When Liu Tan saw this news, he remembered that he seemed to have ignored King Changyi for a long time.
So, did Wei Buyi go to rob the King of Changyi? But... why? He hadn't heard from the King of Changyi in all this time.
When analyzing, everyone felt that the King of Changyi was the center of the whole incident, but this center seemed to have remained quietly in his Changyi Kingdom.
Liu Tan initially understood that Liu Bo was letting Liu Qumao lead the charge, and then he would sit back and reap the benefits.
But since Wei Buyi was able to capture Liu Bo, it meant that he must have left Changyi State.
However, during this process, no one noticed that King Changyi had already set off.
No one knows when he set out, where he arrived, or how many people he brought with him.
Liu Tan had no idea how Wei Buzhi knew about it, but since Wei Buzhi only left one messenger behind and set off directly, it must be that the King of Changyi made Wei Buzhi feel threatened.
So these rebels might also be smokescreens used by Liu Qumao to cover up the King of Changyi?
But... this smokescreen wasn't very clever. So what good could it do to hide it for so long? He'd already arrived in Chang'an, and even if Liu Bo entered, he'd only be suppressed.
Liu Tan thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so he simply concealed the matter.
He had to wait for Du Zhou's confession first.
Du Zhou's efficiency was indeed very high, but the news he brought was not very good.
What these people confessed was that all the schemes were designed by Liu Yi, and the correspondence between them was also with Liu Yi.
As for Liu Yi... in Liu Yi's words, he just wanted to ascend the throne himself, and it had nothing to do with others.
The four people's statements were so surprisingly consistent, either they had communicated with each other before or it was true.
But how could it be true?
Liu Tan looked up at Du Zhou and asked, "How credible do you think their words are?"
Du Zhou said, "Ten points."
Liu Tan chuckled: "Very... If I gave it to you, would you do this?"
The princes of the Liu family are indeed not very honest, but their dishonesty is based on one premise - the princes have sufficient financial resources and strength.
The current princes are already in a weak position after the Enfeoffment Order continuously weakened their territories, not to mention the marquises who are not even princes.
The rebellion of the princes, especially during the most prosperous period of a dynasty, isn't this a big deal?
Even if Liu Yi and his men were mentally retarded, what about the people around them? What about their subordinates? Did they all think this was okay? If so, it would be hard to believe that so many good-for-nothings could get together.
Du Zhou said: "But they don't have to lie."
Liu Tan suddenly asked, "Are they all still alive?"
Du Zhou smiled and said, "Your Highness, you are joking. Your Majesty hasn't returned yet. How dare I deal with the rebels privately?"
"Oh, let me put it another way. Can they still stand up now?"
Du Zhou's smile widened. "That might be a little difficult, but if Your Highness wants to see them, they can still stay awake."
Okay, he was basically certain that these people had suffered inhumane treatment from Du Zhou.
Just as Du Zhou said, these people grew up in luxury and certainly could not endure this hardship. The possibility of them enduring Du Zhou's punishment and insisting on protecting Liu Qumao was almost zero.
This is very interesting. Liu Tan lowered his head and looked at the confession. The reason for Liu Yi's rebellion was very simple - the emperor disappeared suddenly, and except for the crown prince, the other princes were still young, the King of Changyi was weak, and the King of the Northern Territory was unable to rescue him in time.
Liu Tan suddenly asked, "Go ask them if the Crown Prince's poisoning has anything to do with them."
Liu Tan looked up at Du Zhou and said, "It's come to this. There's no need to force a confession. If you have it, you have it. If you don't, you don't."
In fact, he would rather not have it than have it.
Since Liu Che disappeared, all these events seemed very scattered and seemed to be coincidences, but in fact Liu Tan always felt that there was an invisible thread connecting them.
He still couldn't catch this invisible thread. He firmly believed that the person behind it must be Liu Qumao, but it seemed a bit difficult to appoint a prime minister without evidence.
Liu Tan wrote down everything. First of all, Liu Che's disappearance was uncontrollable. Unless King Liu Fuling of Qi really wanted to die, he would not do this. After all, he would not get any benefit in the end.
Then the prince was poisoned. This was a man-made incident. After the prince fell, news of Prince Guangchuan's rebellion first spread. But in fact, Prince Guangchuan only brought a few people with him. Judging from Prince Guangchuan's confession, he should have been fooled.
However, his correspondence had been burned, so there was no way to verify who had deceived him.
Although Prince Guangchuan's movement seemed to have nothing to do with the Four Marquises, it was very likely that the Four Marquises had done it in order to block Liu Tan's itinerary.
So who is in contact with Prince Guangchuan now? No one knows.
As for why Prince Guangchuan believed it, he probably really thought that he was just bringing guards with him. Even if he was discovered, he would only be charged with the crime of leaving his fiefdom without permission, and at most his fiefdom would be reduced a little. But if he could really succeed, it would be a small investment with a big return, and he would make a huge profit.
Liu Tan did not question why King Guangchuan believed it so easily. After all, he had seen the upper and lower limits of human intelligence in the Northern Border Kingdom. All kinds of people could appear these days.
This person is the first key point, and then how Liu Yi got the news so quickly. From the prince falling ill to the four marquises approaching the city, it seems like a series of events, but in fact, if you calculate carefully, you will know that in order to achieve such a seamless effect, the four marquises must have started to act a long time ago.
You have to know that it took Liu Tan five or six days to travel from the Northern Border Kingdom to Chang'an with a thousand people without sleep. Their fiefdom was slightly closer, but they had more soldiers and horses, and it was impossible for them to travel as fast as Liu Tan.
So they had already started to move before the prince fell.
So who told them the news?
This was not asked either.
Oh, it’s not that they didn’t ask, they were talking about their own spies in Beijing.
To be honest, Liu Tan didn't believe this reason at all. What kind of spy could get the news so quickly? He must be buried close to the Crown Prince, Empress, or Madam Wei, right?
But these four marquises did not grow up in Chang'an. They are not familiar with Chang'an. How could they make plans in Chang'an?
Do you really think that Liu Che's embroidered robe envoys were just there to eat for nothing?
Well, speaking of the Embroidered Robe Envoys, what Liu Tan regrets most now is that he failed to bring the Embroidered Robe Envoys from the Northern Border Kingdom here. At least he could let these Embroidered Robe Envoys go find their colleagues or superiors to see if they can get any new clues.
He did not make any arrangements in Chang'an, and Liu Ju did not dare to set up an intelligence agency under his father's nose.
The embroidered robe messengers were probably at a loss because of the emperor's sudden disappearance. If they reported to the prince, they would have to drink a pot of wine when the emperor returned. If they didn't report to the prince, they would have to drink a pot of wine when the emperor returned.
Just when Liu Tan was sighing that the news was not quick enough, news from Chang'an City arrived very quickly: some people in the capital had begun to claim that the King of the Northern Territory had imprisoned the crown prince and was plotting to usurp the throne.
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