Chapter 709: Sichang, we are a family, you have to look at the big picture
"Sichang, now that the Turks are moving south, the situation is critical..."
When Huo Guogong Chai Shaocai just entered the Chengxiang Hall, he heard the somewhat unhappy voice of his father-in-law, His Majesty Li Yuan.
"By appointing you as the general manager of Gyeongju, I have handed over the entire northern part of Gyeongju to you. How can you be so lazy and reluctant to leave for the north?"
"yes!"
Chai Shao did not dare to refute His Majesty Li Yuan's words and could only raise his hands respectfully in response.
"Haier has been away from Chang'an for a long time, so there are many things that need to be dealt with... But don't worry, saint, I will get up and go to Qingzhou in the next two days to supervise the war. I must keep the Turks out of Wuyuan!"
"That's good!"
Hearing Chai Shao say that he would get up and go to Qingzhou soon instead of staying in Chang'an, His Majesty Li Yuan nodded happily, his tone softened a little, and he gave an unprecedented explanation.
"Sichang, it's not that I want to rush you. The military situation is so fierce that we can't delay it for even a day!"
"My child understands!"
Chai Shao bowed to His Majesty Li Yuan again.
"The child will never disappoint the saint..."
"Um!"
His Majesty Li Yuan touched his beard with his hand and nodded again with satisfaction.
"As long as you understand the general situation, I am very pleased. Then go back and deal with your affairs quickly, and then set off for Gyeongju!"
"yes!"
Chai Shao agreed, then stood up and planned to leave, but he realized just when he was about to turn around...
its not right!
I came to see my father-in-law about something, why was he sent away without even telling me the matter?
"The Saint of Enlightenment..."
Chai Shao's body paused for a moment, then he clasped his fists with his hands again and saluted Li Yuanshen.
"My child came to see me today because I have something I want the saint to approve of."
"oh……"
Li Yuan, who was sitting in the main seat, raised his eyebrows and his expression became more serious.
"Sichang, please tell me what exactly is going on."
"yes!"
Chai Shao first agreed, then looked to the left and right with some hesitation.
"This is a serious matter, so I ask the saints to step aside..."
After hearing Chai Shao's words, His Majesty Li Yuan instantly guessed that Chai Shao might want to say something, but he still pretended not to know and waved his hands to the left and right.
"You guys stand down first!"
"yes!"
After all the palace maids and chamberlains around him retreated to the corridor of Chengxiang Palace, Chai Shao prostrated himself again and said with a sincere face.
"Father-in-law, after my son came back this time, I heard some very bad rumors in the public. They were about Sanniangzi and Qingwei, a young Taoist priest from Qingdu Temple..."
Snapped!
Before Chai Shao finished speaking, he heard a heavy slamming on the table from above, and then the somewhat sullen voice of His Majesty Li Yuan came to his ears.
"Sichang, what do you mean by this? Are you doubting the third lady?"
"No! No! I don't mean that..."
Facing His Majesty Li Yuan's questioning, Chai Shao quickly waved his hands and expressed that he had no doubts about Princess Pingyang.
"Hai'er naturally knows that Sanniangzi is an old friend of Qingwei and his master, Taoist Xuancheng. Even when he was in Daxing City, Hao'er had met Qingwei before, when he was just a child..."
At this point, Chai Shao changed his tone.
"But now that Qingwei has grown up, and Sanniangzi, maybe because of the previous relationship, she still doesn't shy away from being suspicious of each other. This is... As the saying goes, there is no place for people to walk in the melon field, and there is no grooming for the bottom. It is inevitable that Sanniangzi and Qingwei have such interactions.
It will make people suspicious."
"uh-huh!"
Upon hearing this, His Majesty Li Yuan snorted heavily.
"So, Sichang, are you planning to take issue with the Third Lady?"
"No! No! My son-in-law will not suspect the Third Lady..."
Chai Shao waved his hands again and again to show his loyalty.
"My son-in-law feels that such rumors are a bit inappropriate for Sanniang, but Sanniang is stubborn. If my son-in-law tells her these things directly, it will inevitably lead to the husband and wife turning against each other again because of this matter."
"So you want me to persuade the third lady for you..."
His Majesty Li Yuan narrowed his eyes and looked at Chai Shao, his voice a little impatient.
"Sichang, it's not that I won't help you. A few years ago, I spoke for you and forced the third lady to reconcile with you. In the end, you also know that she turned around and went to Bingzhou. My words have no influence on her.
It doesn’t work there either!”
"My son-in-law doesn't mean that either!"
Chai Shao once again prostrated himself on the ground in fear and whispered.
"Since Sanniangzi's side is not easy to deal with, my son-in-law thinks it can be solved from Qingwei's side, such as revoking his Taoist status and sending him out of Chang'an..."
Snapped!
Before Chai Shao finished speaking, he heard the sound of His Majesty Li Yuan slapping a few gums again from above.
"Sichang, what are you talking about! Do you know that Qingdu Temple is the place where the distant ancestor Emperor Xuanyuan showed his saintliness, and Qingwei is the doctor Yinqing Guanglu who was personally promoted by me? Are you trying to make me take back what I said?
If so, are you going to slap yourself in the face?"
"Don't you dare!"
Chai Shaodong made a sound, kowtowed on the ground, and quickly made a distinction.
