Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1667

Yin Hongzhi said: "Actually, the one who had an affair with Guo Ye was not a lady."

"Then... is it a certain court lady? If you want to rely on a small court lady to testify, it may not be easy to bring down Qin Guogong!"

"It's not an ordinary court lady either."

"Then who is this person?"

Yin Hongzhi took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and said, "Brother Guo, since you have spies in the Tang Dynasty, you must have heard of it. I think he had an accomplice when Monk Tianfu conspired against him."

Guo Ye's heart moved, and he said, "You mean... Pipa girl?"

"Yes, it is this person! This pipa girl is not simple, she has captivated His Majesty, and she has been doting on her every day for half a year. To be honest, the status of this person in His Majesty's heart may not be lower than that of Empress Changsun."

"But I heard that since Monk Tianfu was defeated, this pipa girl has disappeared."

"You know quite a lot." Yin Hongzhi nodded, and said, "Despite His Majesty's generous rewards, this pipa girl has never been seen. But, God is sorry, not long ago, this person really It was found by bad people."

"You mean... she is with Guo Ye?"

"Yes, in Shuikou City in Goguryeo, bad people saw with their own eyes that Guo Ye had already married a pipa girl as his concubine. Every day, he went out and went in and out, so happy! And Guo Ye himself declared that he took her as his concubine. This Not only bad people know about it, but also the people of Shuikou City, Guo Ye cannot be denied."

An ominous premonition surged in Guo Ye's heart, and he said, "This pipa girl must be named Yan Wenfang, right?"

Yin Hongzhi said triumphantly: "Qin Guogong's concubine Yan Wenfang disappeared strangely. This incident has been widely circulated, and you know it is not surprising. Hehe, Yan Wenfang disappeared well, wonderfully! His disappearance, Guo Even if Ye is covered in mouths, he can’t explain it clearly. Is he guilty of committing crimes and killing people to silence his words? Or is he hiding in a golden house to cover up people’s eyes and ears? I’d like to see how he explains it to His Majesty.”

"Guo Ye actually has the guts to accept His Majesty's favorite concubine as a concubine?"

"How is that possible? If Guo Ye knew Yan Wenfang's true identity, he wouldn't dare to do it even if he had 1 guts. Uncle Benguo estimated that it was the Pipa girl who deliberately framed him. The Tianfu monk and the Pipa girl were colluding to bring trouble to the court." , intending to assassinate His Majesty. Seeing that the success is about to be accomplished, but because Guo Ye's calculations fell short, how could he not hate Guo Ye? That's why he deliberately approached Guo Ye and trapped him into injustice."

After a short pause, Yin Hongzhi continued: "However, even if everyone knows that Guo Ye was framed, so what? As a normal man, His Majesty, even if he thinks that Guo Ye has done nothing wrong intellectually, what about emotionally? Can you swallow this breath? At that time, there is no need to frame him at all, His Majesty will find a way to charge Guo Ye'an with ransacking his family and exterminating his family."

After hearing this, Guo Ye couldn't help but set off a shocking wave in his heart!What Yin Hongzhi said should be true.Think back to when she was on the island in the middle of the lake in Jinshui Lake, why did Yan Wenfang stick to her until death?Wasn't it because she learned from Monk Tianfu that she was invulnerable, Yuan Gai Suwen's plan would never succeed.Only then did he go along with the flow and force himself to accept her as his concubine!

Wait, it was the unscrupulous people who proposed this oiran contest. During the finals, the activities of the bad people were very frequent. After the finals, they got the news that they took a pipa girl as a concubine. Does this mean that the action of framing themselves this time is Bad people are also involved?

Yuan Nanjian once said that Yuan Gai Suwen once colluded with people inside Datang to lure him to Shuikou City and put himself to death.Later, the expected assassination never happened.I thought something had happened, but it turned out that someone had already made a move!I just don't know who is colluding with Yuan Gai Suwen, is it Zhang Liang, Duke Xun?Is it the five great gentry of the Tang Dynasty?Or Qi Wang Li You?Or... the three parties have conspired?

Think about it carefully, Nima's strategy is really poisonous!The thief bites and penetrates three points to the bone.Don't say that a sudden blow to yourself is fatal.It's just that now I got the news in advance, and there is no good way to deal with it for a while.It can be said that as soon as the matter of accepting Yan Wenfang as my concubine was announced, one of my feet had already stepped into the coffin.

How can this be done?

Seeing that Guo Ye's face was uncertain, Yin Hongzhi asked, "Mr. Qin, what are you thinking?"

"Ah...I was thinking...I was thinking...this...the official career is dangerous, this incident really scared me. I am afraid that even if I am in a high position, I will be played to death by you literati! I Are you really scared... It's still safe to be a pirate."

"How can you think so?" Yin Hongzhi said: "It's true that the official career is more dangerous than those in the Jianghu, but it's not that serious. Qin Guogong is too capable and has too many enemies, which is why he is in trouble today. It's not that I look down on you, you are I took refuge in His Royal Highness King Qi and tried my best to climb up, but I didn't have the ability to make so many powerful enemies."

"Then I will lend you a good word. Uncle Guo, let me ask you one more thing."

"You said."

"Who is going to deal with Duke Qin this time?"

"There are too many people to deal with Duke Qin...but the main force to deal with Duke Qin should be the five great noble families."

"The five noble clans...Pipa girl, you mean that the five noble clans are related to the case of Monk Tianfu?"

