Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Truth Is Buried
Because of the contribution list, he contributed to the reverse case, and for several days, Li Kun and Li Heng took Li Hui with them and led him to watch the trial of the three divisions. Li Hui felt that he was performing the duties of supervision and examination for his brother, and the responsibility was heavy, so no matter what he did, he was extremely serious. The sage and Empress Qin were also happy to see it, and told Li Kun and Li Heng to cultivate their nephews well. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Yue were full of promises, and for a while the three of them were a little inseparable.
Li Tai, who had been forgotten by his wife and children in the palace of King Pu, could not bear it anymore after all, and completely broke out - he first announced to the Yan clan that he had recovered and would be able to enter the palace with them tomorrow to greet the emperor and queen. Yan's reaction was to show just the right smile of relief: "This is very good, the Ah family has often been thinking about the king for the past two days. Of course, she was only deliberately saying this. She wouldn't tell him the truth: Empress Qin didn't think much of him, but she mentioned it in passing.
Li Tai immediately felt that his mood seemed to be a little better, and he also felt a lot: "I haven't been able to see my grandfather and aunt these days, and I don't feel good in my heart." "It's really strange to think about it now, how could he be so distraught that he fell ill because of a reverse case? If it is about luck, Li Song is much more unlucky than him, and he should be more calm! Don't let that guy see his jokes when he returns to Beijing!
After talking to the Yan family, His Royal Highness King Pu ordered his subordinates to carry him to the west road of the palace. So, when Li Hui returned home at night, he pushed open the door of his dormitory and faced his grandfather with horizontal eyebrows.
His Royal Highness King Pu tried to express his dissatisfaction and majesty with a cold expression and angry eyes, and tried to narrow his eyes. However, after he rounded up a few more times, the flesh on his face squeezed a pair of phoenix eyes even smaller. With his flesh trembling all over his body, and every move of his hand and foot could attract more attention, it was really difficult for Li Hui to find the raging anger in his eyes.
"Grandpa!" So, the king of Xin'an called him with a smile, "How many days have you got?" The child planned to go to greet Grandpa and Mother after bathing. ”
Li Taiqing coughed, and said with a tiger face: "Aren't you weak-hearted?" Why don't you dare to come to see me these days?! The list I worked so hard to write was secretly burned by you and not mentioned, and every day you let the trilogy check some gossip to prevaricate me!! It's all over, and I'm not guilty of the past! But you actually wrote the list silently to the crown prince and the king of Yue! What can tell them, what can't be said, I haven't taught you?! Your brother didn't teach you either?! ”
Li Hui blinked and said calmly: "Grandpa really didn't teach, Brother only let me do what I wanted." ”
Li Tai choked suddenly, and was speechless for a while.
Li Hui's expression became more and more solemn, and he said: "Grandpa, our Puwang Mansion is frank and open, and there is nothing to say to others." It's just a list, what if it's given to my uncle and my father? What's on the list? Have you ever framed them? Have you ever thought about what charges you have to avenge them? At best, Grandpa just listed some names according to his own mind. In public and private, he has never done anything wrong. ”
Li Tai frowned slightly, and had to admit that the list really didn't involve anything of interest. Moreover, after the list was given, the saint, the prince and the king of Yue did not seem to say anything. Could it be that he is thinking too much? Does this kind of list really matter? - In that case, what did this bastard son do when he burned the list? Isn't that redundant?
Seeing that he was pondering, Li Hui continued to change the topic: "Grandpa, the leader of the traitors has been found out. ”
"Who the hell is it?!" Li Tai reflexively slapped the case, then sat back down suddenly, panting and saying, "Thieves are hateful! Don't let it go! Isn't it someone on the list?! ”
"Yes. Even my uncle praised Grandpa's 'eyes are like torches'. Li Hui said, trying to ignore the slander in his heart when he heard this word, "This son is after the Long Kanghuan clan." "After the Eastern Jin Dynasty's powerful minister Huan Wen, he was once an overseas Chinese in the Eastern Jin Dynasty who was only listed as Wang Xie. Because of his great military achievements, the Huan clan was once ambitious and tried to usurp the throne, and after only seven years of establishing himself as emperor, he was annihilated, and the family immediately declined. Today, the Huan clan is just a middle-class clan on the "Clan Chronicles".
"Hehe, Long Kanghuan?" Li Tai couldn't hide his smugness, and after thinking about it for a while, he immediately thought of a name, "Shao Zhan Shihuan Fu of the East Palace back then?" "There is one Zhan Shi in the Zhan Mansion in the East Palace, who is ranked as a high-ranking official in the third grade, and one person who is less Zhan Shi, and he is also an official in the fourth grade. At that time, the person who gave Li Song the Zhan affairs of the East Palace was an important minister in the court, but he was just a name, so Huan Fu could be regarded as the real power in charge of the Zhan Mansion. After Li Song's rebellion, Huan Fu naturally had no way to live, and was punished for plotting against the rebels, and his eldest son Huan Gong was also sentenced to death for following Li Song for many years.
