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Chapter 119 Chapter 122: Despise the Emperor's Prestige
On the second day after Li Hao entered the prison, Kong Yingda, together with all the civil servants and Li Shimin, the censor, impeached Li Hao, saying that he had no law in his eyes, despised the emperor's power, and had an unforgivable crime. He begged Li Shimin to punish Li Hao severely to make an example .

This time Kong Yingda did not act alone, but discussed with a group of rotten scholars for a night. He knew that Li Shimin favored Li Hao, so he was probably reluctant to kill Li Hao, so they did not ask Li Shimin to kill Li Hao when they submitted the memorial, but only asked for heavy punishment. , but this crime is a bit too big. Contempt for the emperor is almost the same as the crime of bullying the emperor. They have already made plans this time. Even if they don't kill Li Hao, they still have to let him shed a layer of skin.

When he saw Kong Yingda's memorial, Li Shimin's eyebrows were twisted into twists. To be honest, Li Hao's behavior this time did seem to be contemptuous of the emperor's prestige. No, he simply despised the emperor's prestige. Is Li Hao seeking revenge from the prince? Although he only beat an official of the Eastern Palace, there is a saying that it is up to the owner to beat a dog. Li Hao is clearly provoking the royal dignity.

Li Shimin's trust in Li Hao was a bit lacking. After such a incident, he became even more dissatisfied with Li Hao. Kong Yingda's memorandum also gave Li Shimin a chance to make a move, but... Li Shimin was in trouble, how should he punish him? What about Li Hao?

Li Hao is an important talent. He must ensure that Li Hao is punished, and he must be convinced. At the same time, he must ensure that the punishment has the effect of beating, which is a bit difficult.

There is no need to think about decapitation and exile. If Li Hao ransacked his house, he would probably feel resentful. It would be even more impossible to use him in the future. If he was fined, it would be a bit of a joke. Another huge fine?
Li Shimin overthrew his own ideas time and time again, but he couldn't find a proper way to punish him. Gradually, he felt so irritable that he suddenly grabbed the teacup on the dragon case and threw it on the ground, getting up and shouting angrily: "Li Hao! You Why does this bastard always give me such a headache!"

Li Shimin really broke his heart in order to punish Li Hao, but Li Hao slept heartlessly in the prison of Dali Temple. When he was in prison before, Cheng Yaojin and Changsun Wuji would occasionally visit him. This time But none of the bosses dared to visit the prison. After all, Li Hao's charges this time are too sensitive. The punishment for despising the emperor's prestige is light but heavy. The most important thing is that he offended the crown prince this time, the heir to the throne. If he gets closer to Li Hao now, he will offend Li Chengqian.

In the evening, a big boss finally came, Qin Qiong.

Seeing Qin Qiong's arrival, Li Hao was overwhelmed by the flattery, and hurriedly got up to salute: "Greetings to Uncle Qin, please forgive my nephew for being incapable of performing the full salute because of the torture equipment."

This time, Li Hao's imprisonment was not so easy. After all, it was a serious crime, and the minister of Dali Temple had changed. The current minister of Dali Temple was Sun Fujia, who had no friendship with Li Hao. Li Hao put his hands and feet in shackles as soon as he entered the cell.

"That's all." Qin Qiong waved his hands with a sad face, "It's this time, what's the point of etiquette?"

"Thank you, Uncle Qin." Li Hao grinned, looking at him like that, he was still heartless.

Qin Qiong asked the cell leader to open the cell door, and then walked in. The cell leader knew that they had something to say, so he locked the door and left.

Li Hao asked Qin Qiong to sit down, then sat cross-legged opposite Qin Qiong, and said: "Uncle Qin can come to see my nephew at this time, my nephew is very grateful."

"Don't talk about this anymore." Qin Qiong waved his hand and asked, "What are your plans next?"

Li Hao spread his hands and said, "If you have any plans, wait for His Majesty's punishment."

"Do you know." Qin Qiong said worriedly, "Kong Yingda, together with Cen Wenwen and many censors, impeached you and convicted you of contempt of the emperor's prestige. I beg your majesty to punish you severely."

Li Hao frowned when he heard this, he didn't expect that Kong Yingda would fall into trouble at this time and commit the crime of despising the emperor's prestige, that was no joke.

He was silent for a moment and asked, "What's your majesty's reaction?"

Qin Qiong sighed: "Your Majesty accepted their memorial and didn't say anything. I guess he is also hesitating."

Li Hao was even more surprised when he heard that, Li Shimin really didn't trust him very much, it seemed that he wanted to punish him severely on purpose, this is not easy to handle, his eyes rolled quickly, and his mind also followed rapidly .

Seeing that he didn't speak, Qin Qiong sighed softly: "Your matter is a bit tricky this time. I wanted to intercede with my eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Li Ji and others, but they refused to agree. Think about it. This time things have gone too far, helping you is equivalent to offending the prince, he is the prince, he will sit on the throne in the future!"

Hearing this, Li Hao suddenly bowed to Qin Qiong again, and said, "Uncle Qin, you can come to see me at this time, which means that you really treat me as your own nephew, but... I don't want You have offended the crown prince, how about this, you go back first, if I think of a good way to send someone to deliver a letter to you, then I will ask uncle to help me."

Qin Qiong thought for a while, then nodded vigorously: "Okay, you have to take care of yourself in prison."

"Thank you uncle for your concern."

