Chapter 399: Reach Heaven to Listen
For Lou Shide, Chen Zhengtai is really kind to himself.
Because of this, deep in his heart, he desperately wanted to return to Chang'an immediately.
Only when he arrived in Chang'an and met Chen Zhengtai in person made him feel better.
So he couldn't take care of the night without sleeping, he really felt that he was in good spirits at this moment, he instructed this Zhang Ye seriously: "These treasures, temporarily sealed in the county, since they have been checked, I don't dare to let anyone do it, this official will leave tonight, there are more than 3,000 prisoners here, most of them are the guards of Baekje, as well as the civil and military officials, and the clan of Baekje, you send people to guard them, don't lose anything." As for this Baekje king, he needs to be brought by me, and if I don't have this guy, how can I prove my innocence? I'll take a few people and take him there. Oh, what about Buyeo Weigang? β
As soon as these words fell, Fuyu Weigang immediately came out of the shadow after the torch shined, and said earnestly: "What does Captain Lou command?" The subordinates were willing to go to the soup and go to the fire. β
After all, he is a nobleman of the clan, and he can still speak Chinese, but his accent is a little strange, but in order to prevent Lou Shide from listening to it really, Fuyu Weigang deliberately slowed down his speech very intimately.
Lou Shide only glanced at him, his chin raised slightly: "You also go with me, when you arrive in Chang'an, give me a truthful report, I will tell you the truth, when you arrive in Chang'an, what you say will be related to your life and death, honor and disgrace, if you say the wrong word, or pretend to be smart, be careful when the head falls to the ground." β
Fuyu Weigang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was afraid that Lou Shide would not take him there, as long as he went, he could really meet the Tang Dynasty Emperor, according to his years of experience, the more high-ranking people are, the more generous they are, as long as they behave properly, not only can they leave their lives? Maybe...... You can also get some kind of preferential treatment.
Yes, he nodded seriously and said, "Understood." β
The answer is concise and powerful, without dragging mud and water, the more verbose it is at this time? The more it will give the impression of being unreliable.
Then? Lou Shide and others rode on horses one after another? And the king of Baekje was imprisoned in a four-wheeled carriage? People crammed in? The outside is locked, and the front is pulled by two horses.
In Lou Shide's words? Just run hard? Along the official road, even if it's bumpy, it's okay? As long as the people in the carriage are not dead.
Before dawn, Lou Shide had already set off, with a group of people? Day and night to the west.
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At this point? Huainan sent Zhang Wenyan and Yangzhou assassin Shi Cui Yan into Chang'an.
Along the way, Cui Yan is still calm? Is he leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade? After all, he is from the Qinghe Cui family, and he is confident.
And this time, the emperor summoned the two into Chang'an, obviously still uncertain about Lou Shide's case, so he sent people to the palace for questioning.
But Cui Yan doesn't seem to be worried, this world is ...... How many protΓ©gΓ©s of the Qinghe Cui clan are there, everyone is full of money, what are they afraid of?
But Zhang Wenyan is obviously different, although Zhang Wenyan's official position is bigger than Cui Yan, but after all, his background is much worse than Cui Yan's, so he is uneasy all the way.
When he arrived in Chang'an, he first went to the Ministry of Rites to order Mao, and then temporarily settled in Chang'an, and then Zhang Wenyan went to Cui Yan to ask for advice: "Cui Tingshi, Your Majesty summoned us, nine times out of ten, it is because Chen Juma has been defending Lou Shide, this Chen Juma is His Majesty's favorite minister, and he is a relative of the emperor, and his status is extraordinary, and the time will ...... If Your Majesty ......"
"Don't be afraid." Cui Yan said disapprerovingly, he had already discussed it with the people of the Cui family, in fact, the Cui family did not pay too much attention to this case, this is just a trivial matter for the Cui family after all, a school captain, why do you need to make such a big move?
This also made Cui Yan more calm at this time, he looked at Zhang Wenyan with a smile, and he actually looked down on it a little bit in his heart, thinking that this guy was like an ant in a hot pot, which was really funny.
It's just that Cui Yan is still worried that this Zhang Wenyan will lose his honor when he arrives in front of the palace, and when he is grabbed by the handle, he said calmly: "That Lou Shide, nine times out of ten, is dead, even if he is not dead, he will not dare to come back." Now there is no proof of death, which can be described as a lot of money. He didn't oppose it, it's not you and me who have the final say? No matter how Chen Juma colluded with Lou Shide, but he couldn't overturn so much evidence, what else could he do? My Datang is a place where the king's law is taught, and Your Majesty will never come from him. So you put 10,000 hearts on. β
After hearing this, Zhang Wenyan's face finally softened a little, and she said, "It's just ......"
