The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Chapter 63~64 Accident

Zhao Tong "hates and loves" Lu Xiaoyao and the two. Killing them would be a pity for their abilities. If he didn't kill them, he would be afraid of raising tigers. He understood that although he had frightened them with "advanced weapons" at that time,

But these guys are so bold that they will do anything for money. Otherwise, they will get themselves into trouble. Another one they killed this time is Huang Jingchen's old friend. If Huang Jingchen doesn't tell him, once he notices, the two of them will be killed.

There will inevitably be dissatisfaction between individuals, which is not beautiful, so Zhao Tong decided to make the matter clear. It was up to Huang Jingchen to decide whether to kill or retain him.

"Uncle Huang, you said that since the matter was done secretly, but who leaked the news and mobilized people and officials to hunt them down and uproot them, could it be that Cai Xiang wanted to kill people and silence them?" Zhao Tao

asked again.

"It can't be him. Yemen is a sect in the Jianghu. People in the court and the local government have many connections with them. They spend money to use them to do shady things. So Cai Jing is just using them to cover people's ears.

And Yemen's 'reputation' has always been very good. If an assassin's operation fails, he will often end it on his own and never leak the employer's information." Huang Jingchen quickly made a judgment, "The problem should be that Yemen is being chased this time.

On themselves!"

"Uncle Huang, what are you talking about? Is this an internal strife?" Zhao Tong was a little confused. Huang Jingchen's statement was beyond his judgment.

"It should be a combination of both. Someone inside and outside worked together to plot against them!" Huang Jingchen looked at Zhao Tao who still didn't understand and said: "My lord, think about what the Imperial City Department is. It is the eyes and ears of the emperor. It is impossible for Cai Jing to not do it."

Dare to get involved, but now people from the Imperial City Department are involved. There are only a handful of people who can touch the Imperial City Department, can the prince think of who it is?"

"It can't be Yang Jian, right? If they can take action in the palace, someone must be an internal informant, cover and cooperate with their actions, and he is the only one who can do these two things!" Zhao Tong said as he thought.

"Haha, the prince's guess is correct. Even Yang Jian, the chamberlain who was in charge of the medicine storehouse and the tea server in the palace, died in mysterious circumstances, but no one was investigating. If such a big thing happened, he was the only one who could deal with it.

And I heard that Yang Jian has recently become very close to your distant uncle Zheng Juzhong."

"Why is there something about him here?" Zhao Tong felt that his brain was a little short of fuel and couldn't keep up. This matter had already involved the two top leaders in the palace and the court, and now the royal relative was involved.

Pulled in.

"Here we have to talk about Cai Jing's return to the prime minister. After he was demoted to Hangzhou, he wanted to make a comeback, but the emperor listened to his empress the most, so Cai Jing entrusted Zheng Juzhong to mediate and allowed him to take the post of Privy Councilor. After Cai Jing returned to the prime minister,

He did recommend him to the emperor, but at this time, the empress stopped him because he was a relative, so the position fell into the hands of Zhang Kangguo. Of course, Zheng Juzhong was grudges about Cai Jing, so he changed his connections.

Went to Yang Jian!"

"Then Yang Jian didn't want to kill Zhang Kangguo and leave his seat to Zheng Juzhong, right?" Zhao Tong only knew that Prime Minister Cai Jingfu had done his best, but he didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns here.

"I don't know how he calculated this and how he discussed it with Cai Jing, but I think no matter how courageous Yang Jian is, he would not dare to blatantly interfere in state affairs. However, it is a fact that the emperor relies more and more on Cai Jing. I guess

Yang Jian chased Yemen because he saw Lu Xiaoyao being used by Cai Jing, and he became suspicious. Firstly, he was afraid that he would use Yemen to threaten him, and secondly, he was worried that the matter was not secret, so he simply killed them all, but to make a secret

When a sect is uprooted, the easiest way is to find an insider!"

Huang Jingchen didn't need to explain the rest, Zhao Yu also figured it out. Yang Jian had already secretly bribed the people in the night gate and found out their traces. After Lu Xiaoyao succeeded in assassinating him, he immediately arranged for people to keep track of their whereabouts and where they were stationed.

The secrets were revealed, attracting the people they had offended in the world to pursue them. The officials took advantage of the opportunity to surround and suppress the rudders in various parts of the night gate. They used those who could be used and killed those who could not be used, and brought the largest killer organization in the world under their own control.

under the door.

"This old man is really an old official and an old conspirator. He sees these things so clearly. If he didn't understand the general direction of the incident, he really wouldn't be able to coax this old guy!" Zhao Tong sighed in his heart. Fortunately, Huang Jingchen was him.

People, saved a lot of worry and let themselves understand that the situation in the DPRK is so complicated, "Uncle Huang, what do you think, how should we deal with these two people?"

"Let's see, since they are desperate and have temporarily surrendered to us, if they are willing to be loyal to us, the prince will be able to get help. If they have any ulterior motives, it will only take a little effort to kill them. If the prince can trust this matter, just leave it to me.

, I will let Shunzi keep an eye on them secretly!" Huang Jingchen replied after pondering for a moment.

"Uncle Huang, don't you want to avenge Zhang Zhi Privy Council?" Zhao Tong asked.

"Haha, the prince is worried about my father-in-law's personal revenge!" Huang Jingchen said with a smile, "Zhang Kangguo and I do have some friendship, but we mostly use each other. Now that he is gone, I rushed back to Beijing to burn incense for him, which is considered repayment.

, Besides, if you kill someone with a knife, you can’t just blame it on the knife!”

"I judge a gentleman with a villain's heart, don't blame Mr. Huang!" Huang Jingchen revealed Zhao Tong's worries, and he poured a cup of tea for Huang Jingchen with an embarrassed look on his face and said.

