Chapter 368: Who's and Who's Game (4)

Zhao Wang, Li Department, and Ning Guo Ji Guo gasped, and almost fainted on the spot.

Li is laughing and laughing, Kong Sheng, you are really crazy, since you have the emperor's gold medal to ensure that you are safe and sound, why do you have nothing to do, what kind of bet with Li Li? Isn't this full and having nothing to do, and being idle hurts?

"Okay, Chang'anhou, this king will make a bet with you! If you lose, this king will play your father with all your ministers and punish you for the crime of deceit! Of course, if you win the bet, the king will also fulfill his promise to ask for an edict of resignation and retirement for you. Li Jiao, the king of Chu, waved his hand resolutely and said loudly: "Don't worry, this king will definitely do what you want!" ”

Kong Sheng looked up to the sky and laughed.

He put his hands behind his back, pinched the emperor's gold medal of exoneration, and walked slowly. Dozens of Li Li's pro-army immediately surrounded him, but he did not dare to be rude to Kong Sheng, allowing Kong Sheng to separate the crowd out of the Furong Garden, riding on a white horse chasing the wind, along the long street, under the gaze of the people of Chang'an who got the news and rushed to see the excitement, they went to the Yamen of Dali Temple to fight horses.

Kong Sheng's eyes fell on the crowd on the side of the road, and his gaze froze. He caught a glimpse of his mentor Sima Chengzhen, who was dressed in a green robe, and Atai, a Taoist boy with an anxious and worried look on his round face.

Sima Chengzhen's master and apprentice turned out to be in Chang'an City!

Kong Sheng's heart moved, he hurriedly bowed to Sima Chengzhen on the horse, and then clamped the horse's belly without changing his face, and continued to gallop towards the yamen of Dali Temple. More than a dozen soldiers of the forbidden army who seemed to be escorting Kong Sheng had complicated faces, and they followed behind Kong Sheng's horses.

Sima Chengzhen watched Kong Sheng ride away on horseback, his face unshocked. Ah Tai stomped his feet impatiently and said, "Master, Senior Brother Kong is in trouble, you can't sit idly by!" You have an old relationship with Guo Ziyi and these people, so it's better to ......"

Sima Chengzhen smiled slightly: "Atai, why are you in a hurry?" Kong Sheng must have a deep meaning in doing this, and he has a way to protect himself, so let's wait and see what happens. Let's go, Atai, go to the Marquis of Chang'an Mansion with the poor road, but the poor road is coming to him for the wine brewed by the Confucian Mansion. ”

Sima Chengzhen shook his hand and took the lead in drifting away. Atai had no choice but to stomp his feet and follow with a black face.

Sima Chengzhen went to Chang'an City today, and heard that Kong Sheng had set up a banquet in Qujiang Pond, so he took Atai to Furong Garden to watch the excitement. Unexpectedly, the beautiful scenery of the Hibiscus Garden is full of murderous machines, and the trees want to be quiet and the wind does not stop.

But Sima Chengzhen has deep confidence in Kong Sheng. His confidence was gradually established, with the good impression at the beginning, the friendship between master and apprentice, and the later actions of Kong Sheng on the battlefield in Henan. Sima Chengzhen lived for nearly 100 years, went through the world, and read countless people, he expected Kong Sheng to have his own opinions.

Chang'an Hou Kong Sheng made a gambling contract with Li Jiao, the king of Chu, and the news of voluntarily entering the Dali Temple Prison spread word of mouth, and soon spread throughout the city. On the road from Qujiangchi to the Yamen of Dali Temple, the people of Chang'an who saw the excitement came in an endless stream, more and more, and the voices of the people were boiling, and half of the city was restless.

Zhao Wang Li beckoned Ning Guo and Ji Guo to get into his wide carriage, and also followed Xiang Dali Temple Yamen. Out of some concern, the Li family wanted to explain to the officials of Dali Temple in person, and it was necessary to ensure Kong Sheng's personal safety.

