Chapter 238: Preemptive Strike
That night, Liu Wenjing was entertaining guests at home, and when the banquet was in full swing, a guest named Wang Ke got up and left the table on the grounds of going to the toilet.
After Wang Ke left the hall, he did not go straight to the thatched house, but sneakily bypassed the maids and servants in Liu's mansion, and after arriving at a secluded place, he learned that the nightingale called a few times.
After a while, a woman came out of the shadows, and then hugged Wang Ke violently, "Wrongdoer, you are so ruthless, why did it take so long to see the slave?" ”
After Wang Ke comforted the woman with a few words, he said: "I came to you today, but there are important things to do with you, if the matter is done, you and I will not only be able to live and fly from now on, but also enjoy endless glory and wealth." ”
The woman hurriedly asked, "What is it, if it is really like that, I will do my best!" ”
When Wang Ke heard this, he looked around, and then muttered in the woman's ear.
After a while, Wang Ke finally said everything he was going to confess, and the woman gritted her teeth and said: "After Liu Lao Thief brought me into the door, he didn't enter my room a few times, and he was very affectionate to me, since he was ruthless to me, don't blame me for being unintentional to him, I will definitely be able to do this!" ”
Wang Ke's face showed joy at this time, and the two stayed warm for a while before parting.
What Wang Ke and the woman didn't know was that all this was seen by Liu Wenjing, who was in the dark, the whole time......
That Wang Ke was actually an official who secretly took refuge in the East Palace, and he discussed with Liu Wenjing's concubine, and three days later, when the East Palace prepared all the layouts, the concubine wrote a petition against Liu Wenjing for rebellion.
However, on the night of Wang Ke's private meeting with the concubine, the concubine was imprisoned by Liu Wenjing and could no longer spread the news, and three days later, someone did write to sue the minister for rebellion, but the person who was accused was not Liu Wenjing.
The person who was accused of rebellion was Pei Lian's first favorite minister and Shangshu's right servant, and the one who sued Pei Lin for rebellion was the brother of Pei Lian's concubine.
The elder brother of Pei Lian's concubine said in a book that his sister had recently learned about Pei Lian's many rebellious and rebellious intentions.
That's why he was entrusted with exposing the matter, for example, Pei Lin drank too much once, and he became angry, pulled out a knife and cut the pillar, saying: "I should have cut off Feng Deyi's head!" ”
This is because Pei Lin resents the saint's recent kindness to Feng Deyi, which makes him resentful.
There have been many strange phenomena in Pei's family, Pei Lone's son Lawyer Pei also summoned a sorcerer, wore his hair under the starlight, and held a knife in his mouth to ward off evil spirits, and Pei Lone often used the mouth of a sorcerer to say that he had the appearance of the Son of Heaven and his intention to rebel, which was clearly revealed.
After Li Yuan learned of this, he was shocked, if it was another time, he would not believe that Pei Lin would rebel, but because he had just experienced Dugu Huaien's rebellion, he still had doubts in his heart, so he immediately sent Xiao Yu and Dali Temple to jointly review the matter.
And when the people in the East Palace learned the news, they were even more surprised than Li Yuan, because the matter of suing Pei Lin was basically the same as their plan, but the person who was accused was changed from Liu Wenjing to Pei Lian.
In this way, the established plan of the East Palace is completely impossible to unfold, and Pei Lin himself is unable to protect himself, let alone deal with Liu Wenjing with them.
In the current court of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan's trust and attention to Pei Yu is actually only under Pei Lian, entrusting many administrative affairs to Xiao Yu, no matter how big or small, there is nothing that Xiao Yu does not control. Xiao Yu also tried his best to correct his mistakes and cites his mistakes, people are afraid of him, and there are many people who slander him, but he never justifies himself.
When Xiao Yu was the servant of Neishi, Li Yuan once gave an order but Neishi did not announce it in time, and Li Yuan blamed Neishi for being slow.
Xiao Yu replied: "During the great cause of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the internal history announced orders, and sometimes the orders before and after were opposite, and the responsible departments did not know what to do, so they had to put the orders that were easy to execute in the front and the difficult ones in the back;
Now that Your Majesty's great cause has just begun, and the matter is related to the safety of the society, people from afar have doubts, and I am afraid that they will lose the opportunity, so every time Your Majesty accepts an edict, I must investigate and examine it so that it does not contradict the edict issued earlier, and then dare to announce it. ”
After Li Yuan heard this, he said generously: "With a courtier like you doing things with heart, what else do I have to worry about!" Since then, he has paid more and more attention to Xiao Yu, which is why Li Yuan has now handed over Pei Lian's case to him for trial.
After hearing Pei Lian's case for a few days, Xiao Yu did not find ironclad evidence of Pei Lian's rebellion, so he reported to Li Yuan to close the case, and Liu Wenjing discussed with Li Yuan because of some things, so he happened to be present.
Li Yuan has always been close to Pei Lian, and after hearing Xiao Yu say that Pei Lin had no evidence of rebellion, he also put his mind at ease and decided not to pursue it again, but Liu Wenjing said at this time: "Pei Lin is quite strategic, above everyone, coupled with a rough and sinister temperament, if it is undecided today, I am afraid that it will be a trouble to keep him." ”
After Li Yuan heard this, he was silent for a while, and after wandering for a long time, although he wanted to order the killing, he finally shook his head and said: "It's not proper, Pei Lin shouldn't have the courage to betray me, don't discuss this matter anymore!" ”
After Liu Wenjing heard this, he secretly said that it was a pity, at this moment when Li Yuan was most suspicious and sick, he failed to let him kill Pei Lian, but I was afraid that there would be no chance in the future.
After Pei Lin was released, he immediately went to settle accounts with his concubine in anger, but his concubine had already fled with his brother.
The final result of this matter, although there was no blood, everything seemed to be calm again, but because of this incident, the relationship between Feng Deyi and Pei Lin suddenly became less friendly, especially Feng Deyi, as long as he thought of Pei Lin cutting the pillar with a knife and shouting to kill himself, he would feel a shudder......
At the same time, Pei Lin also learned that Liu Wenjing had suggested to Li Yuan to kill him not long after, and while feeling happy, the already bad relationship with Liu Wenjing became worse, and the two had almost become mortal enemies.
And the conspiracy that the East Palace had been planning for a long time, although it was disturbed by Liu Wenjing's preemptive strike, the East Palace would not stop there, and began to plan the next conspiracy.
Therefore, at this time, Liu Wenjing's situation has not improved, but Liu Wenjing's wisdom is outstanding, since he has been prepared, he will not easily fall into the way of others as in history.
The situation in the capital of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty has fallen back into turmoil, and the danger is no less than that of the battlefields in Hedong and the Central Plains......