Chapter 323 Born to be Guilty(1/2)
The king walked out of the gate of the Censorate and looked at the sky with a gloomy face.
It was originally connected to several sunny days, but it was cloudless early this morning, but by noon, the storm suddenly changed and it started to rain. This caught Wang off guard. He was on a horse and just went back like this, for fear of being soaked.
He wasn't very willing to go home. After arriving at home, he would feel cold when facing the eyes of his mother and wife.
Speaking of which, he was also a shameless person. He was appointed as the Censorate, but he still couldn't raise his head in front of Yang Shenjin. Even his own job was taken away by Yang Shenjin.
Although he was angry, Yang Shenjin was his elder. He had also received the help of Yang Shenjin as the censor, so he was angry but could not speak.
"So late, the prince hasn't left yet?"
Suddenly, someone spoke behind him, and Wang looked back and it was Yang Zhao.
In addition to Yang Zhao, there is another person, who is also very familiar to Wang, Ye Chang.
"This... how did Mr. Yang and Mr. Ye be here?" Wang said in surprise.
Ye Chang almost laughed. Yang Zhao was over forty years old and said that there was no problem with Mr. Yang. He was only in his early twenties and was called "Mr.", which was always a bit strange. However, this also shows that the king did not dare to neglect him.
Ye Chang understood what was the reason why he did not neglect: Li Linfu.
The king was one of Li Linfu's most trusted confidants, and he respected Li Linfu very much. Even though he was now a Censor and a Censor, he could run around like a servant with a command from Li Linfu.
Moreover, Wang's performance was also outstanding in the past few competitions against Wei Jian, Li Shizhi and others. He always led the way, and it could even be said to jump out and bite wildly.
"Do you have time to have a free time? Go to the Peony Pavilion with me to have tea?" Yang Zhao said.
The Tang Dynasty was an extremely open dynasty. Once a trend became popular, it could be accepted and spread by people in a short period of time. This is true for football dramas, and the same is true for Xiangxuehai. Now, there have been many high-end guild halls imitating Xiangxuehai to serve high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen in Chang'an City. The Peony Pavilion is one of them. It is located close to the official party, so many officials will go there to go around after work.
This place is a place of elegance, with wine, tea, poetry and flowers. Even if there are conservative attacks that are not open to the eyes, they can defend themselves.
The relationship between Wang and Yang Zhao is very ordinary, because both of them are in the Censorate, Yang Zhao is the Censor, and Wang is the Chief Secretary. Although there is a distinction between subordinates and superiors, there is actually a vague competitive relationship. Therefore, the two people rarely interact with each other. Now Yang Zhao suddenly calls him and invites him to the Peony Pavilion. Wang immediately understands that Yang Zhao has other arrangements.
Seeing Ye Chang nodding slightly, he did not think much and responded to this matter.
There was a short time outside, and all three of them got on Yang Zhao's carriage. After arriving at the Peony Pavilion, they chose a elegant room, and had their own followers guarding outside, so that no one with ulterior motives would eavesdrop.
"You two will not really drink tea here, right? If you have any instructions, please tell me."
Wang was depressed. Although he treated Ye Chang with courtesy, he didn't want to spend too much time on useless saliva, so he asked directly.
"I heard that the prince and minister Yang have a relationship?" Yang Zhao didn't say anything, but Ye Chang was speaking.
Wang nodded and said frankly: "It's true."
"But I also heard that Mr. Yang was very rude to the prince. Although you were both listed as officials, he called the envoy, like a servant?"
Wang was silent for a moment, and then reluctantly said, "He has a long history and has been kind to me..."
"I heard that Mr. Yang invaded the king's office and land?"
Wang suddenly stood up, but sat down again, and said with a wry smile: "It's just a temporary misunderstanding... Mr. Ye, what do you have to say, just say it?"
"I heard that Mr. Yang was also insulted by the prince and the prince's biological mother and regarded him as a maid?" Ye Chang asked again.
This is a slap in the face and revealing the shortcomings. Wang's face could no longer be controlled. The flesh on his cheeks trembled, and he pointed at Ye Chang: "You, you..."
"Mr. Li asked me to find you." Ye Chang's words relieved the king's entire anger: "If you want to be careful, you must use the king."
Replacing the anger on the king's face was puzzled.
