Changsun Tao went through the list that Mr. Feng had prepared, and after being silent for a long time, he said: "I didn't expect that you would secretly keep this hand."

Yes, last night he was still heartbroken that Da Qin had lost these small officials, and worried about where to find such suitable nails to quickly fill these vacancies.

It wasn't until today that he discovered that the old man had been prepared for it. Although the officials in various ministries would be busy for a while, they would not be unable to operate.

Mr. Feng laughed softly: "What does King Qi think I have been doing these past ten years? I teach students how to govern the country and manage the world every day. Many of my ideas have already matured unknowingly."

"After I returned to the court, I used those strategies quietly. I never fight an unprepared battle."

Changsun Tao was relieved: "You old fox, yesterday you said there was nothing you could do, but today you gave me such a big surprise."

Mr. Feng said: "Although we are all our own people, we shouldn't say everything. That would be boring."

Changsun Tao pointed to the list and asked him: "Are you sure these people are feasible?"

Mr. Feng said: "Everyone here is personally selected by the minister. Some are my students and some are strangers to me, but they are all unique talents."

"More than ten years ago, when His Highness sent the blue bird and golden bird to me, he told me that in order to govern the country, you must first govern the officials. This is how the Huiying Academy came to be. Over the years, I have been committed to cultivating useful people."

"Although I cannot guarantee that all the students of Huiying Academy will become pillars, I can assure Your Highness that this group of people can be of great use, because they are the wealth I have accumulated over the past ten years."

"I have been waiting for the day when I will become your Lord...and these people are my sincerity. It's just that they were lifted up and taken out."

Changsun Tao personally poured a cup of tea for Mr. Feng and handed it to him, saying: "I am very lucky to have retained Mr. Feng more than ten years ago."

Mr. Feng smiled: "I am also very fortunate that twenty years ago, I suggested to Emperor Hui that His Highness should be sent to Lu Xiao."

Changsun Tao's eyes were slightly startled: "It turns out that the beatings I received in those years were all caused by my husband."

Mr. Feng said: "At that time, His Highness really hated cats and dogs. Apart from Lu Xiao, I can't think of anyone who could control you."

Changsun Tao brought the topic back with a smile and said: "The detailed information of these people will be compiled and given to me, and I will also check it."

Mr. Feng rummaged around and quickly handed Changsun Tao a thick stack of official documents and said: "I prepared them last night. Your Majesty, please take a look."

Everyone was surrounded by his own people, and Changsun Tao had no scruples in speaking. He told the story of the "Group of Nations" while turning over the pages.

Mr. Feng listened silently, and after a while he asked sharply: "Has Your Highness ever thought about what if these people had been buried more than ten years ago, or even longer."

"So why was the late emperor not active during his reign, but only at this time did he frequently come out to cause trouble? There must be an opportunity."

Changsun Tao's eyes suddenly condensed: "Sir, do you mean that the appearance of these people requires a specific time?"

Mr. Feng said: "That's right. I am many years older than Your Highness. I have experienced Emperor Hui and Emperor Jiayou. I may know more about this dynasty than Your Highness."

"Your Highness, I believe that even if someone copies the "Group of Nations", that person should be from Da Qin, or that person should have lived in Da Qin for many years."

"Because if he is a foreigner, he must have attracted attention by making such a big noise in Daqin in those years."

"Judging from the ages we have come into contact with, whether it is Wu Ti, Tu Su, Xie Yun or Rihe, they are not very old."

"If Wu Ti is the oldest person, we can assume from this point that these chess pieces were laid out about twenty years ago."

"But in the past twenty years, except for the mysterious group of people who appeared in Pingcheng last year, Daqin has always been peaceful. However, somehow, chess pieces appeared one after another during this period."

"I boldly guess that the mastermind behind the scenes has been hiding his identity and hiding in the territory of Daqin. Because he encountered an opportunity, no one noticed him, so he was able to show off his talents at this time."

Changsun Tao closed the document and fell into silence.

