"take away!"
In front of the Cui Mansion, seeing that Wang finally agreed, Yuchi Jingde ordered his subordinates.
"Here!"
Two sergeants from Youwu Houwei immediately stepped forward to capture Wan Jingang. Facing the two master masters, Wan Jingang did not dare to make any resistance and honestly surrendered.
"The rest of the people, disperse quickly! Otherwise, they will all be taken back to Wuhou Mansion~!"
Yuchi Jingde turned around and looked at the people and said loudly.
"Let it go! Let it go!"
The people fought and fought. Everyone looked at the excitement and dispersed after hearing what Yuchi Jingde said.
Yu Dejing cupped her hands towards Li Zexuan and said, "Master Hou, that student is leaving!"
Li Zexuan nodded and smiled: "Well! Don't be so upright next time. You won't be so lucky every time~!"
Yu Dejing said slightly embarrassed: "Students should remember the teachings of Master Hou!"
Today's thrilling encounter may be something he will never forget for the rest of his life. It was also the first time he truly recognized Li Zexuan. He was a versatile man in both civil and military affairs, a real talent! After today, his "idol" will completely become Li Zexuan, instead of the so-called "Five Surnames and Seven Sects"!
After that, Yu Dejing turned around and left with a group of fellow villagers from Yujiazhuang.
In front of the previously bustling Cui Mansion, in an instant, only the people from the Wuhou Mansion, Li Zexuan, the Wang family, and a group of "defeated generals" from the Cui Mansion were left!
Mrs. Wang looked at Li Zexuan with a sinister look on her face. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Yuchi Jingde say: "Xiaoxuan, please come into the palace quickly. Your Majesty has something to summon you!"
Wang opened her mouth, secretly hating that Yuchi Jingde was so troubled, otherwise the conflict between her and Li Zexuan today would never have been resolved so easily.
"Okay! My nephew will enter the palace now!"
Li Zexuan was both happy and sad. What he was happy about was that he could escape so quickly, which was beyond his expectation. Before he came, he had been prepared to be harassed by the Cui family, but he did not expect that things would go so smoothly. After all, Yuchi Jingde is still strong enough. If anyone else comes to the Youwuhou Mansion for this matter today, the Wang family will probably not give him face;
As for Chou, Chou Li Er summoned him to the palace, most likely just to trouble him about today's matter. He had to think of a good excuse on the way!
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"Hehe! Dejing, you are so lucky to be rescued by the Marquis, and you can talk so much to the Marquis. You are the number one person in our Zhuangzi!"
A group of villagers came out of Yanxing Gate, the east gate of Chang'an City. Someone in the group sighed with envy in their tone.
Yu Dejing smiled and said: "Uncle Zhong, please don't say that. I was so scared that I almost peed my pants! Besides, Mr. Hou came here not just to save me, but to save all of us! If it weren't for today Mr. Hou came to intervene in this matter, Uncle Zhong, do you think Mrs. Cui of the Cui family will spare us?"
After the words fell, the people suddenly fell into silence. After a while, the big man named Zhong sighed: "Alas! Lord Marquis is a good man! I have lived for decades, Lao Zhong, and I have met many officials, but no matter whether it is the former There is no official in the dynasty or now who loves the people as much as the Marquis! The only pity is that our Yujiazhuang is too far to the north, otherwise it would have become the Marquis's fiefdom long ago!"
When he said this, many people echoed with regret: "Old Zhong is right! It would be great if our Zhuangzi could also be merged into the Marquis's fief! When meeting such a master, don't let me be the leader. It's like a cow or a horse, even if I have to go through fire and water!"
"Hey! Why would the Marquis want you to work as a cow or a horse? The Marquis is very kind to the people of the fief!"
Yu Dejing shook his head and said: "It's useless to say more. The Marquis's current food estate is already considered the top among the nobles of the Tang Dynasty. If you want to expand the fiefdom, it will only happen if the Marquis makes further contributions! Let's go back quickly!"
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Royal Palace, Li Zheng Palace.
Li Er came down from the morning court. He came here to enjoy the newly installed heater in the palace with his eldest grandson. However, someone came to report that a large group of common people were fighting with the servants of the Cui family in front of the Cui Mansion. He frowned slightly. , didn’t say much, because he believed that Yuchi Jingde could definitely handle it by himself.
But not long after, the guards sent another message, saying that Li Zexuan went to Cui Mansion and injured the Cui Mansion guard. Li Er then sent an order to Yuchi Jingde to find a way to resolve the conflict. , and summoned Li Zexuan to the palace.
