Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 252 You want me to betray my brothers?
Jiangxia Prince's Mansion.

Li Daozon got off the carriage happily, and saw the old soldier and others standing outside the door, looking like they had lost their parents.

Li Dao Zong frowned: "Old Wu, what's wrong with you guys?"

The old soldier sighed, "Your Majesty, I failed to complete the task you assigned me."

Li Dao Zong: "Are you talking about Xue Yan?"

The veteran nodded.

The smile on Li Dao Zong's face faded, "You let her out?"

Veteran: "Su Chen took her away."

"What did I say before I left?"

Seeing Li Dao Zong's gloomy face, the old soldier said helplessly: "That guy is too shameless. He actually held the prince's waist badge and asked us whether we are the prince's people or the Tang Dynasty's people."

Li Dao Zong was stunned, "Are you sure it's the prince's badge?"

The old soldier nodded, "Your Majesty, I have followed you for so many years, when have I ever been wrong?"

Li Dao Zong pondered for a moment, patted the old soldier on the shoulder, and said, "I was wrong about you."

The old soldier looked indifferent, but asked curiously: "Your Highness, even if that boy has a close relationship with the prince, it is impossible for him to have the prince's badge."

Li Dao Zong shook his head, "I don't know either."

But no matter what, Su Chen still took Li Xueyan away.

and.

What a mean thing to say!

If Old Wu and others stopped him, wouldn't it be clear that they didn't take the prince seriously?

If someone with ulterior motives heard about it, they would accuse him of privately raising soldiers, and Li Daozon would have no way to stop it.

"Forget it. Since he has the prince's badge, you can't stop him."

Li Dao Zong waved his hand and said, "Go back and rest. You don't have to stay here."

The veteran and the others nodded and dispersed.

Li Dao Zong pondered, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He smiled and turned around to get on the carriage, "Let's go to the East Palace."

……

Inn.

Lu Chengsi looked at Lu Chengqing with an uneasy look on his face, "Is there really no way?"

Lu Chengqing shook his head, "I told you before, his money is not so easy to take."

"Look at it now. Not only the people of the Kong family are suspicious of you, but even the people of Fan Yang are suspicious of you."

"And I got the news that the Dali Temple is already investigating your case."

Lu Chengsi asked in surprise: "Why is the Dali Temple investigating me?"

Lu Chengqing: "Someone secretly lost a copy of the file to the Dali Temple."

Lu Chengsi frowned. If that was the case, his name must be on that file.

but.

Who would throw the files about him to the Dali Temple?

Is it that someone secretly collected evidence of his crimes and wanted to use the Dali Temple to deal with him?

"You should go back to Fanyang as soon as possible."

Lu Chengqing sighed, "Explain the reason clearly, take out all the gold and silver, and then go to the Kong family to apologize. They shouldn't make it too difficult for you."

Lu Chengsi looked grim. No one would be willing to spit out what they had eaten, let alone him.

What's more, after handing over everything, I still have to go to the Kong family to apologize?
Cheap or not?

"Why should I apologize for something I didn't do?"

"you……"

Lu Chengqing shook his head helplessly, "It's up to you. Kong Shaoxin has already sent the news back to Henan Province."

After saying that, Lu Chengqing stood up and left.

Lu Chengsi frowned and thought, did he really want to hand over all his things and go to Kong's to apologize?

Although the Kong family is big, the Lu family is not an ordinary family either. At worst, I can explain the reason for this matter when I go back and correct my attitude.

If we can get the understanding of our clansmen, then why should the Kong family apologize?
Thinking of this, Lu Chengsi had some plans in his mind and stood up to leave.

But when Lu Chengsi just walked out of the inn, he saw a group of officials running towards him quickly.

"The Dali Temple is investigating a case. Outsiders, please get out of the way!"

Lu Chengsi frowned. What were the people from the Dali Temple doing in the inn? They couldn't be coming for me, right?

"Lu Chengsi!"

Just as Lu Chengsi thought, Li Tian strode up to Lu Chengsi.

"I am Li Tian, ​​the patrol officer of the Dali Temple. I have been ordered to invite you to the Dali Temple."

"Whose order?"

"Shaoqing of the Dali Temple!"

Sun Fuga?
Lu Chengsi asked in a deep voice: "Why did you invite me to the Dali Temple?"

"Because you committed a crime!"

Li Tian said calmly: "We have enough evidence, please come back to the Dali Temple as a guest!"

Lu Chengsi sneered. He really didn’t believe that the Dali Temple could have any evidence against him!
"master?"

"It doesn't matter."

"It's just a trip to the Dali Temple. I'll go back with you."

Lu Chengsi looked calm, and then said to the servant beside him: "When I come back, we will go back to Fanyang."

The servant nodded in understanding.

"Let's go."

Lu Chengsi walked with his hands behind his back, full of confidence.

Li Tian led everyone and followed Lu Chengsi.

I'm not afraid that Lu Chengsi will run away.

As for Lu Chengsi's servants, they turned around and headed towards Lu's Mansion.

Dali Temple.

After Li Tian ordered his men to take Lu Chengsi into custody, he informed Sun Fujia of the news.

Sun Fujia stretched his body and picked up a file. "Let's go and take a look at this disciple of the Fanyang Lu family."

Li Tian followed Sun Fujia with a smile and came to the main hall.

"Master Sun."

Lu Chengsi cupped his hands and said, "I wonder why Lord Sun asked me to come here?" Sun Fujia smiled and put down the file. "Lu Chengsi, do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know?"

Lu Chengsi: "I don't understand what Lord Sun means."

Sun Fujia smiled and picked up the file and threw it to Lu Chengsi, "It records that you, relying on your status as a member of the Lu family, have forced and threatened others, and collected gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings worth more than 43,000 taels of silver."

