Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 181: Get rid of the root of the disaster [Second update]

After saying a few polite words, Yu Liang got up and went upstairs. This was to give everyone a buffer time to digest his proposal.

Yu Liang's move was not just to vent his anger. In his opinion, it was a backhand and there was no need to worry too much. These words were more to win over everyone.

Wei Ou and others knew this very well. As soon as Yu Liang went upstairs, Wei Ou smiled and said, "Now I have made a noble friend."

Tao Ya was a little worried: "But doing this will offend Chen Zhi."

Wei Ou said indifferently, "Yu Liang and Chen Zhi, if you make friends with each other, you will offend the other. With Yu Yushi's status and reputation, are you going to offend him for Chen Zhi?"

Tao Ya and Pang Xiang looked at each other, sighed and shook their heads.

On the other side, Yu Liang came to the second floor, but Zhao Xingren was not in the building and only saw Guan Xian.

As a descendant of the founder of the country, Guan Xian is well-known in the capital. Yu Liang has a good relationship with him. In terms of distance, he is much closer than Tao Ya and others. During this meeting, Yu Liang was not polite and told him what he planned to do. Speak up.

"You want to target Chen Zhi?" Guan Xian frowned and asked with a cold face.

"Aiming at Chen Zhi?" Yu Liang smiled and shook his head, "Is he worthy of me? What I have to deal with is Zhang Ruo. Chen Zhi is just a chess piece. I use Chen Zhi to let Zhang Ruo know that this investigation is not a chess piece. He has the final say! This time, he intervened and took away my official position and disturbed the layout. There must be an explanation. "

As he spoke, he changed the topic again: "Of course, to warn Zhang Ruo is on the one hand, and to vent your anger, I know everything about Chen Zhi, and relying on this article and some connections, I want to seek a job with the fifth rank. I don’t know how high the sky is, and I have offended Wen Jian. With our friendship, if I don’t stand up for you, who else can stand up for you? Don’t you think so?”

Before Yu Liang arrived in Pengcheng, he used various channels to find out the situation in the city. He knew that Chen Zhi's sudden rise had harmed the interests of Guan Xian and Tao Ya, and that Chen Zhi himself was vaguely a representative of the Pengcheng gentry. In addition, Chen Zhi's article , which made the Yu family a little embarrassed, so Yu Liang chose Chen Zhi as a breakthrough point, wanting to use him as a fulcrum to leverage the situation.

Guan Xian's brows furrowed more and more tightly, and he shook his head and said, "I will resolve my own affairs, and no one else needs to interfere."

Yu Liang's expression changed and he was about to speak.

Guan Xian took the lead and said: "Chen Zhi is a very secretive person. No one knows what other abilities he has hidden. I advise you not to cause trouble for him. Besides, this person saved Zhuge and his contribution cannot be denied. You suppress him." , Aren’t you afraid that Zhuge will pursue you later?”

Yu Liang was stunned when he heard this and said with a smile: "Brother Guan misunderstood. I didn't want to offend the Zhuge family, and I didn't really do anything to Chen Zhi. I just wanted him to know how to advance and retreat. If this person can be used by me, I can also help him." Wealth will not treat him badly."

Guan Xian snorted coldly: "Zhuge and he are equals. You want to recruit Chen Zhiwei as his subordinate? I advise you to give up this idea."

Yu Liang hit the wall repeatedly and felt unhappy, but he also knew Guan Xian's temperament and was not obsessed with it, so he cupped his hands and said: "I came in a hurry today, and there are still things to deal with. I will meet Brother Guan another day." He actually said directly Farewell.

Guan Xian didn't hold him back and let him leave. When they left, he stood there and thought for a while, and finally shook his head and no longer wanted to interfere with the matter.

On the other side, Yu Liang walked downstairs and was met by Tao Ya and others. After a few words with everyone, he said that he was on official business and made an appointment for a banquet. Then he walked out of the Wobing Tower and boarded the oxcart.

As the oxcart moved forward, Yu Liang in the car began to think deeply.

"First, Tao Ya and Pang Xiang persuaded me not to target Chen Zhi. The two of them had extraordinary backgrounds. One had Tao Gong's teachings and the other was a descendant of a famous family. They both had concerns about Chen Zhi. That's all. Even Mr. Guan Such a person actually advised me not to attack Chen Zhi, which is worth pondering."

