Chapter 640: The So-Called Truth
I have to say that sometimes Li Su's mouth is very poisonous, poisonous and cheap. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lu Dongzan didn't squeak for a long time, and felt that he not only did a stupid thing about beating a dog with meat buns, but also was bitten by a dog in turn, which was very congested.
"Returned to the treasury by His Majesty the Emperor of your country? This ......" Lu Dongzan had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know whether to show a sympathetic expression, or ignore him and throw a dog at him to show disdain.
Li Su's face was in pain after being ransacked, and this expression was by no means pretended.
"Yes......" Li Suyu sighed and glanced at him: "Brother Lu, your subordinates are not particular about things, of course this kind of thing is silent and does not fall traces, your deputy envoy is good, swaggering in the daytime to drive two large carts of gifts, sent into my house in front of everyone's eyes, almost beating gongs and drums to announce the world, Your Majesty can't pretend to be confused, you are insulting the IQ of the entire Tang Dynasty......"
Lu Dongzan was stunned, although he didn't understand what "IQ" was, but it was conceivable that it must not be a good word.
"This ...... The foolish brother really never expected that the virtuous brother had suffered, and the foolish brother's sin was also, and the virtuous brother was not to blame. Lu Dongzan hurriedly apologized, and his cheeks twitched.
More than 20,000 gifts have been lost, not to mention, and they have to apologize to others in the end......
Lu Dongzan found that he couldn't understand the Tang Dynasty more and more, your circle is really complicated, how can it be as real as our Tubo, and we will cut people if we don't agree with each other......
Li Su smiled: "Don't blame Brother Lu, just blame us for our bad luck, next time Brother Lu gives another gift, you must go while it's dark, after all...... We're doing something nasty, right? ”
Lu Dongzan: "............"
In this sentence, Lu Dongzan heard the meaning, does this shameless guy still want to let himself give him a gift?
Looking at Li Su's smiling face squeezing out the pleats, Lu Dongzan also smiled and laughed angrily.
"Haha, well, the foolish brother remembers, next time I must take advantage of the dark to go, it is not simple to say that the virtuous brother is not simple, the foolish brother has heard of the name of the virtuous brother in Tubo, the battle between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, the virtuous brother decided the winner in a word, let us Tubo suffer a big loss, we Zampu until now heard the name of the virtuous brother are love and hate, and then the virtuous brother was ordered by the emperor to defend Xizhou, for your emperor His Majesty to revitalize a big game of chess, the virtuous brother's deeds, the foolish brother has heard of it, worthy of the young heroes praised by His Majesty the emperor of your country, and became famous at a young age, The power is unparalleled, and it is reasonable for people to be stared at everywhere in Chang'an City, and the foolish brother understands......"
Li Su arched his hand with emotion: "I didn't expect Brother Lu to be so familiar with Brother Yu, he is really a confidant in Brother Yu's life, Brother Lu is not wrong, there are many disadvantages of becoming famous at a young age, Brother Yu is in Chang'an, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring, every move is known to Chang'an, and Brother Yu has been annoyed in recent years." ”
Lu Dongzan smiled: "Brother Fool can't help you anything, you can only send some copper-smelling things to talk about the worries of the virtuous brother, if the virtuous brother does not give up, you can complain to the foolish brother if you have any troubles in the future." ”
With a long sigh, Lu Dongzan's eyes flashed, and he lowered his voice and said: "It seems that the virtuous brother is such a wonderful material, but I hate my Tubo but it is rare to meet one in a thousand years, if there is, I Tubo Zanpu will be cited as a peerless national scholar, treat each other with great courtesy, like the emperor of your country, he often scolds and teaches the virtuous brother, and even can't see the virtuous brother accept a little money and gifts, this kind of thing is in my Tubo, but it is unheard of, the foolish brother is not afraid to speak shallowly, to be honest, it is really not worth it for the virtuous brother." ”
Li Su's smile became brighter and brighter.
After gossiping for a long time, it is only now that I can get to the point, and it is difficult for Lu Dongzan to cultivate it.
So Li Su blinked: "Brother Lu's words have won the heart of the foolish brother, and Brother Lu ...... will."
Lu Dongzan suddenly laughed: "Don't misunderstand the virtuous brother, the foolish brother has no other intentions, it's just that the virtuous brother is not worth it, the sky is not early, if the virtuous brother doesn't give up, why don't you stay in the Sifang Pavilion for a banquet?" This time, the foolish brother came to Chang'an and brought some beautiful Maiko from Tibet, although they are not as beautiful and enchanting as the women of the Central Plains, but they also have a unique exotic style. ”
Li Su smiled and excused himself, agreed to meet him at the Sifang Pavilion tomorrow, and then said goodbye and left.
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In the next few days, Li Su finally became a good baby again, and honestly accompanied Lu Dongzan to wander around Chang'an City, from the city to the outside of the city, and from the east and west cities to Qujiangchi Furong Garden.
