"There is a thief's letter from Yu Linwei's search as evidence!"

Bian Ling's sincere words were chiseled, which embarrassed Li Longji. He summoned Gao Xianzhi to drink tea in the palace today, and he had the intention of appeasement, but he didn't want this Bian Lingcheng to hold Gao Xianzhi and not let go.

The person concerned, Gao Xianzhi, instead looked casual, and said: "Since General Bian has a letter from his ministers who collaborated with the enemy as evidence, he might as well let him show it in public, if the evidence is true, the minister will judge himself before becoming the king!"

Li Longji said in a sullen voice: "Since this is the case, according to Gao Qing's wishes!" and then ordered Bian Lingcheng, "Present the evidence!"

Bian Lingcheng glanced at Gao Xianzhi very proudly, secretly funny, don't look at the righteousness you are pretending to be now, when the letter of collaboration with the enemy is presented to the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that it will be too late to cry.

"The evidence is kept by the Yulin Guard, and it is waiting to be seen outside the palace. ”

"See!"

Li Longji also wanted to see what the collaborator letters that were seized from Gao Xianzhi's mansion looked like.

A moment later, the Yulin Guard Brigade entered the hall tremblingly and bowed three times to Li Longji. Li Longji was already impatient, and when the palace interrupted his set of cumbersome gifts.

"In the temple, you can be exempted from courtesy, where is the letter?"

At this time, the Yulin Guard Brigade led the secret letter of the collaborator that was found in the pair of Gaofu items sent by Bian Lingcheng and held it high above his head. An inner eunuch stepped forward, took the secret letter, and forwarded it to the Son of Heaven.

Li Longji took the secret letter presented by the brigade rate, but when he saw that the fire paint on the seal had been opened, he only looked at the cover for a while, and then raised his head and asked the brigade rate again.

"You found it yourself?"

"Returning to the saint, it was not picked out by the minister himself, this letter was sent to Yu Linwei last night with a thing in the Gao Mansion, and today it was accompanied by the minister, and General Bian personally checked it. ”

Hearing his name mentioned, Bian Lingcheng unconsciously straightened up, this matter he did was airtight, and any joint was carefully considered. Even if you are a shrewd and spicy genius, don't think about the slightest flaw in the procedure.

"See it with your own eyes?"

Li Longji asked inexplicably again.

"See it with your own eyes!"

The brigade rate answered categorically.

Unexpectedly, Li Longji walked to the candlestick, raised his hand to burn the secret letter, and at the same time, he said in his mouth:

"I have always trusted Gao Qing, I used to be, and I still am, no matter what the origin of this letter is, I don't need to read it, and I don't want to read it. ”

Just before the letter touched the candle flame, Gao Xianzhi suddenly stood up and shouted:

"No saints!"

Before the words fell, Gao Xianzhi rushed to Li Longji in three steps and two steps, snatched the secret letter that had already risen into flames, and hurriedly slapped it to extinguish the flames.

"If the saint burns this letter, the injustice of the minister will no longer be washed away. ”

Gao Xianzhi didn't care whether Li Longji agreed or not, reached out and tore open the cover, took out the letterhead inside, and then held it up respectfully with both hands and presented it to Li Longji.

"Please take a look at the saint and return the innocence of the minister. ”

When Gao Xianzhi spoke, his voice trembled involuntarily, but his trembling was not because he was weak or nervous, but because he had endured too many unspeakable injustices in recent days, and he was deeply touched for a while, so he became suddenly excited.

This statement greatly exceeded Li Longji's expectations. He didn't care what was in this letter, since he had decided to use Gao Xianzhi, there was a reason why he had to use this person, as long as this person did not rebel before, he could not be easily punished.

Now Gao Xianzhi is excited to let Li Longji return his innocence, Li Longji is also infected by his excitement, judging by his countless experience, this is not a coy gesture, but a sincere expression.

Suddenly, Li Longji changed his mind, he calmly unfolded the secret letter, and only after reading a few lines, his frowning brows gradually relaxed, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

Where is this secret letter of collaborating with the enemy, it is clearly a farewell letter written by Gao Xianzhi to his wife before the army, and there are many words in the letter that she will die for the country, so that she does not have to be sad, and there are arrangements for family affairs in the future, but it is obviously a dying will.

There are two places in this letter, which touched Li Longji, who has experienced countless ups and downs. First, Gao Xianzhi said goodbye to his wife, and his feelings were sincere, which made him think of those women who could not always think with him, or were deposed because of sin, or Shaohua died early. Second, Gao Xianzhi's attitude towards the court's loyalty and dedication completely changed his innate prejudice and contempt for this "Gorinu".

