retaliate

Chapter 1491 A Very Painful Cut
"Go!"

More than a dozen sergeants rushed into the shop. The two old men were stunned, and then subconsciously jumped up, wanting to run back.

Bah!
The back door was kicked open.

Wang Laoer walked in with someone.

"Wait... are you from Chang'an?" an old man asked.

"Exactly, I have something to ask you two!" The old thief came in, "The matter of King Xiang happened."

The old man relaxed, "The old man knew that such a day would come."

The sergeants stepped forward to take down the two of them. The old man lowered his head and let the sergeant tie him up. He sighed, "I wanted to surrender myself, but... those people are powerful. It doesn't matter if I live alone, but what about my family?" ?”

"Of course we are protecting you," said the old thief.

"Can't protect it, can't protect it!" The old man raised his head and said desolately: "They can change the dynasty, let alone kill a family."

At this time, Xiao Lin and others also arrived outside.

Seeing the sergeant inside and the two old men who were taken down, the guards around him whispered, "No, they got there first, do you want to do it?"

Several men in the shop turned around and glanced at the crowd who had heard the news and watched the excitement.

"Don't lower your head, it's Jin Yiwei!" Xiao Lin said, and then pretended to be watching the excitement.

"Let's go!" Xiao Lin quietly withdrew the people from the county seat.

"What should we do? Let's intercept and kill them halfway!" Someone suggested.

"They are accompanied by Jinyiwei and fierce soldiers. Where should we intercept them? Also, those are the old thief and Wang Laoer. One is cunning and the other is a murderous alien. Do you think we can intercept them?"

"Enough!" Xiao Lin waved his hands, his face livid, "This matter must not be done, go and report to the King immediately!"

……

"No need to ask." The two old guards took the initiative to explain without waiting for the two old thieves to speak.

"Then be honest, the two of you can't get involved in such a big matter even if you think about it, and the death penalty is inevitable. And the old man guarantees that as long as the two of you tell the truth, the old man will take your two families to northern Xinjiang. There, People from aristocratic families dare not make mistakes!"

"Northern Xinjiang is your Majesty's land of Longxing, and it is a good place. But how can I believe you when you say this?"

"Old man Jiaren!"

"Who is Jia Ren?"

Uh!
Pan Zheng lowered his head and suppressed a smile.

"I am the second son of the king!"

"God, murderer?"

"Yes! It's me!"

"The old man believed it."

The two guards began to explain in the shop.

"At the beginning, the emperor filial piety said he wanted to abolish the slavery of the people of Tang Dynasty, which caused an uproar. The big and powerful families, including the dignitaries and clans, were all furious. But filial piety to the emperor won the trust of the empress..."

Emperor Xuande was terrific, and Empress Wu was even more ruthless. The combination of the two made those people quite afraid.

"Originally, the two sides were arguing, but Emperor Xiaojing suddenly took people to Chang'an and Wannian counties to check their past household registrations. This can be regarded as stabbing those people's vitals..."

"The old man knows." Facing the old guard's questioning gaze, the old thief said: "Empty talk and white teeth don't allow Datang people to be slaves. This verbal war will last forever and is useless. There must be evidence to prove that this matter is of great importance to the Tang Dynasty. Only when there is harm, and the harm is not small, can you occupy the righteousness. With righteousness in hand, gods block and kill gods, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas."

"That's exactly the reason." The old guard looked at Wang's second son, "Give me a cup of tea!"

"Give it to him!" Wang Lao Er nodded, a sergeant brought tea, the old guard took a greedy sip, and sighed: "I don't know how many more cups I can drink."

"Say something!"

"Emperor Xiaojing found a lot of evidence in Chang'an and Wannian counties. Those people used usury or low rent to turn good people into slaves in the past ten years..."

"Wait!" Jin Yiwei looked up at the record, "Low rent?"

The old thief said: "The taxes in the Tang Dynasty are not low, but those people can evade taxes, and the emperor will turn a blind eye. If farmers take their own fields as slaves, they only need to pay half of the taxes...then Days are different."

"The land and population belong to those people, and the taxes also belong to those people, but it's Datang's loss!" Jin Yiwei shook his head, lowered his head and continued to record.

"Who says it's not!" The old guard smiled wryly. "This is a loss of public welfare. Even the old man saw it back then. If those people are allowed to annex the fields and take in the population, the Tang Dynasty will decline sooner or later. But who cares!"

"What happened next!" Jin Yiwei, who was recording, asked.

"Later, those people asked someone to bring a message to Emperor Xiao Jing, and they were subdued."

Gee!
The old thief praised: "Just thinking about that scene at the beginning, the old man can think of the majestic appearance of honoring the emperor. You are worthy of your majesty's Aye!"

"Emperor Xiao Jing categorically refused." The old guard sighed: "Those people tried several times but failed, so... they found the clan."

imperial clan?

Wang Laoer was puzzled and said: "Let the clan persuade the emperor to be filial?"

"No!" The old guard shook his head, "It's stabbing!"

Another old guard coughed dryly, "I witnessed what happened next..."

"Then, tell me."

"That year, someone found the old King Xiang. The old man was guarding outside the study and heard them talking inside..."

"The man said, the crown prince is going to break the foundation of you and me. Does the clan want to sit and watch? The old King Xiang just laughed, and the man said, the king is your majesty's younger brother, and your majesty values ​​it very much. If the king takes action, this matter will definitely be solved reverse.

The old King Xiang sneered and said, why should the old man make a move?The man smiled very reservedly, and asked the old king Xiang, what does the king want?field?It’s easy to say, one hundred hectares of fertile land, but without servants, what is the use of these land lords?”

This is a lure!

Moreover, it happened to scratch the old Xiang Wang Li Duo's itch.

