"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

In the Taiji Palace, after hearing that Li Er was finally willing to let go of the dead Li Chengzong, Zheng Guanyin hurriedly got up from the ground with an excited face, and then knelt down facing Li Er, and kept kowtowing in thanks.

Although Li Chengzong was not killed by Li Er himself, in any case, Li Chengzong's death is inseparable from Li Er, and Zheng Guanyin is now kowtowing to his husband and son to thank him, this meeting is as ironic as it gets!

But the reality is so cruel, if it weren't for Li Zexuan coming forward to intercede for their mother and son today, if it weren't for Li Er's sudden thoughts, Li Chengzong would have been buried in the belly of a dog even if he died, and now he can hold his fists to protect Li Chengzong's body, Zheng Guanyin is already satisfied! She didn't dare to think about anything else!

"That's it! Stand down! ”

Li Er's eyes narrowed slightly, looked at Zheng Guanyin and waved his hand.

He is also the son of heaven of a country, and he doesn't want to continue to embarrass a woman, not to mention that this woman is still his sister-in-law!

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zheng Guanyin kowtowed again, then stood up, and was about to turn around and leave, when she suddenly paused again, hesitated for a moment, and said to Li Erfu: "Regarding the matter before Chengzong, if Your Majesty wants to know, the concubine is willing to tell the truth!" ”

Scratch someone's back!

After Li Er made a compromise, Zheng Guanyin also made concessions with great interest, of course, even if she didn't say these things, Li Er could find out if she wanted to!

When Li Er heard this, his eyes narrowed, and he said lightly: "Okay!" You say! ”

At first, after learning that the dragon head of the Heavenly Dragon Sect was Li Chengzong, Li Er was indeed very curious and wanted to know why Li Chengzong, who had been dead for eight years, came back from the dead, but after Zheng Guanyin cried and cried in this Taiji Hall, the curiosity in his heart was not so strong! But now that Zheng Guanyin is willing to tell the truth, Li Er feels that it doesn't hurt to hear it!

Zheng Guanyin pondered for a moment, and slowly spoke: "In June of the third year of Wude, Chengzong was named the king of Taiyuan County by Emperor Taishang, but in the same year, Chengzong suffered from a strange disease, not only often chest tightness and shortness of breath, but also often blind, His Royal Highness ...... Jiancheng invited famous doctors for Chengzong on the bright side, and at the same time sent people to search for Jianghu warlocks among the people, because Chengzong's symptoms are somewhat like the signs of evil that the people say!

By chance, at that time, Wei Xijiu of the Longxi Mansion knew that we were looking for a warlock in the rivers and lakes, so he recommended a Taoist priest named Yuan Tiangang to his concubine and Jiancheng......

"Yuan Tiangang?"

Hearing this, Li Zexuan couldn't hold back anymore and exclaimed.

Previously, Li Zexuan helped to intercede for the dead Li Chengzong, Zheng Guanyin was of course grateful, so after being interrupted by Li Zexuan, she not only did not get angry, but nodded and explained: "That's right! That Taoist priest is called Yuan Tiangang! According to Wei Xianjiu, in the last years of the previous dynasty, when Yuan Tiangang first arrived in Luoyang, he settled down in Qinghuafang, and at that time his physiognomy prediction was already famous, and many people had secretly looked for him.

One day, Du Yan, Wang Qi, and Wei Xijiu came to see Yuan Tiangang and asked him to show him. Yuan Tiangang predicted that Du Yan would be famous all over the world for his noble articles; Wang Qi will not be a general in ten years to the fifth grade; Wei Ting looks like a tiger and will be appointed military attaché. He also predicted that the three of them would be demoted after they became officials, and everyone would meet again at that time.

Sure enough, in the early years of Wude, Du Yan was selected as a bachelor of Tiance with the history of serving the emperor, Wang Qi was recommended by Jiancheng to become the fifth prince Zhongyun, and Wei Ting was appointed as the left guard of the prince of the school. All of Yuan Tiangang's original prophecies were fulfilled one by one, so Wei Xijiu recommended Yuan Tiangang to his concubines and Jiancheng! ”

"Oh? Can this Yuan Tiangang really predict the future? So what did he tell you? ”

Li Er's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but become interested in this Yuan Tiangang, whom he had never met.

Maybe many people will think it's incredible, isn't Li Chunfeng Yuan Tiangang's apprentice? Why is Li Chunfeng better than Yuan Tiangang at this time?

In fact, Yuan Tiangang is Master Li Chunfeng's statement, which is pure nonsense. Li Chunfeng was interested in Taoism at the beginning, entirely because of his father Li Bo, Li Bo was a county official in the Sui Dynasty, and he was unwilling to be a Taoist priest because of his humble rank, and he abandoned the official to become a Taoist priest. Li Chunfeng, who was known as a "prodigy" since childhood, was well-read under the influence of his father, and was especially fond of astronomy, geography, Taoism, and yin and yang.

