The struggle of the reborn prince

Zhao Tun had a 'hate and love' towards Lu Xiaoyao and he killed them, but it was a pity for their abilities, if he didn't kill them, he was afraid of raising tigers.He understood that although he had used 'advanced weapons' to frighten them back then, these guys were so bold that they would do anything for money. Old friend, if Huang Jingchen is not told, once he finds out, there will be a rift between the two of them, which is not beautiful, so Zhao Tuo decided to clarify the matter, and Huang Jingchen should decide whether to kill or keep.

"Uncle Huang, you said that since the matter was kept secret, whoever leaked the news and mobilized people in the world and officials to join forces to hunt them down and uproot them, could it be Cai Xiang who wanted to kill them?" Zhao Tun asked again.

"It can't be him. Yemen is a sect in the Jianghu. People in the central and local governments have a lot of connections with them. They spend money to use them to do some shady things, so Cai Jing uses them just to cover people's eyes and ears. However, Yemen's reputation has always been very good, and assassins who failed in their operations would often end on their own, and never leaked information about their employer." Huang Jingchen quickly made a judgment, "The problem with Yemen being chased and suppressed this time should be the on themselves!"

"Uncle Huang, how do you say this? Is it internal strife?" Zhao Tun was a little confused, and what Huang Jingchen said revealed his judgment.

"It should be a combination of both. Someone inside and outside teamed up to plot against them!" Huang Jingchen looked at Zhao Tun, who still didn't quite understand, and then said, "My lord, think about what the Imperial City Secretary is. It's the emperor's eyes and ears. Cai Jing can't and won't Dare to get involved, but now the people from the Imperial City Division are involved. And there are only a handful of people who can make the Imperial City Division move, can the prince think who it is?"

"Couldn't it be Yang Jian? If they can attack in the palace, someone needs to be an insider to inform, cover and cooperate with their actions, and he is the only one who can do these two things!" Zhao Tang said while thinking.

"Hehe, the lord's guess is correct, it is Yang Jian, the servant in charge of the medicine storehouse and the tea delivery in the palace died for no apparent reason, but no one tracked him down. He is the only one who can handle such a big incident. And I heard that Yang Jian got very close to your distant uncle Zheng Juzhong recently..."

"Why is there still something about him here?" Zhao Tang felt that his brain was a bit short of fuel and he couldn't keep up. Pulled in.

"Here we have to talk about Cai Jing's return to prime minister. After he was relegated to Hangzhou, he wanted to make a comeback, but the emperor listened to his mother's words the most. Cai Jing entrusted Zheng Juzhong to mediate, allowing him to know the position of the Privy Council. After Cai Jing returned to the prime minister, It is true that he recommended him to the emperor, but at this time, he was stopped by the empress because he was a foreign relative, and this position fell into the hands of Zhang Kangguo. Come to Yang Jian!"

"Could it be that Yang Jian wanted to kill Zhang Kangguo and leave the seat to Zheng Juzhong?" Zhao Tuo only knew that Cai Jing's mother had contributed to Fuxiang, but he didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns.

"I don't know how he planned this and how he discussed it with Cai Jing, but I think Yang Jian no matter how courageous he is, he would not dare to blatantly interfere in state affairs, but it is a fact that the emperor is increasingly relying on Cai Jing. I guess Yang Jian pursued and suppressed Yemen because he saw that Lu Xiaoyao was actually used by Cai Jing, and he was suspicious. First, he was afraid that he would use Yemen to threaten him, and second, he was worried that the matter would not be kept secret, so he simply wiped them all out. The easiest way to uproot the sect is to find an insider...!"

There is no need for Huang Jingchen to explain the rest, Zhao Tun also figured it out, Yang Jian had already secretly bought the people in the Yemen, and found out their whereabouts. The secrets were revealed, causing the people in the world they had offended to hunt down and kill them, and the officials took advantage of the opportunity to encircle and suppress Yemen's sub-rudders, killing those who could be used and those who could not be used, and brought the largest killer organization in the world into their own hands. under the door.

"This old man is really an old man in the officialdom, an old schemer, who sees these things so clearly. If he didn't understand the general direction of the incident, he really couldn't coax this old guy!" People, I saved a lot of worry and let myself understand that the situation in the court is so complicated, "Uncle Huang, how do we deal with these two people according to your opinion?"

"Look at it and say, since they have nowhere to go and bow down to us for the time being, if they are willing to serve us, the prince will be able to get a help. If there is any dissent, killing them will only take a little effort. If the prince can trust me, please leave it to me." , I will let Shunzi watch them secretly!" Huang Jingchen replied after a moment of pondering.

"Uncle Huang, don't you want to avenge Zhang Zhi's Privy Council?" Zhao Tong asked.

"Hehe, the lord is worried that I will avenge myself!" Huang Jingchen said with a smile, "Zhang Kangguo and I do have some friendship, but they mostly used each other. Now that he is gone, I also rushed back to Beijing to burn incense for him, which is considered to be repaid. , besides killing someone with a knife, you can’t just blame it on the knife!”

"I judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, Uncle Huang, don't blame me!" Zhao Tun's thoughts were revealed by Huang Jingchen, and he poured a cup of tea for Huang Jingchen with embarrassment and said.

