[Comprehensive] Cannon fodder, do you want to counterattack?

Not long after Lin Ruo returned to the mansion, Yin Hongfei sent Ke'er's deed of sale to the Lin mansion. Lin Ruo didn't let him in, but ordered someone to collect the things and send them directly to Ke'er—such a contemptuous attitude made the running The dying Yin Hongfei gritted his teeth angrily, but he didn't dare to say a word of nonsense.

Not long after Lin Ruo finished his lunch, Lin Chuan came back with a look of shame on his face: "Master, this subordinate has messed up the errand."

Lin Ruozheng was squatting on the ground to pick out copper plates. From a large basket of copper plates, he picked out the ones with better quality and threw them into the small bamboo basket. Without raising his head, he asked, "What's wrong?"

In the morning, Yin Hongfei's mouth was too bad, so Lin Ruo easily threw out the fortune-telling copper coins in his sleeves. He didn't want to be so small. The two copper coins were thrown into the water after completing the task twice - the mother's money that Li Shimin gave him was a total of There were only a dozen of them, and he didn't cherish them very much. After playing around, there was only the last pair left. This is great, and he can't even make up one pair.

Lin Ruo didn't bother to ask people for it anymore. He found that the mother's money had no benefit in divination except that it was a little more refined. It was mentioned in a divination scripture just published by Er Yaoshu that copper coins used for divination Baijiaqian is the best. To put it bluntly, it needs to be more smokey, and it is better to have more hands.

Lin Ruo couldn't tell how many times these copper coins had passed through his hands, and he didn't bother to look for them deliberately, so he decided to trust his eyes and choose the most pleasing one.By the way, pick some more, not only for fortune-telling, but also for beating people. He has been practicing Changchun Jue for a while, but he has not seen the effect of nourishing his body, but his strength has increased rapidly. Before he changed it, he would never be able to do it. To get copper plates to make weapons.

"The little one told you what you told me," Lin Chuan replied with his head bowed, "Master Wei asked 'what painting', and the little one said, 'If Master Wei accidentally loses the painting, the villain will take it again. One piece. "Master Wei" oh" and stopped talking, so the villain had to say "If Master Wei insists on not telling the prince about the painting, the villain will have to do it for you." ’ There was no more sound, and the guests were sent off directly.”

Lin Ruo nodded and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

Lin Chuan didn't react: "Huh?"

Lin Ruo said: "Go and eat if you haven't eaten, it's already past the meal time, aren't you hungry?"

Lin Chuan couldn't be in the mood to eat now, and said, "Master, this subordinate is incompetent, and he messed up his errand... what should we do next?"

Lin Ruo's feet were numb from squatting, and she reached out and pulled the cushion from the chair behind her, sat down and continued to work, and said, "Who said you messed up the errand?"

"Ah?" Lin Chuan was taken aback, looking at Wei Zheng's appearance, he didn't take his words to heart at all, isn't this a mess?

Lin Ruodao: "You did a good job. You not only helped me find out that the painting is indeed in Mr. Wei's hands, but also passed on the words to him...what else can I do?"

When he made people chisel a boat and set fire to it, he set up his backhand to make them think that there was such an important painting... As the most important person in the Prince's Mansion, how could he ask the question "what painting"?Also with Wei Zheng's astute ability to ask this sentence, it can be seen that he didn't intend to conceal it deliberately, but was anti-testing.

It was rare for Lin Ruo to praise someone, but he didn't get a response. When he looked up, he saw Lin Chuan looking at him incredulously: "Master, you didn't know that the painting was in Mr. Wei's hands?"

Lin Ruo blinked and asked back, "Do you know?"

Lin Chuan said: "Of course the little one doesn't know, but you, young master..."

Lin Ruo sighed: "I don't go out these days. Lin Chuan, you are almost my only source of news. How can I know things that you don't know?"

Thinking of his inscrutable and confident appearance in front of Wei Zheng before, Lin Chuan collapsed a bit: "Master, don't you know that you still...you still..."

Lin Ruo looked at him and said seriously, "Lin Chuan, do you know that you have a great advantage?"

Lin Chuan was taken aback, didn't speak but was a little happy: what advantages?High martial arts?strong?Practical and reliable?

But I heard Lin Ruo continue: "Your advantage is that you can trust people very much. No matter what I say, you will believe it. If I say that the painting is in Master Wei's hands, you will be sure of it, and then your firm attitude will also affect people. Mr. Wei... That's why Mr. Wei didn't realize that when he saw you, I was just guessing randomly, otherwise he wouldn't be so happy to admit that the painting was in his hand."

