Lanting prelude
Chapter 38
Chapter 38
Huan Dieyi, dressed in plain clothes, was sitting near the window of a tea shop, staring at the Yunshui Inn diagonally opposite.
After she spoke harsh words to Pei Tinglong yesterday, Pei Tinglong had no choice but to arrange this monitoring task for her and Luo Biao.At this moment, Hongyu was sitting next to her, Luo Biao was sitting not far away with a few brothers, and on the other side were Pei Tinglong's family general Pei San and others.Obviously, Huan Dieyi and the others were staring at the inn, while Pei San and the others were staring at them.
Huan Dieyi sat motionless, but his heart was restless.
Ever since Xiao Junmo and the others entered Jiangling City, their every move was under Pei Tinglong's control.Although Huan Dieyi never doubted Xiao Junmo's ability, but this time Pei Tinglong has laid a net for him, will he still have a chance to escape?
From yesterday to now, Huan Dieyi wanted to secretly inform Xiao Junmo several times, but when he thought of his identity as Xuanjiawei, he had to resist the impulse.In this way, Huan Dieyi, who is a woman, and Huan Dui, who is a Xuanjiawei, are constantly fighting in their hearts, almost tearing her apart... Until now, Huan Dieyi still doesn't know what to do.
A tea doctor knelt by the food table and ground powder to make tea, making some noises.Huan Dieyi glanced at him impatiently.Seeing this, Hongyu next to him said to Dr. Tea: "Okay, you go down, we cook it ourselves."
"You guys are distinguished guests. The shopkeeper specially ordered to cook the first bowl of tea for the guests." Dr. Cha apologized and continued to fiddle with it, showing no intention of leaving.
"We appreciate the shopkeeper's kindness, you can go down."
"The guest officer doesn't know, this is our Nanmu tea, a specialty of Jiangling. The 'fire, water, broiler, and end' are all very particular, so that the taste of the brew is just right. If the guest officer is not familiar with it, let the younger ones serve you. "
"Go down as soon as I tell you, why are you talking so much?" Hongyu raised her face.
"Forget it, he also has good intentions." Huan Dieyi turned back and said, "Let him finish making the first tea."
Then Hongyu shut up resentfully.After a while, the tea boiled, Dr. Tea scooped a bowl from the tea kettle, put it on the food table in front of Hongyu, then scooped another bowl, held it respectfully in front of Huan Dieyi, and said: "This guest Officer, you should drink Nanmu tea while it is hot, and when it cools, the essence will dissipate with the heat." After finishing speaking, he solemnly put down the tea bowl.
Huan Dieyi felt that Dr. Tea was a bit talkative today, and just wanted to drive him away, but Dr. Cha winked at her, then stared at the tea bowl, and then bowed and retreated.Suspicious in Huan Dieyi's heart, she reached out to hold the bowl, and suddenly felt something at the bottom of the bowl, grabbed it in her hand and saw it was a small piece of paper folded squarely.
Huan Dieyi's heart was pounding.Carrying the red jade on her back, she quietly unfolded the note, on which were written only two words: back alley.Although there were only a few words and no signature, Huan Dieyi's heart was in her throat in an instant, because she was so familiar with this handwriting!
Huan Dieyi stood up calmly, said something to Hongyu in a low voice, and walked towards the backyard.Pei San saw it and got up immediately: "Where is Captain Huan going?"
Huan Dieyi smiled: "I'm going to the latrine, do you want to come with me?"
Pei San was embarrassed, and several subordinates beside him couldn't help snickering, while Luo Biao and his subordinates roared with laughter.
Huan Dieyi threw Pei San a sneer, and then walked out.
Behind the tea shop is a remote alley, Huan Dieyi climbed over the wall from the backyard of the tea shop, as soon as he landed, he saw a tall bearded man standing under a pear tree not far away, It was the easy-going Xiao Junmo.
In an instant, all kinds of complicated and tangled emotions rushed into my heart.Huan Dieyi suppressed the turmoil in his heart, walked up to Xiao Junmo, and said coldly: "Are you surrendering yourself?"
Xiao Junmo smiled, stretched out his hands, and made a gesture of catching him: "If I am destined to escape this catastrophe, I would rather die by your hands."
"You know it's inevitable?" Huan Dieyi raised his eyebrows, "Just for that Chu Lisang, do you think it's all worth it?"
"I just listen to my heart and do what I think is right, not just for any one person. Therefore, even if I die, I have no regrets."
"Since you are so not afraid of death, why are you running away?"
"You can die at any time, and survive every step of the way." Xiao Junmo said, "I'm not afraid of death, but it doesn't mean that I don't hesitate to die. Besides, there are many things waiting for me to do, why don't I run away?"
"Then this time, do you think you still have hope of escaping?"
"Of course, otherwise why should I ask you out?"
Huan Dieyi sneered: "Are you begging me to let you live?"
"Strictly speaking, it can't be called 'begging'." Xiao Junmo smiled, "I asked you out today because I want to make a deal with you."
"Deal?" Huan Dieyi was startled.
"Yes. I have information in my hand that allows you to catch a person. This person is very important to the court and the Holy Majesty." Xiao Junmo said, "I can give you the information and let you make a great contribution."
"To the Holy Majesty, who else is more important than you and debaters?" Huan Dieyi snorted coldly, "Isn't it more credit for catching you?"
"That's wrong!" Xiao Junmo shook his head, "Think about it, why did the Holy One arrest me and Biancai, isn't it just to crack the secret of the Tianxing League? And the purpose of his cracking this secret is to prevent the Tianxing League from harming the country and causing chaos the world?"
Huan Dieyi thought for a while: "So what?"
"Then think about it again, is it me and Biancai who are most likely to endanger the country now? Neither, but the one who created the Gantangyi murder case and ordered Yang Bingjun to assassinate me in Bailuyuan, right?"
"You mean Mingzang?"
"Exactly."
Huan Dieyi thought about it, Xiao Junmo's words were indeed reasonable, so his face softened a little: "Do you have information hidden in Ming?"
"That's right. On June [-]th, Ming Zang is likely to come to Jiangling to meet with Xie Ji, the owner of the Fulitang Restaurant in the east of the city. Anyway, you have mastered Xie Ji's situation. Just wait in Fulitang and wait for a chance to catch him." To Mingzang."
"Then what do you want to get from me by telling me this information?"
"I want to trouble you with a small matter." Xiao Junmo smiled brightly, approached her, and said something in a low voice.
"It's that simple?" Huan Dieyi was suspicious.
"Of course. So this deal is a good deal for you."
Huan Dieyi rolled his eyes at him: "Aren't you afraid that I'll turn my back on you and arrest you now?"
Xiao Junmo chuckled: "We are the only ones here, and you can't beat me, so what am I afraid of?"
Huan Dieyi looked at him, and the scenes of the two fighting and fighting in the past kept flashing before his eyes. After a long while, the circles of his eyes suddenly turned red.Seeing her appearance, Xiao Junmo felt mixed feelings in his heart, but he deliberately laughed and said, "Look at you! How old you are, you still cry like you were a child..."
Unexpectedly, when these words were said, Huan Dieyi's memory was even more affected, and two lines of tears fell silently down her cheeks.
Xiao Junmo panicked, subconsciously raised his hand to wipe her tears, but suddenly remembered the current identities of the two of them, so he withdrew his hand back.When Huan Dieyi was a child, whenever Huan Dieyi played petty temper, coquettishly and cried, Xiao Junmo would often secretly dip some ink or rouge on his fingers, pretending to wipe her tears, make her into a big face, and then take a mirror for her, and finally spread all over the world Run and let her chase...
At this moment, the two looked at each other, and the scene of their innocent childhood and childhood sweethearts seemed to be still in front of them.
"Wipe my tears for me." Huan Dieyi choked up and said in an orderly tone.
Xiao Junmo smiled, stretched out his hand to wipe away her tears, and then shook his fingers: "This time it is clean, no ink, no rouge."
Huan Dieyi wanted to laugh, but didn't, then gave him a meaningful look, turned and left.
Xiao Junmo looked at the back of her leaving, tears flickered in his eyes suddenly.
At night, Xuanjiawei Prison was dimly lit by candlelight.
Li Feng was wearing handcuffs and shackles, sitting in a single cell with disheveled hair, his eyes slightly closed.The cell was located at the end of a corridor, far from the other cells, and was clearly reserved for serious offenders.
Outside the cell door, stood two young soldiers, one fat and one thin.
At this time, an older soldier walked over from the other end of the corridor, and the two soldiers bowed and saluted: "Marshal Zheng."
Zheng Lushuai glanced at the cell, and said to the two: "You two brothers have worked hard, go down and rest for a while, I want to ask the prisoner a few words alone."
Hearing the sound, Li Feng raised his eyes for a glance, and then closed them again.
The two soldiers looked at each other with embarrassment on their faces.The thin armor said: "I'm sorry Zheng Lushuai, the general has an order, without his permission, no one is allowed to approach the prisoner alone."
Zheng Lushuai smiled: "Why, the two brothers still don't trust me?"
"Don't dare. It's just that the general issued a death order, and the subordinates dare not disobey."
As soon as the words were finished, Marshal Zheng suddenly showed an official letter: "This is the general's warrant, please read it carefully." The thin armored soldier quickly took it, and moved to the side by the candlelight.The fat soldier also came over, and the two of them carefully read it three times. It was indeed Li Shiji's order, and it was stamped with the big red official seal.
"Look more clearly, so as not to say that the official is lying." Zheng Lushuai teased.
