Chapter 774 Three Strategies for Returning to Beijing
Ouyang Rong starts a sentence.
Li Bao was silent for a while, and everyone frowned.
The identity of the sword holder and the holding of the tripod sword were revealed.
Although he said it in an understatement, everyone on the scene knew what it meant.
Even in an instant, I guessed a lot.
Ouyang Rong's subsequent words explaining the situation confirmed these one by one.
Even so, when he finished speaking, everyone had shocked looks on their faces.
The main reason is that Ouyang Rong's experience and adaptability make people's scalp numb just listening to it. This morning, he was there step by step, and the game was full with just one move.
Everyone loses, don't even think about retreating calmly with the tripod sword.
Although Ouyang Rong's talk seems to be a bit focused, mainly talking about the traps set up by Wei Wu, Duan Quanwu, and Aunt Song, as well as his judgment and breakthroughs at several key nodes, he does not talk about a certain female historian with the highest status.
More, or rather, not many specific details, nor how she persuaded Ouyang Rong, but everyone on the scene could guess with just a few turns of their heads, Rong Zhennvshi’s attitude and stance in it - "
It can only be said that at some points at that time, even if Ouyang Rong had only a slight hesitation or wavering, the fate of Xunyang Palace would be completely different, fitting the sentence "like falling into an ice cave".
Li Xian, Wei Mei, and Li Dalang had a twitching Adam's apple and a dry mouth. Li Jia's father and son, who already have a soft personality,
His face was full of guilt and moved,
Xie Lingjiang held her senior brother's palm tightly, and the sweat from her hands had already wet their palms.
The young man in scholar's shirt glanced at his junior sister, smiled slightly, and cast a look of relief at her.
The tip of Xie Lingjiang's nose turned red and he turned his face away, not wanting to look at him who looked calm and calm and comforting others.
It's very distressing to see.
Li Guoer pointed to the Xunyang Grottoes and sighed:
"Well, I really spoiled that female historian."
Ouyang Rong glanced at her.
After Li Xian finished digesting, his face was as heavy as water, and his whole body trembled with anger:
"The water thieves incident this time really has something to do with them! They were all bribed or channeled by the Wei family. They turned a blind eye to these fake water thieves and acted as if they were real. They did not care about the life and death of the king. I am the Great Zhou Dynasty.
King, these people all live on the throne, but their corpses are on a plain diet. Is there any way for the king to do this?——"
"Wang Fa?"
Xie Lingjiang raised the corners of his lips, chuckled, waved his hands and said:
"The so-called King's Dharma, isn't it the 'King's Dharma'? Who is the king, whoever speaks is the Dharma. Obviously, the construction of the Sifang Buddha and the Great Zhou Songde Tianshu has made many people in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty begin to believe in the Palace of the Prince of Wei
, some outsiders have begun to bet on Prince Liang's palace being able to ascend to power, and those who are not firm in their neutrality are also conniving."
Wei Mei cast a grateful look at Ouyang Rong.
My nephew Wei Mi must have been isolated by them. Fortunately, Tanlang reported the news, otherwise he would have been trapped in a tight siege. He might have been squeezed out by them later, and then accused of some unfounded crime. These people are really, really
It’s chilling.”
Li Guo'er's reaction was not so intense, her pretty face was calm:
"Sure enough, there is nothing new under the sun. What if the enemy is facing a critical moment? Infighting is still necessary, and there is no ambiguity about the death blow. It is useless for us to think about working together to protect the Buddha. Others don't like it at all.
We, "This group of water thieves from Hukou County have started their arrangements a long time ago. They were targeting us from the beginning. It's ridiculous that we were thinking of working together to help exterminate the water thieves."
Li Dalang's focus was on another matter, and he said in a low voice:
'That Rong Zhen female historian, whose real name is Wei Rong, is some kind of real fairy princess. She is the same generation as Wei Jisi - doesn't that mean she is also the same generation as my father? She is - - cousin? Good boy, she is better than me.
Senior generation, who would have thought of this?"
Li Xian shook his head and said a little lonely:
"I have heard about the Queen Mother's sister, but I have not heard about this so-called 'cousin'. It must have happened later. Counting from the date of demotion, I have not returned to the capital of God for more than 20 years.
Already."
Wei Mei raised her eyebrows and said:
"No matter what, this True Immortal Princess must have no close ties to Qilang and our family, so what about cousins? Wei Jisi, aren't Wei Sixing and Qilang also cousins, and they have never shown any mercy.
"
Li Dalang sighed, nodded, and said casually:
"That's right, the friendship with our family is probably not as deep as the relationship with Tan Lang. Last time, Mrs. Zhen even came in person for her birthday and gave gifts——"
At this point, he gradually shut up.
However, thanks to Lingjiang, the eyes of several girls from Li Baoer had already turned to Ouyang Rong.
fell on his face.
Ouyang Rong didn't seem to see it, he lowered his eyes and said:
"If friendship is useful, then why fight for the throne?"
He raised his head, glanced at the sky, and said solemnly:
"Pack your things immediately and leave the city immediately. Let's go north and return to Beijing!"
