Almost overnight, the news that the eldest grandson of the Xinguo Mansion had killed the prince of Xiangcheng spread. Countless people have seen the excitement in the East Market, and more than a dozen families will fight around Li Rui alone, and the follow-up of being taken away by Du Dali Temple is even more talking.

But very few people mentioned it, and just half an hour after they were taken away, another team of people came and picked up a few people from the Linglong Pavilion.

The guards in the palace are different from others, these people wander around at the feet of the Son of Heaven every day, the Chinese army, the guards, the small officials, and the head catchers, their eyes are better than anyone else.

There is a team of palace guards, where does anyone dare to say more?

When Chu Lian, the king of Xiangcheng, saw the confession, he knew that his son's revenge could not be avenged.

Intending to attack the eldest prince, he was controlled by the guards, and in anger, he stood up angrily despite the sharp blade, and finally bled on the spot......

Every word, every sentence, knocked on King Xiangcheng's heart, and he will never forget it in this life.

Chu Yingyuan is the first son of their husband and wife, and he has been carefully raised since he was a child. Later, when he saw the rebellion of King Qiyang, King Xiangcheng had to clamp his tail to live a life in order to avoid suspicion. But his son is still flamboyant and cool, and he has not been affected at all.

Maybe it was out of envy in his heart, maybe it was because his son lived a life that he had always wanted to live but didn't live with, Chu Lian let go of his son's character, but as the eldest son got older and older, this kind of flamboyance became domineering, this kind of coolness became rigidity, and he even had an incomprehensible paranoia......

He originally thought that anyway, their family was in a fiefdom, the mountains were high and the rivers were far away, covering the sky with one hand, he worked hard to run the place, and he held a lot of people and horses secretly left by his father in his hands, even if the eldest son was a little too strong in character, he could always protect his safety in the third of an acre of land in Guinan.

What's more, his son is not stupid, but has a bad temper. There are too many people with bad tempers, and there are many who draw their swords in anger and hurt people, but his son is just a little arrogant, and he is not too bad.

Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly summoned them into the capital, this place was like a clash with his eldest son, he made mistakes one after another, and even dared to use his men to assassinate the eldest grandson of the Xinguo Mansion!

The eldest husband can bend and stretch, and if he can only stretch all the time, one day he will touch something that he can't touch.

So he ordered his concubine to go to Beijing to beat him, hoping that having this younger brother by his side would always alert him to someone who could replace him, and that he could learn to be patient and compromise.

But he still died, so aggrieved.

"Yuan'er, don't worry. Dad will get justice for you......" Chu Lian has endured it all his life, he is also the bloodline of the Chu family, and naturally has an innate ambition, but this ambition has always been suppressed by himself and controlled by him, reminding him not to be a sinner of Great Chu.

But now, he didn't want to endure it anymore.

"Thy vengeance is not avenged for me, and it is in vain to be a father. Whether it is the eldest prince or Li Rui, my father will not let anyone go! ”

As soon as he ascended to the court the next day, there was an imperial envoy who impeached Li Rui for killing the prince of Xiangcheng, and also fought in the street. Li Mao didn't sleep well all night for Li Rui's affairs, and now when he heard what the imperial envoy said, he went up and strangled him.

Dali Siqing's appearance shows that there are all kinds of doubts in this case, but judging from the current evidence, Li Rui is not the murderer, and the murderer should have committed suicide.

Li Mao was also impeached for "conniving with his nephew for murder", "lawlessness", etc., and the emperor knew that Chu Yingyuan's death was self-inflicted, but for various reasons, he did not favor him in the court.

Most people who have connections and connections know that this matter probably involves the eldest prince, after all, it is not difficult news for the eldest prince to go out of the palace that day, who can walk with a sword and dare to put a weapon on a person's neck, they are not fools, and they can guess the ins and outs with a guess.

But they just bite Li Mao and don't dare to involve the eldest prince and let him suffer this dumb loss.

Li Mao was speechless, and when he saw that the emperor did not act partially, he immediately felt disheartened.

Not to mention the ambition in your heart, the revitalization of the family or something, if you can't even keep your nephew at this time, how can you talk about "revitalizing the family"?

After leaving the court, the ministers of the Xungui faction wanted to inquire about the situation, and Li Mao left in a hurry with the idea of saying more and making more mistakes, and handed the fold to the inner study.

