After receiving the letter from the capital, Yuan Pei and Liang Wuji set off towards the capital.
Especially Yuan Pei, his speed was incredible, there was really no delay at all.
But this is understandable. After all, since Li Hao's son was born, he finally had his first grandchild, a generation apart.
But as a state shepherd, he has been in Xuzhou and cannot rush back to the capital. He can only hear about the situation from letters. Now that he can finally see his grandson in person, he naturally wants to hurry up.
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But precisely because of this, it solved a doubt for Li Hao.
Yuan Wo came to report to Li Haohan that day, saying that he had found traces of Fifty percent and that he had appeared in Xuzhou not long ago.
Hearing this, Li Hao naturally made a reasonable association: "So, it should be my father's handiwork that 50% disappeared in the capital. No wonder I said how could he hide so well? It seems that it was dark under the lamp. .”
After hearing what Li Hao said, Yuan Wo did not answer. After all, this was a matter between the Yuan family and his son, and it was not easy for him as a servant to interrupt.
Li Hao didn't want to talk too much about Yuan Pei to Yuan Wo, but he just made up his mind to have a good talk with Yuan Pei after he arrived.
Then he asked: "Where is the 50th percentile now? Have you found the specific whereabouts?"
Yuan Wo replied: "Not yet, but there should be results soon. After all, there has been no news before. I didn't expect that the master would get the news so quickly, and sent people to cover it up deliberately.
Now that I know it, I just need to make some preparations. I think it won’t be long before the fifth percentile is hidden, but..."
"Just what, don't hesitate to speak?" Li Hao said.
Yuan Wo replied: "Now that the Lord knows fifty percent of the matter, do our people need to keep a guard up, so as not to displease the Lord?"
Li Hao was silent for a moment after hearing this, and said: "After finding the whereabouts, arrest the person first and not give him another chance to cause trouble. As for how to deal with it in the end, I will think about it later."
After Yuan Wo was killed, he went down to do things, leaving Li Hao to think about what to do with the 50th percentile.
Of course, you can kill one after another, but then you have to consider bearing Yuan Pei's wrath.
It seems that Li Hao didn't quite understand that a person who could make great achievements in troubled times would tolerate this just for the sake of so-called guilt.
However, even though Yuan Wo said it was easy, it was actually not that easy to find. At least before Yuan Pei arrived in the capital, Fifty percent was still not arrested.
The first thing Yuan Pei did when he returned to the capital was to submit a message to the palace according to the procedure, and then he went directly back to Yuan Mansion to see his grandson.
When Li Hao returned to the house, he saw Yuan Pei holding his son, teasing and teasing him. He looked completely different from the two people he usually interacted with Li Hao and Yuan Shen.
Yuan Pei obviously noticed this, so after seeing Li Hao's arrival, he immediately asked someone to pick up the child.
Then he pretended to be serious and said to Li Hao: "You are back. I just have something to discuss with you two brothers. When your brother comes back later, you can call him to the study together."
After saying that, Yuan Pei walked away without paying attention to Li Hao's expression that looked like a smile but not a smile.
Yuan Shen came back a little later than Li Hao. When he arrived, Li Hao asked him to go to the study with him.
Yuan Shen asked on the way: "When my father came to the capital, he asked us to come over to discuss matters. It seems that he has some ideas about the land transfer."
Li Hao replied: "It's normal to have thoughts. The Du Tian incident involves a wide range of things. Who doesn't have some thoughts? It mainly depends on what you think."
"That's right, let's see what my father plans to do first." After Yuan Shen finished his reply, he changed his mind and asked, "By the way, when do you plan to talk to my father about the 50% matter."
After hearing the question, Li Hao was silent for a moment and said: "Today, after my father speaks, I will mention it. Things must be settled first so that the people below can do things easily.
It just so happens that you are here today, so you will have to help me later, after all.
After all, this matter is not just mine. "
Yuan Shen didn't object to this. It would have been better if the showdown with Yuan Pei had been done earlier. Now Yuan Shen is really worried about Fifty percent's ability to cause trouble, especially when Yuan Pei takes the initiative to remedy the situation.
When he arrived in the study, Yuan Pei actually talked about Dutian Ling first: "I have already discussed with your uncle about the letter you sent to Dutian. I hope to use this opportunity to give him to Dutian." Push into the center.
However, we have been away from the capital for a long time, so I would like to hear your opinions before implementing it to see if there are any problems. "
After hearing this, Li Hao replied: "Based on the current situation, Your Majesty will probably leave the matter of transferring land to the prince to take charge of it, so as to train the prince's ability.
