When Li Hong and Sun Simiao returned to the East Palace, Yan Zhuang quickly greeted him, "Your Highness, Zhang Wenguan, the concubine on the left, and Li Jingxuan, the protector on the right, are waiting for you in the Chongjiao Hall."

"Huh? What are they doing here today?" Li Hong asked in confusion.

Because Zhang Wenguan is from Zhongshushe and Li Jingxuan is a Bachelor of Arts. Although they are subordinate officials of the East Palace, they are very busy every day. They usually come back to the East Palace only every three to five days. Today, they came together and are waiting in the Chongjiao Hall.

Him, it made him a little curious.

"They brought two people with them, saying they wanted to introduce them to His Highness." Yan Zhuang replied calmly.

Li Hong suddenly understood what Zhang Wenguan and Li Jingxuan were thinking and said with a smile, "I didn't expect them to be so fast!"

The two of them had just said they wanted to recommend talents to themselves, and today they brought them to the East Palace, which really surprised Li Hong.

Li Hong asked Yan Zhuang and Sun Simiao to go down and start preparing some preliminary work for revising, supplementing and standardizing medical works, while he went to the Chongjiao Hall alone.

When they arrived at the Chongjiao Hall, Li Hong saw Zhang Wenguan and Li Jingxuan drinking tea. Behind them were two scribes in Confucian robes. Behind Zhang Wenguan was a young man in his twenties, and behind Li Jingxuan was a young man in his twenties.

A middle-aged man who has reached his forties.

Although the two men were dressed simply, the aura they revealed attracted Li Hong's attention.

When Zhang Wenguan and Li Jingxuan saw Li Hong entering the hall, they hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Zhang Wenguan, Li Jingxuan, see your highness!"

"Zhang Jianzhi and Li Qiao meet Your Highness!"

Just when Li Hong was about to tell Zhang Wenguan and Li Jingxuan that there was no need to be polite, he was frightened by the names announced by the two people behind him.

Li Qiao, Zhang Jianzhi?

That's not a mistake?

Li Hong couldn't believe his ears. The people recommended to him by Zhang Wenguan and Li Jingxuan were actually the iron-fisted prime ministers Zhang Jianzhi and Li Qiao? He immediately moved his eyes to the two people behind Zhang Wenguan and Li Jingxuan.

These two people were both future famous ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Jianzhi was loyal to Li Tang and was the mastermind behind the restoration of the Li Tang Dynasty in the later years of Empress Wu. Therefore, Li Hong had already wanted to take the two of them into his own

The people under his command thought that now was the time, the two of them were directly recommended to the East Palace by Zhang Wenguan and Li Jingxuan, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Li Hong was just stunned for a moment before regaining his composure and asked again, a little unsure, "Are you Zhang Jianzhi and Li Qiao?"

"Exactly." The two of them didn't know why His Highness the Crown Prince suddenly asked such a question, so they answered respectfully again.

After receiving the replies from Zhang Jianzhi and Li Qiao, Li Hong was already happy. He really found a treasure today! He immediately recruited two future prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty to work for him.

However, he still did not show too much joy on his face, but said lightly, "No need to be polite, you all can sit down!"

After saying that, he walked directly to the main seat in the main hall and sat down.

Zhang Wenguan and Li Jingxuan waited until Li Hong sat down and began to explain to him the situation of Zhang Jianzhi and Li Qiao.

Zhang Jianzhi is from Xiangyang. When he was young, he was an imperial student. He dabbled in classics and history. He was a Jinshi in the first year of Longshuo, Emperor Gaozong. He was later appointed as the county magistrate of Qingyuan County. He was just transferred back to Chang'an this year, but there are no specific arrangements yet.

Li Qiao is only twenty-three years old this year. He was awarded Jinshi at the age of 0 and was transferred to Anding County as a county captain. He was also moved back to Chang'an this year.

Zhang Wenguan admired Li Qiao's literary talents very much, so he recommended him to Li Hong. Li Jingxuan was a bachelor of Chongwen Hall. He knew that Zhang Jianzhi had performed well in the Imperial College before and was a calm person who dared to get things done, so he recommended him to Li Hong.

He recommended it to Li Hong, who was currently employing someone.

After the two introduced the situation of Zhang Jianzhi and Li Qiao, seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very satisfied with the people they recommended, they left Zhang Jianzhi and Li Qiao in the East Palace and left in a hurry.