"Your Majesty, I am thinking that the people suddenly went to Cui's house to cause trouble. Is it because someone was secretly instigating them?"
Queen Changsun frowned and asked.
"Guanyin Maid is trying to say that Li Zexuan is secretly inciting people to make trouble at Cui's house, right?"
Empress Changsun nodded lightly and said: "I have indeed doubted this. After all, Marquis Yong'an has always had a bad attitude towards the aristocratic family. The previous assassination of the Snake King was directed at the Cui family. If His Majesty hadn't been the mediator, he would have already done it. Did you kill the Cui family?"
Li Er held his chin, pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "No! If this boy really planned to use the people to deal with the Cui family, he would definitely not rush to the Cui family alone today! Alas! This boy sometimes has an iron heart. , but sometimes he is indecisive, which is a taboo for a general~!"
As smart as Li Er, he figured out the key to the problem at once. However, Li Zexuan did not retreat behind the scenes and take advantage of the situation, but instead took the lead, rushed to the front of the curtain, and confronted the Cui family head-on. Li Er felt a little resentful that iron could not become steel.
Although he does not intend to attack the Cui family at this juncture, he is still very happy to see that he can use the power of the people to cause some trouble for the Cui family and reduce the Cui family's reputation among the people.
But now, because Li Zexuan was temporarily soft-hearted and worried that the people would be injured, so he took action rashly, everything was in ruins!
If you want to form such a public opinion advantage next time, it will not be easy!
"Haha! Your Majesty, no one is a saint, how can one be perfect? I think this shortcoming of Marquis Yong'an is his true temperament, and it also shows that he values love and justice! Only such an upright minister can not be misunderstood by foreign countries. Only by using it can we make contributions to the Tang Dynasty!"
After listening to Li Er's words, Empress Changsun thought about it for a long time and quickly figured out the key. She smiled slightly.
"Your Majesty! Marquis Yong'an has arrived at Ganlu Palace!"
At this time, a chamberlain came in from outside the hall and cupped his hands towards Li Er.
"Well! It's finally here!"
Li Er's spirit was shaken, and he said to Empress Changsun: "Guanyin, please sit here for a moment! I will teach that boy a lesson!"
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"My lord, see your majesty!"
In the Ganlu Hall, Li Zexuan, dressed in regular clothes, bowed to Li Er and said with his luggage.
Yuchi Jingde told him in a hurry, and Li Zexuan went straight to the palace without going home to change into court clothes.
"No gift!"
Li Er's voice without any emotion came from above. Li Zexuan stood up straight, raised his head, and saw Li Er sitting at the top, looking at him eagerly.
"You are getting more and more courageous now! You actually dared to smash the door of the Cui family. If Cui Junchuo joins forces with the Shandong nobles to target you later, let's see how you respond!"
There was no emotion or anger on Li Er's face, but Li Zexuan could hear some blame in his words.
"Your Majesty, no matter what the outcome is, I will never regret what I did today! The Cui family's mother-in-law instigated the family warriors to use weapons against ordinary people. If I had been a step too late at that time, there would have been casualties! So I have no regrets!"
Li Zexuan said in a deep voice.
"Oh! You!"
Li Er sighed, stood up with his hands behind his back and walked down from above, saying: "You are also a smart man. You should understand that it doesn't matter what is right or wrong now. Now that you have smashed the door of Cui Mansion, Cui Mansion has stood for thousands of years. Your family has been disgraced, do you think they will let it go?
Scholars attached to the Shandong gentry accounted for less than half of the scholars in the Tang Dynasty. If the Cui family is determined to retaliate against you, each of these scholars can ruin your reputation with just a mouthful of saliva! Who will dare to come to your Yanhuang Academy then? Who will learn your engineering skills? Who will buy products from your workshop? "
Li Zexuan frowned deeply. He only thought that the Cui family would send some assassins to retaliate against him, but he never thought that they would use public opinion to ruin his reputation. However, he was not afraid. When it came to public opinion building, No one in the entire Tang Dynasty is better at it than him!
"Your Majesty! This world is your Majesty's world, not his Cui family's world! It's hard to say whether the Cui family can unite with other noble families, but even if the Shandong noble families work together, I am not afraid of them, because I know that your Majesty will support them. Minister, the people of the world will also support me!"
Li Zexuan cupped his hands and said loudly.
Li Er glared at this guy angrily, thinking to himself, am I tied to the same boat with you so easily? Beautiful thought!
