A traitor

It was originally a profit-making plan, and he planned it that way at first, but for some reason, when faced with Pei Yan's proposal, Mei Liusheng hesitated.

He was silent for a moment before he said, "Uncle Wu Huang and Li Ji, how are you preparing?"

Seeing that he avoided his topic, Pei Yan was a little surprised, but still restrained his expression.

He replied respectfully: "Over the Changshan Prince's Mansion, the veterans haven't dared to do anything yet. After all, the prince and the young prince hold heavy troops in the city and have always been loyal to the emperor. I'm afraid it will take some time for them to join us. .”

Mei Liusheng nodded: "Among the remaining royal families, the Fifth Uncle has the greatest power. If the Japanese king thinks about something, his support is indispensable. You can arrange it. After a while, the king will have to meet him in person." See the emperor uncle, and discuss our important matters with him."

Pei Yan was startled, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I'm not fully prepared yet. Is it a little risky to meet the prince like this?"

"indeed……"

Mei Liusheng said calmly: "In their hearts, this king is already a dead person, if he reveals his identity at this time, it is a crime of deceiving the king, and this king will surely bring about a disaster of death.

However, if you don't go into the tiger's den, you won't catch tiger cubs. Since you want them to follow me in the decapitation, no matter what I say, you should take some risks. "

Pei Yan thought for a while, but still felt a little uneasy: "Your Highness is our only hope now, it's too dangerous to do so, we should leave it to the old minister for King Changshan and the little prince."

Mei Liusheng shook his head, and said: "Forget it, with the uncle's stubbornness, no one can persuade him except this king. Don't worry, the uncle has always been fair and upright, and he cares most about the affection of the clan.

Even if the king reveals his whereabouts in front of him, in order to save the king's life, he will conceal the matter and will not tell Li Yu. "

Li Yu, who is the real name of the current emperor, is the third eldest, not the crown prince established by the previous emperor.

When the first emperor was seriously ill, Li Yu took control of the palace and competed with the then second prince, Li Hong, Mei Liusheng's father, for the throne.

Although Li Yu seized the opportunity, the first emperor finally decided to pass the throne to the second prince Li Hong. Knowing that he was defeated, Li Yu cooperated with the servants in the palace to destroy the real edict.

When the first emperor was dying, he took advantage of his insanity and forged a will to regain power in his own hands.

The second prince Li Hong was killed, and the whole family suffered. Perhaps it was because his method of obtaining the throne was not clean. In the following years, Li Yu's temperament changed drastically. He was always suspicious that people under him wanted to rebel. The members of the royal family on the throne became more and more harsh, for fear that they would become their second selves.

Back then, the backer king Li Xi couldn't understand him suppressing his own clan, so he joined forces with several royal family members to rebel. At that time, Xie Yu and Xu Hanwen were responsible for suppressing them.

The two led the troops to Fangzhou, only to find that Li Shi and those members of the royal family did not really want to rebel, and there was still room for redemption. Xie Yu didn't know the emperor's past grievances, so after besieging the rebels, he wrote a letter to the emperor Request, the emperor saw the memorial table, and promised that if the rebels surrendered, they would be extrajudicially merciful and punished lightly.

So Xu Hanwen went to see Li Shi in the name of persuading him to surrender.

This Xu Hanwen is a weak scholar, but he is very courageous and eloquent. He is a natural envoy. They promised to surrender, so the emperor fulfilled his promise and punished them lightly.

Li Shi admired Xie Yu's talent in leading the army, and was moved by Xu Hanwen's demeanor and courage, so he finally agreed to surrender.

But unexpectedly, what the emperor said was a lenient sentence, but he just played a word game with them, and only decreed to pardon the generals who rebelled, but put Li Shi and others into the prison, and finally relied on the mountain king Li Shi, As well as the principal criminals who participated in the conspiracy, they were taken to the execution ground and asked to be executed.

And their family members, under the insistence of Xie Yu, Xu Hanwen and others, were spared the death penalty, and were sent to the frontier one by one. They were in a miserable situation, and they were close to death, even if they died, they would not be pardoned.

Xie Yu and the two felt guilty because of this, thinking that they were ignorant and incompetent, and killed the backer king, and the emperor became dissatisfied with Xie Yu and Xu Hanwen because they saved the relatives of the rebels. Secretly planted the seeds of doubt in the bottom of my heart.

Afterwards, Qin Jian was afraid of Xie Yu, Xu Hanwen and Liu Jingzhi, deliberately forged letters between them, and framed them as having something to do with the backer king's rebellion.

And because of the backer king, he has always held a grudge against the emperor, trying to make a comeback to avenge the backer king and others.

This was the root of the Sanying rebellion case. Rather than saying that the emperor feared that Xie Yu and the others would rebel, it would be better to say that what he was really afraid of was his former self.

After that, the suspicion in the emperor's heart became stronger, and he quietly got rid of many royal family members for various reasons. Except for Changshan Wang Li Zhi, there were very few royal family members in the city.

