Prison Dragon

Chapter 169

Yang You first ordered to appease the injured officials, and Dali Temple kept reporting.

The assassins recruited quickly and investigated everything with almost no obstacles.They are the clansmen of the Chen clan of Liangqiu and the Zheng clan of Taiyuan.

These two families happened to be big families in the north. Because they cooperated with the imperial court, they were robbed by refugees by Yang Yuchun.

It's just half-dead, and it didn't destroy the family, but thinking about it, in the eyes of the two families, Yang You is clearly the sinner and the faint king who committed heinous crimes against them.

The two families of Chen and Zheng were married to Qin and Jin, and their families were in decline. The descendants of the two families decided not to swallow this breath, and wanted to assassinate Yang You and kill the faint king.

The style of banquets in the imperial court is still the same as that of Yang Tingchao. Officials’ banquets must be accompanied by singing and dancing. They have focused on the troupe from the beginning. So they disguised themselves thousands of miles away, sneaked into the capital, and waited for the opportunity of Cui He's birthday banquet.

With such a long journey, it is not easy to be fooled by saying that the famous dishes along the way are not easy to fool. Even if they reach the capital safely, the interrogation of the forbidden army is still a big problem. Someone must turn a blind eye to it.

Yang You didn't expect so many people to want to die by themselves.

But he has no son, and his brothers of the same generation are all adults with certain power, even Yang Xuan is an official in the court.After he died, how did these people get the throne justifiably?

Yang You suddenly thought that although Yang Xiu hadn't heard much about it, he did have a six or seven-year-old child who was kept in a dark place because he was afraid of being assassinated. Yang Lun had just had a baby boy not long ago.

It is not impossible to find children in the royal family further afield.

Yang You nodded, and asked, "Apart from these, what else did they recruit? Is there anyone who has cleared all the checkpoints along the way, and is there anyone who secretly echoed them in the court?"

Dali Siqing's face became more and more serious, "I will go to the interrogation again."

After he finished speaking, he withdrew, and only Cui Jue, who was kneeling with disheveled hair, and Liu Hui, who stood aside, were the only ones in the hall.

Cui Jue put the saber on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, begging Yang You to put him to death.

Cui Jue was indeed guilty of carelessness, but he could not be blamed for the assassination. Without him fighting desperately, Yang You would not have been able to save his life.

Yang You knew that although the Cui family was not the chief envoy, the Cui family could not escape the blame for the emperor's encounter with an assassin in Cui's mansion. Cui Jue's move was just to protect the family by accusing him of the crime.

Although I felt sorry for the Cui family brothers, Yang You still would not let go of this opportunity at hand.Just take this opportunity to suppress the Cui family, not to uproot it, but also to expel it from the first-class family.

Yang You only hoped to leave behind some normal small aristocratic families, not the same giant monsters as before, even blocking out the sky like Grand Master Qian was in court.

Shi Zhou steals the high position, the handsome sinks the bureaucrats.If the aristocratic family is not removed, it will be difficult for the lower classes to enter the court. He himself has to be coerced by the aristocratic family to be a puppet emperor, and the people under his rule have to endure the exploitation of the aristocratic family.

Yang You didn't regret his choice, he just felt sorry for those who died in the political struggle. In the final analysis, there were many people in the aristocratic family who were not big treacherous and evil people who had to be cut off, but for the sake of the political situation, he A choice must be made between the many and the few.

When someone gains, someone will lose, and the loser will naturally use his minions to retaliate.

He suddenly remembered Liu Hui's advice to him, that although there are people who died unjustly, if they don't kill the grass and roots, there will be disasters for future generations.

He was soft-hearted at the time, and he couldn't make a serious move. He didn't expect that it would soon be on himself.

Yang You sighed, "Cui Qing, get up, I know this crime is not on your shoulders."

"Your Majesty, my minister..."

"After a night of fierce fighting, Ai Qing should be tired, let's step back." Yang You calmly blocked what he wanted to say.

Cui Jue looked at Yang You, then at Liu Hui, and after confirming that the two of them didn't want to mention the Cui family's affairs, they walked out of the hall dejectedly.

Liu Huidao: "Your Majesty, this case involves a lot of people. Please order a thorough investigation and make sure not to let a single suspect go."

Yang You held the pen for a long time and failed to write a single word. Finally, he put down the pen with a wry smile, "I don't know, but once I open my mouth to investigate, someone thinks I have figured out what I mean, and they will opportunistically try to frame the crime I want to see. , There will still be people who use the organization to frame reports to suppress dissidents."

"Assassination is not a small crime. Once you sit on the sidelines, it is a felony to kill your relatives. At that time, anyone who is not used to it can be said to be an assassin's accomplice. It is easier to prove a trumped-up charge than to prove innocence. There are too many. Once this mouth is opened, I am afraid that the wind of reporting will continue in the world, and there will be endless disasters."

Yang You said solemnly, "In this matter, what is found is what it is. I don't allow anyone to be far-fetched, to fight against dissidents. You go down and explain to them clearly how to investigate according to the regulations, and lynching is not allowed. I still have to go to Xue Wang's mansion Let's see, you can deal with other things first."

