Retrograde

Chapter 20 Hidden Truth

Hedong Liushi is a famous family that has been passed down for thousands of years, and the rise of its family can even be traced back to the Han Dynasty. In another period of history, the Liu family was still a force that could not be underestimated in the court until the Tang and Song Dynasties. It was not until Song died at the hands of Jin and Meng, and the Han people's clothes were destroyed under the iron hooves of foreign captives that the Liu family was lonely.

In this history of time and space, the situation has changed again. Because at the turning point of history, it was the State of Wu that acquired the world, so those who later held the power of the world became the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, and in this way, the Liu family, located in the Central Plains, would naturally be suppressed by the politicians. When the Liu family recovered a little and was about to rise, the world was in chaos again, and then the Zhao family won the world. It was for the Song Dynasty, and the new spark of the Liu family was extinguished again.

In the 200-century Chengping era of the Song Dynasty, the seven families have been holding the power of the imperial court and competing with the imperial power. At the same time, they also suppressed those weak families, and the Liu family is naturally among them. However, because the Liu family has always been paying attention to the strategy of keeping a low profile, two hundred years later, seven people have relaxed their vigilance against them. At this time, Liu Mo began to emerge as one of the most capable children of the Liu family, not only becoming an official, but also constantly climbing to the position of governor of a state today.

The governor's position is the chief executive of hundreds of miles in a state, and he can manage all other political affairs except military aspects. However, due to the particularity of Yunzhou geography, Liu Mo, the governor, is different from other governors and can't compare with Ye Hao, who holds military power at all, which has also become a problem between him and the Liu family behind him.

Of course, the Liu family can't be satisfied with a small governor on the southwest border. What they want is the power to really go straight to the center. But this must be done step by step. You need to make political achievements in your own position before you can develop, and the appearance of Ye Hao has naturally become a further stumbling block for Liu Mo. In order to remove this stumbling block as soon as possible and not be noticed by the big families in the court, the Liu family began to make careful arrangements.

On the surface, Liu Mo is very polite to Ye Hao and never has any conflict with him, thus paralysing the other party and preventing himself from becoming Ye Hao's enemy. But secretly, the Liu family investigated Ye Hao's mistakes through various means. In just two years, they have had a lot of evidence of Ye Hao and his brother Ye Tao's evil in Yunzhou.

But this is still not enough. Behind Ye Hao stands a huge Ye family. How can these small faults be eradicated? If it's not good, not only can you kick this stumbling block away, but it will hurt your foot. After some thought, the Liu family sent out another talented person in the family, that is Liu Mi.

After changing his name to Nie Mi, Liu Mi successfully entered Ye Hao's side and began to gain the trust of the other party through some means. After helping Ye Hao solve the trouble several times, he was further cited as his confidant, and then Liu Mi had a clearer understanding of the behavior of the Ye brothers and obtained more evidence of the crimes they had committed.

However, all this is not enough to really defeat Ye Hao, so Liu Mi can only continue to wait. A year ago, when Ye Tao obtained the management right of Yunzhou mine, Liu Mo knew that the opportunity had come. The mine is a piece of fat meat, and no one can resist its **, especially the Ye family in the capital. They need a lot of gold and silver for various reasons, so they will definitely not fail to think about this mine.

Sure enough, after a year, Liu Mizhen found a lot of mine cases and knew that Ye Tao had hidden a huge amount of gold and silver, and sent it to the capital as soon as the time came. After getting the real news, Liu Mo began to take action.

He knows very well that even if he can write to the court as he is now, he will only be covered up by the Ye family and even expose himself. Therefore, Liu Mo thought of taking advantage of the situation. Wang Chong, as the commander of the three armies in the northwest, is the only one who can deal with Ye Hao without fearing other strong people. Therefore, Liu Mo wrote this letter of prosecution to Wang Chong anonymously, and then it really attracted Wang Junqing.

What happened after that is as stated above. First, it paralyzes the other party with all kinds of original criminal evidence, but the real intention is on the mine. Originally, Liu Mo was very confident in such a design, but things changed because Wang Junqing quickly told Ye Hao what he was going to do. Fortunately, things were completed satisfactorily. Ye Tao was taken down on the spot, and Ye Hao's step down was only a matter of time.

