"This, this...I..." Hearing Zhang Ran's inquiry, King Wuqiu Shou's expression changed slightly, and a hint of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face. After a while, he couldn't tell the reason. Instead, his eyes flashed, and even Zhang Ran dared not look directly at him.

"Huh?" Looking at the dodging gaze of King Wuqiu Shou, Zhang Ran felt a little unhappy and couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "Forget it, since Brother Zigan doesn't want to mention it, I won't force it!"

"Oh~" As soon as Zhang Ran finished speaking, Dong Zhongshu, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but sigh. Dong Zhongshu could understand the mood of King Wuqiu Shou. After all, the experiences between the two of them were almost the same. They were both disliked by the emperor, their future was dim and the situation was in danger, and there was a possibility of destruction at any time.

But now, thanks to Zhang Ran's help, Dong Zhongshu not only got out of the predicament in one fell swoop, but also had all kinds of good things one after another, and he was about to soar to the sky. The King Wuqiu Shou, who had the same experience, still achieved nothing and had no hope of resurrecting... In comparison, the feeling of King Wuqiu Shou can be imagined.

Therefore, this is also one of the most important reasons why Dong Zhongshu knew what King Qiu Shou asked for, but for Zhang Ran, it was a bit difficult and even extremely rude, but did not immediately say anything to stop him.

Because even he himself received Zhang Ran’s favor and had the opportunity to rise again today. In this case, what face does Dong Zhongshu have and what position does he have to stop him? King Wuqiu Shou, who also wants to get out of the predicament!

However, Dong Zhongshu was very disagreeing with the practice of King Wuqiu Shou, who asked for people and refused to tell the truth, and was very angry!

Therefore, Dong Zhongshu's face suddenly became solemn. With an extremely stern look, he swept across the face of King Wuqiu Shou and said in a deep voice: "Zi Gan, since you have asked Xiaolang for help, and Xiaolang is also interested in helping you, then you should show sincerity! You should not hide anything! What's more, if you don't say something, it does not mean that the matter has not happened!

What's more, you can hide it from Xiaolang today, but how can you hide it from Your Majesty? Can you block the long mouths of the officials in the court? Therefore, it is useless to escape! As Xiaolang said, the person who tied the bell must be untied. If you don't have the courage to face it yourself, then who can help you solve this problem?"

"Teacher~" Hearing Dong Zhongshu's scolding, King Wuqiu Shou couldn't help but raise his head... When the two met, King Wuqiu Shou obviously felt the anger full of in the teacher's eyes and the disappointment on his face!

Faced with the teacher's disappointment and Zhang Ran's dissatisfaction, King Wuqiu Shou suffered a great torture... Finally, after his expression changed, King Wuqiu Shou still sighed in a low voice: "Well, as my teacher said, there is really nothing to hide at this point!"

As he said that, King Wuqiu Shou suddenly bowed to Zhang Ran and said sincerely: "Brother Ran, King Wuqiu Shou's behavior is just now. I hope Brother Ran will forgive me if he offends!"

Looking at King Wuqiu Shou who was sincerely bowing in front of him, Zhang Ran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Although he was still a little unhappy, the other party had already apologized, so Zhang Ran couldn't care about anything anymore, so he had to wave his hand "generously" and said, "Well~ It's okay!"

Moreover, as the host, Zhang Ran couldn't let the guests stand like this, so he bowed to Dong Zhongshu and Wuqiu Shouwang and said, "Mr. Dong, Brother Gan, you and I are not outsiders. If you have anything to do, please go back and sit back!"

As he said that, without waiting for the two of them to answer, he took the lead in lifting the hem of his clothes and sat back on the couch.

"Alas~" Seeing this, King Wuqiu Shou couldn't help but lower his head and sigh, and had to stand up straight and slowly turn his seat back... Then, he calmed down his mood and slowly spoke with Zhang Ran and Dong Zhongshu's attention: "In fact, this matter will start from the third year of Jianyuan. At that time, I was ordered by Your Majesty to preside over the expansion of Shanglinyuan... At the beginning, because the land expropriated by Shanglinyuan was all some mountains, forests and ponds, things went smoothly and there was no obstacle!

But since the fifth year of Yuanguang, the mountains and forests around Chang'an have basically been included in Shanglin Garden, and Your Majesty still ordered me to continue to expand the scope of Shanglin Garden... However, at that time, there was basically no land to be expropriated around Shanglin Garden. If you want to continue to expand, you must expropriate farmland from nearby commoners and local tyrants!

It’s okay for the common people to say that Your Majesty has issued an edict to compensate the people with the wasteland in Guanzhong, so it’s not difficult to implement it! But the land around Shanglinyuan is not only owned by the common people, but most of the top fertile land is owned by the nobles of Chang'an and local tyrants. Among them, there are many families of the Marquis. Most of them are unwilling to give up their original fertile land and go to the distant Sanfu to reclaim the wasteland... But in order to complete the tasks assigned by Your Majesty, I had to forcibly expropriate them, and therefore offended many people!

These people did not dare to touch His Majesty's dragon beard, so they pointed the finger at me, the executor. They not only impeached me in the court many times, but also collected evidence of guilt, trying to kill me!

Finally, a few years ago, I was reported many times, and when I was building Shanglin Li Palace, I was greedy for money... so I angered Your Majesty, was dismissed from his official position, took away his palace, and expelled from Weiyang Palace!"

Listening to King Wuqiu Shou’s story, Zhang Ran gradually understood the whole story. It turned out that King Wuqiu Shou was retaliated against by offending the local tyrants when he was in charge of the expansion of Shanglin Garden... But is the matter really just as simple as King Wuqiu Shou said? Zhang Ran deeply doubted!

Therefore, Zhang Ran pondered for a moment, suddenly raised his head and looked directly at King Wuqiu Shou and said, "Brother Zigan, can you tell me truthfully whether the evidence collected by those powerful people who hate you are true or false? Or, do you have any money from His Majesty? "

"This..." Hearing Zhang Ran's inquiry, a hint of embarrassment appeared on King Wuqiu Shou's face, but under Zhang Ran's stare, King Wuqiu Shou did not dare to continue hiding it, so he could only nod in difficulty and said, "It's true!"

"Really?" Zhang Ran couldn't help but look incredible on his face and said in shock: "Brother Zigan, as far as I know, your family is quite rich and doesn't seem to be short of money, right?"
Chapter completed!