Chapter 150 The winner of life
"Huairou, your grade in Tianyun Department remains unchanged, but you will replace Huang Banchuo's position and become one of the real rulers."
Emperor Li Longji spoke, and finally talked about the issue that Gao Mang was most concerned about.
Gao Mang nodded. Huang Fanchuo was the third person in Tianyun Department. In terms of real power, he was second only to Wang Jixin and King Qing Li Cong. However, Huang Fanchuo had long been bribed by Concubine Wu Hui and was the one of Concubine Wu Hui.
In order to protect her son, Prince Shou, Wu Huifei specially handed over the list of personnel she bought in the Tianyun Department and the Shadow Department over the years to Gao Mang. Huang Banchuo ranked first on the Tianyun Department's personnel list.
Obviously the emperor had known this for a long time, and of course he would not have killed Huang Banchuo, but simply deprived Huang Banchuo of his power.
"Also," Li Longji tapped the tea table with his fingers and said carefully, "Huairou, Iron King Kong can be of great use, at least it is more than enough to take charge of a corpus."
Gao Mang bowed and said, "Boy on behalf of Tie Jingang's family, thank you saint!"
Li Longji sighed: "It's me that I'm sorry for him. He made great achievements in southern Xinjiang, but his wife and children were killed in Luoyang City. Tell him that I will give him justice, but King Bian is a sign of short life. If you don't know, let him go."
Gao Mang felt silent in his heart and thanked him again.
King Bian was the 30th son of the emperor, born to the emperor and Wu Xianyi. Since his birth, his heart veins have been incomplete and weak.
In the 16th year of Kaiyuan, King Bian was seriously ill. Wu Xianyi asked for help from a monk from the Western Regions in a hurry and bought a secret recipe for a large sum of money. However, this secret recipe also requires a medicinal guide, that is, the heart of a child, the fresh heart.
Wu Xianyi is also Wu Zetian's granddaughter. Her status in the harem was second only to that of Wu Huifei. She is known as Xiao Wufei and is used to being domineering. In addition, she is eager to love her son, so she simply sent someone to find a child in Luoyang City and dig out the child's heart as a medicine guide.
The first child they found was Tie King Kong's beloved son, who later threw the poor child into the gutter.
In this year, the leaders of the southern Liao people, Chen Xingfan, He Youlu, Feng Lin and others gathered to rebel and captured more than 40 cities. Tie King Kong was ordered to go to the south to cooperate with Yang Sixu's army to quell the rebellion. He captured the thief leader Feng Lin alive in front of the formation and made great contributions.
Unfortunately, when he was triumphantly reunited in Luoyang, he received the bad news that his beloved son died and his beloved wife committed suicide by jumping into the river. You can imagine the blow that Tie King Kong suffered.
The almost collapsed Tie King Kong had no way to take revenge, and even the clues of the investigation were cut off one by one. In a disheartened state, he had to vent his anger every day, until Gao Mang found him to promise revenge and successfully confiscated Tie King Kong.
The tragedy of Tie King Kong is not an isolated case, but it is a typical example. In fact, many Tianxing people in Tianyun Department have encountered various misfortunes, but no one cares about it.
Fortunately, the emperor paid attention to Gao Mang's whereabouts that day, and saw the information of Tie Jingang Zheng Sanniang and others, so he was deeply touched.
The emperor is now focused on promoting Iron King Kong, which is naturally due to making up for the faults of the court, and is also to appease the hearts of those who wake up in heaven.
And the more important reason is that the emperor was unable to make up his mind to bring the real mastermind to justice.
That’s right, it was Prince Li Ying who recommended a foreign monk for Wu Xianyi and opened the convenient door for Wu Xianyi to give him a child!
What kind of transactions and connections are there between these two people? Li Longji has lost interest in understanding. The decree to kill Wu Xianyi has been promulgated, and he can only do this. I believe that Tie King Kong's tragic death should be able to rest in peace, right?
"Okay, Huairou, don't run around these days, you can die in three days." Li Longji said to Gao Mang with a smile.
Gao Mang stood up, saluted and walked out.
"Entertainment Father, I..." When Gao Mang walked to the door of the Hall of Longevity, he was interrupted by Gao Lishi just as he was about to say something.
Gao Lishi's eyes were still red, he stroked Gao Mang's head indulgently, and smiled: "Child, don't be anxious to see your mother. Be content with peace of mind. You will arrange everything for your father."
Gao Mang nodded, and with the help of the imperial guards, he left the square and walked far away, and could still see Gao Lishi standing on the steps.
He returned to the Xiaoxian Master Mansion secretly. Before Gao Mang could change his clothes, he saw Wang Wei and a man in black coming over.
Wang Wei is also considered his own person, so he has the privilege of walking in the mansion. If he had changed someone, he would have been taken down long ago.
When Wang Wei walked up, the old man beside him took off the cloak from his head. Gao Mang couldn't help but be surprised, Zhang Jiuling!
Gao Mang was about to salute, but was stopped by Zhang Jiuling's gesture: "Huairou, let's talk with you."
Gao Mang understood and led the two to the small study as if nothing had happened. Wang Wei took the initiative to take on the responsibility of taking the wind outside.
In the quiet study, the tea on the tea table had already become cold. Gao Mang thought for a while and stood up, took out a jar of Vulcan liquid from a box on a bookshelf, patted the mud seal and poured a full cup for Zhang Jiuling.
Zhang Jiuling hesitated for a moment, finally picked up the wine glass, raised his head and drank it all.
As the wine fell into sorrow, Zhang Jiuling smiled bitterly at Gao Mang and said, "Huirou, I didn't want to come at first."
Gao Mang nodded but did not answer.
The chief prime minister of the Tang Dynasty and the literary leader, if he had not been forced to go to the forefront, he would certainly not have thought of himself.
Gao Mang also knew that Zhang Jiuling found him only for one person.
Sure enough, Zhang Jiuling looked at Gao Mang with a clear look and asked directly: "Huairou, you were always by the saint on the day of the riot. Today, you should have talked a lot about it again. You told me truthfully, can the prince still be kept?"
"I can't keep it." Gao Mang said truthfully without giving Zhang Jiuling any hope.
Not only is it the position of the crown prince, Li Ying is afraid that he can't even save his life, and the same is true in real history.
The spirit in Zhang Jiuling's eyes dimmed, and his face shone a little darker as the lights shone. He held up the wine glass with his trembling hands, but found that the wine glass was empty.
Gao Mang respectfully served Zhang Jiuling full of wine, and couldn't help but persuade: "Zhang Xiang, you should protect yourself at this time so that you can still maintain your status in the court."
Zhang Jiuling smiled bitterly: "Even the prince can't be kept, what's the use of me in this court? I'm just heartbroken. The orthodox Li Tang has changed again."
"That may not be the case," Gao Mang asked, "Zhang Xiang, you are a senior. You should know who the winner of this Yin Soldier incident is."
Zhang Jiuling nodded and listed: "The King of Shou Hui is one party, and there are also saints. The saints take both sides. By weakening both of us, we regain control of the court. You are also the winner."
"No, there is another person who is the biggest winner." Gao Mang looked at Zhang Jiuling with a smile.
Zhang Jiuling's face was a little unnatural, and he looked at Gao Mang in surprise and asked, "There is another person, who is that?"
Chapter completed!