Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 186 Silence
For the aristocratic family, Li Shan has a different feeling from people of this era.

Even though he is friendly with Li Kai, Li Zhaode, and Wang Renbiao, and even has a good impression of Cui Xin, Li Shan always has a faint alienation and a faint vigilance towards the powerful.

In general, as far as Li Shan sees, the aristocratic family is not a scourge, and it is not without a bottom line.

However, when Li Shan walked into the county government office and saw Fang Silang, who was seriously injured after being tortured, he realized that the clan is made up of one individual, but that individual cannot represent the clan.

In other words, Cui Xin has a bottom line, but the Qinghe Cui family... may not have a bottom line.

And what I heard and seen today... the blood-stained confession, Fang Shilang who was imprisoned innocently and tortured like this, the family property that was taken away, and the female corpse who was hastily buried somewhere...

These have broken through the bottom line of Li Shan himself.

I'm not a saint, and I'm not even a good person, but there are always some boundaries that need to be guarded.

Li Daoxuan and Cui Xin went straight into the hall, while Li Shan quietly stood in the corner, watching with cold eyes.

At this moment, Wei Zheng was already blushing, disregarding the presence of the two elders of Qinghe Xiaofang, and scolded Cui Hao.

In Qinghe Cui Clan, Cui Hao is more important than Qinghe Commander Cui Qian, but in the East Palace, his weight is far less important than Wei Zheng.

From Wei Zheng's point of view, to appease Shandong requires the cooperation of aristocratic families, but in general, it is necessary to stabilize Hebei and prevent civil chaos.

After all, the two actual leaders of Hebei Province, Dou Jiande and Liu Heita, were both from the commoner class in Shandong, where the most powerful families were concentrated.

After finally getting this matter out of the way, Wei Zheng only left for five or six days, but unexpectedly he turned into this appearance.

Not to mention that Wei Zheng himself is a famous scholar in Shandong, and what he said was taken as fart twice in a row... Just this tone is unbearable.

Cui Xin took a few glances at the confession that had already been signed, then turned around and handed it to Li Daoxuan.

Naturally, the confession fell into Li Shan's hands.

"Gather hundreds of soldiers in advance to revolt, and Liu Heita rebelled... Even the defeat of Beizhou's general manager will be blamed on Fang Silang's head."

Li Shan laughed and said, "It's not like you're ignorant."

Ma Zhou nodded slightly at the side. Wei Zheng promised in Wei County that day that all his soldiers would return home without crime, but the generals and school leaders in the rebel army were not so easy to say.

The big and small leaders of the rebel army were the source of the chaos, and they may not be willing to keep their own place. Wei Zheng's promise that day, and the efforts of Ling Jing and other former Xia kings made many soldiers capture the leaders and offer them up.

The Cui family tortured Fang Silang and regarded him as the leader of the rebel army... Although there are some strong words, Wei Zheng can be bypassed on the surface.

At this time, the dispute between Cui Hao and Wei Zheng mainly revolved around this point.

Everyone knew that the authenticity of the confession was almost nonexistent, and Wei Zheng also believed that the torture was a trick, so he forced Qinghe to bring Fang Silang to the front of the hall.

Among the people present, the two elders of the Cui clan were very displeased. Although they didn't speak out to each other because of their status as Prince Wei Zheng's confidants, they were saying that Wei Zheng was meddling in his own business.

Li Daoxuan, Liu Jun, Xue Zhong and others were either descendants of the clan or aristocratic families, although they were outraged, they did not intervene for a while.

They may even be thinking, anyway, it's the dispute between the Qinghe Cui clan and the Prince of the Eastern Palace, and it has nothing to do with us.

It was this attitude... that made Li Shan tremble slightly.

How to deal with it?

How to cook?

This is important.

But who would pay attention to the beaten Fang Shilang on the ground?
Who will care if Fang Shiro is really wronged?

Li Shan's eyes in the corner became more and more cold, endless indignation rose from the depths of his heart, and the blood seemed to rush violently in the veins all over his body.

But Li Shan never said anything, he needs to confirm one thing first.

Ling Jing, who did not know when to appear, quietly bumped into Ma Zhou's arm, and moved his chin in Li Shan's direction.

Ma Zhou turned his head to look, his face changed slightly.