Given the prince's temperament, I'm afraid this matter won't be implemented with too much force. In this case, it won't be difficult to pass the test smoothly.
But if you want to take this as a merit and push your uncle into the court, I am afraid that not only your cousin will offend many people, but also the Liang family will have to bleed. If the Liang family is willing. "
Yuan Shen also answered at this time: "Yes, the prince always likes to be harmonious, and he really won't be too harsh.
On the premise that they can easily pass the test, can the Liang family be willing to take the initiative to give up their interests, especially now that the position of head of the Liang family has been given to the uncle, will he agree to this? "
Seeing his two sons commenting on their elders like this, Yuan Pei immediately said: "Don't talk nonsense. Although your two uncles don't have much talent, they are not so miserable.
Moreover, there are many clan elders in the Liang family, and presumably they can also see the benefits of this matter to the Liang family. "
Li Hao didn't believe Yuan Pei's words at all, and the others didn't say anything, except for the short-sighted Liang Xia and his narrow-minded and shallow mother.
Those are the people who can make waves even if there is no wind. Letting them take the initiative to cut their flesh and bleed them now is probably more difficult than killing them. I'm afraid the Liang family will be in trouble again.
But thinking about it carefully, it seems that Liang Wuji is the only candidate. After all, because Li Hao and Yuan Shen are both in the capital, the chance that Yuan Pei can be transferred is low.
Emperor Wen was already suppressing the strength development of the aristocratic families and would not allow the Yuan family's strength to grow so fast.
And because the prince's status is stable, Li Hao's current position plays a greater role than Yuan Pei's entry into the court.
Of course, Emperor Wen would definitely not let Li Hao stay with the prince for a long time. After all, Li Hao was not Huo Buyi. Emperor Wen would always worry that Li Hao would have too deep influence on the prince.
Therefore, when Li Hao later left the capital to take up a local post, it would be the final opportunity for Yuan Pei to enter the capital.
As for the Qu family, there are no people who can even join the officialdom, let alone anyone who can come to the capital.
Therefore, even though Li Hao and Yuan Shen were not so optimistic about this matter, they still agreed and cooperated in the end.
After reaching a consensus in this regard, Yuan Pei asked the two of them to go down and rest, but neither of them moved their positions.
Yuan Pei saw this and asked, "Why, do you have anything else to tell me?"
Li Hao and Yuan Shen looked at each other and said, "Father, we need to discuss this matter with you. Now he is getting more and more bold, and he even dares to break into Tingwei's mansion.
Father can no longer condone and shelter him, sowing the seeds of trouble for the Yuan family in the future. After all, it is not easy for my Yuan family to last for hundreds of years. "
When Yuan Pei heard this, his first reaction was to pretend to be stupid: "What are you talking about? How could I protect him? Besides, he has no ability to force his way into Tingwei's house."
Seeing what Yuan Pei said, Yuan Shen said directly: "I was there when Tingwei's Mansion was attacked. When Fifty percent saw me, he didn't even care about Peng Kun, who was planning to kill him, and rushed towards me directly. Could it be that I You can still see it wrong.
And let’s not talk about the incident in Tingwei’s Mansion, just talk about the assassination of General Cen in Shu. Then 50% must have been involved, otherwise how could my father help clean up the mess? "
When Yuan Pei saw this scene, he immediately knew that his two sons had reached a unified idea and had murderous intentions towards Wu Cheng.
Dang even explained: "My sworn brother was also very righteous when he was young.
A famous hero who does good deeds, he doesn't have many evil thoughts in his heart. It was only when your eldest father ordered someone to shoot his biological sister who grew up together that he entered this dead end.
As for those attacks and killings, it was just him mistrusting others. I have confirmed with him that he did not collude with Peng Kun and Gongsun Shu. "
Li Hao immediately retorted: "What my father said makes no sense. His sister was ordered to be shot by my father, but my father also used his own life to compensate.
Is it possible that the life of his family is important, but the life of the eldest father is not the same? Our family never owed him anything. "
After Li Hao finished speaking, Yuan Shen also continued: "Yes, even if he really did not collude with Peng Kun and Gongsun Shu, in the final analysis, the matter is still his own stupidity. Why would his father put himself in danger because of his stupidity? .”
Seeing that the two men had clear attitudes and showed no signs of softening, Yuan Pei had no choice but to do anything for a while, because he knew that Li Hao had the ability to secretly hunt down Fifty percent and was already doing it.
