All the officials present were in an uproar, but did not dare to say a word. At this moment, the atmosphere was extremely quiet. Even if someone was breathing loudly, it was very obvious. Everyone even subconsciously held their breath.
No one wants to be "in the limelight" at a time like this!
However, some people in the crowd lowered their eyebrows and did not dare to look towards the Lord's seat, but some people were so courageous that they could not help but quietly look at the grandson.
Sure enough, they saw Taisun's face turned livid, and the next moment he saw Taisun standing up, furious, waving his sleeves: "Arrogant!"
He actually left everyone behind and left directly.
There was an uproar at the scene.
"Oh, why are they all gone! What should we do?"
"Do you want to take this back?"
Chase him back? Who will chase him? Who will he chase? Who dares to chase him?
The Imperial Envoy and the Deputy Imperial Envoy had a falling out, and they staged such a good show in front of everyone. In this case, it was impossible to recover anyone, and both of them lost their temper.
Especially Taisun, who was obviously very angry with Zhang Dai.
Also, Zhang Dai actually shamed his grandson in public. He was really too arrogant!
Taisun is absolutely right!
Magistrate Xu sat motionless, in contrast to the comments of others, but he quickly came to his senses and sighed, as if he was shocked by the scene just now.
Since there were quite a few people who had the same reaction, the scene was now in chaos. Everyone was talking about what had just happened. Few people noticed this abnormality.
Even if I noticed it, I'm afraid I wouldn't think there was anything wrong with this reaction.
Only Xu Yu, who was following Magistrate Xu, looked at his master sitting there blankly and looking wrong, so he asked softly: "Sir, what's wrong?"
At this time, everyone around him stood up, and there was no one else in this small circle. Only then did Magistrate Xu wake up, he sighed and said in a low voice: "I just wanted to arouse Zhang Dai's righteous indignation.
I have a habit of compromising, but I didn’t want to do it in person. This was unexpected and ended badly..."
Outside the restaurant, Su Ziji strode out, letting the damp wind blow by, his sleeves fluttering, and the expression on his face changed slightly, from anger to contemplation.
Jiang Shen and Cao Zhi chased after him. They both looked uneasy and did not dare to step forward. Naturally, they could not notice the change in Taisun's expression from behind. However, Taisun left in such an angry manner that the two of them were really at a loss.
Already.
"Both of these two..."
Following behind, the two couldn't help but look at each other, and a strange feeling arose in their hearts.
"Zhang Dai is a famous knife-thrower and a barbarian in the officialdom. That's all."
"The grandson is the crown prince of a country." Jiang Shen couldn't help but think: "Isn't it a bit funny to just throw up his sleeves and leave, leaving all the county officials in there?"
But he couldn't open his mouth to persuade him, so he looked at Cao Zhi with his eyes.
Cao Zhi looked at his grandson's back in front of him, but he vaguely thought of something. But just because he thought of this thing, he became more and more frightened, and he didn't dare to think about it any more.
"I'll just be a deaf-mute." Cao Zhi thought silently in his heart, and did not go over to talk to him, but followed him not far or near.
"Lord!" Wen Xunpeng came up to meet him at this time. At the same time, there were ox carts and knights escorting Su Ziji, who came out, directly back to the dock.
There was no conversation on the way until we returned to the ship. In Su Ziji's single living room, Wen Xunpeng repeatedly ordered: "Serve the grandson a meal."
When he saw a maid coming over with a tray of silver bars, there were not many, eight kinds of side dishes. Seeing that Su Ziji used them so fragrantly, he breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and bowed to Su Ziji: "Congratulations, my lord!"
Su Ziji was eating a piece of ham and asked with a smile: "Why are you so happy?"
The time on the road was quite short. Su Ziji kept his eyes closed and he was concentrating. Wen Xunpeng did not dare to disturb him and did not talk to each other. However, just by looking at Taisun's reaction, he had already guessed that Taisun must have succeeded this time.
