Imperial City Division.

Liu Gui, the director of the detective room, reported to He Yong: "Si Cheng, the spy received the news that the only son of Li Yuande, the waiter of the Chinese book and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has been kidnapped!" ”

He Yong guessed that this Liu Gui would not report a ticket kidnapping case for no reason, the ticket kidnapping case was a matter of Jingzhao Mansion, and if it was not necessary, it would definitely not be reported to him, he asked: "Then what?" ”

Liu Gui said: "Li Yuande's only son was kidnapped three days ago, and he received a letter from the kidnappers on the same day, asking him not to report to the official, let alone make a statement, otherwise he will kill his son!" Today he received another letter from the kidnappers, which he alone had read, and burned it after reading it, and no one knew what was written in it except him! What is strange is that Li Yuande did not order anyone to prepare a ransom! ”

He Yong frowned: "This seems to be an ordinary ticket kidnapping case, right?" Even if the bitter master is a scholar in the court and a scholar in the Ministry of Rites, there is no need for our Imperial City Division to take action, we don't care about this kind of kidnapping case! ”

"Si Cheng, my subordinates always feel that there is something strange in this, if it is just an ordinary kidnapping case, the other party should ask for a ransom, but Li Yuande has not prepared a ransom, isn't it strange? The subordinates are wondering if this matter was done by hostile forces, and the other party wants to threaten Li Yuande with his son's life to make him do something, what do you think? ”

He Yong walked around with his hands behind his back: "Since Li Yuande has not prepared a ransom, then what the kidnappers are asking for is definitely not money, but other things······"

At this time, a messenger walked in quickly and whispered a few words in Liu Gui's ear, Liu Gui asked the messenger to go out, and then said to He Yong: "Si Cheng, I have figured out one thing, Shanshan's envoy Mantou Tuolin said one thing when she contacted several ministers in the court, she persuaded these ministers to write to the emperor, asking the emperor to give up the decision to depose the Shanshan royal family!" ”

"Oh?" He Yong was shocked, this was a major discovery, and he immediately asked: "Can you find out the attitude of these ministers on this matter?" ”

Liu Gui said: "Except for Li Yuanbao, several other ministers seem to have been moved, and Li Yuanbao's attitude seems to be ambiguous!" ”

He Yong touched his long beard: "So the kidnapping of Li Yuanbao's son may be related to this incident?" ”

"The subordinates think it should be related!"

"You don't mean that the surveillance has been normal for the past few days, Mantou Dolin and her accompanying officials are all under surveillance, and they don't have time to kidnap people!"

Liu Gui also smiled wryly: "My subordinates are also very confused about this, and I don't know what I have overlooked!" ”

He Yong thought for a while, and said to Liu Gui: "In this way, you continue to monitor, focus on the ministers of the DPRK and China who are in contact with the Mantou Dolin, and come to report immediately once you find abnormal behavior!" ”

"No!" Liu Gui agreed, and was about to turn around to leave, when he suddenly remembered something again, and asked: "Si Cheng, I haven't found anything abnormal on the side of the female envoys these days, they are all a few female officials, and the people who come into contact with them are also a few middle and lower-level officials of the yamen, it seems that it is just a normal meeting!" ”

"A normal meeting? Do you think this is normal? He Yong asked, "It's nothing if they only meet men and women, but they both represent the officials of both sides, if it's not official business, what reason do they have for frequent contact?" I have never seen a foreign envoy come into contact with our officials as frequently as they do, and this in itself is already abnormal, and they must be doing something shady! Check it out for me, you must not be careless! There are a few other envoys, don't let your watch down, understand? ”

"Yes!"

Post House, the small courtyard where the envoys of Shanshan State lived.

The attendant Niktila walked quickly into the room and reported to Princess Mantou Dolin, who was lying on the couch on her side to take a nap: "Princess, you have figured out the purpose of the envoy of the female country, her people are in contact with the middle and low-level officials of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, the Qintianjian and the Jiangzuojian and other yamen in order to get books on farmland and water conservancy production, silkworm raising and weaving, astronomical calendar, smelting and forging, medicine, etc., these books are not available to ordinary people in the Qianguo, let alone foreigners!" ”

Mantou Dolin suddenly realized: "I see! I said that why did her subordinates only contact with the middle and low-level officials of the various yamen of the Qianguo court, because she wanted to get these books related to production skills from these petty officials, you must know that these are the strong dependents of the Qianguo for its survival, how could they be willing to be stolen? If the people of Qianguo knew, they would never let them go! ”

"Princess, what about our envoys ······ the country?"

Mantou Tolin thought for a while, and said to Nikitira: "Don't alarm them for the time being, as if you don't know, this princess will keep them first, maybe there will be a time when they will be useful!" ”

"Yes!"

On the first day of the first month of March, at the court meeting, Zhao Junsheng was in the Taiji Hall to ask about the government, and the ministers in charge of the six ministries of the three provinces stood up to report on the main government affairs and disposal in the past half a month.

