Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 176 The aura of awe is still the same as before

In the month after Li Yifu was sentenced to exile, Chen Qingsi behaved normally.

Nothing else has changed. It's still the Imperial College, gatherings with friends, and discussing ancient prose with the scholars who come here.

He knew that his current position was not enough for people to doubt him, but to ensure safety, he still maintained his actions as normal.

But this time he did not become a famous figure like before.

The limelight is all on Li Yifu.

Li Yifu's official reputation is so bad that people have long been angry and resentful. They are just afraid of the other party's power and dare not say anything.

Now that he is leaving the official position and being demoted, it is time to beat up the lost dog.

Both the government and the public celebrated this.

Li Chongde of the Li family in Zhaojun immediately removed Li Yifu from the family tree.

There are good people even among the people. They wrote an article to the effect that Li Yifu hated Chen Qingsi Caiwang and framed him. Then Marshal Liu Xiangdao of the Hejian Road march led his troops to defeat the big thief Li Yifu and posted the article on the main traffic road.

This shows how much Li Yifu is hated by others.

As for Liu Rengui...

Since Li Yifu was finished, he naturally didn't need him to redeem his son. With Laiji's rescue, he walked out of Dali Temple.

Chen Qingsi did not visit him immediately, because after all, his relationship with Liu Rengui was not that good.

I just heard that Liu Rengui was tortured very miserably in Dali Temple, and when he came out, he was almost not like a human being.

To use Yuan Zhixin's words to describe it, it is "shape is pinned and bone is erect".

He said it crying.

He said he had never seen anyone being tortured like this.

A grown man cries like a child.

Chen Qingsi was at a loss to comfort him. He really didn't know how to comfort a man in his thirties who was crying so sadly.

"I'll write a greeting note today, and how about we go visit Shizhong together tomorrow?"

Chen Qingsi has wanted to visit Liu Rengui for a long time, but today Yuan Zhixin went to him to cry, but it was the best opportunity.

Yuan Zhixin shook his head and said: "After Liu Lang was taken home by his son, he refused to see guests on the grounds of self-cultivation. Even his husband was turned away from the house."

Chen Qingsi could only say: "That's all!"

Yuan Zhixin's eyes were red and worried, and he whispered: "Is it possible that Liu Lang can't think about it? I heard...I heard that he was humiliated in Dali Temple. Liu Lang is a scholar with a strong backbone and a back as steel. Iron, he is not afraid of torture to extract a confession, but if he is subjected to unbearable humiliation, will he be unable to think about it for a moment?"

Chen Qingsi's face also darkened. Li Zhi didn't like cruel officials, but Dali Temple's methods were not something ordinary people could bear. The last time they met, Liu Rengui was in good spirits and didn't feel any discomfort.

Now it is "shapeless and strong". I think Dali Temple has really changed in this short period of half a year.

"I believe that given the situation, he will not let Xiaoxiao be defeated easily."

Chen Qingsi was a little panicked, but she still said good things to comfort Yuan Zhixin and herself.

He decided to get rid of Li Yifu at the end of April, moved people from the south of the Yangtze River, cooperated with Changsun Wuji, and then set up a trap to invite you to the urn.

Li Yi's house was recruited, and he seized the house and money. Finally, he was questioned, tried by the three departments, and demoted.

This step-by-step process took a total of five months.

Overthrowing Li Yifu in five months is already something worth boasting about.

But for Liu Rengui, these five months were undoubtedly like a nightmare.

Chen Qingsi didn't know what Liu Rengui had suffered, so she could only hope that he could hold on and not let down his efforts for more than five months.

Obviously Chen Qingsi's comfort was unnecessary.

Just half a month, fifteen days.The latest news he got about Liu Rengui was that Liu Rengui was leaving Beijing.

Liu Rengui personally sent someone to inform him.Of course it's not about escaping, it's about taking up the job.

When Liu Rengui was recuperating in the mansion, Li Zhi made new arrangements for him, promoted him to the governor of Dengzhou, and specifically allowed him to take office later.

However, after receiving the imperial edict, Liu Rengui set a date to take office that day. Three days later, he sent someone to notify his friends who had good relations with China.

Surprisingly, Chen Qingsi was also among them.

Looking at Liu Jun, whose face was red from the cold, as he made this special trip, Chen Qing bowed and said, "Brother Liu, please tell me, please tell me that in three days, I will go to Baqiao to see you off."

Liu Rengui entered Dali Temple in late spring and early summer. After Li Yifu was demoted and punished, Lai Ji spent more than half a month to rescue him.

With fifteen days of rest, winter has already begun.

Guanzhong has four distinct seasons. As soon as winter begins, snow begins to fall from the sky and frost comes.

Chen Qingsi felt the cold in Guanzhong for the first time. She rubbed her hands, which were frozen due to bowing, and stuffed them into her sleeves.

November [-]th.

This was the day Liu Rengui left Beijing. It had snowed for half the night. Chang'an nearby and the Qinling Mountains in the distance were covered with a layer of silver.

Chen Qingsi rode his newly bought horse with his hands in his sleeves and left Chang'an City eastward and arrived at Baqiao.

Liu Rengui has been an official in Chang'an for many years and has many friends. Many people have gathered on Baqiao.

Liu Rengui said goodbye to them one by one.

When Chen Qingsi came nearby, he knew most of the people around him. Needless to say, Laiji and Yuanzhixin, there were also many people who had been with him frequently in the past six months.

After all, Liu Rengui and Lai Ji have known each other for many years, and their social circles are almost the same.

The first people Chen Qingsi met were also people in this circle.

Because Liu Rengui was the protagonist, they did not exchange greetings with each other, they just nodded and waited to say goodbye to Liu Rengui.

Chen Qingsi came closer and looked at Liu Rengui. Compared with him in memory, he had lost a lot of weight.

He was wearing a heavy winter coat, and his figure was almost the same as when he was wearing prison uniform in the Dali Temple Prison in early summer.

It shows how tortured he was.

Liu Rengui noticed Chen Qingsi and deliberately shortened the time to say goodbye and came to Chen Qingsi.

"Mr. Chen!"

Liu Rengui's voice was a little hoarse, and he could no longer hear the original flavor. He firmly held Chen Qingsi's bowed hands.

Chen Qingsi even felt the hard bones of her hands.

"I couldn't thank you properly in prison! I thanked you here..."

Almost no one would associate the downfall of Li Yifu with Chen Qingsi, except Liu Rengui.

He had no evidence, but based on the conversations in prison and the fact that Li Yifu was jealous of Chen Qingsi and believed the warlock's lies, he could get out of Dali Temple and Chen Qingsi took the greatest credit.

In this close face-to-face meeting, Chen Qingsi could clearly see the faint outline of Liu Rengui's cheek bones.

I feel angry, resentful and guilty. It would be nice if I could bring down Li Yifu earlier.

"Suffering!"

Chen Qingsi said three words with a bit of sadness.

But Liu Rengui burst out laughing: "Sir, have you forgotten what you said when we parted? I, Liu Rengui, have no other merits. My only pride is that I can shock Xiaoxiao. In the past six months, the most enjoyable thing is to see Xiaoxiao use all his methods. , but still can’t help me, so I get mad and furious.”

Chen Qingsi looked at the almost deformed person in front of him, but those eyes and aura of awe were still the same as before.

"Prefect Liu, I have a poem for you!"

Thousands of miles of yellow clouds are white, and the north wind blows wild geese and snow.

Mo Chou has no confidant in the way ahead, who in the world does not know the king?
(End of this chapter)