Chapter 1386: Confusion and determination [two in one](2/2)
Zhang Qigong's "viciousness" is openly exposed, but Zhao Hongjing's "viciousness" is hidden deep in his seemingly harmless and kind smile. The so-called "sweet talk but a sword hidden in a smile" refers to this kind of person.
"Wei Jiao, you go outside and guard first."
Zhao Hongrun ordered Wei Jiao.
Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao nodded, walked out of the room, and closed the door from the outside.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun looked at Zhao Hongjing, his face gradually darkened.
For a long time, he looked at Zhao Hongjing intently and said calmly: "I have been to Daliang and met... the current prince."
"Oh?" Zhao Hongjing's eyes showed a bit of interest. Then he looked at the layers of bandages on Zhao Hongrun's chest and said with surprise: "The "new impression" he left on you is better than I thought."
It’s even deeper…”
In fact, the injuries on Zhao Hongrun's body were not caused by Prince Hongyu, but he was not in the mood to understand this with Zhao Hongjing. He looked at Zhao Hongjing, seemingly calm but actually said with anger: "Zhao Hongjing, you destroyed King Yong."
Zhao Hongjing blinked, as if he couldn't understand what Zhao Hongrun said: "Why did Hongrun say this?"
Zhao Hongrun ignored Zhao Hongjing's rhetorical question and said to himself: "I finally understand. When you exposed "King Yong is the son of Queen Wang", it was not to retaliate against King Yong for sealing you to Yangzhai, but to destroy him.
King Yong... You initially joined forces with King Yong and fought with Zhao Hongli for more than ten years. You are very clear about the importance of Concubine Shi in King Yong's heart. Therefore, you deliberately designed to push Concubine Shi into a desperate situation and make Concubine Shi die with regret.
He died, and before he died, he was still thinking about apologizing to Zhao Hongli, his biological son, and had no time to care about King Yong... Because of you, King Yong no longer trusts others." After saying this, he narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "
Mu Qing did the right thing, in fact, you are the cause of this whole thing. Zhao Hongjing, do you think I should kill you?"
If it had been a moment ago, when Zhao Hongrun said these murderous words before Zong Wei Chief Wei Jiao left, I am afraid Zhao Hongjing would have felt panicked and uneasy, but now that the eighth brother in front of him had sent Wei Jiao outside the house -
- Even if Wei Jiao was only on the surface, Wei Jiao could still hear the conversation between the two people outside the house, but in general, the meanings of the two were completely different.
Of course, Zhao Hongjing was not stupid enough to expose this matter. After being silent for a while, he nodded and said: "Hongrun, you are right, but it will not help to pursue your brother's fault now, right?
...Since Hongrun, you have been to Daliang, you should know that Zhao Hongyu is no longer the person you and I are familiar with. He has put his father under house arrest, controlled the government, and now he wants to take action against brothers like you and me..."
"Who do you think caused this?" Zhao Hongrun interrupted with a sneer.
"Then... what are you going to do now, Hongrun?" After being interrupted by Zhao Hongrun, Yangzhai King Zhao Hongjing was not angry and asked Zhao Hongrun in turn.
"..." Zhao Hongrun took a deep look at Zhao Hongjing and said coldly: "Tell me about your plan...Don't try to deceive me. I believe that before you came to me to trade water, you must have met with Zhao Wu (Qing Qing) in private.
Wang Hongxin). Come to think of it, you have been waiting for this opportunity...a good opportunity to legitimately attack the "unjust brother" of the prince!"
Zhao Hongjing was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "Hongrun, please don't think that our brothers are so scheming... As the saying goes, everything depends on man and God will do it. No matter what we do, if Zhao Hongyu can bear it
, isn’t there nothing we can do about him? If you want to blame, blame him for being too ambitious. Before he even sat in that position, he wanted to take back the power in the hands of our brothers..."
When he said these words, Zhao Hongjing felt indescribably proud.
In fact, at the beginning, he had no choice but to expose the fact that "Empress Wang and Yong Wang Hongyu are biological mother and son." On the one hand, it was certainly to take revenge on Yong Wang Hongyu. On the other hand, as Zhao Hongrun said just now, it was indeed hope.
This can be used to destroy King Yong's reputation.
But having said that, if Yong Wang Hongyu could withstand the heavy blow caused by this incident and suppress the hatred and anger in his heart, in fact, Zhao Hongjing would have no way to take advantage of the former - it is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Hongjing was taking advantage of him
In the second half of his life, I bet that Yong Wang Hongyu's temperament would change drastically after that incident.
If he can win, he will try to contact his brothers and drag down Zhao Hongyu, the aloof prince. But if he loses, he will probably have to live under the grudge of Prince Hongyu for the rest of his life, like a mouse crossing the street, and will never be able to do anything again.