But the emperor still did not see him, but Toqi Shao sent him a letter.

Li Mao returned to the military department, and after everyone had left, he opened the letter in the room and read it carefully.

"Too much deception!" After reading the letter, Li Mao threw the letter on the table and slapped it with one palm.

"I'm your ancestors for eighteen generations!"

Li Mao was really surprised this time, three generations of his ancestors and grandchildren were born and died for Da Chu, his brother even took his life, and his nephew had to risk all kinds of dangers to enter the world, but even if he agreed to the emperor's calculation, it was because it was expected to be four or five years later!

Preparations for things in four or five years from now on, naturally, there are various guarantees.

But now because of such an incident, the emperor actually forced him to start planning now!

His nephew had just turned fourteen, and he was just a child!

Li Mao stood in the room, panting like the bellows of the blacksmith's shop.

But after all, he calmed down after the worst of the time.

'I am loyal and patriotic, but I am not a foolish fool. My father always taught me to protect my life first, then my family, and then to help the world. Now that my family is not protected, you think I am the kind of loyal servant who only knows what to do...... Li Mao tore the piece of paper and ate it bit by bit.

"Hateful!"

In prison in Dali Temple.

"Someone, anyone?" Although Li Rui's cell has everything, it is not at home after all, just one night, there are countless small bumps on his body.

The bed was covered with mattresses and sheets, but there were still many unknown insects that had eaten his body, and it was underground, cold and damp, and if he hadn't slept outside, he would have collapsed on the first night.

"Coming, coming, Master Li, what are you calling me for?" The jailer who guarded him was a middle-aged man in his forties, because Li Mao had stuffed a lot of silver when he came to visit Li Rui last time, so he naturally greeted this "young master" with a smile.

"I'm in a hurry." Li Rui looked at the gong bucket in the corner.

"Isn't that a Gong bucket?" The jailer glanced inexplicably at the toilet in the corner.

Li Rui frowned: "That Gong bucket didn't fall for a day, how to use it?" ”

When he was at home, the bucket in the toilet was always clean, and there was a chair with a hollowed-out bottom on top of it for him to sit easily. He didn't care about food and lodging, only this person's problem, he really couldn't bear it.

"Wait, I'll report when the warden comes to work, and when the warden comes to open the door, I'll help you dump." He was only responsible for guarding the prisoners, but he did not have the key to the prison door. There is only one hole under this door to deliver food, and of course the gong bucket can't be stuffed. The only one with the key is the warden, and there is nothing he can do if he wants to.

Helplessly, Li Rui couldn't hold back after waking up, so he had to open the gong bucket to hide his nausea and make it easier. He had already made up his mind to drink less water these days, even if he had less contact with this dirty Gong bucket a few times.

"I said, young master, what are you here for?" This jailer is in charge of this cell, and those who can be locked up here are either high-ranking officials or giants, and there has never been a case of such a young teenager entering.

But this young man looks like he is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he has already entered the prison of Dali Temple, which must not be a small case. He was good at talking by nature, so he asked curiously.

Li Rui was boxing in the open space of the cell, and his uncle was right, if he went out and lost weight and became weak, his grandmother would be sad to see it.

At this time, it is just the right time to practice boxing and pass the time.

He was in the cell and punched, but when he heard the words of the jailer, he paused slightly, and said to him: "I fought with a man, but he couldn't beat me, and he was stopped, and he was angry for a while. Now everyone thinks that I killed him, or at least I forced him to death. ”

The jailer nodded knowingly, if so, then this young master is really unlucky.

"This kind of thing has always looked at how Shangguan judged. If you favor the side of the bitter master, at least let you suffer a little before you are sentenced; If it's on your side, you're probably losing money. The jailer comforted him and said, "As soon as you come in, please ask me to take care of you, Shangguan has always had a good relationship with your family." If you suffer in it for a few days, you may soon be able to get out of the rut. ”

Li Rui couldn't imagine that he could still be comforted in prison, listening to the tone of the jailer, several officials in Dali Temple didn't seem to reveal his identity.

He put away his fist and said to the jailer, "Then I will accept your good words." ”

When the jailer saw that the child had come in, he was neither crying nor pessimistic, and he did not complain about everything in the prison, but he was very comfortable with what happened, and he admired it very much. He has seen a lot here, and there are a lot of people who have hurt people, but each of them is very annoying, and has the temperament of "the biggest old man in the world and the biggest old man will be able to come out soon", like this, he is not shocked or humiliated, and among the many teenagers he has seen, it is still the first one.

