The living room of the Qin Palace.

Guo Yedao: "Your case was closed so soon?" Now the efficiency of handling cases in Chang'an Mansion is quite high. When I was Chang'an Ling, I didn't have this efficiency. ”

Zhang Bi shook his head and said, "I didn't go to Chang'an Mansion to surrender, I went to the Criminal Department." In addition, you guessed wrong, my case has not even been tried, how can we talk about the word closing? ”

"Then how did you get out?"

"This case is not big, and there are many good friends of mine in the Criminal Department. So, I'm basically free to come and go, as long as I show up when I'm in the hall. ”

"This ......" Guo Ye was speechless for a while, and finally had to say: "I didn't expect the management of the Criminal Department to be so lax." ”

Zhang Bi said proudly: "You are wrong again. The main reason is that Zhang's reputation for righteousness and keeping promises can be treated like this. Others, no matter how good they are with the jailers, are useless. ”

"Okay, it seems that I still underestimate Brother Zhang." Not wanting to continue to dwell on this topic, Guo Ye changed the topic and said, "Uh...... I wonder why you have come to me today. ”

"I'm here to deliver a message to you."

"Who?"

"Lieutenant Chi Gong."

"Oh? What does my old brother want to say to me? ”

Zhang Bi smiled slightly and said, "King Qi Chitose, don't worry. Although I only have one sentence that Gong E asked me to pass on to you, I have to explain to you the cause and effect of the incident. ”

"Brother Zhang, please speak, Guo listens."

"As I said earlier, I have a wide range of friends in the Criminal Department, and I have a few good friends in the Criminal Department. Two of them are the jailers in the prison, one is named Liu Zhengye and the other is Yuan Tianhua. They had a life-threatening matter and wanted me to help the staff officer. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Wei Ting, the secretary of the Criminal Department, found the two of them and asked them to make the Duke of E Guo fall ill and die three days later. This is a big deal, maybe they will be killed by Wei Ting. ”

Guo Ye felt a chill in his heart and said, "How did you answer?" ”

"Of course I was adamantly against it. I told them that this was a plot to kill the pillars of the country, and it was too damaging to the yin and morals. I don't dare to say whether it will be destroyed, but after death, it will definitely go to eighteen layers of hell, and maybe it will affect children and grandchildren. ”

"If they don't kill the Duke of E, how should they explain to Wei Ting?"

"They've asked me that question too. My idea was to ask the Duke of E. After listening to Eguogong, let me bring you a message. ”

"What?"

Zhang Bi's eyes lit up and said, "This matter must have been instructed by His Majesty Wei Ting." Your Majesty is crazy, and he is against him! ”

"Is that true?"

"I pledge my life! If King Qin doesn't believe me, he can order someone to take care of me. If one day it turns out that what I said is false, you can take my life, and Zhang will never complain. ”

Guo Ye shook his head and said, "Your life is not worth that much. You can't afford such a big thing. ”

Zhang Bi's face turned red, and he said, "It seems that Zhang is troublesome." In that case, farewell! ”

With that, he turned and left.

"Slow!" Guo Ye hurriedly stopped him and said, "Brother Zhang, go slowly, listen to what I have to say." The stakes are so great that your credibility alone is hard for some strong people to convince me. Unless ......"

"How?"

"You took me to the prison of the Criminal Department, and let me talk to my brother face to face!"

"That's not going to happen!" Zhang Bi shook his head again and again, and said, "King Qin, I don't know if you look down on me too much or look down on me too much, I don't have that ability." ”

"Didn't you say that the Duke of Eguo asked you to pass the word? If they can take you in, they can't take me? I'll dress up a little, who knows I'm Guo Ye, the king of Qin? ”

Zhang Bi smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, I was a little bragging just now. In fact, E Guogong's words were conveyed by two jailers, and I have never met E Guogong himself at all. ”

Guo Ye frowned and said, "This is very difficult...... Brother Zhang, so far, I can only grieve and wronged you, and please stay in my house for two days. ”

"That's the proper meaning of the question, obey the orders of King Qin!"

……

……

In fact, Guo Ye has already believed Zhang Bi's words.

Now that time is on the side of His Majesty Li Er and King Qi, since they have confessed their guilt, there is no need for them to make such a conspiracy to tempt them to rebel.

The reason why Zhang Bi was locked up was not actually to ask him to guarantee his life, but because he was afraid that he would leak this matter out if he was not tight-lipped.

Just now I forced him to arrange a meeting with Wei Chigong, but it was just a three-pole fight with dates and no dates. It's better if he can take himself, even if he can't.

However, there is no need to find fault with Zhang Bi in this kind of thinking.

……

……

Guo Yegang ordered Kongkong'er and Jingjing'er to settle Zhang Bi, and another guest arrived, and this person was the former Shangshu's right servant Xuanling.

"Alas, state affairs are like this, I don't know what King Qin's plans are?"

