Chapter 197: Behind Bars Dispelling Rumors
The book continues from the above, the last book said that Chu Mofeng was named the king of Zhangye by Li Yuanjin because of the battle of the state, and Chen Shuda and the eldest grandson Wuji in the court fought with reason, and indirectly helped Chu Mofeng to accept the title smoothly.
Just when Chu Mofeng and the other four people came to a Huren wine shop in Dongshi, a shameful scene occurred in the harem of the Tang Dynasty, from the love story between Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and Concubine Yin De, it can be learned that the prince Li Jiancheng, the king of Qi, Li Yuanji, and Li Yuan's concubines Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu had an affair, and it was not a day or two, and Li Yuan, who was the master of the Tang Dynasty, seemed to have never known about it.
And Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji fornicated with them, on the one hand, because most of the women who were able to be selected into the palace and favored by the emperor were handsome and not very old, but when they were young, they could not suppress the restlessness in their hearts as soon as they entered the palace gate;
In fact, in the entire Tang Dynasty harem, not only Zhang Jieyu and Yin Defei are willing to say good things for Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, in fact, as long as they are a little selfish concubines, especially those who gave birth to princes, they will deliberately befriend Li Jiancheng, but only to make friends, and they are not as shameless as Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu, after all, as mothers, they know that once Li Yuanlong controls Bintian, Li Jiancheng will definitely succeed in becoming a treasure, and for the life of their children, they can only put down their bodies.
And just after Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, conveyed the intention of framing Li Shimin to Concubine Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu, Li Yuan drove to the Shuixu Palace, and Zhang Jieyu inadvertently revealed that Li Shimin privately sent people to Shandong to recruit Haoqiang into Beijing.
Sure enough, Li Yuan was furious when he learned about it, and then left the Water Fluff Palace.
On the other hand, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng accompanied the eldest grandson Wuji and Chen Shuda to enjoy Mi Shanna's dance in the Huren Liquor Store in Dongshi, and the eldest grandson Wuji immediately signaled Chu Mofeng to retreat.
Knowing that these two had something to say, Chu Mofeng hurriedly asked Mi Shanna and the others to retreat temporarily, and when there were only four Li Shimin left in the house, he saw the eldest grandson Wuji sigh, and after glancing at Chen Shuda, he said: "Brother-in-law, I didn't say you, now Your Majesty is obviously still biased towards the prince's side, and now the two of you have made amazing achievements in the first battle of the state, do you think the prince will not be able to suppress you again because of this hatred?"
"The crown prince and the king of Qi have long regarded me as a thorn in the flesh, and they want to get rid of it as soon as possible. Picking up the wine glass in front of him and taking a sip of himself, Li Shimin sighed heavily and said: "But this king has already expressed his willingness not to fight for the prince, and the two of them are still unrelenting, how can I be good?"
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin, please forgive the old minister for saying something that should not be said. Who knew that Chen Shuda on the side suddenly whispered: "As the so-called three people become tigers, after you show your will, the people around you will think that you are retreating and advancing, and you will inevitably discuss right and wrong in front of them. β
"Chen Shangshu is reasonable, what should the king of this book do? I also ask Chen Shangshu to give advice, and this king will definitely listen to him. Hearing this, Li Shimin arched his hand at Chen Shuda, with an expression of humility seeking advice on his face.
I saw Chen Shuda glance at Chu Mofeng vaguely, and when he saw that the other party bowed slightly, he immediately said with a smile: "Actually, Your Highness, you care about the people and have made outstanding achievements, if a person like you can become a great treasure, you will definitely be able to become the master of the world like Your Majesty." β
As soon as Chen Shuda's words fell, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly widened and said: "Chen Shangshu, let's just stop talking about this here, this king really doesn't have that thought." β
At this time, Chu Mofeng said as if unintentionally: "People don't have the heart to fight tigers, tigers may not have no intention of devouring people, what do you get in exchange for pushing everywhere?" Don't forget what I said to you at the beginning, you don't think about yourself, but also think about these people who silently support you, if those two goods no matter who sits in that position, the people under your command will inevitably be suppressed and even persecuted. β
And Chen Shuda and the eldest grandson Wuji also said earnestly: "Your Highness, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, and the first strike is strong!"