"Don't dare dare." The two soldiers returned the warrants, then opened the cell door, turned around and retreated to the other end of the corridor.
Zheng Lvshuai confirmed that the two had gone far away before entering the cell, walked up to Li Feng and knelt down, and said in a low voice, "Brother, I made you suffer."
Li Feng raised his eyelids calmly, and looked at him for a while: "You have mistaken the person, I am not your brother."
Zheng Lushuai smiled: "Brother, I know you can't trust me, but the matter is urgent, and I can't explain too much to you. In short, it was my husband who asked me to come, and he asked me to tell you that the prince may come to see you tonight If you confront me, you must bite to death, don't let go!"
Li Feng remained expressionless: "Sorry, I don't understand what you are talking about."
"It doesn't matter whether you understand or not." Zheng Lushuai didn't care, "Sir, let me tell you one more thing, as long as you successfully complete the task, your family will be rich and have no worries."
That last line is more of a threat than a promise.Li Feng's heart trembled slightly, but the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he even closed his eyes.
"Li Feng, there are not many loyal people like you nowadays, brother, I admire you from the bottom of my heart." Zheng Lushuai said emotionally, and patted him on the shoulder, "I'm leaving, please remember Live in Mr.'s words."
Li Feng sat quietly, and heard Lushuai Zheng walk out of the cell, then the two soldiers came back, closed the door and locked it again, and then heard the thin soldier ask: "Li Feng, what did Lushuai Zheng tell you just now? "
Li Feng turned a deaf ear, motionless like a stone sculpture.
"It's all here, what kind of a hero are you!" The fat soldier scolded.
"Li Feng, to tell you the truth, we are from His Royal Highness King Wu." The thin armored scholar said, "The king of Wu asked us to watch here to prevent people from playing tricks secretly, including Li Shiji. That's why Lushuai Zheng and What did you say, you must recruit it truthfully, otherwise, King Wu may not be able to keep your family safe."
Li Feng was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect the relationship between these dignitaries to be so complicated.Since he has been pretending that he wants King Wu to protect his family, if he doesn't make any statement now, he might show his flaws.Thinking about this, Li Feng said lightly: "You two, I'm just a prisoner on death row, and I don't understand what tricks those nobles are playing. Since you are so concerned about what Zheng Lushuai said to me, then go directly to him Ah, why do you have to ask me?"
"You're still stubborn when you're about to die, aren't you looking for smoke?!" The fat soldier cursed.
"Forget it, forget it, this guy won't have a good life for a few days anyway." The thin armored soldier persuaded, "Let's just report tonight's matter truthfully. Your Highness has his own discretion as to what to do. We don't have to deal with a dead man." gas."
While speaking, there was a sudden sound of chaotic footsteps from the other end of the corridor.
Li Feng's heart skipped a beat: Could it be that Mr. Zheng Lushuai was sent by Mr. Zheng just now?The prince really came to confront him?
Just when he was in doubt, several soldiers with shiny armor came to the prison door with a young man in brocade clothes.The two soldiers, one fat and one thin, seemed to be taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground: "Kowtow to His Royal Highness."
It really is the prince!
Li Feng squinted at the young man outside the prison door, but unfortunately the light was dim, so he couldn't see his face clearly, but the outline of his face was vaguely the same as in the portraits he had seen.In addition, this person has a slight lameness on his right leg and is holding a gold and jade cane in his hand. These features are also completely consistent with Mr. Mingzang's description.
"Go down." The prince said in a deep voice.
The two soldiers looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
"Get out!" The crown prince yelled suddenly, and the two got up in fright, and ran out.
The prince turned around, facing the cell.Half of his face was in the darkness, half in the dim candlelight.Li Feng tried his best to see his facial features clearly, but unfortunately he couldn't see clearly.
"You are Li Feng?" The prince's voice was not loud, but there was a hint of arrogance and majesty.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, did His Highness forget me?" Li Feng smiled faintly.
"Who ordered you to frame the prince?"
"Your Highness, is there any point in acting in this play now? Anyway, I have already recruited, and I have said everything in front of the emperor. The raw rice has been made into cooked rice, so you should save your energy."
"Li Feng, no matter who sent you to harm me, what he can give you, this prince will give you ten times and a hundred times! As long as you tell the truth to the Holy One."
"I'm telling the truth!" Li Feng smiled again, "You showed me the portraits of Du He, Wei Wang and Du Chuke, and asked me to kill the three of them. Didn't you say that yourself? Tell me the truth?"
"Li Feng!" The prince was obviously angry, "Don't pretend to be crazy with me, the prince has never seen you before, how could he instruct you to kill someone?! The prince is here today to give you a chance to recover from your mistakes. Know the good and the bad!"
Li Feng laughed: "Then I might disappoint you. I confessed everything to the King of Wu and the Emperor precisely because I regretted being your murderous knife, so now I want to abandon evil and do good."
The prince snorted coldly: "Do you think that if King Wu promised to protect your family, you can really keep it? To tell you the truth, this prince has much more power than him! The entire Western Regions, from the government to the rivers and lakes, have My people, including your hometown Gaochang. To put it bluntly, I will let your family die in the third watch, they will never survive the fifth watch! What kind of thing is King Wu, how can he beat me? I advise you not to count on him Now, think about it for your family!"
Li Feng sneered frequently in his heart, because his family didn't need the protection of King Wu at all, the one who could really keep his family safe was Mr. Mingzang Wang Hongyi.Of course, it is impossible for the prince to know this.This supercilious prince seems to be used to being arrogant, thinking that he can control the fate of others, but he doesn't know that this time he has fallen into a deadlock!It's also fortunate that he ran to the prison to threaten himself in the middle of the night, but it's a pity that he exerted his strength in the wrong place.Now, no matter how much he struggles, he cannot escape the fate of being deposed.
"Your Highness, this is the end of the matter, you should go and confess to the emperor, don't waste time here."
After Li Feng finished speaking, he closed his eyes again.
"Hehe, the person who should repent is probably not the prince, but your master?" A strange voice suddenly sounded.
Li Feng felt that something was wrong, so he opened his eyes suddenly, and saw another young man with the same clothes and appearance as the "Prince", who was also holding a gold and jade cane, standing in front of the prison door. The previous "Prince" and several The guards knelt down at the same time: "Kowtow to His Royal Highness the Prince."
"Get up." The prince who came from behind gave a charming smile, "Look, we are a prince right now, and Li Feng is confused."
He is Li Chengqian.
Li Feng stared dumbfounded at the scene in front of him, realizing that he had been tricked, and the task he was about to complete fell short.
The fake prince withdrew.
Li Chengqian looked at Li Feng with a smile: "Hey, Li, you have never met this prince before, but you dare to play such a big game. You and your master are brave enough."
"Your Highness, it's too dark here, that's why I recognized the wrong person, but what I just said is the truth, you can't blame me for instructing me to kill someone." Li Feng was still struggling with his last strength.
"Li Feng, it's come to this point, you're still quibbling! Are you insulting my wisdom, or showing off your stupidity?" Li Shimin said lightly, and came out from the dark.The prince and several guards were about to kneel down to salute, but he stopped them by raising his hand.
Li Feng understood everything in an instant, so he smiled wryly and remained silent.
"Li Feng, even if I believe you misidentified the person just now, can't you recognize the voice?" Li Shimin smiled and said, "You still remember the last question I asked you yesterday? I have asked you for the past two years. Whether you have been practicing martial arts with the prince, you say yes. But now you not only cannot recognize the prince, you can't even hear the voice, is this possible?"
Knowing that everything was irreparable, Li Feng felt relieved, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty's chain plan is really brilliant! First, he asked Zheng Lushuai to pretend to pass on a message to me, implanting in me the idea that the prince will come, and then pretending that the prince will come." When he appeared, I subconsciously believed him. Yes, it seems that I am indeed stupid."
"Your stupidity doesn't stop there." Li Shimin smiled, "Letting Lushuai Zheng send you a message has two purposes, one is what you said just now, and the other is to test your reaction. As a result, you made repeated mistakes. I made several mistakes, do you know what they are?"
Li Feng shook his head: "I would like to hear the details."
"First, if you are really the assassin sent by the prince and there is no other master, then when a stranger suddenly sends you a message on behalf of the master, your normal reaction will definitely not be indifferent and restrained, but should be inexplicable. You should treat him like a lunatic. But you listened to what he said calmly. Even though you didn’t understand on the surface, in fact, your attitude has already betrayed you. In other words, only a person on a secret mission can have Maybe you can just wait patiently and listen to a secret person tell you something, right? Even if you don’t trust him very much, you will think in your heart—whether what he says is true or not, it won’t hurt to listen anyway, in case he is true Where did your master send it?"
Li Feng couldn't help laughing.
The emperor was surprised and admired that he could understand his thoughts so thoroughly.
"Second, even if you are an extremely restrained person by nature, if you have no ghosts in your heart, then when the two guards ask about it, you have no reason to hide it from them. Because there is no special mission for a For most people, Zheng Lushuai's words are completely incomprehensible. You should at least feel surprised, think Zheng Lushuai is ridiculous, and then express such thoughts. But you haven't, and you are still restraining yourself. This only proves that you have ghosts in your heart."
Li Feng was very convinced in his heart, he had nothing to complain about being defeated by such a powerful emperor.
"Furthermore, no matter what happened before, when the two guards told you that they belonged to King Wu, you would have no reason to keep a secret. If you are really a killer sent by the prince, after you have confessed, only Wu If Wang can keep your family safe, you will definitely spit out everything Zheng Lushuai told you, because only doing so will be good for you. But you didn't, which only proves that in your heart, you can really keep your family safe. It is not the King of Wu who is safe for your family, but your real master, the 'sir' in Zheng Lushuai's mouth, who is the mastermind behind the plot! Isn't that right?"
