Chapter 43: Disclosure
Li Yuan saw that he couldn't shirk it, so he had to say, "Okay, then Li will go back with you now." He said that he wanted to go back to Tianfu, but Li Yuan went around the big tree and drilled into the wheat field not far away.
The owner of the voice was naturally Liu Zixuan, who had been following Li Yuan, Liu Zixuan saw that Li Yuan was about to escape, his figure flashed, and he jumped in front of Li Yuan, snatched the burden he was carrying, and opened it to see that it was full of gold and silver jewelry.
Liu Zixuan said angrily: "Okay, sure enough, it's all gold and silver, what Master Tian expected was good, you still betrayed the Tian family after all, are you planning to go to Shi Yushi now?" ”
Li Yuan didn't dare to make a sound, and stepped back step by step, Liu Zixuan caught up and grabbed the collar on Li Yuan's chest, and fell heavily to the ground. This time, the silver ticket that Li Yuan had hidden close to him also fell out. Liu Zixuan picked it up and looked at it, and sneered: "Now you have something to say, don't come with me." ”
Li Yuan refused to give up, pushed Liu Zixuan away violently, and continued to want to drill into the wheat field. Liu Zixuan was furious, pulled out a long knife, and stabbed Li Yuan in the back and thigh, Li Yuan fell to the ground and couldn't get up again. Liu Zixuan walked over and picked up Li Yuan with one hand and walked in the direction of Xu County.
After walking not far, Liu Zixuan saw a figure rushing towards him, the speed of the person was extremely fast, and when the distance was still ten meters away, the person stabbed out with a sword, Liu Zixuan hurriedly dropped Li Yuan in his hand, drew his sword to block, and the swords collided with each other to create a burst of sparks. The man's sword moves were light, his swordsmanship was sharp, and he was extremely fast, Liu Zixuan felt a little hurried after a few moves with him, so he jumped out of the battle circle and fled in the direction of Xu County.
The man didn't pursue, turned around and walked to Li Yuan behind him, leaning over to check his injuries.
Li Yuan was lying on the ground, and saw that it was Liu Hanfeng who came to save him. Liu Hanfeng saw that Li Yuan was not seriously injured, so he directly slapped him out, and said angrily: "Okay you Li Yuan, I kindly gave you two taels of silver, and also forgave you the 200,000 taels of silver you owe me, you actually escaped with the money, if I hadn't arrived in time, you would have been killed by now." ”
Li Yuanzhi hurriedly flattered: "I didn't mean to run away, but I don't know how Master Tian knew about the silver you gave me, I was afraid that he would not let me go, so I escaped, but I didn't expect him to really send someone to kill me, and thanks to Brother Liu's timely rescue." Li Yuan deliberately pushed the matter of his absconding on Tian Yufeng, and at the same time wanted to test whether Liu Hanfeng leaked the matter of the silver.
How could Liu Hanfeng not know Li Yuan's careful thoughts, and scolded: "Li Yuan, let me tell you, don't try to play tricks on me, even if I let you go now, you won't be able to go far, Tian Taiwei's power in the Great Song Kingdom doesn't need me to say more, he wants to find someone, there is nothing that can't be found, where can you escape?" Now you have only one way to go, that is, to bring down the Tian family with our iron heart, only in this way can you survive in peace. ”
Li Yuan also figured it out after tonight's incident, and now whether it is Liu Hanfeng or not Liu Hanfeng told Tian Yufeng that he received the silver two, Tian Yufeng will not let go of himself anyway, rather than sit back and wait for death, it is better to give it a go. Li Yuan said: "Brother Liu is angry, I am desperate now, I dare not have any other thoughts, everything can only be arranged by Brother Liu." ”
Liu Hanfeng nodded with satisfaction, and said: "If you had been like this earlier, how could you have suffered these hardships, I will help you bandage the wound first, and then I will take you to see the general's person, and then he will take you to see Lord Yushi." ”
Li Yuan said strangely: "Why do you want to see the general first, isn't it the Prime Minister who wants to deal with Captain Tian?" Oh, I see, could it be that this time the Prime Minister and the Great General teamed up to deal with the Tian family? ”
Thinking of this, Li Yuan was shocked again, if it was really the prime minister and the general who joined forces to deal with Tian Taiwei, then the odds of winning this time would be extremely high, and he might be able to get a blessing in disguise.
