Fortunately, Jiang Suzhou did not like that book much to begin with. Since Huo Wujiu did not want to read it, he did not delve into it.
The next day, Li Changning felt that Huo Wujiu's spirit was better than it was two days ago.
His face was still pale, but it was not as obvious as it was two days ago. When he saw Li Changning enter the room, he even nodded slightly at him.
Li Changning thought that it was because it was normal for the patient's condition to fluctuate during treatment.
He smiled and said, "General, you look well today. Did the treatment from two days ago have some effect?"
Huo Wujiu did not feel any effect, but he still nodded slightly.
Li Changning was overjoyed.
After the treatment was over, Li Changning packed up his medicine box and was about to leave. Huo Wujiu raised his hand and called Wei Kai over.
"General?" Wei Kai hurriedly went up to him.
Huo Wujiu said, "There's something I need you to do."
Wei Kai was pleasantly surprised. "General, please tell me!"
He knew that he and the general were now in enemy territory. Even if he wanted to make plans, he had to wait for the right opportunity. At this time, there was nothing else he could do other than think of ways to treat the general's legs.
However, it was still very tempting to sacrifice his life for the general.
Hearing Huo Wujiu's words, Wei Kai's eyes lit up.
Huo Wujiu said, "The brothers in the city are all free now, right?"
Wei Kai nodded repeatedly.
"Without the general's orders, no one dares to act rashly. I've already arranged for them to hide in Lin 'an City. If the general has any orders, I'll be able to contact them immediately. "
Huo Wujiu grunted in acknowledgment.
"Then in the next few days, think of a way to cause trouble for Pang Shao."
Wei Kai was stunned.
This … It's fine if the general doesn't give an order, but when he does, why is he so enthusiastic?
He stared blankly at Huo Wujiu, forgetting to respond for a moment.
Huo Wujiu raised his head and glanced at him calmly.
"I didn't ask you to assassinate him." Huo Wujiu's face revealed a hint of disdain.
Wei Kai blinked and stammered, "Then … what kind of trouble are you talking about?"
Huo Wujiu turned his gaze away and ordered calmly.
"He must have done a lot of errands for Jiang Sunheng, right? Tell him to mess up one or two things. If it's something important, he can make a fuss in front of Jiang Sunheng. "
Wei Kai nodded.
Huo Wujiu said indifferently, "Go."
Wei Kai followed Li Changning out.
Huo Wujiu calmly glanced outside.
There weren't many things he could do now, but it wasn't like he couldn't do anything. Since Pang Shao wanted to cause trouble for Jiang Suizhou, then he could also think of a way to cause trouble for Pang Shao.
Although the battlefield was large, some inconspicuous winds could determine the outcome of the entire battle.
As long as he could control where the wind blew.
Huo Wujiu calmly retracted his gaze and picked up a book from the side of the bed. He frowned and studied it carefully.
It was the extremely obscure book that he had tossed aside in the name of "boredom" yesterday.
— —
It rained a lot in Lin 'an. After a few days of sunny weather, it rained for several days in a row.
It wasn't unusual for it to rain in Lin 'an, but this rain made everyone feel anxious and insecure.
This was because the rain had washed away the ancestral hall in the north of the palace.
The ancestral hall had only been built two months ago and hadn't been completed yet. The rain came fiercely and destroyed most of the palace that had been built in the past two months. It was almost reduced to a pile of ruins.
This was a huge taboo and extremely inauspicious!
The ancestral hall worshipped the past emperors of Dajing. It was the foundation of the imperial court and was even more important than the palace. Because Dajing was moving south, the emperor had great ambitions and specially built the ancestral hall so that it faced the north. It was so that his ancestors could personally see him reclaim his lost territory and point his sword at Ye City.
In the end, the ancestral hall collapsed before Ye City could be reclaimed.
For a time, rumors and rumors were rampant among the people. It was to the point where it couldn't be suppressed. Everyone said that Dajing's luck was about to come to an end. Even the children on the streets and alleys made up nursery rhymes about Dajing destroying Liang Xing.
The future emperor flew into a rage and the imperial court was in a mess.
As for Prince Jing's Estate, it was completely different from the outside world.
After today's acupuncture treatment, Huo Wujiu's leg could already move slightly.
The range of movement was very small and almost negligible. Moreover, because his wound hadn't healed, he couldn't move easily. However, to him, this proved that Li Changning's medicine was working. For a moment, everyone in the room held their breaths and were overjoyed.
Only Huo Wujiu, who was lying on the bed, looked indifferent.
As he tried to move his leg, he asked calmly, "Did you guys do the ancestral hall thing?"
Wei Kai chuckled, "That's right! Didn't the general say that he wanted to find trouble for Pang Shao that could cause trouble in front of the dog emperor? The brothers in the city asked around and found out that the most important thing Pang Shao was doing was repairing the ancestral hall! At first, this subordinate wasn't confident, but the leader of the brothers was a clever man. He promised this subordinate that it would definitely be done! "
Huo Wujiu raised his head and looked at him with a smile on his face. He praised, "You're quite brave."
Wei Kai knew that his general was usually aloof and rarely smiled. From his expression, it meant that he was extremely satisfied with what they had done.
He laughed, "That old bastard Pang Shao was so brave that he even dared to steal the money needed to build the ancestral hall. The walls he built were hollow and the materials used were of poor quality. Our brothers only mixed in with the laborers and used a little trick to make the hall collapse from the rain!"
