Chapter 83
: Failure
Tan Zong asked this question but it was not aimless.
The so-called "if someone dies, his words are good. When Li Zuiren knew that he would die, the things he said would not be carefully fabricated by him, but should be his own feelings. For example, he advised Wang Ren to get rid of Tan Zong, but Wang Ren did not adopt them, which seemed very reasonable. If not, Li Zuiren would not need to accompany him with his own life and lure Tan Zong to drink the "poisonous wine" together.
However, although Li Zuiren was meticulous, he was eventually defeated by the omnipresent supervision office, and he really failed.
However, it is precisely because of this that Li Zuiren seems to be more noble in character. The other ones dare not say it, but compared with Li Zuiren, Tan Zong feels inferior to himself. Besides, the character of the two is different, and it is impossible to tell the truth!
"Then Li Zuiren is still asleep in the side room." Li Fasan responded carefully.
Old Man Li had already told him about Li Zuiren's plan. Therefore, Li Fasan was also a little confused about Tan Zong's thoughts at this moment. He didn't know whether Tan Zong wanted to correct Li Zuiren to vent his anger, or to save Li Zuiren's life, and even use some means to make Li Zuiren consciously turn himself into the inner responder of the Supervision Office in the Prince's Mansion.
Therefore, Li Fasan can only answer whatever Tan Zong asked, and he would not dare to say anything if he had too much, for fear of being mean and being mean to be careless in the end, which would arouse Tan Zong's anger.
With King An Zhao Yunan named him, how could Li Fasan dare to offend a person like Tan Zong again?
"On the room?" Tan Zong was stunned, then strode out of the door, turned his head to look, and immediately walked towards the next room.
There are only two rooms in this small yard. Tan Zong's room should be the master bedroom that Old Man Li and his wife slept on weekdays. Although the furniture looks old, the items are still complete, and everything they should have is considered to be there. The next room is naturally the side room mentioned by Li Fasan.
This room is obviously not always inhabited. Although there are all kinds of beds and other things, it is obvious that it is much more dilapidated. It is obviously the old thing I replaced, and the newest wooden table is probably the most recent. The places that often touch them have been grinding and shiny.
As soon as Fang entered the door, Tan Zong saw Li Zuiren leaning against the bed with his head hanging down. He said in a happy tone: "Brother Zuiren, how are you sleeping well this time? Your wine has caused us both to suffer."
When Li Zuiren heard this, he raised his head and glanced at Tan Zong. At this moment, Li Zuiren didn't know what state it was in. He seemed to be confused, hesitant, and resentful, but he was more confused. Obviously, Li Zuiren was still unclear why the poison he personally ate turned into a sweating pill that made people sleep drowsy.
"I can't be happy to see you, Lord Tan, who is still lively." Li Zuiren sarcastically sarcastically said to Tan Zong, but he changed his heart-wrenching mentality when drinking, and instead seemed to draw a clear line with Tan Zong.
Tan Zong really understood Li Zuiren's mentality. He had just thought that the two of them would die, so it would be okay to be intimate, even saying things that cannot be said normally - for example, bluntly calling Wang Dong a prodigal son. But now that both of them have not died, Li Zuiren naturally could not do such things again.
"This Li Zuiren is quite straightforward." Tan Zong felt happy.
"Brother Zuiren, but there is no need to be like this." Tan Zong smiled, and did not blame him for wanting to kill him, let alone mention this matter. He just said, "Your Zuiren is now a prisoner of my Supervision Mansion, and it is unlikely to go out." After that, Tan Zong looked at Li Zuiren again with a speculative look. Seeing that this guy did not react at all, he couldn't help but sigh, knowing that this person who could die for Wang Ren would not leave him any chance to win him over.
However, Tan Zong remembered that Li Zuiren once said that he felt that if Tan Zong was kept, Wang Ren would be in danger of being imprisoned, so this would inevitably become a knot in Li Zuiren's heart, but he could make good use of it.
Thinking of this, Tan Zong thought about it and thought that he could do it. He wanted to try to see if he could hit Li Zuiren. Finally, he would have to ask for something, which would save a lot of effort. However, this set of words is not simple, and he still has to go around the circle at the beginning.
"Now Brother Zuiren is missing in Nanjing City. We won't think about what kind of reaction will be if the prefect Wang will react. I will just ask one question, would you say that Prefect Wang transfer Mr. Zhan back to Nanjing?"
When Li Zuiren heard this, she glanced at Tan Zong, then turned her back and ignored Tan Zong.
Tan Zong just smiled at Li Zuiren's reaction, not angry at all. Instead, he sat next to Li Zuiren with interest and said, "According to common sense, now that the rain clouds are over the city, there is no limit to the clouds. I am afraid that our entire Nanjing Prefecture is under the rain clouds. The prefect Wang is concerned about his people and will definitely not call back Mr. Zhan, who supervises water conservancy in Suzhou and Hangzhou, at this time. Are you right about what I said, Brother Zuiren?"
The news that Zhan Muyun was transferred to Suzhou and Hangzhou to supervise water conservancy was originally transmitted back to Nanjing from the Suzhou and Hangzhou area. Li Fasan was the secret leader of Nanjing City, so he naturally grasped the news as soon as possible. Just now, Li Fasan took the opportunity to tell the news when Tan Zong woke up, which could have allowed Tan Zong to enjoy the convenience of the Supervision Office.