In the second year of Tang Gaozu Wude, Li Chunfeng, who was 17 years old at the time, returned to his hometown and was recommended by Li Shimin's friend Liu Wenjing to join the army as the secretary of the Qin Palace. From this time, Li Chunfeng began to enter the official career!

And what about Yuan Tiangang? According to historical records, in the sixth year of Zhenguan, Li Er recalled Du Yan, Wang Qi, and Wei Ting, who were exiled because they were implicated by the crown prince Li Jiancheng, from Wangzhou, and learned from them that Yuan Tiangang was an ancient wizard in Shudi, so he issued an edict to Yuan Tiangang to Chang'an to meet him. In other words, Yuan Tiangang only really entered the court in the sixth year of Zhenguan, more than ten years later than Li Chunfeng!

At this time, in the main hall, Zheng Guanyin replied truthfully when he heard this: "At that time, after Yuan Tiangang saw Chengzong, he said that my son's illness is easy to solve, but after the illness is expelled, he will encounter man-made disasters, and he will also die soon!" The only way to crack it is to let Chengzong die on sick and fake death first, and then secretly send him overseas to cultivate and avoid disaster, and never set foot in the Central Plains, otherwise there will be a bloody disaster!

At that time, the concubines and Jiancheng didn't believe what Yuan Tiangang said, but Yuan Tiangang's previous predictions about Du Yan, Wang Qi, and Wei Xijiu were still in their ears, and even the palace doctors were helpless against Chengzong's illness, but Yuan Tiangang was able to cure Chengzong easily, we dare not believe his words! After thinking about it again, the concubine and Jiancheng decided to secretly send Chengzong to Qingzhou according to Yuan Tiangang's words, and from Qingzhou to the sea, and ordered the guards who took care of him never let him return to the Central Plains!

But who would have thought that this person was not as good as the sky after all, and he was still ...... in the end"

In the end, Zheng Guanyin couldn't help crying in a low voice again.

Hearing this, the ministers in the palace couldn't help but be shocked, no one could have imagined that Li Jiancheng's eldest son did not really die of illness, but came to fake death and was sent overseas to avoid trouble!

Thinking of the Xuanwumen change two years ago, it seems that Yuan Tiangang's prediction of Li Chengzong was not false at all! If Li Jiancheng and Zheng Guanyin hadn't sent Li Chengzong overseas, Li Chengzong would definitely have died under Li Er's sword in the ninth year of Wude, just like Li Chengqian's other five sons!

Li Er's heart was also turbulent, he was not surprised by Li Jiancheng's plan to fake death for Li Chengzong, he was shocked by Yuan Tiangang's ability to predict good luck and evil! Just imagine, if Yuan Tiangang had shown Li Jiancheng a look, would he have seen that Li Jiancheng was about to suffer a bloody disaster in the ninth year of martial arts? If this is the case, will the mutiny launched in the ninth year of his martial arts still succeed?

Xiangshi can predict good luck and evil, but he can't change history! But if Xiangshi changed the fate of some key figures, wouldn't it also be equivalent to changing history?

Thinking of this, Li Er was frightened at the same time, but also had a trace of fear, and at the same time, for a warlock like Yuan Tiangang who could know the future good fortune, he also had a trace of vigilance in his heart, if such a person as a secret Dao could not be used for himself, then it was best to kill him!

"I see! I already know about this, so step down! Although Li Chengzong committed a heinous crime, no matter what, he is also a royal person, and I will let Zongling Temple bury him with the gift of a prince! ”

After a moment of silence, Li Er waved his hand and said to Zheng Guanyin.

Things have developed to this point, Li Er is no longer very concerned about Li Chengzong's affairs, on the contrary, he remembers the name Yuan Tiangang, after this incident, Li Er will definitely send someone to find Yuan Tiangang!

"Concubine Xie Your Majesty Longen!"

The deceased is gone, and her arms can't reach her thighs, for Zheng Guanyin, who has lost her husband and all her sons, not only does she not have the ability to take revenge, but she doesn't dare to make any changes on weekdays, it's not that she is afraid of death, but there are still people in this world that she cares about - her five daughters!

She has to raise all her five daughters to adulthood and see them married, she can leave with peace of mind, she can't bear to let her daughter have no father and no mother!

After Zheng Guanyin thanked him, he got up and slowly withdrew from the Taiji Hall.

