Chapter 224: I made you think so

After eating three large bowls of white rice in one breath, he swept the four plates of vegetables like a wind and clouds. Fang Jie leaned back and burped comfortably, and moaned with satisfaction while stroking his slightly bulging belly. After a lifetime of disaster, he was overwhelmed, which made Fang Jie feel very happy.

"I'll drink the medicine later."

Chen Qingfan put the decocted medicine aside and said, "This is what the teacher cooked by himself. She has worked harder than anyone else these two days. Last night, she searched through the classics in the library all night and wanted to find a way to cure you. I always wonder, why are you born with good luck? There is no shortage of people around you who can help you, and most of them are women."

Fang Jie burst out laughing and said, "What do you think about Big Dog and Qilin?"

Chen Qingshan smiled and said, "Now there is something serious about me to discuss with you."

"What's up?"

"Am I staying here or going back to the shop?"

Chen Qing asked, with a little expectation in her eyes. But Fang Jie's answer after pondering for a while disappointed her, and then she glanced at Fang Jie with resentment.

"It's better to go back to the shop."

Fang Jie thought for a while and said, "Anyway, I have agreed with my husband that I will go back to the shop every day from now on. I live in the martial arts academy. If you have anything to do, you can't leave. If you are outside, it's easier to get out."

"Fang Jie, do you always plan things at the worst?"

She couldn't help asking.

Fang Jie nodded and said, "I am not an optimistic person at first. Now I step into muddy water with one foot. It is not that easy to get out. The emperor pushed me in with one word, but I can't pull you in too. I have told Mr. Zhuo and asked him to tell Xiaoyao that she should not enter Chang'an City immediately after she returns from the northwest, and find a place to live outside. Dadu and Qilin and others went to Jiangnan, so I feel more at ease."

He sighed and said, "Who knows how turbulent the city of Chang'an has been going on in a while? I can't wipe out our entire army because of other people's affairs. I'm betting on my own future, but I can't involve your lives. If you and I live in the Martial Arts Academy, I can't even leave."

Chen Qingshan frowned slightly and said, "You can't even trust the people in the yard?"

"Except for your own people."

Fang Jie shook his head and said, "I can't believe anyone."

Chen Qingfan said with a hunch, "Since that's the case, I'll live in the shop. But do you think Xiaoyao will listen to your living outside the city and not come back?"

Fang Jie was stunned, then shook his head: "Well, that personality..."

"Fang Jie... Do you think Prince Yi's affairs are difficult to solve? Or do you have discovered something that forces you to plan for the future? Prince Yi... really dares to have that intention?"

Fang Jie said: "I can't see clearly now. I don't know whether he wants to fight for power or something else. The emperor's wisdom is not comparable to ordinary people. I don't think Prince Yi can succeed if he dares to have that mind. What is his bargaining chip? What is his bargaining chip to compete with the emperor who owns the world? Because I don't know his bargaining chips, I'm even more worried. The emperor is smart, Prince Yi is not an idiot. If there is no thing that gives him confidence, why should he think he can?"

Chen Qingfan said, "Then should we go? Ignore these right and wrong."

Fang Jie smiled and said, "Not good... there is something I have to do."

"What's up?"

Chen Qingfan asked.

"I must get the blood debts of the 800 border troops of Fan Gu. I now doubt whether the purpose of Li Yuanshan's massacre of the city is related to Prince Yi. Maybe Prince Yi is hidden behind me. This is why I am willing to promise the emperor to approach Prince Yi. I am not a good person, but I remember those who are good to me. Two thousand and eight hundred ghosts stood behind me, waiting for me to get justice back for them. The murderer paid his life, and the debtor paid back the money... I am not capable of killing Li Xiaozong and Li Yuanshan now, so I must climb up."

Fang Jie breathed a long sigh of relief. This was the first time he said this to someone else, so he felt a little relieved.

"I'll be with you."

Chen Qingfan said, "Although I have never seen those soldiers and fellow villagers, since you have decided, I will be with you."

