"This is all the information about Qian Que," Li Yuan frowned and looked at the brocade in his hand. It was densely filled with information about Qian Que, a wealthy businessman in Jianghuai. It even detailed how much food Qian Que had to eat in a day. Of course, Li Yuan was not free enough to be interested in a businessman's appetite. What he was most interested in was the record about Qian Que's identity written on the brocade silk.
"Wang Sengbian," Li Yuan frowned after getting a positive reply from the man in black behind him. Li Yuan had learned from Li Yuanji that the real person who killed Yuan Hu was a group of caravans from the south. , and the true identity of these businessmen was the descendants of Nan Chen. After learning the news, Li Yuan summoned Yin Kaishan again, and Yin Kaishan also raised his doubts. This made Li Yuan have doubts about this man named Qian Que. The businessman became more and more suspicious, so in the past five days, Li Yuan arranged for people to go to Jiangnan to investigate the identity of Qian Que. The final result was in Li Yuan's hands, and this result surprised Li Yuan. Qian Que is not a descendant of Nanchen, but the grandson of the powerful Wang Sengbian who died at the hands of the founding emperor of Nanchen, Chen Baxian.
Speaking of Wang Sengbian, he can be regarded as a hero of his generation, but his end was a bit more tragic. Not only did he lose his life, but he also gained notoriety. Not only did the descendants of Nanchen scold him, but even the empress of Liang Dynasty People also scolded Wang Sengbian so much that even now, whenever Wang Sengbian is mentioned in various places in the south of the Yangtze River, people still spit on him. The person who caused all this was Chen Baxian, who competed with Wang Sengbian for the power of the Liang Dynasty. Unexpectedly, Many years later, Wang Sengbian's descendants actually pretended to be Chen Baxian's descendants.
Li Yuan slowly folded up this information, frowning and thinking, if this Qian Que is really a descendant of Chen Baxian, Li Yuan really doesn't dare to use him. When Nanchen was destroyed by the Sui Dynasty, Nanchen and Nanchen There was a sworn hatred between the Sui Dynasty and Sui Dynasty. Li Yuan was now using the name of a minister of the Sui Dynasty. How could he blatantly accept the enemies of the Sui Dynasty? Moreover, the descendants of Nanchen were always thinking about restoring Nanchen. For Li Yuan For example, I don’t want to raise tigers to cause trouble.
And if Qian Que is a descendant of Wang Sengbian, that is another story. Wang Sengbian's descendants no longer have a foothold in Jiangnan. Now that they have come to Chang'an, they can only seek asylum from Li Yuan. Wang Sengbian Bian's reputation was too bad. Even if Qian Que had an agenda, no one would support him. As long as Qian Que was smart enough, he would have no other ideas. Thinking of this, Li Yuan nodded lightly and said Putting the brocade silk into his sleeve, he turned to the man in black and said: "Tonight, the money shortage will come to the house. You guys should keep an eye on me in secret. I want to find out whether this money shortage can help. What I use,”
Naturally, Li Yuan could not reuse a person based on only one piece of information. This information only proved that Qian Que had the qualifications to be used by him, but whether he could actually be used, Li Yuan still had to continue to observe.
"According to Lord Changsun's reply, the prince's identity in Jiangnan has been settled," Du Ruhui smiled and said to Wan He who was sitting above him: "The identity arranged by Lord Changsun for the prince was that of the Nanliang general Wang Sengbian. grandson,"
"Uh," Wan He heard Du Ruhui's words and immediately felt as if he had eaten some strange-flavored beans, with a strange expression on his face. Naturally, Wan He didn't know who Wang Sengbian was, but when he heard that he Becoming someone else's grandson inexplicably made Wan He feel very unhappy, but he was unhappy. Now the matter was a foregone conclusion, and since it was Changsun Wuji who arranged it, there must be nothing wrong. Wan He I can only accept the fact that I have become a "grandson".
Seeing Wan He's appearance, Du Ruhui knew his lord well. He knew that Wan He must not know who Wang Sengbian was. Even though he smiled and explained to Wan He, since Wan He wanted to pretend to be It is naturally impossible for Wang Sengbian's descendants to not know who Wang Sengbian is. This knowledge still needs to be spread to Wan He.
Wang Sengbian, courtesy name Juncai, was born in Qi, Taiyuan, and was a general of the Southern Liang Dynasty. He once served as a general of the Hussars of the Southern Liang Dynasty, a minister, and other positions. Wang Sengbian was good at fighting and led the army to attack Hou Jing, the former general of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Chen Baxian joined forces to quell Hou Jing's rebellion, and he could be regarded as a minister of the ZTE in Nanliang. Later, Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian jointly discussed and established Xiao Fangzhi as emperor. However, Nanliang's powerful neighbor Northern Qi threatened Wang Sengbian and changed the throne. After establishing Xiao Yuanming as emperor, Wang Sengbian decided to agree to Northern Qi's request due to various considerations.