Looking at the eager eyes of these people, Li Shimin nodded solemnly and said: "In this case, this king has decided that from today onwards, this king will no longer back down, if they continue to be aggressive, this king will also fight back in time." β
Then he arched his hand at Chen Shuda and the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "I have to ask the two adults above the court." β
The eldest grandson Wuji and Chen Shuda were very relieved to see Li Shimin's determination, and they all bowed their hands to him and said, "Don't dare to disobey what you want!"
Seeing that the big thing was coming, the guests and hosts were happy for a while, the atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became lively, and the meal was not finished until noon, Chu Mofeng immediately ordered the shopkeeper of the wine store to hire three sedan chairs to send Li Shimin and the others away, while he was sitting in a single room, as if he was waiting for someone.
After a while, Mishana shook her delicate waist and walked in slowly, bowed to Chu Mofeng and said, "Are you satisfied with what Grandpa Guo talked about today?"
"It's okay, at least it's a good start to make King Qin make up his mind. Chu Mofeng motioned for Mizana to get up, and then said with a smile: "You still have the habit of living here, right?"
"My subordinates thank Grandpa Guo for saving his life in the first place, and I also thank Grandpa Guo for saving my parents. I saw Mishana walk to Chu Mofeng's side, took the pot and poured him a glass of wine and sent it to Chu Mofeng's lips, and then said slowly: "I don't know what tasks Grandpa Guo needs to do this time?"
"Tomorrow, I will select two good-looking and skillful girls from the wine shop, and send them to the Mansion of the Ministry of Rites and the Mansion of Sun Wuji, the eldest son of Bibu Lang, respectively in my name. I saw Chu Mofeng slowly leaning on the chair and said, "One is to protect the two of them secretly, and the other is to find a good family for the girls." β
"Grandpa Guo is merciful and subsidizes his subordinates to open this wine shop, and his subordinates also take in many fleeing women according to your instructions, including Hu people and Han people, everyone is actually very grateful to Grandpa Guo in their hearts. Mizanna smiled when she heard this, and then said quietly: "The sisters have found a good family, but Mizana is still alone. β
Chu Mofeng looked at Mishana with a little 'vigilance' when he heard this, thinking to himself, don't be like Miss Dou, you can't help but make a personal promise, my house is already messy enough.
Thinking of this, Chu Mofeng hurriedly coughed lightly and said, "Find me a place to rest in the wine shop, after returning to Beijing from the bloody battle, I haven't had much rest." β
Mizanna smiled immediately when she heard this, and led Chu Mofeng to the third floor of the wine shop, only to see that the entire third floor was full of rooms, Chu Mofeng asked puzzledly: "This is here?"
"This floor is where the subordinates and the girls live, and no one comes up, so Grandpa Guo can rest in peace and no one will disturb him. Seeing this, Mizana hurriedly explained, accentuating the word "disturb" as she spoke.
Walking into a room that Mizana pointed to, Chu Mofeng suddenly found that the layout of the room was completely in the style of the Western Regions, only to see Mishana standing at the door and said quietly: "Grandpa Guo, this is the bedroom of his subordinates, you can rest, if you have something, call in the stairwell." β
Chu Mofeng nodded, then turned his head and said: "That Mi Shanna, don't claim to be subordinate in front of me in the future, let's make friends peacefully, there is no distinction between respect and inferiority, and today Your Majesty has decreed that I will be crowned King of Zhangye, and there will be no Duke of Qi in the future." β
Mishana first covered her mouth and was startled, and then said with a smile: "Then congratulations to Your Highness." With that, he turned and left the room.
