Man Tanghong

Chapter 379 Three Good News, One Crazy News

Chai Shao did not show fear of Li Yuanji, but gritted his teeth in extreme humiliation: "Although I, Chai Shao, is not as brave as His Highness, I am definitely not as unbearable as His Highness said."

Li Yuanji didn't expect that Chai Shao was threatened by him, so he dared to retort. After a moment of stunned, he sneered and said: "Then how do you explain the fact that you and my father bullied my elder sister?"

Chai Shao seemed to have been poked into a sore spot, and said indignantly, "How dare I refuse the will of the saint?"

Li Yuanji asked without hesitation: "So what if you refuse?"

Chai Shao's eyes widened for a moment, and he shouted angrily: "Do you think anyone can be like you?"

Li Yuanji nodded and said, "You can't be like me, but you can be like a man."

"Me! You!"

Chai Shao was so stunned that he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Li Yuanji was too lazy to take care of Chai Shao, and waved to the soldiers behind him, asking the soldiers to surround Chai Shao, and then led Ling Jing to the main room of the jingshe.

When Yang Miaoyan heard that Li Yuanji was back, she hurried to the main room. Seeing that Ling Jing was there, she knew that Li Yuanji had something serious to discuss with Ling Jing.

Yang Miaoyan didn't bother, and after ordering some tea and refreshments, she left the main room of the jingshe.

After Yang Miaoyan left, Ling Jing took a sip of the tea cup with both hands, and then said with a wry smile: "Your Highness is a little unkind to Chai Shao."

Li Yuanji warmed his hands with a teacup, glanced at Ling Jing, and said angrily, "Are you talking for Chai Shao?"

Ling Jing said dumbfoundedly: "I just feel that Chai Shao is a duke, but it's really pitiful that he has been mixed up to this day."

Li Yuanji curled his lips in disdain, "Poor people must have something to hate."

Seeing that Li Yuanji had a deep prejudice against Chai Shao, Ling Jing stopped speaking for Chai Shao.

After a brief chat and an exchange of reactions from all parties during Li Shimin's murder, Ling Jing talked about the purpose of this trip.

"Your Highness, I have several things to tell Your Highness this time. One of them is that Wang Gui, under the arrangement of my minister, has rushed to work in Hebei Province. I believe that in the near future, he will definitely be a great help to Your Highness." .”

Ling Jing spoke slowly, and when he mentioned that Wang Gui could become a great help in the future, there was a bright smile on his face.

Li Yuanji was slightly taken aback when he heard the news.

He remembered that before the first day, Wang Gui had not agreed to join him, and Ma Sanbao was still trying his best to lobby.

From the first day until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Ma Sanbao never heard Wang Gui's intentions.

Why did he agree all of a sudden, and was sent to Hebei Road?

Could it be that during the two days he stayed in Quchi, Wang Gui's attitude changed, and Ma Sanbao didn't have time to tell him, so he approached Ling Jing and arranged everything properly?

But why did Wang Gui's attitude suddenly change so much?

Could it be that Wang Gui thoroughly discovered that Li Jiancheng was not enough to succeed, so he began to vote for him as the master?
Or did Ma Sanbao tell Wang Gui that he was willing to protect Li Jiancheng, and Wang Gui saw that Li Jiancheng was going further and further on the road of desperation, so he did not hesitate to exchange himself for Li Jiancheng's life?
If the former, that's fine.

If it's the latter, it's a bit embarrassing.

However, Ling Jing should not be very clear about this matter. If he wants to know the specific details, he has to find Ma Sanbao.

"What about the second?"

After Li Yuanji came back to his senses, he stared at Ling Jing and asked with a smile.

The smile on Ling Jing's face became wider, "Secondly, when His Highness was living in Quchi, someone specially found the minister, saying that he intended to attach himself to His Highness's sect."

Li Yuanji raised his brows slightly, and the smile on his face also widened, "I'm afraid this person's identity is unusual, otherwise you wouldn't have specifically mentioned this matter."

Ling Jing laughed and said: "Your Highness guessed right. The people who want to attach themselves to His Highness's sect this time are really unusual. One of them is the Duke of the State, and the other is the Duke of the County."

Li Yuanji was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed, "Both of you?"

Ling Jing nodded solemnly.

Li Yuanji laughed louder for a moment.

It's not easy. It's not easy.

After being in Datang for more than a year, someone who can be called a great talent finally found out that he is a worthy leader, and finally someone who can be called a great talent volunteered to vote.

He will finally be able to support himself in the future, and he no longer has to bitterly pull those abandoned talents.

"Those two?"

Li Yuanji was very happy, so he hurriedly asked.

Ling Jing laughed softly: "Guan Guogong Ren Gui, Qianjin County Gong Quanxu."

Li Yuanji raised his eyebrows completely.

I am happier.

He didn't know who Quan Xu was.

In the memory of his predecessor, there is not much memory about Quan Xu.

I only remember that Quan Xu came from the Tianshui Quan family. His grandfather Quan Jingxuan was the general of Zhuguo in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the governor of Jingzhou. Division, Jiaozhou governor.

His own abilities and characteristics are not in the memory of his predecessor.

But who Ren Gui is, he is very clear.

