Chapter 537 People are not for themselves, heaven and earth are destroyed

Zhao Chong's words today are like the endgame on a chessboard, thrilling and strange step by step. Li Ke is also a smart person. When he heard it at the end, he couldn't help but feel surprised and puzzled.

Naturally, Li Ke asked this sentence - "Why?"

Of course, Zhao Chong knows what he meant by this question.

Because in anyone's opinion, the king of Wei is the one who wants the king of Wu to die the most. However, Zhao Chong told Li Ke that it was the king of Wei who wanted to save him.

Any person who is mentally normal will feel very depressing and incomprehensible after hearing this.

"Why? I don't know either." Zhao Chong said, "I won't explain more to my subordinates about the master's family. He ordered me to carry it out, that's all."

"Then what did he order?"

"It's a long story." Zhao Chong took a sip of tea and said slowly, "It's probably that the king of Wei learned the secret from the palace that His Majesty secretly invited you back to Beijing. Anyone can guess what is related to the establishment of a crown prince. This is naturally a great crisis for the king of Wei. Therefore, he summoned his confidant party leader to discuss countermeasures. Among them, there is a doctor Wei Ting. At that time, Wei Ting should have offered advice to the king of Wei, saying that he would get rid of you halfway, but the king of Wei... did not agree.

Li Ke frowned, thought for a little, and then nodded, "It's reasonable. Although Lao Si wants me to die, he will never die at this time. Because in this case, as long as something happens to me, he will be the most suspected. Lao Si is not stupid enough to put himself in an unfavorable situation. Because he has always been smart, he knows that his father has always hated each other most. Even if he got rid of me halfway, he couldn't be a prince. The reason is very simple. My father will never give the country to a man who kills his brother! Therefore, although the person who misses me most is Lao Si, he is the one who doesn't want me to have an accident on the road!"

"But he can make you... disappear, can't he?" Zhao Chong laughed depressingly.

Li Ke's expression changed, "What do you mean?"

"If you are the king of Wei and don't want the king of Wu to return to Beijing, but you can't kill him, what's the best way?"

"Kidnapping? "Can under house arrest?"

"That's it!" Zhao Chong smiled and said, "To be honest, Zhao still admires the king of Wei. On the surface, he is careless and kind, but in fact, he is as careful as the city. After returning to the house, Wei Ting was quite angry and kept swearing, 'The king of Wei is not the wise master, and it is difficult to become a big weapon'. I guess the reason must be that the king of Wei Yanci refused his half-way ambush plan. So Wei Ting decided to do it by himself. On that day, he ordered me to take someone to set an ambush and kill you on the only way to the gate. After a few hours, I was secretly summoned by the king of Wei and asked me about Wei Ting's movements. At that time, I guessed that there must be a difference of opinion between Wei Wang and Wei Ting. I also told King Wei about Wei Ting's plan with a try attitude. Guess what the king of Wei said?

Li Ke took a deep breath and sighed and shook his head. "I guess Lao Si will say that there is no need to stop Wei Ting. You take another yellow finch behind. When Wei Ting's people take action, you can save them. Kill all the people of Wei Ting, intercept the king of Wu and put him under house arrest.

"Yes, not completely right." Zhao Chong smiled and laughed jokingly and a little mean. He said, "Zhao has always said that people in the green forest are cruel, but he didn't expect that the royal people have darker hearts and more ruthless hands."

"What on earth did he say?!" Li Ke was a little angry and clenched his fists.

"He said..." Zhao Chong paused for a moment and still said, "If the king of Wu died in the melee, that's all right. I don't know anything if I let my people quietly withdraw. If the king of Wu can break through the siege and escape, then Zhao will intercept you in the periphery. By the way, kill Wei Ting's people again. At the same time, don't forget to leave some clues to let people trace Wei Ting's head.

"It's so cruel! ...Lao Si, you are so cruel!" Li Ke's teeth were rustling.

