Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Wei Zheng looked at Li Yuan with complicated eyes. He never expected that his old friend would become so extreme for his own selfish interests.

Not only did he brave the disapproval of the world, open the city gate and let Li Jing's family go, but now he even wanted to throw a big pot into the sky to prevent him from turning around.

Taking a deep breath, Wei Zheng carefully read the guarantee letter again, and finally pointed to the dog-like Marco Polo words on it and asked:

"Who wrote this? Why is it so embarrassing? Also, in all my years in Chang'an, I have never heard of such a person."

Li Yuan knew that Wei Zheng would definitely ask for information about the mysterious barbarian, and he had already made a plan in his mind.

So he pretended to be confused and said:

"I don't know who this person is. It's the first time I've seen him today. I only know that he's from a foreign country and a confidant of His Highness. He holds His Highness's seal and insists on forcing me to open the city gate."

Speaking of this, Li Yuan paused deliberately, changed the topic directly, pointed to the Cui family's waist card and said:

"Xuancheng, do you know what this waist badge means?"

Wei Zheng raised his head and glanced at Li Yuan, nodded and said:

"I know, if I guessed correctly, this should be the Cui family's waist card, but it doesn't belong to an important person. Why, does Brother Li think that with this ordinary waist card, he can bring the Cui family into this trip?" In the muddy water?”

"Why not?"

Li Yuan sneered, looked at Wei Zheng jokingly and continued:

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that just now at the gate of Mingde, Cui Yingying, the head of the Cui family, was present in person and personally asked me to help him open the city gate and escort Li Jing's family out of the city."

After saying that, Li Yuan looked at Wei Zheng with a smile.

I heard that Cui Yingying, the head of the Cui family, was personally present and asked Li Yuan to open the city gate.

The veins on Wei Zheng's forehead beat involuntarily.

"Degui, don't say this nonsense. Do you know what the current Cui family means to the five surnames, Chang'an, and the Tang Dynasty?"

Hearing Wei Zheng's name, Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed at himself:

"Why, Mr. Wei Zhengwei, who has always been fearless, has now established friendship with ordinary people for the sake of the Cui family, which is like a moth?"

Suddenly, Li Yuan spoke, pointed at Wei Zheng and asked sternly:

"You are admonishing the officials, but you don't think about the sufferings of the people, don't think about the Tang Dynasty, and don't speak out for the people of the world? You actually want to flatter the stinky feet of the five surnames and seven looks? It seems that these many years of comfortable life have made you forget To understand one’s true intention.”

After saying that, Li Yuan pushed Wei Zheng away from him, rolled up some items on the table, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Degui, wait a minute..."

Seeing this, Wei Zheng hurriedly grabbed Li Yuan's arm, trying to stop him.

"What, Master Wei, are you planning to fall out with me? Or are you planning to send me and these evidences to your new master, Li Shimin, to seek glory and wealth for yourself?"

Being ridiculed by Li Yuan, Wei Zheng's face turned red, but he still held on to the other party and refused to let go.

"Degui, you misunderstood. You should know better than anyone who I, Wei Zheng, am."

"If I wanted all that glory and wealth, I would have it at my fingertips, but I would never end up like this."

After saying that, he let go of Li Yuan's hand and continued:

"Degui, you can come today because you trust me. I'm very happy."

"However, it is too difficult for you to move to the Prince and Cui's family at once. Even if I advise you with death, it will not have much effect. If you want to promote this matter, you need to consider it in the long term."

Seeing that Wei Zheng was indeed trying to help him, and that what he said was correct, Li Yuan's expression softened slightly and she said:

"Then how should we act between Xuancheng?"

Wei Zheng hesitated for a moment, then looked closely into Li Yuan's eyes and asked:

"In your heart, is it more important to get rid of a moth for the Tang Dynasty, or to avenge His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Hearing the words "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince", Li Yuan's eyes filled with tears and he blurted out without hesitation:

"Of course it is important to avenge His Highness the Crown Prince."

"The reason why I live on in this world is that one day I can make Li Shimin, an unkind, unfaithful and unfilial man, pay the price."

"The opportunity is right in front of me now, how can I give up?"

"As for the Cui family, the five surnames and seven hopes, the people of the world, and all kinds of righteousness, what are they? What does it have to do with me?"

Hearing Li Yuan's extreme words, Wei Zheng sighed inwardly.

It seems that so many years of mental and physical torture have turned this former friend crazy.

If I reject his request today, I don't know what terrible things he will do.

In fact, what Wei Zheng didn't know was that Li Yuan did have a backup plan.

He only took out the belt cards of the Prince's Mansion and the Cui family, but did not present Zhang Taixin's belt cards, because he was worried that Wei Zheng would suddenly betray him, and he would get nothing by then.

The reason why Zhang Taixin kept Zhang Taixin's belt was to prevent things from changing, Wei Zheng betraying him, or things not going as he expected in the end.

Then he still has an army that can be mobilized. As a final trump card, it may be able to produce unexpected effects.

(In the Tang Dynasty, soldiers usually used military symbols made of carp, rabbits or turtles to mobilize troops. It was not as simple as it sounds. Please don’t take it too seriously. \(?w?)?)

Wei Zheng didn't know what Li Yuan was thinking, he just thought that he placed all his last hope on himself.

He immediately sighed and said:

"Degui, I can help you this time, but not because of our old friendship, but because Prince Li Chengqian has indeed committed a serious crime of disobedience."

"As the saying goes, a prince who breaks the law is as guilty as the common people. What's more, Li Chengqian's move violated His Majesty's will and released Li Jing's family from Chang'an City. This is undoubtedly letting the tiger return to the mountain."

After speaking, he said again without asking Li Yuan to speak:

"Degui, I know that you have suffered for so many years. If you are willing, I can recommend you in front of His Majesty and let you become an official in the court."

"When you see what His Majesty has done over the years, when you see the people of the Tang Dynasty living and working in peace and contentment, when you see the world of the Tang Dynasty prospering, maybe you can forget your original hatred."

After hearing Wei Zheng's words, Li Yuan rolled his eyes twice, but he was not as angry as he imagined.

Instead he nodded and said:

"Xuancheng, maybe what you said is right, but I don't have so many thoughts to think about anything else right now. I just want Li Er to pay the price for what happened back then. I just want to watch their father and son kill each other."