He thought that no matter how calm this kid was, it would not be sad to see someone looking for a short time in front of him, so he sat down at the door of this prison, ready to enlighten him.

"Don't think it's your fault that person died, I've seen a lot of people like this, even if they don't force themselves to die because of fighting, they will force themselves to die because of other things." The jailer said with some emotion: "Have you seen the river?" ”

Li Rui saw that the jailer wanted to chat with him, so he brushed the ground and sat in front of the door, chatting like an ordinary friend: "Naturally, I have seen the river. ”

"Some people, even in a turbulent river, can swim out on their own, because they are holding their breath and don't want to sink down." "But there are others, even though the water is calm, they can easily sink to the bottom of the river." ”

"In fact, the river has never changed, the river has always been the river, when the river is turbulent, there is also a time when it is calm, but people are a thousand kinds of people, some people cross it, and some people sink directly to the bottom."

"You met a timid person who didn't want to see the torrent and had to sink to the bottom, this is your misfortune, but it is also your great luck. At least if you see how a person sinks, you won't do the same thing as him. ”

The jailer used this parable to suggest that he should not give up on himself.

"Uncle Jailer has great knowledge, and the boy has been taught."

Li Rui was indeed greatly shocked by Chu Yingyuan in the past two days, and he had been blaming himself for being unforgiving, so that he was unwilling to be humiliated and died in front of him in such a thrilling way.

Then his family crashed into the pillar and died, also because he saw that there was no way out, so he had to die to vent his anger.

He has been reflecting last night, whether he has been so aggressive to other people when he was growing up, and there have been times when he hurt the self-esteem of others but he didn't think so.

Everything has a cause and effect, and if he doesn't sow the cause, won't he reap that effect?

"It's not that I'm knowledgeable, it's that I've seen a lot." The jailer pointed out to him, "It's a good thing if someone like you meet kills himself." Because you can't guess what this kind of person thinks. He will jump up and kill people because of a momentary thought, and he will also kill people because of a little quarrel. They have no one else in their hearts, no self, only happiness. ”

"Happy?"

"I'll tell you the truth." The uncle also started talking, "In the seventh year of Zhenyuan, there was a big case in Tongzhou, a young man killed his own parents and family of seven people, this incident caused a sensation in the government and the opposition back then, it was simply outrageous, but the cause was just because of a small thing......

The jailer guarding Li Rui was also bored, and began to put some real people and real things that he had seen over the years.

There are some people in this world who you can't guess with common sense, and since you can't guess it, you don't have to guess it. If he could guess it, how could he do such unbelievable things?

Young people just have too little knowledge, and they always think that the world is the world world, and there are so many kinds of people, but how can things in this world be so simple?

This jailer is also out of kindness, and this young man does not look down on him as a nine-grade sesame official, so he is willing to tell him in detail how many unjust, false and wrongful cases have occurred in this world, and how many unbelievable people there are.

What is the grievance he suffered!

Li Rui was imprisoned, and the clan wanted the Xinguo Mansion to be finished as soon as possible, so they tried their best to exert pressure. King Xiang Cheng, as the Taichang Siqing in charge of the clan and sacrifices, walked around the capital, mobilizing relatives to find ways to cry to the palace and ask for his son's body.

It's already May, and if you don't transport it back to the sealed ground for burial early, I'm afraid it won't be long before it stinks. When he died, he was full of resentment, and he couldn't be buried in the earth after death, and King Xiangcheng's accusation was tear-jerking.

Chu Rui, out of his own considerations, ordered Taichang Temple and the Criminal Department to press the matter again, dragging it and not allowing him to be tried, and letting the ministers of the clan make a fuss outside, and he was not allowed to put this matter on the table, only saying that it was a dispute of youthful ambition to the outside world, and Li Rui was not suspected of murder.

But such an explanation naturally cannot be silenced by everyone.

Why is the battle of wills so good that the sword is moved? Why is the battle of wills unwilling to pass the trial clearly?

Li Mao has been running to almost all parties during this period of time. He has been to Dali Temple, he has been to the Criminal Department, and Li Rui's uncle's house has run four times in three days, just to be able to find a way to deliver the news into the palace and ask the emperor to come forward to arbitrate.

