As early as the beginning, although Fang Xuanling agreed to advise Wan He, he was still a little dissatisfied with Wan He's character. Especially when he was at the official residence of the Ministry of Rites last time, Wan He did not send the two people who were responsible for translating the Japanese credential to Wan He. Xiang Xu was killed and silenced, which made Fang Xuanling a little uncomfortable. This does not mean that Fang Xuanling is a vicious person, but in Fang Xuanling's view, if you want to achieve great things, you must not be a woman. Ren, letting go of two loopholes that may make him fail, may very well lead to the result of losing everything. And just now, Wan He's kindness to Wan Zha also made Fang Xuanling feel a little unhappy. , and even somewhat doubted whether his decision to assist Wan He was right or wrong.
But just now, Wan He's instructions to Yang Gongqing made Fang Xuanling notice a hint of meaning, especially the last words Wan He said clearly meant that he had murderous intentions for the man named Liao. Although the name of benevolence and righteousness is a necessary condition for a wise master, the determination to kill is also indispensable. Now Wan He is gradually getting closer to the image of the wise master in Fang Xuanling's mind.
Wan He didn't know how much impact his actions had on Fang Xuanling. Wan He frowned and turned to Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling and asked: "Wuji, cousin, what do you think I am?" Do you want to do the same to Third Uncle..."
In any case, Wan Sanye is also Wan He's biological uncle and Wan He's elder. In this era, there is a clear distinction between seniority and seniority. Wan He does not dare to do anything to his biological uncle at will. However, Changsun Wuji pondered for a moment and said: "According to my observation of Master Wan San during this period, although he is also ambitious, he is not as narrow-minded as Wan Xi, and he is not as narrow-minded as Wan Xi. Judging from some of his Judging from his actions, Wan Sanye still cares about the Wan family. However, he must be on guard against others. It is better to let Yang Zhuangshi send a few men to sneak into the Wan family and monitor Wan Sanye's actions from the side. Can,"
"Well," Changsun Wuji's idea also made Wan He nod in agreement. Wan He immediately asked Yang Gongqing to prepare the matter when he returned. The matter was not difficult, so Yang Gongqing also nodded and agreed.
After making all these arrangements, as soon as Yang Gongqing left, Wan He suddenly remembered the argument in the court this morning, so he told Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling about it again, and after listening to Wan He After the narration, the expressions of Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were a little strange. After a long time, Changsun Wuji sighed and said: "I'm afraid the emperor's northern patrol is not a good thing. The Turks have always been hostile to the Sui Dynasty. The Turkic Khans were always ambitious, and now the Emperor is actually driving the Northern Patrol. Isn’t this a meat bun delivered to his door? It’s impossible for Pei Shiju not to see this. Why would he propose this strategy to the Emperor? "
"There is no other way," Fang Xuanling shook his head and said helplessly: "According to what my cousin said, if Pei Shiju hadn't come up with such a way to divert the emperor's attention, I'm afraid that the fourth Eastern Expedition will be a foregone conclusion. Although the Northern Patrol is dangerous, there are ways to solve it. However, if we really want to conquer the East again, the Sui Dynasty will definitely perish."
"Uh," Wan He still didn't understand a word of what Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling said, but he understood one thing. Wan He's face immediately became more and more ugly, and he asked: " In that case, this northern patrol is also very dangerous,"
Without any hesitation, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling immediately nodded to Wan He. Wan He's face suddenly turned pale. The reason was very simple. Wan He's current position He is the Minister of Rites. This is the Emperor's northern tour. As the Minister of Rites, Wan He must follow the Emperor. If, as Changsun Wuji and others said, this northern tour is very dangerous, then Wan He will also follow. Facing danger.
At the same time, in another courtyard of Wan Mansion, it is the courtyard where Wan Sanye and Wan Zha live. Now Wan Sanye no longer has the power to rule the Wan family like he did in the past, but in the Wan family , Wan Sanye can still retain a few close servants, but compared to Wan Mansion, which has hundreds of servants, the servants who are still following Wan Sanye are very few, and they can only stay in this courtyard. I just clean the garden and cook for Mr. Wan San and his son.
Wan Sanye walked into the courtyard with a gloomy face as usual. As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he asked the servant who was cleaning the door: "Has the second young master come back?"
When the servant saw that it was Master Wan San who was asking the question, he immediately replied respectfully: "As for the Third Master, the Second Young Master has come back this afternoon, but he just went out again."
Wan Sanye frowned, nodded, and walked straight into the courtyard. There were three wing rooms in this courtyard, the two largest ones belonged to Wan Sanye and Wan Zha respectively. The remaining one, these are those Wan Sanye walked to the center of the courtyard where his servants lived. He originally wanted to go back to his own wing, but when his head tilted, he made an impromptu decision and walked to Wan Zha's wing next to him.
