Li Shen, the word Gongzhui, from the ancestral house of the south of the Li family in Zhao County, the great-grandson of Li Jingxuan, the prime minister of Tang Gaozong, was very close to Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhi when he was young, and advocated the new Yuefu poetry style together, representing the familiar "Compassion for Nong" as a later generation: "On the afternoon of hoeing day, sweat drops of grass into the soil, who knows that the Chinese food on the plate is hard work." ”

In the fifteenth year of Emperor Yuanhe of Tang Xianzong (820), he was appointed as a bachelor of Hanlin, and was known as the three handsomes of Hanlin together with Li Deyu and Yuan Zhen. Later, he was involved in the Niu Li Party dispute, and as an important figure in the Li Party, he successively served as the Imperial Shi Zhongcheng and the Hubu Shilang.

Tang Wuzong Huichang visited the prime minister in the second year, and resigned due to a stroke in the fourth year.

Li Shen's friend Yuan Zhen is also a Li party, while another friend Bai Juyi is a bull party, but the personal relationship between the three has not been damaged because of the party dispute.

Li Shen and Bai Juyi were born in the same year, but they were a few months younger, and both of them were seven or eight years older than Yuan Zhen.

In the Tang Dynasty, after the Jinshi and the Ming Dynasty, they could be awarded officials as soon as possible through the examination of the Ministry of Officials.

There are various types of examinations, and both Yuan Zhi and Bai Juyi have taken many exams, and they are in the same subject as the Shuju Diocesan Department in the 19th year of Zhenyuan (803).

Among the three, only Bai Juyi has not been the prime minister, and Yuan Zhen's epitaph was written by Bai Juyi.

Last year, that is, in the fifth year of Huichang (845), the seventy-four-year-old Li Shen served as the envoy of the Huainan Festival.

A sensational incident occurred under his rule, and someone reported that Jiangdu County ordered Wu Xiang to steal the "Cheng Liang money" from the official family on a business trip without authorization, and forcibly married the daughter of Yan Yue, a common man under his rule.

Li Shen valued Wu Xiang's family property as stolen money, and his crime deserved the death penalty.

Wu Xiang was the nephew of Liu Zongyuan's best friend, Wu Wuling, the assassin of Shaozhou, and Li Jifu and Li Deyu both hated Wu Wuling.

The people who discussed the case claimed that Wu Xiang was wronged, believing that Li Deyu had a personal vendetta, and the official asked for a retrial, and Tang Wuzong sent the superintendent Cui Yuanzao and Li Chou to review the case.

Cui Yuanzao and Li Chou replied to the imperial court after a re-examination: "Wu Xiang stole Cheng grain and money, and Yan Yue is a native of Quzhou, once served as a Qingzhou Yatui official, and his wife is also a scholar, and the situation is different from the facts of the initial trial. ”

Li Deyu thought that Cui Yuanzao and Li Chou were ambiguous in their arguments, and did not convict Wu Xiang of capital because of selfish favoritism.

Wu Zong ordered that Wu Xiang's case should not be retried, nor should it be handed over to Yousi for conviction and punishment in accordance with the law, but that he should be executed according to Li Shen's recital.

The counselors Liu Zhongying and Jing Hui both discussed and debated, but they were not adopted.

This matter has always been a hot topic among the people, and the gentry feel that it is unfair, and it is normal for them to be corrupt as officials, so Wu Zong's murder is too severe.

But they didn't dare to talk about the emperor, so they pointed the finger at Li Deyu and Li Shen.

Niu Monk and Ru pointed to the east, and Huainan, where Li Shen was located, was in the east of Hunan.

Pei Du's mind was sharp, and when he saw the Di Bao, he immediately understood the meaning of Niu Shengyu's action just now, that is, to use Li Shen as a breakthrough and pull Li Deyu into the water.

Since Li Shen is dead, it is impossible to defend himself, so how to decide the case is not a matter of the court's words?

Niu Seng and the child finally couldn't help but make a move, but he didn't want to destroy his honest reputation, so he hinted at it like this.

However, flies don't bite seamless eggs, Li Deyu and Li Shen have done a really good job, even if Wu Xiang is punished, he should follow the normal procedures to punish him.

In fact, after Li Deyu single-handedly commanded and pacified Liu Zhi, he was a little inflated, his power became more and more powerful, and he did a lot of excessive things, leaving the opponent to attack.

