Tiantang

Chapter 54 Undercurrent
Chapter 058 Undercurrent

The three of Zhang Xuan drifted away.

Looking at Zhang Xuanying's elegant back, Xiao Shisanlang was silent for a long time before turning his head to look at Li Susu, and said softly, "Su Er, is this person reliable? Just wait quietly for a few days and see how the situation is."

"Thirteen Lang, my family can trust him. He was originally a famous slut in Chang'an City. He spent all day sleeping in flowers and sleeping in willows, and he came here a lot. It's just that I heard that Zhang's family suffered a catastrophe not long ago. , he suddenly changed his old style of dandyism, publicly abused Li Linfu at the Qujiang Poetry Banquet, revealed his shocking talents and learning, and became famous in Chang'an... From this point of view, since such a person made a promise with all the pretense of prostitution in the past, Will not lie."

"This time, if the slave family can get rid of their prostitution status, it will be a blessing from the previous life..."

Xiao Shisanlang nodded silently, but his eyes faltered a little.He cast a gentle glance at Li Susu's delicate body, and then disappeared in a flash.His soft and misty voice came from mid-air——

"Su'er, rest in peace, you will come to a certain house as soon as you go."

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On the way back, Cui Huanhao complained to Zhang Xuan, thinking that he shouldn't be meddling on a whim.There are a lot of injustices in this world, can you handle it?It doesn't hurt to raise a hand to help, it is also the duty of a scholar, but how can this kind of redemption for a prostitute be done at will?

You know, Li Susu is a famous prostitute, and once someone ransoms her, it will spread the word... Outsiders don't know that Zhang Xuan is helping others, and they can only think that Zhang Xuan is lustful and greedy, and has committed an old problem.

In fact, in this era of indulgence, I am afraid that no one believes that Zhang Xuan's redemption for Li Susu belongs to "helping others".

"Third brother, you have good intentions, but this kind of thing spreads very fast. Once it spreads, it will be bad for your reputation..." Cui Huan frowned, and said, "Besides, Li Susu is very valuable. I'm afraid I can't redeem myself without more than a hundred dollars, and it may be difficult for the Zhang family to come up with such a large sum of money; and the Jiaofang Secretary is not easy to talk about..."

"Second brother, it's just a coincidence that he will become an adult. Why do you have to make it so complicated? What is clear is self-cleaning, so why should you be too scrupulous about others' words?"

"I'll figure out a way to deal with the money. If you can make a beautiful couple with only a few hundred dollars, wouldn't it be a great merit?"

"Moreover, Li Yong is a senior who Zhang Xuan respects and admires. The descendants of the Li family have encountered such a catastrophe. Now that I have encountered this, there is absolutely no reason to stand by and watch." Zhang Xuan sighed softly, "Zhang Xuan has a clear conscience, even if everyone agrees. Pointing, but also boldly and fearlessly. It’s just that Yinger needs elder brother’s help to explain a little bit, lest Yinger misunderstand.”

Cui Huan chuckled, "I don't care, you go and explain to Yinger yourself."

The three of them walked away on their own, talking and laughing, and just as the figures of the three were gradually disappearing at the corner of the street, a slender and tall figure flashed from the cornice of a shop. The red tassel of the sword flutters in the wind.

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The seemingly peaceful city of Chang'an is actually full of undercurrents and turmoil.

In the court hall on the second day, even more murderous intent loomed.

First of all, Yang Kai, a member of the Yang family and the captain of the consort, took the lead in launching the attack. He impeached Zhongcheng Jiwen, the censor, for forming a party for personal gain, corrupting the law, and plotting misdeeds, and asked the emperor to punish him severely.

Immediately, many civil and military ministers controlled by Yang Guozhong echoed and responded, and countless people impeached Ji Wen at once.Jiwen has counted several major crimes, and the onslaught is fierce.

It is self-evident why the Yang family chose to attack Ji Wen at this time.Not only the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty knew it well, even the emperor Li Longji knew it well.

But in Li Longji's view, this is the only way for Yang Guozhong to control power. If sacrificing a Ji Wen or a few of Li Linfu's former henchmen can be exchanged for the stability of Datang's political situation, Li Longji will never be lenient.

