, "I still got some useful news."

Lu Guang, Tong Xi, and Liang Chun looked at Zhao Yao with confusion and curiosity, "What useful news?"

"There are people from the Central Plains among these dead soldiers, but they can't speak the Central Plains dialect. Don't you find it strange?"

Tongxi said: "It's quite strange, but didn't they say that they have been with the Huns since they were young, and they have been training to kill people since they were young. Then it is not strange that they can't speak the Central Plains dialect."

"They can train the Central Plains people to be their dead soldiers, can they also train the Central Plains people to be their craftsmen?" It is normal for the two countries to have each other's craftsmen. If the third princess of the Huns can collude with the King of Han, they can also collude with others. It is very likely that among these other people there are their detailed works.

Zhao Yao remembered that Concubine Shu had drugged Concubine Rong some time ago, which made Concubine Rong seriously ill, and then the king was recalled to Beijing.

These children abducted by the Huns were originally from the Zhou Dynasty, but after being trained by the Huns, they were not only loyal to the Huns, but also hated the Zhou Dynasty.

Lu Guang looked stern and said: "Your Highness, you mean that there are Xiongnu masterpieces in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and these masterpieces are the Central Plains people who were captured by the Xiongnu?"

Zhao Yao nodded slightly: "Yes." He now suspected that King Han did not collude with the third princess after becoming a queen in Youzhou as an adult, but that he had contact with the third princess earlier. It is even possible that King Han got in touch with the third princess through his relationship with Shu.

It is very likely that Shubin and the third princess have been in contact for a long time. But how did they meet? Did she know Shubin before the third princess was taken captive by the Huns?
Impossible. Shubin is the daughter of the Wang family. She grew up in the capital and has never left the capital. How could she get to know the third princess?
The third princess is not from the capital, but from the north. She was snatched away by the Huns and then presented to the Shanyu.

How are these two women connected?

Concubine Shu has contacts with the third princess of the Huns. Do the Wang family know about it? Also, isn’t the relationship between Concubine Shu and Concubine De bad? Why would she be willing to help Concubine De and help the King of Han to establish a relationship with the third princess?

At the beginning, King Han seemed to have chosen Youzhou as his fiefdom for a purpose, just to get in touch with the third princess.

Back then, the Marquis of Jingyang colluded with the Xiongnu, and everyone in the family was executed. How could the King of Han and Shu Concubine turn a blind eye? They actually dared to collude with the third princess of the Huns. They were very confident that no one would find out, but they were confident that they would succeed?

"Why do you think they colluded with the Xiongnu, a foreign race?" Zhao Yao was not asking Tongxi and the others, "Don't they know that colluding with the Huns is to destroy the nine tribes? They don't know that the Huns are tyrannical, cruel, and ruthless. Don’t they know that the Huns have been eyeing the Great Zhou? Aren’t they afraid of attracting wolves?”

Zhao Yao could understand the mood of King Han and others in wanting to seize the heir, and he could also understand that they would use any means at all in the process of seizing the heir, but he could not understand why they would collude with outsiders.

In order to sit on the throne, he colluded with the Huns and allowed the Huns' cavalry to enter the Zhou Dynasty. Or maybe they didn't take the Huns seriously from beginning to end. Do you think that after using the Huns, you can easily deal with them?

Zhao Yao didn't know whether to call them confident or stupid.

Tongxi replied: "Your Highness, they will do anything to fight for the throne."

"The death of Jingyanghou's family is not enough to scare them." Zhao Yao said with a cold face, "It seems that the Huns' cavalry are invincible in their eyes."

Lu Guang sneered coldly and said: "The Huns' cavalry are nothing. A pack of explosives can blow them up until their bones are gone."

Liang Chun sneered: "These aristocratic families are really ambitious. For their own benefit, they can even collude with foreigners."

Zhao Yao sighed: "No wonder my father wanted to eradicate these aristocratic families." For their own interests, these aristocratic families completely ignored the interests of the country. In their hearts, the interests of the family are more important than anything else, without righteousness and the common people. As long as their family is doing well, nothing else matters.

"They are all selfish people, and they deserve to be eradicated by the emperor." Tongxi said angrily, "Your Highness, you must tell the emperor about this matter."

