In the Prince's Mansion, at this time, the drums in the palace were ringing in unison, and several dancers were swaying Miaoman's body in the middle of the hall.

While the prince was watching the singing and dancing, he was smug about his qi cultivation kung fu, and after a while, a waiter came over.

"Prince, the governor is visiting."

"The Governor." The prince was stunned for a moment, and then sat down on the seat leisurely: "Please come in." ”

"No."

Not long after, about forty years later, the handsome Zhou Hou came over, and saw the prince sitting on the seat enjoying the song and dance with a relaxed face, and his face suddenly showed a trace of urgency.

So, the governor walked quickly to the hall, waved his hand to disperse the dancers, and then said with a anxious face: "Prince, now that the city is in chaos, why is the prince still in the mood to enjoy singing and dancing here." ”

"The governor is here for the fire outside the city and the rumors in the city." The crown prince smiled disapprerovingly, and then recalled his father's way of dealing with it, and said leisurely: "If this is the case, the prince does not have to worry, the rumors stop at the wise, as long as the fire outside the city is extinguished, the rumors will naturally be self-defeating."

Now enjoying singing and dancing alone in the house, this is to imitate my father and stabilize people's hearts. ”

"Stabilize people's hearts." The state marquis frowned, then shook his head and sighed: "The prince is wrong, big mistake. ”

The crown prince looked at the state marquis unhappily: "Zhou Hou, Lone Ke completely imitates his father's strategy to deal with rumors, how is this wrong?" ”

"Hmph." As he spoke, the prince snorted coldly: "The last time my father did this, you still praised your father for being virtuous, why is it my turn now, it's a big mistake."

Could it be that he was not ...

"This..." When the prince saw that the prince was angry, his heart fluttered, he looked at the empty hall, and then took a step closer to the prince, and said in a low voice: "Prince, last time the king could ignore the rumors, it was because the rumors were aimed at Ling Yin, and Ling Yin was the king's courtier, so the king could wait and see what happened, and wait for the rumors to stop at the wise." The most important thing is that Ling Yin's fate is all in the hands of the king, so the king naturally does not need to worry.

However, this time it is different, the rumors in the city are clearly directed at the king, and the prince, as both a son of man and a minister, how can you sit back and watch someone slander the monarch and be indifferent. If you do this, once the king knows about it, it will make the king think that you are not virtuous and have nothing to do, and at worst, the king will think that you have a bad plan. ”

"Bad intentions? How is this possible! When the prince heard this, he jumped up from the seat in a hurry, and shook his head again and again in disbelief: "No, my father has always been wise, how can he doubt me, my father even trusts Yin, how can I..."

The state marquis didn't wait for the prince to finish speaking, so he hurriedly interrupted: "Prince, the king is now more than sixty, and the prince is also more than forty, prince, look for yourself, your beard has reached your chest!" ”

“···” When the crown prince heard this, his face changed greatly, and he was immediately speechless, and at this moment he thought of a lot, especially the affairs of the Song Kingdom.

Seeing that the prince's face changed, the prince said again: "Moreover, prince, beware of the rumors in the city this time that the important ministers of the court and the central government used the fire from the sky to force the palace, otherwise the fire would not have started last night, and the city was full of rumors early this morning."

Therefore, the minister thought that the crown prince's top priority was to immediately draw a line with those who were going to force the palace to the king, otherwise, once the prince linked you with those ministers, then..."

"Someone set a fire, it's a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster!! When the prince heard this, his face immediately turned pale, this situation was something he had never expected.

If there is any issue that his father is most concerned about now, it must be a major matter of law change.

And in order to be able to ascend the throne normally after the death of his father, he has not clearly sided with the reformers since the reform, nor has he clearly stood on the side of the opposition.

Especially when his father was over sixty years old.

Thinking about it, the prince immediately asked, "Junhou, what should the prince do now?" ”

Seeing the prince asking, the governor secretly breathed a sigh of relief and comforted:

"Don't worry, prince, although you are in charge of the country now, there are still important ministers such as Ling Yin Zhuguo in the court. Therefore, the minister thought that the prince only needed to enter the palace immediately to summon Ling Yin and them to discuss together, so that he would be able to come up with a charter, and then put out the fire and quell the rumors as soon as possible. ”

Prince Heng did not refuse this time, but nodded vigorously: "Good." ”

In the palace.

