On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 367 Forged Letters

Renshou Palace is built on the base of Tiantai Mountain and is located halfway up the mountain.

It was the season when summer and autumn alternated, and the cool mountain breeze blew on his face, but it could not calm Yang Guang's inner anxiety.

A person who travels a hundred miles is half a century old. After more than twenty years of hard work, when he sees the harvest, he dare not take it lightly.

But at this critical moment, Yang Guang was not the only one who was feeling uneasy.

Ever since he shook hands with Yang Jian and said goodbye, Liu Shu, Minister of War, fell into panic.

As a close confidant of Yang Yong, the reason why Liu Shu was able to survive the great purge after Yi Chu was not only because Yang Jian betrothed the daughter of his mother's brother, the late Tengmu King Yang Zan, to Liu Shu after missing Princess Yang Awu of Lanling.

wife.

It was Yang Jian who wanted to balance the power of the court.

He once said to Yang Su:

'Shang Shu Pushe is an auxiliary minister of the imperial court. He does not need to get involved in trivial matters. He only needs to go to the official office once every three to five days to discuss some important national affairs.'

On the surface, Yang Jian was showing sympathy for the hard work of the veteran, but in fact, he was depriving Yang Su of his power.

It can be seen that even if Yang Jian finally established the status of Yang Guang's heir, he did not want him to dominate the court.

In the early years of Renshou, Liu Shu was even awarded the important position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

However, after Yang Jian fell ill, Liu Shu was immediately appointed Minister of War.

Liu Shu not only had old grudges with Yang Guang, but also had a bad relationship with Yang Su. Once Yang Guang successfully ascended the throne, Liu Shu believed that he would definitely die.

But he did not want to sit still and wait for death, so Liu Shu sent someone to invite Yuan Yan, the Huangmen minister who was also attending Yang Jian's illness in Daxing Palace.

Yuan Yan, the minister of Huangmen, and Yuan Yan, who once assisted King Yang Xiu of Shu and served as the governor of Yizhou, have the same name and surname, but they are not the same person. Shi Yuanyan, the governor of Yizhou, died of illness as early as the thirteenth year of the founding of the emperor.

"Yelong (Liu Shu's courtesy name is Yelong) is so anxious to find me. What do you mean?"

Yuan Yan asked as soon as he entered the door.

Liu Shu picked up the letter on the table, handed it to Yuan Yan, and said:

"Brother Yuan will know after seeing it."

Yuan Yan didn't know what it meant, so he took it over with doubts. After reading it, his expression changed drastically.

The content of the letter clearly showed that Yang Su and Yang Guang were conspiring to kill Yang Yong, Yang Xiu, Yang Liang and others after Yang Jian's death.

Yuan Yan was surprised and said:

"This, how did this fall into Ye Long's hands?"

He did not doubt the authenticity because what was written in the letter was indeed Yang Su's handwriting.

Liu Shu didn't answer. Instead, he found a piece of white paper and started writing. He was clearly copying Yang Su's handwriting. There was almost no difference between the two.

Yuan Yan immediately knew the answer. This letter was not written by Yang Su, but was forged by Liu Shu.

In fact, ever since Yang Guang ascended to the throne of prince, Liu Shu had been thinking hard about how to break the situation, until he found inspiration from the "Book of Song".

Fan Ye, a minister of the Liu Song Dynasty, copied the handwriting of Pengcheng King Liu Yikang, forged letters, and attempted to launch a coup in Liu Yikang's name. Although it failed, it also inspired Liu Shu.

He is the Minister of the Six Bureaus, and Yang Su is the Minister of Public Affairs. Although the two have a bad relationship, they are both in the Ministry of Ministers and have a superior-subordinate relationship.

In official documents, Yang Su's handwriting has long been known to Liu Shu.

After Yang Yong was deposed, Liu Shu had been secretly imitating Yang Su's handwriting. After years of hard work, even Yang Su himself might not be able to see through the authenticity.