Li Feng had nothing to say, only a wry smile on his face.
"Actually, at this time, I already have sufficient reasons to conclude that this assassination case is a complete conspiracy, with the purpose of framing the prince! Therefore, in fact, the scene of the fake prince in the future is completely unnecessary. I got interested and wanted to see how you would act, so I let the fake prince appear on the stage, and you fell into the trick again." Li Shimin sneered, "Li Feng, you may be a good killer, but it's a pity, I want to You are not qualified to play tricks on me."
Li Feng nodded helplessly: "Your Majesty is brilliant, I, Li Feng, would like to admit defeat."
"Since you are convinced, shouldn't it be time to tell me who your real master is?"
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, although I admire you very much, I will not say this."
"Li Feng!" Li Chengqian said angrily, "If you work so hard for your master, aren't you afraid that the court will destroy your three clans?"
Li Feng chuckled, but didn't answer.
Li Shimin knew that at this moment his family must have been controlled by the mastermind. It was called protection, but it was actually held as hostages to ensure that Li Feng would not betray him.
"You can still laugh?!" Li Chengqian was so angry that he kicked the railing of the cell several times, and the iron chain on the cell door jingled, "Is extermination of the clan a fun thing?"
"Chengqian, stay safe and don't be rash." Li Shimin said in a deep voice, and then looked at Li Feng, "Li Feng, as long as you confess truthfully, I can not only spare you the death penalty, but also give you a half-job. In addition, I I can also promise you that no matter where your family members are now, I will do my best to help you find them, how about it?"
After Li Feng heard this, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, as if his heart was moved, but it dimmed again in an instant.
He is very clear about Mingzang's methods. Once he confesses, Mingzang will immediately let his family die without a place to bury him. He can't wait for the court to rescue him.
"Your Majesty, it's useless to talk too much, just kill me." After Li Feng finished speaking lightly, he closed his eyes again and turned into a motionless stone sculpture again.
"Father!" Li Chengqian was anxious and angry, "There is no need to talk to him, in fact, this matter is very obvious, it is the fourth brother who is behind the scenes."
"Shut up." Li Shimin's face darkened, "Without any evidence, how can you make wild suspicions?!"
Li Chengqian was indignant, but had nothing to say.
"It's getting late, go back to the East Palace and rest, I will deal with this matter myself." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he turned and walked out.
This is the lifting of Li Chengqian's house arrest, but he has been placed in such a way for no reason, how can the anger in his chest be eliminated by lifting the house arrest?
Li Chengqian kicked the cell door hard again, and the iron chain on the door jingled again.
At this time, Li Chengqian faintly felt that although his father was apparently trying his best to track down the mastermind behind the conspiracy, he seemed too calm.In other words, the real intention of the emperor's heart is probably to make this matter smaller and smaller.
If so, then I can only seek justice in my own way!
Li Chengqian said in his heart.
At about two quarters of the night, the Yunshui Inn in Jiangling County suddenly caught fire.
The fire burned very strangely: the two or three hundred residents in the inn first heard someone yelling "the water is gone", so they ran out of the room with their luggage, but they didn't see any fire. I saw the stables in the backyard, the stove house in the front yard, and several guest rooms on the second floor ignited at the same time, and they burned extremely quickly, as if someone had poured oil on them in advance.
Regardless of whether it was arson or not, the fire was burning anyway, and hundreds of guests, terrified, rushed to the front and back doors of the inn.
The scene suddenly became chaotic.
At this moment, the Xuanjia guards and the policemen who were ambushing around the inn rushed out from the dark at the same time, but they were all at a loss and didn't know what to do.In the tea shop opposite the inn, Pei San looked at the flames soaring into the sky, and shouted: "Xiao Junmo and the others must have set the fire on purpose to create chaos!"
"Do you need to say that?" Huan Dieyi glanced at him, "Quickly think about what to do, or the criminals will escape in the chaos."
Pei San lost his mind.Right now Pei Tinglong and Xue An are both in the Jingzhou mansion, if they send someone to ask for instructions, all the people who come and go to the inn will run away.In desperation, Pei San had no choice but to put on a smiling face: "Captain Huan, you are a veteran of our Xuanjia Guards, and you are the most experienced in dealing with such emergencies. Give your order and what to do. I will listen to you."
"Don't ask me about that." Huan Dieyi sneered, "You are the general of General Pei. When he is not around, don't we all have to listen to you? How dare I make decisions without authorization?"
Pei San scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, and suddenly had an idea: "Why don't we simply rush in and arrest all the people in the inn, so that none of Xiao Junmo and the others can escape, what do you think?"
Huan Dieyi nodded: "Well, it's a good idea, I listen to Captain Pei."
Pei San was overjoyed, immediately drew out his saber, and said to his opponent, "Brothers, come with me!"
Huan Dieyi smiled secretly, took Hongyu, Luo Biao and others, followed Pei San and rushed to the opposite inn.
When everyone rushed into the inn, they saw blazing flames and billowing black smoke inside, hundreds of residents were running around, and the scene was extremely chaotic. Although the Xuanjia guards tried their best to stop them at the door, many people still escaped. out.Huan Dieyi hurriedly said to Pei San: "Captain Pei, in my opinion, we must quickly send someone to notify the gates of the cities to close urgently, so as to prevent criminals from escaping from the city."
"Yes, yes, yes, Captain Huan is still thinking carefully." Pei San nodded repeatedly.
"Let's split up." Huan Dieyi said again, "You arrest people here, and I will notify the city gates."
"Then it will be up to Team Laohuan." Pei San was very grateful for her high level of cooperation.
Huan Dieyi immediately said to Hongyu and Luo Biao: "You are assisting Team Pei to go in and arrest people, and you must not let another one go!"
Hongyu and Luo Biao looked at each other, not understanding how she worked so hard tonight.Seeing that they were all stunned, Huan Dieyi's face darkened immediately: "Didn't you hear what I said? Go!" The two had no choice but to rush in with Pei San.
Huan Dieyi immediately assigned his men to go to the north gate, west gate and south gate, and then said to the four or five soldiers who were arresting people: "Don't arrest, follow me to the east gate, hurry up!"
After hearing the order, several soldiers immediately walked out of the inn gate with her.Before going out, Huan Dieyi said to Xuanjiawei and the policeman who were guarding the door: "I guard them all, come out and catch one by one. If someone escapes, I only ask you!"
All the soldiers and the policeman Nuo Nuo kept talking.
Huan Dieyi led the four or five soldiers to the back alley of the teahouse, where six or seven horses were tied under several pear trees.Everyone untied the reins, got on their horses, and galloped quickly towards the east gate.
After a while, a group of people arrived at the east gate at a fast speed.Huan Dieyi took the lead, took out his waist card, shook it at the gatekeepers, and said loudly: "I am the leader of the Xuanjia Guard, did four or five people leave the city from here just now?"
All the soldiers looked at each other in astonishment, and the leader of the team was busy saying: "It's still early, there are many people coming in and out, I don't know who you are asking?"
"A bunch of idiots!" Huan Dieyi was furious, turned around and said to his subordinates, "Go out of the city and chase after them!"
These four or five soldiers got the order and immediately patted their horses and galloped out of the city gate.Huan Dieyi watched them whizzing away, and said to the guard team: "Close the city gate immediately, and no one can come in or out!"
"Yes!" All the soldiers rushed to close the city gate.
After the four or five armored men galloped a zhang away, one of them suddenly reined in the reins, turned around, and looked at the city gate with complicated eyes.
He is Xiao Junmo.
The other people in black armor were Biancai, Chu Lisang, Hua Linger and Mi Mancang.
In the back alley of the tea shop during the day, Xiao Junmo asked Huan Dieyi for help with a "small matter", which was to ask her to find five sets of Xuanjia guard armor, five dragon head knives, and five Yanqi horses.These are naturally trivial matters for Huan Dieyi, but she was a little surprised, she didn't know how Xiao Junmo walked out of the gate of Yunshui Inn under the surveillance and siege of Xuanjiawei based on these alone.It wasn't until the fire broke out suddenly tonight that Huan Dieyi suddenly realized that he had to admire his cleverness.
Xiao Junmo's escape plan is very simple, but very effective.The only thing he had to make sure was that the fire would not harm any innocent people, so he called out all the guests in the room before lighting the fire.In addition, he had estimated the value of the inn in advance, so he just "borrowed" twenty gold from Mi Mancang and put it in the innkeeper's counter in advance.He knew that the boss would find the gold before he escaped.
Xiao Junmo predicted that when the fire broke out, Xuanjiawei must only focus on controlling the hundreds of guests in the inn. He never expected that they had already pretended to be Xuanjiawei, so in this plan, Xiao Junmo's plan was to take advantage of the chaos and escape, and did not let Huan The part where Dieyi is sent out of the city gate.However, Huan Dieyi deliberately loudly reminded Pei San to close the city gate in order to ensure that they escaped smoothly and also to send Xiao Junmo off.At that time, Xiao Junmo had already mixed into Xuanjiawei, and was busy pretending to arrest people. Hearing Huan Dieyi's words, he understood her intentions, so he cooperated with her tacitly.
