Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 174 Suicide
Tang Chang'an City, Yankangfang, Guozhai.

This is a splendid and deserted mansion located in the southwest corner of Yankangfang. The Yong'an Canal flows from south to north, and the environment is quiet.

The first owner of Guo House was Guo Xiaoke, a wise and courageous general. In the fourth year of Wude, Li Shi's militia surrounded Wang Shichong. Dou Jiande led an army of [-] to come to the rescue. Faced with the biggest problem in life, Guo Xiaoke came up with an idea: "Shichong" The sun and the moon are pressing, all our efforts are exhausted, our heads are hanging and our faces are bound, and we are ready to wait. Jiande comes from afar to help, and the food transportation is blocked. This is the time of God's mourning. Please strengthen the military prison, garrison the troops in the river, and adapt to the situation. It will be easy to overcome one’s death.”

Li Shimin adopted Guo Xiaoke's strategy and finally defeated Dou Jiande and captured two kings in one battle.

After that, Guo Xiaoke was highly regarded by Li Shimin and served as the governor of Liangzhou, the governor of Anxi, and the governor of Xizhou. He was also in the spotlight for a while. However, because Guo Xiaoke was arrogant and conceited, when he attacked Kucha, he carelessly underestimated the enemy and was unprepared. He was defeated by Kucha. The Prime Minister was killed in a night attack and lost his troops and generals.

When Li Shimin learned of Guo Xiaoke's death, he blamed Guo Xiaoke for not taking precautions, which led to his death, and deprived him of his official position, although he later sympathized with him and mourned his death on the battlefield.

The Guo family was also in decline.

A person knocked on the door of Guo's house "dong dong dong".

The initial knocking on the door was well-paced and polite.

But as no one answered the door, the person at the door lost patience and slammed the door knocker.

It took a long time before an old man opened the door.

The old man was stooped and lame. He looked at the people outside the door with a ruthless look in his eyes. He managed to hold up his chest and said, "Who are you? What's the point of knocking on the door like this?"

The old man's name is Dou Xin, a veteran of many battles with dozens of lives on his hands. He was discharged from the army due to a leg injury, but he is now very old. Although he sees that these people in front of him are bad guests and intends to enhance his master's reputation, he It's like a cat with no teeth or claws, it can't scare people.

"Where is your wife?" The visitor put away his temper and said with a smile, "I am Lu Xiang, the steward of Xianggong Li's family. On the order of my Xianggong, I have something to discuss with your Mrs. Zhang."

When Dou Xin heard that she was the housekeeper of Li Yi Mansion, he suppressed his anger and said, "My wife is a widow at home and it is inconvenient to see guests. I hope the manager will inform Xianggong Li."

Lu Xiangyun said calmly: "It concerns your family, Guo Erlang, so you need to think clearly about it."

Dou Xin was speechless for a moment.

"Mr. Dou, let him come in!"

A gentle female voice came from behind.

Lu Xiang bowed to Dou Xin politely and then entered the mansion.

Upon entering the house, Lu Xiang immediately changed his appearance and moved forward with his hands behind his back, looking like a big shot.

Mrs. Zhang was a little at a loss when receiving Lu Xiang, without the grace of a hostess at all. She begged with a bit of weakness: "I wonder what happened to my second son?"

Mrs. Zhang is Guo Xiaoke's first wife.

Guo Xiaoke was a scoundrel when he was young. He was not involved in production. His father and brother looked down on him, let alone others?Married an ordinary person from the same village as his wife.

Later, when the world was in chaos, Guo Xiaoke led hundreds of people in the village to seek refuge with Li Mi, the leader of the Wagang Army, and soared to great heights.

Guo Xiaoke was extravagant by nature. After he became famous, he played with concubines and indulged in all kinds of beauty, but he never abandoned his wife who was a loser.But because of this, Mrs. Zhang did not abandon the Guo family. When the news of Guo Xiaoke's death spread, the concubines and maids in the mansion scattered, and she was the only one who managed to maintain the family business.