But think about it carefully, he has to get on this "thief ship" even if he doesn't have to! Because the royal family and the aristocratic family are destined not to come together!
"It's useless to talk big words. What countermeasures do you have now?"
Li Er paused and said.
Li Zexuan cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have no countermeasures. The soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it up. The Cui family has not launched an attack yet. Even if I have countermeasures, it will be useless. I can only wait until the time comes to take action!"
Li Er fell silent, and the hall fell into silence, so quiet that one could even hear people breathing.
Li Zexuan lowered his head and began to count the ants. If Lao Li didn't ask him, he wouldn't speak. Anyway, he didn't like this kind of intrigue and was not good at it, so he would leave it to Lao Li to weigh it slowly!
After a long time, Li Er raised his head and said: "Before the Turks are destroyed, I don't want the family to be in chaos! Do you understand?"
Li Er knew very well that strictly speaking, Li Zexuan was not to blame for what happened today, but if Li Zexuan went into full-scale war with the Cui family, he would have to make a choice to help Li Zexuan deal with the Cui family! But once that time comes, except for the Taiyuan Wang family, the other major families will definitely unite together. This will be very unfavorable for Li Er, and it will also be an extremely serious internal conflict for Datang!
Li Zexuan's heart moved and he responded: "My lord, I obey the order!"
"Um!"
Li Er nodded with satisfaction, and then he smiled casually and said: "The heating you taught the general prisoner was very good, and you should have been rewarded, but now you have given me such a big trick, then forget it. ! Go back first and remember what I told you!"
It's not that he doesn't want a reward, it's mainly because Li Zexuan just smashed the Cui family. If he backhanded him a reward, wouldn't it be Hongguoguo's ridicule? If the Cui family gets upset at this time, it will be enough to feed the imperial court!
Li Zexuan curled his lips and secretly said that Li Er was stingy, but after thinking about it carefully, he could understand Li Er's difficulties, so he said no more and left directly.
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"Pah, pah!"
"I'm so angry! I'm so angry! Li Zexuan bullies people too much~!"
In the backyard of Cui Mansion, Wang smashed the vase angrily and roared angrily.
The maids and servants in the house all lowered their heads and did not dare to express their anger.
After a while, seeing that everything that could be thrown on the table and cabinets had been thrown, the old housekeeper of the Cui Mansion stepped forward and said, "Madam, please calm down! Being angry is very harmful to your health!"
"boom!"
"Should I calm down? This Li Zexuan first forced Xuan Ji back to Zhengzhou, then sent Yun Han to Qiongzhou, and now he came and smashed the Cui family's house! How has the Cui family been so humiliated in so many years? What if? The master is still in Chang'an, how can he be allowed to be so presumptuous~?"
Wang slapped the table hard and said angrily.
Butler Wang lowered his head and said cautiously: "Madam, the top priority now is not to get angry with Marquis Yong'an, but that we must reduce the impact of this matter on the Cui family as soon as possible! In Lao Nu's opinion, we must go to Nuantang as soon as possible The foundation donates a sum of money, otherwise Marquis Yong'an is likely to use the topic to his advantage, and if it is publicized by the "Datang Daily", the reputation of our Cui family will probably be ruined!"
I have to say that the old housekeeper's vision is still very accurate. Today's incident not only hurt the Cui family's face, but more importantly, it caused a considerable blow to the Cui family's reputation!
The reason why Qiwang of the Five Surnames has achieved its current status is mainly due to the reputation accumulated among the people for many years, especially the reputation accumulated among scholars!
If the Cui family gets a bad reputation, then the Cui family will lose the support of many scholars in the future. This is a major event that will damage the foundation of the Cui family!
"Donating money? What a beautiful idea! Although the Nuantang Foundation is in the name of the imperial court and bears the name of the queen, who doesn't know that the real principals are Li Zexuan's family? This kid wants to use this underhanded method There is no way to force the Cui family to donate money!"
Wang, who was in anger, refused without thinking.
"Madam, but..."
"Butler, you don't have to say anything! I have made up my mind! Not only will the Cui family not donate money, they will never give up on what happened today!"
The old housekeeper wanted to say something more, but Mrs. Wang didn't want to hear it anymore. She said these words and left directly!
The old housekeeper opened his mouth, feeling helpless. He could only secretly pray in his heart that Cui Junchuo, the old lady of the Cui family, would learn the news as soon as possible and come back to take charge of the overall situation!
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