First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 403 Rescue Du Fuwei

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With a loud bang, the door slammed open, only to hear a loud shout: "Fuwei wait a minute".

Du Fuwei opened his eyes and saw that Li Shimin rushed into the room out of breath.

Seeing that Du Fuwei was holding a dagger, he was obviously determined to die. He was startled, took a step forward and grabbed the dagger, threw it on the ground angrily, and the dagger smashed the floor tiles.

"What's Fuwei doing?" Li Shimin said angrily, "How can a man belittle his life when he is shrouded in horse leather? Didn't you and I meet to hunt in the Turkic royal court? How can we not keep our promises!"

Du Yao, styled Fuwei, lived in the world with his style.

Hearing these words, Du Fuwei smiled miserably, "Du Yao is very grateful for the love of King Qin, but the situation in Jianghuai is like this, and Yao only died."

"I heard that the imperial physician was here, so I rushed here, but what did the imperial physician say?" Li Shimin asked with a frown.

Seeing the bitterness on Du Fuwei's face, Li Shimin already guessed in his heart, and said directly: "It's just that the news was delivered too slowly. The Jianghuai Army retaliated because Fu Gong Er forged letters to deceive Wang Xiongdan and other Jianghuai officers and men into trusting, and the fault is not your fault.”

Du Fuwei's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he asked in surprise: "So fast? Is there really evidence to prove my innocence?"

"As for the younger generation of Fu Gong Er Xiao, how can you defeat Li Xiaogong and Gao Youzhi? As for the evidence, since Gao You's statement can prove your innocence, then you will definitely not lie."Li Shimin said confidently.

Hope suddenly ignited in Du Fuwei's heart. Although he was not familiar with Gao Chong, since he entered the court, he and Li Shimin have cherished each other. He believes that Li Shimin will not deceive him.

Immediately sat up, "In that case, then I must wait for Uncle Fu and Gong Er to return to Beijing," Du Fuwei said through gritted teeth.

Seeing this, Li Shimin nodded with a smile, "I will enter the palace now and tell the saint everything."

It turned out that Li Yuan didn't even know about these news, but Du Fuwei secretly guessed that it must be the news from Li Shimin's elusive spy.

Not long after Li Shimin left, his personal guard came to report: "Your Majesty, someone has sent you a letter."

"Who?" Du Fuwei was very surprised.

"That man claimed to be a servant of the Duke of Yan's mansion." The guard also asked doubtfully, "He left after delivering the letter and didn't come in."

Du Fuwei was even more curious. When he took the letter and opened it, he suddenly realized, and sighed: "The one who saved my life is the king of Qin and the father and son of the Gao family."

In Yan Guogong's mansion, Gao Junya sat in the study and meditated. The entourage came back and replied, and the letter had been delivered.

Gao Junya pinched the center of her brows and waved her hand wearily to let him back down.

Just because when Gao Chong was leaving, he asked Gao Junya to try his best to save Du Fuwei's life.

However, Du Fuwei came from a reckless background and was ignorant of court politics, so he suffered a lot. After Gao Junya's suggestion, Du Fuwei immediately got up and wrote a simple and sincere memorial.

The above first detailed the credit for stabilizing the Jianghuai and dedicating land to them, then explained the causes and consequences of the Jianghuai rebellion, and finally pleaded guilty, requesting that the king of Wu be cut off and be demoted to a commoner, as an example to others.

Du Fuwei didn't have many memories of King Wu's title. Today's King Wu is just a false name, and if he is cut off, he will be cut off. As for being demoted to a commoner, there is no need to worry about it. With Li Shimin around, he will not worry about getting back in the future.

Sure enough, after knowing the cause and effect of the Jianghuai rebellion, and seeing the forged letter evidence Gao Chong rushed to send, Li Yuan saw that Du Fuwei was so knowledgeable, so he decreed to demote Du Fuwei to a commoner on the charge of lax discipline and ignorance of people.

What everyone didn't know was that on the day the imperial decree was issued, Du Fuwei moved out of Wu Wang's mansion, and went to Yan Guogong in person overnight to thank him for saving his life.

Gao Junya immediately said bluntly that this was Gao Chong's meaning, and Du Fuwei was puzzled as to why no close friend Gao Chong was willing to save his life.

In fact, Gao Chong himself didn't understand, maybe he admired Du Fuwei's personality, or maybe it was out of his habit of changing history, it's unknown.

After all, the fates of Luo Shixin, Li Daoxuan and others have changed, but at this time, in Danyang City, Gao Chong is still trying to change the trajectory.

In Danyang City, Du Fuwei's original Wu Palace, Kan Leng stood in front of the palace gate with an angry face.

"Kan Ling, what do you intend?" Li Xiaogong asked with a gloomy face, "Do you want to rebel?"

Kan Leng stared angrily, "The king of Wu didn't know anything about the treason of the auxiliary thief, and he has nothing to do with it. Now, the king of Zhao Jun is sealing up the residence of the king of Wu and seizing the private property of the king of Wu. What is the meaning of this?"

Li Xiaogong snorted coldly, "Whether Du Fuwei is guilty or not is up to the sage to decide. Before that, he was the leader of Jianghuai, so he couldn't escape the blame. There would be chaos, so why not seal it up first?"

Kan Leng was furious and was about to get angry.

Gao Chong arrived in time, "The king calm down."

Li Xiaogong's expression changed, "You want to intercede for this matter?"

Gao Chong paused, shook his head and said, "It's not to intercede."

Li Xiaogong heaved a sigh of relief, while Kan Leng looked disappointed.

I only heard Gao Chong continue to say: "It's just some facts. I have to say that the auxiliary thief forged King Wu's letter to conspire against him. This is a fact, which is enough to prove that King Wu is innocent. I believe the sage will make a clear judgment. Since he is innocent, his private property is still Don’t seal it up yet.”

Li Xiao couldn't help being a little sullen, Gao Chong was also dissatisfied when he saw this, he knew that Li Xiaogong was extravagant and greedy for money, but he didn't expect to be so unwise.

Gao Chong stepped forward immediately, "Please move over here to speak, Your Majesty."

Li Xiaogong was expressionless, walked to a remote place, stared at Gao Chong, and watched how he would speak.

Gao Chong smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, you need to know that Du Fuwei has always valued money and righteousness, and he doesn't have much family wealth."

Seeing that Li Xiaogong was about to get angry when his real purpose was exposed, Gao Chong hurriedly said: "This is the second, there are two other reasons, I hope you think twice."

"Tell me," Li Xiaogong frowned, if he hadn't seen Gao Chong's face, Kan Leng would have been a dead body at this time, and Du Fuwei's family assets would have been "seized and confiscated".

"First, the King of Qin and Du Fuwei have a good relationship, and they are inseparable from each other.

Second, Du Fuwei's prestige in Jianghuai is extremely high. He had no intention of rebelling against him. It was Fu Gonger who forged his letters that convinced the Jianghuai Army. Ah, that's tens of thousands of people."

Hearing this, Li Xiaogong frowned.

Seeing this, Gao Chong strikes while the iron is hot, "There is still Yuezhou that has not been recovered. It is said that the leader of the rebel army in Yuezhou, Zuo Youxian, is a wandering Taoist priest. Shang and other traitors secretly help the thieves, these people are waiting for us to deal with... ".

Li Xiaogong smiled when he heard the words, "Youzhi's words are reasonable, I really didn't think carefully just now."

Just when Gao Chong thought the matter was settled, an official hurriedly visited Li Xiaogong and handed him a confession. Li Xiaogong's expression changed upon seeing it.

(End of this chapter)