People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 292 Playing with people's hearts and sowing dissension

"Drive, drive..." Three Qianniuwei guards in red and gold armor rode tall horses, quickly passed in front of Yunde Tower, and then galloped towards the city gate.

Li Xuan stood at the window, watching the three Qianniuwei completely disappear from sight with calm eyes.

Li Xuan turned around and looked at Liu Ji: "Does the captain know what they are doing?"

Liu Jiping calmly shook his head, but a trace of tension flashed deep in his eyes.

After all, they are Qianniuwei, which is extremely rare in Dongyang, and their every move attracts extra attention.

"They have gone to the capital. This king has a memorial to the Central Committee. Everything that happened in Dongyang last night, and everything that happened at Caishikou today are all in it." Li Xuan turned around and pointed in the direction of Caishikou. , said with cold eyes: "In the face of treason, beheading and killing people, deterring the rebels, this is called emergency power. What this king needs to do is to report to the court in time during this process, and then we will be able to do so." Like now."

Killing people is never a problem for Li Xuan, the problem is whether the procedures are in compliance, so he always likes to make more arrangements when doing things.

What's more, this is the premise that Li Xuan did not take out the emperor's secret orders and tokens.

But this alone is enough to shock the world.

"My lord, it's inauspicious to kill people." Liu Ji gritted his teeth and let out these people, looking at Li Xuan sincerely, carefully persuading him: "My lord's actions will easily lead to civil uprising."

"It's okay, it's just a murder." Li Xuan's voice was very calm, as if murder was an ordinary and easy matter for him, Liu Ji couldn't help but feel chills all over his body.

Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji with a half-smile, pointed at the entrance of the vegetable market, nodded, and said, "Besides, it's not this king who kills people over there now, but Dongyang county magistrate, county lieutenant and a group of Dongyang officials. , what have you to do with this king?"

Liu Ji turned his head suddenly, only then did he discover in astonishment that although they could clearly see the scene at Caishikou in the distance, it would definitely take a long time to get there from this position, so Li Xuan did not Will rush over there.

He doesn't need to rush over at all, and he won't rush over at all.

Liu Ji also couldn't rush over, Li Xuan could choose this position to guard against him.

At this moment, it was already very clear that under the leadership and urging of the village head and Fangzheng, many people gathered from various places in the city towards Caishikou.

Liu Ji quickly scanned his surroundings vigilantly, trying to find the officers and soldiers hidden around him.

Although there were still many fanatical believers of Goddess Tianyin among the people at Caishikou, the elite who were truly capable of fighting were basically slaughtered by Li Xuan last night.

In addition, there are many fanatical believers, and many died in the chaos last night.

To be honest, Liu Ji doesn't even know how many fanatical believers there are.

If the number is not enough, they will not be able to cause riots in the city at all.

Not to mention surviving under the siege of well-prepared officers and soldiers.

"You may not know that the first thing this king did after entering the city last night was to close the arsenal and grain depot. All the ordnance in the arsenal has been distributed this morning. If he snatched it from his hands, maybe he will be able to repel the officers and soldiers in the end, and it may not be unknowable to get into the grain depot." Li Xuan flung out a sentence lightly, which made Liu Ji's expression change again.

But Liu Ji quickly reacted, and immediately cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "The villain doesn't know what the lord is talking about. The villain has no reason, why would you want to grab the weapons of the officers and soldiers?"

Li Xuan smiled lightly, pointed at the prison car that was still passing by and said, "Actually, there are many things, there is no need to deceive yourself and others. Look at those people, don't you find that there are no people who should be there?"

Su Yu.

Although Li Xuan didn't say Su Yu's name, Liu Ji knew that Li Xuan was talking about Su Yu.

Last night, it was the secret roster hidden in the Lichun Courtyard that was found, which is why there was a subsequent city-wide search.

Although his son Liu Dao was sure of Su Yu's loyalty, Liu Ji knew in his heart that when the government made a move, there were too many means to make a tough man speak up.

Let alone such a young and beautiful woman as Su Yan, if she wants to make her submit, there are more methods.

In fact, Liu Ji hoped that Su Yu had been killed, and only the dead would be the best to shut up, but now it seems that it is somewhat wishful thinking.

Not to mention anything else, today, just seeing Li Xuan directly after Cheng Zipu and Xu Ying is enough to explain the cruel truth.

"No one is stupid, you are not, and neither is this king." Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji, and said calmly: "The Liu family has done too many barter transactions of grain and silk in the past ten years. up.

Maybe there is this cover of Master Li, no one will pay attention for a while, but as long as you have a little doubt, reach out to check, you can find out the tricks in it immediately, just like Hao Sihu, who was killed by you secretly at the beginning deep. "

At the beginning, Hao Yuan didn't realize that there were members of Tianyin Sect under his command, but simply found out the loopholes in the operation of the Liu family's firm over the years.

It was precisely because of this that Liu Ji and Liu Dao and his son directly killed him without hesitation.

"So, although Su Yu confessed that the person is your son, this king knows that you are the real manipulator behind all this." Li Xuan turned around, faced Liu Ji, and stared at Liu Ji.

If it were someone else, they might put most of their thoughts on Liu Dao, and then start a battle of wits with Liu Dao, and finally kill Liu Dao, or be escaped by Liu Dao.

When I turned around, I realized that Liu Ji had already fled away with real wealth and power early on.

