Chapter 43 Internal and External Difficulties
Feng Zidu took the painting handed by Fan Mingyou and looked at it carefully and repeatedly, and said lightly in the expectant eyes of everyone: "I don't see what it means." β
Huo Yu was relieved: "Look slowly, look slowly, you will figure out what it means." β
Huo Yun sneered and said, "When I figure out what it means, maybe it's already boring." β
Feng Zidu's eyelids jumped, and his face became more and more gloomy.
Huo Yu sensed Feng Zidu's displeasure and was thinking about how to resolve the embarrassment, when the servant brought wine and food, he got up and arranged the plating, and the atmosphere in the room was relaxed, and everyone greeted each other to drink wine and eat meat.
Feng Zidu didn't move, just took a shallow sip of wine, and when everyone was full of food and drink, he still sat expressionlessly.
Fan Mingyou wiped his mouth and said, "Feng Jun, what do you think Chun Yu should do?" β
Feng Zidu didn't speak, and when the servants put away the cups and plates, everyone was quiet, and then they sat down and said slowly: "Our Huo family, although it is quite beautiful at the moment, it is actually difficult at home and abroad. β
He raised his eyes and glanced at the crowd, taking in everyone's depressed expressions, and said slowly: "Those who are trapped inside, Chun Yu Jiye, those who are trapped outside, Wei Xiangye." β
"Wei Xiang?" Fan Minh Woo asked puzzled.
Huo Yu leaned sideways and approached him, and said, "You don't know these days, Wei Xiang has been trying to persuade the emperor to weaken the power of Huo Fu, and the emperor issued an edict the day before yesterday to abolish Huo Shan's right to be the first to open the deputy seal. β
Huo Shan interjected: "Wei Xiang and Huo Fu have a grudge against each other. β
Fan Mingyou didn't know much about that period of the past, and only after listening to Huo Shan's account did he know the ins and outs of the matter.
At that time, Wei Xiangren was quite strict in Henan Taishou County, and the son of Prime Minister Tian Qianqiu was the Luoyang Arsenal Order, which was his subordinate. Later, Tian Qianqiu died, and his son was worried that he would have no support, and if he made a mistake, he would be punished by Wei Xiang, so he abandoned his official position. Huo Guang had a very close relationship with Tian Qianqiu, and when he learned about this, he thought that Wei Xiang was narrow-minded and rejected dissidents, and said to others that this Henan Taishou rejected his son when he saw that the prime minister was gone, which was too shallow. Later, he found an excuse to put Wei in Tingwei Prison, and he didn't come out until the winter when he was amnesty.
Huo Yu looked worried: "The biggest threat to our Huo family at the moment is these two people, Chun Yuji and Wei Xiang, who may put us to death." He sighed again: "How is this good." β
Huo Shan said hatefully: "Now that the emperor is quite powerful, and he is trusted by the emperor, he has changed all the decrees made by the general when he was alive. Before, some Confucian scholars accused us of being arrogant and domineering, and their words were fierce, but I suppressed them and did not perform them. Now the emperor asked Zhongshu Ling to take these books and texts directly, and did not go through Shangshutai, which clearly did not trust us. β
Everyone looked stunned and was speechless for a while.
Feng Zidu said faintly: "Chun Yu is not afraid, Wei Xiang is not afraid. An emperor is an emperor after all. β
Everyone couldn't understand, but looking at Feng Zidu's appearance as if there was no one around, no one asked.
Fan Mingyou carefully reminisced, seemed to have an understanding, looked up at Feng Zidu, Feng Zidu also happened to look over, and the two eyes met.
Fan Mingyou was surprised to find that there was a hint of a smile in Feng Zidu's eyes. He was still wondering what the meaning of this smile was, but he heard Huo Shan say loudly: "Kill Chun Yu first, and then deal with Wei Xiang, with the power of our court, the emperor can't help it." β
Feng Zidu didn't raise his head, as if he was talking to himself: "The emperor can't help it." Hehe, the emperor can't help it. With that, he stood up, and slowly walked out of the inner room with his hands under the surprised gaze of a room of people.
