Section 80: Hu Ning's Danger
When he returned to Chang'an City, Yun Xiang felt a sense of depression in his heart, and a feeling of strength and nowhere to be used surged into his heart.
The woman Wanghai Bodhisattva is truly worthy of being the real heroine in the story of Journey to the West, and she cannot be dealt with casually.
According to his original plan, after the series of arrangements a few days ago, he came to the door to intimidately. Most people should be at a loss and just accept it.
This is a rigorous plan based on modern psychology. First, through a series of means, create a feeling of being able to do everything, and then launch a fatal attack on the opponent's psychological defense line, thus forcing the opponent to obey. Even professionally trained investigators will fall into a trap if they are not paid attention.
But unexpectedly, although the woman Wanghai showed a certain degree of panic, she quickly calmed down and discovered her advantages and Yun Xiang's weaknesses at the first time. Through verbal testing, she reversed the situation step by step, and finally turned from being coerced to being mutually restricted. It was not simple, it was really not simple.
This woman, apart from her cultivation, is simply a natural spy. She is indeed worthy of the noble reputation of later generations. Compared with her, Wen Zhu and Pu Xian are simply not worth mentioning.
However, facing such an opponent, Yun Xiang felt a little excited inexplicably. Since he came to this world of Journey to the West, he has seen many masters and powerful people, but this is the first time he has seen such a scheming person, which has also made him feel like he meets a chess opponent.
It seems that there is no shortage of smart people in any world. To achieve the original goal, he still needs to spend more time.
He sighed in his heart and walked back to Hu Ning's mansion. It seemed that he could only spend the next long period of time with peace of mind.
Today's action completely pushed Hu Ning to the forefront and placed him in the forefront. As the situation develops, Dongtian is likely to take action against him, and what he has to do is to ensure his absolute safety.
Yun Xiang's concern was not unreasonable. Of course, Dongtian refused to let Hu Ning continue to make things difficult for them, and soon took action, but it was indeed in an unexpected way.
More than two months later, as the New Year approached, officials from all over the Tang Dynasty sent their residences to Chang'an City, and the memorials sent to Taizong's desk were mixed with many secret reports.
The contents of these secret reports are surprisingly similar, probably saying that some natural disasters and man-made disasters have occurred in the jurisdiction recently. Fortunately, gods and immortals are here, so they can protect the people from worry. However, when these immortals who have saved the suffering, they all left some mottos, implying that there are evil spirits in the court, and the identity of this evil spirit is all pointing to the national teacher Hu Ning. If the evil spirit is not eliminated, the disaster will become more and more serious.
As soon as this incident happened, it immediately attracted many different opinions in the court. Those who were worried about the country and the people thought it was groundless, and there must be a reason for the matter. They all advised Emperor Taizong and asked him to expel the national tutor.
However, these ministers who gave advice were obviously not Taizong's confidants and did not understand Taizong's true thoughts, so these memorials did not arouse Taizong's suspicion. Moreover, Taizong also specifically informed Hu Ning of this matter and asked him for advice on countermeasures. After all, if there were too many disasters in the world, he would not be too happy as an emperor.
When Yun Xiang learned about this, he secretly praised Dongtian for his wisdom. Although he knew that Dongtian would murder Hu Ning early in the morning, he did not expect that they would use this method of framing.
Dongtian has been in Zhongtu for many years, and naturally, the minions shouting for him are indispensable in all parts of the world, which is enough to influence Taizong's decisions from the local area. This is nothing strange. Unfortunately, they missed a little, that is, Taizong's trust in Hu Ning. It can be imagined that if this matter is not resolved properly, Taizong will sooner or later have some suspicion. Even if Hu Ning is not really expelled, Hu Ning will weaken his influence in the court, and it still needs to be dealt with carefully.
However, although Dongtian's method was beyond expectations, it did not affect Yun Xiang's preparation in advance. It only took him one night to discuss a solution with Hu Ning.
According to Yun Xiang, the enemy and me are now clearly distinguished. In fact, he is only afraid that the enemy will not make any moves. Once he makes any moves, there will be flaws. If he can make any good use of the flaws, the enemy will not lose any rice.
The next afternoon, Hu Ning made a special trip to the palace and found Taizong. As soon as he met, he replied: "Your Majesty, I have made a special divination last night because of the disasters reported by various places. Only then did I realize that this was a good opportunity given to Your Majesty by God."
Taizong said: "What does the national teacher mean? Since it is a disaster, how can it be considered a good opportunity?"
Hu Ning said: "If it is decided today, there are naturally no people with ulterior motives. Your Majesty is wise. Those evil people cannot cause any storms in the court, so they go to the local area to cause chaos. I think your Majesty might as well take this opportunity to send people all over the country, which is called thorough investigation of disasters. In fact, it is to rectify local officials. It can solve the problem and not cause grievances among the local people. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"
Taizong pondered: "What the national master means is that those disasters are caused by someone who intends to harm my Tang Dynasty?"
Hu Ning nodded and said, "That's true, Your Majesty must have not forgotten the White Lotus Sect's affairs, right?"
Taizong said: "However, as far as I know, those disasters may not be human-made?"
Hu Ning smiled and said, "People with ulterior motives may not be all mortals. I am afraid that the immortals who appear everywhere may not have any kind intentions. As long as your Majesty sends someone to carefully check it, it will not be difficult to find out what is wrong."
Taizong suddenly said, "If the national master said this before, I may not be able to understand it. However, since I saw those Bodhisattvas on my birthday, I really believe it. There are probably many strange and powerful people in this world. How could the officials I sent to be the opponents of strange and powerful people?"
Hu Ning said: "This is even simpler. Did Your Majesty forget that our Tang Dynasty now has a Bodhisattva who protects the country. If you don't need it at this time, when will you wait?"
Taizong nodded and said, "The national master is indeed a clever plan. However, the three Bodhisattvas who protect the country are separated by the heavens and belong to the gods and Buddhas. How should I order them?"
Hu Ning took out a document from his arms and said, "Your Majesty only needs to issue an order according to this article. I promise that within three days, the three Bodhisattvas will definitely come."
Emperor Taizong took the document and glanced at the last paragraph and said in confusion: "I am afraid that the three Bodhisattvas will dislike this, right?"
Hu Ning smiled and said, "Your Majesty is the lord of the world. You have a respect for your identity. Why do you have to worry about it? It is important to know that those gods and Buddhas come to you, but they are actually asking for something. If Your Majesty respects them, they are gods and Buddhas. If you use them, they are just your Majesty's pawns."
This was exactly what Taizong wanted, and he immediately made him laugh and said, "What the national teacher said is so true, I will follow your plan."
Chapter completed!