Chapter 258: Between Advance and Retreat

Enough is enough, too much! After Li Xian quickly calculated, he finally made a decision, he didn't want to be hated by Gaozong because of this matter - this case was presided over by Li Xian, and there was such a major event to force the palace, Li Xian couldn't get out of the relationship, once the prince finished playing, Li Xian couldn't escape the disaster of the nest, and this was obviously not the result that Li Xian was happy to see, besides, Li Xian was not sure that the queen of martial arts did not get out of the back hand, in case the palace was forced too hard, and the queen of martial arts rose up to fight back, then the fun would be great.

"Brother Prince, let's see each other together."

Li Xian had a certain idea, so he no longer hesitated, and took advantage of the noise on Monday, and replied to Li Hong in a low voice.

"Well, that's fine."

Although Li Hong was still unwilling, he also knew that this matter was not good enough without Li Xian's cooperation, and when he heard Li Xian say this, he could only reluctantly accept it.

"Everyone, please be still." Li Hong is also a decisive person, seeing that he could not encourage Li Xian to take risks with him, he also gave up, stood up, pressed his hands, and snorted, and the courtiers who were originally besieging Gao Hesheng quieted down, and each of them retreated, making a gesture of respectfully listening to the prince's instructions.

"Princes, although there are some villains in the court who are rampant, but they are just clowns jumping off the beam, there are pillars such as the princes, and they don't know that there is a risk of reversal, but now I am fortunate to have the king of England to see the traitors, and be alone to be the father of the emperor, eradicate the traitors and eliminate the evil, and return the clarity of my society, the day after tomorrow is the early dynasty, and please ask the princes to write their own words and things, with the wisdom of the father, there should be a decision." The prince was eloquent, and when he said it loudly, he didn't forget to tie Li Xian to his own carriage in his words.

"The ministers obey the orders of His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Most of the courtiers present were the prince's henchmen, and the prince was the only one who looked forward, and most of the neutral courtiers such as Pei Xingjian who rushed to hear the news were also disgusted with the martial arts and politicians, and they would not come out to contradict the prince.

This kid really has the eloquence of an orator, hey, it's a pity, I met that ruthless old thief, I'm afraid your kid's Mingjun dream is destined to be shattered. Li Xian lowered his head, as if he was also moved by the prince's words, but in fact, in his heart he was lamenting that Li Hong's life was not at the right time, although there was a trace of wanting to help Li Hong sit firmly in the country, but as soon as he thought of the ruthlessness and viciousness of the martial queen, this kind of thought immediately faded away, just because Li Xian didn't believe that Li Hong could fight the martial arts queen at all, even if Li Xian assisted him with all his might, at most it was just to move Li Hong's defeat time back a little, the reason is very simple, Li Hong is not ruthless enough, in terms of today's events, If Li Xian and Li Hong change positions, they will be forced to the end of the palace in life and death, and it will be a big deal to use Li Xian, the chief judge, as a scapegoat.

"Seventh brother, please."

Li Hong was too addicted to performance, and he didn't pay any attention to what Li Xian thought, and after a few words of conversation with Yan Liben, Le Yanwei and other old prime ministers, he greeted Li Xian with a smile.

"Brother Prince, please."

At this point, Li Xian was too lazy to talk nonsense, and after answering expressionlessly, he was half a position behind the prince, and walked wordlessly all the way to the Zetianmen, and went straight to the Qianyuan Hall along the avenue in the palace.

"The sons knock to see the father and the queen mother!"

As soon as the brothers turned out of the screen at the entrance of the dormitory, they saw Gaozong and Empress Wu sitting side by side on the couch, the difference was that Gaozong's face was gray and Empress Wu was indifferent.

"Hmph."

Gaozong was obviously still angry, and he didn't say much about the two sons' greetings, but just snorted lightly from his nostrils.

"Let's all be even, come here, show the prince a seat."

Gaozong didn't say anything, but as soon as Empress Wu saw that the two brothers had arrived, a kind smile quickly appeared on her indifferent face, and she raised her hand weakly, and called out gently.

"The sons and daughters are waiting to thank the father and the queen mother."

Li Hong and Li Xian are both scheming people, and they will not lose their manners because of Gaozong's anger or the kindness of the Empress Wu, they each thanked each other, and several of their own little eunuchs raised a brocade pier to invite the prince to take a seat, while Li Xian stood aside calmly, without the slightest intention of speaking in a hurry.

"Tell me what you're making a fuss about, huh?"

Li Xian, the person in charge, did not speak, Li Hong was anxious, but it was not easy to force himself, and the Empress Wu obviously had no intention of provoking the topic, the dormitory was strangely quiet, and the atmosphere was suffocating, and at the end, Gaozong was the first to lose his breath, glared at Li Xian angrily, and asked with hatred.

Gotcha, I'll take it, and sure enough, the anger will come to us! Rao is Li Xian has long known that there will be such "treatment", but when he really encountered it, he still couldn't help but be a little stupid, but at this moment, even if Li Xian had more dissatisfaction, he didn't dare to express it, so he could only stand up, bow down, and report in a sincere and fearful tone: "Qiyu father, the son was ordered to review the case of the impeachment of Zhou Guogong Wu Min by the imperial history, and he didn't dare to relax a little, but because of occasional physical discomfort, he was slightly delayed for two days, but he was surprised to hear that yesterday's edict changed greatly, and someone secretly assassinated Wu Minzhi, Under this trial, Fang Jue's case was so important that it was unexpected, but fortunately, the prince's brother supported, and now the case has been revealed, and Wu Min's confession is here, and he also asked his father to look at it. ”

"Well, stabbing? How could I not know that there was such a thing? ”

As soon as Gaozong heard the word "assassination", his eyes immediately widened, and he did not rush to reach out to receive the confession handed over by Li Xian, and asked with a face full of surprise and confusion.

