Wei Ji and Du Fu went to the prince to complain according to Qin Jin's words.

When Wei Ji cried bitterly and complained in front of Li Heng, Li Heng was surprised, but also felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but how to deal with it still had to be carefully considered.

"Come on, serve tea!"

The prince's words fell, and immediately there was a steaming tea soup brought by his entourage.

Where is Wei Ji still in the mood to drink tea at this time, as long as the prince makes a decision immediately, whether to give them justice or not.

As far as the truth is concerned, looking at the tragic situation of Wei Ji and Du Fu, Li Heng has no doubt that they were beaten badly by the dozens of officials and officials. However, there has always been a precedent in the court that the law does not hold the public accountable, and if it is pursued, it may put itself in an extremely embarrassing situation.

After thinking about it, Li Heng still made up his mind not to interfere in the discord between these ministers.

Just wanted to find an excuse to send Wei Ji and Du Fu away, but an assistant official entered the hall in a panic.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, there are a large number of officials outside, and they want to avenge their grievances against His Royal Highness the Prince!"

The crown prince Li Heng was suddenly surprised. A large number of officials, perhaps the officials and officials of the Ministry who fought with Wei Du and the others, are they not the perpetrators? Why are they going to come to avenge their grievances?

At the same time, Li Heng was even more confused, the ministers and subordinates have always been respectful of him, the prince, and they will not make decisions with him on anything, why did they discuss half of it today, and come to ask him to uphold justice?

Li Heng can push two people away, but dozens of people can't push it back when they ask to see him together. He sighed secretly, no matter what, after all, it is a blessing or a curse, and it can't be avoided, so it's better to do it casually.

"Let them send three or five deputies to the court. ”

Indeed, if dozens of people all went to the main hall, wouldn't this place become a vegetable market?

It took a while for five officials to stagger up the temple. But seeing that their condition is not much better, they are all blue noses and swollen faces.

"What do you have to do with it?"

When the five officials heard this, they burst into tears.

"Please Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince don't believe the nonsense of Du Fu and Wei Ji, they wicked people sued first, obviously the ministers were beaten by them, and please ask His Royal Highness to be the master of the ministers!"

Li Heng swept the faces of the five officials one by one, and sure enough, their condition was no worse than that of Wei Du and the others, but it was really strange to say that dozens of people were beaten by two people to be so virtuous. Thinking of this, Li Heng already had a faint trace of anger in his heart.

Do these officials really think that he is some kind of fool who is dumb and unknown? Do they think that by choosing a few people who are in great misery to complain about their grievances, they can win sympathy?

Wei Ji understood Qin Jin's intentions a little at this time, and even refuted: "It's really funny, how can dozens of you be beaten by Wei and Brother Zimei?"

One of the five officials, at the head of the group, argued with it.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, they are not two people, and there is a soldier of the forbidden army who is extremely brave and beats them together"

"Shut up!"

Du Fu didn't want the forbidden army soldiers to be implicated, so he stopped with a sigh. But Wei Ji picked up faster.

"Your Excellency, you mean that three people beat you up?"

"Exactly!"

The official subconsciously replied, but suddenly realized that something was wrong, so he waved his hand and said, "No, no, no"

Li Heng was a little annoyed and asked:

"How many people are there?"

"Three!"

Another of the five officials couldn't help but reply.

Li Heng was angry, but he still asked calmly:

"How many people have beaten you?"

"Three, three!"

After all, these people don't dare to tell lies, and if they do, if they are exposed, it will be the crime of deception. Although the crown prince can only be regarded as a half-monarch as a prince, who knows that after the prince ascends the throne, he will not bring up the old things again?

Li Heng's fist clenched and released under the case, and after repeating this several times, he suddenly burst into laughter.

"The three of them beat dozens of people, and asked the world who could believe it?"

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister, the minister has a kind of grace"

The official still wanted to explain in a hurry, but Li Heng didn't give him a chance, and waved his sleeves and said:

"I will record your case today, and I will hand it over to the saint for adjudication in the evening!"

Du Fu's face turned pale all of a sudden, although he was mentally prepared, but he suddenly heard that today's conflict would cause trouble to the Son of Heaven, and he couldn't help but feel worried. This is the shortcoming of Du Fu's shallow experience as an official, but Wei Ji is very different, and his face shows joy.

Because Wei Ji had already seen the clues from the prince's seemingly calm tone, he obviously planned to dig a pit for these officials.

"The prince is judged, and the ministers are retired!"

With that, Wei Ji pulled Du Fu out of the main hall.

However, the five officials were dumb and couldn't say what they were suffering from, and they didn't want to leave in the main hall, but they could stay and tell the truth, even they couldn't believe it.

Let's ask, three people beat dozens of people, such a thing is unbelievable, and who would believe it? But this is the real fact!

"Why, do you have anything to say?"

