GBP Chapter 411 Luo Zheng Returns to the Capital and Stabs the Prince of Zhou in the Back
Chapter 411 Luo Zheng Returns to the Capital and Stabs the Prince of Zhou in the Back
King Zhou's mind raced.
If Yang Jun could really promote it successfully, and the people of the world would be loyal to him, how could he still rebel?
And there are two losers, Yang Xiu and Yang Shu!
Let them get that girl, but they did something like this to him, making him lose face!
If they had succeeded in bringing that girl to Gusu, how could Yang Jun be so proud now?
The King of Zhou became angrier and angrier as he thought about it. Suddenly he grabbed the tea bowl next to him and smashed it to pieces.
As soon as Jia Rui walked in, he saw King Zhou’s rage and was secretly shocked.
He asked in surprise, "Why is the prince so angry?"
King Zhou glanced at him coldly and said calmly, "This is the latest news from the capital. Take a look for yourself."
Jia Rui hurried forward and carefully picked up the note on the table. When he saw the words on it clearly, his face changed immediately!
King Zhou had been observing his reaction and couldn't help but say, "It seems that even the master can be wrong sometimes. That little girl's luck is really strange."
At this moment, Jia Rui no longer dared to say anything about the lucky star being nonsense, so he changed the subject directly: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry. Cultivating seeds is by no means an easy task.
What's more, those two plants have been growing in the wild, and it will take at least several years to cultivate them.
If we want to promote it in various places, it will take decades of hard work.
What Yang Jun is doing now is just preparing wedding dresses for the prince.
When the prince takes the throne, he will promote the high-yield varieties he has cultivated to all parts of the country. These will be the prince’s achievements!
The people of the world will only be grateful to the prince for saving their lives!"
When King Zhou heard this, his anger immediately disappeared, and he even laughed triumphantly: "You are right, I was just distracted for a moment."
He stroked his beard and continued, "They are just wild vegetables found in the mountains. Even if the yield is higher, what do I have to fear?
If he wants to cultivate it, then let him do it. When he has cultivated the seeds to perfection, it will be a great bargain for me!"
In the end, he no longer cared about the two wild vegetables, but instead couldn't wait to discuss with Jia Rui what to do next.
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After Luo Zheng arrived in the capital with the Chief Secretary of the Prince of Zhou's Palace, he immediately went to the palace to report to Emperor Taihe.
The chief secretary of the Zhou Palace also followed in.
However, Emperor Taihe did not summon him immediately, but left him outside.
Emperor Taihe first met Luo Zheng. After listening to Luo Zheng's report, he asked him about his experiences in the Zhou King's fiefdom.
This time when Luo Zheng entered the Zhou King's fiefdom, he actually didn't see anything, nor did he hear any rumors.
Because King Zhou had made preparations in advance to prevent him from hearing negative rumors about the Zhou Palace and reporting back to the capital.
King Zhou blocked the news very well, but he didn't know that Luo Zheng had a blood feud with him and had been secretly paying attention to the affairs in King Zhou's fiefdom for many years.
So when Emperor Taihe asked, he immediately brought out the words he had prepared.
In order to avoid arousing Emperor Taihe's suspicion, he only told him about a tragedy that had happened not long ago.
A fire broke out in a family's home at night, and all the family members were burned to death.
After the local authorities investigated, they closed the case as an accidental fire, and the incident passed without causing much commotion.
But not long after the incident, a word "injustice" written in blood suddenly appeared on the broken wall of that family's house. There were also occasional noises at night, and the neighbors thought it was the work of an innocent ghost.
The relatives of that family went to the government and believed that the fire was not an accident but man-made. They requested the government to conduct a thorough investigation and redress the injustice.
But the officials said they were making trouble, beat them with a stick, and had the dilapidated house demolished. They also forbade anyone to talk nonsense again.
This case is of course true.
Not only that, Luo Zheng also knew that the reason why that family suffered this disaster was that someone had taken a fancy to the twins in their family.
The twins were very pretty, with red lips and white teeth, but because they were only twelve and still childish, it was difficult to tell whether they were male or female.
Both of them are very smart and have good academic performance.
Unfortunately, before they grew up and took the imperial examination to become officials, this beauty brought disaster to their entire family.
When Luo Zheng found out about this, the family had already suffered.
He then had someone write a large word "injustice" in blood, and deliberately made a noise to spread the news that the wronged spirit was causing trouble.
Now, these arrangements are finally coming in handy.
After hearing this, Emperor Taihe frowned in displeasure: "Is there such a thing?"
Luo Zheng said calmly, "Although the story of wronged ghosts haunting the place does seem absurd, the fact that the government is unwilling to investigate and has a rude attitude is indeed a bit strange.
I asked someone to secretly investigate and found out that the neighbors near that family were all very secretive about this matter, as if they had been bullied.
So I think this is a suspicious matter. Although that family has only a small fortune, they have a pair of beautiful twin boys.
He stopped talking here.
However, Emperor Taihe was not an ignorant young man. As soon as he heard his words, he understood the reason why the family had an accident.
As the saying goes, "to possess a treasure is to be punished." A wealthy family with a pair of beautiful twin boys is indeed likely to attract covetousness, enough to drive some heartless people to commit the crime of annihilating the entire family.
and……
When Emperor Taihe thought of the ugly things Yang Shu had done, it was hard for him not to think too much.
He didn't believe that the great King Zhou would be unaware of what his daughter had done.
If King Zhou himself was a clean person, how could he allow his daughter to do whatever she wanted?
The murderer must be of high status to have the local authorities help cover up the crime.
That pair of beautiful twin boys might have ended up in Prince Zhou’s palace!
Emperor Taihe pondered for a long time, then suddenly asked, "I intend to appoint you as an imperial envoy to go to the Zhou King's fiefdom to thoroughly investigate the unjust case. Do you dare to go?"
Luo Zheng was overjoyed and immediately knelt to accept the order: "Your Majesty is willing to entrust such an important task to me, so I will naturally fulfill my duty! I will not refuse even if it means death!"
Emperor Taihe looked at him with satisfaction: "Since you are willing to take on this mission, I will give you this important task! However, since you have just returned, you can rest for a few days before setting off again."
Luo Zheng quickly expressed his gratitude: "Your Majesty, I thank you for your consideration!"
Emperor Taihe smiled and said, "Alright, go and pay your respects to the Imperial Concubine. She is very worried about you."
Only then did Luo Zheng take his leave.
After he left, Emperor Taihe left the Chief Secretary of Prince Zhou's Palace alone for a full hour before summoning him.
The chief historian of the Zhou palace was named Li Shan. He was smart and cautious, and was the confidant of the Zhou king, so the Zhou king entrusted him with such an important task.
Even after being left out for over an hour, he never showed any dissatisfaction.
When he saw Emperor Taihe, he bowed respectfully to him, handed King Zhou's letter of apology and apology with both hands, and spoke eloquently about King Zhou.
If Emperor Taihe had not met Luo Zheng first and heard about the tragedy, he would have believed his words.
However, considering what Yang Xiu and Yang Shu had done, and the tragedy that had happened before, no matter how beautifully Li Shan spoke, he only felt it was ironic.
Emperor Taihe only glanced at the night-shining pearl casually before throwing it aside and concentrating on reading the letter of apology from Prince Zhou. Finally, he sighed in mock resignation, "Since Uncle Zhou also believes that Yang Xiu and Yang Shu's crimes are unforgivable, then I will follow Uncle Zhou's wishes and demote them to commoners."