At dawn, Wang Yuan left Beihai City and set off on the road, Wang Dahei's injury was relatively serious, and the level of Langzhong in the Beihai Town Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall was limited, and he barely helped to stop the bleeding and stabilize the injury, but Wang Dahei's whole person lost too much blood and was groggy and not in a very good condition. Wang Yuan asked for a big cart, covered it with a quilt, and put him in the carriage and took him back to the capital for further treatment.

Five days later, Luoyang arrived in Chang'an, and when he saw the green willow embankment stretching by the Bahe River, Wang Yuan's heart hanging along the way was put down. The most worrying thing is that there will be a situation along the way, and now that I have arrived in the capital, there will be no more sneak attacks. But problems followed, the trip to Beihai City turned upside down, and many things needed to be covered up and explained after returning to the capital, which was the biggest problem.

On the way, Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan discussed the situation after returning to Beijing. Liu Ji and Li Yong are both dead, and Du Youlin's case should not be able to have any new developments. Unless Du Youlin has a bad brain and admits that he is engaged in a conspiracy to involve the prince, no one will think about making a fuss about this case.

However, Li Yong's case is a different situation, because Li Yong has confessed to embezzling public money, and the confessions of Beihai County officials have been obtained by Yang Shenjin, and Zichuan Taishou Pei Dunfu has also pleaded guilty, and this case has long been out of control. Li Yong's confession involved Li Shizhi, Pei Kuan and others, and it is obvious that this matter will further ferment. Unless Li Linfu does not intend to bring down Li Shizhi before he overthrows the crown prince, it is almost certain that Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan will be implicated.

The difficulty of the problem lies in the fact that if Li Linfu chooses not to bring down Li Shizhi when the Du Youlin case cannot be carried out, and makes the Li Yong case a major matter, then Wang Yuan's position will be awkward.

During the trial, Wang Yuan knew that Li Yong's case involved Li Shizhi, Pei Kuan and others, and he was on the spot when Li Yong confessed. If Wang Yuan remained silent, it would be tantamount to protecting Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan in disguise. In this way, Yang Zhao's attempt to seek the right prime minister was in vain, and he turned his face with Li Linfu in the matter of sending Wang Yuan as the deputy envoy to investigate the case.

If Wang Yuan didn't want to remain silent, Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan would be implicated, and their downfall would be certain. But this is a bit against Wang Yuan's heart, after all, these two people are not big treacherous people, although there are grievances between them and themselves, but at least Li Shizhi gave himself a chance unintentionally; And although Li Shizhi ignored Wang Yuan's life and death, at least he did not take the initiative to persecute Wang Yuan.

This matter is indeed in a dilemma. Even if Wang Yuan persuaded himself countless times, from the perspective of his own interests, it was the best choice for Li Shizhi and Pei Kuan to fall and assist Yang Zhao to seize the position of right prime minister. But if this choice really came to the front, Wang Yuan still made the mistake that ordinary people would make.

The advice given by Gongsun Lan is not to rush to make a statement and watch the development of the situation. Li Linfu and Yang Shenjin: If they are unwilling to pull Li Shi off the horse, they need to tamper with Li Yong's forced confession and alter the sentences related to Li Shizhi, Pei Kuan and others. Li Yong is dead, and his confession is easy to forge, but the signature of the chief and deputy investigator on the confession cannot be forged. In other words, even if Yang Shenjin wants to do this, he still has to come to Wang Yuan to sign. This possibility almost does not exist, because now it is impossible for Yang Shenjin to come to Wang Yuan to cooperate in a low voice.

On the other hand, Li Linfu and others were originally worried that overthrowing Li Shizhi before the fall of the crown prince would make all the officials of Li Shizhi's party in the DPRK and China fall to the crown prince, which would add more trouble to the overthrow of the princelings in the future. But now, the situation is clearly different. Yang Shenjin suffered such a big loss in Beihai County, and Li Linfu's loyal dogleg Ji Wen also died in Beihai, which undoubtedly swept Li Linfu's prestige. At this time, it is difficult to predict whether Li Linfu will choose to forbear, or whether he will suddenly break out and use Li Shiyi's party to revive morale and establish a prestige.

After listening to Gongsun Lan's analysis, Wang Yuan's heart suddenly opened, it turned out that the problem he was struggling with was that he had set a dead loop for himself, but in fact, the problem was obvious, the most entangled in the current situation was not himself, but Li Linfu and Yang Shenjin and others. They are the ones who have returned to Beihai County, and they have just fought a beautiful turnaround battle in Beihai, not only successfully achieved the original intention of protecting the prince, but also very likely to send Yang Zhao to the throne of the right minister. With these two points, the two boats under Wang Yuan's feet have taken root and become more stable.

In the long pavilion on the west bank of Baqiao, Yang Zhao personally held a banquet to welcome Wang Yuan's return. Seeing Wang Yuan at the bridge, Yang Zhao made a full posture and personally stepped forward to hold the reins of the horse for Wang Yuan, and after Wang Yuan got off the horse, Yang Zhao took his arm and greeted him to the table with great enthusiasm.

Two days ago, Wang Yuan sent most of the things that happened in Beihai County to Zhang Wulang back to Chang'an. To be exact, it was delivered to Yang Zhao. To be honest, Yang Zhao didn't have much hope in his heart for Wang Yuan to go to Beihai to handle the case. He knew that Wang Yuan was not a scribe as outsiders thought, but if he went to Beihai with Yang Shenjin, even if Wang Yuan had some skills, he was afraid that it would be difficult to fight Yang Shenjin.

