Cao Miao stared at Zhong Tai and didn't say anything for a long time.

He never thought it would be this situation. Zhong Tai had no resistance at all and lay down and let him chuckle.

"It seems that you are ready to die." Cao Miao coughed dryly and restored his cold character.

"Although I am stupid, I still have this kind of self-knowledge. Since the wise father and son have arrived in the capital and the prince comes to me again, I naturally have to die. As for how others fight, who wins, who loses, who lives, who dies, it has nothing to do with me."

"I heard that you bought Shu Jin and wanted to go to the General of Cavalry's Mansion to propose marriage? Are you looking for General of Cavalry as your backer?"

Zhong Tai nodded. "Please propose marriage only if it's a matter of fact. If these Shu brocades can make me a guest of honor in the General's Mansion, it would be a surprise." He paused, looked up at Cao Miao, and said self-deprecatingly: "Compared with the prince and Xun Ziyang (Xun Ziyang), I have no such honor."

Cao Miao didn't understand for a moment what did Sima Yi's daughter have to do with me, and who was Xun Ziyang? But he didn't ask, this was not the focus of his attention. "Who instructed you to spread rumors, how much is the reward?"

"Of course, someone instructed me, but if the prince wants to get his name and identity, he will be disappointed."

"Are you going to carry it yourself?" Cao Miao sneered. "Can you bear it?"

Zhong Tai shook his head, his expression bitter. "The prince has raised me, but I don't have that kind of integrity. But I don't know who the instructor is. Even if I want to ask the prince to avoid death, I don't have such bargaining chips."

Cao Miao narrowed his eyes. Sure enough, Zhong Tai was just a pawn on the stage, and the real mastermind was hidden behind the scenes without revealing any clues.

Before Cao Miao asked, Zhong Tai took the initiative to explain the story. At the beginning of this year, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, someone found him and asked him to spread a rumor during the emperor's departure from Luoyang that the emperor had died in Chang'an and that the ministers planned to support King Yongqiu ascend the throne. Although he knew that Zhuge Liang invaded the border, he did not know that the emperor wanted to go to Chang'an in the west, and he thought that this statement was simply impossible, so he agreed.

Shu Jin is rare, and he urgently needs some gifts that he can show off to his superiors. Taichang Han Ji's 70th birthday this year, all officials are going to pay their birthday celebrations. There are so many guests. The gifts are too light, and there is no chance to show up. He can only sit in the lower seat with ordinary guests.

"Wait." Cao Miao interrupted Zhong Tai. "Which is Han Ji's birthday?"

"It seems that it is May and June, but he did it in advance, the eighteenth day of the first lunar month."

"When did it be notified?" Seeing Zhong Tai's face showing confusion, Cao Miao said again: "When did you know that Han Ji is going to celebrate his birthday on the 18th day of the first lunar month and prepare a generous gift?"

"The sixth day of the first lunar month." Zhong Tai thought for a while and said, "But the gift is the eighth day of the first lunar month. I was just promoted to Xieluo Duwei that day. Originally, I was just a Xieluo Lang, so I didn't need to pay such a heavy gift, just a few hundred dollars."

"How many years have you been a Xielulang?"

"Five years."

"As a Xieluan for five years and promoted to Xielu Chief, is it fast or slow?"

Zhong Tai smiled bitterly. "This is hard to say. Xielulang is a purse, and often it is a transition. Few people are truly familiar with the music. Some of them are transferred to his post after a few months, and some of them are working for more than ten years, and even have their lives to live there."

"What about you?"

Zhong Tai bit his lip and was silent for a long time. "I knew it was a bait at that time, but I couldn't refuse it. I have been a Xielulang for five years. If I don't seize this opportunity, I might not even be able to protect Xielulang." He took out his handkerchief, wiped the corners of his eyes, and swallowed: "I came to Luoyang with my parents' hopes on my back. I didn't want to struggle for five years, but achieved nothing, and was exempted from stigma, which made my ancestors shame."

"So you took those Shu brocades?"

"Although the price of thirty-pin Shu brocade is limited, it is rare, and it is barely considered a generous gift. Besides, my brother-in-law is an official in Xincheng and is familiar with the route of Shu brocade entry. He can usually seize some Shu brocades. Even if someone investigates it, it will be a stolen crime at most and will not be associated with the enemy."

Zhong Tai glanced at Cao Miao in shame. "Of course, there is a big reason why I took this commission. It is because King Yongqiu was not trusted by the court. Even if I suffered grievances, I could only swallow my anger. If I had known that today, I would rather lose my official position than accept it. A mistake would lead to eternal regrets. I would only ask the prince to return the Shu brocade to me and ask me to return it so that my sister would not be in debt for me."

Cao Miao ignored him. It was not the time to be soft-hearted. "Are there any of the Shu brocades you collected?"

Zhong Tai shook his head. "There are thirty horses in total, all of them are sent out."

Cao Miao smacked his lips. "I don't believe it."

"The prince can send someone to search." Zhong Tai has given up his resistance. "I only have this place to live in Luoyang, no other place."

"I will ask the school officials to search, including your sister's house next door."

Zhong Tai gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.

Cao Miao narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhong Tai with intent eyes, engraving his expression and subtle movements in his mind. "There is another thing, what is the person you contacted and what is the voice, tell me as much information as possible, the more detailed the better. If I can find that person, whether the court is in trouble for you, I don't care, at least I can spare you for death."

"Thank you for your tolerance," Zhong Tai thought for a while. "The man covered his face and couldn't see his face clearly. He was a little taller than me, with a thin figure and a little thin voice, and he couldn't tell the difference between men and women. I don't know if it was this or deliberately pinched his throat. In short, the tone was a bit strange. I don't know what it was, but occasionally I heard people call him Yin Jun, Yin of Yin, or Yin of the Shang Dynasty, I don't know very well."

Cao Miao was even more overwhelmed. There was too little information to check it out at all. "Where are you walking?"

“Walking is very stable.”

"Learn."

Zhong Tai stood up and walked a few steps back and forth in the hall. As he said, the pace was very stable, and every step was very standard. He should have been trained, or perhaps it was deliberate. Ordinary people did not walk like this.

Having gained nothing, Cao Miao was inexplicably anxious, and was in a state of no mood to talk to Zhong Tai anymore, and got up and went to the court.

Zhong Tai was trying hard to imitate the man's imitation of walking. Seeing Cao Miao suddenly exacerbated, he left with his sleeves, and didn't know what to do. When he realized, Cao Miao's figure had disappeared outside the yard. He stood in the hall blankly, his strength was gradually drained, his mind was blank, and his legs were a little weak. He shook, struggled to return to the mat to sit, and tidy up his clothes.

Yin Mo broke in with several school affairs, glanced at Zhong Tai, took out his waist sign and shook it. "School Affairs Chief Yin Mo received a report from Prince Yongqiu. Zhenglu Zhong Tai was suspected of communicating with the enemy country, rumored and chasing the government according to the law."

Zhong Tai bowed slightly.

Yin Mo waved his hand and several school affairs rushed into the bedroom like wolves and tigers.
Chapter completed!