Chapter 346: King Liang's Ambition
The excitement of Shangguan Yi's return to the center of the mansion is difficult to quell, every official has the heart of a powerful minister, how can he be different, in the final analysis, the biggest profit from the fall of Ying Guogong is these officials around him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 There are a lot of vacancies in the Yulin Army, although they are all grassroots officers, but they are undoubtedly a piece of fat, he controls the six departments of this Shangshu Province, and the military department and the official department are all officials of the Zhaowen Academy, which makes his arrangement very simple. But just like that, his road to power is not complete, the beginning of the road to power should be the new emperor's accession to the throne, and now Li Zhi's body can last a few years, and he has to take precautions to get closer to the prince in these years.
Getting closer to the prince's mansion will still not be very smooth, and every time Li Zhi and Empress Wu patrolled the divine capital Luoyang before, it was the crown prince Li Hong who was in power. Li Hong has been in the dynasty many times, and the prince's mansion has its own team, and when the prince is in the dynasty, the prince's mansion's team will run and take charge of the empire. Shangguan Yi's mind hit Li Zhong, if Li Zhong becomes the crown prince.... Shangguan Yi shook his head self-deprecatingly, how is this possible, if the abolished crown prince Li Zhong is allowed to rule the East Palace again, Empress Wu will need to fall, and he wants to overthrow Empress Wu?
"Does King Liang have any moves?"
"Master, King Liang spends all day drinking and not making any other moves"
"Could it be that he really has no intention of taking the throne?" Shangguan Yi thought.
Time passed day by day, but Li Zhong, who was monitored by various forces, still did not move, seeing that the head of state day was coming, and Li Zhong had to return to his territory after the head of state day. Finally, there seemed to be movement in King Liang's mansion, and the obese King Liang entered the room with a half-naked woman in his arms and laughing, such a scene happens in the mansion every day, but this time Li Zhong pushed away the women on both sides after closing the door.
"Are things ready?"
Two retainers sprang out from both sides of the room, "Lord Wang, it's ready"
"After arranging it for so long, it can finally be officially started" Li Zhong's face was excited.
Li Zhong changed his clothes, walked to the wall, opened the secret passage, and walked in.
Lu Liang drove the carriage to deliver wine in the back of the mansion, and every day the Drunken Immortal Mansion would send wine to the homes of various wealthy nobles, everyone was accustomed to it, and the secret whistles who were in charge of staring at the Liang Wangfu did not notice anything unusual. A slightly obese subordinate, dressed in a green coat and wearing a small hat, walked out of the cellar and got into the carriage. Lu Liang glanced at the person in front of him and drove the carriage away.
"Lu Liang, well done" The man with a small hat in Tsing Yi showed a smiling face, it was actually King Liang!
"Thank you for the compliment"
Liang Wang Li Zhong is very smart, and he has been repeating one thing for most of the month, that is, he is addicted to wine, no one knows that he has been confusing those dark sentinels who are staring at Liang Wang's mansion, and he can also think of taking advantage of the opportunity of Zuixianlou to often enter and exit various rich and wealthy families and get out. King Liang looks obese on the outside, this is just a performance, Li Zhong in the secret is very shrewd, at least this time he played the Empress Wu and all the people who stared at him.
"Lord, where is the first stop?"
"Shangguanyi's Mansion"
"Lord Wang, the road has been cleared for you, Lord Shangguan will visit the garden today, the little one has already bought off the people around him, where can you meet him"
"When I achieve great things, I will definitely reward you heavily" Li Zhong didn't know how many empty checks he had written, but Lu Liang was still very excited, and when the time came, he would let Han Tongwen see who was the real powerhouse.
Although Shangguan Yi is busy with affairs, but there are also a lot of tastes, there is a small garden behind Shangguan Mansion, after a heavy snowfall, now the plum blossoms are blooming, Shangguan Yi decided to cook wine here and enjoy the plum blossoms. There was a stove burning in the pavilion, and now it was burning, the green and red flames jumped, and an open porcelain bottle was flooded with water, and a pot of wine was still burning in the water. Drunken Immortal Wine has been sought after by these upper-class nobles since it appeared, and Shangguanyi is no exception, with a spicy entrance, and now it turns into a flame and runs around thousands of limbs, which is particularly comfortable in this cold winter.
"Lord Shangguan is so elegant, why don't you invite me in and have a drink?" A person spoke behind him, and Shangguan Yi frowned when he turned around.
"King Liang has not been far away, and he can forgive his sins" Shangguan Yi was secretly surprised, Li Zhong's movements have always been the target of concern of hundreds of officials in the court, and even he has arranged a secret whistle, and now he can get out of the Liang Wangfu silently under everyone's surveillance without him having any news, this alone proves that King Liang is definitely not as stupid as he was in the court last time.
"I don't know what King Liang has to do here" Shangguan Yi poured a glass of wine for Li Zhong, this garden is relatively cheap, very few people come, and he also ordered not to let his subordinates disturb, but it is also a place to talk.
"I believe that Brother Shangguan should have guessed it."
"A little bit, but I still hope to hear it from King Liang's mouth."