After the ministers finished reporting, Zhao Junsheng signaled to the eunuchs, and the eunuchs immediately shouted: "If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!" ”

At this time, Li Yuande stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a play!" ”

"Accurate!" Zhao Junsheng raised his hand.

Li Yuande immediately said: "The minister heard that His Majesty has plans to depose the Shanshan royal family, and has already issued an order for General Gao Jinzhi to comply with it. If Your Majesty deposes the Shanshan royal family, it will inevitably bring panic to the countries of the Western Regions, if they unite against my Daqian, then it will become difficult for our Daqian to run the Western Regions, not to mention that we still have enemies in the Western Regions such as the Frustration and Rouran people in the Western Regions, Don't get enemies on all sides when the time comes, you'll be very passive! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Yan Wuwei, the servant of the ministry, stood up and said.

Taichangqing Huang Dezhong stood up and said: "Your Majesty, if my big cadres want to run the Western Regions, it is not possible to rely on force, Shanshanguo is the closest small country in the Western Regions to our country, and it is also the representative of the countries in the Western Regions. As long as Shanshan is willing to join my great cadre, the countries of the Western Regions will come to join me one after another! You don't need to spend a single soldier to solve the problem, so why bother? Therefore, the ministers do not approve of the deposition of King Shanshan and the royal family! ”

Then a number of ministers came out to disapprove of the deposition of the Shanshan royal family.

Zhao Junsheng saw that in addition to the frequent contact with Mantou Tuolin, there were also many ministers who had not been in contact with Mantou Tuolin, which showed that these people themselves did not agree with forcing King Shanshan to abdicate.

"Put this matter aside, I will think about it before making a decision!"

After the court meeting, Mantou Dolin soon received the news that the letters of the ministers she had subdued by means of charm and coercion had not worked, and that her plan to dissuade Zhao Junsheng from deposing the Shanshan royal family had failed.

Mantou Dolin was extremely angry, and she suppressed this anger, and called her officials and retinue to make some arrangements.

Outside the palace gate, pedestrians and cars flowed endlessly, the small door next to the palace gate was opened, and a little eunuch walked out of the palace carrying a food box.

The little eunuch carried the food box through the T-shaped street entrance and entered Suzaku Avenue.

Suddenly, a strong man next to him came over and hugged the little eunuch's shoulder, and put a dagger on the other party's waist with one hand, "Don't be silent, don't be quiet, if you are honest, I will not kill you, but if you are not honest, I will let you know what regret is!" ”

The little eunuch was so frightened that his legs and feet became weak, "What does the good man want the slave to do?" ”

"You'll know when you get there!"

In a few moments, the little eunuch was taken to a small courtyard, where he was tied to the leg of a table in a room.

"I want to know the emperor's whereabouts every day, it shouldn't be difficult, right?" The strong man asked.

The little eunuch hurriedly said: "No, no, no, I am not a eunuch next to Your Majesty, I don't know anything about the emperor's whereabouts, and I have no right to ask!" ”

The strong man took out a pill from his arms and stuffed it into the little eunuch's mouth, then closed his mouth and asked him to swallow the pill.

"You······ What medicine did you give our family? The little eunuch cried out in horror.

"It's called the Intestinal Piercing Pill, you have to take an antidote every day to suppress its toxicity, you can only survive if you send a report on the emperor's whereabouts every day and take away a pill!"

"What?" The little eunuch screamed in fright, and his face changed greatly.

The strong man let go of the little eunuch, and the little eunuch did not dare to leak the affairs of this strong man casually for the sake of his own life.

Soon, he immediately reported to Princess Mantoudolin: "Princess, the matter is done, we have found an insider in the palace, who is a eunuch, he is very smart and clever, and with him as an internal response, I believe that we will be able to know the emperor's whereabouts at any time!" ”

"Well done! I think I should go and meet someone! ”

"Who is the princess going to visit?"

"A woman!"

Mantou Dolin hurried to the house of the female envoy with a few retinues, but was stopped by the guards: "Stop! ”

Mantou Dolin stopped and said: "I am the princess of Shanshanguo, I have come to visit the little king of the female country, please let me know!" ”

When Mama heard the report from her subordinates, she was surprised by the appearance of the mantou torin, and she sent someone to welcome the mantou torim and the others in.

"Princess Loulan's visit to the cold house really makes Peng Sheng shine!"

"Excuse me!"

The two sat down separately, and Moma asked, "I wonder what advice the princess has for coming to the humble house today?" ”

"I don't dare to give advice, I heard that Xiao Wang is collecting books on the skills of Qianguo, you must know that this is absolutely not allowed in Qianguo, once it is known by the Qianguo court, the envoy is afraid that he will stay in Chang'an City alone!"

Moma's face changed, and he said coldly, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Princess Ben doesn't want to do anything, she just wants to work with Xiao Wang!"