The daily life of the concubine of the Prime Minister

Chapter 160 Falling into the trap

Yuzhang Hou said cheerfully: "I have to thank Chen Laosan for this. If he hadn't asked me to wait in the Prince's Mansion, I would not have been able to catch you, this big fish."

Just half a month ago, Master Chen San discovered something was wrong with Eunuch Cao. After some investigation, he guessed that Eunuch Cao had actually reached a cooperation with Zhang Lianci. The purpose was to solve the problems of the royal family and the prince at the same time. By damaging the prince's reputation, he could successfully depose the prince in the name of the royal family without being condemned by the world, and allow Prince Qi to ascend the throne cleanly.

However, Zhang Lianci's followers were too large. If he rashly informed the royal family, he would definitely be discovered by Eunuch Cao. So Master Chen San found him and analyzed the situation with him.

Master Chen San let him live in the Prince's Mansion to protect the Prince's safety.

Three days ago, he and the prince received another letter from Mr. Chen San, informing them that Zhang Lianci might be able to set up a trap to lure the snake out of its hole, which led to the scene just now.

After hearing what Marquis Yuzhang said, Zhang Lianci realized that he had fallen into Mr. Chen San's trap. With Marquis Yuzhang and Deputy Commander He, it would be impossible for him to kill the prince. He hurriedly ordered his confidants to start retreating.

Marquis Yuzhang saw it but had no intention of stopping it.

"My Lord, aren't you going to chase him?" Prince Li Chen came up to Marquis Yuzhang and asked anxiously.

The smile in Yuzhang Hou's eyes grew even brighter, and he said firmly, "Don't worry, Zhang Lianci and the others won't be able to escape."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Lianci, who had escaped, was seen retreating rapidly with his confidants, all of whom were seriously injured.

Then, countless soldiers in armor came from all directions and surrounded Zhang Lianci, surrounding them tightly, leaving no corner for Zhang Lianci to break through.

The prince recognized these soldiers; they were the soldiers under the command of Marquis Yuzhang.

The leading centurion strode to the front of Yuzhang Marquis and knelt down: "We have lived up to the general's expectations and successfully captured Prime Minister Zhang."

Yuzhang Hou nodded and immediately and decisively issued an order: "Capture him."

The soldiers swarmed and rushed towards Zhang Lianci and his men.

After a while, most of Zhang Lianci's guards were killed or injured, and his trusted men were captured, and Zhang Lianci was captured alive.

"Haha." Yuzhang Hou has never been happier than at this moment. He walked up to Zhang Lianci, took the necklace from his subordinates, and put it on Zhang Lianci himself. Looking at Zhang Lianci's unwilling bloodshot eyes, he became even more proud: "Prime Minister Zhang, didn't you say that the most useless were the military officers? You encouraged the late emperor to value civil officials over military officers! I never thought that you would fall into the hands of the military officer you despise the most!"

Thinking of this, all the money of the court went into the pockets of the hypocritical noble families, making them all fat and plump, while these military generals could not even get enough food to eat. Marquis Yuzhang wished he could get rid of Zhang Lianci and other ministers.

If it weren't for them, the border wouldn't be in turmoil today.

"I was defeated by Master Chen San, not by a reckless man like you. Don't even think about humiliating me." Although Zhang Lianci fell into the hands of Marquis Yuzhang, he still kept his back straight. He looked at Marquis Yuzhang with sidelong glances, his eyes full of disdain.

As an old minister who served four dynasties, he had his own pride. He could admit that he lost to Mr. Chen San, but he would never admit that he lost to Yuzhang Hou, a reckless man with only muscles but no brains.

Seeing how angry the old man was, Marquis Yuzhang couldn't help himself and rolled up his sleeves to teach the old man a lesson.

"My Lord." A familiar voice came from a distance. I saw Master Chen San slowly walking from the palace gate. He stopped in front of Yuzhang Marquis and clasped his fists to thank him: "Thank you, my Lord, for helping me a lot."

"What kind of relationship are we? We grew up together peeing in the same pants..."

"Cough cough cough..." Before Marquis Yuzhang could finish his words, Master Chen San interrupted him with a light cough.

Marquis Yuzhang was dissatisfied and was about to explode when he saw a woman standing behind Master Chen San. She was the clever concubine of Master Chen San whom he had met before. Her name seemed to be Liu Yu.

He touched his head awkwardly and greeted Liu Yu with a smile.

Liu Yu finally understood. When Mr. Chen San said to wait a little longer at the villa, he was not waiting for Marquis Yuzhang to come and pick them up, but for Marquis Yuzhang to catch Zhang Lianci.

The prince's eyes sparkled when he saw Master Chen San. He immediately straightened his clothes and stepped forward to salute Master Chen San: "Master, you are here."

Mr. Chen San glanced at the prince and nodded lightly.

Zhang Lianci's confused eyes flashed with understanding. No wonder Chen Zhihe would help the prince. After getting the answer to this question, he turned to ask other questions:

"Chen Zhihe, how did you find out, and how did you know that I would attack the prince? According to normal reasoning, I have lost the life-saving Buddha given by the late emperor, and there is no way I would attack the royal family. But you seem to have calculated that I would attack the prince, and arranged for him to wait for me here."

Master Chen San turned to look at Zhang Lianci, who had the final say, and walked towards him. Seeing Zhang Lianci's embarrassed look, he had no intention of hiding anything from him: "Prime Minister Zhang thinks highly of me. I was not too sure at first, but since you lost the life-saving gift given to you by the late emperor, and rumors spread in the capital that the crown prince was ill, I roughly knew that my guess should not be wrong."

Zhang Lianci was still puzzled.

"You also said that it was what ordinary people think, but you are not an ordinary person. I just need to infer your movements. Your goal is to survive, but the royal family asked me to investigate you, which proves that the royal family has thoughts about you. So you want to solve it from the source. The best way is to change someone on the throne. The prince is the one favored by the royal family, so naturally he is not the one you choose..."

Master Chen San did not continue speaking, but everyone understood that if the prince was not the crown prince, then he would be a roadblock. Only by removing the roadblock could the next prince have the best chance to ascend to the throne.

Just a few simple sentences, but not everyone can understand them and make corresponding countermeasures. This extraordinary scheming is really scary.

Zhang Lianci suddenly smiled and praised sincerely: "Chen Zhihe, you are really smart. When it comes to scheming, you are better than Zhou Zheng, better than all of us." As he said this, his expression became subtle, and he sighed: "The Yangtze River's new waves push the old waves, and the new people replace the old people in the world. I really want to see the scene of you fighting with Zhou Zheng."

Being in their position, the most taboo thing is to be sentimental, but based on his understanding of Chen Zhihe, he happens to be a man who values ​​friendship very much. It is such an interesting thing that teacher and student turn against each other and kill each other.

Mr. Chen San's heart sank for a moment, but his face remained calm as usual. He waved his hand and had Zhang Lianci escorted to the Ministry of Justice.