It was already noon, and Li Hong wanted to have a meal and then undergo physical treatment, so he ordered Zhang Jianzhi and Li Qiao to lead him down and ask them to meet him in the study in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, before he could see Zhang Jianzhi and Li Qiao, Li Hong, who had just finished his treatment, was recalled to the Xuanzheng Hall by Emperor Gaozong.

The eunuch who came to the East Palace to announce the decree was Zhang Dehai, the eunuch close to Emperor Gaozong. He looked a little nervous after seeing Li Hong and said that His Majesty allowed the Crown Prince to enter the palace and go to the Xuanzheng Hall. Other than that, he did not give any specific details.

Although Zhang Dehai was just a chamberlain delivering messages, Li Hong still felt an aura of crisis in his anxious expression.

Could it be that there was something wrong with Sun Simiao's prescription? Or, someone else wanted to harm him and impeach him? Li Hong didn't dare to think too much, hurriedly changed into court clothes and followed Zhang Dehai to the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace.

Arriving at the Daming Palace, when Li Hong walked into the main hall, he found that not only Gaozong and Empress Wu were in the Xuanzheng Hall, but also all the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

They are: Sikong, Li Ji, the third rank of Tongzhongshu, Xu Jingzong, the minister of Zhongshu, Zuopushe, the minister, Dai Zhide, the third rank of Tongzhongshu, Shi Zhongjie, Yushi Dafu, Dou Dexuan, the Minister of Hubu, Dou Dexuan, the Minister of War, Tongzhong

Jiang Ke and Zhongshu's minister, the third rank under the Shu family, Le Yanwei, the third rank under the Zhongshu family, and so on.

It's just that the atmosphere in the Xuanzheng Hall was very dull at this time. Both Gaozong and Empress Wu were sullen and silent, and the prime ministers, except Li Ji who closed his eyes to rest his mind, and Xu Jingzong who seemed to be aloof, the rest of the prime ministers seemed a little anxious and nervous.

disturbed.

The Xuanzheng Hall was suddenly enveloped in a hot and stuffy atmosphere, looking depressing and condensing.

Just as Li Hong was about to salute, he was stopped by Gaozong's words. He asked in a cold and serious tone, "Prince, when you sent Li Duozhao to Zhongnan Mountain to invite Sun Simiao a few days ago, did you take the route of Huaxian County?"

"In order not to alarm the officials and people along the way, Li Duozhao and the others took this road." Li Hong didn't understand why Gaozong asked this, so he answered truthfully.

"Then do you know about the tragedy that happened in Liujia Village, Huaxian County?" Gaozong continued to ask.

"I don't know," Li Hong replied hurriedly.

"I don't know?" Gaozong snorted coldly, "The memorial from the magistrate of Huaxian County has arrived, saying that more than 300 people in Liujia Village were killed, and based on the autopsy results conducted by Wu, they found that the weapon used by the murderer was a ritual knife.

The Yi Dao has not yet been mass-produced. Apart from my guards, the left and right Qianniu Guards, only your personal guards, the left and right guards, and the left and right inner guards wear it."

"Tell me, was Li Duozhao and the others responsible for this massacre?" Gaozong raised his tone and shouted in a stern voice.

"Father--" After listening to Gaozong's roar, Li Hong's whole body seemed to fall into an ice cave. His whole body was chilled, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead and back. "My son is sending Li

Duozhao and Qian Youjianmen led the imperial cavalry to Zhongnan Mountain to invite Master Sun, but this massacre was definitely not their fault, and I ask my father to investigate clearly."

Now Li Hong had roughly understood the whole story from Gaozong's questioning, and he knew that he had been framed.

When the former imperial censor Zheng Hong and the supervisory censor Wang Da wrote a letter to impeach him for secretly mobilizing the cavalry, he thought that someone was just taking the opportunity to go against him and want to ruin his reputation.

Therefore, when he met Empress Wu and Gaozong, they were angry when they mentioned to him that someone had written a letter to impeach him. He thought that they wanted to take the opportunity to express their preference for him, so that he would be more deferential to them.

But now he realizes that he was too naive at the time and did not realize the dangerous atmosphere contained in this unreasonable impeachment. At that time, it was because Gaozong and Empress Wu had been sensitive to this.

This strange atmosphere of abnormal impeachment made them so furious.

After thinking about this, Li Hong's face suddenly turned pale.

Only at this moment did he clearly realize the magnitude of the crisis he was about to face.

Because he had vaguely felt that the last time he was impeached by Zheng Hong and Wang Da was just an appetizer for him by the enemy, just to attract the attention of the officials in the court, and the current massacre was an attack on him.
Chapter completed!