Chapter 593: Snow-Filled Bed in the Morning

"Is it him?"

When he heard the name, Shang Zongguan couldn't help but frown.

When he mentioned the name, Li Xuan also understood why Zhao Feng's face was so bitter.

Zhao Bugao was Zhao Feng's adopted son. He had always been trusted by Zhao Feng and was trained as the next general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It's a pity that Zhao Bugao chose to betray his adopted father Zhao Feng and secretly made trouble in the palace, causing a lot of trouble.

Li Xuan only knew that the foreign forces that were hostile to Daxing were colluding with Zhao Bugao.

Li Xuan was not present at the scene to listen to the specific situation Zhao Bugao explained at the time, but he saw it from a distance when the father and son had a confrontation later.

Now it seems that Zhao Bugao was most likely colluding with Damo at the time.

As for whether there was any influence from King Zheng, it is a bit hard to say.

After all, among the many major things Zhao Bugao did, the main one was to provoke the confrontation between the civil and military officials in Daxing.

Now the matter was related to Zhao Bugao again, Li Xuan couldn't help asking:

"What did Zhao Bugao do at that time?"

The two stewards looked at each other, and then they remembered that they didn't share the information with Li Xuan at that time.

At that time, they didn't trust each other as much as they do now, and this was Zhao Feng's sad thing, so they didn't mention it much.

Now that Li Xuan asked, there was no need to hide it from him.

Shang steward shook his head and didn't say anything.

Zhao Feng explained: "He colluded with the people of the desert at that time, trying to disrupt the court and accelerate the civil strife in Daxing."

"There should be no influence from King Zheng, because the first person he calculated was Liang Zhao, the leader of the civil officials, and later the important position of Zhongshu Ling was arranged by His Majesty."

When Li Xuan heard this name, he immediately thought of Liang Chuchu.

It was this dandy second-generation official girl who wanted to please Empress Wu and targeted their Jingyang Palace. Later, she was even more self-inflicted. From being punished to be a palace maid for a month, she was directly demoted to a palace maid.

If it weren't for her younger sister Wang Suyue, who she didn't get along with but actually had a good relationship with, Liang Chuchu's situation would have been a question whether she could survive until now.

His unlucky father, who was the Minister of the Central Secretariat, took advantage of the rumors of ghosts in the palace to pressure Emperor Yongyuan to appoint a crown prince as soon as possible. Later, when the truth of the ghosts was found out, he was directly demoted from the capital.

Li Xuan remembered that the blame was put on the civil officials at that time, and these were all calculated by Zhao Bugao.

Li Xuan learned about these things when he was paying attention to Yu'er's younger brother Deng Weixian.

Since Maoba and others helped to keep an eye on the situation in the palace, Li Xuan had more things to pay attention to, so he paid less attention to Deng Weixian.

The main reason is that Deng Weixian is doing well now. Not only does he have Zhao Bugao, his godfather who has given up his ambitions, to teach him seriously, but he also became a non-staff member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who is the focus of attention by chance.

When the Great Desert Envoys visited the capital, they did not know that Zhao Bugao had already been exposed, so they planned to use the line of Xungui and Wang Suyue to carry out the poisoning plan of Emperor Yongyuan.

The plan also included colluding with the two eunuchs Guo Sheng and Duan Gui to cause unrest in the palace and get rid of the arrangement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Unfortunately, all these things were discovered by Li Xuan and the two general managers, and they even got rid of the two people, which further enhanced the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the palace.

After being frightened, the other eunuchs dared not have second thoughts, and Emperor Yongyuan also consolidated his control over the palace. Later, he began to layout more actively to gain the initiative in the capital.

Among them, Deng Weixian also played an important role, which was to induce the other party and make the enemy think that the plan was being carried out smoothly.

At that time, Deng Weixian also risked his life. If Li Xuan had not rescued him in time, he would have been killed by the eunuchs in black clothes sent by the two eunuchs in the palace.

At that time, Deng Weixian would become a scapegoat for all the crimes.

Fortunately, these things did not develop in such a bad direction.

The most important thing now is that Zhao Bugao's shadow is in all these major events, or should have been.

"After that, he continued to stir up trouble in the palace and began to target the nobles. Ah Xuan, you should have heard a lot in the palace."

Li Xuan nodded silently. He was a witness to many things.

"There was also a time when we played a case-solving game in the Juhan Palace during the Imperial Garden Competition. Ah Xuan, do you remember it?"

"That poisonous snake was also raised by him. It was originally arranged to poison the fourteenth princess, Princess Yuan'an."

Li Xuan didn't know about this and was shocked.

"Civil officials, nobles, military families..."

"Even His Majesty was in his calculations. If he hadn't discovered it in time, I'm afraid the consequences would be unimaginable."

Zhao Feng counted the good things Zhao Bugao had done, and he didn't know whether to say that he taught well or not.