"Isn't the prince a villain?" Huang Jingchen said after taking a sip of tea, Zhao Tun was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly thought that he was just eight years old, so of course he is a "villain" out and out. He looked at Huang Jingchen who couldn't stop laughing, Huang Jingchen also looked at the embarrassed prince, and the two conspirators, one big and one small, couldn't help laughing at each other!

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The mansion is heavily guarded and ready to fight, but the villagers who are building canals outside the mansion don't know it. They just see that there are more idlers wandering around in the village and outside the village. The men are still busy on the construction site. At most, they tell their wives and children to close the door , Be careful not to let thieves steal your hard-earned money.

There were only two heavy snowfalls this winter. After spring, the weather is getting warmer and there is not much rain. Seeing that a spring drought has formed, the wheat in the field is just at the time of jointing and needs to be watered. To put it bluntly, it took two days to put some water from the reservoir to irrigate the fields.

Zheng Fu and the others discussed it, and felt that it was related to the hard work of the tenants for more than half a year, and the two-day stoppage of work would not delay the construction period. After reading it again, it was a good intention, but unexpectedly, it caused a disaster.

The excavation of the canal has been basically completed, and it is being reinforced and leveled. After the water delivery is completed, work will resume. However, no one expected that after soaking in water, a section of the canal with soft soil suddenly collapsed, and all the six strong men who were repairing the canal inside were buried in the ground. Even though they tried their best to rescue them, they still caused two deaths and three injuries.

"Zheng Fu, you kneel down!" After listening to the report, Zhao Tun in the meeting hall turned around twice anxiously in the hall with a livid face, and suddenly turned around and shouted sharply at Zheng Fu, the chief steward standing on one side. The stewards were all taken aback, they didn't expect that the prince who was always kind to his servants would suddenly get angry.

"Second Lord..." Zheng Fu couldn't help but tremble in his heart when he heard this. Others didn't know, but he knew the details of the prince, so he knelt down on his knees with a low cry.

"Zheng Fu, let me ask you, do you know about water canals?" Zhao Tong asked, pointing at him.

"Second Lord, I know that I ordered the watering of the fields!" Zheng Fu replied honestly.

"Okay, since you gave the order, then after the water transfer, you can send someone to check the soil quality changes in the canal!" Zhao Tang asked again.

"Second Master, I... I didn't, I was negligent!" Zheng Fu replied with his head down.

"Hehe, you were negligent, and you said it lightly. You killed two people with one sentence, and the two men lost their lives in the blink of an eye. There are a few more children without fathers in the world, and two more broken families. You are guilty!" Zhao Tong said with a sneer.

"The villain is guilty!" Zheng Fu said with a kowtow.

"Okay, you still have to take responsibility. Since I have entrusted you with the work of building dams and canals, you have to take responsibility if something goes wrong. Otherwise, I will not be able to explain to the dead and their families. Now I am relieved of the responsibility." You are a big steward, you will be fined for one year, and you will be responsible for twenty boards, are you convinced?"

"Second Master did the right thing, the villain dare not complain at all, I just ask Second Master not to expel the villain from the house!" Zheng Fu threw himself on the ground and said with red eyes.

"Let's go and stay for further discussion!" Zhao Tang waved his hand, and two guards came up and dragged him out, "Who is in charge of the section of the canal where the landslide occurred?" He asked again.

"Second Lord, it's...it's the young one!" A small steward walked out from the crowd, and before Zhao Tun could speak, he knelt down tremblingly.

"Have you noticed any changes in the soil quality, signs of landslides?"

"Second master, the younger one saw it, but the strong men wanted to dig more and earn more money. The younger one thought that this way, the repair could be done faster, so as not to delay the construction period and delay the second master's major event, so I didn't let them Stop working!" The little steward replied.

"Hmph, you sounded good. I think you are just disregarding human life. You want to hurry up to please me. You are the most deserving person who cheats..." Zhao Tong said with a cold snort.

"Second Lord, please forgive me, the little one is also for the sake of the house..." The little steward was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground and let out a cry of grief. He knew that the prince wanted to kill him, but it was just like crushing an ant to death. simple.

"Get out, drag him down and lock him up with [-] boards first, and deal with them together when he comes down!" Zhao Tang said with some disgust, and he looked at the rest of the stewards, his eyes swept over, and everyone bowed their heads, "Zheng Lu, you first Acting as the chief steward, responsible for the affairs on the construction site, other people should take it as a warning, let you stay on the construction site, not just supervise the work of the strong men, be careful of your head if this kind of thing happens again!"

"Yes!" Everyone replied in unison, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. They were all afraid that the prince would pursue their own responsibilities again.

"Zheng Lu, pass on the word. This time, the wounded young man's salary will be doubled during the recuperation period. The medical expenses will be paid by the government. In addition, they will be exempted from this year's rent; the dead will be given a pension of [-] yuan, and they will be burned and buried. All the expenses should be borne by the mansion, and each family will give another [-] mu of land for their family's future living expenses!" Zhao Tong said.

"Yes, I'll do it right away!" Zheng Lu agreed, and immediately arranged for people to do it.

Seeing that everyone had left, Zhao Tang sat down weakly, "Second Master, these are all accidents, don't blame yourself too much!" Jian Xi said as he poured him a cup of tea.

"Jianxi, go and find me a plain suit. I'd better go with them to the homes of the casualties. Generally speaking, it's all my fault that I didn't arrange it well, otherwise this kind of thing wouldn't have happened!" Zhao Tong said with a sigh .