Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Weichen is convinced!"

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After leaving Wangbei Pavilion, Wang Gui let out a cold snort and walked away...

Li Xinglian said to Guo Ye: "Old man Wang Gui, we have done him such a great favor, it's fine if he doesn't appreciate it, but he is still so unreasonable to us, it's too much!"

Guo Yedao: "Although his resignation was implicated by the monks, it is unreasonable to say that it has nothing to do with us. If we hadn't insisted on raiding the Dade Temple, he is still a highly respected servant!"

Guo Ye paused, sighed softly, and said, "It's quite pitiful to say the least. Now that his official position is gone, he may not be able to keep his reputation. It's not inconceivable to vent his anger on our brothers. .”

"Could it be that we arrested illegally and wrongly?"

"It's not wrong to be wrong. But for Wang Gui, the two of us have more grievances than kindness towards him. It's very normal for him to see that we are unhappy."

"I don't think so. I think Wang Gui's resignation is entirely his own fault! We investigated this case and handled it fairly. There was no mistake at all. Not only was there no mistake, but we also helped him clean up his family temple and pay back his ancestors. A peaceful environment for people..."

Li Xinglian's voice became higher and higher, and he said: "Afterwards, we spoke for him in front of His Majesty. Generally speaking, we have no grudges towards him, Wang Gui is an ungrateful villain!"

Before Guo Ye could answer, someone said: "Wang Shizhong is ungrateful, but you, Li Shilang, are not much better!"

The two looked back, but it turned out that Eunuch Shun was standing behind them.

Li Xinglian said angrily: "Eunuch Shun, what did you mean by that just now?"

Dong Shun replied slowly: "Although you can't be called ungrateful, it's okay to just say that you are ungrateful."

"Ingratitude?"

"It's the imperial decree just now! Think about it, if the miscellaneous family didn't take a huge risk and didn't announce the imperial decree immediately. You want His Majesty to take back the order, how could it be so easy now? But what about you to Dong Shun? But a sentence Thank you didn't say anything"

"I see, this matter is really my fault, Li Xinglian! Eunuch Shun, don't worry, wait for a few days, someone from Li will definitely give you a big gift."

Dong Shun waved his hands again and again, and said, "No need! No need! What I said just now was just a joke to you, so please don't take it to heart. In fact, it's His Majesty's intention that the miscellaneous family came to look for Li Shilang."

"Eunuch Shun wants to deliver the decree?"

"Uh... it's not considered to be a decree. It's just that your majesty told me to tell Li Shilang... this... If your brother and daughter-in-law are unfortunately pregnant, you must try to hide it. Otherwise, the city will be full of storms, and the case of the Dade Temple will also be destroyed." It’s good to cover up.”

This is the real favor, Li Xinglian said: "It should be so. If there is such a thing, I will declare to the public that it is my nephew's illegitimate child outside."

"It's the best, Li Shilang has a heart, and His Majesty will let you go! The miscellaneous family has to go to answer His Majesty, so I won't accompany you."

"Shun Eunuch please go ahead."

After Dong Shun left, Li Xinglian bowed to Guo Ye and said, "Thanks to Qin Guogong for what happened today. If it weren't for you, our old Li family would have been ruined! Thank you for your kindness. From now on, Li People only follow your lead!"

Guo Ye said: "Brother Li is too polite! This matter can have such a good result. On the one hand, I, Guo Ye, have little work, and on the other hand, it is really a blessing. Of course, the most important thing is Your Majesty is magnanimous."

He yawned a lot, and continued: "Okay, I won't say much, so many things have happened these days, but I'm exhausted! Let's leave it alone and invite Li Shilang to drink another day!"

Guo Ye thought that with the approval of His Majesty Li Er, the Dade Temple case was basically settled!But who would have thought that, in fact, the trouble caused by this case has just begun...

Chapter 1742

In Prince Qi's mansion, in the secret room, a conspiracy against Guo Ye is brewing.

In addition to Zhang Liang, Duke of Xun, Li You, King of Qi, Wei Ting, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, Yin Hongzhi, Uncle of the State, Shi Xue Dading, Chief of Qi Wangfu, and the heads of the five noble clans, there was one more person who participated in this conspiracy, that is, Zhong Book servant Cen text.

Cen Wenwen said: "That kid Guo Ye is too disrespectful of officialdom rules. For the sake of an ordinary commoner, he even made an enemy of me, the dignified servant of Zhongshu. I didn't say anything. From now on, there will be him without me, and there will be me without him." If I don’t ruin his family, I, Cen Wenwen, will not be a human being!”