Zhao Bugao had mastered these methods in secret, and he was as good as Zhao Feng and the monk.

But in the end, Zhao Bugao chose to betray Zhao Feng and Daxing for his own benefit.

This matter was a hurdle that Zhao Feng could not get over.

He wanted to replicate the good story between himself and Shang Zongguan, and even make it a beautiful tradition of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Unfortunately, he did not expect that such a serious problem would arise in his second generation.

Especially before, Zhao Feng trusted Zhao Bugao too much and only trained him as his successor. Now the Ministry of Internal Affairs is even a little short of successors.

Zhao Feng had to persist with a tough stance for a few more years until a suitable successor emerged.

And since he had already made a mistake once, this time he had to let Manager Shang participate in the decision of successor no matter what.

Originally, this matter was his responsibility as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but now Zhao Feng doesn't quite trust his own judgment in this regard.

The more Zhao Fengyue said, the more depressed he became, and gradually became silent.

Manager Shang shook his head and said: "Forget it, call the person involved and ask carefully."

Zhao Feng nodded and went out to send someone to call Zhao Bugao.

Not long after waiting, Zhao Bugao appeared outside the yard and was called in.

Li Xuan hadn't seen Zhao Bugao for a long time, so he was a little surprised to see him again today.

Compared with before, Zhao Bugao's energy and energy were actually much better, giving people a sense of calm.

"The villain Zhao Bugao has met Mr. Zhao and Mr. Shang."

Zhao Bugao stepped forward and saluted respectfully.

Manager Shang and Zhao Feng both had straight faces and just nodded lightly.

Then Zhao Feng asked him about the details of the locust plague in Jiangnan Road, and asked him if he had any impression of Fuhu Temple.

"Manager Zhao, Mr. Shang."

"In the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the villain did not dare to interfere, and the reports involved were written truthfully."

"The locust plague is indeed caused by humans. Prince Zheng is the most suspicious. The silence of local officials and many sects is enough to prove this point."

"Fuhu Temple..."

"The villain does have the impression that it is one of the places least affected by the locust plague in Jiangnan Road."

"But the main reason for this result is that Fuhu Temple is located in a remote and barren mountain, surrounded by inaccessible people, and there are no large-scale villages or towns."

Zhao Bugao's answer was well-founded and his demeanor was neither humble nor arrogant.

The two stewards felt that what he said was very credible.

"Besides these, do you have any other impressions of Fuhu Temple?" Manager Shang continued to ask.

After all, Zhao Bugao was someone who had personally gone to Jiangnan Road to conduct investigations, so he might know some special situations.

"Fuhu Temple was not greatly affected by the locust plague, so there was not much investigation."

"However, during the investigation in Jiangnan Province, the people had a good evaluation of Fuhu Temple, but the court officials and martial arts colleagues were quite critical. They seemed to think that Fuhu Temple was too overbearing."

"Especially other temples in Jiangnan Province are very dissatisfied with Fuhu Temple's behavior of committing many crimes and not thinking about correction."

Zhao Bugao's words made Li Xuan and the two managers feel moved.

They also did not expect that all parties in Jiangnan Province were dissatisfied with Fuhu Temple since last year, and it did not happen suddenly.

Li Xuan also had some experience in Fuhu Temple's crude Buddhist teachings.

Li Xuan still clearly remembers what Monk Chengcheng said when Bileg ran away.

But even so, Li Xuan didn't think there was any problem with what Monk Chengche said.

What's wrong with doing all the evil?

As for those temples that talk about enlightenment, have they ever accomplished anything in Jiangnan Road?

Fuhu Temple at least eliminated countless green forest bandits and gave Jiangnan Road a stable and stable environment.

In Li Xuan's view, these are all things he has eaten to support himself, and he has become accustomed to living a good life and does not know how to cherish it.

How many thieves did Li Xuan encounter on his way back to Beijing from the north?

The roads in the Northeast are in such chaos, but Daxing still has a place as shady as Jiangnan Road.

If it were Li Xuan who was Fuhu Temple, he probably wouldn't be able to swallow this breath.

"No wonder that Monk Chengcheng has always had a bad temper. If I were to suffer from this bad temper, he would have moved away."

Monk Chengche came to the capital to seek a joint temple with Ci'en Temple. He did not give up the temple in Jiangnan Road and said that he would move to the capital and build a new temple.

After Zhao Bugao saw the two managers asking questions, he fell into thinking and stood silently waiting for their inquiries.

The most recent time he spent was staying in Yanqu Palace as a casualty, and taking time out to instruct Deng Weixian in martial arts every day.

Although such days are a bit boring at first, leisure also has the advantage of leisure.

Zhao Bugao slowly let go of many of his obsessions. Things that seemed important to him in the past did not seem so important now.