"Back to my father's words, here's the thing, last night...... Thanks to the grace of his father, the three thieves who assassinated him have been ambushed, and only one of the guards under the son of the son died at the hands of the thief, and the son has already had this chapter, and he wanted to find out the case and report it to his father, but he didn't want the case to take a turn for the worse today, and the son failed to report to his father in time, which was a risk of dereliction of duty, and asked his father to surrender. Li Xian bowed down and briefly recounted the assassination of last night's prison fire with an uneasy expression, concealing the relevant ambush and deployment, and never mentioning the fact that there were still two living people in hand.

"Hmm, this is really strange, hum, Dali Temple is very much eaten, fire, stabbing, back to this, Hou Shanye, this Dali Temple Qing is deeply hopeless!" After listening to Li Xian's explanation, Gaozong's anger immediately shifted to the officials of Dali Temple, and he scolded mercilessly.

"Father Emperor Mingjian, Hou Shanye is deeply involved in Wu Min's case, and his son has detained it, and the existing evidence such as Wu Min's confession and account books are here, I implore my father to investigate it carefully!" Li Xiannai is a character who is refined to the bone marrow, and this time Gaozong transferred his anger to the head of Dali Temple, and immediately hit the snake with the stick, and unceremoniously fell into the well.

"Huh?"

Gaozong scolded and scolded, but he never expected that Hou Shanye, such an important minister, was really involved in Wu Min's case, as soon as he heard Li Xian say so surely, he was stunned, and looked at Li Xian suspiciously, seeing that Li Xian looked serious, not like he was lying, the anger in his heart immediately surged, and he copied the thick stack of documents in Li Xian's hand, and flipped it quickly, the more he looked, the more gloomy his face became, and at the end, he couldn't help but speak violently: "Mei Niang, take a look, take a good look, this is your good nephew, hum, I'm so angry, bastard! ”

"Your Majesty is angry, Min Zhi is young and ignorant, there must be a debauchery/debauchery of the remains, his sin is not forgivable, but when it comes to forming a party for personal gain, the concubines think that Min Zhi should not have such courage, and the people in the court and the Chinese are just looking at Min Zhi's favor, intending to befriend him, and sending some property to think that there is also a knot, and now that he has committed such a crime, the concubines dare not cover up with him, and everything will be dealt with according to the law." Empress Wu took the confession and other things handed over by Gaozong, but she did not rush to look at it, but gently persuaded her, making it clear that she wanted to sacrifice one of He Lanmin's people to protect the Empress Wu's party involved in the case.

"Father, the sons think that what the queen mother said is reasonable, and the people who are sensitive are guilty and deserve it, but all kinds of courtiers do not expose their evil, but instead bend to curry favor, which really helps to abuse them, and most of the ministers involved in the case are newly promoted ministers, and the family background is not rich, but the property sent is really amazing, if there is nothing to do, I am afraid that it is difficult, and it should be investigated." As soon as Empress Wu's voice fell, the prince immediately said unceremoniously, biting the minister involved in the case to befriend Helan Minzhi is another plan, which also shows his attitude of chasing and fighting to the end.

"This ...... Hmm, Xian'er, as the presiding judge, do you have any plans for this case? ”

Although Gaozong is cowardly, he is not stupid, at this time, how can he not know that the housework between the Empress Wu and the prince has reached the point of incompatibility, and he really doesn't know how to deal with it, after hesitating for a while, he set his eyes on Li Xian, and kicked the ball to Li Xian's feet with a big foot.

"Don't panic, it's good to say that your mother and your father will make decisions for you."

Before Li Xian could speak, Empress Wu had already spoken, his tone was mild, but his heart was full of threats.

"What the queen mother said is very true, since the seventh brother is the main judge, he should make a decision, no matter how difficult this matter is, with his father and the emperor, the seventh brother does not need to worry."

As soon as Empress Wu's voice fell, the prince immediately followed without hesitation, making it clear that he was fighting in the ring with Empress Wu.

Gotcha, this time, let's be the focus! Facing everyone's expectant eyes, Li Xian secretly felt bitter in his heart, but it was obviously not okay not to answer, there was a slight mistake between advance and retreat, and his fun was not small, fortunately, before entering the palace, Li Xian had calculated the appearance of this scene, and he would not be too nervous, so he groaned and said: "Back to the words of the father, the sons and daughters think that Wu Min's people are also despised, and his deeds are also evil, although death is not enough to punish his crimes, but he thinks of the dignity of the heavenly family, when the punishment is no family property, the punishment of three thousand miles, the rest of the ministers involved in the case no matter what their intentions, Furthermore, bribery should not be taken lightly, and should be degraded or appropriate according to the law. ”

Li Xian's words were clearly biased towards Li Hong's side, but he never made things desperate, leaving a lot of room for maneuver, but how to grasp it was very subtle, it can be said that he was single-minded, and for a while everyone in the room was silent, and they were silent......