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Yu Zhining and Yu Shinan personally sat in the torture room.

"Pry open your mouths for me, if necessary, you can use any means, it's okay to mutilate, just don't kill them." Yu Zhining spoke viciously.

There was such a big leak, and this matter must be remedied.

In the prison cell of Jingzhao Mansion, the best jailer took action, relying on the ability of five generations of his family to engage in interrogation, and tortured the eight monks separately.

Midday.

Li Shimin and the prime ministers' political affairs hall ended the half-day discussion, and Li Shimin stayed to have dinner with the prime ministers as usual.

Sitting in the political hall and eating a working lunch together.

Compared with the dinner of ordinary officials, the dinner of the prime ministers is very rich. The general official's dinner is a fast food for working meals and is free of charge. The food is very ordinary, just to fill the stomach, saving a waste of time by running back and forth.

But the prime ministers are different, the meals are quite sumptuous, and they don't bring the same kind every day. There are at least eight dishes in one meal, including lingering vegetarian soups, as well as fruits and drinks after meals.

Especially after Li Chao joined the political affairs hall, Li Chao had to cook a dish himself every day.

It is only one dish, but it is a dish that the prime minister and the emperor look forward to very much every day.

Today, Li Chao made a sauce-flavored minced meat eggplant, a little oily but bright eggplant.

This dish is somewhat similar to fish-flavored eggplant, but it has less oil than fish-flake eggplant, and it can be made as bright and delicious.

"This dish is the most suitable for rice!"

Even Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, who have always eaten the same amount of food, made an exception to eat the third bowl of rice. Mix the rice with the soup, it's delicious, if it weren't for the sake of health, they would all want to have another bowl.

Li Chengqian had been dozing off during today's deliberations, but as soon as it was over, he was in good spirits. Li Shimin asked him to go back, and after dinner, he went to listen to the lecture of Da Confucian in the afternoon, but he had to come down to have dinner together.

When it came time to eat, he had always been a picky eater and ate three bowls.

Li Shimin, who watched it, was very speechless, he was usually such a picky eater, and he didn't even like the queen's good craftsmanship, but Li Chao made it, whether it was a snack or breakfast or lunch, whether it was meat and vegetables, he was very happy.

Do I want the smartest, most profitable, and most war-going prime minister in the court to be the prince's cook?

"One more bowl!"

Li Chengqian stripped off the third bowl of rice and stretched out the bowl to the waiter on the side.

The waiter came over to take the bowl, but Li Chao stretched out his hand to stop him.

Although the bowl Li Chengqian used to eat was one size smaller, the seven-year-old child ate three bowls, which is already a lot.

"Your Highness, you can't eat any more."

Li Chengqian said dissatisfiedly, "Lonely hasn't eaten yet, and he still has to eat." ”

Li Chao looked at his face full of food, and said earnestly, "Prince, it's best to eat seven points full of this meal, and it's best to wear seven points of warm clothes." If you eat too much, you will not be able to absorb nutrients, but will become a burden on your body. If you eat too much, you will want to sleep, you will not want to move, and even too much nutrients will not be attracted, and it will be converted into fat and accumulated on your body. If you think about those big fat people, who look like fat pigs, standing there, their stomachs blocking their heels, you don't want to be like that, do you? ”

Li Chengqian really thought about the fat people he had seen.

When he thought of some people with a waist circumference of ten feet, fat like a mountain, and the ground shook when they walked, he couldn't help but feel a chill.

But looking at the small half bowl of eggplant he deliberately left, it was shiny and shiny, especially after adding dogwood sauce and bean paste, this eggplant was salty and delicious, and after adding powder, the soup was rich, and it was really unstoppable to eat bibimbap.

"Cheng Qian, this eggplant with fragrant sauce and foam is really delicious, but if you look at Your Majesty and all the ministers, they have all controlled themselves and will not eat them uncontrollably. Prince, there are too many temptations around us, especially if you are the prince, you will face more temptations, not only food, but even dogs and horses, all kinds of temptations, the older you get, the more temptations you will face in the future. At this time, you need to understand more and more that we have to control ourselves and not indulge our desires. We are not the ones who are led by the nose by our desires, but the ones who can control our desires. ”

"Although the wine is beautiful, have you ever seen when Your Majesty indulged in a painful drink, and then got drunk?"

"Although the beauty is good, have you ever seen when Your Majesty indulged in the palace women all day long, and then forgot the early dynasty?"

After a few words, Li Chengqian no longer had an appetite.

He hates Li Chao, which can always make him lose a lot of happiness.

Li Shimin, who had just put down the bowl, actually wanted to have another bowl, but Li Chao's words made him embarrassed to speak again.

After listening, Li Shimin couldn't help but slap his face.

"Prince, what is a good teacher and good friend, this is called a good voice and good friend, these words are good words, in the future, you must always remember Zhao Guogong's words, he is dedicated to your good. The words that Zhao Guogong said just now are actually wise sayings with profound meanings. Those words are not only useful to you, but also to me. After I heard it, I was also deeply alarmed. ”

The prime ministers also slapped their hands.

Looking at Li Chao, he will advise the king.

The use of exhortation is so superb, obviously starting from the prince's desire to eat more bowls of rice, persuading the prince not to eat more, and then talking about temptation, about desire, about control, and then in fact, he is quietly admonishing the emperor.

Awesome, my Zhao Guogong.

After eating, the waiter brought sour plum soup and chilled watermelon.

Li Chao taught the prince not to eat too much, and then ate his own specialties.

"Your Majesty, the Yintai Division has submitted a rush to Jingzhao Mansion!"

