25, He Dong's brother Li Bingche investigated the unjust case
He Dong sneered: "The money you have is as rich as the country. You have a concubine on one side of the concubine in Chang'an, 12 noble concubines and 78 concubines, and 394 concubines in the north, which is not enough for one person a day a year, which is more than the number of people in my harem. You're not qualified to say that to me! β
He Li said angrily: "No matter how much money I have, I can't compare to owning a fief. No matter how many women I have, my beauty and talent are not as good as your concubines. β
He Dong sat down and asked lightly, "When did you have the idea of rebellion?" β
He Li shouted: "When the second brother died in battle, I was next to the second brother, and at that time I was thinking, why don't you cherish the woman who sleeps the best, and you still want to fight the northern land when you own the entire Ding Dynasty, but I don't even have a fief?" β
He Dong shook his head and said, "Mr. saved your life back then, but you actually bit Mr. 's family." Sir's letter is right, an ungrateful and insatiable person like you will not be satisfied even if the whole dynasty is given to you. β
He Li said angrily: "Do you think Li Bing is a good person? He is the biggest villain in the world, if he hadn't stolen discord from it, you would have given us a fief a long time ago, how could I oppose you? β
"Sir is my mentor and friend, the first national warrior of the ages, and the first-class hero of this dynasty, you are not allowed to slander him!" He Dong was furious, pulled out the dagger in his boots and stepped forward to slash at He Li's neck, blood splashing the dragon robe.
He Jingsheng cried: "Dad! β
He Li fell on the carpet, his right cheek against the carpet, and said weakly: "I will call you big brother once, don't kill Shenglang, leave me a little blood." β
He Dong said in a cold voice: "Posthumously crowned the late King of Xuan County as King Xuan and Qin Nan as King of Nan County." Canonized Hu Jing as the princess, He Pan as the princess, and Deng as the wife of Zhengyipin Zhonglie. β
"He Li was demoted to a commoner, cut off his head, and tomorrow I will take his head to worship King Xuan, King Nanjun and tens of thousands of fallen Dragon Teng Army and Lion Howling Army heroes."
"The wives and concubines of He Li, He Jingqun, and He Jingsheng were all demoted to concubines and took back the palace."
"He Jingyun and He Jingyan were demoted to the county lords of the fifth grade, and they were not allowed to enter the palace for the rest of their lives."
"The Ouyang clan instigated He Li's father and son to rebel, and the Ouyang family could not escape the blame, and the whole clan moved to Qingcheng in the north within two days."
"Concubine Ouyang De has been demoted to a fourth-grade beauty."
"Immediately drag He Jingsheng to the noon gate and behead him."
He Jingsheng shouted desperately: "Uncle, I am my father's only bloodline, you can't kill me!" β
He Dong's eyes shot fiercely, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I left He Li with the two bloodlines of He Jingyun and He Jingyan's two daughters, which is already very benevolent. You go underground to accompany your father and your eldest brother. β
He Dong's eldest son, He Yixuan, died a very tragic death, and he was charged with defeat after his death.
The most hateful thing is that after He Jingxuan's death, He Li spread rumors that this matter was related to Murong Ying, and Murong Ying sent people into the army to leak the whereabouts of He Jingxuan's army to the Huns for his own son He Yiyang to be the prince.
He Dong trusted Murong Ying and had no schemes.
At that time, Li Bing went to Qingcheng, and secretly began to investigate the matter, and found out that He Li had cut off He Jingxuan's grain and grass a few years ago, and last month he captured the Xiongnu Emperor alive and the crown prince Zhilu told the whereabouts of He Li's betrayal of He Jingxuan's army.
Li Bing wrote a letter to He Dong, not killing He Li, father and son, and the three of them comforted He Yixuan and tens of thousands of fallen soldiers.
Two eunuchs came in and quickly dragged He Jingsheng out of the city, and soon reported that they had killed him.