"Mingren doesn't say secret words, Brother Shangguan, I am here for the position of the crown prince this time, I hope to get your support" Li Zhong stared at Shangguan Yi with blazing eyes, which was very different from his previous obese appearance.
"Today's prince is Li Hong," Shangguan Yi pointed out.
"Li Hong?" Li Zhong sneered disdainfully, "In terms of talent, I am far above Li Hong and Li Xian, and my wheel is even more than 108,000 miles away, but I can only sit in Yongzhou and catch monkeys all over the mountains, if I attract the attention of the Empress Wu a little, the disaster of killing will come, and the Empress Wu will never allow anyone to threaten her son's crown prince, especially me!"
"So you're here to depose Empress Wu and the crown prince this time?" Shangguan Yi asked tentatively.
"Yes, my mother is the queen of the king, the queen of martial arts will kill my mother if she uses poison tricks, and she also asked my father to remove my status as the crown prince and demote me to the king of Liang, I have endured it for more than ten years, and now I finally have the opportunity."
"With all due respect, this is not realistic, Mrs. Wei and the Ying Guo Mansion have just fallen into the hands of Empress Wu this time, and Empress Wu's wisdom and ruthlessness are far more powerful than you and I imagined," Shangguan Yi said without falsehood.
"If it weren't for me, she would have been able to kill Mrs. Wei and Ying Guogong so smoothly?
"Then I'd like to hear what methods King Liang has," Shangguan Yi said with a smile
Li Zhong secretly scolded the old fox, if he doesn't see the rabbit and doesn't scatter the eagle, if he can't give him a perfect reason, I'm afraid he will be in vain this time.
"Empress Wu and the emperor always thought that they had a firm grasp of this palace, but they forgot that my mother was the former queen Wang, and although she was killed by the slut Empress Wu, she left me a lot of dark lines, and the person who instructed Liu Xi to frame Wu Yuanqing was me" Li Zhong said proudly.
"Why are you doing this?"
"First, it is to cut off the strength of the queen's line, although the relationship between the two parties is not harmonious, but after all, it is a potential threat, and secondly, it is to help Brother Shangguan, you have pushed to the Yingguo Mansion, you have made the most profits, and your strength has risen sharply, so you can cooperate with me to succeed"
"Then everything after that was also arranged by you?" Shangguan Yi found that not only him, but everyone underestimated King Liang and was confused by his obese appearance.
"It's just a pity that the emperor let Wu Yuanqing go. Later, I found out that the Wei Lady Helan had a deep hatred for the Empress Wu, and the enemy of the enemy was a friend, so the two of us joined forces, I killed Liu Xi and still provoked the emperor at the gate of the palace, while the Lady of Wei helped me attract the emperor's attention to the Empress Wu, after all, the Empress Wu is the most capable person to do all this. I originally thought that I could abolish Empress Wu with the power of the emperor, but I didn't expect Empress Wu to be so ruthless, and directly killed Mrs. Wei "Li Zhong sighed at Empress Wu's ruthlessness" But she also showed her feet, as long as my plan goes well, it is logical to push it to Empress Wu"
"And...."Li Zhong whispered a few words in front of Shangguan Yi's ear, although Shangguan Yi's face was as usual, but his heart was full of turmoil.
"How sure are you there" Counting the Empress Wu is also a stumbling block on his way to becoming a powerful minister, and now listening to Li Zhong's plan, his heart is naturally pounding, and he forgets Ji Ling's last words to warn him to stay away from Li Zhong.
"If Brother Shangguan cooperates, there is at least seventy percent certainty"
The people in Hanye Village are preparing for the New Year, buying new clothes, fireworks, the little wolf and Qiao Song are in a happy mood, Han Tongwen is basking in the sun, and Lin Yun sent a letter.
"Young Master, this is a letter from Beiting"
"Hu family brothers?"
Han Tongwen took the letter, and the letter said that most of the robbers in Beiting had been pulled down the mountain, and now they were supported by the materials provided by Linzhou's Zuixianfang and Liu Chuang's firm, and they had been classified, and as long as they started to rebuild, these people could be put into use immediately, of course, those rich merchants used them for a fee. Han Tongwen is very short of money, the Hu brothers are very short of money, and the refugees in Beiting Xizhou are also short of money, but the most important thing for these rich businessmen is money!
There is still a letter in the envelope, Han Tongwen is a little curious, what can't be said in one letter, and he has to write two letters, open it and see that it is not the case, after reading the letter, Han Tongwen is faintly worried!
The letter was signed in the name of Jing'an, Jing'an, of course, he knew that more than three years had passed since the Beiting blood refining method was passed on to the present, and he should be a great martial artist by now, and it should be easy to deal with the Xu family, but he has not yet come to Chang'an to prove that something has happened in the middle. The letter did not mention how he was doing and when he came to him, but he left a few names, Han Tongwen's heart suddenly sank to the bottom, if it is really as he said in his heart, then Beiting and even Youzhou Liangzhou have very big hidden dangers. But how did Jing'an contact the three Hu brothers?
"Lin Yun, prepare pen and paper, I want to write a letter. ”