Chapter 32: Chen Shou's hat trick
It was dusk and the lights were on.
A group of powerful officials gathered in the study room of the prime minister's mansion.
The atmosphere in the room was a bit heavy. Everyone looked at Wei Xiang, who had lost his usual calm temperament, and had their own plans in their hearts.
The position of Minister of Personnel was gone, and Wei Yunse was furious.
Jiang Chucai, who was originally going to be in power, looked depressed. The Ministry of Personnel was the leader of the six ministries, and the position of real power under the prime minister was relatively heavy, so Liu Shangying actually got the advantage.
Chen Shou pressed each other step, but they could only tolerate it. The reason was that Chen Shou had control of the emperor and had a soldier in his hand.
Wei Yunse clearly remembered that on the night of Gong Bian, only about 800 people came from his subordinates, and they beat Yao Baobao's left scepter camp to run away with his head.
It is said that in those four Taoist temples, there is a small road up the mountain, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are thousands of soldiers and horses hidden in the temple, and you can enter Bianliang at any time. It is simply a sharp blade hanging over everyone's heads.
"For a moment of tolerance, raising this thief will become a big trouble!" Wei Yunse gritted his teeth and cursed: "If I had known this, I would have been better off as a thief with Yao Baobao. Now Chen Shou is a disaster, a hundred times more than Yao Baobao, and I can't sleep or eat."
A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Jiang Chucai's eyes, and he raised his hand and slashed his sword, "For the sake of the present, we can only take the last step."
"Is it...a little risky?"
"Em, if you want to expel him from the court, only Your Majesty nods. In the short term, Your Majesty will not nod, but will also protect him more and more. Then we have to use normal means to solve him, and we have to wait until His Majesty dies. I still don't know what big things he can do during this period. Moreover, the little thief is extremely cunning and has been developing his power. He has no foundation at all and can still stir up trouble. If he wants to make trouble, he will not be able to cure him if he doesn't have a big tail." Jiang Chucai's voice was decisive, and the conflict between him and Chen Shou was deeper than Wei Yun's color.
Because Chen Shou did not touch the interests of the Lianghuai Group behind Wei Yunse, he had already begun to intervene in Hedong.
What's even more annoying is that he chose his own mortal enemy when he came up and cooperated with the Yuan family of Baibogu, which is well known to everyone.
Yanqing Temple recruited soldiers in Hedong in the name of disaster relief, and colluded with Baibogu, and was even more like a fish in water.
In Ali, there were also bandits of the White Lotus Sect who barbarically suppressed Yanqingguan represented by Zhang Zhengyuan, but the bandits of the White Lotus Sect overestimated their abilities and took Jinyang and allowed Li Xin to wipe out the backbone in one fell swoop. It was no longer a climate.
As a result, the Jiang family's plan to recruit soldiers on their own failed, but Yanqingguan became popular in the right name.
If one rises and the other falls, let Baibogu and Yanqing Temple continue, the Jiang family in Longmen Mountain will suffer a catastrophe.
There were five people in the study room, all of whom were silent. After a moment, Wei Yunse nodded and said, "That's all."
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Under the East Palace, Mu Face knelt on the ground, feeling a little scared.
The man in black refused to speak for a long time. The more he did, the greater the pressure.
If he cursed, Muwei would be more afraid.
"Tang Wei is really a waste. He can't even get anything done with such a good opportunity in Hedong. He was easily wiped out by a young man from Xiliang. I heard that Li Wei did not come out of the mountain, only his second son, who brought more than 10,000 people, completely annihilated the good situation in Hedong. Waste...waste."
The man in black finally spoke, and Mufang knew that Tang Xu was dead. He did not complete his master's order in Hedong and dared to run away.
The most compassionate thing is to let him commit suicide. If he is a little cruel, he might even use the tortures on him.
Tang Xu developed White Lotus believers in Hedong. I don’t know how many people they killed with torture. He must know that it was not good. If this idiot had been himself, he would have committed suicide long ago.
"Master, the leader of the other places comes to ask for instructions. Do you do as planned?" Mu Fang asked carefully.
The man in black seemed not to hear him talking, and was still shaking his head. His plan did not start from Hedong, otherwise it would not have been so easy to be extinguished. Hedong was not the place with the largest number of White Lotus believers, or even one of the fewest areas.
Because Hedong is controlled by aristocratic families, it is difficult to penetrate, and the difficulty is second only to Xiliang and Youyan.
After a while, he coughed lightly, his voice a little tired.
"The autumn flood in Hedong was originally unexpected, maybe it was an opportunity, but now it seems that we are still too hasty. But I still have a chess piece, and I will not rush to act if I pass the order. Tang Xu delayed the major incident and asked him to commit suicide and apologize. Lu Huai will take charge of the matter in Hedong."
“Yes, master.”
The wooden face was still lying on the ground, and he didn't see the man in black taking off his mask and gently kneading his forehead.
"How many golden elixirs have you given to Chen Shou's golden elixir?"
"Back to the master, the fifth one."
"Hahaha... the old guy is so excited that he has only four. If he has four more, he will be able to become immortal."
Mu Fang hesitated for a moment and asked, "Master, who is from the East Palace who sent someone to ask, when will Chen Shou be killed?"
"What's he anxious about?"
The wooden face pressed his forehead to the ground, moved his wrists and said, "It seems... Chen Shou and the Crown Princess are Li Lingfeng from Xiliang, and they have some unclear relationship."
"Hahaha, interesting, interesting! I can't bear to kill Chen Shou, this kid. Crown Princess, imperial concubines, princess..." The man in black seemed to like to hear that the Zhao family suffered a loss. His face was lying on the ground, and his chin was so shocked that his chin almost fell off.
The man in black laughed before he could stop laughing until he felt a little uncomfortable in his chest.
The wooden face had a short body, and he moved slightly, and he had been serving his master for so long, but he had never seen him so happy.
The laughter came to an abrupt end. The man in black didn't know what he thought of, frowned his eyebrows again and fell silent.
"That bitch named Su..." The man in black became cold.
Mufang quickly replied: "Master, there are too many people who protect her. If we don't use the dead soldiers, we can't kill her at all."
"Have she returned to Xiliang?"
"yes."
"Don't touch her first, wait until the end to deal with her."
The man in black was very afraid of Xiliang, for fear of causing trouble in Xiliang, and exposed his subordinates.
If Li Wei knew what Li Jin's dead soldiers did, it would completely disrupt his deployment and might be uprooted.
Li Xin's performance in Hedong was too amazing. In the past, he only heard that Xiliang Malaysia and foreign races were confronting each other, and gradually gained the upper hand. He didn't think they were very powerful.
This time was the first time that the Xiliang soldiers advanced eastward. They showed their combat power in front of the people of the Central Plains, and shocked the world with one battle.
Although some people disagree and think that the Xiliang soldiers are just bullying the unarmed sect bandits, anyone with discerning eyes has seen how terrifying they are.
Ten thousand people fought all over Hedong. In a few months, they could wipe out the Hedong bandits' chaos and take the opportunity to destroy several aristocratic families. What's even more terrifying is that they had almost no loss.
"Go and tell the East Palace who is not allowed to kill Chen Shou for the time being, so he should not be impulsive and miss a big deal."
Chapter completed!