Chapter 39 Uncle, I had a good dream last night

Chen Liaomu: "I heard that you, my nephew, were recently cheated of ten thousand taels of gold by a swindler. This matter..."

"Alas." After hearing this, Xiao Moqing pretended to be disappointed and sighed, "Nothing can escape your ears, uncle."

"Were you really cheated?" Chen Liaomu said with a surprised expression.

Xiao Moqing nodded slightly, "Yes."

"Then do you know who did it now?"

Xiao Moqing shook his head, "It's because I don't know, so I came to ask you for help, uncle. I was cheated of ten thousand taels of gold by that swindler. Originally, I asked my bodyguard Zhang De to handle this matter, but he actually betrayed me and was instructed to deliberately cheat me. If it weren't for the constant guard beside the prince who caught the swindler and confronted him, I'm afraid I would still be kept in the dark by that damn Zhang De!"

"Oh?" Chen Liao said in surprise, "I thought Zhang De looked like a loyal and honest man, but I didn't expect him to be a traitor. People's hearts are really hard to predict."

"Yes, I wanted to find out from the traitor Zhang De who instructed him to do this, but I didn't expect him to be such a tough guy. After killing the swindler on the spot, he also committed suicide."

"Dead...dead?" Hearing that both of them were dead, Chen Liaomu's originally anxious heart suddenly settled down.

"Well, there is no evidence, but it is a huge sum of gold after all. My father has already known about it and is very disappointed in me. Uncle, you must help me. Since my mother died, you are the only one who stands by me."

"Silly boy! You really don't have any scheming at all!" Chen Liaomu patted his hands meaningfully.

After hearing this, Xiao Moqing pretended to be puzzled and said, "Uncle, what do you mean by this?"

"Let me ask you, after this incident, His Majesty is disappointed in you, so who is the one who benefits from it? Why was the swindler who deceived you caught by the attendants of the prince? And who else was there before Zhang De died besides you?"

"Uncle, do you mean..."

"In my opinion." Chen Liao lowered his voice and said, "The mastermind behind this is the prince!"

Xiao Moqing was extremely shocked when he heard this.

You old fox, with these few words, you have completely cleared yourself of suspicion.

"If you were not the crown prince, then the position of crown prince would definitely belong to you now. You have been fighting openly and secretly with the crown prince over the years, but he has always been dismissive of you. This is not because he is kind to you. The crown prince appears to be gentle on the surface, but in fact, his methods are extremely cruel. Take the fact that you were deceived by a swindler. He must have sent someone to instruct him, with the purpose of making His Majesty completely disappointed in you.

You see, he either does not take action, or he gives you a fatal blow when he takes action! It's so easy to make His Majesty completely disappointed in you!"

Xiao Moqing pretended to be shocked and said, "We are brothers, but he is so cruel to you. I am so cruel!"

Chen Liaomu sighed with regret, "My good nephew, you are still too naive. As a member of the royal family, you must not forget this brotherly love. Since he is unkind to you, he can't blame you for being ungrateful to him!"

Xiao Moqing raised his head and asked, "Does your uncle have any good suggestions?"

Chen Liaomu pretended to think for a while, and then slowly said, "Liaozhou mountain bandits, the prince will lead troops to Liaozhou to suppress the bandits at the beginning of next month, let's start from here!"

Xiao Moqing: "!!!"

After hearing what his good uncle said, Xiao Moqing's heart was instantly stirred up by thousands of waves.

He stared at the almost strange man in front of him in shock, and his hands under his sleeves clenched into fists.

Chen Liaomu didn't notice the shock in Xiao Moqing's eyes. He was still talking to himself, "Since the prince wants to suppress the bandits, we must make sure that he fails. When he returns in defeat, His Majesty will naturally be disappointed in him, hahaha."

Chen Liaomu laughed loudly. Seeing that Xiao Moqing didn't respond, he said, "My good nephew, what do you think of this proposal?"

"Very good." Xiao Moqing said indifferently.

Chen Liaomu: "Suppressing bandits is dangerous. Swords have no eyes. If the prince loses an arm or a leg, it is also very normal. Hahaha."

"Uncle." Xiao Moqing rubbed the teacup in his hand and suddenly said indifferently.

"Hmm?" Chen Liaomu heard him calling him and looked at him.

"I had a good dream yesterday. I dreamed that it was not the prince who led the troops to Liaozhou to suppress the bandits, but I did."

Chen Liaomu: "Oh? That's a good thing. It also indirectly shows that the prince will definitely suffer a great defeat on this trip! You will soon replace the prince!" "

But it was not a good dream for me. I led the troops to suppress the bandits, but I don't know why. Every time I led the troops, the bandits seemed to know everything in advance. Every time I led the troops, I would suffer a great defeat. Then I broke an arm on the way to suppress the bandits. When I returned to Beijing in defeat, I was like a bereaved dog.

I couldn't accept that I had a broken arm, so I was depressed all day long and locked myself in the room and didn't want to see anyone. Only you, uncle, came to enlighten me every day without getting tired of it. Later, you found evidence and told me that the reason why I was defeated in the Liaozhou bandit suppression was because the prince colluded with the bandits and interfered with me.

I was furious when I learned the truth. From then on, I became irreconcilable with the prince and opposed him everywhere. I even followed your suggestion and colluded with foreign enemies to usurp the throne, which indirectly killed the crown princess.

I can't remember what happened next in my dream. I only remember that we were defeated. On the day of the great defeat, when the prince led his troops to attack the city, you, uncle, fled with your men. I thought you would take me with you, but you kicked me off the horse and scolded me as a useless person. You told me that you were using me the whole time because you treated me like this.

Including the suppression of bandits in Liaozhou that year, because those bandits were the army you would rebel against in the future, you planted informants around me to inform those bandits, so I was defeated one after another that year. He retreated and even lost an arm. "

Chen Liaomu was horrified when he heard what he said. How did he know that he was colluding with the bandit...

The next second, Chen Liaomu's eyes dodged and he said with a guilty conscience: "You...what are you talking about? How could I do this to..."

Before Chen Liaomu finished speaking, Xiao Moqing had interrupted him and smiled at him: "Uncle, do you know what Xiao Yanli said when he killed me in the dream?"

"He said to me with red eyes: I never wanted to hurt you because you are my brother, but what about you? Stupid and foolish, you listened to the words of treacherous ministers, colluded with foreign enemies, started a rebellion, and even killed her. You should never have killed her! Why did you kill her!"

"In that dream, I saw Xiao Yanli crying like that for the first time. It was not until he stabbed my chest with a cold blade that I suddenly realized that I seemed to have been wrong all along. I thought he hated me and wanted to kill me, but in fact, in his heart he always regarded me as his younger brother." The moment

Xiao Moqing's voice fell, the fear in Chen Liao's eyes had not faded, and he saw a lot of Yu Linjun appearing at the door. Standing in the middle was the crown prince Xiao Yanli in official uniform.

The next second, his eyes were spinning, and when he reacted, he was already being held by his arms and pressed to the ground.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, twenty boxes of gold and twenty boxes of weapons were found in the backyard."

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, in the secret room of the southeast bedroom, we found no less than 100 envelopes from enemy countries, and several envelopes from Liaozhou..."