In the afternoon of this day, a piece of news suddenly spread in Chang'an City. Wu Chongxun, the king of Gaoyang, was invited by the prince of the Du family to visit Zhang Changzong on the island in the middle of the lake in Longqingchi, trying to mediate the grievances between Zhang Changzong and Du Wentian, but Zhang Changzong categorically refused and returned in vain.

Zhang Changzong immediately released his words, saying that the rights and wrongs between him and Du Wentian had already been decided, and he was willing to open up the net, but the Du family must go public to correct his name and Shangguan's name, so there is no need for anyone to mediate.

He also said that when he was in Xinchang Restaurant that day, he had already made it clear that within three days, the Du family must publicly place wine in the Du family's mansion in Anyi Fang to apologize, and this matter cannot be changed. Tomorrow is the Zuihou deadline, if the Du family does not act according to the agreement, he will definitely investigate to the end, so that the Du family knows how powerful he is.

When Du Jingting got the news, it was already evening, and the news was brought back by the domestic servants and stewards who went to Chang'an City to hand over invitations to friends from all sides, but Du Wentian himself did not send the news back in time, and he did not come back at all.

Du Jingting was angry and anxious, and hurriedly drove to Chang'an City, but when he arrived at the gate of the city, the gate was already closed. With Du Jingting's identity and influence, it could have been called to open the city gate, but the defense of Chang'an City now has the intervention of the forbidden army, Du Jingting has just offended Zhang Changzong, and he doesn't want to make trouble at this time, so he let Zhang Changzong grab one more handle, so he has to return in a hurry.

Early the next morning, Du Jingting drove to Chang'an again, and when he arrived at Anyifang to meet his concubine Wu Chongxun, he did not see his son Du Wentian.

Wu Chongxun was very polite to Du Jingting, invited him to sit down, and then said: "Yesterday, Gongzi Ling came to tell this king what was difficult, and this king knew that Zhang Changzong did this, not just to embarrass your Du family. It is also intended to be powerful to this king, and this king once went to Longqingchi to visit him, Zhang Changzong ......"

Wu Chongxun frowned, and said very unhappily: "Zhang Changzong is extremely arrogant, he does not agree to be mediated by this king at all. After the king came back, he told Ling Gongzi the result, Ling Gongzi was disappointed, and hurriedly said goodbye and left, why didn't he return to Mr. Du? ”

Du Jingting said ashamedly: "The dog did not return to Fanchuan yesterday, and the old man still heard from the housekeeper that you came forward to mediate. Zhang Changzong didn't give affection. The old man drove early in the morning to apologize to the king, and as for the dog, he had not yet been seen. ”

Wu Chongxun thought for a while and said: "This matter was caused by him, presumably Ling Gongzi was afraid of being blamed by the old man, so he didn't dare to meet him." ”

Du Jingting also thought so. It is estimated that after the unscrupulous son got the news that Zhang Changzong refused to let go, he went to Pingkangfang to borrow wine to drown his sorrows. But can Zhang Changzong's incident be avoided? This child does not distinguish between light and heavy, and does things so irresponsible. This time, Du Jingting was really disappointed.

Wu Chongxun said: "The old gentleman doesn't have to be embarrassed about this matter anymore, after this king came back, he and An Le carefully discussed this matter." Speaking of which, when my husband and wife arrived in Chang'an, the old gentleman lent out the mansion and gave him warm hospitality. Later, he helped my wife and I hold a banquet in Biyou Palace, and my heart was sincere.

As a result, Biyou Palace accidentally caught fire, and because the responsibility was difficult to understand, the Du family suffered a lot of losses. This king does not say it with his mouth, but he understands it in his heart. Now Zhang Changzong is aggressive, of course, because Du Gongzi said the wrong thing, but he Xiang Zhuang danced the sword, do you really think that this king can't see through his intentions? Mr. Du, you just have to use this house......"

Du Jingting had already come for this difficult matter, and he was surprised and happy when he heard it, but he had to excuse himself, and hurriedly said: "Can ...... It doesn't look good on your face. ”

Wu Chongxun smiled faintly and said, "Isn't this king's face as good as your Du family's kindness to me?" You can rest assured, this account will be recorded on his Zhang Changzong, and he will never have a disagreement with your Du family because of this. ”

Du Jingting hurriedly got up and waved to Wu Chongxun: "This matter was caused by a child, you are so open-minded, the old man is really embarrassed. ”

Wu Chongxun smiled, raised his hand and said: "The old gentleman doesn't have to be so polite, since this is the case, the old gentleman will start to prepare, and this king and An Le will leave immediately." ”

Du Jingting said uneasily: "It's early in the morning, the king of the county has already settled down, is it too late to move?" ”

Wu Chongxun said: "The outfit can be moved slowly, this king is too lazy to look at Zhang Changzong's arrogant face, take a step first." Speaking of which, this king had long intended to go to the Hot Spring Palace (later known as Huaqing Pond) with An Le to stay for a while, and he just took this opportunity to go there. ”

Du Jingting said gratefully: "In this case, the old man sends off the county king, and when the county king returns, this residence is still in charge of the old man, and the old man must find a more spacious and luxurious mansion than here to invite the county king to live in." ”

Wu Chongxun smiled and said, "Okay! I heard that Mr. Du Lao is 60 years old in half a month, and during this time, this king and An Le live in the hot spring palace. Didn't Zhang Changzong want to see the disharmony between my Wu and Du families, when the time comes, this king and An Le will go to Fan Chuan in person to celebrate Mr. Du's birthday! ”

Du Jingting's heart was agitated, and he reached the ground with a long bow, and he didn't say half a word of thanks, everything was in plain sight.

