Bureau of Anomalous Biological Countermeasures Chapter 174: The prince who can’t help it
The prince was stunned for a moment, glanced at the dazzling treasures in front of him, and knew that Tong Qizhen was right. His position as a prince was not secure. At the beginning, he relied on his identity as the eldest son to sit on the throne of the prince. The emperor did not like his eldest son because he had suffered a madness as a child. On the contrary, he loves his brother Zhao Heng very much. If it were not for the stabilization of the court situation, he would have been abolished and replaced by Zhao Heng as the crown prince.
There are eight brothers under Prince Zhao Yuanzuo, all of whom are eagerly waiting for him to make mistakes. Just like what Tong Qizhen said, there is nothing to seal the sale of the Surabaya. Just find a sin and you can top it. But he really couldn't afford the crime of robbing tribute, and Zhao Yuanzuo knew he was afraid at this time.
After hesitating for a long time, Zhao Yuanzuo said to his eunuch: "Come on, send this item to Your Majesty! That is to say, this is the suspicious item that Prince Ben found when he was investigating the shops in Sishui. Please, Your Majesty. Decided..."
"No..." Seeing that the prince still had no idea, Tong Qizhen shook his head helplessly, and then said to the **** who had entered the palace: "You go out first, I have something important to do with the prince. Your Highness to discuss."
Hearing Tong Qizhen's words, these eunuchs even left the palace without the prince's signal. This move made Zhao Yuanzuo frown slightly. After seeing the eunuchs leaving, Tong Qizhen continued: "Your Highness, if you do this, you are telling others that you robbed these treasures from the Surabaya. Then send these thieves-like things to Your Majesty, if this When someone makes slander, His Majesty will be angry with Your Highness for your generosity."
"If you can't keep it or give it away, then what do you want the prince to do?" Hearing Tong Qizhen's words, Zhao Yuanzuo roared a little angrily. He already had a crazy disciple, and after being said a few words by his master, he suddenly began to be in a trance, and he shouted uncontrollably: "I am the prince! The current prince... This is such a thing. If I grab it, I will grab it, and I will become the emperor in the future, and the whole world will belong to me..."
Tong Qizhen saw that the prince was a relapse of madness, and he didn't care about him at the moment. While Zhao Yuanzuo was yelling, he first issued a prohibition to prevent these rebellious words from spreading, and then pressed him on Zhao Yuanzuo's head behind him. A cool air was uploaded from his hand, making the prince's mind instantly clear.
"What did I just say?" I vaguely recalled that he seemed to have said that he wanted to become the emperor just now, and the prince's face turned pale with fright. At this time, he remembered how good his master was, stretched out his hand and grabbed Tong Qizhen's hand tightly, and said to him: "Did this prince say something outrageous just now? The eunuchs and palace maids outside listened to him. When it arrives...what should I do? Master...you go, you kill them all, and you say that there are assassins in the womb...yes, we say that the assassins did it."
This person is finished, whether he is a prince or a commoner... Tong Qizhen said to himself, but now he has to use this person. Even if he is really finished, he must find a way to let this prince go again. Hold on. At the moment, Tong Qizhen smiled slightly, helped the prince, and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I have already issued a ban here, and no one outside the palace can hear what I said just now... Since these treasures cannot be kept or given away, then Go back. It is said that a few personal soldiers were motivated by the wealth and robbed the treasures privately. It is your Highness Prince who found out that you punished the personal soldiers who robbed people's wealth privately, and returned all these things. The emperor will not be able to do so at that time. What are you talking about, just wait for Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan to be caught in the net by themselves..."
