Dou Qing looked up at the roof for a moment, then turned around and said to Dugu Shun with a smile: "Brother Dugu, don't you think that this proverb actually has a little truth?" ”

Dugu Shun said lightly: "I know, you still hope that Li Yuan will carry this banner." ”

"He's Brother Dugu's nephew!" Dou Qing further hinted at Dugu Shundao.

Dugu Shun didn't speak for a long time, he knew very well why the Yuan family wanted to spread this prophecy that might kill Li Yuan, not so much to avenge Yuan Honghei's revenge, but to eradicate the competitor.

The Yuan family believed that they were the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and they wanted to replace Yang Sui and rebuild the New Wei Dynasty, and they received the support of many families among the Guanlong nobles.

However, the other faction of Guanlong nobles led by the Dou family, including the Dou family, the Changsun family, the Helan family, etc., preferred Li Yuan to establish a new dynasty, which was the source of the internal strife among the Guanlong nobles, and the real reason why the Yuan family spread proverbs and wanted to put Li Yuan to death.

In the struggle between the two factions of Guanlong nobles, the attitude of the Dugu clan, the first family, was ambiguous, and slightly biased towards the Yuan clan, so Dou Qing wanted to make a fuss about proverbs and force Dugu Shun to express his support for Li Yuan.

Dugu Shun smiled bitterly and said: "I understand Brother Dou's intentions, but has Brother Xian thought about it, if everyone supports Li Yuan, if the Yuan family has no hope of seizing the heir, will they take all the Guanlong nobles to open the knife and betray us all to vent their personal anger, so I only support him on the surface, in order to stabilize the Yuan family and prevent him from making more excessive moves." ”

Dou Qing can also understand Dugu Shun's words, it is true that he can't force the Yuan family too much, he groaned and said: "I don't care how ambiguous my brother is, but I hope that my brother will support Shude from the bottom of his heart to raise the flag." ”

"Of course I will support my nephew, it is in everyone's interest for Shude to raise the flag, and I can also guarantee that the Yuan family will never spread this proverb again."

Dugu Shun is still vague, just a little more concession, Dou Qing knows that this concession is rare, and he is helpless. He had to nod and say, "Okay! Just ask my brother to talk to the Yuan family about this! ”

Dugu Shun said goodbye and left, and Dou Qing stood in front of the window and pondered for a long time

………

A few more days have passed, and the situation in Luoyang can almost be described as calm in the past few days, and nothing major has happened. A few days ago, it was rumored that Lai Hu'er was going to be beheaded, but there was no news in the past two days, and the case of Chang Closed Door is also continuing to be investigated, and there is no topic for the officials and people to talk about after dinner.

However, under the calm on the surface, there is a turbulent undercurrent, and several forces are secretly playing. Race against time to gather evidence in your favor.

Zhang Xuan rented a mansion covering an area of five acres near the county office, and ordered Chen Xu to lead a hundred elite soldiers to live in it, obeying the orders of the county lieutenant Wei Yunqi.

At noon, Chen Xu came to the county office, he changed into a soap suit, pretending to be a messenger from Chang'an to perform business in Luoyang, so he went in and out of the county government and no one doubted his identity, Chen Xu quickly came to Wei Yunqi's official room, and reported at the door: "Wei County Lieutenant, Chen Xu asks to see!" ”

"Come in, please!"

in the room. Wei Yunqi was writing a dossier, and when he saw Chen Xu walking in, he put down his pen and said with a smile: "Captain Chen, there is a new clue that we need to confirm!" ”

In the past few days, Wei Yunqi and Chen Xu have cooperated very tacitly, Chen Xu's ability and seriousness have left a deep impression on Wei Yunqi, from small to big, from Chen Xu's character, Wei Yunqi knows Zhang Xuan's personality charm, a mediocre person cannot cultivate such loyal and capable subordinates.

"Please give instructions to County Lieutenant Wei!"

Wei Yunqi picked up a wooden pole, pointed to a map of Luoyang on the wall and said, "Captain Chen, please look here!" ”

Chen Xu stepped forward. Look at where the pole is pointing.

