It was a rainy day, and as soon as the day dawned, the drizzle began to fall and never stopped.

It has been two days since Yuan Daoling was killed, but there is no big news from Qi Tianguan's side, Han Mo thought that Yun Canglan would definitely come to look for him afterwards, but for some reason, Yun Canglan did not see it.

The day of the princess's wedding is also getting closer, and Song Shiqing, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is the busiest person in the Yan State Mission for a while, and every day he will lead several officials of the Ministry of Rites to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites in Qingguo, saying that it is to negotiate the details of the wedding, but in fact, it is to supervise the marriage preparations of the Qingguo side.

In the past two days, Han Mo has stayed at home, just guarding by the side of Red Sleeves.

The light rain kept falling, and after noon, someone came to report that Chang Dehou summoned Han Mo to come over.

Han Mo cleaned up and came to Chang Dehou's residence, but saw Chang Dehou in a formal suit, and when he saw Han Mo coming, he just nodded, and his expression didn't look very good.

"Master Hou!" Han Mo stepped forward and arched his hand: "I don't know what the subordinates are instructed to summon?" ”

He thought that Cao Yin called him here, either for the princess's marriage or because he was assassinated last time.

It's just that Cao Yin frowned slightly and said, "You go to Uncle Guo's Mansion with Benhou!" ”

"Uncle Guo's Mansion?"

"Yes!" Cao Yin said: "Uncle Guo was assassinated last night, we have to go and see how he is." ”

Han Mo was taken aback, he didn't expect that Lu Shangde would also be assassinated, and the time difference was so close, he was surprised, he immediately realized something, and his brows suddenly furrowed.

Cao Yin seemed to understand Han Mo's thoughts, and said, "You don't have to think about it. Naturally, this matter has nothing to do with us, even if some people suspect it, we are not afraid. ”

Han Mo was just stabbed on his front foot, and Lu Shangde was also stabbed on his back foot, in the eyes of some people, they must have thought that the Hou Party sent someone to assassinate Han Mo first, and after Han Mo was stabbed, the Yan people did not show weakness, and immediately sent someone to assassinate Lu Shangde, which was a naked act of revenge.

But Han Mo also knew in his heart that in the past two days, the Yan State Mission had maintained absolute silence and had never taken any action.

Could it be that the Wei people are playing ghosts again?

……

After packing up, Cao Yin said to Han Mo: "You are in the same car with Ben Hou, there are some things Ben Hou wants to tell you." ”

Han Mo hesitated, naturally it was not good to disobey.

Out of the house, the two took a car together, and under the escort of the Royal Forest Army, they went to the uncle's mansion.

Cao Yin sat in the carriage, pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Uncle Guo was stabbed, there is a big problem with this matter." You have been stabbed for less than three days, and he has also been assassinated, and in the hearts of many people, I am afraid that I will suspect our Yan Kingdom. ”

Han Mo smiled faintly and said: "As Master Hou said, this matter was not instructed by us, even if someone suspects it, we are not afraid." ”

Cao Yin smiled faintly: "That's nature. However, Ben Hou is quite strange, first you were assassinated, and now he is assassinated, what is the conspiracy in between? Could it really be that the Wei people are making ghosts out of it? Chang Dehou didn't know that the real murderer who assassinated Han Mo had been killed, so he just smiled indifferently: "Or, is this just Uncle Guo's trick?" ”

"What the hell?"

"In Ben Hou's opinion, compared to the Wei people who are playing ghosts behind their backs, the possibility of Uncle Guo using his own tricks is much greater." Cao Yin's beautiful face was very calm: "The person who stabbed you may be the one who was instructed by Uncle Guo behind his back, Yun Canglan is very likely to have found some clues in the past few days, Uncle Guo feels that things are a little bad, so he staged such a scene, that is, to make others suspect that it was my Yan State delegation who was behind the scenes...... Uncle Guo may be trying to divert the attention of others ......! ”

If Han Mo didn't know the truth of the matter, he still felt very reasonable about Cao Yin's analysis.

"Master Hou is right." Han Mo nodded slightly: "Let's go to Uncle Guo's Mansion this time, is it to see if Uncle Guo is really injured?" ”

Cao Yin said with a smile: "Ben Hou is just worried that Uncle Guo is going to take this opportunity to deliberately pretend to be injured. He was the preparer for the wedding, and if he was really injured, the wedding would inevitably be delayed. Ben Hou always wants to see what kind of injury he has made......! ”

"The people of Qingguo have announced the date of the big wedding to the world." Han Mo said: "Even if Uncle Guo is injured, he can't delay the wedding, unless the people of Qingguo don't even want face!" ”

Cao Yin nodded and said, "The wedding date is naturally no problem. Ben Hou was just worried that there would be other troubles in the wedding. If Uncle Guo is not injured, then as the wedding preparer, it is his responsibility to have any problems. But if he really excuses himself to recuperate from his injuries and ignores the wedding, if there is a real situation at that time, he will have an excuse to shirk his responsibility. ”

The car is moving slowly forward in the drizzle.