"Go back? Then what is the prince? Who will work for the prince in the future?" Zhao Yuanzuo shook his head and continued: "Why don't you go to the two owners of the Surabaya, if they are willing to take these treasures? Give it to Prince Ben, and Prince Ben will let the business of the Sishui ship unhindered in the Song Dynasty. It will be exempted from official taxes for ten years. They are all businessmen and should agree... Master, you go and talk to them... "
Tong Qizhen accepted the prince as his apprentice because he wanted to make things easier. Now it seems that the prince's qualifications are worse than he thought, and Zhao Yuanzuo is completely unworthy to assist him. There is no point in staying here now, so Tong Qizhen smiled slightly at the prince and said, "What Your Highness said, then do as Your Highness said, I will contact the people from the Surabaya and let them deliver these treasures to you. hands.”
"Let's go soon." After hearing his master's words, the prince felt a little more at ease. Before he could urge Tong Qizhen to act quickly, his master blew a breath at his face. Then Zhao Yuanzuo's heart became confused and he didn't know anything...
A moment later, the prince's decree was issued in the imperial palace, saying that Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan, two merchants of the Sishui ship, had been found to have committed a serious crime of treason, and ordered the governor of Kaifeng to capture them without trial. Just ask directly. At that time, the governor of Kaifeng was the prince's brother-in-law. Although he was a little puzzled after receiving the Jun decree, he still did not dare to resist the prince's Jun decree and directly sent troops to arrest the two.
After learning that the prince lived in a private house in the city, the governor of Kaifeng sent all the officers and soldiers in the yamen directly, and they must be arrested and brought to justice.
Just after lunch, Gao Rubai hurriedly came to Wu Mian, Gui Bugui, and the two owners of the Sishui ship to report that the entire mansion was now surrounded by officers and soldiers from Kaifeng Mansion. Because this person lives in several young prisoners of Sitianjian, their reputation has long been spread out, the officers and soldiers dare not go to the mansion to search for people, and now they can only surround the mansion and wait for the order of the governor. As long as the above order comes down, these wolf-like officers and soldiers will rush in to arrest people.
Gui Bugui glanced at his housekeeper with a smile and said, "Since you're going to arrest people, then open the door and let them in..."
"Do you really want to let those rough guys into the mansion?" Gao Rubai frowned, and after seeing that there was no one left or right, he lowered his voice and continued: "If your old man wants to set up a formation, I'll go with the next one first. Tell people to stop running around."
"A few rough guys in the army, the old man, I used the formation method on them? It was spread out and people laughed. Bring Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan to Wu Mian's house, you don't have to worry about anything else." Gui After Bugui smiled, he stopped Gao Rubai who was about to leave, and finally said: "Bai Wuqiu, that silly boy and ginseng haven't come back from outside, you go out and look for them, don't let them come back so early. I want the old man. Let's see what Tong Qizhen wants to do, don't let them mess up."
After Gao Rubai agreed, he first brought brothers Liu Xi and Sun Xiaochuan to Wu Mian's room. Then he went to open the door and said to the officers outside: "My home is not home, and I have asked the military men to search the house, but you must be careful. The four masters of my family are all monks, and there are guards at home. The formation of thieves, if you accidentally injure the military master, it will not be good."
At this time, the officers and soldiers gathered at the gate knew that the owners of this mansion were all immortal characters. Although there were hundreds of them, no one dared to go in and search first. The leader of the army smiled at Gao Rubai and whispered in Gao Rubai's ear: "Don't be kidding, no one in Bianliang City knows that this is an immortal. The mansion? Our master is going crazy and wants to search the mansion. He opens his mouth and asks our brothers to take his life to rush up? To be honest, our brothers have discussed it. Don't enter the mansion. If the adults really come to supervise the operation in person, our brothers will rush in and come out in front of him, saying that there is a ghost inside, and we will be thrown out... You and your master say something. , we came in and ran out, so as not to cause trouble to the old man."
As soon as the commander finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of a gong blaring not far away, followed by the voice of a yamen officer shouting from the street: "The office of the Kaifeng government office... Idle people are waiting to avoid..."
At this moment, a familiar voice with a broken gong voice came from the direction of the sound of the gong: "Who are you... surround Lao Tzu's house and do anything, get out of the way, Lao Tzu wants to go home..."