Chapter 19 Stone

The people in the Taoist temple all showed an angry expression on their faces, and some stood up while standing.

The woman on the shelf was very terrifying. Maybe she was no longer a complete person, because the man's arms and legs were gone, leaving only a head and torso lying motionlessly.

And he is naked, so such a person can no longer wear clothes and can only cover them with things.

The Taoist priest opened it and let everyone see it. He did not cover it immediately, but let this naked terrifying thing be exposed in people's sight.

She is still alive?Zhang Renyuan couldn't help asking.

The person next to him nodded and said: After the criminal left, the doctor found that she was still breathing a sigh of relief, but her eyes were blind and her ears were deaf, and even her tongue was cut off. So now she didn't know where she could not hear us, nor could she speak to us.

Speaking of this, Liu Qibaiyue and others clenched their fists.The old Taoist gritted his teeth and said: Why didn’t Zhou Bin cut her off directly and torture her into this?

Zhang Renyuan said: Zhou Bin was a cruel official, he was a person who enjoyed tyranny. I heard that a few years ago asked him to take care of Liu You's rebellion case, which also turned a person's family into such a "carrot man" (a person with no limbs and only a torso left).

Even if he is broken into pieces, he cannot atone for his sins!Such a person can get away with it?The old Taoist said gritting his teeth, "The court actually shelters such beasts. Where is justice?"Where is the king's law?

Zhang Renyuan said: Whoever has power is the king's law. To bring evil people like Zhou Bin to justice, we must first eliminate the two evil people, Taiping and Xue, who usurped the throne and did evil... Otherwise, such tragedies will happen, and we can only sigh.But the thief is extremely powerful and we are no match for us. The current plan can only be on the Taoist priest. I hope the Taoist priest can get rid of these two thieves who have been so guilty that they are so unspeakable. The people are very lucky and the country is very lucky!

The Taoist priest said seriously: In the past, the King of Qin was tyrannical, and the patriot Jing Ke carried the sword without hesitation, leaving behind the masterpiece of the wind and silence of Yi Shuihan. Today, I am willing to sacrifice my life for justice!After saying that, he looked at the two assistants below.

Liu Qi and Baiyue were already full of righteous indignation when they saw this tragic situation. An innocent woman became like this just now as a bride. What a tragedy. Ordinary people would be furious at the murderer...

Moreover, Baiyue saw that the woman on the air evoked her childhood memories, and all kinds of sins that occurred at home when her family was raided and exterminated. Some people were cut into carrot people by those cruel officials, and they even enjoyed it...

Baiyue stepped forward without hesitation and knelt down and said: I am willing to follow my lord to eliminate evil and promote good, and swear to kill the thief!

Seeing this, Liu Qi hurriedly said: I want to go.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Zhang Renyuan asked them to go to the secret room and started the assassin's arrangement as soon as possible.

The preparation here also took some trouble. Zhang Renyuan also sent someone to join the Turkic cavalry while preparing, and all aspects of the matter have entered the practical stage.

Zhang Renyuan has already determined to rebel!

He also had the foundation for the uprising. According to the usual rebellion method, he was nothing more than occupying a piece of land and recruiting troops to expand and launching a rebellious war.

However, he himself knew that the strength was very different, so he had to find a way to get rid of Princess Taiping and Xue Chongxun before announcing his rebellion. If it succeeds, the situation will become very favorable.

At this time, he had not revealed his intentions, and even wrote a memorial to submit it back to Guanzhong.

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His report from the border was not about military affairs, but said that a Taoist priest who had traveled all over the world found an ancient stone in the deep mountains with words on it.

The old Taoist sent the stone to the government. Zhang Renyuan did not dare to intercept it after seeing the words, so he hurriedly wrote to the court to send the stone to Princess Taiping and others.

Are there stones with words in the deep mountains?Princess Taiping murmured with a smile.

When Xue Chongxun heard this sentence, he guessed the content of the eighty or nine-point number. Isn’t it the same as the stones that were carved out from the Yellow River?

I'm afraid Princess Taiping is also very clear in her heart. She had experienced the entire process of her biological mother Wu Zetian usurping the throne with her own eyes. What's the trick of Fengshan Mountain and the Yellow River to produce stones? What's the point of never doing it?

However, Xue Chongxun didn't know what to say, so he just sat there silently drinking tea and listening to the piano.

Princess Taiping occasionally looked at him and saw that he had nothing to say, so she said: Chongxun What kind of Taoist priest found the stone mentioned in this memorial or was it carved by Zhang Renyuan himself?

I'm afraid it's his own business, and the old Taoist and others are all pretexts.Xue Chongxun said the truth.