Lin Chuan was a little crazy: So my biggest advantage is that I am easy to fool?

Also, when did Master Wei readily admit that the painting was on his hands?

Wait, the point seems to be... random guessing?

Random guesses!

Seeing Lin Chuan's confused face, Lin Ruo felt a little guilty: Lin Chuan, who had always been calm and reliable in front of Lin Boyuan, had only been with him for a few days, and he was a little... how should I put it, unable to calm down?

"Actually, it's not a random guess." Lin Shuojian put down all the work in his hands, and comforted him: "As far as the forces in Chang'an City are concerned, the crown prince, King Qin and King Qi are the most powerful. The one with the highest quality is the King of Qin, but if the painting falls into the hands of the King of Qin, he should tell me, after all, it belongs to me... In fact, I always thought that the thing was in the hands of the King of Qi, but today it is outside the cabin of that big ship. If you saw King Qi’s guards, it’s okay, because if King Qi saw the painting, he would know that the fire was about to reach him, so why would he have the leisure to take a boat tour on the lake?”

Lin Chuan humbly asked, "What about the prince?"

"The prince's behavior is too normal, and he is still working together with the king of Qi to fight against the king of Qin. If he has really seen the painting, no matter how generous he is, he should keep his hand." Lin Ruo said: "So I guess there are seven paintings in the painting. The success may have been obtained by the prince's people, but it was withheld by Mr. Wei - only he can do this and can do it... But I think Mr. Wei still has time to treat his uncle to dinner at this stall, and it takes half a day to eat , These seven achievements have become ninety percent."

There are still two days left before the ten-day deadline for the Pei Ji case. In such a desperate time, it is impossible to invite dinner for dinner, and it is even more impossible to make peace for the prince as Lin Chuan said—the prince seems to be friendly. In fact, the airs have been placed very high, how could he lower his status to show weakness to Lin Ruo?

However, Lin Ruo was not worried that Lin Boyuan would be tested by Wei Zheng. In terms of offense, the two Lin Boyuan tied together could not compare to Wei Zheng, but in terms of defense and watertightness, Wei Zheng was far behind Lin Boyuan.

"Then what if the young master guessed wrong?"

Lin Ruoman said indifferently: "Then draw another one and let them snatch it again!"

He has never cared about the whereabouts of the paintings, and this is the reason why, if he can find it, he will look for it, and if he can't find it, he will throw another pair... It can't be that the prince is so incompetent, he can't even grab a pair, right?

Lin Chuan nodded, and was about to step back, but he was still uneasy, and frowned, "But the subordinates don't look like they agreed to our terms."

Lin Ruo smiled and said, "He can't be the master, what should he promise?"

Lin Chuan immediately understood, and said, "Will His Royal Highness agree?"

Lin Ruo smiled, with a hint of sarcasm in her smile: "Of course. Our Prince, His Royal Highness, has always been good at giving up and sacrificing."

Therefore, those who stand on his side should always be prepared to be given up by him.

After thinking for a while, he said, "After dinner, send Uncle Wei two jars of the wine you brought back from the boat in the morning... Uh, and buy a few catties of donkey meat in sauce, he likes that taste the most."

Lin Chuan only thought that Lin Ruo wanted to make an apology, so he readily agreed.

But Lin Ruo said again: "Remember to give him something every now and then."

Lin Chuan immediately understood, and said with a wry smile: "Master, Master Wei and Master are friends after all, so it's not good to do this?"

Lin Ruodao: "If it weren't for him and uncle being friends, I wouldn't bother with this matter! Don't worry, I won't make him fall into injustice..."

He smiled again, and said: "At most, let His Royal Highness decide to use him in exchange for some benefits, and hesitate less for a moment."

-

In the East Palace, Li Jiancheng looked at the picture of seeing off the officials with scorched marks in front of him, as if they had been snatched from the fire, and did not speak for a long time. The expression on his face gradually calmed down from the original shock and anger, and he looked up at Wei Zhengdao : "So this painting has always been in your hand?"

Wei Zheng said: "Four days ago, Mr. Wei handed over to the next official."

Li Jiancheng's voice turned cold, and he said, "Why didn't you submit it?"

Wei Zheng sighed: "I am worried that this is Lin Ruo's conspiracy, and I am afraid that His Highness will be impulsive and fall into his scheme."

"what about now?"

Wei Zheng continued to sigh: "Now I have confirmed that it is indeed Lin Ruo's conspiracy."

Li Jiancheng now has a headache when he hears the word Lin Ruo, and looks at Wei Zheng waiting for him to continue.

Wei Zhengdao: "Lin Ruo sent a message at noon, saying that if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sends this painting to Lord Dou Chengji, he will be honest and never cause trouble again."