"Take a good look at it yourself."

Lu Chengsi's heart was shocked and his eyes fell on the files on the ground. Although he did not open the files, he knew clearly how much property he had.

Now that Sun Fujia could reveal such an accurate number, it was enough to shock him.

When he opened the file, Lu Chengsi's pupils shrank.

He remembered many of the things mentioned above clearly, but there were still many things that he could not remember clearly, but they were still recorded clearly!

It seemed that the people in the Dali Temple had already figured him out.

"Slander, this is slander!"

Lu Chengsi said angrily, "I definitely didn't do what was mentioned above!"

Sun Fujia: "Whether it was you who did it, we have already investigated it in detail."

"By the way, you wanted to ask for 666 taels of silver as a tribute from someone, but he didn't give it to you. You even broke his leg and gave him 6 taels of silver for medicine. Do you remember this?"

"He lives in the backyard of the Dali Temple. Would you like him to come over and meet you?"

Lu Chengsi's heart trembled, and the file in his hand fell to the ground. He seemed to have lost all his energy.

"No way, absolutely impossible."

"You must have made a mistake. Someone is framing me. I want to see Lu Chengqing!"

Facing Lu Chengsi who still refused to admit his guilt despite overwhelming evidence, Sun Fujia said with a smile, "In Fanyang, you can act tyrannically by relying on your identity as a descendant of the Lu family, but this is Chang'an City."

"It's not up to you to decide who you want to see!"

"Are you going to confess yourself, or do you want me to confirm your guilt?"

Lu Chengsi fell to the ground with a fart, sweating profusely, but still holding on to a little hope, "Call him out!"

Seeing that Lu Chengsi didn't cry until he saw the coffin, Sun Fujia waved his hand, and Li Tian quickly walked in with an old man with difficulty walking.

After seeing Lu Chengsi, the old man flew into a rage and raised his cane to smash it on Lu Chengsi's head, "You bastard..."

"Ouch!"

"Hurry up and grab him!"

Lu Chengsi, who was originally sitting on the ground, didn't expect the other party to start a fight as soon as they met. He raised his arm and was instantly hit and felt great pain.

Sun Fujia, Li Tian and others watched with a smile, not moving a muscle.

"Ouch, sir, spare me!"

"Stop him quickly!"

"If you continue to fight, someone will die..."

Sun Fujia waved his hand, and Li Tian grabbed the panting old man, comforted him with a few words, and took him away.

"Now you know you're afraid?"

"Please spare my life, sir. I am a descendant of the Lu family. As long as you let me go..."

Sun Fujia waved his hand to interrupt him, "You don't have to be so scared. You won't be beheaded directly for your crime."

When Lu Chengsi heard this, he immediately became alert, "Sir Sun, what will happen to me according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty?"

Sun Fujia: "At most, he will be flogged a hundred times and exiled to Lingnan."

Lu Chengsi's eyes widened, his face ashen.

What's the difference between being whipped a hundred times and being dead?
Even if he didn't die and was exiled to a barren land like Lingnan, it would be better to just kill him.

“I want to see Lu Chengqing and Kong Shaoxin!”

"Didn't I tell you this? This is Chang'an City, not Fanyang!"

Sun Fujia smiled and shook his head, tapping the table and said, "Don't say that I won't give you a chance. If you are willing to tell me who among the Lu family's children have committed the same mistakes, I can plead with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for you."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not unkind. As long as you are willing to speak out, who knows, the Crown Prince might just be happy and pardon you directly?"

Betray the Lu family’s children?

Lu Chengsi said in a trembling voice: "You want me to die without a burial place!"

Sun Fujia: "Given your current situation, even if you are not expelled from the Lu family, you will have no place to stand in the future."

"Perhaps, when you were exiled, your name was removed from the Lu family tree."

"Think about it carefully."

Sun Fujia waved his hand, and a constable came to Lu Chengsi and pulled him up from the ground.

Sun Fujia said with a smile: "You only have one night to think about it. Tomorrow morning I will go to the palace to meet the prince."

"Take him to jail and sentence him on a later date!"

Several detectives took Lu Chengsi away and locked him up in jail.

"Sir, it would be a great relief for such a wicked villain to let him go."

Yue Ming said indignantly, "Those who were bullied by him are either injured or disabled. Now that we have the chance to kill him, why don't we kill him?"

Sun Fujia picked up the teacup with a smile and said softly, "It doesn't matter whether Lu Chengsi is dead or not. What matters is whether we can get some useful information from him."

"If he is really willing to give out all those Lu family members who have violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty, what does it matter if I spare his life?"

"Besides, if we don't punish him, will the Lu family let him go?"

Yue Ming seemed to be thinking about something.

Sun Fujia stretched himself and said, "By the way, later on, help me pick out some gifts and send them to the prince's residence to say that I thank him."

Yue Ming looked at Sun Fujia strangely, "Xie Suchen?"

Sun Fujia nodded. "This kind of merit is delivered to our doorstep. If someone is willing to give it to us, shouldn't we also express our gratitude?"

Yue Ming: "I understand!"

……

Lu Mansion.

Lu Chengqing frowned and looked at the servant who followed Lu Chengsi, "Li Tian from the Dali Temple arrested Lu Chengsi?"

Servant: "Yes, sir, you must..."

Lu Chengqing waved his hand and interrupted the servant.

He had just informed Lu Chengsi that the Dali Temple was investigating him and asked him to leave Chang'an City as soon as possible.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he left the inn, Lu Chengsi was invited to the Dali Temple.

In this case, Sun Fujia should have had solid evidence in his hands, and it would not be an easy task to rescue Lu Chengsi from the Dali Temple.

"I will make arrangements with the Dali Temple. Please send this message back to Fanyang as soon as possible."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)