Dare to show your face again.
I have to say that this bet was really big, but he won the bet.
Things turned out just as he had expected. Although Zhao Hongyu was still the high-ranking prince of the Supervisory State and controlled the entire Liang Dynasty, among the brothers, the former had become estranged from his relatives. Even Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, who had supported the former, also changed his mind.
How could Zhao Hongjing not feel proud that the once highly regarded Yongwang Hongyu could be reduced to this situation today?
Of course, it was not the time to feel complacent yet, at least Zhao Hongjing knew that the eighth brother in front of him would probably be very disgusted with the pride in his heart.
Therefore, he suppressed the complacency in his heart, nodded and said: "Indeed, Brother Wei and Zhao Hongxin did have contact in private. The latter may have given me a lot of benefits. At least in my opinion, when King Qing came to power, it would be better than what he is doing now."
Zhao Hongyuqiang."
"..."
Zhao Hongrun's face was expressionless.
You must know that King Yong Hongyu is the only candidate he recognized as the crown prince of Wei among his brothers. Apart from this person, who else among the brothers can bear the heavy responsibility of the king of Wei? Is this Zhao Hongjing in front of me? Or the King Qing of Song County?
What's more, having just experienced "the military power was taken away", just like Prince Hongyu, how could Zhao Hongrun dare to trust his brothers again?
For some reason, the face of his father suddenly appeared in Zhao Hongrun's mind, and the latter said some words that he didn't like to hear.
After letting out a slight breath, Zhao Hongrun interrupted Zhao Hongjing, who was talking endlessly about "the promise given by King Qing Hongxin", and said calmly: "Forget it, let's wait until the civil strife is prevented."
"Stop civil unrest?"
Zhao Hongjing murmured, and when he looked at Zhao Hongrun, a few subtle colors flashed in his eyes.
However, he recovered quickly and said happily: "Hongrun, have you finally made up your mind? Ha, with Hongrun's help, this will definitely happen!"
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something and frowned and said: "Hongrun, when I lived in your palace these days, I heard that Zhao Hongyu sent someone to take over the Yanling Army, Shangshui Army, and Youma Army in your hands.
These three armies were transferred to Daliang..."
"Well, that's indeed what happened." Zhao Hongrun said calmly: "On the day I was placed under house arrest, the prince forced me to write a letter of authorization."
Zhao Hongjing was stunned when he heard this, and said with an unnatural smile: "I don't think Hongrun will hand over military power so easily. He must have done something in those letters, right?"
"No." Zhao Hongrun said calmly: "He used my wife and children to coerce me, and I just obeyed."
Hearing this, Zhao Hongjing's face turned a little ugly, and she swallowed her saliva and said, "This is troublesome..."
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun said half-truthfully: "That's why I deliberately spread the news of his death to make the prince feel at ease!"
After hearing this, Zhao Hongjing frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Even so, it is not safe. I believe that after your three armies arrive in Daliang, Zhao Hongyu will definitely remove the generals you appointed and defeat these three armies.
Disperse..."
After that, he took a look at Zhao Hongrun's injury and whispered: "To prevent long nights and dreams, if Hongrun, your injury is not serious, you and I should go to Daliang immediately..." After that, he looked at Zhao Hongrun and asked: "Hongrun
Run, you should still have available troops, right?"
"Of course." Zhao Hongrun said with a slight smile.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongjing's eyes lit up and asked: "Where is it?"
Zhao Hongrun chuckled and replied: "In Daliang!"
Hearing this, Zhao Hongjing frowned and said, "Hongrun, don't be ridiculous..."
"Are you kidding? Do you think I'm joking?"
Zhao Hongrun glanced sideways at Zhao Hongjing, and then looked out the window.
He was not worried that when Zhao Hongyu removed the top generals of the three armies, Yanling Army, Shangshui Army, and Youma Army, he would lose control of these three armies.
Don't forget, these three armies are collectively called "King Su's Army", and the core of King Su's Army has been King Su Zhao Run from the beginning!
Unless Prince Hongyu withdraws all his soldiers, no matter where Zhao Run is, he can make the three armies switch sides with just one order.
Of course, it was not that he wanted to use this trick to plot against Prince Hongyu.
The reason why he obeyed obediently and asked Prince Hongyu to transfer the three armies of Yanling Army, Shangshui Army, and Youma Army to Daliang was, on the one hand, to stabilize the then Prince Hongyu, and on the other hand, it was also to move the troops one step ahead.
These troops were deployed to Daliang to intercept the armies of King Qing, King Huan and King Xiang who were attacking Daliang.
Chapter completed!