It was nearly the third watch at this time, and the sky was covered with heavy snow. One person and one horse rode against the wind and snow, galloping westward.
The thick snow made it very difficult for Mr. Hei to run, but everything has its pros and cons. The overwhelming snow also blocked the sight of the pursuers, allowing him to return to Chang'an smoothly.
It was five o'clock when we returned to Chang'an, and the city gate of Chang'an had not yet opened. Changsheng temporarily settled down from the city's north station. At this time, he was overwhelmed by anger and needed to find a quiet place to clear his thoughts.
This was not the first time he had come to the post. The post guards all recognized him and hurriedly invited him into a room with a fire bed when they saw him coming.
After cleaning the snow on his body, he lay down in his clothes and began to think deeply. The first thing he had to do was to calm down the anger in his heart. If he was holding back his anger, it would be impossible to think calmly about the problem.
Being plotted by someone would make anyone angry, but looking at it from another perspective, even if someone didn’t plot against someone this time, Li Zhongyong’s affairs would be exploited by the other party sooner or later. Although the Tiancan Magic was lost this time, at least the four members of Li Zhongyong’s family were saved. mouth.
As for the loss of the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art, there is nothing that can be done about it. Whoever allows himself to be careless and make mistakes will definitely suffer losses. If he makes a mistake and does not want to accept the punishment or pay the price, there will be no loss at all if he tries. , that would be too unreasonable. There is no such beautiful thing in the world.
In fact, there was another reason why he was holding back his anger, that is, instead of fighting to the death with Long Haotian and others, he chose to hand over the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art in exchange for the safety of himself and Li Zhongyong's family of four, which made him feel I feel a bit cowardly.
But calm down and analyze carefully. In the situation like yesterday, the best result of a head-on confrontation is that you may be able to rush out, but Li Zhongyong and his family will undoubtedly die. It is right to keep a cool head. If you are hot-headed and reckless, Fighting is not brave, but stupid.
The most critical issue is that Long Haotian has not obtained the Heavenly Silkworm Magic Art. Whether or not to hand over the Heavenly Silkworm Magic Art to Long Haotian is just a thought for him. Long Haotian is undoubtedly a bad person, but Long Haotian trusts him and is the most successful person in life. The key is not to be trusted by friends, but to gain the respect of enemies.
In the final analysis, this is not forced humiliation, but an exchange of gains and losses.
The young man is so angry that he can't keep his head down and can't bear the anger, but after he understands this, he feels much better.
When your mind is calm, you start to think about the next question, that is, what should you do next?
He is being plotted this time, and the Criminal Department is undoubtedly the biggest accomplice. These officials in the Criminal Department will not take orders from Long Haotian or the Four Villas. They will only take orders from the eunuchs. Therefore, the use of fake files to mislead him yesterday must be The Ministry of Punishment did this under the instruction of the eunuchs. Long Haotian confessed yesterday that it was the eunuchs who wanted to kill him.
The eunuchs also have enough reasons to want to kill him, that is, they know that he is an unswerving royalist, and no matter what the eunuchs do, it is impossible to win him over, for one.
Secondly, the Eunuch Party believes that he has posed a threat to the Eunuch Party. If he continues to live, it will be increasingly detrimental to the Eunuch Party.
In the opinion of the eunuch, he will definitely not come back alive, but he did come back alive. Since he was misled by the Ministry of Punishment, the eunuch must know that he already knew that the matter was done by the eunuch, and the direct consequence is that on the surface Peace was gone. After this incident, the two sides directly fell out.
What should you do if you break up?
It doesn't matter if he breaks his face or just does it forcefully, and saves the trouble of pretending to hide it. Next, the Eunuch Party will definitely use his relationship with Chen Liqiu and Li Zhongyong as an issue. Don't be afraid of this, because the Eunuch Party has no direct evidence. , to catch an adulterer, you have to be in pairs, his law is not in vain, and there is no direct evidence, so he cannot be convicted.
