Chapter 39: Cai Liancheng's Dinner
Just when Qin Shiyao was thinking like this, Cai Liancheng was not idle.
Because he also received Cai Xun's pigeon letter, the pigeon letter is a password, but it is a sentence after translation.
Cai Xun's words are like this: Do everything you can to keep the Wei brothers, but remember, it is for the emperor, not for our Cai family!
Cai Liancheng understood at a glance, but he still found Ren Liangfeng, because he wanted to hear his subordinates' understanding and opinions on this sentence! At any time, he attached great importance to the opinions of his subordinates, because he felt that if a leader couldn't even hear the opinions of his subordinates, then it would be time to die, because if a person at the top level becomes deaf and blind, you will fall to your death without the enemy.
When Ren Storm came to Cai Liancheng's room. Cai Liancheng was eating, one dish and one soup, plus a bowl of rice.
Cai Liancheng saw him coming, beckoned him to sit at the dinner table, and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't know you came so quickly, and you were still eating, have you eaten?"
Ren shook his head.
Cai Liancheng ordered the food on the table with chopsticks, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are better than me." The rice is okay, but the food is not very good, if you don't dislike it, you can also eat a bowl?"
Ren Hurry said with a smile: "It's okay to eat, but my food is relatively large." ”
Cai Liancheng said: "If the food is enough, you can just take it, the chefs here make it better than at most." ”
Ren Hurricane didn't answer, he was already eating like a storm, and he ate very happily, because if your immediate boss can call you to eat with him, it is often the time to trust you and prepare to promote you or reuse you.
But he also knew that Cai Liancheng called him, of course, it would not be as simple as eating. So he ate quickly, because he was ready to answer Cai Liancheng's question after eating.
However, Cai Liancheng disappointed him, because while he was still eating, Cai Liancheng began to ask: "What do you think about the assassination of the princess?"
Ren Hurricane stopped his chopsticks, then looked around to make sure that there was no one else before he said, "I judge that this is a long-planned assassination, and the purpose is to bring down Wei Wenting. ”
"Oh, why?" Cai Biancheng raised his eyebrows, and what Ren Hurry said made him very interested, so he also put down his chopsticks.
"On the Cao River, everything is under the control of Wei Wenting, and sometimes the three provinces and six ministries can't intervene, and there are too many people with red eyes. His subordinates felt that he had managed Caoyun's affairs too well, even if his brother Wade Zhao had this matter, he could not say that the emperor could see his merits and talents, and would not dismiss his official. But if Princess Gaoyang had an accident under the nose of his Caoyun Governor's Mansion, it would be a different matter, with the emperor's temperament, even if Cai Xiang came out, he would not be able to protect him. Wei Wenting made matters worse this time. After Ren Qifeng finished speaking, he picked up the chopsticks and ate them violently.
"Then why do you think this was a premeditated assassination, rather than a chance attack by those returning corpses?" Cai Liancheng was obviously satisfied with Ren Hurricane's analysis, so he continued to ask.
Ren Hurry swallowed a mouthful of food, frowned, and said, "Wow, this dish is really unpalatable." Back to Xiao Xiangye, because everything was too coincidental, as soon as Shen Weijing died, Qin Shiyao chased him to Huaiyin, just took Wei Dezhao down, the princess was assassinated again, all the evidence, all the unfavorable things pointed to Wei Wenting and his Cao Governor's Mansion. And according to Lu Bangyan, the escort on the Qingyan boat, the sailor at the helm of the ship should have been controlled by someone with a stiff brain corpse worm very early, such a deliberate plan, there must be a plan, and the first thing that his subordinates thought of was that someone wanted Wei Wenting to completely cross the stage. Because, the so-called "water demon" disaster has been prevalent in Huaiyin for a long time, Wei Wenting and Huaiyin thorn history are not effective, and the imperial court has also heard of it, but after all, the impact is not great, so there is no punishment. But this time it was different, everyone in the court knew that the emperor could do almost anything for Princess Gaoyang. If it weren't for the Duan Qianqiu soldiers of Caowei's left battalion who descended from heaven and destroyed this assassination, his subordinates could be sure that Princess Gaoyang would definitely die. Once Gao Yang and his guards die, the disaster of the "Water Demon" is not an ordinary event, and even if Wei Wenting has great merit, he will definitely be killed. ”
Cai Liancheng continued to ask thoughtfully: "Then who do you think could be the mastermind of this murder?"
