At the same time that Zhao Junchen returned to the house, Chen Dongxiang was sitting in the secret reception room of the Zhao house, with a changing expression on his face, looking a bit nervous.
In fact, Chen Dongxiang can be considered a veteran in officialdom. Over the years, he has seen a lot of worldly affairs and people's hearts, and is used to the truth and falsehood. There are not many things in this world that can make him so restless.
However, this time, following Zhao Junchen's instructions, he pretended to join Huang Yourong and became a double agent. This was the first time in his life. He had no experience and no confidence. Now he was naturally a little uneasy and didn't know what he was doing. What is accomplished is good or bad.
Although he was holding the fragrant tea offered by the servants of Zhao Mansion, Chen Dongxiang forgot to drink it. He didn't realize when the tea was cold. He just kept thinking about everything he had experienced before coming to Zhao Mansion.
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It was about an hour ago.
Not long after Academician Huo Zhengyuan received Chen Dongxiang's secret letter, a famous note from Pavilion Elder Huang Yourong was secretly sent to Chen Dongxiang, inviting Chen Dongxiang to secretly go to Huang Yourong's house to meet him.
Chen Dongxiang and Zhao Junchen had already expected this situation, so after receiving the invitation, Chen Dongxiang rushed to Huang Yourong's house to pay a visit without any hesitation.
At least on the surface, Chen Dongxiang went to Huang Mansion secretly without attracting anyone's attention.
But it was said that Chen Dongxiang secretly came to the Huang Mansion. After being introduced to the living room of the Huang Mansion, he looked up and saw that all the important figures in Huang Yourong's faction were waiting for him, including the elder Huang Yourong, the young master Zhang Cheng, and Wen Wen. Huo Zhengyuan, the great scholar of Yuange, Lin Wei, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and others were all indispensable.
From this, we can see how much Huang Yourong and his party attach importance to Chen Dongxiang's switch to the camp.
Perhaps it is because they have been overwhelmed by the party struggle these days. At this time, it is not an exaggeration to say that the expressions of everyone in the Yellow Party are eagerly awaiting - especially after seeing the appearance of Chen Dongxiang, such as the young master Zhang Cheng and the Minister of Rites. An important minister like Lin Wei. They didn't care about the difference in status between each other and stood up to greet them!
"Shilang Chen is here! Haha! We have been waiting for it for a long time since we learned that Shilang Chen you wanted to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side!" First, Lin Wei quickly came to Chen Dongxiang. He kept patting Chen Dongxiang on the shoulder, laughing happily.
"Yes. With your help, Mr. Chen, those mere Zhao Junchen and his like will no longer be a threat to us! Please rest assured, Mr. Chen, as long as you can help Mr. Huang Ge bring down Zhao Junchen , Mr. Ge will never treat you badly!" Zhang Cheng also looked excited and happy.
But we can't blame these two people for being easily excited. The secret letter Chen Dongxiang sent to Huang Yourong is really valuable!
In the secret message. Not only did it show Chen Dongxiang's willingness to switch to Huang Yourong's faction, but he also listed many evidence of the crimes of Zhao Junchen's officials! Although most of these officials are not high-ranking, they are quite numerous, and they have these criminal evidences. It was enough for Huang Yourong's faction to win back a victory in the party struggle with Zhao Junchen's faction!
These days, Huang Yourong's faction is really suppressed by Zhao Junchen's faction in the temple and can't breathe. If this continues, sooner or later, morale will be low and people will be disorganized. Something is needed to reverse it. Chen Dongxiang's surrender was a timely blessing for them.
However, Huang Yourong, who was sitting in the first place, and University Scholar Huo Zhengyuan beside him, subconsciously frowned when they saw how enthusiastic Lin Wei, Zhang Cheng and others were towards Chen Dongxiang.
Treat Chen Dongxiang like this. Will it make Chen Dongxiang proud of his merits in the future? So much so that he thought that Chen Dongxiang would never be able to win against Zhao Junchen's group if the Yellow Party members left him? Did he even underestimate Huang Yourong's group because of this?