Furthermore, the more crazily the eunuchs join him, the more the emperor will go all out to protect him. Now that the emperor has staked his life and fortune on him, he will never allow the eunuchs to remove him from office.
Thinking of this, he sat up and wanted to go back to the ground, but after sitting up, he remembered another thing, that is, after falling out with the eunuchs, the Four Villas would probably directly assassinate Situ Honglie's son, Dongfang Chen's Palm, this revenge of the Four Villas will definitely be avenged.
There is no good way to do this. He can only be more careful and take precautions as much as possible. Now that he has entered the third hole of blue energy and has the blessing of Hunyuan Divine Art, he is not without the ability to fight back against purple energy masters.
This was all he could think of at the moment. When he thought of the Punishment Department using fake files to frame him, he couldn't help but get angry. Damn it, don't think about it anymore, go back and get the Punishment Department first.
He only lay there for less than half an hour. He went out and looked south, and found that the city gate had been opened, so he went back and pulled out the black master and rode back to the city.
It was dawn when he returned to Yushitai. He did not go through the front door, but returned through the back door.
As soon as I returned to the Yushitai, I heard noises coming from the middle courtyard. I frowned and listened, and found that there was a big voice among them.
After sending Mr. Hei to the west wing, Changsheng returned to the main room and changed into his official uniform. He followed the noisy sound to the middle courtyard, only to find that the quarrel was in front of the warehouse door. Datou was standing in front of the warehouse door, talking to him. The person who had a fierce quarrel was an official in red. Looking carefully, he turned out to be the censor Zhongcheng who had driven him away when he took office.
At this time, there were many people surrounding the two people. Neither of the two parties noticed that he had arrived from the backyard. Feng Zhongcheng pointed at his head and rebuked loudly, "You, a little censor, actually intercepted our minister." , there is no distinction between superiority and inferiority, get out of the way immediately, I want to inspect the warehouse."
"You are just a deputy. Without Lord Xantai's order, you have no right to inspect the warehouse." Datou glared at him.
"The chief officer is not here, I will perform the duties on my behalf. Get out of here and don't blame me for ordering your arrest." Feng Zhongcheng was very arrogant.
Changsheng had already walked out of the door. Seeing this, he stepped back and looked sideways, only to find that there were several censors among the people surrounding the door, and these people had been sent out by him to inspect the place before.
The reason why Feng Zhongcheng came to inspect the warehouse early in the morning was undoubtedly because he had received the news in advance and knew that he would never return, so he dared to inspect the warehouse and convict him. The reason why those censors who had been sent out before appeared Here, he undoubtedly got the news and returned overnight to try to help Feng Zhongcheng stabilize the situation.
Although Da Tou didn't know where he went, he guessed that something might have happened to him, otherwise Feng Zhongcheng would not dare to come back. Now that Yang Kai is gone, he is alone, and in addition to a few censors, there are many arrests around him. The boss and the policeman, he was not in a hurry to come forward because he wanted to see what the position of these people was. If they were human beings, they would stay, and if they were ghosts, they would all be imprisoned.
Although Changsheng had not been in charge of Yushitai for a long time, he was deeply popular among the people. Many people stood on the side of Datou. Even so, many people still firmly supported Feng Zhongcheng. The quarrel became more and more fierce, and Shi Xuanming also He heard the sound and came over, but he didn't know what was going on, and he was not an official, so he could only stand and watch from a distance.
As everyone chose sides, Chang Sheng discerned everyone's stance and attitude before taking a step forward.
Datou was short in stature and was blocked by the crowd. The first person to notice the appearance of Changsheng was an imperial censor. Seeing the sudden appearance of Changsheng, the censor seemed to have seen a ghost. His fingers were immortal, and he was frightened and speechless.
Seeing this, everyone turned their heads and looked north. Some were happy and some were sad. Some were happy and some were worried. It was risky to choose a side. If you chose the right one, you would be highly valued, but if you chose the wrong one, you would be completely defeated.