"This is Luoyang Lirenfang, close to the upper east gate, and most of the residents here are refugees who fled from various places in the past few years. Fish and dragons are mixed, the population is very crowded, nearly 20,000 people live in a small workshop, and many murders in Luoyang are related to this workshop, so the county government has laid a lot of eyeliner in this workshop, I just got a news. In an alley in Lirenfang, someone is secretly protecting a small courtyard, and it seems that there is someone hiding in the small courtyard. ”

"Does County Lieutenant Wei suspect that the person hiding is Li Shanheng?"

Wei Yun nodded, "I do have a little doubt, if Li Shanheng is dead, I will get a report that the body was found, but now there is no report, indicating that Li Shanheng is very likely to be alive, and we have searched all the places where he may be hiding, without a single clue, but my intuition tells me that he is hiding somewhere in Luoyang, this small courtyard in Lirenfang is very suspicious, whether it is or not, we should go and investigate." ”

"But if we take the liberty to investigate, will we startle the snake?" Chen Xu hesitated.

Wei Yunqi smiled slightly, "I'm not talking about knocking on the door to check, but secretly surveillance, I have several eyeliners in Lirenfang, I will arrange for you to lead twenty brothers to live in Lirenfang pretending to be salt owls, and monitor every move in this small courtyard." ”

Chen Xu was very convinced of Wei Yunqi's strategy and his watertight methods, and he immediately agreed: "The humble post will be arranged immediately!" ”

Half an hour later, Chen Xu personally led twenty brothers to pretend to be a big salt lord's subordinates and stayed in Lirenfang, where his residence was diagonally opposite the target alley, monitoring every move in the alley

The viewing platform of the Great Sui Dynasty is located on the Beibi Mountain, which belongs to the Taishi Supervision and is in charge of the astronomical calendar of the Great Sui.

After Taishi Ling Yu was convicted and imprisoned two years ago for dissuading Yang Guang from conquering Goguryeo, the post of Taishi Ling was concurrently held by Fang Shi Zhang Qiu Taiyi, but Zhang Qiu Taiyi spent most of his time drinking and sleeping in the viewing platform, never asking about the affairs of the official office, and the copywriting that had not been handled in the past two years was piled up.

Although the Taishi Supervisor has such an incompetent Taishi Order, but no official in the government and the opposition dares to impeach Zhang Qiu Taiyi, because of the repeated fulfillment of what he expected, Zhang Qiu Taiyi existed like a god in the Great Sui Dynasty, and even the Son of Heaven Yang Guang obeyed his advice.

Therefore, there is such a foul saying in the imperial court: 'The prime minister's order must cross the sea, and Zhang Qiu's fart leads to the north and south', that is to say, the prime minister's order is conveyed to the locality, and it is as difficult as crossing the sea, but even if Zhang Qiu Taiyi farts, it will immediately spread all over the world.

On this afternoon, Yang Guang, the Son of Heaven, came to the Beibi Mountain Viewing Terrace under the strict escort of three thousand guards, although Zhang Qiu Taiyi drank and slept well, and was drunk all day long. But when the Son of Heaven arrived, Zhang Qiu Taiyi still maintained the proper etiquette of his subordinates, wearing a cloak and wearing wooden shoes to greet him.

"I didn't know Your Majesty had arrived. The old minister has missed the welcome, please forgive your majesty! ”

Zhang Qiu Taiyi approached Yang Guang and saluted, a strong smell of wine almost smoked Yang Guang, if it was someone else, Yang Guang would have been furious. The drink order was pushed out and beheaded, but Yang Guang pinned the future and fate of the Great Sui on this Zhang Qiu Fangshi, he couldn't get angry, so he had to smile reluctantly and said: "It's me who came abruptly, what is Aiqing's crime?" Flat! ”

Zhang Qiu Taiyi glanced meaningfully at Yang Qi next to him, Yang Qi's face was a little hot, and his heart was a little empty, for fear that his grandfather would see something.

"Your Majesty, please follow the old minister to the rooftop."