Huo Yun stood up suddenly, pointed to Feng Zidu's back, and said with disdain: "Look at it, look at it, who wouldn't pretend to be mysterious." β
Huo Yu raised his hand to beckon him to sit down, and said, "Let's discuss it first." β
Huo Yun said angrily: "What is there to discuss, kill ghosts when you meet ghosts, kill gods when you meet gods." β
Fan Mingyou was very helpless when he heard this, glanced at him, and said, "We do all these things to avoid trouble, not to cause trouble." β
Huo Yu said: "Mingyou is right. We only want to avoid trouble, and we must act in a measured manner. β
Huo Yun was still not convinced, and said, "The general is gone." At present, the emperor is in power, if he knew that Xu Pingjun's death was committed by the Huo family, would he still swallow his anger? It's a disaster that can't be avoided. β
Everyone was silent, each thinking about his thoughts. After a while, Fan Mingyou looked up and glanced around, and said slowly and carefully: "Chun Yu is a felony suspect, but he has been sent to Tingwei for the case." If he is killed, it will inevitably alarm the Tingwei Mansion, and he will be investigated, and the consequences are unpredictable. β
He thought for a while, and then said: "Now we people know Chun Yuji's life experience, and the outside world doesn't know. Once something happens, the Tingwei Mansion will find out, Chun Yuji's life experience will be known to the world, some people will think of Chun Yuyan, the past of Xu Pingjun's death will be revealed, and the emperor will also participate. In this case, we will not be able to control the situation, and what we want to hide will be revealed to the world.
"Besides, we haven't gotten the talisman yet, and if something gets bigger, we might be found by someone else." He subconsciously raised his voice.
Huo Yu pondered for a long time, looked up to the sky and sighed, and said weakly: "The three dynasties of the Huo family are powerful, will they be annihilated in our hands." β
Fan Mingyou glanced at him and thought to himself, the head of the Huo Mansion is also so cowardly, and there is still a little bit of the spirit of the general who looked down on the world back then, and it seems that the decline of the Huo family is a matter of time.
Thinking about it again, when the general was alive, he loved me a lot, entrusted me with important tasks, and recruited me as a son-in-law. Now that the Huo clan is in a difficult situation at home and abroad, it is difficult for me to protect it, so I have not failed the general's expectations.
In an instant, he, a man who was once resolute and brave, was also full of sorrow and burst into tears.
Huo Yu was very surprised when he saw him with such an expression. Fan Mingyou noticed it, rubbed his eyes, and covered up: "Just now I suddenly thought of an old man in the Western Regions, and my heart was sad. β
Huo Yun said dissatisfiedly: "When is it now, what are you still thinking about the old people in the Western Regions." β
Huo Yu frowned, glanced at Huo Yun with a reproachful gaze, then turned his face and smiled: "Mingyou, you went to Shuofang this time, it was very hard, and you didn't rest when you came back, so you came over to discuss, and you did your best for the Huo family." β
Fan Mingyou said indifferently: "I am also the Huo family. β
Huo Shan became active when he heard this, and said; "The emperor is also the son-in-law of the Huo family, and the queen mother is the granddaughter of the Huo family, they are all members of the Huo family, are we scaring ourselves."
Fan Mingyou sighed in his heart, Huo Shan, you are the Marquis of Leping, and you are still so naΓ―ve. He seemed to be casually saying, "Marquis Leping, you should know that the emperor once issued an edict asking for a sword in the past. Huo Shan was speechless.
Huo Yu interrupted them and asked, "Mingyou, what should you do for us?"
Fan Mingyou thought for a moment and said, "Chun Yu may be like what we just analyzed, Fu Chuan is not on him, and he doesn't know anything about what his aunt does. However, after this change, he may guess something. This time, he took the crime to Chang'an, and on September 15 he went to the Tingweifu to await trial. It's only late August, and in the meantime, we don't have to alarm him, but keep an eye on his every move, and if there is anything unusual, we will deal with it. β
Huo Yu nodded in agreement and said, "The biggest threat to us is that talisman, and it is best to find that talisman." However, whether he finds it or not, when Chun Yu arrives in Chang'an, he will let the Tingwei Mansion convict him and behead him to prevent future troubles. At the moment, we still have to deal with Wei Xiang, otherwise he will continue to provoke the emperor and suppress our forces in the court. β
Everyone nodded yes, and Huo Shan asked, "How to deal with that Wei Xiang?" He's the emperor's favorite. β
Huo Yu smiled and said, "There are still favored ministers by the emperor's side. Everyone was puzzled, so he prompted: "I still remember what Feng Zi said when Zhao Guanghan came to ask for a peacock." β
Huo Shan tilted his head and tried to recall, and said hesitantly: "He said to kill people with a knife." Suddenly, he suddenly realized and said, "Let that person kill this person." β