The prince held his breath, glanced sideways at Gao Lishi, and then said: "Back to my father, I can't hide it, my son's son came this time to slaughter Yang Zhao's thirty-seven families. ”

The prince didn't care about anything else, but went straight to the point, and made up the purpose of this visit, but as soon as the words fell, there was silence in the side hall, the saint did not make any response, and the prince did not dare to look up, and there was a strange atmosphere in the hall. Seeing that the saint did not react, the prince finally couldn't hold it back, and spoke again: "Back to my father, my son... ”

"I know, I don't have to play again!" The sage interrupted impatiently, and as soon as these words came out, the prince did not dare to speak again, but the sage did not answer anything else, and the hall fell silent again.

The congealed atmosphere made the prince a little uneasy, and cold sweat beads began to ooze from his forehead for a moment, but at this moment, the sage finally spoke slowly: "For Li Bai's matter?" Could it be that the crown prince has made any new discoveries about this case? ”

The sage finally opened his mouth to ask, which eased the tense atmosphere a little, and the prince hurriedly responded: "Back to my father, there is no new discovery in the sons, it's just... ”

"Nothing has been discovered, so what do you mean here? The dignified prince of the East Palace did not sit in the court, but ran to me for a grass people... Is the prince a little confused? . . Priorities? The sage didn't wait for the prince to finish speaking, and immediately interrupted.

The words of the saint were like knives, and for a while the stinging pain made the prince feel a little chill down his spine, but after a while, the prince continued: "Back to my father, although this Li Bai is a grass people, he is talented, and he can be regarded as a model for the world's scholars. ”

"What's wrong?" The saint muttered in a low voice, his tone seemed to be full of disdain, and the saint continued to say coldly: "The matter of punishment and prison is about empirical evidence, how can you act on feelings? I'm afraid the prince won't understand, right? I only saw that the prince should not interfere in this matter! ”

After the sage finished speaking, the prince couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and he couldn't help but say again: "Back to my father, but if this matter is completely handed over to Dali Temple for trial, I'm afraid that the son will be right... At this point, the prince hurriedly stopped his voice, fortunately the word "phase" has not yet been spoken, if he really says it, he is afraid that he will be maliciously slandered by the saint after accusing people.

Seeing this, the sage continued: "When I listen to the prince's intentions, do I have doubts about my ability to judge cases in Dali Temple? ”

The prince replied: "I don't dare, but the son thinks that this matter is very important, and it is better to check it one more time!" ”

The sage replied: "Then the prince is suspicious of the public trust of Dali Temple?" I thought that the prince was still specialized in the political affairs of the world, and this matter... ”

"Report! Big things are wrong! Report! Big things are wrong! Before the sage finished speaking, there was an urgent report from the eunuch outside the hall, and the sage couldn't help frowning and looked at the door of the hall. The eunuch who reported the incident had already reached the outside of the palace, and his mouth kept panting.

Seeing this, Gao Lishi immediately shouted: "Ru'an dares to be so formless!" If you are shocked, can you afford this little life? ”

When the visitor heard this, he immediately fell to the ground in fright, and responded loudly: "Returning to the saint, Gao Gonggong, please forgive the sin of the slave, but the matter is urgent, this is the case... ”

The saint waved his hand and said, "It's okay, let's hear what is the matter first?" It's not too late to punish again! ”

The visitor immediately replied loudly: "Thank you, saint! Thank you, saints! Just Dali Temple sent someone to report, last night Dali Temple prison was robbed, the guards were killed sixty-seven people, prisoners... Li Bai was robbed and now he doesn't know where to go... ”

"What!!" The prince on the side was shocked when he heard the news, and couldn't help blurting out.

The saint's eyebrows were already twisted, and he suddenly asked loudly, "You... You say it again, what happened to the prison of Dali Temple? ”

The visitor replied again: "Back to the saint, the prison of Dali Temple was robbed last night, and the guards were killed fifty-seven people, Li Bai... Missing! ”

With a "snap", the saint slammed the tea cup in his hand on the ground, and it shattered into pieces in an instant, he was furious, and his body couldn't help but tremble a little, he immediately got up and reprimanded loudly: "It's the opposite!" It's the other way around! At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are murderers who dare to do it... Such a thing! There are a few prison robbers! ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was furious, the person who came was also so frightened that he fell to the ground, and only dared to tremble: "It is reported that the robber of the prison... Only... One person! ”

"One person!!" The saint and the prince said in unison when they heard this, this fact was shocked, and even the saint's face changed a little in an instant, and Gao Lishi on the side seemed calm. The saint calmed down for a moment and continued to ask, "Can you see the appearance of the person who came?" ”

"Returning to the saints, it has been reported ... The person who came in disguise never saw the appearance clearly! Speaking of this, the voice of the person who came was already very low, for fear of angering the Son of Heaven again.

"One person can rob the prison! A group of people with wine bags and rice bags! Spread my oracle, Dali Siqing dereliction of duty, unforgivable crime, dismissal on the spot, into the prison, waiting for the fall! The saint shouted.

"Whoa!" Hearing this, the visitor hurriedly retreated.

