Chapter 13: The Enemy of the Family

The May wind blew through the streets of Chang'an City, and on the long Vermilion Bird Street, there were all kinds of people wandering, either the people of Chang'an City, or merchants from other places, and the servants of the noble families of Chang'an City. In short, it was a bustling scene. In the center of this bustling city, the imperial city stands majestically, and the noon sun shining into this deep and secluded palace seems to have become much deserted.

In front of the Lizheng Palace, Zheng Qiao was kneeling upright, and he had been kneeling here for half an hour. Because the emperor inside was discussing a major matter with Uncle Changsun Guo, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Xiao Yu, Kong Yingda and others, he could only kneel here and wait for the discussion inside to be completed before entering the palace to meet him. But he knelt without regrets, because this time his behavior was related to the face of the Zheng family and even all the great families, and he must be approved by Li Er.

In the Lizheng Palace, Li Er sat at the highest place, looking at the silent ministers below: "Why can't you Aiqing do anything?" Now what they are discussing is the tragedy of the Zheng family in Xingyang, and the reason why Xiao Yu and Kong Yingda were invited is mainly because these two people can represent the perspective of the family in a certain way, and Wei Zheng also has a lot of friendship with the family. But none of these people are directly involved, so they can look at this matter more objectively.

"Holy Lord, this matter is really tricky, and the ministers don't know how to decide!" The eldest grandson Wuji replied, when the news came, everyone was shocked, and the Zheng clan in Xingyang suddenly appeared in a thunderbolt, and the bones of Zheng Duo, the patriarch of the Zheng clan, and one of the clan elders, Zheng Qiang and Cui Huamin, were gone. There are also the three young masters of the Zheng family, and the third young master of the Cui family was also tragically killed by a flower thief named Chu Liuxiang at the same time on that day. This incident can be described as shocking to Datang. No one believed that the few people who were rumored to have been killed by lightning were actually struck by lightning. It must have been that Chu Liuxiang who used the means. But no one can tell what the truth is. At this time, Zheng Qiao, the spokesperson of the Zheng clan in the court, was kneeling outside the hall, but these people never mentioned that he should enter the palace to discuss together. If this matter is discussed in front of Zheng Qiao, the faces of those who died must be taken into account, after all, the truth is not difficult to query, just like the four dead gentlemen were really killed by that Chu Liuxiang? The maid who was insulted was really violated by Chu Liuxiang? These are all said by Gu Quan's family's face. These things can't be concealed from those who have a heart, not to mention that Li Er's secret whistle has been following Li Kuan. I have personally experienced these things, so it is better not to summon the younger brother of the head of the Zheng family.

"So drag it out like this? This matter is very strict, this Tang family does not have a hundred but also eighty. They are entrenched in various places in Datang, although they are a little unruly, and they all put the interests of their own families first, but after all, these families have also made a lot of contributions to the long-term stability of Datang. This Chu Liuxiang. Specifically against these big families, Datang will definitely be in chaos if it goes on like this! Although Li Er knew that Chu Liuxiang was Li Kuan, he didn't dare to say it directly, and at this time, he had to unswervingly identify what Chu Liuxiang did as a matter of the Tang Dynasty. Even if he had long wanted to let these Tianshe slaves eat up like this, slap themselves in the face, and then all surrender to Wang Hua, be a family in the Tang Dynasty that keeps to themselves, and contribute to the future generations of the Tang Dynasty.

"陛xià. Who is Chu Liuxiang? Is it male or female? Why can't you get along with these big families? Is this qiē really no one understands? Xiao Yu asked out loud, this Duke of Song is the representative of the Lanling Xiao clan in the court. Although this family is not among the five surnames and seven hopes, it is also because at the end of the Sui Dynasty, their Xiao family produced a person, Xiao Liang's emperor Xiao Miao, so as to vigorously support this clansman who established power in the southwest region, which consumed a lot of resources of the Xiao family. And this Emperor Xiao Liang defeated the Tang Dynasty in the fourth year of Wude, and was finally taken to Chang'an to be beheaded. Nearly half of the Xiao family's resources were lost, which made the Lanling Xiao family, which was originally dominant, a lot weaker.

Therefore, Xiao Yu still represents the interests of the family, and he asks this question, mainly to find out the details of this Chu Liuxiang, so as to deal with it in a targeted manner, otherwise what if this crazy guy finds the Lanling Xiao family? This guy is the master who even killed the patriarch of the Zheng clan. If he goes crazy and re-enacts the means of killing the head of the Zheng family in the Lanling Xiao family, it will be hard.

"This, I am also sending someone to investigate, this Chu Liuxiang has been unknown before, and even the big family surnamed Chu in Xiaoxiang Chu doesn't know that this Chu Liuxiang is the descendant of the Chu surname." Li Er opened his eyes and said nonsense, but he didn't dare to tell the news that Chu Liuxiang he knew was Li Kuan, after all, if such a thing was known by these families, then he would definitely fight with the royal family. This is also Li Er's headache, this kid is really going to be in trouble, but can you not be so exciting?

