Which one
To be honest, he felt that all of them were suspects. The king's health was getting worse, and the twelfth prince was about to come of age. How could these bastards sit still? Naturally, they would try every means to drag their opponents into the water and take the throne first.
Su Shiyilu was not surprised by how fiercely they fought. The only thing that surprised him was that they were so straightforward and attacked the other side's tribes without any disguise. However, the more they did so, the more advantageous it was.
The Queen agreed with this.
Su Shiyilu also told him, "The king has already had a problem with me. For the sake of safety, I have to keep a low profile for a while and cry to the king. Especially at times like this, I must not let my guard down. The same goes for you in the royal court."
The Queen nodded.
Before Su Shiyilu came back, she had wanted her parents to send secret agents to get rid of the most annoying princes more than once, and she could not sleep day and night. But now that her brother is back and she has a backbone, she can naturally keep her composure and wait for the opportunity.
When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits.
Her Twelve is the fisherman.
At the same time, a similar conversation was taking place elsewhere, but the final conclusion was very different.
"Sir, you said 'When the snipe and the clam quarrel, the fisherman benefits', who could this fisherman be?" Su Shiyilu's confidant followed his boss to the royal city, but he dared not move around because there was no imperial order. His curiosity was not satisfied, so he had to come to find a think tank.
The scholar said, "It can't be Su Shiyilu anyway."
The confidant was shocked and asked, "Who else could it be if not the general?"
The scholar shook his head. "It's hard to say. I thought it was some prince who was eager to show his fangs, but seeing that the three tribes were destroyed one after another, it doesn't seem like any of them did it. The protruding rafters will rot first. The king of the royal court can still hold on. If he takes action at this time, wouldn't he be making enemies for himself? You might as well think about who else can do it besides these few."
The confidant racked his brains to think about it.
After a long while, he shook his head.
With a worried look on his face, he said, “I really can’t think of it.”
Not only him, but all the Ten Crow nobles, when they received the news, first suspected the adult princes. The twelfth prince was out for training and his whereabouts were unknown, so he should not have been able to do it. The princes after him were still young and could not catch up in the fight for the throne.
If you think about it carefully, only the first eleven princes who have reached adulthood and have power and military authority can do it.
They are also the most suspicious.
The confidant frowned: "It can't be that the king did it?"
The scholar's brows seemed to relax: "It's unknown."
The confidant choked.
He wanted to refute, but couldn't help muttering in his heart - this is not impossible. The king is getting weaker year by year, while his sons are gradually growing up. Both in age and health, they are in the golden period of their lives. Looking at these ambitious sons, does the king really not have a sense of crisis in his heart
Can't you really use some means to force them to behave themselves
In the minds of his confidants, the king had unknowingly become the number one suspect, and it was a malicious sting operation.
"Sir, should we tell the general about this?" The confidant was undecided and worried about getting into trouble.
The scholar pondered and said, "Let me tell you, General. Although the first eleven princes have the advantage of age and entered the royal court first, the military power in their hands is not as good as the twelfth prince supported by Su Shiyilu. Once Su Shiyilu is on guard, the twelfth prince is most likely to ascend to the throne, which is also the most advantageous for the general."
After all, he also achieved the honor of "following the dragon".
Upon hearing this, the confidant felt relieved.
"The teacher's words have enlightened me."
"You're welcome."
After the confidant left, he ordered someone to bring two heavy gold ingots to the scholar. The scholar played with them for a while, weighed them, and sighed: "Shiwu really has no shortage of gold and silver, but it's a pity that all the gold is gone and can't be recovered."
While the Ten Crow nobles were discussing, the princes they suspected were also staring at each other. Those who were fine in the subordinate tribes kept questioning their subordinates whether they had acted on their own; those who had suffered losses were guessing with red eyes which bastard had stabbed them in the back, and they were eager to catch the real culprit.
"Ahem—"
Shen Tang rubbed his nose.
He muttered, "This place called Shiwu is poisonous."
She has been sneezing every few days these days.
Gu Chi was not surprised at all, and even teased, "With many enemies, there will naturally be many people who talk about the lord."
Shen Tang rolled his eyes.
"Your master has a good reputation."
Where did this enemy come from
Who doesn’t give a thumbs up when mentioning her
Jiang Sheng said: "Gu Wangchao, you spoke out of turn!"
