Chapter 150: The East Palace Case (IV)

In Li Longji's memory, there were only a few days of living alone with the prince. Even in the second year of Tianbao, there were no one else present in the face-to-face conversation between the two fathers and sons. This was the first time that Li Longji had many descendants. Like all the fathers in the world, he loved every child of his children, but like all the kings of all dynasties, this kind of love had a bottom line, that is, the power of the monarch, which is the power of the monarch, which cannot be challenged by anyone.

In the 25th year of Kaiyuan, Li Longji wanted to depose the prince and establish Xin, so he secretly asked Li Linfu to frame the prince for his unethical virtue. Li Ying was in panic and became tempted to rebel. He wanted to take advantage of Li Longji's illness to carry out a palace coup, but he was trapped by Concubine Wu Hui. Li Longji then raised his butcher knife and killed the three Li Ying brothers to warn other children.

Eight years later, another case of the East Palace was pushed to Li Longji. He had already obtained Li Qing's memorial through Gao Lishi yesterday and sent someone to verify the content of the memorial. It was completely true. It was just a false accusation after the conflict between the father-in-law and son-in-law intensified. But for Li Longji, he was not concerned about the case itself, but the hidden things behind the case. Is the prince already impatient to wait?

The throne has become a part of Li Longji's life. Just as the old man is more afraid of death than the young man, he has been the emperor for thirty-three years, but he cares more about the long-term throne than at any time. In his opinion, if the prince is in his long term, he will definitely be impatient and develop a strange intention. The best way is to change the prince regularly so that every prince can live under his wings with fear. However, the price of changing the prince is also obvious. At the least, it will be replaced by each other, and at the worst, it will shake the national system. This also forced Li Longji to treat the prince carefully after replacing the prince Li Ying in the 25th year of Kaiyuan and carefully balance the pros and cons of this twin brother.

Li Heng has been the crown prince for eight years. So far, Li Longji has mixed joys and worries about him. He is happy because he acts in a low-key manner, is not ostentatious, and carefully examines his eyes and face. Li Heng is mediocre and has a weak temperament, and is afraid that he will not be able to continue the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty. Fortunately, he gave birth to a benevolent, filial, gentle, and polite Emperor Changsun, which allowed him to see the future of the Tang Dynasty. After several considerations, Li Longji finally decided to let Li Heng go again, but he still needs to use this matter to knock him down.

"I heard that you beat Chu'er hard the day before yesterday. He still can't get up. Why is that?"

Li Heng didn't know that Li Qing had already submitted a memorial to his father through Gao Lishi yesterday, and thought that Li Linfu's false accusation had been transferred to his father, so his father summoned him.

He had already thought of the words along the way, and everything was done by his subordinates without authorization. He lived in the Eastern Palace and never interacted with relatives. Therefore, he was not aware of the cause and effect of the incident this time, and no one had anything to do with him.

Unexpectedly, the father did not mention this matter, but asked himself why he was scolding Chu'er. This was reasonable, but beyond his expectations.

"Don't my father know about this? It's impossible!"

Li Heng immediately denied his guess. Cui Qiao had already said that Liu Ji's rewrite of the paper was taken away from Dali Temple before dawn. With Li Linfu's style of doing things, he would definitely not come forward in person, but instead pretended to be someone else. He just heard the eunuch say that the Censor Wang Gong had already come, and it must have been for this matter. Thinking of this, Li Heng glanced slightly and saw a thick memorial on his father's imperial desk. His heart immediately jumped wildly. Based on his intuition, this memorial must be the report of the Du Youlin case.

But the father was still waiting for his reply. Li Heng didn't think about it carefully and hurriedly said: "Chu'er usually neglects discipline. The day before yesterday, he argued with the son of the prime minister. He actually said the dirty words of villains in the market. The son was angry for a moment and beat him up. This is because the son was ineffective in discipline. Please punish him!"

Li Longji smiled faintly and took out one of the memorials from the upper left corner. "I just learned about this. I have nothing to say when you beat your son, but if you don't do it well, I will punish you!"

Li Heng quickly stood up and lowered his head and replied, "My son is willing to be punished!"

"I'm willing to be punished!" Li Longji sneered, "You don't even know why I punish you, so you accept it calmly. You're very pleased!"

Li Heng heard the displeasure in his father's tone, and his heart was uneasy, and a bright color oozed out of his forehead, "The father is the leader of his son, and the king is the leader of his minister, this is natural, so my minister dare not ask too much. It is always right for the father to punish me. My minister thinks that after the father punishes me, he may tell the reason. If he doesn't say it, my minister will accept it willingly without any complaints."

Li Longji stared at him for a long time, and finally said coldly: "Chu'er left you and moved to Baisun Academy when she was eight years old. His knowledge and behavior are taught by his master. Now he is not yet in his prime, and his master should be responsible for his every word and deed. Now that he is rude, you only blame him and not hold him accountable. Is it the cart that was put before the horse?"

Li Heng wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in panic: "It's because my son is not considerate, so I'll punish his master now!"

