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Chapter 741 Quan Wanji's Quick Wisdom
"Who, Cheng Yunliang?"

Li Shimin was stunned and stood up suddenly. Still not believing it, he walked up to Quan Wanji and asked, "Which Cheng Yunliang?"

"It's the former Xiangyang governor Cheng Yunliang."

"Didn't he die a long time ago? He died in a boat accident in the Dongjiang River?"

Li Shimin's face turned serious. If it was Cheng Yunliang, then this was not just some childish trick between his two sons. It involved the struggle between a fourth-rank official and the general of the right guard, which would affect his layout in the entire court. "What exactly is going on? Explain it to me from beginning to end."

"Yes, Your Majesty, according to what I have learned, this is what happened."

Quan Wanji perked up and began to tell the story: "In the winter of the second year of Zhenguan, Cheng Yunliang was in Xiangyang supervising the transportation of grain and grass for Hou Junji. After taking down the northern camp, Cheng Yunliang was counting the enemy's accounts and found that Ding Jie had stored one million gold in the camp."

"But when the supplies were seized, the whereabouts of the one million gold was unknown."

"So Cheng Yunliang began to investigate secretly and found that on the day the city was captured, it was Hou Junji's adopted son Chi Deli who took over the treasury. There was indeed one million gold at that time, but the money was secretly transported away the next day. Cheng Yunliang wrote a memorial to the emperor, and later this memorial fell into Hou Junji's hands."

"Hou Junji ordered Chi Deli to imprison Cheng Yunliang on a boat and forbid him from communicating with the outside world. Unexpectedly, a flood came and the boat was overturned. Cheng Yunliang had supervised river works before and was a good swimmer, so he survived."

"In order to avoid Hou Junji's eyes and ears, Cheng Yunliang exchanged his official uniform and seal for a rotten corpse, and pretended to be dead to escape. He found the Prince of Shu the day before the assassination."

Li Shimin nodded silently: "So that's how it is. So, the next day, Li Ke wanted to bring Cheng Yunliang into the palace, but the assassination happened on the way."

Quan Wanji nodded, then shook his head.

Li Shimin frowned, and Quan Wanji did not dare to keep him in suspense, and quickly explained: "As far as I know, the Prince of Shu did not want to hand Cheng Yunliang over to the emperor directly at that time, but on the next day, he found Hou Haitang, the daughter of Hou Junji, who went to Huichang Temple to burn incense."

"The Prince of Shu County threatened Prime Minister Cheng Yunliang and wanted to leave"

Having said that, Quan Wanji hesitated for a moment, glanced at Li Shimin, and found that Li Shimin's face had become very ugly.

"Go on, tell me everything you know."

"Yes, the Prince of Shu County threatened Miss Haitang to go to his other courtyard outside the city to have a chat, and he wanted to do something unorthodox."

"Bold, outrageous!"

When Li Shimin heard this, he flew into a rage and said sternly, "Quan Wanji, don't talk nonsense. This is all your speculation. Haitang is engaged to the prince and is Li Ke's sister-in-law. How could he do such a beastly thing?"

"If you keep talking nonsense, I will kill you."

Although Li Shimin was furious this time, no guards came in. Quan Wanji knocked his head to the ground and said tremblingly: "The Prince of Shu said that the matter of Cheng Yunliang can only be brought down on Hou Junji, but it cannot implicate the prince."

"By keeping Cheng Yunliang a secret, we can shift the blame to the east and sit back and watch the marriage between the Eastern Palace and the Hou Mansion. This way, Hou Junji will be tied to the Eastern Palace, and Cheng Yunliang will become the Eastern Palace's handle."

"As long as this person is in hand, he can be used at any time. He wants to drive a nail into the East Palace that no one knows about."

"And he must keep Cheng Yunliang in good esteem, making him a sword that will always hang over the head of the Eastern Palace. Whenever he is in a bad mood, he can always invite Cheng Yunliang down to threaten Miss Haitang and seduce the Eastern Palace."

"But I didn't expect that just after leaving Huichang Temple, I met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who came to pick up Miss Haitang. I don't know whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had misunderstood or not, so the Crown Prince angrily slapped the King of Shu."

Quan Wanji finished speaking in one breath. Since he had already offended the King of Shu, he had to protect the Crown Prince, otherwise he would be really doomed.

"Damn thing!"

Li Shimin immediately stepped forward and kicked Quan Wanji in the face, saying angrily, "This plan is so vicious. Li Ke is so young, how could he come up with such a dark and despicable plan? It must have been your idea, damn you."

"I will kill you right now and get rid of this threat to the Prince of Shu's Palace."

After he finished speaking, the sharp friction sound of a sword being unsheathed suddenly rang out in the imperial study.

When Quan Wanji saw the angry Li Shimin draw his sword, his heart shrank, and the hair on his body stood up. He cried and howled: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. I only knew the King of Shu's plan when I met him yesterday at noon. I tried my best to dissuade him at that time, but my words were insignificant and I could not change the King of Shu's intention."

"Your Majesty, this is unjust."

Seeing that Li Shimin still didn't believe it, Quan Wanji could no longer care about anything. He knew that the emperor wanted to kill him and he could not escape at all. The instinct for survival quickly stimulated the wisdom in his mind. In desperation, Quan Wanji's mind raced, he threw himself forward, hugged Li Shimin's legs and began to cry.

He explained sadly, "Your Majesty, I am as dumb as a pig and as dull as a donkey. Even if I have this position, I don't have the brains to come up with such a brilliant and vicious plan, right?"