He knew that Li Linfu was becoming increasingly dissatisfied with Yang Shenjin, but he never thought that he would take action now. You must know that Li Linfu had made careful arrangements in advance before he started the action.
And this time, Li Linfu seems to have not made sufficient preparations.
"This matter...is true?"
"Of course it's true."
"Why didn't Li Xiang tell me personally?"
"Li Xiang was behind closed doors to thank the guests and wanted to plan a major event, so he never told you in person." Ye Chang smiled: "I can't do such a major event without telling Li Xiang."
The king really believes in this. If this was not what Li Linfu meant, how could Ye Chang dare to act under his banner? Now Yang Zhao has arrived. With Ye Chang, if there is another king, even if Li Linfu doesn't come forward in person, it will be enough to shake Yang Shenjin's position in Li Longji's mind.
Thinking of the humiliation that Yang Shenjin brought to him, Wang slapped his left palm and swore evilly: "I will not share the world with this thief."
"Yang Shen is frivolous and insulting the princes and princes, but he doesn't know how to restrain himself. Princes and princes should know his private affairs, and I don't know if there is anything to take advantage of?" Ye Chang asked directly.
This sentence made Wang Xin beat, and he looked at Ye Chang with a strange expression.
He is not unfamiliar with this method. It was a common trick of Li Linfu's insults, starting from private matters, rather than looking for troubles in work. At most, troubles in work make people demoted and dismissed, but this is for others' heads.
When did Ye Chang and Yang Shenjin have such hatred?
Or has Ye Chang become a little Li Linfu?
But he didn't know that Ye Chang had already put the Yang brothers in a position of being eliminated. Yang Shenjin not only colluded with Yang Hui, but also confirmed that the news that he secretly returned to Chang'an was Yang Shenjin who spread the news that he had secretly returned to Chang'an.
He was seen through his whereabouts in Luoyang by Yang Shenming. For his own purposes, Yang Shenming sent someone to fly cavalry to spread the news to Chang'an. After discovering that there might be a crack in the relationship between Ye Chang and Li Linfu, he rejected Wang Yuanbao's suggestion on the surface, but in fact he sent the news again. Yang Shenjin might think that he could take the opportunity to get rid of Ye Chang and Li Linfu, so as to remove one of Li Linfu's foreign aids, so he intended to fuel the fire in this matter.
If Li Linfu hadn't realized that someone might have taken the opportunity to make profits and left some room for action, Ye Chang's head might have been cut off.
"Seriously...to do this?" Wang Lie hesitated a little.
"Just just now, the prince said he would be irreconcilable with Yang Shenjin, but at this time he asked me if I wanted to do so?" Ye Chang glanced at him with a smile.
Wang pondered for a while, then said, "Yang Shenqiu is arrogant and crazy. He thinks he is the remains of the previous dynasty and once told me about prophecy."
Yang Zhao, who had been by his side, took a breath suddenly: Ye Chang was cruel, Wang was cruel
Ye Chang just wanted to remove Yang Shenjin's brothers, but the charges provided by the king may cause a huge prison.
Prophecy, the remains of the previous dynasty is Li Longji's most taboo thing, Yang Shenjin's head is not enough to cut
After being shocked, Yang Zhao was immediately scared. Some people said that he was the second son of Zhang, who was favored by Wu Zetian, but at least his surname was Yang, and he was also considered a descendant of the Sui royal family of the previous dynasty. Will this prison be implicated?
If the Yang Shenjin brothers have some relationship with Yang Yuhuan in the palace, Yang Yuhuan was able to marry Prince Shou Li Mao because he was attracted by Li Mao during the family banquet where the Yang family brothers were hosting the same tribe. However, because Yang Yuhuan is now Li Longji's favorite concubine, this period of history has also been deliberately avoided.
"What, didn't you say you wanted to deal with Yang Zhe?" Seeing that Ye Chang and Yang Zhao didn't say anything for a long time, it was Wang Si's turn to glance at the two of them with a smile.
"I understand, do you have any evidence?" Yang Zhao replied before Ye Chang.
With his understanding of Ye Chang, Ye Chang may not be able to make such a determination unless there is no other choice. But since Wang mentioned the remains of the previous dynasty, Yang Zhao also had the surname Yang. Even if it was just to clear his suspicion, he had to do his best to get things done.
