Chapter 134: Do you want the gambling hall, or do you want your eldest grandson

"Precisely because of this, just after returning to the capital, I came specially to visit the Grand Chancellor..."

"Both children are still young, ignorant of the world, how could they understand so many things?"

"It was all a momentary impulse..."

Zhao Qian, hearing this, did not hesitate at all and took out the rhetoric he had prepared early on.

He knew very well that Yuwen Hu would make an issue of this, so he lowered his posture extremely low...

"Although that is the case, the law is ruthless!"

"If it were this King's unpromising son who committed a crime, it would absolutely be no exception!"

Yuwen Hu shook his head, raised his hand to point at Yuwen Ze standing beside him, and said righteously.

After a pause, he added, "Without rules, there is no square!"

These words were said extremely beautifully, high-sounding, and no one could pick out a single flaw.

He wore an expression of handling official business and never being lenient.

After all, the higher he raised it, the easier it would be to ask for a price...

Fart! The Mingjing Si is in your hands; isn't it up to you to decide how to convict?... Zhao Qian, hearing this, twitched his mouth directly, cursed in his heart, but still smiled and said, "Grand Chancellor, these are all family children; they should be given a chance to turn over a new leaf!"

What ruthless law?

What without rules there is no square?

The principles are in your hands; isn't it all up to your mouth to explain how?

"People are not sages, who can be without mistakes..."

Yuwen Hu smiled unhurriedly, changed the subject, and continued, "The children are still young, and indeed they shouldn't be overly blamed!"

"What we need to do is mainly to punish them slightly to warn them, so they know where they went wrong..."

Yuwen Ze blinked, staring fixedly at his father who was changing his face extremely quickly, and was amazed.

He felt that he was still too young to see through what kind of routine this was...

If only Big Brother were here.

"Grand Chancellor's words are very true!"

Zhao Qian, seeing that Yuwen Hu's tone softened and there was room for discussion, immediately echoed.

After a pause, he continued, "Then..."

Does Father really intend to let it go so easily?... Yuwen Ze felt suspicious in his heart, confused, and missed Chen Yan exceptionally.

"Grand Minister of Justice, you are highly respected, and you say that children who have made mistakes can be forgiven..."

Yuwen Hu pressed his hand, smiled lightly, and asked, "Then children who have made contributions, should they be well rewarded?"

"Grand Chancellor, what are you talking about...?" Zhao Qian smelled an unusual taste, raised an eyebrow, and asked tentatively.

Others might not understand, but how could Zhao Qian not understand?

This guy surnamed Yuwen is about to propose exchange conditions.

"The Zhuque Mirror Master destroyed a gambling hall some time ago that was using your banner, Grand Minister of Justice, to swindle, illegally profit, and bully the market!"

"That kid Chen Yan has a heart of sincerity for the country and the people!"

Yuwen Hu turned his jade thumb ring and said extremely righteously.

The gambling hall labeled with that tag could naturally only be the Wangchuan Gambling Hall that was designed...

Heh! He was really waiting for the old man here... Zhao Qian snorted repeatedly in his heart, but had to cooperate with the performance, bowed, and said, "Destroyed well! Destroyed wonderfully!"

"This kind of gambling hall that harms the people of Chang'an shouldn't exist!"

Everything was as he expected; Yuwen Hu paved the way for so much just to force him to make a choice.

Do you want the gambling hall, or do you want your eldest grandson...

"Worthy of being an Old Pillar of State with great reputation!"

"Truly deep in righteousness!"

Yuwen Hu, hearing this, curled his mouth into a satisfied arc and praised repeatedly.

Perhaps the previous words were all routines, all for the scene, but these words were sincere.

After all, the biggest money-making cave in Chang'an had completely changed hands at this moment...

The most difficult step in monopolizing the gambling industry in Chang'an had also been taken.

Zhao Qian smiled with a fake smile and asked, "Then... my two unpromising grandsons...?"

