Chapter 222: Dividing and Winning Revenge
The book continues from the above, and the last book said that after Chu Mofeng dealt with the murder case of Guo Jieyu, he luckily escaped the 'pursuit' of Li Yue, the princess of Danyang, twice, and then learned that Li Jiancheng wanted to invite the peers of the Li family to a banquet, in order to prevent Li Jiancheng from poisoning during the banquet, Chu Mofeng handed over the elixir prepared by Mo Ziyao to Li Shimin, who knew that Li Shimin was actually hit by one of the world's strange poisons because of a glass of wine from the Western Regions.
Seeing that Li Shimin's life was in danger, Mo Ziyao, who came for diagnosis and treatment, proposed that a Hantan flower was needed to prepare an antidote, and after some discussion, Chu Mofeng held the attitude of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and went to the cliff cave near the Valhalla alone to find the Hantan flower that Mo Ziyao said.
Fortunately, God has eyes, Chu Mofeng endured the invasion of Hantan water in the cave of the cliff, and finally succeeded in obtaining the Hantan flower, and then under Mo Ziyao's careful deployment, Li Shimin finally turned the corner from danger. Li Jiancheng, who learned of this, immediately became angry, and after being furious, he ordered someone to call 'Mr.' to prepare to discuss the plan again.
In the study room of the East Palace, the man wearing a hood sat quietly opposite Li Jiancheng, playing with the teacup in his hand with great interest. ”
"Previously, His Highness had always warned His Highness that poisoning was an unpopular method, and as His Highness, he categorically couldn't do it, so why did His Highness never listen to the advice. The person who was called 'Sir' revealed a trace of anger in his tone, "Rumeng Fanchen is not incurable, I once heard His Highness say that there is a medical master next to the other party, if it is not bad as expected, this time it must be the handiwork of that medical master." ”
Li Jiancheng got up and paced back and forth a few steps, then turned around and sat down to look at the 'gentleman', "The matter has come to this point, what should this king do?"
"Your Highness should still follow the previous plan to divide and win over his subordinates, and if necessary, he can strike at some people to deter the other party. I saw that 'gentleman' smiled sadly, "Although it is said that the thief captures the king first, if you don't cut off his right arm, how can you capture this King of Qin?"
"What Mr. said is very true, in this case, who is divided, co-opted, and suppressed, please ask Mr. for some advice. As soon as Li Jiancheng heard that the strategy proposed by the other party was the direction he was good at, all his previous anger disappeared, and he stepped forward to ask for advice with great interest.
I saw a piece of paper floating on the table, and then the gentleman pointed to the names of the people on it and analyzed them to Li Jiancheng one by one.
In the residence of Li Yuanji in the apse of Wude Palace, the owner of this place Li Yuanji is not here at the moment, only the princess of Qi Yang Qimei is sitting in the house bored, since the first year of Wude married Li Yuanji for the purpose of political marriage, at first Li Yuanji still pity himself in every way, who knows that as the days go by, Li Yuanji gradually reveals his true nature, alcoholism, greed for flowers, and it is rumored that her husband seems to be a little unclear with the concubines of the harem, which makes Yang Yuanji, who is twenty years old, inevitably a little sad and sad.
In the side room in the house, the personal maid Shen'er was packing up the tea set, only to hear the voice of her master from the outhouse, "Shen'er, is there any interesting news outside recently?"
"Princess, a few days ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince held a banquet, but later His Royal Highness the King of Qin vomited blood because of his alcohol, for which His Majesty also reprimanded His Royal Highness the Prince. I saw Shen'er put down the work in his hand, poked out a small head from the door, and looked at Yang Qimei with a pair of big eyes.
Yang Qimei, who was playing with the jade Ruyi in her hand, suddenly felt shocked after hearing the words 'His Royal Highness the King of Qin', and the jade Ruyi in her hand almost fell to the ground. After stabilizing her flustered emotions, Yang Qimei tried her best to keep herself calm and said, "What happened later?
"Your Royal Highness, don't you know, but later, it was the side princess of King Xian who cured His Royal Highness King Qin, and the people below said that Princess Xian was even more powerful than our imperial doctor. Listening to Shen'er's words, Yang Qimei couldn't help but feel a little happy in her heart, fortunately he was fine, otherwise she really didn't know what to do.