Ye Chang's heart moved, or it was precisely because of this reason that Wang Cai deliberately said the words "the seeds of the previous dynasty". He probably felt that Ye Chang, Yang Zhao and Yang Shenjin had no life-and-death grudge, and might not be able to do it to the extreme, so he used this strategy to force Yang Zhao to do his best.
You should know the power behind Yang Zhao, but Yang Yuhuan. With his full intervention, the goal is almost a foregone conclusion.
"Of course there is evidence. There is a man named Shi Jingzhong. He was once a monk. Later, he returned to secular life. He is known to know how to tell the good and bad luck. He has a close relationship with Yang Shenjin. A few days ago, Yang Shenjin had a message to me, saying that he had asked Shi Jingzhong to make money, and later gave him a maid to Shi Jingzhong."
"Where is this person Shi Jingzhong?" Yang Zhao asked.
"I don't know about this... This person is quite famous in Beijing, so it's not difficult to find him."
"If Shi Jingzhong finds this and gets confession from him, would the prince and the prince be willing to give him a letter?"
"I have no choice but to do so"
When they said this, they formed an alliance. Wang left first. Ye Chang smiled slightly and looked at Yang Zhao: "The big thing is going to be done."
“What’s next?”
"Please ask Ji Wen to arrest Shi Jingzhong. As long as Shi Jingzhong is still in Chang'an, I think it will be found out soon. With Ji Wen in charge of this matter, what confession can't be produced by Shi Jingzhong?"
Yang Zhao nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I will also find a way in the palace...please ask my second sister to come forward."
Yang Yuhuan is the foundation of the Yang family's wealth. Yang Zhao would not ask her to speak for ordinary things. The other three sisters of the Yang family who had an affair with Li Longji came forward to talk. He did not hide this in front of Ye Chang, and was showing his trust to Ye Chang, but Ye Chang's heart was abrupt. What trust did he show for no reason?
Sure enough, immediately afterwards, Yang Zhao asked: "Shiyilang, brother, I have a question, don't hide it from me."
"Please say it."
"What happened to Li Xiang?" Yang Zhao stared at him without blinking.
Ye Chang was slightly stunned: "What's the situation?"
"Don't pretend, the Eleventh Lang, I saw you when you left Xingqing Palace. You helped Mr. Li onto the carriage, and then you left with the carriage. If Mr. Li's body can still support you, you should take the carriage by yourself. The person who ordered the coachman to go back home should be Mr. Li himself, not you."
No one in this world is a fool. Yang Zhao can become a treacherous minister for all ages, not just because of Yang Yuhuan's crony. He is even smarter than Ye Chang imagined. Ye Chang was a little helpless, and it would be great if he wasn't that smart.
Li Longji's condition is not optimistic.
This old traitor is cruel to others and to himself. He was just fainted and his vitality was severely damaged, but he still forced his sick body. He first went to the market to avoid being seen by Gao Lishi and found an excuse for his weak body. Then he took the initiative to enter the palace, forced his sick body to deal with Li Longji, and robbed Ye Chang, the son-in-law.
He kept on with his extraordinary perseverance throughout the whole process, but after leaving the palace, his body could no longer support him. If Ye Chang had not reached out to help him, he would have been exposed.
After returning home, Ye Chang went to meet with Yang Zhao and Ji Wen in secret, but Li Linfu was resting at home and could not handle official duties at all. It was just that Ye Chang's confession that the Li family is now closed inside and outside, and no news has been heard for the time being.
"Mr. Li is indeed sick, but it is not serious. The imperial doctor said that he only needs to rest." Ye Chang said.
"Then, was it really the instructed by Mr. Li to deal with Yang Shenjin?" Yang Zhao asked again.
Ye Chang smiled: "It doesn't matter whether it was instructed by Xianggong Li."
Yang Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Ye Chang meant. He, Wang, Ye Chang, and Ji Wen were all regarded as Li Yu Generals. It can be said that among the important figures used by Li Linfu to attack political enemies, Luo Xishuang was not joined. As long as their action began, everyone would consider it as Li Linfu's instruction.
Even Li Linfu himself must admit this.
In other words, after being arranged by Li Linfu to take the blame several times, Ye Chang finally took advantage of Li Linfu's opportunity to lie on the hospital bed and let Li Linfu take the blame.
"What if Li Xiang recovers from illness?"
"Isn't it Li Xiang's own idea to deal with Yang Shenjin? If we do it for him, he will only be happier." Ye Chang said.
To be continued...