After a while, the saint finally calmed down a little, so he turned his head to look at the prince, and said in a straight voice: "This matter is a big matter, the robbery of the prison of Dali Temple is related to the royal face, so it will be handed over to you and the right minister to investigate together, and the truth must be found out before the date of 'canonization'!" Otherwise, the law of the country will deal with it! ”

When the prince heard this, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and answered loudly: "The son of the minister takes the order!" I hope my father will be relieved! Erchen is scheduled to investigate and deal with the real culprit within the time limit to revitalize the dynasty! ”

The sage couldn't help but sigh and didn't say anything more, just waved his hand and motioned for the prince to retreat, and the prince immediately got up and withdrew from the side hall.

Li Tianran looked up at the sky, and before he knew it, it was almost noon, Li Tianran was bored and worried, this kind of anxious and powerless moment in his heart was indeed difficult, Li Tianran couldn't help pacing back and forth in the small courtyard of the grass hall; Li Bo on the side was no better, and he picked up a branch at random and began to compare swordsmanship, but his body shape and pace were chaotic, which showed that his mood was not stable.

At this time, a fast horse rushed to the door of the cottage, Du Fu was not far from him and knew the person, this person was the messenger on Li Mi's house, so he hurriedly greeted him, and the person did not delay, after getting off the horse, he walked straight to Du Fu and said in a low voice: "Mr. Du, pass on the words of Lord Li Mi, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to meet the person in charge of investigating the case alone." ”

Du Fu responded and hurriedly beckoned to Li Tianran, signaling him to come over, Li Tianran hurriedly walked over when he saw this, Du Fu pointed at Li Tianran, and said in a low voice: "This is Li Bai's son, the person I recommended to investigate the case - Li Tianran." ”

The messenger glanced at Li Tianran and said in a low voice: "You quickly follow me on the horse, the prince wants to see you in the East Palace." ”

At this time, Li Boyu also came over and answered: "Are the two brothers going together?" ”

The messenger glanced at Li Boyu sideways, and did not ask his identity, but said bluntly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered, only to see the investigator alone, and you are still here... Wait for news. ”

After hearing this, Li Boyu said anxiously: "If I don't go, then... Then who will protect Brother's safety, he is... ”

Li Tianran hurriedly pulled Li Boyu's sleeve, if it wasn't for the time, I'm afraid that Li Boyu would tell him about being arrested by bad people, Li Tianran answered: "Brother, don't worry, I'll go and go back, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will summon me, it should be no problem!" ”

After he said this, Li Boyu could be regarded as understanding, but nodded lightly and responded: "That... Brother goes early and returns early. ”

Seeing this, the messenger did not delay any longer, immediately got on the horse, stretched out his hand and pulled Li Tianran to the horse, after sitting up, Li Tianran deliberately covered his face with clothes, the messenger immediately pulled the reins, and the two rode away together.

A moment later, Li Tianran has come to the side gate of the East Palace with the messenger, under the guidance of the messenger, Li Tianran entered the East Palace, the East Palace is magnificent, the courtyard is layered, the building is exquisite, through the courtyards of the layers, the corridors are roundabout, and then they arrived at a secluded courtyard. There is a small two-story building in the courtyard, which looks unique, this should be the small courtyard where the prince usually spends himself alone, and a guard stood outside the house, and the messenger arrived and quickly bowed and saluted, so he turned and left.

Li Tianran secretly observed that the East Palace was indeed heavily guarded, with a post at five steps and a sentry at ten steps, and there were also government soldiers patrolling from time to time, but there was only one guard here, and I don't know if this guard was extremely martial, or when he arrived here, the prince did not need to be more vigilant.

The guard stretched out his hand and gently knocked on the door a few times, then turned to Li Tianran and whispered, "You go in, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is waiting for you in the back room." ”

Li Tianran nodded, took a deep breath, and pushed the door in with his hand. The small building is a hollow structure, the second floor is full of books and miscellaneous volumes around the circle, there is a big case in the hall on the first floor, at this time there is a person sitting in front of the case with his eyes closed and tasting tea, dressed luxuriously, and his air is magnificent, it should be His Royal Highness the Prince, he heard the movement, so he slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing this, Li Tianran hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and shouted loudly: "Meet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Get up first, and take your seat to answer." The sound actually came from Li Tianran's right side, Li Tianran hurriedly looked sideways when he heard the sound, it turned out that there was a person sitting on his right, and he was in a hurry when he entered the house just now, so he didn't pay attention. Seeing that this person was born with a delicate appearance, wearing a cyan uniform, Li Tianran secretly guessed: "Could it be that this person is Li Yu?" ”

Li Tianran didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly thanked him: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie, thank you, this lord!" With that, he got up, and the prince gestured with his hand to sit aside.

After Li Tianran sat down, the prince immediately slowly asked, "You are the son of Li Bai?" ”

Li Tianran arched his hand and replied: "Back to His Highness, it is the grass people." ”

The prince said: "What official position do you live in now?" ”

Li Tianran said: "Chang'an Da'anfang, bad guy Li Tianran!" ”