Seeing the turmoil of the crowd and the arrogance of the Yang family, Ji Wen knew that his end was at an end.As soon as Li Linfu died, Ji Wen had a premonition that his good days were coming to an end, but unexpectedly, Yang Guozhong struck so fast that he hadn't fully thought out a way out.

He originally wanted to preemptively—take the initiative to resign from office and go home to retire.Anyway, the accumulation of money in these years is more than enough to be a rich farmer for the rest of his life.

But Yang Guozhong didn't even give him this chance.

What Jiwen didn't expect was that the emperor also had the attitude of sacrificing him.Before Ji Wen could react, Li Longji issued an edict to dismiss Ji Wen and hand it over to Dali Temple for investigation, and Yang Guozhong, the right minister, had full power to supervise the case.

Don't say that Ji Wen is a corrupt official and courtier, even if he is an honest official, it is easy to find out the problem.Yang Guozhong promoted it with one hand and supervised it by him. With all these things, how can Ji Wen survive?
In desperation, Ji Wen vomited blood on his back on the Golden Palace and passed out on the spot.Of course, this does not affect his imprisonment.

Ji Wen's fate shocked the whole court, and all Li Linfu's party was in panic, wondering if Yang Guozhong would attack him and when.

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Zhang Xuan broke up with Cui Huan and Jiao Qing, and as soon as he returned to the residence, he heard from his servant Zhang Li that Xu Wenbin, son of Dali Temple Minister Xu Qiao, came to visit with a large gift and had been waiting for him for a long time.

Zhang Xuan was startled, then sneered secretly: "Why is this shameless and ignorant idiot here?"Could it be...

Zhang Xuan's thoughts flashed, and he immediately figured out some of the joints.Thinking of this, he smiled calmly, "Zhang Li, you step back, I'll go meet this Second Young Master Xu."

Tension Nuoran, step back.

Zhang Xuan floated into the hall and saw Xu Wenbin sitting alone in the hall, waiting impatiently.His visit today was at the order of his father, and the future and fate of the Xu family were at stake, so he had no choice but to be cheeky and ask to see Zhang Xuan.

Seeing Yang Guozhong approaching menacingly, Xu Qiao felt anxious.In desperation, he remembered that his son seemed to have had a close relationship with Zhang Xuan of the Zhang family in the past, and also thought of the close relationship between Zhang Xuan and Mrs. Guo Guo's mother and son, so he ordered Xu Wenbin to come to the house with a generous gift, in an attempt to show favor to the Yang family through Zhang Xuan. , in exchange for a glimmer of life for the Xu family.

"Isn't this Mr. Xu Er, what kind of wind brought Mr. Xu to my Zhang family today?" The corners of Zhang Xuan's mouth blushed, and his hands were turned behind his back.

"Brother Zhang, you and I are old friends too... What happened the day before yesterday was Wen Bin's villainous heart. Today Wen Bin came to make amends, and I hope Brother Zhang will forgive me."

Xu Wenbin blushed, stood up and bowed in embarrassment.

"Oh? You and I are still old friends? Xiao Ke can clearly remember that a few days ago, when I came to the door to ask for an interview, the second son of Xu replied: I don't know Zhang Xuan from the Zhang Mansion in the south of the city. Why, today I keep saying that I am you and me. Is it an old friend?"

The corners of Xu Wenbin's mouth twitched, he gritted his teeth and said softly, "Wenbin apologizes to Brother Zhang, please forgive me."

Zhang Xuan looked at Xu Wenbin deeply and coldly, and smiled indifferently, "Second Master Xu makes an apology face to face, I really dare not accept it. I dare not even accept presents. Please bring it back, Master Xu. Come and see off the guests!"

Xu Wenbin was originally that kind of impetuous dandy, and today he came to humble himself to Zhang Xuan brazenly and patiently. He first waited for a long time, and then listened to Zhang Xuan's superior "instructions", and his heart was full of anger.

Seeing that Zhang Xuan was "aggressive" and didn't save him any face, his anger boiled over, and he had long forgotten his father's instructions, and turned his face angrily, "Zhang Xuan, don't bully others too much!"

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