Li Changning heard this and interrupted with a smile, "Lord Pang must have lived in the north for a long time and didn't know how strong the rain in Jiangnan was. That's why he dared to take a loss in building the building. If he built it like this, even if you guys didn't do anything, the ancestral hall wouldn't last for more than a few years. "
As he said this, he and Wei Kai laughed together.
Huo Wujiu nodded and raised his hand to interrupt Wei Kai's laughter.
"It's done, but we can't let our guard down," he said. "Tell them to keep an eye on the Pang residence. Pang Shao has suffered a loss, so he'll definitely react."
Wei Kai laughed, "Don't worry, general. I've already made the necessary arrangements!"
Huo Wujiu nodded and looked out the window.
People entered and left the main hall of Anyin Hall in an orderly manner.
— —
Jiang Suizhou also received the report at the first moment.
He didn't expect such a big change in history. According to the historical records, although the imperial court of Nanjing was corrupt, there had never been a case of the ancestral hall collapsing due to corruption.
However, this was a good thing for Jiang Suizhou.
Although Pang Shao was usually lawless, he wouldn't bring the matter of corruption to the successor. He would coax the successor and then make money behind the successor's back. No matter how much money he made, he wouldn't let the successor know.
But this time, his successor found out about his corruption. Moreover, it was because he destroyed the ancestral hall where his successor kept his ancestral tablets.
Because of this, although Pang Shao wasn't the one who built the ancestral hall, he was the one who oversaw it. Once the ancestral hall collapsed, his successor immediately sent people to investigate. The ruins were piled up there. No matter how resourceful Pang Shao was, he couldn't distort the truth and shirk responsibility at this time.
This was the first time Pang Shao had made a mistake in front of his successor since he ascended the throne.
The successor threw a tantrum at Pang Shao. Even a few of Pang Shao's henchmen were fired and investigated. Most importantly, his successor had trusted Pang Shao in every way. He trusted him to handle all the major and minor matters in the imperial court. But now, there was a crack in this layer of trust.
This was what Jiang Suizhou wanted to see the most.
He read the news over and over again. He felt that the heavens had opened their eyes and brought down such a heavy rain.
But …
Before he put away the news, his gaze fell on the most inconspicuous paragraph.
Among Pang Shao's henchmen who were fired and investigated, a few of them were officials from the Ministry of Personnel. Since they were fired, their positions were vacant.
Usually, his successor would let Pang Shao arrange the transfer of officials. But now that Pang Shao was the one who committed the crime, his successor had no other choice.
Thus, he followed Qi Min's instructions and promoted a few non-Pang party officials to fill the vacancies. Many of them were still young and had just passed the imperial examination a few years ago.
Jiang Suizhou frowned.
He naturally knew that Qi Min didn't have any selfish motives. He did this for the sake of the Jing dynasty. But because of his seniority and bad temper, his words and actions were quite direct.
He had been openly opposing Pang Shao, but because of Pang Shao's power, he hadn't been able to achieve much. But ever since Chen Ti was convicted, the Pang party had suffered a few consecutive blows. At this juncture, Qi Min had gained the upper hand.
Jiang Suizhou rubbed the edge of the letter.
He knew that all the previous failures had become Qi Min's protection. Pang Shao knew that he was all talk and no action, so he didn't take him seriously.
But now, Qi Min had infringed on Pang Shao's interests and had become the one who took advantage of the situation to add insult to injury.
Therefore, even if Qi Min was a highly respected official who had served three dynasties, Pang Shao would still think of using him.
According to the history books, Qi Min had died an unnatural death.
Before the Jing Dynasty was destroyed, a letter of collusion with Northern Liang was found in his residence, and all nine generations of his family were executed. Until later generations, historians still debated whether Qi Min had really defected to the Northern Liang.
If it was true, then so be it. But if it wasn't …
Then this incident might have happened earlier because of the butterfly's wings.
— —
Jiang Suizhou went to Huo Wujiu's room at dusk that day. Huo Wujiu was sitting on the bed, reading a book.
He didn't seem to need Jiang Suizhou to accompany him every day. But the two of them seemed to have reached a strange agreement. Neither of them mentioned this matter.
Instead, they would spend some time together every day.
Seeing Jiang Suizhou sit down on the bed, Huo Wujiu looked up at him and asked, "Something good happened?"
Jiang Suizhou had a happy expression on his face. He smiled faintly and said, "Indeed."
As he spoke, he picked up the book beside the bed and flipped through it. He said, "Have you heard? The heavy rain these past two days caused the ancestral temple in the north of the imperial city to collapse. "
As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Huo Wujiu.
The happy expression on his face was so obvious that Huo Wujiu couldn't help but remind him, "That's also your ancestral temple. The people who are enshrined there are also your ancestors."
Jiang Suizhou didn't take it seriously.
"Wasn't it only half built? The memorial tablets haven't been moved in yet." He said. "Moreover, it was Pang Shao who caused it to collapse. If the great ancestor wants to blame someone, he can't blame me, a person who rejoices in other people's misfortune."
Huo Wujiu paused when he heard this.
It really wasn't Pang Shao who caused it. In the end, it was still him who did it.
However, Huo Wujiu had already wantonly destroyed the Jiang family's empire. Bearing a grudge for destroying someone's ancestral temple was just icing on the cake.
At this moment, he heard Jiang Suizhou's laughing voice speak again.
"If that's the case, you're someone who married into this prince's residence. You're also counted in this prince's genealogy. This prince will help you bear the grudge of destroying the ancestral temple on Pang Shao's head. "
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