Li Er came back to his senses from Li Chengzong's matter at this time, he stared at him and said in a deep voice:

"This rebellion of the Tianlong Sect, although Li Chengzong is the mastermind, but there are not a few accomplices, as far as I know, from the four-rank officials of the court, the three-rank eunuchs of the palace, down to the guards of the city gate, and the pawns of merchants, they have more or less provided convenience for the Tianlong Sect to attack Chang'an City! Early this morning, when the Celestial Dragon Sect was besieging the city, there were eighteen courtiers who intended to lead their servants to open the city gates or create chaos in the city, and twenty-four city gate guards tried to trick the rest of the soldiers into mutiny!

It's a pity that I didn't make these people happy! Before they rebelled, they had been taken down by all the soldiers of the hundred cavalry and the left and right guards, and now they are all imprisoned in the death row of Dali Temple! Hum! I have said that meritorious deeds should be rewarded, and those who have been punished for their faults should be punished, and these people collude with the rebels and try to subvert the society, which is really a heinous crime, and they will all be killed! Not! Pardon! Zhao Song, read out the list of criminals to Zhong Aiqing! ”

It is said that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, Li Er at the previous moment was like a sharp and restrained sword, but at this moment, this sharp sword is sharp, and the sword is directly aimed at the officials and generals who have assisted the rebels in this rebellion!

The court suddenly fell into a dead silence, and the officials and ministers knew why there were so many vacant positions in the court today, it turned out that those people were all put on death row by Li Er!

It stands to reason that under the prosperous times, it is absolutely undesirable to be imprisoned in Daxing, especially if so many courtiers are arrested at once, it is bound to cause great turmoil, and generally in this case, officials will try their best to dissuade the emperor from thinking twice, but at this time, no one stood up to dissuade him, because the matter involves the king, the matter involves rebellion, and listening to Li Er's meaning, those officials who were arrested were all stolen and captured, and there was no room for quibbling and exoneration!

Only the death penalty!

"Oh~!"

Zhao Song bowed down to receive the order, and then he turned around, escaped from his sleeve with a scroll of brocade silk, and read aloud: "After investigation, An Dezhong, the head of the Taimiao, Shen Wenhua, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, the young Yin official Hongsheng of Jingzhao Mansion, Chengqiu Jianming in the imperial history, and Xuanmu ...... in the middle of the matter."

Every time Zhao Song read a name, the hearts and livers of the hundred officials couldn't help but tremble, and they read more than forty names before they finally came to an end, and the hundred officials didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, but Zhao Song's next sentence made their hearts sink: "...... The above officials and generals, when the rebels were besieging the city, incited the people in the city, created chaos, and tried in vain to open the city gate for the rebels, ignoring the safety of the country and the people. Chin this! ”

More than forty officials and generals were all killed by Li Er at once!

I am afraid that this is the bloodiest official purge ushered in by the Tang Dynasty after the Xuanwumen Change!

"Your Majesty Shengming~!"

After a moment of silence, the hundred officials arched their hands and said in unison.

In this case, no one was willing to stand up and intercede for those traitors, even a good man in the court like Fang Xuanling did not raise any objections, because those officials who colluded with the Heavenly Dragon Sect and intended to rebel against the imperial court really did not have to be washed!

Li Er nodded, set his eyes on Wei Zheng and Wei Ting, and after a moment of silence, he spoke: "Wei Zheng, Wei Ting, Wang Jue, although you and the other three did not participate in the rebellion of the Tianlong Sect, but they are suspected of not reporting it. Are the three of you convinced? ”

According to Li Er's original meaning, Wei Zheng, Wei Ting, and Wang Qi did not report the situation that the Tianlong Sect might have related to King Xi, and the lightest punishment should at least be to cut off the official position, after all, this time the Tianlong Sect attacked Chang'an City, if it wasn't for Li Zexuan to solve the crisis by chance, Chang'an City would probably be in big trouble, and the loss of the imperial court at that time would be incalculable!

But in the final analysis, it was Li Zexuan's previous words of intercession that played a role, since he Li Er wanted to be a generation of saints, "human mirrors" like Wei Zheng, virtuous ministers like Wei Ting, and Wang Qi were indispensable!

Therefore, after careful consideration, Li Er still chose to punish Wei Zheng, Wei Ting, and Wang Qi lightly!

Wei Zheng, Wei Ting, and Wang Qi stepped forward and bowed down with a look of shame and said, "The ministers are convinced, thank Your Majesty for your kindness!" ”

Although ten canes plus a demotion to one level is a more serious punishment, it is already light compared to the mistakes they made, so at this moment, the three of them are all grateful to Li Er.

However, after Wei Zheng was grateful, his heart began to feel bitter, he had no salary for three years, how could he live as a Wei troll! Don't talk about drinking in the future, I'm afraid I won't be able to open the pot at home!

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