Chapter 578
It would be fine if Chao Shenghuai was just his grandson, but he is still a disciple of Wanshoumen. Wanshoumen has never been involved in the struggles between the nations.
It was his grandson who violated this taboo, so how can he, the elder of the Wanshoumen, explain to the people above and below?
Qiu Shan comforted him: "Senior Brother Chao, it's useless to be angry now. I asked Chao Shenghuai. When he was passing through Jinzhou, he met Tu Huaiyu and his party by accident. Tu Huaiyu took the initiative to invite him to go with him. Tu Huaiyu said he knew you and moved you out. It's inconvenient to refuse. When the attack came suddenly, he was in a very dangerous situation at the time, fighting desperately, and it happened that he had seen one of the assassins before."
"If you almost lost your life, anyone would be angry. How could he not say who the assassin was on the spot. He didn't know that such a big incident would happen. When he found out that something was wrong, he immediately changed his words and said that he remembered Wrong, but the people from the Song Dynasty Mission didn't allow him to change his words, so they detained him on the spot. That's what happened, he really didn't know that he would cause such a big trouble."
Xi Haitang said in a deep voice: "We know that he is innocent and useless. The envoy Song was assassinated and died at this moment. He obviously wanted to provoke Song Guo to intervene in Yan Guo's affairs. Chao Shenghuai jumped out to testify at this time. People don't want to doubt my Wanshoumen It’s hard to get involved.”
Chao Jing murmured, "If Sheng Huai didn't lie, it means that Tu Huaiyu's death may indeed be the Yan envoy Gao Shaoming venting his personal anger."
Xihaitang: "Is it meaningful to say this now? The imperial court, Lingxiao Pavilion, Blood God Palace, and Cracking Heaven Palace are all greedy for Yan Guo. They will not allow Chao Shenghuai to change his mind. Can we confront them on this point? Wanshou After all, the gate is within Song State!"
Chao Jing sneered again and again, "Hehe, it was obvious that Young Master Gao vented his personal anger secretly and ruined the affairs of Yan State, but now he jumped out to say that Shenghuai framed him, and took advantage of the opportunity to pick himself up completely, and go to my Wanshou gate Splash dirty water on it, I think this dog is getting impatient, do you really think my Myriad Beast Gate is made of mud?"
Xihaitang immediately warned: "Don't act recklessly, the appearance of Chao Shenghuai has already made Xiaoyao Palace and others stare at us. In this outlet, once our level gets involved rashly, Xiaoyao Palace, Zijin Cave, and Lingjian Mountain will not be involved." Sit and watch, the High Heaven Pavilion, the Blood God Palace, and the Tiantian Palace here are probably eager to clear us from the ground of the Song Dynasty, let's see the situation first."
Qiu Shan: "In the same way, even if Yan Guo knows the truth now, he will not allow Gao Shaoming to tell the truth, and he will definitely kill Shenghuai and frame him. The leader is right, Shenghuai is afraid that he will come back now. I won't come, but brother Chao, don't worry too much, they won't make a fuss about Shenghuai, they just hold it back for the time being and don't want him to change his mind."
Chao Jing said bitterly: "Why are you coming back? I wish that damned animal would die!"
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On the imperial palace of the Jin Kingdom, on the high pavilion in the imperial garden, Tai Shuxiong leaned on a railing and looked into the distance.
Shao Pingbo climbed up to the pavilion and came behind him to salute, "Your Majesty."
"How's the view here?" Tai Shuxiong waved his sleeves.
Shao Pingbo: "It's like looking at the world!"
"Haha!" Tai Shuxiong looked up to the sky and laughed with a very bold look. After laughing, he slapped his hands on the railing, "Gu Wang has paid attention to those people you brought from Beizhou. They are all capable officials. Once you try it out, you will know that they are all talents, and they will be of great use in time!"
"Your Majesty's praise." Shao Pingbo said modestly, but he knew it in his heart.
Those people were all selected by him personally, and when he finished his studies and put them on the ground for training, he eliminated batches after batches. When escaping from Beizhou, the one who arranged the evacuation was even the elite among the elite. Even if he ran for his life, he would not want to leave those people behind. How could he be a mediocre person.
But after all, this is not the time for Beizhou to decide what he said. After these people were stationed in various places, they were all constrained by various constraints and could not let go of their hands and feet to do a big job.
Tai Shuxiong sighed: "In this troubled world, there are not many common people who can read and write, and the children of rich and noble families...it is really not easy to find so many talents. By the way, the lonely king heard that these people are all yours. Tutored students?"
With just this sentence, Shao Pingbo felt what it means to be with the king like a tiger, and replied: "At the beginning of Beizhou, there was a lot of waste to be done, and the minister suffered from the lack of talents in his hands, so he had to waste time and effort to open the school in person. nourish."
"This method is good. The lonely king intends to emulate it in Jin. You have experience, how about letting you preside over it?" Tai Shuxiong asked.
Shao Pingbo was silent, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, Beizhou was destroyed before it was established, and there was no resistance. If Jin State opened a school, it would be very difficult to select and enroll without sticking to one pattern. I feel that it is better to postpone admission. It's not too late to think about it when there is a suitable opportunity."
Tai Shuxiong was silent, knowing the deep meaning of his words, at this moment, no matter what kind of school he is in, everyone knows that he is selecting talents, and he is afraid that they will be crowded to fill in people, let alone selecting talents, I am afraid that the number of places is still limited. It's not enough for those princes and ministers to stuff their own children. Did he stand up against all the princes and ministers, or did the powerless Shao Pingbo stand up against him? If you can't stop people from filling in, is there any need to set up a school to recruit those promiscuous people?
