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Chapter 460 Behind the scenes

With dozens of yamen runners withdrawing, Baoyanzhai was not sealed, nor was anyone arrested. The thousands of people watching outside failed to see the expected excitement and dispersed in disappointment.

At this time, it was already dinner time. Li Daqi quickly sent someone to Hongqiao Tavern to book the entire restaurant and asked everyone to drink and suppress his shock.

"Yanqing, you can go together too!" Li Daqi walked to his son and said.

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I have important things, daddy doesn't have to worry about me."

"Hey! Thank you today." Li Daqi sighed.

"How did the government know that the yard has been built in the shop?" Li Yanqing asked in confusion.

"I don't know either. It's logical that I can't see it from the outside at all. It should be reported, I suspect it."

Li Daqi looked at both sides and lowered his voice: "I'm afraid someone inside us has reported to the government."

Li Yanqing shook his head, "The forest is big, there are all kinds of birds. Dad should not take this matter too seriously. As long as you operate according to the law, people outside will not be able to catch any handle. However, the pier should be demolished quickly and no more can be given to the government."

"I know, I'll find someone to tear it down tomorrow morning. Yanqing, I feel that someone is targeting you this time. I can't help you in the officialdom. You have to be careful!"

Li Yanqing laughed, "Dad, don't worry, the officials of the Song Dynasty have no future, they can only fight internally. In a few years, Jin soldiers will come, and these internal fighting will be nothing."

Li Daqi shook his head with a wry smile. Sometimes he felt that his son was deep and sophisticated, and he was really like a powerful censor, but sometimes he felt that he was speechless and talked nonsense, like a child. He, a father, could not see through this complex personality.

Li Yanqing didn't care about dinner, so he took four subordinates to Liang Shicheng's mansion. He originally went to visit Pan Yue today just to make a gesture, saying that he was starting the case and did not really intend to solve the case.

On the other hand, replacing Pan Yue with a place with good conditions can also cause the case to continue. However, Wang Fu thought he was about to start solving the case, so he sent someone to harass Bao Yanzhai and warn him.

The most intolerable thing Li Yanqing is that someone attacked his father. No matter what Wang Fu was for, he had already attacked Bao Yanzhai, if he swallowed his anger, he would interfere with anything he did in the future.

Li Yanqing rushed to the gate of Liang Shicheng's mansion and waited for a while at the door. Soon, the housekeeper came out of the courtyard and clasped his fists and said to Li Yanqing: "My master asked Jingshi Li to come in, please come with me!"

Li Yanqing asked the butler to arrange for someone to take his four men to dinner, and he quickly followed the butler to Liang Shicheng's study, "Please! The master is waiting in the room."

Li Yanqing quickly walked into the room and saw Liang Shicheng sitting at the small table and drinking tea. A tea prostitute was performing tea distribution for him.

"Meet the Grand Tutor with the humble position!" Li Yanqing quickly stepped forward and bowed.

Liang Shicheng smiled and waved his hand and said, "It's just right. Let's taste the best tribute tea given to me by the official today. Please sit down!"

Li Yanqing knew that Liang Shicheng was not polite, so he sat down opposite him. The tea prostitute stretched out his slender jade hand and lifted the gold pot. A spring arrow shot out from the mouth of the pot, and rushed straight to the black porcelain Jianzhan. She used the other hand to hit the soup with a golden spoon. The soup color was pure white, and the fresh white tea foam actually appeared on the shepherd boy's flute picture. It disappeared in a moment, and only the fresh white tea powder gathered together for a long time and did not dissipate.

Liang Shicheng smiled and said, "What a cup of shepherd boy's flute tea!"

The tea prostitute smiled and made another cup of tea for Li Yanqing, but Cha Mo was a boy worshiping Guanyin. Li Yanqing exclaimed: "Xiao Jingniang from Zhu Skeleton Tea House is just like this!"

The tea prostitute covered her mouth and laughed: "The official praised me, and I am Xiao Jingniang!"

Li Yanqing was stunned and his face turned red. Liang Shicheng laughed and immediately ordered: "Reward Jingniang a thousand taels of silver and send Miss Xiao back to Zhu Skull Teahouse!"

Xiao Jingniang stood up and bowed, looked at Li Yanqing deeply, and got up and left.

Liang Shicheng looked at her and stood up and said lightly to Li Yanqing: "Shishi has gone, and the official's interest has turned to her. She has summoned her to the palace three times to discuss the skills of tea sharing with her, which has greatly boosted her reputation. When I come to me to share tea with one, I will ask for a thousand taels of silver. This is her value, and most people can't afford her!"

Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and whispered: "Wang Fu warned Beizhi today."

Liang Shicheng was stunned and asked quickly: "What happened?"

Li Yanqing told Liang Shicheng in detail what happened today. Liang Shicheng has a nickname that is rarely mentioned, called the zombie. He is always expressionless on his face. Even if he laughs, he just laughs. The expression on his face has not changed, making people feel that the nerves on his face seem to be dead. However, Li Yanqing still saw a hint of anger in his eyes.

Liang Shicheng couldn't help but feel anger in his heart, stood up and walked quickly to the window, with his hands behind his back and looked out the window for a long time.

Of course, Liang Shicheng knew that Wang Fu had betrayed him and defected to the upstart Li Yan. He also knew that in the past two years, Wang Fu had purged the Censorate and drove him out of the Censorate one by one with his people. He endured all these, but Wang Fu was still loyal to him, so the Censorate was still indirectly controlled by him.

But Liang Shicheng did not expect that a secret letter incident in the prince actually made Wang Fu betray him and surrendered to Li Yan's sect without hesitation. The most obvious is the appointment of the Taichang Temple Minister. He hoped to transfer Zhou Mi, the governor of Chenzhou, to the Taichang Temple Minister, while Li Yan wanted to add his confidant Zhang Yun to this position.

When submitting the recommendation letter, Wang Fu annotated the three major shortcomings of Zhou Mi and even commented on the lack of morality. The official finally gave up Zhou Mi and appointed Zhang Yun, who was obviously inadequate, as Taichangqing.

Thinking of his extraordinary promotion of Wang Fu as prime minister step by step, he eventually betrayed himself and surrendered to his political enemies. How could Liang Shicheng not be disheartened and angry?

After a long time, Liang Shicheng said coldly: "Do you know why this case has been delayed for a year?"

"Is it related to the Pan family?"

"What's the Pan family? They have no power and no power. Who will take them seriously?"

Liang Shicheng snorted and said, "Liu Lin, who handled this case, is my person. I asked him to settle the case as soon as possible, but Wang Fu forced him not to close the case. Do you know why?"

"Wang Fu is competing with the Grand Tutor for the Censorate?"

Liang Shicheng nodded, "This case is a weather vane, and everyone in the Censorate is staring at it! I have the final say or Wang Fu has the final say. This case has been delayed for almost a year. When Liu Lin was about to close the case, Wang Fu kicked him out of the Censorate. At this time, Wang Fu had become Prime Minister and the incident of the Censorate Secret Letter broke out. I could only endure this matter."

Li Yanqing suddenly felt something was wrong and hurriedly said, "Didn't it mean that Liu Lin is Wang Fu's fellow townsman?"

"It's true that he is his fellow countryman, but is his fellow countryman the confidant? Liu Lin was promoted by me and I am my person."

Li Yanqing was silent. He only now knew the whole story of this matter. It turned out that Wang Fu was competing with Liang Shicheng for control of the Censorate. It was obvious that Liang Shicheng lost a chess game.

At this time, Liang Shicheng was shocked again: "This case actually has another highlight. I wonder if you have discovered it?"

"I discovered it, which is the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple."

Liang Shicheng laughed, "You are very sensible! This is the key to this case. How dare the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple fight against Quan Xiang Wang? Everyone thinks that the Pan family is capable of handling the matter. In fact, what is the Pan family? If it weren't for Cai Jing's instructor behind the scenes, the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple fight against Quan Xiang Wang?

In fact, Li Yanqing has already seen the key to this case, which is why the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple dared to be with the King of Quan Xiang Wang? Who is behind this supporting these two departments? Liang Shicheng's words proved his speculation, and it was indeed Cai Jing behind it.

Liang Shicheng poured another cup of tea for Li Yanqing and said lightly: "The reason why I tolerate Wang Fu's betrayal and do not care about him is because I am now sitting in the mountains and watching the battle between Wang Fu and Cai Jing. Now it is the most intense time, so let your case go a little longer, don't rush to express your opinion. I believe that the situation in the court will suddenly change in one to two months at the latest."

"Can the Grand Tutor tell me about the humble position?"

Liang Shicheng bowed slightly and lowered his voice, "Wang Fu and Li Yan are doing their best to get rid of Yu Shen, and they are almost in a good mood."
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