Dugu Pingzhi was pushed into a large room with dim lights, and saw eight shirtless men standing around the room, all of them with horizontal flesh on their faces, their hands crossed in front of their chests, and their eyes fierce, Dugu Pingzhi was terrified, I don't know what happened?

"Sit down!" A cold voice came from inside the room. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Only then did Dugu Pingzhi find that there was a young and thin man sitting in the innermost part of the room, wearing a golden crown and a brocade robe, kneading some gadgets in his hands, and behind him stood two even stronger men, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" Dugu Ping cried out in a lost voice, and he recognized the young man in front of him, who turned out to be Li Yuanji, the king of Chu.

"Sit down!"

The two big men pressed Dugu Pingzhi to sit on a small stool, and Dugu Pingzhi was even more nervous in his heart, how could he provoke this demon?

Li Yuanji smiled very elegantly, "You are lucky, I never interrogate prisoners, you are the first." ”

"Prisoners? Your Highness, what crime have I committed? Dugu asked with wide eyes.

"You know it in your heart." Li Yuanji's smile began to turn indifferent.

"I.... I really don't understand, I'm just a partial concubine of the Dugu family, if the Dugu family is guilty, will it be my turn? ”

"Not stupid, alright! Let me ask you, you returned to the capital in June last year to manage the shops in West City, where did you work before? ”

"In Yan'an County!"

"By the way, you used to be the manager of the Gaonu Fire Oil Well in Yan'an County, I think you know better than me, where did they get it when the Northern Sui Army used so many Gao Nu oil on the battlefield?"

Dugu's face turned pale, he knew what was going on, the matter of 20,000 barrels of high slave oil was finally discovered, his lips trembled, and he couldn't say a word.

"I'm right! You know better than anyone else what happened, fornicating with the enemy army is a capital crime to destroy the nine clans, isn't it funny that you actually say that you are not guilty? ”

"You.... What do you want to do? Dugu Pingzhi asked nervously.

"As the king of Chu, of course I won't use any torture, that kind of means will lose my identity, I want you to convince you to do things for me."

Li Yuanji stood up and walked slowly in front of him, spreading his palms in front of him, "Do you know these two things?" ”

On the palm of Li Yuanji's hand is a longevity lock worn by a child and a ring worn by a woman, Dugu Pingzhi was suddenly so shocked that his scalp exploded, it was his wife and children's things, he was in a hurry to stand up, but he was pressed by the big man on the stool, "What happened to them?" Dugu Pingzhi roared angrily.

Li Yuanji raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, their mother and son are very good, they live in a small courtyard, and there are servants and maids to serve them, I won't hurt them for the time being, but the premise is that you do things for me obediently, otherwise.... I'll throw your lady into the barracks first, you should know what thousands of hungry men will do to her, and then, your son.... I won't say it, you know what I mean. ”

Dugu Pingzhi couldn't believe the person in front of him, he actually said it lightly, even the devil was not as bad as him, Dugu Pingzhi felt a deep fear in his heart, thinking of his affectionate wife, thinking of his lovely son, he finally softened, swallowed and salivaed: "What does Your Highness want me to do?" ”

Li Yuanji nodded and smiled: "That's right, I'm right!" You don't have to be tortured, you will be convinced to do things for me, and I like the result. ”

Li Yuanji sat back in his seat, "I specifically inquired, the Dugu family has very strict requirements for industries in various places, and every expenditure on goods must be accounted for, I believe that you also have such a volume of accounts at the Gaonu Oil Well, I want these account volumes, including the signature and fingerprint of the person who transported the goods or picked up the goods, you know what I want." ”

Dugu Pingzhi bowed his head and was silent, of course he knew what Li Yuanji wanted, but the consequences were too serious, he betrayed the family!

Li Yuanji said again: "Don't take the matter so seriously, the Son of Heaven has long known that your family master has a secret connection with Zhang Xuan, otherwise where did the high slave fire oil on the battlefield come from, this little thing will not make your Dugu family destroy the nine clans, but I need to warn your family master that the Tang and Zhou wars are imminent, so let him stop doing this kind of stupid thing." ”

Where is Dugu Pingzhi willing to believe Li Yuanji's rhetoric, or silent, Li Yuanji suddenly grabbed his hair and said viciously: "You don't want to toast and don't eat and drink, I, Li Yuanji, have already given you face, otherwise let you see your son's hands, white and tender little hands, how about it?" ”

He turned around and shouted, "Chop off his son's left hand and send it!" ”

The big man turned around and left, Dugu Pingzhi suddenly collapsed, and shouted in horror: "Don't! Don't touch my son. ”

"Do you do it or don't you do it?"