Interestingly, Lu Dongzan is more familiar with every scenery of Chang'an City than Li Su, and there are some allusions and origins that Li Su does not understand, but Lu Dongzan is like a few treasures, eloquently, so in contrast, Lu Dongzan is like a tour guide, and Li Su has become a guest.
In the days when he accompanied the Tubo Prime Minister, Li Su was silent a lot, he was quietly observing, seeing that Lu Dongzan was more familiar with Chang'an City than him, Li Su couldn't help but be a little vigilant.
A person who exists almost like an enemy, is more familiar with the customs and customs of the enemy country than his own people, this is by no means a good phenomenon, who knows how long he has been thinking about the great country of the Central Plains?
Lu Dongzan's performance, Li Su did not dare to conceal it, and sent someone to play truthfully to the Taiji Palace every day.
Li Shimin is obviously very satisfied with Li Su's performance, once Li Su is serious and not lazy, he will still be very reliable.
Two days later, there was also a new development in Xu Jingshan's case.
It's amazing that the family of the bitter lord has withdrawn.
The criminal department and the messengers of Dali Temple conducted an in-depth investigation of the Huang family, and found a well-preserved bowl of medicine residue from the kitchen, and I don't know how the criminal department's work was tested after so many days, anyway, from the residual medicine residue, the salvia and fine pungent medicine were detected, and several doctors in Chang'an City were invited to get together to dialectic, and finally concluded that the cause of Huang Shoufu's death was to drink this bowl of medicine.
Originally, Huang Shoufu was a businessman, his family had money, and he would drink a bowl of ginseng soup every day to replenish his qi, and the prescription and medicinal materials of the ginseng soup were prescribed by a doctor.
"Shennong's Materia Medica" has a saying of "eighteen antis" for the use of medicine, that is, there is a conflict between different medicinal materials, and they are mutually restrictive, and the bowl of ginseng soup with ingredients that Huang Shoufu drank happened to respond to the "eighteen antis".
The explanation is very clear and reasonable, the widow of the Huang family is especially obedient, the criminal department and the doctors explained to the family members, everyone was enlightened in an instant, understood that they had wronged a good person, and asked in unison to withdraw the case, and because Xu Jingshan was unjustly imprisoned, the Huang family was also willing to privately compensate the money to apologize......
The judicial principles of this era are basically not much different from those of later generations, that is, the so-called "the people do not raise the case, the officials do not prosecute", the bitter master has withdrawn the case, and the truth has been revealed to the world, so the suspect in the prison of Dali Temple is naturally innocent.
As for the bribery case of Han You, the servant of the Criminal Department, it is another case and has nothing to do with Xu Jingshan.
Sun Fujia, the secretary of Dali Temple, was confused by the recent series of plot reversals and reversals, and after the request for the withdrawal of the bitter lord was handed to Dali Temple, Sun Fujia was angry and handed into the Taiji Palace.
Not long after, the Taiji Palace sent a will, Xu Jingshan was acquitted, and the case of Han You, the servant of the Criminal Department, was tried separately by Dali Temple.
On a sunny day, Xu Jingshan, who was pale and dressed in white prison clothes, slowly walked out of Dali Temple, Li Su, Xu Mingzhu and other family members stepped forward, supported Xu Jingshan with a blank face on the left and right, staggered into the carriage, and went home from the city.
At this point, the dust of Xu Jingshan's case has settled.
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Well, the official explanation Li Su pretended to believe, and he didn't care about the flaws and loopholes everywhere, and he didn't care about the bowl of dregs that suddenly appeared, and the inexplicable so-called "eighteen antis", at least Li Su can be sure of one thing, whether it is the monarch and ministers of the court, or the mastermind hidden behind the scenes, when the matter comes to this point, it seems that digging down again is a shocking case, everyone doesn't want to continue digging, it is the most timely choice to calm the matter, Li Shimin doesn't want the court to be purged again, The magnates don't want to see turmoil, and the mastermind behind the scenes, of course, doesn't want to be dug up like an unlucky vole.
As a result, Xu Jingshan's case has developed to this point, and all sides are satisfied.
In the eyes of outsiders, this case can be regarded as settled, but for Li Su, Xu Jingshan's release from prison is just the beginning.
In the dark corner of the invisible, the enemy's eyes were staring at him coldly, like a jackal hunting for food, as long as the prey had the slightest flaw, it would pounce and bite, to be honest, Li Su couldn't stand this feeling of being worried all the time, and he felt uncomfortable sleeping and eating when he thought about it, and he had goosebumps all over his body.
If you want the rest of your life to be stable and sleep soundly, what Li Su has to do now is to find out the people hiding behind the scenes, and then kill them.
Whether it is the crown prince, the king of Wei, or some courtiers and magnates who see him too much in the limelight and are even blushing, no matter who is making waves behind the scenes, Li Su has to track it down to the end, and determine who the enemy is, so that his heart can be steady. Enemies in the open are enemies, but at least they are much safer than those in the shadows.