Princess Taiping said slowly: Look at Zhang Renyuan, he is an old minister with rich experience and knowledge. He is much more experienced than the young emperor.The emperor abdicated and abdicated in the capital for a while. It was full of ups and downs, but what was the use of it in the end? Looking at Zhang Renyuan, he didn't say anything, and he made up a Taoist priest to find a stone, but he said nothing...

yes.

Xue Chongxun responded cautiously.

Princess Taiping has not yet clearly stated the issue of the throne, so he has been waiting, not wanting to express his willingness to be the emperor at all, so as to avoid arousing Princess Taiping's emotional resistance.

Until now, Xue Chongxun still believes that the key point of the whole major event is Princess Taiping.

He only cared about Princess Taiping's choice and didn't take other things seriously...

As long as Princess Taiping supports herself, all problems are no longer a problem. As long as she wins over all those who can be won over and then uses force to solve their common enemy, it is so simple. If she still cares about the Li family's country, Xue Chongxun dares not act rashly, because the power of the mother and son are intertwined, and a confrontation will only lead to both losses, and no one will be beneficial.

Princess Taiping continued: Don’t use the emperor’s method. You have to make more preparations like Zhang Renyuan’s idea. Some things are not urgent, and haste will not be achieved.

She is trying to test herself?

Xue Chongxun felt nervous and paused and did not answer immediately.

Xue Chongxun has been trying to figure out her mother's psychology. Although she often shows kindness to herself and must have many considerations such as feelings and interdependence, she actually did not make up her mind...

After all, betraying one's ancestors is a very serious matter, and her surname is Li, will never be changed.

Xue Chongxun did not rashly follow Princess Taiping's words and said hurriedly: Mother, this is not a matter of method, and the son-in-law doesn't want to do that.

Haha... Princess Taiping smiled slightly, her bright eyes seemed to be able to see through people's thoughts, which put a lot of pressure on Xue Chongxun.

Princess Taiping gently tapped the memorial on the table: Should Zhang Renyuan send this stone here to see?

What's the point of seeing such things? If we ask him to send someone to send this thing back, wouldn't a discerning person be sure of our ambitions?Xue Chongxun said.

Zhang Renyuan... Princess Taiping read this name and frowned. This person has made great contributions to the court, but in recent years he has rarely been in the capital and is relatively estranged from me.The person who commands the army is not ours, it is not a good thing.This time he used this to show his position to me: he gave me such a stone, which was a merit for me; and to others it was a handle and stain, which was enough to punish the crime... Therefore, I wanted him to send the stone over and see what the word on it was, and to understand the position of a rank-in officials.

Since Duke Taiping did this, his ambitions are not considered to be Xue Chongxun's head. What reason does he have to object?So he immediately agreed: But let my mother take charge.

Princess Taiping said to Yu Liben who was standing beside him: You ask the minister of the Menxia Province to reply and agree to what Zhang Renyuan asked.

Yu Liben hurriedly bowed and said: Yes, I will do it immediately.

Seeing this, Xue Chongxun suddenly realized a little mystery. When the ancient saints came to power, they almost never took it away by themselves. Instead, they kept refusing. Only when they could not refuse, they reluctantly agreed to everyone's persuasion.

This kind of dry method is not only a matter of form, but in fact, the process of refusal is waiting for the time to mature, so as to reduce resistance as much as possible.

For example, now, if he thought about how to usurp the throne, perhaps Princess Taiping and other forces would have worries and evolved into his own enemies.

Instead, let go and don’t force her or persuade her, so that she will be much more reliable if she figures out.

Xue Chongxun believes that his mother will eventually stand on her side, and there are too many reasons.

One of the things is that even if Princess Taiping chooses loyalty, she will still be criticized in the future, and all kinds of unpleasant things will be put on her; on the contrary, she ruined Li Tang's territory for her own personal gain, but she may gain a good reputation and will cover up all kinds of bad things.

In this world, it is not enough to do good things, but there will be retribution if you do bad things.

At this time, Princess Taiping got up and wanted to go back to Changchun Palace after finishing the business. Xue Chongxun hurriedly looked very filial to help her. A smile appeared on the corner of Princess Taiping's mouth, and then put her hand that was kept white in the palm of Xue Chongxun's hand.

When she stood up with Xue Chongxun holding Xue Chongxun's hand, Xue Chongxun saw the skin next to her neck. Perhaps because of the black hair, it made her skin look whiter, clean, fragrant and soft. Xue Chongxun likes this feeling very much.

He looked calm and stayed by Princess Taiping's side, not doing anything serious...

Because he believes that when the time is not ripe, it is better to be idle without doing anything.

In short, he is more optimistic now, but he still needs to wait. When will he be mature?

Maybe when the general trend is going to happen, the blind man can see it.

In the face of the great situation, strategy is secondary. For the characters in this, there are two things that are more important than the others: patience and living for a long time.

The thing that Sima Yi is better than Zhuge Liang is that he lives for a long time and his opponents are dead.