Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 271 The culprit behind the scenes
Donghai Palace, backyard, wing room.

There were only brothers Fu Fa and Fu Jian in the house, and there were no outsiders. The ones guarding the yard were also Fu Xiong's confidants.

This was Fu Fa's first visit after Grand Master Yu Zun was killed by Fu Sheng.

He couldn't wait to ask:

"Jian Tou, who has bad intentions and wants to frame you?"

To this day, Fu Fa is still terrified.

The so-called "big fish in the East China Sea turns into a dragon", fortunately, Fu Sheng dreamed of a big fish eating cattails, and Yu Zun prevented Fu Jian from the disaster of destroying his family.

However, if the mastermind behind the incident is not uncovered, a second nursery rhyme is destined to be sung, and its direction will be more clear, and Fu Jian will definitely be put to death.

However, when it was a matter of life and death, Fu Jian behaved very calmly:

"Brother, to tell you the truth, I did not pursue this matter."

"Jiantou, are you worried that pursuing this matter will arouse Fu Sheng's suspicion?"

Of course Fu Fa was angry. Once Fu Jian was convicted, he would definitely be implicated.

Plans cannot succeed unless they are kept secret. Just when Fu Jian was about to think of a reason to kill people and silence them in order to avoid future troubles, he heard the person knocking on the door say:

They are not as hypocritical as Huan Xi and Huan Ji.

"Mother."

Since he decided to work with Fu Jian to overthrow Fu Sheng's tyranny, Fu Fa changed his title to Fu Sheng in private. He no longer addressed him as "Your Majesty" respectfully, but called him by his first name.

Listening to the voice, it's a woman.

Mrs. Gou nodded, but did not enter the door:
"You brothers are reunited today. I shouldn't have come to disturb your enjoyment, but I came to report in the front yard and Wang Sikong came to visit. My mother thinks you should go and see him."

Fu Jian frowned. He remembered that he said that no one was allowed to come and disturb him.

"If someone wants to kill you, how can you let it go so easily!

Fu Jian and Fu Fa FAW saluted.

But Fu Jian still shook his head to stop and said:

"Jian Tou, it's me."

Moreover, I don’t know if the person who knocked on the door heard what he just said to Fu Fa.

Fu Fa was astonished:

Seeing his brother's obedient look, Fu Jian was deeply moved.

Fu Fa still wanted to persuade, but was interrupted by a knock on the door.

As he spoke, Fu Fa patted his chest and said:
"Leave this matter to me. I want to see who dared to use such despicable methods against you because of his ambition."

It turned out that Fu Jian had spoken first, and the officials in the mansion did not dare to disturb him, so they had to ask Mr. Gou to make the decision.

Fu Jian and Fu Fa looked relieved at the same time, and stood up quickly. Fu Jian opened the door, and it was his mother Gou who faced him.

"Our focus should not be on tracking down the culprit, but more importantly, connecting with like-minded people to work together on major issues."

Mrs. Gou knew what important matters the two brothers were discussing, so she would not bring any servants or maids here, lest they hear something they shouldn't hear.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, Fu Jian smiled at Fu Fa and said:
"Brother, just now I was talking about contacting like-minded people. Look, Wang Sikong is here."

Fu Fa nodded upon hearing this, obviously agreeing that Wang Duohui was of the same mind as them.

After all, six of the eight ministers who cared about life were now dead. As one of the only two people left, how could Wang Luo not be frightened?

In particular, Fu Sheng's methods became more and more cruel, killing people in every house at every turn. Wang Zuo came to visit at this time, so there was no need to worry that he was following Fu Sheng's order to test him. What made Fu Fa confused was why Wang Duo came to the East China Sea Palace if he wanted to save himself.

In the front hall of Donghai Palace, Wang Zui was sipping tea, but actually he was not at peace in his heart.

Seeing his colleagues die tragically one by one, Wang Zuo knew clearly that it wouldn't be long before it was his turn.