The door was not locked, maybe because Wan Zha was relatively reassured about this yard. Wan Sanye opened the door directly and went in. As expected, the room was empty. Wan Sanye sighed and walked slowly. He sat down at the round table in the room and decided to wait here for Wan Zha to come back, because he had some things he wanted to discuss with Wan Zha.
Since the last spring announcement of the official appointment, Wan Zha has been leaving early and coming back late. It is also rare for Wan Sanye to see him. As the saying goes, there is no better son than a father. How could Wan Sanye not know the character of his son? But During this time, Master Wan San also thought clearly that the current Wan He was no longer something they and his son could deal with, so Master Wan San wanted to persuade Wan Zha this time to give up his plan to go against Wan He. , it is also a good way to honestly go to work in Chang'an and pursue an official career. At least, it can be regarded as adding glory to the Wan family.
"Alas..." Thinking of this, Wan Sanye couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and secretly cursed God for being unfair. His son was talented and smart since he was a child, and he was also diligent in his studies, but Wan He Who is this person? Not to mention his stupid qualifications, he hangs out outside every day, is bullied every day, and doesn’t even dare to fart when he comes home. He is just a waste. But such a waste, he has been everywhere in this year. Being one step ahead of Wan Zha, even Wan Zha's most confident Chun Wei was far ahead of Wan Zha. Wan Sanye felt so aggrieved that he just grabbed something at hand and threw it to the ground with all his strength.
"Pa," there was a sound. Wan Sanye looked down and realized that what he had just thrown on the ground was a pamphlet. Wan Sanye took a deep breath and slowly suppressed the anger in his heart. He went down, shook his head helplessly, then stood up slowly, walked to the booklet, bent down and picked it up. However, after picking it up, Mr. Wan Sanye glanced at it and was immediately stunned. Yes, because the word "account book" is written in big words on the cover of that booklet.
Now Wan Sanye is surprised. Although Wan Zha is very smart, he has never been interested in business matters since he was a child. When he grew up, he never cared about business matters. Now he can read the account books, and now Wan San All the family's business, big and small, has been taken back by Mr. Wan. Where did this account book come from? With all kinds of doubts in his heart, Mr. Wan San directly flipped through the account book. But when Mr. Wan saw it, he was surprised. I was so scared that I was sweating profusely, my whole body was shaking, my legs were feeling weak, and I almost couldn't stand.
"Dad, why are you here?" Suddenly a voice sounded. Wan Sanye looked up and saw Wan Zha standing at the door, looking at him in surprise. However, when Wan Zha's eyes moved to Wan Sanye After seeing the account book in his hand, Wan Zha's expression changed drastically. He immediately took a few steps forward, stretched out his hand towards Mr. Wan San, and shouted: "Dad, give me the account book,"
Wan Sanye instinctively stepped back, just in time to avoid Wan Xi's hand, and at the same time put the account book behind him. Immediately, Wan Sanye looked at Wan Xi with a complicated face, opened his mouth, and a long time passed. Then he spoke: "Zha'er, where did your account book come from?"
Hearing Wan Sanye's question, Wan Zha's expression changed again, and then he immediately shouted: "Dad, don't worry about this matter. Give me the account book quickly."
"No," Wan Sanye took a few steps back again, avoiding Wan Zha's fight. However, the paleness on his face became less pale because of this, and some blood appeared. Wan Sanye stared at it closely. Wan Zha shouted and asked: "Zha'er, tell me honestly, is this account book the King of Qi asked you to bring back?"
Seeing that Wan Sanye guessed the origin of this account book so quickly, Wan Zha couldn't help but be stunned, but he soon recovered and said in a deep voice: "Yes, this is given to me by His Highness King Qi , he asked me to bring this account book back and keep it in Wanjia. Then, he will have an excuse to cause trouble for Wanhe, "
"Confused," Wan Sanye cursed when he heard Wan Zha's admission, and then shouted with a heartbroken look on his face: "Why are you so stupid? Don't you know how dangerous this account book is? If it's really like King Qi As I said, if we rely on this account book to bring down Wanhe, then not only Wanhe will be unlucky, but also our entire Wanhe family."
After hearing Wan Sanye's words, Wan Zhi was silent, but after a moment, Wan Zhi raised his head again, but at this moment Wan Zhi's face was full of ferocious and crazy looks, and Wan Zhi shouted: "I know. , of course I know, such a simple truth, how could I not know that King Qi just wants to use me as a chess piece to deal with Wan He, but even so, so what, as long as the matter succeeds, Wan He will definitely die. Isn't this your wish, dad? As long as you can kill Wan He, even if you have to pay for everything from me, so what?"
PS: There’s something wrong with the keyboard, I’m just catching up on Chapter 2~