Chapter 439: Self-inflicted humiliation
Zhu Maichen felt wronged, but Liang Xiao didn't feel wronged. What the two of them were going to Jiangdu for, he could roughly guess. Looking at Yan Zhu's villain's triumphant appearance, he must have found some evidence against him, what is polite to them at this time?
Of course, even if Yan Zhu didn't do this, he didn't intend to let them go. Before going to Huainan, he discussed countermeasures with Liu Ling. Liu Ling may have dug the pit at this moment, just waiting for Yan Zhu to jump in.
This can't be blamed on him, only Yan Zhu can be blamed for being too stupid. If you want to hurt people, you have to choose a few reliable teammates. Liu Jian's kind of pig who specializes in pitting teammates can also be relied on? He has to be reliable, and the sow can go up the tree.
Since sooner or later you will have to tear your face, there is no need to pretend to be a humble gentleman now. Liang Xiao choked Yan Zhu in the most direct way, stabbed Zhu Maichen by the way, threw them down, and walked straight to Bachengyi.
Yan Zhu was furious, and immediately ordered his subordinates to speed up their pace and fight with Liang Xiao for the room in the post house.
Liang Xiao entered the post house, and Yi Cheng greeted him with a smile on his face, and arched his hand: "Liang Junhou, don't worry, the best room ......"
As soon as the words fell, Yan Zhu rushed over and said loudly, "I want it." ”
Liang Xiao turned his head and laughed silently, a little gloomy. "Don't understand the first-come, first-served rules?"
Yan Zhu sneered: "It's true that you come first and come first, but it also has to be divided into official or private affairs." ”
"Even if you have official business, when did the post house have a rule not to accept the princes who do private affairs?" Liang Xiao put his hands behind his back and said in a deep voice: "This dynasty lord is more important than the official, even if it is a court meeting, the feudal monarch is also before the hundred officials, why did he change the rules when he arrived at the post house?" ”
Yan Zhu's face was ugly. Liang Xiao is right, the court system is indeed more expensive than officials. Liang Xiao has the title of marquis, no matter where he goes, he is not comparable to a middle doctor. What's more, Liang Xiao also has the rank of a captain. He doesn't take advantage. There is no explicit rule that the post house is not allowed to receive feudal lords who have no official business, and he does so without any basis and is purely out of will.
If it were usual, with Yan Zhu's IQ, it would definitely not be like this. But today he was choked by Liang Xiao enough. I feel that I have Liang Xiao's handle in my hand, and I just want to report to the Son of Heaven when I return to Beijing, Liang Xiao is about to face a catastrophe.
Yan Zhu ignored Liang Xiao, pointed the finger at Yi Cheng, and scolded him sharply. "The post house is originally for the convenience of officials on official business, and the priorities are urgent, don't you know?"
Yicheng is not Liang Xiao. In the face of the menacing Yan Suke, Yi Cheng made a difficulty. On the one hand, there are princes with titles, and on the other hand, there are close ministers around the Son of Heaven, and no one can be offended by him.
Yi Cheng was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, bowing back and forth, hoping that one side would give him a step and let him not get caught in the middle and get angry.
Yan Zhu relied on the emperor's life and refused to give an inch.
Liang Xiao was really annoyed. waved his hand disdainfully. "Call me!"
"What did you say?" Yan Zhu was stunned, wondering if he had heard it wrong.
Liang Xiao ignored him. said to the Lang officials around Yan Zhu who were also surprised: "You have also seen that today it is not for me to embarrass you old colleagues, but it is really some people who are beyond their power and have to provoke me." If you are willing to give me face, go out on your own. If you don't give me face, don't blame me for being rude. Of course. If you want to protect him, you can show your skills, and I'll do it. ”
The Lang officials were still hesitating, Liang Xiao had already rushed over, and raising his hand was a slap. It slapped Yan Zhu in the face hard, followed by another flying kick, kicking Yan Zhu to the ground. Although his infantry combat skills are not as strong as Cha Niu'er and Pang Shuo, it is more than enough to beat Yan Zhu. Yan Zhu didn't have any chance to return the phone at all, so he was knocked to the ground.