Fang Jie held her hand and asked her to sit down on his legs: "When I came to Chang'an City, what I thought was to live safely. For a while, I even thought that if I could not die, I would find a place to farm as a farmer like a useless man who could not practice. After arriving in Chang'an City, everything did not develop as I expected. Only then did I know how weak I was. Even if I wanted to find a place to farm, I could do it? No, because I don't even have the right to go in which direction I am going."

"Then I will fight for it, at least I will fight back the right to do whatever I want."

He paused for a moment and said, "I always feel that the reason why Prince Yi is confident is that he has nothing to do with Li Yuanshan. But Li Yuanshan is just a general of the guard. What can he do if his troops are elite? And the eunuch who wants to kill me in Fan Gu, why did he attack such a trivial little person like me? Speaking of which, he used to be a eunuch in the imperial study room, so why did he personally take action because of a soldier in Fan Gu's border army? What is his relationship with Li Yuanshan?"

"He died in Fan Gu, and Li Xiaozong killed him by himself."

Fang Jie frowned: "The eunuch who was with him was dead... At first I felt self-righteous that Li Yuanshan slaughtered the city to cover up Li Xiaozong's killing me, and to erase the stains on Li Xiaozong. But now I understand that I value myself too much. Li Yuanshan didn't even have the interest in killing me, so how could he slaughter the entire Fangu city because of me? I was wondering... the truth that he wanted to bury in the city, would it be the eunuch's death?"

"It is precisely because I was involved that I took everything into consideration. I thought that Li Xiaozong was targeting me, and Li Yuanshan was targeting me. The reason why I didn't die was because of my good luck. When I met the boss's wife, I met the lame master of Hongxiuzhao. The later I got there, I became more and more clear that I was just an ant in Li Yuanshan's eyes at that time. How could he have a big fight because of me?"

"After thinking of this, I thought of that eunuch."

Fang Jie thought for a while and continued, "What is it, let Li Yuanshan kill a Bingbi eunuch who once had a great power at the cost of massacre of the city? You must know that Wu Peisheng is the closest eunuch to the emperor, and he can sometimes even influence the emperor's thoughts. Killing Wu Peisheng, once the matter is exposed, it will be a serious crime that implicates the entire family. Li Yuanshan is not afraid? This only shows that... Li Yuanshan killed Wu Peisheng because there is a crime that is even greater than the crime of killing Bingbi eunuch."

"What can be a sin that is greater than such a felon?"

He asked.

Chen Qingfan was silent for a while and then gently spit out two words: "Planning for rebellion."

Fang Jie nodded and said, "I later thought about whether Wu Peisheng discovered Li Yuanshan's secret, so that Li Yuanshan had to kill him. At that time, in order to hide the secret that he knew, Wu Peisheng deliberately got close to Li Yuanshan, and even lowered his identity and came to Fan Gu to kill me personally. He just wanted to numb Li Yuanshan. My identity at that time was really insignificant, and I died if I died. But Wu Peisheng probably didn't expect that he had discovered something. Li Yuanshan already knew, so he set up a killing game in Fan Gu. The killing game was originally targeted at Wu Peisheng, not me."

"The reason why Wu Peisheng did not escape immediately was because he didn't know that Li Yuanshan had seen through him. Or maybe, he wanted to find more."

Fang Jie said in a deep voice: "I can't figure out these things until after Chang'an City has experienced so many conspiracies. Because people always focus on themselves and think that everything happened because of themselves. In fact, I was just an outsider at that time. What I can't figure out now is, what Li Yuanshan wants to hide? Is the thing he hides the biggest bargaining chip for Prince Yi?"

"So... you must become Prince Yi's confidant first."

He paused for a moment and said in a solemn tone: "I'm even wondering now that the emperor gave me this matter because he was also suspicious that Wu Peisheng's death was not simple, and that I was the only living person in Fan Gucheng. He knew that I would be willing to find out the truth."