"Nothing is just ......" Cui Yan glanced at Zhang Wenyan with a smile, and said calmly: "Go to the palace tomorrow, and you will know." β
Zhang Wenyan saw that he was full of confidence, but he calmed down, in fact, he actually regretted it, he knew that he would cause such a big trouble, he should not have been in collusion with this Cui Yan in the first place, and there would not be so much trouble in the future.
Early the next morning, someone from the Ministry of Etiquette came to Zhang Wenyan's place to stay and invited him into the palace.
Zhang Wenyan couldn't help but feel apprehensive in her heart, but she still cheered up.
After tidying up his clothes, he set off into the palace, entered the palace from the Taiji Gate, and entered the Taiji Palace.
I saw that in this Taiji hall, there was already a gathering of civil and military personnel.
At this time, Li Shimin was sitting high on the Jinluan Palace, looking at Zhang Wenyan who had just come in.
And Cui Yan has arrived, after all, he is just a little thorn, so he stands in the corner of the hall.
The rest of the ministers also seem to be a little curious about the recent public case.
After all, this matter has been going on for so long, and there should always be an explanation.
Chen Zhengtai came very early today, standing in the crowd at this time, but he was also looking at Zhang Wenyan and Cui Yan.
These two people obviously didn't know that Chen Zhengtai was already paying attention to them.
However, Zhang Wenyan was still a little nervous, and stepped forward step by step and said: "Minister Huainan has inspected Zhang Wenyan, I have seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty." β
Li Shimin didn't have much expression on his face, he had already investigated Zhang Wenyan, and his official reputation was not bad, according to the inspector, he was a Qingliu official, and he had the power and responsibility to supervise the locality, and the relationship was very important, and not everyone could be appointed.
At this time, Cui Yan also stepped forward and said, "Minister Cui Yan, I have seen Your Majesty." β
Cui Yan is neither humble nor arrogant, calm and relaxed, he is different from Zhang Wenyan, Zhang Wenyan seems nervous, but he is very calm, after all, he is a person who has really seen the world, even if he sees the Son of Heaven, he will never be worried.
Li Shimin said lightly: "The merits of Lou Shide's case have not yet been clarified, and I summoned the second secretary to come here to investigate this matter clearly, and it is better for the two secretaries to come here." β
"Your Majesty." Cui Yan said without hesitation: "This case has been decided, but so far, for some reason, the imperial court has repeatedly delayed. The ministers are just a little Yangzhou assassin history, the force is slightly burdened, it is not appropriate to discuss this matter, everything has its own His Majesty is aware of everything, but such a heinous crime, the court actually ignores it, and even repeatedly suspects that it has it, which is really chilling. β
Li Shimin listened to what he said, but he was unmoved: "I just want to know why Lou Shide rebelled." β
He was guilty before, knowing that he was guilty, not to mention that when he was in Yangzhou Assassin History, he indulged his family and ran rampant, when he was in office, no one dared to expose it, and then he was demoted to a captain, and the minister replaced his position as a assassin, and the minister was also aware of some of the malpractices in Yangzhou before, so he appointed someone to inspect, and the minister did not dare to talk about the intentions of Lou Shide, but ...... I dare to guess that it should be because of this person's fear of sin. β
This is very reasonable, in fact, Cui Yan has said this reason many times in the song, and there is basically no flaw.
Lou Shide has done a history of assassination, and it is very easy to find fault with someone in the history of assassination, which leads to Lou Shide's fear of crime, which is reasonable.
Li Shimin looked at the ministers on the left and right, especially when his eyes fell on Chen Zhengtai, but he saw that Chen Zhengtai was unmoved and did not stand up to refute it.
After all, it is impossible for Lou Shide to appear here to defend himself.
Li Shimin immediately said: "If he is really afraid of sin, why are you so sure that he defected to Baekje and the Goguryeo?" β
"Because there are many rumors in Yangzhou." Cui Yan said awe-inspiringly: "It is said that in the water village, someone secretly contacted Lou Shide, these people are suspected to be Baekje people, of course...... This is just gossip, although it is not true, but the minister thinks that this kind of thing cannot be groundless, if it is not for Lou Shide with his sailor, rashly go to sea, since then there is no news, the minister still can't believe it. β
All of this is not different from what Cui Yan played before.
It's just that...... This Cui Yan said is high-sounding, but it is also impossible to find fault.
