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Chapter 416 Conceding One after another (3)

"Father, my son thought that Di Renjie must have come for Hexi's affairs, this is a bamboo stick sent to the door, you must knock!"

Li Chong's reaction was quick, and he had already judged Di Renjie's intention after only a moment's surprise. Seeing his old father frowning, he immediately reminded him from the side.

"Father, what the eldest brother said is true. Since the King of England dares to commit such a huge case, if he doesn't offer some benefits, don't think I will wait for it to cover it!" Li Qian obviously had the same idea as Li Chong, and Li Zhen didn't wait After making a statement, he had already echoed his words with a smile.

"Father, although what the eldest brother and the second brother said is reasonable, but the third brother is still in Hexi, if..."

Although Li Gui is young, his thoughts are very meticulous. Not only did he see the opportunity to make money, but he also didn't forget that Li Wen's current presence in Hexi is not so much to monitor Li Xian, but rather a meat ticket in Li Xian's hand. Well, if Li is really shown to be guilty, Li Wen's little life may not be able to go on. Seeing that the two elder brothers are only thinking about blackmailing, but they don't care about Li Wen's life and death, they immediately feel a little anxious. Hastily said something.

"Well, Chonger, after all, Di Shaoqing is a member of the imperial court. Since he is here, he must not lose his courtesy. Erke led his younger brothers to greet him first, saying that he was just getting up from lunch break for his father, and then he came. Please come here." Wait a moment in the hall of the second hall." Li Zhen didn't judge the remarks of the third son, but just said calmly, and sent the third son out.

"Yes, the child obeys!"

Now that Li Zhen had given the order, Li Chong didn't dare to neglect, he hastily answered, and led his two younger brothers to the gate of the house in a hurry.

"Shoude, what do you think about this?"

After Li Chong and others left, Li Zhen did not rush to draw a conclusion, but tilted her head, glanced at Pei Shoude who was frowning, and asked expressionlessly.

"Those who come are not kind, and those who are kind don't come. I'm afraid His Royal Highness's tricks are not so easy to beat. There must be another mystery here, but my son-in-law will not be able to figure it out for a while."

Pei Shoude is not as optimistic as Li Chong and others. Although he has not had much contact with Li Xian, he knows that Li Xian is ruthless and scheming. As Li Xian's number one general, Di Renjie came to the door at this time. He always felt that the smell was wrong, but he couldn't see the root of it. It was really hard to figure it out, and in the midst of doubts, when I heard Li Zhen's question, I would not hide anything, so I said what I was thinking.

"Well, Gu also feels that things are not so easy to get along with, that's all, since the person has arrived, it's not good if he doesn't go to see him, so Shoude will go with Gu." I felt the same way, but I couldn't think of a clue after thinking about it, so I stopped thinking about it, stood up, pondered for a while, raised my brows, and made a decision.

"promise."

After Li Zhen made up his mind, Pei Shoude would not object, so he hurriedly stood up, fulfilled his promise, and followed Li Zhen cautiously. Weng and his son-in-law walked towards the door of the study one after the other.

"Father."

Before Li Zhen could reach the door, she saw Li Chong leading the two younger brothers out from behind the screen.

"Ok?"

Li Zhen never expected that Li Chong would turn back so quickly, and immediately froze, with a look of suspicion on his face.

"Report to my father, that Di Renjie didn't enter the mansion, but exchanged a few words with the boy outside the door, and handed this thing to the boy, saying that he wanted the boy to forward it to the father."

Seeing Li Zhen's unhappy expression, Li Chong didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest, he hurriedly lifted up the letter he was holding in his hand, and hurriedly explained.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Li Zhen frowned involuntarily, and didn't say any more nonsense, she directly reached out to take the letter, tore off the seal, took out a piece of letter paper full of words from inside, and spread it open Come on, just looking at it, his face turned pale in an instant, and the hand holding the letter couldn't help trembling slightly.

"Father..."

Seeing Li Zhen's loss of composure, Li Chong became anxious immediately, and called out with concern on his face.

"You all back down!"

Li Zhen didn't say anything to explain, but impatiently waved at the three sons who were inexplicably astonished, and scolded in a cold voice.

"Father, this..."

As the eldest son, Li Chong had never been treated so coldly by his own father, so he couldn't help being dazed.

"Get out!"

Li Zhen was obviously not in the mood to explain further, so she drank impatiently.

"promise!"

Seeing that Li Zhen was already angry, Li Chong didn't dare to delay any longer, he hurriedly bowed and agreed, and led his two younger brothers out of the study in a hurry.

"My lord."

After Li Chong and the others left, Li Zhen didn't say anything more, she shuffled her feet, walked slowly back to the back of the room, and fell heavily on the bed, with her chin resting on her hands, as if she had fallen into deep thought, her eyes closed. From time to time, there were bright lights flickering non-stop, and amid the changing expressions, a gloomy and oppressive atmosphere permeated the huge study room, but within a short while, the atmosphere in the study room was already depressing to the point of suffocation. Under the pressure, Pei Shoude, who was standing bowed, lost his composure, so he called out in a low voice.