Zhao Ju and the others waited in the palace for a long time before they saw the figure of the prince Heng appear outside the palace.

Seeing this, Zhao Ju immediately stepped forward and arched his hand: "Prince, the old minister heard that the prince just went to arrange for someone to urge the officials of the place where the fire broke out to organize the people to put out the fire, but I don't know what happened to this matter. ”

The prince heard this, and then saw that Tang Yu and the others in the hall were all looking at him, he first glanced at Zhao Ju gratefully, and then nodded: "Let Yin rest assured, there is a fire outside the city, and he is in a hurry, so he hurriedly asked people to urge." However, I was worried that the fire would be fierce and that it would be difficult for the local officials and people alone to extinguish the fire, so I wanted to discuss a way with Zhu Qing. ”

"Good." Zuo Yin Zhao was impatient waiting in the palace for a long time, and when he heard the prince's words, he immediately praised it, and then arched his hand: "The prince is anxious and anxious, and the minister feels the same way, if it is dry today, the fire is very easy to spread, and it is difficult to extinguish the fire with only the local officials and people, so at this time, it is necessary for the court to come up with a way to extinguish the fire outside the city as soon as possible." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the temple was surprised.

Especially Qu Yuan, he also glanced at Zhao Chang in great surprise, originally he thought that Zhao Chang would take the opportunity to make trouble, force the king, and ask for the suspension of the new law, but now Zhao Chang is so desperate to extinguish the fire.

At this time, Qu Yuan looked at Zhao Chang, who was righteous, and secretly wondered in his heart: "Isn't this fire set by Zhao Chang, is it really a natural disaster, am I wrong about Zhao Chang." ”

On the other side, Zhao saw that everyone looked at him in surprise, smiled, and said in a loud voice: "Prince, Ling Yin, Zhu Guo, and all your colleagues, now the fire outside the city is fierce and spreads at an alarming speed, in order to extinguish the fire as soon as possible, I thought that I should immediately send troops to rescue." ”

"Army?!" Tang Wu, who was meditating in the hall, heard that Zhao Chang proposed to mobilize the army to fight the fire, and immediately hit a spirit, and then immediately refused: "It is absolutely impossible to call the army to fight the fire, and now that the army of the Six Nations has started a war with the Qin army in Hedong, it is possible to divide the victory or defeat at any time."

Once the war is over, the next move of the Six-Nation Alliance is unknown, and at this time, the Yingdu army must also guard against external enemies, and must not go to rescue the fire. ”

Zhao Chang smiled and shook his head: "Zhu Guo's words are wrong, now the place of fire is near the left of Yingdu, not far away in the south of the Yangtze River, as long as the army is dispatched, it only takes a day or half a day to extinguish the fire, and it will not hinder the defense of Zhu at all." ”

"Nope." Tang Yu shook his head again, and then glanced at Zhao Chang, who was sincere.

Could it be that the purpose of Zhaochang's arson is the army?

Once he hands over the army now, then the firefighting army will naturally be handed over to Sima Jingque, and perhaps a considerable part of the army will be handed over to Jing Que.

Although Jing Que has not come forward to oppose the change of the law, what he knows is that the king swallowed Jing Que not long ago and forced all the private families of all the families out.

To say that Jing Que has no complaints in his heart, it is simply impossible.

In case Jing Que conspired with Zhao Chang and others, he immediately launched a mutiny as soon as he got the army, and then the nobles in the city who opposed the change responded with the elite of their families.

So... Maybe he handed over the army in his front hand, and the prince in his back hand or a young prince who stayed in the palace would ascend the throne.

Thinking about it, Tang Mo unswervingly refused: "Soldiers, murder weapons, are also ominous. Unless there is an edict from the king, please give out the tiger talisman, or the thief, the army will not dare to make the slightest move. ”