"Li Chengze." Changsheng called.
"My subordinates are here!" A captain bent over to answer.
"Bring in the detectives on duty." Chang Sheng ordered loudly.
The latter responded loudly and left quickly.
Changsheng walked through the crowd and came directly to Feng Zhongcheng.
Seeing the sudden appearance of Changsheng, Feng Zhongcheng was so frightened that his whole body trembled and his legs became weak.
"I'm not dead yet, and you come to seize power?" Changsheng gritted his teeth.
Feng Zhongcheng was already scared, but when he saw his expression, his legs went weak and he wanted to collapse.
Before Feng Zhongcheng collapsed to the ground, Changsheng used all his strength to give him a loud slap in the face. This slap was full of anger and not only knocked off his official hat, but also knocked out a row of his teeth.
Feng Zhongcheng had no spiritual power, so he fell directly on the snow and could not get up. Seeing the people who had previously supported Feng Zhongcheng shaking like chaff from fear, Changsheng glared angrily, "Stand still!"
The detectives on duty were watching in the yard next door. Li Chengze went over and simply lined up before rushing back with twenty or thirty detectives.
Chang Sheng pointed them out one by one, "This, this, this, this, this... arrest them all and put them in prison."
There were four arresters in Yushitai. Except for this Li Chengze, the other three all rebelled. After the agents escorted the officials and servants of the headquarters to the prison, Changsheng stopped Li Chengze again and said, "Summon all the agents immediately and give them to the prison." You have a quarter of an hour.”
Li Chengze responded loudly and left quickly.
Only then did Datou get the chance to step forward and ask, "Sir, what happened?"
Changsheng did not answer, but said to everyone on his side, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone is doing their job. There is no need to panic."
After everyone left, Changsheng whispered, "They designed to harm me and wanted to take my life."
Datou frowned when he heard this, worried that the wall might have ears, so he lowered his hands to his crotch and made a cutting gesture.
Changsheng nodded.
"No wonder these dogs are so rampant." Datou was very angry.
"These guys are handed over to you, and they will be punished," Chang Sheng said in a low voice. "I will give you an hour to interrogate all those who need to be interrogated, sign and sign them, and confirm the charges."
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Datou was puzzled.
"They think I will definitely die. There will be many people participating in the morning court today," Changsheng said. "Before they leave the court, we have to catch evidence that they tried to kill me."
Datou nodded heavily, "I understand, I'll go in and see what torture tools there are."
"Go ahead and prepare the cell. When they disperse, I will directly lead the troops to take over the punishment department." Changsheng said.
Da Tou nodded in agreement and turned around to leave, but seemed to think of something and then turned back.
"Don't persuade me." Changsheng waved his hand.
"Sir, I didn't want to advise you," Big Head shook his head and said, "I was thinking that since you are certain to die in their eyes, this should be the time for them to be most relaxed. And now that they are all in court, the news from outside is spreading. Don’t go in.”
"What do you mean?" Changsheng asked casually.
"We've almost figured out who is who," Big Head said.
Changsheng looked sideways and tilted his head, "You mean to play the big one directly?"
Datou shook his head and said, "I don't know what you know. I just feel that there is an opportunity now. It's up to you to decide whether to do it or not."
After a brief pause, Chang Sheng spoke up and said, "If we really want to arrest him, we can't arrest the civil servants alone. We have to arrest the garrison generals around Chang'an as well, otherwise we won't be able to control the situation."
"Isn't the time too ripe?" Big Head asked.
"The time is indeed not ripe, it's too hasty," Changsheng nodded and said, "But we are preparing, and they are also preparing. If we continue like this, the time will never be ripe. And now that I have broken the relationship with them, I will waste my time. It doesn’t make any sense anymore.”
"Do you want to do it or not?" Datou looked up at Changsheng.
"Done!"
