256 Traps
After a short and in-depth analysis, the two Yu Feilong and his wife have figured out the most important point in the whole matter - that is, the occurrence of today's incident is definitely not accidental, but someone deliberately planned it, and the purpose is to target the General's Mansion!
"Don't let Lao Tzu catch that bad person, otherwise Lao Tzu will have to pick his skin!" After coming to this conclusion, Yu Feilong slammed his fist on the desk in a rage, causing a pot of bamboo placed in the corner of the desk to fall to the ground, and the celadon flower pot fell into several petals.
Seeing this, Yang hurriedly stepped forward, took his hand and looked at it, and after making sure that his hand was not injured, he said: "Our top priority now is not to find the mastermind behind the scenes, but to think about how to give an explanation to the people of Xiaocheng, otherwise it will not be good to arouse public anger!" ”
"Madame is right!" At this time, Yu Feilong had also calmed down, held her hand and said, "One person must be pushed out to bear the responsibility, but this matter cannot be handled by us personally." ”
Almost all the people of Xiaocheng know that most of the grain shops in the city are the property of the Yu family, if Yu Feilong personally comes forward to explain that this matter has nothing to do with him, and that the people below are not doing things well, I am afraid that everyone will think that he is shirking responsibility, but instead confirming the suspicion that he is the mastermind behind the scenes.
Yang nodded approvingly, "Otherwise, please come forward and clarify?" ”
"Him?" Yu Feilong sneered when he heard this, "I'm afraid he's waiting to see Lao Tzu's jokes at this moment!" ”
Since Xiao Nansheng married Xiao Qiao'er and canonized her as the queen, Yu Feilong and him have been separated, the two of them seem to be gentlemen and ministers on the surface, but in fact they have not been all in harmony, Yu Feilong has also been secretly looking for a candidate who can replace Xiao Nansheng, in this case, how could Xiao Nansheng help him?
However, the Yang family had a different opinion from him, "It used to be like this, but now the lord of the country is not reconciled with Ruyi?" Even if something unpleasant happened before, but we are a family after all, can we still hold a grudge for a lifetime with the little conflict in our own family? ”
Speaking of this, she paused for a moment before continuing: "Besides, even if the lord of the country doesn't look at you and Ruyi's face, he doesn't want to see the people of Xiao City make trouble like this, right?" It wouldn't be of any benefit to his position as the lord of the country if it went on like this, and he couldn't just watch it! ”
Her words were very reasonable, but the thought of bowing his head to Xiao Nansheng made Yu Feilong feel very uncomfortable, and after hesitating for a moment, he nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, then I'll go into the palace to find him now." With that, he lifted his feet and walked towards the outside of the study.
The Royal Palace, the Imperial Study.
Xiao Nansheng was sitting behind the imperial case, listening carefully to Xu Tianming's report to him on the progress of the matter, but in less than half a day, the matter had already caused a sensation in the entire Xiao City, of course, this was inseparable from the hard work of Dali Temple Qing Zhang, and the discord between him and Yu Feilong was not a day or two.
It was precisely because they learned of the festival between them that Xiao Nansheng and Qu Wurong were relieved to hand over this matter to Master Zhang, because he would not secretly deliver the news to Yu Feilong, which was also the greatest way to ensure the smooth implementation of their plan.
"Well done!" After listening to Xu Tianming's report, Xiao Nansheng showed a satisfied expression on his face, things went even more smoothly than he imagined, he wanted to see how Yu Feilong explained this time!
Xu Tianming was not as optimistic as him, and asked a little worriedly: "Lord of the country, if General Yu refuses to come forward to deal with it, or puts all the responsibility on others, won't our purpose be frustrated?" ”
"What do you think we're for?" Xiao Nansheng didn't answer him, but asked rhetorically.
"Isn't it dealing with General Jade?" Looking at his well-groomed appearance, Xu Tianming began to be a little unsure whether his guess was correct, so the tone of the statement on his lips also became questionable.
Xiao Nansheng smiled slightly when he heard this, raised a finger and shook it at him, "No, I'm not trying to deal with him, and he's not so easy to deal with." ”
Hearing his words, Xu Tianming was even more confused, it wasn't to deal with Yu Feilong, so what was the purpose of their tossing and turning?
"Oh my, there are some things that don't just look at the surface." Seeing that he was still at a loss, Xiao Nansheng explained with a smile, "You martial arts practitioners pay attention to revenge for grievances and revenge, and they are all straightforward, but this is not good when governing the country, understand?" ”
Every time he used this "serious" tone to explain to himself, there was only one purpose - that is, to tease himself, this time Xu Tianming learned to be smart, and no longer asked stupidly according to his words as before, but replied indifferently: "My subordinates don't understand what's important?" Anyway, you are the lord of the country, you just need to understand, the duty of your subordinates is to protect the lord of the country, you don't need to understand these twists and turns. ”
Seeing that he was not fooled, Xiao Nansheng couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, who can tell him when this wooden guard learned to be smart? Why isn't it as fun as it used to be?