After picking up the old man and returning to the Li family, Li Su decided to temporarily settle the old father-in-law's family in his own house first, while he was busy doing other things.
The enemy does not surface, and he will not give up.
Xu Jingshan's case basically did not cause much turmoil in Chang'an, until the case was closed, Xu Jingshan left Dali Temple, and Chang'an City was also undisturbed.
However, in the next few days, there were new rumors in Chang'an City.
This time it is positive energy, and it is still Xu Jingshan's case, but the real cause of Huang Shoufu's death has been spread, and the grievances suffered by Xu Jingshan have also been widely known, and finally the people have breathed a sigh of relief, the Xu family has cleared up the grievances, and the tea sold by the Xu family is of course a natural, environmentally friendly and pollution-free green product. Of course, Li Su, the son-in-law of the Xu family, is even more innocent of the innocent, and at this time, Li Su's various deeds back then were repeatedly mentioned, and there was an overwhelming amount of praise in the market.
Li Su watched the reversal of the wind direction coldly, and he knew that all this was done by the people behind the scenes.
That person didn't want Li Su to investigate further, so he used this way to euphemistically express the meaning of reconciliation, the Xu family's grievances were cleared, and the Li family's bad reputation was corrected, and the only thing that suffered a small loss was that Xu Jingshan was inexplicably in prison for a long time, which could not be compensated.
If you change someone else, you may not be able to investigate, but anyone who is a little sober knows that if you go deeper, you may not be able to bear the results of the investigation, and you may not be able to bear the consequences.
However, Li Su wanted to check.
He knew that this time he took the initiative to make things bigger, and the people behind the scenes felt that they couldn't end it, so they decisively decided to stop, if the other party took the initiative to stop, maybe Li Su really wouldn't say anything, but the other party was forced to stop passively.
One is active, the other is passive, the nature of the matter is completely different, the enemy is still the enemy, they will still choose to pounce on themselves at an appropriate time in the future, so Li Su can't help but continue to care, he doesn't want to be hidden in the dark one day suddenly a little negligence, he will be hidden in the dark to pounce on and bite, that bite, maybe can kill him and the whole family.
If there is a sign of danger, it must be strangled to death in time.
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After Xu Jingshan was released from prison, Li Su frequently went in and out of Chang'an City.
Entering the city is not entirely to accompany Lu Dongzan, Li Su has more important things.
Every day with an idle attitude, frequently visit the generals and elders, from Cheng Biting Jin to Niu Jinda, to Li Ji, etc., Li Su has handled his connections well in recent years, and every elder treats him as a nephew, so he is treated as a guest when he enters the door of the house, and he is a wine and a Maiko, Li Su drank his eyes straight, and he didn't hear anything, but the amount of alcohol rose a lot.
The only off-topic news is that Hou Junji has been pardoned by special order and has been recalled to Chang'an, and is now on the way, and he will not be able to return in another two months.
This is the only good news, Li Su breathed a sigh of relief, and finally took the risk to exonerate Hou Junji in front of Li Shimin, and now it seems that Li Shimin is not willing to give him face, or he still thinks that Datang really can't lose good generals, in short, Hou Junji was ****.
And those envoys and widows of Gaochangguo naturally also knew about Hou Junji's pardon, this time, they could no longer kneel at the palace gate as they did at the beginning, and sue the emperor, because the emperor had punished, and more importantly, Gaochangguo had been destroyed, and they were already exiled from a foreign land, without any reliance, nor any confidence.
It's good news, at least for Li Su.
When I left Chengfu on this day, it was almost dark, and the fang official beat the gong and opened his throat to loudly remind the pedestrians to go home, and the curfew in the city began.
Outside the gate of Cheng's mansion, Fang Lao Wu and others were already waiting, and when they saw Li Su coming out, everyone hurriedly got on their horses and prepared to leave the city.
The group hurriedly walked out of Renshoufang, intending to go towards Jinguangmen, when Li Su, who was in the lead, suddenly found that under the gate of Renshoufang, a carriage was quietly parked in the middle of the road, and there were more than 20 guards standing on both sides of the carriage.
Li Su frowned, and was about to give the order to avoid it, when the curtain of the carriage on the opposite side suddenly opened, revealing a fat face that was white and chubby, honest and cute like a mascot, and the fat face was smiling at him, smiling brightly.
Li Su was stunned for a moment, then smiled too, took the initiative to dismount and took two steps forward, and made a courtesy.
"Minister, Hou Li Su of Jingyang County, meet His Royal Highness King Wei."
The person in the carriage was really Li Tai, the king of Wei, contrary to his arrogant and cold appearance at the beginning, Li Tai at this moment today looked very kind and kind, looking at Li Su's eyes like relatives who had reunited after many years.
"Li Xianhou, you can drink this wine for a long time, from afternoon to evening, the city gate is about to close before coming out of Cheng's mansion, this king has been waiting here for a long time, if you are not afraid of Uncle Cheng's old ...... Ahem, elder, this king is really eager to rush to the Cheng family and snatch you out. (To be continued.) )