"You said someone saw Mr. Lu beating Mr. Shan Yang. Is there any witness? Is there any physical evidence?" Chai Shao looked at Xiao Yu and asked with dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction.
"If Duke Lu didn't do such a thing, how could anyone spread the news!" Xiao Yu replied to Chai Shao without any sign of weakness, "This is how it should be!"
"The things that have been heard about are also the affairs of the imperial officials. What does it have to do with you, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs?" Chai Shaona was not a good person, so he directly grasped the four words of "the things that have been heard about" in Xiao Yu's words. The word hit back at Xiao Yu.
"General Chai, don't forget, I am still the minister's right servant, and this rumor is also within my jurisdiction!" Xiao Yu looked at Chai Shao and said with a sneer.
As soon as Xiao Yu said these words, Chai Shao suddenly came to a conclusion. When it comes to leading troops to fight, all the generals who can stand in this management point are more capable than the other. But when it comes to talking skills, these generals really don't have the ability to speak. People are the opponents of these literati. Although many of these generals and marshals are both civil and military men, their talk is really inferior to these literati who quote classics.
At this moment, I saw a chamberlain hurriedly walking in outside the door. After one of the chamberlains came in, he saluted Li Yuan and said, "Your Majesty, King Wu and his son are waiting outside the palace!"
"The person involved is here. We will know if there is anything that Xiao Shangshu said!" Li Yuan did not speak until this time, "Let them in!" Li Yuan said directly to the chamberlain.
"Yes!" The chamberlain took the order and turned around and walked out of the palace door, shouting directly: "Prince Wu and his son are here to see you!"
As the chamberlain finished shouting, King Wu Du Fuwei and Duke Shanyang Du Dejun, their father and son, entered the hall one after the other.
"My lord, Du Fuwei has met your Majesty!"
"My lord, Du Dejun has met your Majesty!"
The father and son both bowed to Li Yuan and said, "No courtesy, stay on your own!" Li Yuan waved his hand.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After Du Fuwei and his son thanked Li Yuan, "I wonder why your Majesty called your father and son here?" Du Fuwei bowed to Li Yuan again and asked.
"Prince Wu and his son can wait for a moment. When Duke Lu arrives, I will ask you if you have any questions!" Li Yuan did not answer Du Fuwei's inquiry, but motioned to the father and son to wait aside.
But after hearing Li Yuan's words, Du Fuwei understood what Li Yuan was going to ask, and at the same time glanced at Xiao Yu, who smiled and nodded at Du Fuwei, with a clear look in his eyes. He said: "The matter of your father and son has been reported to His Majesty!"
Du Fuwei naturally understood Xiao Yu's eyes and cursed in his mind: "What does the matter between me and Lu Chen have to do with you? You old bastard is just looking for trouble for me! I don't care because of Li Zitong's matter." If you dare to show your face, this veteran has no good intentions!"
Although Du Fuwei wanted to strangle Xiao Yu to death in his heart, he still had to show his gratitude to Xiao Yu. After all, Xiao Yu was also a prominent figure in the family. Even though Du Fuwei was a king with a different surname, If he really wanted to go against these aristocratic families, he wouldn't be as quick as Lu Chen, who would just smile and nod at Xiao Yu.
Du Fuwei and his son naturally stood on the side of the generals. When they walked towards the generals, the generals consciously kept a certain distance from Du Fuwei.
Although people like Xiao Yu really want to let Du Dejun tell Lu Chen about beating him now, but since Li Yuan has expressed his stance, they can only suppress this idea in their hearts. To put it bluntly, they are eager to let Du Dejun tell Lu Chen at this time. I beat him just to take advantage of Lu Chen not coming yet and directly create a preconceived impression.
At that time, even if Lu Chen defended the matter and Li Yuan did not delve too deeply into the matter, Lu Chen would definitely leave a domineering image in Li Yuan's heart. After all, this guy dared to beat up and arrest even the prince's son. In this world At that time, it was quite a big deal. To put it seriously, Lu Chen committed the following crimes. According to the level of this group of scholars, Lu Chen could even be described as a very evil person who committed rebellion and had a disobedient heart.
But now that Li Yuan has said that he wants to wait for Lu Chen to come, these civil servants from aristocratic families can only wait.
Fortunately, Lu Chen arrived very quickly. Soon, Lu Chen was led by the chamberlain to the outside of Tai Chi Hall. The chamberlain went in to report.
"Your Majesty, the Duke of Chang'an County is already waiting outside the palace!" The servant quickly came to Li Yuan with small steps and saluted.
"Xuan!" Li Yuan said directly. The chamberlain took the order and turned around and walked out of the palace door, shouting loudly: "Xuan Chang'an County Duke Lu Chen is here to see you!"
The voice of the chamberlain was quite shrill, and it was shouted not far from Lu Chen. Therefore, after Lu Chen heard the chamberlain's shouting, he couldn't help but pick his ears. The voice was really too close to him. Every time Even hearing it made him uncomfortable.
"County Lord, let's go in!" The chamberlain finished shouting and looked at Lu Chen and said.
