"My wise brother is very powerful at chess, but my foolish brother is ashamed of himself." Yu Ze put the chess pieces in his hand on the chessboard and surrendered.
"Brother's chess moves are amazing, but his purpose is too clear, and it is easy for others to take advantage of him." Wang Bo, who was wearing a gray robe, didn't have much expression on his face. He calmly raised his head and looked at the man standing on one side who didn't know when. Li Xuan: "Your Majesty, are you going to Yangzhou?"
"Yes, we have arrived at the Sanwan Waterway outside Yangzhou City. The river is narrow and a bit crowded. It will take a while." Li Xuan raised his head and looked at the river outside. The river was so crowded that he could almost see the furnishings in the cabin on the opposite side. .
vice versa.
"Your Majesty, how about you come and play two games with Brother Zi An Xian." Yu Ze suddenly spoke and looked at Li Xuan with some hope.
Yu Ze and Wang Bo have never won a single game since they played chess.
"It's not like my uncle doesn't know that Xuan's chess skills are weak, not even half as good as his uncle's. How can he be Mr. Zian's opponent?" Li Xuan waved her hand to refuse. Why did people want to watch him play chess again and again?
"Your Majesty, you are humble. I watched your actions in Luoyang. Although your methods are immature, your actions are grand and majestic. Once you take action, no opponent can match you. Now I must have made progress." Wang Bo's sharp eyes fell on Li Xuan, as if he could see through it at a glance. What's on his mind.
"Sir, your eyes are as bright as fire." Li Xuan nodded sincerely and said, "After the trip to Luoyang, Xiao Wang looked back on his actions and found that there were indeed many shortcomings. Now he is also carefully considering his future actions."
"I'm good at introspection. Your Majesty is better than Zian. If Zian can figure this out as soon as possible, he won't have to suffer the hardships of the past, and even involve his father." Wang Bo couldn't help sighing, his expression full of pain.
Li Xuan was about to open his mouth to persuade, but he suddenly stopped.
When he was in Luoyang, although he pleaded with the emperor and the queen for Wang Bo's father, no one agreed.
It may not be a good thing to give Wang Bo hope now.
"It's not Xiao Wang who talks too much. What happened back then..." After a pause, Li Xuan looked at Wang Bo seriously and asked directly: "Although Xiao Wang didn't meet Mr. Wang in person earlier, he still had some knowledge of him. Rumor has it that the writings are like the person who speaks from his heart. He has written countless magnificent poems, so how could he be such a lazy person who is afraid of killing people? Please forgive Xiao Wang for being presumptuous, and please help me clear up my confusion back then."
When Wang Bo was serving as Hongnong and joining the army, one day a relative who claimed to be his mentor Cao Yuan came to join him, but the problem was that this man named Cao Da was a runaway slave.
Cao Yuan was Wang Bo's medical teacher when he was young. Cao Yuan's relatives became runaway slaves, and Wang Bo felt embarrassed for a while.
However, before figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, Wang Bo first let Cao Yuan stay at his home, and was about to find someone to solve the problem, but at this moment, an official came to the door.
According to official documents from the Ministry of Industry of the Central People's Government, Wang Bo killed Cao Da out of panic, fearing that the cover-up would be leaked.
This statement was tenable at the time. After all, it was close to the spring of the next year. Wang Boruo was dismissed from his post for harboring runaway slaves, and naturally he could no longer participate in the next year's election, so he brazenly killed people.
The key is that Wang Bo also signed and stamped the confession.
This almost made everyone who wanted to help him lose the idea and motivation to overturn his case.
This can convince others, but it definitely cannot convince Li Xuan.
For a person who can write such a magnificent poem as "The falling clouds and solitary owls fly together, and the autumn water is the same color as the sky", it is ridiculous for you to say that he would kill someone out of panic.
In the following years, many poems about Wang Bo's regret for killing people were circulated one after another. However, if you read it carefully, you will find that it was more because he had implicated his father and caused him to be demoted to Jiaozhi, which made him extremely regretful. .
Regarding the regret of killing, Wang Bo didn't mention it at all, as if he didn't do it at all.
Although he felt regretful, Wang Bo's magnanimity could also be heard from the poem.
"The wind was violent and the rain was violent, the smoke was blowing and the lightning was flashing. Emperor Wa summoned the giant dragon in the wild, and Zhuang Sou ordered the magpie to carve the mausoleum." Wang Bo shook his head gloomily and said, "What happened back then has long since passed, and it has been concluded long ago. Why mention it again."
In a word, it seems that what happened back then has already happened in another world to Wang Bo.
Li Xuan had long guessed Wang Bo's attitude. Along the way from Luoyang to Yangzhou, he had made more than one insinuation to try to figure out the truth of the year, but Wang Bo took everything away lightly.