Zheng Qiao was still kneeling, at this time the sun was already in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the heaven and earth, shining on his body, sweat soaked his clothes, and he was wet on the ground. But he still knelt straight like this, holding his back straight. He knew what was being discussed inside, but he still wanted to see the emperor and shout in front of him. Zheng's family feud can't go unavenged, and Zheng's face can't be lost like this. This is the greatest reliance of these families to survive in the world, without this position and face standing at the highest point of morality, what is the difference between these families that have been inherited for thousands of years and those nouveau riche like nobles? Therefore, Li Er must personally promise him and allow them to mobilize the Tang army to help them capture Chu Liuxiang, so that they can truly get the support of the world and stand on the highest point of morality.

In this era, an action with the approval of the royal family is the real action to win the hearts of the people, and Li Er is still a holy monarch, a monarch who is very loved by the people, if Li Er stands on their side clearly, then Chu Liuxiang really can't turn over. After all, he knew the truth very well, and he didn't dare to rule out whether Chu Liuxiang would do even more crazy things in the future. Therefore, relying on the power of the five surnames and Qiwang and other families to secretly investigate, how can it compare to the search of the Tang army. They can't afford to spend this world, because every day they spend on it, maybe they will let this Chu Liuxiang attack other families. First is the Qinghe Cui clan, then the Xingyang Zheng clan, and then what about the Taiyuan Wang clan, the Fanyang Lu clan and the Boling Cui clan?

Time does not stop for a moment because of anyone, and gradually when it comes to the twilight of the West Mountain, the eldest grandson Wuji and others walked out of the Lizheng Palace, this day they had a few heads big, and finally made the decision to let the Tang army participate in the pursuit of Chu Liuxiang, but several people felt a little ridiculous, where is this Chu Liuxiang sacred, why are these big families agitated and uneasy, isn't it just stealing a treasure from the Cui family, and there is a big trouble in the Zheng family, how can it rise to the height of the Tang Dynasty. But they also understand that if this Chu Liuxiang continues to make trouble like this, these big families are panicked, then it will really cause social turmoil. So I still made up my mind to catch this Chu Liuxiang.

It's just that there are still some worries in the hearts of these people, because this Chu Liuxiang really reassures them, not to mention his elusive whereabouts, he has done such a big thing in the Cui family and the Zheng family, but no one sees his true face, only knows that it should be a man, and the power is infinite, although those few gentlemen have met with this Chu Liuxiang, but because of his cruel methods, he was tortured and fainted, and in order to hide people's eyes, the Zheng family directly clicked these unangry losers. I just don't know how true or false the news from the Zheng family is, they just said that this Chu Liuxiang is a person and a man, but it is unknown what he looks like.

After a few people left, Li Er summoned Zheng Qiao and told the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who had been kneeling for most of the day, that he left with tears in his eyes.

After everyone left, Li Er summoned the dark one, asked him to pass the channel of the Guò Hundred Cavalry Division, informed Li Kuan, and asked him to return to Beijing. This kid is a troublemaker outside, why do you want to toss these families, I don't know if Datang still has to rely on these families to govern the world? These families are intertwined and form a network of relationships with each other, encompassing the whole world. If it continues like this, those families will definitely ignore it, and the situation that the Tang Dynasty has just settled down will probably be broken again. Now the people of the world will suffer again.

After the dark one retreated, Li Er smiled at the corner of his mouth, looked at the dome of the Lizheng Palace, and said no more. A smile of relief flashed in his eyes, this kid can really toss, and now these big families will probably be much quieter.

In the harem, Tibetan Yuzhai, two little girls are writing big characters, holding a brush in their small hands, leaving Juanxiu's handwriting on the white rice paper.

Since the last blow, Yuzhang has become a lot calmer, with a small bun face bulging, fighting against the disobedient brush. These days, there is one less noisy little witch in the palace, which makes all the palace maids and eunuchs feel a lot more relaxed, especially the little eunuchs in the prince's east palace, without the teasing of Princess Yuzhang, they can be said to cry with joy, and at the same time expressed great respect to Princess Changle who took Princess Yuzhang to practice calligraphy together, and almost gave the tablet of Changsheng directly. And Kong Yingda also felt very relieved, because this little princess became studious, which made him feel that students like Li Kuan who did not do their jobs were still a special case. Of course, when Kong Yingda sighed like this, someone thousands of miles away sneezed a few times.

Yu Zhang's face tightened, and his little hand held the pole of the brush, as if he was holding a murderous knife, very hard, as if this small brush had a thousand pounds of weight. His trembling wrist slowly moved over the rice paper, leaving twisted ink on the paper. This made several Gong E's who were watching on the side laugh a little, but they could only cover their mouths and didn't dare to laugh out loud. (To be continued......)