Lu Chen nodded and followed the chamberlain into the Tai Chi Hall. As Lu Chen stepped into the Tai Chi Hall, the Tai Chi Hall, which was still a bit noisy, suddenly became quiet, while Lu Chen casually glanced around the hall. This bunch of civil and military ministers.
Chai Shao and other military commanders who had a good relationship with Lu Chen all gave Lu Chen a somewhat nervous look, while Lu Chen responded with a "be patient" look. As for when Lu Chen looked at Xiao Yu and other civil servants from aristocratic families, At that time, these people all looked at Lu Chen hatefully, and Lu Chen directly gave him a very contemptuous look, and at the same time said to the people who owed him "gambling debts", "Hurry up and pay off the debts." The gesture immediately turned the faces of these popular people almost green.
However, these people immediately looked at Lu Chen with sneer on their faces, and when this hateful guy confronted Du Dejun in front of him, he was a good-looking guy.
"My lord, Lu Chen has met your Majesty!" Normally, others would say "Meet your Majesty", but Lu Chen directly raised his hands to salute Li Yuan and said "I have met your Majesty".
"You don't have to be polite, Mr. Lu!" Li Yuan said to Lu Chen with a smile. If anyone else said this, Li Yuan would give him a few thumbs up. But Lu Chen said so. Li Yuan thought this was a normal phenomenon, and the civil and military people in the hall Chen seemed to be no longer surprised by Lu Chen's behavior.
"I wonder why your Majesty summoned you?" Lu Chen looked at Li Yuan and asked.
"The purpose of calling Duke Lu here this time is to serve as a memorial to Xiao Pu. I wonder if Duke Lu beat up Duke Shanyang a few days ago?" Li Yuan looked at Du Dejun who was standing aside and asked.
"There is no such thing!" Lu Chen directly denied the matter.
"Mr. Lu, the person involved is here! I hope Mr. Lu won't deny it!" Xiao Yu directly scolded Lu Chen.
"Old man Xiao, since the person involved is here, why don't you let the person involved confront me? Why do you, an outsider, interfere?" Lu Chen directly gave Xiao Yu a disdainful look, "Besides, Mr. Shan Yang didn't say anything. You ran to His Majesty to complain, how could you show yourself?" Lu Chen looked at Xiao Yu and said with a sneer.
"I heard that if such a bad incident occurs, I have the responsibility to report it to His Majesty!" Xiao Yu once again refuted Lu Chen with the same words he used to refute Chai Shao.
"Feng Wen Yan Shi?" Lu Chen looked at Xiao Yu and raised his eyebrows, "Is this what you used Feng Wen Yan Shi?" Lu Chen gave Xiao Yu a cold look, "Your Majesty!" Lu Chen shot Li Yuan Yi Li said, "As far as Wei Chen knows, this rumor requires conclusive evidence, either a witness or physical evidence to be considered true!"
Hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Yuan nodded, agreeing with what Lu Chen said.
"And Mr. Xiao, you actually took the wind to be the rain. I'm afraid there is something wrong with this, right?" Lu Chen looked at Xiao Yu and said, "It's nice to say that you are the wind to be the rain. Say no. The nice thing is that a dog is meddling in a mouse’s own business!”
"Mr. Lu, how could you insult Xiao Pushe like this? You went too far on purpose!"
"Mr. Lu, your words are so vulgar, how can you set an example for the people!"
As soon as they heard Lu Chen's words, the officials from the aristocratic families couldn't sit still, and they all accused Lu Chen.
"Tsk, tsk! Are you the only ones who have the nerve to say that you are setting an example for the people?" Lu Chen looked directly at the officials who were scolding him and sneered, "You have no worries about eating and drinking every day, and have you ever managed those people? What's going on in those villages of yours? , you don’t count? What? Do you have to take out your flesh?" After Lu Chen said these words, the officials immediately did not dare to call out. After all, whether they themselves had no conscience or what they had done, they But it was very clear, and these guys had a preliminary understanding of Lu Chen. The Chang'an County Duke in front of him really didn't care about his family. He didn't see Lu Chen offending those five surnames and seven looks. After the family, is it still alive and kicking now?
"Let me tell you, you censors and officials are just idle and have heard about things. Do you know what it means to have no right to speak without investigation?" Lu Chen's words were not only meant for Xiao Yu, but also for Xiao Yu. For the censors, "When you receive the news, you have to confirm the reliability of the source. Don't you just report to His Majesty what you heard? Why does Your Majesty have to call people here every day for your rumors?" Come to confront him? Who do you think his Majesty is?" Lu Chen's words directly knocked the hat off of this group of people, and all the censors immediately shrank their necks and did not dare to speak.
As for Chai Shao and the other generals, they secretly gave Lu Chen a thumbs up. Lu County Duke is so fierce! After all, Lu Chen's words spoke to their hearts, and they had suffered a lot from the rumors.
"You are the only ones who still talk about rumors! I can do those things about you, too!" Lu Chen directly smiled sarcastically at the censors and officials, "You! Oh yes! It's you, don't Hide!" Lu Chen raised his hand and pointed at an official standing nearby.