Both of them knew Li Shan quite well. He was a young man with a strategy, a deep thought, and mixed learning. After a long time of contact, he really didn't think he was a 17-year-old boy.

But at certain moments, he has the unique bloodiness or recklessness of a young man.

Although Ling Jing often ridiculed Li Shan for being famous for his benevolence and righteousness, he was actually cautious... But he also knew that when Li Shan saw the Turkic people raging children, he acted out of righteous indignation!
Seeing such a tragic situation, and it was after Li Shan discussed with Wei Zheng and Cui Xin that day... Li Shan is so calm, it is absolutely impossible to take it lightly.

After the silence, it may be a longer silence, but it is more likely to be a tsunami.

Li Shan also saw Ling Jing, showed a harmless smile, walked a few steps, and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Ling, my nephew is really hard to understand."

"Ok?"

"It's only two hundred acres of land, and if it doesn't help a Zhuangzi, a sum of money, why is this?"

This is what Li Shan couldn't figure out. For these things, why would the Cui family of Qinghe be so shameless?

Today, the two clan elders in Qinghe Xiaofang are present, so it is clear that Cui Hao is not alone in this matter.

Even for the sake of reputation, the Qinghe Cui family should let go, let alone arrest and imprison the suffering master, torture them severely, torture them into tricks, and confuse black and white.

In addition, the Cui family of Qinghe has to face the risk of offending Wei Zheng, the crown prince's confidant... the gain outweighs the gain.

That Cui Bo was only from a sideline, not a direct descendant, and none of his father's generation went into official positions, so it seems that his status in the clan is not high, and his reputation is not very good.

Ling Jing glanced at the people who were still arguing in front of the hall, and laughed in a low voice: "It's just for the fields."

Seeing that Li Shan was still in a daze, Ma Zhou added, "It's not for the two hundred acres of land."

Like a bolt of lightning struck the top of his head, Li Shan figured it out in an instant.

For thousands of years, every dynasty and every generation, this nation, all the people in this country, from emperors and generals to ordinary people, have always focused their attention on the land under their feet.

Aristocratic families are no exception, because of their local power, they have a very high chance of succeeding in their desire for land... especially after the Great War.

Cui Bo seized the land and robbed wives, is this a special case?

impossible.

It is even possible that Cui Bo is an insignificant little shrimp, or a pawn to explore the way.

The problem is not that Cui Bo is willing to refuse, but that Qinghe Cui, who has probably annexed a large number of civilian lands, is not willing.

You must know that Liu Heikai borrowed tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers for this incident. Although Liu Heitai tried his best to prevent Turkic soldiers from invading Beizhou, but because Yugu was captured alive by Li Shan, tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers entered Beizhou in the end.

It is impossible for someone like Fang Shilang to ruin his family. Those fertile fields passed down from generation to generation... are like pieces of fat that are put on the lips of the children of the powerful.

What's more, in addition to Beizhou, there are also Jizhou, Shenzhou, Xingzhou, and Zhaozhou that were looted by the Turks... so many small and medium landlords were looted by the Turks.

This is why Cui Hao suddenly arrested Fang Silang and sent him to prison for torture after everything was agreed upon.

Once this hole is opened, Fang Silang can ask Wei Zheng to make the decision, what about the others?

Could it be that the Cui family of Qinghe spit out all the fat that has been swallowed?

Even if only part of it is spit out, who spits it out?Who doesn't vomit?
Or it is convenient to simply designate Fang Silang as the leader of the rebel army!
All kinds of thoughts flashed through Li Shan's mind quickly, and he was still a little puzzled. Isn't the Qinghe Cui family afraid of causing any trouble?

But at this moment, Li Shan no longer hesitated, stepped forward slowly, and gave a salute.

"Huiren?"

Faced with Wei Zheng's and Cui Xin's inquiries, Li Shan only smiled, and his eyes fell on Li Daoxuan.

"Brother Daoxuan, I heard that Luozhou and Xiangzhou are not peaceful these days?"

Li Daoxuan was startled, then nodded, "Yesterday I received a letter from Cheng Mingzhen, the general manager of Luozhou, that's true."

"Mr. Ling and I will leave for Luozhou tomorrow, brother Daoxuan, why not go with us?"

Before Li Daoxuan had time to speak, Cui Hao's face changed drastically, and the clan elder who was sitting there was exclaimed.

"Definitely not!"

(End of this chapter)