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Chapter 137 Two Kings Settle the Case (3)

Yuan Gongyu's official position is not considered high, but he is only the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, who is just under the fourth rank, but Li Xian does not dare to underestimate him at all, because Li Xian knows that Yuan Gongyu, who looks like a bad old man in front of him, is not an ordinary person , is one of the Four King Kongs under Empress Wu. Although he ranks last and is far less famous than Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, and Cui Yixuan, he is ruthless but not inferior to the first three. Wuji died at the hands of this person. From the initial design of framing to the final forcing of Changsun Wuji to commit suicide, it was all done by Yuan Gongyu. The whole plan was closely linked until he forced Changsun Wuji Dead end, the extremely powerful Changsun Wuji and Zhu Suiliang Group were completely wiped out under this series of blows. Although there was the full cooperation of the other three King Kongs, Yuan Gongyu was the real planner and even the executor of this package plan. Regardless of his loyalty and treachery, it is an indisputable fact that his wisdom and calculation are profound. In fact, the reason why Empress Wu was able to control Dali Temple was because of Yuan Gongyu. If the key targets to be eradicated can be stimulated to stand out on their own, the attack plan is already half successful, and it is really worth Li Xian's secret pleasure last time.

"What is Yuan Shaoqing's intention? Could it be that he also intends to resist the order?"

Seeing Yuan Gongyu stand up, although Li Xian was secretly excited, facing such a cunning and wise man, Li Xian did not dare to take it lightly, so he hummed softly, and put on his big hat Buckle it.

"Your Highness is serious, the lower officials dare not be rude and illegal."

When Yuan Gongyu heard that Li Xian's words were not kind, she couldn't help but frowned slightly, but she didn't panic. She took a half step back, bowed and saluted, and replied in a flat tone, but there was something wrong in these words. Obviously there is a sense of irony in it.

"Yuan Shaoqing is an old criminal name, and Xiao Wang also thought that Yuan Shaoqing would not be rude or illegal, but Xiao Wang didn't understand why Yuan Shaoqing wanted to prevent Xiao Wang from carrying out his errands. If it wasn't for deliberately resisting the order and not obeying it, then could it be right?" Is Xiao Wang dissatisfied?" Li Xian was so shrewd that he couldn't hear Yuan Gongyu's hidden words, but he didn't care at all, as if he didn't understand, he glanced at Yuan Gongyu coldly, step by step forced to ask.

"The lower officials dare not, but the court has its own laws, please forgive the illegal punishment, the lower officials do not agree."

The fire in Dali Temple came strangely, and Yuan Gongyu himself didn't know much about the inside story, and because Li Xian brothers came too fast, he couldn't get the news from the palace, and he couldn't tell whether it was Empress Wu or not. The order was issued because he vaguely felt that the matter was not that simple, so he encouraged a group of Dali Temple officials to make a fuss with Li Xian, trying to force the Li Xian brothers to retreat with a non-cooperative attitude, so as to win the adjustment and cooperation. There was a time to breathe, but he never expected that Li Xian would dare to act so resolutely, and was going to take Qiu Shenfu to the knife in public. This was beyond the limit that Yuan Gongyu could accept. After all, Qiu Shenfu acted on Yuan Gongyu's order. If Li Xian really beat him up in public, and Yuan Gongyu was unable to save him, the Dali Temple officials' hearts would be broken. If Li Xian and his brothers were to beat him one by one again, the situation would be undoubted. This is obviously not a consequence that Yuan Gongyu can afford. At this moment, seeing Li Xian being so aggressive, Yuan Gongyu's face immediately turned gloomy, and he said firmly.

"Illegal punishment? Please forgive Xiao Wang's stupidity. I really don't know what Yuan Shaoqing's words mean. Please ask Yuan Shaoqing to say it clearly." Li Xian raised his eyebrows, looked at Yuan Gongyu with a puzzled face, and asked inexplicably astonished road.

Li Xian made it clear that he was pretending to be ignorant, but even so, Yuan Gongyu had nothing to do with Li Xian, and had to answer solemnly: "Your Highness, the Holy Majesty's decree is only a thorough investigation, and there is no theory of conviction. Commander, it is right to cooperate with the two Highnesses. However, if we are detained without authorization, it is not in line with the etiquette. I dare not accept such orders. What Qiu Dali said is only true, how can I convict me for my words? Huh?"

"Wonderful, so wonderful! I have heard for a long time that Yuan Shaoqing can speak eloquently, but it is rare to see Yuan Shaoqing's sharpness in court. I can see you today. Xiao Wang admires, admires." Li Xian was not angry because of Yuan Gongyu's contradictory, on the contrary He laughed loudly, casually threw the horizontal knife in his hand to the guard standing aside, applauded, and praised happily.

"Don't dare, the next official is just telling the truth."

Facing Li Xian's compliment, Yuan Gongyu not only didn't relax, but became more cautious in his heart. He thanked him calmly, but his spirit tensed up.

