Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 293 Let's Talk

Outside the gate of Xuanshi Hall,
Facing Wang Ling who was bound and kneeling on the ground, Li Yan had a look of unconcealed emotion on his seemingly calm face.He is conceited and ambitious, and he is unwilling to be a small county official in Wancheng.Therefore, after receiving Chen Zhen's letter, he knew that his chance had come.

However, those Wancheng battles were flawed after all.He didn't expect the emperor of the Han army to capture Wancheng so quickly, so that at that time he only secretly contacted more than two hundred Xiangyongs.

Moreover, during that battle, he watched Sun Ce, who was pregnant with Yuxi, escape from his eyes.Although that incident was just an accident and had nothing to do with him, when he came to Chang'an and saw the prosperity under the feet of the emperor and the infinite honor enjoyed by those in power, Li Yan could feel that this would be his place to take off.

Originally, he thought that he would have to suffer in the court for several years until he gained His Majesty's trust before he would be released to other places to make some political achievements.Or, wait until the Han Dynasty fights against other Guandong rebels to stand out.It's just that when people are lucky, there are opportunities everywhere.

Li Yan firmly believed that he had seized any opportunity. He tried his best to find out some details of the matter of closing the altar to sacrifice to heaven, and tried his best to do some things in front of the emperor.Before, he was worried that he would be too ostentatious by doing so, but now it seems that here... the ancient capital of Xijing, the confidant of the Han Dynasty, hmph, that's all.

When he was young, a call came from the Xuanshi hall, and Li Yan's face was happy again, and then he suppressed it, picked up Wang Ling who was on the ground, and strode into the Xuanshi hall.

"Your Majesty, fortunately, I did not disgrace my life. I have arrested and brought to justice the chief culprit who killed the emperor by offering sacrifices to heaven." Li Yan gave Wang Ling a push. Menlang, he got the emperor's private seal to act cheaply.From this, he felt that by bypassing that incompetent court lieutenant, he could better reflect his contribution.

After saying this, Li Yan remained calm.However, he believed that the emperor would definitely praise him.But the strange thing is that after Li Yan bowed his head and cupped his fists for a while, he still didn't hear the emperor's reply.

He couldn't help raising his head to glance at the emperor, and found that the emperor was leisurely drinking a cup of tea.After discovering himself, the Son of Heaven seemed to have just remembered something, glanced at the embarrassed Wang Ling on the ground, and gave a faint 'oh'.

This strange attitude made Li Yan's blood suddenly turn cold. He was not sure what he had done wrong, so he stepped forward and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, although the prisoner has been arrested and put on record, the altar should be closed to sacrifice to the heavens." There is still a lack of evidence for the details of the incident, so doesn't His Majesty need to personally interrogate this person?"

"Based on the information you have heard, there are indeed many doubts about the closure of the platform to worship the heavens..." Liu Xie said lightly again, seeing that Li Yan had something to say, he waved his hand to stop Li Yan and said, "That's right, that's right. Doubt, you don’t need to hide it. In fact, you may still have some doubts about whether Wang Ling did the assassination of closing the altar to sacrifice to heaven. However, you don’t care so much, do you?”

Li Yan suddenly heard an ominous smell from the emperor's mouth. Although he didn't know why, he knew it was definitely not a good omen, and immediately knelt down and said: "I am loyal to your majesty. There is a lesson to be learned from the sun... Oh, I know, what happened this morning, I did go a little too far, bullying the late San Gong minister in public, it will hurt the face of the emperor."

"Face?" Liu Xiewen sneered suddenly when he heard this word, put down the teacup and said to Li Yan: "Face is always earned by oneself, not given by others. Besides, I am in those old and pedantic In the eyes of scholar-bureaucrats, there is no face at all. I am only a young boy, so I don’t need to care about face or anything.”

"Then?..." Since it wasn't because of this, Li Yan hesitated for a long time, he really didn't know where he had offended the emperor.

"Well... there is still some time. Since I am free, I will chat with you for a while." Liu Xie glanced at the dripping sand of the newly added copper tripod hourglass in Xuanshi Hall, and handed Li Yan a cup of tea like an old friend : "You don't know much about the assassination at the ceremony of closing the platform and offering sacrifices to heaven, but you don't know much about it. I want to know, do you really think that Wang Ling did this?"

"The evidence for this matter is solid, and there is the matter of Wang Ling's absconding. If he is not the mastermind, I really can't think of anyone else." Association's masterpiece.Therefore, he thought that his words could make the emperor's face calm down.

