I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 276 How could muddying up the water under my boat be a small matter?
While waiting for Wei Kang, Liu Ju opened the white silk and checked its contents.

After watching it from beginning to end so quickly, his expression changed involuntarily, and he gained some new understanding of these people's methods.

This confession actually does not involve the real person behind the scenes.

Beitang Zhaohui was indeed approached more than three months ago, and the contact had always been through the direct line of communication between Houjing County Magistrate Jia Xun and Beitang Cheng, the head of the Beitang family.

Although the Beitang family was considered a prominent family in Houjing County, they still needed the help of the county magistrate Jia Xun on some matters, so they naturally did not dare to offend him easily.

After Jia Xun analyzed the pros and cons and learned that if this matter was accomplished, Beitang Zhaohui would not only have a great chance of becoming the Crown Princess, but might even become the Empress who rules the country in the future, and the Beitang family would become the most powerful foreign relatives in the Han Dynasty, Beitang Cheng was immediately tempted.

So the plan was quickly put into action.

While they were conducting emergency training for Beitang Zhaohui, they were also establishing Beitang Zhaohui's character according to Jason's plan.

First, he warned all the members of the Beitang clan and the wet nurse, maids and servants who had accompanied Beitang Zhaohui since childhood, and ordered them not to mention anything related to Beitang Zhaohui's childhood. If they told anyone about it, they could only say that Beitang Zhaohui had suffered from a hidden illness since childhood.

Then he asked Beitang Zhaohui to pretend to be sick and invited doctors from Houjing County one by one to treat Beitang Zhaohui.

However, when these doctors were treating her, they deliberately covered Beitang Zhaohui's hands, and even the doctors were not allowed to check their pulse. When a doctor asked curiously about it, they said that Beitang Zhaohui had suffered from a hidden disease in her hands since childhood. They also gave them an extra sum of money and asked the doctors to help keep the secret.

At the same time, they also made a pair of gloves for Beitang Zhaohui to cover her hands. The gloves were deliberately made of purple cloth, which was quite rare and expensive in that era. She wore these gloves in any public occasion.

Several months of "secret" work went on like this.

More than half of the people in Houjing County already knew this "secret". People talked about it privately, and they all felt sorry for Beitang Zhaohui, a young and beautiful girl, who had suffered from hidden diseases in her hands "since childhood".

Now, no matter who inquires about this matter, they will only hear this kind of news. This incident has almost become the common memory of everyone in Houjing County, and it has lasted for more than ten years...

"Isn't this the same tactic as 'the family goes to listen to the sutra on the second day, stays in a hotel at night, goes to a restaurant on the third day, and then watches a movie'?"

Liu Ju had seen this sophisticated brainwashing method before, but it was in a movie commentary program in later years.

In that movie commentary program, the protagonist repeatedly used this sentence to tamper with the memories of many people and created a perfect alibi and witness for a murder case.

Jason and Beitang Cheng also used those doctors and the gloves to subtly tamper with people's memories through constant suggestion and reinforcement, making Beitang Zhaohui's temporarily designed character of "suffering from hidden diseases in both hands since childhood" a consensus in the entire Houjing County.

If Liu Ju was not a time traveler, he would not have completely disbelieved Guo Xuanzi's words from the very beginning.

Then even if he had a little doubt about this so-called "lucky star" in his heart, and ordered Wei Kang to go out and investigate after arriving in Houjing County, he would probably only get the result that Beitang Zhaohui indeed "had hidden diseases in her hands since childhood", and then regard prying open Beitang Zhaohui's hands as a miracle of destiny.

At this moment, Liu Ju finally understood why Liu Che was deceived in history.

He said that Liu Che was not so easily deceived, but these people's methods were too sophisticated and they had indeed made the entire plan flawless, so Liu Che had no choice but to believe it.

I have to admit that the person who came up with this plan is really not an ordinary person.

Perhaps their biggest oversight was that they met a time traveler like Liu Ju, who was born at the wrong time.

at the same time.

Liu Ju also became more and more determined to root out the person behind the scenes and eliminate the root of the problem. Even he was afraid of such a person.

Although he was not deceived this time, that was only because he was a time traveler with foresight. If it were something else, Liu Ju was not sure whether he could see through it as easily as he did now.

He knew in his heart that he was still far from being as good as his father Emperor Liu Che.

Putting aside the advantages of a time traveler, the means that could deceive Liu Che would probably only make it easier to deceive him.

Even in his cognition, the only way to surpass Liu Che, the greatest emperor of all time, in all aspects in this life is to be deposed by Liu Che, activate the "blessing of time travel", and thus become a full-level human with all five attributes fully maxed out...

When I think about these things in my heart.

"Report! Your Highness, the Young Master Wei Chang wants to see you."

Suddenly, a report from a guard came from outside the door, bringing Liu Ju back to his senses.

"Invite him in."

Liu Ju informed him.

The door was opened immediately, and Wei Kang walked in with a face full of resentment. As soon as they met, he made a complaint that was not really a complaint:
"Greetings, Your Highness. Guess what, Yi Shuo just poured half a bottle of alcohol on my wound. General Wei almost lost his most beloved eldest son forever."