"Yes."

Yang You wrote several imperial edicts one after another, and went to see Yang Xuan at King Xue’s mansion. King Xue’s family looked at him with tears in his eyes, and he felt uncomfortable. Yang Xuan was still in a coma, but Yang You could only give some belongings as a gift. Award.

King Xue looked at him several times, hesitated to speak, and finally couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, Xuan'er is still young and cannot take on big things, so he doesn't deserve your majesty's love."

What does being young have to do with Yang You doting on him?

King Xue is a smart man, he may have seen his plan to support Yang Xuan to become the emperor's younger brother, so he reminded him that Yang Xuan was young and had an older brother.

Yang You really didn't expect that the matter of an heir could cause him such a headache, he nodded and said: "I know."

In the next few days, the court has been shrouded in invisible high pressure. No one dares to talk nonsense at this juncture, but they all know that this is the best time to criticize the opponent. On the one hand, they rarely mention other political affairs. And, on the one hand, there are more and more books attacking each other, and the spittle stars in the court have never stopped.

However, Yang You kept pressing to prevent the situation from expanding, and in the end he only put the charges on those aristocratic families and some officials who had close ties with them.

Taking advantage of the situation, the officials of the Cui family were demoted. In order to preserve their safety, Cui He had to take the initiative to beg for the bones.Yang You acted with him in the drama of three invitations and three resignations, and finally rewarded many treasures for Cui He to take and retire.The position of Prime Minister was vacant, and Yang You brought up Feng Ruowang, a veteran official of the Imperial Academy, and asked him to serve as a secretary together with Zhuo Qing. For decades, no one has been able to find out the fault, and it has been going on until now, with the highest qualifications.

Feng Ruowang suddenly became another hot figure in the capital, Zhuo Qing was not interested in this, because he saw a trick hidden by Yang You - he promoted Lu Shanjian to become Shang Shuxing Zuo Pushe.

Feng Ruowang was just a shield used to block Lu Shanjian's swords and arrows.

Zhuo Qing didn't dislike having such a hard-working king, he just subconsciously guarded against people who might threaten his status. If he wanted to change his ways, he would naturally be able to take on a big responsibility instead of letting a bald donkey come to the court to show off his tricks .

After a day of government affairs, Yang You managed to relax, and went to see Yang Xuan at Prince Xue's mansion.Yang Xuan had already woken up, and was very happy to see Yang You coming. Yang You was also relieved to see that he was finally better.

He really didn't want to see anyone die because of him.

"Have a good rest," he said while touching Yang Xuan's forehead, "I will reward you a lot when you recover."

Yang Xuan nodded with a smile, and asked: "Your Majesty, I heard from my father that there has been discussion in the capital recently about drafting girls for Your Majesty. I accompanied some adults to tea a few days ago, and I heard that there are many Everyone wants to enter the palace to serve His Majesty."

Yang You's hand paused, retracted it and placed it on his lap, and said gently: "Someone has indeed mentioned this matter."

In fact, all the officials have never stopped working hard to enrich Yang You's harem. Yang You has no queen and no prince, they are really flustered.Unexpectedly, this time it became a well-known matter.

"Why do you suddenly care about this matter? Could it be that there is a girl you like and you are afraid of being chosen by me?"

"No... nothing." Yang Xuan stammered with a red face, "I just think that the matter of getting married must follow my own will. If Your Majesty doesn't want to, a courtier shouldn't force it. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. , only the most beautiful person in the world is worthy of..."

He stuttered and couldn't make up the words, Yang You tapped his leg a few times, and finally said with a smile: "You should take good care of your wounds, I will take care of myself."

Yang Xuan obediently said hello.

The car back was rickety, Ruifang knelt on one side, and said: "A few days ago, Prince Xue sent a letter asking His Majesty about choosing a concubine, I thought he was asking for that barbarian... "

Yang You stared at Ruifang, Ruifang consciously slipped her words and lowered her head.

"Yang Yuchun and I don't have so many complicated relationships," Yang You said, "Go ahead."

Just now Ruifang raised her head and said, "Brother just finished asking, and coincidentally, younger brother came to ask again."

"It's not a coincidence."

"Ok?"

Yang You twirled his index finger and thumb together, shook his head and said, "It's nothing."

What King Xue can see, can't others see it?

Whether it is Yang Yan who is far away at the border or Yang Xuan who is close at hand, for them, no matter if their elder brother or younger brother is the emperor's younger brother, the most important thing is that Yang You cannot have his own heir.

This is indeed a caring, but also a temptation, if Yang You decides to accept the concubine, it is very likely that the fantasy together will end here.

But the scene at this time always made Yang You feel as if a needle was being stabbed in his back, which made him feel tight in his chest.

"Stop it, I want to go for a walk." He put on his overcoat as he spoke, had the car parked at the foot of the palace city, and climbed up the tower.

The lights of thousands of houses and the smoke from cooking are slowly changing in the bloody twilight, and suddenly there is a sad cry of geese from the sky.

"At this time, will there be a lone goose?" A little eunuch beside him asked.

Yang You stared at the black-spotted bird circling around the setting sun for a long time, and finally landed in a daze.