Ji Guoliu raised his eyebrows lightly, and said anxiously: "Second brother, is Kong Sheng crazy?" He has his father's gold medal, and the king of Chu doesn't dare to touch him at all, but he has to make a bet with the king of Chu, if he enters the prison of Dali Temple, everything will be out of his hands......"

"Second brother, what is Kong Sheng's intention? Ning Guo really couldn't understand it. Princess Ning Guo also said softly on the side, and the delicate face of this delicate Tang princess obviously flowed with a strong look of worry.

"You don't have to worry, Kong Sheng has his father's gold medal of exoneration, and no one can touch him. Dali Temple Prison, Kong Sheng'an's Ruosu. Even if those cool officials look at their father's gold medal, they don't dare to act rashly. It's just that this king is also a little puzzled, what is Kong Sheng's certainty, he dares to claim that Li Guangbi's army will have a crushing defeat in the near future, if it is a mistake in judgment, this time, how can Brother Chu Wang give up? If the king of Chu contacts the minister of civil and military affairs to jointly write a letter, even if his father has the intention to protect Kong Sheng, I am afraid that there is nothing he can do. ”

Zhao Wang Li sighed lightly: "This young man acts in an eclectic manner, elusive, and elusive. However, one thing is certain of this king, he will do everything before acting, perhaps, he has his own way out. ”

Suddenly, Li thought of a more important question, looked at Princess Ning Guo and said solemnly: "Ning Guo, when did my father give Kong Sheng a gold medal?" ”

Ning Guo sighed, shook his head and said, "Second brother, Ning Guo doesn't know either." ”

Li Department frowned, he knew that Ning Guoyan was insincere, but he didn't continue to ask.

……

The purple-shirted scholar left Qujiangchi and Furong Garden with a few entourages in a low-key manner, and hurried back in the direction of the imperial city by car. But just before entering the imperial city, the purple-shirted scholar suddenly ordered to stop, and then he lifted the curtain and whispered to the back of the carriage: "Ninth, you sneak into the prison of Dali Temple, you must protect Kong Sheng thoroughly!" If someone dares to make a move against Kong Sheng behind his back, I will allow you to cut it first and then play! ”

A dark shadow flashed away.

The purple-shirted scholar lowered the curtain of the carriage, sat in the luxurious carriage, breathed a sigh of tiredness, and said in his heart: Kong Sheng, Kong Sheng, you use this little trick to force me to make a move in advance, but the time is not yet ripe, and I have not yet made up my final decision...... If everything is as simple as you think, why should I hesitate to look ahead?

This purple-shirted scholar turned out to be today's son Li Heng.

At today's banquet, no one noticed his presence. I'm afraid that except for Kong Sheng, no one would have expected that the emperor would go out of the palace to participate in Kong Sheng's banquet. The emperor knew that the purpose of Kong Sheng's banquet today was nothing more than the idea of killing two birds with one stone, on the one hand, to promote the cheongsam and other things he designed, and continue to make money from the Tang magnates; On the other hand, it was also "coerced" the emperor to come forward and end his boring life of idle Chang'an.

Of course, what the emperor didn't expect was that Kong Sheng had a deeper intention. He wanted to test the emperor's true mentality and see if the emperor had made up his mind to make Li Jiao the prince. If the emperor really made Li Jiao the prince, Kong Sheng's future life plan would inevitably be fine-tuned.

Dali Temple is the highest judicial body of the royal society, in charge of prison. According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, in the event of a major case, the Dali Siqing and the Criminal Department Shangshu and Shilang will be tried together with the Imperial History Zhongcheng, and they are called the three envoys. The third right to be sentenced to prison is in the criminal department, but when Dali Temple does not agree, it can be played as a holy ruling. The official rank of Dali Temple, the early Sui Dynasty was the third product, and the Emperor Yang changed from the third product, Tang Tong.