At this moment, the two city gates were slowly closing, Xiao Junmo and Huan Dieyi looked at each other from a distance, and neither of them wanted to look away.It wasn't until there was only a gap between the city gates that Xiao Junmo raised his hand to wipe her tears, and then shook his fingers.Huan Dieyi in the distance smiled sadly, then turned his horse's head and galloped away.
The city gate was completely closed, Xiao Junmo slowly put down his hand.
"Hey," Hua Ling'er approached Chu Lisang, touched her, not without jealousy, "Who is that black-armored woman? It seems that she has an unusual relationship with Xiao Lang!"
"Didn't you hear it just now, the Xuanjia Guards are coming?" Chu Lisang said coldly.Seeing such a scene, she herself was not in a good mood, let alone answering her questions.
"Of course I know that. I'm asking about her private relationship with Xiao Lang."
"Then you should ask Xiao Lang, why are you asking me?" Chu Lisang applauded immediately, and left on his own.
Hua Ling'er was bored, and then asked Mi Mancang: "Hey, do you know their relationship?"
Mi Mancang felt sorry for the twenty gold that Xiao Junmo forcibly "borrowed" away all day, so he didn't bother to talk to her, and left as soon as he lifted the reins.
Hua Ling'er rolled her eyes, and just about to ask Biancai, Biancai suddenly muttered: "This girl, why are you running so fast?" Then he chased after Chu Lisang.Hua Ling'er was stunned, and simply shouted at Xiao Junmo's back: "Hey, Xiao Daqingsheng, the beautiful woman has already left, and the gate of the city is closed. Are you still reluctant to leave?"
Xiao Junmo turned the horse's head slowly, without even looking at her, he slapped the horse's butt suddenly, galloped past her, and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.
"All of these guys took the wrong medicine?!" Hua Ling'er was very annoyed, and hurriedly chased after him.
Tai Chi Palace, Xihai Pool.
The sun is shining in the sky, the pool is shimmering, and the willows are green and the flowers are red on the shore.
A gorgeously decorated painting boat is moored quietly under the shade of trees on the shore.When Li Shiji hurried over, he saw Zhao Dequan and a group of eunuchs and maids standing on the bank, but the emperor was nowhere to be seen.
Early in the morning, Li Shiji received a summons from the palace envoy, saying that the Holy Majesty summoned him in Xihaichi.As soon as Li Shiji heard it, he knew that what the emperor wanted to talk to him must be very important, so he hurried over.
"Internal envoy, my lord..." Li Shiji asked Zhao Dequan in a low voice.
Zhao Dequan turned to the boat and said, "Everyone is on the boat."
"Your Majesty, he...has something on his mind?" Li Shiji felt a little apprehensive.
Zhao Dequan sighed, and leaned closer to him: "Everyone didn't sleep well last night."
Li Shiji was slightly startled.
A few days ago, after seeing through Li Feng's plan, the emperor put the matter aside, and Li Shiji didn't dare to ask if there was no order.Now it seems that what the emperor wants to talk about must be related to the case of framing the prince.In other words, whether this case should be thoroughly investigated, or how to end it, the emperor must have an answer in his heart.
Li Shiji lightly stepped onto the boat, and just about to kneel down at the bow to salute, the emperor's voice came from the cabin: "In this kind of place, you don't need to be formal, come in." Li Shiji pushed open the cabin door, walked in, Seeing the emperor sitting cross-legged on a brocade couch, his eyes were red and his face was haggard. It looked like he hadn't closed his eyes all night, but more like he had been sleepless for days and nights.
What has the emperor experienced these days?
Li Shiji's heart became more and more heavy.
"Do you know why I asked you to come to Haichi?" Li Shimin said, motioning Li Shiji to sit down.
"Your Majesty is obtuse, please express it clearly." Li Shiji said carefully.
Li Shimin chuckled: "You are not dull, you are too cautious, afraid that I will say that you are speculating on the holy will, right?"
Li Shiji grinned: "The emperor is wise."
"The emperor is wise?" Li Shimin suddenly smiled wryly, "Everyone will say that the emperor is wise, but how many people can know the difficulties of being the emperor? After all, there are some things in this world that even I can't be wise!"
"I am ashamed that I failed to share your majesty's worries..."
"You can't share some worries." Li Shimin flicked his sleeves, got up from the bed, walked to an open porthole, and looked at the scenery outside, "Let's talk about the worries of this brother, can you help me share them?"
Brothers against the wall? !
To Li Shiji at this moment, these four words sounded like a thunderclap on the ground.It seems that the emperor has already determined that Wei Wang Li Tai is behind this case, so he is caught in a dilemma: if he wants to give the prince justice, he must deal with Wei Wang; if he wants to let Wei Wang go, he must punish the prince. unfair.As the saying goes, the center of the palm is flesh, and the back of the palm is also flesh. The battle for succession has developed to the point where it is impossible for anyone who is an emperor or a father to face it easily, and it is even more difficult to find a solution that gives the best of both worlds.Li Shiji couldn't help thinking that if it was him, he would have been worried for a long time.
"Your Majesty, this case has not yet been thoroughly investigated. It is hard to say who instigated Li Feng to frame the prince..."
"You don't have to comfort me." Li Shimin smiled wryly again, "Anyone with a discerning eye can tell who it is."
Li Shiji was silent.
"I came to you today to discuss with you how to close the case." Li Shimin turned around and looked at him.
The emperor actually used the word "discussion", which shocked Li Shiji.He stood up hastily, bowed his head and said: "Please make an order from the emperor."
"If it was as simple as laying down an edict, I would have done it long ago, so why bother to ask you?" Li Shimin said, "I have to explain this case to the crown prince and to the ruling and opposition parties, but Li Feng didn't speak a single word. It seems that he won't say anything, so in the end, the court can only give an explanation. Do you understand what I mean?"
Li Shiji quickly understood the meaning behind his words, pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, the prince is straightforward by nature and likes to act according to his temperament. He has offended many people over the years. I think that those who want to set up a trap for the prince don't seem to be too good at it." Hard to find."
Satisfied that he understood his intention so quickly, Li Shimin nodded and said, "Well, tell me, who has the motive to frame the prince?"
Li Shiji thought for a while, and said: "The former governor of Yizhou, Chen Xiong."
Li Shimin couldn't help laughing: "The guy who married twelve wives and concubines, and has as many brothers-in-law as a cow?"
"Exactly."
A few months ago, Prince Li Chengqian used Chen Xiong's brother-in-law as a breakthrough to design Chen Xiong to be exposed automatically. The court then sentenced Chen Xiong to beheaded, confiscated all his family property, and exiled his wife and children to Lingnan.From this point of view, Chen Xiong's family did have the motive to revenge the prince.
"However, Chen Xiong is dead and all his relatives have been exiled. Who else can frame the prince?" Li Shimin asked.
"Son of Chen Xiong, Chen Shaojie."
"Isn't he also in exile?"
"It's exile. But Your Majesty, I beg your pardon to be frank. Over the years, there are not a few exiles who escaped from Lingnan. Of course, it is also possible for Chen Shaojie to escape from Lingnan, sneak into Chang'an, and secretly plan this conspiracy to frame the prince."
Li Shimin thought: "Then, how did Chen Shaojie find Li Feng?"
"Chen Shaojie is in Yizhou and Li Feng is in Gaochang. The distance between the two places is not too far. It is reasonable to say that they have known each other before. In addition, Chen Xiong's brother-in-law was once arrested in the East Palace to accompany the prince to practice martial arts, so Chen Shaojie took advantage of this For one thing, let Li Feng use this identity to frame the prince. This also makes sense."
Li Shimin nodded slightly: "One more thing, why does Li Feng work for Chen Shaojie?"
Li Shiji thought for a while, and said: "Since Chen Shaojie is the son of the former governor of Yizhou, he has been operating in the Western Regions for a long time, so he will naturally have some influence, and there may be some hidden property that the court has never discovered and confiscated. Therefore, Chen Shaojie Then we can use money and power in the world to use both soft and hard tactics against Li Feng or directly kidnap his family to force him to obey."
"That makes sense." Li Shimin smiled faintly, "In this way, the motive for committing the crime is established, and the method of committing the crime is considered reasonable, but there is one last point, which is the time for committing the crime."
Li Shiji understood what the emperor meant, and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured about this. I just need to inform the local government in Lingnan and let them unify the statement that Chen Shaojie had absconded three months ago. Then he will have plenty of time to plan. These things."
Li Shimin nodded, and immediately thought about something: "I still have a concern..."
"May I ask what your Majesty is concerned about?"
"This Chen Shaojie, how is he?"
Li Shiji understood that the emperor was worried that if he harmed a good man, he would be in debt morally.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. As far as I know, this Chen Shaojie is also an evil young dude. At that time, Chen Xiong's brothers-in-law did all the outrageous things. pity."
Li Shimin pondered for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, let's do it this way, and you will have full authority over the specific matters."
"The minister obeys the order."
"Put down all the things at hand and do this first. After finishing, behead Li Feng and Chen Shaojie for public display, and announce the truth of the case to the world, so as to calm the hearts of the savages."
"Yes, I will do it immediately."
At this point, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief.He turned around again, staring at the charming and beautiful summer scenery outside the window for a long time, his eyes suddenly became a little blurred, and immediately said to himself: "The country that I worked so hard to build, will be peaceful after a hundred years... ?”
Li Shiji remained silent, as if he didn't hear.
It is not a good thing for the ministers to hear the emperor expressing such emotions with his own ears; especially when such emotions have exposed the fragility and sentimentality of the emperor to some extent, the ministers must pretend to be deaf make dumb.
This is an indispensable self-cultivation for a courtier.
Li Shiji knows this well.