He nodded, "Yeah, the time is not yet ripe. There must be a suitable reason to formulate a rule that people cannot object to. The lonely king is impatient. Let's talk!" He waved his hand and had to give up for the time being. up. "By the way, have you seen the news from the Eastern Four Kingdoms?"
Shao Pingbo: "I've seen it. Once this matter happened, everyone had concerns. I'm afraid they won't be able to fight."
Tai Shuxiong: "The lonely king really wants to see them dog-eat-dog, but it's not in the interest of the lonely king to fight now, and it's cheaper for them."
Shao Pingbo said with a smile: "At least let His Majesty understand that the East and Four Kingdoms are just dry firewood sprinkled with oil, and a little spark can ignite them. We only need to wait for Your Majesty to ignite them in the future."
Tai Shuxiong laughed loudly, "That's right. It's just that the lonely king doesn't understand, how could the Wanshoumen get involved in such a thing?"
Shao Pingbo said indifferently: "It's not that Wanshoumen is going to be involved, but that someone is behind it. That Chao Shenghuai is a Niu Youdao man. After this incident, I have already convinced that Chao Shenghuai is controlled by Niu Youdao. Everything is wrong." Niu Youdao is behind the scenes!"
"Niu Youdao's person?" Tai Shuxiong turned around in surprise, with a look of scrutiny in his eyes, a trace of doubt flashed in his heart, wondering if the other party wanted to pin Niu Youdao on his head.
"Before the Spiritual Beast Conference, I arranged for someone to assassinate Niu Youdao, and the first person he instigated to attack Niu Youdao was Chao Shenghuai..." Shao Pingbo knew that he was suspicious, so he explained the cause and effect, "Look at it later. Not only was Chao Shenghuai controlled by Niu Youdao, the two monks beside Weichen also had problems, Song Shu was killed, and only Chen Guishuo was left."
"Weichen never thought that a person who had a grudge against Niu Youdao before Niu Youdao knew me was actually Niu Youdao's spy lying in ambush by my side, which caused Weichen's disastrous defeat in Beizhou. If it weren't for Niu Youdao Dao thought that this time he would be able to put Wei Chen to death, I am afraid that Wei Chen still does not know that the people around him are actually Niu Youdao's eyeliner. After this, Wei Chen also understood why those 30,000 war horses were killed by Niu Youdao. There is a way to be robbed."
When it comes to this matter, he still hates his teeth itching. Those two disastrous defeats were really unjust.
"Thirty thousand war horses? What's going on?" Tai Shuxiong asked curiously, not knowing this.
"Beizhou was in urgent need of war horses back then, and Wei Chen had already been preparing for it in Qi State..." Shao Pingbo briefly explained what had happened, but did not disclose the matter involving Xiaoyue Pavilion.
"So that's how it is!" Tai Shuxiong nodded slightly. He also heard about the fact that the Shang Dynasty Zong suddenly got a large number of war horses. He didn't expect that they were robbed from Shao Pingbo. It was a cheap business, and even the capital was given. save.
Shao Pingbo returned to the main story, "The reason why Chao Shenghuai was involved in this matter is because of Chao Shenghuai's identity and background. Others can't get close to Tu Huaiyu at all. If they can't participate, they can't give false testimony. This is a deliberate conspiracy. Chao Shenghuai suddenly jumped out, not Niu You Tao is playing tricks, who else can it be?"
Hearing one thing after another, Tai Shuxiong was terrified when he heard it. He robbed the war horse, settled the crisis at Wanshou Gate and forced Shao Pingbo to flee, and provoked disputes between Song and Yan. None of them were simple. I won't mention things like leaving Nanzhou and taking Yucang's nephew as a student.
If it were his subordinates, whatever they did would be a great achievement, and he would definitely reward them heavily, but these things were all done by one person.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, "With the help of this person, the Shang Dynasty clan is like a tiger with wings added. No wonder it can rise so quickly in just a few years. This Niu Youdao is too dangerous. If it can be used by the lonely king, it's fine, otherwise it will become a lonely king. Troops will suffer after they enter the east, so they must not stay!"
With a calm face, Shao Pingbo deliberately picked out the matter of the war horse's failure, and took the opportunity to lay out everything, in order to let Tai Shuxiong understand the danger of Niu Youdao.
He hasn't gained a firm foothold yet, so he can't use the power of the Jin State to deal with Niu Youdao, but there is someone who can use the power of the Jin State to deal with him, and this is the one in front of him.
In order to avoid suspicion, he persuaded instead: "Your Majesty does not need to do anything. From the current point of view, Shang Jianxiong will be the first to let him go!"
Tai Shuxiong shook his head and waved his hands, indicating that he didn't mean that. Looking into the distance, he said with a melancholy expression on his face, "He is really a genius who holds the sun and the moon in his mouth, and holds the universe in his hands! Why should he worry about the injustice of the world? The lonely king knew it too late. It is very sad to see a real hero without eyes! The emperor of the Shang Dynasty had a child with a yellow mouth, how could He De make him repay him? A good horse is equipped with a good saddle, and a good bird chooses a tree to live in. Could it be that the lonely king is not as good as the child with a yellow mouth? "
Turning around suddenly, "The lonely king wants to recruit, but I don't know if Pingbo can tolerate him. Are you willing to let go of the past with him? If you don't want to, the lonely king won't think about it."
Shao Pingbo looked serious, and said righteously: "May I ask your Majesty, is it the benefit of the world, or the benefit of reporting private grievances? Compared with the world, the loss of a mere Beizhou is nothing. Is it true that the humble minister is in the hands of His Majesty?" Do you see a villain who doesn’t know what to choose? As long as Niu Youdao is willing to obey His Majesty, this minister is willing to put aside the past with him, and is willing to assist His Majesty together with him!"