Li Guo'er asked: "Which way to go? Water or land?"
Ouyang Rong muttered:
"I asked Pei Sanniang to prepare the land route first, and continue taking the Kuanglu Mountain route. The water route to Longcheng is an alternative, but now the situation has changed. The water thieves have been dealt with by the Heavenly Master, so it can be restored."
After the topic was diverted, Xie Lingjiang stopped asking about Rong Zhen. She focused on the present and said calmly:
"Before we left, Heavenly Master calculated for us that it would be safer to take the water route. The original words were that there is a risk of near miss but not danger."
Ouyang Rong muttered:
"Okay, just listen to Heavenly Master. Let's go to Pei Shisanniang's house first and meet up with Niang, Xiu Niang and others. I've asked them to pack their luggage and they should be there soon."
After a pause, he turned to look at Li Xian and Li Guo'er and asked:
"Your Majesty, Your Highness Princess, can you tell me what the Heavenly Master said to you before he left? You didn't say it just now."
Li Baoer turned his eyes away, looked into the distance and said:
"It's nothing, I just interpreted a dream for me, about some strange ghosts and gods."
As she spoke, she noticed from the corner of her eye that her father took out a piece of paper directly from his sleeve, smiled at Ouyang Rong and everyone and said:
"My father's body and bones were not in good condition back then. The Heavenly Master taught me a lesson and taught me a set of Wu Qin Xi boxing techniques, as well as a nourishing formula, so that I can take good care of myself, haha, and try to survive Wei Jisi and the others."
After Li Xian said it, he joked.
Li Guo'er looked sideways, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he was still thinking about joking.
Ouyang Rong looked at Li Xian and Li Guo'er with his thoughtful jaw.
"Okay, you listen to Heavenly Master, it's not a bad thing after all."
In fact, when he heard Li Guo'er talk about dream interpretation, he remembered what happened before.
Is the dream you interpreted the dream about the "bright moon"? Li Guo'er had been honest with him once before.
But it was not convenient to ask more questions at the moment, so he held back for the time being.
Li Xian put away the prescription, rubbed his hands, and asked impatiently:
"Tanlang, let's grab time to return to the capital. Are we going to take advantage of today's water thieves incident to attack Wei Jisi? Just say that the fire was started by water thieves, and then reveal the identities of these water thieves who died in the Wei family.
Let the princes of the court judge the Wei family."
Li Guo'er also looked at Ouyang Rong.
Her eyebrows were slightly raised. In fact, she had also asked about this just now, but Ouyang Rong did not answer at that time.
Ouyang Rong glanced at everyone and asked back, making them stunned for a moment:
"If simply being fair is effective, and if in the emperor's house, crying children are given milk, then will the prince still be demoted for so many years? Then will the Wei family be reused by the saint for so many years?
"Your Majesty, there are some lessons. We just need to learn them once. Find out the rules and follow them later.
The Wei family is very cunning, but we good people have to be more cunning than their bad people."
"What does Tan Lang mean by this?" Li Xian was confused, but he still smiled, calmed down his expression, and saluted Ouyang Rong with a somewhat upright clasped fist: "Please Tan Lang teach me."
Ouyang Rong looked normal and raised three fingers in front of everyone:
"Pretending to be a victim and going to Beijing to file a complaint is the worst policy. Besides this, there are middle and better policies."
Li Guoer frowned and asked, "What is the middle strategy? Is there any better strategy?"
Ouyang Rong put down a finger:
"The best strategy is to continue to pretend to be sick. However, this time, we can use the water thieves to set fire to the Xunyang Prince's palace as a good excuse, rush back to the capital of God as soon as possible, enter the palace and report to the saint, saying that the prince is suffering from convulsions again.
I'm unconscious. Anyway, I had a convulsion at the beginning, and finally I had a convulsion in Xunyang City. This time we have a second shock, to the capital, and then to the palace. It makes sense, right? You can get sick once.
, just let nature take its course and you will get sick a second time. It is such a simple truth that people all over the world will recognize and accept it.
"When the prince lies down in the palace, he can stay there, or in other words, we don't have to wait.
No one can urge the prince to leave at all. At that time, how long we want to stay in the palace depends on when the prince's illness will be cured, and it depends on our mood. "
Li Guo'er lowered his head and thought carefully, Li Xian, Wei Mei and others looked at each other.
Li Dalang whispered: "Go to the palace to recuperate? Will the imperial grandmother let my father stay in the palace?"
Ouyang Rong asked in a strange tone:
"Why not? The prince is the real king of the vassal. He restored his title after offering the gift. The whole world knows that the saint is a loving mother and a filial son.
'Besides, to stay in the palace means to stay under the nose of a saint. When the prince was deposed as emperor and the successor, the prime minister, abdicated the throne and changed his position to the queen of the Zhou Dynasty, he was either being put under house arrest in the palace or being raised in the lap of a saint. .
"This time, the prince took the initiative to send him up, took the initiative to enter the palace to recuperate, and then took the initiative to stay behind and support the mother emperor in front of the emperor. Why did the saint refuse? Could it be that he was afraid that the prince, the former deposed emperor, could stay in the palace where she had been in power for decades? Gather old ministers and servants to regain the great treasure?"