"Isn't the prince a villain?" Huang Jingchen said after taking a sip of tea. Zhao Tao was stunned and suddenly thought that he was just eight years old, so of course he was an out-and-out 'villain'. He looked at Huang Jingchen who couldn't stop laughing.

Huang Jingchen also looked at the embarrassed prince, and the two conspirators, one big and one small, couldn't help but look at each other and laugh!

The mansion was heavily guarded and ready to attack, but the villagers who were building canals outside the mansion were unaware. They just saw some idle people wandering around the village. The men were still busy on the construction site. At most, they told their wives and children to close the doors.

, be careful not to let thieves steal your hard-earned money.

There were only two heavy snowfalls this winter. After spring, the weather became warmer and there was not much rain. Seeing a spring drought, the wheat in the fields was just about to joint and needed watering. The tenants begged the farmers and stewards.

I'm talking about wasting two days to put some water from the reservoir to irrigate the fields.

Zheng Fu and others discussed it and felt that this was related to the harvest that the tenants had worked hard for for more than half a year, and a two-day stoppage of work would not delay the construction period, so they agreed to use the half-built main canal to irrigate the fields and irrigate all the wheat fields in each village.

It was a good intention, but unexpectedly it caused a disaster.

The canal has been basically excavated and is being reinforced and leveled. Work will resume after the water delivery is completed. However, no one expected that after being soaked in water, a section of the canal with soft soil suddenly collapsed, burying all six men who were working on the canal.

Although efforts were made to rescue him, two people died and three people were injured.

"Zheng Fu, kneel down!" After listening to the report in the meeting hall, Zhao Tao turned around anxiously in the hall twice with a livid complexion. Suddenly he turned around and shouted sternly at Zheng Fu, the chief steward who was standing on one side.

The stewards were all stunned. They did not expect that the prince, who had always been kind to his servants, would suddenly become angry.

"Second Master" Zheng Fu couldn't help but feel shocked after hearing this. Others didn't know, but he knew the details of the prince, and he knelt down with a low voice.

"Zheng Fu, let me ask you, do you know how to transport water through canals?" Zhao Tong pointed at him and asked.

"Second Master, I know it was me who ordered the water to be poured into the fields!" Zheng Fu answered honestly.

"Okay, since it was you who gave the order, you can send someone to check the changes in the soil quality of the canal after the water is transferred!" Zhao Tong asked again.

"Second Master, I didn't, I was negligent!" Zheng Fu lowered his head and replied.

"Haha, you are negligent. You put it lightly. You cost two lives with just one sentence. Two men lost their lives in the blink of an eye. There are a few more children without fathers in the world, and there are two more broken families.

Do you know your guilt?" Zhao Tong said with a sneer.

"The villain knows his crime!" Zheng Fu said with a kowtow.

"Okay, you still have a responsibility. Since I have entrusted you with the construction of dams and canals, you will have to take responsibility if something happens now. Otherwise, I will not be able to explain to the dead people and their families. Now I am exempted from the responsibility."

Are you convinced that your position as chief steward will impose a one-year salary penalty and a heavy responsibility of twenty directors?"

"The second master did the right thing. I don't dare to complain at all. I just ask the second master not to expel the villain from the house!" Zheng Fu threw himself on the ground and said with red eyes.

"You can stay and discuss it later!" Zhao Tong waved his hand, and two nursing staff came up and dragged him out. "Who was responsible for supervising the construction of the collapsed ditch?" he asked again.

"Second Master, you are young!" A young housekeeper walked out from the crowd and knelt down tremblingly before Zhao Tong could speak.

"Have you noticed changes in soil quality or signs of landslides?"

"Second Master, I saw it, but the young men all wanted to dig more and make more money. The younger one thought that this would help repair the work faster, so as not to delay the construction period and delay the Second Master's major event, so he didn't let them

Stop work!" the little steward replied.

"Hmph, you can put it nicely, but I think you are just putting human lives in danger and want to meet the deadline to please me. People like you who deceive superiors and subordinates deserve to be deceived," Zhao Tong said with a cold snort.

"Second Master, please spare my life. I am doing this for the sake of the family." The young steward was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground and cried out in grief. He knew that the prince wanted to kill him, but it was as simple as crushing an ant.

"Go away, drag him down, give him twenty punches and lock him up first, then come down and deal with it together!" Zhao Tong said with some disgust. He looked at the other stewards again, his eyes swept over, and everyone lowered their heads, "Zheng Lu, you go first

As the acting chief steward, you are responsible for the affairs on the construction site. Others should take this as a warning and let you stay on the construction site. You are not just supervising the work of the strong men. If something like this happens again, be careful!"

"Yes!" Everyone replied in unison, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. They were all afraid that the prince would hold them responsible again.

"Zheng Lu, please tell me that the wages of the injured young men during their recuperation will be doubled, and all medical expenses will be paid by the government. In addition, their rent for this year will be waived. The deceased will be given an initial pension of 30,000 yuan, and they will be buried.

All expenses should be borne by the government, and each family will be given twenty acres of land to support their family's future life!" Zhao Tong said.

"Yes, I'll do it right away!" Zheng Lu agreed and immediately arranged for people to do it.

Seeing that everyone had left, Zhao Tong sat down helplessly, "Second Master, these are all accidents, don't blame yourself too much!" Jian Xi poured him a cup of tea and handed it to him.

"Jianxi, go find me some plain clothes. I'd better go with them to the casualty's home to have a look. In general, this matter is all because I didn't arrange it well, otherwise this kind of thing wouldn't have happened!" Zhao Tao sighed.

said.