Chapter 111: The Emperor's Heart
"The father came down with the momentum of thunder this time, killed Pei Yi and Pei Xiu by surprise, and had no chance to resist, Pei Shi came to an end. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" In the study room of Guangyang Palace, Jinglin said to Xuan Shao.
Those nobles and officials who have been good friends with the Pei family, no one spoke for Pei Yi and his family this time, although the fall of the Pei family will inevitably cause them to suffer huge losses, but it is naturally more important to save their lives than interests, seeing that several officials were found to be implicated in the case of smuggling contraband and were imprisoned, no one was stupid enough to stand up at this time and start a fire, and each family was afraid to avoid it.
"I didn't find out before, these two people are so greedy and black-hearted, not only smuggling contraband, reselling weapons to other countries without permission, but also trying to control the food and salary in the army, if they were not captured this time, it would not have caused a big trouble in the long run!" Xuan Shao sighed, "Hey, I was also negligent, I only cared about the front line and training, but I never thought that if there were moths in the rear of the army, it would be even more deadly!" ”
"You don't have to blame yourself, judging from what I have found, the Pei family's stolen food and salary are not your Yaochen Legion, so I guess I am still afraid of you." After that, he patted Xuan Shao's shoulder, "Then again, your Xuan family is still a hero this time, for the Pei family, my father has long been suspicious and wary, but there has been no conclusive evidence." This time, they took advantage of the national focus on Xuanyue's wedding, and at the same time called the port to transport goods, which was really a good plan, but they didn't want me and my father to plan for it, which led them to take the bait, coupled with the murder and framing, several crimes were committed, and Pei Yi and his son were finally arrested together. It's just that you have wronged Xuan Yue, you must comfort her well when you go back, but fortunately, the letter arrived in time and nothing happened. ”
When Xuan Shao heard this, he didn't say anything more thoughtfully, thinking of Xuan Yue in his heart, he felt heartache and blamed himself, his beloved sister almost married the adulterer, and he blamed himself, obviously he had already suspected that his sister suddenly insisted on marrying Pei Xiu, but he didn't further understand that his sister was threatened by Pei Xiu...... If it weren't for Pei Xiu being in prison as a prisoner at the moment, otherwise he would have slashed him with a thousand knives, and it would be difficult to understand the hatred in his heart.
Originally, as a military general, he rarely came into contact with the intrigue in the court, but this time he deeply realized the trick of the emperor's family: the emperor did not kill Wei Chixin on the one hand because this was indeed the will of the emperor, on the other hand, if he killed Wei Chixin publicly, the truth of the emperor's death will definitely cause turmoil in the court and unrest among the people, and if he casually finds a reason to kill Wei Chixin, I am afraid that it will damage the reputation, and the people will say that the Xizhao royal family is ruthless and cold-blooded, Kill the meritorious minister, and Wei Chixin is really capable and loyal to Xizhao, it is better to keep him, and at the same time use him to make Pei Xiu relax his vigilance, and finally seize the handle of the Pei family in one fell swoop......
"In just three or five days, everything is different, Red Dome is like this, and so is Xizhao." Mu Yan and Mu Yunmo sat in the front hall together, and sighed after listening to the people under him relay what happened to Xizhao.
"Yes, the groom, who was beautiful a few days ago, has now become a prisoner waiting for death." Mu Yunmo raised her hand and poured a cup of tea and handed it to Mu Yan.
"Emperor Xizhao, his movements are very fast, almost making Pei Xiu's family powerless, I think he has been preparing for a long time." Mu Yan took a sip of tea, thinking about the emperor of Xizhao in the heat of hot tea.
"The Pei family has been in business for generations, and their family background is unimaginably strong, and they are royal merchants, just talking about how profitable the transportation industry is, almost all of them are in their hands, not to mention that his family is also involved in the salt industry, ceramics and weaving and dyeing industry, and more than half of the annual tax revenue of Xizhao is from the Pei family's industry. However, because of this, in recent years, the Pei Xiu family has been feared by the emperor. ”
Hearing this, Mu Yan followed Mu Yunmo's words and continued: "Yes, even if he is just a businessman, if he becomes too big and even controls Xizhao's economic lifeline, it is indeed a threat to the emperor, and Pei Xiu's family must have private friendships with many courtiers and nobles in Xizhao." ”
"So this time, the Pei Xiu family was convicted of smuggling contraband weapons on the surface, but in fact, the emperor has already had the intention to get rid of them, and if all the property of the Pei Xiu family can be confiscated and filled with the treasury, it will be an extremely beneficial thing for the Xizhao royal family, even if it is the king, they have to be tempted by their family's property, you must know that that a large amount of property can reduce a lot of financial pressure for the expansion and development of the Xizhao army." Thinking of this, a shrewd light flowed from Mu Yunmo's eyes, "The emperor's heart is really unfathomable. ”
"So, what role did that Wei Chixin play in the whole incident? Why has it been rumored that he has been out of the city on a mission, and Xuan Yue's wedding night appeared in the wedding room again. ”
"I heard Xuan Shao say that Wei Chixin was framed and killed by Pei Xiu and imprisoned, and the emperor didn't know what to find and gave Yu Chixin poisonous wine in prison, but it was just a scene made by the emperor, and the wine was just a drug, the purpose was to let Pei Xiu relax and expose the crime on the wedding night. It's just ......" Mu Yunmo paused, a trace of coldness flashed on his face, "The amount of the drug could have been controlled, and if you want to hide people's eyes, you only need to let Wei Chixin be in a coma for an hour or two, but Wei Chixin was in a coma until the next evening before waking up, thinking that the medicine was deliberately put several times more." ”
Hearing this, Mu Yan's eyes flashed once: "In this way, the emperor deliberately asked Wei Chixin to rush to Pei's house at night to save people, so as not to wake up too early, knowing that Pei Xiu Dao would rush to rescue Xuan Yue desperately, startling the snake and destroying the emperor's entire plan, and if he didn't let the woke up Wei Chixin go to save people, I am afraid that Wei Chixin would definitely have some resentment in his confidence, and his loyalty to the royal family in the future would be greatly reduced, so he simply asked Wei Chixin to wake up later." ”
Mu Yunmo saw that Mu Yan had already understood what he was thinking, and nodded, "Even if he is a courtier who is highly used, he is not as important as the interests of the country in the emperor's heart, and the emperor will definitely not ruin his plan because of Wei Chixin and Xuan Yue, so he deliberately let Yu Chixin wake up in the evening." In this way, he not only succeeded in finding evidence of Pei Xiu's smuggling, but also retained the image of the emperor's benevolence and wisdom in Wei Chi's confidence, making him more loyal to the royal family. ”
"A companion is like a tiger." Mu Yan shook his head slightly, but from this he thought of the situation in Mufu now, "Now that Chiqiong, Qi Ling is in power, he must still be very jealous of his once biggest rival Mu Yuan's family, he is not stupid, although he took away the army in your hands, he must still be investigating the family's dark power, we must be more careful, so as not to be caught off guard by him when we are killed." ”
"Well, don't expose anything unless necessary." (To be continued.) )