Ren Hurricane's eyes flashed, and he muttered, "It's hard to say this......"
Cai Liancheng smiled and said: "There are only two of you, I won't pass it on to the second ear, let's say it!"
Ren Fengfeng bowed and said, "Yes." It is possible for the crown prince Yang Yanchen or the seventh son of the emperor, Yang Kegong, the king of Qin!"
"Why?"
"Because Wei Wenting fell, the two of them benefited the most, not to mention the prince, there are at least seven or eight people under his command who can take over the post of general Cao, and Yang Yuxing in the party of Yang Kegong, the king of Qin, is the most high-profile one of the emerging generation, deeply loved by the emperor, and is also one of the popular candidates, once Wei Wenting falls, they can replace him. But his subordinates believed that the crown prince was the most powerful to carry out this assassination, and over the years, the prince had recruited a wide range of people, and his power had expanded extremely quickly, and it was really easy to arrange such a murder. ”
Cai Liancheng nodded and said, "But Yang Yuxin is very close to the prince, if the prince does this, it is not logical!"
"It is precisely because it is not reasonable that the emperor will not suspect him. Instead, they will suspect that others are doing it. He's killing two birds with one stone!"
Cai Liancheng smiled and said, "Hearing you say this, our Cai Mansion seems to have become one of these two birds!"
Ren Hurry hurriedly said: "Some of the subordinates' foolish opinions, just express their hearts, let the little Xiangye you see and laugh!"
Cai Liancheng took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Ren Qiangfeng and said, "This is the instruction given to me by my father, you can also take a look." ”
Ren Hurricane waved his hand again and again: "Xiangye's private message to Xiao Xiangye, his subordinates dare not read it. ”
"It's okay to take a look, my father didn't say not to let you see it, you can take a look and tell me what you think. ”
Ren Hurfeng took the note, looked at it for a while, and said to Cai Liancheng: "My subordinates dare to speculate about what Xiangye means, is to let us make a scene for the emperor to see." ”
"Drama?"
"Yes, because Wei Wenting is our man, and now that his brother's murder and corruption are conclusive, it is very likely that he is involved. If we are unfavorable to Wei Wenting now, such as extinguishing the mouth, it will make the emperor more suspicious, and the situation is unfavorable to us, if we try to protect the Wei brothers with the attitude of outsiders, it will eliminate the emperor's doubts, and maybe we can regain this advantage. It's just that Wei Wenting must be able to bear it, otherwise if he says something that is not good for the Prime Minister's Mansion, things will be difficult again!"
Cai Liancheng laughed when he heard this.
Ren Fengfeng opened his eyes, seeing that he was smiling so happily, he didn't know what he was talking about, and it was inconvenient to ask, so he was silent.
Cai Liancheng began to pace in the room, which he was very similar to his father, who kept walking whenever something was on his mind. After walking for a while, he suddenly stopped and asked Ren Hurricane, "What do you think of Duan Qianqiu?"
Ren Hurry thought for a while before saying, "I can't see through him, he may just be an outsider, eager to make meritorious contributions, and just want to seek fame and wealth." ”
Cai Liancheng took a deep breath and sighed: "I can't see through him either, so I'm worried, he's too strong." You have to arrange for good manpower to watch the Wei brothers and a group of criminals these days, and don't let them give things up. Now that it is an eventful season, my father will not send a letter to us for no reason to protect the Wei brothers, and there will be changes in the capital, maybe we are going to do it!"
"Do it?!The subordinates don't understand, is the prince going to be in trouble?!" Ren Qifeng asked.
Cai Liancheng didn't answer directly, he just sat down, picked up the rice bowl that had been put down for a long time, and ate a lot.
Seeing him like this, Ren Qifeng knew that he should also carry out the order Cai Liancheng had just given, so he got up and said goodbye.
Cai Liancheng waited for Ren Hurricane to walk for a while before Shi Shiran walked out of his room and found a guard who was guarding outside the house and said, "You help me find Tian Hengyu, just say that I have something important to discuss with him." ”
After Wei received the order, Cai Liancheng paced back to the room, and he kept thinking about a question in his mind, that is, why did his father not mention anything about the painting of the spring breeze crossing the wild goose, could it be that his father didn't want this painting?
But he didn't plan to send another letter to ask his father, because if Cai Xun didn't even mention something, the best way was to let it go first, otherwise with Cai Xun's shrewdness and meticulousness, how could he miss such an important opportunity to seize the treasure painting!