Chang 'an City, Vermilion Bird Avenue.
This was a fast straight road to the Imperial City, and it was also the most prosperous street in Chang 'an.
There were countless shops and restaurants on Vermilion Bird Avenue.
Basically, there was a restaurant every three steps, a storyteller every five steps, a cloth shop every ten steps, and an inn every hundred steps.
In this land where every inch of land was worth gold.
Today, a new storytelling hall suddenly opened.
The storyteller in the storytelling hall was the great scholar of today, Kong Sheng!
Kong Sheng was thirty years old, in his prime.
He was a direct descendant of Confucius and was one of the representatives of Confucianism.
In terms of bloodline, he was a true descendant.
When it came to Confucian classics, he had mastered them thoroughly and was able to make a chapter out of them!
In Chang 'an, he was even called " Saint Young Master " by the people!
In the eyes of the noble ladies, he was also the ideal husband that they wanted to marry the most.
On the board of the storytelling hall was the words he had personally written. It was called "Ruyi Zhai".
It meant that everyone who came to Ruyi Zhai to listen to books could live as they wished.
With Kong Sheng's fame, Ruyi Parlor was filled with people as soon as it opened.
"Saint Young Master, are you opening this Storytelling Hall to preach scriptures and let the world learn the scholarly knowledge of the Confucian school?”
Someone in the crowd asked.
Kong Sheng's lips curled up when he heard this. He flipped open his folding fan and said,
"I do have this intention, but before that, I have a story that I want everyone to hear!”
When the noble ladies in the crowd heard this, they all said in a smitten manner,
"We will listen to whatever the Saint Young Master says!”
"Young Master Sheng is awesome!"
"Saint Young Master, quickly start!"
Kong Sheng finally opened his mouth.
He cleared his throat and said,"
"It is said that there is a prince in Xi Liang, Xing San, known as the Third Prince.”
"He's not the eldest son of the legitimate family, and he's mixed with the tainted blood of the previous royal family. However, the Xi Liang royal family did not despise him. Instead, they treated the Third Prince very well.”
"Who would have thought that after the Third Prince left Shu, his ferocity would erupt and he would start a massacre. Thousands of people were slaughtered in one night, and blood flowed like a river!”
"This Third Prince is ignorant, incompetent, and despicable. He doesn't have such ability.”
"But guess what?"
Everyone was engrossed in listening. Seeing Kong Sheng's question, they urged,"
"What's going on? Saint Young Master, don't keep us in suspense. Hurry up and tell us.”
Kong Sheng said,"
"Who would have thought that this Third Prince would actually collude with the previous dynasty's evil and betray his biological father and his own country!”
"And all of this is for the throne of Western Liang that doesn't belong to him!”
After Kong Sheng finished speaking, he slammed the gavel.
A crisp sound jolted the hearts of all the spectators.
People said indignantly,
"This Third Prince is really shameless! You're ungrateful and ungrateful!"
"This old man has lived for more than seventy years and has experienced four emperors and two dynasties! He had never seen such a shameless person!”
"This Third Prince is disloyal to his people and unfilial to his son. He is truly disloyal and unfilial!”
The more people cursed, the more satisfied Kong Sheng was.
Confucianism was the only school of thought that had been passed down for thousands of years since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had abolished the Hundred Schools of Thought and only focused on Confucianism.
Over thousands of years, it had accumulated an immeasurable amount of power.
No matter how dynasties changed, the Confucian school would never disappear.
On the contrary, Confucianism filled every corner of history.
The ministers of the palace, the Emperor, and the generals had all been educated by the Confucians.
And as a rule for the granting of royal power, the Confucians had always supported the eldest son to inherit the throne.
Thus, among Li Shiming's princes, the Confucians had supported the Crown Prince Li Chengqian from the very beginning.
And the scholarly faction was also the strongest card under Li Chengqian.
Today, Kong Sheng opened a storytelling hall on the bustling Vermilion Bird Avenue to tell this story.
It was to give the people of Chang 'an early warning.
Wasn't the Third Prince of Western Liang in the story a reflection of the current Third Prince of Tang, Li Ke?
He would first give the people a foundation with stories.
Soon after, rumors and gossip began to spread.
People would naturally easily accept the impression that the King of Shu was a disloyal and unfilial person.
In this way, the plan to make the King of Shu look bad would be successful.
It had to be said that this move by the scholarly faction and the Li Consortium was truly vicious to the extreme!
In order to tarnish the reputation of the King of Shu, he set up layers of traps.
However, what Kong Sheng did not notice was…
In the crowd watching the show, a person quietly disappeared.
………
Chang 'an City, Zichen Hall of the Great Ming Palace.
Li Shi Min had just finished his morning court session and was preparing to visit Empress Zhangsun in the Administrative Hall.
Just as Li Shi Min was about to move, a figure in black quietly appeared.