After a pause, he continued: "He also gave me two altars of Tianranju's good wine, and Chen Ji's five catties of sauced donkey meat."

Be honest and never cause trouble... Li Jiancheng chewed this sentence several times in his heart, and said, "Can you believe what he said?"

Wei Zheng hesitated for a while, and said: "If this sentence is said to His Royal Highness...you can't believe it, but if this sentence is said to your minister, you can believe it."

Of course, Lin Ruo said this to Wei Zheng, "Be honest, never cause trouble", and only to elders, he would speak in such a soft, almost coquettish tone. This is also until now, Wei Zheng can't do anything about it. Reasons to be really angry at teenagers.

Li Jiancheng pondered: "Give the painting to Dou Chengji... what does he want to do?"

"I want to settle the case of Pei Ji." Wei Zheng had thought about this question for a long time, so he answered without hesitation.

"That's the end of the Pei Ji case, how is he going to end it?" Li Jiancheng sneered and said, "Father has made it clear that he is protecting him, not to mention that the case has not progressed at all, even if the murderer is really caught, he just needs to say that it has nothing to do with him." , father is willing to kill him?"

Wei Zhengdao: "In Pei Ji's case, the current evidence is not enough to convict Lin Ruo..."

Li Jiancheng interrupted: "These evidences can't be proved? Then what can be proved? Don't you really believe his dead man's nonsense?"

Wei Zheng sighed: "Your Highness, don't forget that these so-called evidences were all deliberately shown to us by Lin Ruo. As Lin Boyuan said, none of these things were for the purpose of killing people... I also think he did it. , Everyone thinks that he did it, but there is no evidence, it’s just a feeling.”

Li Jiancheng took a deep breath and said, "Gu knows, you continue."

Wei Zheng nodded, and returned to the topic just now: "According to the current situation, the final result of Mr. Pei's case must be that Lin Ruo retreated completely, and Mr. Dou, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was dismissed from his post to appease public anger, but this result... Lin Ruo is not satisfied."

Li Jiancheng's opinion on this matter is the same as Wei Zheng's, Yuan slightly nodded his head to show his agreement, but when he heard the last sentence, he was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled angrily, as if hearing the most ridiculous thing in the world: "He is not satisfied? Ha! He's not satisfied?"

After killing the prime minister and retreating unscathed, such a result...is he not satisfied?

Wei Zheng smiled wryly, he didn't dare to believe this kind of conclusion, but he had to believe it, and said, "Your Highness, do you think Lin Ruo has the ability to kill Pei Ji without letting anyone suspect him?"

No matter who said this, Li Jiancheng would have sneered at it, but at the moment he could only remain silent.

Wei Zhengdao: "In this case, why did he want to make a scene known to everyone, why did he let everyone know that Pei Ji was killed by him? Is it for showing off? To vent? Or to seek death?"

Of course not.

"It's for establishing prestige." Wei Zheng said, "He wants to establish prestige."

"Liwei..." Li Jiancheng wanted to laugh again: That boy in white, he wants to stand up?What prestige does he have, and who does he want to show his prestige to?

Wei Zheng quietly looked at the distorted smile on Li Jiancheng's face, and calmly said: "To you, to me, to everyone...to stand up."

"Ha! Haha! Haha!" Li Jiancheng finally laughed.

A little boy in white clothes with no strength to restrain a chicken, who exists like an ant, actually wants to stand up to the prince, King Qi, and the powerful ministers of the Tang Dynasty...to stand up?

It's just like an ant, showing off its teeth and claws to a group of elephants, it's such a pity!Too overwhelmed!

Hearing Li Jiancheng's laughter, Wei Zheng looked inexplicable. He didn't remind Li Jiancheng that he was moved by Lin Ruo's words of "never cause trouble" just now, nor did he tell him that Yin Pengfei, who was careless in front of the prince, not long ago because he heard " "Lin Ruo" was so frightened that I almost peed my pants.

Because he knew very well that behind Li Jiancheng's mocking laughter, what was hidden might not be regret and shock.

Li Jiancheng laughed a few times before stopping by himself, and said in a cold voice, "Didn't you say you want to give the painting to Dou Chengji? You take it to him yourself."

Wei Zheng frowned, he had already said that this was Lin Ruo's conspiracy, but Li Jiancheng didn't even listen to his analysis, and directly followed Lin Ruo's wishes.He opened his mouth to persuade: "Your Highness, His Majesty is holding his breath right now. If this painting is handed in, it may become a fuse. There are many people involved in it..."

