Chapter 1327
"It's getting late, I guess Zhong Xingxiao will be back soon, Uncle Feng, you should rest earlier..." Xiao Rongyan still has to wait here for Zhong Xingxiao to bring back to see what useful news Lu Jin has got, and also Let Zhong Xingxiao know that he went to the palace and came back after a boring trip.
As soon as Xiao Rongyan finished speaking, Yue Shi hurried in, panting heavily: "Master, something has happened, the people in our mission... assassinated Liu Rushi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and now he has been killed by people from the Liu Mansion." Grab it! Lord Liu Rushi's injury should be serious, the Liu family has sent someone to invite the imperial physician with a name card!"
Xiao Rongyan's palms tightened when he heard this, and his eyes suddenly darkened: "Whose person?"
"Yes... Uncle Guo brought them here!" Yueshi said through gnashing of teeth, this uncle Guo would always cause trouble for his master, and he would never live in peace.
Xiao Rongyan sat firmly on the chair, and said slowly: "Uncle Feng, send Pingyi to visit Mr. Liu on behalf of the king, and... tell the people in the Liu residence that even if the Yan people are in the territory of the Great Zhou If anyone commits a crime, it should be handed over to Da Zhou, and our country of Yan will never defend our weaknesses, nor will we have any complaints!"
I hope Liu Rushi is fine, otherwise... this person who went to Zhong Xingxiao to assassinate the Minister of Rites, who is in charge of gambling affairs, simply doesn't want peace talks, and wants to fight directly!
"Also, Yue Shi, go and investigate the origin of this guard, and find out why he attacked Master Liu!" Xiao Rongyan knocked on the table with his hand, his eyes were cold and serious, "Zhong Xingxiao is back, tell him to get out of here Come see me!"
If Zhong Xingxiao was not the elder brother of his sister-in-law, according to Xiao Rongyan's style, the grass on the grave of Zhong Xingxiao and his son would have been more than three feet high.
When Xiao Rongyan's cold and solemn voice came, Zhong Xingxiao, who had already got the news, was about to enter the door. Hearing the regent's cold and ice-like voice, he quickly picked up the hem of his shirt and ran into the regent's house with a look of sincerity and fear. I thought I ran too fast and panicked, and almost tripped over the threshold, but thanks to Feng Yao, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, he helped me.
Feng Yao still had the same smiling face: "Uncle Lao Guo must be careful!"
Zhong Xingxiao was one head and two older, thinking that he had to be careful, so he immediately lifted up the hem of his shirt and kowtowed in front of Xiao Rongyan to plead guilty: "Regent, forgive me! I don't know what's going on, Wei This minister was the first to agree with His Majesty's policy of betting on the country. Before coming here, the Queen Mother and Your Majesty have entrusted him earnestly, even if I die, I would not dare to do something that would allow someone to assassinate an important minister of the Zhou Dynasty!"
Zhong Xingxiao is a person who is very knowledgeable about current affairs. He understands that he is now in Da Zhou with the Prince Regent, and he is the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Yan, who had harmed the younger brother of Emperor Da Zhou. If the Prince Regent wants to get rid of him, his son will The guards in the palace made a fuss about assassinating important court officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the regent handed him over to the Great Zhou, how could he survive?
Xiao Rongyan looked at Zhong Xingxiao's appearance, without saying a word, he raised the hem of his straight skirt, crossed his legs, and looked at Zhong Xingxiao who was kneeling at his feet: "According to the logic, the guards Mr. Zhong brought this time should be all It’s a confidant! Master Zhou’s confidants are going to assassinate the important officials of the Great Zhou court, how can you know that it’s not Master Zhong, you are doing the same thing to the face, but you are doing the same thing behind the scenes, deliberately opposing His Majesty, and you are doing the same thing?"
"The king regent, I am wronged!" Zhong Xingxiao kowtowed heavily, "I know that I am the elder brother of the empress dowager, and I have been trembling all the way since I came to Dazhou, for fear that my mistakes will cause the emperor of Dazhou to be unhappy, and I am afraid that I will have to confess my life." Here, after all, our country of Yan is now in decline, begging for the Great Zhou, if the Emperor of Great Zhou really opens his mouth, I will have to die for the sake of the country of Yan, but I am also human... and I am afraid of death, why bother to seek death, Ask the regent to enlighten me!"
"Do you know the details of the person who assassinated Liu Rushi?" Xiao Rongyan raised the teacup in hand and asked, as if he was not in a hurry.
With Xiao Rongyan's attitude, Zhong Xingxiao became more and more anxious, fearing that Xiao Rongyan would follow suit and hand him over, he hurriedly turned his head and signaled the old slave next to him to send the detailed source of the guard to Xiao Rongyan.
Yue Shi took the bamboo slips and handed them to Xiao Rongyan, and then Xiao Rongyan slowly unfolded the bamboo slips and looked down carefully, his eyes were not idle, and Xiao Rongyan's mouth was not idle either: "Master Zhong is really agile, it just came out here." Well, even I, the Prince Regent, only got the news, so Mr. Zhong brought all the documents of this person's life experience."
Zhong Xingxiao kowtowed again in panic: "Going back to the Ninth Prince, the people I brought this time were selected from thousands of people. I was afraid that something would go wrong before I came, so I brought the deeds and documents of origin."
"Is it because I am afraid that something will go wrong, or it is convenient for you to send and protect you..." Xiao Rongyan never took his eyes off the bamboo slip in his hand, and said, "Lord Zhong, don't play tricks in front of this king."
Zhong Xingxiao was only focused on calling out his grievances and kowtowed, but no one else dared to say anything.
Xiao Rongyan read the bamboo slips and threw them in front of Zhong Xingxiao, which made Zhong Xingxiao tremble with fright.
"Master Zhong has always been smart and cunning, why does Master Zhong believe in such a full of loopholes in his background, and even bring him to Dazhou to make trouble!" Xiao Rongyan said harshly.
"I beg the regent to forgive me, and show me a clear path! The death of my minister is minor, and it has delayed His Majesty's strategy of gambling on the country. Even with ten thousand heads, Zhong Xingxiao can't bear it!" Zhong Xingxiao explained his posture Putting it down extremely low, after finishing speaking, Xiao Rongyan was hoping that the gambling on the country would not be accomplished, so he kowtowed to Xiao Rongyan again, pretending to be extremely distressed, and said worriedly, "Besides, the queen mother has been weak since she was a child. Since the first emperor left, the queen mother often The grief is too much, it doesn't matter if the minister dies, I'm afraid the queen mother will find out! If the queen mother's phoenix body is ill because of the death of the humble minister, the minister will really die forever!"
Before coming to Dazhou, Zhong Xingxiao knew that his life was tied to the regent.
He originally begged the queen mother to try not to let him come to Dazhou, but he, the queen mother's sister, didn't want to chill the regent's heart, so someone sent a message to him, saying that the regent would not Let him have an accident in Dazhou.
Seeing that his sister could not be counted on, he just selected a dozen experts to guard him. Who would have thought that this damn guard came to Da Zhou and even assassinated an important official of Da Zhou's court? Who can Zhong Xingxiao find reasoning with?
"Is there a way to survive..." Xiao Rongyan looked at Zhong Xingxiao with a half-smile, "It's also simple, the emperor of Zhou must have got the news of such a big incident, now you take this document to go to see you in person just now Master Lu, show your sincerity and cooperate with Da Zhou in the investigation of this case without any conditions, just say...you have no complaints when you are sent to prison, be more frank!"