In the elegant room on the third floor of Wanjia Restaurant in Pingkangfang, Wei Huan's son Wei Min was drinking and having fun with a group of children from aristocratic families. Each of them had a prostitute in their arms, showing no scruples and showing off their behavior.
Although most children from aristocratic families are well-educated and eager to learn and make progress, there are always some unsatisfactory children who have similar temperaments and quickly form a small circle, where they often hang out together.
Wei Min was talking excitedly, "Guo wants to be the emperor, but he doesn't even take a look at himself. He is a country bumpkin like a dog. Is he worthy?"
Everyone laughed, and one person laughed strangely and said: "I think Brother Min is the one who wants to be the emperor! In the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard, he plays with different women every day, Brother Min, right?"
Everyone was so excited that they banged the table. The prostitute in her arms smiled coquettishly and fed Wei Min a glass of wine. Wei Min drank it in one gulp. He chuckled and said: "Although I am still a little short of being an emperor, I am still better than the one named Guo."
Qualifications, what is my identity, what is his background? He is not even worthy to carry my shoes, and my father even gave him a stone tablet to weigh him down for the rest of his life."
At this moment, the door was kicked open with a bang, and four or five soldiers walked in from the outside. They were all tall, burly, and fierce-looking. Everyone in the room stood up in fright. Wei Min said dissatisfied:
"What do you want to do?"
"Who is Wei Min?" the military leader asked sharply.
Everyone looked at Wei Min. Wei Min felt a little weak and raised his voice: "My father is the head of the Wei family, and my third uncle is Wei Yingwu, the Minister of Household Affairs. What do you think?"
The leading sergeant said coldly: "You have committed a crime. I have been ordered to arrest you. Come with us!"
A kid from a noble family nearby said quickly: "If you catch him, you will cause big trouble!"
The soldier slapped him with his backhand, and there was a crisp sound of 'Pah!', which made stars appear in the eyes of this young man from an aristocratic family. He covered his face and did not dare to say a word.
"take away!"
"My third uncle is the Prime Minister, who of you dares to arrest me!" Wei Min roared.
"Hit me!"
Several soldiers rushed up like wolves and tigers, and beat Wei Min violently until he collapsed on the ground. The soldiers dragged him away like a dead dog. Everyone in the room was so frightened that they did not dare to express their anger.
One bite.
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In the Wei Mansion, Wei Huan was explaining the arrangement of nursery rhymes to the chief steward Zhuang Yi. He wanted to take advantage of the two days when the court officials were voting to create all kinds of troubles to ruin Guo Song's reputation.
"The nursery rhymes should be made catchy, like the first few lines, King of Dong Guo, King of Western Jin, and Li Tang are ambitious, so they are very catchy! Just keep making it like this, and I will go to various places to teach children to sing early tomorrow morning...
..”
At this time, a servant ran into the hall from outside and said, "Master, there are many soldiers outside and our house is surrounded."
"What?" Wei Huan was stunned.
His mind was a little confused. Didn't Pei Yanling say that Guo Song wanted to pretend to be generous during this period and not cause trouble for them?
"Master, what should I do?" Zhuang Yi, the chief steward, was also frightened, wondering if their information had been leaked.
"Don't worry, they don't have any evidence, so they don't dare to do anything to us?"
The two of them were so confused that they even forgot to put away the draft of children's songs on the table.
There was a sound of footsteps, and more than a hundred soldiers appeared in the hall. Wei Huan quickly came out to greet them.
"What do you want?"
The leading general was Zhou Min. He knew Wei Huan, so he pointed to Zhuang Yi next to him and asked, "What is this man's name?"
"This person is the chief steward of my government, his name is Zhuang Yi!"
A sarcastic smile appeared on Zhou Min's lips, "It seems that you are Li Zhuangyi, and there are thousands of cows waiting for you to redeem them!"
Zhuang Yi was shocked and turned pale. He took two steps back. The soldiers rushed forward and pinned Zhuang Yi down and tied him up.
"Master, save me! Master, save me!" Zhuang Yi shouted for help.
Wei Huan was so frightened that he was stunned, speechless, and Zhou Min said to Wei Huan again: "And your Excellency, please come with us!"
Wei Huan took a step back suddenly and shouted: "I have committed no crime, I will not go with you!"
At this time, a soldier found their nursery rhyme plan on the table and took it over to Zhou Min. Zhou Min looked at it, shook his head and said: "This is all a trivial matter. Your son Wei Min accused you of joining Wei Tang."
He participated in the assassination plan of Dugu Xiangguo, and your case was exposed!"
Wei Huan turned around to run away, but was knocked down by the soldiers, who tied him up behind his back and blocked his mouth with a rag. Wei Huan shouted, "Woo! Woo! Woo!" with his eyes filled with fear.
Zhou Min waved his hand and ordered: "Search thoroughly for me!"
