Chapter 367: Who's and Who's Game (3)

Li Jiao sat down angrily and cast another glance at Du Hong.

Du Hong gradually raised his eyebrows, and reluctantly got up to clean up the "mess" for Li Jiao to play a round. He smiled at Kong Sheng, who seemed to be angry and emotional: "Chang'an Hou, you have made great contributions to the society, and you are both civil and military, and now that the court has not yet finished suppressing the rebellion, it is the season for my generation to serve the court with one heart, how can you be angry and resign?" Your Majesty will not be allowed to play! ”

Kong Sheng didn't look at Du Hongji, but just looked at Li Jiao, the king of Chu, coldly, and said lightly: "Compared with having nothing to do in Chang'an City, Kong would rather go back to the mountains and forests. ”

The purple-shirted scholar in the corner, who no one paid attention to, raised his eyebrows, shook his head secretly and smiled bitterly. He whispered to the people around him: "Do you think he is really angry this time, or is he pretending to play on the topic?" ”

The middle-aged man in the green shirt didn't need to laugh with him, and lowered his voice and said, "The slave and maid can't say for sure." ”

The purple-shirted scholar smiled meaningfully: "Since you can't say it, don't say it, let's continue to look at the excitement." ”

In the field, Li Jiao slowly got up and said proudly: "After all, Chang'an Hou is still young, and when he becomes an adult, the court will have its own reuse." Now that the imperial court has put down the rebellion to the last moment, between March and February, there will be results. The rebellion is quelled, and the world is in ruins, as long as Chang'an Hou has the heart to serve the imperial court, he has his own place to use, so why rush at this time? ”

Li Jiao had to stand up again. Because the topic was picked up by him, if the topic is not successfully concluded, it will make everyone feel that he, the king of Chu, is showing weakness to a mere Chang'an, which will greatly damage the majesty of the king of Chu.

In the eyes of the king of Chu himself, the above words can already be regarded as a kind of tolerance and concession. But he never expected that his tolerance and concessions did not get the slightest response from Kong Sheng.

The corner of Kong Sheng's eyes still cast to that obscure corner, and seeing that the purple-shirted scholar was still watching the fire from the other side, he couldn't help but smile coldly, and suddenly said loudly: "Although An Qingxu withdrew from Luoyang, the strength of the rebel army should not be underestimated, and any light enemy will lead to a crushing defeat of the official army!" There is also Shi Siming in Fanyang, this person is capricious, insidious and cunning, occupying 13 counties in Hedong, with a force of nearly 100,000 ...... In Kong's view, if the imperial court wants to completely annihilate the rebels and their remnants and realize the well-being of the world, it will take at least one to two years, and it is simply wishful thinking on the part of His Royal Highness the King of Chu to end the war in a hurry. ”

Under the premise that the court was full of laughter and laughter and hope for victory, Kong Sheng's alternative "opinion" seemed to be deviant, and his words caused shock and strong dissatisfaction among everyone present.

Countless people looked at Kong Sheng with frowns.

Li Jiao frowned, and snorted: "Kong Sheng, you are so presumptuous!" Dare to openly raise the morale of traitors and destroy the prestige of the court and the official army! You are so alarmist and ill-intentioned! ”

Li Kuo and others also stood up one after another and indignantly accused Kong Sheng, and even many scholars clamoured with emotion, demanding that Li Jiao, on behalf of the emperor, simply bring the rebellious Kong Sheng to Dali Temple for punishment.

"Your Highness, Kong Sheng's goofies today confuse the public and incite the hearts of the army, and if you don't take it, it's not enough to calm the anger of the people! If all of us jointly write to Your Majesty, it would not be an exaggeration for His Highness to take him down first. Li Yu approached Li Li slightly, and said softly by bowing down.

Li Kui is hinting to Li Li that this is a once-in-a-lifetime best opportunity to completely defeat Kong Sheng or even execute Kong Sheng.

Kong Sheng is a Chang'an Hou who was awarded the title of "Chang'an" for his military exploits, and no one dares to touch him without the emperor's approval. But the current situation is different, Kong Sheng's public nonsense offended the anger of the public, if there is a joint letter of participation from everyone, Li Jiao, as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses and the eldest son of the emperor who has the power to act cheaply and half a deputy Luan, will take Kong Sheng down and put him in prison, which is not a violation of the court etiquette system.

Even if the emperor was reluctant, he was helpless.

If you go to prison, you can't help Kong Sheng. With the control of Li Jiao, the king of Chu, over the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, as long as Kong Sheng's crime is struck while the iron is hot, Kong Sheng will commit a serious crime, and it may not be possible to behead him, but depriving him of his title and exile for 3,000 li is just around the corner.

The atmosphere in the arena suddenly became tense.

Zhao Wang Li looked at Kong Sheng a little helplessly, and said in his heart, Why do you want to say such things in public? Even if you don't think about the counterinsurgency war, you can't say it in public, right? This kind of thing is not said casually, it was grabbed by Li Jiao's people, this is the evidence of the guilt!

Moreover, this will offend Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, who are the generals of the DPRK and China. Why do you say that people will suffer a fiasco, is it that only you, Kong Sheng, a young man in the world, can win the battle? Are these people all ornaments?

Princess Ji Guo got up impatiently, Princess Ning Guo grabbed her little hand, forcibly pulled her back to the seat, and whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, Kong Sheng has a gold medal given by his father, and King Chu can't move him!" ”

Ning Guo knew that Kong Sheng had a gold medal of exoneration secretly given by the emperor - as for why she knew, Kong Sheng was actually a little inexplicable. But obviously, her source is the emperor in the palace, and from this point of view, Princess Ningguo's status in the emperor's mind is actually much higher than what the outside world has seen and rumored.