"Ben Hou asked you to be in the same car because I want to tell you something." Cao Yin looked at Han Mo and said softly: "Ben Hou just got a report today, and a big event has just been decided on the side of Yanjing City!" ”

Han Mo looked at Cao Yin and didn't speak.

Cao Yin said slowly: "The prince just decided on a family affair a few days ago! ”

"Then congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Han Mo hurriedly said.

Cao Yin smiled faintly: "Why don't you ask who the future crown princess is?" ”

Han Mo immediately said: "To be able to become the crown princess, she must be a virtuous and virtuous girl!" ”

Cao Yin smiled lightly, leaned closer, and said with a smile: "This future crown princess, you are afraid and recognize, it is the girl of the Xiao family, the granddaughter of Master Xiao!" ”

At the mention of "the girl of the Xiao family", Han Mo's heart jumped, and he couldn't help but think of Xiao Lingzhi, but in an instant, he knew that this future princess could never be Xiao Lingzhi.

"Xiao Mingmei?" Han Mo asked.

Cao Yin nodded and said, "Yes, it's that Xiao Mingmei Xiao girl." After a pause, he said with a smile: "You and I are very clear about that Miss Xiao's reputation. ”

Han Mo frowned slightly, looked at Cao Yin, and didn't understand what Cao Yin meant by this.

Cao Yin just smiled faintly and didn't explain much, he obviously had something to say, but he didn't say it after all.

Han Mo could actually guess what Cao Yin wanted to say.

This marriage is naturally another heavyweight political marriage, and the relationship between the prince and Xiao Mingmei is obviously another political trick of the emperor.

In the past year, the emperor has helped the Han family, and the Han family has also taken this opportunity to rapidly expand its power and has become a powerful force in the court.

This marriage with Qingguo is naturally another victory of the Han family in the rectification strategy, although the emperor has played an important role in it, but it is undeniable that the Han family has repeatedly gained the upper hand in several consecutive Han Xiao battles, and a large number of centrist officials of the Yan State have faintly fallen to the Han family's faction, which makes the Han family's prestige grow, but it also makes the Yan Emperor feel a little uneasy in his heart.

What Emperor Yan needs is balance.

What he is best at is the strategy of checks and balances, the three major factions, he doesn't want the strength of any faction to expand suddenly, too much higher than the other two.

Emperor Yan supported the Han family, which was something that the officials of the Yan State looked at.

Yan is a country of families, and most of the important official positions from the capital to the local government are monopolized by family officials.

However, it is undeniable that non-family officials in Yan are also a force to be reckoned with, although most of the head officials from the capital to the local level are served by the children of the family, but most of the practical officials in the middle and bottom are non-family officials.

This is like a person, although the head is an official of the family, but the body and lower limbs are not composed of officials of the family.

Although this group of non-family officials does not have absolute power, they are very skilled in specific affairs, and they have a stronger practical ability than family officials.

From a certain point of view, there are many more non-family officials in the entire Yan Kingdom than the officials of the family, but most of the official positions are relatively low and they are not qualified to appear in the court.

Among them, there are naturally a very small number of non-family officials with strong ability, who live in the court and participate in political affairs.

Although non-family officials because of the political environment, many people are refuge in the door of the major families, but this group of special officials still understand a truth, the ups and downs of the family, like the rise and fall of the dynasty, no one can tell who wins and loses in the end, and although the imperial power is unstable, but the emperor is orthodox after all, although the family officials may not put the emperor in their eyes, but a large number of non-family officials, deep down still care about the emperor.

In the final analysis, Yan Guo is still surnamed Cao.

When the emperor showed that he wanted to support the Han family, many non-family officials approached the Han family, although they may not really help the Han family to do anything, but it really greatly enhanced the momentum and prestige of the Han family.

With the growing strength of the Han family, there are more and more non-family officials who are close to the past.

The emperor was naturally reluctant to watch the Han family's limelight too strong.

He must use a political trick to balance the situation in the court of the Yan Kingdom, and after mentioning it, he will naturally have to suppress it, and most importantly, he must not let the strength of the Han family and the opponent of the Han family increase.

Political marriage, naturally, is a good skill.

Once the crown prince marries the girl of the Xiao family, it is equivalent to another signal from the royal family, then there will be a large number of non-family officials to re-examine the situation, and there will be many non-family officials moving closer to the Xiao family.

Non-family officials are not the protagonists of Yan State's political arena, but they are a group of extremely influential strata, and they naturally play a great role in Yan State's political arena.

Han Mo knew very well in his heart that although Cao Yin was very willing to talk about the current situation in Yan Kingdom, he was a member of the royal family after all, and there were some things that he couldn't say.