But after all, she is a country lady. When something happens, she loses three points of her momentum before she opens her mouth.

Lu Xiang said softly: "It's nothing wrong with Guo Erlang, it's just that my husband-in-law has taken a liking to this mansion and hopes that Mrs. Zhang will part with her."

Mrs. Zhang was a little frightened, but she still had the courage to say: "No, I won't sell it. This is the family property left by my late husband. I won't sell it at all." Lu Xiang said solemnly: "Mrs. Zhang has thought about it!"

Mrs. Zhang was originally a country woman. She became anxious and immediately shouted: "Can Xianggong Li still buy and sell unreasonably? I don't believe it. He can still violate the king's law under the emperor's feet? I am a widow, so I don't need it." Face, he is a gentleman, what else can he do?"

What she was thinking about was that the worst possible outcome would be to act like a fool and force Li Yifu to give up his plan.

Dou Xin was worried about his wife's safety and had been listening outside the door. When he heard this, he also shouted angrily: "Dear Mr. Li, what is your ability to bully an orphan and a widowed mother? If you want to rob her, step on me."

He was originally a fierce soldier on the battlefield, but he only retreated because of his thigh injury, and his blood was still there.

Lu Xiangsen stood up indifferently, waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, business cannot be done with justice, so why bother..."

He really left after saying that, but when he stepped out of the lobby, he suddenly turned around and asked: "I heard that your second son is going to take the scientific examination next year? Chang'an is not peaceful now, so let him be careful. The Guo family , he’s just a single seedling, it’s not good if he’s injured somewhere.”

Mrs. Zhang suddenly collapsed to the ground. Seeing Lu Xiangsen walking forward without looking back, she screamed: "Sell it, I'll sell it!"

Similar things happened to the other three companies, either through coercion, threats, or inducements.

It only took Li Yifu ten days to complete the four surrounding mansions with his mansion as the core.

Because it requires a lot of money to build a large formation to lock luck.

Li Yifu's behavior of selling his official position and conferring titles has become more rampant. In his opinion, if the isolation formation is built one day later, his luck will be lost. His current luck has been sucked by Chen Qingsi, and it is already declining. If he does not lock it in early Live, if there is too much loss, even success will not be as brilliant as it is today.

As for Chen Qingsi, he doesn't care about anything now and continues to be his own Imperial College Superintendent.

At this point, he believed that Changsun Wuji would definitely take action.

Not moving now, just waiting for the best time.

After all, Li Zhi used Li Yifu's knife smoothly, and it was not to the point of pricking his hand, so he was reluctant to let it go.

More than half a month later, Chen Qingsi got the breaking news from Yuan Zhixin.

Si Xian doctor Yang Deyi impeached Li Yifu for accepting bribes and intimidating his colleagues.

The new prime minister Xu Yushi went out to scold Li Yifu and listed Li Yifu's evil deeds.

Li Zhi was furious when he heard this and had Li Yifu imprisoned. He ordered Liu Xiangdao, the Minister of Punishment, to join Yushitai and Dali Temple for interrogation, under the supervision of Sikong Li Ji.

Yuan Zhixin danced happily and said, "I just regret that my official position is too low and I couldn't see Li Mao in such a miserable state in person."

Chen Qingsi said curiously: "Ms. Xu is a kind man, why did he start a fight with Li Mao?"

Yuan Zhixin, the admonishing doctor, was engaged in impeachment matters. He was well-informed and said: "I know this, and I don't know what happened to Li Mao recently. He is greedy for any money and dares to accept it. Mr. Xu has not been prime minister for a long time. He acted in a low profile. He did not fight openly and secretly like other Xianggong, but just recommended a few friends appropriately to facilitate his work. Seeing that Xianggong Xu was easy to bully, Li Mao had people squeeze out the people recommended by Xianggong Xu, which angered Xianggong Xu. "

There was a glimmer of understanding in Chen Qingsi's eyes. Changsun Wuji chose Master Xu Yu to finish, which effectively eliminated the possibility of Li Yifu coming back.

Old fox, really powerful!

(End of this chapter)