Jinling City of Xia Kingdom and the Palace of the Prince of Jin.
Dao Yan walked slowly to the hanging door in front of the study, stopped, put his hands together, gave a Buddhist salute to the guard, and said:
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin has summoned me, so please report it on my behalf!"
Dao Yan's current identity is that of a guest minister in the Jin Palace. Naturally, the guards did not dare to neglect him. After a slight salute, they quickly walked in to report.
Standing in front of the hanging door, Daoyan could hear the faint sounds of talking and laughing coming from the study without even having to listen.
Not long after, several people in the study respectfully left.
Daoyan looked through the vertical door and saw the faces of these people. He narrowed his eyes and immediately became concerned.
Although these people were all wearing casual clothes at this time, one could tell by looking at their imposing manner that they were not ordinary people. The most important thing was that Dao Yan had stayed in Prince Jin's palace for several months and had never seen these people before.
Pass the Jin Palace!
Those people walked out of the study and passed by Dao Yan.
Perhaps it was because there were not many monks in the Xia Kingdom, so these people couldn't help but look at Dao Yan a few more times, as if they wanted to remember his face in their hearts.
"Master, His Highness summons you to discuss matters!" The guard walked to the vertical door and cupped his hands in front of Dao Yan.
Dao Yan nodded slightly, stopped looking at these people, and walked straight towards the study.
At this time, Prince Jin in the study still had a smile on his face. Between his brows, there was a look of high spirits and no trace of the decadence he had shown a few months ago.
Seeing Dao Yan walking into the study, he coughed lightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, taking the opportunity to adjust his mood.
Dao Yan noticed King Jin's expression, his eyes moved, he immediately saluted and said bluntly:
"His Highness has a very pleased expression on his face. It seems that the people whom His Highness has just summoned, who have never been seen in the house before, must have brought some news that satisfies His Highness!"
King Jin paused while holding the tea cup, looked up at Dao Yan, and frowned slightly. After a moment of silence, he finally spoke:
"Master seems to like to speculate on people's hearts!"
Having said this, King Jin's eyes suddenly darkened, he looked at Dao Yan closely, his tone was slightly cold, and he said:
"I'm just casually guessing the thoughts of the superior. If I'm not careful, I'm afraid it will lead to death. Let history serve as a lesson!"
Hearing this, Dao Yan frowned, looked calm and calm, and even chuckled a few times, saying:
"For my Majesty, Emperor Dayun, the poor monk naturally does not dare to do this. But didn't His Highness also say before that the relationship between us is just a cooperative relationship? If the poor monk asks directly, doesn't His Highness feel bad?"
Upon hearing this, King Jin hesitated slightly.
After all, he just said similar words to Dao Yan a few days ago...
King Jin looked at Dao Yan for a while and didn't know what he was thinking. Suddenly the conversation changed and he said:
"Master, are you willing to serve me sincerely?"
"Although the Yun Kingdom is good, it is still not as powerful as my Daxia. If the master can switch to my Daxia, I will be a high-ranking marquis. My father will definitely reward you!"
What King Jin said at this time was completely sincere.
Putting aside the fact that Dao Yan currently holds Yun Guodong Factory in his hands, Nian Zhang has placed a number of manpower in Jinling City. Once effective, they will be able to help the King of Jin clean Jinling City.
Simply speaking, his ability to speculate on people's hearts and make plans made King Jin very excited!
If such a person can recruit his followers, why worry about accomplishing great things?
When Dao Yan heard this, he laughed and asked:
"If the poor monk nods in agreement now, will His Highness really dare to use the poor monk?"
King Jin frowned and thought silently for a while. He actually found it inexplicably funny and shook his head:
"I don't dare..."
Ask yourself honestly, if Dao Yan switches to his sect at this time, his first reaction will be to doubt in his heart, what plot is Yun Guo planning?
Dao Yan looked indifferent and continued:
"And with His Highness's current status, he wants to recruit poor monks, but he still can't get the poor monks to agree with him!"
In other words, this is because he dislikes the King of Jin for not having won the battle for the right to inherit the throne, and is not yet qualified to recruit him.
These words are quite offensive.
But unexpectedly, after hearing this, King Jin had no big reaction. He just nodded and continued:
"Let's talk about this later! Today, my king has called you here, but it is for a big event."
"Nowadays, among the embroidery envoys, there are some people from the nineteenth compatriot sister... Ah, by the way, she is the fourteenth princess Yu Yingyao who went to your country of Yun to get married. At the beginning, she should have used a substitute to escape.
, secretly returned to Jinling City, and did not know what means he used to infiltrate the Embroidered Clothes Envoy."
Having said this, King Jin looked at Dao Yan.
Seeing that his expression didn't show too much surprise, he raised his eyebrows and said:
"You seem to have known this for a long time?"
Dao Yan's eyes moved, he shook his head slightly and said:
“I just found out about it not long ago!”