Compared with Liu Dao, Liu Ji has the deepest understanding of Tianyin Sect, and unlike Liu Dao, who is passionate and disregards life and death, Liu Ji is different, as long as there is a chance of life, he will try to struggle to survive.

So Li Xuan stared at Liu Ji from the very beginning, as for Liu Dao, it was just a pawn he used to blackmail Liu Ji.

In the room, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Liu Ji stood there, staring at Li Xuan, but he never spoke or moved.

"Every year, you or your son, you two will each disappear for a period of time, and the time is roughly the same. If the king's guess is correct, you should have gone to the mountains, and brought food, medicine, weapons, etc. The things were sent to the mountains, and then the raw silk medicinal materials produced in the mountains were shipped out to maintain the operation of the Chamber of Commerce."

Li Xuan shook her head lightly, and said with a sneer: "Although you have been careful enough these years, you were still discovered."

Turning around, Li Xuan walked to the front of the desk, and threw the engagement letter written by Cheng Zipu at Liu Ji.

Like a sharp sword, the paper directly cut through the space and headed towards Liu Ji's throat, but in just a moment, Liu Ji's two fingers had firmly clamped the divorce contract.

He just lowered his head for a glance, and his face has become very scary.

Li Xuan said indifferently: "There is an old saying that the apprentice Mo Ruoshi, Cheng Jijiu for so many years, has always hoped to be able to train the son well, and even though he realized the identity of the son was different, he still kept it a secret.

But what about you, when you realized that he might already know your identities, you used the power of the entire Dongyang to force people to become relatives of your sons and daughters. You, father and son, are really shameless people in ancient and modern times! "

The corners of Liu Ji's mouth twitched for a while, his face was livid.

Although he didn't say much, but he firmly pinched the paper in his hand, his eyes became more gloomy.

At the beginning, he advocated cutting the weeds directly, but his son Liu Dao couldn't pass that hurdle, and finally chose two families to pick up the relatives.

It was good for both of them, and at the same time, he could be accepted by both of them, but he never thought that at the critical moment, he would still be stabbed severely, which was very painful.

……

Li Xuan reached out to pick up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and then said suddenly: "After all these years, you are exhausted from running back and forth, and with Shan Li behind you, you should barely maintain a balance of payments. "

Liu Ji's expression immediately turned solemn, and he completely forgot about Cheng Zipu's affairs in a blink of an eye.

Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji with a half-smile, and smiled coldly at the corner of his mouth: "So, you, these years have been very unwilling!"

In a word, like a thunderbolt, it directly exploded on Liu Ji's head.

"The villain doesn't know what the lord is talking about?" Liu Ji's voice has been dry and astringent for some time.

"You know, you work hard every year outside, but the last large sum of income is taken away by the mountains.

Although it is said that you father and son are given the status of Dongyang hall master, but that is nothing compared to the huge wealth.

After all, once the uprising succeeds in the future, he will only be the head of the Dongyang branch, and will not be conspicuous at all within the entire Tianyin Sect. "

Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji, his sharp eyes seemed to have seen through the deepest secret in his heart.

There are many branches of Tianyin Sect in the whole world, Luoyang, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, and Wuzhou.

Almost every state has more or less their staff and believers. However, except for some important states and counties, most of them are used for preaching, and there are not many branch churches that are actually responsible for wealth and murder.

Although Liu Ji and Liu Dao and his son are only the vice-masters of the Dongyang branch, their use in the teaching is very important.

"You are not optimistic about their uprising this time, that's why you got so many mortgages, but you also hope that they will definitely cause enough chaos, enough to ensure that ordinary people will be killed after a war. There is no harvest, and in the end you can conveniently embezzle their land."

Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji, and said coldly: "Don't try to deny it, in the whole of Dongyang, you have released the most money during this period, even exceeding the amount of taxes collected by the government. It's just borrowed, and not too many people will follow the rebellion.

This way of yours makes them no longer so desperate.

Presumably, once your leader finds out about such a thing, he will want to skin you directly. "

Liu Ji suddenly clenched his fist tightly, but kept his eyes on the ground.

"You and your leader are not of the same mind at all, and you and those colleagues in your religion are also not of the same mind, and even you and your son are not of the same mind."

Li Xuan's voice rang in Liu Ji's ears like a devil. When he heard Li Xuan's last sentence, Liu Ji suddenly raised his head and stared at Li Xuan: "You are talking nonsense!"

"Nonsense, why is this king talking nonsense, see for yourself, where is your son now?" After Li Xuan finished speaking, she subconsciously moved out of the way.

Liu Ji suddenly moved forward and looked down from the window, but he was only halfway through the movement when his face suddenly changed.

He never told Li Xuan that Liu Dao also came to Yunde Building today. With Liu Dao's disguise, ordinary people can't see his real eyes at all.

Maybe, Li Xuan was just bombing him just now, but his move now is equivalent to telling Li Xuan the truth of the matter.

The whole person is too scary, and this person's calculations are also too scary.

It's impossible to guard against it at all, and if you don't pay attention, he has already plotted into people's hearts.

Liu Ji felt his scalp tingling for a while.

At this moment, Li Xuan's surprised voice sounded in Liu Ji's ear: "Look what's going on there, you should look in the direction of Caishikou, your son is right there now."

Liu Ji suddenly raised his head and looked directly in the direction of Caishikou.

At a glance, he saw his son, Liu Dao, who was mixed in the crowd but was still conspicuous.

(End of this chapter)