"Oh, cousin, don't worry about these details."

Liu Ju invited Wei Kang to sit down and said with a smile,

"Alcohol is very beneficial for external injuries. It can prevent the wound from festering and forming sores. Although it hurts a little, I lied to you for your own good. I was worried that you would be afraid of the pain and would not accept the treatment of Doctor Yi. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, I would not know how to explain to my uncle when I go back."

Wei Kang just couldn't help but complain, it wasn't that he was blaming Liu Ju, after hearing what he said he could only give up, and was about to say something.

But Liu Ju raised his eyebrows and continued:

"Besides, although my cousin is my uncle's eldest son, it is still unclear whether he is his most beloved son. Isn't it too confident for my cousin to say that?"

"???"

Wei Kang was speechless. He wanted to say something but didn't dare to.

He only knew that it was fortunate that Liu Ju was born a prince second only to the emperor, otherwise, with his unique language ability, it would be a miracle that he could live to this day.

"Let's talk about something serious. How is my cousin's injury? Is it serious?"

Liu Ju also decided to stop while he was ahead, and turned to ask seriously.

Wei Kang nodded, unwrapped the silk cloth wrapped around his arm and showed it to Liu Ju, while he kept opening and closing his fists and said:
"It was just a minor skin injury. Doctor Yi sewed up my wound and applied some hemostatic medicine. I can move around freely now...but it was the alcohol. I would rather die than experience it again in my life."

Liu Ju took a look in the light of the oil lamp and saw that although Wei Kang's wound was sutured completely, the stitches were obviously not as neat as those of Liu Hong.

"While the wound is being sewed up, Doctor Yi...how is it going?"

Liu Ju asked again.

"Uh... what should I say?"

Wei Kang hesitated for a moment and said,

"The whole process went smoothly, but there was something wrong with Doctor Yi. Her hands were shaking so badly that she couldn't hold the needle with the forceps several times, and it was difficult to get the horsehair through the needle hole. In the end, I had to thread the needle for her."

"I thought she was nervous and was joking with her on purpose, but she remained silent, as if she couldn't hear me at all."

"Isn't Doctor Yi afraid of blood?"

"But that's not right. Didn't she even dare to dissect corpses?"

"I don't even dare to do such a thing, so why would she be afraid of such a minor injury? Besides, you have seen it before in the guest hall of the county government. Doctor Yi kills people more cleanly and neatly than Gongsun Jingsheng. He doesn't look like someone who is afraid..."

really……

Liu Ju's heart sank.

From Wei Kang's description, it is not difficult to see that Yi Shuo's situation was developing in the direction he least wanted to see. Her behavior was by no means nervous or afraid, but probably because of psychological problems caused by what happened today.

"Okay, cousin. I have ordered someone to prepare food for you. Go eat first and have a good rest for the night. If your injuries are not serious, I will trouble you to quickly establish an intelligence network similar to Chang'an in Hejian tomorrow. We are ready to do something big."

Liu Ju immediately changed the subject and continued.

Wei Kang nodded and agreed:

"These people actually dared to assassinate His Highness. They should be thoroughly investigated!"

"It's not just about the assassination. From the prefecture to the county, from the King of Hejian to the officials, from the nobles to the prominent families, I need you to investigate all the crimes committed by these people and their oppression of the people, regardless of whether they are related to the assassination."

Liu Judao.

Wei Kang looked puzzled:

"Your Highness, now doesn't seem to be the time to sort out these trivial matters, right?"

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. How can it be a small matter to stir up the water under my boat?"

Liu Ju asked back, "In my opinion, they are worse than the people who tried to assassinate me. It's their bad luck this time. They will all be charged with conspiracy and treason."

"..."

Wei Kang raised his eyes and looked at Liu Ju, and a chill quietly rose in his back.

Only at this moment did he finally understand that although this cousin of the Crown Prince looked easy-going and did not put on airs in front of anyone, he was ultimately Liu Che's son and had the same blood as Liu Che.

Hejian State, this time they really offended someone they shouldn't have offended...

Is this the case of a good father and a good son?
Thinking of this, Wei Kang suddenly felt an indescribable sense of inferiority and guilt in his heart.

Look at Liu Ju's performance today, and then look at Gongsun Jingsheng's performance today. Even Yi Shuo, a woman, had an astonishing performance today. Although Guo Zhen was mediocre, he did not hold Liu Ju back.

As for him, he was not only stretched to the limit under the siege of those assassins.

The prince had to come to his rescue personally, and in the end he became the only injured person around the prince.

"My father was right. Compared to them, I am really just a piece of trash..."

Wei Kang silently clenched his fists.

"From today on, watch how I catch up!"

……

"Somebody come!"

After Wei Kang left, Liu Ju called another attendant and instructed,
"Go and prepare some dishes quickly, and warm up two jars of good wine. Bring them in while they're still hot when Yi Shuo comes over later."

(End of this chapter)