Chapter 19 The Conspiracy of the Horse Mansion
Behind the oil-sprinkled polo field of Jinggongfang, it is the residence of Yang Huan, the commander of the horses, with seven courtyards in and seven outs, pond pavilions in the courtyard, and pavilions with more than three floors.
At this moment, Yang Wei is entertaining guests on the top floor of the main house, the room is very well lit, and the entire side of the back garden is made of doors and windows, and the window lattice is very large, and it is framed with silk paste, which is the style used in the room design of later generations of Japan.
The room was covered with a red Persian carpet, and a pair of twin girls danced barefoot on it, and Yang Wei sat on the main seat with a wine utensil, watching indifferently. Sitting on either side of him were Luo Xingchang, the commander of the Jingzhao Mansion, Zheng Xiu, the secretary of the Right Yi Mansion of Jin Wuwei, Zhao Mu of Wannian County, and Zhang Hong, the lieutenant of Wannian County. These four people are all between the seventh and eighth ranks, and there is not much difference in rank, but there is a clear gap in position power.
Yang Wei looked handsome, graceful, and had the demeanor of his father Yang Shenjiao, he raised his head and poured a cup of wine into his stomach, lowered his head and flipped through the pages on the desk, then closed the pages and waved his hand to the two dancing girls.
The two girls stepped back with their hands crossed, walked out of the verandah outside, and pushed and pulled the lattice door tightly with their hands.
Yang Wei flipped through the pages of the book in his hand, and then said with a smile: "Lai Junchen can be described as a great talent who is good at playing with power, and with a Luo weaving scripture, he can strip out all the weaknesses and desires of people in the power field, just like stripping off a beautiful woman without scruples." ”
Zhao Mu, the county officer, slapped his palm on the right side and patted the horse: "The plan of the captain of the horse these days can also be called a master of fabricating charges." ”
Yang Yuma was very useful, put the book on the desk and said with a smile: "There, there, how can I compare to Junchen with this little brain, it's just to complete the mother's entrustment." Now the officials of Chang'an City know that there is a vision in the lotus pond of the East Palace, and a strange lotus flower blooms. Originally, this was nothing, and it was not auspicious, but it was able to secretly cooperate with the Tianlian believed in by the demons of Liquan County, a hundred miles away, and this was a godsend opportunity to bring down the prince. ”
He turned his head and asked Luo Xingchang beside him: "Luo joins the army, everything has been arranged?" After the demon Liu Gengsan was severely punished, he was a little delirious, who knows if he will suddenly retract his confession when he reaches a critical time, and there is no room for ambiguity in this matter. ”
Luo Xingchang crossed his hands solemnly and said: "Please rest assured, Captain Ma, all the content that needs to be confessed by Liu Gengsan is well memorized." His son is in our hands, this is the weakness of the demon, and his subordinates promised bait and his son's life as a guarantee, and he did not dare to repent. ”
These people regard the "Luo Weaving Sutra" as a classic and talk about conspiracy theories, which is indeed to put their ability to fabricate crimes into practice. The demons of Liquan County, a hundred miles away, came to make trouble in the name of the reincarnation of the Holy Lotus, and it happened that the prince's East Palace had grown a miraculous lotus, and these two plausible coincidences could be used to make a big fuss.
At that time, the demon leader Liu Zhicheng had been beheaded by the Xianyang County Order, and several party members were about to fall to the ground, but fortunately, Luo Xingchang arrived in time to save the last family of three, and got the case file in the hands of Xianyang Ling.
They made major changes to the dossier, and the last proverb left by Liu Zhicheng was also made up out of thin air by Luo Xingchang. Luo Xingchang took the revised file and escorted Liu Gengsan's family of three to Chang'an.
Unexpectedly, on the way to Chang'an, Luo Xingchang made meritorious contributions, and even instilled the lines of the conspiracy to frame the prince to Liu Gengsan in advance, which scared this person so much that he had no master, and he also had the idea of escaping.
Although Liu Gengsan was born in a household, he has learned some superficial gun and stick methods. At that time, Luo Xingchang secretly escorted his family of three from Yanxingmen to Chang'an City, Liu Gengsan suddenly had a seizure, and together with his wife and son, he injured several officials, and fled all the way to the Zoroastrian Temple in Jinggongfang, and kidnapped Sa Bao who was preaching in front of the believers.
Although Luo Xingchang pondered that conspiracy and trickery were his strengths, he couldn't deal with emergencies and arrest people, so he had to contact his accomplices everywhere, and even the Jinwuwei street patrol envoy was alarmed, so there was the scene where Zhang Xiaojing and Li Siye climbed over the wall to arrest people.
This matter is half successful, but there is still a need to wait, in order to force Liu Gengsan to memorize those framed confessions, Yang Yuma's comrades tortured him, and now is the time for long wounds, they try not to let people find traces of torture on Liu Gengsan's body.
As for Liu Gengsan's son, this is the thought they left for Liu Gengsan, and it is also the weakness that forced him to comply. Yang Xun and Luo Xingchang did not hesitate to promise to change their son's face and fabricate it as the household registration of Chang'an City, only for him to pour all the slander on the prince at the last moment.
Yang Wei still seemed a little uneasy, pondering the last few steps in their plan.