Yuan Yan knew that the reason why Liu Shu had delayed until now was because Yang Jian was seriously ill and there was no time to find out the truth.

After a long sigh, Yuan Yan asked:

"If you want to do this, does Ye Long know the consequences?"

Liu Shu asked rhetorically:

"Brother Yuan and I are both at odds with the East Palace. If we wait for Yang Guang to ascend the throne, can we survive?"

Yuan Yan thought for a moment and shook his head helplessly.

Liu Shu continued:

"Since we are all going to die, why don't we give it a try? If it succeeds, we can bring order to the chaos!"

Yuan Yan pondered for a long time and finally made up his mind:

"That's all! What happened today is not only for you and me to save our lives, but also to repay Prince Yong's kindness!"

The two hit it off immediately and immediately began to make arrangements. This letter would eventually have to be delivered to Yang Jian in order to be effective.

And Yang Su's real reply was safely delivered to Yang Guang's hands.

In the letter, Yang Su detailed all the matters that Yang Guang should do after Yang Jian's death.

After reading it, Yang Guang felt confident and finally felt relieved.

But what he doesn't know now is that a forged letter, after several twists and turns, was finally sent to Yang Jian's palace.

Yang Jian looked at the contents of the letter with eyes wide open. He couldn't stop trembling and murmured something:

"Evil! Evil!"

I learned that Yang Guang was secretly planning with Yang Su on how to kill all his brothers. What father could let such a thing happen?

After reading the entire letter, Yang Jian angrily beat the bed and cursed:

"How can such a beast be entrusted with important matters? Dugu has misled me!"

Liu Shu and Yuan Yan quickly expressed relief:

"Your Majesty, please calm down."

Yang Jian gasped and said:

"Calm down my anger? Before I am dead, he is planning to kill my brother. How can I calm down? Go and call my son!"

Liu Shu asked cautiously:

"But are you going to summon His Highness the Crown Prince to the Dabao Palace?"

Yang Jian shouted:

"It's Yang Yong!"

Since Yang Jian and Yang Guang have come to Renshou Palace, how can Yang Yong be left in Daxing?

Yang Yong was now detained in the East Palace outside Renshou Palace.

After leaving Yang Jian's palace, Liu Shu and Yuan Yan looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. Just now in the palace, what they were most worried about was that Yang Jian was going to summon Yang Guang and Yang Su to confront him.

But fortunately, just as Liu Shu expected, Yang Jian's health made it impossible for him to wait any longer to find out the truth of the matter. With Yang Su's handwriting as evidence, Yang Jian decided to cut the knot quickly.

Yuan Yan and Liu Shu passed on Yang Jian's instructions and drafted an edict to summon Yang Yong to the palace.

They had been very careful to avoid Feng Deyi, a member of Nei Shishe, but they never thought that Yu Shiji, another member of Nei Shishe who was writing today, would rush to report the news to Yang Su as soon as the two of them left.

Yu Shiji came to the north to serve as an official after the fall of Nanchen.

Regardless of the official status of the internal history minister, he may have a good appearance and be a close minister of the emperor, but he is only from the fifth rank and has a meager salary.

At this time, Yu Shiji was an honest official, and it was difficult to support his family with his salary alone. This forced Yu Shiji to copy books for others in his spare time to subsidize his family.

Yu Shiji and his younger brother Yu Shinan were both masters of calligraphy, so the price of copying calligraphy was naturally high.

Liu and Yuan knew Yu Shiji's situation well, and they were convinced that he was not Yang Guang's party member.

If you really want to rely on Yang Guang, you won't have to work as a servant to support your family.

But I never thought that Yu Shiji was preparing to use the two of them as stepping stones.

Yu Shiji hurriedly found Yang Su and told Liu Shu and Yuan Yan that they had just asked him to draft the edict and summon Yang Yong to the palace.

Yang Su was horrified, and he hurried to the Dabao Hall to discuss the matter with Yang Guang.

(End of chapter)