King Jin narrowed his eyes, feeling fearful in his heart, and said in a low voice:
"If I hadn't sent someone to pass the message, I wouldn't have known about this. Master, you are actually able to know that Dongchang, the stick-sticking place of Yun Kingdom, is indeed well-deserved, and it is really powerful!"
"This is a good thing for His Highness now!" Dao Yan said calmly.
Now that King Qi is powerful, King Jin also knows that he is just chosen by the old man to check and balance King Qi, and there is not much hope for the throne. The stronger Dongchang and Niangan are in the Xia Kingdom, the more important it is for King Jin.
The better it is!
As for purging the spies from the Yun Kingdom, that should be something that needs to be done only after he succeeds in seizing the heir!
King Jin took a deep breath, barely suppressed the fear in his heart, and said in a deep voice:
"I just want to ask, is there any way to prevent the embroidered clothes envoy from prying into the affairs of the palace?"
Dao Yan nodded, lowered his head and replied:
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, this matter is not difficult!"
There was no hesitation in his words, and it seemed that he did not take Xia Guo's embroidered clothes into his eyes.
No matter how boldly King Ren Jin made his guess, he couldn't have guessed that the third-grade embroidery envoy Zhong Zizuo, who was now in charge of the Gyeonggi embroidery envoy, had already joined the Yun Kingdom's Niangan Department.
With the help of Zhong Zizuo's power, Sticky Rod Department has even begun to secretly infiltrate the interior of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy. Therefore, King Jin's request is not too difficult for Dao Yan!
When the King of Jin heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and said:
"Okay! In this case, all matters regarding blocking and monitoring the Embroidered Clothes Envoy from now on will be handed over to the master!"
Dao Yan naturally accepted the order happily.
At this moment, outside the study room, an urgent report from King Jin’s confidant suddenly came:
"Your Highness, I have something urgent to report!"
"Come in!" King Jin frowned and shouted immediately.
A confidant quickly opened the study door, walked quickly to Prince Jin, and looked at Dao Yan again.
King Jin took a deep look at Dao Yan, who was sizing him up, and said nothing.
Dao Yan's brows moved, and he could only put his hands together knowingly, perform a Buddhist salute, and said:
"Since His Highness has something urgent to deal with, the poor monk will take his leave first!"
When King Jin heard this, he nodded immediately and said loudly:
"Come here, give me a gift for my king, Master!"
Dao Yan could only turn around and walk out of the study. He hadn't gone very far, but just as he stepped through the vertical door, he heard an uncontrollable exclamation suddenly coming from the study behind him.
Daoyan's ears twitched, with all kinds of thoughts hidden in his heart, he slowly walked out of the palace under the escort of the palace guards.
At this time, outside the palace, a very simple-looking carriage was parked there.
Seeing Dao Yan walking out of the palace, a young monk with thick eyebrows, big eyes, upturned nostrils, ears waving in the wind, thick lips, and an ugly appearance jumped out of the carriage and he hurriedly greeted him.
The moment he received Dao Yan, the young monk couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, clasped his hands together and said:
"Amitabha, Master, you have finally come out. Next time, please let Xu Zhu accompany you in."
Dao Yan is now in charge of all the stick guards in the Xia Kingdom, Dongchang Fanzi. And in the Jinling City of the Xia Kingdom, although there are not many people who know his identity, there are always one or two, so safety is naturally important.
Keep it in mind.
In addition to the stick-stick area around him, Dongchang's masters were secretly guarding him. Xiao Cheng even sent a ninth-level master like Xu Zhu to protect him personally.
However, a person with a simple and honest temperament like Xu Zhu is the most popular with people like Dao Yan who have a sinister nature.
Seeing Xu Zhu's worried look, Dao Yan smiled slightly and said warmly:
"It doesn't matter, I'm not a helpless monk. Even if something unexpected happens, I can always make some noise!"
Although Dao Yan is only a brain person, he is proficient in the classics of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, and is also somewhat involved in the three schools of martial arts. He is also a seventh-level martial artist in terms of martial arts, and he can be regarded as a master in the world.
Xu Zhu was stupid and had always been extremely respectful to Dao Yan, so he immediately hesitated and didn't know how to persuade him.
"Go back!" Dao Yan chuckled.
When Xu Zhu heard this, he couldn't say anything else and quickly helped Dao Yan get into the carriage.
After a while, the carriage drove away from Prince Jin's Mansion.
After Dao Yan left safely, two groups of people snooping in front of the palace quietly retreated.
Daoyan sat cross-legged on the carriage, but he kept thinking about what he had just seen in Prince Jin's Mansion.
The King of Jin has a large palace, and he didn't look happy in the past. But today, after meeting those few people, his expression was filled with pride that could not be concealed.
Moreover, Dao Yan had deliberately used words to provoke him before, bluntly saying that he was just a prince now and was not qualified to recruit him, but King Jin was not touched.
We might as well make a bold guess. Those people who have never met before and only came to the palace to meet King Jin today must be extremely helpful to King Jin in seizing the throne!
And when he left, what news did his confidants send that could make King Jin lose his temper like this?