He knelt on one knee and lowered his head.
He respectfully handed over a secret letter with both hands.
Li Shi Min frowned.
The man in black before him was a bad guy from his intelligence organization.
Every time the bad guys appeared, they would bring news that gave Li Shiming a headache.
Li Shiming was a little conflicted and didn't want to see bad people.
Because only when the bad guys did not show themselves could the Great Tang be peaceful and peaceful.
He took the secret book from the delinquent's hand and opened it to read through it.
A few words were written on the secret fold:
"Kong Sheng spread false news, saying that the King of Shu was in cahoots with the Sui people.”
Looking at the contents of the secret folder, Li Shiming frowned.
There was no need to guess. This was definitely the work of the Li Clan of Longxi.
Li Shi Min loathed the Li Clan of Longxi.
As the leader of the Five Families and Seven Wangs, the head of a great clan.
The Li family of Longxi had almost hindered Li Shimin's policies in every aspect.
Li Shi Min wanted to completely eradicate the Li Clan of Longxi.
However, the Li Clan of Longxi's sphere of influence was simply too vast.
In the officialdom, in the market, and even the Confucians, who controlled public opinion, had close ties with the Li family of Longxi.
It was impossible to get rid of the great clans.
However, Li Shi Min didn't sit still.
He had always been like a frog in warm water when it came to aristocratic families.
As long as the aristocratic families did not cross the line, Li Shiming could pretend to turn a blind eye.
But this time, the Li Clan of Longxi had crossed the line.
They actually dared to say that Li Ke was colluding with the Sui people.
Li Shi Min knew Li Ke's character. Even if he had ambitions for the throne, he would never choose to cooperate with the Sui people.
Because the blood flowing in Ke 'er's body was his, Li Shiming's, blood of the Great Tang!
The Li family of Longxi seemed to be trying to get rid of the King of Shu.
In fact, he was pouring a basin of dirty water on the Li family's royal family.
He slandered the king of Shu for colluding with the Sui people.
Wouldn't that mean that there was a traitor in the Li family's royal family?
The Black Tortoise Sect incident had already tainted the Li family.
Li Shi Min would not allow anyone to smear the royal family's name.
However, he couldn't make a move on the surface.
Otherwise, the officials would think that he was helping Li Ke.
It was very likely that the civil and military officials would be divided into two factions and fight each other.
The Great Tang was in the midst of its revival and could not afford internal strife.
After thinking about it, Li Shiming decided to let the Jianghu forces take action.
He placed the secret scroll in his hand into the brazier and burned it to ashes. Then, he ordered sternly,
"Let Peerless City take action and suppress the public opinion that is unfavorable to the Imperial Family.”
The black-robed delinquent received the order, bowed, and left.
Li Shi Min narrowed his eyes.
His originally happy mood was ruined by this memorial.
Why was he still going to the Administrative Hall? Could it be that he was giving the Empress a bad look?
Li Shimin could not bear to part with it.
He waved his sleeves and said,
"Summon Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin for an audience. I want to hunt very quickly on the hunting ground today!”
…………
Peerless City.
In the City Lord's Mansion, the young Wushuang was holding a book of poetry and was about to fall asleep.
He was sitting on Peerless City's supreme treasure, the Peerless Sword Box.
In the past, Peerless City had relied on this Peerless Sword Scabbard to make a resounding name in the martial world.
However, ever since the previous owner of the Unparalleled Sword Box passed away.
No one had been able to open the sword case for a hundred years.
This also led to the gradual decline of Peerless City. Even the famous Peerless Sword Box had fallen to dust.
However, the City Lord of Peerless City, Song Yanhui, had taken in a good disciple.
His disciple, Wu Shuang, was the only person in hundreds of years who could open the sword case.
According to Song Yanhui, besides being a little silly, Wushuang's attainments in martial arts could be described as a genius.
At such a young age, he had already reached the peak of the Profound Finger Realm.
He was only a step away from Celestial Phenomenon.
Now, Song Yan felt it.
Wushuang's opportunity had arrived.
He had just received a secret letter from Chang 'an Fortress.
Secretly, they requested Peerless City to mobilize their forces to suppress the rumors that were unfavorable to the Imperial Family.
However, Song Yanhui knew that with Wushuang City's strength, they could only control the surrounding counties.
How could Wushuang City manage the hundreds of cities and counties in the Great Tang?
Although it was an impossible mission.
However, Song Yanhui saw an opportunity.
According to the news that came back recently.
Song Yanhui felt that this King of Shu was different from the rest.
Dare to think, dare to do, dare to kill.
Moreover, he had killed thousands of people in one go!
Such boldness was truly extraordinary.
Perhaps, the opportunity for Wushuang to break through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm was in the Yi Prefecture.
With this thought in mind, Song Yan replied,"
"Wushuang, let's go to the Yi Province."
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