But the emperor only sent people with kind words to persuade him, except for routine affairs in the court, he never summoned Li Mao.

Everyone knew that Li Rui was in a catastrophe this time.

Jin State Mansion.

"Do you think Li Rui will be okay this time?" Zhang Nuo, who was already worried about the mansion, was playing chess with Jiang Daoqi again.

At this time, he was idle at home, but the situation in the DPRK and China was even clearer. And Jiang Daoqi, because of Zhang Xuan's prediction, is concerned about the manor and fields of Jiangnan's family, and there are fewer of them.

"Li Rui is Li Meng's widow, just the son of the king of Xiangcheng who has committed suicide, so naturally he can't let him pay for his life." Jiang Daoqi said lightly: "It's just that this time I apologized for the eldest prince, I'm afraid that my future will be ruined." ”

Zhang Nuo held the hand of the chess piece and paused. Today's queen is his cousin, the eldest prince is his family's nephew, and it is self-evident which prince the Zhang family supports.

"The eldest prince is still a little frizzy, and he likes to use some small means, this time it has affected Li Rui, I hope that he will be a little more restrained in the future and not do this kind of thing again."

Jiang Daoqi didn't think so, he easily put down a son.

"Li Rui is just a companion to him, and besides, he has only been with him for a month, what feelings can he have? The heavenly family has no true feelings, you see how loyal Li Mao is to the emperor on weekdays, and now the emperor has not allowed the situation to turn to the unfavorable side of Li Rui in order to fish out his son? Whoever becomes the emperor is this virtue, although the eldest prince is your nephew, I advise you to see through it better. Even if he sat in that seat at the least, he would not necessarily be more favorable to the family than his father. ”

Jiang Daoqi is an emperor and virtuous, and he is not worried about the misfortune coming out of his mouth.

In other words, he is not afraid of evil coming out of his mouth.

"Li Mao has been running around during this time, and I heard that he fainted once in the military department. Li Mao seems to have been subdued by this nephew. I don't know how talented and virtuous Li Rui is, and he can make Li Mao, who is about to 'kill' him, change his mind halfway. Zhang Nuo sighed with emotion and also gave out a son

"Whether there is a feeling or not, Li Mao must do his best this time. His position as the Duke of Xinguo leaked out of Li Meng's hands, and if Li Rui really had a case, he would have to live with the infamy of all parties. Li Mao is not easy, he is not a good person, but things always find him one after another, I don't think it will be a few years, he doesn't need you to come back, he will play himself away. ”

Jiang Daoqi despises Li Mao, a person who is neither talented nor wise, and who does not even have style.

"But at this time, the Xinguo Mansion can't have an accident, Li Rui has an accident, his family has suffered a stroke, and the old lady Qiu who has suffered a stroke will fall, then Li Mao will also go home to serve the sick or Ding worry, if the Xinguo Mansion falls, the emperor should be on guard against us instead of the Xungui faction." Jiang Daoqi thought for a while and said to Zhang Nuo:

"Do you want to add a door to the eldest prince?"

"Huh? What is Brother Jiang's plan? Zhang Nuo didn't expect Jiang Daoqi to turn the topic to this.

His friend and in-law had made it clear that he would not participate in the contention for the crown.

"This time Li Rui is in prison, the emperor has to give up Li Rui no matter what, Li Rui is just a white body, and there is no backstage, even the Lu family, who is married, is now a candle in the wind, which can be extinguished at any time. With today's temperament, Li Rui should not worry about his life, but it is certain that he will be a white man for the rest of his life. Jiang Daoqi analyzed the situation, "But what if Brother Zhang helps Li Rui at this time?" ”

"What do you say? What do I do for Li Rui! Zhang Nuo threw the chess pieces onto the chessboard. Li Mao won't fall to us because of this! ”

"We don't need him to turn to us, as long as he shows his support for the eldest prince at a critical time." Jiang Daoqi calculated in his heart, and then said: "Brother Zhang can make a deal with Li Mao, if you solve this matter, Li Guogong will promote the eldest prince to the throne when necessary in the future." ”

"Now the people who are demanding to punish Li Rui are all people from our side, and they just want to take the opportunity to bring down Li Mao. Not to mention whether it can be brought down, even if it can be brought down, we can't do it for the sake of balance. If you come forward to mediate this matter at this time, the emperor can lean towards Li Rui during the trial of the three divisions and exonerate him from his guilt. ”