"Yes!" Zhao Chong sneered at the corners of his mouth, "I really saw the yin and viciousness of the king of Wei. Even Zhao is ashamed of himself. If the king of Wu dies, the account will definitely be counted on Wei Ting's head, which has nothing to do with him. Because there was more than one person present at the time of the discussion in the Wei royal palace, Wei advanced and intercepted halfway, and the king of Wei refused. As we all know, he could testify for the king of Wei. And Wei Ting is destined to become a scapegoat fool, because he did act privately behind the king of Wei. If the King of Wu does not die, the King of Wu will also disappear for a long time until the King of Wei sits firmly in the East Palace. Then, the king of Wu was rescued by the king of Wei. By that time, the king of Wei had been sitting firmly in the East Palace. In addition to being unable to return to heaven, the king of Wu also had to sell a great life-saving kindness to the king of Wei. With His Majesty the Emperor, the King of Wei can also be pleased. At the same time, the rescue of the King of Wu will also shatter all the suspicions of the outside world about the King of Wei. At that time, people will feel that the king of Wei has been silently bearing the misunderstanding of the world, and his image will become tall and glorious in an instant!"

"It's indeed a wonderful plan that kills many birds with one stone and is seamless..." Li Ke frowned with a sad and angry look, and shook his head. "To tell the truth, even I have to admire Lao Si. His mind is much better than me.

"Is such a person more suitable to be an emperor?" Zhao Chong sneered.

Li Ke shook his head sadly, "I don't know..."

"It's a pity, it's a pity..." Zhao Chong smiled and said, "Jiang, after all, it's old and spicy. With how fierce Wei Ting is and how smart the king of Wei is, he can't beat His Majesty the Emperor after all. Otherwise, I would say that kind of person is suitable to be..."

"Shut up!"

"Okay, I won't talk about it." Zhao Chong smiled and said, "For example, I have been loyal to His Majesty for some time, but I have never done an errand for him. However, people like me can only do one errand. The second time, it didn't work. After learning about the plans of Wei Ting and King Wei, I would like to inform His Majesty the Emperor immediately. Unfortunately, I can't enter the palace and see his people. So I had to make my own decision. On the one hand, I led more than 20 killers under Wei Ting to ambush the only way to Anding County, Jingzhou; on the other hand, I released the whistle pigeons and summoned more than a dozen green forest loyal people I secretly collected to Anding to stand by. Your Highness, don't underestimate these dozen people. Which of them is a first-class master. Like General Yin Yang in His Highness's mansion, the charge should be a good hand, but when it comes to fighting in the world... He can't walk for more than a round or two in Zhao's hand. But compared with those dozen people, Zhao is the gap between chickens and eagles.

Li Ke was speechless and just nodded. He doesn't know much about things in the world. But Su Lianqing once made contributions in the royal palace, and Li Ke also knew a little about the methods of people like her.

"So Your Highness is quite safe here." Zhao Chong laughed and said, "The people in this Taoist temple are all disguised as my people. Moreover, as long as there is any suspicious person within a few miles of this Taoist temple, I will get a letter immediately. In addition, this place is unknown to Wei Ting and the King of Wei.

Li Ke nodded and nodded, "You just said, you go and report the news of my death to your master. Is that reporting Wei Ting or the King of Wei?"

"All of them." Zhao Chong said.

"That is to say, now both Wei Ting and the king of Wei think I'm dead?"

"That's right!"

Li Ke shook his head helplessly, "Aren't you afraid that they will kill you?"

"Of course I'm afraid." Zhao Chong laughed and said, "Now, my two masters want me to die as clean as possible. Therefore, Zhao did not go to meet them, but reported the letter to them in a very special way. At the same time, Zhao will also hide here for a period of time until... His Highness is safe. Of course, if Your Highness is safe, Zhao will naturally be safe. Isn't it?"

"Well... you are really shrewd!" Li Ke said sincerely.

"I'm flattered." Zhao Chong said, "But unless my real master, that is, the emperor, knows the truth to save us, we can't be safe. But now, I can't come back again, and I can't tell the truth to His Majesty the Emperor. Therefore, we can only hope that the Jingzhou government will investigate the case and find Wei Ting's head, so as to let the court know.

"I hope so..." Li Ke sighed and said in his heart: Zhao Chong is indeed a shrewd old man. He also has his own interests in doing all this. He knew very clearly that Wei Ting and the king of Wei would kill him one day. The only way to get rid of this danger is to kill Wei Ting and the King of Wei. And to do this, only by relying on a more powerful master can we still be my father. Then, before telling me the truth about all this, he asked for a death-free charm from me, so that I could let him live a free life one day. Obviously, he is gambling. He is gambling that his father will win and I will win... It's really not for himself, heaven and earth will be destroyed!