Dao Yan keenly felt that these two things were closely related to the plan His Majesty had given him! Therefore, this matter must be investigated as soon as possible!
Thinking of this, Dao Yan immediately stopped hesitating and said in a deep voice:
"Ask Shang Yu's backup Yiwei envoy Ju Meng and the second commander of the East Police Factory Guo Yuanzhong to come and see me!"
Jumeng was ordered by Xiao Cheng to take charge of a group of stick guards in the Xia Kingdom and obeyed Dao Yan's dispatch.
And this Guo Yuanzhong was the Dongchang II who instigated Li Weining and former Taiwei Chen Feng in Thang Long Mansion of the Li Dynasty, which eventually led to the death of Chen Feng, the escape of his only son Chen Liyan, the separation of the old army, and the loss of the morale and soul of the Li Dynasty army.
stall.
Today, Guo Yuanzhong is in charge of Dongchang Fanzi in Xia Kingdom as the second stall holder of Dongchang.
At this time, Dao Yan summoned the two men to come, obviously to activate the Sticky Rod and Dongchang to use all their means to find out what is happening in Jinling City today.
Only by knowing the details, can Dao Yan adjust the subsequent layout to ensure that what Xiao Cheng told him can be completed!
In the carriage, Xu Zhu heard Dao Yan speak and scratched his head subconsciously, looking at Dao Yan with a blank expression on his face, wondering if he was talking to him.
And just when Xu Zhu was hesitating whether he should reply or not, he heard the carriage driver outside the car suddenly responded:
"yes!" --
Jinling City, somewhere in a small courtyard.
A messenger in embroidered clothes walked quickly into the courtyard, knelt down on one knee in front of Yu Yingyao who was handling official documents in the courtyard, handed over the secret report with both hands, and said in an urgent tone:
"Miss, urgent report from the palace!"
Yu Yingyao frowned, took the secret letter casually, glanced at it, and suddenly showed a look of shock,
At this time, there was only a short line of words on the secret letter in Yu Yingyao's hand: Your Majesty is seriously ill and will be used as medicine for a few months without any cure.
Yu Yingyao stood up suddenly, looked at the embroidered clothes envoy who came to report, and said in a trembling voice:
"Quickly block the news in the palace and never let outsiders know!"
Hearing this, the embroidered messenger looked a little ugly and said with difficulty:
"The informant reported that all the civil and military officials in the court, the nobles of the clan, and the princes and princes all learned of the news almost at the same time. There was simply... no way to block it!"
When Yu Yingyao heard this, the expression on her face became even more ugly, and she gritted her teeth and said:
"The news spread so quickly, it must have been leaked by someone in the palace, or even someone close to His Majesty... Damn it!"
Now the identity of the Crown Prince and Crown Prince of the Imperial Brother has not yet been announced to the world. If someone took the lead in controlling the palace ban when Emperor Xia was critically ill, and then gained the support of most of the important ministers, wouldn't they have compiled the edict?
Moreover, how could King Qi’s influence on the important officials in the court be compared to that of the other princes and princes?
There is no voice of opposition in the court. When the time comes and the imperial edict will say who will be the crown prince, will the people of that country still fight against King Qi?
Thinking of this, Yu Yingyao felt a chill in her heart and said urgently:
"Send the order, the Embroidered Clothes Envoy will immediately take over the defense of the palace gate!"
After all, Emperor Xia is just seriously ill and is not dead yet. There is no need to go to war for the time being. Just prevent someone from taking the opportunity to take over the palace and control Emperor Xia and the emperor's seal!
King Qi has been practicing in the army for a long time, and he leads the army with many cronies from his old army. If that time comes, there will be many trustworthy generals who can be appointed. As long as he obtains the imperial decree issued by the Sixth Seal of the Emperor and takes over the defense inside and outside the capital, it will not be difficult.
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Speaking of this, Yu Yingyao paused and said:
"Send someone quickly to Jiangcheng Mansion to report the news and ask His Highness to return to the capital as soon as possible!"
This matter is the most important!
Only when King Qi returns to Jinling City as soon as possible and formally obtains the title of crown prince and announces it to the world can he suppress the many forces in the court that are ready to move!
When the embroidered messenger heard this, he immediately responded and left quickly.
Yu Yingyao stood there, maybe she was really frightened just now, and now she just felt a little dizzy.
Holding back the discomfort, she looked at the secret message in her hand again, her expression solemn and her eyes deep.
All this was too sudden.
Whether it was Emperor Xia's sudden serious illness or the fact that the news spread so quickly, it seemed that it happened too suddenly. She didn't believe that there was no one behind it!
But who is the person behind this? What is the purpose?
Is it the forces of the Yun Kingdom that are disrupting the imperial court? Or is it that the King of Jin is behind the plan and wants to win in danger? Or is it the other princes who are not willing to fail in seizing the legitimate son and are fighting hard?
Thinking of this, Yu Yingyao felt a splitting headache in her head.
This development beyond her control has given her a bad premonition...