Chapter 26: Tofu blood case (IV)

Imperial school, a room.

Kong Yingda and Yan Shigu sat down with each other.

Yan Shigu put down the tea bowl, twisted his beard with his hands, wiped away the tea left at the corner of his mouth without any trace, and asked Kong Yingda: "Master Kong, do you think that the little shopkeeper in heaven and earth might be the descendant of Guigu?"

"I'm just guessing, but I should definitely be inseparable."

Yan Shigu fell into deep thought. Yan Shigu is the 31st generation grandson of Confucius' favorite disciple "Yan Hui". He is also a representative figure of the Confucian sect, so he must consider how the Confucian sect should face the appearance of the descendants of Guigu. It is precisely because of his identity that Kong Yingda came to him to discuss this matter.

At the same time, Li Shimin from Tai Chi Palace was also looking at a document about Yi Fan.

Li Shimin put down the document with a serious expression on his face and said to Ang Lee, who was serving him: "So, this Yi Fan is likely to be the descendant of Guigu? Or is it the spokesperson that the entire hidden sect jointly launched in the world?"

Ang Lee said expressionlessly: "I don't know that all this is just speculation. If the Lord allows him, I will capture the person for the Lord to question him."

Li Shimin quickly shook his head and said, "No, a single hidden sect is not afraid of it. If this Yi Fan is really the spokesperson of their public, if I arrest him, things will be distorted.

The world has just been stable for a few days, and I don’t want any storm to happen again. This Yi Fan appeared in Chang'an, and I’m afraid the people behind him were intentional. They were giving me a signal, and they had no intention of being enemies with me.

Just by looking at the speed of Yi Fan's wealth, you can see that it is generally the case. In just a short time, you can buy a large restaurant in Chang'an City, where every inch of land is valuable. You can imagine how these people can do it.

If they develop silently in other places, that is a concern. As long as they are in Chang'an City, no matter who they are, I will not be afraid. Besides, these people have unique skills, and now the country is employed.

As long as these people are willing to bow their heads to me, so what if they give them a single official position?"

It has to be said that Li Shimin is one of the few emperors in history who is open-minded and extremely confident. He did not kill a hero, and he could even make foreigners an official in the court. This is the lack of mind and confidence in other emperors.

Yi Fan didn't know that he had been remembered by all officials and the emperor, so he was listening to two Confucian scholars bragging in the store.

There were two Confucian scholars sitting on a table not far from the counter, one with a bowl of shallots and tofu in front of them, looking around the entire hall, there were many such situations.

I heard one of the Confucian scholars say, "Brother Wang, do you know why so many people order these scallions with tofu?"

The Confucian scholar, known as Brother Wang, looked around and shook his head and said, "Wang is stupid, I hope Brother Zheng can solve his doubts."

The Confucian scholar surnamed Zheng moved down the bench and moved closer to the Confucian scholar surnamed Wang and said, "This will start with today's morning court. This morning's pilgrimage said that there is a delicacy to share with you all."

Speaking of this, the Confucian scholar surnamed Zheng kept a secret: "Does Brother Wang know what delicious this is?"

The Confucian scholar named Wang was naturally not a stupid person. He looked at the onion and tofu on the table and said, "Is it this thing?"

The Confucian scholar surnamed Zheng slapped his hands, then raised his thumbs up and said, "Brother Wang is right, he is worthy of being the best of us."

The Confucian scholar surnamed Wang was embarrassed and waved his hands repeatedly, "Brother Zheng, don't want to kill me, please tell me why."

This is what Yi Fan wanted to ask, who was secretly listening to the other side. He also wanted to know why his small restaurant that he opened attracted a group of big men in the court, and why the scallions and tofu are so easy to sell today.

"This morning, the emperor gave each minister a piece of shallots and tofu."

The emperor asked the ministers and officials, "Loves, how about this deliciousness?"

I don’t know if it was a drill or a tacit understanding. Changsun Wuji took the shallots in his hand and said, “I will start the song to the emperor. I am very pleasing to the eye. The snow-white tofu and the emerald green shallots, and the clear and white white gives people a refreshing and pleasing feeling.”

Hearing this, Li Shimin slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, well said, so clear."

Li Shimin used his majestic longan to scan the civil and military officials in the hall and slowly spoke: "I wonder if you all my dear friends, have you really done the word "innocence?"

The court was silent, and I thought it was just an ordinary emperor to invite him to dinner, which had happened before.

Two years ago, a small country with unknown reputation came to pay tribute and presented some food unique to their country. Li Shimin also shared it with all civil and military officials in the court.

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin took advantage of this incident and did not know which colleague touched his negative scale.

After a moment of silence, the censor Wei Zheng came out and said, "Thank you the Lord to reward you, and the old ministers deserve this."

After saying that, he used a spoon to eat his own green onion with tofu. Seeing that Wei Zheng was eating happily, Fang Xuanling also said: "I deserve it."

Then Du Ruhui, Chu Suiliang, Tang Jian, Xiao Yu and others also started eating their own green onion with tofu. Of course, there were some foods, and there were some foods.

Wang Gui, the Minister of Rites, was looking at the shallots and tofu in his hand with pale face. His whole body was trembling slightly, and sweat was overflowing on his forehead.

He could not eat this green onion with tofu calmly no matter what, because he had a ghost in his heart.

A demonic laughter came into Wang Gui's ears: "Wow, why don't Mr. Wang eat it? How can you waste such deliciousness? Come on, let me, Lao Cheng help you solve it."

Wang Gui only felt a lighter in his hand, and his green onion and tofu came to Cheng Yaojin's hand. Although his hand was lighter, the huge rock in his heart did not diminish at all.

Li Shimin's voice came: "Wang Aiqing, I heard that you recently got a top-notch night pearl, with a big fist. I wonder if I can let me see it too?"

Li Shimin's words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Wang Gui knelt down with a "plop".

"I deserve to die for thousands of crimes, but I am guilty of the emperor's grace, and I am guilty of the people. Now I can only die to redeem myself, and ask the emperor to give mercy outside the law to let go of his wife and children at home."

Before the ministers could react, Wang Gui had already hit the jade pillar in the hall, and blood splashed. The onion and tofu in Cheng Yaojin's hand was already full of red.

Cheng Yaojin looked at Wang Gui who had fallen in a pool of blood, then looked at the onion with tofu in his hand, and said, "Don't you be lucky, isn't it just to steal a portion of tofu? Is it necessary to resist with death?"

After hearing this, Yi Fan also understood the general situation. It turned out that Li Shimin used this green onion with tofu to clean up corruption in the court, but he didn't know what Wang Gui had committed.

The Confucian scholar named Wang, who had the same doubts as Yi Fan, asked, "Does Brother Zheng know what happened to this Minister Wang?"

The Confucian scholar surnamed Zheng ate a bite of scallion with tofu and said, "If you want to say that this Minister Wang is also obsessed with money.

A few days ago, a small prince came from the East China Sea to pay tribute. This tribute contained this best night pearl. The Minister of the King took advantage of his position and was greedy for the present day.

Today, the emperor cleaned up the court, all the officials who committed the crime, those who were detained, those who were deposed, those who were deposed, and those who were exiled."

After listening to the whole thing, Yi Fan fell into deep thought. The flapping of his butterfly's wings still had an effect on the history of the Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!