Wentang

Chapter 381 Reason and Return to Beijing

After sending the envoy to rest, Yue Shan repeatedly looked through Li Shimin's handwriting, but still couldn't figure it out.

The written in the handbook was too vague, it was to call him back to Beijing to report on his duties, of course this was only on the surface.The actual reason is the oral order brought by the messenger. Dugu Yanyun was injured by Liu Ya, so he was called back to Beijing.

But here lies the problem.

Dugu Yanyun was injured, why did he call him back to Beijing?The two of them didn't have any close relationship. At most, they met each other and greeted each other when they went to court, but they couldn't figure it out.

Also, didn't Dugu Yanyun go to Suzhou to serve as the governor?That is the rear of the Tang Dynasty, who would dare to use weapons there?Could it be that someone rebelled?But he hadn't heard any news about it.

It's a pity that the envoy doesn't know much, or he knows something and doesn't want to say more.

Well, it can be seen that Li Shimin has completely controlled the situation, and even a close official like him can't find out the news from Lishi.

Are these wrestlers modified and not greedy anymore?Impossible, then you can only dare not.

When he couldn't figure it out, he thought of Li Daoyan, who might know something because he has better news.

Thinking of this, he got up to look for Li Daoyan. After meeting, he didn't beat around the bush, and directly explained his purpose.

Unexpectedly, after hearing his question, Li Daoyan laughed and joked: "Yue Hou is such a noble man, he forgets things."

"Hey, stop joking, I'm dying of anxiety." Yue Shan said angrily.

"You said that you have a mediocre relationship with the Duke of Liyang County. You are very wrong." Li Daoyan put away his jokes when he saw that he was in a hurry, and said seriously: "You and him have the grace to save lives."

"Grace for saving lives, are you talking about fortune-telling?" Yue Shan immediately remembered the fortune-telling back then, but he really forgot.

"Yes, that's it." Li Daoyan said affirmatively.

"But...do you really believe it?" Yue Shan smiled wryly.

"I may have doubted it before, but now I don't believe it." Li Daoyan said.

"Why?"

"Last time when you were assassinated by the sage empress, you were furious and appointed Liyang County Duke as the governor of Suzhou. In fact, you asked him to thoroughly investigate this matter. You have a relationship with him, and he will not dare to slack off for personal gain."

"After taking office, the Duke of Liyang made an open and secret investigation, and obtained ironclad evidence that the Du family and other salt merchants colluded with local officials to violate the law and discipline. A few days ago, he was going to arrest him."

"However, the news leaked that the local salt merchants gathered a crowd to rebel, and the Liyang County Lord led troops to suppress it. During this period, he was accidentally injured by Liu Shi."

Hearing this, Yue Shan asked in confusion, "But this has nothing to do with me?".

"Don't worry, listen to me slowly." Li Daoyan continued: "Let's go back to the last time you said that he had a disaster with swords and soldiers, and then instructed him to help hundreds of refugees to resolve the disaster."

"Since then, he has developed a habit of carrying a money bag with gold leaf pearls in it, so that he can help the poor at any time."

"Later, he completed the relief mission, but the habit of carrying the money bag with him remained. This time, the center opening of the arrow happened to be blocked by the money bag. The arrow pierced through five layers of gold leaves and smashed a pearl, and finally lost all power. Just add half of the meat."

"Tell me, do you have the grace to save his life with him?" Having said that, Li Daoyan looked at Yue Shan with a little more awe.Be in awe of the mysterious power represented by Mount Yue.

This... Yue Shan was a little bit dumbfounded, it was such a coincidence.I finally understood why everyone said that he had saved Dugu Yanyun's life. There is really no way to explain this matter.

Now even if he said it was nonsense, no one would believe it.

"What happened afterwards?" Yue Shan shook his head and asked helplessly.

"Later? Later, Liyang County Duke was furious and wiped out all the salt merchants who resisted the law, and punished them wantonly, bleeding the blood of the Suzhou government into a river, and almost all the families that have been passed down for hundreds of years in Suzhou were killed." Li Daoyan's tone was full of I took pleasure in other people's misfortune.

Yue Shan's heart sank, he didn't expect such serious consequences.After a while, he said: "Do you have any opinions from the princes in the court?"

"They didn't dare. Mr. Liyang County was almost killed, so what if he killed some people to vent his anger. What's more, what he did was impeccable. Afterwards, he sent those people's crimes to the capital and blocked the mouths of all the ministers." Li Daoyan said casually. A very cruel reality emerged.

Yes, Tangtang Kaiguo was almost killed. Killing people to vent their anger is the rule of the times, and no one can say anything.

Just like massacring a city in troubled times, your fierce resistance caused me great casualties, so I will massacre the city to vent my anger and warn others.

Li Daoyan is a high-ranking person. He has experienced troubled times and is used to it, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong.As a traverser, Yue Shan has never been able to get used to the idea that they regard human life as nothing.

This rule represents the dead souls of countless innocent people.

But Yue Shan couldn't say anything about Dugu Yanyun's actions, because he went to Suzhou to help Yue Shan get revenge, and what happened later.Really counting, these lives also have a share of Yue Shan.

"But after all, he killed too much and the influence is not good. The saint also punished him, it seems to be a half-year salary." Li Daoyan said.

Penalty for half a year?What is this, the symbolic meaning is greater than the actual meaning, and it doesn't hurt or itch to Dugu Yanyun.

Yue Shan sighed, instead of worrying about this issue, he asked instead: "Isn't the matter resolved? Why did the sage call me to Beijing?"

"Hehe..." Li Daoyan didn't answer, but showed an expression of 'asking knowingly'.

Yue Shan understood, and he called Li Shimin back to Beijing just because he was a good fortune-teller, so it was safest to keep the straight-talking immortal disciple by his side.

After going in a big circle, the problem finally returned to the beginning.

He gained his current status by pretending to be gods and ghosts, and he was also bound by this status and could not be free.Although he has been cleansing, there are some things that either don't do it or never try to clean it up.

His identity as a magic stick has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Upstairs can be counted as the direction of the country, and downfall can be counted as personal destiny.Even if he doesn't say a word from now on, others will not suspect that he has lost his ability, but just think that he is unwilling to reveal the secret.

After thinking about this, he obediently boarded the boat back to Beijing.

Fortunately, the layout in Dizhou is basically completed, and the big framework has been built, as long as the successor Xiao Gui Cao Sui continues to follow his layout.

Only Tian Xuechen is qualified to take over his job, unless the emperor has other ideas to parachute a governor over.But that possibility is almost non-existent.

As for Tian Xuechen, Yue Shan trusted him and believed that he would follow his arrangement.So he didn't have anything to worry about in Dizhou, and he felt more at ease when he left.

The boatmen traveled day and night, and the city of Chang'an was in sight in a few days.After getting off the boat continuously, Yue Shan felt that the ground was shaking, and it took him a long time to recover.

Just as he was about to go home and rest for the night, before he left, he saw the eunuch Zhao Meng looking at him with a smile not far away.

(End of this chapter)