"Tell the truth? Tell the truth!" Sure enough, as Yuan Gongyu expected, Li Xian's complexion suddenly darkened, and his original smiling face was so gloomy that it could almost drip water. A thorough investigation is only due to the fact that Dali Temple is full of filth and evil, and the accumulated evils are already deep. Without a thorough investigation, you will not see Qingming. You don’t think about your own mistakes, and dare to make a lot of noise when the decree is announced. Let alone the evil deeds such as dereliction of duty and corruption, this article alone It is a serious crime. Qiu Dali made a noise in public, hijacked all the officials, and tried to abscond in vain. His heart should be punished. This king beat him, so what is wrong? Ok?"

"Your Highness behaved like Meng Lang, please forgive me for not daring to respond to orders. Now that His Highness insists on doing this, the lower officials can't stop him, but His Highness can't stop the lower officials from going to the source. Your Majesty is free to judge right from wrong." Li Xian couldn't argue with his eyes. , Yuan Gongyu had no choice but to shake his heart, and said in a loud voice.

"Yuan Shaoqing, please feel free, come here, drag Qiu Shenfu out of the hall, and beat him thirty times!" Li Xian didn't follow Yuan Gongyu's way at all, and waved his hand unceremoniously, regardless of how ugly Yuan Gongyu's face was. , loudly shouted the order to carry out the execution, once the order was issued, the guards of the royal palace who had been supporting Qiu Shenfu did not dare to be negligent, and when they promised loudly, they dragged the limp Qiu Shenfu down the hall.

"Your Highness, you, you, you..."

Yuan Gongyu didn't expect that Li Xian would dare to make a move. He was so angry that he trembled all over, his mouth twitched and he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Li Xian ignored Yuan Gongyu at all, strode to Li Xian who was also panicked because he didn't expect Li Xian to be so ruthless, cupped his hands and said: "Sixth Brother, the perimeter defense has been completed, please Sixth Brother expressly say what to do. "

"Ah, oh, good, the seventh brother is trustworthy in his work, good, very good." Li Xianzheng was flustered, and when he answered, he couldn't help being a little absent-minded and quite incoherent.

This guy really can't hold his breath!Li Xian naturally knew exactly what Li Xian was worried about, but he didn't bother to explain much. He smiled lightly, nodded, and then stood beside Li Xian, standing silently, looking at the officials all over the room with great interest. All kinds of wonderful faces - the guards of the Zhou Palace were all from the bloody background. Although they were not proficient in the "professional" of playing the board, they were extremely ruthless in their strikes. Once they hit the board, they beat Qiu Shenfu to death. At first, he howled The sound was as loud as killing a pig, but at the end, there was only the sound of "crackling" meat. As for Qiu Shenfu, he passed out a long time ago, and all the officials of Dali Temple were shocked by the miserable state. His complexion was as white as paper.

"Your Highness, the execution is over!"

After more than a quarter of an hour, several guards of the royal palace carried the limp Qiu Shenfu to the lobby, and threw him heavily on the ground. The leader of the guards rushed forward and bowed to the Li Xian brothers to report.

"Get out!"

Li Xian can be regarded as a very courageous person, but he has never seen such a scene. Seeing Qiu Shenfu's blood-stained body, his face turned pale instantly, but at this moment, he did not dare to show any timidity. , could only suppress the panic in his heart, and waved his hand to give a command, his expression was quite tense, but there were a few traces of trembling in his voice.

"Sixth brother, the emperor only gave ten days. If there is a slight delay, I may miss something." Seeing that Li Xian was a little confused, Li Xian hurriedly said something from the side.

"What the seventh brother said is true, come here, all the officials of Dali Temple are invited to rest in the hall, cheer up and serve the orphans!" After being reminded by Li Xian, Li Xian immediately came to his senses, With a shake of spirit, he gave the order with a straight face.

"promise!"

With Li Xian's order, all the guards of Prince Zhou's Mansion would not be polite, they flocked to the hall, and unceremoniously asked all the Dali Temple officials to come down, poor people who had just been blessed by Qiu Shen Shocked by the tragedy, my heart is panicking at this moment. Facing the strength of the Li Xian brothers, no matter how dissatisfied they are, how dare they make any changes. They can only be detained reluctantly, even if they are Yuan Gongyu and Hou Shanye, the two young ministers, did not dare to force themselves at this time.

"Seventh brother, this matter, tsk, this matter..."

After everyone retreated, Li Xian, who was still sullen, lost his temper immediately. He wanted to blame Li Xian for acting like Meng Lang, but he couldn't hold back his face. After all, it was Li Xian who helped him stabilize the impending collapse Don't talk about the situation, and I'm extremely worried in my heart, fearing that Li Xian's public beating of Qiu Shenfu will lead to disaster, under such contradictory psychology, I don't know what to say for a while .

"Sixth brother, don't worry too much. That Qiu's divine blessing is sure to die. My younger brother has already seen all kinds of misdeeds of this person. If you read it in a book, you can't escape the death penalty. As for the investigation of the Dali Temple case, there is no rush. It needs to be sorted out carefully, but the arson case must be stepped up, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it to my father." Li Xian hesitated to speak, but Li Xian understood He smiled and explained what he didn't say.

"Well, okay, let's solve the arson case first, let's go and have a look at the back!"

After Li Xian's complexion changed for a while, he also felt that what Li Xian said was reasonable, so he didn't delay any longer, waved his big sleeves, and hurriedly walked towards the backyard. Seeing this, Li Xian smiled, nonchalantly Shrugging his shoulders, he followed slowly...

(End of this chapter)