This is the first time in Kong Sheng's life to enter the yamen of Dali Temple. He dismounted in front of the yamen of Dali Temple, handed over Chasing Wind to Wu Xian, who followed him, and threw a hint at the other party, Wu Xian understood, and immediately led Chasing Wind back to the Chang'an Hou Mansion.

Kong Sheng stared at the solemn and simple yamen in front of him who broke the fate of the Tang magnates, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He never thought that he would have a day in the prison of Dali Temple, at this time, he suddenly remembered a movie he had seen in his previous life, "Di Renjie's Tongtian Empire", and he clearly remembered one or two introductory sentences of the movie:

Turn over the sky, cover the ground. Between overturns, the heavens and the earth rotate.

Providence intentionally or unintentionally, who plays with whom, who is whose chess.

Kong Sheng smiled.

Now it is a chess game between him and the emperor, and between him and Li Jiao, the king of Chu, who is the chess player and who is the manipulated chess piece, it is still inconclusive. This war has just begun.

The Dali Temple Yamen in front of him is so real, this is not a movie. There is no white-haired ghost detective Pei Donglai, there is no black Tuo behind the scenes, and there is no Di Guolao and Wu Zetian, who are like gods who judge the case, and the empress Wu Zetian, who is high-ranking in the sky, and some are just Xue An, the secretary of Dali Temple, Zhang Qing, Shaoqing, and several other neatly dressed middle and high-level bureaucrats of Dali Temple gathered at the gate of the yamen.

It seems to welcome Kong Sheng to prison, but it is not.

Because of Kong Sheng's identity and his holding of the emperor's gold medal for exoneration, as well as the particularity of Kong Sheng's gambling contract with the king of Chu, Xue An and others of Dali Temple were actually a little depressed, and it was really absurd to accept Chang'an Hou Kong Sheng, an unconvicted (in fact, there is no culpability) marquis and hero, and a young hero who moved the world to prison.

It violates the regulations of Datang.

But Li Jiao, the king of Chu, has already sent someone to inform Dali Temple.

With the notice of the King of Chu, Xue An, Zhang Qing and others did not dare to disobey.

But how can he really send Chang'an Hou Kong Sheng into the dark prison behind the yamen? Don't say that the emperor's attitude is unclear, that is, out of the maintenance of the regulations of Dali Temple and the laws of the Tang Dynasty, Xue An cannot easily let Kong Sheng's imprisonment be equivalent to the treatment of a prisoner.

Xue An arched his hand and smiled reluctantly: "Chang'an Hou, it's polite!" ”

Kong Sheng chuckled lightly and said politely: "I've seen Lord Xue!" Kong Sheng had a gambling contract with the King of Chu, and before the gambling contract was divided, Kong Sheng was bothering Lord Xue for a few days. ”

Xue An let out a sigh of relief, and said helplessly: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu has informed this official, since Chang'an Hou has an appointment with the King of Chu, this official will be an adult." However, this official needs to declare in advance that Dali Temple is an important place in the country, and idle people are not guilty. And once the crime is discussed, don't say that it is Chang'an Hou, even if it is the prince and princess, in Xue, the yamen of Dali Temple, she must confess her guilt. ”

"If you are guilty in the future, Chang'an Hou should not blame the official for turning his face and being ruthless."

As soon as Kong Sheng heard this, he knew that Xue An was the person of Li Jiao, the king of Chu. His words were not so much for Kong Sheng, but to warn Kong Sheng not to cause trouble on the one-third of an acre of land in Dali Temple, otherwise, he would not be polite.

"Please rest assured, Lord Xue. If Kong Sheng loses the gamble, he voluntarily pleads guilty and is willing to accept the punishment of the imperial court. Since Kong Sheng dared to come, he was not afraid of anything. Dali Temple is the important place of the country, the important weapon of the country, Kong Sheng and the king of Chu gambled is the major event of the country, so, let the Dali Temple be a witness is the most appropriate. ”

Kong Sheng waved his hand and walked up the steps of the Yamen of Dali Temple. (To be continued.) )