Chapter 485 Guo Family [ask for monthly ticket! ]

Liang Yue sat opposite and listened quietly to Du Jian's story.

"During the Yunxiang Kingdom War more than a decade ago, I was still young and had just started following Master. I don't know much about what happened at that time, but there was a senior brother who was already working for Master at the time and told me some secrets."

"Eh?" Liang Yue asked, "Brother Du, aren't you the senior brother of Dragon and Tiger Hall?"

"Naturally I would not be the first disciple of Master, but my senior brothers all died or retired for various reasons, which made me the chief disciple now. Like the senior brother I mentioned, he was arrested while helping Master, but he did not betray Master and died in prison that night." When Du Jian talked about this, there was a hint of self-mockery in his eyes.

Liang Yue also understood why he so readily joined Liang Fuguo.

Because Li Longchan had never treated his disciples well in the past and often tried to escape by cutting off their retreat, this made him lose confidence.

You were willing to follow Li Longchan before because he was still a favored imperial teacher, and you could get more resources by following him. Now that you don't even have the emperor's favor, there is naturally no reason to continue to be loyal.

Du Jian continued, "When Dragon and Tiger Hall was first established, many officials in the court opposed it, and at one point, the master, whose position was unstable, almost lost his position as the national master. At that time, the relationship between the master and the court officials was bad, so much so that he often sent disciples to secretly do things to eliminate court officials. My brothers were also killed in the process."

Liang Yue silently thought of him as a ruthless person.

Should we kill people directly if there is a dispute in the court?
It turns out that this is not Liang Fuguo’s exclusive method.

Compared to the past ten years, the court of the Divine Capital at that time was truly turbulent.

The theme of the first ten years after Emperor Mubei ascended the throne was war. First there was the Great War in the Northwest, and then Tang Wei led his army to fight in the south and the north, destroying countries along the way.

The second decade was full of twists and turns in the court. Tang Wei conquered Bashan, but due to the obstruction of the Kheshan Society, the eldest prince disappeared and the battle of Bashan was not won. The emperor appointed a crown prince, Li Longchan presented treasures to the palace, and Jiang Zhenye went south...

During this period until Li Longchan presented the treasure, many things happened because of Mu Beidi's serious injury. His situation at that time was similar to Liang Yue's current situation, and everyone knew that he didn't have much time left.

However, Li Longchan had been committed to helping the emperor prolong his life, and indeed extended Emperor Mubei's life for many years, and the situation in the court stabilized. This led to the third decade of stability, until this year when chaos reappeared.

From this point of view, Li Longchan has indeed made great contributions.

However, after he was named the National Master, both Buddhism and Taoism were dissatisfied with this. In addition, the Dragon and Tiger Hall was domineering and amassed a lot of wealth, which really made him the target of a lot of criticism.

Li Longchan is now as stable as a rock, but this may not have been the case when he first established his foundation.

Sending people to directly eliminate dissidents shows that he is arrogant on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also shows that he does feel threatened.

"The turning point was the battle in Yunxiang State. At that time, everyone in the court wanted Master to be killed, but His Majesty had no intention of abolishing the Imperial Master. Until later, someone came to have a secret talk with Master."

"That senior brother told me that it was a senior official from the court who came to make a deal with Master. He asked the senior uncle who followed King Ding Gou to the south to do something in exchange for the support of the officials from the court for Master."

"I don't know the details, but after that, Master never asked us to kill court officials again."

"I still have some impression of the high-ranking official from the imperial court who came to Dragon and Tiger Hall at that time, because our master specially asked us to come and pay our respects to him." Du Jian recalled, "That person should be the disciple of the then-left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the headmaster of the Sword Academy, named Guo Fuming."

"Guo Fuming?" Liang Yue repeated. He didn't think there was such a person among the high-ranking officials in the court, so he asked, "What is his current position?"

"He's dead." Du Jian replied, "He died a few years ago. Now there's only a widow in the family."...

After delivering the intelligence, Du Jian left again in a secretive manner.

It can be seen that he was just afraid of being discovered by the people of Dragon and Tiger Hall, and he did not have any psychological burden of betraying his master. Before today, he had already confessed all the secrets of Li Longchan that he knew to Liang Fuguo.

This is what Li Longchan deserves. After all, he practices the Zen of Self-centeredness, which is all about being kind to yourself and not caring about others.

Since you have no mercy on me, I naturally don't need to talk about benevolence and justice to you. A master does not have to bear the responsibilities of a master, and a disciple naturally does not have to bear the responsibilities of a disciple.

Using the existing intelligence, we can roughly piece together what happened that year. Li Longchan was attacked in the court, but Emperor Mu Bei was determined to protect him because he helped the emperor successfully extend his life.

Seeing that the siege was unsuccessful, some officials with the Khe San Society background simply negotiated with Li Longchan, saying, "We will no longer attack you in the court, in exchange for Li Huchan's letting him burn down the Zhengjiao." This was also very important to Li Longchan, who had a very bad reputation at the time.

Li Huchan spared the remnants of the Huozheng Sect, which was also part of the deal between Nangong Xue and the Xishan Society. From then on, she was willing to be a thug for the Xishan Society, and Liang Yue saw her appear at critical moments to kill people many times.

As to whether Li Longchan knew that this matter was related to Xishan Society, it is still unknown.

But the Guo Fuming who went to find him was definitely a member of the Xishan Society.

When Liang Yue returned to the Ministry of Justice, he asked for Guo Fuming's information. Guo Fuming was a disciple of the principal of the Jiandao Academy, and was almost of the same generation as Song Zhili and Liang Fuguo. He had a successful career and was promoted to the position of Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue within ten years of entering the court.

However, when Dongzhou was hit by a flood and he went to dispatch disaster victims, he encountered a river monster that was born out of hunger. He died fighting the monster.

This incident caused quite a stir at the time. It was quite rare for a high-ranking official of the imperial court to be accidentally killed by a monster.

However, after his death, his wife seemed to have received a lot of care. She suddenly started a business and everything went smoothly. Now she is a well-known wealthy businessman in Longyuan City.

It was one of the three people who came to see Li Mo yesterday, the wife of the Guo family.

After a moment of hesitation, Liang Yue turned around and walked out of the Ministry of Justice and came to the Evil Punishment Department.

He found Li Mo, who was afraid to go out recently and was drawing talismans behind closed doors, and put his arm around his shoulders, "Li Mo, do you know who I am best friends with in the Zhuxie Yamen?"

"Of course it's Senior Sister Wen." Li Mo answered without even raising his head.

"That's right." Liang Yue nodded, and then said: "But besides Senior Sister Wen, my best friend has to be you."

"Do you have something to ask of me?" Li Mo looked at him suspiciously.

"Beg?" Liang Yue took a step back. "Do I need to beg you for help? Have you forgotten who helped you scare away those rich women when you were in trouble? Have you forgotten who tied you up and beat you on the ground yesterday..."

"Alright, alright." Li Mo quickly held him back, "We are brothers in our hearts, so don't mention it anymore. Just tell me what you want to say!"

(End of this chapter)