"There is no need to be disappointed," Cui Yi drank with Dong Sheng and poured more into his bowl. "Although you were removed from your post and did not express your attitude at this festival, it still gave us the opportunity to reverse the situation. Chance."
"I don't think so," Dong Sheng shook his head. "The emperor obviously didn't want the two princes to fight openly, so he brought out the ministers of the two factions to attack. In addition to resolving the conflict, it also meant to put them aside. In this way, It’s still us and Party Chen, the situation has not changed at all.”
"Not really," Cui Yi raised his head and drank a whole bowl, burping and said, "You think, even though they caught one each, Lan Yuan is a sinister person, and if he is betrayed by the prince like this, there is no guarantee that he will become the next Cun Zhao. How can he be willing to do so? If there is really no way out, he will definitely drag Chen Dang into the water together, and we will reap the benefits."
Dong Sheng seemed to realize something and wanted to ask more questions, but saw Ye Yongjia coming back. The two of them stood up in a hurry, bowed to each other, and asked how the situation was.
Ye Yongjia took off his black gauze hat, sat down and said, "Fortunately, Yu Zhi told me before leaving. He was not resentful, but was proud of it and would not tell a word. We will handle the rest."
Dong Sheng said hurriedly: "Shilang Cui just came up with a good idea, Lan Yuan can make use of it."
Ye Yongjia glanced at Cui Yi and immediately understood the beauty of this plan, but he was still hesitant in his heart: "I have two things that I don't understand: First, Lan Yuan is being held in Dali Temple, and we can't even get close, so why talk?" Exploit? Second, Lan Yuan has been defrauded by us once before, how can he take the bait twice?"
Cui Yi said: "The so-called clever plan does not have to be limited to this, it can also be done by borrowing the hands of others. Lan Yuan has cooperated closely with the Chen Party, and there are many inside stories. If we can collect the rumors and report them to the emperor one by one, and force him to interrogate, then Before any clues could be revealed in the trial, Lan Yuan was already fearful and suspected Ye Dang first."
After hearing this, Ye Yongjia began to smile. He patted Cui Yi on the shoulder and said, "It's really up to you, Cui and Xun, to help the building collapse! But we still need to discuss how to do it. We need to go to a hidden place." Say it."
The two of them said yes in unison, packed up their wine glasses, and followed him away.
The prince was naturally not idle either. As soon as he returned to the palace, he immediately summoned Chen and Guo and complained loudly: "Yi thieves are so aggressive, but my father is indifferent and still wants a bowl of water to be leveled. This is called What's the matter? Besides, I have killed a mastermind, what should I do?"
The colleague and the Hunanese looked at each other in disbelief, and replied: "Ye Dang has already become a grasshopper after the autumn. How many more days can he jump around? They will definitely criticize Lan Shidu, and we will just fight back. I only think in my heart I'm afraid of something, so I don't dare to say it all."
The prince waved his hand and said: "I have always been quick to give advice, so there is no harm in speaking out."
Chen Tongpao stroked his beard and said: "You have repeatedly violated the emperor's taboos recently. Dissatisfaction has been brewing for a long time, and today's incident happened. The emperor originally turned towards King Yi and remained silent for fear of shaking the foundation of the country; but if His Highness comes, If you act arbitrarily and act arbitrarily again and again, I will not be able to save you."
The prince's face turned pale and he stood up anxiously: "What should I do?"
"Live in seclusion, avoid being suspicious of distant people, and leave all government affairs to Chen."
"That's right! That's right!" The prince said repeatedly as if looking at a savior.
"Master Chen, what advice do you have for His Highness the Crown Prince?"
The Xiang people followed their colleagues and left the East Palace. When they arrived at the entrance of the military department, they stepped forward quickly and said, "Don't you know who Lan Yuan is? Don't you need to be on guard?"
Chen Tongpao turned around, slowly stretched out a finger, pointed at him and said: "Look, you have not changed for many years, you can't keep calm. Do you think I am talking to the prince from the bottom of my heart?" In fact, I had other plans, but I didn’t say anything because His Highness is a talkative person.”
"You can always tell me, right?" Xiang people were a little angry when they heard him call themselves a 'younger generation', and their tone was a little harsh.
"Didn't I tell you before? To bring down the Ye Party, we need to rely on external force. Now people from outside have contacted us."
"who?"
"Wan Heshun, Prince of Jiankang County." Chen Tongpao said it word by word to prevent him from missing the message, "This man was pressed harder and harder by Lu Fangxuan, and his life in Nanjing became increasingly uncomfortable. I promise him that I can take Ye Yongjia's place in the future. He happens to be Ye Thief's old boss and knows him well."
"When did you contact him? Is it true?" Xiangren was surprised.
Tongpao Chen stretched out his sleeves: "Since Liu Zhennian's southern tour, we have never lost contact, so we have cooperated very well, and now it has really come in handy."
"Your Majesty has given him military power and heavy responsibilities. How can you transfer him to Beijing?"
"What you should do now is to stabilize Lan Yuan; other matters will be handled by me, Ge Hanlin and others." Tongpao Chen said firmly.
The ones who acted the fastest were the Ye Party. Mr. Cui Yi woke up early. Wearing only casual clothes, he walked into a thoroughfare, turned around and walked into the restaurant. He climbed to the second floor and sat quietly on a bench by the window.
"Coming?" The person opposite raised his head, it was Liu Shuzhai.
"I didn't expect you would be useful," Cui Yi said in a low voice while looking around, "What, have you asked about it?"
Just when Xu Zhai was about to speak, he suddenly saw a group of people coming in from the stairs. They quickly brought tea bowls to cover their faces. After seeing that they were just ordinary guests, he finally felt relieved and said, "There is Dr. Deng from the Ministry of Etiquette." , he used to work in the East Palace and had some friendship with Lan Yuan. Later, he was demoted due to some affairs and transferred out."
"Do you think he was involved in those plans?"
"It's hard to say," Xu Zhai glanced out the window again, "But after all, we are in the East Palace. There may be a way. You can find a way to get close to him."
Cui Yi nodded, kept his name in mind, said goodbye to him immediately, and went back to the Ministry of War.
After Ye Yongjia heard about this man, he thought that he was at Lu Zhixian's place and could not meet him at will, so he drafted a false confession of Wan Yuzhi and presented it to the emperor, saying that Dr. Deng had conspired with him and was summoned to the Ministry of Punishment. Check it out. The emperor thought he was a doctor and a minor official, so he didn't take it seriously, and immediately issued an edict asking the Ministry of Rites to release him.
"I have never met Wan Yuzhi. You, Mr. Ye, have arrested the wrong person!"
Dr. Deng yelled and refused to give in. He was dragged to the check-in room by the clerks. When he saw Cui Yi sitting opposite him under the candlelight, he refused to bow and his eyes widened with anger.
"Where's Mr. Ye!"
"Mr. Langzhong, you don't have to be so angry," Cui Yi said with a smile, "We didn't drag you into prison, so we need to talk about things."
"If you have anything to say, please tell me." Dr. Deng's anger became less intense.
"When Lan Yuan was arresting people, did he force you to do anything?"
After hearing this, Dr. Deng's expression suddenly became serious, his eyes widened and he said, "Yes!"
