Chapter 156: Seeing the King (6)
After a while, Kong Sheng's cold gaze retracted, and swept over the face of Li Chuan, the prince of the prince, and suddenly said indifferently: "Take 10,000 steps back, assuming that Suiyang really can't hold it and falls into the hands of the enemy." At this point, please rest assured, since Kong Sheng dared to go to the post, he would have put life and death out of the way a long time ago, if Suiyang City was broken, Kong Sheng would kill all the enemies who came to attack, and live and die with the soldiers and people of Suiyang, and he would never steal his life and betray the country, leaving behind infamy through the ages! ”
Li Chuan sneered: "What's the use of selling your tongue?" Kill all the enemies who come to you? It's up to you? It's ridiculous! ”
"Which of those rebel ministers and thieves who have betrayed the country is not impassioned and righteous? But what is the truth? As soon as the rebels came, they all surrendered in fear! Li Chuan said again. His expression was arrogant, and he looked at Kong Sheng condescendingly and contemptuously.
He was still talking about the surrender faction of Linghu Chao. But the fact is the truth, but it does not mean that someone will surrender, everyone will surrender. Even if everyone surrenders, Kong Sheng will not surrender.
If Suiyang is really broken, Kong Sheng will at most leave Mingzhe to protect his life, how can he surrender to An Lushan's rebels? He is not a fool, An Lushan will die in Huangquan not long after, his son An Qingxu and the general Shi Siming will not be able to become a big climate at all, surrendering them is not only a dead end but also a stench for 10,000 years, how could Kong Sheng do such a thing.
But as soon as he left, he could only return to the mountains and forests, and lived his life in obscurity. Unless it is absolutely necessary, it is impossible for Kong Sheng to choose this path.
Li Xuan sat there all the time, maintaining a strange silence, listening to Kong Sheng and Li Chuan go for tat. She understands that if she helps the first half of the sentence. Li Chuan's backlash will be stronger. This is not necessarily a good thing for Kong Sheng.
Kong Sheng actually didn't bother to argue with Li Chuan anymore. It is useless to talk too much here, it still depends on the actual actions in the future.
He turned around and was about to say goodbye to King Yu and Li Fuguo, but he heard Li Chuan sneering behind him: "Father, my son heard that this Kong Sheng had conspired with the rebels who were attacking Chuzhou in the south, trying to loot Wangjiabao, and at the same time, he was offensive and disrespectful to the third sister. Sins are unforgivable, and should be punished according to the law and set an example. ”
As soon as Li Chuan's words came out, everyone was shocked.
Conspiring with the rebels and offending the lord of the dynasty is a serious crime to be exterminated by the Nine Clans, but it is not a joke.
Li Ju's face changed, and his cold gaze fell on Kong Sheng.
And Li Xuan's delicate face also suddenly gloomy, Li Chuan's words were half-true and half-false, Kong Sheng was offensive and disrespectful to himself, this is a fact, but the conspiracy of thieves is absolutely framed and framed - but in Li Xuan's opinion. True or false, Li Chuan was able to know the situation in Wangjiabao. This shows that there are Li Chuan's eyes and ears among the people around her.
This was what annoyed her the most.
Kong Sheng's heart shook, but he didn't panic in the slightest. The more this time, the more he can't panic, any panic will make people think that he is weak and short of breath, leading to a catastrophe.
Don't talk about such a nonsense thing as colluding with the rebels, even if it is an offense to Li Xuan, you can't admit it, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.
He turned around, calm but very excited: "Shizi, why is there no excuse for the crime you want to add?!" You say that I colluded with the rebels, but is there real evidence? ”
The corner of Kong Sheng's eyes was aimed at Li Xuan. But seeing that Li Xuan slowly got up and was about to speak, but slowly sat back again, he couldn't help but secretly scold Li Xuan, this little girl, is really not righteous, at this time, if you, the party, don't stand up and say a fair word, wouldn't Lao Tzu have to carry this black pot alive?
A trace of coldness flashed at the corner of Li Chuan's mouth, and he waved his hand: "Do you want to be really substantiated?" Someone is coming, Captain Zhu Daniu will meet you! ”
As soon as Li Chuan's words came out, Li Xuan's face changed again.
Zhu Daniu is a close lieutenant under her command, although there is still a gap between him and Li Biao, Li Hu and Li Bao, but he can be regarded as one of his henchmen. She didn't expect Zhu Daniu to be her brother Li Chuan's person! Thinking about it like this, she really underestimated Li Chuan, how much eyeliner did Li Chuan hide and arrange around her?
It seems that after this incident, she is going to carry out a major purge and rectification of the people around her.
The sudden change in the situation in the hall was originally the king of Yu summoning a young county commander who had not yet arrived in office in the spirit of loving talents, no matter whether the solicitation was successful or not, no matter whether Kong Sheng and the prince Li Chuan had a little quarrel, it was not a big deal, but in a good way, Li Chuan, the prince of the prince, suddenly threw such a bombshell, which undoubtedly means that the dispute between the prince and the lord of Fengyang has kicked off again, and it has undoubtedly pushed Kong Sheng to the brink of life and death!
And Li Chuan suddenly attacked, and prepared the manpower to testify against Kong Sheng in advance, which completely shows that he came prepared and advanced according to the plan, not a temporary intention. From this point of view, his previous questioning of Kong Shengcai's reputation and knowledge was just a pretense of temptation.
If this is the case, Kong Sheng feels that he really underestimated Li Chuan. This person has this kind of deep thought and calm layout, and he is not an idle person.