"Ah."

Hearing the sound, Li Zhen raised her head, didn't say much, shook her hand, and casually threw the letter paper in her hand onto the table.

"Ah, this, this..."

Seeing this, Pei Shoude didn't dare to be negligent, walked quickly to a few meters away, stretched out his hands, picked up the letter paper, passed it quickly, his complexion turned pale instantly, his body trembled, and the corners of his mouth twitched without knowing what to say. What's the matter--the letter is not long, and there is only one thing written in it, which is the number and equipment of the Xiangzhou militia. In a dangerous place, because Xiangzhou is not a frontier state, private militias are not allowed according to the law, not to mention that the armed forces of this militia have caught up with or even surpassed the government soldiers. If this matter gets out, Li Zhen may not be killed because of it. Mourning, but I'm afraid a big trouble is inevitable, at least I have to take off the top layer of skin.

"What a crazy kid, it's the old man who underestimated you, heh heh, the younger generation is awesome!"

Li Zhen suddenly stood up, with her hands behind her back, walked back and forth in the study for a few steps, shook her head with a wry smile, and said a few words with emotion.

"My lord, this matter can be big or small, even if it goes to the court, it won't be possible..."

Seeing that Li Zhen was so troubled, Pei Shoude had no choice but to try to comfort him.

"Shoude, needless to say, I know the seriousness alone, that's all, let him do what he wants to do in Hexi, and you can solve the militia issue, so that no one else will use it in the future."

Before Pei Shoude could finish speaking, Li Zhen stopped talking with a wave of his hand, and made a firm decision in his tone.

"Yes, my son-in-law knows what to do."

Seeing that things had come to such a point, Pei Shoude didn't dare to persuade him anymore, he could only respectfully agree, turned around, and hurriedly left the room.

"Good boy, kind!"

Li Zhen ignored Pei Shoude's resignation, walked slowly to the closed window, raised her hand, and pushed the window open forcefully, a gust of cold wind savagely poured into the room, and the temperature in the room suddenly dropped. But Li Zhen was not affected by the cold at all, looking at the sky in the northwest with a pair of old eyes shining brightly, squeezed out a sentence that seemed to be praised and derogatory... "Chongyan, in your opinion, Qiu Is there anything strange behind the Shenji case?"

Just when Li Zhen was full of emotions, in a side room of Qianyuan Hall, Empress Wu in white fox fur was lazily leaning on the Hu bed, with her hands resting on her cheeks, looking casually at Ming Chongyan, who was next to him, asked lightly.

"Returning to Madam, this case has a lot of doubts from the case record, it must be a fake case, if my minister's prediction is not bad, this case must be inseparable from the King of England, if possible, it should be thoroughly investigated! "

The detailed report on Qiu Shenji's death from Lanzhou has not yet arrived in Luoyang, but Ming Chongyan has already learned the details from a secret channel, and has already made up his mind. Without panic in his heart, he answered with words affirmatively.

"A thorough investigation? Well, it should be thoroughly investigated. Such a huge case cannot be dismissed hastily. According to Qing, who can investigate this case?"

Empress Wu naturally didn't believe in the so-called Tubo assassination theory, and she didn't want to see the whole of Hexi fall into Li Xian's hands, but now she no longer has the weapon of Dali Temple at hand, and the government has mostly fallen due to Gaozong's Ming Dynasty. In the hands of the crown prince, Empress Wu can no longer control the court as in the past. How to intervene in the case of Qiu Shenji is quite difficult. It is difficult to come up with a perfect idea even after thinking about it. Come into the palace.

"Hui Niangniang, this case must be thoroughly investigated. However, it cannot be investigated by us. If not, it is one aspect to invite criticism, and it is more likely to repeat the mistakes of Qiu Shenji. According to Wei Chen, Since the third son of King Yue is involved in this case, why don't you let Pei Shoude go through with it, maybe with the power of King Yue, maybe we can really uncover the truth of this case."

Ming Chongyan hated Li Xian deeply, but he would never let go of any opportunity to make trouble for him. Ever since he heard the news of the Lanzhou case, he had already started to think about countermeasures, and he had a plan in mind. Er'er answered Empress Wu's questions very calmly.

"Pei Shoude? Well, I have heard about this son. It is said that he is quite talented. I can rest assured that he will come forward. In this case, Aiqing will recommend him when the court discusses."

Empress Wu's original intention was also to force the King of Yue to the opposite side of Li Xian. At this moment, upon hearing Ming Chongyan's words, she would not object. It's settled.

"Empress Shengming."

As soon as Empress Wu agreed to her proposal, Ming Chongyan's face remained calm, but there was a hint of gloating in his eyes unconsciously.

(End of this chapter)