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 of alternating summer and autumn, and the cool mountain breeze could not soothe Yang Guang's inner anxiety.

Those who travel hundreds of miles are half ninety, and after more than 20 years of hard work, when they see the harvest, they dare not take it lightly.

But at this critical moment, Yang Guang is not the only one who is restless.

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

As Yang Yong's confidant, the reason why Liu Shu was able to survive the purge after Yi Chu was not only because he missed Princess Yang Awu of Lanling, Yang Jian betrothed the daughter of the late Tengmu King Yang Zan to Liu Shuwei wife.

It is Yang Jian who wants to balance the power of the court.

He once said to Yang Su:

"Shangshu Pushe is the auxiliary minister of the imperial court. He doesn't need to worry about trivial matters. He only needs to go to the official office once every three or five days to discuss some important national affairs. '

On the surface, Yang Jian seemed to be sympathizing with the hard work of the veteran, but in fact, he was depriving Yang Su of his power.

It can be seen from this 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 post of Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

It's just that after Yang Jian fell ill, he immediately changed Liu Shu to be Minister of the Ministry of War.

Liu Shu not only had old grievances 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 undoubtedly die.

But he didn't want to sit still, so Liu Shu sent someone to invite Yuan Yan, the servant of the Huangmen who was serving Yang Jian's illness together in Daxing Palace.

Yuan Yan, the servant of Huangmen, has the same name and surname as Yuan Yan, who once assisted Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, and served as the governor of Yizhou, but they are not the same person. Yuanyan, the governor of Yizhou, died of illness as early as the 13th year of Kaihuang.

"Yelong (Liu Shuzi Yelong) is so anxious to find me, what is the so-called?"

As soon as he entered the door, Yuan Yan asked.

Liu Shu picked up the letter paper 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, and took it with full of doubts. After reading it, his face changed drastically.

The content of the letter is that Yang Su and Yang Guang conspired to kill Yang Yong, Yang Xiu, Yang Liang and others after Yang Jian's death.

Yuan Yan said in surprise:
"This, how did this fall into Yelong's hands."

He didn't doubt the authenticity, because what was written on the letter was indeed Yang Su's handwriting.

Liu Shu didn't answer, instead he found a blank piece of paper and wrote on it, apparently imitating 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 forged by Liu Shu.

In fact, since Yang Guang ascended to the position of prince, Liu Shu has been thinking hard about the way to break the situation, until he found inspiration from "Song Shu".

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

He is the Minister of the Six Books, and Yang Su is the servant of the Minister. Although the relationship between the two is not good, they are both in the Minister of Ministers, and they are subordinates.

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

After Yang Yong was abolished, Liu Shu has been secretly imitating Yang Su's handwriting. After several years of hard work, even Yang Su himself may not be able to see through the truth.

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

After a long sigh, Yuan Yan asked:

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

Liu Shu asked back:
"Brother Yuan and I are against the East Palace. If we wait for Yang Guang to ascend the throne, will we be able to survive?"

Yuan Yan pondered for a while, then shook his head helplessly.

Liu Shu continued:
"Since they are all dead, why don't you fight hard, if things come true, you can also make things right!"

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

"That's all! Today's matter is not only for you and me to save our lives, but also to repay the kindness of Prince Yong!"

The two hit it off immediately, and immediately began to make arrangements. After all, this letter must be sent to Yang Jian's hands before it can play a role.

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

In Yang Su's letter, after Yang Jian's death, Yang Guang should do everything in detail.

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

It's just that he doesn't know now that a forged letter was finally sent to Yang Jian's bedroom after several rounds of turnover.

Yang Jian looked at the content of the letter, his eyes were about to burst, he couldn't stop shaking, and he muttered something:
"Evil obstacle! Evil obstacle!"

Knowing that Yang Guang secretly conspired with Yang Su, how to kill all his brothers, which father would allow such a thing to happen.

After reading the whole letter, Yang Jian angrily beat the bed and cursed:
"How can such a beast entrust such a big matter, Dugu misled me!"

Liu Shu and Yuan Yan hurriedly comforted:
"Your Majesty, please appease your anger."

Yang Jian gasped and said:
"Calm down? Before I'm dead, he's plotting to kill my brother. How can I calm down! Hurry up and call my son!"

Liu Shu asked cautiously:
"But you want to summon His Highness the Crown Prince to the Great Treasure Hall?"

Yang Jian shouted:

"It's Yang Yong!"

Since Yang Jian and Yang Guang both came to Renshou Palace, how could Yang Yong be left in Daxing.

Yang Yong was detained in the East Palace outside Renshou Palace at this time.

Leaving Yang Jian's dormitory, Liu Shu and Yuan Yan looked at each other, and both breathed a sigh of relief. They were in the dormitory just now, and what they were most worried about was that Yang Jian would call Yang Guang and Yang Su to confront them.

But fortunately, just as Liu Shu expected, Yang Jian's body has prevented him from waiting to find out the truth of the matter. With Yang Su's handwriting as evidence, Yang Jian decided to cut the mess quickly.

Yuan Yan and Liu Shu passed on Yang Jian's password, and they drafted an imperial edict calling Yang Yong into the palace.

They had been very careful to avoid Feng Deyi, an internal historian, and they never thought that Yu Shiji, another internal historian who wrote today, would rush to report to Yang Su just after the two of them left.

Yu Shiji came to the north to become an official after the death of Nanchen.

Don't look at the official worship of the internal historian, the appearance is beautiful, and he is a close minister of the emperor, but he is only from the fifth rank, with a meager salary.

At this time, Yu Shiji was a clean and honest official, and it was difficult to support his family with 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 are both masters of calligraphy, so the price of copying books is naturally high.

Liu and Yuan were aware of Yu Shiji's situation, so they were convinced that he was not Yang Guang's henchman.

If you really want to attach yourself to Yang Guang, you won't fall to the point where you have to hire someone to support your family no matter what.

But unexpectedly, Yu Shiji was planning to use the two of them as stepping stones.

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

Yang Su was terrified. He hurried to the Great Treasure Hall to discuss the matter with Yang Guang.

(End of this chapter)