Mei Liusheng said slowly: "Uncle Wu Huang is only loyal to the imperial court and has no covetous heart for the throne, that's why he has lived till now."

Pei Yan hummed, and heard him say again: "But he has calculated thousands of times, and he missed one thing. No matter how loyal a person is, there is a bottom line that is difficult to touch. Over the years, he has killed so many people. I have done so many things wrong and shaken the foundation of the country, I am afraid that it has already caused the dissatisfaction of the fifth emperor uncle, but because he is the emperor and a brother, he has been patient."

The corners of his lips were slightly hooked, and there was a bit of coolness in his elegance: "So, a person's patience is like a wine glass. If there is too much wine, it will be poured out one day, and we, standing still and keeping a low profile, are just trying to hide our strength and bide our time." When it gets close to the edge."

Pei Yan clapped his hands in agreement, paused, and then said to him: "Your Highness, the old minister also learned something today."

Mei Liusheng looked at him, only to see Pei Yan's expression was slightly sad: "I heard that the envoy of Xuan Guo is coming."

Mei Liusheng raised his eyebrows, and said, "I don't know who the envoy is here?"

Pei Yan lowered his head, and answered briefly: "I heard that it's their doctor censor, Wen Shiliang."

Mei Liusheng was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and then slowly said: "This king remembers that it was also this person who came here as an envoy last time."

Pei Yan hummed, and said again: "The old minister remembers that the previous minister of the Ministry of Rites lacked confidence and was humiliated by him."

Mei Liusheng murmured thoughtfully, "Ten years have passed, and now the government has changed, and Su Qinglang's relationship with Wen Shiliang, what the outcome will be, I am somewhat looking forward to it."

Pei Yan hesitated for a moment: "It's just that the old minister is a little worried that the presence of Xuan Guo's envoys will be detrimental to His Highness's status."

Mei Liusheng snorted softly, and replied: "They had doubts about the king's death back then, but after so many years, no clues have been found so far. What's more, the king's appearance has changed a lot, let alone them, Even standing in front of the Emperor and Fifth Emperor Uncle now, even they don't recognize me anymore."

Hearing this, Pei Yan half-sighed: "That's right, it's just that I didn't expect that His Highness's plan was flawless at the beginning, and they would still doubt it and pursue His Highness's death all the time."

Recalling what happened back then, Mei Liusheng's expression became a little stern, and he clasped his hands behind his back and said, "Wen Shiliang is not an ordinary person. Although this king planned carefully back then, the time was still a bit rushed. It is easy to deceive ordinary people." , but it is very difficult to hide it from him. What's more, this matter is a gap between the two countries, if we don't investigate clearly, who knows what disaster will happen in the future?"

Pei Yan agreed. After all, their Royal Highness Yiwang died unexpectedly in the hotel on the way to Xuanguo.

This incident has always been a thorn in the hearts of the people of the two countries. If one day the court suddenly remembered that it was not impossible for the imperial court to attack Xuanguo on the grounds of His Royal Highness Yi's revenge.

He also heard Mei Liusheng say: "Go and arrange for the envoys of the Xuan Kingdom to come here, and they are old friends of this king, just for the sake of old friendship, this king should treat them well."

Pei Yan surrendered, Mei Liusheng still stood in the courtyard, after a long time, Cheng Ying appeared behind him.

Mei Liusheng looked sideways and asked, "Pei Yan is gone?"

Chengying hummed, and then Mei Liusheng asked, "Chengying, what do you think of Pei Yan?"

Cheng Ying thought for a while, and replied indifferently: "He is not like a good person, and he is not sincere to the young master. I don't like him."

Mei Liusheng smiled softly, with a gentle and cold tone: "Only children can tell whether they like it or not. In the hearts of adults, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies. Those who do have only immediate benefits. Use me because I can give him what he wants, and I use him because he can help me accomplish my things, but you are right about one thing..."

He paused, then continued: "This Pei Yan is really not a good person."

"There are two kinds of treacherous ministers in this world, one is like Qin Jian, who fights for power and profit, is ambitious, and only wants to seek the throne, and the other is like Pei Yan, who is not heinous, and even seems to be of no benefit to loyal ministers.

However, what he thinks in his heart is not the people of his family and country. Even if the dynasties change, he must maintain the power of the family. He will not think about becoming an emperor, but because this emperor cannot keep his wealth, he will deliberately replace the next emperor. . "

Chengying was silent for a moment, then lowered her head again, and said coldly: "Then, Chengying killed him for the young master."

Mei Liusheng smiled again: "There are many ways to kill a person. For example, some people are dead, but they are still alive, and some people are alive, but they are already dead."

Chengying was puzzled, and then Mei Liusheng sighed half-sighed: "Actually, sometimes when I think about it, what's the difference between me and him, who will do anything for power?"

"No."

Cheng Ying frowned, categorically rejected his words, and then said slowly: "My lord, you have more feelings than him."

Mei Liusheng was stunned for a moment, turned around to look at Chengying, and after a while, turned around again, as if sighing, muttering softly: "So, do I still have feelings..."