Ouyang Rong shook his head and said to himself:
"Your Majesty, let me tell you a disobedient thing - what is the nature and ability of my son? The saint knows best the statement that the prince has sent to me. If the saint refuses, then her current state will be something that people can chew on. Already."
He continued to say seriously to Li Dalang who was about to speak:
"Secondly, what if, in the unlikely event, you are rejected by the saint? Even if you are invited out of the palace, you can just find a house in the capital or the Imperial Medical Office to settle down and recuperate, that's not bad.
"Besides, isn't this the result we have been striving for? It is better to be able to enter the capital and stay in the divine capital than to be imprisoned in Xunyang City like a caged bird. In the capital, there will never be such a fake Water thieves, do they dare to come and commit murder in broad daylight? Do they dare to stand under the emperor's feet?
"There is a saying that if you ask for the top, you will get the middle, if you ask for the middle, you will get the bottom, if you ask for the bottom, you will not get it - we just ask for the 'top' first, and if we get it, we will make a lot of money. If we don't get it, we will not lose, so why not for?
"This is the middle strategy."
When everyone heard about it for the first time, they were shocked and looked at each other. They all thought it was very reasonable and feasible.
Wei Mei's mouth was a little dry: "Tan Lang's words are worth ten thousand gold!"
"Okay, okay, let's do it————That's right, Tanlang."
Li Xian's face turned red and he couldn't help but ask again:
"Shouldn't we report this group of fake water thieves to the Queen Mother? If we attack in front of the emperor, we can severely attack the Wei family. This is a good opportunity."
Before Li gossiped, he heard the young governor in front of him ask in a confused tone:
"Your Majesty, is the authenticity of the water thief and the truth important?"
Li Xiandu: "No -...isn't it important -"
Ouyang Rong smiled:
"The truth is important. It is very important in people's hearts, but it is not important at all in the court. How to use it is what matters.
"Your Majesty, now the Buddha statues in the four directions and the Great Zhou Songde Tianshu have been built, and the Tianshu array surrounding [Emperor Wen] has been constructed. Among the saints, the Wei family is the hero. The water thieves can't be defeated just by relying on them. , it would be a waste to forcefully throw out the truth.
"Why don't we say nothing and keep it tacitly understood? This will not only show us to be very sensible in front of the saint, but also make the saint think more highly of us, and also maintain the authority over the Wei family.
"Wei Jisi and Wei Sixing can't figure out our background. We don't know how much control we have on them regarding the water thieves. It makes them restless, like a ray of light on their backs. Although they should also know that this matter is not straightforward.
Defeat them, but it is also a small sword hanging from the top - it is the best if it lasts for a long time.
"In this case, if the prince claims to be ill and stays in the palace, the Wei family will not dare to say anything. We have created a bargaining chip, which will make it easier to deal with them in the capital in the future."
When Ouyang Rong said this, he emphasized:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I must reiterate that by not exposing the water thieves, it's not because we are afraid of them.
It’s just that we have to carry it with us. Some things will take a long time to come, so let’s stay in Beijing first.”
Li Xian suddenly realized:
"I see, I have learned a lesson from Tanrou!"
Ouyang Rong looked at him again and said softly:
"My lord, if you implement the middle strategy and can return to the palace, it will be a good result. When the time comes, you must pay attention to one detail."
"Tanlang, please tell me, what are the details?"
"Once you enter the palace, no matter what official position the saint bestows on you, no matter how great or tempting the benefits are, you cannot leave the palace or the capital."
"Why is this?"
"The closer you are to the center of power, the better. A very simple and crude truth: if the prince is not in the palace,
As long as there are people gossiping around the saint, it will be difficult for you to defend yourself immediately. If you stay in the palace and these gossips appear, the prince will be able to deal with them. Even most of the gossips will not exist at all. The reason is very simple, unless it is
Dead enemies or idiots, otherwise most people would subconsciously not speak ill of people to their faces. As long as the prince stays in the palace, all kinds of villains who look down on or are unhappy with the prince will have to hold it back——
'Looking at it on the other hand, if you don't stay in the palace, even if the prince is released, what will happen if you are promoted to an official position? A few words spoken in front of the emperor will affect your destiny, and you will never even be able to return to the capital. It is considered a promotion in the dark.
Surrender. Therefore, staying in the palace and staying in front of the emperor is for princes like us who have just recovered and whose foundation is still shallow.
The best way is also the most convenient way to seize the heir, my lord, do you understand?"
Li Xianbusi nodded without choosing.
Li Guoer was deeply impressed. He looked around at the ruins and sighed with emotion:
"Sure enough, chaos is the ladder. This time the Tiannan Jianghu rebels created a big chaos, both us and the Wei family are showing their magical powers in the Eight Immortals."
As if remembering something, she asked curiously:
"By the way, what is the best strategy? This strategy is already excellent. It can be called the Dragon Slaying Technique. Is there any better strategy?"
Ouyang Rong didn't raise his eyes and said simply: