Chapter 4770: Group Attack
His Majesty's "special supervision" instantly threw Li Shenfu into the pit. The significance was not that the clan members and nobles who followed him believed that Li Shenfu had surrendered to His Majesty, but that it gave him the opportunity to attack Jingzhao Mansion. This gave the clan and nobles an excuse to attack Li Shenfu.
Now these people in the main hall are clinging to this point. If Li Shenfu wants to prove that he has not betrayed everyone to join His Majesty, then he must produce proof to prove this.
How to prove it?
It's very simple. Stand with everyone and rescue the clan members and noble disciples who are being detained and interrogated...
Li Shenfu was anxious and irritable.
He had already prepared an escape route in advance, and his words had already hinted that everyone would voluntarily attack the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen. This move was for their own benefit, so it had nothing to do with him. No matter what the consequences were, everyone had to bear them themselves.
However, no one expected that the Jingzhao Mansion and the Jinwu Guards had already prepared to capture all those disciples and severely punish them under His Majesty's decree. As a result, these people panicked and came to the Mansion anyway, asking him to come forward to negotiate with His Majesty's court.
But the problem is that it's not that Li Shenfu doesn't want to negotiate, but that he can't.
His Majesty's giving him the title of "Special Supervisor" is already a very serious warning, telling him that His Majesty is fully aware of the little tricks behind the scenes, and it will not be so easy to talk to him if he mixes in those dirty tricks again...
At this time, if he stood up to negotiate with the court, wouldn't he be challenging His Majesty?
Li Shenfu was very angry. He was not only angry that the clan members and nobles who usually looked up to him did not listen to him and came to the prince's palace to make mischief, but he was even more angry at His Majesty's "ignorance".
It stands to reason that he is now a "special supervisor". Whether actively or passively, he is regarded as His Majesty's person. He is automatically separated from the clan and nobles, so Your Majesty must support him and ensure his safety. With Fang Junzhi's strength and controlling the strength of Jinwu Guards, it is enough to ensure the stability of Chang'an City. Even without Fang Jun's personal intervention, he only needs to send a team of soldiers to stand outside the gate of the Prince's Mansion. Who dares to make a mistake?
However, Fang Jun ignored him. Now dozens of families came to the county prince's palace to stir up trouble and anger, and there was a risk of violence at every turn, but they had to personally ask Fang Jun to send troops to maintain safety...
He looked at Li Daoli, who had been filled with grief and indignation, frowned and asked, "Don't you blame me for Dalang's death?"
Li Daoli shook his head: "There is always a wrongdoer and a debtor. I just want to find the murderer and avenge my son. I hope my uncle can uphold justice."
Li Shenfu had a splitting headache: "The situation was so chaotic that I didn't know who was responsible. The three law divisions have been interrogating for a whole day and they still have no clue. How can I make the decision for you? Besides, this matter is so weird. Why is it that everyone else is fine but it's the big one?" Is there something wrong with you? You have to think carefully and don't let the thieves take advantage of you. If we fight together first, wouldn't it make our relatives angry and our enemies happy?"
The attack on Jingzhao Mansion was ostensibly led by Li Daoli, but his son was trampled to death inside the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen. This incident was weird both inside and out, and it was hard to believe that someone was not behind the scenes.
As the backbone of Li Shenfu's faction, once Li Daoli chooses to take revenge because of hatred, it can easily cause internal divisions and lead to disintegration...
However, Li Daoli didn't care about this at all. He stared with blood-red eyes and gritted his teeth and said: "I don't care about this. No matter what grand plans or achievements, power and achievements are not as important to me as my son. Since my son is dead, I will find the murderer." After being cut into pieces and buried with my son, everything else has nothing to do with me.”
Li Shenfu didn't know what to say. This man had been blinded by hatred and lost his mind. If this matter was really planned by someone, killing a mere Li Jingshu would make him helpless and helplessly watch the huge force that he worked so hard to manage fall apart. It's so clever.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that Li Jingshu's death is too suspicious. The more coincidental it is, the more it proves that it was intentional...
Li Shenfu was irritable and had no clue, because there were too many people with this motive. Perhaps it was His Majesty's warning to the clan, or maybe Fang Jun bribed the clan's children to kill Li Jingshu in order to cause internal division. It was even possible Some people wanted to use this to force him to get up early...
He now has a problem with everyone, even Li Daoli.
Because now Li Daoli has won the sympathy of everyone and unanimously agreed to give him appropriate compensation. Even if he is rewarded generously in the future, no one will object because he paid the price of a son.
But Li Daoli has more than one son...
Is it a trick?
Not necessarily impossible.
"Uncle, don't be silent. Now that we are all here together, you have to give us an explanation, right? The children of our family have paid such a huge price for the benefit of everyone. Not only are they unable to retain their current titles, they are not even qualified to inherit the title. It may be deprived. Those who did not send people to participate must give some compensation, right?”
"You can't just sit back and enjoy the results while we charge into battle, right?"