But when Wang Yuan's letter was delivered to him, looking at the letter, and listening to Zhang Wulang's colorful description, even if Yang Zhao didn't believe it, he had to believe that Wang Yuan did a beautiful job in Beihai. Li Yong's case involved Li Shizhi and others, which could have been predicted in advance. But Wang Yuan actually made a move in Beihai and slaughtered Jiwen and Liu Ji in one fell swoop, which really surprised Yang Zhao. Yang Zhao asked himself, if he went out in person, would he have the courage to do so, and the answer was no. It can be seen that Wang Yuan's courage and strategy are far more simple than what he sees.

Although Du Youlin's case is very indifferent to Yang Zhao, from Yang Zhao's position, it is best that His Majesty's princes are unlucky, and it is good that they all die, and His Majesty will always sit on the throne, so that the Yang family can have a place.

Wang Yuan obstructed Du Youlin's case and protected the crown prince Li Heng, and communicated with him before leaving. Wang Yuan said at the time that it was beneficial for him to protect Li Heng, and although he agreed on the surface at that time, he actually had some small bumps in his heart. But during this time, Yang Zhao thought about it again and again, and finally completely figured out this problem. Especially when the original idea was about to become a reality, and he had already made great preparations for taking over as the right minister, Yang Zhao felt more and more the necessity of Li Heng's existence.

sang against Li Linfu on the matter of recommending Wang Yuan as the deputy envoy for case investigation, and then he had to seize the position of right minister. In fact, he and Li Linfu have come to the opposite side. At this time, there was a Li Hengli standing in front as a shield, which was obviously the best target. If Li Heng fell, he would directly face Li Linfu's anger. The more at this time, the more Yang Zhao felt how correct Wang Yuan's words were, and at the same time, he admired Wang Yuan more and more for everything he had done in Beihai County.

Yang Zhao had already decided in his private heart that Wang Yuan's strategic wisdom was above him, although he was very reluctant to think so, but this was the case. Yang Zhao can't say that he doesn't feel jealous, but his most feeling is that he is glad that he just snatched a talent from Li Shizhi, a person with eyes and beads, for his own use, and with Wang Yuan's help, things obviously have a greater chance.

"It's unimaginable, it's unimaginable, Little Brother Wang, you really surprised me that you actually did this." Before sitting down, Yang Zhao turned over and over these words of admiration.

After sitting down, Wang Yuan was finally able to interject and be modest: "I am fortunate not to disgrace my life." Although walking on thin ice, it was finally done. ”

Yang Zhao raised his glass to toast, toasted three glasses with Wang Yuan, wiped the wine stains on his lips and said, "Do you know what the most exciting thing is?" It was you who could still set up a game to kill Jiwen and Liu Ji under such circumstances. Ji Wen is one of Li Linfu's subordinates who really relies on, and this time I am afraid that Li Linfu will vomit three liters of blood. As soon as Liu Ji died, Du Youlin's case also came to a dead end, and you have the confessions of Qian Santong and others to prove that Liu Ji was coerced and falsely accused, and Ji Wen went to Beihai to coerce Liu Ji to falsely accuse others, and he became a wanted criminal. Although he is dead, even if he lives, he will not be able to show his face. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "I don't know if he is dead or alive, I haven't seen Ji Wen either, I just led people to kill hundreds of bandits who don't know whether they are alive or dead in Beihai." ”

Yang Zhao laughed and said, "Yes, yes, it's very true." Ji Wen is still at large, and the yamen in various places should step up their arrest. Eat vegetables and eat vegetables, this is the wild venison of Jungnan Mountain, it tastes very good, eat more and eat more. ”

Wang Yuan chewed a piece of venison and asked in a low voice: "Yang Shenjin should return to the capital, he is afraid that he will be in trouble day and night along the way, for fear that I will find trouble for him." ”

"I heard that I entered Beijing last night, and I was half a day earlier than you."

"What's going on over there Li Linfu?" Wang Yuan asked.

"I don't know, I'm not going to touch the mold at this time. I only care about when Li Yong's case will be reported. I have now received the news that Li Linfu went to Xingqing Palace this morning to present the confessions and testimonies of relevant people and others, and the news from the palace said that Your Majesty was furious, and I didn't have time to listen to the follow-up because I was coming to pick you up. But apparently, His Majesty personally verified the relationship between Li Shizhi and Li Yong. ”

Wang Yuan was shocked and said, "Li Linfu actually reported his confession and testimony so quickly? ”

"What? Are you surprised? Yang Zhao wondered.

Wang Yuan hurriedly waved his hand and said: "It's not unexpected, it's not unexpected, I just think he's too anxious, I, the deputy envoy for the investigation, haven't returned to Beijing yet, and he has already done it." ”

Yang Zhao smiled and said: "Don't take it to heart, Li Linfu naturally won't take care of your emotions, he is angry now, Li Shizhi is finished this time, Li Linfu was disturbed by you, if you don't immediately neutralize the power in the DPRK, how can you swallow this breath?" ”

Wang Yuan took a long breath, it turned out that the entanglements on his previous road were superfluous, Li Linfu really did everything to make a move, Gongsun Lan really saw through the scheme, and her prediction was confirmed.

Wang Yuan looked up at his entourage, but he couldn't find Gongsun Lan's figure, summoned an entourage to ask, and the entourage replied that Brother Gongsun had already taken the injured Wang Dahei directly into the city.