Li Lian stepped into Lingcheng's courtyard, bowed to Wang Xiao, and said:
"I've met the Grand Master!"
Wang Xiao sat at the top, lowered his head while reviewing the memorial in his hand, and waved:
"Get up."
Li Lian stood up straight and saw Tie Shengwen standing next to Wang Xiao, looking at him silently, and his heart skipped a beat.
Didn't Tie Shengwen just leave? Why did he come back so soon?
"Zhengyu, do you know why I'm looking for you today?" Wang Xiao asked.
Li Lian's eyes moved and he cupped his hands and said:
"Master, is this because of the rumors that have appeared in Beijing recently?"
Wang Xiao nodded and said:
"Yes, you are in charge of Tingwei, what do you know?"
Hearing this, Li Lian shook his head and said:
"To report to the Grand Master, I haven't heard anything about it."
When Wang Xiao heard this, he paused while reviewing the memorial, looked up at Li Lian, and said:
"really?"
"Nowadays, many officials in the capital... well, they were invited back by the Grand Master, and many yamen in the capital have stopped functioning. The number of official duties that the Tingwei needs to handle has increased dramatically, and the lower officials have been busy for a long time, and they really didn't notice.
These."
As he spoke, Li Lian raised his head and met Wang Xiao's cold eyes, and his heart jumped suddenly. He quickly lowered his head and said urgently:
"I have spoken too much, Grand Master, please forgive me, but I really don't know about this matter..."
Wang Xiao nodded and said:
"Then do you know why I brought back these officials responsible for Beijing Central Affairs, causing the Beijing Central Yamen to be unable to operate?"
When Li Lian heard this, he couldn't help but hesitated, shook his head and said:
"Please speak clearly, Grand Master."
Wang Xiao stood up and said loudly:
"Since a huge force has been hidden and developed in the capital for so many years, it must be protected by the Yamen responsible for internal and external affairs in the capital. Only as my confidant can it be possible to inherit the power of the Taishi Mansion and hide such a force
Come down. In the past few days, I have asked people to bring these relevant officials back. Naturally, I want to find some clues from their mouths."
"Then, Grand Master, have you found any clues?" Li Lian's lowered eyes flashed slightly.
"There were no clues before, but there was progress just now!" Wang Xiao said with a wooden face.
After saying that, Wang Xiao gestured towards Tie Shengwen, who nodded slightly and said in a deep voice:
"Bring it up!"
Immediately, there were several palace guards inside the house, dragging a body covered in blood into the house.
Li Lian turned around and looked, suddenly shocked.
The person who was brought in at this time turned out to be the hunchbacked old servant next to Li Lian.
"Grand Master, what are you..." Li Lian said in shock and anger.
At this time, Tie Shengwen, who had been silent until now, took a step forward and said loudly:
"While you were waiting for a few hours, Shengwen led people to your house."
Hearing this, Li Lian's pupils shrank and he looked at Tie Shengwen sharply.
"An old guard servant is actually a sixth-grade master who is good at using poison. Faced with the siege of the army, this old servant is not alarmed at all. There are many poisons hidden in the hunchback. He suddenly attacks and it is impossible to guard against it! If not
I'm alert, I'm afraid that the Grand Master will have to worry about finding an adviser." Tie Shengwen shook the iron fan in his hand and said in a relaxed tone.
"Now that I know you are the one behind it, I have a direction, and I want to investigate many things, so it won't be so strenuous. The manpower you bribed and arranged has just been explained!"
After Wang Xiao finished speaking, he looked at Li Lian with a complicated expression, shook his head and said:
"Zhengyu, I don't know, why you! I'm not kind to you, why would you betray me?"
Li Lian stood there, listening to Wang Xiao's questioning, and said nothing for a long time.
At this time, Li Lian also knew that since Wang Xiao had deceived him to come here, he took advantage of his time to directly search his mansion and obtained the confessions of the people he had installed.
Such a thunderous method must have been obtained by some evidence before taking action.
So no matter how he defends himself now, Wang Xiao will never believe it.
Li Lian stood there, silent for a long time, took a long breath, and then said:
"Master, I don't know where the flaw is?"
Wang Xiao looked at Li Lian deeply, shook his head slowly and said:
"Your hands and feet are very clean, so no clues have been found on you. But there is only one thing, you miscalculated!"
"Please give me some advice, Master!"
"You have been an official for more than ten years, and the biggest impression you have on others is that you are greedy for money. But your greed is very smart and greedy in a disciplined way. You can see other people's bottom lines at a glance, so you can always guess what others can do when asking for a price.
The highest price accepted. And if you follow the rules and accept the money, you will definitely get things done..." Wang Xiao said.
At this point, Li Lian was suddenly startled, and then he remembered what he had reported to Wang Xiao about Tingwei Zuojian He Yu and Dianke Department Chief Cheng Huali.
"The two people you reported to me before must have been impromptu. You wanted to use these two people to test me, but you didn't expect that this behavior was very different from your usual behavior. Only then was I discovered
Something strange!" Wang Xiao said in a deep voice.
Thinking of this, Li Lian suddenly smiled bitterly and said:
"Is that why?"
He reported the two of them in order to take this opportunity to test Wang Xiao's situation. However, he did not expect that this casual test would actually make Wang Xiao a little suspicious.
"The Grand Master once said that the people behind the scenes are extremely cautious. Seeing these officials being brought back, they must be tempted to resort to some means. You are uncharacteristically testing the situation at this time, so the Grand Master will naturally have to do a thorough investigation!
"Tie Shengwen said from the side.
"Sure enough, he did too much and made many mistakes. He really shouldn't have done this!" Li Lian said with a wry smile.
Wang Xiao sighed softly, with a livid face, and said:
"Tell me, why did you betray me? Is there someone behind it?"
Li Lian stood up straight, looked at Wang Xiao, suddenly sneered and said:
"Except for the Grand Master, I, Li Lian, can also be in charge of the political affairs of a country. I can even think about the supreme position and collect all the wealth of a country. How can I not try such a good thing?"
How could Wang Xiao believe such words? He snorted coldly:
"You want to lie to me? I searched your house, but there is only a pitiful amount of gold and silver? I'm afraid that your money-grubbing behavior is just to collect funds, win over tribes, and train assassins in an honest way!"
Li Lian showed a contemptuous smile, stretched out his arms, and like a big bird, he rose into the air and flew away.
Wang Xiao frowned and shouted:
"Don't let him go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the guards waiting outside Lingcheng's courtyard immediately stood in front of Li Lian.
Mr. Tie's eyes were sharp, he closed the iron fan in his hand, and kicked his feet. His whole body was like an arrow leaving the string, leaving behind waves of shadows, and chased after Li Lian.
And in the midst of the lightning and flint, Li Lian, who was flying in the air, suddenly swayed and turned back quickly like a flying swallow flying across the sky.
In a daze, everyone seemed to see a flying swallow.
Li Lian twisted the five fingers of his right hand, like a bird's beak, and pecked at Wang Xiao who was looking up.
The loud sound pierced the sky, like the cry of flying swallows, full of murderous aura.