Today's sage (Tang Xuanzong) later said to the people around him that every time Li Deyu looked at him at the enthronement ceremony, he felt creepy, and there was a reason for it.

Pei Xiu plans to write a letter to his friends in Beijing tomorrow.

He got up again and cut the wick with scissors, and when the flame was hot, he sat down and talked with the cow monks and children about state affairs until late at night, and then the two of them fell asleep and slept until three o'clock the next day.

Wang Jufang, who was in the neighboring courtyard, also slept late, he had been thinking about Taizhen's secret record in his heart, tossing and turning and unable to sleep, it stands to reason that Hu Yande should do it at this time.

On the same night, seventy miles away in Hengshan, there was already a fierce battle.

According to Hu Yande's plan, he did not plan to send more than 50 people to directly raid the Yinzhen Rock, which was the place where Liu Yuanjing retreated and cultivated, and in order to guard against thieves and fierce beasts, traps were also set up around the stone chamber in the barren mountains and wild mountains, which could be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, which he had already observed when he was a guest.

Therefore, he set the location of the attack on the way back to the True Palace of the Hidden True Rock, so that the other party would have no geographical advantage.

But what they didn't expect was that Guo Hong and the three of them did not set off on the second day, it seemed that they would have to wait until the third day, Hu Yande was afraid that Wang Jufang would blame, so he had to order a strong attack, even if the other party had a geographical advantage, he couldn't take care of it.

Originally, he wanted his younger brother to bring someone here, but after all, he couldn't rest assured, and when the matter came, he changed his mind and finally went out in person.

At this time, it was already evening, and the two Hu Yande brothers led their men to the opposite mountain, and the subordinates who had already monitored came to report: "The two leaders of Qiqi, three of them have been staying in the cave, only the old man has gone to the stream to fetch water." ”

"Are you sure they didn't find you?"

"Naturally not, our five spies are all from Orion in the forest, the mountains here are high and the forests are lush, and hundreds of people will not be found if they are hidden."

Hu Yande nodded and put his mind at ease, as long as the other party didn't notice it, there would be no twists and turns in this matter.

The woods behind the Hidden True Rock were full of traps, and the black light blinded the other party could not escape from there, so he ordered to withdraw the sentry who was staring at him from a distance.

When it was dark, the light came out of the stone room opposite.

With a wave of his hand, Hu Yande led his subordinates to touch through the grass, wading close to the stone chamber under the Hidden True Rock, and quietly surrounded him from three sides.

He had to fight quickly, and if he waited until it was completely dark, he would have to light a torch, which would be too conspicuous in the night and completely lose the effect of the surprise attack. And once the other party escapes, the torch will remind you of your location, and it will be difficult to catch up with someone.

During the Tang and Song dynasties, they were not as poor and poor as the Ming and Qing dynasties, and ordinary people were able to eat meat, so there were few people with night blindness.

Moreover, Sun Simiao also recorded in "A Thousand Golden Prescriptions" that animal liver can treat night blindness.

This is a barren mountain range, there are many trees, and it is difficult for the moonlight and stars in the sky to penetrate it, and even if there is no night blindness, you can't see things in the dark.

Because Hu Yande knew that there was a trap, he added a little caution and let a few people use sticks to explore the way in front, even if there was a sound, it was too late for the other party to realize that he wanted to escape.

Sure enough, a few traps were quickly discovered, and everyone detoured to move forward, but someone still stepped on the mechanism, Hu Yande heard a whine, and hurriedly fell to the side, only to see a huge black shadow swaying from above, he saw that it was a wooden row full of spikes, and one of his subordinates couldn't dodge, and was inserted into it and let out a terrible scream.

The wooden raft swayed back and forth, and the man was silent.

Hu Yande waited for the wooden row to stop before he got up, looked towards the entrance of the stone chamber, and saw that someone poked his head out to take a look, and the lights inside went out.

He bowed down and led his men on, and the group drew their blades.

No one spoke, only heavy breathing and footsteps could be heard.

After walking less than ten steps, someone shouted on the side, and his body hung upside down with a roar, and flew into the air.

"Watch the locks under your feet!" Hu Yande's second brother, Hu Yanyong, shouted, and then he snorted and was smashed out by a log that rushed horizontally.