Li Jiancheng interrupted: "It's just a painting. Could it be that the father will use it to convict him? What's the matter?"

Wei Zheng wanted to persuade him again, but Li Jiancheng impatiently tapped his finger on the painting on the case, and said, "Wei Zheng, if you say this is Lin Ruo's conspiracy, then you can guarantee that the paintings in Lin Ruo's painting are all fake. ?”

Wei Zheng was silent for a moment, then said: "I can't guarantee it. But I..."

Li Jiancheng interrupted him again with a sneer: "Don't forget, this painting was discarded by Lin Ruo and was picked up by Pei Ji to hide it! If Lin Ruo really wanted to pick things up and draw it, why did he throw it away? Pei Ji Why hide it? And the person who led the arson and looting that day also confessed that the person who contacted them had a scar on his wrist, and that person didn’t want anything, as long as they help him find an unframed and unsigned painting. Afterwards, there are heavy rewards.

"He also told them to be careful and hide some small and exquisite things quietly, which is enough for them to be rich for a lifetime, and they must not be greedy to make things big... If these people really acted according to plan, how could there be looting? , How did those things get out of hand? Who would know afterward that such an inconspicuous painting was lost inside? Could it be that you want to say that these are also Lin Ruo's conspiracy? In order to quietly retrieve such a painting that he himself threw away?

Li Jiancheng became more and more excited, and gradually couldn't restrain himself. He gritted his teeth and said, "He has been standing behind him all these years. Among the things that are directly related to him, there is only such a painting. Besides him, who else would miss it? It just so happens He had a confidant with a scar on his hand, and it happened that the confidant died cleanly without waiting for the lonely person to ask, do you think this is really a coincidence? Or do you want to say that this is also Lin Ruo's conspiracy?"

The word "other" in Li Jiancheng's mouth obviously no longer refers to Lin Ruo, Wei Zheng sighed secretly, only smiled wryly.He wanted to say "yes", and wanted to say that Lin Ruo did so many things, maybe it was to make him believe that what was painted on this painting was true, just to make them mess themselves up, but at this moment, His Highness the Crown Prince, completely Don't have the patience to listen to him.

Was it Li Yuanji who knew there was such a painting on Pei Ji's boat and planned to get it back, but the accident caused the situation to get out of control?Or was it Lin Ruo's scheme from beginning to end?

Was this painting intentionally drawn by Lin Ruo to instigate the crown prince and King Qi, or did it really happen and was used by Lin Ruo in the current situation?

He is also a little confused now, and he doesn't bother to think about it, because the truth is not that important now.

Li Jiancheng's voice continued: "The matter of entering the palace to celebrate his birthday, Lin Ruo's case, Xiaoshu's death... these things, which one was not his idea, which one was not his big trouble, and in the end alone His reputation has been discredited and he has suffered heavy losses, what about him? He is still that generous King of Qi!"

"Look, look at this painting, look at their faces," Li Jiancheng became more and more agitated, the veins on his forehead popped up, and he almost poked a hole in the painting with his fingers, and shouted: "Do you think these people Is it really Gu who is loyal, not Li Yuanji?!"

Hearing that Li Jiancheng finally uttered the word "Li Yuanji", Wei Zheng was a little numb. He just knew it would happen, so he withheld the painting, but Wei Ting gave it to him, so he couldn't keep it hidden—he Thinking that at this moment he understood that Lin Ruo did it on purpose, he could explain it to Li Jiancheng in detail, but there was almost no difference in the result.

Suspicion is something that cannot be restrained by reason at all.From the time the prince saw the painting, the trust and intimacy between him and the king of Qi that had been built up over ten years no longer exists... After the two pillars of Dali Siqing and Pei Ji, His Royal Highness has lost His greatest ally.

The huge power that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has worked hard for several years has collapsed at a destructive speed in just over ten days...

Counting from the day when Xiaoshu died and Lin Ruo was released from prison, it has been a total of fifteen days, and Xiaoshu has not yet passed.

After almost yelling those three words, Li Jiancheng finally calmed down. After a moment of silence, he said in a calm tone: "This painting is useless in anyone's hands, but Dou Chengji might be able to escape with it. ... Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishments, we have to hold on to one place. Now Dali Temple can't be counted on. Dou Chengji has always been impartial between me and my second brother. If we can help him keep the position of Minister of the Ministry of Justice this time, How could he not be grateful?"

Although he doesn't like Lin Ruo very much now, he has to say that the choice he made unexpectedly suits his wishes, and it is better than all the previous ideas.

"As for those people..." Li Jiancheng paused and said, "Father will just scold them at worst, and he won't do anything to them. If they can't be reused temporarily, won't they be compensated in the future?"

