The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 244 The Death of Xiaodutou

In their cognition, wolves are ferocious and cunning animals on the grassland, and the herdsmen have nothing to do with them, they can only guard against them.

Even if you are on guard against them all day, there is no guarantee that they will suddenly attack the sheep when you are negligent, which shows your helplessness towards the wolves.

The same is true of Khitan, they have always been extremely cruel to the Han people in the Central Plains, and the people living in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are all people living in dire straits.

To say that they are cunning is that they generally do not directly conflict with the Central Plains Dynasty, but support agents.

The sika deer, precious and beautiful, has no offensive ability, and its personality is very docile, which is in line with the situation in Jiangnan Tang.

Wild boars are the most difficult animals to hunt, because they have thick skin and flesh, and it is generally difficult for arrows to shoot them to death.

Zhao Kuangyin said that it symbolizes Shu Shu, which is quite appropriate. After all, Shu Shu is a country that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

When Gao Huaide heard this, he stood up:

"The emperor uses prey as a metaphor for countries today, so the ministers and others in the future will definitely conquer the countries for the emperor."

Others are also fighting high:

"As long as His Majesty needs ministers and others, he will definitely leap on the horse and raise his whip to rule the world for His Majesty and wipe out Yunei."

"Brothers, hurry up and die. Didn't I say that, today I only talk about brotherhood, not about the etiquette of monarchs and ministers."

Do you say that we dare to do this? Since you only talk about brotherhood, why do you still call yourself Zhen.

At the same time, the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers is a major event. If you don't pay attention to the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers, don't we bother to pay attention to it? Who dares to do this.

Looking for Kuangyin to let the prey be carried down quickly and grilled, and he wants to have a delicious game here?
In the capital, Zhao Xu was holding his son leisurely. He was planning to go out in a few days to Junshan to take over the position of leader of the beggar gang.

"The prince has a lot of strangers out of the city today, and they seem to be heading towards the paddock. Today, the emperor is hunting in the paddock with a few adults."

Intelligence leader Liu Qinhu reported to Zhao Xu that they found a lot of people flocking towards the paddock today, and they had never seen these people before.

While teasing his son, Zhao Xu said indifferently:
"It's nothing to make a fuss about. Even if there are assassins, they wouldn't dare to show it blatantly. Besides, there are many people who protect the emperor. They are all experts, and they are very safe."

Zhao Xu knew that there were quite a few people accompanying Zhao Kuangyin out this time, and the security on the outside was also very strict. There was no way for ordinary people to get close to the paddock.

Moreover, there is only one way to enter the paddock, and there are countless sentries on this way, and the assassin cannot easily dodge it.

Besides, there are still a large number of forbidden troops following, no one dares to break ground on Tai Sui, or else it is not the birthday man who hanged himself, you think your life is long.

"Your Highness, I'm not worried about this, but this morning, I found that one of the imperial guards we were in charge of guarding tonight died head-on in his own home."

"When did this happen? Why did you come to report it now?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but pay attention to it.

Dutou is just a small official, but if the foundation of the Forbidden Army is established, he has also held this position in the past.

It's not that I'm sensitive to this position, but that there must be other things in it, otherwise, whoever would murder everyone.

"It's His Royal Highness. He was fine when he returned home after changing shifts yesterday. His family members found him dead on the bed this morning. His eyes were wide open and he looked terrified. The family hurriedly reported the case."

"The Kaifeng Mansion's arresters went to the scene to investigate and found that he was an officer of the Imperial Army, so they reported to the Dianqian Division. Lord Murong of the Dianqian Division was chatting with the emperor, so the subordinates came to ask the prince what to do about this matter."

"What's the result of their investigation? Are there any new discoveries, or are there any clues?"

Zhao Xu handed his son to the maid next to him, and stood up by himself: "Send the little prince back to the palace."

"According to the results sent by the Kaifeng mansion, His Highness was beaten to death with a palm of gravity on the chest. There is nothing else. However, a large amount of gold was found in his house, and his family does not know the source."

"A prime minister's salary is only so much, and his family has so much gold. It seems that there must be something shameful. What is Lao Hei doing?"

Zhao Xu saw that Dong Zhenhai hadn't come with Liu Qinhu at all, so he didn't know what to do again.

"He, when he heard about the murder case, he went to the scene to have a look. This guy seems very interested."

"Your Highness, I'm back." While the two were talking about Dong Zhenhai, he came back in a hurry.

"Your Highness, you don't even know that this guy died so badly. It seems that a layer of skin is missing from his face, but you can still recognize who he is, and found some unfinished letters in the brazier of his house. "

"There are so many words on it, and I don't know much, but those people in Kaifeng Mansion know them and say it's a dragon-slaying plan. Anyway, it's intermittent, it's dragon-slaying, the paddock and so on."

Ok?
The dragon slaying plan, is it to assassinate the emperor? Isn’t slaying the dragon the same as killing the emperor? It also mentions the paddock, so there must be other things in it.

"Is there a portrait of this capital? Bring it to me. The two of you go to recruit people and lead a thousand imperial troops to accompany me to the paddock. This is the token."

"There is a portrait of him, it's placed in front of the hall! We're going to mobilize the imperial army now."

Zhao Kuangyin accepted Zhao Xu's suggestion at the beginning and created a detailed file for each person, of course, there were also their portraits on it.

It was useless to mobilize the imperial army without the emperor's order and a token, so Zhao Xu gave them a token.

The group of them hurried to the paddock, and it was Gao Huailiang who was guarding the periphery, and now he was the Marquis of the imperial army.

"I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Okay, General Gao, I don't have time to talk to you here, do you know this person?"

As he spoke, Zhao Xu took out the portrait of the slain Dutou and asked Gao Huailiang to take a look.However, although Gao Huailiang is the Marquis of Du Yu, he really doesn't know him.

"Your Highness, I don't know him. He's a dude. Let Commander Zhang come over. Hurry up." Gao Huailiang ordered the soldiers around him.

He didn't know this person, and he didn't need to. The difference between Du Yuhou and Du Tou was too far, and they were not in the same class at all.

There is also a commander above Dutou, and these commanders are the immediate superiors of Dutou, so Gao Huailiang asked for this commander to be found, and he would definitely know him.

(End of this chapter)