After sending Qin Qiong away, Li Hao began to think. Kong Yingda's fall into trouble was a bit unexpected. He seemed to be in a dead end this time. It was impossible to escape punishment. In this case, he began to think about how to reduce his punishment. He had made preparations before the revenge action and left a trump card, but now he found that his crime hat was a bit big, and he despised Huang Weiye. He didn't know how effective this trump card would be. This trump card must have a good foreshadowing, otherwise it is very likely to arouse Li Shimin's disgust.

In order to find a suitable punishment plan, Li Shimin thought hard for two days, but he didn't have any good ideas. He had no choice but to call Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling for questioning. After all, these two people are usually resourceful, maybe they will have a good idea. idea.

But this time Li Shimin was disappointed. Changsun Wuji was originally a princeling, so how could he give a fair judgment? Li Hao is considered a talent, but compared with the prince, Changsun Wuji undoubtedly chose the prince. As for Fang Xuanling , he chose Hexini this time, after all, he didn't want to offend the prince.

Even the two of them didn't come up with a good solution, Li Shimin became more and more irritable, and after another two days, Li Shimin simply decided to put Li Hao in the prison to dry out, and he slowly thought of a punishment plan, what's the rush.

This dragging formula is very effective, and Li Shimin's mood immediately eased a lot, but Kong Yingda and others came to urge him every now and then, which annoyed him a lot.

On May 500th, Li Shimin received two reports, both from Tingzhou. The first report read: A caravan of [-] people from the Tang Dynasty disappeared for no reason while passing through Gaochang, and then died in the desert. Their bodies were found, all their property was plundered, and all their bodies were eaten by wolves. Arrows and sword wounds were visible on the bodies, which can be confirmed to have been intercepted and killed.

The content of the second memorial report is: Wang Yun, the new governor of Tingzhou, and Ling Huda, the new captain of Zhechong, went out to suppress bandits, but were ambushed by desert robbers, and the entire army was wiped out.

Li Shimin was furious when he heard this. A caravan of 500 people is an extremely large caravan. According to the standard configuration, in a caravan of 500 people, there are at least 350 guards. They were intercepted and killed and the entire army was wiped out. What kind of desert? The robbers are so capable, it is definitely Gao Chang who did it again.

What's even more exasperating is that Tingzhou Inspector and Captain Zhechong led the army to suppress the bandits, but they were turned against them. They brought 800 Datang warriors with them, but none of them came back alive.

Regarding this matter, Li Shimin summoned a group of ministers to discuss countermeasures in Liangyi Hall. Gao Chang did whatever he wanted on the Silk Road, and he went too far, reaching the limit of Tian Khan's tolerance.

In the Hall of Liangyi, Cheng Yaojin clamored to send troops to attack Gaochang, directly destroying Gaochang, and set up the Anxi Capital Protectorate. In this way, the Silk Road can be guaranteed to be unimpeded.Qin Qiong and Li Ji immediately seconded the proposal, thinking that this should be done.

Kong Yingda immediately objected, and his objection was not unreasonable. First of all, they just suspected that Gao Chang did all of this. There was no definite evidence, and they sent troops for no reason. After all, Gaochang was too far away from Chang'an. It would take at least four months to half a year for the army to go to Gaochang.

Li Shimin was in a difficult situation again, and both parties had reason to say, but how to solve this matter was really a headache. Since there was no good decision for the time being, Li Shimin postponed the meeting to another day.

That night, Lu Yun went to visit the prison in Dali Temple and told Li Hao about the meeting between the court and the Central Committee.

Li Hao counted, Gaochang seems to have destroyed the country in the past two years, he couldn't remember the exact year, but it's not important, after all, it has nothing to do with him, he should first think about how to excuse himself.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yun suddenly whispered: "Master, your chance has come."

Li Hao was startled when he heard the words, and hurried over and asked, "What chance?"

Lu Yun whispered in his ear: "Master, the reason why Gao Chang can accurately know the caravan's movements every time is because there are spies in Tingzhou."

"What!" Li Hao was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"

Lu Yundao: "Don't ask who it is, I have a method now, maybe he can escape the emperor's punishment this time, do you want to listen?"

Li Hao said without hesitation: "Let's listen."

Lu Yun whispered in his ear for a while, and Li Hao's brows furrowed and relaxed. After a while, after Lu Yun finished speaking, Li Hao rolled his eyes. After thinking for a long time, he looked at Lu Yun suspiciously, and said, "This way Can it work?"

Lu Yundao: "It's better than nothing, let's try."

Li Hao thought about the same thing, nodded and said: "Okay, just wait."

As he spoke, he returned to the desk, took a pen and wrote down two pieces of paper, and then stuffed them into two envelopes, one was written "From the Duke of Lu", and the other was written "From the Duke of Yi" .

Then he took the two letters to Lu Yun, and said: "Send them to Duke Yi and Duke Lu respectively. Remember, you must see them in person and hand them over to them in person. Don't ask others to collect them for you. Duke Yi couldn't understand my letter, so let him ask Duke Ying, and also, Duke Lu must believe what I said before."

Lu Yun asked puzzledly, "What are you talking about?"

Li Hao said vaguely: "Just take what I said, don't ask what it is, he will understand."

"Yes." Lu Yun stuffed the two letters into his arms, then turned and left.

When Lu Yun just walked out of the prison of Dali Temple, he touched the two letters on his chest, slightly raised the corner of his mouth, and murmured: "Finally... the moment I waited for."

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