Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Li Quan, the patriarch of the Li clan, said: "It's Duke Xun's specialty to engage in such conspiracies and tricks. I wonder if you can tell me now?"

"I have a three-pronged strategy to ensure that Guo Ye's reputation will be discredited."

"Three tricks in a row? But I don't know which three tricks in a row?"

"The first strategy is to walk around the truth about the Dade Temple case..."

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With Zhang Liang's latent power, it is really not difficult to find out the truth about the Dade Temple case!Within a few days, Dade Temple was full of filth, and news of the monk giving away his son spread throughout Chang'an City...

The truth spread so quickly, on the one hand, the Anti-Guoye Alliance really spent a lot of effort.On the other hand, it is also this kind of eclectic case that the common people like to spread the most.

Based on rumors, this case became more and more outrageous. As long as a woman has been to Dade Temple once, she will be "tuned" by the monks to become a prostitute and a slut; why are the monks in Dade Temple practicing sorcery? Who can get pregnant; there is a huge underground palace in the underground of Dade Temple, and there are tens of thousands of women in it...

There are all kinds of sayings.

Under various rumors, the life of the monks in Chang'an City was sad again.The monks of Dade Temple do not obey the rules, so the monks of other temples will definitely abide by the rules and precepts?The monks of Dade Temple raped women from good families, who can guarantee that other monks do not have this hobby?

All of a sudden, in the eyes of the common people, all the temples in Chang'an City became prostitution dens one by one, and they were afraid to avoid them.

There are even people who are suspicious and come to the government office to report to the officials.Guo Ye couldn't laugh or cry about this, the only thing he could do was to put on the list to calm the people, hoping that time would dilute everything.

The monks suffered nothing in vain, and it was nothing more than a few years of hard life, which is still within the acceptable range.

However, Guo Ye couldn't ignore the large-scale death!In just ten days, dozens of women hanged themselves from the beams. As for the rumors of children being beaten to death by their parents, Guo Ye also heard several stories.

These women and children were all innocent people. The reason why they died unexpectedly was to blame the lewd monk in Dade Temple on the one hand, and the person who leaked the secret on the other hand!

In other words, Guo Ye himself is not totally irresponsible here!

He sometimes asks himself, if he had worked harder and been more cautious, would he have been able to keep the secret?Did those women and children die because of their carelessness?

In addition to this matter, there was another thing that made him very unhappy, that is, the relationship between Ma Yuanju and himself became weaker and weaker.

Such a big case happened in Chang'an city, of course the Chang'an order should be held accountable.Guo Ye investigated and dealt with the case as soon as he took office, so of course he did nothing wrong.But Ma Yuanju has been the Chang'an Order for several years, how could he not be responsible for this matter?

All of a sudden, Yushitai was in a rage, impeaching Ma Yuanju one after another!In the end, it was His Majesty Li Er who came forward to protect Ma Yuanju's escape.

Even so, Ma Yuanju, who had a good official reputation, plummeted in popularity.

Logically speaking, Guo Ye is not to blame for this matter. He handles the case impartially and investigates the lewd monk. Strictly speaking, it is to wipe Ma Yuanju's ass.

But although the truth is so, people are emotional animals. Ma Yuanju had some ties with Guo Ye, and now that this kind of thing happened again, it was equivalent to Guo Ye announcing his mistakes to the world. It's getting colder and colder!

This day was a rest day, Guo Ye was drinking alone at home, when suddenly his grandson stumbled in and said, "Teacher, something is wrong! Your enemy is here!"

"The enemy is the enemy? I have offended many people, who is this person?"

"It's the old Prime Minister Wang Gui and Wang Shujie!"

Chapter 1743 Wang Gui brushes the lower limit

Wang Gui is Guo Ye's deadly enemy, and this matter has been widely known in Chang'an City.

It wasn't because he had a grudge against Wang Gui, why did Guo Ye have the guts to search Wang Gui's family temple?

It's not that there is a grudge against Wang Gui, why didn't Guo Ye protect the officials and make this case a trivial matter, but reported it to the Emperor of Tang?