At this time, the imperial court used people without distinction between Han and Hu, and many Turks, Sogdians, and even Khitans were all appointed as generals. But in the final analysis, people at that time were still divided into three, six, nine and other categories for these people from Hulu, including Li Longji, the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, was no exception.

Among the Hulu, the highest status were the Turks, Tiele and other tribes from the Western Regions. Slightly inferior in status is the Uighur tribe of Tiele in the desert, although the Uighurs are from Tiele, but after all, they have a long branch and have become a family of their own. In contrast, the lowest status are the Khitan and Goryeo people from the mountains of Liaodong. Especially the Goryeo people, since the destruction of the country by Emperor Gojong, their noble children have been exiled to China, and they have been subjected to white eyes and ridicule.

Even if Gao Xianzhi is already a royal historian, the protector of Anxi, and the ambassador of Jiedu, he is still called "Goryeo Nu" by Hu generals such as Ge Shuhan, and it can be imagined that at this time, the status of the Goryeo people in the Tang Dynasty.

If it weren't for Gao Xianzhi's contribution to destroying the country, and his tall and handsome appearance, these conditions were all preferred by the Tang Dynasty's officials, Li Longji really wouldn't have let a "Gao Linu" achieve such a high position.

However, at that moment, this farewell letter completely reversed Gao Xianzhi's impression of Li Longji. At the same time, it also strengthened his conviction of the correctness of reactivating this person.

The expression of the Son of Heaven changed unpredictably, and Bian Lingcheng secretly muttered in his heart, according to his expectations and understanding of the Son of Heaven, if the Son of Heaven read the secret letter of the enemy concocted by him, he would inevitably be furious, how could he be in a daze at this moment?

Bian Lingcheng felt that it was necessary to give a few reminders at this moment.

"Saint, saint?"

The two calls pulled Li Longji back to reality from thousands of thoughts, but when his eyes fell on Bian Lingcheng's ugly face, a wave of disgust suddenly appeared in his heart, and he immediately threw the letter in his hand on the ground.

"You can see to yourself, this is really what you call a secret letter of collaboration with the enemy. ”

The meaning of Li Longji's words made Bian Lingcheng puzzled, it was obviously a secret letter of collaborating with the enemy, how could there be doubts? Bian Lingcheng was just lying on the ground, picked up the secret letter, and when he opened it, he couldn't help but be shocked.

"This, this ......"

He wanted to say that this was not the secret letter he had concocted at all, but how could such a thing be said in front of the Son of Heaven?

Because his testimony is untrue, he will in turn be punished by the Son of Heaven for framing important ministers, and even the work of this half of his life may be ruined in one fell swoop. Driven by this fear, Bian Lingcheng fell to his knees again with a thud, crawled forward, and wept bitterly:

"The slave and the maid are guilty of death, and the slave and the slave are condemned, and I beg the saint to punish them. Slaves and maids are eager to make merit, but they can't distinguish ......"

Li Longji's voice was cold, and he pointed at Bian Lingcheng and said, "Do you still know about capital crimes? Is it not just a capital crime to frame a major minister, raise false accusations, and sit on his crimes?"

The words of the Son of Heaven made Bian Lingcheng suddenly lose his voice, and the original crying was swallowed back into his stomach. On the contrary, Gao Xianzhi said from the side: "Acting untruthfully and sitting on his guilt is a strict law set by Empress Wu when he was in power, and the sage is lenient and benevolent, and he has long abandoned it." General Nian Zaibian also has a heart for the country......"

Li Longji waved his hand, "Gao Qing doesn't need to say any more, if you don't punish him today, and then anyone comes to me to denounce the rebellion, do you still want to do this political matter?"

Bian Lingcheng and Gao Xianzhi originally relied on each other, but since the year before last, they have been in a lot of discord, and even today they are like enemies. Bian Lingcheng somehow made a letter to his family as a secret letter, and Gao Xianzhi made a pleading against his will.

Suddenly, Li Longji suddenly felt a shudder, he looked at Gao Xianzhi, then at Bian Lingcheng, and then at the Yulin Guard Brigade who was kneeling on the ground from the corner of his eye, only to feel that everyone here was suspicious, who colluded with whom, did he want to frame, or did he have other intentions?

……

When this idea suddenly popped into his mind, Li Longji's original slight emotion was immediately replaced by the usual ruthlessness. As the Son of Heaven, he is called a lonely widow, it is his dignity and glory, and it is also tragedy and misfortune that he is.