On the other side, Li Yuanji is in the Water Floc Palace at the moment, the originally elegant and tranquil Shui Flo Palace, but at this time it is full of filth and filth, the two smooth bodies are intertwined, exuding a salty smell, after a while, Li Yuanji hugged the person in his arms and whispered: "The eldest brother means that you still need to talk a lot about my self-righteous second brother in front of your father." ”
"Cheng, does Sister Yin know about this?" Zhang Jieyu, who was originally dignified and generous, has no image at all at this moment, like an old bustard in the Goolan courtyard, and smiled at Li Yuanji flatteringly, "Why don't you predict Sister Yin?"
"You little goblin asked knowingly, it's not the master, I miss you the most. Li Yuanji smiled at Zhang Jieyu when he heard this, and at the moment when they were tightly closed, the two were entangled again.
As everyone knows, it is not that Li Yuanji does not go to Concubine Yin De, but at this moment, a scene in the Water Floc Palace is also being staged, but the situation is more intense than that of the Shui Flo Palace. After a period of clouds and rain, Li Jiancheng looked at Concubine Yin De's smooth and white body, and couldn't help but sigh: "Why didn't I meet you at the beginning? If I met you at that time, I would definitely accept you." ”
Concubine Yin De, who was lustful by nature, let her concubine watch and laugh without any restraint at this moment, and then turned around to show the beauty of the large area in front of her, and said with a slight smile: "Isn't it good to be like this now?"
Thinking that he didn't have to be responsible, and he could still have fun in time, the gloom of the past few days was instantly forgotten by Li Jiancheng, "That's right, but I still need you to beat the drum in front of my father and emperor recently, so as not to let my second brother live too peacefully." ”
I saw Concubine Yin Defei nodded, and then looked at Li Jiancheng evilly and said, "It depends on how you repay me." After speaking, he hooked his finger at Li Jiancheng, only to see Li Jiancheng smile first, and then get up and pounce......
In view of the power of the pillow wind, Li Yuan became more and more disgusted with Li Shimin, but thinking of Li Shimin's great military exploits, Li Yuan was a little unbearable, and after thinking about it, he took advantage of the end of the morning to leave Li Shimin behind.
Hearing that Li Yuan had something to say to him, Li Shimin immediately nodded, and then glanced at Chu Mofeng, Chu Mofeng nodded vaguely when he saw this, and then Li Shimin came straight to the back garden under the guidance of Wang De.
The garden is full of fragrant flowers, Li Yuan is standing in a bright yellow dragon robe, just from the back can see that the supreme ruler of the Tang Dynasty is already exhausted, hearing the footsteps behind him, Li Yuan turned around and waved his hand to Wang De, and then said as if talking to himself: "I remember when you were a child, we also had such a garden in our hometown house, when you were still young, every day after I returned to the mansion, I saw your brothers and sisters playing there, and I couldn't tell the joy in my heart." ”
"Yes, at that time, Xuanba was also there, Zhiyun was also there, and Xiuning was also there, but time has passed, and the three of them have long since passed away. Hearing Li Yuan mention the incident when he was a child, Li Shimin couldn't help but secretly become vigilant in his heart, thinking to himself what his father was going to do? Could it be that the crown prince and the king of Qi said something in his ear.
"The three most correct things I, Li Yuan, have done in my life, one is to insist on raising troops in Longxing, the second is to give birth to a good son like you, and the third is to recruit Mo Feng, a good son-in-law. These are three things that I am proud of to this day. Speaking of this, Li Yuan sighed, then turned to look at Li Shimin, his eyes revealed a little helplessness and guilt, "When you rebelled in Jinyang, you were the first to make a plan; When I entered the capital to establish the world, I was going to set you up, but you resolutely pushed it to be built, and I fulfilled your good intentions. It has been many years since he entered the East Palace, and I really can't bear to take his position as the crown prince. ”
Hearing this, Li Shimin realized that Li Yuan's voice was full of emotion today, just to tell himself that the replacement of the prince would no longer work, although Chu Mofeng had already informed himself of the results before, but there was still a trace of luck in his heart, and now, this trace of luck was also destroyed, thinking of this Li Shimin sighed secretly, looked at the butterflies flying up and down in the flowers, and said: "Father and emperor may as well say it directly, since you and I are father and son, then the conversation does not have to be so tactful." ”
"I asked Chu Boy before, if he is my eldest son, it is estimated that your brothers will not have a chance to compete for the crown, but unfortunately he is not, and I see that there is no way to restore the past between you and Jiancheng and Yuanji. The jade staff in Li Yuan's hand knocked on the ground, "Do you remember the story I told you about King Liang Xiao last year? I have long wanted to follow the example of Emperor Wen of Han and place you like King Liang Xiao." Now that this is the case, you will go back to your line and garrison Luoyang, and you will preside over it from the east of Shaanxi. I still order you to build a guard of honor for the Son of Heaven, just like King Liang Xiao did back then. Do you think that's the right arrangement?"
