Chapter Twenty-Six: The Dying
From Wen Feng's poisoning to his persuasion of Luo Ning and Lin Xing to leave, it seemed to be a long time, but it actually happened in a very short time.
In order to deliberately avoid disturbing Wen Feng's banquet to invite the Jinzhou assassin history, the Li family guarded at the gate of the side courtyard, and the only people waiting for the summons at any time were Li He and the two men and two women he brought.
As soon as Luo Ning and Lin Xing were discharged from the hospital, Li He greeted them and asked, "Why did Lord Luo come out, but what are your orders?"
Luo Ning waved his hand and said: "It's okay, the official and Lord Wen had a good conversation, remembering that there is a treasure in the house, and is going to take it for Lord Wen to see, and come back immediately." ”
Those who can sit on the history of thorns, just open their eyes and talk nonsense, naturally come easily.
Li He looked at Lin Xing behind Luo Ning, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "Why is General Lin with Lord Luo?"
Luo Ning's face did not change and said: "This official and General Lin hit it off at first sight, and planned to give him a first-class treasure soldier, but I don't know what he likes, so I took him to the official secret vault to choose, what, isn't it okay?"
Li He hurriedly saluted: "The little one doesn't dare, it's just that the two adults left suddenly, and the little one thinks that I should inform my son-in-law." ”
Luo Ning's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he turned his face and shouted: "Presumptuous, this official is dignified in the history of Jinzhou Thorn, in terms of rank, only half a chip short of your master and the head of the Li family, your son is just a junior in front of this official, how can this official do things, and he has to get his permission?"
"This official suspects that you, a dog slave, are maliciously instigating the relationship between this official and the Li family, go, take this official to find your son-in-law, this official wants to ask him face to face, Li Shangshu is an official in Beijing, and he is a subordinate of discipline?"
After speaking, Luo Ning grabbed Li He and took him to Li Yuan.
Li He took a step back, avoided Luo Ning's hand without a trace, bowed slightly and said: "Lord Luo is angry, this matter is a small matter, and I hope that the Lord will be magnanimous and spare the small one this time." ”
Luo Ning's eyes narrowed slightly, his face was gloomy and he didn't speak.
There was a touch of shock in Lin Xing's eyes next to him, he didn't know if he didn't move, he was startled when he moved, a housekeeper of the Li Mansion was actually a martial artist of the Dantian Realm.
After the shock, it did not prevent Lin Xing from speaking out: "Lord Luo's status is noble, why bother with a subordinate? Later, when you come back, you will inform the Li family of this matter, and let the Li family deal with this servant by themselves, so as not to get angry and not to dirty your hands." ”
"Aren't you going to take the last general to pick out the treasures? Time is urgent, don't wait too long here. ”
Luo Ning glared at Li He viciously, and snorted coldly: "Go." ”
Li He stepped aside and remained silent.
Without Li He's obstruction, the two left quickly one after the other.
Li He looked at the backs of the two, his heart was full of doubts, and he ordered the person behind him: "Inform Gongzi of this matter quickly." ”
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In the lobby, Wen Feng, who was lying on the ground, looked at Pei Zheng with a displeased expression: "Why don't you help the official up?"
Pei Zheng didn't move at all, and asked in a calm tone, "Why is this so?"
A look of surprise appeared on Wen Feng's face, and he pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled: "If you are really smart, you shouldn't ask the reason." ”
Pei Zheng sighed slightly and said, "It's just that I don't want to die. ”
Wen Feng wanted to laugh, but because of the injury, he couldn't help coughing twice: "You can't die, help the official up, and talk to you while there is still some time." ”
Pei Zheng thought about it, helped him onto the chair, and sat with his back to him.
Wen Feng moved his body, changed to the most comfortable way, and said slowly: "The prince who died of poisoning is actually a fake, the real prince, the official has already arranged for others to be secretly sent to Chang'an." ”
"The official is not dead, the son of the world is not dead, how can you die as a small scout?"
Pei Zheng asked quietly, "Then why did the adults set up this bitter plan?"
Wen Feng asked rhetorically, "Do you know who arranged the thieves who chased and killed us along the way?"
Pei Zheng replied to his words: "Could it be the Li family? Your Excellency did this to make the Li family change from assassinating the prince to protecting the prince?"
Speaking of this, Pei Zheng deliberately showed a look of exclamation on his face: "The fake prince was poisoned and died, and if the Li family wants to clear the suspicion and charges, there is only one way to go, and that is to let the real prince arrive in Chang'an safely." ”
"Such a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle really makes the lowly job admire. ”
However, to Pei Zheng's surprise, Wen Feng shook his head and denied: "Yes and no." ”
Pei Zheng was surprised: "Why is that?"
Wen Feng's face was mixed with piety and madness, and he said in a deep voice: "This official is not only to allow the real prince to return to Chang'an, but also to suppress the Li family. ”
Pei Zheng asked further: "I don't know what is the deep hatred between the adults and the Li family?"