"No need!"

Li Longji stretched his face and said angrily: "I have issued an order to kill his master Sun Yannian! You go back now and ask me the best doctor to cure my grandson within two days. If it cannot be cured, hum! I will also be able to get you out of bed."

"Yes! I'll go find Doctor Zhang now." Seeing that his father was angry, Li Heng was so scared that he wanted to step down to find Doctor Zhang, but Li Longji raised his eyes and stared at him gloomyly and said, "Have I asked you to leave?"

Sweat had already soaked Li Heng's underwear. Even a bead of sweat the size of a bean was hung on the tip of his nose, but he didn't dare to move any longer. His hands and lips were trembling. His eyes were staring at his toes, and his mind was confused.

"I'm here to ask you, then Li Qing has come to you?"

Li Heng felt cold in his heart. The thing he was most afraid of finally came. He was so nervous that he could not speak. He nodded mechanically. Li Longji also clearly felt the fear in his heart. He couldn't help but glance at him and thought to himself: "Is this my son? I can't see any shadow of himself in him. How heroic and decisive he was back then, and the prince in front of him was so scared by a childish false accusation. If the Tubo people came one day, would he abandon Chang'an and run away?"

He sighed with disappointment, "But then again, if he was like his former, could he tolerate him again?" Thinking of this, Li Longji had a complicated vision and said as gentle as possible: "That Li Qing is a talent that can be cultivated. He is loyal to you. I will return him to you. If you drive him out of the Eastern Palace again, there will be no third time."

Hearing his father's tone slowed down, and when he mentioned that Li Qing only asked himself to use him, it had nothing to do with the Du Youlin case, Li Heng's fear weakened, and his hands and feet began to warm up. He first reached out to wipe off the sweat beads on his nose and forehead, and then he answered carefully: "This Li Qing'erchen also thinks he is a talent and will treat him well in the future. Yesterday, his father said he would send him to the Western Regions. Erchen went back and checked. It seemed that only the position of governor of Shazhou (now Dunhuang) was still lacking. Does the father mean that "

Li Longji nodded slowly, "Not bad! It's Shazhou, don't tell him about this matter for the time being. I need to discuss his other arrangement with the Prime Minister."

After saying that, Li Longji looked at Li Heng, "Now you can retreat. Go and heal my grandson quickly. You are not allowed to hit him again in the future. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude to you!"

Li Heng retreated no matter how much he left Zichen Hall. He looked up at the sky. He never felt that the sun was as bright as today. The blue sky seemed to be washed by water, so pure that it was without any impurities.

"That Li Qing is a talented material. I will return him to you, and I will never return him to the third time!" The father's words roared in his ears, meaning that he still has a future. The position of the prince was finally saved this time. He almost laughed to the sky. Suddenly, he felt something and hurriedly looked back, but saw Gao Lishi standing not far behind him, nodding to himself with a smile. Li Heng understood in his heart, cast a gratitude look at him, bowed his hand slightly, and then walked away.

In the imperial study room, Li Longji opened Wang Gong's memorial, looked at it carefully again, picked up the red pen and cut the names of Wei Jian, Wang Zhongsi, Zhang Qiu Jianqiong and others one by one, called Gao Lishi in, handed him the memorial and said, "This time you don't need to go in person. Find someone to hand this memorial to Li Linfu, and pass on my oral argument. This case is of great importance. He is required to personally try this case and he must not deal with me at will."

Let’s talk about Li Qing coming out of the East Palace, the sun was already rising. He wanted to go to the West Market, but he remembered that he had said that he would go home for lunch, so he would go to the West Market in the afternoon!

The fog has completely dissipated, the sky is particularly clear, and the air is filled with a hint of summer. Early summer in Chang'an is coming, and willow catkins can be seen flying in the air everywhere, group by group, and a gust of east wind blows by, and the good wind is sent to the blue clouds with its strength.

It has been almost four years since he came to the Tang Dynasty. He suddenly felt that he had only had the time and mood to observe the sky of the Tang Dynasty. The sky was so vast and vast. There was an endless blue sky above, so clear that there was no cloud. The breeze gently blew his face. Li Qing's heart suddenly became clear. Those light and heavy sorrows, the inexplicable troubles that had gradually accumulated in his heart, have now all flew away. He opened his arms and laughed on the Zhuque Street, attracting thousands of people's attention. He was fully experiencing the style of the Tang Dynasty. Under the same blue sky, he had never been as confident as he has today.

After passing a small street, Li Qing saw the wall of the Sining Prince's Mansion, but on the side of the road, there seemed to be many people stopping and watching, as if something was happening in front of the front. He urged the horse to go quickly and turned a corner. He saw dozens of yamen runners clamoring in front of the gate of the Sining Prince's Mansion, not afraid of the majesty of the royal palace. Li Qing saw at a glance that there was a young man in a scholarly dress behind the yamen runner. He looked at him and shouted the most fiercely, but it was Xianyu Fuli.

"He really sued himself!"

