Chapter 4: Muddy Waters
"Shijing, don't you know, after you left, Chang'an City was really in chaos for a while." Cheng Chumo untied a leather bag from his waist, unscrewed the leather plug, poured a sip of wine into his mouth, and then handed it to Xuan Shijing.
Xuan Shijing took it and took a sip, Datang's wine is not high, if it weren't for the drinking method with Yuan Shoucheng that night, Xuan Shijing would not be drunk, and drinking depends on his mood.
"What's wrong with Chang'an?" Xuan Shijing asked, the letters Xuan Shijing received over the years did not mention what happened in Chang'an after he left, it was all some Wang family's advice, eat well and dress warmly.
"After you left, Your Majesty will thoroughly investigate the entire Chang'an City, both openly and secretly, and since Your Majesty ascended the throne, Dali Temple has never detained so many people." Cheng Chumo said: "If only His Majesty is checking down, it's nothing, after you leave, my aunt will close the Hou Mansion, except for Sun Daochang, no one will be seen, and if anyone dares to trespass into the Hou Mansion, there will be no forgiveness, this is not just talking, there will really be night visits to the Hou Mansion in the next few days, but the next morning, their bodies were thrown out of the gate of the Hou Mansion, and they were thrown on the street in front of the Hou Mansion. It's been like this for a few days, and your poisoning is really a big blow to my aunt. ”
Cheng Chumo's words made Xuan Shijing a little embarrassed, he didn't expect his mother to be so ruthless, maybe he was really stimulated, Xuan Shijing became more and more curious about what happened next, and immediately asked, "What happened later?" ”
"Later, Chang'an City was in chaos, from those dead people, Steward Qian seemed to have found some clues, involving several nobles in Chang'an City, and then those nobles were not very peaceful, there were always people breaking into the house at night, making a lot of noise, and as a result, the people who broke into the house could still get out, these people, I am afraid that they were sent by my aunt." Cheng Chumo said: "Those nobles all know that this is a person sent by the Hou Mansion, but there is no evidence to prove it, so they all prepared posts to visit their aunt, and their aunt said before that no one except Sun Daochang was gone, so they naturally ate the closed door." ”
"And then? It shouldn't be over so soon, right? Xuan Shijing said, after such a big commotion, will His Majesty Li Er not interfere?
"Of course, but it's almost like the end, but I really found out some things that His Majesty didn't find out, these nobles seem to have no connection on the surface, but if you dig deeper, they all supported another person between His Majesty's accession to the throne, but it's not so obvious." Cheng Chumo said: "This is after the incident, Uncle Zhong came to our house to send my father a handwritten letter from my aunt, I only found out with my father, I just returned to Chang'an at that time, judging from the content of the letter, the whole thing seems to be inseparable from King Zhao." ”
"King Zhao Li Yuanjing?" Xuan Shijing was dumbfounded, he didn't seem to know this Li Yuanjing, why did he have anything to do with him? What motive does he have for poisoning himself.
Cheng Chumo nodded, picked up the dead branches on the ground, stirred up the fire, looked at the meat in the pot and saw that the meat in the pot was almost cooked, then took two sea pottery bowls, fished out two large bones with meat, and handed them to Xuan Shijing.
Xuan Shijing took the pottery bowl, picked up the bone and gnawed a few bites, and said again: "I have no grievances with King Zhao, I have never seen him, what reason does he have to poison me, and the person who pretended to be in the East Palace before came to kidnap me, and he did it?" ”
Cheng Chumo also fished two big bones in his bowl, and said: "This is not clear, my aunt's letter to my father only speculated that it had something to do with King Zhao, but there is no way to be sure, I think, my aunt is just suspicious, and later, Your Majesty really couldn't stand the chaos in Chang'an City, so he issued a holy decree to give his aunt a decree, in fact, His Majesty's will is just to appease his aunt and open the door of the Hou Mansion by the way." ”
His Majesty Li Er's move is really clever, the holy decree, I think my mother must not be able to toss like this anymore, a holy decree has given both sides a step, and His Majesty Li Er's trick is slippery.
"And then my mother didn't check it anymore?"
"I don't know, maybe I'm still investigating in secret, according to my guess, if there is enough evidence, my aunt wants to move King Zhao, and Your Majesty can't protect King Zhao, the news that my family's caravans in various places came back, Uncle Mingde's old acquaintances in various places, there were some big and small actions during those days, especially in Shuzhong, the active ones were even more frequent, and it seemed to be aimed at King Zhao."
This is the legendary hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen, the Hou Mansion seems to have declined in Xuan Shijing's childhood, but the connections left by the previous generation are still there, and not everyone can come up and step on it.
"Shijing, it is estimated that when you go back to Chang'an this time, you have to investigate this matter yourself, it is best to find out at one time, get rid of those who are secretly unfavorable to you, this time you are fateful, you found Yuan Daochang at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, and picked up a life, but those people who can't save see you go back, and they have new thoughts."
"I'm sure I'll look into it." Xuan Shijing said with a smile, thinking in his heart, if this matter is really inseparable from King Zhao, I don't know what His Majesty Li Er's reaction will be, all in all, people don't offend me, I don't offend people, if people offend me, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, this is not an ordinary small grudge, if Yuan Shoucheng had not been found, Xuan Shijing would have seen the king of Hades a long time ago, and the revenge of killing his father was nothing more than that, not to mention that he had no grievances with King Zhao.
"Is there any news from Chang'an?" Xuan Shijing asked, he knew that the letters written to him by the Wang family always reported good news and not bad news, which also caused Xuan Shijing to be closed at the foot of Kunlun Mountain.
"It's not a big deal, it's just that as soon as you leave, people outside don't know whether you are alive or dead, some of your family's small industries in Chang'an have been swallowed up openly and secretly, and it is estimated that it is also the hands of those nobles, after all, my aunt made a lot of trouble with them before." Cheng Chumo took another sip of wine: "It's a pity, but the money pile is not bad, the Hou Mansion is still making money every day, and I don't know how he did it." ”
For the pile of money, Xuan Shijing is assured, he is loyal, capable, and smart, with him in Chang'an, the Hou Mansion will naturally not be nervous, what he did before leaving has pointed him in a direction, as long as he goes in that direction, the Hou Mansion will naturally not worry about money in ten years.
"Chang'an's trip to the muddy waters is really true, but since those people have attacked the Hou Mansion, then don't blame me for going back and getting back all the things that originally belonged to my Hou Mansion." Xuan Shijing looked at the burning fire, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
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