In Li Longji's memory, there are only a handful of days when he is alone, and even in the second year of Tianbao, the two fathers have talked face-to-face like this, no one else is present, it is the first time, Li Longji has many heirs, and like all fathers in the world, he loves every child of his own, but also like all the kings of all dynasties, this kind of love has a bottom line, that is, the monarchy, the monarchy that no one can challenge.

In the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, Li Longji wanted to abolish Tai Lixin, so he secretly made Li Linfu frame too immoral, Li Ying panicked, so he had the heart of rebellion, and wanted to take advantage of Li Longji's illness to carry out a palace coup, but Concubine Wu Hui's plan, Li Longji then raised a butcher's knife and killed the three Li Ying brothers to make an example of other women.

Eight years later, another Donggong case was pushed in front of Li Longji, he had already obtained Li Qing's twist and turn through Gao Lishi yesterday, and also sent someone to verify the content of the fold, which was completely true, but it was just a false accusation after the intensification of the conflict between Weng and his son-in-law, but for Li Longji, he was not concerned about the case itself, but the hidden things behind this case, and he was too impatient to wait.

The throne has become a part of Li Longji's life, just as the old man is more afraid of death than the young man, he has been the emperor for thirty-three years, but he cares more about the longevity of the throne than ever before, in his opinion, too long, will be impatient, so as to give birth to dissenting hearts, the best way is to change the Tai regularly, so that every Tai is trembling and living under his wings, but the price of replacing the Tai is also obvious, after the light is exchanged. The heavy thing is to shake the national system, which also makes Li Longji have to be cautious after replacing Tai Li Ying in the twenty-fifth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and carefully balance this pair of pros and cons twin brothers.

Li Heng has been a local prince for eight years, and so far, Li Longji has mixed feelings about him, the joy is that he is low-key, unassuming, and carefully figured out his eyes and complexion, and the worry is that Li Heng has mediocre ability and weak temperament. I'm afraid that I can't continue the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, but fortunately, he gave birth to a benevolent, filial piety, courteous and courteous emperor's eldest grandson, and let him see the future of the Tang Dynasty.

"I heard that you scolded Yu'er the day before yesterday. He still can't get out of bed, why is that? ”

Li Heng didn't know that Li Qing had folded his father through Gao Lishi yesterday, and he thought that Li Linfu's false accusation had been transferred to his father, so his father summoned him.

He had already thought of a statement along the way, everything was done by his subordinates without permission, he lived in the East Palace, and never interacted with his relatives, so he didn't know the cause and effect of what happened this time, no matter who it was, it had nothing to do with him.

Unexpectedly, the father did not mention this matter, but asked himself why he wanted to beat Yu'er. This was both reasonable and unexpected.

"Doesn't my father know about this? No way! ”

Li Heng immediately denied his conjecture, and Cui Qiao had already said it in the letter he came. Liu Ji's rewritten paper was taken away from Dali Temple before dawn, with Li Linfu's style of doing things, he will definitely not come out in person, but fake hands on others, just now I heard the eunuch say that the king of Yushi Cheng must be here for this matter, thinking of this, Li Heng's eyes glanced slightly. Seeing a thick fold on his father's imperial case, his heart immediately jumped wildly. According to his intuition, this book must be the report of Du Youlin's case.

But the father was still waiting for his reply, Li Heng didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly said: "Yu'er is usually negligent in discipline, and the day before yesterday in an argument with Xiangguo, he actually said the foul words of the villain in the market, and the son-in-law was angry for a while, so he beat him again. ”

Li Longji smiled faintly, and casually pulled out a copy of it from a pile of folds in the upper left corner, "I have just learned about this matter, and you have nothing to say about beating your own son, but if you don't do things well, I will punish you!" ”

Li Heng hurriedly stood up, bowed his head and responded: "Erchen is willing to be punished!" ”

"May I be punished!" Li Longji sneered, "You don't even know why I want to punish you, so you accept it calmly, you are very obedient!" ”

Li Heng heard the displeasure in his father's tone, and his heart suddenly became uneasy, and a crystal bright color oozed from his forehead, "The father is the outline, the king is the minister, this is a matter of course, so the sons dare not ask more, the father wants to punish me, after all, the sons and daughters think, after the father punishes me, they may say the reason, if they don't say it, the sons are willing to accept it without complaint." ”

Li Longji stared at him for a long time, and finally said coldly: "Yu'er left you at the age of eight and lived in Baisun Academy, his knowledge and life were taught by his master, and now he is not yet in the age of the weak crown, his words and deeds should be responsible for his master, and now since he is disrespectful, you only blame him and do not hold his master responsible, is it putting the cart before the horse?" ”

Li Heng wiped a handful of sweat on his forehead, and said in fear: "It's Erchen's inconsiderate consideration, Erchen will punish his master!" ”

"No need!"

