Seeing Li You leaving, Fusu snorted coldly and ordered the little eunuch next to him: "Go and ask Master Zhou to come over."
Compared with Li You and other powerful disciples, Fusu now trusts Zhou Qingchen and others more.
In the past two years, Zhou Qingchen took the lead and led a group of Confucian scholars to carefully plan for Fusu. Fusu's strength has greatly increased.
Fusu, who was originally known as a virtuous man in Chang'an City, spread the name of "benevolence and righteousness" throughout the country after Confucianism was promoted throughout the country, and was praised by countless people of the Qin Dynasty.
Therefore, it has also attracted a large number of talented people to seek refuge. It is roughly estimated that there are more than 100 people above the middle grade.
With the help of Confucianism, Fusu secretly gained the support of countless officials of the Qin Dynasty and the support of local martial arts families.
These are Fusu's confidence. So what if the Li family is at its peak? Let's not talk about whether Li You is really wavering. No matter how loyal he is, his support for him is not great, so what if he gives up?
Zhou Qingchen received Fusu's summons and immediately rushed to Qiyang Palace. After Fusu saw him, he first told Li You's story.
Fusu now strongly advocates Confucian concepts and believes that people should be honest with each other, so he will not hide his life mentor.
After Zhou Qingchen heard this, he lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and sighed: "This Li You is so unlucky that he is plotting against Hu Hai."
Fusu was slightly stunned: "Master Zhou, are you saying that Li You didn't lie to me? Did I misunderstand him?"
Zhou Qingchen shook his head: "It's not that the young master misunderstood, but that Li You was plotted. It's just that the young master is also a victim, and he has lost some power invisibly."
Fusu said with disbelief: "But Li Si punished the officials who impeached Hu Hai. It couldn't be Hu Hai's plan, right?"
Zhou Qingchen explained: "The reason for this matter is simple. After all, it was Hu Hai's subordinates who killed people, not Hu Hai himself, but those officials concentrated their firepower on criticizing Hu Hai. If this matter offended His Majesty, His Majesty instructed Li Si to punish those officials, then it would be logical.
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As an elder of one of the Confucian schools, Zhou Qingchen had extraordinary abilities and could easily guess Emperor Qin's attitude on this matter.
"This matter is full of doubts, how should Master Zhou explain it?"
Zhou Qingchen sighed: "One hundred thousand gold is better said. Young Master only needs to ask if the Li Mansion has accepted the one hundred thousand gold and find out."
Fusu immediately called a young eunuch and gave some instructions.
Half a quarter of an hour later, the news reached Fusu's ears that the Li Mansion not only failed to collect one hundred thousand gold, but also almost got into a fight with the men sent by Hu Hai.
After hearing this, Fusu's face became uncertain, and he gritted his teeth and said: "This Hu Hai is really outrageous. Originally, when I came back this time, I wanted to treat him as a brother and brother, and be against my good brother. From this point of view, I can't do it without teaching him a lesson."
Already."
"Master Zhou, this Hu Hai is so stubborn. I wonder if Master Zhou has a good plan to teach him a lesson and let him know that he should maintain due respect for his brother."
Zhou Qingchen fell into deep thought after hearing this, and replied after a while: "Hu Hai is the Master of the Qin Dynasty after all. It is difficult to achieve the purpose of teaching him a lesson by ordinary means, and it may not be possible to teach him a lesson. As the saying goes: It is better to destroy him than to kill someone to punish the heart.
How are you feeling?"
Fusu asked: "I wonder what master Zhou has to do to kill his mind?"
Zhou Qingchen said eloquently: "Since Hu Hai is so stubborn and openly commits murders and hurts people in the busy city, we might as well make this matter public, so that the world can know what kind of person Hu Hai is, and also so that the world can be more careful and avoid being harmed by him.
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Fusu hesitated and said: "There is something wrong with this matter. Didn't Master Zhou once say that reputation is more important than Mount Tai?"
Zhou Qingchen shook his head and said, "Young Master, what you said is wrong. I am trying to save Hu Hai's life."
"First, I hope this incident will wake him up, so that he can reflect on himself and do good with all his heart."
"Secondly, if his reputation is ruined, no one from the civil and military officials will support him, thereby stopping his unwanted thoughts, and the young master will not be forced to kill him. In this way, no
Is this considered saving his life?"
Fusu nodded repeatedly: "It's all up to Master Zhou to take the lead, and I will order all my subordinates to cooperate fully."
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In a tea shed in the Chang'an market, a storyteller told a wonderful story about the Qin Dynasty's conquest of Zhao, which caused a burst of applause. Suddenly, someone came up and brought him a cup of tea and gave him a note. The storyteller
He opened it and nodded to this person.
The man who handed the note smiled, disappeared among the people, and disappeared.
The storyteller moistened his throat and said, "I just told you about the great Qin's conquest of Zhao. How wise and powerful my Majesty, the Emperor of Great Qin, was. Now I am going to tell you the legendary story of your Majesty's two young masters."
One of the audience members joked: "You said His Majesty is legendary, and we believe it. Those two gentlemen are both under twenty years old. What legendary stories are there?"
The storyteller shook his head: "You don't understand. What I'm talking about today is the legendary story of His Majesty the Qin Emperor's young master, Hu Hai. This is a secret in the palace that most people don't know."
Everyone's interest suddenly increased greatly. If it was really a palace secret, knowing a little bit about it would greatly increase their reputation if they were told.
The storyteller smiled mysteriously, coughed, cleared his throat and said, "Speaking of which, this Hu Hai is not ordinary. He has been as cute as a pink carving since he was a child. However, he is not very popular with Emperor Qin. Do you know why?"
Everyone shook their heads, you already said it was a palace secret, we want to know, why do we still listen to you?
The storyteller continued: "That's because Hu Hai is sick. He has a strange disease. When it attacks, it makes ghosts see ghosts and scare people. This makes Emperor Qin disgusted."
Another person among them raised a question: "No, is there a strange disease that the royal doctors can't cure?"
The storyteller immediately applauded and said: "That's a good question. After countless studies by doctors, we finally found a way to suppress this strange disease. However, the method is very cruel. In order to cover up the scandal, the royal family blocked the news, so it is not known to anyone."
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"What is the method?" someone asked.
The storyteller said with a horrified expression: "Eat the human heart alive."
Everyone was in an uproar. Is there really such a method?
The storyteller said with a serious face: "Don't you still believe it? In the past few days, Hu Hai has sent his men everywhere to find trouble for shopkeepers. If they see someone suitable, he will find an excuse to kill him, and secretly remove the heart for him to eat.
Everyone, go and ask around and you will find out."
At this time, an audience member exclaimed: "No wonder the shopkeeper of the restaurant next door to me, who is usually so kind, heard that he offended Mr. Hu Hai and was killed. His heart was missing. That's it."
Another person continued: "What a coincidence, I have a relative who runs a cloth shop. He was also killed by a group of people who claimed to be Hu Hai's men the day before yesterday. His heart also seemed to be missing mysteriously."
Everyone was shocked to see that someone was saying something serious. Although they were still a little confused, they gradually began to believe it.
Later, rumors about Hu Hai were everywhere in restaurants and grain stores, bullying men and dominating women, eating people's hearts alive, and vividly describing Hu Hai as a fanged little devil.