It wasn't because he had a grudge against Wang Gui, why did Guo Ye leak the case when His Majesty asked for it to be kept secret?

Of course, if you think about it carefully, these doubts are all untenable.Especially the third article is completely false.However, driven by the Anti-Guo Ye Alliance, these three rumors spread more and more widely, and most people believed them to be true, including Sun Tzushan.

When Guo Ye heard that it was Wang Gui who had come, he secretly cried out inwardly.This old man has now resigned from office, and his reputation has already rotted the street.The old man couldn't think about it for a while, and wanted to find me desperately, right?

He said: "You just say that I am not in the mansion, I went out to hunt in the city, let the old man come back another day!"

"Yes!"

After a while, Sun Tzushan came back with a sad face, and said, "Teacher, my disciple is incompetent and has ruined his errand!"

Guo Ye said: "You can't do such a small thing! How did you tell Wang Gui?"

"I just said that you went out to hunt in the city, and I don't know when you will come back. If the old man has anything, you can let me tell you. If it is not convenient to tell me, you can only ask the old man to go back first. You come back After that, I must pay a visit.”

"Okay, that's a good thing to say, much better than I imagined. Then why did you mess up the errand? How did Wang Gui answer?"

"He said that since he's here, he won't go back until he sees your face!"

"This old guy is playing a rascal, okay, he is old and weak, I don't believe I can't consume him anymore! You let him into the living room, eat, drink and treat him. See what he can do."

Sun Tzu said: "I told you, if you have to wait, please come in and serve tea. But what about him..."

"How about it?"

"Not only did he not agree to come in, but... he also knelt on the ground, saying that if he couldn't see your face, he would kneel and die here!"

"My god! Why didn't you say it earlier!" Guo Ye couldn't sit still anymore, so he quickly stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked out of the mansion quickly!

Guo Ye cursed countless times while walking.One is to scold Sun Zishan for not knowing the priorities, and after so many circles to get to the crux of the matter.On the other hand, he also scolded Wang Gui as a rascal!

Nima, are you crazy or what?Why are you so disrespectful?Don't say that you used to be the prime minister, just say that you are so old, you shouldn't have done such a thing!What a rascal!

Guo Ye can't stop the 70-year-old retired prime minister from playing rogue!If this matter spreads out, the outsiders may not know how to organize themselves!When he walked out of the door out of breath, he saw Wang Gui kneeling upright with a humble expression on his face.

Guo Ye said: "Wang Shizhong, please get up quickly! Please get up quickly! This Sun Zishan is so outrageous. He is greedy for red envelopes and deliberately makes things difficult for you. It turns out that he never told me about your old man. Now I see the paper bag. Stop the fire, and tell me the truth of the matter..."

While talking, he helped Wang Gui up, and continued: "I will definitely punish him. You old man is the same. I, Guo Ye, is nothing. It doesn't matter if I see you or not. It's worth it... worth it... ..."

Wang Gui waved his hand and said, "Mr. Qin, you don't need to explain. Is it because of Sun Zishan or you don't want to see the old man? We both agree. Also, don't call me Wang Shizhong anymore. A commoner."

"Wang Shizhong is too modest. As long as you have been a servant for a day, you can be called Wang Shizhong! If anyone dares to make irresponsible remarks, I, Guo Ye, will be the first to refuse."

"Don't, it's the old man who doesn't like it, and it has nothing to do with others. If you are happy, just call me Mr. Wang. If you are not happy, just call me Mr. Wang!"

Guo Ye smiled all over his face and said, "Since you don't like the name Wang Shizhong, I'll call you Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang, this is not a place to talk, please come in and talk!"

"Lead the way!"

The two came to the living room, and the host and guest were seated separately, and Sun Tzushan offered fragrant tea.

Guo Ye coughed lightly, and said, "Mr. Wang, your old man must see someone Guo today. I don't know why?"

Wang Gui sighed slightly, and said: "The old man must see you so shamelessly. Of course, he has something important to discuss with you. But before talking about this, the old man wants to answer a doubt of Qin Guogong."

Guo Ye scratched his head and said, "Doubt? What doubt?"