Lying on the soft bed, Chu Mofeng began to think of the next plan, first of all, he had to let the King of Qin send Zhang Liang to Shandong to cooperate with Zhang Da to recruit manpower, if he was discovered, he could push it on himself, the excuse was to expand the number of Tiance army; secondly, it was necessary to strengthen the lurking matters around the prince and the king of Qi, in order to be able to find out the other party's intentions in time; and the most important point was that if it was really the day when the king saw the king, how to make Li Yuan stand on Li Shimin's side was something that must be considered, otherwise once Li Yuan mobilized the imperial forest army to help the prince, even if Li Shimin became a great treasure, he would be said by later generations to be the one who killed his father and brotherγ
Thinking about it, Chu Mofeng stretched out his hand and beat his head, and said angrily: "This kid is the emperor, he is not in a hurry, what am I anxious about?" As the saying goes, the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry, I don't want to be a eunuch. β
Who knew that as soon as Chu Mofeng's words fell, the door was suddenly pushed open, only to see Mishana walk in, and said glutinously: "What do you have to tell Gongzi Chu?" It turned out that after Mishana left, she did not go downstairs, but stood in the corridor with a slightly red face, thinking about the handsome face in the house, Mishana couldn't help but whisper: "People just like you and want to repay you, and you don't need any reputation, why don't you just understand what people mean?"
Who knew that not long after, she suddenly heard Chu Mofeng talking in the house, and Mizanna didn't know where she got the courage for a while, pushed the door in, and then slowly closed the door and closed the door.
Walking in front of Chu Mofeng, Mizanna lifted her hand to remove all the already thin clothes on her body, and suddenly a delicate body appeared in front of Chu Mofeng, with a slender waist in her hand, full and round thighs, coupled with the proud firmness of her chest, Wheat's complexion was slightly flushed because of excitement at the moment, and with Mishana's alluring and exotic face, Chu Mofeng was stunned.
I saw Mizana faintly said to Chu Mofeng: "Master Chu, forgive Mizana for falling in love with you, Mizana doesn't want a name, as long as she can see Master Chu from time to time." Said that the whole person threw himself into Chu Mofeng's arms.
Seeing this, Chu Mofeng grabbed Mi Shanna's shoulders and said, "Mi Shanna, why do you bother, you are a good girl, you should also have a good home." β
Who knew that Mi Shanna's whole person was half kneeling in front of Chu Mofeng, and the firmness of her chest made Chu Mofeng unbearable to look at directly, and then said softly: "Young Master Chu doesn't have to worry about it, everything is Michel Sona's will." After speaking, he threw Chu Mofeng on the bed again.
Just when Chu Mofeng and Mi Shanna were in a hurry, Li Yuan in the imperial study was reprimanding Li Shimin with an angry face at the moment, while Li Shimin looked unaware, quietly accepting the anger from Li Yuan.
I saw Li Yuan pointing at Li Shimin and saying: "I really didn't expect that you would have such a big list that you would secretly recruit people into Beijing in Shandong behind my back? What do you want to do? Usurur the throne or rebel?"
Who knew that after listening to Li Yuan's words, Li Shimin also said with an innocent face: "Father Mingjian, the son is wronged, there must be a traitor and villain who slanders the son in front of the father and the emperor, and the minister really doesn't know about this matter." β
"Don't you know? You have countless advisers under the command of Tiance Mansion, if they were not instructed by you, how could they dare to carry a large amount of wealth and silk to recruit without permission? You still say that you don't know?" Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Yuan was furious, threw the glass paperweight on the table to the ground, and said angrily: "The world says that you Li Shimin are wise and virtuous, but it turns out that they are all disguised. β
Immediately, Li Yuan shouted outside the door: "Come on, lock up this rebel for me, and release it when you think clearly." As soon as Li Yuan's voice fell, the forbidden army of the imperial city who had been ambushed outside the door walked in and made a gesture of invitation to Li Shimin, Li Shimin sighed when he saw this, and said to Li Yuan: "Father, the Qing is self-purifying, what the sons have not done, you don't have to impose on the sons and daughters, since you have never believed in the sons for the sake of the prince, it is better to kill the sons and daughters, why bother to humiliate the sons and daughters again and again?"
After Li Shimin finished speaking, he left the imperial study with the forbidden army of the imperial city, and Li Yuan listened to Li Shimin's words, and was stunned and speechless for a long time.