In the face of the flood of accusations and insults, Kong Sheng's expression was calm as usual. He stood in the middle of the field, with his hands behind his back, looking around at the Tang magnates and scholars who were full of affection, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, forming an indifferent arc.

Li Jiao took a deep breath, raised his hand and pointed at Kong Sheng and said proudly: "Kong Sheng, are you guilty?" ”

Kong Sheng said indifferently: "May I ask His Royal Highness the King of Chu, what is Kong's crime?" ”

"You are proud of your achievements, demagogic to the people, incite military intelligence, and vainly say that the court is slow to quell the rebellion, this has already committed the great crime of deceiving the king!" Li Jiao suddenly broke off: "Yulin Army, hold the token of this king, take Kong Sheng down for me and temporarily hand it over to Dali Temple for detention, and wait for this king and all the princes and ministers to jointly write a letter, and then do it after entering the palace to meet Your Majesty!" ”

More than a dozen fierce Imperial Forest Army soldiers separated the crowd with swords and surrounded Kong Sheng. Wu Xian and Wu Jie's faces changed suddenly, and they subconsciously wanted to gather their own soldiers and rush in to save Kong Sheng, but as for the consequences, they couldn't care about it so much.

But with a flash of white clothes beside him, Mu Changfeng's figure quietly flashed, he grabbed Wu Xian's arm, shook his head and said: "Wu Xian, don't be impatient, all this is in the hands of Hou Ye!" ”

Kong Sheng looked around at a few fierce soldiers, and couldn't help but smile: "Just a few of you want to take down Kong, it's really a bit beyond your strength." ”

The soldiers who rounded up didn't expect Kong Sheng to be able to maintain such a calm and playful posture at this time, and they were all a little angry, and approached with knives step by step.

In the corner, the middle-aged bloated man in the green shirt looked at the purple-shirted scholar a little nervously, but seeing that his master was still indifferent, he couldn't help rubbing his hands and looking at the field with a frown.

Kong Sheng's expression was calm, and a hint of sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "It seems that I, the Chang'an Hou appointed by His Majesty, is nothing more than an ornament in the eyes of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and I can catch it if I want to-get convicted for my words...... Oh, that's it! ”

Kong Sheng slowly took out a gold medal from his waist, held it high in his hand, and shouted indifferently: "Your Majesty's gold medal is here, who dares to move this?" If you don't retreat, do you want to die? ”

The gold medal is carved with a vivid dragon pattern, and there is also the year name of Li Heng on it, everything is clearly recognizable, and it is impossible for this kind of object to be forged. Of course, even if it is technically possible, no one dares to forge it. And even if Kong Sheng has the courage to forge the emperor's gold medal, he can't use it publicly.

Several Royal Forest Sergeants were taken aback when they saw this, and they fell to their knees in a panic. And around, many courtiers and powerful children also bowed down in unison, and even Li Jiao, the king of Chu, and others had to bow respectfully to the gold medal one by one.

Li Jiao bowed down, his heart was angry to the extreme, and it was also chaotic to the extreme-the emperor actually gave Kong Sheng a gold medal for exoneration, when did this happen? What does the Emperor want? Could it be all this, could it be that Kong Sheng is facing off with himself, the king of Chu, and is the emperor behind his orders? If it weren't for the emperor's support, where would Kong Sheng have the guts?

Kong Sheng held the gold medal high and threw a meaningful glance at the corner of the purple-shirted scholar, and when he saw that the other party still didn't move, he couldn't help sneering and said in his heart: Since you are still unwilling to stand up, then, Lao Tzu will light another fire!

As soon as he thought of this, Kong Sheng slowly put away the gold medal and said unhurriedly: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Kong is willing to make a bet with you." ”

"The so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and now among the court, officials and soldiers, the mood of rejoicing in achievements and pride and underestimating the enemy has grown and spread, which is not a good thing. Judging from Kong's analysis of the situation, within 10 days, Li Guangbi, who had blindly marched into the army, would be defeated in Fuyang and suffered heavy casualties. Kong Sheng waved his hand: "Today, Kong voluntarily went to Dali Temple to wait, if what Kong said is untrue, let His Royal Highness the King of Chu deal with it and punish the court." But if Kong's judgment comes true......"

Kong Sheng turned his head to look at Li Jiao, his expression indifferent.

The corners of Li Jiao's mouth twitched: "How are you going to stay?" ”

"If Kong's judgment comes true, Kong only needs His Royal Highness the King of Chu to enter the palace and ask for an edict for me to resign from the title of Marquis of Chang'an and return to my hometown. King Chu, do you dare to make a bet with Kong? ”

Li Li's eyes flickered, he didn't know why Kong Sheng suddenly wanted to bet with him in public, and voluntarily went to prison, at the cost of his own safety and future, just to heal him. Even if he won the bet, it was nothing more than to resign and go into hiding-Li Li thought that Kong Sheng was scheming, and his intentions were not so simple, but Li Li thought about it and thought about it again and again, and felt that Kong Sheng had no possibility of winning the bet in this matter, and even if he lost the bet, he did not lose anything.

What's more, Kong Sheng publicly accused Li Guangbi of being defeated, which undoubtedly offended the generals of Hexi represented by Li Guangbi. If Kong Sheng made a mistake in judgment, Li Guangbi and these people would not be able to spare him.

Thinking of this, the corners of Li Jiao's mouth couldn't help but float a cold smile: Kong Sheng, Kong Sheng, since you have to look for death, then the king will give you a ride! (To be continued.) )