Everyone looked out through the curtain, waiting with bated breath for Liu Zhennian's reply. They could even imagine what shocking behavior he would do in anger. But they didn't expect that the prime minister suddenly changed his temper.
, gradually
He put away his angry eyes, and a calm color appeared on his face again. Then he leaned forward, held the blade of the sword with one hand, and picked it up with the other hand, only to hear "swish"
'With a soft sound, it was put into the sheath.
"What you said makes some sense," Liu Zhennian replied coldly, "but whether it is true or false, we still don't know the truth. I will keep you somewhere else for now, and leave the matters in prison to the young prisoner for investigation.
Afterwards, if I find that you have made any lies, I will immediately kill the nine tribes! Do you hear me clearly?"
When the matter developed to such an extent, Shi Zhengxiu lost all fear and replied: "I know better!" After saying that, he was dragged out of the house by two government officials.
Now it was the ministers' turn to be frightened. Especially Lu Zhixian, the ones most trusted by Su Zongshan, who followed him and enjoyed many blessings. They all stared at Shi Zhengxiu's back with their hearts in their throats.
Feeling guilty for a while. Niu Yuan beside him only glanced coldly and saw what they were thinking, but he didn't make it clear and just smiled.
"Mr. Liu, is Shi Jianzheng telling the truth?"
Niu Yuan followed Liu Zhennian back to the capital hall. Seeing that it was the time when the moon and stars were scarce, and there was no one around, he hurriedly climbed up a few steps, raised his hands and asked.
Liu Zhennian looked at him steadily for a while, then slowly turned around: "Isn't he yours?"
"Prime Minister!" Niu Yuan leaned towards him, with a trace of tears in his eyes, "It's because everyone saw me in despair, so they tried every means to frame me! I don't know how much injustice I have suffered and how many ups and downs I have experienced in my humble position!
I'm afraid you have believed it a little bit. But there is no way to express my humble position to others, so I can only hold back this breath..."
Listening to what he said word by word, Liu Zhennian began to feel a little moved, but he didn't want to show it, so he had to put on a stiff face and asked again: "I don't care who is slandering you now, but
I want to know who Shi Zhengxiu takes orders from!"
"Say!" Seeing that he still lowered his head, Liu Zhennian reached out and grabbed the collar behind his neck.
"It should be someone who is involved in politics..."
"That's right!" Liu Zhennian slapped him on the shoulder neatly, "Why keep it secretive? Talk openly! Let me tell you, after everyone left, I asked Shi Zhengxiu privately.
He insisted that Su Zongshan formed a clique and implicated himself.
, so you used the sign of heaven to expose it. You also told me all kinds of other things that were greedy and perverted. It was really annoying to hear it! Not to mention that you have always been intolerant of others, and you should have the courage to kill people! If it is still the case
How can anyone be so despondent and hopeless that they can accomplish great things?"
When Niu Yuan heard the words "pay big things", his heart was shocked. He raised his sweaty forehead in surprise, but thought it was Liu Zhennian who was testing him, so he was extremely careful: "You just believe him that much?"
If so? That person dared to name him, maybe he had selfish motives."
"Selfish?" Liu Zhennian smiled helplessly and pulled out an armchair. "At such an old age, his selfishness is left to his children and grandchildren. How can he destroy his whole family? Even if we don't guess his true intentions.
, take a look at the recent situation of not being able to make ends meet, and you will also know what extent the corruption in the imperial court has reached." As he said that, he sat down and once again cast his expectant eyes on Niu Yuan.
Niu Yuan never thought that he could make a comeback, but when he saw Liu Zhennian abandoning his past grudges and still giving him a trusting look as usual, a warm current seemed to arouse in his heart, and he couldn't help but kneel down heavily, and wiped his gray
He pressed his head to the ground and sobbed: "Niu is willing to make suggestions for Mr. Liu, to help you clarify the government and the public, and change the old habits!"
Liu Zhennian felt sad, and hurriedly stopped his twitching lips, swallowed hard, and concealed his emotion: "Okay, okay... let him let the past things go! Now you are the only one by my side.
People are reliable."
"Mr. Liu, I will always support you. No matter what you do, I will never utter a single word of no. However, your 'disciples' are not of the same mind as me. They are all connected, one by one.
They are all greedy and cunning people. If you interfere with their interests, it is tantamount to asking for death. According to your humble position, you can only do small things, not big ones." Niu Yuan crawled forward two steps and grabbed the handle of the chair, like a child.
Looking at him the same.
"The world is so rotten, what's the point of small actions?" Liu Zhennian's voice became more and more severe, "If I discuss it with those disciples, they will definitely advise me, saying that they 'can't destroy internal unity' and 'can't give it to the enemy.
The fallacy of profiteering is simply fart!"
He slapped the table and his eyes turned red: "I will no longer pretend to be a decent person today. I admit it. The reason why I bullied the ministers and attracted the scholars back then was purely to form a party! I formed a party to overthrow the country of this dynasty.
, in order to oust the emperor's son from the throne. They said that I wanted to commit treason. I didn't refute it; but I never did it for
The common people are living in drunkenness and dreaming! Now even the confidants I raised are not clean, do I still have to protect them because of some sectarian opinions? Anyway, looking at today's situation, I will fall sooner or later, within a day or two.
!Even if the big move fails, I still have to bring down a few thieves, and my stubborn life will not be in vain!"
Without thinking, Niu Yuan responded resolutely: "I have treated the Prime Minister like my mentor for many years. Since the Prime Minister is so ambitious, how can Niu Yuan dare to back down? So I am going to offer a plan to achieve this!"
Liu Zhennian frowned and said: "Your strategies are usually very radical. This case of changing the situation is of great importance to the fate of the court. It is better to be cautious."
Niu Yuan said firmly: "You don't have to be afraid, my plan is foolproof. Su Zongshan has a lot of followers, so we must not be too cautious, focusing on one thing and losing the other, which will delay the opportunity to fight and alert the enemy. Therefore, we should attack them all with one move and make them unresponsive."
Opportunity, sit still and wait for death!"
Su Zongshan was not unprepared. He paid close attention to Liu Zhennian's actions at that time, so he was quite anxious. He couldn't fall asleep until the second watch. He tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so he had to get up and walk to the middle hall to pace. Who
After pacing for a few times, Zhi became even more nervous and had no choice but to secretly summon many of his confidants to come to the mansion to discuss matters.
The confidants usually only care about ink, and they just listen to the shrewd Su Shen's political arrangements. What kind of intelligence is needed? Now that the Su Shen has no idea, they are even more ignorant, and they talk all over the place. But
Only a few of them got to the point. I kept talking for a long time, and now the third watch is approaching.