No one knew better than Zhao Qian what kind of cash cow the Wangchuan Gambling Hall was, and he didn't want to change it...

But those were his eldest grandsons, the only two eldest grandsons, so he could only choose the lesser of two evils and preserve them.

He could seek an opportunity to take back the gambling hall in the future!

"You also said it, they are family children, and some mistakes can be forgiven..."

Yuwen Hu, having achieved his goal, curled his mouth slightly upward and smiled, "It can be turned from a big matter into a small one!"

Having successfully obtained the Wangchuan Gambling Hall, the two brothers Zhao Qingshi and Zhao Tishou had no significance in staying.

Whether it was Chen Yan or Yuwen Hu, they had never really thought about taking the lives of the two; that was truly more harm than good.

Once they moved these two, it would be a complete enmity with the Grand Minister of Justice.

It wasn't time for a life-and-death struggle yet...

"Thank you, Grand Chancellor, for your magnanimity!" Zhao Qian said in a low voice.

"They can be released today..." Yuwen Hu said, "Grand Minister of Justice, you must discipline them well in the future!"

The words were full of mockery.

This "discipline" is not that "discipline".

It's best if they don't change their nature and continue to send warmth...

"Rest assured."

Zhao Qian gritted his teeth and said, "In the future, I will absolutely not let them come out to cause trouble for the imperial court again!"

The price this time was truly too great.

Those two little rabbits had been too indulged before; they must be disciplined properly...

The words fell.

Zhao Qian stood up and left.

Outside the Mingjing Si.

Seven Embroidered Attire Envoys surrounded several young men who were covered in scars and in a mess, walking out from the gate.

"Old Master, they are out..."

Zhao Qian and others had long arrived outside the Mingjing Si; his personal guards, seeing this, reminded him.

"Grandfather!"

Zhao Qingshi and others, disheveled, saw Zhao Qian from afar and hurried to meet him, bowing respectfully: "Grandson greets Grandfather!"

"You two things that fail more than you succeed!" Zhao Qian, seeing his two eldest grandsons, felt his anger flare up, raised his hand to point at them, and scolded sternly.

In the Jin Wang Estate, he had been holding a belly full of fire.

Plus, if it weren't for having to exchange these two unpromising things, he wouldn't have completely lost the Wangchuan Gambling Hall...

"Old Master, please calm your anger..."

The personal guard, seeing this, advised at the right time: "This is outside; it will have a bad influence if it spreads!"

As he spoke, he nudged his chin toward the Mingjing Si direction.

Zhao Qian glanced sideways at the Embroidered Attire Envoys who were watching the fun, forcibly suppressed his elder brother's anger, and snorted coldly: "Heh! I'll deal with you few little rabbits when we get back!"

Duke of Wei Estate. (Dugu)

In the secret room.

Zhao Qian, after settling the unpromising things he had exchanged at a great price, immediately found Dugu Zhao, his face gloomy and terrifying, and said: "Yuwen Hu is monopolizing power, stepping on our noses one time after another; it's simply too bullying!"

"Brother Dugu, we can't just sit and wait for death anymore!"

As an Old Pillar of State of the same generation as Taizu, Zhao Qian was already dissatisfied with Yuwen Hu's rise to power.

Plus the series of events starting from Da Xi Jue, he could no longer tolerate this so-called Grand Chancellor...

"Brother Zhao, what do you intend to do?" Dugu Zhao didn't have much emotional fluctuation and asked calmly.

Zhao Qian sneered and said in a low voice: "Yuwen Hu can use the name of rectifying official discipline and anti-corruption to pull out our old subordinates one by one..."

"We can also follow the same pattern, use his own way to treat him, and pull out Yuwen Hu's confidants!"

There is no official in the imperial court who is not corrupt.

Why are the ones being pulled out all our people?

Dugu Zhao nodded and acquiesced to Zhao Qian's proposal.

A new struggle has begun... ===== CHAPTER 135 =====