Li Longji stretched his face and said with a slight anger: "I have already issued an order to kill his master Sun Yannian!" Go back now, get the best doctor for me, and cure my grandson in two days, if not, hum! I'm going to beat you so much that you can't get out of bed. ”

"Yes! Erchen will go to Imperial Doctor Zhang now. Seeing that his father was angry, Li Heng was so frightened that he hurriedly wanted to retire to find the imperial doctor, but Li Longji picked his eyes and stared at him gloomily and said, "Did I let you go?" ”

Sweat had soaked through Li Heng's underwear, and even a bead of sweat the size of a bean hung on the tip of his nose, but his body didn't dare to move again, his hands and lips were trembling, his eyes were staring directly at his toes, and his brain was at a loss.

"I came to ask you, then Li Qingke came to look for you?"

Li Heng's heart was cold, the most fearful thing finally came, he was so nervous that he couldn't speak, he only nodded mechanically, Li Longji also clearly felt the fear in his heart, couldn't help but glance at him, and secretly wondered: "Is this his own son?" I can't see the slightest shadow of myself in him, how heroic and decisive he was back then, turning the tide, and this one in front of him, cowardly and timid, was scared like this by a childish false accusation, if the Tubo people called one day, would he abandon Chang'an and flee? ”

He sighed in disappointment, "But then again, if he was really like himself, would he be able to tolerate him again?" Said: "That Li Qing is a cult material, he is loyal to you, I will return it to you, if you drive him out of the East Palace again, there will be no third time." ”

Listening to his father's tone slowed down, and mentioned that Li Qing only asked him to use him, and it had nothing to do with Du Youlin's case, Li Heng's fear weakened, and his hands and feet began to warm up, he first reached out to wipe the sweat beads on the tip of his nose and forehead, and then replied cautiously: "This Li Qing Erchen also thinks that he is a talent, and he will definitely treat him well in the future, yesterday his father said that he would send him to the Western Regions, and Erchen went back to check, it seems that only the post of governor of Shazhou (now Dunhuang) is still missing, does my father mean.

Li Longji nodded slowly, "Not bad!" It's Shazhou, don't tell him about this matter for the time being, I still need to discuss his other arrangements with Xiangguo. ”

After that, Li Longji looked at Li Heng, "Now you can step back, hurry up and heal my grandson's injury, and you are not allowed to beat him again in the future, otherwise, Hugh blames me for being unkind to you!" ”

Li Hengnuo retreated, out of the Zichen Palace, he looked up at the sky, he never had

The light was as brilliant as it is today, and the blue sky seemed to be washed with a hint of impurities.

"That Li Qing is a cult material. There will be no third time! This time the position was finally saved, he almost looked up to the sky and laughed, suddenly, he felt something, hurriedly looked back, but saw Gao Lishi standing not far behind him, smiled and nodded to himself, Li Heng understood, cast a grateful gaze at him, slightly arched his hand, and strode away,

In the imperial study, Li Longji opened the Wang:|+ pen and crossed out the names of Wei Jian, Wang Zhongsi, Zhang Qiu and Qiong and others one by one, called Gao Lishi in, handed him the fold and said: "This time you don't need to go in person, find someone to hand over this fold to Li Linfu, pass on my word, this case is very important, and he should try this case in person, and he must not deal with me at will." ”

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Let's say that Li Qing came out of the East Palace, the sun had risen high, and he wanted to go to the West Market, but he remembered that he had said that he would go home for lunch, and the West Market would go back in the afternoon!

The fog has completely dissipated, the sky is exceptionally clear, the air is already filled with a hint of summer feeling, the early summer of Chang'an is coming, you can see catkins flying in the air everywhere, a cluster, a team into a ball, a gust of east wind blowing, a good wind with strength, straight to the clouds.

It's been almost four years since I came to Datang. He suddenly felt that he seemed to have the time and mood to observe the sky of Datang Land today, the sky was so vast and vast, there was an endless blue sky above, so clear that there was not a single cloud, the breeze gently blew his face, Li Qing's heart suddenly opened up, those light and heavy sorrows, the inexplicable troubles that gradually accumulated in his heart before. Now that he has flown away, he opened his arms wide and laughed on Suzaku Street, attracting the attention of thousands of people, and he was enjoying the style of the Tang Dynasty to the fullest, under the same blue sky. For thousands of years, he had never been more confident than he is today.

Passing through a small street, Li Qing saw the wall of the Si Ning Wangfu, but there seemed to be many people on the side of the road stopping to watch, as if something was happening in front of him? He urged the horse to go quickly, turned a corner, but saw that in front of the gate of the Si Ning Palace, there were dozens of officials shouting noisily, not afraid of the majesty of the palace, Li Qing saw behind the officials at a glance. There was a young man dressed as a scholar, probing his brain. shouted the most fiercely, but it was not enough to reply.

"He really sued himself!"

Li Qing suddenly became a little angry. How did Xian Yu Zhongtong discipline his son, and he also recommended him to be the assassin of Nanxi County, 'Is he really too good at talking?' ’

He sneered, and slammed the horsewhip, and a blood mark immediately appeared on the horse's hips, and the war horse was in pain, raised its front hooves and neighed, and rushed straight to the gate. All the way, the pedestrians were scared to dodge left and right, only for a moment. He rushed to the gate.