Yang Guang had something on his mind and was anxious to ask Zhang Qiu Taiyi for a solution, but he didn't care about Zhang Qiu Taiyi's bare feet and wine clothes. took the eldest grandson Yang Qi to follow Zhang Qiu Taiyi to the viewing platform.

In the quiet room of the Guantiantai, a small priest offered fragrant tea to Yang Guang, the son of heaven, Yang Guang had no intention of drinking tea, he asked worriedly: "Recently, there is a proverb about Tao Li Zhang in the capital, have you ever heard of it?" ”

"The old minister has also heard of it!"

"Do you think that this proverb has anything to do with the dream of the first emperor's flood?"

Back then, Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian once dreamed that Li flowers were flying and the city was besieged by water, which was the dream that Zhang Qiu Taiyi interpreted for him, and Yang Guang mentioned the old things again, which made Zhang Qiu Taiyi also groan.

"Your Majesty. The key to whether a proverb can be trusted lies in whether there are celestial phenomena corresponding to it, and generally speaking, it must be induced by heaven and man. Then this proverb is a heavenly opportunity, otherwise it can only be regarded as nonsense, and it is nonsense. ”

"But"

Yang Guang hesitated for a moment and said: "Didn't Mr. say a few days ago that the Ziwei Center was covered by strange clouds, causing the Emperor Star to dim, did this celestial phenomenon answer the proverb?" ”

"Your Majesty, this proverb says to beware of people surnamed Li. It is indeed in the same vein as the dream of the first emperor, but nearly 20 years have passed since the dream of the first emperor, but nothing abnormal has happened, indicating that the proverb is not in the present, and may be fulfilled in the descendants.

However, the Ziwei celestial phenomenon shows that it is something that will happen in the last two or three years, and it cannot be said that there will be an inevitable connection between the two. ”

Although Zhang Qiu Taiyi's answer was very tactful, and Yang Guang also understood, that is, proverbs and celestial phenomena are not the same thing, but Zhang Qiu Taiyi did not deny proverbs, which still cast a shadow on Yang Guang's heart.

At this time, Yang Qi asked on the side: "The Ziwei celestial phenomenon mentioned by Mr. should have happened half a month ago, is there any new change in the celestial phenomenon now?" ”

Zhang Qiu Taiyi smiled slightly: "The celestial phenomena are not like the wind and clouds, there are changes in an instant, and generally the celestial phenomena will last for several years, or even decades, and the celestial phenomena are still the same, but Weichen did take another step deeper." ”

Yang Guang perked up and hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhang Qiu, please speak!" ”

"Lao Chen has been observing where the strange clouds that cover Ziwei come from, and it was not until yesterday that Lao Chen was sure that the strange clouds came from between Kuixing and Douxing, that is, in the northwest direction, the sky has a feeling, people must respond to it, and Your Majesty should beware of people in the northwest."

Yang Guang's face turned white, and he immediately thought of the Guanlong nobles, could it be that the people who launched the palace change in the future were the Guanlong nobles?

"Another thing the old minister must say bluntly, the reason why the different clouds can invade the Ziwei center is that the arch guard of Ziwei Star itself is weakened, Your Majesty must treat the soldiers well, the soldiers in the world are strong, and the power of the celestial arch guard will also be strengthened, this is the induction of man and heaven."

After speaking, Zhang Qiu Taiyi's eyes glanced at Yang Qi, Yang Qi lowered his head, and a hint of imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he knew very well in his heart that Zhang Qiu Taiyi was helping himself, no matter how ridiculous what he said, it would have an effect.

Yang Guang didn't notice Zhang Qiu Taiyi's eyes on the eldest grandson, he nodded silently, Zhang Qiu Taiyi's words, he remembered every sentence in his heart.

In the evening of the same day, Yang Guang issued a decree to release the low-level officers in the Chang Closed Gate Incident, and all the following generals were not held accountable, and all of them were released, and the military department was ordered to temporarily freeze the disbandment plan of the 20,000 troops of the Xinei Battalion.

Although the punishment for the incident has been relaxed, there are still dozens of generals and generals who are still imprisoned in prison, and the dissolution plan is only frozen, not canceled, that is, the dissolution plan will be launched at any time

(To be continued.) )