He Dong stood in front of the north window with one hand on his back, looking at the northern sky, and said: "Spread my message, the patriarchs and young patriarchs of the Liu clan, the Hu clan, and the royal clan will quickly go to the Xuanzheng Palace. β
A little eunuch came in tremblingly, knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince and Xiao Shizi have entered the palace again today, and they are in the Empress Mother's Imperial Palace." The queen sent a servant to ask you, do you want to go over for lunch? β
"I was about to summon Yang Lang into the palace, and he came with my husband's second grandson. I'm a little tired, so I'll take a nap for a while, and then I'll go to the Lizheng Hall for lunch after I finish dealing with political affairs. He Dong's face showed a tired state, but the corners of his mouth were raised.
When Li Bing's family was in a desperate situation, He Yiyang got rid of the performance to protect the Li family, and he himself stayed in the Li family, so that the people who were instigated by Princess Ouyang and several major families did not dare to break in.
He Yiyang transported items from the palace to the Li family for half a month, and he had to go back to Tanzhou with the Li family, and He Dong knew all these things.
He Yiyang was taught by the Li family to be both civil and military, affectionate and righteous, which made He Dong deeply gratified.
"The Xiongnu Dynasty has a thousand-year history and nearly two million people. Li Bing, the celestial star, ordered the city to be burned, and the people of the ancient capital were wiped out. β
"As long as the Heavenly Demon Star Li Bing lives, we can't turn against He Dong."
"Li Bing, that Heavenly Evil Star, didn't even die. When he returns to Chang'an, he will take revenge on us. β
"The great victory in the north, the Hun Dynasty was defeated. Now that the people's hearts are towards He Dong, we can't do it. β
"We must follow the trend at any time, and going against the trend will lose the support of the people, which is a dead end!"
The old patriarch and young patriarch of the Ouyang, Liu, and Hu families were secretly discussing in the woods with sad faces, and the people of the Ouyang family came to report the news with pale faces.
When the old patriarch Ouyang learned that the whole clan had moved to the north, he knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "The sky is going to kill our family. We went to the northland controlled by Li Bing, which was a dead end. β
After a while, the clansmen of the other two clans brought a summons from the palace, "Your Majesty is urgently summoned." β
Old Patriarch Liu's face turned pale, and he lost his voice and said, "If you don't go, you will resist the decree." β
"Your Majesty should discuss with us about paying homage to the former prince tomorrow." Old Patriarch Hu and Hu Xuan looked at each other, everything was silent.
Before the Li family, the Rong Palace, and the Qin State Mansion could make the next move, the Liwang Mansion completely collapsed, and the Ouyang family was defeated and had to move to the North.
Autumn is high and cool, the mountain breeze is cool, the fragrance of autumn fruits wafting all over the mountains, under the nameless mountain where thousands of people are buried in the far suburbs of Chang'an, the clear voice of the handsome young man echoes in the sky.
The young man was dressed in purple court clothes, and he was extravagant, standing next to the sacrificial table, facing dozens of tombs with huge stones and high monuments in front of him, and reciting the thousand-character sacrifice in a loud voice.
He is the youngest founding marquis of this dynasty, Li Quai. Before the palace examination, he appeared in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.
Not far away, on the rosewood wheelchair sat a young man with a yellow and listless face, dressed in black embroidered with a four-clawed golden dragon, this is the fifteen-year-old Seventh Prince He Yiyang.
He Yiyang was supposed to recite the sacrificial text, but because he was "seriously ill", he was replaced by Li Quai.
He Li's head has been lime-treated with melons, fruits, snacks, and incense burners placed on the sacrificial table.
After listening to the sacrifice, He Donglao led the civil and military officials to listen to the sacrifice, bowed, and cried: "Xuan Lang, Mr. took five years to correct your name, and he gave you justice with 10,000 soldiers. The head of Ho Li, who framed you, is here, and his two sons are dead, and you can look down on the ground. β
When He Yixuan had an accident that year, hundreds of civil and military officials rose up to impeach his wife and daughter, if it weren't for Li Bing taking part of the responsibility as He Yixuan's master, He Dong would have to demote Hu Jing and He Pan to concubines under pressure.