He first cleared away distracting thoughts and connected what Mr. Feng said with all the clues. A vague outline gradually formed.

Pingcheng, opportunity, more than twenty years...

A series of clues connect the whole thing.

Changsun Tao suddenly opened his eyes: "Sir, I have a clue!"

Mr. Feng looked around and lowered his voice and asked, "Has your Highness got an idea?"

Changsun Tao said: "I have thought of a terrible possibility."

Mr. Feng said doubtfully: "Your Highness, please tell me."

Changsun Tao's voice was cold: "When the Pingcheng plague first broke out, the family of Gu Hanzhang, the magistrate of Qizhou, was brutally wiped out. Only Mr. Gu's widow and Mr. Gu's brother escaped, but there are no clues about the murderer so far."

"In terms of time, it's a coincidence. We assume that the mastermind behind the scenes is related to the Gu family. After they caused the plague, they covered up their whereabouts with the annihilation of the family, so no one would have thought of what the 'dead' people would do.

thing."

"The more I think about it now, the more I feel something is wrong. Xie Yun was sent to Master and Mistress by Mr. Gu's father. Mr. Gu's father likes to travel around the world. He also went to Izumo in his early years, and recently many things point to Izumo."

"According to the timeline, it is entirely possible that Mr. Gu's father was involved in trouble in Izumo. Furthermore, the massacre of the Gu family was so cruel."

"How did a woman and a boy who were about to give birth escape to the junction of Junzhou and Qizhou without any protection? Unless someone was secretly protecting them."

Mr. Feng also fell silent, with a rare serious expression. After a while, he said: "I have also paid attention to the massacre of the Gu family. Mr. Gu has neither political achievements nor official reputation, but his father is very normal.

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"But the fact that he likes to travel around is a bit suspicious. Assuming that Mr. Gu's father is the mastermind behind it, their actions are probably like this."

"First, they spread the plague in Qizhou, and then they created the illusion that the Gu family was wiped out, and then naturally disappeared from the front to the back, thus creating opportunities for the next actions."

"If Wu Ti is also one of his people, then he should have taken advantage of the time when you and the princess were 'missing' to make Daqin suffer from internal and external troubles by disrupting the situation, thereby profiting from it."

"After the defeat of the Northern Qi Dynasty, they turned their attention directly to the internal affairs of the Qin Dynasty and stirred up internal disputes. The Duke of Qi, the King of Wu, and even the Yu family are the best examples."

"Thinking about it this way, many things make sense. Da Qin did indeed become chaotic after the Qizhou plague broke out."

Changsun Tao lightly clasped his fingers on the table and said: "One more thing. The king and the princess once discovered a forest of poisonous arrow trees on Lingshan Mountain near Pingcheng. They looked at the size and growth scale of the trees. The time was about

About twenty years.”

Mr. Feng asked: "Is Pingcheng far away from Qizhou Liangcheng?"

Changsun Tao said: "Lingshan is between Pingcheng and Liangcheng."

Mr. Feng seemed a little puzzled: "But I heard that Gu Hanzhang served as the magistrate of Qi County in Jinzhou before he was promoted to magistrate?"

Changsun Tao said: "The distance between Qixian County and Lingshan is not very far."

Mr. Feng sighed: "People like this who have been dormant for decades, working hard, and never give up until they achieve their goals are either paranoid or crazy. In short, they are not good people. Your Highness, we have to be careful."

Changsun Tao said: "The princess mentioned that Gu Hanzhang's widow is also full of doubts."

Mr. Feng said: "Your Highness, you are about to be registered as a reserve, and everyone's eyes are on you! It is not convenient for you to investigate this matter for the time being, so as not to alert the snake, let the minister handle it first, so as to avoid people's attention.

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Changsun Tao said: "That's all we can do for the time being. I hope you, sir, will pay more attention."

Mr. Feng doesn't take it seriously. He has been full of energy every day recently. After all, it won't be long before he becomes a junior.

But it didn't take long, and it seemed to come a bit quickly.
Chapter completed!