Chapter 242: The Horse's Head Is Looking
What the? You didn't poison it? Liu Xingzhi patted the table and asked.
Liu Xingyuan completely turned a deaf ear, he had already expected that his younger brother would be furious when he learned about it. Liu Xingyuan didn't explain, just nodded without changing his face.
Seeing that Liu Xingyuan's attitude was so bad, Liu Xingzhi frowned, and couldn't help but feel murderous, and stood up and grabbed the door.
Seeing that the Flower Dynasty Festival was approaching, Liu Xun saw that his father had been depressed recently, so he followed Liu Xingzhi's suggestion and held a "Hundred Flowers Feast" for the emperor on the day of the Flower Dynasty Festival. Therefore, Liu Xun would always come to the Han Emperor every day to ask for peace, and from time to time he asked some of the Han Emperor's preferences, and the Han Emperor saw that his son did not talk about anything else, but he was happy to answer. But every time Liu Xun asked for peace, Emperor Han's heart always felt empty.
The sun is sinking in the west, and the imperial garden of the palace is red and willow green. The spring garden is full of flowers, and it has slowly shown the trend of a hundred flowers, but it is in the beautiful scenery, but it is silent at the moment.
The Han Emperor strolls along the winding paths of the garden, and behind him is the personal eunuch Zhang Cen who serves.
Zhang Cen saw the emperor with his hands behind his back, raised his eyes to look at the sunset on the horizon, thoughtful, and did not dare to disturb. The master and slave walked slowly one after the other. Seeing that the sky was getting dark and the cold wind was rising, Zhang Cen had the courage to say: "Your Majesty, it's going to be cold, let's go back to the dormitory to rest early!" ”
Emperor Han suddenly stopped and asked, "How are Li Shizhi and Liu Yan now?" ”
"Lord Li's case is still being heard, but Lord Li has confessed, and now he is waiting for the three divisions to draw up the charges!" Zhang Cen said in fear, "Your ...... He still washes his face with tears all day long in the prison, and seems to have understood his ...... Wrong. ”
Emperor Han smiled coldly, "You pass on my will, as long as Li Shizhi can confess where the three criminals who escaped from the Wu family are, I can spare him from death." ”
Zhang Cen said embarrassedly, "Your Majesty, according to Li Shizhi's confession, he didn't know where the mother and son of the Wu family fled later!" ”
Emperor Han's face sank like water, his eyes were cold, "Let the three divisions be convicted, Li Shizhi neglected his duties, abused his power, colluded with traitors, and was beheaded in Xishi five days later, and his relatives and family members were all reduced to commoners, and they were not allowed to set foot in Kyoto for half a step in the future." ”
Zhang Cen rolled his eyes, "What about the queen mother?" ”
Emperor Han pursed his lips, pondered for a moment, and slowly replied, "Demote to a noble concubine!" ”
Zhang Cen had no intention of persuasion, and immediately responded yes and retreated.
The study room of the Weiguo Mansion was already full of henchmen of Xun Yu's father and son, or the henchmen of the abolished prince Liu Yan. More than a dozen people sat down according to their official positions, and it was Xun Yu's father and son who were the leaders. After half a month of preparation, it was time for Xun Yu and his son to put it into action.
Xun Mou stood up, paced to the middle of the hall, and said: "The people who can gather here today are all Xun Mou's fellow people, and they are also His Highness's right-hand men. Now that His Royal Highness is in trouble, if Liu Xun succeeds, everyone must know what the consequences will be. If you want to change the status quo and rescue Your Highness, there are only two ways to go, one of which is to kill Liu Xun and clear the king's side. This second way is that the emperor is old and weak, and he can't distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and the prince must come out to assist the saint. ”
Xu Bingde said: "General Xun, in the current situation, is it necessary for us to really make this decision?" ”
Xun Mou frowned, and glanced back at Xu Bingde, "Lord Xu, the current situation can only be described by the word 'critical', do you think Liu Xun will let His Highness go and let us go?" If we act again, maybe we are not as good as Liu Xu. ”
Du Zongting echoed on the side: "What General Xun said is reasonable, now there is only a counterattack and maybe there is a silver lining......"
"Master Du, if it weren't for you, Prime Minister Li Cheng, why would you be imprisoned!" Xu Bingde grimaced, "If the old man is not mistaken, the case of King Wei was also instigated by some people!" And finally? ”
"You ......" Du Zongting was so angry that his face was red, he stood up and pointed at Xu Bingde, "Do you think that the prince has fallen, can you still sit for a long time in this military department?" Du Zongting began to be angry and said, "I dare to guarantee that if we sit back and wait for death any longer, someone will come to take your position in the military department within three months, and I dare not guarantee whether you will die or live at that time." ”
The atmosphere in the study instantly became tense, everyone looked at each other, and they didn't dare to interject with each other, after all, Xu Bing was highly powerful, and his words were also very important, and he was also the old Taishan of the person he was loyal, but what Du Zongting said was not unreasonable, and these words were also the meaning of the prince and Xun Mou's father and son, and no one would object, so everyone's eyes were focused on Xun Mou again, waiting for him to speak.
Xun Mou saw that Xu Bingde was ridiculed and then shrunk back in the chair, and did not dissuade him, but gloated a little, and waited until Du Zongting finished speaking, first stepped forward and patted Du Zongting's shoulder, comforted him to sit down, and then slowly paced in front of Xu Bingde, and said with an extremely humble attitude: "In this situation now, everyone is not alarmist, Lord Xu is guarding his trust in the emperor, which is understandable, but Lord Xu, you forgot about Liu Xun's old fox." What's more, there is a treacherous Lu Zuo by Liu Xun's side right now! ”
Xu Bingde seemed to have compromised a little, although he agreed with Xun Mou's point of view in his heart, but on the surface, he still had to pretend to be meaningless, held his head high, straightened his slightly messy clothes, and stroked his beard, "Listen to your respect, as long as you can let the prince come to the court, I, Xu, will not give up." ”
"Haha...... Good! Xun Mou said heartily, "As long as we work together, I believe that great things can be accomplished." ”
Zhao Shanqian sat next to Xu Bingde and said, "General Xun, the prince can't be in charge of the business in front of you, so I will only look forward to you." ”
Xun Mou nodded with satisfaction and said, "Lord Zhao, are you ready here?" ”
"Everything is ready, the people in the prison have all been replaced by my henchmen. As long as there is a need, we will release the prince immediately. ”
Xun Mou continued to ask Xu Bingde and Master Shangshuquan of the Ministry of Officials, "What happened to Jin Wuwei?" ”
Quan Shidao nodded, "Quan and Xu Bing Department plan to let the right commander Xiao Renyi fill the vacancy, and the Shengshang's side has already nodded and agreed, and now Jin Wuwei is also arranging our people internally." ”
"What happened to Yu Linwei?"
Quan Shidao was slightly embarrassed, "General Yulinwei is Hou Zhigui, he is King Ning's henchman, this person is cautious in his work, and he has never said more than half a word to the people next to him. ”
Xun Mou nodded slightly, not the slightest bit angry, just continued: "This matter is irrelevant, now we have a new plan, and it is more thorough and foolproof!" ”
"New plans?" Everyone stammered and wondered.