Lu Guangdao: "We have no evidence."

"These Xiongnu dead soldiers cannot prove that King Han and the third princess colluded." Liang Chun said with regret. However, he quickly remembered another thing, and his face showed joy, "These dead Huns can't prove that the collusion between King Han and the third princess has nothing to do. We also have people who were captured in Annan and Johor countries before. They can prove that King Han and the third princess colluded." The king and the three princesses are working together. "Otherwise, the King of Han would not have sent these Xiongnu warriors to assassinate His Highness.

"The evidence is not too strong." The evidence collected from countries such as Annan and Johor does not directly point to collusion between King Han and the third princess. If King Han returns to Beijing and insists that he has not colluded with the third princess of the Huns, Zhao Yao and the emperor will not be able to do anything to him. Unfortunately, King Han was too frightened to return to the capital, and instead confirmed that he had contact with the third princess. "But, it's not important. King Han himself is convinced." I wanted to get direct evidence from these dead Xiongnu soldiers that King Han and the third princess were colluding with each other, but I didn't expect that these dead soldiers knew nothing.

Zhao Yao had already asked the secret guards to deliver the indirect evidence previously collected from Siam and Johor to the emperor. As for the emperor's reaction after seeing it, Zhao Yao didn't care.

"Your Highness, will the King of Han still send dead soldiers to assassinate you?" The Huns dead soldiers sent by the King of Han not only failed to assassinate Your Highness, but also suffered eight thousand casualties. At this time, King Han should be able to understand that the Xiongnu dead soldiers are useless at sea, and he will not send any more Xiongnu dead soldiers.

"We will not send dead soldiers from the Xiongnu, but we will send dead soldiers from the Xun family." So far, the Xun family has not taken action.

"Ah, the dead soldiers of the Xun family are definitely not afraid of water." Tong Xi said with a bitter face, "Your Highness, won't we have a peaceful life in the future?" The assassination came every night, making him unable to sleep well. He hadn't slept for several nights. This group of assassins didn't sleep at night, which made them unable to sleep at night. It will be quite a while before we get to the capital, shouldn't he be able to sleep well during these days?
"I won't have a good life before I return to the capital." Zhao Yao stood up, stretched and said, "When I return to the capital, I won't have a peaceful life."

After hearing this, Tong Xi's face turned into a look of resentment.

"Your Highness, how about we go back to Marsh Mansion?"

"You think I don't want to go back." Zhao Yao glared and said happily, "I'm afraid that as soon as I go back, my father will send people to arrest me and take me to the capital."

Tongxi said bitterly: "Your Highness, I just want to have a peaceful sleep at night."

"Go back to the capital and sleep again."

"Didn't you say that you won't be able to live well even if you return to the capital?"

"It's better than now." Zhao Yao patted Tongxi's shoulder and comforted him gently, "Just bear with it a little longer."

Tongxi: "..."

Lu Guang suddenly asked: "Your Highness, why didn't the Emperor send someone to protect you?" It's impossible that the Emperor didn't know that His Highness would be in danger when he returned to Beijing.

"I am an unpopular prince, why does my father care about my life or death?"

Tongxi: "..." Your Highness, don't you feel guilty when you say this?
Lu Guangxin thought it was true, with an angry look on his face: "Your Highness, you are the emperor's biological son. How can the emperor not care about your safety? This is too much."

Tong Xi looked at Lu Guang in disbelief: What is he talking about? Doesn't he know that the emperor's favorite son is His Highness?
"Oh, that's how it is when you're not favored. Just get used to it." Zhao Yao raised his hand and patted Lu Guang's back. "Don't be angry with me. I can live well without relying on my father to send people to protect me. Besides, I Isn’t there a sharpshooter like you beside me?”

Lu Guang felt very sorry for Zhao Yao's experience and said seriously: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will protect you and keep you safe."

"Okay, then my safety will be left to you."

Lu Guang answered very loudly: "Yes, Your Highness."

Tong Xi and Liang Chun looked at Lu Guang who was fooled by Zhao Yao, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Within two days, King Han, who was far away in Youzhou, learned that the Xiongnu warriors he sent failed to assassinate Zhao Yao because they were seasick. He was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted on the spot.