A few courtiers who don't know if they have two hearts, and the allegiance of a minister of punishment, isn't it clear at a glance which is more important?Besides, Dou Chengji is not his person, so who knows that the painting he presented has something to do with him?In any case, he has nothing to lose.

Moreover, Li Yuanji should teach him a lesson, and let his father take a good look at his face!

Wei Zheng lowered his head to hide the disappointment in his eyes, and said, "Your Highness said so, I will do it now."

Just as he was about to step forward to pick up the painting, Li Jiancheng interrupted, "Wait."

Wei Zheng paused, and Li Jiancheng said: "Master Wei has worked hard today, let's go back and rest first, let Wei Ting do this little thing alone."

"Yes."

Wei Zheng bowed and stepped back, but Li Jiancheng said again: "Wait a minute."

Wei Zheng stopped, looked up, saw Li Jiancheng paused, and then said: "I don't want anyone to know this painting, which appeared in Gu's hand... Do you understand?"

Wei Zheng's body froze, he answered again, and stepped back quickly after Li Jiancheng waved his hand.

After leaving the yard, he looked back again, with a complicated look on his face, and finally laughed at himself, turned and left.

It's not giving up, it's not sacrifice...it's betrayal.

Just like what he did to Lin Ruo time and time again.

He once persuaded Lin Boyuan, and Lin Boyuan said that "after all, his heart will be chilled", but now that the same thing has not happened to him, he is already a little chilled.

If there is no pressure from King Qin, maybe the prince will be a very good prince, and even become a very good emperor...

-

For the next two days, Lin Ruo lived very leisurely, practicing martial arts, reading, writing, calligraphy, painting and painting, and playing with copper coins. In a blink of an eye, it was the third day. This day was the tenth day of Pei Ji's death, and it was the ten-day period that Li Yuan set for the Ministry of Punishment. last day of .

Lin Ruo sighed at a pile of strangely shaped copper plates. Lin Chuan, who had been extremely bored these days, suddenly wanted to start his "weapon", so he carefully selected a basket of copper plates, and more than half of the edges were worn away. Some of them are extremely sharp, and some of them are even very creatively polished into a jagged shape... So the question is, how to carry these sharp copper plates in the sleeves?

Seeing Lin Ruo's disgusted face, Lin Chuan was unwilling to throw the things he polished so easily at home to rust, so he specially ordered some leather bags, belts and other utensils that are convenient for carrying hidden weapons for Lin Ruo, but Lin Ruo was rejected by Lin Ruo. Ruo's strong resistance—in fact, Lin Ruo rejects all heavy, hard, and airtight things from appearing in his clothing list. When he doesn't go out, he doesn't even have a hairpin on him, let alone let him What belt to wear.

After competing with Lin Chuan for a long time, finally today he was busy going out to inquire about news, and Lin Ruo was able to relax for a while—to think about whether to quietly dispose of the pile of strange "copper coins" while Lin Chuan was away.

"Master!" Before Lin Ruo could figure out this complicated question, Lin Chuan had already returned with a solemn expression, and said, "Master, news came from the palace that Lord Dou apologized in front of His Majesty, saying that he could not find out the truth. The real culprit who killed Pei Ji... Before His Majesty said how to deal with it, many ministers knelt down and begged His Majesty to order you to be arrested and brought to justice. Their attitude was unprecedentedly firm, and they almost said that if His Majesty insisted on protecting you, he would be a fool. They He also said that if His Majesty does not issue an order, they will kneel and die in the Tai Chi Palace."

Frowning, he said: "What the hell is going on? It was obvious that the master had already dealt with it last time, and the emperor was also angry. Why are they... and they are still deadly remonstrance. Young master, I don't think he may be able to protect your majesty this time. You, why don't we go out to avoid the limelight?"

Lin Ruo shook his head and said, "Lin Chuan, you are wrong, one person's death remonstrance is called death remonstrance, and a group of people's death remonstrance is called forced palace.

"When forcing the palace, of course, the firmer the attitude, the better. If it wasn't for making them more firm, why would I go swimming in some lake in the hot weather? Could it be to blackmail them for a few taels of money?

"Dealing with Dou Chengji, who is not good at handling the case, and then procrastinating the case indefinitely, of course they are not satisfied with the result, and I am even more dissatisfied with the result." Lin Ruodao: "Of course we have to do things like gain power and revenge, but for the sake of gain and revenge For others, hang a sharp sword on your head that can be stabbed at any time, let those people use it to attack you when they think of it, and let the superiors suddenly find you not pleasing to the eye, just use this reason to kill them casually, That would be ridiculously stupid."