As Lu Chen took out the deerskin bag, everyone's eyes also focused on the deerskin bag in Lu Chen's hand. Everyone, including Li Yuan, looked at the bag in Lu Chen's hand with curiosity, inquiry and doubt. He picked up his deerskin pocket and thought to himself: "What kind of tricks is this Chang'an County Duke doing?"
But no one asked first. After all, this guy was so tricked. Who knew if he was going to dig a hole again when he took out this deerskin bag, waiting for someone to jump in, especially Wang Gui, who had been tricked by Lu Chen. , Wei Ting and Zheng Shanguo all looked at Lu Chen with vigilant eyes.
Lu Chen didn't waste any time. He slowly opened the deerskin bag and put his hand in. When Lu Chen took his hand out, he opened his palm and saw two glass balls appearing in Lu Chen's palm. Under the sunlight, Sparkling.
"This is it!" When these two glass balls appeared in Lu Chen's palm, everyone took a breath of air. These officials had seen a lot of glass like this, but nothing as pure as Lu Chen's hand. It was rare. Of course, Li Yuan had long known and seen that Lu Chen could create such pure glass, and named it "Glass". But when such a beautiful glass ball really appeared in front of his eyes, even the emperor could not bear it. I couldn't help but gasp. To put it bluntly, it would not be an exaggeration to say that these two glass balls are "priceless" now.
"Your Highness, I have brought you your hundred thousand things!" Lu Chen came to Du Fuwei with a smile on his face. Du Fuwei was in a state of confusion, because according to Lu Chen's words What it means is that I bought these two "glazed balls" with one hundred guan. Given the quality of these two "glazed balls", let alone one hundred guan, even one thousand guan may not be able to buy them!
However, Du Fuwei is a prince who has experienced strong winds and waves. After just a moment of confusion, he knew what he should do next. He stretched out his hand and carefully took the glass ball handed over by Lu Chen, "Thank you, Mr. Lu! Mr. Lu, you are really Trust me! I didn’t expect to get this treasure so quickly!" Du Fuwei said to Lu Chenyi, cupping his hands, with a look of surprise on his face, and then he carefully put the two glass beads into his arms and even touched them. .
"Your Majesty, did you see that? The hundred guan that King Wu paid for the glass ball with Wei Chen was not the extortion money that Xiao Shangshu said!" Lu Chen said to Li Yuanyi while cupping his hands, and at the same time, he did not forget to glare at Xiao Yu. One glance.
And Xiao Yu feels more uncomfortable now than eating flies. First he was stabbed in the back by Du Dejun, and now he wanted to use Du Fuwei to bring down Lu Chen, but he didn't expect that the hundred guan extorted by Lu Chen was directly turned into payment for goods. ! How to suppress Lu Chen? Xiao Yu couldn't help feeling annoyed.
"Mr. Lu, do you think the hundred guan from King Wu was the payment for these two glazed balls?" Just when Xiao Yu was secretly annoyed, Zheng Shanguo looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"Exactly! Is there anything wrong with it?" Lu Chen turned to look at Zheng Shanguo and asked with an unkind expression, "Is this just the gourd being pushed down and the ladle lifted? Why did this Zheng Shanguo pop out again when Xiao Yu was silent?" .
"Haha!" Zheng Shanguo looked at Lu Chen and sneered, "Your Majesty, as the Minister of Rites, I have something to say about County Duke Lu!" Zheng Shanguo bowed to Li Yuan and saluted, and at the same time turned his head and looked coldly. He glanced at Lu Chen.
"I wonder what Zheng Shangshu has to say?" Lu Chen also gave Zheng Shanguo a cold look.
"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the past dynasties have stipulated that nobles cannot engage in business. Now, Duke Lu has sold such a valuable glass ball as a commodity to the King of Wu. This is a merchant act and a blatant violation of the rules. !" After Zheng Shanguo finished speaking to Li Yuan, he turned to look at Lu Chen with a sneer on his face, as if he was waiting to see how you would defend yourself.
Hearing Zheng Shanguo's words, Li Yuan also frowned slightly. Nobles and nobles are not allowed to do business. This has been a rule since ancient times. Now Zheng Shanguo directly uses this matter to trick Lu Chen. Even if Li Yuan wants to help Lu Chen get away, but This matter is really not easy to excuse.
So Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and asked, "Lu Aiqing, what do you have to say about what Zheng Shangshu said?" However, there was some worry in Li Yuan's eyes.
"Your Majesty, I don't think that this humble minister behaves like a merchant!" Lu Chen responded directly and decisively.
"Mr. Lu, this doesn't mean it won't happen if you say no. Did King Wu give you a hundred guan?" Hearing Lu Chen's words, Zheng Shanguo sneered and asked Lu Chen.
"Give it!" Lu Chen nodded directly.
"Did you give King Wu two glass balls?" Zheng Shanguo continued to ask.
"Give it!" Lu Chen's answer was still straightforward.
"In other words, King Wu paid you a hundred guan, and then you sold King Wu two glass balls. Then I would like to ask Mr. Lu County, whether this is the behavior of a merchant?" Zheng Shanguo's face showed pride. With a smile on his face, he looked at Lu Chen and asked, looking like he was still alive.
