Tonight is the seventh day of the first lunar month, and almost all the shops in Xi'anmenwai Street are open for business. At night, business is still good, and several famous restaurants are packed with seats and are ready to stay open all night.
Tianyun Restaurant is an above-average restaurant. It does not have a street store. It is located on Xier Road. The location is a bit off. Fortunately, many restaurants deal with regular customers, and Tianyun Restaurant is no exception. It spends a lot of money.
Qian advertised in "Chang'an Express" and accumulated many regular customers over the past few years.
Its business is far from booming, with 70% of the seats occupied. The owner of the restaurant is Pang, a middle-aged man in his forties who looks very smart and capable. He stands behind the counter and greets the guests with a smile.
As the night got deeper and deeper, the drinkers gradually dispersed, leaving only two private rooms with drinkers drinking and chatting.
At this time, a waiter came over and whispered a few words in his ear. The shopkeeper had a look of surprise on his face. He greeted a few departing drinkers, turned around and hurried to the backyard.
Shopkeeper Pang came to the shopkeeper's room, opened the door and went in. He saw several burly men standing in the room. He was so frightened that he turned around and wanted to run away, but the door was blocked.
According to the directory, Tianyun Restaurant is a property of the Wei Tang Hui, and only the shopkeeper Pang Ai is a member of the Wei Tang Hui.
"We are the inner guards. Follow us honestly! You will not suffer any physical pain." The leader of the inner guards said coldly.
"I obey the law, why should I follow you?" Shopkeeper Pang shouted guiltily.
"When you joined the Wei Tang Society, didn't you think that today would happen?"
When he heard the words "Wei Tang Hui", Shopkeeper Pang's face turned ashen and he was trembling all over.
The internal guards came forward, tied his hands behind his back, gagged his mouth, put a black cloth over his head, and took him away. From the beginning to the end, Shopkeeper Pang did not dare to resist anymore. Two bartenders who were also Wei Tanghui were also taken away.
member.
The first internal guard immediately summoned the bartender and chef of the restaurant and told them: "The owner of the restaurant and shopkeeper Pang were arrested for triggering the criminal law. From now on, the restaurant will be temporarily taken over by the government. It will open as normal tomorrow morning. There will be new ones."
The shopkeeper will meet with everyone and ask for an additional salary of 500 yuan per person per month. Please feel free to continue doing it, as there will be no changes in the restaurant."
The restaurant would not be closed, and the money would be increased. Everyone was calmed down, but they were also curious, what happened to the shopkeeper and the proprietor?
.........
That night, the same thing as Tianyun Restaurant happened in dozens of shops in Chang'an. The shops were taken over and members of the Wei Tanghui in the city were arrested. At the same time, a large number of internal security soldiers rushed to various counties in Guanzhong to arrest.
Members of the Wei Tang Society on the arrest list.
Although the arrest of Wei Tanghui was very low-key and secretive, it still had some subtle effects, especially the arrest of Doulu Bo, the head of the Doulu family, and the news quickly spread throughout the Guanlong family.
More than a dozen heads of the Guanlong family rushed to Dugu Mingren's mansion. Instead of looking for Dugu Dashi, they approached Dugu Mingren to discuss countermeasures. This made Dugu Dashi quite embarrassed, and he had to rush to his nephew's mansion.
In the lobby, Dugu Dashi, the head of the Dugu family, Changsun Tai, the head of the Changsun family, Zhao Guanshan, the head of the Zhao family, Hou Mo Chensen, the head of the Hou Mo Chen family, Da Xikuan, the head of the Daxi family, Dou Yuanzhu, the head of the Dou family, He Ruonan, the eldest son of the He Ruo family, and
Doulu Bo's second son, Doulu Baosheng, and more than a dozen people gathered together. Doulu Baosheng briefly introduced what happened last night, and the family heads quarreled.
Dugu Dashi said loudly: "Don't make any noise, everyone, just listen to what I have to say!"
Everyone gradually became quiet, and Dugu Dashi said to everyone: "Since the Anshi Rebellion, only when the eunuchs in Chengdu rebelled, a family head was arrested. Apart from that, no family head has been arrested. Even Zhu Si launched Jingyuan.
The mutiny did not affect personal safety. I think this incident is very serious. We must unite and ask the King of Jin for an explanation and demand the release of Doulubo."
Dou Yuanzhu frowned, "Brother Dashi, we don't even know what happened. Isn't it too hasty to just determine it like this?"
"Doulu Baosheng said it very clearly just now, and we all heard it clearly. If Brother Dou Xian didn't hear it clearly, you can ask Baosheng to say it again!" Dugu Dashi retorted.
Homo Chen Sen said: "I understand what the Dou family leader means. Doulu Baosheng just recounted what happened last night, but he doesn't know why the Dou Lu family leader was arrested. We should first find out what happened?"
"I also agree with the opinion of Patriarch Hou Mochen!"
Changsun Tai raised his voice and said: "Guo Song is not a three-year-old child. He knows what it means to catch Doulubo. On the other hand, if Doulubo did not commit any crime, Guo Song would not arrest him, so what did he do?
, resulting in being captured by the internal guards?"
In the Guanlong family, Du Guqiu's status was extremely high. Even the Dou family, which had been competing with the Dugu family for dominance, obeyed Du Guqiu's leadership.
But Dugu Dashi's prestige was far behind. The Dou family was the first to disobey him, especially during the New Year sacrifices. Dugu Dashi announced that he would hold a big sacrifice. He took over four concubines and refused to obey his arrangements. None of them came to Beijing.