"Once Li Rui has nothing to do and is not guilty, he can return to the eldest prince and continue to study. Li Mao must have had a little coldness towards the Heavenly Family because of this incident, Brother Zhang can try to talk to Li Mao, let him know that only by balancing the Dao clan faction and the Xungui faction can it be conducive to the survival of the two sides, and with the emperor's means, no matter which family falls first, the other side cannot survive. ”

"What Brother Jiang said is very good, but why does Li Mao want to believe me? How could I believe him! Zhang Nuo laughed at Jiang Daoqi's whimsy, "Although we are not in the same position now, we are also distinct, if Li Meng is here, I am afraid that we can still communicate with each other, after all, Zhang Jing is a member of the Zhang family, but Li Mao's wooden head, all day long, only knows that Lu Dao is loyal and loyal, how can he let him obediently listen to us!" ”

"So we have to wait, when Li Mao is cornered, Li Rui is desperate and helpless in prison, and the trust of the Xinguo Mansion in the emperor has gone from unbreakable to cracked, and then you will come out to show favor to the Xinguo Mansion. Of course, this matter must be hidden, and the one on the throne must not be allowed to know. The more Jiang Daoqi spoke, the brighter his eyes became, and the faster he spoke.

"This deal is good for both the Xinguo Mansion and the Jin Mansion, the two parties are secretly allied, fighting on the surface, the emperor does not want either side to fall first, so he can only balance in the middle, both of us can do something in it, □□ their own manpower in an important position, and gradually empty the emperor. If it affects the harem at this time, the situation will be decided, and the eldest prince will definitely become the prince, so that the family will not fall for generations, and the nobles will also become the new family, and they have to help us ...... together."

"Brother Jiang, you are too bold!" Zhang Nuo covered Jiang Daoqi's mouth. "You can also say such a thing as an empty emperor!"

Jiang Daoqi took Zhang Nuo's hand away and sneered:

"Why not? At the time of the Wei and Jin dynasties, I only knew that there was a family in the Dao, so what was it to be an emperor? During the Yin Dynasty, most of the people in the court were clans, and the prime minister who implemented the imperial examination system against the public was killed, and the filial piety emperor was not exterminated? From the Yin Dynasty to the current dynasty, the imperial examination has never been a means for the Hanmen to stand at the top, and the court is still half of the clan and half of the nobles, and the Hanmen can only become a petty official who does practical things......"

"If Xungui has two more generations, do you think they want to listen to the emperor's orders again......"

"Which of our families did not rise from the noble clan and lasted for hundreds of years to become a clan! I don't believe that Li Mao doesn't want to pass on this letter to the country's mansion! ”

Zhang Nuo listened to Jiang Daoqi's crazy words and squinted at him.

"I didn't know you had such ambitions."

"My ambition is not in a house or a place, not in my personal wealth, but in the time when I return to the prosperity and power of the world. His Chu clan was originally just a Jingnan clan, but now that he is on the throne, he regards all the clans in the world as a thorn in their eyes, imaginary enemies, because they are also worried that some clans will win the world like them. ”

Jiang Daoqi's house is full of fields, thousands of slaves and maids, and thousands of plans are attached in vain. His family's boat and car dealers, around the Quartet, although now a lot of convergence, but in terms of strength, it should be the second family in the world.

The first is naturally the Zhang family of the Jin State Mansion. But because of the large number of children of the Zhang family, once they are scattered, they are not as conspicuous as Jiang Daoqi has been running Jiangnan.

However, the emperor has the army in his hands, and there are many famous generals and veterans of the Xungui faction to support him, no matter how rich they are, unless they suddenly encounter troubled times, otherwise under the chaos army, no matter how big the family is, it will only be destroyed.

And the alliance noble faction is indeed the best way to do it today.

Zhang Nuo was moved, but he was not confident that the two of them could gain the trust of the other.

"Marriage." Jiang Daoqi looked at Zhang Nuo and said with a smile, "You might as well make a marriage contract in secret first, and then get married when the dust settles." Even if the emperor wanted to stop it, he would not be able to return to heaven. ”

"If the two of you hold the marriage certificate in hand, it is the best covenant."

The author has something to say: Oh oh oh, I promise not to abuse or abuse! It's going to be easy from now on......

It's easy for me to set up a game.