After that, Li Bing went to the Northland, and found a good family for He Pan in his extremely busy schedule, not only Hu Jing was grateful to him, but He Dong, who was a grandfather, was also very grateful to him.
"It turned out to be the truth that Mr. found out."
"Mr. is King Xuan's master, and he regards King Xuan as his own son."
"Mr. has accepted a total of three disciples in his life, and King Xuan is the eldest disciple."
Mr. Lost firmly believed that there was a secret in King Xuan's defeat, and after five years of persistent investigation, he finally found out the truth that King Xuan was framed. Otherwise, King Xuan will be resented underground, and he will not turn a blind eye. β
Li Laoshi received many respectful and guilty glances from officials in the crowd. His expression was calm, as ever.
The mansion of Deng Guo was white, the gate was replaced with white paper and black lanterns, and all the subordinates wore filial piety clothes.
Deng Jing lost two sons in a row, and he aged a few years overnight.
Old Madam Feng was so grief-stricken that she fainted three times.
The wives of Deng Laosi and Deng Laoqi cried to death several times, and their three sons all wore white filial piety clothes and knelt in front of the mourning hall and wept bitterly.
There was an endless stream of people from all over the province who came to worship, and the animal head incense burner on the desk was full of incense.
The door slave shouted loudly: "The Seventh Prince, the Immortal Marquis, and the Sick Marquis have arrived!" β
"Condolences and change." After He Yiyang, Li Laoshi, and Li Qu were sick and worshiped from the nameless mountain, they came here directly to offer incense to Deng Laosi and Deng Laoqi.
He Yiyang sent two hundred taels of silver to each of Deng Laosi and Deng Laoqi according to what Murong Ying said. Li Laoshi gave one hundred taels of silver to each family according to He's words.
Deng Jing learned that the three of them were coming, and hurried out to meet them.
He Yiyang only said a word to Deng Jing, then turned his head to look away, waiting for Li Laoshi and Li Qubing to comfort Deng Jing for a few words, and then impatiently wanted to leave, and suddenly saw Deng Qilang, who was wearing a white belt around his waist and greeting the guests with two slaves, and deliberately walked over to say hello.
Deng Qilang wiped his tears and cried: "I never expected that the fourth and seventh uncles would die in Qinling. β
He Yiyang turned his head and said dissatisfiedly to Deng Jing: "The latter is the palace test, there are so many Xiaolang in your family, do you have to let Seventeen Lang run before and after?" β
"If it weren't for the reminder of the Seventh Prince, I would have forgotten about it." Deng Jing asked Deng Qilang to go to the backyard to recuperate.
Li Quzhi encouraged: "Seventeen Lang, you will try to rank twenty-third, if you play well in the palace test, it is not impossible to enter the top ten of the first class." β
Deng Qilang nodded and said, "Thank you." β
Mrs. Feng, who was lying in the bedroom in the backyard to recuperate, woke up and cried again.
Deng Yun, who was always sitting next to him, persuaded: "Grandma, if you are sick like this, my fourth uncle and seventh uncle will not rest assured of you underground." β
Deng Jing walked in and sat down, waved his hand to let Deng Yun go out, and said quietly: "When you were asleep, the two sons of the Seventh Prince and Mr. came. β
Old Madam Feng stopped crying, raised her head and asked, "Is there someone from Mr.'s house?" β
Deng Jing nodded and said, "Immortality and illness are coming." I heard Changsheng say that Mr.'s eldest grandson, Sun Yunqing, arrived in Chang'an at the latest. Yun Qing came back with Qin Xionghuang's ancestors and grandsons. Qin Xionghuang wanted Yun Qing to marry his granddaughter eight hundred years ago. β
Old Madam Feng hurriedly said, "My Yun Niang." β
Deng Jing helped his old wife sit up and said slowly: "Mr. will come back in a few days." It's inconvenient for me to mention Yunniang's relationship with Yunqing's wife to my husband's wife. You can't be sick anymore and let go of what is sad. β
Old Madam Feng said: "My Yun Niang is so good, any kind of man in this world is worthy of it." β
Deng Jing saw that his old wife's red and swollen eyes were shining again, so he hurriedly called someone to bring food and fed her personally. But in my heart, I sighed continuously.