"The saint will definitely not come out to interrogate the demon himself, but if he pays attention to it, he will definitely send Gao Lishi to interrogate him. Gao Lishi, a eunuch, is not easy to fool, and he is not easy to influence, he seems to be only loyal to the saint, and treats the saint's concubine and the princess equally, and there will be no partiality at all. ”
Zheng Xiu, the secretary of the Right Yi Mansion, relieved beside him: "Don't worry, the horse commander, now that the file is in our hands, there is still the testimony of the demon, even if Gao Lishi has doubts, he can't find any doubts to refute us." ”
Yang Yuma sneered unceremoniously: "What do you know, Gao Lishi is the most cautious, he rushes to do the icing on the cake, and walks around the things that offend people, besides, he is not bad to the prince, and he will never easily believe what we say." ”
Luo Senjun pinched the wine cup and thought for a while, and finally said tentatively: "Captain Ma, I have a suggestion, just as the so-called public mouth is gold, and it is said that the evidence is not standing. Relying on Liu Gengsan to speak alone, I am afraid that he will be exposed in front of Gao Lishi. I suggest that two more shrewd men be dragged into the water, and the three of them will prove to each other that they will be foolproof. ”
Zhao Mu of Wannian County finally found an opportunity to speak, raised his eyes and looked at Yang Xun, and took the initiative to ask for him: "There are only three demon people left in Liquan County, one died when the Zoroastrian Temple was arrested, and Liu Gengsan's heirs were left to use as coercion, how to find two more people in the know to bite the prince to death, is there such a person?" ”
"Why not?" Luo Xingchang showed a gloomy smile at the corner of his mouth: "I remember that morning in the Zoroastrian Temple to arrest the demon, there were two Wannian County catchers who volunteered to go in to arrest them, but unfortunately these two people made meritorious contributions, and even interrogated the demon at the scene in advance, and asked what should not be asked, and these two people are now locked up in the prison of Jingzhao Mansion." ”
As soon as these words came out, the rest of the people nodded in agreement, which made a few traces of coldness ooze from the teeth of the county lieutenant Zhang Hong.
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Without waiting for Yang Juma to open his mouth to make a decision, Zhang Hong hurriedly shook his head and said: "Luo joins the army, don't do it, I know these two people well, they are both reckless people, it's okay to let them do it, if they let them move their mouths, I'm afraid that they will draw snakes and spoil the big things of the horses." ”
Luo Senjun sneered: "If it is really a reckless person, it would be better, it would be easier for Gao Lishi to believe their words at that time, but I am afraid that these two people are still quite scheming." They don't know all about Yang Yuma's plan, but they must also have some insight. The subordinates were afraid that they would talk too much, and they were temporarily imprisoned in the prison cell of Jingzhao Mansion, but what the future would be, I was afraid that it was uncertain, so it was better to simply let them go into the water and use them as a tongue to slander the prince. ”
Yang Xun, the commander of the horses, nodded again and again when he heard this, but Zhang Hong, the county lieutenant, was deeply worried in his heart, he knew that once Zhang Xiaojing participated in the conspiracy to frame the prince, he would eventually be killed.
A plan to subvert the prince, it is normal to piggyback on a few small fish and shrimp, the newly recruited bad guy Li will die if he dies, Zhang Xiaojing can't die, it is not easy to find a shrewd and capable subordinate, this Zhang Xiaojing has been in office in Wannian County for less than half a year, and he has already suppressed the large and small gangs and ruffians on the ground, how can it be so easy to get the nickname of a five-honored Yama? Cutting off Zhang Xiaojing is equivalent to cutting off his hands and feet.
"Donkey, this Zhang Xiaojing is a bad person, he is not afraid of heaven and earth, he is not afraid of pulling such a person into the water, and he is afraid of causing trouble."
Yang Wei turned his head to look at Zhang Hong and frowned, but Luo Xingchang's sneer attracted his attention again: "There is no one in the world who is not afraid!" Zhang Hong, I know that you are favoring your subordinates, but for the sake of the big thing of the horse, even if Zhang Xiaojing is useful, you have to give it up. ”
Luo Xingchang's agitation was effective, and Yang Xun's face really turned cold. He has the noble bearing of the Yang family, even if he is dissatisfied, he still has no anger when he speaks.
"County Lieutenant Zhang, this is not a matter for me Yang Wei alone, this is related to the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also related to the future of your net worth and mine. I don't want to miss the opportunity because of a small omission, and since these two people know the whole thing, let's drag them in and do things for us, as well as to protect themselves. ”
"County Lieutenant Zhang, Zhang Xiaojing is your person, you will arrange his affairs, let him prepare, and explain the stakes to him."
Yang Juma pressed his hand on Zhang Hong's shoulder, and although the fingers looked slender and weak, they were very oppressive. Zhang Hong, the county lieutenant, couldn't say a word of rebuttal, because he had already complied.
The four of them left through the back door of the Horse Mansion, and they saw Princess Xianyi in the corridor opposite the Qingquan Pond, this princess had the deepest favor of Emperor Xuanzong, she was not as cunning and wise as Yang Hui, and she hardly participated in the conspiracy between the queen mother and her husband.
She looked at everyone and only bowed slightly, and then looked up at her husband on the balcony, smiling sweetly, but deeply worried.
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