Chapter 301: News Coming
The next day, Li Hong was packing up, and received news from Chang'an, saying that Di Renjie's plan had been successful, and the people of Liu Ju Group saved Liu Ju in Chang'an City, which caused the public indignation of the people, and the people of Chang'an were very disgusted with Buddhism after knowing that Liu Ju was the reincarnation of the Buddha, and this trend would have spread to Luoyang in a few days, and it would inevitably affect the construction of the White Horse Temple.
Li Hong heard the news, the corners of his mouth showed a faint smile, he didn't know how much trouble this news would cause to the construction of the White Horse Temple after it reached Luoyang, at least in Chang'an City Di Renjie's plan was successful, no one will believe in Buddhism again, this is a great help for Li Hong to establish the state religion and open the state religion college, as long as the state religion can gain a firm foothold in Chang'an City, Li Hong believes that the state religion will be quickly established in the Tang Prefecture west of Chang'an, as for the states and counties east of Luoyang, it depends on the strength of the Wuhou strike. In fact, to tell the truth, because Buddhism came from India, it was more prosperous in the southern states and counties of the Tang Dynasty than in the north, and in the Sui Dynasty, because Queen Dugu believed in Buddhism, and the eldest grandson queen of the Tang Taizong period also believed in Buddhism, so that Buddhism flourished in the north, especially in Chang'an City, the Sui and Tang dynasties built a lot of large-scale monasteries, like the Great Solemn Temple and the Great Ci'en Temple, so this time Li Hong used Liu Ju to hit the faith of Buddhism in Chang'an, and he received good results.
When he was in a good mood, Li Hong called Wei Chi Xunyan and Cheng Dazhi, as well as Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng and Feng Jingyao to the mansion, and he wanted to talk to a few people one last time before leaving.
Li Hong is not without henchmen in Luoyang, but he is not ready to see them at this juncture, just like Zhang Jizhi and Li Qiao and others, because he doesn't want to cause dissatisfaction and suppression of the Empress Wu because he met them, to be honest, he can suppress whoever he wants to suppress in Luoyang Empress Wu, even Li Hong can't stop it.
Now Li Qiao and Zhang Zhizhi's abilities are very prominent, Gaozong values them very much, and Empress Wu also has the intention of wooing them, so he did not suppress them, but let them display their talents with confidence, coupled with Xu Jingzong's care, the two of them mixed well.
If Li Hong suddenly saw them at this time, it would only make Empress Wu give up the idea of fighting for them and taking them for his own use, so that they would be suppressed by Empress Wu, which would not be beneficial to the two of them or Li Hong.
Therefore, before Li Hong came to Luoyang, he had already sent a message to Zhang Jizhi and Li Qiao through Yu Linwei, asking them not to come to see him after he arrived in Luoyang, as if he didn't know anything.
For the character of Li Qiao and Zhang Jizhi, Li Hong believes very much.
Especially the loyalty of the two, Li Hong has no doubts about Li Tang Jiangshan's loyalty.
It was precisely because of this that he dared to ask Li Qiao and Zhang Jizhi not to come to see him after he arrived in Luoyang, and let them give full play to their talents, so that they could support themselves after they were in a high position. If Zhang Jizhi and Li Qiao wanted to mess with Empress Wu, wanted to strive to be the prime minister, and then dealt with Empress Wu in turn, Li Hong would not object.
Because, Li Hong does not doubt the loyalty of the two to himself, which is the real reason why Li Hong is very relieved to use two people and cultivate two people in this way.
If you meet a person with a backbone in the back of his head, no matter how talented he is, Li Hong will not use it, because Li Hong doesn't want to be stabbed in the back.
When Wei Chi Xunyan and Cheng Dazhi arrived in the hall, Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng, and Feng Jingyao had not yet arrived, because they were now doing a big thing, that is, leading the elite of the Green Gang to slaughter Confucian Sheng's subordinates, to be precise, it was to slaughter part of the secret guard strength that Li Jing had worked so hard to cultivate.
Li Ji, as a veteran minister, and a minister arranged by Taizong when he was dying, was favored by Gaozong, he did have a bit of a family background, based on his own private soldiers, to form a secret guard team, but he didn't expect to be slaughtered by Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng, and Feng Jingyao this time.
Outside Luoyang City, in a manor, the two sides were already tense.
"You're a Confucian student?" Xu Wenqiang's eyes flashed with a cold light, staring at Confucius and asking.
Confucian Sheng nodded slightly, and sneered, "I wanted to lure you into the bait and kill you again, but I didn't expect you to take the initiative to come to the door, it's really bold!" ”
"You think we're going to be scared of you?" Du Yuesheng said gloomily, "I'm afraid of you, I'm afraid of the forces behind you, we won't come, since we're here, we're ready to destroy you and bear the retaliation of the forces behind you." ”
"That's because you don't know who he is, and if you do, will you still be as calm as you are now?" Confucian said, he smiled, and looked at Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng, and Feng Jingyao, and the smile on his face became even stronger.
"Who is it? We now ask, would you like to say? Feng Jingyao asked, he couldn't believe that the other party would tell his group who the force behind him was, because the other party was not stupid and would not take the initiative to reveal his identity, what was the difference between this and looking for death?
"The owner of our house is none other than the old man of England. Now, do you still think that you will destroy me and our men? "Confucian scholars actually told the truth.
Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng and Feng Jingyao were all stupid.
This, who doesn't know who the British Gong Li Ji is?
Is it true? The three of them are really not sure, what if they do? Li Ji's prestige and identity are not something that Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng, and Feng Jingyao can provoke.
When Confucian saw Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng, and Feng Jingyao, a victorious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Actually, he didn't want to tell Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng, and Feng Jingyao about this secret, but he couldn't help it, he didn't expect Xu Wenqiang to find them, so he was not well prepared, he just said that, he was just scaring the three of them, so he moved out of Li Ji, and wanted to use Li Ji's identity to suppress the three of them, so that the three of them could retreat.
As long as he dodges this time, he will have a way to get rid of the three.
If he can't hide this time, half of Li Ji's secret guards will all be folded here, he just leaves alive, and he knows what the end will be, not that he dies alone, but that his entire family will be buried together.
Now, seeing that Xu Wenqiang, Du Yuesheng, and Feng Jingyao all believed his words, Confucian Sheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, as long as the three of them believed it and made sure that they were against Li Ji, he would not be afraid, even if he was defeated by the three of them, he escaped alone, and he also had a statement with Li Ji.
"Grass, your uncle, who is the British duke, it would be your idea, you are not sick in the brain, right? Dare to pretend to be someone from the British government, do you want to destroy the Nine Clans? Du Yuesheng suddenly shouted, he didn't give Xu Wenqiang a chance to speak, so he decisively gave an order, "Brothers, kill them, arrest Confucian, and hand him over to the government to receive the reward." ”
After Du Yuesheng finished speaking, he was the first to rush to the money.
Although Xu Wenqiang didn't understand why Du Yuesheng was wise and Confucius didn't seem to be lying to them, why he rushed forward, he still chose to believe Du Yuesheng and led his men to kill Confucius and the people in the manor