Seeing this, Wang De, who was outside the door, hurriedly walked in, and after ordering someone to clean up the house, he closed the door and said to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, the old slave has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not?"
At this time, Li Yuan was still angry, and after listening to Wang De's request, he said coldly: "You old fellow, if you have something to say, if you plead for that rebel, don't say it." β
I saw Wang De say with a frightened face: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the old slave just wants to say something from his heart, how can he talk nonsense before His Majesty has no decision?"
Hearing that Wang De wanted to say what was in his heart, Li Yuan couldn't help but say with some curiosity: "Then you can tell me what is in your heart, and let me listen to it well." β
Seeing this, Wang De arched his hand at Li Yuan and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the old slave heard that those people in the Tiance Mansion did not all obey the orders of the King of Qin, and it is said that some of them were recruited by His Royal Highness King Zhangye. β
When Li Yuan heard this, he immediately lost half of his anger, and said with a smile: "You old fellow, I don't usually see you out of the palace, where did you hear these news, since this is the case, I will give him a chance to prove his innocence, if the Chu kid does not know about this matter, I will definitely behead this rebel at that time." β
Immediately Li Yuan ordered Wang De to send someone to summon Chu Mofeng, and after getting Li Yuan's order, Wang De quickly summoned four small yellow doors, and said in a calm tone: "Quickly go out of the palace to find His Royal Highness King Zhangye, even if you turn the capital over, you must find him quickly, and say that Your Majesty is urgently summoned." β
The four little yellow doors were ordered to quickly go out of the palace, and went to the palace, the school and the Tiance army camp to look for them, while the remaining one small yellow door was aimlessly wandering around the street, and it was a coincidence that the other three people searched for no result, but they were met by this little yellow door The eldest grandson Wuji, after some inquiry, the little yellow door quickly ran towards the wine shop in the east market.
When they came to the wine shop, Chu Mofeng and Mizana were ready to get out of bed, when there was a rapid knock at the door, and Mizanna hurriedly asked, "What is the knock?"
I only heard a woman's voice from outside the door and said, "Mishana, there is a person downstairs looking for Chu Gongzi, saying that there is an urgent matter." β
When Chu Mofeng heard this, he hurriedly motioned to Mishana to change his clothes, and then walked downstairs quickly, only to see that the person who came was a small yellow door that was often accompanied by Wang De, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know why my father-in-law came?"
I saw that the little yellow door saluted Chu Mofeng and said: "Your Highness, Your Majesty urgently summoned His Royal Highness to enter the palace to face the saint, something big happened, His Royal Highness the King of Qin was locked up by His Royal Highness, and the specific matter is not clear, you should hurry up and go back with the little one." β
As soon as he heard that Li Shimin had been arrested, Chu Mofeng secretly said bad in his heart, and quickly ran to Mo Liluo and said, "Is there a fast horse in the store, lend me one." β
Hearing this, Mo Liluo hurriedly ordered his subordinates to go to the backyard and take out a horse and send it to the door, and then Chu Mofeng walked quickly to the door, turned over and ran towards the Taiji Palace.
galloped all the way to the Taiji Palace, Chu Mofeng turned over and dismounted three steps and made two steps to go up the steps, one dodged into the Taiji Palace, only to see Wang De waiting in the palace, when he saw Chu Mofeng coming, he hurriedly greeted him and whispered: "My Royal Highness, you are here, today Your Majesty has locked up His Royal Highness the King of Qin for some reason, saying that someone reported that His Royal Highness the King of Qin entered Beijing with the intention of rebelling." β
As soon as he heard that this was the case, Chu Mofeng immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Don't worry, the king knows the ins and outs of this matter best, please ask the prince to lead the way, and the king will go to explain it to His Majesty." β
Knowing that Chu Mofeng knew about this, the big stone in Wang De's heart also fell to the ground, and he hurriedly led Chu Mofeng to the door of the imperial study, only to see Wang De shouting softly: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Zhangye asks to see you." β
"Let him in, this kid isn't slow. As soon as Wang De's words fell, Li Yuan's majestic voice came from inside the room.
