Therefore, Li Longji did not even intend to investigate the responsibility of Huangfu Ke's rebellion, and rewarded him more generously than Qin Jin expected, not only restored all official positions and titles to the same as before, but also pardoned all his implicated clansmen, in fact, the Huangfu clan's clansmen in Chang'an only had a few side branches that were far away. In addition, the only surviving and second son officer in the army was promoted to the third level, and there were many rewards.

Li Longji did not hesitate to reward the emperor who rebelled, and the rest of the people were even more generous. From Gao Xianzhi to Qin Jin, and then to Qi Bihe, Huo Ba Guiren, Pei Jing, and Chen Qianli, as long as the people named on the merit list are invited, they will all be rewarded.

Li Longji was not carried away by a victory, but he wanted to buy people's hearts and show the people of the world that no matter who anyone, even if he had committed the great crime of rebellion, as long as he sincerely repented and did not fight bloodily in the imperial court and made meritorious contributions, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty would definitely not treat him badly.

For this reason, Yang Guozhong specially met with the Son of Heaven and requested that the victory be announced at the Shuowang Imperial Court, and that a congratulatory ceremony be held after the Imperial Court to demonstrate the majesty of the imperial court.

Yang Guozhong spoke at length and persuaded Li Longji, the Son of Heaven, to personally attend and preside over the ceremony. In fact, this is also the way to go when there was a big victory in the past. But today, Li Longji rejected Yang Guozhong's request.

"The Shuowang Dynasty will announce the good news immediately, this is a difficult time for the imperial court, it is not appropriate to spend too much money on nothing, and the edict will be issued to the government and the opposition. ”

Yang Guozhong was bored with himself, ate a soft nail, and left Xingqing Palace unhappy, just returned to the house, and immediately a servant came to report:

"Xianggong, someone from Hedong County is here. ”

With Yang Guozhong's status today, it is not something that anyone can see if they want to, even the powerful have to hand over their names and wait for the news.

The one who can make his henchmen and servants anxious to repay is either a very heavy gift list, or someone Yang Guozhong values.

However, Yang Guozhong did not arrange officials in Hedong who were enough to be his cronies, and the servants still reported for this, so it must be the former.

"Who asks to see you, but there is a famous post?"

Yang Guozhong knew this, and he didn't ask how many gifts he had given, nor did he look at the gift list, but asked about the official name and surname of the person he asked to see. As soon as the words came out, he immediately remembered the good news of Hedong City that he saw in Xingqing Palace today. Intuitively, Yang Guozhong had a strong premonition that this person who gave a heavy gift and rushed from Hedong must have an inextricable relationship with the battle of Hedong City.

"The defender of Hedong City, Ashina is a courtesy. This is a famous post, please take a look at it!"

Yang Guozhong's heart jumped suddenly, and he guessed correctly, this person not only has a great relationship with Hedong City, but even he himself is the defender of Hedong City. However, he suddenly thought of a more critical question, in the letter sent by Qin Jin to ask for merit, there were about 100 people, but there didn't seem to be the name of Ashina Congli.

Turkic names like Ashina Congli are rare, so Yang Guozhong was quite impressed, and there was absolutely no Ashina Congli in the list of Qin and Jin who asked for merit.

Thinking of this, Yang Guozhong's excited heart was about to jump out, and he knew that there must be a big article behind it without asking. However, no matter how true this article is, he has the ability to make a tricky article for himself.

……

"Yang Xianggong, this is General Ashina's handwritten handwriting. ”

The messenger from Hedong City was emotional, his expression was indignant, and after seeing Yang Guozhong briefly skimming Ashina Congli's handwritten letter, he told with tears how Qin Jin persecuted Ashina Congli and took away his credit......

Without waiting for the messenger to finish speaking, Yang Guozhong took the case.

"How can this be reasonable, stealing the credit of others, and deliberately framing Zhongliang, Yang will definitely seek justice for General Ashina!"

After getting up suddenly, Yang Guozhong did not sit back on the couch, but paced back and forth in the hall with some excitement, as if thinking about something, and after a while, he suddenly stood still, turned his head and asked the messenger.

"You said that Qin Jin colluded with that emperor Fu Ke, embezzled the merits of General Ashina, and framed him for collaborating with the enemy?"

"Yang Xianggong Mingjian, exactly!"

"Why didn't Yang mention General Ashina's conspiracy against the enemy in Qin Jin's book?"

The messenger blinked, and then replied:

"Maybe, maybe it's because Qin Jin has a weak heart, or maybe he has other plans!"

"Okay, Yang will enter the palace now!"

Yang Guozhong didn't even drink a sip of water, and got into the carriage and rushed to Xingqing Palace, he must dare to meet Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, before dark.

Since the Chang'an Mutiny, Li Longji has set an iron law for Xingqing Palace, once it gets dark, the doors of the palace are locked, there is no edict from the Son of Heaven, and important ministers are not allowed to enter the palace without permission to ask for a meeting, and without the edict of the Son of Heaven, the palace doors are not allowed to be opened without authorization.

This ban, even Yang Guozhong, if he can't enter Xingqing Palace before it gets dark, he can only wait until tomorrow.