Xue Sheng and the others secretly observed the change in the expression of King Yu Li Ju, and seeing that King Yu did not stop Li Chuan's movements, they couldn't help but sigh secretly, lowered their heads and turned a blind eye.
Xue Sheng is the absolute confidant of King Yu, and he has shown the appearance of protecting himself and staying out of the matter, not to mention Du Ping and Song An, the two generals in the army.
The corners of Li Xuan's elegant mouth twitched, and a look of anger appeared on her delicate face. But she still sat there, without any panic or overreaction.
In the past two years, Li Chuan has secretly planned to suppress her everywhere, which is already a well-known fact at the core of Pengcheng officialdom. Originally, there was no basis for a struggle of interests between a prince and a county lord, but the problem was the special identity of Li Xuan, the strength of her character, the courage of the woman to not let Xu Mei and the important task entrusted to her by King Qiu, and Li Xuan's increasing prestige in the Jiangbei army.
Li Xuan, as the lord of the county, on the surface, it is impossible to inherit the title of King Yu. But in the Tang Dynasty, female emperors have all appeared, and it is not impossible for a female county king to appear. Therefore, the more Li Xuan "rises", the stronger Li Chuan's sense of crisis becomes, and he wants to suppress her everywhere.
And the silence of King Li Ju this time is actually a kind of favoritism towards Li Chuan. This is probably also the reason why Li Ju realized that the rise of his daughter Li Xuan was unstoppable, which had endangered the status of the prince Li Chuan, and at the same time easily led to internal strife and division within the family of King Yu.
Most of the time, Li Ju has an impartial attitude towards the dispute between the two. Occasionally, he will also make his ass crooked, supporting Li Chuan to suppress Li Xuan. But later, he will personally comfort his daughter Li Xuan behind his back.
A lieutenant in his thirties dressed in bright light armor strode into the main hall. This person is burly, with a round face, a slightly dark complexion, and his eyes are turning, and he looks like a veteran who has served in the army for many years.
Zhu Da Niu knelt down on one knee facing King Yu: "The last general, Zhu Da Niu, meet the prince, the prince, the county lord and all the adults!" ”
Li Ju's face darkened, and he pointed at Kong Sheng and said, "Zhu Daniu, do you know this person?" ”
Zhu Daniu glanced at Kong Sheng, hugged his fists and said: "Back to the prince's words, this person is Kong Sheng, a scholar from Jiangnan, and the last general will go down to Jiangnan with the county lord to operate grain and grass, and met on the way." ”
Li Ju said in a deep voice: "Is there anything wrong with this person? You tell the truth, if there is half a truth, watch your head! ”
Zhu Da Niu snorted: "The last general was ordered to lead fifty brothers to lurk in Wangjiabao to standby, ready to meet the county lord's grain team. Later, the general reported that in the territory of Chuzhou, this person had kidnapped the county lord and offended and disrespected the county lord in every way...... The last general's words are true, and he does not dare to deceive the prince. ”
Li was furious and hijacked the clan lord, which was a great offense and a ruthless provocation to the royal family! No matter who Kong Sheng is or what reason he has, based on this alone, Li Ju can take the opportunity to take Kong Sheng down and punish him.
Li Ju suddenly slapped the case and shouted: "Kong Sheng, you are such a big thief!" Dare to hijack the county lord of the dynasty, and if you want to rebel, you can't do it? ”
Kong Sheng suddenly laughed loudly: "Hijacking the county lord? Lord Wang, this person is full of nonsense, slandering the subordinate officials should not be serious, but humiliating and blaspheming the county lord of Fengyang in front of him is simply a crime that cannot be punished! ”
Without waiting for Li Ju to come back to his senses, Zhu Daniu opened his mouth to argue, and Kong Sheng immediately said loudly: "Xiaguan and the county lord met in Wu Pavilion outside Runzhou City, and they didn't know the identity of the county lord. May I ask the county lord, did Kong Sheng ever say half a lie? ”
Kong Sheng turned his head to look at Li Xuan.
Li Xuan sighed lightly, got up and said, "Father, Kong Sheng didn't lie, he really didn't know my identity at that time. ”
Li Xuan's eyes suddenly became extremely sharp and cold, she turned her head to look at Zhu Daniu, and said lightly: "Zhu Daniu, you are very good!" Very good! Only then did the county lord understand a lot of things in the past......"
Zhu Daniu sighed in his heart, and a trace of cold sweat suddenly oozed from his forehead. Although he is a veteran soldier, he was co-opted by Li Chuan in every possible way, and he has Li Chuan's support, but he knows Li Xuan's methods, if Li Xuan is determined to clean him up as a traitor, it is really unknown whether Li Chuan will block him for him.
Now that Li Xuan has planted "a lot of things" in the past on him, Zhu Daniu is terrified in his heart, and secretly regrets that he fainted and came forward to testify. But people can't be grass on the wall, since he has taken refuge in Li Chuan, he should have thought that he would stand on the opposite side of Li Xuan, and even become a mortal enemy.
Kong Sheng immediately said in a loud voice: "Lord Wang, since the lower officials don't even know the identity of the county lord, what are you talking about kidnapping the county lord?" Isn't this a sin of desire?! What is this not a trumped-up charge? What is this not a malicious frame-up?! ”
Kong Sheng's repeated questioning with momentum not only made Zhu Daniu's heart feel empty, he didn't dare to look at his eyes, he lowered his head, and even Li Chuan was a little stunned.
Li Chuan coughed lightly twice, hiding a certain embarrassment in his heart. (To be continued.) )