Wen Feng sneered: "Deep hatred and great hatred? Does national hatred and family hatred count?"
A touch of astonishment appeared on Pei Zheng's face, Great Xia has been established for more than 200 years, although it has been expanding outward over the years, at most it has forced the Quartet to pay tribute and become vassals, and has it never destroyed the country?
Besides, aren't you also a subject of Great Xia, and it's easy to say that family hatred comes from, where does this hatred come from?
Wen Fengxu saw Pei Zheng's doubts, and said quietly: "In the eighteenth year of Jian'an, the Hu people 100,000 iron horsemen went south, and the empire was silent on the surface, and ordered the northwest general Han Yuan to strictly defend it, secretly mobilize 300,000 troops, and go north in batches to encircle it. ”
"When the siege was about to be completed, someone secretly reported to the Hu people, so that the success fell short, and 100,000 Hu people fled back to the grassland after looting, with a total of only a few thousand dead and wounded, and the empire's battle was due to passive defense, with more than 10,000 casualties, and countless manpower and material resources were consumed in vain. ”
His Majesty was furious and arranged for a special person to investigate the matter, arrest the three people who reported the news, and raze the three clans to vent the hatred in his heart. ”
"The strange thing is that the identity and family power of the three people who reported it are not enough to have access to such a secret. ”
"Things like this have happened in Jian'an for three years, five years in Jian'an, ten years in Jian'an, twelve years in Jian'an, and even Emperor Xian and Emperor Taizong. ”
"Pei Zheng, when you go out of the army, you should be aware of the pain of being stabbed in the back by your own family when you bravely kill the enemy. More than 200 years after the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, how many hundreds of thousands of soldiers died under the iron cavalry of the Hu people?
"For the sake of Your Majesty, for the sake of Great Xia, for the sake of the millions of soldiers and people in the Northwest Province, the Li family must decline, even if the clan is wiped out, it is not worth pity. ”
Pei Zheng suddenly understood everything, the dynasty of flowing water, the iron-clad family, where is Wen Feng who really wants to suppress the Li family, it is clearly the current Emperor Jian'an of Great Xia.
What Wen Feng said about national hatred and family feud is all nonsense.
Pei Zheng dared to be sure that before Wen Feng left Chang'an to envoy the grassland, Emperor Jian'an or others privately gave him conditions that were difficult for him to refuse.
Otherwise, Wen Feng is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, a high-ranking official in Daxia, and he is not a hot-blooded hairy boy, why should he take his life to drag the Li family into the water?
Taking a step back, if there is no support from Emperor Jian'an or a certain bigwig in the court, how can Wen Feng be sure that he can frame the Li family successfully?
You must know that the head of the Li family is the secretary of the criminal department, the Li family has been married to other big families for generations, and the family power is both wide and deep, where can ordinary people frame success?
The current emperor is also a anxious person, just solved the external troubles, made the Hu people call the ministers to follow, and then began to solve the internal worries, and he was not afraid of taking too big a step to pull the egg.
Pei Zheng thought for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Why do you want to say this with your heart and your job?"
The words have been spoken, Wen Feng no longer concealed it, and said bluntly: "This official wants you to cooperate with this official to promote this plan, so naturally you should be honest." ”
Pei Zheng's expression moved slightly, and he bowed slightly and asked, "Please make it clear." ”
Wen Feng stretched out his hand and touched his beard and said: "After the Li family finds out about this, they must find ways to clear the suspicion of poisoning, this official is an official of the imperial court, and Luo Ning and Lin Xing are outside, the Li family does not dare to act rashly against this official, in this way, you are the only breakthrough." ”
Pei Zheng frowned slightly: "My lord wants to make the lowly position clench his teeth and rather die than let go?"
Wen Feng shook his head: "Of course not, you should confess truthfully, and you will answer whatever the Li family asks, including what the official just told you." ”
"Then wait for the special envoy of the imperial court to investigate the case to come, and then retract the confession on the spot, bite the Li family to death and force you to fake, and then the official will explain to the envoy that you have been instructed by the official to endure the humiliation. ”
Only in this way, the Li family is in a catastrophe. ”
Pei Zheng showed a look of melancholy on his face, in this way, I'm afraid I'm not far from death.
Even if the Li family poisoned and assassinated the officials of the imperial court and the proton of the vassal state, only one person was implicated, and the Li family was deeply rooted, and it was impossible for it to fall.
You Wen Feng dared to offend the Li family to the death, because there was Emperor Jian'an to protect me, I framed the Li family with you, and the Li family could let me live afterwards?
After all, in your eyes, I'm just a pawn that can be discarded at any time.
Wen Feng saw that Pei Zheng was delayed, and said in an unkind tone: "What, you don't want to?"
A look of determination appeared on Pei Zheng's face, and he seemed to have made up his mind, and said in a deep voice: "Obey orders." ”