At the gate, dozens of officials with swords and sticks were blocked, and dozens of family members of the Si Ning Wangfu frowned coldly, crowded at the door and confronted the officials, Li Qing heard a woman's angry reprimand, "Do you think this is the Land Temple?" If you want to, you can break through! I tell you, this is the palace of the king of Sining, the mansion of the dignified Zongzheng Siqing, here, no matter who is from my palace of the king, if you want to go in and arrest people, go and ask for the holy decree! ”

It was the voice of Li Jingyan, the county lord of Pingyang, after she went to Nanzhao, she had been taking care of the curtain and Xiaoyu meticulously, and today she stepped forward again, she didn't expect that she still had such a enthusiasm hidden in her cold state, Li Qing couldn't help but be secretly grateful to her, put aside the thing that the curtain said, only this favor, she will have to pay it back in the future.

Bring the official to arrest people, it is the new Chang'an County Commander Cui Guangyuan, he is also the Cui family's descendant, born in a professional class, originally also in Jiannan as an official, last year after the original Chang'an ordered Liu Sheng to sit on the stolen goods and was killed with a cane, Cui's family relations transferred him to the capital, to the Sining Wangfu to arrest people, it was pressed down from above, the big fish in the officialdom ate the small fish, Jingzhao Mansion pushed it to him, and his subordinates and county lieutenants were all taken to handle the Du Youlin case, Cui Guangyuan had no shrimp to eat, so he had to come to the door to handle the case in person, the daughter in front of him was as cold as frost, and the county lord of Pingyang was cold, It is said that he has a very good personal relationship with Princess Yuzhen, who is the emperor's favorite today, and he didn't dare to provoke it, so he had to whisper: "The lower official is just handling the case, please forgive the county lord." ”

"The person you want to arrest is my local family, and has nothing to do with the county lord."

Li Qing slowed down his horse and came to the front of a group of officials, he did not dismount, first made a gesture to Li Jingyan, let her in, turned his head, he looked at Cui Guangyuan coldly, seeing that this person was about thirty years old, very tall, but between his eyebrows and eyes was a little familiar, as if he had seen it, Li Qing couldn't help but be slightly stunned, "Lord County Commander, have we met?" ”

Cui Guangyuan saw Li Qing, but he was suddenly taken aback, the order he got was that the guests of King Si Ning abducted people and slaves, and asked him to take people to justice, but he never expected that the person to be arrested was him, he did see Li Qing, it was at the banquet of Zhang Qiu and Qiong for his father's birthday in Wangjiang Restaurant, that is, that night, Li Qing's slush was a hit in Chengdu, he knew Li Qing, he naturally knew Li Qing's weight, and he couldn't help but secretly complain, he got a hot case, and he couldn't get this and involved the partisan dispute in the imperial court, it should be like this, Otherwise, a small case of human trafficking, even Jing Zhaoyin said that it was suppressed from above. But now, he couldn't say nothing, so he had to bite the bullet and say to Li Qing: "At the birthday banquet of Lord Zhangqiu's family, I had a relationship with General Li. ”

He sighed and said apologetically to Li Qing: "Xiaguan was just ordered to handle the case, this servant who rarely announced that General Li abducted his family, the case has been accepted, Xiaguan didn't dare to be rude, only asked General Li to cooperate with us, and that Xiaoyu girl, go to the county yayingtang together." ”

After speaking, Cui Guangyuan pulled out Xian Yu Fuli and said hatefully: "He is Xian Yu Zhongtong, it is he who sued General Li." ”

"Rare in Lord Zhongtong?"

Li Qing sneered, "I never knew this person, I thought he was like a ruffian on the street, like a turtle boy in Qinglou, a county magistrate, he said that he was Xianyu Zhongtongzhi, do you believe it?" If he says that he is a member of the royal family and comes to sue Taiyi, do you also want to go to the East Palace to arrest people? ”

"This.

Cui Guangyuan was speechless, this case was suppressed early this morning, and he really didn't have time to confirm the identity of Xian Yu's revenge, so he couldn't say anything for a while.

At this time, a sneer came from not far away, "Xian Yugong is a jinshi last year, and the official department has been recorded, and he is about to be conferred an official, how can it be a fake?" ”

Li Qing and Cui Guangyuan turned back at the same time, only to see an official sedan chair stopped twenty steps away, the sedan curtain was lifted, and a man in his forties walked out of it, with a thin face, a pale face like paper, and a gloomy look in his eyes.

As soon as Li Qing saw this person, he immediately realized, no wonder this small case even said that the county order of Chang'an County was ordered to handle the case, and it was pressed down from above, who was it above? Naturally, it was Li Linfu, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and his heart sneered slightly, "Li Xiangguo, you want to get rid of me in this small case, you also underestimate me!" ”