"Jingzhao Mansion is in a hurry?" Li Shimin was a little surprised.

Put the melon peel down, wash your hands and wipe it clean, and take it.

After reading it, Li Shimin frowned urgently.

"Wenyuan, Jingzhao Mansion reported that your housekeeper went to Jingzhao Yamen to report the case this morning, saying that eight evil monks sneaked into your mansion last night and wanted to assassinate you and set you on fire, and were captured by your mansion guard? Now the people have been taken to Jingzhao Mansion and put in prison, and the preliminary interrogation learned that these people are monks from Heiyun Temple on the outskirts of Beijing. ”

When the prime ministers heard this, they all turned their heads to look at Li Chao.

"Is there really something?"

Li Chao nodded.

He buried his head in a few more bites, gnawed the watermelon clean, and then threw the melon skin into the bucket on the side, and said slowly, "This is indeed the case." ”

"Why didn't you say something like this earlier?"

"Of course, the matter should be handled in accordance with the procedures, when I came to the court this morning, I had already asked my family to go to Jingzhao Mansion to report the case, as for the follow-up, of course, it should be handled by Jingzhao Mansion, I believe in the Yamen."

Li Shimin shook his head, his face dissatisfied.

"This group of evil monks, the court was just about to restrain them, but they jumped out and dared to commit murder. How can this be reasonable, it is too presumptuous. ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, these people are not just a few evil monks."

"Oh, is there something hidden in it?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Chao immediately told Li Shimin and the prime ministers the results of last night's interrogation.

"Eight ghosts of the Yellow River? It's actually a group of gangsters pretending to be monks! ”

"Not only that, this group of people occupies Heiyun Temple, pretending to be monks for ten years, during this period all kinds of robbery and theft, lending and rent, evil things are done, Heiyun Temple also has thousands of acres of fertile land, a large amount of temple property."

Hearing Li Chao bring out the details of these people, Li Shimin and the others became even more angry.

"This Buddhism is also a collection of filth!"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can take advantage of this matter to make some articles, make things bigger, little by little to uncover the true face of this group of evil monks, find out their accumulated crimes, and make them public, and then take the opportunity to investigate the Buddhist temples all over the world, first find out those evil monks and greedy monks, and when the time is ripe, then it is just the right time to take the opportunity to launch our Buddhist temple reform plan, find out the Buddhist temple, Buddhist assessment, and so on."

The eldest grandson Wuji was the first to clap his hands.

"Wen Yuan, this is killing two birds with one stone, wonderful!"

Other prime ministers also saw that Li Chao's plan was powerful, and the most important thing was public opinion, that is, the voice of the people. If the reputation of the monks is stinky, and the court will open the knife again, it will follow the trend and conform to the will of the people, and there will be much less resistance.

Li Shimin laughed.

"Sure enough, it is worthy of Wen Yuan, who can best grasp the situation, this is the best way to take advantage of the situation, and it is the best to use the strength of the wrist. Okay, that's it, it's a good start! ”

On the government hall.

At the drinking time after the dinner, the emperor and the prime ministers reached an agreement on further actions to destroy the Buddha, and agreed to Li Chao's plan to take the opportunity to build up the momentum, and then take advantage of the situation to launch the Buddhist management reform.

Early the next morning.

Chang'an Avenue in the early morning.

The wide Sixth Street, the Nine Gates of the Outer City.

Countless newsboys were waving newspapers and shouting loudly.

It's just bombing.

Half Moon Talk, which has not yet reached the time of publication, has issued a special issue today, and it is given away for free.

Newspapers were pasted on the walls in front of the yamen of the Beijing Division, and there were scribes reading the newspapers there.

In front of the city gates, square gates, and city gates, newspapers with the smell of fresh ink are also posted, and then there are officials reading the newspapers.

"Zhao Guogong assassinated!"

"The assassin is a monk!"

"Jingzhao Mansion interrogated and confessed, the assassin monk is a monk of the Black Cloud Temple!"

"The government searched the Black Cloud Temple, found the cellar, and rescued more than ten imprisoned women!"

"Find out the account book of Heiyun Temple, and accumulate tens of thousands of stolen money in ten years of usury!"

......

In the capital, in a tavern in the west market.

A group of businessmen were drinking in the store, and in a corner, Ke Qing had a glass of water in front of him, and he sat there quietly.

After a while, someone walked up.

"Brother Qing, it's really you."

"Well, I thought you weren't coming."

"Brother Qing is calling, how dare you not come. At the beginning, if it weren't for Brother Qing drawing a knife to help, a certain life would have turned into a handful of loess. Brother Qing, if there is anything to be ordered directly, I will never say anything. ”

Ke Qing turned the water glass.

"I heard that you're doing well in the West Market now?"

"What's not bad, it's Brother Qing, I heard that Brother Qing, who has always been alone, actually went to the Zhaoguo Mansion, which is really unexpected."

"Zhao Guogong is a very remarkable person."

"Well, I often admire Zhao Guogong too."

The man who claimed to have the surname Chang was very tall and burly, and Ke Qing looked extremely ordinary and even weak in front of him. But the man surnamed Chang was very respectful when facing Ke Qing, not only because he had saved him back then, but also because he knew that the inconspicuous man in front of him had been the first feared assassin in the rivers and lakes.

"When I came, I heard that Zhao Guogong was assassinated by several monks of Heiyun Temple?"

"Those monks are actually the eight ghosts of the Yellow River who disappeared ten years ago."

"Huh?" This news surprised even Lao Chang, a person who often mixes in Beijing.

"I'm here to ask you to do me a favor!" (To be continued.) )