Cui Mingan got the news of his sister and daughter Cheng Kabuki, and kept asking to meet Yang Chong, Wang Shujie understood that it was a critical time, and after a few days of eagles, he sent someone to inform Yang Chong and sent Cui Mingan to the Yueguo Mansion. was tortured a lot in prison, Cui Mingan lost a lot of weight, and it was even more difficult to walk with shackles; Looking at Yang Chong, who was sitting in the middle, Cui Mingan let out a piercing sneer: "Yang Chong, you have even used this method, you are a minister in vain, if Mo Zhai is alive, you will be angry to death." ”

There were only Wang Gong, Tianqi, Hao Ying, and Wei Chili around Yang Chong, and Wang Gong stepped forward with an indifferent face and shouted: "The prisoner under the stairs must not be arrogant. ”

Cui Min shook the shackles and put the chains on it and said, "You made an exception to accept the kabuki, didn't you just want to humiliate the old man and the Cui family?" ”

Yang Chong smiled slightly, motioned for Wang Gong to step back and said, "Since the head of the Cui family said humiliation, it is better to listen to me tell a story first, a story about the poor skills of a donkey." ”

Yang Chongwei said: "There were no donkeys in that place in Qiandi, and there was an eventful person who transported a donkey to Qiandi by boat, but it was useless, so he placed the donkey at the foot of the mountain. The tiger saw that the donkey was a behemoth and treated it like a god, and hid in the woods to secretly watch the donkey.

The tiger approached the donkey cautiously, and the donkey barked, and the tiger was very frightened, thinking that the donkey was going to bite him, and ran away from it, thinking that the donkey was going to bite him; But the tiger looked at the donkey back and forth, and felt that the donkey had no special skills. After Lao Hu was familiar with the sound of the donkey, he approached the donkey, and occasionally bumped into the donkey, and the donkey was very angry, so he kicked the tiger with his hooves; The tiger was overjoyed and said, 'That's all the donkey's skill is!' ’

So the tiger jumped up and roared, bit the donkey's throat, and ate all the donkey's meat before leaving. The head of the Cui family, the donkey has a huge appearance and a loud voice, and it seems to be very capable, if the tiger can't see the donkey's ability, even if it is fierce, it will not dare to hunt the donkey after all. Master Cui, don't you say? ”

Cui Min's heart was like a hammer, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his throat, and he fell to the ground on the spot; Wang Gong and others gave Yang Chong a hundred likes in their hearts, the story image is easy to understand, Yang Chong is the tiger, Cui Mingan and his gang are the donkey, as long as Cui Mingan and others don't make a move, Yang Chong will never have the courage to show his fangs, but Cui Mingan is now as poor as a donkey in Qian, and he can only be eaten by Yang Chong.

Lang Zhong in the Yue Guo Mansion was quickly found and woke Cui Mingan up, Cui Mingan gritted his teeth and said: "Yang Chong, you are too insidious, you are obviously full of scriptures, you have to pretend to be a businessman and craftsman." ”

Yang Chong smiled bitterly: "I really haven't read the Four Books and Five Classics. ”

Cui Mingan shook his head in disbelief, if the merchants and craftsmen could tell such an incisive story as Qianzhidon and make a popular poem, what kind of face would they have in front of and behind them, and boast of being proficient in scriptures. Wang Gong and the others had already had doubts in their hearts after reading the books compiled by Yang Chong and the small stories recorded by Yu Xuan, but seeing that Yang Chong was so persistent, it was not good to ask again, but Tianqi seemed to turn a blind eye to everything, and just arranged for someone to feed Cui Mingan and drink a bowl of sugar water.

Cui Mingan's expression improved a little and said, "Yang Chong, you can kill me." ”

Yang Chong glanced at Cui Mingan and said, "If you want to leave a name in history, you don't need to be in such a hurry, I won't kill you, you should be judged by the law; By the way, I forgot to tell you that Xing Ruyan was not able to escape from Chang'an and was arrested in Tongguan, and she had already told all the news she knew. I never thought that a delicate little woman, with one hand Feihong swordsmanship, walked alone in the rivers and lakes, and the cold silver soft sword was even more sharpened like mud, if it wasn't for Kou Jiuhui and the master to arrive, it would be impossible to capture Xing Ruyan,"

Cui Mingan was enraged all of a sudden, and asked angrily, "What did you do to Miss Xing?" Let a strange woman can't bear it. ”

Yang Chong shook his head and said: "To be honest, I only ask about the result, and the specific process is not clear." Cui Mingan, your heart hurts Xing Ruyan, have you ever considered it for Cui Yao? As long as someone in your Cui family wants to do business, or wants to ask for an official position, whether it is the era of the Son of Heaven or now, Cui Yao has never refused, no matter how difficult it is, he will come forward. But how bastard are you, my father-in-law died, you delayed the time to report the news, and deliberately let some children who participated in the coup d'état go to Chang'an to find Cui Yao, just to prepare for Cui Yao's death. ”

Cui Mingan struggled and said: "Those who achieve great things are not informal, and if you want to succeed, you always have to pay a price." ”

Yang Chong nodded with satisfaction and said: "Sure enough, with the demeanor of the head of the family, all of you will see your own price, give up, and inform Jiu Hui that Xing Ruyan was originally a prostitute, and he was directly sent to the military prostitute camp." ”

"Nope." Cui Min screamed sadly and said dejectedly: "Yang Chong, what do you want, say it." ”

Tianqi smiled mockingly and asked, "Is the Cui family master worried about the Chongxuan Palace, or the Dreadnought Gate?" ”

Cui Min was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, his painful expression was unobstructed, and he muttered: "It turns out that you have known for a long time that you have dug a trap and waited for us to jump." ”

Yang Chong's expression remained unchanged, Tian Qi leaned sideways, and said softly: "Xing Ruyan really said everything, she stayed in prison for nine days, and she finally collapsed; But she didn't dare to die, because our son had been caught, and to be precise, your son. Master Cui, which of the Seven Divine Monarchs of Chongxuan Palace are you? How did Cui Hongsheng die, did you arrange for someone to poison him? ”

Cui Mingan suddenly sweated all over his body, his head was steaming, and beads of sweat the size of beans flowed on his face, the things that God wanted to plant were too vicious, once implemented, Cui Mingan would become a scumbag, what noble background, moral talent would all be forgotten by people, and only he Cui Mingan would be remembered for his insidiousness, and the people would scold. Cui Mingan hurriedly saluted Yang Chong and said, "Duke Yue, wronged, I have nothing to do with Chongxuan Palace, they are connected by the Xiao family; Uncle Hongsheng died of illness, how could I do such a thing? ”

Everyone saw that Cui Mingan had completely lost his fighting spirit, and Hao Ming, who joined the army, stepped forward and said slowly: "Lord Cui, Guogong doesn't believe that your Boling Cui clan will have such a thing, but Hebei is in the hands of Li Shimin and Dou Jiande, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. If Master Cui can clearly recognize the crimes of Li Yuan's father and son and accuse them in a book, maybe Yue Guogong can still suppress public opinion with this, and later distinguish the truth from the false. ”

Cui Mingan realized what it means to live rather than die, but his long-term habit made him unwilling to give up his last dignity, so he closed his eyes and said nothing. Wang Gong took out a copy of the appointment that had already been prepared by the Marshal's Mansion and Menxia Province, and loudly announced the appointment of Cui Mingan as the pacification envoy of Hebei, Yang Chong smiled and said: "Hao joins the army, you and Tianqi send the head of the Cui family to take a rest at home, and then go to Shangshu Province to meet with Yang Wang and Cui Chuzhi." ”

(End of chapter)