The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

When he came to Dongchang death row again, Xiao Rui didn't have the leisurely feeling of revisiting his old place, but felt the coldness and bloodiness rushing towards his face.

In the shadow of the tree of life, Dongchang was established for more than half a year. In such a short period of time, the common people and civil and military officials can change their expressions and fear like a tiger. Meticulous attention to detail and the means to make you want to be in hell's arms when you come in.

Go here and take a walk, after you go out, there are no ghosts or ghosts.

Xiao Rui was thinking, Emperor Xia is a benevolent monarch, and he implements a benevolent government. Both inside and outside the court are in control, so why set up Dongchang and Jinyiwei? There is no Donglin Party in the imperial court, and power has been centralized, so why should it be strengthened to control?

Could it be that this is a common problem of emperors. When they are no longer young and old, they feel lonely and lonely in their hearts. Over time, they will have a strong sense of loss, worrying about the decline of power and not being able to control it?

But Emperor Xia is not like this kind of person.

Although Xiao Rui has lived for two lives, the total is less than thirty years. He cannot see through his father's plan, and deeply feels his unfathomable depth.

Eunuch Wei personally led the way, took Xiao Rui, Jia Xu and Li Kui to the depths of the death row, and met Cao Hanbing, the nephew of the head of the Cao family.

At this time, he was tied up and stuffed in his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide.

Hearing the movement, he raised his head, saw Xiao Rui coming, his eyes fixed, and he couldn't help smiling.

Li Kui brought a chair and put it in front of the prison door, Xiao Rui sat down and asked with a smile, "Tie Niu, let him go."

Eunuch Wei bowed his hands and retreated. It seemed that Cao Hanbing's life and death had nothing to do with him, leaving Xiao Rui to deal with him. Li Kui stepped forward and pulled out the foreign object in Cao Hanbing's mouth.

Xiao Rui then asked: "What are you laughing at?"

"Finally meeting the famous His Royal Highness King Xian, I am very happy and excited, so I naturally want to laugh!" The smile on the corner of Cao Hanbing's mouth did not disappear, and he answered an answer that Xiao Rui expected.

Xiao Rui asked: "Shouldn't you be angry? After all, Cao Lu died in this king's hands, and now you are in this king's hands, and you will die in my hands too!"

"Everyone has to die. When I came to Daxia, I already saw it away, and I didn't report the idea of ​​leaving alive..." Cao Hanbing said casually.

Xiao Rui continued: "Oh right, let me tell you one more thing. I have already sent a master to the Great Zhao Kingdom. He is a top master. It should be a piece of cake to assassinate the high-level Cao family, but unfortunately you can't see him." It’s a pity that the Cao family was wiped out.”

"Oh, is it? Really? Then I really want to thank Your Highness very much." Unexpectedly, Cao Hanbing raised his eyebrows, and he was actually very happy.

Xiao Rui was confused by this smile, and asked: "Are you doing this on purpose? Trying to confuse the public and ask the king to spare your life?"

Cao Hanbing shook his head and said: "I don't bother to use that mentally retarded method. Your Highness is not a fool, how could you believe it! I am sincerely grateful, and to tell you the truth, I have no gratitude to the Cao family. On the contrary, I am all angry! I am the concubine of the Cao family, I am not welcome, I am bullied by my descendants, I am despised by my father, this time I was sent to the Great Xia Kingdom to die! No one pities me, just like sacrificing a pawn, cheap life. So I die Yes, the Cao family can be buried with him, and the whole family will be gathered together in hell, so naturally we should be grateful to His Highness for the reunion."

Xiao Rui was happy, and said with a smile: "Okay! If you are obedient, I will let you go in peace later, so you can go down early and prepare a house for the Cao family who will go later. There is also a shortage of rooms in hell."

"His Royal Highness Xian came here in person to ask who in the capital colluded with us." Cao Hanbing asked.

Xiao Rui nodded and said, "That's right, you can't do it with your means alone."

Cao Hanbing agreed: "That's right, we were planning to break into King Xian's mansion to assassinate. When we were ready, the man suddenly found us and said we were looking for death! Let alone how many guards there are in King Xian's mansion, we only secretly protect the forbidden army of King Xian's mansion." , it’s not something we people can stop. That person gave us advice, so there was a scene of a warrior fighting a tiger. I didn’t expect it to really attract His Highness, and he almost succeeded, but I didn’t expect His Highness King Xian to die. During this period of time, I hid in the capital, not only to hide from the search of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, but also the killer of that man, who was afraid that I would reveal his identity, and wanted to get rid of me quickly."

"Who is that person?" Xiao Rui asked.

Cao Hanbing said: "I don't know who he is either! He came and went without a trace, I secretly followed him, but he escaped, but I guess this person is not an ordinary person, he must be a counselor recruited by the dignitaries of your country Master."

"Then the king came to see you for nothing?" Xiao Rui frowned, and then asked Jia Xu directly: "Sir, do you have anything else to ask?"

Jia Xu nodded and took two steps forward: "Cao Hanbing, you are a smart person, so we don't have to play charades. You are doomed. If you want to take advantage of today's opportunity to negotiate to survive, I advise you not to think about it. It is absolutely impossible! But I I can promise you on behalf of His Royal Highness, if you provide valuable clues, I can promise you to do one thing for you, which is our deal. I only give you this one chance! You are a smart person, we originally wanted to extract a confession by torture , Now it seems that it’s better to forget it, to respect smart enemies, this is my respect. You should think about it.”

Jia Xu stared at Cao Hanbing, frankly and straightforwardly. Cao Hanbing looked directly at him and saw the sincerity in Jia Xu's eyes.

