Chapter 15: Under the Fig Leaf
After going back and forth a few times with the information in his hand, Cheng Yanjin admired Liu Wenjing very much in his heart, and he was worthy of being a big official, that is, he was knowledgeable. Devouring him not only agreed with Cheng Biting Jin to let Pei Lin persuade Li Yuan's opinion, but also gave a specific implementation method.
Regarding Liu Wenjing's method of dealing with Pei Lian, Cheng Yanjin only felt a little numb in his scalp, Pei Lian was also Liu Wenjing's friend, so neatly he was sold by Liu Wenjing, no wonder those heroes on the rivers and lakes always said that the people in the court were fucking unreliable, if they believed them, they were afraid that they would sell them and count them for money!
Li Shimin's actions were also quite quick, and early the next morning, Hou Junji went to Pei Lian's mansion with Li Shimin's name card, invited Pei Lin to come to his home for a banquet, and at the same time asked Cheng to bite Jin as a companion.
Pei Lin and Li Yuan have old friends, and naturally have a very close relationship with the Li family, so they often correspond with Li Shimin. Cheng Yanjin knew from last night's intelligence that Li Shimin, under the guidance of Liu Wenjing, often invited Pei Lin to his home to gamble money, and deliberately lost to Pei Lian. Pei Lin is also a clever person, and he took Li Shimin's money and asked Li Shimin to drink.
This time after receiving Li Shimin's invitation, Pei Lin thought that he was drinking and gambling again, so he came happily. When he arrived at Li Shimin's house, the wine and delicacies had already been placed on the table, and Li Shimin and Cheng Yanjin had been waiting for a long time.
Li Shimin gave the two sides a brief name, and the three of them began to drink and eat. Although this Pei Lin often drinks, but the amount of alcohol is not good, just drank two glasses, he went crazy, pulled the two of them to drink, and he was bound to get drunk before resting.
Seeing that the time had come, Cheng Yanjin hurriedly gave Li Shimin a look. Li Shimin immediately put down his wine glass and kept sighing. Looking at his heavy expression, Pei Lian, who was on the rise, felt a little strange, so he asked in surprise, "What is the worry of the child, why is he so sad and depressed?" ”
Li Shimin sighed, "I heard that Lonely Father is good at eliminating sorrows and avoiding disasters, and now my father is in great trouble, Lonely Father and my father have been friends for many years, and they are friends with each other, I don't know if I can save my father from the disaster of killing?" ”
Pei Lin was even more surprised, and said, "Ling Zun inherited the title of Duke of Tang State, and now he is left behind in Taiyuan, and the Li family is one of the four major lords, so it can be said that he is in power for a while." What's more, I haven't heard that Ling Zun is sick recently, where did it come from? ”
Li Shimin's face was embarrassed, and Cheng Yanjin next to him picked up the conversation: "Duke Lonely only knows one thing, but I don't know the other, although Duke Tang has heavy troops and power, he seems to be extremely noble." But it is precisely because of this that as early as a few years ago, he was suspicious of today's sons. Now that thieves are everywhere and the world is in chaos, who would have thought that the emperor would have any strange thoughts.
In the early stage, when Wang Rengong, the Taishou of Gaojun Yamayi under the jurisdiction of Tang Gong, dealt with the incoming Turkic soldiers, he suffered another defeat, and he was afraid that the emperor would make a big fuss about it. I heard that the Son of Heaven seems to have sent an envoy to take Tang Gong to Yangzhou for questioning. Under the nest, Ann has finished eggs? Once Tang Gong encounters an accident, not only Li Gongzi will be implicated, but also the relationship between you and Tang Gong, I am afraid that your life will not be guaranteed!
Silent Gong must still remember Liu Wenjing, the former Jinyang County Commander? This person was just because he was Li Mi's father-in-law, and as a result, he was convicted by the imperial court and sent to prison. I'm afraid that I won't be able to get out in this life! The daughter of Wen Jinggong has been dead for a long time, and Wen Jinggong still can't avoid it, does Gong Jing think he can survive it? ”
Cheng Biting Jin's words were certainly silent, but Li Shimin next to him was also a little uncertain. The last few sentences of Cheng Bitingjin's words were not discussed with Li Shimin at the beginning, and Li Shimin was not sure whether Cheng Biting Jin knew something, or if he happened to think about it and said it casually.
Just this morning, when Hou Junji set off to send an invitation to Pei Lian, Li Shimin discussed countermeasures with Cheng Yanjin, and when Pei Lian came, how the two of them would cooperate. Cheng Yanjin knew in his heart that the reason why Li Shimin asked him to stand up and say those words was because if Pei Lin was loyal to the imperial court in his heart, then Li Shimin would be killing himself by saying this, but Cheng Yanjin did not have this scruples.
Although Liu Wenjing patted his chest and assured that this Pei Lin was definitely not a good thing, he would be the opposite as soon as he said it. But it is difficult to draw the skin and bones of a tiger, and it is always good to be careful when you know people and faces.
