Chapter 53: While the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman gains.
"Report, most of the 2,000 assassins have died, and some have been captured alive."
"Report, Liu Hu led 5,000 soldiers into the inner palace, Your Highness should make plans early."
With each report, Xiao Han's last hope was shattered. He slumped down on the dragon throne and began to complain in his heart: Why did his Thirteenth Brother want to kill Liu Hu? If he didn't kill him, how could he force the emperor to abdicate? Wouldn't this give people something to talk about?
Xiao Tian stood up angrily and said angrily: "The inner palace is full of the emperor's concubines, what is Liu Hu going to do? He is so disrespectful of the king's law, I will fight him."
Seeing Xiao Tian shouting so vigorously, Xiao Han couldn't feel happy at all.
Others may not understand this brother of mine, but don’t I understand him? He lives in his own imagination. Even though he shouts loudly at this time, when the critical moment comes, he will be more scared than anyone else.
"You must have forgotten that Liu Hu beat you up a few days ago, and now you're still showing off." Xiao Han didn't dare to say what was in his mind, and quickly hid the sand table under the bed, pretending to have just woken up.
All he could do was to protect himself. He didn't care about anything else and didn't want to tell Xiao Tian all his plans.
The door was kicked open with a bang, and Liu Hu and others rushed in. Ah Si put down the chair, shook his shoulders, and greeted Xiao Tian when he saw him.
"Seventh Prince, how are you? It's a relief to meet me last time. It's so dangerous to go out at night."
Hearing Ah Si's voice, Xiao Tian's arrogance diminished by half. He no longer had the aura of "no one else can do it but me" that he had just now.
Looking at Asi's big hammer again, Xiao Tian lost all his arrogance. He ran behind Xiao Han, not daring to look Asi in the eye.
"I am too seriously injured to pay my respects to Your Highness. Please forgive me." Liu Hu said while sitting on a chair with a pale face.
Xiao Han looked at Liu Hu's expression, not knowing whether it was fake or real. However, he didn't care whether Liu Hu paid his respects or not. If he could survive, he would pay his respects to Liu Hu every day.
"It's okay, my dear. Thank you for your hard work. I heard that you went to Lingnan to investigate corruption. But the officials there found out about it and took revenge in secret?" Xiao Han asked innocently.
Liu Hu was not feeling well and did not want to waste time talking to Xiao Han, so he said directly: "I was ambushed by Xiao Leng and narrowly escaped death."
"What? Thirteenth brother would actually do such a thing. It's simply nonsense." Xiao Han continued to pretend.
Liu Hu ignored Xiao Han's performance. Under normal circumstances, he would have cooperated with him. But now he was too lazy to cooperate and said, "Your Majesty, don't think that you can take over the power just because I'm dead. I tell you, if I die, your fate will be even worse than it is now."
"Xiao Leng has already contacted Zhou Guo and Bei Di. If I die, what do you think he will do?"
After hearing what Liu Hu said, Xiao Han was shocked. Even if he and Liu Hu did not get along, that was Daqian's own business. His Thirteenth Brother actually contacted foreign tribes secretly. Isn't this treason?
As a royal family, they actually committed treason. If this gets out, how will the Xiao family save face?
Xiao Han couldn't pretend anymore, and hurried forward to ask, "Really?"
"Whether it's true or not has nothing to do with you. To resist the Zhou Kingdom and the Northern Di, you have to rely on me, not you. You just need to tell me where Xiao Leng is? " Liu Hu has made up his mind that he must find Xiao Leng tonight.
"I, I don't know." Xiao Leng always spoke to him in a commanding tone, so why would he report to him where he went?
Liu Hu had already anticipated this situation and continued, "So what did he tell you to do next?"
"If those ministers don't listen to me, go to the Ministry of Personnel to find Lord Zhang. He will tell me the next plan." Xiao Han said truthfully.
Hearing Xiao Han's words, Liu Hu winked at Ah Si and said leisurely: "Just sit on the throne. As long as I am here, no one will pull you down, because I am the only one who can pull you down, hahahaha."
"You!" Xiao Han was shaking with anger at Liu Hu's words. He wanted to seize his position in front of the emperor, which showed that he simply didn't take him seriously.
Liu Hu never took Xiao Han seriously and continued, "What's wrong with me? Without me, Daqian would have been divided up by the other countries. Without me, do you think you can govern Daqian with your ability?"
"I have already decided on Xiao Leng's crime, just write it down accordingly."
After Liu Hu finished speaking, Wen Xuan handed the things he had prepared long ago to Xiao Han and whispered, "Your Highness, I have already written down the details. You just need to copy them down."
"Hehe." Xiao Han didn't regard Wenxuan as a commoner at all. All the major strategies of Liu Hu were decided by Wenxuan, who was comparable to Zhuge Liang in the past, and everyone knew it.
As early as the first time Wenxuan met Liu Hu, he had already written the Daqian version of the Longzhong Strategy. He seemed smooth, but in fact he was full of cunning schemes.
Xiao Han wanted to speak, but Luo Fanchen drew out a short sword from the waist of the guard next to him, put it on Xiao Han's neck and said, "Write, don't talk nonsense."
He saw that Liu Hu was sweating profusely and thought it was not advisable for him to stay here any longer, so he had to use force.
Xiao Han didn't expect that Liu Hu's men would look down on him so much. He was filled with resentment, but he could do nothing about it. He had to study it himself and copied it word by word.
When Xiao Han finished copying, he took out the jade seal from the side and stamped it on it, saying: "It's done, take a look."
Wenxuan took it to Liu Hu's side, and Liu Hu nodded with satisfaction after reading it and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
After saying that, he asked Ah Si to take him out of the palace. What he wanted was this page of paper, a page of paper that could change Xiao Leng's fate.
The people were confused, and if Liu Hu killed Xiao Leng, it would definitely cause dissatisfaction. However, if the emperor issued an edict stating Xiao Leng's guilt, the people would be very willing to believe it.
Liu Hu can control the military power and the ministers, but he cannot control the gossips of the people, so he needs this piece of paper from Xiao Han.
"Copy this hundreds of times and post them at various interfaces in Shangjing." After Liu Hu finished speaking, he closed his eyes, but in his heart he was thinking how much time was left before the Zhou Kingdom attacked.
"Brother, Liu Hu is too arrogant. He actually told me directly that he wanted to rebel. He simply doesn't treat you as a human being." Xiao Tian dared to speak only after Liu Hu left.
Seeing that Liu Hu had not gone far, his face was filled with indignation, but his voice became much softer.
Xiao Han also knew that his younger brother did not pay attention to Xiao Tian's attitude. He took out the sand table again, removed all the forces representing Xiao Leng, and said.
"There is no winner in a party dispute. The final winner will definitely be me."
"What do you mean?" Xiao Tian didn't know why Xiao Han was crazy. Was he scared silly by Liu Hu? He wanted to remind Xiao Han, but when he saw his expression, Xiao Tian shrank his neck and said nothing.
Xiao Han didn't want to explain, his mood suddenly became good, and he continued to write four big words on the millstone he had just ground - A dispute between a snipe and a clam.