Ren Gui was one of the few people under Li Jiancheng's command who was good at fighting. More importantly, he was capable of both civil and military skills, and he was good at both civil and military, and had the ability to command a certain level.

If it weren't for Li Yuan's consistent cronyism, Ren Gui's achievements would probably not stop at what was recorded in history.

The reason why Ren Gui did not shine in history is more or less a feeling that she was born at the wrong time.

When Ren Gui played in the former Sui Dynasty, he was not reused, and finally made it through, and the former Sui Dynasty was in chaos.

When he started working for Datang, he met a nepotism emperor, and never got the chance to be alone.

It was hard to survive the nepotism emperor, and he was getting old again, and his energy and wisdom were not as good as before. A veteran is needed to go to the battlefield and work hard.

That's why Ren Gui wasted her whole life like this, she had all her abilities, but she never showed them all.

With such a talent, taking the initiative to vote, how could Li Yuanji be unhappy?
He was almost bursting with joy.

"Okay, okay, you have been in touch with Ren Gui and Quan Xu more recently, and bring them into the house as soon as possible. When necessary, I can go to see them in person."

Li Yuanji said happily.

Ling Jing also smiled happily: "That's not necessary, Chen Guan and the others are very sincere, and I think they won't repeat it."

Li Yuanji smiled and said with emotion: "It's so good."

Ling Jing smiled and said: "However, in order to avoid accidents, I will follow His Highness's instructions and get in touch with them more."

Li Yuanji nodded with a smile, "It's better this way."

Ling Jing hurriedly said: "There are better ones."

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and said with a hearty smile: "If there is any other good news, let's tell it together."

Ling Jing picked up the teacup, took a sip with a smile, and said, "The third is that when Xu Jingzong from the Xiuwen Museum passed by the minister's mansion yesterday, he tentatively asked if His Highness was thinking about the canal from Luoyang to Yuhang."

Li Yuanji was taken aback, and laughed, "My second brother knows that I am thinking about the canal from Luoyang to Yuhang, so he wants to give me a big gift.

In this way, it is not a loss for me to make a big fuss in Chang'an City for him this time. "

Ling Jing smiled and said with emotion: "It's not just a loss, it's a big profit."

Li Yuanji nodded in agreement.

Xu Jingzong seemed to be probing, but he was actually casting bait.

The purpose is to lure him into the bait and let him go to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin wanted to repay the favor he gave at a critical moment, but the gift was a bit generous. Li Shimin didn't want to give the gift so cheaply, and he didn't want to miss out on this relationship, so Xu Jingzong came out to cast bait.

If he took the bait, then Li Shimin would happily invite him to the Chengqing Palace, have a good heart-to-heart talk with him, and then happily hand over the control of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to him.

Li Shimin still wanted to win him over, but he didn't hold out much hope, so he showed less enthusiasm.

Li Shimin's actions this time, at best, was to hit a rabbit with grass.

But the benefits are real.

Ling Jing obviously understood the joints involved, so he characterized this matter as good news.

"You tell Xu Jingzong later that I really miss the canal from Luoyang to Yuhang. Let's see what he and my second brother will do next."

Li Yuanji gave an answer without hesitation.

He ate the bait.

As for Li Shimin's wooing, Li Shimin himself didn't hold out hope, so he didn't have to worry too much about it.

Ling Jing nodded with a bright smile, and then the smile on his face disappeared a little bit, replaced by a strange face, "The fourth thing..."

Ling Jing spoke halfway and did not continue, hesitating, hesitating.

Seeing that Ling Jing's expression was wrong, Li Yuanji restrained his smile a bit, "Fourth, what's wrong? Is it bad news?"

Before Ling Jing could speak, Li Yuanji smiled again: "Even if it's bad news, that's okay. We already have three good news, and one bad news is not enough to affect our mood."

Ling Jing hesitated and said, "It's not bad news either."

Li Yuanji was taken aback for a moment, and asked in puzzlement, "Is it good or bad news?"

Ling Jing smiled wryly and said, "I can't tell whether it's good news or bad news, let alone whether it's true or not, because it's just a rumor."

Li Yuanji stared at Ling Jing suspiciously, did not speak, and waited for the next sentence.

Ling Jingdao: "On the way to Jiulongtan Mountain today, I heard some people talking about it, saying that the sage intends to use Hangu Pass as the boundary to divide the Tang Dynasty into two. Luoyang is the capital, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin is the respect.

At first, I thought this was nonsense, but when I passed by many places, many people talked about it like this, and they said it with their noses and eyes, and I was a little shaken..."

Li Yuanji sat on the couch in a daze after hearing Ling Jing's words, not knowing what to say.

The fact that Ling Jing can clearly state the message of 'taking Hangu Pass as the boundary' means that Ling Jing not only heard some people talking about it, but also received some rumors.

Otherwise, it is impossible to clearly name a place.

If the news Ling Jing received came from outside the palace, then the news Ling Jing heard was absolutely nonsense.

If the wind that Ling Jing received came from the palace, then the news Ling Jing heard might not be nonsense.

After all, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin had already started to kill, if Li Yuan didn't take some measures, he could only collect the corpse of one of them.

Isn't it a little too crazy to just split?
(End of this chapter)