Wei Ting had a bitter expression on his face, and said: "Which of these people here doesn't want to put Guo Ye to death? But after thinking about it, the question now is how to kill Guo Ye. Oh, it's so difficult, it's as difficult as climbing sky!"

Wei Ting sighed, and continued: "Let's not kill Guo Ye, but let Guo Ye suffer a little bit, it's hard for us to do it."

Cen Wenwen frowned, and said: "With so many of us, the combined power is far greater than that of Guo Ye. I don't believe it. Is there anything we can do about Guo Ye?"

"How can it be that simple? You won't be afraid of making fun of me if you say it. We have attacked Guo Ye twice, and what happened? Not only was Guo Ye unscathed, but he also gained a lot of benefits!"

"twice?"

Zhang Liangdao: "The first time was at the suburban welcome ceremony, bad people reported that Guo Ye was taking the pipa girl privately. As a result, Zhang did not steal the chicken and lost a lot of money. Not only did he not move Guo Ye down, but I The job of the bad guy is lost!"

"I have personally experienced this, what about the second time?"

"You also experienced it yourself the second time. Li Xinglian's brother and daughter-in-law were taken away by the eunuch, why didn't he go to trouble His Majesty, instead he went to the government office of Chang'an Mansion to file a complaint?"

"Isn't it Princess Gao Yang's suggestion?"

"Then how could Princess Gaoyang be so coincidental that she stopped Li Xinglian on his way to sue?"

Cen Wenwen's eyes lit up, and he said, "Is this all arranged by you, Mr. Xun?"

"Exactly. Originally, I wanted to use this matter to make Guo Ye fall out of favor in front of His Majesty. Unexpectedly, this case was really not done by His Majesty, but by the monks of Dade Temple!"

Wei Ting said: "This is great, Guo Ye cleared His Majesty of his innocence within three days, and now his position in His Majesty's heart is getting more and more important!"

Cen Wenwen comforted: "According to what you two said, Guo Ye is indeed difficult to deal with. But we don't need to be discouraged. In the struggle against Guo Ye, we have at least one advantage that Guo Ye is far beyond comparison. As long as we If this advantage is brought into play well, Guo Ye will be taken down by us sooner or later!"

Li You was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said, "What strengths do we have that Guo Ye can't compare to?"

Cen Wenwen said: "The greatest strength of us people is that we don't care about things!"

Wei Ting said: "Cen Shilang, we have something to talk about. What do you mean by making such deliberate remarks to ridicule us?"

Li Xinglian said: "Wei Shilang, don't be angry, listen to me and finish what I have said. I am not deliberately speaking to ridicule you, but to tell the truth. Those of us here, the patriarchs of the five great noble clans, have no official positions, so there is no need said."

He paused for a moment, then continued: "As for Qi Wang Qiansui, although he was appointed as the governor of Qingzhou, he did not actually take office."

Zhang Liang said: "The old man was taken away by His Majesty as the commander of the bad people's congress, and he didn't care about anything. But you, Cen Wenwen, the official servant of Zhongshu, can't you say you don't care about things?"

Cen Wenwen said: "As for my subordinate, although he is a high-ranking officer, he is only drafting the imperial edict on behalf of His Majesty. It's okay to say nothing about it."

Wei Ting said: "What about the old man?"

"You... Although you are the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. But no one knows that you are an official, and you leave small matters to the subordinates. As for major cases, it is entirely up to His Majesty. Your old man is an official, Cen Someone admires it!"

"You're right. But I don't care about things, which means I have little power. Why can't it be considered an advantage? According to you, the beggars in Chang'an City are the least in charge, and they are the most powerful?"

"Of course I don't mean that. But compared with Qin Guogong, we are not weaker than him in terms of official positions. This is a very big advantage if we don't care about things. If we don't care about things, we won't do wrong things."

Zhang Liang said, "What about Guo Ye?"

"As for Qin Guogong, he has so many responsibilities and loves to take care of things. If you take care of things, you may do something wrong. If we seize the opportunity, we will join him. Even if it doesn't work for a while, if you participate too much, everyone will talk about it." Gold, accumulate and destroy bones. Guo Ye's status in His Majesty's mind will definitely decline!"

Zhang Liang said: "Cen Shilang's method is good. I understand it. It's wishful thinking to bring Guo Ye down with one thing. We can only deal with him slowly! But... just waiting for Guo Ye to make a mistake is not enough. We have to take the initiative to create opportunities and let Guo Ye make mistakes!"