Wei Huai hesitated when he saw Xia Yuanlong standing in the way and trying to stop him with all his strength. He didn't know whether to go or not at this time, and the vines were drawing circles on the ground.
Later, when Ye Yongjia saw Yuan Long kneeling, he was suddenly shocked and hurriedly went to rescue the two of them: "Mr. Wei, you see that Deputy Xia Meng has advised you so, why are you so stubborn... What Mr. Kuang Xia said is true. , If I don’t feel the same way, how can I come to this easily? Things are changing rapidly and there is no constant principle, so it’s okay to agree for the time being.”
Wei Huai seemed to be less angry, and Ye Yongjia breathed a sigh of relief and went to the side to help Yuan Long: "Xia Fumeng, please get up quickly and don't do such big gifts again..."
Xia Yuanlong pushed his arm away and raised his head resolutely: "Brother Jimin! What do you think?"
Wei Huai only opened his mouth gently: "Okay."
Xia Yuanlong felt as if he had encountered nectar, hurriedly dusted off his clothes twice, stood up, and bowed deeply towards Wei Huai.
"You don't have to thank me," Wei Huai waved his hand, "But you must practice what you say yourself, and don't break your promise. If you can't do it, I will act as usual."
"Yuanlong's promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold." He raised his eyebrows, making his eyes sparkling.
Hu Qi passed the search at the door and walked straight into Wan Heshun's residence. He closed the door and window, bowed slightly and reported: "Yesterday, Wei Chong killed more than thirty innocent people. Today, your Majesty issued an edict and posted it in Donkey Skin Alley and other places to inform the people not to be alarmed. The whole court is in trouble. Well, what Wei Chong did is not appropriate, causing uproar in the city, and going too far."
"Has the Liu Party started taking action?" Wan Heshun asked without caring about his evaluation of Wei Chong.
"It seems... yes." Hu Qi had to answer.
"This old thief Liu Zhennian really thinks about me," Wan Heshun said thoughtfully, "He hopes that Lu Fangxuan and I will have a fight as soon as possible to watch the fire from the other side. But I am not a stupid and ignorant person, how can I lose it?" Ignore him and let him take advantage of him! We must take this opportunity to punish him severely as a warning!"
Hu Qi hesitated for a long time, then bowed and said: "I dare to ask for advice."
Wan Heshun said: "To make the Liu Party lose control of the redundancy, it must be trapped in the quagmire and unable to get out. Today's case in Donkey Pixiang may be an excellent opportunity. But this matter concerns the face of the imperial court, so we should be cautious To deal with it, we must not act rashly. As the saying goes, 'shooting the first bird', we should not be the first to act."
When Hu Qi heard this, he immediately understood: "Then why not? Please go to Yue Mansion first and discuss with Lu Fangxuan. I'm afraid he also wants to exclude outsiders and compete with you."
"You're such a ruthless official," Wan Heshun pointed at him with a smile, "how can you be so old-fashioned and pedantic in your work? Liu Dang is in the way, neither he nor I know it well, yet you need to tell him in person? Instead, he saw through me. The plan has lost the overall situation. But we can slightly instigate the Lu Party to make it a leader, and we will try our best to win over Wei Chong and make the Lu Party and the Liu Thieves fight with each other. If we go back and forth, I will become like a person watching the fire from the other side."
"It is said that 'the mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows'." Hu Qi added.
Wan Heshun slapped his legs and laughed: "Hu Shangshu still knows how to use words!"
The confidants are all intensively plotting a conspiracy for their master, like a group of rats coming out of their holes at midnight, walking around in dark corners. Among them, Liu Zhennian showed up first. He needed to clean up the situation for the court and clean up the battlefield for the party; then Wan Heshun came out and clamored to punish Liu's party ruthlessly. There are still some mice that have not come out and are not moving. Speaking of this, the eyes will naturally be directed at the 'cave entrance' called Yue Mansion.
Qi Zi and Zheng Shiyan each returned with news, and stood together in front of Lu Fangxuan, waiting for the latter's questions. Lu Fangxuan took his time and took the jade Ruyi from the table, beating his back: "It's rare that there are two things to report, let's talk about them together."
"Yes." Qi Zi took a step forward and said, "Master Fan Lu asked me to find an opportunity to send Wang Xian Cheng away so that no one would notice and expose his secret. Because Wang Xian Cheng has been missing his home these past two days. And there was a meeting of general affairs, so he refused to stay for a long time and insisted on leaving. The lower official considered a long-term plan, but before the time was ripe, he sent his servants to secretly send him out of the city, and he has already left."
"Commander Qi is doing a good job, but there is currently no use for him." Lu Fangxuan took out Ruyi and pointed at Zheng Shiyan, "Commander Zheng, what do you have to tell me?"
Zheng Shiyan said: "The incident in Donkey Skin Alley a few days ago shocked Nanjing. Yesterday, the people who were wronged were beheaded and punished as thieves. Because they were afraid that people would uproar and cause trouble for the court, the Liu Party had sent people into the alley. Post a notice and prepare for the aftermath."
"It doesn't take any effort from us ministers. He is so kind-hearted! He thinks carefully." Lu Fangxuan snorted disdainfully.
"Is there any movement among the thieves?" Qi Zi asked immediately.
"No."
"Wan Heshun lives in the palace. He should have known about this earlier than we did, so we could remain indifferent..." Qi Zi turned his head and exchanged glances with Lu Fangxuan.
Lu Fangxuan, like him, obviously didn't know the answer: "That guy is full of tricks and should not be underestimated. We are trying to catch someone blind now. We don't know much about the situation and it is difficult to make a conclusion. Commander Zheng, why don't you send someone to monitor Donkey Skin Alley? Report every move you make to me at any time.”
Guifu drafted an edict from the palace and ordered Liu Zhennian to write a notice and send a young eunuch with more than ten followers to post the letter to Donkey Skin Lane and follow the instructions to handle things properly.
Although this was not a big deal, Yan Liang still seemed a little worried. He walked around in the yard three or four times. Not only could he not calm down, but he became more and more anxious. He even only swallowed a few mouthfuls of food before he was full. Seeing how nervous he was, Liu Zhennian couldn't bear it, so he called him over and said, "Shilang Yan is so worried that I can't feel relieved. Otherwise, I will ask you to go for a run in Donkey Skin Lane in person." Wouldn't it be convenient if we could direct the troops there?"
When Yan Liang saw that Liu Zhennian wanted to send him there, he was so happy that he immediately wiped off his sweat and knelt down and said: "I also have this intention, but I don't dare to propose it because I am afraid that the general will not let him go. If I can go now, I will go again." It couldn't be better. Thank you General for your kind words!"
"No, no need," Liu Zhennian picked him up, "I can rest assured that a wise man like you is gone!"
Yan Liang got Liu Zhennian's permission and hurried into the Donkey Skin Alley. I saw the little eunuch commanding his subordinates to post the notice, sit cross-legged next to him, gently shake his bamboo fan, and curse. Yan Liang jumped off his horse and patted him behind him: "Hey, father-in-law, please call them all over. I will say a few words and direct them to work. You can rest for a while."
The eunuch was so frightened that he quickly turned around. When he saw that it was Yan Liang who was coming, his face turned blue for a moment. He threw away the bamboo fan and said flatteringly: "Yes, yes, I will call them here immediately!"