(End of this chapter)
Huan Dieyi, dressed in plain clothes, was sitting near the window of a tea shop, staring at the Yunshui Inn diagonally opposite.
After she spoke harsh words to Pei Tinglong yesterday, Pei Tinglong had no choice but to arrange this monitoring task for her and Luo Biao.At this moment, Hongyu was sitting next to her, Luo Biao was sitting not far away with a few brothers, and on the other side were Pei Tinglong's family general Pei San and others.Obviously, Huan Dieyi and the others were staring at the inn, while Pei San and the others were staring at them.
Huan Dieyi sat motionless, but his heart was restless.
Ever since Xiao Junmo and the others entered Jiangling City, their every move was under Pei Tinglong's control.Although Huan Dieyi never doubted Xiao Junmo's ability, but this time Pei Tinglong has laid a net for him, will he still have a chance to escape?
From yesterday to now, Huan Dieyi wanted to secretly inform Xiao Junmo several times, but when he thought of his identity as Xuanjiawei, he had to resist the impulse.In this way, Huan Dieyi, who is a woman, and Huan Dui, who is a Xuanjiawei, are constantly fighting in their hearts, almost tearing her apart... Until now, Huan Dieyi still doesn't know what to do.
A tea doctor knelt by the food table and ground powder to make tea, making some noises.Huan Dieyi glanced at him impatiently.Seeing this, Hongyu next to him said to Dr. Tea: "Okay, you go down, we cook it ourselves."
"You guys are distinguished guests. The shopkeeper specially ordered to cook the first bowl of tea for the guests." Dr. Cha apologized and continued to fiddle with it, showing no intention of leaving.
"We appreciate the shopkeeper's kindness, you can go down."
"The guest officer doesn't know, this is our Nanmu tea, a specialty of Jiangling. The 'fire, water, broiler, and end' are all very particular, so that the taste of the brew is just right. If the guest officer is not familiar with it, let the younger ones serve you. "
"Go down as soon as I tell you, why are you talking so much?" Hongyu raised her face.
"Forget it, he also has good intentions." Huan Dieyi turned back and said, "Let him finish making the first tea."
Then Hongyu shut up resentfully.After a while, the tea boiled, Dr. Tea scooped a bowl from the tea kettle, put it on the food table in front of Hongyu, then scooped another bowl, held it respectfully in front of Huan Dieyi, and said: "This guest Officer, you should drink Nanmu tea while it is hot, and when it cools, the essence will dissipate with the heat." After finishing speaking, he solemnly put down the tea bowl.
Huan Dieyi felt that Dr. Tea was a bit talkative today, and just wanted to drive him away, but Dr. Cha winked at her, then stared at the tea bowl, and then bowed and retreated.Suspicious in Huan Dieyi's heart, she reached out to hold the bowl, and suddenly felt something at the bottom of the bowl, grabbed it in her hand and saw it was a small piece of paper folded squarely.
Huan Dieyi's heart was pounding.Carrying the red jade on her back, she quietly unfolded the note, on which were written only two words: back alley.Although there were only a few words and no signature, Huan Dieyi's heart was in her throat in an instant, because she was so familiar with this handwriting!
Huan Dieyi stood up calmly, said something to Hongyu in a low voice, and walked towards the backyard.Pei San saw it and got up immediately: "Where is Captain Huan going?"
Huan Dieyi smiled: "I'm going to the latrine, do you want to come with me?"
Pei San was embarrassed, and several subordinates beside him couldn't help snickering, while Luo Biao and his subordinates roared with laughter.
Huan Dieyi threw Pei San a sneer, and then walked out.
Behind the tea shop is a remote alley, Huan Dieyi climbed over the wall from the backyard of the tea shop, as soon as he landed, he saw a tall bearded man standing under a pear tree not far away, It was the easy-going Xiao Junmo.
In an instant, all kinds of complicated and tangled emotions rushed into my heart.Huan Dieyi suppressed the turmoil in his heart, walked up to Xiao Junmo, and said coldly: "Are you surrendering yourself?"
Xiao Junmo smiled, stretched out his hands, and made a gesture of catching him: "If I am destined to escape this catastrophe, I would rather die by your hands."
"You know it's inevitable?" Huan Dieyi raised his eyebrows, "Just for that Chu Lisang, do you think it's all worth it?"
"I just listen to my heart and do what I think is right, not just for any one person. Therefore, even if I die, I have no regrets."
"Since you are so not afraid of death, why are you running away?"
"You can die at any time, and survive every step of the way." Xiao Junmo said, "I'm not afraid of death, but it doesn't mean that I don't hesitate to die. Besides, there are many things waiting for me to do, why don't I run away?"
"Then this time, do you think you still have hope of escaping?"
"Of course, otherwise why should I ask you out?"
Huan Dieyi sneered: "Are you begging me to let you live?"
"Strictly speaking, it can't be called 'begging'." Xiao Junmo smiled, "I asked you out today because I want to make a deal with you."
"Deal?" Huan Dieyi was startled.
"Yes. I have information in my hand that allows you to catch a person. This person is very important to the court and the Holy Majesty." Xiao Junmo said, "I can give you the information and let you make a great contribution."
"To the Holy Majesty, who else is more important than you and debaters?" Huan Dieyi snorted coldly, "Isn't it more credit for catching you?"
"That's wrong!" Xiao Junmo shook his head, "Think about it, why did the Holy One arrest me and Biancai, isn't it just to crack the secret of the Tianxing League? And the purpose of his cracking this secret is to prevent the Tianxing League from harming the country and causing chaos the world?"
Huan Dieyi thought for a while: "So what?"
"Then think about it again, is it me and Biancai who are most likely to endanger the country now? Neither, but the one who created the Gantangyi murder case and ordered Yang Bingjun to assassinate me in Bailuyuan, right?"
"You mean Mingzang?"
"Exactly."
Huan Dieyi thought about it, Xiao Junmo's words were indeed reasonable, so his face softened a little: "Do you have information hidden in Ming?"
"That's right. On June [-]th, Ming Zang is likely to come to Jiangling to meet with Xie Ji, the owner of the Fulitang Restaurant in the east of the city. Anyway, you have mastered Xie Ji's situation. Just wait in Fulitang and wait for a chance to catch him." To Mingzang."
"Then what do you want to get from me by telling me this information?"
"I want to trouble you with a small matter." Xiao Junmo smiled brightly, approached her, and said something in a low voice.
"It's that simple?" Huan Dieyi was suspicious.
"Of course. So this deal is a good deal for you."
Huan Dieyi rolled his eyes at him: "Aren't you afraid that I'll turn my back on you and arrest you now?"
Xiao Junmo chuckled: "We are the only ones here, and you can't beat me, so what am I afraid of?"
Huan Dieyi looked at him, and the scenes of the two fighting and fighting in the past kept flashing before his eyes. After a long while, the circles of his eyes suddenly turned red.Seeing her appearance, Xiao Junmo felt mixed feelings in his heart, but he deliberately laughed and said, "Look at you! How old you are, you still cry like you were a child..."
Unexpectedly, when these words were said, Huan Dieyi's memory was even more affected, and two lines of tears fell silently down her cheeks.
Xiao Junmo panicked, subconsciously raised his hand to wipe her tears, but suddenly remembered the current identities of the two of them, so he withdrew his hand back.When Huan Dieyi was a child, whenever Huan Dieyi played petty temper, coquettishly and cried, Xiao Junmo would often secretly dip some ink or rouge on his fingers, pretending to wipe her tears, make her into a big face, and then take a mirror for her, and finally spread all over the world Run and let her chase...
At this moment, the two looked at each other, and the scene of their innocent childhood and childhood sweethearts seemed to be still in front of them.
"Wipe my tears for me." Huan Dieyi choked up and said in an orderly tone.
Xiao Junmo smiled, stretched out his hand to wipe away her tears, and then shook his fingers: "This time it is clean, no ink, no rouge."
Huan Dieyi wanted to laugh, but didn't, then gave him a meaningful look, turned and left.
Xiao Junmo looked at the back of her leaving, tears flickered in his eyes suddenly.
At night, Xuanjiawei Prison was dimly lit by candlelight.
Li Feng was wearing handcuffs and shackles, sitting in a single cell with disheveled hair, his eyes slightly closed.The cell was located at the end of a corridor, far from the other cells, and was clearly reserved for serious offenders.
Outside the cell door, stood two young soldiers, one fat and one thin.
At this time, an older soldier walked over from the other end of the corridor, and the two soldiers bowed and saluted: "Marshal Zheng."
Zheng Lushuai glanced at the cell, and said to the two: "You two brothers have worked hard, go down and rest for a while, I want to ask the prisoner a few words alone."
Hearing the sound, Li Feng raised his eyes for a glance, and then closed them again.
The two soldiers looked at each other with embarrassment on their faces.The thin armor said: "I'm sorry Zheng Lushuai, the general has an order, without his permission, no one is allowed to approach the prisoner alone."
Zheng Lushuai smiled: "Why, the two brothers still don't trust me?"
"Don't dare. It's just that the general issued a death order, and the subordinates dare not disobey."
As soon as the words were finished, Marshal Zheng suddenly showed an official letter: "This is the general's warrant, please read it carefully." The thin armored soldier quickly took it, and moved to the side by the candlelight.The fat soldier also came over, and the two of them carefully read it three times. It was indeed Li Shiji's order, and it was stamped with the big red official seal.
"Look more clearly, so as not to say that the official is lying." Zheng Lushuai teased.