Liang Xiao moved his hand, and Tu Niu'er and the others were naturally not to be outdone, and with a chaotic fist, Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen were beaten with blue noses and swollen eyes, and dragged them outside the post house.
The Lang officials were shocked, but no one dared to stand up for Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen. First, they don't like these two self-righteous scholars, and second, they know in their own hearts that if they really want to do it, they are not the opponents of Liang Xiao and others. Because of their duties, they just shouted loudly, but none of them really stepped forward, but someone took advantage of Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen's inattention and kicked them twice.
Liang Xiao sneered, looked down at Yan Zhu and said, "There is a kind of you who take another step in the door and don't break your legs, I don't have the surname Liang." ”
Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen thought that they were first-class in learning, but when they met a rough person like Liang Xiao, they were useless when they were full of economy, and they were beaten to the point that their heads were bleeding and they were embarrassed. How dare they enter the door again, and under the protection of the Lang officials, they hurried away.
Huan Yuan was a little puzzled. "If you don't like it, just ignore them, why be so violent?"
Liang Xiao smiled. "Master, don't worry, it's okay. I've long seen that they don't like it, and I haven't found a chance. If you want to fight, you have to fight now. When they are unlucky, it is inconvenient to start. ”
Huan Yuan thought about it and didn't say anything more. Although Liang Xiao is his disciple, Liang Xiao is much smarter than him when it comes to these tricks. When he was in Wu State, if Liang Xiao had such a method, why would he have fallen into such a field.
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The more Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen thought about it, the more aggrieved they became, and they didn't stay anymore, so they rushed back to Chang'an overnight and entered the palace to meet the Son of Heaven.
Seeing the appearance of Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen, the Son of Heaven was taken aback. "You ...... How did it come to this? ”
Yan Zhu and Zhu Maichen cried loudly, like their parents who had died. If Yan Zhu still has some acting elements, Zhu Maichen is really aggrieved. He's just lying down. Since the first time he met Liang Xiao, Liang Xiao has not given him a good face. A man in his fifties, who has read most of his life, finally survived and became a close minister of the Son of Heaven, but he was humiliated several times by a weak-crowned young man, and this time he was even beaten, where can he say his grievances?
Yan Zhu cried so much that he had a handful of snot and tears, and it took a long time to stop his sadness and tell him what had happened. He thought that the Son of Heaven would be furious, but he never thought that the Son of Heaven would just frown and look at them suspiciously.
"Get up." The Son of Heaven said: "Go wash your face first, deal with the injury, what kind of body does this look like?" ”
Yan Zhu listened to the wrong accent of the Son of Heaven, and he was suspicious in his heart, so he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to respond and go down to clean the wound first. The Son of Heaven called Guo Sheren on the side and asked him to ask the accompanying Lang Guan. Guo Sheren went. It didn't take long, and I came back to tell the Son of Heaven what happened. Although it is about the same as what Yan Zhu said, the responsibilities of the two sides are very different, especially the reason for the dispute, what Yan Zhu said and what the Lang officials said are fundamentally different things.
The Son of Heaven was very unhappy.
Wait for Yan Zhu to clean his wounds and return to the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven quietly asked about Yan Zhu's trip to Jiangdu. Although Yan Zhu felt that the reaction of the Son of Heaven was a little strange. But I didn't think much about it. In his opinion, although the Son of Heaven is young, he is confident, and he may want to seize the evidence of Liang Xiao's misdeeds in Jiangdu, and it is unknown if he is punished for several crimes.
The crime of bullying the king of Jiangdu must be much more serious than the fight among his colleagues.