This incident caused Dugu Dashi to lose face. This incident also spread throughout the Guanlong family and became a source of laughter among various families after dinner. Naturally, it also severely weakened Dugu Dashi's prestige in the Guanlong family.
The Dugu family no longer had a strong figure, and competition between the Dou family and the Dugu family soon formed in the Guanlong family.
As the right-hand men of the Dou family, the Changsun family and the Hou Mochen family did their part to help in the battle. On the contrary, the Zhao family and the Daxi family, the younger brothers of the Dugu family, were silent and did not speak for Dugu Dashi. They supported Dugu Dashi more than Dugu Dashi.
Akihito, otherwise, I wouldn’t have come to Dugu Akihito’s house today.
Dugu Dashi was alone, and he was really annoyed. He asked Dugu Mingli, who was sitting next to him, "When will your brother come back? Have you sent someone to urge him?"
"Third uncle, don't worry, we've already sent someone to hurry us up and they'll be back soon!"
At this time, the housekeeper shouted in the hall: "The master is back!"
Dugu Mingren came back, and everyone stood up to welcome him out. A very important reason why Dugu Mingren was sought after by everyone was that three days ago, Dugu Mingren was promoted from Taichang Shaoqing to the fourth-rank official minister, and he was a subordinate of Tongzhongshu.
Peaceful affairs.
In particular, he was awarded the title of Tong Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhangshi, which means that Dugu Mingren is qualified to serve as the prime minister, and the Minister of Civil Affairs is the most important position in the court. Although he does not have the final decision-making power, the Minister of Civil Affairs has the nomination for official promotion and transfer
Quan, this is an official position that makes countless people jealous.
People are realistic. When Dugu Mingren was promoted to Minister of Civil Affairs, the Guanlong family naturally wanted to flatter him.
Dugu Dashi was the only one left in the lobby, which was a bit embarrassing. He snorted, got up and walked out slowly.
Dugu Akiren was surrounded by everyone, and everyone asked: "Akihito, tell everyone, what happened?"
Dugu Mingren waved his hand and said: "Everyone, please listen to me. The arrest of the head of the Doulu family is related to the assassination of my father!"
Everyone was in an uproar. Everyone looked at each other in disbelief. They couldn't believe that the assassination of Du Qiuqiu was actually related to Doulubo? Could it be...
Dugu Dashi scolded: "Akihito, tell everyone clearly what is going on?"
Dugu Mingren smiled bitterly and said, "This matter is rather complicated. Let's talk about it in the hall."
Everyone returned to the lobby and sat down. Dugu Mingren said to everyone: "Early this morning, His Highness the King of Jin invited me over and told me about Doulubo's arrest. To be precise, my father was assassinated. Doulu Baowu
Be one of the participants."
Doulu Baosheng was shocked and said: "My eldest brother will never assassinate the head of the Dugu family!"
"Please don't get excited, listen to me first!"
Dugu Mingren stopped his excitement and said to everyone: "The mastermind behind my father's assassination was Yuan Wei. Everyone remember him!"
Everyone looked at each other, these family heads all knew that Yuan Wei, the youngest son of Yuan Xuanhu, was adopted by Yuan Xuanli, but he was actually the one who assassinated Du Guqiu?
Dugu Dashi didn't say anything. He realized that this matter was not that simple. Any more words would only make him appear ignorant.
Dou Yuanzhu asked in confusion: "We all thought that Yuan Wei was dead, but we didn't expect that he was still alive. But why did he assassinate the head of the Dugu family?"
Dugu Mingren smiled and said: "Uncle Dou Shi, this is a good question. Let me say it slowly."
Dugu Mingren glanced at everyone and continued: "We all thought that Yuan Wei was dead, but he was not dead. He had been in Liaodong and was Zhu Tao's right-hand man. He came back from Liaodong on Zhu Tao's order to lurk and help Zhu Tao counterattack the Central Plains.
To establish the internal army, he established an organization seven years ago called the Wei Tang Hui, under the banner of defending the Tang Dynasty, but in fact it was to revive the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, and at the same time to prepare for Zhu Tao's return. Yuan Wei used assassination
The method was to assassinate the King of Jin and the important officials of the imperial court and trigger civil strife. His first target was my father, because my father was the bridge between the King of Jin and the Guanlong family. He assassinated my father and provoked the confrontation between the Guanlong family and the King of Jin.
, once the world is in chaos, the Guanlong family will rebel and be used by Yuanwei."
Everyone was silent and listened attentively. Each of them looked very shocked. They didn't expect that there was such a deep secret hidden in it.
"Doulu Baowu also joined the Wei Tang Society. He persuaded his father Doulubo to stockpile a large amount of armor and weapons and store them in the manor in Fangzhou. In addition, Fangzhou Manor also hid a batch of Yuanwei's property. Just a few days ago
, Yuanwei went to Fangzhou Manor to extract property, but was surrounded by internal guards. Yuanwei had been arrested, and Doulu Baowu was also arrested. Although Doulubo did not join the Wei Tang Society, he secretly built five thousand
The suit of armor was used by Yuan Wei, and the crime he was arrested for was concealing weapons privately, which is a very serious crime."
Everyone was silent. They all knew what it meant to hide five thousand sets of armor. Not to mention Guo Song, even for the Tang Dynasty, this was a crime of genocide.