"Don't dare dare." The two soldiers returned the warrants, then opened the cell door, turned around and retreated to the other end of the corridor.
Zheng Lvshuai confirmed that the two had gone far away before entering the cell, walked up to Li Feng and knelt down, and said in a low voice, "Brother, I made you suffer."
Li Feng raised his eyelids calmly, and looked at him for a while: "You have mistaken the person, I am not your brother."
Zheng Lushuai smiled: "Brother, I know you can't trust me, but the matter is urgent, and I can't explain too much to you. In short, it was my husband who asked me to come, and he asked me to tell you that the prince may come to see you tonight If you confront me, you must bite to death, don't let go!"
Li Feng remained expressionless: "Sorry, I don't understand what you are talking about."
"It doesn't matter whether you understand or not." Zheng Lushuai didn't care, "Sir, let me tell you one more thing, as long as you successfully complete the task, your family will be rich and have no worries."
That last line is more of a threat than a promise.Li Feng's heart trembled slightly, but the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he even closed his eyes.
"Li Feng, there are not many loyal people like you nowadays, brother, I admire you from the bottom of my heart." Zheng Lushuai said emotionally, and patted him on the shoulder, "I'm leaving, please remember Live in Mr.'s words."
Li Feng sat quietly, and heard Lushuai Zheng walk out of the cell, then the two soldiers came back, closed the door and locked it again, and then heard the thin soldier ask: "Li Feng, what did Lushuai Zheng tell you just now? "
Li Feng turned a deaf ear, motionless like a stone sculpture.
"It's all here, what kind of a hero are you!" The fat soldier scolded.
"Li Feng, to tell you the truth, we are from His Royal Highness King Wu." The thin armored scholar said, "The king of Wu asked us to watch here to prevent people from playing tricks secretly, including Li Shiji. That's why Lushuai Zheng and What did you say, you must recruit it truthfully, otherwise, King Wu may not be able to keep your family safe."
Li Feng was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect the relationship between these dignitaries to be so complicated.Since he has been pretending that he wants King Wu to protect his family, if he doesn't make any statement now, he might show his flaws.Thinking about this, Li Feng said lightly: "You two, I'm just a prisoner on death row, and I don't understand what tricks those nobles are playing. Since you are so concerned about what Zheng Lushuai said to me, then go directly to him Ah, why do you have to ask me?"
"You're still stubborn when you're about to die, aren't you looking for smoke?!" The fat soldier cursed.
"Forget it, forget it, this guy won't have a good life for a few days anyway." The thin armored soldier persuaded, "Let's just report tonight's matter truthfully. Your Highness has his own discretion as to what to do. We don't have to deal with a dead man." gas."
While speaking, there was a sudden sound of chaotic footsteps from the other end of the corridor.
Li Feng's heart skipped a beat: Could it be that Mr. Zheng Lushuai was sent by Mr. Zheng just now?The prince really came to confront him?
Just when he was in doubt, several soldiers with shiny armor came to the prison door with a young man in brocade clothes.The two soldiers, one fat and one thin, seemed to be taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground: "Kowtow to His Royal Highness."
It really is the prince!
Li Feng squinted at the young man outside the prison door, but unfortunately the light was dim, so he couldn't see his face clearly, but the outline of his face was vaguely the same as in the portraits he had seen.In addition, this person has a slight lameness on his right leg and is holding a gold and jade cane in his hand. These features are also completely consistent with Mr. Mingzang's description.
"Go down." The prince said in a deep voice.
The two soldiers looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
"Get out!" The crown prince yelled suddenly, and the two got up in fright, and ran out.
The prince turned around, facing the cell.Half of his face was in the darkness, half in the dim candlelight.Li Feng tried his best to see his facial features clearly, but unfortunately he couldn't see clearly.
"You are Li Feng?" The prince's voice was not loud, but there was a hint of arrogance and majesty.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, did His Highness forget me?" Li Feng smiled faintly.
"Who ordered you to frame the prince?"
"Your Highness, is there any point in acting in this play now? Anyway, I have already recruited, and I have said everything in front of the emperor. The raw rice has been made into cooked rice, so you should save your energy."
"Li Feng, no matter who sent you to harm me, what he can give you, this prince will give you ten times and a hundred times! As long as you tell the truth to the Holy One."
"I'm telling the truth!" Li Feng smiled again, "You showed me the portraits of Du He, Wei Wang and Du Chuke, and asked me to kill the three of them. Didn't you say that yourself? Tell me the truth?"
"Li Feng!" The prince was obviously angry, "Don't pretend to be crazy with me, the prince has never seen you before, how could he instruct you to kill someone?! The prince is here today to give you a chance to recover from your mistakes. Know the good and the bad!"
Li Feng laughed: "Then I might disappoint you. I confessed everything to the King of Wu and the Emperor precisely because I regretted being your murderous knife, so now I want to abandon evil and do good."
The prince snorted coldly: "Do you think that if King Wu promised to protect your family, you can really keep it? To tell you the truth, this prince has much more power than him! The entire Western Regions, from the government to the rivers and lakes, have My people, including your hometown Gaochang. To put it bluntly, I will let your family die in the third watch, they will never survive the fifth watch! What kind of thing is King Wu, how can he beat me? I advise you not to count on him Now, think about it for your family!"
Li Feng sneered frequently in his heart, because his family didn't need the protection of King Wu at all, the one who could really keep his family safe was Mr. Mingzang Wang Hongyi.Of course, it is impossible for the prince to know this.This supercilious prince seems to be used to being arrogant, thinking that he can control the fate of others, but he doesn't know that this time he has fallen into a deadlock!It's also fortunate that he ran to the prison to threaten himself in the middle of the night, but it's a pity that he exerted his strength in the wrong place.Now, no matter how much he struggles, he cannot escape the fate of being deposed.
"Your Highness, this is the end of the matter, you should go and confess to the emperor, don't waste time here."
After Li Feng finished speaking, he closed his eyes again.
"Hehe, the person who should repent is probably not the prince, but your master?" A strange voice suddenly sounded.
Li Feng felt that something was wrong, so he opened his eyes suddenly, and saw another young man with the same clothes and appearance as the "Prince", who was also holding a gold and jade cane, standing in front of the prison door. The previous "Prince" and several The guards knelt down at the same time: "Kowtow to His Royal Highness the Prince."
"Get up." The prince who came from behind gave a charming smile, "Look, we are a prince right now, and Li Feng is confused."
He is Li Chengqian.
Li Feng stared dumbfounded at the scene in front of him, realizing that he had been tricked, and the task he was about to complete fell short.
The fake prince withdrew.
Li Chengqian looked at Li Feng with a smile: "Hey, Li, you have never met this prince before, but you dare to play such a big game. You and your master are brave enough."
"Your Highness, it's too dark here, that's why I recognized the wrong person, but what I just said is the truth, you can't blame me for instructing me to kill someone." Li Feng was still struggling with his last strength.
"Li Feng, it's come to this point, you're still quibbling! Are you insulting my wisdom, or showing off your stupidity?" Li Shimin said lightly, and came out from the dark.The prince and several guards were about to kneel down to salute, but he stopped them by raising his hand.
Li Feng understood everything in an instant, so he smiled wryly and remained silent.
"Li Feng, even if I believe you misidentified the person just now, can't you recognize the voice?" Li Shimin smiled and said, "You still remember the last question I asked you yesterday? I have asked you for the past two years. Whether you have been practicing martial arts with the prince, you say yes. But now you not only cannot recognize the prince, you can't even hear the voice, is this possible?"
Knowing that everything was irreparable, Li Feng felt relieved, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty's chain plan is really brilliant! First, he asked Zheng Lushuai to pretend to pass on a message to me, implanting in me the idea that the prince will come, and then pretending that the prince will come." When he appeared, I subconsciously believed him. Yes, it seems that I am indeed stupid."
"Your stupidity doesn't stop there." Li Shimin smiled, "Letting Lushuai Zheng send you a message has two purposes, one is what you said just now, and the other is to test your reaction. As a result, you made repeated mistakes. I made several mistakes, do you know what they are?"
Li Feng shook his head: "I would like to hear the details."
"First, if you are really the assassin sent by the prince and there is no other master, then when a stranger suddenly sends you a message on behalf of the master, your normal reaction will definitely not be indifferent and restrained, but should be inexplicable. You should treat him like a lunatic. But you listened to what he said calmly. Even though you didn’t understand on the surface, in fact, your attitude has already betrayed you. In other words, only a person on a secret mission can have Maybe you can just wait patiently and listen to a secret person tell you something, right? Even if you don’t trust him very much, you will think in your heart—whether what he says is true or not, it won’t hurt to listen anyway, in case he is true Where did your master send it?"
Li Feng couldn't help laughing.
The emperor was surprised and admired that he could understand his thoughts so thoroughly.
"Second, even if you are an extremely restrained person by nature, if you have no ghosts in your heart, then when the two guards ask about it, you have no reason to hide it from them. Because there is no special mission for a For most people, Zheng Lushuai's words are completely incomprehensible. You should at least feel surprised, think Zheng Lushuai is ridiculous, and then express such thoughts. But you haven't, and you are still restraining yourself. This only proves that you have ghosts in your heart."
Li Feng was very convinced in his heart, he had nothing to complain about being defeated by such a powerful emperor.
"Furthermore, no matter what happened before, when the two guards told you that they belonged to King Wu, you would have no reason to keep a secret. If you are really a killer sent by the prince, after you have confessed, only Wu If Wang can keep your family safe, you will definitely spit out everything Zheng Lushuai told you, because only doing so will be good for you. But you didn't, which only proves that in your heart, you can really keep your family safe. It is not the King of Wu who is safe for your family, but your real master, the 'sir' in Zheng Lushuai's mouth, who is the mastermind behind the plot! Isn't that right?"
