Chapter 98: Persuading to surrender
Li Haochen nodded as Fang Xuanling said, and said with emotion: "Qin Qiong is a military general with great character and outstanding character. I naturally have the intention to recruit him, but last time he refused to recruit him at the inn gate, and his attitude was very firm, which made him very embarrassed?"
The embarrassment that Li Haochen said was that if he killed Qin Qiong, he felt a pity for Qin Qiong's talent. If he did not kill Qin Qiong, he would be a great enemy in the future.
As Li Haochen's think tank, Fang Xuanling naturally understood Li Haochen's words, and then smiled and said, "General, there is no need to make things difficult for him. I have a way to make the general happy, but this method is a bit unfair. I wonder if the general will do this."
Li Haochen deeply felt that Fang Xuanling always liked to say half of his words recently, so he deliberately criticized him and said, "Mr. Fang, my marquis and you are called guest hosts, but they are really brothers. I believe that I treat you honestly. Why do you always keep half of your words recently? I wonder if you should consider this marquis or beware of this marquis?"
Fang Xuanling heard Li Haochen's bad words, and immediately saw sweat on his forehead and hurriedly bowed: "General, Xuanling should be a damn person, but the general tried his best to get rid of Xuanling. Xuanling is willing to go up the knife and go down the oil pan for the general in this life. How can he be prepared? Xuanling did not tell the general just now, because he was just afraid that the general would be angry! He did not consider the general's heart!"
After listening to Fang Xuanling's explanation, Li Haochen, who was deliberately holding his face, had a gentle expression. Fang Xuanling also saw it and did not dare to keep it in hiding, and said directly: "I was originally a colleague of Qin Qiong, and I had dealt with General Qin when I was in Tiance Mansion. I know that this person values filial piety and righteousness, and is a rare talent for generals. The general has a good vision but he has a good vision. My subordinate is willing to fulfill his wish for the general."
Li Haochen has learned about the literati of this era. No matter when and where, they cannot speak too bluntly. However, Li Haochen still understood Fang Xuanling's meaning, so he smiled and helped Fang Xuanling up and said, "Mr. Fang means, should I go to this marquis to persuade Qin Qiong to return to the lost path?"
Fang Xuanling nodded first, then shook his head and said, "The general is only half right. Just now, my subordinates said that Qin Qiong is a person who values filial piety and righteousness. Although my subordinates have dated him, this alone cannot convince Qin Qiong. My subordinates know that Qin Qiong did not participate in the Xuanwu Gate mutiny, which shows that he is not a firm supporter of Li Shimin, and he has great righteousness in his heart. I also heard that he resigned from His Majesty a month ago and returned to his hometown, but now he helps Li Shimin to fight against the general. My subordinates boldly speculate that Li Shimin must have threatened Qin Qiong and forced Qin Qiong to submit, which will lead to this situation today!"
Li Haochen nodded, sighing in his heart that he was too anxious and did not think about the matter clearly. If it was as Fang Xuanling said, if there was something in Li Shimin's hand that made Qin Qiong fear, he might not have lost his way even if he said it.
Although Li Haochen could hear the tricks from Fang Xuanling's words, he thought for a moment and said in confusion: "As Mr. I expected, can you tell what Li Shimin has in his hands? Can Qin Qiong take his Majesty back and help the evildoer instead?"
Fang Xuanling was beaten by Li Haochen just now, and he didn't dare to keep in touch at this moment. He quickly said, "When the general says, the general doesn't know. Qin Qiong's father died long ago, and only he and his widowed mother have been relying on each other. Just now, his subordinates said that Qin Qiong is a person who values filial piety and righteousness. If his subordinates guessed well, Li Shimin should have secretly captured Qin Qiong's mother to Yunzhou."
Fang Xuanling's words made Li Haochen realize it suddenly and nodded repeatedly, "If Qin Qiong's situation is really as what the teacher said, I'm afraid that this matter will be true. I will send a letter to the information bureau in Yunzhou now to ask them to inquire about the situation. If Mr. Zhen analyzes it like this, I'll find a way to take Qin's mother back. Please trouble Mr. to come and go there. I wonder how sure the teacher can be?"
Li Haochen finally understood why Fang Xuanling was implicit just now. He thought in his heart that threatening Qin Qiong to surrender with Qin's mother was tantamount to a villain's behavior. Fang Xuanling had always known his character and was afraid that he would not agree to do so. He was indeed unwilling to do so. However, Li Haochen thought about it again that Qin Qiong was a talented general. In order to get Qin Qiong's help, he would not care about being a villain. Since he could do such a villain, why could not?
Thinking of this, Li Haochen's psychological burden became much smaller, and the application on his face that was a little entangled just now also stretched out.
Fang Xuanling's next words did not disappoint Li Haochen. Fang Xuanling smiled confidently on his face and said, "If it is really as expected by his subordinates, the general will be able to take Qin's mother to Bianzhou again, and his subordinates will be at least 80% sure that Qin Qiong will rebel. If he can get Qin's mother's approval again, his subordinates can tell the general with certainty that he will not have to come forward. Qin Qiong must come to see the general in person!"
Listening to Fang Xuanling's words so confident, Li Haochen no longer hesitated and directly wrote a book and secretly passed it to Li Chunfeng with a flying pigeon. Thinking that the nail he had placed next to Li Shimin finally had a effect, Li Haochen couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart. Fortunately, he had the foresight.
Li Chunfeng is now proud in Yunzhou. With the help of the Tang Dynasty Intelligence Bureau and with the acquiesce of Li Haochen, Li Chunfeng really did some harmless things for Li Shimin, which was deeply trusted by Li Shimin. After Du Ruhui suffered one after another, Li Shimin no longer trusted Du Ruhui.
On the contrary, Li Chunfeng was increasingly valued and gradually showed signs of replacing it. This also made Du Ruhui very anxious. What he was worried about was not that he was about to fall out of favor with Li Shimin, but that he always felt that Li Chunfeng's purpose was impure to help Li Shimin. It was precisely because of this that Du Ruhui took risks in order to regain Li Shimin's trust and secretly planned this episode of kidnapping Li Chengzong behind his back.
Because Du Ruhui was acting secretly, Li Chunfeng naturally didn't know what happened. When he received Li Haochen's letter from Fei Ge, he was also secretly surprised. Although Li Haochen did not use any harsh words to him, if it was really what Li Haochen said, for Li Chunfeng, it would be a major mistake in his work.
However, since he had received the letter, Li Chunfeng knew in his heart that this matter might be true. Thinking of this, Li Chunfeng did not dare to neglect and immediately started an investigation.
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Chapter completed!