"By the way, there are rumors in the market that Kansai Qin Mubai has a rebellious intention. What's going on?" Zhao Chong's words interrupted Li Ke's thinking.

"I don't know either." Li Ke shook his head, "I firmly believe that this is just a rumor! I would rather believe that the sun will set tomorrow than that Qin Mubai will rebel!"

"You don't believe it, but a lot of people are willing to believe it!" Zhao Chong laughed and said, "As we all know, the king of Wu and Qin Mubai are called tanions and tanions. Now it's such a special critical moment. The king of Wu is missing, and the rumor that Kansai Qin Mubai is going to rebel is afraid to make many people in the court more panic.

Li Ke's heart was shocked, "Yes! If the two are connected, it is inevitable that someone will spread rumors again, saying that the king of Wu used a bitter plan to escape to Lanzhou and plot a rebellion with Qin Mubai? Or did Qin Mubai rise up to avenge the King of Wu because he heard the news of the death of King Wu?

"It seems that the latter is more likely!" Zhao Chong curled his lips and said, "If you don't lie in front of the real person, the king of Wu wants to compete for the crown prince. Of course, the biggest reliance is the young commander of Kansai Qin, who holds half of the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty and half of the country. And the biggest hope of the young commander of Qin in the future is that the king of Wu can become the crown prince. If there is something wrong with the king of Wu... In order to protect himself, it is inevitable that General Qin will do something out of the way!"

"It's broken! ..." Li Ke's face really changed. "Although I know that Mu Baizhong can't be rebellious, if he knows that I was assassinated halfway, it's really hard to say what he will do! - Even if he doesn't avenge me, if Lao Si becomes the prince, the first one to be eliminated is Mu Bai! Ants are still alive, not to mention the commander-in-chief of hundreds of thousands of troops?!"

"That is to say... Qin Mubai may be forced to rebel?" Zhao Chong turned his eyes and said, "That joke is really big! It doesn't matter who rebels in this world, but he... Haha! He stepped flat in such a powerful Tubo, and conquered such a wide Western Regions. If he waved his army and stepped on the Central Plains, who could stop it?

"This is not a question of who can stop it... No matter who loses and who wins, then my Tang Dynasty's country is really over!!!" Li Ke sat up straight and bowed to Zhao Chongzheng, "Brother Zhao, please find a way to tell Qin Mubai the truth anyway, otherwise, that's a big disaster!!"

"Your Highness is worthy of brothers. How can Zhao afford it? Let me think about it, let's think about it..." Zhao Chong scratched his forehead with a wry smile and said, "If you can send a person that Qin Mubai is most trustworthy to Lanzhou to stop Qin Mubai, do you think it is feasible?"

"Who will be sent?"

"Haha!" Zhao Chong laughed, "In Chang'an City, there is only one person Qin Mubai can trust most!"

"Who?"

"Of course...Princess Gaoyang!!"

"I forgot that Gao Yang has already returned to Beijing." Li Ke frowned, "But how can we let Gao Yang know the truth?"

"You don't have to let her know the truth." Zhao Chong said seriously, "Think about it, if Qin Mubai rebels, who will be the most sad? - The son-in-law leads the army to fight against the father-in-law, how can he be a daughter? Therefore, what we need to do now is not to report to whom, but to send my people to continue to stir up trouble in Chang'an City and talk about the things that Qin Mubai wants to rebel in Kansai, the more realistic the better. At that time, the Wenwu of the Manchu Dynasty was anxious, and His Majesty was anxious. Naturally, Princess Gaoyang was also anxious. Then, she will definitely come out!"

"This! ..." Li Ke's eyes were wide open, "This is so inappropriate!"