Gu Chi: “…”
"We're almost there. You guys can chat slowly. I'll leave first." As the center of conversation, Shen Tang left first.
She brought two people out this time, actually wanting to visit the wounded - the third tribe was probably prepared, and set up an ambush in advance, which increased the difficulty for Shen Tang and caused a sudden setback. Although she finally achieved the "annihilation of the family" achievement, her own side also suffered hundreds of casualties. Fortunately, she brought enough medicinal materials, and the doctor had minimized the losses.
They were injured for me. Although I am not a doctor and cannot cure diseases and save lives, as a lord, even if I just say some polite words, I can give them spiritual encouragement and comfort. Although Shen Tang's move seemed bizarre, she had good reasons and it was indeed something she would do.
Gu Chi and Jiang Sheng suggested going together.
The camp for the wounded was very simple, a makeshift shed of grass and wood, with a large bunk bed that could be seen from top to bottom, separated by simple beds. The seriously injured were transferred to another place for care, and the injuries of the wounded here were relatively minor and did not hinder their movements.
When Shen Tang and the other two came over, no one noticed them, because they were all gathered in a circle, regardless of gender, and no one knew what they were watching. Shen Tang walked over lightly. There were several layers of people between the circle and the outside. She stood at the outside and could only tiptoe and stretch her neck to look inside. She looked for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on. She only heard a few fragments of words.
"Real gold..."
"It looks really good..."
"It must be real. Look at the teeth marks..."
A group of wounded soldiers were chattering, and Shen Tang's curiosity was aroused. However, he could not get his curiosity satisfied, so he patted an old sister next to him and asked, "Hey, what are you looking at?"
The old sister didn't look back either.
He said, "You are late. Gold just fell from the sky."
Shen Tang looked up at the ceiling.
The shed above my head is still intact.
Although it was a makeshift camp for wounded soldiers, the roof was fairly dense. I wouldn't say it could completely block the wind and rain, but there wouldn't be a big hole in it. There's no such thing as pie falling from the sky, so how could there be gold falling from the sky
"Can I see the gold?"
It is reasonable to suspect that one of them was playing a prank and deliberately made up the story of "gold falling from the sky" to amuse people.
"Why should I show it to you?"
The old sister finally turned around.
The familiar face enlarged in front of him. The impact of that moment almost made the soldier speechless, but his body had already realized it first, and he knelt on one knee and saluted, "Greetings, my lord!"
"My Lord???"
"My Lord!!!"
The other injured were like dominoes, pushing and shoving each other, falling all over. Shen Tang said with a smile: "No need to be so polite, you are still injured, all of you should get up. Someone tell me, what happened to the gold?"
The injured looked at each other.
Finally, the person involved came out to explain.
It was a female soldier with a head injury. She was too selfless during the night assault and separated from the combat unit. She was hit on the head by the enemy without checking. Fortunately, she hid quickly and used the cover to buy time, and successfully achieved a counterattack.
Although the wound on her head was not deep, it was very long, so she was assigned a hospital bed. She took the time to rest, fearing that her physical problem would delay the army's advance.
result-
She was half asleep when something fell on her head. She caught the breeze in the air and without opening her eyes, she raised her hand and felt a cold object. When she took it to her eyes, she found it was a triangular piece of gold.
I dodged the first one but not the second one.
The second piece hit her wound, causing her to scream miserably and attracting the attention of other wounded soldiers.
She thought someone was playing a trick on her, but when she saw that they were two small triangular pieces of gold, she was shaken. However, she still asked everyone one by one, but no one admitted it. She touched the painful wound and asked in confusion: "Could it have fallen from the sky?"
It was boring to recuperate, so everyone gathered around to watch the fun.
Shen Tang took the broken gold.
It was discovered that the two pieces of gold were exactly the same in shape and weight, and did not look like ordinary crushed gold.
It looks like it was specially cast.
"Isn't it really one of you who is funny?"
The wounded all shook their heads.
They might lie to each other for fun, but they would never lie to their own lord. If it's there, it's there. If it's not there, it's not there. Shen Tang also looked up in confusion. At this time, he heard Jiang Sheng say thoughtfully: "A huge fortune can be returned even if it's all gone - maybe it really fell from the sky."
Shen Tang: “???”