The Deng family did not speak for the Li family at a critical time, and according to Li Bing's character, he absolutely did not agree to marry the Deng family.
He was just trying to divert Old Madam Feng's attention.
On the same day, He Dong issued an order to posthumously crown Deng Shilang and Deng Qilang as loyal generals on the fourth grade, canonize their wives as the wife of the fourth grade, and the eldest son of the minor concubine as the flying cavalry captain under the sixth rank.
After the Deng family simply finished the funeral, Deng Jing was grateful to He Dong, and specially took his two grandsons to the palace to kowtow and thank him, and got some jewelry.
On this day, Chang'an ushered in the triennial scientific examination, the highest level of the palace examination.
All the Jinshi on the list can be called the protΓ©gΓ©s of the Son of Heaven, but only the top 30 can participate in the temple examination to compete for the top 10 of the first class.
The civil officials above the third grade of the court regulations of this dynasty must be the top ten in the first class of the palace examination.
According to the rules of the court, today's Xuanzheng Hall started the palace examination after the early dynasty, and the examination room was set up in the palace, and He Dong personally made the questions and judged the paper to determine the ranking.
After answering the questions, the thirty new science and technology scholars waited for the results in the square outside the hall.
After Li Quzhi, Qin Minye, Shang Liang, Liang Xusheng, and Deng Qishilang finished answering the questions, they all retreated to the square and anxiously waited for the results.
I don't know how long later, a fat eunuch ran out, read the names of ten people aloud, and said: "The first ten people in the first class of the temple test enter the temple to face the saint!" β
Among the five people, except for Deng Qilang, they all entered the first class, and they were already extremely excited, tidying up their clothes, and they didn't care about comforting Deng Qilang, so they followed the fat eunuch into the Xuanzheng Hall in the order of their names, and stood side by side in the designated position.
Li Quzhi glanced up slightly.
The tables and chairs for the exam just now have been removed, and the main hall of the Xuanzheng Hall is even more spacious and empty, and He Donggao is sitting on the dragon chair in front of him, majestic and solemn.
There are three steps under the dragon chair, and below the steps is He Yiyang, who is in a wheelchair and wearing the prince's robe.
"I'm going to ask each of you a few things." He Dong has already seen all the ten people just now, and the top ten Jinshi in this session are all young and vigorous at the same age as the previous two sessions, just like the Ding Dynasty that has just been established for more than 20 years.
He walked down the dragon chair and steps with great interest, stood opposite the ten people, and began to ask from the tenth person.
The middle-aged Jinshi standing in the tenth position burst into tears of excitement, and before He Dong could speak, he knelt down and kowtowed.
He Dong smiled and motioned for the eunuch to help the person stand up, asked two questions, and walked to the ninth person.
It was the turn of Liang Xusheng, who ranked sixth, and He Dong said with a smile: "The tiger father has no dogs. Your father Liang Aiqing won the battle, and you entered the top ten! β
Liang Xusheng is only thirteen years old, and he is the youngest among the jinshi this year.
He was very nervous, thinking that He Dong was going to ask extremely difficult things, so he said these two sentences.
He Dong leaned into Shang Liang, who was ranked third, and whispered a few words in his ear, and then the tiger's eyes looked at him fixedly.
Shang Liang's gaze was unusually firm and said: "Your Majesty, it is difficult to recover the water." β
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Recently, I was in a hurry to save the text at the end of the month to travel, and I don't want to break the update during the trip, so the number of words in the update is less these days, forgive me.