If this was three years ago, after hearing Li Yuan's words, Li Shimin would definitely cry bitterly, but at this time, Li Shimin was already insensitive to Li Yuan's indecision, and immediately said in a firm tone: "Since my father has made this decision, then I might as well let my son go back and discuss with his subordinates, and my son also wants to ask Chu Xiaozi's opinion, tomorrow my son will definitely give his father an answer, I don't know what my father wants?"
Just when Li Yuan and Li Shimin's father and son were heart-to-heart, Chu Mofeng, who was standing outside the Taiji Hall and waiting for Li Shimin, looked at the person in front of him at this moment, and the indescribable boredom in his heart was for no other reason, because this person was Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, I saw Li Yuanji arching his hand to Chu Mofeng and said, "I don't know what you think of my eldest brother's suggestion?"
"No opinion, you go back and tell your eldest brother, I definitely will not fulfill the promise he made, when His Majesty is in the future with him, I will dismiss the Tiance army and take my family away from the capital, after all, he Li Jiancheng is not worthy of my assistance. Li Yuanji came this time to recruit himself instead of Li Jiancheng, to put it bluntly, it was to demolish Li Shimin's platform, Li Jiancheng promised himself the post of secretary of the military department, which made Chu Mofeng inevitably a little sneering.
He still has a number of pounds and taels in his heart, and the next emperor doesn't know who will kill the deer, Li Jiancheng is so anxious to win himself over this time, so that Chu Mofeng can't help but have a trace of vigilance, listening to Li Yuanji's noise in his ear, Chu Mofeng remembered Chen Jingqing's death, and wanted to knock it down to the bottom of the steps with a punch, but after thinking about it, it was better to turn a blind eye than to be angry.
Who knows that people don't have the intention of beating dogs, dogs have devouring people's hearts, only to hear Li Yuanji snort coldly, "Don't toast and don't eat and drink, my eldest brother is willing to give you a place to stay, and it is also for the sake of your repeated military exploits for Datang, otherwise who do you think you are?"
Chu Mofeng rushed to Li Yuanji with an arrow step, and said to him coldly: "I said His Royal Highness King Qi, when we are doing our best for the Tang Dynasty, what are you and your so-called eldest brother doing? drinking?
Then Chu Mofeng waved his hand impatiently and motioned for Li Yuanji to go away, seeing that the solicitation was unsuccessful, Li Yuanji immediately snorted coldly and left the place resentfully. Here, Li Yuanji just walked with his front foot, and then Li Shimin walked out with a calm face.
Seeing this, Chu Mofeng greeted him, and asked with a calm face, "Is Your Majesty going to transfer you to Luoyang?"
"Hmm, how do you know?" Hearing Chu Mofeng point out the key points of his conversation with Li Yuan, Li Shimin couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Could it be that you already knew?"
"Big brother, can you use your brains? Last time, His Majesty proposed something about King Liang Xiao and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, I felt that something was wrong, and then I went back to check it out before I knew this allusion, after you were poisoned this time, Your Majesty would definitely move this idea, and this is still a guess code?" dragging Li Shimin towards the outside of the palace, Chu Mofeng said with some amusement: "Just tell me, do you want to go or don't want to go?"
"If you don't leave, you can clear the king's side, and if you go and come back, it's really a usurpation, do you think I want to go or don't want to go?" I only heard Li Shimin sigh faintly, and his face showed a little loneliness, "But depending on the meaning of my father, I must be allowed to go, do you have any good ideas?"