Tan Zong's words were reasonable and even more determined to Wang Ren's kindness. Therefore, Li Zuiren finally responded once and said, "When I look at the prefectures in Jiangnan, I am afraid that the only one who can care about the people is the only one of Wang Ren, the prefect of Wang Ren."
When Li Zuiren said this, she sighed again: "It's a pity that the court dispute still involves the people. Seeing that the prefect Wang is about to be imprisoned, I can't do anything... I am truly ashamed of the kindness of the prefect Wang's understanding."
"I don't agree with this." Tan Zong smiled and said: "When you care about the people, you say that he is the only one in the Jiangnan prefectures can do this, but I don't agree with it."
"Hmph, I spent three years traveling to Jiangnan. How could I not know the virtues of those officials? They all only care about making money and earning money and getting rich. How many people will be as diligent as the prefect Wang?" Li Zuiren directly refuted Tan Zong's words.
"Ha, I'm afraid that Wang Ren is already like a saint in your eyes?" Tan Zong changed his tone and sarcastically said, "If you don't say anything else, just talk about why there are such a playboy like Wang Dong in Nanjing Mansion? For the sake of his personal grudges, he even planned to take my life. Let me ask you, if Wang Ren is really as you said, how could there be such a playboy son? The so-called son is not a godfather's fault, Wang Ren is probably not able to bear your evaluation."
"As for what you said that Wang Ren is diligent and hardworking for the people, I disagree even more." Tan Zong stood up, walked a few steps in the room, and stopped to Li Zuiren and said, "I don't say anything else. I just ask you one thing. Wang Ren has been a prefect in Nanjing for so many years. What benefits have the people of Nanjing got? Can they eat meat with meals, or do they have new winter clothes every year?"
Li Zuiren thought about it, but couldn't think of any refutation. Finally, he had to squeeze out a sentence and said, "You are simply unreasonable!"
"Unreasonable?" Tan Zong smiled and said, "You just think that Wang Ren is a rare diligent and good official. But in my eyes, compared with those stupid officials, Wang Ren is only fifty or hundreds of steps, and no one can say anything about anyone."
"I won't say anything, I just say that Wang Ren had the idea of replacing the river bank with money from water conservancy every year to make money. Isn't this Wang Ren taking human life? Don't say that Wang Ren has a perfect plan to protect the river bank, I will only ask you one thing, if the rain falls for three days and three nights, and the floods come together, and the flood peak passes, can the loopholes you left on the river bank be able to withstand, can they be kept?"
When Tan Zong talked about changing the river embankment to build stones, Li Zuiren's face changed a little. When Tan Zong talked about "the loopholes left on the river embankment", Li Zuiren was really surprised. He obviously did not expect that Tan Zong would find out such a secret matter.
However, Li Zuiren knew that this matter was a secret, and it was really important, so he had to say against his heart: "What do you mean by changing the river bank?"
"Ha, hehe~" Tan Zong chuckled a few times, but he was too lazy to see Li Zuiren's face: "If you don't know, don't do it yourself. Since you can think of such an idea, you won't let anyone see it? Besides, you think you have done everything in your mind, but you don't know that the secrets of the Supervision Mansion are everywhere, even the Salt Tax Office and the Cao Gang have nails installed."
Tan Zong said this casually, but Li Zuiren believed it and said no wonder, no wonder.
But Tan Zong would not remind him of the truth, but just continued to attack Li Zuiren and said, "Just as you said, now the evidence is conclusive. If the prince wants to arrest Wang Ren, he may be able to take action at any time. But the prince is worried about the abnormal climate these days. If there is a flood, the prefect Wang still has to come forward to cure the flood. The military strategy says: changing generals at the last stage is a taboo."
When Li Zuiren heard this, his mind suddenly became excited. He always felt that if King An and Tan Zong were asked to investigate like this, Wang Ren would sooner or later have an accident. Therefore, after he offered his advice, he would try to exchange his life for his life and get rid of Tan Zong.
At this time, I heard from Tan Zong that there had been some evidence of the evidence from King An, but I was worried that heavy rain would be coming and that I could not change the generals at the last minute. I was planning to ease for a few days and I suddenly felt a little convinced.
But Li Zuiren was about to speak, but suddenly remembered something. He kept saying "No" and turned his head toward Tan Zong and said, "What a Tan Menghua, I was almost deceived by you. It's such a clever tongue!"
Seeing Li Zuiren suddenly woke up, although Tan Zong secretly said that his efforts were in vain, he was unwilling to admit defeat in this scene, so he still said with the same expression: "What am I lie to you? I told you that you are not afraid of death, but there are many people in Nanjing City. I won't say anything else, just talk about Li Xilai, the big accountant in your palace. You said that there are so many account books in Nanjing, he really can do it seamlessly? Humph, I'm afraid that when I check the account books tomorrow, he will be scared to death. In the meantime, I don't worry that he won't jump out and turn against the water!"
After hearing this, Li Zuiren was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "You go, go, just go check him, haha!"
Chapter completed!