He secretly looked at Zhao Feng in front of him. In the past, he only saw the power in Zhao Feng's hands, but did not see Zhao Feng's hard work.

"My godfather looks good, but he has more gray hair."

Zhao Bugao thought to himself, but a smile couldn't help but flash across his face.

But then, he noticed Manager Shang's gaze and immediately put away his smile.

Now he is no longer qualified to smile in front of Zhao Feng.

Zhao Bugao lowered his gaze and his expression became serious again.

"Okay, if you think of other situations about Fuhu Temple and Jiangnan Road, please report it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs at any time."

"Go down."

Manager Shang waved gently to Zhao Bugao.

Zhao Bugao bowed respectfully and exited the small courtyard. Someone outside the courtyard took him away.

Once upon a time, Zhao Bugao was also an unscrupulous figure in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so there was no need for anyone else to lead the way.

But now Zhao Bugao no longer cares too much about this except for sighing a few times.

"Let him let bygones be bygones."

Manager Shang suddenly said this.

Only then did Li Xuan notice that Zhao Feng was looking in the direction where Zhao Bugao left.

Zhao Feng sighed and said, "Godfather, I can't bear to look away."

Zhao Feng shook his head, stopped talking about this topic, and turned back to Fuhu Temple.

"Fuhu Temple has been unpopular for a day or two. This place on Jiangnan Road is quite interesting."

"His Majesty will also pass through this place during his southern tour next year. I'm afraid that the affairs of Fuhu Temple will also be our business."

"I'll send people to keep an eye on Monk Chengche, and pay more attention to Jiangnan Road."

Li Xuan was relieved when he saw that Zhao Feng's attention had been attracted.

Although Monk Chengcheng said he would leave tomorrow, with people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs watching, there shouldn't be any big problems.

Even if something goes wrong, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will receive the tip-off as soon as possible.

Li Xuan felt that he had done everything he could do.

No matter what kind of crisis Fuhu Temple is facing now, as long as something goes wrong, they will definitely notice it.

"Axuan, if you have some free time recently, remember to walk around the city and pay attention to the news about Fuhu Temple in Buddhism."

Manager Shang also arranged a task for Li Xuan, and Li Xuan naturally accepted the order happily. After all, he also wanted to visit Ci'en Temple again to see if the young novices were really as Princess Ankang said, leaving Fu Hu behind. The inheritance of the temple.

After discussing with the two stewards, Li Xuan returned to Jingyang Palace to rest.

Before dawn the next day, Li Xuan got up early and rushed to Ci'en Temple.

He thought he had gotten up early enough today, but he didn't expect someone else to wake up earlier than him.

In front of the gate of Ci'en Temple, a group of monks were seeing off another group of monks. The two leaders were Master Chenghai and Monk Chengcheng.

"Senior Brother Chengcheng, are you going to leave like this after all?"

"Is there anything you can't say about the relationship between the two temples?"

Master Chenghai is still making his final efforts.

But Monk Chengcheng smiled slightly and didn't say much.

"Junior brother Chenghai, take care!"

After saying that, Monk Chengche and the Fuhu Temple disciples all bowed to Ci'en Temple.

Immediately afterwards, Monk Chengche led his disciples on the road leaving the capital.

It was early in the morning, before dawn, and there were signs of fish belly opening gradually in the dark sky.

The weather is cold and windy, and the road ahead is long.

Whether it was Master Chenghai and a group of disciples from Ci'en Temple who came to see them off, or Li Xuan who was watching from a distance, they all felt that the back figures of the disciples from Fuhu Temple were a bit sad, which contrasted well with the bleak winter day.

Li Xuan shook his head gently. Although he hated Monk Chengche at first, he gradually changed his mind later. This man seemed rough and reckless, but at least he had a bottom line in his heart.

Seeing that the disciples of Fuhu Temple were already on their way home, Li Xuan walked into Ci'en Temple and found the room he had visited yesterday.

The house was very large, with a large pavilion on which were sleeping a dozen young novice monks with varying degrees of injuries.

The young novices all slept soundly, unaware that their fellow monks had already left Ci'en Temple and were on their way home.

Li Xuan jumped onto the bunk, sniffed at the novice monks, and started sensing to see if there were any secrets on them.

Li Xuan carefully checked each one, and when he got to the last and youngest novice monk, he discovered something.

"Huh? This prayer bead is actually a storage magic weapon!?"

Li Xuan looked at the ordinary little Buddhist bead hanging on a red thread around the young novice's neck.

He immediately pressed his cat's paw on it to explore, and found that this storage magic weapon was very ordinary. Not to mention that there were no restrictions, the space inside was also very small, about the same size as a small wooden box.

There are several martial arts secret books neatly placed inside, with a bottle of elixir and a letter on top.

Li Xuan's breathing became rapid and he thought to himself:

"The little girl guessed it right!"