The Changsun family and the Gao family were obscured.

This news spread throughout the noble families in Chang'an City in the shortest time.

"Did you see it? Don't mess with the people from the Chu Prince's Mansion in the future, otherwise you won't know how you died."

In Du's mansion, Du Gou talked to Du He very seriously.

You know, Du He offended Li Kuan many times back then.

Now it seems that they didn't fight back against the Du family, otherwise what would happen.

"Brother, the people from the Chu Palace did not admit that they did this. Who is Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng? It has been a mystery until now. Why are everyone sure that this "Jin Ping Mei" was thrown out by His Highness the King of Chu to disgust the Changsun family and the Gao family?"

Du He was a little dissatisfied and couldn't help but raise his own doubts.

He naturally watched this "Jin Ping Mei".

Although he was pushed a little by little, he also felt that Ximen Chong inside was talking about Changsun Chong; Gao Jinlian was talking about the Gao family's legitimate granddaughter.

But this is everyone's guess and imagination after all, and the book does not clearly say so.

"How good is the book "Jin Ping Mei"? You should know what it is after reading it, right? To be honest, this is the most classic book in the Tang Dynasty, even the most classic book after "Dream of Red Mansions". The person who has written such a classic book will definitely not be an ordinary scholar, and there is no need for others to pretend to be profound in anonymous place.

Think about it, if you wrote this book, would you be willing to leave your name on the title page? How many people can let go of such a good opportunity to become famous, right?

Also, when a normal person writes books, who would offend the Changsun family and the Gao family to death? Isn’t this dislike that you live too well? There must be deep resentment between the two parties that they will do such extreme things.

If someone replaces the mapping object with you and the protagonist of "Jin Ping Mei" becomes Ximen He, then do you think our Du family will be infatuated for thousands of years?"

When Du Gou said this, he couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning.

If the Chu Palace really used this ultimate move at that time, he wouldn't have any good way to deal with it.

"Brother, how do you think the Changsun family and the Gao family will fight back against the Chu Prince's Mansion this time? Logically speaking, there is no direct evidence to prove that this matter was arranged by His Highness the King of Chu. It is not ruled out that someone wants to provoke a conflict between the Chu Prince's Mansion and the Changsun family."

"If you just simply come up with a book called "Jin Ping Mei", then there is indeed the possibility that you mentioned. But if you notice other things about the Chu Prince's Mansion, you will find that there is a reason for the appearance of "Jin Ping Mei".

As the eldest son of the Du family, Du Gou naturally has some information channels of his own.

"What's the matter?"

"You must know Di Renjie, the disciple of His Highness the King of Chu?"

"Although I have never dealt with, I naturally know Di Renjie's name."

"He was transferred to Lantian County as the county magistrate some time ago, but a murder occurred on the second day after he arrived in Lantian County. Two days later, another murder occurred in Lantian County. Although both cases were quickly solved, it is said that there are some other stories behind it. I guess that someone was deliberately stumbling. Looking at Chang'an City, there are quite a lot of people who have conflicts with the Chu Prince's Mansion, but the most intense fight in the past year is the Changsun family."

When talking to his younger brother, Du Gou naturally didn't hide it, even if it was some uncertain information, he dared to say it out.

"What do you mean is that the Changsun family arranged people to stumbling for Di Renjie, wanting to make him, the county magistrate of Lantian County, unable to continue to do this? Then His Highness the King of Chu found out about this, and then he ruined the reputation of the Changsun family through "Jin Ping Mei"?"

Du He looked at his elder brother in amazement.

If this guess is true, it would be terrible.

In order to stumbling for the people of the Chu Prince's Mansion, the Changsun family did not hesitate to hurt the lives of innocent people.

The revenge of King Li Kuan of Chu also came so quickly and violently.

This method is not much worse than directly arranging people to assassinate the children of the Changsun family.

"Although I have no evidence, I think this is the most likely situation. And, do you think the Changsun family did not fight back after knowing about the "Jin Ping Mei"? You are wrong. The Changsun family is actually fighting back. There have been a lot of rumors in Chang'an City these days, and many of them are related to Guanshishan Academy. Don't you think this matter is most likely done by the Changsun family?"

Du Gou now feels like watching a show.

This kind of opportunity for fighting gods is not so easy to encounter.

As long as he doesn't affect himself, he still wants to see the Changsun family fighting with the Chu Prince's Mansion.

"I thought it was done by someone arranged by Kong Yingda. Because in the past few days, many articles by Kong Yingda criticizing "Jin Ping Mei", and most people think that this book comes from the Chu Palace. Compared with previous books, almost the entire text of "Jin Ping Mei" is written in vernacular language, which makes Confucians very dissatisfied."

"Kong Yingda?"

Du Gou glanced at his younger brother disdainfully.

"His behavior this time not only did not cause any damage to "Jin Ping Mei", but also did not even hurt the fur of the King of Chu's Mansion; he even inadvertently helped the King of Chu's Mansion."

"Ah? Brother, how do you understand this?"

Du He felt that his mind could not keep up with him at all.

"You think, who likes the topics related to "Jin Ping Mei" the most in Chang'an City can cool down as soon as possible? Everyone should quickly turn their attention to other places? It must be the Changsun family, right?"

"Yes, the Changsun family definitely hopes that everyone will forget "Jin Ping Mei" and hope that new things will divert everyone's attention."