After a long time, Cao Hanbing closed his eyes and sighed.

Indeed, he wanted to take the opportunity to survive, but it was obvious that Xiao Rui would not give him the chance.

"Okay!" Cao Hanbing yelled, and said, "I didn't even hope to live. It's very rare not to be tortured to death. I agree to this gentleman's deal. I need His Highness to help me save someone!"

"Who?" Xiao Rui asked.

Cao Hanbing read out slowly word by word: "Cao Ruyu, the concubine of the crown prince of the Great Zhao Kingdom!"

After a pause, Cao Hanbing said again: "I know this request is too much, but this is the only thing I can't let go of before I die. I am not afraid of His Highness's jokes when I say it. When I die, looking back on my life, I have lived such a mean and despicable life. Just like a helpless dog, who abuses and scolds at others! Even my "respected" father has always scolded him coldly! The direct line is always right, and what you get is good! I am a bastard ,Nothing at all!"

"Who made the rules, the direct descendants are favored, and the concubines have no status? I don't accept it! Even if they are as stupid as pigs or as stupid as cows, they are good!"

"Damn! Damn!"

At the end, Cao Hanbing's eyes widened, his pupils were red, and he was very irritable.

Xiao Rui shook his head, this is a person whose life has been affected by the concubine and concubine system.

Unfortunately, there is no fairness in this world!

Xiao Rui ignored his anger, but asked, "What does this Cao Ruyu have to do with you?"

"She is the daughter of the head of the Cao family, my cousin. She is the only person in the entire Cao family who is kind to me. When she calls me "brother", it is the most beautiful name I have ever heard! I heard that she married Da Prince Zhao is very unhappy, I want to help her." Cao Hanbing took a deep breath and calmed down a bit: "This request is too much, but it is not difficult to do it, Cao Ruyu likes to worship the Buddha, just kidnap her while she is doing it Anyway. The crown prince doesn’t care about her anyway, it’s all for the Cao family. You take her to Daxia Kingdom, then let her be free. She can do whatever she wants. Just like she once said to me, dreams Be a little bird, carefree..."

Xiao Rui looked at Jia Xu, Jia Xu nodded, Xiao Rui said: "Okay, I promise you!"

Cao Hanbing thanked: "Thank you! In fact, I didn't lie just now. The man was very cautious. I sent people to follow up, but he found out and threw them away. So I made a plan and sprinkled some powder on the hem of his gown. It is difficult for people with this kind of powder to distinguish, but a professionally trained hound can smell it. This time the Cao family caravan came to Daxia, and there happened to be such a hound in the caravan. Later, when this person left, I personally led The hound followed and found the whereabouts of this person."

"Where did he go?" Xiao Rui asked quickly.

Unexpectedly, Cao Hanbing made a fool of himself on purpose: "Your Highness, there are no outsiders here, why don't you guess? I believe you can't guess."

"So, this person didn't go to other prince's mansions, but the place he went to must be beyond my expectation, it can't be the palace!" Xiao Rui was not annoyed, but still speculated about the truth.

Cao Hanbing said: "Of course it's not the imperial palace, and I'm not going to keep it to myself. It's...Ruyang Palace! The hounds tracked the back door of Ruyang Palace. I dare not approach it. Naturally, I don't know the situation in Ruyang Palace."

"ah?"

Shocked, Xiao Rui stood up abruptly.

He was indeed surprised, not only him, but even Jia Xu looked surprised.

The hidden black hand actually went to the Ruyang Palace, which was beyond their expectations!

The next moment, Xiao Rui stared at Cao Hanbing, wondering if he was deceiving himself on purpose.

Cao Hanbing looked at him frankly.

"If I want to deceive His Highness, I can say that that person has entered Chu Wangfu and Jin Wangfu! I have told the truth, if His Highness doesn't believe it, then let's pretend that our deal doesn't exist." Cao Hanbing laughed at himself.

Xiao Rui got up and left the death row, and handed over the follow-up matters to Jia Xu and Li Kui.

He lifted his feet and walked out of the prison, thinking about this matter in his mind.

Stopping in front of the prison door, the warm winter sun shone on his face, causing his eyes to narrow slightly, but his heart was full of ups and downs.

Not long after, Jia Xu and Li Kui also came out.

"I asked Tieniu to feed him hallucinogens, and after reconfirmation, what he said should be true." Jia Xu said.

The Poison Sutra that Ye Qianying gave Xiao Rui is very useful. The psychedelic drugs in it can cause people to fall into hallucinations. As long as the person does not strongly resist and resists violently, he can tell the truth. This is why Jia Xu made love with him The reason for the transaction must be to stabilize his emotions.

Xiao Rui nodded and sighed: "The water in the capital is too deep. Is anyone dead?"

Jia Xu replied, "I'm out of breath. Li Kui crushed his throat with a little force."

Standing aside, Li Kui stretched out his hand and made gestures, with a simple and honest smile on his face.

"Your Highness, even if a hidden person enters the Ruyang Palace, it may not necessarily be someone from the Ruyang Palace. This matter needs to be discussed in the long run." Jia Xu reminded.

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "Don't worry, sir, I've gone through a lot of things, I will be careful. However, it's time to visit Ruyang Prince's Mansion tomorrow, what do you think, sir?"

"It's time to go. Since the Lingxiao Tower incident, His Highness has only seen Princess Lanling once. It's been a long time, so I should visit him and chat with King Ruyang by the way." Jia Xu joked.

Xiao Rui thought of Xiao Qingqing, and his heart was burning.

Of course, it was true that he went to see King Ruyang by himself, and seeing Xiao Qingqing was just incidental.