Li Xuanba lowered his head and calculated, and sighed helplessly: "Those children set off from Luoyang two years ago and went to various places, some died in the war, and some revealed their identities in advance because of unavoidable reasons, and now there are less than ten people still lurking in the dark. ”

Two years ago? The eldest grandson Wuji was stunned when he heard this, thinking that he also left his uncle's side at that time and traveled around, and couldn't help but feel that creation made people.

"In this way, not long after the first emperor went south to Jiangdu, Gongzi began to plan today's affairs?" The eldest grandson Wuji was extremely frightened when he thought about it, he always felt that his strategy was unparalleled in the world, but now in front of Li Xuanba, he found that he was far inferior to him.

Li Xuanba shook his head and said: "Xuanba can't be unpredictable, where would I have expected today's situation, I did this with the intention of quelling the rebellion for the imperial court, but I didn't expect the first emperor to wait for that day." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he hoped that Li Xuanba could be wiser, but he didn't want Li Xuanba to be too smart. If he knew that Li Xuanba said this just to comfort him, he would definitely be embarrassed.

"Childe, aren't you worried that His Majesty Emperor Jing will really have the intention of monopolizing power in the whole matter?" The eldest grandson Wuji didn't ask where those people were, and changed the subject.

"Xuanba was defeated by King Zhao once, how can he not be worried?" Li Xuanba's face changed slightly, he stood up, walked to the bedside, looked at the bright moonlight, and said calmly: "But he didn't do anything to be sorry for me after all, did he?" ”

At the beginning, Li Xuanba led the army back to the city of Jiangdu, and the city gate was wide open, and from then on, Li Xuanba was much more relieved to Yang Tong. When the army returned victoriously, Yang Tong personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to meet them five miles outside the city gate. This made Li Xuanba feel even more that his choice was not wrong.

Regarding Li Xuanba's choice, the eldest grandson Wuji was not good at making a statement, so he said: "What is the next plan for that son?" ”

"Defeating Li Zitong has won the imperial court time to breathe, and I have sent Li Jing to lead his troops to conquer the city he occupies. Shen Faxing was frightened. The day before yesterday, he wrote to the minister, and no matter how sincere he was, he should not take the initiative to provoke trouble. Li Xuanba replied: "Now only Du Fuwei's attitude is unclear, but he is far away in Liyang, and he cannot threaten the development of Jiangdu for the time being." So Xuanba wants to take advantage of this time to do something that others can't think of. ”

After a bloody purge, the number of scholars in Jiangdu was reduced by a few, but more scholars were still intact.

After Li Xuanba returned to Jiangdu, Yang Tongen allowed him not to go to court for seven days. Recuperate at home.

Seven days passed quickly, Li Xuanba went to court with a nervous mood, and some things could not be avoided, so he could only face them calmly.

Chen Ling's face was very dark, there was a deep hatred between him and Du Fuwei, but he didn't expect Li Xuanba to join forces with Du Fuwei, how could he swallow the evil anger in his heart? The relationship between the scholars in Jiangdu was close, and the imperial court was guilty of collaborating with the enemy. Several families were eradicated in one day, and others did not dare to accuse Yang Tong. can only wait to spread his resentment on Li Xuanba's head.

Compared with force, Li Xuanba is of course not afraid of these people, but after all, they are highly respected and have a lot of influence in Jiangdu, Li Xuanba can't beat them, right?

"Your Majesty, Duke Zhou is an important minister of the imperial court. Although Li Zitong's thief army was eliminated, no one knew what the relationship between him and Du Fuwei was, and Weichen implored His Majesty to investigate this matter thoroughly! "Without any temptation, a royal historian directly participated in Li Xuanba's book.

Weichen seconded. If this matter cannot be clarified, how can the imperial court rest assured that the army will be in his hands? Someone answered: "The ministers did not doubt Zhou Guogong's loyalty to the imperial court, but just wanted to give an explanation to the people of the world." Many officials in Jiangdu came out one after another, intending to put pressure on Yang Tong.

"Confess? What's the explanation? Yang Tong glanced around with cold eyes, and said with a cold face: "When Li Zitong's troops came to the city, why didn't you ask me for an explanation?" When the head of the clan sent someone to inform Li Zi of the secret, why didn't you ask them for an explanation? Zhou Guogong has made great contributions to the imperial court, you don't ask for a seal for him, but you still want to slander him, what is your intention? ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers didn't know that Zhou Guogong and Du Fuwei had joined forces at that time, and they didn't know that someone was fornicating with thieves." An old minister said respectfully: "The so-called rewards and punishments are clear, Zhou Guogong defeated Li Zitong's army, of course Your Majesty should reward him, but if Zhou Guogong is also connected with the traitor, then the minister and others want to ask for the dead people, on what basis does Zhou Guogong assert that they intend to rely on the traitor?" ”

"Uniting with Du Fuwei is what I mean, do you suspect that I am a thief?" Yang Tong had been the emperor for three months, and he had a majestic momentum, he frowned lightly, and said: "As for the Jiangdu Shi clan's collaboration with the enemy, I would like to ask you, when did I say that they were fornicating with thieves?" ”

When those Jiangdu Shi officials heard this, they thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed as Yang Tong said, the imperial court had never mentioned the word thief.

"Your Majesty, as the emperor of the Great Sui, ordered them to enter the palace, but I didn't expect them to resist the edict and disrespect, and even worse, they intended to raise troops and rebel." Li Jing stood up, bowed to Yang Tong, and said: "Based on this alone, Li Jing can conclude that they have bad intentions, if you feel that Li Jing has done something wrong, please make it clear." ”

"This" The scholars looked at each other, and found that they couldn't say a word of what they wanted to say later.

Li Xuanba was indifferent to the controversy in the court, he lowered his head slightly, and occasionally glanced at Chen Ling, but saw him sitting on the chair with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep.

"It's strange to say, Zhou Guogong has been leading the troops outside, how can you blame him for what happened that day?" Fang Xuanling asked curiously with a puzzled look.

Isn't that something obvious? Everyone thinks so, but no one dares to say it because they have no evidence. That day was Wei Zheng's invitation to enter the palace, and the people who led the troops were Li Jing, Qin Qiong and others, and in the whole thing, there was no Li Xuanba at all.

"Cough" Seeing that no one in the hall spoke, Li Xuanba coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Weichen heard that those people have confessed, I don't know if it's true?" ”

"It is true." Yang Tong replied.

"Your Excellency has been talking for so long, and you have always doubted the relationship between Xuanba and Du Fuwei, so Xuanba wants to ask you, since they are convicted, you are asking for them, does this mean?" Li Xuanba's smile was even stronger, and there was a killing aura between his eyebrows.

"What does Zhou Guogong mean by this, could it be that he doubts us?" Someone retorted loudly, attracting a wave of echoes.

"Everyone is serving the court and His Majesty, so don't be angry because of some trivial things." Li Xuanba said lightly: "This matter will end here, Xuanba's loyalty can be learned, so I won't have to worry about your suspicions." (To be continued.) )