Li Heng's attitude was still unhurried, but his flickering gaze made several officials feel tremendous pressure. After all, they were all officials and officials, and they had rarely seen the crown prince. If it weren't for the letter sent by some people in the political affairs hall, they didn't know that Du Fu and Wei Ji actually went to the prince to sue the wicked person first, so a group of people hastily decided to go to the prince to argue with him. But these people still didn't expect that no matter whether they won or lost this matter, they would always lose the first step morally.

After all, they were victims, and they were beaten miserably, and even several officials even broke their ribs.

However, it was this fact that could not stand up to scrutiny, and their clumsy performance, that made the prince more inclined to Wei Ji and Du Fu.

"If you have nothing to do, step back!"

Li Heng didn't leave them extra time to think about it, and directly opened his mouth to bombard.

Several officials had no choice but to salute again, crying and begging the prince to redress their grievances, and then reluctantly withdrew.

Li Heng pondered for a while, and with a splash of ink, he wrote a book of this strange incident that happened today, with a little embellishment.

"Quickly send this book to Xingqing Palace and present it to the sage!"

Although the crown prince Li Heng was suppressed by the Son of Heaven, there were not many people who dared to block his path with the Son of Heaven. Because of this, not only did he offend the prince, but even the Son of Heaven would be suspicious. Therefore, although the officials of the political hall have their own backstage behind them, no one dares to slow down this errand.

About an hour later, the prince's recital was placed on the desk of Li Longji, the son of heaven.

Since the weather warmed up, Li Longji's mood gradually warmed up, and the impact of the great battle outside Tongguan on him also subsided day after day. In the battle report sent by Ge Shuhan from Tongguan, although there were no victories, there were not many defeats.

In fact, in short, Geshuhan adopted a posture of all-round defense, no matter how the rebels tossed outside the pass, they were only tossed by them, and the Tang army inside the Tongguan was ignored. Moreover, in Ge Shuhan's military report, it was also mentioned that the situation in Hebei Province had been repeated, and it was said that Feng Changqing had won several battles in several counties one after another, which caused the righteous soldiers in many places to raise the banner of the Tang Dynasty one after another.

When Li Longji learned about it, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and it was difficult to grasp whether these border generals who had escaped death by luck would be happy or worried for a while if they made new contributions. At the beginning, he secretly ordered Bian Lingcheng to execute Feng Gao and the others, in order to avoid this kind of border general following in the footsteps of An Lushan. And now that Feng Changqing has actually broken away from the jurisdiction of the imperial court, once he takes root in Hebei Province, won't he be able to lose his tail?

After thinking about it repeatedly, Li Longji had already made a decision, and soon an edict was freshly issued. He found Zhang Fuchen, who was quite dependent, and solemnly instructed: "This edict will be sent to Hebei District in person and passed on to Feng Changqing, but if there is an accident, it can be disposed of cheaply!"

The sentence "But there is an accident, and it will be dealt with cheaply" said by the Son of Heaven made Zhang Fuchen suddenly have a very bad premonition.

But Li Longji didn't give him a chance to ask, only waved his hand and said, "Go, get ready, and leave tomorrow." Hebei is the place where traitors are wreaking havoc, so be careful!"

This sentence almost made Zhang Fuchen cry, these crippled people are all domestic slaves of the Son of Heaven, and they can be instructed by the Son of Heaven to be careful, but they are afraid that among the thousands of eunuchs in the palace, there will never be more than one hand of honor.

When Zhang Fuchen's heart was neutral, he was willing to smear the liver and brain of the Son of Heaven.

After dealing with a major problem, Li Longji's attention shifted to the prince's recital that had just been sent by the political affairs hall.

Although the prince is very idle, he continues to play books every day, but today he specially added the word "urgent". He was really curious about what happened to the crown prince. So I opened the book with curiosity. Unexpectedly, if you don't look at it, you will be angry.

With a snap, the book was slapped the imperial case by Li Longji.

"Kill, kill!"

Although Li Longji allowed the ministers to suppress the crown prince at his behest, it did not mean that anyone could control the prince at any time. Because the crown prince is still his prince, and he will one day inherit the throne. What are you going to do, the officials and officials of the ministry?

Make up a story that makes people all over the world laugh off their big teeth to deceive the prince?

Li Longji's restrictions on the prince are becoming more and more relaxed, and his attitude is getting better and better, which is of course inseparable from the prince's cautious and low-key nature, and more importantly, he has a hunch that perhaps in the near future, the burden of reviving the Tang Dynasty may fall on the prince.

Although Li Longji verbally refused to admit his defeat and powerlessness against the current situation, he had clearly recognized this point in his heart, and the only thing he needed to consider now was how to protect his reputation to the greatest extent, and the best and most direct way to protect the emperor's reputation was to recover the eastern capital Luoyang as soon as possible, and then show the world that the Tang Dynasty had the ability to quell any rebellion under his leadership.

However, Li Longji was still preparing for the worst, so gradually establishing the prestige of the crown prince became another matter that made him entangled. Because he was afraid that after the prince became big, he would endanger his position. Those officials and officials of the Ministry of Officials have just touched this place today.