Wu country.
"Have you heard that something happened to Zonghengquan?"
"I heard that Zonghengquan has been exterminated!"
"I heard it's treason!"
"That's a felony crime of exterminating the family. Fisting up and down the door, all the men will be beheaded. The women who leave the court will be reduced to official prostitutes. Those who have not left the court will be demoted to slaves after verification."
"pitiful."
"What's so pitiful! The enthronement ceremony of King Xuanwu is coming soon, yet they dare to treason and exterminate their clan!"
There are many people talking about it.
"I also heard that many bones were found in Zonghengquan! They are all women who were killed by them."
"What? Zonghengquan has a good reputation, how dare you do such a thing?"
"Maybe someone framed it. But I heard that a beautiful woman was found in the master's secret room! It is said that she was kidnapped. The master coveted the beauty and wanted to make it a concubine, but the beauty was unwilling. The master was afraid of causing too much trouble." She can only be locked up temporarily. If she didn't want to kill herself at any time with the hairpin, I'm afraid she won't be able to keep her body!"
"Hey, if he succeeds, this beauty will have to become a concubine."
All kinds of rumors are circulating in the market.
Prince Mo also looked at the information in his hand, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"It's really interesting that Zhou Zhiruo, who was born in Penghu, managed to survive under the majesty of the master of Zonghengquan." In Dugu Mo's hand, was the documents collected by the spies. After Dugu Mo had a conversation with King Xuanwu by the fish pond, he was officially announced as a prince.
Bao Lao was arranged by the royal family to be his personal bodyguard. It is scheduled to be canonized as the royal prince at the enthronement ceremony of King Xuanwu.
The crown prince position is vacant, and among the many princes who are now the most prominent. Just count Dugumo and the eldest prince.
The rest of the princes such as the eighth prince and the fourteenth prince have also made achievements, but recently they are not as powerful as the two.
As the eldest son, the eldest prince naturally won the support of the most courtiers. The same is true of the direction of the folk limelight.
Originally, there was a Prince Xuan who could compete with the eldest prince, but after being beaten up by Xiao Ruoyao, who had just risen from the Qi State, the 30,000 surprise raiders were wiped out, and even his status as a prince was deprived, and he is still a prisoner in the Qi State.
But Dugu Mo, as the commander in chief who was also defeated, was actually announced as a prince. There is not much punishment, which will inevitably make many people think about it.
Follow this momentum. Coupled with the full support of the Three Sages, Dugu Mo thrived, and successfully became the Prince Mo in the competition for the succession of the Wu Kingdom.
"If you're not sure, just kill her! A beauty is a disaster!" Old Leopard, who was beside Dugu Mo, remonstrated.
"Old Leopard is really my confidant. I know that I don't feel right looking at this girl." Dugu Mo smiled slightly, and casually threw the information in his hand to him: "Do you think she will be a spy from Qi or Jin?" "If there's a 10% chance, kill him." Old Leopard is quite cruel to women, completely different from Dugu Mo's habit.
Dugu Mo tilted his head and thought for a while: "Now there is at least a 30% possibility. First, it is difficult to find out what happened. The master of Zonghengquan's resistance is dead, and there is no proof of his death, so it is difficult to verify. Second, the incident is different. The master of Zonghengquan Old man Huo is indeed lustful, but why hide him in a secret room? Just find a house outside."
Old Leopard said: "The most dangerous place is the safest place. It may also be a coincidence."
"Well, so it's only a 100% possibility." Dugu Mo analyzed again: "Thirdly, this girl is too beautiful. Even I want to take her as a concubine. Although being a traitor may not be a good choice, but what if it is The traitor, the scourge is too great!"
Old Bao smiled and said, "It seems that you don't want to kill her, Prince. Otherwise, you wouldn't allow me to say so much."
"It would be fine if she was sent by Qi or Jin. I'm afraid she was sent by other princes." Dugu Mo frowned slightly and said, "Perhaps she temporarily hid in the secret room when Zonghengquan was ransacked. Just wait for me to come and rescue me.”…
"That woman should be Wanbi. You can send a reliable woman to check it. Such a beautiful woman, the eldest prince or the eighth prince are all young people. Would you be willing?"
Dugu Mo nodded: "Well, it makes sense. If it were me, I would definitely not want to part with it. Moreover, women have special feelings for men who have broken bodies. If I get it, maybe they will cheat them instead."
"Since you have a good idea, Prince, why not lock her up." Elder Bao suggested, "After finding out, we can make a decision."
"Well, I have already collected the materials on the Penghu side, and it is quite right." Dugu Mo said: "Six days ago, the master of the Zonghengquan sect seemed to have left for a while. A rich family on the Penghu side was destroyed, and that family The head of the family is surnamed Zhou, and she has a daughter who is really beautiful according to the rumors."
"Then as long as someone from Penghu comes to recognize it, the truth will be revealed."
"But the problem is that the daughter is a concubine. Since she was eight years old, she has been regarded as a treasure for future beauty. She has been protected in the lady's building without going out. So few people have seen it. Only some old people who have left the Zhou family have seen it occasionally. At first glance, I survived the extermination of the family by chance, but I can't tell what this Miss Zhou looks like."
"Prince Mo has made a thorough investigation. It seems that even though Hong Yan is unlucky, she can still win her life." Bao Lao laughed and said, "She can speak Penghu dialect?"
"The local dialect is very good. I have tried recruiting Penghu people urgently, and there is no jerk." Dugu Mo said: "So I came to you to give advice. Is there anything else that can be thoughtful and test her authenticity? ?”
Old Bao thought for a long time: "I think the prince has done a good job."
"..." Dugu Mo didn't speak any more.
I don't have any staff under my command, and the Three Sacred Sects are all martial arts first, so how can they be so resourceful? Unfortunately, I can only use my own brain.
Dugu Mo pretended to think of something suddenly, and clapped his hands: "By the way, call the cook!"
Old Leopard said in embarrassment: "The cook has already been beheaded..."
"Ah, it wasn't Bao Lao who reminded me, I forgot." Dugu Mo laughed at himself, and then said: "Then find the old lady who delivers meals on weekdays."
Leopard is always puzzled.
Dugu Mo smiled and said, "Ask her if the sect master's appetite has increased in the past six or seven days."
"Wonderful! Wonderful!" Leopard boss praised.
After the old lady came, Dugu Mo asked to understand.
Unexpectedly, in the past six or seven days, the door owner's appetite has indeed increased, and it has increased by a large amount. Added a few new vegetarian dishes that I didn't eat in the past, and some desserts. It's just that the servants didn't see how much the sect master ate, and most of them were returned untouched.
After sending away the old lady, Bao Lao said with a smile: "It seems true. The prince's move can directly eliminate 30% of the worries."
Dugu Mo said to himself: "So, I can consider using her as a weapon."
"As a weapon?" Old Leopard didn't understand for a moment.
"Beauty is also a weapon." Dugu Mo said with a smile: "We are the benefactors who rescued her from the tiger's mouth. Her whole family died, shouldn't we repay us?"