eurekapd Chapter 288 Arrival in Fangzhou
Chapter 288 Arrival in Fangzhou
Wu Duo seemed to want to curse, and the expression on his face changed again and again. Finally, fear took over his heart, and he turned to Hu Jinghui and the other three who were still standing in a servile manner.
"Generals, this gentleman, and this gentleman, I am the one who is blinded by this. Please forgive me."
"I am sorry for my poor hospitality. Please forgive me this time, my lords. I will give you a welcome gift later."
As soon as Wu Duo's behavior was seen, Wu Yanhao knew even more clearly that this guy could not be his uncle.
It is not clear which family this person belongs to.
As long as we know whose servant Wu Duo is, it is natural to know which royal relative of the current dynasty is behind the Bainiao Trading Company.
"Since the shopkeeper has said so, shall I take a seat?"
Hu Jinghui raised his eyebrows, thinking that it would be a good thing to earn some extra money by speaking out.
As Lu Dayou, who was holding the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, was the last to take his seat, Wu Duo finally breathed a sigh of relief. Smilingly, he asked someone to serve snacks and sat down to accompany him.
Li Cunxi took two bites of the pastry that he couldn't tell what kind of cake it was, then put the soft and sweet pastry down and looked at Wu Duo seriously.
"Boss, there are no outsiders here, so I'll be straight to the point."
"Before he died, Dengzhou Governor Yu Lei left a suicide note, saying that your Bai Niao Company forged an IOU from somewhere, saying that he owed you two hundred thousand taels of silver, and used threats and inducements to coerce him into paying you back the two hundred thousand taels of silver, forcing him, an honest official, to accept bribes to pay back the money. In the end, because I came to inspect, he didn't dare to face me, so he committed suicide."
"This is a big deal. Tell me, if I report this to your majesty, how will you deal with it?"
Wu Yanhao:? ? ?
Li Yuanfang: ???
Hu Jinghui: ???
Lu Da was completely confused and didn't understand what Li Cunxi meant.
They had all read the suicide note, but no one noticed that there were these contents in it, right?
You, Li Cunxi, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, are also trying to deceive people? Isn't this just to deceive Wu Duo?
Wu Duo's pupils suddenly shrank, then quickly widened, and the expression on his face changed from confusion to suspicion, and then to grievance and anger.
"Li Shaoyin, this is unfair, Yu Lei is going too far!"
"Who forged the loan and said that he borrowed 200,000 taels of silver from us, forcing him to accept bribes and hang himself? This is pure slander!"
"He really asked us to borrow two hundred thousand taels of silver!"
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In Fangzhou, Li Dan finally arrived at the place where old ministers and veterans gathered. He met with a group of old ministers of the Li family who came to greet him, and then went to the temporary resettlement place under the leadership of the governor of Fangzhou.
Not long after he settled in, a group of Li Dan's old ministers came over after smelling the scent, and presented him with gold, silver, jewelry, and daily necessities to decorate Li Dan's new Prince Xiang's Mansion.
From then on, Li Dan officially settled in Fangzhou.
The slaves, servants, maids, and guards who came with them all moved into their respective rooms under the arrangement of the old butler, and began a new round of tasks of serving their master.
"Although this Prince Xiang's Mansion is smaller than those in Luoyang and Chang'an, it has everything. It's not a bad place to live here. It's just that it's hard for my wife and children. I'm afraid it will be much harder to see other relatives in the future."
Li Dan walked beside the pond, staring at it with a dazed look on his face.
A woman wearing a straw hat and a gauze covering her face followed Li Dan without saying a word.
After a long time, Li Dan turned around and looked at the woman, saying, "If it were in Luoyang, I would have a few trusted people to ask, but now that I'm here, I can only ask you."
"Yingfei, do you think that this move I made is correct?"
The woman stood behind with her head down, thinking for a moment before answering cautiously:
"Your Highness has a long-term vision, how can I know it?"
Li Dan shook his head and looked at the woman with some disappointment.
"You wouldn't be so unfamiliar in the past. You're afraid. You're afraid that I'll get angry with you."
"Don't dare."
"I can guess it all. Why are you afraid to admit it? You are my only confidant. I can only tell you if I have anything to say."
Li Dan turned his head and looked at the pool of spring water, with his hands behind his back, an endless feeling of loneliness surged from all directions.
"Your Majesty would rather pass the throne to the Wu family than to the incompetent me and the incompetent crown prince. We are the last face of the royal family, but this face can no longer be maintained."
"Your Highness..."
"All the sons of the Wu family have shown their abilities... except Wu Sansi, who is even worse than me. This time, the prince and I have entered the game with our lives, one, to drag the people of the Wu family to fight for their lives, and two,..."
"Your Highness, there is something I don't understand." The woman interrupted Li Dan boldly, "Is Li Cunxi really so powerful?"
"Among the descendants of the Li family, no one of us of the same generation is more important to His Majesty than Cun Xi." Li Dan sighed deeply, "This includes me and the Crown Prince. Otherwise, why would His Majesty be willing to let the Wu family join the game?"
"So you and the prince are..."
"You should remember the news from Luoyang. The Crown Prince's guest and the Crown Prince's secretary quarreled with Wu Sansi over Li Cunxi's son at the grand court meeting, causing chaos in the court."
"I do remember this. Could it be that the prince also wants it..."
"Among the heirs in your Majesty's mind, Wu Chengsi is probably the most qualified. The Crown Prince and I both lack what your Majesty wants, and we will never let the Li Tang dynasty fall into the hands of others."
Li Dan's eyes were determined, and his thoughts drifted back to the year when Wu Zetian deposed Li Xian and made him emperor.
Time passed quickly, and now he was no longer the emperor. He was forced to come to Fangzhou just to avoid the Wu family members in the court.
"Fortunately, there are still capable people in my Li family." Li Dan suddenly relaxed, with a bright smile on his face, "The prince and I have made a plan. With our strength, we will help Li Cunxi fight. Even if the prince and I cannot ascend the throne again, the Li Tang Dynasty must not fall into the hands of outsiders."
The woman quickly advised: "Your Highness, why do you say that? There are still old ministers of the Li Tang Dynasty in the court, such as Elder Di and Elder Zhang. They will definitely persuade Your Majesty to return the throne to the heir of the Li family."
"If you had seen the ability of Wu Chengsi, Wu Yizong, and Wu Youji, you would not have said such a thing." Li Dan said, "For Your Majesty, the Li Tang Dynasty no longer exists. Now it is the Wu Zhou Dynasty. If she wants to pass on the throne, she must first choose a descendant of the Wu family. The more capable the descendants of the Wu family are, the less she will look down on us."
"But the people of the world are on the side of the Li family!"
"It's useless!" Li Dan shouted, "I can guarantee that if the Wu family's sons perform better and better, after a hundred years, the one who will pass on the throne to Your Majesty will definitely be someone from the Wu family!"
Li Dan felt a surge of anger rising in his heart.
"That's why we have to do this. Are the Wu family's disciples very powerful? We in the Li family are not without people!"