"The plan is calculated, and the retreat is the advance. In fact, since Li Shimin came out, Chu Mofeng has been thinking about how to solve the situation in front of him in his mind, and at this time, he is probably thinking about it, and then said coldly: "You can go back later and gather the people of Tiance Mansion under your command and say this to them." After seeing Chu Mofeng whispering in Li Shimin's ear, Li Shimin immediately laughed.
Then Li Shimin returned to the Chengqian Palace, and summoned all his subordinates Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chi Jingde, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Hou Junji and others to the Chengqian Palace, and said Chu Mofeng's original words to everyone word for word, and then Li Shimin said with a solemn face: " Since Your Majesty asked us to return to the Eastern Capital, it is actually a good thing, at least we are more comfortable over there, there are a lot less constraints, and we can do a lot of things, so tomorrow I am ready to return to Your Majesty to agree to this matter, and from tomorrow you will each go back to the house to pack up your things, and we will leave immediately after my order. ”
That night, Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng, as well as Hou Junji and the 'gentleman' gathered in the study of the East Palace, only to see Hou Junji arch his hand at Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji and said: "Your Royal Highness, please quickly let the people under the command of the two of you write to Your Majesty tomorrow, and withdraw the will to send the King of Qin to Luoyang. ”
Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji didn't speak after hearing this, but looked at the 'gentleman' opposite in unison, only to see this person snort coldly and said: "What he Li Shimin thinks is too simple, if he really lets him return to Luoyang, then all the army land around Luoyang will be taken into his pocket, wouldn't it really be his wish." ”
After listening to the words of 'Mr.', Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng immediately understood what to do, and sure enough, on the second day, the two fell into Chu Mofeng's trap and instructed his subordinates to secretly play Li Yuan, saying that most of the people around King Qin were from Shandong, and when they heard that they were going to Luoyang, they were all so happy that they were about to jump up, looking at them like that, I am afraid that they will never come back.
After hearing this, Li Yuan repented again, so he ordered Li Shimin to stay in the capital. Soon, because the harem said a lot of bad things about Li Shimin, Li Yuan became suspicious of Li Shimin again.
Subsequently, Li Jiancheng played Li Yuan again in accordance with the strategy of 'Mr.', saying that Cheng Yanjin, the general of the Qin Mansion, had the talent to dominate and could be transferred to the history of Kangzhou. In view of the fact that Li Jiancheng played once last year, who knew that Cheng Biting Jin refused to carry it out, and Li Yuan had no choice but to turn a blind eye because of Chu Mofeng's face, this time Li Jiancheng played again, but was rejected by Li Yuan in court.
Seeing that the division could not be achieved, he chose Wei Chi Jingde as the target of wooing, and Li Jiancheng personally wrote a secret letter to Jingde, which said: "I hope to be able to get the favor of the elders and establish friendship with the common people, which can meet my expectations." The letter also brought a cart of gold and silver objects.
But Jingde rejected both the letter and the gift. "My lieutenant Chi Jingde was just an iron striker back then, and when I first met His Royal Highness King Xian, I didn't follow his advice to choose a Ming Lord to serve, and then I did a lot of rebellious things. Jingde sincerely and resolutely said to the envoy, "Fortunately, His Royal Highness King Xian has a large number, not only does not care about my past, but also introduces me to His Royal Highness King Qin. If I have a secret relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in private, I am having two hearts, and what use is a guy who forgets his righteousness for profit?"
Seeing this, the envoy reluctantly returned to the East Palace, and reported the matter to Li Jiancheng, who learned the news, immediately gritted his teeth angrily, and Li Yuanji heard that Jingde was so rude, and immediately became angry, in order to make the other generals of the Qin Mansion afraid of them, Yuanji sent a swordsman to assassinate Jingde secretly.
The assassins sent out for several nights saw that the doors of Wei Chi Jingde's mansion were all open, and they did not dare to enter rashly for fear of fraud, and finally found that the door of the target mansion was closed again, and then took advantage of the night to sneak in.