Seeing this, Chu Mofeng pushed open the door of the imperial study, strode in, and then closed the door and saluted Li Yuan and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is late, I don't know why Your Majesty is in such a hurry to summon you?"
"Do you know that someone in the Tiance Mansion was hinted at by the King of Qin and secretly took the wealth to Shandong to recruit warriors?" I saw Li Yuan staring at Chu Mofeng's eyes, waiting for Chu Mofeng's reply with antiquity.
As soon as Li Yuan's voice fell, Chu Mofeng opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, which fool told you that this matter was instructed by King Qin? The person who was sent was called Zhang Da, and it was the minister who asked him to go, and Rong Chen will tell you about this matter in detail." β
Then Chu Mofeng said slowly: "Previously, the source of troops of the Tiance army had always come from several prefectures around the capital, but after the war of annexing the state, the Tiance army lost a lot of troops, and considering the large population in Shandong, the minister wanted to recruit a group of people from the rivers and lakes to fill the Tiance army from here, and the minister also intended to recruit another 500 people, as the reserved personnel of the Tiance army. β
Hearing this, Li Yuan looked at Chu Mofeng with some confusion and said, "Since it is to recruit soldiers for the Tang Dynasty, why don't you report through the Ministry of War?"
I saw Chu Mofeng help Li Yuan to sit down next to the chair, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, before the Turkic invasion of the south, it seems that we defeated it, but all the provinces have suffered losses to a greater or lesser extent, the imperial court has resettled the victims, rebuilt the houses, rewarded the three armies, and you have also graciously exempted the severely affected areas from taxes for one year, plus you have to prepare ordnance and materials again, the household department should already be a little stretched, right?"
Listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Yuan also sighed deeply and said: "You are right, I have been worrying about this matter these days, and I often can't sleep, I am all my people, I can't care about it, but the court is also in trouble now, so I have to order the palace to reduce the cost." β
"Therefore, the minister can only carry out this matter privately at his own expense, otherwise once it is reported through the Ministry of War, it will be a large expense, in order to avoid outsiders from taking advantage of this, the minister even concealed His Royal Highness King Qin. I saw Chu Mofeng say with a sad face: "In addition, the minister told His Majesty good news to ensure that His Majesty can sleep peacefully tonight." β
Hearing this, Li Yuan looked at Chu Mofeng with surprise and said, "What, is there any other good way for you kid?"
"How about the minister privately hand over another two million guan to you for your dispatch?" I saw Chu Mofeng whispering in Li Yuan's ear: "You can keep this money in the inner treasury, as for the ordnance and the like, the minister will find a way, at least the major battalions in the capital don't need to be prepared by the imperial court?"
After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Yuan stood up suddenly, looked at Chu Mofeng with an excited expression and said, "Is this true?"
"Your Majesty, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, bullying the monarch is to punish the nine clans, do you see the minister like this?" I saw Chu Mofeng say with a smile: "Besides, you are the minister's father-in-law, who else can the minister help if he doesn't help you?"
The words suddenly made Li Yuan feel good, and he reached out and patted Chu Mofeng's shoulder and said, "Say, whatever reward you want, I will agree." β
"How dare the minister ask for any reward, just beg His Majesty to listen to the minister's words. Seeing this, Chu Mofeng thought that half of the matter had become true, and the remaining half depended on whether you believe it or not, and then said with a smile: "Everyone in the world knows that His Royal Highness the King of Qin and his ministers rely on each other, but there is one thing that the ministers have to say, since Your Majesty is worried that the crown prince will not be able to suppress the king of Qin in the future, it is better to simply let him go to the eastern capital to sit in the capital, after all, Tiance Mansion is also in the eastern capital, which also avoids mutual dislike between him and the prince. β
Li Yuan nodded and said: "It makes sense, I will consider this matter before making a decision, but it's you, after the crown prince ascends the throne, you, as a brother-in-law, should also help him a lot, so that our Tang Dynasty can prosper for a long time." β
"Obey Your Majesty's Sacred Words. After saluting Li Yuan, Chu Mofeng hurriedly smiled and said: "Tomorrow, the ministers will send the silver money to the palace to present it to Your Majesty, since the ministers have explained the matter clearly, then the King of Qin ......."