"I do! I do! Dugu Pingzhi cried and agreed.

"Well, I'll give you a day, and I'll see your handwritten account by noon tomorrow."

"I'm not sure, I don't know if the account is still in the warehouse."

"I don't care about this, the lives of your son and lady are in your hands, you can do it yourself, if you can't send it before noon tomorrow, you can collect their bodies!"

After speaking, Li Yuanji waved his hand and asked his subordinates to escort Dugu Pingzhi out.

At this time, Cui Wenxiang walked out of the hut next to him and said with a smile: "The information provided by Dou Wei is very accurate, it seems that he has already had this plan, just borrowing our hands to clean up the Dugu family, this person is also cunning!" ”

Li Yuanji sneered, "Is my Li Yuanji's advantage so easy to take advantage of?" ”

Cui Wenxiang waved his hand and asked everyone around him to go down, only he and Li Yuanji were left in the room, Li Yuanji asked puzzledly, "What does Mr. want to say?" ”

Cui Wenxiang lowered his voice and said: "The Holy Lord wants the private army of the Guanlong nobles, this is His Highness's opportunity, His Highness must hold this army in his own hands, with this army, plus Xuanwu Jingwei, Guanzhong and Chang'an are in the hands of His Highness, at that time, His Royal Highness can't send the Son of Heaven as the Emperor?" ”

Li Yuanji's eyes gradually brightened, this is a devil hidden in the depths of his heart, under the constant urging of Cui Wenxiang, this devil is growing bigger and bigger, and the ambition to take the throne completely occupies Li Yuanji's heart.

Since his father already has the idea of abolishing the position of eldest brother and crown prince, why does he not have a chance to ascend the throne?

.........

On the afternoon of the next day, Li Yuanji officially visited Dugu Yu, the head of the Dugu family, and accompanied him by Shi Yuwenxin, the head of the Chu Palace, Yuwenxin was not Li Yuanji's confidant, nor was he a staff strategist, but because he had a good relationship with the Dugu family, Li Yuanji brought him with him officially.

Yu Wenxin knew that today's incident had nothing to do with him, he just sat on the side and drank tea, never saying a word.

Li Yuanji did not directly state his intentions, but took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I have too many things this year, I really don't know much about the changes in the Guanlong nobles, the day before yesterday I went to visit Dou Gong to know that there was a conflict within the Guanlong nobles, Dugu Gong is now the leader of the Guanlong nobles, I knew why I should visit Dou Gong?" ”

Dugu Yu was extremely disgusted with Li Yuanji, Yu Yun's father and son died in the hands of Li Yuanji, and they were so ruthless and vicious at a young age, I really don't know what retribution he deserves.

Although he was extremely disgusted in his heart, Dugu didn't want to cause trouble to himself, especially when Li Yuanji brought a small wooden box, which made him puzzled even more, restrained his inner dissatisfaction, and said to Li Yuanji: "Is it that the children or servants of the Dugu family have violated the ban, if so, please tell the old minister, and the old minister will definitely use the family law to severely punish him!" ”

"That's not true, although I strictly enforce the ban, but there are some measures that still have to be grasped, whether the Guanlong nobles are family members or servants, I basically didn't move, of course, the Yu Yun incident happened was not my intention, it was really too much pressure from my father, and some things would be difficult to end once they started."

Dugu usurped and admitted that Li Yuanji told the truth, Li Yuan was at least half responsible for the Yu Yun incident, if he hadn't indulged Li Yuanji, Li Yuanji would not have acted so recklessly, especially later Dugu Yu learned that the 'suspicion order' that made countless bankrupt families and families ruined turned out to be the secret order of the Son of Heaven, Dugu Yu saw Li Yuan's true face clearly, and there was a vicious heart hidden under the generosity and benevolence on the surface.

Dugu Yu didn't want to continue talking nonsense with Li Yuanji, so he simply picked up the topic, "Since His Highness said that he came to me for business, may I ask His Highness what is it for?" ”

"That's the case, my father gave me a task, let me raise some money and food to support the army, where can I go to raise it, think about it, I went to find Dou Gong, he was very happy, and promised to bear a part, but there is still a little gap, just see if Dugu Gong also expresses it here?"

Dugu had a premonition before, Li Yuanji came to the door to definitely be a weasel to give a New Year's greeting to the chicken, and now it seems that this is really the case, to put it nicely, Li Yuan asked him to raise money and food, isn't it just to release the blood of the Guanlong nobles again? And letting Li Yuanji come forward to raise money and food is itself an undisguised threat.

Dugu said coldly: "If I say that we can't get money and food, what does Your Highness plan to do?" ”