At the time, it seemed that Wang Sengbian's actions undoubtedly betrayed Nanliang and defected to Northern Qi. Wang Sengbian's actions immediately aroused dissatisfaction among people in Jiangnan. Another important minister of Nanliang, Chen Baxian, took advantage of this opportunity. , raised troops to capture Wang Sengbian and killed him. A few years later, Chen Baxian also deposed Emperor Liang, ascended the throne as emperor himself, and established Nanchen.
After listening to Du Ruhui's explanation, Wan He felt that he was really aggrieved as a temporary "grandfather". Needless to say, Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian were both important ministers of Nanliang at the time and held great power in their hands. The opportunity to usurp the world of Nanliang, but Wang Sengbian made a wrong step and lost to Chen Baxian. As a result, he was covered in black and will be spat on by Jiangnan people until he dies. This is probably the winner or loser. The truth.
Then Wan He said to Du Ruhui: "This Wang Sengbian's reputation is not very good. If we use the identity of this Wang Sengbian's descendant, will it be detrimental to our actions?"
"On the contrary," Du Ruhui shook his head and explained to Wan He: "It is because of Wang Sengbian's bad reputation that Li Yuan is more confident in using us. Moreover, what we want is to become a hidden chess piece for Li Yuan, and we don't need to Appearing in the public eye, whether the reputation is good or not has nothing to do with us."
After Du Ruhui said so, Wan He naturally didn't care. When he stood up holding on to the armrest of the chair with some difficulty, he straightened his clothes and said to Du Ruhui: "We will go to Prince Tang's Mansion later. You also Get ready, come with me, and by the way, will the person sent to contact Xiao Wu come back with news?"
Du Ruhui said hurriedly: "There is no news yet, but with General Taishi taking over, there should be no problem. Next, General Zhu's main task is to find the whereabouts of the Shang treasure. At this stage, General Zhu and the others are not needed. ,"
"Of course, the more people under my control, the better." Wan He shrank his head, but the two pieces of fat on his face bulged out, making him look much fatter. Being in Li Yuan's territory, Wan He With only these hundreds of people around He, Wan He still felt a little uneasy. Only when Zhu Muwu's two thousand people arrived, Wan He's heart would feel a little more settled.
Du Ruhui didn't react to Wan He's muttering. He just smiled. Not long after, the people sent by Li Yuanji arrived and informed Wan He to quickly go to the Tang Palace together. This time Wan He was invited to go to the Tang Palace. I simply met with Li Yuan, and I didn’t know what Li Yuan was up to. He actually held a banquet and invited the dignitaries in Chang’an City to attend. Originally, such an occasion, with Wan He’s current status as a merchant, would never have been possible. It was suitable to participate, but Li Yuan wanted Wan He to attend this banquet, which made Wan He keep muttering in his heart. If Wan He was not sure that Li Yuan would not have any ill intentions towards him, Wan He would not dare to go to the banquet.
Wan He took Du Ruhui, Du Hao, Cheng Yaojin and more than a dozen of his subordinates and appeared directly outside Qi Gong's mansion. Li Yuanji was already dressed and waiting outside the mansion. When Wan He came, Li Yuanji He said with an impatient look: "Qian Que, why are you so slow? My father is still waiting."
Hearing Li Yuanji's unceremonious scolding, Wan He couldn't help scolding his mother in his heart, but he still had a flattering look on his face. He stepped forward and saluted Li Yuanji and said: "Young Master, I have been waiting for you for a long time. I'm scared, isn't it?" The villain doesn’t want to hurry up, but he’s just the size of the villain…”
Li Yuanji glanced at the layers of fat on Wan He's body, but he couldn't find any thorns. He rolled his eyes and said nothing more. He turned around and mounted the horse directly. Wan He was also supported by several people behind him. After getting off the carriage, Li Yuanji waved his hand, and the large group of people drove directly towards the Tang Palace.
After a while, Li Yuanji and others arrived at the Tang Palace. After getting off the carriage, Wan He looked up and curled his lips. The Tang Palace was so magnificent that it was as magnificent as the Duke of Tang who Li Yuan had built in Luoyang. Compared with the Tang Dynasty, it was like heaven and earth. Fortunately, that boy Li Yuan pretended to be poor all day long in Luoyang. Now he became the king of Tang Dynasty, and everything changed immediately. Yang Guang was not wronged when he said that he had bought people's hearts. he.
Li Yuanji, who was walking in front, saw that Wan He was standing motionless at the door, and felt even more irritated. He simply turned around, ignored Wan He, and strode directly into the Tang Prince's Mansion, and Wan He passed by. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. When he opened his head, he saw that Li Yuanji was nowhere to be seen. Wan He's face turned dark immediately. He didn't have an invitation. Looking at the Tang Army sergeant guarding the door, As well as the princes and ministers who were let in after showing their invitations one by one. Without Li Yuanji to lead the way, how could he enter the palace?
After hesitating for a moment, Wan He bravely walked forward, but as soon as they reached the door, Wan He and others were stopped. One of the sergeants glanced at Wan He first, then stretched out his hand and pointed at Wan He. Shouted: "Please show me the invitation,"
Wan He's face froze, but he smiled and said: "Well, this military master, I am a guest invited by the King of Tang. I just don't have an invitation, but I was brought by the Fifth Young Master. You all saw it just now, right? Hold your hands high and let us pass,"