"This uncle of the country is not clear. It may be that they did collude, or it may be that the five great gentry met at the right time and took advantage of the situation. But as far as my uncle knows, the reason why the five gentry wanted to put Duke Qin to death this time was because of their interests. battle."

"A conflict of interests?"

"To put it bluntly, it is money. Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. The five great gentry finally found a way to make cheap colored glaze, but Qin Guogong claimed that he had a way to make better and cheaper colored glaze. This is not blocking the five big gentry Is it a source of wealth?"

Guo Yedao: "Even if it is as you said, the five great gentry wanted to put Duke Qin to death because of the conflict of interests. But what is His Royal Highness King Qi doing? Even if they had a small misunderstanding, Duke Qin saved King Qi after all. One life, no matter how you say it, kindness outweighs hatred. Qi Wang Qiansui did such an ungrateful thing at such a young age, it is really disgusting."

"This question..." Yin Hongzhi also felt a little unreasonable about this matter, his face flushed slightly, and said: "If you want to talk about this matter, King Qi is forced to do nothing. Guo Ye's luck is too good and his ability is too strong. The big treason case was all messed up by him. Think about it... If the big thing we are going to do in the future, if we accidentally hit Guo Ye's hands, wouldn't it be all over? For big For thousands of years and generations of Tang, Duke Qin can only be wronged."

Guo Ye sneered and said, "For the future of the Tang Dynasty? I'm afraid it's for King Qi's self-interest?"

"This...this...you can't say that...you listen to my explanation..."

"There's no need to explain!" Guo Ye waved his hand and said, "His Royal Highness, I'm determined!"

"What do you say?"

"What I mean is... those who achieve big things don't care about small things. His Highness King Qi even kills his own savior at will for the sake of his position. Someone Guo likes this temperament! He is a material for big things, and he has a future with him."

"Then you are not afraid that His Royal Highness King Qi will be mean and ungrateful, and all birds will be hidden?"

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid. So, Mr. Guo has a request. His Royal Highness King Qi agreed, and I will be his minister. If he doesn't agree, then I'm sorry. Mr. Guo still wants to live a few more years, so I won't let you go." Dive into this muddy water."

"What exactly is the request?"

Chapter 1668 Douzigang

Qi Wang Li You secretly recruited bandits and grass bandits, preparing to seize the heir.

Originally, Guo Ye was not very interested in this matter.As the prince grows older, this kind of thing will definitely happen.It should be His Majesty Li Er who should worry about this matter, not himself.

However, now I heard that Li You participated in the plan to frame him.Guo Ye suddenly felt that it would be better to send someone into the palace of Prince Qi.Of course, Guo Ye couldn't really put 800 people into Qi Wang's mansion. In that case, he would not be secretly inquiring about news, but fishing to enforce the law and instigate Qi Wang to rebel.

He had to find a way to maintain a close relationship with Qi Wang Li You.It can achieve its own purpose, but it can't really work for Li You.

Guo Ye smiled slightly, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "Uncle Guo wants to attract someone Guo. Firstly, he is interested in his money, and secondly, because he is interested in his power. Let's talk about it first." Clearly, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, let alone King Qi. I, Mr. Guo, don’t need King Qi’s military salary, but His Royal Highness King Qi also don’t expect me to pay my respects with money.”

It would be a lie to say that Yin Hongzhi was not tempted by Guo Ye's money.However, Qi Wang Li You had another way to get money, and Guo Ye, the pirate leader's money, could only be regarded as icing on the cake, and it was not necessary to get it.Yin Hongzhi sneered, and said: "You should keep those three melons and two dates for yourself. His Royal Highness King Qi is the proud son of heaven, how can he covet the money of his subordinates? This condition was agreed by my uncle Qiansui King Qi gone."

"Uh... Actually, the condition just now was just an addition. The real request of Mr. Guo is to ensure that Mr. Guo has the power to protect himself."

"What do you mean by that?"

"If someone Guo submits to His Highness King Qi and serves His Highness King Qi, he will certainly die. However, my brothers are not the subjects of His Highness King Qi. In other words, they can only obey my command , cannot be handed over to other people to lead. I wonder if His Royal Highness King Qi can agree to this request?"

Yin Hongzhi sneered and said, "Your idea has a name, it's called Unfaithful Servant, do you know that?"

"If you are not loyal to your lord, then you will be unfaithful to your lord." Guo Ye said: "If His Royal Highness Qi is really like the Emperor Zhenguan, treating meritorious officials favorably, after a long time, Guo will naturally offer all his loyalty to His Royal Highness Qi. But... If His Royal Highness King Qi is a person like Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, someone like Guo has this idea and capital in his hands, and he can retreat even if it is not good. This requirement can be advanced, attacked, retreated or defended, and it depends on whether His Royal Highness King Qi has the capacity to accommodate others. ?”

"What if His Royal Highness King Qi cannot agree?"

"That's embarrassing, let's break it up. It's Han Gaozu who made Han Xin the king of Qi when he didn't win the world. Mo Ge Your Highness's heart is not as good as that of Han Gaozu? In that case, someone Guo will withdraw in time." , is also a wise move.”

Speaking of this, Guo Ye let out a long sigh, and said: "Think of Guo Ye, the Duke of Qin, who made great contributions to the Great Tang, but ended up with a bad end. How dare I, who has the same name and surname as him, not leave a legacy for myself?" Lu. By the way, does the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty know about Qin Guogong and Pipa girl? How do you plan to deal with him?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know about this yet."

"Why is that?"