In fact, after seeing Zhang Cheng and Lin Wei lose their composure, Chen Dongxiang lowered his head and showed disdain in his eyes.
Therefore, after Huang Yourong and Huo Zhengyuan looked at each other, Huo Zhengyuan coughed slightly, interrupting the overly warm welcome given to Chen Dongxiang by Young Master Zhang Cheng and Minister of Rites Lin Wei.
After Huo Zhengyuan stood up, he smiled calmly and said: "Zhang Shaofu, Lin Shangshu, and Chen Shilang have decided to abandon the dark side and join the bright side to deal with Zhao Junchen with us. It is naturally a blessing. However, after all, we have not yet brought down Zhao Junchen. Not yet." While we are celebrating, let’s let Mr. Chen Dongxiang sit down and talk in detail first.”
After hearing Huo Zhengyuan's words, Zhang Cheng, Lin Wei and others realized the inappropriateness of their actions. They all looked embarrassed. Then they did not dare to look at Huang Yourong's face and sat back in their respective seats.
After Zhang Cheng, Lin Wei and others returned to their seats, Chen Dongxiang finally found the opportunity to speak. However, he remained calm and walked quickly to the center of the living room. He saluted everyone and said, "Your Majesty, Chen Dongxiang, have you seen me before?" Mr. Huang Ge! I have also met Mr. Zhang, the Grand Scholar Huo, Mr. Lin, and all my colleagues."
Seeing that Chen Dongxiang didn't have any arrogance and was quite respectful in front of him, Huang Yourong nodded with satisfaction, then returned to his usual smiling tiger look, raised his hand with a smile and said: "Chen Dongxiang, please sit down, from now on everyone is yourselves" You will understand how I treat my own people now, but there is no need to be so polite now."
After Chen Dongxiang sat down, Huang Yourong said slowly: "Mr. Chen, I have already read the secret letter you sent to me through Academician Huo. It lists many officials of Zhao Junchen and his party who have been corrupt, accepted bribes, and used power for personal gain. The evidence of your crime! It is enough to show your sincerity, Mr. Chen, in abandoning the darkness and turning to the light. As the elder of the court, I will not sit idly by and ignore these worms in the court! When the arrangements are made, I will report it to His Majesty and let Zhao Junchen understand that I Ming Dynasty has strict laws and regulations, and it is definitely not a place for him to do whatever he wants!"
While talking, Huang Yourong didn't mention the party dispute between himself and Zhao Junchen at all, he just acted like it was business!
However, at this point, Huang Yourong changed the subject, the smile on his face faded, and asked: "However, I see that the evidence you listed, Mr. Chen, only involves low-level officials of Zhao Junchen's faction. Even if they can be investigated and dealt with in the future, I am afraid that the fundamental problem of Zhao Junchen will not be affected. However, my goal now is not the little people under Zhao Junchen’s sect, but to bring down Zhao Junchen, the culprit in one go! But I don’t know, Mr. Chen, what do you think about this? Any suggestions?”
As he spoke, Chen Dongxiang clearly felt that there was a flash of doubt in Huang Yourong's eyes!
It seems that Huang Yourong did not really trust Chen Dongxiang. After all, although Chen Dongxiang revealed to him many criminal evidences of officials of Zhao Junchen's faction, the officials involved were too low-level to shake Zhao Junchen's foundation. To Zhao Junchen, it was just unreasonable. It's just painful or not itchy.
And Chen Dongxiang's next answer will also determine whether he can truly obtain evidence of Huang Yourong's crime!
If not, then Chen Dongxiang will not only be unable to gain a foothold in Huang Yourong's faction, but he may also lose his use value in Zhao Junchen's heart!
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ps: I was very unlucky today. There was something wrong with my computer when I was halfway through writing. After restoring with one click, all the original writing was gone. So the update is a little late and the word count is very small. Please forgive me. I won’t be working for the next two days, so I will try to write more.