Li Feng had nothing to say, only a wry smile on his face.
"Actually, at this time, I already have sufficient reasons to conclude that this assassination case is a complete conspiracy, with the purpose of framing the prince! Therefore, in fact, the scene of the fake prince in the future is completely unnecessary. I got interested and wanted to see how you would act, so I let the fake prince appear on the stage, and you fell into the trick again." Li Shimin sneered, "Li Feng, you may be a good killer, but it's a pity, I want to You are not qualified to play tricks on me."
Li Feng nodded helplessly: "Your Majesty is brilliant, I, Li Feng, would like to admit defeat."
"Since you are convinced, shouldn't it be time to tell me who your real master is?"
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, although I admire you very much, I will not say this."
"Li Feng!" Li Chengqian said angrily, "If you work so hard for your master, aren't you afraid that the court will destroy your three clans?"
Li Feng chuckled, but didn't answer.
Li Shimin knew that at this moment his family must have been controlled by the mastermind. It was called protection, but it was actually held as hostages to ensure that Li Feng would not betray him.
"You can still laugh?!" Li Chengqian was so angry that he kicked the railing of the cell several times, and the iron chain on the cell door jingled, "Is extermination of the clan a fun thing?"
"Chengqian, stay safe and don't be rash." Li Shimin said in a deep voice, and then looked at Li Feng, "Li Feng, as long as you confess truthfully, I can not only spare you the death penalty, but also give you a half-job. In addition, I I can also promise you that no matter where your family members are now, I will do my best to help you find them, how about it?"
After Li Feng heard this, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, as if his heart was moved, but it dimmed again in an instant.
He is very clear about Mingzang's methods. Once he confesses, Mingzang will immediately let his family die without a place to bury him. He can't wait for the court to rescue him.
"Your Majesty, it's useless to talk too much, just kill me." After Li Feng finished speaking lightly, he closed his eyes again and turned into a motionless stone sculpture again.
"Father!" Li Chengqian was anxious and angry, "There is no need to talk to him, in fact, this matter is very obvious, it is the fourth brother who is behind the scenes."
"Shut up." Li Shimin's face darkened, "Without any evidence, how can you make wild suspicions?!"
Li Chengqian was indignant, but had nothing to say.
"It's getting late, go back to the East Palace and rest, I will deal with this matter myself." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he turned and walked out.
This is the lifting of Li Chengqian's house arrest, but he has been placed in such a way for no reason, how can the anger in his chest be eliminated by lifting the house arrest?
Li Chengqian kicked the cell door hard again, and the iron chain on the door jingled again.
At this time, Li Chengqian faintly felt that although his father was apparently trying his best to track down the mastermind behind the conspiracy, he seemed too calm.In other words, the real intention of the emperor's heart is probably to make this matter smaller and smaller.
If so, then I can only seek justice in my own way!
Li Chengqian said in his heart.
At about two quarters of the night, the Yunshui Inn in Jiangling County suddenly caught fire.
The fire burned very strangely: the two or three hundred residents in the inn first heard someone yelling "the water is gone", so they ran out of the room with their luggage, but they didn't see any fire. I saw the stables in the backyard, the stove house in the front yard, and several guest rooms on the second floor ignited at the same time, and they burned extremely quickly, as if someone had poured oil on them in advance.
Regardless of whether it was arson or not, the fire was burning anyway, and hundreds of guests, terrified, rushed to the front and back doors of the inn.
The scene suddenly became chaotic.
At this moment, the Xuanjia guards and the policemen who were ambushing around the inn rushed out from the dark at the same time, but they were all at a loss and didn't know what to do.In the tea shop opposite the inn, Pei San looked at the flames soaring into the sky, and shouted: "Xiao Junmo and the others must have set the fire on purpose to create chaos!"
"Do you need to say that?" Huan Dieyi glanced at him, "Quickly think about what to do, or the criminals will escape in the chaos."
Pei San lost his mind.Right now Pei Tinglong and Xue An are both in the Jingzhou mansion, if they send someone to ask for instructions, all the people who come and go to the inn will run away.In desperation, Pei San had no choice but to put on a smiling face: "Captain Huan, you are a veteran of our Xuanjia Guards, and you are the most experienced in dealing with such emergencies. Give your order and what to do. I will listen to you."
"Don't ask me about that." Huan Dieyi sneered, "You are the general of General Pei. When he is not around, don't we all have to listen to you? How dare I make decisions without authorization?"
Pei San scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, and suddenly had an idea: "Why don't we simply rush in and arrest all the people in the inn, so that none of Xiao Junmo and the others can escape, what do you think?"
Huan Dieyi nodded: "Well, it's a good idea, I listen to Captain Pei."
Pei San was overjoyed, immediately drew out his saber, and said to his opponent, "Brothers, come with me!"
Huan Dieyi smiled secretly, took Hongyu, Luo Biao and others, followed Pei San and rushed to the opposite inn.
When everyone rushed into the inn, they saw blazing flames and billowing black smoke inside, hundreds of residents were running around, and the scene was extremely chaotic. Although the Xuanjia guards tried their best to stop them at the door, many people still escaped. out.Huan Dieyi hurriedly said to Pei San: "Captain Pei, in my opinion, we must quickly send someone to notify the gates of the cities to close urgently, so as to prevent criminals from escaping from the city."
"Yes, yes, yes, Captain Huan is still thinking carefully." Pei San nodded repeatedly.
"Let's split up." Huan Dieyi said again, "You arrest people here, and I will notify the city gates."
"Then it will be up to Team Laohuan." Pei San was very grateful for her high level of cooperation.
Huan Dieyi immediately said to Hongyu and Luo Biao: "You are assisting Team Pei to go in and arrest people, and you must not let another one go!"
Hongyu and Luo Biao looked at each other, not understanding how she worked so hard tonight.Seeing that they were all stunned, Huan Dieyi's face darkened immediately: "Didn't you hear what I said? Go!" The two had no choice but to rush in with Pei San.
Huan Dieyi immediately assigned his men to go to the north gate, west gate and south gate, and then said to the four or five soldiers who were arresting people: "Don't arrest, follow me to the east gate, hurry up!"
After hearing the order, several soldiers immediately walked out of the inn gate with her.Before going out, Huan Dieyi said to Xuanjiawei and the policeman who were guarding the door: "I guard them all, come out and catch one by one. If someone escapes, I only ask you!"
All the soldiers and the policeman Nuo Nuo kept talking.
Huan Dieyi led the four or five soldiers to the back alley of the teahouse, where six or seven horses were tied under several pear trees.Everyone untied the reins, got on their horses, and galloped quickly towards the east gate.
After a while, a group of people arrived at the east gate at a fast speed.Huan Dieyi took the lead, took out his waist card, shook it at the gatekeepers, and said loudly: "I am the leader of the Xuanjia Guard, did four or five people leave the city from here just now?"
All the soldiers looked at each other in astonishment, and the leader of the team was busy saying: "It's still early, there are many people coming in and out, I don't know who you are asking?"
"A bunch of idiots!" Huan Dieyi was furious, turned around and said to his subordinates, "Go out of the city and chase after them!"
These four or five soldiers got the order and immediately patted their horses and galloped out of the city gate.Huan Dieyi watched them whizzing away, and said to the guard team: "Close the city gate immediately, and no one can come in or out!"
"Yes!" All the soldiers rushed to close the city gate.
After the four or five armored men galloped a zhang away, one of them suddenly reined in the reins, turned around, and looked at the city gate with complicated eyes.
He is Xiao Junmo.
The other people in black armor were Biancai, Chu Lisang, Hua Linger and Mi Mancang.
In the back alley of the tea shop during the day, Xiao Junmo asked Huan Dieyi for help with a "small matter", which was to ask her to find five sets of Xuanjia guard armor, five dragon head knives, and five Yanqi horses.These are naturally trivial matters for Huan Dieyi, but she was a little surprised, she didn't know how Xiao Junmo walked out of the gate of Yunshui Inn under the surveillance and siege of Xuanjiawei based on these alone.It wasn't until the fire broke out suddenly tonight that Huan Dieyi suddenly realized that he had to admire his cleverness.
Xiao Junmo's escape plan is very simple, but very effective.The only thing he had to make sure was that the fire would not harm any innocent people, so he called out all the guests in the room before lighting the fire.In addition, he had estimated the value of the inn in advance, so he just "borrowed" twenty gold from Mi Mancang and put it in the innkeeper's counter in advance.He knew that the boss would find the gold before he escaped.
Xiao Junmo predicted that when the fire broke out, Xuanjiawei must only focus on controlling the hundreds of guests in the inn. He never expected that they had already pretended to be Xuanjiawei, so in this plan, Xiao Junmo's plan was to take advantage of the chaos and escape, and did not let Huan The part where Dieyi is sent out of the city gate.However, Huan Dieyi deliberately loudly reminded Pei San to close the city gate in order to ensure that they escaped smoothly and also to send Xiao Junmo off.At that time, Xiao Junmo had already mixed into Xuanjiawei, and was busy pretending to arrest people. Hearing Huan Dieyi's words, he understood her intentions, so he cooperated with her tacitly.
At this moment, the two city gates were slowly closing, Xiao Junmo and Huan Dieyi looked at each other from a distance, and neither of them wanted to look away.It wasn't until there was only a gap between the city gates that Xiao Junmo raised his hand to wipe her tears, and then shook his fingers.Huan Dieyi in the distance smiled sadly, then turned his horse's head and galloped away.