As soon as he heard that he would be able to fill the inner treasury with two million yuan tomorrow, Li Yuan immediately shouted outside the door: "Come on, bring King Qin to me." After a while, Li Shimin was taken to the imperial study, and when he saw that Li Yuan and Chu Mofeng were there, Li Shimin said expressionlessly: "Dare to ask my father, is the emperor going to add a sword and axe to his son?"
Who knew that Li Yuan suddenly smiled and said: "Erlang, Fang is the fault of me, Chu Xiaozi has already explained this matter to me clearly, you two brothers must inform each other about the government affairs of Tiance Mansion in the future, so as not to appear again today's incident and hurt the harmony of our father and son." β
Li Shimin glanced at Chu Mofeng when he heard this, and then said to Li Yuan with understanding: "Enlighten the father, since the son is the son of the father, then there is no complaint if the father suspects or blames the son, but the son begs the father not to listen to the villain's slander, and the son of the son is always loyal to the father." β
Li Yuan nodded when he heard this, and then said to the two: "I am also a little tired today, you two step down, don't forget your things when you kid Chu goes to court tomorrow." β
Seeing this, Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng hurriedly got up and retired, left the Taiji Palace, and walked on Chengtianmen Street, looking at the gradually darkening sky, Li Shimin suddenly turned to Chu Mofeng and said, "Thank you for saving me again today, otherwise I don't know how to get through." β
I saw Chu Mofeng glancing at Li Shimin angrily and said: "Roll on, have you forgotten the oath on the bank of the Yellow River back then?
"Then when he was leaving, his father said that you should not forget something, and what did you promise to give him?" Listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Shimin's heart was very moved, and then he remembered Li Yuan's words when he left, and hurriedly asked: "Father will not be conditional if he releases me, right?"
"The condition of the fart, Your Majesty let you go because I brought things back, but this time I had to sacrifice a little. Chu Mofeng said with a smile when he heard this: "It's nothing more than a private donation of two million yuan to the inner treasury, plus the armaments of the various battalions in the capital, and there is not much money, as long as he is happy not to trouble us." β
When Li Shimin heard this, he was shocked and said: "You are crazy, you kid can't be so nonsense even if you have hundreds of millions of family fortunes, no, I will pay 1.5 million yuan for this money, and you can pay 500,000 yuan, as for the ordnance, I will let the Ordnance Bureau find a way to solve it." β
Who knew that Chu Mofeng said with a straight face: "I'll deal with this matter, now the question is who you told about sending Zhang Da to Shandong, or who did Zhang Da or Zhang Liang tell you, this matter must be investigated carefully, I suspect that this matter should be passed on to Li Jiancheng by the spy from Tiance Mansion." β
"I'll go back tonight and think about it, after tomorrow the dynasty is dispersed, I will call Zhang Liang to the Dongshi wine shop, and you can ask him face to face. Li Shimin thought for a moment when he heard the words and said, "As for Zhang Da's ......."
"You don't have to worry about Zhang Da's side, I will find a way to inform the people in Shandong to ask him, then I'll see you at the Dongshi wine shop tomorrow after the dynasty is dispersed." Chu Mofeng waved his hand and said to Li Shimin in a low voice: "Since the prince has to be aggressive, I think you should also think about how to fight back." β
Li Shimin nodded, and then the two went back to the mansion separately. And Li Jiancheng, who received the news for the first time, learned that Li Shimin had resolved the crisis without danger, and immediately became angry, and then sent someone to call Li Yuanji overnight to discuss another framing plan......
As the saying goes, be careful to sail a 10,000-year-old ship, and look at Li Shimin in danger in the hunting ground, and then look at the rescue of Chu Mofeng Pegasus by Mingqi Spring, I want to know what happened next, and listen to the next decomposition......