"Master Li, let me just say that I have never done anything to disgrace the prefect..."
Professor Zhao looked at Li Yong and then at the soldiers searching the governor's hall.
"I know it too. Ye Yongjia has shown that he has a bad heart."
"Has a bad heart?" Professor Zhao was puzzled, "What do you think he wants to do?"
"He just covets your position and wants to monopolize power." Li Yong saw Ye Yongjia's purpose so simply.
"He used this method even though he knew I had never done it. Is he really a fool?"
Li Yong suddenly stopped, his eyes flashed with inspiration, but he remained motionless, his mind seemed to be racing rapidly.
"I'm telling you!" He slapped his forehead excitedly, monitoring the censor's visit, leaving the banquet, and the current matter of asking for talismans. The whirling in his head made all the facts come together.
Li Yong hurriedly left the governor's hall. Professor Zhao caught up and asked, "What is Ye Yongjia's intention?"
"He's crazy! He has wanted to overthrow us for a long time! This move is to create trouble for the army and delay time!" Li Yong didn't have time to turn around, got on his horse and cracked the whip, "You guys! Come with me to tell the story Yamen! Hurry up!"
Before the soldiers could react, there were no more people on the street, and dust started to rise.
The door was slammed against the wall. Li Yong glared at him, and he was somewhat afraid.
"Li... Li Gong...?" Ye Yongjia asked with trembling breath.
"Stop talking useless words," Li Yong was not polite to him at all, his voice was cold. "Come with me to see Mr. Lu. How can you still defend yourself to this day?"
"What makes you so angry?" Ye Yongjia asked with a guilty conscience in his eyes.
"I've seen through you. But I think you're crazy."
"crazy?"
"You have done so many dirty deeds. You must know that only Mr. Lu will hide them all. But now you have colluded with the censor to report the situation to the court?! I don't understand what you want to do. "
Ye Yongjia saw that the context of the matter had been grasped tightly by him, as if being strangled by the throat, with no chance to argue. He put down his cover, stood up and said, "That's because... I don't want to be Lu Deguang's puppet anymore. I just want to make up for my mistakes and the evil I have done."
Li Yong smiled helplessly and shook his head, "You are still young. Even if you get rid of Lu Deguang, there are still a lot of people in the officialdom who are firmly in control of you! Your faults? It's too numerous to describe! This is even harder than mending the sky. Ten times more!"
Ye Yongjia lowered his head silently and remained speechless.
"But it's useless to say this, your life is in my hands. Let's go." Li Yong sneered.
"The imperial army is coming." Ye Yongjia seemed to be talking to himself, but to Li Yong, these words were like a lightning strike.
"What?"
Ye Yongjia looked at him and said, "I'm talking about the imperial court. The imperial court has received the news of the supervisory censor and has sent troops to attack Chenzhou in large numbers."
Li Yong's plan was shattered so easily. He understood Ye Yongjia's methods and saw that his colleague was about to die, but there was nothing he could do to stop him. Because he made a wrong calculation from the beginning, and he regarded his humanity as too humble and insignificant. He didn't know that Ye Yongjia was struggling from beginning to end, although this struggle was more or less mixed with that kind of twisted hatred.
He knelt down.
Ye Yongjia had never seen him look so groveling, not even in front of his master.
He also kowtowed to him; after kowtowing three times in a row, Li Yong looked at him with a sad look: "I don't want to die with Lu Deguang... I am willing to offer you countless good strategies, and I am willing to serve as the leader from now on." Your staff...as long as you spare me!" As he said that, he dragged one leg and slowly approached Ye Yongjia.
But that doesn’t bring forgiveness easily. Ye Yongjia was extremely angry. What he was angry about was that such a ruthless person who had no regard for human life could be so afraid of death. He strode forward, holding his collar tightly with both hands, almost lifting him up, his eyes were bloodshot and red.
"What harm have you done to Lu Deguang! You first taught him to take bribes, and then you taught him to kill people and silence them!... Look at me again!" Ye Yongjia shouted sharply, his voice miserable. "I saw with my own eyes that my conscience was slowly being tortured. I saw Wu Renyun become so desperate outside Xihua City. I saw people being burned alive in the fire. I also saw how Liu Shuban was manipulated by me. He was framed to death by perjury!”
Li Yong did not dare to speak and his face was pale. He saw Ye Yongjia suddenly laughed: "But now you are afraid of death! Since you are not afraid of the souls of those who died unjustly, how are you afraid of your own death?! How is your life worth anything!"
Li Yong wiped the spit on his face and said in a low voice: "I admit that I am a wicked person... whatever Mr. Tongzhi says is whatever he says..."
"You are more than just a villain...you were simply born to show the evil in the world!" His hand tightened.
Li Yong was unmoved by his disparagement and was used to it. He just said softly: "Please let go..."
Ye Yongjia's hand suddenly relaxed. Li Yong immediately fell to the ground, causing a "dong" sound, which can be said to be a solid fall.
But his complexion turned from the frightening pale white to livid, and then gradually returned to rosy. He fell to the ground without moving, took a good breath, and then slowly got up.
"You can scold me, as long as you can feel better, you can scold me however you want... I just want to save my life..."
"I……"
He was speechless for a moment, as if he had just realized that his accusations were useless, they were just to comfort his heart. Therefore, his confiding as Ye Yongjia has come to an end, and he will think about the situation as a fellow intellectual.
"I have to consider cutting off Ludlight first." He calmed down and said.
"Then we have to follow your method of delaying time."
"What can you do? You have found out that Professor Zhao is fine!"
"No, no. There are far more deadly tricks here than this. I just rely on Master Tongzhi to make a wise decision."
Ye Yongjia looked into his eyes, ready to accept his cruel and vicious methods; but he was no longer suitable to be angry because he was Ye Tongzhi of Chenzhou, 'Lord Tongzhi'.
But Li Yong's words were very reassuring.
"Your Excellency, all you need to do is send people to the army to spread the news that 'Lu Deguang wants to rebel', and the whole city will be in trouble. By then Lu Deguang has lost people's hearts, and the uprising will fail, and he will just sit there and wait to die."
After hearing this, Ye Yongjia rubbed his brow and thought for a while. "I still have to think about it. You should go back first, so as not to arouse suspicion."
"yes."
Li Yong dusted off the dust on his body, straightened his messy clothes, regained his composure, and left the study.
