Chapter 1074

They had just sat down in a teahouse when they heard people discussing.

"How can this Great Tang Huang be so shameless?"

Old Li's expression changed immediately.

How could they openly insult the emperor of another country?

These commoners had such audacity!

Unfortunately, no one knew he was the Great Tang Huang; they were speaking with great excitement, spittle flying.

"Great Tang colluding with Master Bianji to plot conspiracies before, that was one thing.

After all, people who engage in politics all have a sinister side."

"But after cooperating with Master Bianji, they then had Pei Ji stab him in the back.

What kind of bizarre maneuver is that? I just can't understand it."

Fang Xuanling looked at Old Li with worry.

Sure enough, Old Li's complexion darkened instantly.

This was Great Tang's top secret; how did even the commoners on the streets of Great Qin know about it?

This was too outrageous!

Those people seemed very happy to have the opportunity to curse the Great Tang Huang.

"You don't know, the Four Great Clans are behind this too.

The Great Tang Huang just wanted to borrow our Great Qin's hand to suppress the Four Great Clans.

But who would have thought he would end up exposing himself instead."

"Is this Great Tang Huang a fool?

He actually dared to use Great Qin?

With that kind of brain, how could the Great Tang empire not collapse?"

"You're wrong, the Great Tang Huang isn't stupid, otherwise he wouldn't know how to borrow a knife to kill.

It's just that our Great Qin Emperor is more brilliant."

"That's right, our Great Qin Emperor, with just a casual move, played them like monkeys.

This time, that brat Li Er is probably going to ruin everything!"

Old Li was completely caught off guard.

He had come to the teahouse happily, prepared to listen to some gossip.

He never expected to hear this!

Not only did they discern all his conspiracies and calculations, but they also cursed him back and forth like a fool.

It was simply unbearable!

Old Li wanted to explode on the spot and teach these commoners who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth a lesson.

But he was held down by Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling was afraid of Old Li acting impulsively.

This was the Great Qin capital, Changancheng; if they caused trouble, they would be in serious trouble.

"Old Li, drink some tea and cool your temper.

What do commoners know?

I think there must be a mastermind behind this, manipulating public opinion."

Old Li thought about it, and it made sense.

If someone wasn't deliberately spreading this news, how could ordinary people know it so clearly? But thinking about being cursed to his face by a few commoners, Old Li felt a dull ache in his heart.

What kind of human suffering is this?

Unbearable!

Ignoring Fang Xuanling's dissuasion, Old Li stood up and picked up his teacup.

He walked over to the table that was chatting the most enthusiastically.

There were three people sitting at that table, with a circle of listeners behind them, bursting into roars of laughter from time to time.

Old Li pushed through the crowd and sat down in an empty seat.

"You all are wrong!

In my opinion, the Great Tang Huang is truly wise and martial!"

This inexplicable sentence successfully attracted the attention of the whole room.

The others stopped talking and glared at this uninvited guest.

Someone couldn't help but interject.

"How is Great Tang's Li Er wise and martial?"

Being called Li Er to his face, Old Li's face flushed, and he became somewhat angry.

Did these people not know to show respect to their superiors?

But he also knew he couldn't throw a tantrum here, so he had to suppress it...

He said as calmly as possible.

"In the past, Great Tang's governance of the world relied heavily on these clans.

The Great Tang Huang was able to make the firm decision to completely break with the clans; this courage..."

Before he could finish, someone immediately retorted.

"Tch... it's just killing the donkey after the millstone is used, and you have the nerve to praise that."

Old Li paused.

Why couldn't these people think about it in terms of being wise and martial?

"Master Bianji going to Yizhou to smuggle ironware was not directed by the Great Tang court.

That was a dirty business between him and the clans.

That's not something an ordinary person could do."

"The Great Tang court reporting it also protected Great Qin's interests!"

Old Li thought that as long as he kept talking about Great Qin's interests,

these commoners would have nothing left to say, right?

They were just a bunch of commoners, how dare they debate with him?

Who knew, someone else would interject.

"Does Great Qin's interest need Great Tang to protect it?

That brat Li Er wants nothing more than to take advantage of Great Qin, he just can't. Since he can't take advantage, he won't let the clans take advantage either; this is purely out of jealousy!"

"If Great Tang didn't betray Master Bianji, could Great Qin not have stopped him?

Wanting to smuggle ironware out, dream on!"

"In my opinion, it's not just Master Bianji dreaming, even Great Tang's Li Er is dreaming!"

"With Li Er's meager skills, he dares to play mind games with Great Qin?"

The system is upgrading to version 5.0...

Old Li had become the target of public criticism in the crowd.

Drowned out by voices criticizing the Great Tang Huang, he had no chance to refute.

Fang Xuanling saw the situation was bad, so he also interjected and shouted loudly.

"Who said it was the Great Tang court that betrayed Master Bianji?

Do you have evidence?

I think all of this is a strategy used by our Great Qin Emperor.

Our Great Qin Emperor is the one who is truly unfathomable!"

Fang Xuanling's attempt to steer the narrative was very clever.

It immediately gained the support of many people around.

"That's right, our Emperor is unfathomable!"

"This must be a strategy used by the Emperor to deliberately trick Li Er!"

Taking this opportunity, Fang Xuanling hurriedly pulled Old Li out of the crowd.

The two fled the teahouse in a hurry.

This place was no longer habitable. ===== CHAPTER 1076 =====