While the two of them were talking, the voice of the eunuch on duty suddenly sounded outside the door: "Yo, General Yu, are you here?" The lord of the country is inside, talking to the Xu guards, let the slave go in first to report to you? ”
"Go ahead." Yu Feilong waved his hand, if it was usual, he would have broken in directly, but today he had something to ask Xiao Nansheng, and his attitude was naturally much more restrained.
Without waiting for the little eunuch to enter the door to report, Xu Tianming directly opened the heavy door from the inside, nodded at Yu Feilong and said, "General Yu, the lord of the country is invited!" ”
Jade Feilong glanced at him, and without saying anything, he walked straight past him and into the imperial study.
"The general came here at this time, but because of the grain store incident today?" Seeing him come in, Xiao Nansheng didn't go around in circles with him, and asked straight to the point.
"yes!" Yu Feilong sighed heavily and sat down on the chair next to him, "My waste subordinates don't know what to do, and they actually made such a big commotion, didn't I hurry into the palace to explain to the lord after I heard about it?" Lest the lord of the kingdom think that I instructed my subordinates to eat people to death by doing their hands and feet in the rice grain, then I can't tell clearly even if I have a hundred mouths! ”
His words can be regarded as minimizing his responsibility, Xiao Nansheng sneered in his heart after hearing this, but he didn't show it on his face at all, "I have also heard about this matter, and I have asked Master Zhang of Dali Temple to start investigating, and I will definitely return the general to a clean slate!" ”
"It's good if he doesn't buckle the basin on Lao Tzu's head!" Yu Feilong snorted coldly when he heard this, but then he realized that his tone was too impulsive, and he continued after a while: "I mean, that Zhang Huaide had a holiday with me, and I was worried that he would not declare his personal vendetta and plant the blame on me." ”
"Don't worry about this general, he doesn't have that much guts!" Hearing his words, Xiao Nansheng waved his hand and said, "What's more, I am still watching, how can I let people slander the general casually?" ”
His words made Yu Feilong's mood feel a lot better, no matter whether he said this out of sincerity or falsehood, at least after he took the initiative to start, then his next words would be easier to say.
"Then I'll thank the lord here first!" Yu Feilong said, directly picking out his intentions, "Actually, before entering the palace, I have already asked people to check, it is indeed a problem with the rice grain in the grain shop under my name, but I don't know these things at all, it is those people who have mixed the problematic rice grain into the new rice of the season behind my back, and I have already asked people to lock up the person in charge of this matter, and it will be handed over to the lord of the country later." ”
Hearing his words, Xiao Nansheng didn't show any surprised expression on his face, because he had already expected that Yu Feilong would find a substitute for the dead ghost to take the blame for himself, "I feel very relieved that the general can understand the righteousness like this. ”
After a pause, he continued: "Since this is the case, the general doesn't have to hand over the person to me, it is better for the general to come forward and give everyone an explanation, so that everyone can understand that the general is not a person who will favor his shortcomings, so that if something similar happens in the future, everyone will know where to go to avenge their grievances, right?" ”
These words made Yu Feilong's heart stagnate, if he could come forward, he wouldn't be sitting here now! But Xiao Nansheng's words are also very reasonable, and he doesn't know how to refute them for a while.
Seeing that he suddenly fell silent, Xiao Nansheng frowned without a trace, what he said just now was taught to him by Qu Wurong, because they expected that Yu Feilong was unwilling to come forward to explain this matter in person, and he said this just to let Yu Feilong personally bring it up.
But now that he stopped talking, Xiao Nansheng's heart suddenly lost the confidence he had just now, but before he could think of how to continue to persuade him, he heard Yu Feilong speak: "The lord of the country is right, but after all, this matter involves my Yu family's grain shop, if I come forward in person, I am afraid that the people will think that I am deliberately shirking my responsibility, I am worried about this, so I entered the palace to ask the lord for help." ”
"Oh?" Hearing him say this, Xiao Nansheng's heart relaxed a little, and he pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Then what should I do to help the general?" ”
"The lord of the country has agreed?" His attitude made Yu Feilong a little surprised, although the Yang family had already analyzed with him before coming, saying that Xiao Nansheng would most likely agree to his request, but he thought that he would have to waste a lot of words to persuade him to agree, but he didn't expect him to agree so easily.
Xiao Nansheng smiled when he heard this, and asked rhetorically, "Does the general think that I will refuse?" ”
"Not really." Jade Feilong shook his head, but he didn't expect it to be so easy, "I hope that the Lord of the Kingdom can come forward to clarify to everyone on my behalf, this matter is completely made by the people below, and it has nothing to do with me Jade Feilong, as long as this is the case." ”
The most important thing now is to appease the angry people first, and pluck yourself out of the whole thing, after all, rice and grain are related to the lives of the people, if he loses the hearts of the people because of this incident, there will be no harm to what he will do in the future, and he must not allow such a thing to happen!
Hearing his words, Xiao Nansheng did not immediately agree, but pondered for a moment before slowly speaking: "I can promise to come forward for the general, but I think that this matter cannot be properly solved by introducing a culprit. ”
Yu Feilong was slightly stunned when he heard this, "How does the country lord think it should be solved?" ”