"Ye never dreamed that the person he trusted the most would be the strongest opponent who gave him a heavy blow. And what he didn't expect was that Xu Jinghong, who had been bothering him this month, would become an important part of his complete fall!" Liu Mi smiled and looked very proud. He is indeed qualified to be proud. A big man with a deep* and military power was played with by himself, and he still doesn't know the truth of the matter.

Liu Mo also nodded and said, "Brother, your strategy is indeed good. It not only diverts his attention with other mistakes, but also puts down a doubt in the mine. I don't know what Ye Hao would think if he knew that the person who showed his strength to protect Xu Jinghong behind his back was our Liu family?

"This is just a blindfold for Wang Chong's misjudgment when he went to inspect the mine, but he didn't expect to become a killer at the critical moment." Liu Mi also sighed with joy.

It turned out that the Ye brothers had always been suspicious, thinking that the power of the Wang family to protect Xu Jinghong was made by the Liu family, in order to make Wang Junqing make the other party wrong judgments when he went to the mine, thus ignoring those gold and silver. Although the current strength of the Liu family cannot compete with the seven masters, it is not difficult to create a situation in a place like Yunzhou. Of course, this also plays the role of Liu Mi beside Ye Hao.

"Just because of Wang Junqing's words, your hard work was almost lost. Who would have thought that Ye Hao would even transfer those gold and silver?" Liu Mo is still a little afraid.

"Yes, he didn't discuss this with me at all, and I have been in the dark. It was not until today that I left Yefu that I learned the whole process from the population outside, which was really unexpected.

"But in general, it is the preparation made by the eldest brother earlier, so that we can succeed this time! If Xu Jinghong didn't have your advice, I wouldn't care about him at all, let alone save his life. And if he hadn't saved his life, he wouldn't have stood up and corrected Ye Tao at a critical moment today. Liu Mo said and toasted his brother with a glass.

"This can also be regarded as unintentional. At that time, he was just regarded as a doubt to confuse the other party. Who would have thought that it would eventually turn out like this? But this son's courage and ability are indeed extraordinary..."

"I understand what the eldest brother means, and I also mean to recruit him to his subordinates. You didn't see the situation at that time. If it were me, I'm afraid that under such circumstances, you are a humble mining slave and don't have the courage to say that. Moreover, judging from the development of this situation, this teenager is also well prepared. Everything is interlinked, making the Ye brothers unable to resist at all. Such a talent really can't let go.

"Blesson, don't you know? At that time, Wang Junqing intended to recruit him and proposed to include him in the army, but he politely refused." Liu Mo immediately said again.

"There is such a turning point. Why didn't he agree?" Liu Mi is more interested in Xu Jinghong.

"Because he wanted to leave the mine with his two friends, but Wang Junqing didn't have the ability, so he had to give up." Liu Mo praised: "I really can't see that he is still a righteous person."

After a while of silence, Liu Mi said, "This young man is really unusual. Maybe he has his own considerations when he does this. Although he has left a deep impression now, his status in the army will not be too high, but if he behaves like this, it will be heavier in Wang Junqing's heart. Maybe he will be reused in a while. And his hand also spread his affectionate reputation, and his reputation naturally increased.

"What the eldest brother said also makes some sense, but does such a teenager really have such a deep mind?" Liu Mo said disapprovingly.

"It's hard to say this now, but judging from his performance in the mine today, it's not impossible to have this little machine. So we absolutely can't let go of this son. And if he is really valued by Wang Junqing, he will certainly do a lot in the army in the future, which is also a good help for our Liu family.

"What the eldest brother said is that I will try to pull him to our side. Even if he is not as powerful as we think, it is a good thing to have his own in the army. Liu Mo nodded. Now that Ye Hao has lost power, Yunzhou respects him, and it is not difficult to control the mine.

"But the most important thing for you is to deal with Ye Hao quickly. As long as the Ye family in the capital gets the news, they will save him. Maybe they will really turn him back to safety, then our efforts will be in vain." Liu Mi gave another warning.

"I have asked Ye Tao to be interrogated overnight, and with the evidence in our hands, it is more than enough to deal with Ye Hao. With so many charges, even if the Ye family can cover the sky in the court, they dare not be selfish, not to mention that the Song court is not his Ye family's family's final decision!" Liu Mo said confidently.