Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 174 I always feel a chill on my neck

Prince's residence.

Sun Qiang brought bad news.

"Sir, Lin Yunchen doesn't care about your proposal. He even said that even if Lin Changshou died, he would not compromise and would just treat it as if he had never given birth to this son!"

"Oh?"

Su Chen looked at Sun Qiang in surprise, "So Lin Yunchen is planning to stick to this path until the end."

Sun Qiang nodded, "That should be the case."

Su Chen tapped the folding fan in his hand. Perhaps the death of the official from Henan Province gave him some confidence and made him qualified to challenge.

but……

Do you think I'm too kind?

"Tell Wang Xuance and the others to send a finger over in the evening."

"...?"

Sun Qiang's eyes widened. "Whose?"

"What do you say?"

Su Chen asked back with a smile.

Sun Qiang's mouth twitched, and he immediately understood what Su Chen meant.

Whose finger could it be other than Lin Changshou?
"If Lin Changshou has any rings or jade pendants that can represent his status, please send them over as well."

Su Chen snapped his fingers and said, "Write another letter and put it in the box."

"What letter?"

"Declaring war or provoking anything is fine. Just write about Lin Yunchen, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, who ignored the drought in Henan Prefecture, took bribes and perverted the law. As a notorious bandit and outlaw, they couldn't stand it anymore, so they took his son to atone for the sins of the people."

"Good idea, sir."

Sun Qiang nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

Something with an identification tag makes it easy to recognize the owner of the finger.

If this thing is placed outside Lin Yunchen's door, it will definitely attract many curious people.

Even if most of the officials in Henan Prefecture were dead and Lin Yunchen could not be traced back, this incident alone would be enough to cause Lin Yunchen to get into trouble.

If the prince finds out something else...

Gee tut.

Xue Li at the side couldn't stand it any longer, "Sir, Lin Changshou is a human being after all..."

Su Chen raised his hand to interrupt: "Let me correct you, he is a dead man."

"But he is alive now..."

"But he will soon die. Some people are dead while they are alive, and some people are still alive while they die."

Su Chen smiled and retorted, "Lin Yunchen was corrupt and violated the law, which caused such a big chaos in Henan Prefecture and killed so many people. Why can his son Lin Changshou live freely with the money that Lin Yunchen embezzled?"

"If you were one of the people in Henan Prefecture, I guess all their relatives, including the father and son, would be cut into pieces, right?"

"..."

Xue Li was speechless.

Su Chen shook his head. "You are still too kind. If this continues, how can I let you lead the army?"

"Commander in Chief?"

Sun Qiang was a little surprised and looked sideways at Xue Li.

Xue Li was also a little surprised.

Su Chen stood up and patted his shoulder. "Kindness cannot command an army, and righteousness cannot manage finances. You will eventually need a platform to display your martial arts."

"The battlefield is your best destination!"

"I'll leave this matter to you, don't let me down!"

Xue Li immediately said with a serious face: "Please rest assured, sir!"

After saying that, Xue Li turned and left.

Xue Li does things according to the rules, but sometimes he cannot follow the rules.

When you break free from the constraints of the rules...

That's really cool.

Su Chen smacked his lips and tilted his head to ask, "How is Xu Qizhuang's new story going?"

Sun Qiang: "It's already in preparation. I heard that Xu Qizhuang plans to write a story about a warrior this time."

"Warrior?"

Su Chen touched his chin, "What's this idea?"

Sun Qiang smiled and said, "Didn't you anger the eldest son of the Cheng family a few days ago because of the story of the fox demon and the scholar?"

"I heard that Cheng Huaimo went to Tianxia Newspaper and reprimanded Xu Qizhuang. Later, the sons of the Duke of E and the Duke of Ying also went to find him. In order to avoid being beaten up by these sons, Xu Qizhuang chose to compromise."

Su Chen laughed dumbly, "Interesting, let's go to the newspaper office and take a look."

……

After the news bombardment in Henan Province in the past few days, both Tianxia Newspaper and Mingyan Newspaper rushed to seize the news market in Henan Province at the first opportunity.

Any news about Henan Road will always be reported first and attract countless readers.

However, after the list was released and the Dali Temple went to Henan Province to investigate and arrest people, news about Henan Province gradually died down.

It is worth mentioning that after Mingyan Newspaper published the story of A Chinese Ghost Story, it quickly attracted back some readers.

But it's a pity.

In just three days, the author of A Chinese Ghost Story released the news in Tianxia Newspaper.

Because the boss of Mingyan Newspaper did not practice what he preached, he decided to quit Mingyan Newspaper and publish the story of A Chinese Ghost Story in Tianxia Newspaper.

As soon as this news was released, Liu Tao was so angry that he gritted his teeth and wished he could kill Mr. Ji.

The reason...

Mingyan Newspaper claimed that it wanted to speak for the people of the world, but the incident in Henan Prefecture became a big deal and Mingyan Newspaper only published it. What were they doing before?
When Tianxia Newspaper learned that the people of Henan Prefecture had suffered from the disaster, it immediately took out money to buy food and sent it to Henan Prefecture for disaster relief. However, Mingyan Newspaper remained indifferent. How can it still speak for the people of the world?

After this incident, Mingyan Newspaper, which had just started to improve, suffered a drastic decline in both business and reputation.

CommonWealth Newspaper.

Xu Qizhuang held a pen in his mouth and looked at the rice paper on the table with empty eyes.

Clean and spotless.

I do have an idea for the story, about a person who practices martial arts, or even a general.

However, when it came to the details, Xu Qizhuang's eyes went dark.

Is it still going to be written according to the previous fox demon story?
But the stories about the fox demon and the snake demon are so popular that there is nothing new to write about them.