The city gate was completely closed, Xiao Junmo slowly put down his hand.
"Hey," Hua Ling'er approached Chu Lisang, touched her, not without jealousy, "Who is that black-armored woman? It seems that she has an unusual relationship with Xiao Lang!"
"Didn't you hear it just now, the Xuanjia Guards are coming?" Chu Lisang said coldly.Seeing such a scene, she herself was not in a good mood, let alone answering her questions.
"Of course I know that. I'm asking about her private relationship with Xiao Lang."
"Then you should ask Xiao Lang, why are you asking me?" Chu Lisang applauded immediately, and left on his own.
Hua Ling'er was bored, and then asked Mi Mancang: "Hey, do you know their relationship?"
Mi Mancang felt sorry for the twenty gold that Xiao Junmo forcibly "borrowed" away all day, so he didn't bother to talk to her, and left as soon as he lifted the reins.
Hua Ling'er rolled her eyes, and just about to ask Biancai, Biancai suddenly muttered: "This girl, why are you running so fast?" Then he chased after Chu Lisang.Hua Ling'er was stunned, and simply shouted at Xiao Junmo's back: "Hey, Xiao Daqingsheng, the beautiful woman has already left, and the gate of the city is closed. Are you still reluctant to leave?"
Xiao Junmo turned the horse's head slowly, without even looking at her, he slapped the horse's butt suddenly, galloped past her, and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.
"All of these guys took the wrong medicine?!" Hua Ling'er was very annoyed, and hurriedly chased after him.
Tai Chi Palace, Xihai Pool.
The sun is shining in the sky, the pool is shimmering, and the willows are green and the flowers are red on the shore.
A gorgeously decorated painting boat is moored quietly under the shade of trees on the shore.When Li Shiji hurried over, he saw Zhao Dequan and a group of eunuchs and maids standing on the bank, but the emperor was nowhere to be seen.
Early in the morning, Li Shiji received a summons from the palace envoy, saying that the Holy Majesty summoned him in Xihaichi.As soon as Li Shiji heard it, he knew that what the emperor wanted to talk to him must be very important, so he hurried over.
"Internal envoy, my lord..." Li Shiji asked Zhao Dequan in a low voice.
Zhao Dequan turned to the boat and said, "Everyone is on the boat."
"Your Majesty, he...has something on his mind?" Li Shiji felt a little apprehensive.
Zhao Dequan sighed, and leaned closer to him: "Everyone didn't sleep well last night."
Li Shiji was slightly startled.
A few days ago, after seeing through Li Feng's plan, the emperor put the matter aside, and Li Shiji didn't dare to ask if there was no order.Now it seems that what the emperor wants to talk about must be related to the case of framing the prince.In other words, whether this case should be thoroughly investigated, or how to end it, the emperor must have an answer in his heart.
Li Shiji lightly stepped onto the boat, and just about to kneel down at the bow to salute, the emperor's voice came from the cabin: "In this kind of place, you don't need to be formal, come in." Li Shiji pushed open the cabin door, walked in, Seeing the emperor sitting cross-legged on a brocade couch, his eyes were red and his face was haggard. It looked like he hadn't closed his eyes all night, but more like he had been sleepless for days and nights.
What has the emperor experienced these days?
Li Shiji's heart became more and more heavy.
"Do you know why I asked you to come to Haichi?" Li Shimin said, motioning Li Shiji to sit down.
"Your Majesty is obtuse, please express it clearly." Li Shiji said carefully.
Li Shimin chuckled: "You are not dull, you are too cautious, afraid that I will say that you are speculating on the holy will, right?"
Li Shiji grinned: "The emperor is wise."
"The emperor is wise?" Li Shimin suddenly smiled wryly, "Everyone will say that the emperor is wise, but how many people can know the difficulties of being the emperor? After all, there are some things in this world that even I can't be wise!"
"I am ashamed that I failed to share your majesty's worries..."
"You can't share some worries." Li Shimin flicked his sleeves, got up from the bed, walked to an open porthole, and looked at the scenery outside, "Let's talk about the worries of this brother, can you help me share them?"
Brothers against the wall? !
To Li Shiji at this moment, these four words sounded like a thunderclap on the ground.It seems that the emperor has already determined that Wei Wang Li Tai is behind this case, so he is caught in a dilemma: if he wants to give the prince justice, he must deal with Wei Wang; if he wants to let Wei Wang go, he must punish the prince. unfair.As the saying goes, the center of the palm is flesh, and the back of the palm is also flesh. The battle for succession has developed to the point where it is impossible for anyone who is an emperor or a father to face it easily, and it is even more difficult to find a solution that gives the best of both worlds.Li Shiji couldn't help thinking that if it was him, he would have been worried for a long time.
"Your Majesty, this case has not yet been thoroughly investigated. It is hard to say who instigated Li Feng to frame the prince..."
"You don't have to comfort me." Li Shimin smiled wryly again, "Anyone with a discerning eye can tell who it is."
Li Shiji was silent.
"I came to you today to discuss with you how to close the case." Li Shimin turned around and looked at him.
The emperor actually used the word "discussion", which shocked Li Shiji.He stood up hastily, bowed his head and said: "Please make an order from the emperor."
"If it was as simple as laying down an edict, I would have done it long ago, so why bother to ask you?" Li Shimin said, "I have to explain this case to the crown prince and to the ruling and opposition parties, but Li Feng didn't speak a single word. It seems that he won't say anything, so in the end, the court can only give an explanation. Do you understand what I mean?"
Li Shiji quickly understood the meaning behind his words, pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, the prince is straightforward by nature and likes to act according to his temperament. He has offended many people over the years. I think that those who want to set up a trap for the prince don't seem to be too good at it." Hard to find."
Satisfied that he understood his intention so quickly, Li Shimin nodded and said, "Well, tell me, who has the motive to frame the prince?"
Li Shiji thought for a while, and said: "The former governor of Yizhou, Chen Xiong."
Li Shimin couldn't help laughing: "The guy who married twelve wives and concubines, and has as many brothers-in-law as a cow?"
"Exactly."
A few months ago, Prince Li Chengqian used Chen Xiong's brother-in-law as a breakthrough to design Chen Xiong to be exposed automatically. The court then sentenced Chen Xiong to beheaded, confiscated all his family property, and exiled his wife and children to Lingnan.From this point of view, Chen Xiong's family did have the motive to revenge the prince.
"However, Chen Xiong is dead and all his relatives have been exiled. Who else can frame the prince?" Li Shimin asked.
"Son of Chen Xiong, Chen Shaojie."
"Isn't he also in exile?"
"It's exile. But Your Majesty, I beg your pardon to be frank. Over the years, there are not a few exiles who escaped from Lingnan. Of course, it is also possible for Chen Shaojie to escape from Lingnan, sneak into Chang'an, and secretly plan this conspiracy to frame the prince."
Li Shimin thought: "Then, how did Chen Shaojie find Li Feng?"
"Chen Shaojie is in Yizhou and Li Feng is in Gaochang. The distance between the two places is not too far. It is reasonable to say that they have known each other before. In addition, Chen Xiong's brother-in-law was once arrested in the East Palace to accompany the prince to practice martial arts, so Chen Shaojie took advantage of this For one thing, let Li Feng use this identity to frame the prince. This also makes sense."
Li Shimin nodded slightly: "One more thing, why does Li Feng work for Chen Shaojie?"
Li Shiji thought for a while, and said: "Since Chen Shaojie is the son of the former governor of Yizhou, he has been operating in the Western Regions for a long time, so he will naturally have some influence, and there may be some hidden property that the court has never discovered and confiscated. Therefore, Chen Shaojie Then we can use money and power in the world to use both soft and hard tactics against Li Feng or directly kidnap his family to force him to obey."
"That makes sense." Li Shimin smiled faintly, "In this way, the motive for committing the crime is established, and the method of committing the crime is considered reasonable, but there is one last point, which is the time for committing the crime."
Li Shiji understood what the emperor meant, and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured about this. I just need to inform the local government in Lingnan and let them unify the statement that Chen Shaojie had absconded three months ago. Then he will have plenty of time to plan. These things."
Li Shimin nodded, and immediately thought about something: "I still have a concern..."
"May I ask what your Majesty is concerned about?"
"This Chen Shaojie, how is he?"
Li Shiji understood that the emperor was worried that if he harmed a good man, he would be in debt morally.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. As far as I know, this Chen Shaojie is also an evil young dude. At that time, Chen Xiong's brothers-in-law did all the outrageous things. pity."
Li Shimin pondered for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, let's do it this way, and you will have full authority over the specific matters."
"The minister obeys the order."
"Put down all the things at hand and do this first. After finishing, behead Li Feng and Chen Shaojie for public display, and announce the truth of the case to the world, so as to calm the hearts of the savages."
"Yes, I will do it immediately."
At this point, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief.He turned around again, staring at the charming and beautiful summer scenery outside the window for a long time, his eyes suddenly became a little blurred, and immediately said to himself: "The country that I worked so hard to build, will be peaceful after a hundred years... ?”
Li Shiji remained silent, as if he didn't hear.
It is not a good thing for the ministers to hear the emperor expressing such emotions with his own ears; especially when such emotions have exposed the fragility and sentimentality of the emperor to some extent, the ministers must pretend to be deaf make dumb.
This is an indispensable self-cultivation for a courtier.
Li Shiji knows this well.
(End of this chapter)
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