"You know me well. I spread a rumor and was distorted beyond recognition. Later, Wei Zheng caught me in the act and I was in a mess. Your Majesty knows how capable I am. I can't think of such an idea." Uh.
Li Shimin was stunned, but these words quickly calmed him down. He looked at Quan Wanji, who was crying and sobbing under his sword. He was crying like a helpless child, and his chubby face looked a little cute.

Quan Wanji's words reminded him that such a brilliant plan was not something that could be thought up by such a fat and big-eared idiot.

But Li Shimin couldn't take back his words, so he asked from a high position: "Oh, it's not you, then who is it? It can't be my son."

Quan Wanji suddenly felt bitter. Since you said so, do I still dare to associate with the King of Shu?

So he thought frantically about the "wise man" who could convince people. Suddenly, the most suitable person appeared in Quan Wanji's mind. This person always looked down on Quan Wanji and regarded him as a villain who only knew how to flatter. If that was the case, then he would be a villain this time.

Thinking of this, Quan Wanji blurted out: "It must be Cen."

"Cen what."

In fact, Li Shimin also thought of Cen Wenben at this moment. As an important official in the court and the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, his wisdom is unquestionable. Li Shimin also suspected him. Therefore, smart people do not need to communicate with each other. Just by looking at the level of the strategy, people can guess who came up with it.

However, Li Shimin did not want to implicate Cen Wenben at this time, and before Quan Wanji could finish speaking, he interrupted him with a fierce look on his face.

Well.
This one doesn’t work either?

As soon as he saw Li Shimin's expression, Quan Wanji knew that the emperor wanted to protect Cen Benwen as well. So, did that mean he was the most suitable person to take the blame?

This time it really has nothing to do with me
Seeing that Li Shimin was staring at him intently, his face becoming increasingly gloomy, Quan Wanji frantically squeezed out the little wisdom in his head. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I want to say that it must be Cheng Yunliang."

"Think about it, he is a civil official with literary talent and strategic strategies. He must have instigated the simple-minded Prince of Shu to do these vicious tricks. During this period, Lord Cen served the emperor in the Secretariat, and I was busy transporting grain and grass. I neglected the education of the Prince of Shu, which allowed him to take advantage of the opportunity."

"Your Majesty, we are guilty."

Although Quan Wanji gave an explanation, he pointed out Cen Wenben and tied himself and Cen Wenben together, asking for forgiveness together. With an important minister like Cen Wenben sharing the responsibility for him, if the emperor did not deal with Cen Wenben, he would not be embarrassed to deal with himself, right?

If Cen Wenben heard what Quan Wanji said, he would rush forward, snatch Li Shimin's sword, stab Quan Wanji through the heart, and make your heart fly.

Damn, what the hell does it have to do with me?

I didn't know what happened from beginning to end, so I am guilty with you.
Li Shimin pretended to be very satisfied and threw the sword to the ground, secretly praising him in his heart, saying that this man was not called "Sai Zhuge" for nothing, he had quite some quick wit.

"Okay, let go, I believe you"

After calming down, Li Shimin walked to his desk and began to think about what was behind this matter.

Comparing what Quan Wanji said with what Ma Xuanliang reported, Li Shimin knew that what Quan Wanji said was almost correct. Li Ke got Cheng Yunliang, but did not give her to himself right away. Instead, he went to find Haitang who was about to marry into the Eastern Palace. He definitely had no good intentions.

This made Li Shimin heartbroken and sad. He could accept the fighting between the princes, but he could not accept that his son was a villain who forgot his loyalty for the sake of beauty and even cared about his own sister-in-law, even though Hou Junji had conflicts with him.

But the prince always protected Li Ke with a clear attitude. Even if he was pretending, the prince's performance made him very satisfied.

Li Ke was obviously doing the right thing, and he could accept it. After all, no matter how important the brotherhood was, it was not as important as the country. But Li Shimin looked down on Li Ge for taking such a dirty idea, although this strategy was brilliant.

Li Shimin took over his fourth brother's woman after his fourth brother passed away. Moreover, the relationship between the brothers had become quite bad and they were fighting to the death. However, he would not touch his brother's woman when the relationship between the brothers was still good.

I don't know whether he was disappointed with Li Ke's behavior or was thinking about the problem of upper and lower beams.

Li Shimin calmed down, returned to his seat, and asked, "Go on, what next?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Quan Wanji was startled. He then remembered that he had not finished describing the inside story. He was frightened by Li Shimin's fury and was only concerned about his survival. He even forgot where he was talking about. After thinking carefully for a while, he continued his narration.

"After being beaten, the Prince of Shu was very angry. When he returned to his palace, he wanted to hand Cheng Yunliang over to the emperor and break a pillar of the East Palace. He probably felt that Cheng Yunliang had been exposed and his plan had been destroyed. He could no longer play it long-term, so the Prince of Shu made a prompt decision and decided to stop while he was ahead."

Quan Wanji said after careful consideration: "It is estimated that after Miss Haitang returned to the palace, she told Hou Junji, who was leaving the court, about this matter, so Hou Junji organized a force to assassinate the Shu County Prince's convoy on the road."

"Nonsense!"

Another person who cannot afford to sacrifice, Li Shimin flatly denied: "The assassins are obviously Turks, Hou Junji just happened to meet them, and he also helped to catch the murderer. Those people were finally blocked in a yard, and when they had no other choice, they set themselves on fire."

"This is something that everyone has seen. Even Li Ke has never told me that Hou Junji is a suspect. Could it be that he would protect Hou Junji?"

(End of this chapter)