Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 52

As the sun was rising, a large group of officials in court uniforms had already gathered in front of the gate of the Grand Master's Mansion, with anxious expressions on their faces, discussing something in a low voice.

"Da da da" came the crisp sound of horseshoes, and everyone followed the prestige, and saw a hunchbacked old man, leading a thin old horse, and pulling the extremely simple, even slightly shabby carriage, swaying towards him .

"It's Captain Wei Li who is here!"

The carriage stopped, and Li Lian jumped out of the carriage with the support of the old servant. When he raised his eyes, he saw a group of officials staring at him with burning eyes.

The next moment, a group of officials suddenly rushed forward and surrounded Li Lian.

"Master Li, you are here!"

"My lord, you are a very trustworthy person, please go and find out, what happened yesterday to make such a big fight?"

"That's right, the guards of the Grand Master's Mansion took people for no reason, and they haven't let out any rumors until now."

Surrounded by the crowd, Li Lian was slightly dazed, waved his hands repeatedly and said:
"No, my lords, why are you in such a hurry? It's not you who were caught!"

"Yes, it's fine to be an official, but all the officials in the court are related to each other! This time, my brother-in-law is the one who went in."

"Isn't it? If I don't find a way to find out what happened to Mrs. Xiaguan's brother, the grape trellis in the backyard will fall on my head."

"Xiaguan doesn't have any relatives, but Xiaguan and a few adults partnered to start a small business to support the family. If they go in, if they don't get in, it's not easy for Xiaguan!"

"Back then, Zhi Jincheng helped the subordinate officials many times, but today he has an accident. If the subordinate officials don't show up, I'm afraid they will be pointed out by their colleagues."

In a few words, although the officials didn't say much, they had actually exposed a court that was glamorous on the surface but rotten on the inside.

Li Lian looked around at the crowd, coughed lightly, and glanced at the surrounding officials.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then immediately came to their senses, their eyes fluttered slightly, pretending not to understand Li Lian's meaning.

"Tingwei also had a lot of people taken away, Mr. Li should also come down to rescue the siege. If that's the case, why don't you help us by asking, how is it?" an official said with a dry cough.

Hearing this, Li Lian curled his mouth and said:
"That's a good statement. If my subordinate was arrested, I wouldn't come out to ask questions. It's not right. I have no choice but to take the money I collected from my subordinate's family and come here to walk around..."

In the middle of speaking, Li Lian looked at the crowd with deep meaning, and rubbed the thumb and index finger of the hand in front of him, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.

All the officials were suddenly dumbfounded.

This Li Lian has not forgotten to make money by this time!
Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Lian made a gesture to leave, saying:

"Okay, if you adults are all right, I will go in."

Hearing this, someone finally couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said:
"500 taels!"

As soon as this person came out, someone beside him immediately tugged at the hem of the person's clothes, signaling that he shouldn't speak.

The man who made the sound gritted his teeth and said:
"I have a close relationship with Mr. He, the left supervisor of Ting Wei, and I ask Mr. Li for help!"

In fact, none of the people present believed this.

Tingwei's Mansion is in charge of trying suspicious cases in the middle of the country, and is responsible for managing Zhao Prison. Courtiers and dignitaries who commit crimes are also tried and detained by them.

Everyone knows the temperament of the person who let go first.Anything close to each other is an excuse.

He was afraid that he had some clues in the hands of Tingwei Zuojian, and he was afraid that something would be accidentally revealed, so he desperately wanted to know his situation.

Hearing this, Li Lian narrowed his eyes and said with a smile:

"Too much, too much, 100 taels will do!"

What he said made the faces of the people beside him change even more.

Li Lian had no reason to return the money he got, so how could he lower the price by himself.

The man said 500 taels of silver, but what he said was probably 100 taels of gold!
"Master Li, you are too much... Huh, good! 100 taels of gold, just wait for someone to release it, and the money will be sent to you! I know your rules, but you must not be fully sure about this matter, so You have to wait until the person is released before the money will be given to you!" The man took a deep breath and said unwillingly.

Li Lian moved his eyes, nodded, and said:

"Okay, it's a deal!"

"My lords, is there anyone else who wants to ask me to do this?" Li Lian looked around and asked.

All the officials looked at each other, gritted their teeth and said:
"it is good!"

"Also ask Mr. Li to help!"

Li Lian narrowed his eyes with a smile, and ordered the old servant beside him, saying:

"Come on, write down the names of the adults!"

After finishing speaking, Li Lian walked towards the grand master's mansion.

As Wang Xiao's confidant, Li Lian would not be stopped by the guards in front of the Grand Master's residence when he entered the grand master's residence.

He went straight into the mansion and waited for his subordinates to tell him. Li Lian didn't wait long before he saw Wang Xiao.

"Hahaha, why is Zhengyu here?" Wang Xiao said with a smile on his face.

Zhengyu is Li Lian's character.

Lianzheng and Lianyu are both words to describe a good character and integrity. Putting it on him, I feel a little happy for no reason.

Li Lian cupped his hands and said:
"Grand Master, please check He Yu, the left supervisor of Ting Wei, and Hua Li, the order of Dian Ke Department."

Cheng Huali, the order of the Dian Ke Department, was the first person who agreed to blackmail Li Lian just now.

Hearing this, Wang Xiao couldn't help being taken aback, frowned and said:
"What's the matter? Did they offend you?"

Li Lian shook his head and said:

"No, it's just that after He Yu was brought back by the guards of the Grand Master's Mansion, Hua Li asked the subordinate officials to come and inquire, and without saying a word, he agreed to the huge amount of money extorted by the subordinate officials. Therefore, there must be something between the two of them. Where to tell people."

Upon hearing this, Wang Xiao nodded thoughtfully and said:

"I see! Well, I see."

Wang Xiao paused, then raised his head and asked:
"So you came here today for this matter?"

Li Lian gave a wry smile and said depressedly:
"What the grand master has done has deep meaning, and the lower officials naturally don't want to get involved. It's just that the subordinates have asked to come to my house. If I ignore it, the lower officials will not be able to deal with themselves in the future, so I have to come to the mansion to ask for a meeting, and it's better to go back. Give your subordinates an explanation!"

Seeing his bitter look, Wang Xiao couldn't help laughing, and said:
"Hahaha, didn't you always have the ability to feed your subordinates well? How come today!"

Li Lian bowed his head with a bitter face and said:
"Please forgive me!"

Wang Xiao laughed enough, and just now said:

"Okay, I know what you mean! You go back and tell your people that these officials were invited this time only to strictly investigate the defense inside and outside Beijing, nothing else. Let them rest assured that after three days, I will Let them go!"

Hearing this, Li Lian immediately smiled and said:

"Thank you, Grand Master, for your understanding!"

"Go back to work! Remember, it's nothing if you love money, as long as you do things faithfully, I won't care about it." Wang Xiao warned.

Li Lian bowed and then turned to leave.

After Li Lian left, Tie Shengwen walked out slowly behind the screen.

"Go and check He Yu, there is another one called Hua Li."

Tie Shengwen cupped his hands and said:

"Yes."

But just as he turned to leave, Wang Xiao suddenly stopped him.

"Wait, you have to do one more thing..."

(End of this chapter)