The crowd was furious. Li Shenfu, who used to be unparalleled in prestige, has now become the target of public criticism. People are courageous. When facing Li Shenfu alone, he is afraid of his seniority, merits, and prestige. But when everyone comes together, their courage increases sharply. A disagreement broke down the momentum of the Xiangyi County Prince's Mansion.
Li Shenfu is in trouble. He can deny in front of His Majesty that he ordered people to attack Jingzhao Mansion, but he cannot say the same in front of these "interest groups" who follow his lead. Once he shirks his responsibility, he, the "leader" will also There is no need to exist.
Now he just hopes that the soldiers of Jinwu Guard or the government officials of Jingzhao Mansion will come over quickly to maintain order, otherwise no one knows what will happen if this stalemate continues...
The noisy situation lasted for more than half an hour before Li Demao hurried back, walked quickly through the crowd in the main hall and came to Li Shenfu, leaned down and whispered into Li Shenfu's ear: "Ma Zhou said Beijing." Zhaofu is cooperating with the Three Justice Division to review the case, and all manpower is at the prison. Prisoners under guard could not be transferred, and the Jinwu guards on the left and right could not move without military orders. However, Fang Jun, who was in control of the Jinwu guards, went to Pingkangfang with the prince of Hejian County to drink. I rushed over to ask for a meeting, but Fang Jun said that this was the clan and nobles. It is inconvenient for Jin Wuwei to interfere in the family affairs.”
Li Shenfu was furious: "So many people have to give an explanation. If they are not satisfied and something is going to happen, how can he, who is responsible for public security in Gyeonggi, just sit still and do nothing?"
Li Demao was helpless: "He didn't just sit back and do nothing. He said that if something really happened, he would lead troops to clean up the mess."
Li Shenfu: "..."
Taking a deep breath, he suppressed his anger, thought about it carefully, and understood Fang Jun's intention.
Fang Jun shoulders the important task of controlling the Jinwu Guards and maintaining public order in the capital. He will never dare to let Xiangyi County Prince's Palace be attacked and remain indifferent. Since he went to Pingkangfang to drink and ignored the Xiangyi County Prince's Palace, he must have won the favor of His Majesty. In order to inform the outside world that "Your Majesty does not care about your business".
This naturally boosts the arrogance of these clans and nobles who come to "settle accounts", but it also means that His Majesty's attitude towards the case of attacking the Jingzhao Mansion is that enough is enough, and the troubles and messes you have caused are enough. , you clean it up yourself.
Just clean it up, otherwise I will clean you up...
But if you want to clean up this matter, you must spend a lot of political and economic resources. The consequence is that not only his prestige has suffered a serious blow, but the "interest groups" centered on him are no longer as monolithic as before, and have been seriously weakened. his economic base and political influence.
If there is not enough money and silk, and the influence in the court is weakened, what kind of waves can be made?
Take the fire out of the cauldron.
But now, how could he have a choice?
He knocked on the coffee table to attract everyone's attention, and the hall gradually became quiet. Li Shenfu then said with a sullen face: "I am not allowed to make troubles when I am old. With so many people, your words and my words are a bit disturbing. Leave three or five representatives to talk to me in detail about how this matter will end, and the rest should go outside and wait.”
Some people disagree: "How can this be done? How can my family's affairs be represented by others?"
Li Shenfu's face drooped: "If you can talk, just leave a few people to have a good talk. If you don't want to talk, then get out of here. Don't blame me for not warning you. Now you can make as much trouble as you want here, but once the trouble is over The troops of Toujin Wuwei will appear outside the gate soon. You all know what it means, right? A bunch of idiots!”
Everyone looked at each other and understood what Li Shenfu meant. His Majesty and Fang Jun were not letting them go, but were waiting for them to make things worse so that they could directly suppress them with thunderous force.
By that time, not only Li Shenfu will not be able to calm the situation, but also Li Xiaogong, Li Yuanjia and others...
Furthermore, everyone has made an appointment to come together today to put pressure on Li Shenfu. The purpose is to make Li Shenfu responsible for the consequences of this practice and compensate everyone. If Li Shenfu turns the table and acts rogue, everyone will get nothing. arrive?
And although everyone was dissatisfied or even angry with Li Shenfu's performance in this incident, the prestige accumulated by Li Shenfu over the years was still enough to overwhelm everyone. No one dared to truly confront Li Shenfu before the situation reached an uncontrollable point. Li Shenfu fell out.
Li Shenfu raised his finger and pointed at the five people, including Li Daoli, who were all older, senior or with higher titles in the clan, then waved his hand and drove the others out.
Although the others were not angry, they had no choice but to come out of the main hall obediently. First they stood in the courtyard for a while, and then they simply went out of the gate and stood in the street, where they gathered in small groups to whisper and discuss. Half of Chang'an City knew that the clan and nobles were negotiating tonight, and the Xiangyi County Prince's Palace attracted everyone's attention. Many families who had not participated in the attack on Jingzhao Mansion also sent people to stay around the Prince's Mansion, hoping to get the latest news on the negotiations, because this is very likely to affect the power structure of the clan and nobles in the future, and personal interests must be taken seriously. .