The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 353 The Old Man

However, although there were few birds and birds, Guo Yu had to think about it. There was no magic trick, it was just an anticipation and preparation in advance.

It would be a big joke if such a big plan of theirs was destroyed because of an animal. Since he was responsible for intercepting the messenger, he would naturally not allow such a thing to happen.

If it weren't for worrying that sending too many people would attract attention, Guo Yu would have thought of putting one person every [-] steps in the entire capital, and directly surrounded the capital.

Guo Yu got on the carriage and left people on every route from Yanzhou to the capital, so he was relieved, although the possibility of people coming from some routes from Yanzhou is not too high, because only detours After arriving at that road, Guo Yu still kept people there, but only two people were left in such a place, and the effect was to warn more than kill.

After everything was arranged properly, it was past noon, and Guo Yu returned to the post station again, because this road is a direct road to the capital, and it is also the shortest road. The possibility of the messenger appearing on this road is very high. After there was nothing worth arranging, Guo Yu was naturally going to wait there.

After entering the inn, Guo Yu frowned. He smelled blood in the room, and was about to ask, when he saw Ling Tong walking in through the inner door.

When Ling Tong saw Guo Yu coming in, he quickly bowed his hands and saluted.

Guo Yu nodded, and then asked, "Why does the room smell of blood?"

"Sir, we have already caught a rabbit, but this rabbit was a little restless. When we caught it, he swallowed the letter directly, and then crashed to death in this room. I just cleaned it up. At the scene, the smell of blood has not dissipated."

"Is he dead? Since he swallowed the letter directly into his stomach, then cut his stomach open to see if he can get the letter into a whole piece and see which spies from the capital city this is. "

Ling Tong nodded, and then ordered someone to cut open the messenger's stomach.

"Sir, you said just now that this messenger is a spy? Isn't he the messenger sent by Yanzhou?" Ling Tong asked with some doubts.

"Hmph, although he came from Yanzhou, he was not a messenger sent by Yanzhou, otherwise he would not have swallowed the letter when he was dying." Guo Yu explained .

Then Guo Yu seemed to think of something, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Where did the envoy from Yanzhou go? It has been a morning since General Xue sent the envoy, and now even the spies have arrived, but these envoys have not yet arrived." Come on, what a bunch of trash."

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Inside the palace.

The prince was approving the memorial when an old man with a white beard came in from the door and bowed to the prince in salute.

Seeing the old man bowing to him, the prince quickly got up to avoid him, stepped forward to help him up, and blamed him: "Teacher, how many times have I told you, don't salute, you are my teacher, so you can still salute me." ?”

"Hehe, Your Highness, without rules, there is no such thing as a square. You are the king, and I am the minister. The minister naturally salutes the king." The old man said with a smile while supporting the prince's arm.

"Teacher, don't talk about these things. The whole world follows the royal family as an example. As the prince, I should set an example for the people of the world. If I don't even respect the teacher, then what's the 'propriety' that the people of Yan state follow?" It's not a joke."

"Haha, Your Highness has been good at eloquence these days, and I have nothing to say in this debate." The old man laughed loudly.

"The teacher was joking. There is no one else in the country of Yan that you can argue with. You are allowing me to save face. Even if you don't tell me, the students will know." The prince said with a smile, with a very serious attitude. is kind.

"Okay, don't talk anymore. Your Highness still needs to review the memorial. Time is precious. I, an old man, can't keep delaying His Highness's time. I am here this time for this memorial." The old man smiled from his arms. He took out a memorial and handed it to the prince.

"Oh, what kind of memorial is it that can alarm the teacher, I have to take a good look at it." The prince accepted the memorial with a smile, opened it and read it.

The old man looked at the crown prince and the memorial, and said softly: "I am just a young Fu, and I am valued by His Highness, and I haven't driven this old bone back home. The only duty I am in charge of is to teach His Highness. Not to me, but today I went to find an old friend of mine and found that this memorial was suppressed, so I wanted to show it to you."

The old man explained, and told the prince why he was holding the needle memorial.

At this time, the crown prince also finished reading the memorial in his hand. He put down the memorial, looked at the old man who explained it to him, and smiled lightly: "Teacher, you don't need to explain to me. I know your character and believe you."

"What do you think the teacher should do about this matter?"

"Your Highness, soldiers, the important affairs of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival must be investigated. Especially at this time, one general will affect the three armies. If all the soldiers in Yanzhou are buried by the enemy, then we will have no other power at all. Come to suppress this rebel army."

"Now His Majesty and the army of Yan State are being restrained in the north. Although the whole world is very quiet on the surface, there are countless people watching here secretly. Once the soldiers of Yan State cannot put down the rebellion, let the people of the world see When it comes to the emptiness of Yan State's military strength, it will definitely swarm. Although this matter is not sure whether it is true or not, there is no harm in sending someone to investigate."

The prince did not answer. After thinking for a while in silence, the prince looked at the old man and said softly: "Teacher, this matter is not very simple. Now the father is not in the court. Although I am the supervisor of the country, many people simply listen The imperial edict does not obey the announcement, and many of these people are still members of my two younger brothers, if they move, it will definitely cause chaos in the court."

The prince paused for a moment, seeing the old man showing a gloomy expression, he couldn't bear it, and then said: "However, teacher, don't worry. Since you have already brought this matter up to me, I will naturally not let it go directly. Turn over.

Tomorrow I will convene an early court to let the ministers discuss this matter. If there is little resistance in the court, then I will directly send people to investigate. If not, then it can be regarded as a warning to them.You see, teacher, is this feasible? "

"Hey, it's really hard for you. Your Highness, it's not that the old minister is talkative. You are good at everything, but your temper is a little soft. What are the two princes thinking? No one in the civil and military of the court knows, but you still blindly tolerate it. Now it's you The more they tolerate, the more they push forward." The old man sighed and said quietly.

(End of this chapter)