Guo Ye said helplessly: "King Qi is the crown prince, can I still have it?" can only fly away. ”

Fang Xuanling said: "King Qin has made great contributions to my Tang Dynasty, but in the end he ended up like this, can you be willing?" ”

"What if you are unwilling?" Guo Yedao: "Are you still thinking about military advice? It turns out that His Majesty has not shown up, and everyone may still be brave enough to do this with you. Now that His Majesty is a normal director, who would dare to do such a thing? ”

Fang Xuanling said: "That's not true. King Chitose Qin, there is something you may have thought wrong. The reason why everyone had the intention of admonishing the military before, it was not because they were afraid of the corruption of state affairs, nor because they were afraid that the crown prince's position would not be guaranteed. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Your Majesty is not a councilor. I still have a few prime ministers in Datang, and there are many important ministers and good generals, no matter how corrupt they are, how can they be corrupted? The change of the prince is even more of a matter of concern to everyone. They are all descendants of His Majesty, how much difference is there between the King of Jin and the King of Qi? ”

"That's different, King Qi does things unscrupulously and viciously......"

"What kind of sin is selfishness? Even today, he still kills his brother and kills his brother. ”

"Then what do you mean ......"

Fang Xuanling said: "Everyone is loyal to Your Majesty, Guo Yulan's origin is weird, everyone is afraid that Your Majesty will be harmed by this demon girl!" ”

He paused for a moment and continued: "The current situation is already obvious, first establish the Queen of Yin, then abolish the King of Jin, and change the King of Qi to the crown prince. Everything was expected. You say that the next step, should it be Guo Yulan to assassinate His Majesty? ”

Guo Yedao: "Your analysis has some truth, but it's still useless!" When the time comes, Your Majesty will ascend and shout, how many people do you say will be against the water? In fact, let alone ascending to the top, even if you talk to them now, I'm afraid most people will hesitate. ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Regarding this matter, I have a way to solve it. ”

"What's the method?"

"This ...... Let me sell it. What someone can't solve now is actually the aftermath of this matter. Originally, everyone thought that as long as His Majesty and Guo Yulan were separated, he would regain his senses, but now it seems that this is not the case. ”

Guo Ye said: "Exactly. Everyone can see that His Majesty's sanity is very normal now. It seems that Guo Yulan did not rely on any strange means, but relied on her three-inch incorruptible tongue to really persuade His Majesty to become the crown prince. ”

"That's the problem. How should we end up after everyone admonishes us? Everyone's purpose is not for their own glory and wealth, but to save His Majesty. Appointing the crown prince Li Zhi as the new emperor and making His Majesty the emperor will not agree to it. ”

He paused for a moment and continued: "But if you don't abolish Your Majesty, he will take revenge, will everyone be killed?" King Chitose of Qin, as long as this problem is solved, I am sure to persuade those who have signed the genealogy of loyal ministers and righteous men to agree to the military advice. ”

Guo Ye said in embarrassment: "Rat-throwing trap, this is very difficult." Guo is not an immortal, what can he do......

At this point, he suddenly moved in his heart and said, "There you have it!" I really have a solution! ”

"What's the solution?"

Guo Ye said excitedly: "Twenty thousand miles away from my Datang, there is a continent called America. The area of the Americas is three times that of our Datang, and the arable land is more than ten times that of the Tang Dynasty. The land is fertile, the minerals are abundant, and the water and grass are fertile, and it is truly the chosen nation. ”

Fang Xuanling hesitated: "What do you mean ......?"

"After the military admonition, everyone can let His Majesty remain the emperor, but not in real power, and prime minister the state affairs with the crown prince. Then everyone concentrated the power of the imperial court and developed the Americas. Ten years later, after returning to His Majesty, all the ministers and the crown prince who participated in the military expedition went to the Americas to establish a state. ”

Fang Xuanling thought for a moment and said, "Let's not talk about whether the affairs of the Americas are nothing, even if they are." Ten years later, the crown prince is becoming more powerful, so he is willing to go to the throne? You're too whimsical too. ”

Guo Ye rolled his eyes and said, "If you can't trust the prince, why don't you let Guo be the prime minister?" ”

"Haha! Your fox tail is finally revealed! Fang Xuanling sneered: "Everyone can't even trust the prince, can they trust you?" I'm afraid that ten years later, this Datang will change his surname to Guo, right? ”

Guo Ye was not angry when he heard this, and said: "Then how about this position being done by Fang Xiang?" ”

"Me? To be honest, the old man can't trust himself...... The temptation of the throne can turn father and son against each other and brothers kill each other. The temptation is just too great. ”

"Then what if I, the crown prince, and you rule together?"

"It's still not appropriate. The advantage of the crown prince is too great, it is likely that in the end, the prince will ascend the throne, but you and I will die without a place to be buried! ”

"Excluding the crown prince, what about you and I ruling together?"

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly: "Ten years ago, it was okay. But now that the old man is old, he doesn't have the confidence to fight with you for ten years. ”

Guo Ye smiled slightly, and said, "Then count all the courtiers who participated in the war!" So many people can always stop my ambitions, right? ”

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