Chapter 383: Tao Ziyu
Li Si still has some understanding of Prime Minister Tao. Prime Minister Tao was named Tao Ziyu, and he was a descendant of an official. His father was once the Minister of Rites.
He was smart and studious since he was a child. When he was a child, he returned to his hometown to get fame and honor, and passed the children's exams, provincial exams, imperial exams, and palace exams one by one. He finally became a Tanhua and was awarded the Hanlin editor.
Not long after he was awarded Tanhua, his father who had resigned from office and died of illness at home, so he resigned from office and kept mourning for his father for three years.
Three years later, he returned to Beijing and resumed his official position. Because his filial piety is commendable, he was appreciated by the old emperor. In a few years, he was promoted to the Hanlin Academy and the head of the court.
After that, he became even more prosperous. Four years later, he was promoted to the Imperial College Priest and the Imperial College. Seven years later, like his father, he also became the Minister of Rites.
At that time, he was only 37 years old, and it was also a very shocking thing in the Wei Kingdom.
In the third year he became the Minister of Rites, the old emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne.
Because the new emperor attaches great importance to etiquette, he has frequent contact with him, which has gained the trust of the new emperor.
Thirteen years later, the prime minister resigned and recommended Tao Ziyu, who had always been in conflict with him at that time, as prime minister. The emperor agreed with the situation. Tao Ziyu became the prime minister of Wei and the first person under the imperial power of Wei, with great power.
Now, it has been seventeen years since he became the prime minister, and now he is seventy years old.
However, when Li Si looked at Prime Minister Tao's face at this time, he felt a little strange in his heart.
He found that Tao Ziyu's appearance, if he removes wrinkles, was actually similar to Xiao Duan.
What Li Si knows is that Xiao Duan’s brother is not dead.
Xiao Duan's original death was caused by beheading his head, and even more than a dozen times were cut. From this, we can see the hatred of the rulers towards him.
Li Si even suspected that cutting a small broken knife, or even a brow-free machete, could only cut a child for more than a dozen times.
From this, he could also guess how serious the sin Xiao Duan’s father committed at that time.
And if Prime Minister Tao is Xiao Duan’s brother, it would be incredible.
Li Si couldn't believe this speculation for a moment. After all, if this was the case, then how useless the emperor would be. He later made a sinner take the position of prime minister.
"It turns out that a young man has become a hero! This is just a little test for you, don't mind." It was at this moment that Tao Ziyu interrupted Li Si's thoughts with a smile.
"I dare not." Li Si came to his senses, concealed his emotions, said lightly, and walked off the carriage.
Then he looked at the coachman next to Tao Ziyu and said, "If you still want to know how strong I am, you can let him practice with me, but this time I will not show mercy."
This coachman is naturally a master, and this is why the coachman left the carriage just now, and there was no movement at all.
Hearing Li Si's words, the coachman no longer had the humble expression he had before, but instead looked calm, but there was a faint feeling of eagerness in his eyes.
"No need." Tao Ziyu waved his hand and said helplessly: "He is just an ordinary master. Will he be his opponent to Master Li?"
Then he looked around and said to Li Si: "The weather is very cold now. Master Li, why don't we go in and say what?"
As he said that, he stretched out his hand and made a guide gesture.
When Li Si heard this, he glanced at the Tao Duke’s Mansion beside him and nodded slightly.
Then, he followed Tao Ziyu into the Duke's Mansion.
As soon as he entered the Duke's Mansion, the coachman slowly closed the Duke's Mansion.
Li Si and others immediately broke up with the outside world.
"Prime Minister Tao, why are there no one in your Duke's Mansion?" Li Si glanced at the nearby area and asked.
After he came in, he felt like a ghost house, and there was no one else except them.
"Oh, I asked them to rest. Now we are the only ones here." Tao Ziyu said with a smile.
Li Si nodded slightly and said, "Why don't the Prime Minister ask me for something?"
As he said that, he looked around casually and looked at the evil spirits nearby with his own light.
At this time, Li Si discovered that these ghosts only dared to watch from afar on the wall of this house and did not dare to come in.
Just like the female ghost holding her head, she was standing on the wall in the dark and cold night, holding her head in her hands.
The other end was still staring at Li Si with bloody eyes.
It looks weirdly cunning.
"Actually, there's nothing. You're just going to compete with Mo Qiubai lately? Can time drag it back?" Tao Ziyu walked over and said with a smile.
"Oh? Why should I delay?" Li Si raised her eyebrows and asked in confusion.
He knew that Zhang Yuan was going to delay because Zhang Yuan wanted to use this to suppress the royal family's prestige and make the world chaotic.
But the prime minister was going to delay, but he didn't understand why.
"This is also for the good of Wei State." Tao Ziyu sighed and said helplessly: "This so-called martial arts academy is definitely a mistake. The Jianghu and Wei State have been safe since ancient times. Establishing the martial arts academy will make everyone in the martial arts ambition and national affairs are turbulent. This is definitely not good for the Wei State. It is better to remain unchanged and change."
Then he paused and continued, "Now the resistance of the Martial Arts Academy is on Mo Qiubai. As long as he dies, the Martial Arts Academy will naturally no longer exist."
Speaking of this, Tao Ziyu looked at Li Si and continued, "In order to make the court make up his mind and not allow them to continue to run the Martial Arts Academy, Mo Qiubai must die in full view of everyone. It just so happened that the Enrong Banquet after the palace examination was an opportunity."
When Li Si heard Tao Ziyu say this, he felt a little confused about what to say.
I couldn't help but feel a little incredible, although Mo Qiubai is so happy now that he is full of glory.
But secretly, others have prepared the means to kill him, and the death is approaching.
However, Tao Ziyu was probably thinking too easily. Even after killing Mo Qiubai, the world would still be in chaos.
Because Zhang Yuan had already planned everything.
"But I may not be able to kill Mo Qiubai." Li Si shook her head, and said with a hint of embarrassment just right on her face.
At this moment, it is just enough to blackmail Tao Ziyu. At the same time, we can also see what Tao Ziyu has to make it confident that he can kill Mo Qiubai.
This way, you can understand the foundation of Prime Minister Tao and see if you can find any clues. After all, his appearance is too similar to Xiao Duan.
He had to investigate the prime minister's background in terms of emotion and reason.
Hearing Li Si say this, Tao Ziyu smiled softly and said, "Come with me, I have something for you."
As he said that, he took Li Si in one direction.
Following the two of them were the coachman and the twin sisters.
At this time, they were staring at Li Si with vigilance, their eyes full of vigilance.
Li Si showed too strong force before, so they were full of vigilance against this strange master.
Seeing this, Li Si didn't say anything. If he wanted to kill Tao Ziyu, these three people would not be able to stop him at all.
Of course, Tao Ziyu is not a fool either.
Just now, Li Si also found some problems when he saw the ghosts' interpretation. In addition to these three people, he also saw a large number of masters in the dark.
He believed that as long as he had any abnormal movement, those masters would jump out and work together to kill him on the spot.
This is a situation of death for any master.
Chapter completed!