Li Shimin only bowed his head and continued: "Since the Qing family only guessed and said that he was the opposite, then...... What about the sailors, why did they rebel against him? β
Cui Yan said angrily: "The minister has always heard that Lou Shide is good at buying people's hearts, so the water village is dead set on him, when the water village was built, the Chen family gave a lot of money, and these money, Lou Shide was all rewarded to the sailors of the water village, and the sailors obeyed him, so it is not surprising." In addition, when Lou Shide went to sea, he claimed to be a sea drill, and the sailors did not know what to do, so they naturally obediently left Yangzhou with him, and wanted to come to Lou Shide, who was scheming, and deliberately used this as an excuse to take the sailor to sea, and never returned, even if there were sailors who did not want to become rebellious, but the wood was already in the boat, and once they left the mainland, they could not help it. β
Cui Yan said that the head was the Tao, and everyone whispered to each other.
Although many things are Cui Yan's guesses, these sound very reasonable, at least they make sense.
Li Shimin immediately looked at Zhang Wenyan: "Zhang Qing's family, is this the case?" β
Zhang Wenyan hurriedly said: "Yes, that's the case." β
Li Shimin then said: "It's a pity that there is no ironclad evidence. β
"Here's it." Cui Yan suddenly said loudly.
Everyone focused on Cui Yan again.
Cui Yan immediately took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and said, "There are some things here, Your Majesty must take a look." One of them is the statement of the county order of Anyi County, Yangzhou, which was Lou Shide's henchman at the beginning, which is well known. β
"Anyi County Decree confessed that once he drank with Lou Shide, when Lou Shide was drunk, he was very dissatisfied with the court's treatment of him, and claimed that he was not guilty, but because His Majesty was bewitched by traitors, and he also claimed that he had civil and military talents, and should be ranked as Zaifu, but His Majesty did not know people, and now he ...... It is a pity to become a minister who treats crimes, so he lamented his fate, and even said that good birds choose trees to perch, if the Tang Emperor does not like himself, he can vote for Goguryeo and Baekje. These words were said by Lou Shide when he was drunk, and the county magistrate of Anyi County heard it with his own ears, and His Majesty saw it. β
The ministers looked at the confession in Cui Yan's hand one by one, and for a while, it was clear all of a sudden.
Cui Yan is indeed prepared, this county magistrate of Anyi County is indeed the person recommended by Lou Shide when he was in charge of Yangzhou Assassin History, it can be said that this person is Lou Shide's henchman!
Now this person directly bit Lou Shide, and I don't know if it was because Lou Shide was reversed, and he couldn't sleep well, so he hurriedly explained. Or, he fell down on the mountain and was bought by Cui Yan.
Can be at least ...... With this witness, Lou Shide has no proof again, and no one can refute it.
"And here......" Cui Yan pulled out another official document: "Here is ......"
When he said this, there was a little eunuch outside to probe his brain.
Seeing this, Zhang Qian, who was standing beside Li Shimin, pulled his face down, and then tiptoed along the corner of the hall and walked out of the hall.
The little eunuch outside the hall hurriedly retreated and saluted Zhang Qian respectfully.
Zhang Qian suppressed his voice and said angrily: "What's the matter, how can it be so unruly." β
The little eunuch immediately said, "Silver ...... Yintai received a new report, saying that it was ...... Say yes...... I had to report it immediately, and said it was...... Lou Shide took the Yangzhou sailor and arrived at the Sanhai Huikou. β
Zhang Qian, who originally looked bad, listened...... For a moment, I was a little confused.
And in the hall behind him, there was Cui Yan's emotional voice: "Your Majesty Mingjian, not only the Anyi County Order, but also the family of Lou Mansion, also said that he once saw Lou Shide secretly wearing the prime minister's clothes in the mansion, claiming that he was the reincarnation of Yi Yin, such a person, how ambitious, if Your Majesty does not ask, you can summon the servants in the Lou family's mansion, the minister has half a lie, begging His Majesty to behead him." β
These words were clearly heard in Zhang Qian's ears, which made Zhang Qian think that what the little eunuch said, did he hear it wrong, he looked at the little eunuch with a strange expression, and then took a deep breath before asking, "What did you say?" β
The little eunuch had no choice but to say again: "Zhang Lishi, Wuqing County ordered a report, saying that Lou Shide had returned and landed at the mouth of the Sanhai Huikou, and the matter was urgent, so there was an urgent report, and the slave felt that the situation was serious, and he still needed to hurry up and say goodbye." β
Zhang Qian immediately stretched out his hand: "What about the report?" β
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