Since the moment he ascended the throne, Li Longji has been suspicious and vigilant all the time, suppressing and restricting those who may endanger the throne, or exile and beheading.

In the past 40 years, Li Longji has killed his aunt Princess Taiping, placed his biological father Ruizong Li Dan under house arrest, and killed three biological sons in one day......

This sudden suspicion, like a basin of cold water poured on his head, made him firmly believe that there is no loyalty to the king in this world, and there is no filial piety without the son to the father, everything is caused by the use, and now he needs Gao Xianzhi, so there is nothing more sufficient for the reuse of this person.

After all, Bian Lingcheng has the name of knowing soldiers, and he has been supervising the army in the Western Regions all the year round, he is a rare person among the eunuchs who knows soldiers, and he needs more needs.

The Son of Heaven, who had regained his composure, put Bian Lingcheng out of the left and right, and took twenty sticks of heavy responsibility, and then gave Gao Xianzhi some encouragement, then said that he was tired and asked everyone to retreat.

……

Bian Lingcheng was beaten with twenty boards, but it was his godson who was tortured, and in the case of intentional cheating, what he suffered on his buttocks was nothing more than some flesh wounds, which did not hurt his muscles and bones, and he could be healed in a few days.

However, this was a great shame for Bian Lingcheng, making him the object of secret ridicule from the eunuchs and attendants in the palace ban. As he lay on the couch to recuperate, he thought through all the joints that might have gone wrong.

The first unavoidable joint is his godson Jingyou, and the secret Jingyou is the first person to handle it, and it may be dropped before it is put into Gaofu. Then there is the Yulin Guard Forbidden Army, which is responsible for guarding the property of the Gao Mansion, and it may also drop the bag during this period, but the probability is extremely low. In the last place, only the Yulin Guard Brigade rate remained, and during the period of time when he entered the temple and faced the saint, he almost dropped his bag.

But in such a short period of time, how could it be possible to write a farewell letter with a handwriting and penmanship that were highly similar to Gao Xianzhi's?

After some elimination, the most suspicious thing left was only his godson Jingyou. But it was the result he couldn't believe the most. It's not that Bian Lingcheng is good to his godson Jingyou, but this Jingyou is a timid and rarely ambitious person at all, so he chose this person to do some secret things that he can't trust others.

Now even this person is not 100% credible, and the chagrin and anger in Bian Lingcheng's heart have faintly covered the pain from the butt wound.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the punishment of the Son of Heaven is only twenty things with a rod, and he can still lie in the house in Xinghuafang to recuperate, so it is not a loss, at best it is only a small setback.

This time the framing fell short, and failed to implicate Qin Jin's family, Bian Lingcheng was also comforting himself while being annoyed, the mountains are high and the waters are long, there will always be a day when you get what you want, and the days to come are still long!

"General, there is an old man outside, who calls himself Xin'an Fan, and he has something important to see. The servants in the house cautiously reported.

Bian Lingcheng said curiously: "Is there such a family in Xin'an Fan?" As far as he knows, there is only one family in Xin'an, the Gao family, and where did the Fan family come from? Driven by curiosity, Bian Lingcheng asked the servants in the house to bring in the Xin'an Fan clan to see who it was.

What's more, the mention of Xin'an reminded Bian Lingcheng of Qin Jin, who had been a county lieutenant in Xin'an, maybe this Xin'an Fan clan was implicated in Qin Jin, and maybe he could find the secret thing that brought down Qin Jin in one fell swoop.

A moment later, a thin old man appeared in front of Bian Lingcheng under the guidance of the servants in the mansion.

"Xin'an Fan Changming, meet the general!" a mouth is a thick Dugi accent.

Bian Lingcheng, who was lying on the soft couch, changed his comfortable posture and looked the old man in front of him up and down, but seeing that his hair was sloppy, his skin was dry, and his face was frosty, he obviously experienced a lot of suffering on the road.

"Which Fan clan are you in Xin'an, who is the official in the clan?"

Bian Lingcheng couldn't figure out the details of this Fan Changming, after all, Duji Dao had fallen into the hands of the thief and rebel Hu, and there were many people who fled to Guanzhong, including many people from local noble clans, so out of prudence, don't offend people who don't need to offend, it's good to ask about their family background first.

"The people of Xin'an Changshi Township are lowly, and no one in the clan is an official. ”

"Oh!"

Bian Lingcheng nodded, and he already had the idea of blowing away this black and thin old man.