"If the saint feels it is inconvenient, then it is okay not to revoke the Taoist registration. The child thinks that he should choose another prosperous place, such as finding a Taoist temple in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and giving it to Qingwei so that he can live in Luoyang.
Sanniangzi Qingyu has been influenced by others."
"Sichang, you have just returned to Chang'an, and you still don't know many things..."
Li Yuan lowered his head, spoke softly to Chai Shao.
"Qingwei is a banished immortal to the mortal world, with great magic power! Ever since he joined the Taishi Bureau, Chang'an has not seen any strange things for more than a year. You were also a person who lived in Daxing City for a long time.
You should understand how rare this situation is, right?"
After hearing Li Yuan's words, Chai Shao nodded silently.
"Yes! I understand, kid!"
"No! You don't fully understand yet..."
His Majesty Li Yuan lowered his voice and then said to Chai Shao.
"You should know Zhang Daoyuan and Zhang Qing's family. He was appointed as the Capital Emperor of Jingzhao by Emperor Xuanyuan because of Qingwei. And since the Zhang Qing family became the Capital Emperor, you know that the public security in Chang'an and Wannian counties is now
What's going on?"
"..."
Chai Shao blinked silently.
The sage asked this question... How could he know the current security situation in Chang'an and Wannian counties since he had no control over Jingzhao Mansion?
"All the eucalyptus, all broken!"
His Majesty Li Yuan opened his mouth and said something that Chai Shao couldn't believe at all.
"Whether it's murder, theft, or even quarrels and other things, as long as Chang'an and Wannian counties can't investigate the case, they will ask the capital emperor Zhang Qing's family for help, and the Zhang Qing family will always report the relevant information
Notify them of information and evidence..."
With that said, Li Yuan stood up from behind him, walked up to Chai Shao, and put his hand on his shoulder affectionately.
"Sichang, have you ever heard of this kind of thing where gods respond to human requests?"
Chai Shao shook his head in confusion.
Indeed I have never heard of it!
In his previous impression, the gods would respond to human requests only under one circumstance...
A time when divine punishment is imposed on those who have offended them!
"The reason why Chang'an has gods like Zhang Qing's family is because of Qingwei, the banished immortal. Moreover, not long ago Qingwei followed Erlang to Tanzhou to suppress the rebellion. As a result, I received a memorial from the governor of Tanzhou yesterday. , saying that the gods in Tanzhou have actually begun to imitate Zhang Qing’s family and join forces with the governor’s Yamen to maintain law and order in Tanzhou, who do you think is responsible for this?”
Chai Shao raised his head, with a look of shock on his face!
No way!
The little Taoist boy from Fatdudu whom he met once before can actually control the movements of gods now...
Didn’t it mean that neither his master Xuancheng nor he could practice?
"Sichang..."
Li Yuan put a hand on Chai Shao's shoulder and continued cordially.
"Although this child Qingwei is an immortal and has been banished to the mortal world, he is completely different from other practitioners. He does not just care about himself, only cares about his own cultivation, and does not care about the Tang court and the people. Instead, he is willing to serve the court and me. Don made the effort.
During the previous Fu Gong'er rebellion, Qingwei played a great role in the middle. Without him, I am afraid that Jianghuai would not have been pacified by now, let alone the Changsha Nirvana Sect's rebellion this time... I will tell you the specific details. I won’t tell you in detail, but whether you have a good relationship with Erlang, you can ask him!”
Having said this, Li Yuan raised his hand, touched Chai Shao's head, and continued.
"Sichang, just think about it, if even a loyal and patriotic cultivator like Qingwei would be exiled just because of some rumors, what cultivator would be willing to sincerely serve us, the Tang Dynasty?
Do you want me to watch helplessly as the world goes back to the days of the Sui Dynasty when demons were dancing wildly, when every once in a while there would be massacres of families in Chang'an City, and even the officials were not spared?"
"..."
Chai Shao shook his head in confusion.
"Isn't this right?"
Seeing Chai Shao shaking his head, the smile on His Majesty Li Yuan's face became more kind.
"Sichang, I have watched you grow up, and I have always treated you as my own son. The country of the Tang Dynasty belongs to me, but you and Sanniang also share it. We are a family, and you have to have it. Look at the overall situation and don’t do things that undermine your own foundation!”
"..."
Chai Shao nodded again with a blank look on his face.
"But Sichang, it is really inappropriate for you and Sanniangzi to turn against each other..."
After seeing Chai Shao being persuaded by him, His Majesty Li Yuan thought about it and decided to give him a little sweetener.
"Let's do this. Tomorrow night, I will find an excuse to call my daughters, my consort, and Da Lang Erlang into the palace. Let's have a meal together as a family, which can be regarded as giving you a third wife. A chance for reconciliation.”
"yes!"
After hearing His Majesty Li Yuan's words, Chai Shao, who had not seen Sanniangzi since returning to Chang'an, was overjoyed and knocked his head to the ground.
"Thank you a lot, kid!"
…
After Chai Shao with an excited face exited Chengxiang Hall, he felt something was wrong when the cold wind blew.
etc!
Didn't I come to ask the saint to drive that Qingwei out of Chang'an City? Why did it happen that after all the trouble, I would just attend a family banquet tomorrow and be done with it...
Moreover, for a family banquet, shouldn’t I, the Prince Consort, be invited to do so in the first place?