"Since you understand this, Kong Yingda is now criticizing "Jin Ping Mei" in newspapers every day, and some people who have never heard of this book have become curious, which has not only not decreased, but has increased. In this case, do you think the Changsun family wants to see it? Will the people in the Chu Prince's Mansion be happy or unhappy after reading it?"

“It’s really…”

Du He touched his forehead speechlessly.

The world of these people is too complicated. He misses his life in Guangzhou now.

There, just handle the matters in the sugarcane plantation well, and there are not so many messy things to worry about.

There are fewer struggles between nobles, but there are many cooperations.

It’s not like Chang'an City, where all kinds of swords, guns, swords and shadows are not even understood by yourself.

Maybe when I was sold, I was still counting money for others.

...

"Shi Yu, do you think "Jin Ping Mei" is the work of the second brother?"

In the East Palace, Li Zhi and Yu Zhining were talking in the study.

Li Shimin arranged a lot of important officials to assist Li Zhi, among which Zhining is the oldest.

As a descendant of the eight major pillars of Guanzhong, Yu Zhining could live without looking at anyone's face.

However, the Yu family has been on a downward trend in recent years, that is, Yu Zhining is still working in the court, otherwise the Yu family's sense of existence will inevitably be lower.

Therefore, this time, Li Shimin arranged Yu Zhining and assisted Li Zhi, and he was very attentive.

"Your Highness, although there is no evidence for this matter, the noble families in Chang'an City are generally believed to be the work of His Highness the King of Chu. Of course, the book "Jin Ping Mei" will become more and more popular now, and it is also related to some opponents from the Changsun family and the Gao family's behind their backs."

Although Yu Zhining is not young, he is a mature person and has a very thorough understanding of problems.

Chang'an City has been in a noisy lately, and Yu Zhining thinks it is not entirely Li Kuan's arrangement.

After all, Dengzhou is quite far from Chang'an City. Even if there are flying pigeons sending letters, Li Kuan cannot command the situation in Chang'an City every moment.

In this case, it is very likely that other forces will jump out and mess up the water.

"Then who should I stand in this situation?"

Li Zhi was very confused and asked this question.

Changsun Wuji is his uncle and is now the main supporter of his position as crown prince. When he was able to become the crown prince, Changsun Wuji also put in his efforts.

As for Li Kuan, it goes without saying that the person who almost grew up with him was naturally helping him.

It can be said that Li Zhi didn't want to see the Chu Prince's Mansion fighting with the Changsun family there.

But how could he decide such a thing just by thinking about it or not?

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, you will support whoever is at a disadvantage!"

"ah?"

Yu Zhining's answer was obviously beyond Li Zhi's expectations.

"Sir Yu, I don't understand the meaning of doing this very much."

Anyway, there are no outsiders, Li Zhi is very frank in communicating with Yu Zhining.

"Your Highness, sooner or later, you will ascend the throne to the throne and become the master of the Tang Dynasty. As for the emperor's mind, balance is an eternal theme. Whether it is a civil servant or a military general, whether it is a noble or a foreign relative, if there is one aspect too strong, the emperor needs to support the other side.

Otherwise, the power in the court will be separated from the control of the emperor, which is very unfavorable to rule. During the dynasties, when powerful officials chaotic governments occurred, it was basically because the distribution of power in the court had become unbalanced.

Just pay attention to whether it is Changsun Wuji or Gao Shilian, they were once or now the Minister of Personnel. How many people have they installed in the court over the years? To be honest, half of the officials in the courts of the Tang Dynasty are considered Changsun Party!

Look, now the Chu King Party has the strength to compete with the Changsun Party! His Highness not only has a group of supporters among civil officials, but also among military generals. Now he just lacks some middle and upper-level officials he has trained."

Yu Zhining wanted to use Li Zhi's power to restore the Yu family to its former glory, so he naturally did not give any extra effort to make suggestions there.

"But I know very well that my uncle has an influence in the court. Now there is Fang Xiang, Xiao Xiang and others to check and balance him. In time, the court will become his one-man show. But judging from this incident, the Changsun family is the victim. Should we help my uncle?"

Li Zhi is the youngest son of Empress Changsun, so naturally he doesn't want to see the infamous situation of the Changsun family.

But if the person who took action was his second brother, he would become much more entangled.

"Everything has a cause and a result! There is a saying outside that His Highness the King of Chu would take action against the Changsun family and make the Changsun family's reputation worse because the Changsun family and the Gao family first attacked the people of the Chu Palace. The Weichen just said that the Chu King Party now lacks the middle and high-level officials they trained. Before that, even if the students of Guanshishan Academy entered the officialdom, they were generally just clerks, and if they reached the level of a county magistrate.

His Highness the King of Chu must have hoped that the students of Guanshishan Academy could exert greater influence in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty. So he personally suggested to His Majesty that Di Renjie be arranged to Lantian County as the county magistrate. If the Weichen speculation is good, His Highness the King of Chu would train Di Renjie as the future prime minister.

I can guess, and Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian can naturally guess, so as soon as Di Renjie arrived in Lantian County, two murders immediately occurred, and then a beggar blocked the road and forced begging.

You're welcome, in less than a month after Di Renjie went to Lantian County, the people of Chang'an City heard more news about Lantian County than in the past year, which is obviously abnormal."

"What do you mean is that my uncle arranged someone to go to Lantian County to deal with Di Renjie?"

Li Zhi often went to the Chu Prince's Mansion and was quite familiar with Di Renjie.
To be continued...