He bowed and said: "Isn't it the Lord's idea to cut off Zhang Dai to a certain extent?"
First, Zhang Dai left with a gloomy face, and then the lord came out with an angry look. Who can you guess what happened?
"Yes, the emperor's plan is for me to carry out great things, and the responsibility belongs to me."
"Now that we have severed ties with Zhang Dai to a certain extent, I don't have to shoulder all the responsibilities. It's Zhang Dai who has made the decision on his own."
Su Ziji smiled and nodded: "I didn't expect Zhang Dai to be so cooperative. He already gave me a step before I even took the initiative. Now everyone will say that this person is rebellious and rude, but it's hard to blame me!"
This is equivalent to directly cutting off half of the emperor's conspiracy. At least, it is a little more difficult to dig a hole for himself through Zhang Dai.
"Of course, I am an imperial envoy and I cannot avoid my responsibilities. I just have some leeway."
"Also, I originally suspected that Zhang Dai was directly the emperor's hunting dog. Now it seems that it is not the case. It is just the emperor who took advantage of his nature."
"That may indeed be the case."
Wen Xunpeng nodded, this was the best result, but he didn't care about Zhang Dai. Then he took out a document from his sleeve and handed it over.
"Lord, this is information from Yu Lu and Fang Xi."
Su Ziji took it and took a look, his smile melted away.
"Oh, Yu Lu, Fang Xi has colluded with a righteous scholar." Su Ziji frowned, a little discouraged, and felt melancholy.
Should these two people be said to be naive or too trusting?
You just met someone you just met, and you can't even be sure whether the identity you said is true, so you think everything they say is true?
It's not that you can't test in this situation. When you didn't have any status, you didn't want to miss any useful clues when you were searching for information.
But at least I have a clue in my heart and know not to trust others easily.
It is easy to cut off from Zhang Dai, but how to cut off from fellow countryman Yu Lu and Fang Xi? Everything they do will be considered as their own instruction.
He couldn't stop it openly, lest the emperor knew that he had seen through it.
"Lord, please put the overall situation first." Seeing that Su Ziji fell silent and was filled with melancholy, Wen Xunpeng began to persuade him.
There was silence in the cabin. After a while, Su Ziji seemed to come back to his senses from his memories, nodded, then stood up and walked to the table, spreading out a picture scroll.
"Tell me about the plan and how the layout is going."
"yes!"
"According to the plan, my lord left the capital this time and took away most of the people, leaving only the old, weak, women and Confucians, so it is difficult to have direct suspicion."
"And the people in the house basically don't move."
"Only those in the dark can move."
Wen Xunpeng pointed with his finger at the logo of the Prince of Shu's Palace and said to Su Ziji: "According to my lord, this dynasty's political correctness and red line are monsters."
"Once the matter is suspected of this crime, it is almost the same crime as the Demon Town's Weary of Victory. In my opinion, people from the Prince of Shu's Palace should first report it and bite the Prince of Qi's Palace in colluding with the demon clan, so that the whole city can be in trouble."
Su Ziji frowned and asked, "Why do you only send small officials to bite you, and why do you start with small things?"
"My lord, this is a test for me. I'll start biting off small things. Naturally, it's because we have evidence of these things. In other words, it's just a small matter. It's not difficult to fabricate evidence casually."
"But if it is a big deal from the beginning, it will be too revealing and arouse suspicion. Only by starting with the small things and letting the emperor find out the big things himself can there be ironclad evidence!"
Wen Xunpeng said this without worrying that the emperor would not be able to find ironclad evidence.
He was originally from Prince Qi's palace, and he knew that Prince Qi was indeed involved with the demon clan. Although he didn't know where his grandson could get the "ironclad evidence that could definitely be found out by the emperor," he knew that since his lord had arranged it in this way, he would be able to get it.
come out.
There is no need to care or ask about this.
Su Ziji laughed when he heard this, and then ordered: "If the capital is not in chaos, how can we do important things? Let's just arrange and execute it like this!"