"Back then, it was Ling Jiyou, a member of the Hongnong Judicial Service, who invited me to serve in Hongnong. If Xiao Wang had begged His Highness the Crown Prince and released the arrest documents of Ling Jiyou to the whole world, I believe there would always be something gained." Li Xuan said. Very firm.
It was Ling Jiyou who invited Wang Bo to work in Hongnong, but after Wang Bo's accident, Ling Jiyou disappeared without a trace. No one knew where he had gone, and no one knew whether he was dead or alive.
Ling Jiyou's appointment at that time was to join the Hongnong Judiciary Army. He was a fugitive. No matter what the reason, Ling Jiyou could talk to him.
He was just a runaway slave. Even if Wang Bo was caught on the spot, even if he was implicated, Ling Jiyou, who joined the army as a judicial officer, would definitely be able to suppress the case.
Although the Tang Dynasty emphasized the rule of law, it was still a human society.
Wang Bo, who had been a minor official in Shu for several years, still had this experience, so even if he was discovered, there was no need for him to kill anyone.
What's more, the Spring Festival was close at that time. As long as Wang Bo could pass the Spring Festival, such a thing would not be a problem.
But when you kill someone, the nature changes.
But in any case, as the friend who invited Wang Bo to work in Hongnong, Ling Jiyou, who joined the army as a judicial officer, can definitely find out the truth of the matter.
In particular, it was Di Renjie who was responsible for leading the team to find the escaped slaves.
Hongnong Judicial Officer Ling Jiyou and Bingzhou Judicial Cao Di Renjie join forces to find out Wang Bo's unjust murder.
But something went wrong.
In this way, the problem can only lie with Ling Jiyou.
Only Ling Jiyou, who joined the Hongnong Judicial Army, could stop Di Renjie, who was the legal director of Bingzhou, from continuing the investigation. Only he could put Wang Bo to death and be unable to extricate himself.
The most important thing is that Ling Jiyou suddenly disappeared at this time, and no one knew where he went in the end.
"It's none of Brother Ling's business." Wang Bo waved his hand and motioned for Li Xuan to suppress it, but Li Xuan noticed that Wang Bo's reaction was not that intense.
"If the whole thing back then was a plot, then since arriving in Hongnong, sir, he has completely fallen into the trap of others." Li Xuan sighed softly. Only in this way is it the most reasonable.
Wang Bo, a scholar, how capable he is of breaking through the traps that others have already laid.
"Let me tell you a story." Wang Bo suddenly spoke, and Li Xuan and Yu Ze beside him suddenly became solemn.
"One day, a man came to visit me, neatly and elegantly dressed. He was also a member of my mentor's family. Moreover, he spoke elegantly and spoke well. Naturally, you wanted to keep him here longer and talk more freely."
A sad smile appeared on Wang Bo's face, and he said softly: "However, in the dead of night, the official suddenly came to the door. He said politely, saying that there were fugitives escaping into the surrounding area, which would endanger safety. I hope to come in for inspection. You don't know anything, so welcome in politely. , and then at this moment, your servant suddenly shouted..."
After a short pause, Wang Bo became expressionless: "The officer found a hanging corpse, and there were staggered strangulation marks on the neck of the corpse."
He killed someone and pretended to hang himself.
"Your friend tried his best to argue for you, but on the same day, he was completely dismissed from his post. Then you never saw this friend again. Others don't know where this person went or whether he is alive or dead. Death," Wang Bo said, looking at Li Xuan: "Do you understand, Your Majesty?"
"I understand, some people don't want you to return to Chang'an and participate in the imperial examination." Li Xuan stared at Wang Bo and said, "These people are well aware of your talent and the relationship between you and the prince, so they are Very early on, I have already regarded you as a thorn in my side, and this person must be very familiar to you, Ling Jiyou must be familiar with him, and the governor of Hongnong is also familiar with him."
Prince Li Hong is in poor health, which is a common thing.
Although it is difficult for anyone to know the details of Li Hong's condition, as long as he has enough supernatural powers, not only can he easily obtain these things, but he can also predict in advance how many years Li Hong has left to live.
So these people started to focus on Li Xian very early. They had to start from Li Xian's side, but they couldn't be too abrupt.
There weren't many places around Li Xian, so they focused on Wang Bo.
Even the fighting cock poems of that year were most likely the work of these people.
These people have a deep understanding of Wang Bo's character, temperament, social circle, and even the character of King Yong Li Xian.
"It seems that next time I return to the capital of the gods, I have to remind His Highness that it is time to clean up the servants around me."
Li Xuan suddenly paused because a figure flashed through Li Xuan's mind.
Xue Yao is the daughter of Xue Yuanchao, the admonishing doctor, and Li Yuanji, king of Chaosi, and the sister of King Cao Li Ming and the son of Princess Jing.
He was also Wang Bo's childhood playmate, but until now, Wang Bo had never mentioned him a word.
It seems that we have to find a way to check this Xue Yao. ..
Are King Cao Li Ming, Crown Prince Xue Yao, and King Donghai really just one person?