As he thought about it, Yu Liang's brows gradually wrinkled.

"Guan Xian is arrogant. Even Zhuge Yan is not looked down upon by him. He rarely convinces others. But what he said just now, although he did not say it explicitly, is actually that he has scruples about Chen Zhi. People who can make Guan Xian scruple really can't Just wait and see, no wonder Chen Zhi dared to talk nonsense in front of me, and even spoke to me in a lecturing tone!"

Suddenly, he thought of what Chen Zhi said in the back hall of the county magistrate's office, and his eyes narrowed.

"Such a small place can actually produce such a person. He writes good articles and his calligraphy is a little better than mine. He even has martial arts skills and has made great achievements. No wonder his mind is swollen. Maybe he is overwhelmed by all kinds of things. Then Chen Zhi thought I was about the same age as him, so he thought it would be interesting to be on the same level as me!"

Thinking of this, memory fragments flashed in Yu Liang's mind, all of which were opponents and things he had encountered in the past.

"What I have experienced, Chen Zhi would never have thought of it. He is just a kid from an aristocratic family trapped in one place. With some achievements, he thinks he can be proud of his peers? This is because his vision is limited. It's sad. You are a frog in the well! If it weren't for his background, he was not as good as Zhuge Yan. , my achievements and reputation have long surpassed Zhuge Yan's. Well, since Chen Zhi wants to be the first, let him know the difference. Once he is convinced, he can use it for his own purposes, so that he can deal with my real enemy. Zhang Ruo!"

Thinking of this, he felt more relieved and his mind became more open.

After a few days, the disturbance of the arrival of the imperial envoy gradually subsided, and both the officials and the people gradually got used to it.

When I first heard about it, people were panicked. Everyone in the city thought that there was going to be a huge disturbance. After all, Wang Mi had been hiding in hiding before and the whole city was searching for him, which caused a lot of panic and left many people with lingering fears. That was because the county government came forward, and now the court Sending people, according to many people's opinions, would mean digging three feet into the ground.

Unexpectedly, except for the sudden arrival on the first day, which caught all parties off guard, the next few days were actually calm, and there was not much movement among the members of the special envoy.

Slowly, people asking questions occasionally appeared on the streets, and rumors began to spread again, and news spread that the special envoy was investigating the case.

After knowing about it, they unexpectedly discovered that although it was a special envoy action, it was not Zhang Ruo who was in charge. Instead, Yu Liang led people to investigate in the city. He did not interrogate the criminals, but based on the information collected by the government, he went to where Wang Mi and others were hiding. place to explore.

"Yu Liang wants to find Wang Mi's accomplices first? How can he be sure that Wang Mi still has accomplices hiding in the city?"

In Chen Zhi's mansion, Chen Zhi was changing his clothes and preparing to go to Zhou's mansion. After hearing Chen Jue's report, he asked in detail.Chen Jue replied: "There are also rumors in the city, saying that it was a major case in Luoyang in the past. It was also an assassination of nobles by rebels. Several people were arrested, but nothing could be found in the interrogation. At that time, Yu Liang had not yet become an official, and he was studying in Luoyang. A group of people were wandering around, and for some reason, they searched for a potential assassin accomplice, and after interrogation, they found the mastermind."

"Is there such a thing?" Chen Zhi became interested upon hearing this and asked a few questions in detail.

It has to be said that Chen Jue is indeed a professional domestic servant. He has very good professional qualities. He has already figured out Chen Zhi's preferences and knows how much information to ask, so that when Chen Zhi asks, he will not be able to answer.

After listening, Chen Zhi couldn't help but said: "The person behind the assassination was the political opponent of the nobleman who was assassinated. The people behind the scenes sent out were all dead soldiers, so they were not afraid of interrogation, but their will to hide was not firm, so it was easy for them to hide." Be interrogated.”

Then he sighed: "From this aspect, Yu Liang is capable."

Chen Jue said: "It's not because he is lucky."

Chen Zhi shook his head and said, "Only those who are always prepared can turn luck into profit. However, this rumor will not appear in Pengcheng for no reason. It should be Yu Liang who sent people to create momentum and shape the image."