Besides, the readers of the newspaper now all come for A Chinese Ghost Story.

What you see is the love story between the female ghost and the scholar.

A general, a warrior...

It can't be a love affair, right? If it's about defending the country, how can we get entangled with the fairies? ?
Just when Xu Qizhuang was extremely distressed, he heard footsteps. Xu Qizhuang looked up and was immediately overjoyed. "Brother Su!"

"You came at the perfect time!"

Without saying a word, Xu Qizhuang grabbed Su Chen and put him back in his previous seat.

Looking at the snow-white rice paper, Su Chen was confused.

"Didn't you say you were writing a story about a warrior?"

“I have no idea.”

Xu Qizhuang looked melancholy. "You said that my writing about the love affair between a warrior and a female ghost has a weird feeling like a yellow cow chewing a peony?"

Su Chen burst out laughing.

This metaphor is really damn apt.

but.

"Why can't it be the female ghost who loves the hero?"

"Well, it's fine for a beautiful woman to admire a hero, but it's a bit weird for a dead person to still admire a hero."

Xu Qizhuang spread his hands, "Doesn't this female ghost have any aspirations? Doesn't she want to be reincarnated, or to live forever?"

Su Chen nodded. Xu Qizhuang now looked like an elementary school student who had just tried writing but lacked real control over his wild imagination.

"Brother Su is here?"

At this time, Jiang Yang, who heard the noise, also came over curiously.

He took a look at the clean rice paper and asked, "Editor-in-Chief, can you do this?"

Xu Qizhuang: "Shut up!"

Jiang Yang: "..."

Su Chen tapped his folding fan, picked up the brush with a smile, and then wrote two lines on the rice paper.

"Captain Zuo?"

"Slay demons and protect the country?"

Seeing this, Xu Qizhuang and the others became even more curious, "Brother Su, what does this mean?"

Su Chen smiled and said, "Why do you write about warriors?"

Xu Qizhuang was very sincere, "I was afraid that Cheng Huaimo and the others would block the door."

Su Chen nodded and pointed to the two lines of words on the table, "Captain of the Thousand has been an important position in the army since ancient times."

"You can call him a warrior, a general, or an official."

"So, as a captain, what are his duties?"

"Defend the home and the country!"

Xu Qizhuang and the other man blurted out.

The folding fan in Su Chen's hand slid forward.

"Destroying demons?"

Xu Qizhuang frowned.

Jiang Yang: "Brother Su, what you mean is, a story about a captain with powerful military force who slays demons and protects his country?"

"Almost, but we have to make certain changes."

Su Chen tapped the folding fan in his hand, raised his body back, and said faintly: "I will tell you a story, you can learn from it."

"It is said that a thousand years ago, there was a country called the Great You Dynasty. Its emperor was mighty and brave. He conquered all directions and built a huge and prosperous Great You Dynasty. However, the princes of the Great You Dynasty were interested in competing for the throne."

"Especially the Fourth Prince, in order to seek help from others, he actually found the Taoist Master Cihang who was proficient in the art of evil. The Taoist Master Cihang's magical powers convinced the Fourth Prince and he invited him into the palace."

"But I didn't expect that Taoist Cihang was actually a demon. After entering the palace, he ate the Fourth Prince and controlled his flesh and blood. After the Fifth Prince learned of this, he not only did not lead the army to suppress it, but instead designed a plan to make the Fourth Prince, who had turned into a demon, fight with the Crown Prince..."

Ok……

Xu Qizhuang and Jiang Yang both frowned.

Why does this story sound familiar yet strange?

When Su Chen preached that the centurion used his flesh and blood body to resist the demon-like Fourth Prince and died in battle, they could not help but speak out.

"Brother Su, how could the captain be so powerful and die?!"

"If the centurion died, how would this story be written?"

Su Chen smiled slightly, "Of course it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who led a group of righteous people to suppress the evil Fourth Prince and his men."

Ah this...

Xu Qizhuang and the other man looked at each other.

Is this okay?

"The ending of the story is always going to be prosperous and harmonious, right?"

Su Chen said with a smile, "The core of this story is not the battle between humans and demons, but the determination to defend the country."

"What we want to promote is the story of a centurion who came from the military, was loyal to his emperor and loved his country, and slayed demons and monsters."

Xu Qizhuang pursed his lips: "I always feel that there is a smell of conspiracy in the Tao."

Su Chen: "Hey, your sixth sense is pretty accurate."

Smiling, Su Chen stood up and said, "Okay, this story is over. You can write it however you want. At least with the character of Qianfuzhang here, they shouldn't bother you anymore."

Xu Qizhuang: "I'm afraid they will beat me to death."

Su Chen laughed, patted Xu Qizhuang on the shoulder and said, "Who are you? Why are you afraid of them?"

Xu Qizhuang: “…”

"I'm not afraid, but if that person causes trouble..."

"The story is purely fictional, please do not take it personally."

Su Chen's mouth corners slightly raised.

Xu Qizhuang's eyes lit up, "It's like a dumb person eating a fairy peach, it's indescribable!"

"Jiang Yang..."

"I didn't hear it, I don't know, I'm leaving now."

Jiang Yang was about to leave, but was stopped by Xu Qizhuang. "What are you afraid of? Don't we still have Brother Su to support us?"

"This……"

Jiang Yang touched his neck and said, "I always feel my neck is cold."

"Is there any article in the law that says you can be convicted for your speech? Don't panic."

Xu Qizhuang was very excited, "I think this is feasible."

"And this is a completely different story from the previous ones about human-demon love and human-ghost love!"

“It must be a very wide audience!”

"..."

(End of this chapter)