"The three divisions have checked the case files of that year, Huan Fu and his eldest son are all capital crimes, and the rest of the family is exiled to Lingnan for 3,000 miles." Li Hui said, "The head of the thief is Huan Fu's youngest son Huan He." At the moment, he is still on the run, and it seems that he has not given up on assassinating the Great Father. The uncle had sent people to Lingnan to find evidence of the Huan family's rebellion, and arrested his family members for careful interrogation. ”
"......" Li Tai was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed, "Huan Fu, this person, maybe didn't know about the rebellion back then." ”
Li Hui was slightly stunned: "Why did Grandpa say this?" ”
"At that time, Li Songshi and I were in the same fire, and the followers around me regarded each other as enemies, and every time we met, we broke up unhappily. Huan Fu didn't often follow Li Song's side, but he saw me occasionally, and he was polite and thoughtful, and there was nothing unusual in his speech. At that time, I thought that this person was not at all like an ancestor, and he looked a little too cautious. Now it seems that his youngest son is quite an ancestor, and his brain is rebellious. ”
Li Hui furrowed his eyebrows and fell into deep thought. He seemed to be able to understand why Huan He had a monstrous hatred for Li Song. Although as the actual person in charge of the Zhan Mansion of the East Palace, Huan Fu is at least guilty of negligence and dereliction of duty, but he is not guilty of death. If Huan Fu and Huan Gong really didn't know anything about Li Song's rebellion, Li Song did not take out their family, but allowed them to be implicated and wronged to die, and it would be impossible for anyone to endure the resentment in their hearts.
The rebellion case caused by injustice implicated countless people, among which there may be grievances, and then because of the revenge, another rebellion case led to countless lives. Not to mention the guards of the Pu Wangfu who died in battle and the subordinates around Li Song, although a small family like the Luo Nantian clan is stupid, but if no one instigates it, how can such ambitions be born? Even their family was almost sacrificed for no apparent reason.
Li Hui found that he was still disgusted with the feeling of powerlessness that he fell into it involuntarily. Especially when you don't know where the real murderer is hiding, you always feel that you will fall into the same dangerous situation again.
The news that continued to come from Wanzhou and the results of the interrogation of the criminals involved in the case have brought a series of evidence that was not too deep to the surface. This reversal case that shook the government and the opposition finally had an eyebrow, which not only made the saint who had been gloomy for several days look slightly gloomy, but the ministers were also secretly relieved. A reverse case often involves a lot of people, as long as the slightest movement of the mind, dizziness and heat leave traces, sooner or later will be involved. And after this case was found out, it had nothing to do with the ministers of the DPRK and China, which means that it really has nothing to do with the conflict of interests.
This is the outcome that the saint most expects to see, and it is also the outcome that the crown prince Li Kun hopes to see the most. Although everyone thinks that the rumors spread in Beijing before are a bit too coincidental, they can't find more evidence, so they can only assume that the rumors are just coincidences. What's more, the thief leader Huan He committed the crime for revenge, and everything he did was in line with his goal, and there was really no clue that others were involved.
As a result, although the leader of the rebels has not been tracked down so far, it seems that the big case can be successfully concluded.
Naturally, those who do stupid things will pay a heavy price; The murderer hidden in the darkness is also uninvolved; The sage was very satisfied with the expression of the crown prince and the king of Yue; The crown prince and the king of Yue got rid of the suspicions that were imposed on them in vain; The ministers did not have to be caught up in the trembling battle for the succession again - everyone was happy.
However, Li Hui became more and more uneasy in his heart, and even vigilant. He was extremely looking forward to and even eager, Li Xin and Wang Zixian hurried home, trying to find the real murderer and completely eradicate this unstable factor that threatened the survival of King Pu's mansion. However, when I really saw my brother and my friends again, the joy of reunion suppressed these worries.
When Li Xin and the prince traveled thousands of miles to escort Li Song's family back to Chang'an, it was already the end of March. At this time, it was evening, and Li Huili greeted them at the gate of the city, and also paid a visit to Li Song, Su and Li Ju in advance. Li Song was still extremely cold and ignored, Su gently gave him a jade ring as a gift, and Li Ju also gave him a small seal engraved by himself. As for the cousin, who was about twelve or thirteen years old, Li Hui gave her the hollow gilt incense ball he was carrying.
Then, Li Xin sent them back to the palace to resume their lives. Li Hui watched them go away, and looked at the prince carefully: "Zixian seems to have changed a little." ”
"What has changed?" Wang Zixian raised his eyebrows, still looking like an elegant son of a family.
"I've grown taller." Li Hui said seriously, raising his eyes, "It seems that he is suddenly taller than me." It is clear that you only need to look at eye level before, but now it seems that you need to look up at you, and I am a little unaccustomed. Could it be that you've been practicing riding and archery a lot these days, so you've grown extra tall? ”
For some reason, Wang Zixian breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: "Don't you also want to practice riding and shooting?" After a while, I can't say that I will catch up. ”
"The matter of riding and shooting really cannot be taken lightly." Li Hui said, "In addition, the feeling you give people has also changed. It's hard to describe exactly what has changed, but it's certainly different. ”
"......" Prince Xian's mood is a little complicated: he has tried his best to restore his original appearance, and even Qingsuo and Cao Shilang said that there is no change, why is this person in front of him so keen? Could it be that the murderous aura in his body has not faded? Perhaps, you should hurry back to cultivate yourself for a few days and see him again?
"What? Do you think it's bad that something has changed? Li Hui noticed that his mood seemed to be a little low, and he couldn't help but smile and ask.
"Then do you think change or unchanged, which is better?"
"It doesn't hurt. People are always changing, as long as the intention of interacting with each other remains the same. ”
Wang Zixian chewed on this sentence repeatedly in his heart, and suddenly felt a lightness all over his body, so he hooked the corners of his lips and laughed.