Chapter 1127: The Truth About Poisoning (8)
Yelu Hongji's breath was weak, and even if he said a few words, it seemed that he had spent a lot of physical strength.
"South...... King...... Inform...... North King ...... Poisoned...... Harm ...... Preparedness...... Not...... Amazing......"
Yelu Hongji couldn't say the coherent words anymore, but just jumped a word or a word out of his mouth, and after each sentence was finished, he had to gasp a few times before he could say the rest of the words.
Yang Huairen saw him in such pain, but insisted on saying what was in his heart, it should be Yelu Hongji who was afraid that his life would be short, but he was unwilling to die like this, he must find someone to find out the truth, and he must let the throne pass smoothly to Yelu Yanxi.
Yang Huairen can only connect these words and words, add his own understanding, and then say it to Yelu Hongji, only in this way can he really not understand the meaning of his words.
"Your Majesty is saying that the king of the southern courtyard, Yelu Bawotai, has spied on Xiao Sabi, the king of the northern courtyard, in advance to assassinate His Majesty by poisoning on the occasion of this bowl festival.
So His Majesty took precautions in advance, but he didn't expect that such precautions were still unsuccessful, and the result was that he was still poisoned, and His Majesty was also very surprised? ”
Yelu Hongji seemed to have difficulty nodding now, so he replied to Yang Huairen with a wink, indicating that he understood the meaning of his words.
From this point of view, the course of events seems to be very close to Yang Huairen's inference after entering the account. It's just that the information that Xiao Sabi was going to poison him was obtained from Yelu Bawotai here, and Yang Huairen was a little suspicious.
Yelu Hongji continued, "I ...... I hope you ...... Arrest ...... Bad...... Give...... Gold medal...... See...... Gold medal...... I ......"
After speaking, General Su Wei took a gold medal from his waist and sent it to Yang Huairen. The gold medal was half the size of a palm, with a wolf's head logo on the front and a few Khitan inscriptions on the north that he didn't recognize.
Yang Huairen took the gold medal from General Su Wei suspiciously, and repeated Yelu Hongji's words, "Your Majesty is saying that you want me to find out the truth and arrest the murderer, and give me a token with a golden wolf head. ”
Yelu Hongji blinked again, indicating that Yang Huairen understood correctly.
Although Yang Huairen wanted to know the truth about this poisoning incident in his heart, if he was just asked to reason, there would be no problem, but Yelu Hongji handed over this case to him to deal with, then it would be a big problem.
First of all, if Yang Huairen can't solve this case, it will affect his reputation and forget it, what's the matter if he doesn't know what to do?
Secondly, if Yang Huairen can successfully find out the truth, then no matter who the murderer is and who the main messenger behind it is, it will be a matter of offending people.
And the people who offended have a very high status, and their influence in the Liao State is also very large, for example, if he finds out that it is Xiao Sabi's poison, what can he do?
If Xiao Sabi had been ready to rebel and usurp power, then Yang Huairen did this, wasn't he looking for death?
Again, Yang Huairen didn't intend to get involved in the internal power struggle of the Liao State, and he was not happy to get involved in the court of the Great Song Dynasty, so why did he get involved in the affairs of the Liao State?
No matter how the situation develops at present, and regardless of whether Yelu Hongji can recover or not, it is inevitable that the political situation of the Liao State will have a period of chaos, and they will not have time to take care of the war between Song and Xia in the west.
Since Yang Huairen's goal has been achieved no matter what, what is he still doing with these things?
Finally, Yang Huairen still doesn't understand why Yelu Hongji handed over this matter to him to deal with, he is a colt, and he is not a Khitan, he stood up to find out the truth, what will the civil and military officials of the Liao State think?
Even if he didn't care about the people of Liao, he helped Yelu Hongji to do things, and when he returned to the Great Song Dynasty, what did the civil and military officials and the people of the Great Song Dynasty think? What will Zhao Xu think? It's all a nuisance that does more harm than good.
Thinking of this, Yang Huairen regretted a little that he didn't think it clearly just now, so he subconsciously took the golden wolf head token, but it was too late to regret it, so he could only scold himself for being cheap, what did he do with it?
Could it be that because the token was gold, he didn't subconsciously think about it so much, and took it naturally?
Yang Huairen only smiled bitterly when he thought about it.
"Your Majesty, I, Yang Huairen, am not a judge, and I will not solve the case and arrest the murderer, isn't it inappropriate to entrust me with such an important matter?"
That being said, what Yang Huairen really wanted to say to Yelu Hongji in his heart was that you old man was poisoned and confused, right? Who can't find me? You've got your donkey in the head, right?
Yelu Hongji replied, "You...... Neutrality...... Ability...... Benefits......"
Yang Huairen was puzzled, "Your Majesty is saying that I am not an official of the Liao State, so I can maintain neutrality from the perspective of a bystander, and Your Majesty thinks that I have enough ability, and after the matter is completed, it will give me benefits?" ”
Yelu Hongji blinked, and said, "I ...... If...... Die...... You...... Protect...... Grandchild...... Succession...... Benefits......"
Yang Huairen continued to translate, "Your Majesty means no, if Your Majesty is unlucky...... What's the matter, let my royal grandson Yelu Yanxi succeed to the throne smoothly, and give me benefits after the matter is completed? That one...... I wonder what Your Majesty wants to promise me? ”
The general of the guards on the side saw that Yang Huairen was still thinking about the benefits at this time, and seemed to feel that Yelu Hongji was a little bit entrusted, and showed some worries.
Yang Huairen didn't think there was anything about it, everyone had a normal relationship, and my brother didn't want to get involved in this matter, but if there was a benefit that my brother couldn't refuse, it would be different.
Therefore, if Yelu Hongji wants to promise him any benefits, he naturally has to ask clearly first, to see if this benefit is worth the risk for him to find out the truth.
Yelu Hongji listened to Yang Huairen's words, but he was not surprised, it seemed that he knew early on that when dealing with people like Yang Huairen, everyone was exchanging interests, as long as he could give Yang Huairen the benefits that Yang Huairen was happy to see, he would help him let Yelu Yanxi succeed to the throne smoothly.
If Yelu Hongji was not poisoned, he only needed to use such a noble status as a golden sword and a horse, a nominal princess, plus some gold and silver treasures and the like, it would be enough to achieve his goal.
But the current situation is a little different, Yelu Hongji doesn't know if he can survive after being poisoned, in order to ensure that his grandson can succeed to the throne smoothly, in order not to die in a daze, he must find out the truth.
And the officials and nobles of the Liao State at the moment, he doesn't dare to guarantee that he can trust anyone, and the general he trusts the most, and there is no such intelligence as Yang Huairen to find out the truth, so at the moment, he can only find Yang Huairen, an outsider.