More than a hundred soldiers immediately entered the back house and rummaged through the cabinets. Not long after, a captain came over with a thick stack of letters and said: "General, we found these letters. They are all correspondence between Wei Huan and Yuan Wei. He did collude with Wei Huan."
Tang Hui, the evidence is conclusive!"
Wei Huan almost fainted. When did he exchange letters with Yuan Wei? There were no such letters in his study. It was clearly a frame-up.
At this moment, his intestines were filled with regret, and he knew that Guo Song had done something to him.
"take away!"
A large group of soldiers dragged away Wei Huan and the chief steward Zhuang Yi...
That night, three thousand internal guard soldiers were dispatched and arrested Pei Yanling, Cui Yuanfeng and Dugu Dashi. Although they were arrested secretly, Dugu Mingren still got the news.
Dugu Mingren knew very well that with his fourth uncle Dugu Dashi's willfulness, he would suffer a big loss sooner or later. But no matter what, Dugu Dashi was the head of the family and his fourth uncle. If he was captured, he could not ignore it.
Dugu Mingren quickly went to his second uncle Dugu Changqiu for help.
Dugu Changqiu snorted and said, "Don't you think he brought it upon himself? Although I don't know what he did, even King Jin couldn't bear it. It shows that he has committed an unforgivable crime!"
"Second uncle, no matter what, he is also the head of the family, my fourth uncle, and also your brother, second uncle!"
Dugu Changqiu was helpless, "Okay! Let's go to Jinwang Palace to have a look, but I'll tell you the ugly story first. This matter has nothing to do with Youlan. Don't go to your sister and drag her into trouble!"
"Second uncle, don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with Youlan, I won't go looking for her."
The uncle and nephew got into the carriage and the carriage drove towards King Jin.
In the Qilin Hall of the Jin Palace, Wang Yue and Zhou Min reported to Guo Song about the arrest of Pei Yanling and others. Guo Song nodded, "We will interrogate Wei Huan all night tonight. He must plead guilty and be brought to justice. His son and the chief steward must also
If they want to become part of the confession, as for the other few people, let’s not interrogate them for the time being, put the three of them under house arrest, and it won’t be too late to interrogate them after they are dismissed tomorrow.”
Wang Yue bowed and said: "Your Highness, they are high-ranking officials after all. To kill them at this time is to worry about affecting the reputation of Your Highness."
"I know what's going on, go ahead!"
"Follow the order!"
The two of them bowed, turned and left.
Guo Song asked the maid at the door again, "What's going on?"
"Your Highness, uncle and nephew Dugu are outside asking to see you."
Guo Song knew who these uncle and nephew were, so he nodded, "Invite them in!"
Not long after, Dugu Lingqiu and Dugu Mingyuan walked in. They bowed and saluted, "See you, Your Highness!"
"Please sit down and talk!"
There are several soft chairs on both sides of Guo Song's desk, mainly for the prime ministers to sit. Dugu Changqiu is the elder, and Akihito is the quasi-prime minister. Of course, they can also sit down.
The two of them sat down, and Dugu Mingren said: "Your Highness also knows why we are here. Although my fourth uncle has done many stupid things, I beg you, for the sake of my father, to spare his life."
Guo Song said calmly: "Speaking of it, I am still Dugu Dashi's niece and son-in-law, but he didn't have any affection for me when he attacked me. Look at this!"
As he said that, Guo Song handed them a roll of cloth, "This is cut from an ancient stone tablet. You guys have a look first."
Dugu Mingren took the scroll and unfolded it, only to see eight words written on it, 'Li Tang will be revived, and the Guo family will be destroyed!'
They were immediately startled, "What...what is going on?"
"This is Dugu Dashi's handwriting. The eight words were written by him. He found someone to chisel the stele and make it old. Then he sent someone to throw it into the Ba River. He also asked someone to pretend to be a fisherman and guide the fishermen to discover the stele.
, he was afraid that people would not know about it, so he sent people everywhere to publicize it. As a result, tens of thousands of people came to Baishui outside the city to watch the fun.
"
Dugu Mingren and Dugu Changqiu looked quite embarrassed. They did not expect that Dugu Dashi would stab such a big trick. Of course, Guo Song did not tell them the truth. Although this incident was done by Dugu Dashi, there were several people who planned it.
The solution we discussed together was still the one Wei Huan came up with, but the work was divided up to Dugu Dashi.
"Your Highness, this matter must have nothing to do with the Dugu family!" Dugu Changqiu quickly explained.
Guo Song nodded, "Of course this matter has nothing to do with the Dugu family. All the blame will be borne by Dugu Dashi alone. But as Akihito said just now, no matter what, I will give face to the dead Dugu family head. I don't have to kill Dugu."
Dashi, let him be exiled to Anxi and let him go to Anxi to retire and die!"