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Prince Yi's Mansion

On the boat

Prince Yi looked at the swimming koi in the pool and sighed: "In order to make them live well in the middle of winter, I spent a lot of money to keep the water in the pool warm. They also know themselves and dare not swim outside the pool. Even the humble creatures know that they can't survive without the orphans. Why do some people always think that they can leave the orphans?"

Qin Liuqi knew who he was talking about, and thought about it and replied: "Li Yuanshan may be because he felt that the prince's backhand was in his hand, so he would inevitably become proud and proud, thinking that the prince cannot live without him now."

"It's the most shameful person like this."

Prince Yi snorted coldly and said, "Their Li family is just a prominent family in a remote place in Longyou. Without an orphan, it is not easy for their Li family to truly make a fortune? Li Yuanshan has forgotten his identity, and his arrogance is becoming more and more disgusting."

He threw the letters in his hand into the stove.

"He actually dared to talk to Gu in this tone. He really regarded himself as a big shot."

Qin Liuqi hesitated and said, "Do you want someone to send someone to beat him?"

“No need.”

Prince Yi waved his hand and said, "Don't he thinks he can't live without him? Then let him feel this way... The more he does this, the more he will be more dedicated, because he will do everything as his own."

"I am worried that I will lose control?"

Qin Liuqi asked.

Prince Yi smiled and said, "He is not the only one in the northwest. Li Yuanshan is the orphan. He thought that he would not be able to take away the secret if he sent heavy troops to guard others. He was too naive. He sent a letter to Fei Ge and said that he would release the defense line for a while and let the Mongols kill the Mandu flag. His Majesty would be furious at that time. As long as this is done more skillfully, Yang Kai would not be able to stay in the northwest. But Li Yuanshan forgot that Gu could also use this to get rid of him."

"I have an affair with the Mongol Yuan people, and this is a knife hanging above his head at any time."

"And... tell Li Xiaozong and continue to keep a close eye on Li Yuanshan."

Qin Liuqi nodded and said, "In Li Xiaozong's secret letter, he suspected that Li Yuanshan seemed to have discovered something, and has been excluding him for a while."

"Gu likes to deal with young people the most. From the beginning, Gu has been close to the upstarts in the martial arts academy. In the last three years, Gu tried his best to pull him over. Fang Jie, Yu Xiao, Pei Chuxing, Xie Fuyao, and Gu also wanted to pull him over because Gu knew that the future of the Sui Dynasty was still relying on these young people. Gu originally thought that Li Xiaozong was just an optional little character. Now that Li Yuanshan is getting further and further away, Gu is willing to hold Li Xiaozong."

Prince Yi smiled and said, "Gu is just a idle prince without real power, so Gu interacts with those young talents, but they just talk about some romantic relationships. Everyone feels this way. What a wonderful thing... No one would have thought that the emperor had prepared for ten years for the obsession with the Mongol Yuan, and Gu also prepared for more than ten years for this matter."

"The prince is far-sighted, so no one else can understand."

Qin Liuqi bowed his head.

Prince Yi smiled and said, "Now Gu made everyone feel that Gu really wants to go to the northwest to grab military power... But who can guess that it is no different for Gu whether to go to the northwest or not. If His Majesty really let Gu go, he would go far away... Gu likes Chang'an City, so he doesn't go anywhere."

He turned around and looked at Qin Liuqi and said, "Let those people in the court go to the northwest to take off the wind. The voice of Gu's going to the northwest to preside over military affairs is louder. Gu knows Gu's fourth brother too well... The more he does this, the less he will let Gu's go to the northwest. The Fourth brother thought he could see everything, but in fact he didn't understand anything! Li Yuanshan also thought he understood everything. In fact, he was just a disposable pawn. With him, Gu would be more at ease. Without him... Could Gu do nothing?"

Qin Liuqi whispered: "On the eighth day of the second lunar month, it is said that the day of sending troops has been decided."
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