"Paying money and delivering goods with one hand is called merchant behavior!" Lu Chen looked directly at Zheng Shanguo and responded with a sneer, "Did you see King Wu and I handing over money with one hand and delivering goods with the other hand? Besides, you are so sure of these two Is it my father who sold the glass ball to the King of Wu? Couldn't it be that the King of Wu asked me to buy it on my behalf?" Lu Chen asked Zheng Shanguo directly like a barrage of questions, and Zheng Shanguo was also directly asked by Lu Chen's series of questions. The question was a little vague, and even Lu Chen's last words made Zheng Shanguo a little unsure.
Because Zheng Shanguo only thought about the transaction between Lu Chen and King Wu, but ignored another possibility, which was the profession of "broker". Of course, in this era, it was not called "broker", but "Yanren" , this kind of person is like an intermediary in later generations, a person who introduces transactions and draws commissions from them.
"Could it be..." Zheng Shanguo glanced at Lu Chen with unconfident eyes.
"What did I just say? Without investigation, you have no right to speak, understand!" Lu Chen glared at Zheng Shanguo, "I just happened to find a batch of top-quality colored glazes, and King Wu took a fancy to two of them. Pearls, as for the one hundred guans, they were the labor and hard work fees given to me by the King of Wu. Where is the deal? Do you think those two glazed beads are worth a hundred guans?" Lu Chen raised the price immediately after saying this. Volume, staring at Zheng Shanguo with an angry look, followed a few steps to come to Zheng Shanguo, "Do you think I am the same as you? Breaking your promise?"
Lu Chen's few steps frightened Zheng Shanguo so much that he stepped back with a frightened expression on his face, obviously because he was afraid that Lu Chen would hit him directly.
"Your Majesty! I have a mission!" Lu Chen glanced at Zheng Shanguo coldly, then turned his head and saluted Li Yuan directly.
"What's Lu Aiqing's story?" Li Yuan looked at the angry Lu Chen and asked, holding back a smile while trying to keep his face calm.
"I want to take part in the slander charges against Zheng Shanguo and Xiao Yu!" Lu Chen said unceremoniously.
"This..." Upon hearing what Lu Chen said, Li Yuan pondered for a moment. Although Li Yuan was also dissatisfied with these family officials, if he really agreed to impeach Lu Chen today, at least these two ministers would have to He could be beaten, or even dismissed from office if it was serious, but Li Yuan really couldn't do that now. After all, he still had to rely on people from aristocratic families to stabilize the court!
"Lu Aiqing, Xiao Qing's family and Zheng Qing's family are dedicated to serving the public good. Isn't this slander a bit serious?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and said.
"Your Majesty, what they are saying now is aimed at Wei Chen. It has caused great harm to Wei Chen's body, mind and reputation. Doesn't this count as a crime of slander?" Lu Chen still looked unyielding. , and glanced at Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo at the same time.
After hearing Lu Chen's words and seeing Lu Chen's indignant look, the generals who were close friends with Lu Chen, headed by Chai Shao, immediately covered their sleeves and trembled all over.
As for the officials of the aristocratic family, headed by Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo, their expressions were worse than eating shit. Mainly because Lu Chen's words made them feel somewhat shameless. From the beginning to the end, they had been tortured by Lu Chen's words. , especially Xiao Yu, who was the worst. Not only did he fail to impeach Lu Chen, he was even stabbed in the back several times by Du Fuwei and his son. Now Lu Chen actually says that his body, mind and reputation have been greatly harmed. Is this justified?
"Oops! Lu Aiqing, isn't this a rumor? It's inevitable that something is wrong! Since Lu Aiqing feels hurt, how about letting the two of them compensate you?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and said with a smile, while Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo said After hearing Li Yuan's decision, he nodded repeatedly. After all, compared with getting slapped or even losing his official position, compensation is still acceptable. "As for the rumors!" At this point, Li Yuan pondered for a moment and glanced at those things. The censor Yan Guan glanced at him and continued this time, "After the incident involving Mr. Lu, I also feel that just hearing about rumors and rumors is not enough. In the future, if you want to speak out, you must have solid evidence! Lu County Sir, what do you think?" After Li Yuan finished speaking, he looked at Lu Chen.
"Since His Majesty has said so, then just follow His Majesty's will!" Of course Lu Chen knew what Li Yuan was thinking, and Lu Chen had just thought about it. What he was doing now was to drive away these aristocratic families and force them to hurry up. Stand next to Li Jiancheng. The more he torments them, the more they will want Li Jiancheng to take over. When the time comes to take revenge on him, Lu Chen will just come and get rid of him.
"How are you going to compensate me? My body, mind, and reputation have been greatly harmed!" Lu Chen looked at Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo and asked with an unkind expression.
"What kind of compensation does Mr. Lu want?" Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo looked at each other and sighed secretly in their hearts. This time, dealing with Lu Chen is probably going to be a waste of money. It seems that this guy will be ruthless again. A brutal killing.