But tomorrow is the fifteenth day, and it is the Shuowang Dynasty. Naturally, it is not good to mention such things openly at the court meeting, and if it is delayed, it will have to wait until the day after tomorrow. But who knows what else will happen after tomorrow?

Soon, Yang Guozhong's carriage heard outside the Xingqing Palace, since he returned to the political hall to restore the position of prime minister, he could face the saint at any time during the day as before. Xiao Huangmen knew that Yang Guozhong was powerful, and they all rushed to lead him.

After experiencing the ups and downs of life, he knew at this time that it was rare for him to hold power and be feared and admired by thousands of people, so he did not dare to relax the slightest bit about power.

Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was very surprised when he heard that Yang Guozhong had gone and returned, and knew that there must be something important, so he met him at the first time in the palace.

"How can Yang Qing go and return?"

"Returning to the sage, the minister returned to the mansion, and suddenly received a letter of defense from Ashina, the guard of Hedong City, and he didn't dare to be arbitrary, so he could only ask the sage to adjudicate!"

Li Longji raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

"Ashina Congli?"

He carefully recalled the letter of merit sent by Qin Jin from Feng Yijun, but in any case, he didn't remember the name of one of them called Ashina Congli. However, since this person is the defender of Hedong City, why is he not on the list?

Previously, Li Longji did not study the names on the list of meritorious service members too much, but now after listening to Yang Guozhong's words, after careful consideration, he felt that there was an article in it.

"Is there any evidence?"

Yang Guozhong immediately took out Ashina's handwritten handwriting from the pocket in his sleeve and handed it over with both hands.

The eunuch in the palace took the handwritten letter from Yang Guozhong and forwarded it to Li Longji.

Li Longji only glanced at it a few times, and then left the handwritten letter on the Lian Yu case.

"There is no basis for empty words, and I can also say that Ashina Congli is slandering Shangguan. ”

Yang Guozhong was stunned for a moment, in his consciousness, the Son of Heaven must have hated Qin Jin, as long as he seized the opportunity to sort out Qin Jin's black materials and hand them over, even if the Son of Heaven was not in a hurry to punish the crime, he would definitely save up to settle the ledger together in the future. But what kind of attitude is that sentence just now? Could it be that he is supporting Qin Jin, this is simply incredible.

But the arrow had to be sent, Yang Guozhong had to bite the bullet and said:

Ashina wept blood from the words of the ceremony, it didn't seem to be a fake, and the minister thought that there must be something hidden in it. ”

Li Longji squinted at Li Longji and asked, "Is there a hidden situation? Do you want me to suspect the heroes and believe in an active and unknown person?"

"However, the minister thought it was ......"

"Okay, I know about this matter, let's step down if I have nothing else to do, I'm tired......"

Li Longji sent Yang Guozhong away in a few words, and then closed his eyes tiredly.

……

Six hundred miles in an expedited day to Feng Yijun, the Son of Heaven forwarded a strange letterhead, which was written by Ashina Congli to defend his grievances.

However, Qin Jin was sitting in Hedong City at this time, and this handwritten letter from Ashina Congli was followed by six hundred miles to expedite it, crossed the Yellow River east before dark, and arrived at Hedong City, which was filled with a scorching smell.

Looking at the letters on several cases, Qin Jin couldn't help but want to laugh, he was discussing the next step with Huangfu Ke, Pei Jing, Chen Qianli and others at the moment, and he didn't want to be interrupted by this matter.

"Look, everyone, the edict of the Son of Heaven has not arrived, but the letter of complaint has been sent first. ”

Huangfu Ke was the closest to Qin Jin, and as soon as he bowed, he copied the letter in his hand, read it out loud, and only read a few words, which immediately aroused a burst of angry responses in the hall.

Everyone didn't expect that Ashina was humble on the surface, but behind his back, he made a ruthless complaint in front of the Son of Heaven, in which black and white were reversed, and the victory of the Shenwu Army and the Shuofang Army in exchange for tens of thousands of lives was taken for himself.

"Ashina is really despicable, why should you be merciful to him again, it is better to make this person public and investigate the crime!"

Huangfu Ke has always believed that Ashina should be held accountable for his crimes, and this person should not be cheapened for nothing.

"What General Huangfu said is very true, and his crime cannot be forgiven!"

Even Pei Jing, who has always been benevolent, believes that Ashina should not escape responsibility.

In fact, when he submitted the list of meritorious works, Qin Jin had already obtained tangible evidence that Ashina Congli collaborated with the enemy, and after talking with him, Ashina Congli himself expressed his willingness to change his past mistakes and asked him to be given another chance to change his ways. Qin Jin did not pursue it for the time being, but also made it clear that he would not be included in the list of meritorious workers.

To Qin Jindu's great surprise, Ashina Congli did not intend to accept his fate obediently, and even carefully planned a big counterattack. However, the performance of the Son of Heaven was also abnormal, and he directly sent Ashina's complaint and defense letter back.

Everyone was not afraid to speculate on the thoughts of the Son of Heaven, and they all agreed that this was a gesture of trust in Qin Jin.