Pei Lin sat there and groaned for a while, then he raised his head and said, "Cheng Zhuangshi's words are very reasonable, he is tyrannical and taboo today, and he likes to listen to slander. Now it is a troubled time, and the subordinates who are in charge of the army outside are more likely to attract suspicion and invite disaster. If we talk about the way to eliminate it, I think that the only way to take advantage of this troubled world, rise up, and support troops to defend themselves may be able to avoid great difficulties. It's just that Tang Gongshi is the only one, but I'm afraid that he is unwilling to be a rebel! ”
Li Shimin and Cheng Yanjin looked at each other, and they could see the joy in each other's eyes, Cheng Yanjin immediately said to Pei Lian, "Because of this, the son turned to Lonely Gong for help, hoping that Lonely Father can help!" ”
"Please?" Pei Lin looked at Cheng Yanjin, and then suddenly turned his head to look at Li Shimin, "What does Gongzi mean, do you want Pei someone to persuade Ling Zun?" ”
Li Shimin nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, now that the building is about to collapse, and the people are not living, if the lonely prince can persuade his father with good words, plan great things together, and save the people from fire and water, isn't it a beautiful thing that will last through the ages?" ”
Pei Lin sighed, stopped talking, and just drank one by one. Li Shimin and Cheng Yanjin's eyes stared at him tightly. Until Cheng Yanjin was a little impatient, his right hand had already touched the small axe in his arms, and when he wanted to hack the sullen guy in front of him to death, Pei Lin slammed the wine glass in his hand on the table, and said to the two, "Okay, the matter is settled!" I'll give it a try! ”
Just as Cheng Biting Jin let go of his right hand, Li Shimin asked with some surprise, "I don't know what kind of plan Gong Lonely has?" ”
"Haha, the secret of heaven must not be revealed. Childe and wait with relief! Seeing Pei Lin go out laughing, Li Shimin and Cheng Yanjin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Within two days later, the subordinates who had been monitoring Pei Lin sent a secret report to Li Shimin. When Cheng Yanjin saw it, he couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder this Pei Lin can become close friends with Ling Zun, he really has some ability!" To be able to put oneself to death and gamble with one's life is indeed beyond the reach of human beings! ”
"yes!" Li Shimin also sighed, took the information, and read it again from beginning to end.
Pei Lian's method of persuading Li Yuan was very simple, he sent someone to invite Li Yuan to Jinyang Palace for a drink. During the banquet, two palace maids were summoned to accompany the wine. took turns to persuade each other, and after a while, Li Yuan was drunk. Then, the two palace maids helped Li Yuan into the inner room.
Jinyang Palace is the palace of today's son, and the beauties in the palace are all snared by the imperial court, which is prepared for the emperor's favor. Pei Lian, as the eunuch of the Jinyang Palace, dared to order the palace maid to serve a man other than the emperor, and Li Yuan, as an important minister of the imperial court and the chief eunuch of the Jinyang Palace, dared to share the same bed with a woman who belonged to the Son of Heaven.
Li Yuan woke up in the middle of the night and saw that he was naked, and there were two naked beauties next to him. Before they could figure out what was going on, the two palace maids touched over and tried their best to be coquettish and have intimate contact with Li Yuan. As long as it is a man, who can block such a posture, not to mention that Li Yuan's wife has been dead for many years, and there is no restraint for a long time, how can Li Yuan, who is already a demon, let go of this fat meat that reaches his mouth!
waited until the clouds dispersed and the rain subsided, and Li Yuan reacted. So as soon as the morning dawned, Li Yuan went to question Pei Lian, what was his intention in framing the old buddies like this? Pei Lin said helplessly, "The people of the world are secretly recruiting troops and horses, wanting to achieve great things. I'm just afraid that you will rebuke and be exposed, so let me think of persuading you. I think you can see the general trend of the world more clearly than me, and you understand the principle of righteousness better than me, but I am afraid that I will not be able to persuade with words, so I have to make this decision! ”
Li Yuan sighed, "Yes, Shimin has this kind of thought. Now that you and I have committed a great sin, we have to do it, and we have to do it if we don't do it! ”
Pei Lin persuaded Li Yuan's plan to be a complete success, which reassured Li Shimin. On the day Li Yuan came back, Li Yuan sent someone to summon Li Shimin over, and Cheng Yanjin pretended to go back to his room to sleep, and quietly followed.
Li Yuan, as the owner of Li Valve, has a high level of martial arts cultivation, and Cheng Bites Jin is difficult to look at his back. But Cheng Yanjin has the thaumaturgy of seeing and hearing in his hands, as long as the distance is farther away, Li Yuan will not be able to find him. After all, who would have thought in this world that across the street, Cheng Yanjin could also hear the sound in the house clearly. Of course, the underground vault is a different story.
Fortunately, Li Yuan just found a paralyzed house and retreated from his subordinates. Thinking about it, Li Yuan also thought that no one dared to eavesdrop, but how could he have thought that there was such an unexpected variable as Cheng Biting Jin?
Cheng Yanjin dressed up as a beggar, leaned against a wall and made a fake sleep, and his ears carried the miracle of seeing and hearing from heaven to earth, counting Li Shimin's footsteps step by step into the house. When the sound of closing the door fell, Li Yuan's words suddenly sounded in Cheng Yanjin's ears: "Shimin, don't be afraid of rebellion for your father, but don't you remember that when you went with the army to relieve the siege of Yanmen Pass, you made an oath in front of the emperor and expressed your loyalty. ”
Li Shimin replied, "Father, when there is chaos today, the people are poor, all because the Son of Heaven is unrighteous and desolate. Today's emperor is no longer the emperor of the past, do we still have to support a monarch who is spurned by the people of the world? ”
After a pause, Li Shimin continued, "Besides, I am also thinking about my father, my father was ordered to beg thieves, the problem is that now that thieves are everywhere, where can I get them all?" If you can't get enough money, you will inevitably be convicted in the end. Did my father remember that a few years ago, there was a proverb that 'the Li family should be the Son of Heaven', and as a result, Li Hun and his family were innocently killed. Even if the father is lucky enough to get rid of the thieves, and the emperor does not reward him for his merits, the situation will be even more dangerous! Therefore, only by holding high the banner of righteousness can we solve the crisis of my Li family! ”
Li Yuan sighed, "What you said also makes sense, it is you who broke your family today, and it is you who turned your family into a country!" ”