Later, Li Yuanji learned that the assassination failed, and he had another plan, and sent someone to report Wei Chi Jingde to Li Yuan, saying that he had a grudge against the emperor for ordering him to be arrested, and he spoke disrespectful words. Li Yuan was furious when he heard this, so he issued an edict to arrest Wei Chi Jingde and put him in prison and hand him over to the lobby of the Criminal Department for interrogation.
Dali Shaoqing Zhang Ruishu knew that this person was Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng's confidant, and in order to avoid causing an unjust case, he brought the whistleblower to confront Wei Chi Jingde, and both of them claimed that what they said was the truth. Accordingly, the Criminal Department convicted Jingde of beheading.
After learning the news, Li Shimin was about to go to Li Yuan's theory, but was stopped by Chu Mofeng on the spot, and then Chu Mofeng went straight to the imperial study and saw Li Yuan who was reviewing the folds.
Seeing that it was Chu Mofeng coming, Li Yuan couldn't help but be a little curious, "What is it that is worth your personal trip today?"
"Your Majesty, have you listened to which rammer chewed his tongue and slandered Jingde and made disrespectful remarks to you?" As soon as Chu Mofeng entered the door, he put the wooden box in his arms into the corner of the imperial study, and then said softly: "This year's new Zhang Ye is drunk, and the first stove boy has brought it to you." ”
Looking at the box of fine wine, Li Yuan put down his hand and handed the informant's confession to Chu Mofeng, "Take a look for yourself to see if I have wronged that traitor?"
Chu Mofeng took the confession and skimmed it roughly, then the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he held the confession in his hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this confession is really full of loopholes, first of all, there are only two informants and Jingde, and there is not even a third person, how can you be sure that what the informant said is true?
After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Yuan also began to be a little suspicious, "But don't forget that he is a general, how can you believe that he is sincere?"
Seeing this, Chu Mofeng hurriedly said: "Since Your Majesty said so, the minister might as well give you a list, all the people above are generals, you ordered all of them to be arrested and cut down, just one general, now it is the Tang Dynasty under your rule, all the people are the ministers under your command, if it is said to be a general, then the minister is still the son of the former Sui minister, is it better to cut it down with the ministers?"
"Don't be confused, you kid, can you be the same as them?" Seeing that Chu Mofeng began to ramble, Li Yuan couldn't help but be a little angry and funny.
I saw Chu Mofeng walk behind Li Yuan, massage him respectfully, and then said softly: "When the first minister knew Jingde, he once persuaded him to find a Ming Lord to follow, you see that since he returned to the imperial court, he has repeatedly made military exploits without regrets, why is this? Isn't it because he knows that everything he has is given by His Majesty, as long as he is loyal to His Majesty, such a person will be a great rebel?
After thinking for a while, Li Yuan nodded slowly and said: "It seems that I am wrong to blame him, so let's take the waist card I gave you at the beginning, go to the prison and release the person, and you can find a way to round the rest of the things, understand?"
Seeing this, Chu Mofeng nodded, and after massaging Li Yuan, he turned around and left the imperial study, and suddenly said to Li Yuan before going out: "Your Majesty, you hide those things, and the ministers will come back in a few days, and then the ministers will let Shuang'er and them prepare a few delicious side dishes." ”
Seeing this, Li Yuan nodded, and then waved his hand to signal Chu Mofeng to retreat. After leaving the imperial study, Chu Mofeng rushed to Dali Temple non-stop, took Yu Chi Jingde out of the prison with a waist card, and said to him on the road: "Your Majesty is also helpless in this matter, I hope you don't complain about him, do you know about it?"
Wei Chi Jingde nodded, knowing that this time it must be Chu Mofeng who went to His Majesty to protect himself, so that he could escape this catastrophe, and immediately saluted Chu Mofeng and said: "King Xian is very gracious, Jingde will never forget this life until death." ”
Some time later, Duan Zhixuan, the second right protector of the Qin Mansion, reported to Li Shimin that the crown prince Jiancheng had sent him a lot of gold and silver treasures, claiming to make friends with him, but he refused. Li Shimin was very moved when he heard this, thinking that there were so many capable people around him who were loyal to him, which made Li Shimin's belief in his heart more and more firm......
As the saying goes, if you can't bear it, you don't need to endure it anymore, and look at the aggressiveness of the crown prince Qi Wang, and then look at the Shimin Mofeng Jedi counterattack, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......