"Your Majesty wants money? Let's say, 100 million dollars, as long as your Majesty nods, the money will be quietly sent to the pledge bank, and then transferred to the name of the person appointed by your Majesty."

The quality treasury can store money and can be exchanged for gold and silver.

"Your Majesty bargained with that man, and finally settled on 130 million yuan for 150 hectares of fertile land."

The person who recorded in Jin Yiwei raised his head, his eyes were solemn, "Then, how did the old King Xiang do it?"

"That day..." The old guard narrowed his eyes, as if he was remembering something.

"That day when King Xiang entered the palace, he also met Emperor Xiaojing. The two said a few words, and then King Xiang went to see the Empress. After returning, King Xiang drank in the study, and the old man was on duty outside. Listen to him talking to his staff in the study..."

The crowd listened with bated breath.

The old guard probably had an itchy cheek, so he wanted to rub it with his shoulder, but he didn't touch it a few times, so he twisted his cheek to relieve the itching.

"Old King Xiang said, your plan is quite good. The emperor and empress are two strong men. Knowing that the prince is ambitious, even if they doubt the truth of this statement, but the power is charming, they will involuntarily suspect the prince. The staff said , The important thing about this matter is not the emperor's suspicion, but the worry."

"Old King Xiang asked, you said this... yes, the prince said that after he ascended the throne, he would attack the aristocratic family. The empress knew that this matter was serious. If he could do it, the two of them would have done it long ago. Where are you?" It's the crown prince's turn? So the empress must be worried. In this way, the matter should be suppressed. Not just suppressing the matter... Also, from now on, the empress will feel that the prince...is not stable. This is the biggest gain. "

The old thief felt a chill run down his spine.

"A few days later, the emperor and the empress came to the court and suppressed the matter together. Later, I learned that the emperor Xiao Jing went to the empress to defend himself, but he was reprimanded..."

The old guard said: "The old King Xiang entered the palace that day, and he went to find the emperor and said those words."

"He stabbed Emperor Filial Piety!" the old thief sighed.

"It hurts!" Wang Laoer stuffed a piece of jerky into his mouth and chewed.

……

The old thief left Sanyuan County, and immediately made people stare at King Xiang and his party.

"Don't let them run away, but I'm afraid you won't dare to do it, second child!"

"Why me?"

"The old man has to hurry back to Chang'an and tell His Majesty, why don't you go to Chang'an?"

"Don't go, don't go!"

The mother-in-law at home was nagging, so Wang Er Er wanted to hang around outside for a while.

"Then hurry up and find King Xiang! Watch him and don't let him run away. If he wants to run away, take him down immediately!"

……

The old thief galloped all the way back to Chang'an, and immediately went to see the emperor.

When he saw the emperor, he was reading the memorial, but the old thief felt a little impatient with nothing to love.

"How?" The emperor threw away the memorial in his hand.

"Your Majesty, the minister and the second child..."

Following the old thief's narration, the emperor's face became indifferent.

"...It was the old King Xiang who slandered the Empress and stabbed the Emperor Xiaojing."

"Although Aye was dissatisfied with the clan back then, he was never mean, and would drink with them from time to time. Unexpectedly!"

The old thief said: "The minister has asked the second child to follow King Xiang, Your Majesty, do you want to do it?"

"Take down King Xiang!"

"Leader!"

When the emperor walked out of the hall, he suddenly felt his shoulders relax a bit.

……

When approaching Chang'an, Xiao Lin and the others caught up with Prince Xiang's family.

"How?" King Xiang asked.

Xiao Lin's face was flushed by the spring breeze, and he said in a low voice: "Damn the villain, I'm one step late."

"Idiot!" King Xiang lashed Xiao Lin's face with a whip, and Xiao Lin howled, "Damn the villain!"

"Who took them away?" asked the eldest son Li Zhen.

"Jia Ren and Wang Lao Er!" Xiao Lin said, covering his face.

"That's the emperor's confidant!" King Xiang's body shook a bit, "The big thing is not good!"

Li Zhen's face was pale, "He... how dare he... Aye, you are his uncle!"

"Uncle? The one in Shu is still his cousin!" King Xiang sneered and said, "You can't sit still, let's go now!"

"Where?"

"Shu land!"

At this moment, what King Xiang regrets most is returning to Guanzhong. If he stays in Shu, he is still at ease at this moment.

A group of people turned around...

Just less than half a mile away, dozens of riders in front blocked the way.

The leading man chewed the jerky, and said casually, "Where is your Majesty going?"

"Second Wang!"

King Xiang said: "I have something urgent to go to Fengzhou..."

Go to Fengzhou first, and then look for opportunities to escape into Shu.

"Your Majesty, please wait for a few days." Wang Laoer said.

"What do you mean?" King Xiang was furious, "This old man is the elder of the clan, and His Majesty is the nephew of this old man. Do you dare to stop this old man?"

"Why don't we go back to Chang'an first?" Wang Lao Er pointed to Chang'an City.

"Make way!" King Xiang said coldly.

"Why don't you let me go?" Wang Lao pressed the handle of the knife with both hands.

"The old man will let you know who is the elder of the clan!"

King Xiang raised his whip...

"someone is coming."

Hundreds of horses galloped along the official road.

The leader turned out to be...

"It's Lin Feibao!"

Lin Feibao rode over, King Xiang forced a smile and said, "This old man is loyal to His Majesty..."

"Your Majesty has worked hard from afar. Your Majesty has been waiting in Chang'an for a long time." Lin Feibao sneered, "Take it!"

In the first month of the first year of Yongde, the emperor ordered Qiu Longwei to take down Xiang Wang Li Chang who had just returned from Shu.

Immediately, he was tortured by Jin Yiwei.

(End of this chapter)