However, taking a peek at the emperor's still calm appearance, Li Yan felt a little guilty, bit his lips lightly, and then bravely said again: "However, the matter of sealing the altar to worship the sky and assassinating is like Wang Ling. In order to retaliate against His Majesty for belittling Situ, he made a murderous move. However, the chaos in Kansai... I feel that it is not easy for Wang Ling, a weak young man who stays at home, to win the trust of Han Sui. Situ, Lord Situ..."

Liu Xie nodded slightly at this point, Liu Beituogu's important minister was indeed not ordinary.This point can be deduced only from the bits and pieces of information he has heard, and it has already entered the room.In fact, if Xun You hadn't awakened himself by accident, Liu Xie would have been troubled and obsessed with this matter. On the contrary, Li Yan, a bystander, was not as objective as he was.

"That's right, although this matter is in the same line, but it was done by two people before and after. Wang Yun...huh, it's really time to die." Liu Xie sighed leisurely, and the expression on his face became very subtle.

But before Li Yan could fully appreciate the deep meaning behind this subtlety, Liu Xie turned to Li Yan again, and said slowly: "But you are very talented, but you really disappoint me. You really think you can set up a Would Wang Ling, who had sealed off the platform to sacrifice to heaven and assassinate him, just come up with a clumsy plan of building plank roads in the open and keeping the warehouse in the dark, and then fled back to his hometown?"

Li Yan's face changed suddenly, he suddenly looked at Wang Ling who was kneeling beside him, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, this person is indeed Wang Ling, and it was the minister who personally verified his identity that brought him here .”

Liu Xie shook his head silently and sighed.At this time, Wang Ling, who was silent at the side, suddenly raised his head, and smiled coldly at Li Yan: "How can my brother Wang Ling be found by someone like you who is obsessed with power and blinded by a leaf? And you, you prince of rebellion, you don’t know the destiny, you will do whatever you want, one day, my younger brother will definitely lead an army of one million, conquer Chang’an, tear your heart out, and comfort uncle’s spirit in heaven!”

"You, you're really not Wang Ling?" Li Yan suddenly panicked. He suddenly took out the portrait of Wang Ling in his arms and compared it carefully with the person in front of him, only to find that this person was still exactly the same as the person in the picture scroll.

On the contrary, Liu Xie took another sip of hot tea after hearing what this person said, before turning back to look at this person.That pair of eyes that seemed to see through everything was like an abyss. When he saw that the person didn't know what to say, Liu Xie suddenly smiled and patted the person on the shoulder: "Take Chang'an to the ground and tear me apart? Stop joking, Yuan Shao If you really had the guts to turn against me, you wouldn’t have to send people to sneak into Chang’an to make such despicable tricks. As for your younger brother Wang Ling, well... the time is almost here.”

"You, you already know about General Yuan?..." This man's composure and courage just now were easily shattered by Liu Xie's calm words. Facing the torment of death, he He became frightened in an instant: "No, it's impossible, you're deceiving me, aren't you?! I won't let you succeed so easily..."

"Brother Wang Chen, you think too highly of yourself, don't you? As for that idiot Yuan Shao, if he sent someone into the city to live in peace, I would never have thought that he would get a foot in the back. It's a pity that he was the last I couldn't bear it for a moment, and sent Jizhou euphorbia soldiers to assist Han Long. Do you think that my black ice platform is really just a grassroots team in Jianghu? After fighting with them for so long, you can't even recognize the identity of Jizhou euphorbia soldiers? "

As soon as the words fell, there was another sound of footsteps outside the door of Xuanshi Hall.At the same time, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, there was also the sound of Yang Xiu rolling the dice.The guard behind him pushed the two of them in front of Liu Xie, and Yang Xiucai said: "Your Majesty's dice game is exquisitely set up. If you are clever, you will be mistaken by cleverness. Little friend Wang Ling and our old and cunning Xu You have shown their sharpness. It's really true." I thought I was caught in the trap, but I didn't know that the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole were behind, and they still couldn't escape His Majesty's vast sky net..."

Yang Xiu said this, but his slender fox eyes glanced at Li Yan intentionally or unintentionally.Li Yan's whole body tensed immediately, because he saw that there were actually two Wang Lings in front of him at this moment, exactly alike, and it was difficult to tell the real from the fake.

Moreover, there was something in Yang Xiu's words just now.It seems to be reminding myself of something.

(End of this chapter)