Yan Zhu endured the pain and told the results of Jiangdu's investigation one by one. He had already written the recital, and at this moment he also offered it, a thick bundle.
The Son of Heaven listened very carefully and asked many questions. The face is getting more and more ugly.
Yan Zhu was secretly happy in his heart, and his expression became more and more sad, just waiting for the Son of Heaven to be angry, so as to add another fire and confirm Liang Xiao's crime.
"So, Dongou immigrants don't have a problem fleeing?"
"Most of the Dongou immigrants live and work in peace and contentment, and only a few are wild and difficult to change, and they are not happy with farming. Refused to accept the indoctrination and escaped by taking advantage of the gap. ”
The Son of Heaven dragged out his voice. His eyes have also become a little unkind. "Then Jiangduguo's Dongou household registration has gradually decreased over the years, what's going on?"
Yan Zhu chuckled in his heart. He immediately thought of someone: Zhang Tang. Could it be that Zhang Tang's little official went to the Son of Heaven to make irresponsible remarks? It wasn't in his plan at all. He has always regarded Liang Xiao as an opponent and has never considered Zhang Tang.
For a while, Yan Zhu was a little flustered. He has been serving the Son of Heaven for a long time, and he knows what the attitude of the Son of Heaven is towards those who deceive him.
Seeing Yan Suke's uneasy expression, the Son of Heaven was even more annoyed. He then asked about Liu Jian's situation. Yan Zhu has a ghost in his heart. Where do you dare to say anything more. It's just that he said a lot of good things for Liu Jian in the song, and now it's too late to change it.
Seeing that Yan Zhu's preface did not match the afterword, the Son of Heaven was not even in the mood to ask, and he was furious. "Yan Zhu, how much benefit have you received from Liu Jian. How can you turn black and white upside down so and deceive me? ”
Yan Zhu was shocked, fell to the ground, and claimed to be wronged.
"Wronged?" The Son of Heaven sneered: "Let me ask you, before you left Beijing, you went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to check the books and books of Jiangdu, did you have anything to hide when you returned?" ”
Yan Zhu opened his mouth and stammered, cold sweat dripping. Hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, if he still doesn't know what the problem is, then he really deserves to die. However, when he learned that the Son of Heaven sent him to Jiangdu not to expose Liang Xiao's lies as he imagined, but to verify his disloyalty, he was all weak, where did he still have the courage to argue.
"The minister is guilty, the minister is guilty."
"What are you guilty of?" The Son of Heaven's face was distorted and hideous.
"Minister...... The ministers are careless, unscrupulous, and ...... accepted a bribe from Liu Jian, but failed to do his best to the king's business. ”
Yan Zhu was waiting to talk about it, but the Son of Heaven really couldn't bear it, and shouted: "Yan Zhu, how long do you have to quibble?" How did I treat you, and you reciprocated Jun En like this? Where have you put my face? In the next court debate, can I still send you to reason with the ministers? ”
Yan Zhu sweated like rain and kowtowed again and again. He understood what the Son of Heaven meant, it was not a crime to deal with Liang Xiao, and it was not a crime to accept bribes, but bullying the king was unforgivable. What he did made the Son of Heaven lose face, and he may face the accusations of the courtiers, which is the problem.
He can only plead guilty.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Maichen was also frightened. Like Yan Zhu, he always thought that the Son of Heaven sent Yan Zhu to Jiang out of distrust of Liang Xiao. Now I know that the Son of Heaven is not Liang Xiao at all, but Yan Zhu himself. All their hard work was nothing but lifting a stone and shooting themselves in the foot.
Compared to this, what is Liang Xiao's slap in the Baling Post Fan? Maybe Liang Xiao already knew what happened to them, so he humiliated them unscrupulously. It's ridiculous that they hurried back to Chang'an to complain and throw themselves into the net.
Zhu Maichen wanted to cry without tears. It's really a success, and it's a strict help when you lose, this time he was killed by him-
(To be continued.) )
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