Before, he thought of finding an opportunity to talk to Li Hao and ask Li Hao to remove the men who were chasing him, but he didn't expect that the two of them would directly come to him for a showdown.
After Li Hao and Yuan Shen looked at each other for a long time, Yuan Pei finally compromised and said, "I know he did a lot of wrong things, but he is my sworn brother after all, and I really can't sit back and watch him die.
As long as you don't kill him, I can allow you to make some restrictions, okay? "
At this point, Li Hao also knew that this should be Yuan Pei's bottom line. He immediately turned to look at Yuan Shen and saw that he nodded slightly, so he agreed.
Then the two of them stood up to say goodbye. After leaving the room, Yuan Shen asked, "Now that my father has spoken, what are you going to do next?"
Li Hao replied: "I have thought about this. I guessed before that my father would not let me kill him, so I made another plan.
The main reason why Fifty percent is so arrogant now is that he is now alone and has nothing to worry about. When he has children, I don't believe that he can risk the lives of his children. "
When Yuan Shen heard this, he frowned a little and asked, "So you have to find a way to help him find a wife and have children? Your method is a bit elegant and refined.
And not to mention anything else, although the fifth family is not rich, it still has little wealth. If the fifth family really wants to get married and have children, you will be the one to arrange it. "
Li Hao laughed when he heard this and said: "Then you can't let him go. Who said that having children these days requires the consent of a man.
It just so happens that the world has not long been settled, but in many places such as Shu and Longxi, the male population is still in decline, and there are widows everywhere.
Once the fifth percentile is captured, they will be tied to the Sichuan land and paired with seven or eight women who have been waiting for the rain for a long time. Waiting for the next spring...tsk tsk tsk...
This can also be regarded as doing good things for the court and the people, which can offset the evil he has done over the years. "
Yuan Shen's brows immediately relaxed and he smiled, but he still asked, "The 50th percentile's martial arts skills are quite good. Are you sure you can control him for such a long time?"
"Don't worry, the most I'll do is break his legs a few more times, and it won't kill him. And don't forget that I still have many old troops in Shu who have disarmed and returned to their fields.
Find a village with many old tribes and place him in the middle to ensure that he cannot escape. Li Hao replied.
After confirming the method of dealing with the fifth percentile, the only thing left is to wait for Yuan Wo and the others to catch the fifth percentile.
Time passed very quickly after that, and the state pastors from all over the country arrived in the capital one after another before Zhengdan. Among them, Li Hao and Yuan Shen also accompanied Yuan Pei to the Liang Mansion and paid a visit to Liang Wuji.
Of course, Liang Yu, mother and son also came this time, so they had no choice but to meet each other.
As a result, there was something wrong with this meeting. In front of Li Hao and the others, Liang Lao said angrily: "Nowadays, the Yuan family is really prosperous. The two juniors are already in important positions. We have pity on our Liang family. It’s really heart-breaking to be suppressed by my own family and have no chance of getting ahead.”
These words were obviously directed at Liang Wuji, saying that he suppressed Liang Shang and Liang Xia and prevented them from serving as officials.
Li Hao was speechless after hearing this. Liang Shang and Liang Xia still needed to suppress them.
Everyone in the Liang family knows that they are incompetent. If the two of them can compete for a little bit, how can the Liang family not support them.
However, this was the Liang family's own problem. Li Hao couldn't talk much at this time, and Liang Wuji couldn't talk because of Mrs. Liang's affection, so the scene suddenly became cold.
Fortunately, Liang Shang still has some self-awareness, unlike Liang Xia, who only knows how to watch the excitement. He stepped forward and said, "My mother's words are a bit biased. The Liang family is only temporarily in trouble, but there is always time to gain from the accumulation."
After finishing speaking, he also knew that Liang Yu would not give up easily. In order to prevent her from continuing to be rude in front of outsiders, he quickly served tea to see off the guests.
Naturally, Yuan Pei understood the meaning and did not want to stay to watch the excitement. He even said goodbye and left with Li Hao and Yuan Shen.
As a result, before the three of them had gone far, they heard bursts of scolding coming from the hall, which was called acrimonious.
So on the carriage back home, Li Hao said to Yuan Pei: "You have seen what happened today. Do you still think the Liang family can complete this matter?"
Yuan Pei replied: "You have to believe in your uncle, he will find a way."
As for where Yuan Pei's confidence came from, Li Hao could only shrug and said he would wait and see.
