Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 55 Yan Return
Li Lian stepped into Ling Cheng's courtyard, bowed to Wang Xiao, bowed and said:
"Meet the Grand Master!"

Wang Xiao sat at the head, lowered his head, reviewed the memorial in his hand, and waved:
"Get up."

Li Lian stood up straight, but saw Tie Shengwen standing beside Wang Xiao, looking at him silently, his heart skipped a beat.

Didn't Tie Shengwen just leave, why did he come back so soon?
"Zhengyu, do you know why I'm looking for you today?" Wang Xiao asked.

Li Lian moved his eyes, cupped his hands and said:
"The grand master is for the rumors that have appeared in Beijing recently?"

Wang Xiao nodded and said:

"Yes, you are in charge of Tingwei, what do you know?"

Hearing this, Li Lian shook his head and said:
"Reporting to the Grand Master, I haven't heard any rumors from the lower officials."

Hearing this, Wang Xiao stopped the hand reviewing the memorial, looked up at Li Lian, and said:

"really?"

"Nowadays in the capital, many officials... Well, they were invited back by the grand master, and many yamen in the capital have already stagnated. The official duties of the Ting Wei have increased dramatically, and the officials have been busy for a long time, so they really didn't notice. These."

While speaking, Li Lian raised his head and met Wang Xiao's cold eyes, his heart skipped a beat.He hastily lowered his head and said anxiously:
"I've talked too much, Grand Master, please forgive me, but I really don't know about this matter..."

Wang Xiao nodded and said:

"Then do you know why I brought back these officials in charge of Beijing-China affairs, which made the Beijing-China Yamen unable to operate?"

Hearing this, Li Lian couldn't help but hesitate, shook his head and said:
"Please tell the grand master."

Wang Xiao stood up and said loudly:

"A huge force, since it has been hidden in the capital for so many years, it must be protected by the yamen in charge of the internal and external affairs of the capital. Only as my confidant can it be possible to inherit the power of the Grand Master's Mansion and hide such a force Come down. In the past few days, I have signaled people to bring these relevant officials back, naturally I want to find some clues from them."

"Then, that grand master, did you ever find a clue?" Li Lian's lowered eyes flickered slightly.

"There were no clues before, but there was progress just now!" Wang Xiaomu said with a face.

After finishing speaking, Wang Xiao gestured to Tie Shengwen, Tie Shengwen nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice:

"Bring it up!"

Immediately, there were several guards in the house, dragging a body covered in blood, and walked into the house.

Li Lian turned his head to look, and was shocked in his heart.

The person who was brought in at this time turned out to be the hunchbacked old servant next to Li Lian.

"Teacher, you are..." Li Lian said in surprise and anger.

At this time, Tie Shengwen, who had been silent all this time, took a step forward and said loudly:
"During the few hours you were waiting, Shengwen led people to your house."

Hearing this, Li Lian's pupils shrank, and he looked at Tie Shengwen suddenly.

"An old servant at the gate is actually a sixth-rank expert who is good at using Gu. Facing the siege of the army, this old servant is still calm. There are full of Gu insects hidden in the hunchback. If he makes a sudden attack, it is impossible to guard against! If not I'm alert, I'm afraid the grand master will bother to find another aide." Tie Shengwen shook the iron fan in his hand, and said with ease.

"Now that you know that the person behind it is you, and you have a direction, you will not have to worry about many things after thinking about it. The people you bought and placed have already been explained just now!"

After Wang Xiao finished speaking, he looked at Li Lian with a complicated expression, shook his head and said:

"Zhengyu, I don't know, why is it you! I have treated you well, why did you betray me?"

Li Lian stood where he was, listening to Wang Xiao's questioning, and did not speak for a long time.

At this time Li Lian also knew that since Wang Xiao had tricked him here, he searched his mansion directly while he was staying in the mansion, and got the confession of the man he had placed.

With such a thunderous method, there must be some evidence in hand to start the attack just now.

So no matter how he defends now, Wang Xiao will never believe it.

Li Lian stood on the spot, silent for a long time, let out a long breath, and then said:

"Grand Master, I don't know, where is the flaw?"

Wang Xiao took a deep look at Li Lian, shook his head slowly and said:
"Your hands and feet are very clean, so no clues have been found on you. But there is only one thing, you miscalculated!"

"Please give advice!"

"You have been an official for more than ten years, and the biggest impression you give others is that you are greedy for money. But your greed is very smart, and you are greedy in a disciplined manner. You can see the bottom line of others at a glance, so the asking price always guesses what others can do. The highest price you can accept. Besides, if you follow the rules and accept the money, you will definitely do things..." Wang Xiao said.

Speaking of this, Li Lian was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered the matter of reporting to Wang Xiao on He Yu, the Ting Wei's left supervisor, and Cheng Huali, the order of the Dian Ke Department.

"You reported on those two people to me before, probably on a temporary basis. You wanted to use the two of them to test me, but you didn't want this behavior to be very different from your usual ones. That's when I discovered it. It's strange!" Wang Xiao said in a deep voice.

Thinking of this, Li Lian suddenly gave a wry smile and said:
"Just because of this?"

He denounced the two of them in order to take this opportunity to test the situation on Wang Xiao's side.But he didn't expect that this random probing would make Wang Xiao feel a little suspicious.

"The grand master once said that the people behind the scenes are extremely cautious. Seeing that these officials are brought back, they must use some means. You are uncharacteristically at this time and try to test it. Naturally, the grand master must investigate carefully! "Tie Shengwen said aside.

"Sure enough, it's too much to do and make too many mistakes. It really shouldn't be done like this!" Li Lian said with a wry smile.

Wang Xiao sighed softly, with a livid face, and said:
"Tell me, why did you betray me? Is there someone driving you behind?"

Li Lian stood up straight, looked at Wang Xiao, suddenly sneered, and said:
"Except for the grand master, I, Li Lian, can also be in charge of a country's political affairs. I can even think about the supreme position and take all the wealth of a country into my arms. How can I not try such a good thing?"

How could Wang Xiao believe such words, and said with a cold snort:
"You want to lie to me? I searched all over your house, but there is only a pitiful amount of gold and silver? I'm afraid that you are greedy for money, and you are just trying to collect funds, win over tribes, and train assassins!"

Li Lian showed a contemptuous smile and stretched out his arms. Like a big bird, he soared into the air and headed out.

Wang Xiao frowned, and shouted:

"Don't let him go!"

As soon as the words fell, the guards waiting outside Ling Cheng's courtyard immediately stood in front of Li Lian.

Mr. Tie's eyes sharpened, he closed the iron fan in his hand, and kicked his feet, his whole body was like an arrow flying from the string, leaving behind ghostly shadows and chasing after Li Lian.

And in the midst of this flash, Li Lian, who was flying in the air, suddenly swayed, his figure was like a flying swallow flying through the air, and he turned back quickly.

In a trance, everyone seemed to see a flying swallow.

Li Lian twisted his five fingers on his right hand like a bird's beak, and pecked at Wang Xiao who was on top.

The mighty sound of piercing through the sky was like the crowing of flying swallows, full of murderous aura.

(End of this chapter)