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Today is the day when the Du family publicly apologizes, Zhang Changzong was overly excited and got up early in the morning. At the beginning, he really wanted to wash away his stigma, but now, he has found that this matter can be used to weaken the influence of the Wu clan and strengthen Erzhang's shili in Chang'an.

If the Chang'an Shili is a local snake, then the Du family is the snake head of the local snake, if the Du family refuses to give in to him, he can use this matter to chase and fight, and deter the Chang'an local shili by hitting the Du family, so that more people can attach themselves to his two doors.

If the Du family was forced to agree to set up a feast in Anyi Fang, it would sweep Wu Chongxun's face and cause the Wu and Du families to lose harmony. At the same time, this is also tantamount to announcing to the world that in this confrontation, the Zhang family is overpowering the martial arts! Wu Chongxun is not an ordinary son of the martial arts family, he is the son of King Liang, and he is the eldest son of Wu Sansi, the highest ranking in the Wu family today.

Such a plan to kill two birds with one stone, no matter which side you count from, will be beneficial to the Zhang family and will not do any harm. Zhang Changzong couldn't help but feel complacent, he suddenly found that the power of the sea was nothing more than that, he had mastered the trick, and he could swim freely in the sea of eunuchs.

Zhang Changzong got up in the morning, washed off the beauty plaster he had applied to his face last night, had some breakfast, and after getting dressed neatly, he sent someone to invite Shangguan Wan'er. Shangguan Wan'er is also a victim of rumors, so she naturally has the right to seek justice from the Zhang family. But Shangguan Wan'er politely refused, saying that everything would be handled by Zhang Changzong.

Zhang Changzong had long known that Shangguan Wan'er would do this, she was a woman, of course, she was not suitable to show her head on such an occasion. Shangguan Wan'er didn't go, Zhang Changzong went to invite Yang Fan again, this time he didn't send anyone to invite, Zhang Changzong rushed there in person, and when he got there, he couldn't help but say, pull up Yang Fan and leave.

Zhang Changzong did this, verbally to find a witness, but in fact to pull Yang Fan into the water. Yang Fan is the person he has been trying to win over, and if Yang Fan accompanies him today, he will give others such a feeling: between the Wu family and Er Zhang, Yang Fan and the Zhang family are closer, thus forcing Yang Fan to move closer to him.

The more Zhang Changzong thought about it, the more complacent he became, and he found that he was already a very clever strategist, which made him feel fluttering when he boarded the car. This feeling of complacency lasted until I left the island in the middle of the lake and walked the causeway that led to the island.

There are two rows of large locust trees planted at the entrance of the causeway, because there are only two noble villas on Longqing Pond, and the surrounding mansions have just begun to be built, so this place is very deserted. When Zhang Changzong's honor guard reached the intersection, someone suddenly let out an exclamation, and then the entire convoy stopped.

Zhang Changzong poked his head out of the window in surprise, and saw that the team had already been zhanzhu, and the guards protected his car, pulling out their swords one by one, and facing outward, Zhang Changzong quickly retracted his head, but he immediately realized that it did not look like he had been attacked, and the guards had formed a strict guard, and there would be no danger.

Zhang Changzong poked his head out again, looked in the direction that everyone was watching, and couldn't help but exclaim, he found that there was a person hanging from the branch under the old locust tree on the side of the road, the person had long hair and a face, and was wearing a bloodstained robe, his feet hanging in the air, and his body was gently swaying with the breeze.

Yang Fan quickly got out of the car and ordered the guards to remove the man from the tree.

Zhang Changzong's guards guarded the car and did not move, Ren Wei jumped up, swung his sword in the air, cut off the belt tied to the branch, and there were two other guards underneath, accurately caught the person who fell from the tree, and as soon as the person who hanged was in his hand, they knew that this person was not saved, because his body was already stiff.

Yang Fan walked over under the protection of several guards, Ren Wei brushed away the long hair covering the man's face, Yang Fan leaned over and couldn't help but gasp. Zhang Changzong leaned out of the window and said in a loud voice: "Erlang, can the person who hanged himself still be saved?" If you can't save it, don't pay attention to it, go to the front and inform the fangzheng, and tell them to report to the official to deal with it, we still have to hurry. ”

Yang Fan walked to his car and said with a solemn expression: "Liulang, I'm afraid that this Anyi Fang doesn't need to go." ”

Zhang Changzongqi said: "Why is this? ”

Yang Fan said: "Because ...... The person who hanged himself was Du Wentian. ”

"What?"

Zhang Changzong was taken aback, and quickly got out of the car, separated the crowd, and went to see the corpse.

The corpse was indeed Du Wentian, and the white robe on his body was mottled with bloodstains. Ren Wei carefully examined the corpse, Du Wentian's hands and feet and limbs had been broken inch by inch, the flesh and blood on his body were blurred, his eyes were mashed, his tongue was cut off, and even his crotch was cut into a bloody hole, becoming a dead eunuch.

Seeing such a cruel method, Zhang Changzong's face also turned white with fright, and he shouted: "How can this be, who is so vicious?" ”

Yang Fan looked at him sympathetically and did not speak.

Zhang Changzong slowly calmed down, and he suddenly understood that his trouble was coming.

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