Chen Jue added: "I heard that it was because of this that Yu Liang became an official in the capital. He solved two major cases one after another and then took the position of censor. The imperial court sent him here this time, presumably because of this. Since you value his ability to investigate cases, it's better not to mess with people like this." He warned tactfully again.

Chen Zhi laughed when he heard this and said: "Everything in the world is unpredictable, and there is no unchanging approach. In this case of Wang Mi, if you seize his comrades for interrogation, you may not know more than a few people in the prison. Yu Liang made a mistake." It's a calculation." He knew very well that the people who attacked were actually divided into two parts, one part was Wang Mi and his men, and the other part was probably related to the alien race.

The person who knew the root cause was the stern foreigner. Yu Liang searched the whole city, and even if he could catch someone, he would only be a thief who he didn't know much about and couldn't get to the core.

After understanding the general situation, Chen Zhi also finished changing his clothes, took the scholar's belongings, got on the bullock cart, and headed to Zhou's house.

He also met many acquaintances along the way. They first saluted him, and when Chen Zhi walked past, they pointed and whispered behind him.

This scene fell in Chen Wu's eyes, making him a little worried, so he walked a few steps closer and said, "Master, many people know about the matter between you and the censor, and they all say that you are too ambitious."

Chen Zhi heard that his tone was very different from Chen Jue's, and asked: "Then do you think I am high-spirited?"

Chen Wu shook his head and said, "I don't think so. Young master must have your reasons for doing things. If it wasn't for the censor's persecution, you would definitely not speak ill at each other. I know this best!"

Chen Wu has been following Chen Zhi for a while, and Chen Zhi took him with him for several important events during this period. This book boy has experienced a lot, and he has figured out Chen Zhi's temperament. Whenever he greets anyone with a smiling face, no matter what his status is, Chen Zhi treats him as Treat each other with courtesy, but if it's someone with malicious intentions, Chen Zhi doesn't ask whether he is good or bad, and he won't give face to the other party.

Chen Zhi smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the person who knows me best is you."

While talking, the master and servant came to Zhouzhuang outside the city.

Zhouzhuang is similar to Chenzhuang in that there is also a large clan living together. Unlike the Chen family, the Zhou family has not produced many officials. Although there are some officials, they do not last long and have no successors. , if you fail to cross that threshold, you will never be considered a nobleman.

Before entering the village, Chen Zhi saw people lined up on the roadside, led by Zhou Tian.

A few days ago when the news came, Zhou Tian couldn't sit still, and made preparations early today to lead his tribe to welcome Chen Zhi.

After Chen Zhi got out of the car, Zhou Tian hurriedly came up to greet him: "My dear nephew, you are still injured. I should have visited you, but I asked you to come to me in person. It's so polite."

"Uncle Zhou is an elder, so he should come to see you."

Chen Zhi said one sentence, and Zhou Tian immediately felt like spring breeze. Especially when he saw the envious look in the eyes of several tribesmen, he felt that his waist straightened a lot.

At this time, a gust of wind blew, Zhou Tian said that it was cold outside, and hurriedly brought Chen Zhi into the house.

The person who received Chen Zhi was the main hall of the Zhou family, and the people who accompanied him were the leading figures of the Zhou family, young and old. In their words and deeds, they were very respectful to Chen Zhi, even the elders of the clan were no exception.

If these elders could get a position, their status would not be lower than that of Xu Zhi, but now they can only be respectful. This is the power of popular support, which is invisible but also real, because people in this world pursue them.

After a few pleasantries, we finally got down to business.

Chen Zhi said: "Uncle Zhou, after thinking about the matter you mentioned, I feel that it is inappropriate to ask for help directly. It will inevitably leave people with excuses."

When Zhou Tian heard this, his heart dropped, thinking that Chen Zhi had regretted it, but he couldn't help it. He smiled bitterly and wanted to admit it. Unexpectedly, Chen Zhi continued: "Why don't I help you get rid of that trouble? What do you think?"

"Get rid of the evil? What evil?" Zhou Tian looked confused.

Chen Zhi smiled and said, "If you don't say yes, someone will use your inability to handle the case as an excuse to remove you from your position? Wouldn't it be better if all the cases are closed?"

　Thanks to "Li Xiaoxianxian" for the reward!There will be another update today, probably after [-] o'clock.

　　
　
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