"Your Highness, there is nothing wrong with this." Zhao Chong smiled and said, "After all, Your Highness, you are not really dead; Qin Mubai is not really going to rebel. We call it pushing a boat along the water. The louder the rumor that Qin Mubai was going to rebel, the greater the pressure on the king of Wei. Because as long as the king of Wei dares to enter the East Palace, Kansai Qin Mubai dares to rebel! - In this way, even His Majesty the emperor has to carefully weigh it. Even if you, the King of Wu, dares to establish the King of Wei as the crown prince at this time? That is to say, as long as the king of Wu is alive and dead for a day, the king of Wei will not want to enter the East Palace for a day! The reason is that Qin Mubai's deterrent power is too great! It's so big that even His Majesty has to be afraid of three points!"

"!!!" Li Ke was shocked!

"What's the matter, Your Highness, did Zhao say something wrong?"

"That's right, it's not wrong at all." Li Ke took a deep breath, "Zhao Chong, it's a pity that you don't get an official!"

"No, I'm not interested in being an official!" Zhao Chong smiled and said, "But all Jianghu people don't like the government. Although we are on the left side of the door, there are also many black-hearted and ruthless people, but most of us pay attention to a little Jianghu rules and hero's righteousness. And as an official... I won't say more. Your Highness, after listening to my words just now, you don't think Qin Mubai is a big hidden danger, do you? If you become a prince and an emperor in the future, will you have to get rid of it soon?

"No." Li Ke sighed and said, "The swordsman has two blades, and he can kill the enemy or hurt himself. But if you abandon the sword and don't use it, you will become a real coward, and in the end, you can only be slaughtered by others. People like Qin Mubai are a sharp blade. To be a king, you must respect him and make good use of him. If it is destroyed because you are worried that this sword will accidentally cut you, what's the difference from choked food? - I admire my father very much. He fought down the country of the Tang Dynasty. His men, such as Qin Mubai, are everywhere, such as Li Yaoshi and other famous generals. But I have never seen him feared or killed any meritorious minister, but took care of his ministers like brothers. This is the real hero. He has enough self-confidence and believes that he has enough ability and charm to convince his capable people and meritorious officials. I have always been the most shameful of a king like Liu Bang. The reason why he keeps killing meritorious officials, in the final analysis, is that he has no confidence and self-confidence. After all, he is a small person with narrow-mindedness and shallow intelligence!"

"Your Highness King Wu, you are really heroic, hehe!" Zhao Chong smiled and said, "But there is a saying that people can't help themselves in the world. Now you are just the king of Wu. When you become a prince or emperor, if you still have this idea and mind, it is really worthy of Zhao's admiration!"

Li Ke also smiled, "Ker, I have always liked to say bold words. But I can really say these words just now. Anyway, if I, Li Ke, can really achieve something one day, in fact, it all depends on Qin Mubai's success. To make a naive joke, Qin Mubai is going to divide half of the country of the Tang Dynasty, and he is also righteous. But I know that even if I give him half of the country, he won't want that guy. The reason is very simple. I know him, but he doesn't want to be here!"

"Oh?" Zhao Chong smiled and said, "Then what does he want?"

"Fresh clothes and angry horses, beautiful wine; unrestrained and unrestrained, happy life!" Li Ke said, "Actually, if it hadn't been for his father's death, he might not have been able to fly to the sky. He is such a person. He just wants to live a free, happy and dripping life! He doesn't want to bear the slings of fame and fortune, let alone be influenced by secular rules. If he is given a quiet and pure land, he will be happy to take his beautiful wife and concubine to enjoy a lifetime of happiness!"

"Yes! After all, he has what a man wants to have most in his life. Zhao Chong said, "I feel that Qin Mubai is a person with real wisdom. He knows how to be content and happy, and also has his own bottom line and principles. For such a person, as long as you don't take the initiative to stimulate and force him, you will be at peace.

"So... If Lao Si becomes the prince or emperor, Qin Mubai may really turn against it!" Li Ke couldn't help taking a breath of cold air, "Because for Lao Si, Qin Mubai is a thorn in his side. Even if I'm not here, Lao Si has to get rid of it quickly! Because Lao Si didn't believe that he could control Qin Mubai! I dare to assert that if the king of Wei gains power, sooner or later, Qin Mubai's anger will be aroused again! Once he burns the fire, the consequences... I really can't imagine!"

Zhao Chong grinned and said, "Didn't you respond to that sentence - people don't do it for themselves, heaven and earth will be destroyed?"