When Fu Hong conquered Liangdu, he attached himself to the Fu family and was appointed Sima by Fu Hong.

After Fu Jian took charge of the Fu family, he respected Wang Zuo very much because he was strong-willed, evil-minded and outspoken. He often praised Wang Zuo in public and said that he was an example of an official.

It was precisely because of his jealousy of evil that he had bad relations with his right servant She Dong Rong, Shi Zhong Qiangguo and other lucky ministers.

Now that Wang Zuo saw that Dong Rong was using nursery rhymes to sow discord and instigated Fu Sheng to destroy Yu Zunman's family, Wang Zuo was naturally not afraid of death, but he also did not want to harm his family.

Because he was born in the Wang family of Jingzhao and had many connections in Guanzhong, Fu Jian handed over the Yu State's intelligence network in Guanzhong to Wang Zuo to run it before his death. Fu Sheng did not care about this kind of thing, so he did not take away Wang Zuo's information. this power.

Fu Jian, Fu Fa and Dong Rong didn't know the origin of the nursery rhyme, but Wang Duo, who was in charge of the Yu State's intelligence network in Guanzhong, didn't know the whole story.

Princess Gou of the East China Sea did not come with Fu Jian and Fu Fa. In name, she was still recovering from her illness, so it was naturally inconvenient to see guests.

As soon as the two brothers entered the front hall, they exchanged warm greetings with Wang Zuo.

Because Fu Jian admired Confucianism, he maintained good personal relations with the Han officials of Yu State, including Wang Dui.

The servants had already retired, and as soon as they took their seats, Wang Tuo asked:

"King Donghai, does he know who is behind the nursery rhyme incident?"

In fact, everyone in the government and the public knew that the nursery rhyme was aimed at Fu Jian. After all, it was not called the Big Fish in the North Sea or the Big Fish in the South Sea, but it was called the Big Fish in the East China Sea. It could only be directed at Fu Jian, the King of the East China Sea.

Fu Jian raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He didn't pursue it, but it didn't mean that he wasn't curious.

"Could it be that Wang Sikong knows who is stirring up the situation behind the scenes?"

Wang Zuo nodded and said:
"Nursery rhymes were first spread from Hedong County in Liangguo."

Fu Fa interrupted:
"Shen Jin?"

Shen Jin served as the governor of Hedong in the Liang Kingdom. It was no wonder that Fu Fa immediately thought of him.

Wang Zuo shook his head and said:
"Shen Jin is just following orders. Now Huan Xi is in Hetao. The only one who can control Shen Jin is Wang Meng."

Fu Jian was stunned when he heard Wang Meng's name.

He has always cherished talents, and Wang Meng's achievements in governing the Liang Kingdom were known to the world. Fu Jian had admired Wang Meng for a long time, and wished he could not take him as his own, otherwise, he would serve him as a teacher.

But soon, Fu Jian smiled and said:
"I didn't expect that Huan Xi and Wang Meng would be so afraid of me that they would even use despicable means to kill someone with a borrowed knife."

This is indeed something to be proud of.

Fu Fa said doubtfully:
"Although Jiantou is the legitimate son of the late king, he has not yet made any outstanding achievements in his official career. There are so many members of the Yu clan, why do the Liang people insist on putting him to death?"

Wang Dui did not answer immediately, but looked at Fu Jian and said seriously:

“It’s hard to start a business, but it’s not easy to maintain success.

"Especially in these troubled times, if you want to protect the country of Dayu under the covetousness of Huan Xi, Murong Jun and others, you must have a clear leader to take on this important task.

"The people of Liang want to use His Majesty's hand to get rid of the King of Donghai because they are worried that one day King Donghai will become an obstacle to their annexation of the Yu Kingdom."

After saying that, Wang Zuo knelt down and said:

"Fu is born without virtue, hundreds of officials are resentful, and the people are alienated. I hope the King of the East China Sea can save all people from water and fire!"

(End of this chapter)