Li Qing suddenly became angry. How did Xian Yu Zhongtong discipline his son? He even recommended him to be the governor of Nanxi County. "Are you really easy to talk to?"

He sneered, waved his whip suddenly, and a blood mark appeared on his buttocks. The war horse was in pain, raised its front hooves and neighed, and rushed straight to the gate. The pedestrians were so scared that they could dodge left and right. In just a moment, they rushed to the front door.

At the gate, dozens of yamen runners were blocked with knives and sticks. Dozens of family members of the Sining Prince's Mansion were cold-hearted and crowded at the door to confront the yamen runners. Li Qing heard a woman's angrily scolding from afar, "Do you think this is a land temple? If you want to break through, you can break through! Let me tell you that this is the Sining Prince's Mansion, the residence of the dignified Zongzheng Temple Minister. Here, no matter who is a member of my Sining Prince's Mansion, if you want to go in and arrest people, go and ask for imperial edicts!"

It was the voice of Li Jingyan, Princess Pingyang. After she went to Nanzhao, she had been taking care of Lian'er and Xiaoyu in every possible way. Today, she stood up again. Unexpectedly, she was still so enthusiastic in her cold attitude. Li Qing couldn't help but feel secretly grateful to her. Putting aside the thing that Yan'er said, she would have to pay back this favor in the future.

The person who brought the yamen runners to arrest people was Cui Guangyuan, the new county magistrate of Chang'an County. He was also a direct descendant of the Cui family. He was also a professional official. He was also an official in Jiannan. Last year, after Liu Sheng, the former Chang'an Order, was killed by a stolen mansion, the Cui family used his connections to transfer him to the capital and came to Sining Prince's Mansion to arrest people. The top was suppressed. In the officialdom, the big fish ate small fish, and Jingzhao Mansion pushed him to him. The county magistrate and county magistrate under his command were all taken to handle the Du Youlin case. Cui Guangyuan had no shrimp to eat, so he had to go to the door to handle the case himself. The daughter in front of him looked cold and cold, and Princess Pingyang was said to have a good personal relationship with Princess Yuzhen, the most beloved by the emperor, and he did not dare to provoke him, so he could only whisper: "The officials are just handling the case, please forgive me."

"The person you want to capture is my family and has nothing to do with the princess."

Li Qing slowed down his horse and came to the yamen runners. He didn't dismount. He made a gesture to Li Jingyan first and asked her to go in. When he turned his head, he looked at Cui Guangyuan coldly. Seeing that this man was about thirty years old and was extremely tall, but his eyebrows looked familiar, as if he had seen him before, Li Qing couldn't help but be slightly stunned, 'My magistrate, have we ever seen him?"

Cui Guangyuan was shocked when he saw Li Qing. The order he received was that Wang Binke Sining kidnapped a slave and asked him to bring the criminal to the case, but he never expected that the person he was going to arrest was him. He had indeed met Li Qing. It was at the birthday party of Zhang Qiu Jianqiong in Wangjiang Restaurant. That night, Li Qing's snow mud became famous in Chengdu. Since he knew Li Qing, he naturally knew Li Qing's weight. He couldn't help but complain in his heart. He got a hot case, and he couldn't even involve the dispute between the court. This should be the case. Otherwise, even Jingzhao Yin would say that a small abducting case was suppressed by the top. But now, he could not say anything lightly, so he had to bite the bullet and said to Li Qing: "At the birthday party of Zhang Qiu's grandfather, I met General Li."

He sighed and apologized to Li Qing: "The officials were only ordered to handle the case. Mr. Xianyu told General Li to kidnap his slaves. The case had been accepted. The officials did not dare to move. They only asked General Li to cooperate with us, and the girl Xiaoyu went to Yingtang of the county government together."

After saying that, Cui Guangyuan pulled out Xianyu Fuli and said angrily: "He is the son of Lord Xianyu Zhongtong, and he sued General Li."

"Son of Lord Xian Yu Zhongtong?"

Li Qing sneered, "I never know this person. I think he is like a gangster on the street, a servant of a turtle man in a brothel, a county magistrate, and he said he is the son of Xianyu Zhongtong, so do you believe it? If he says he is a royal relative and comes to sue the prince, do you also want to go to the East Palace to arrest people?"

"this"

Cui Guangyuan was speechless. The case was suppressed early this morning. He really didn't have time to confirm Xian Yu Fuli's identity, so he couldn't speak for a moment.

At this time, a sneer came from a distance, "Young Master Xian Yu was a Jinshi last year. The Ministry of Personnel has registered and is about to be appointed as an official. How could it be a fake?"

Li Qing and Cui Guangyuan turned around at the same time, and saw an official sedan chair parked twenty steps away. When the curtain was lifted, a man in his forties walked out of it. His face was thin, his face was as pale as paper, and his eyes were filled with a gloomy. He was Li Linfu's vanguard, Wang Gong, the chief censor and the young Yin of Jingzhao. He was just sent by Li Linfu to stare at the case, but he was afraid that Cui Guangyuan would not know about it and let Li Qing go.
Chapter completed!