When Liu Hanfeng saw Li Yuan's expression, he secretly admired Shi Luosheng in his heart, and Shi Luosheng let him say these words in front of Li Yuan, the purpose was to further strengthen Li Yuan's confidence in bringing down the Tian family.
Liu Hanfeng did not directly answer Li Yuan's words, but instead taught: "The person I want to see later, you just know that he is a general, don't say what you shouldn't say, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, many things are not something that you should know as a small master book, you yourself have been an official for many years, I don't need me to teach you these words, just take it to heart." ”
Li Yuan understood the meaning of Liu Hanfeng's words, and said happily: "Li understands, thank you Brother Liu for your advice." ”
After Liu Hanfeng bandaged Li Yuan's wounds, he took Li Yuan to find Yuan Chengce, who happened to be with Deng Yuanjue's second son, Deng Wenhao, at this time.
On that day, Yuan Chengce rushed back to Jianye and told Deng Yuanjue what he had seen and heard in Xu County, and also implicitly hinted at the meaning of His Royal Highness the Prince. Deng Yuanjue didn't care too much about letting himself take the blame, originally the relationship between the Deng family and the Tian family was the worst among the five great families, and now it is not a big deal to carry the pot for the prince.
So Deng Yuanjue went to the Prime Minister's Mansion in person and told Prime Minister Chen Guoqing about it, Chen Guoqing agreed after a little thought, and asked the imperial historian Shi Tingyu to go to Xu County to investigate and deal with the matter.
In order to cover up the whereabouts of the prince and his party, Deng Yuanjue also sent his second son Deng Wenhao to follow, so that if the prince has any new news, he can directly connect with Deng Wenhao, and he doesn't have to show up on the side of Lord Yushi.
Liu Hanfeng took Li Yuan to see Deng Wenhao, and explained the situation in Xu County in the past few days, and then left with Yuan Chengce, and Deng Wenhao handed Li Yuan over to Shi Tingyu, the imperial historian, and the rest of the matter was handled by Shi Tingyu.
Shi Tingyu, who is a doctor of imperial history, naturally has no problem, and quietly came to Xu County with a group of people, and it only took a few days to collect evidence of collusion between Jin Ziyuan and Tian Yufeng with the help of Li Yuan. In addition to the granary case, there are also a large number of cases of selling officials and exploiting the people. After collecting the evidence, Shi Tingyu quietly left Xu County with everyone.
A few days later, Shi Tingyu impeached Taiwei Tian Yulong in front of hundreds of civil and military officials in the early court, and connived at more than a dozen major crimes such as his family members perverting the law for bribes in Xu County, selling official positions, and exploiting the people. Tian Yulong was also furious on the spot, accusing Shi Tingyu of making something out of nothing and slandering himself in public. But when Shi Tingyu came up with one evidence after another, Tian Yulong's voice gradually became smaller. In the end, Tian Yulong knelt directly on the main hall and said to Xiao Daocheng: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, the minister is negligent in discipline, I really don't know that the relatives in my hometown will do so many illegal things in the name of the minister, and now the evidence is ironclad, the minister has nothing to say, please punish Your Majesty heavily." ”
Xiao Daocheng saw Tian Yulong's appearance for the first time, and he felt funny in his heart, but this was not the time to take Tian Yulong, so he said: "Tai Lieutenant, you are flat first, as a veteran of the Three Dynasties, the emperor attached great importance to you when he was alive." You are usually busy with state affairs and neglect the discipline of your family, I can understand it, but this time the impact is too bad, my Great Song Dynasty soldiers are fighting bloody battles on the front line, and your second brother has misappropriated the country's strategic materials to make a fortune, it is really hateful, if you don't pursue it, don't punish it heavily, let me face those soldiers who died on the battlefield. Prime Minister, the general, the big Situ, and the big Sikong, you have a good discussion, and then give me a deal to deal with it. As for you, Taiwei, I decided not to investigate deeply, I will be fined for a year, and I will think about it behind closed doors at home. ”
Tian Yulong saw that Xiao Daocheng had already set the tone, and he didn't dare to insist anymore. This is also equivalent to Xiao Daocheng letting himself go, just a symbolic punishment for a year, let himself think about it behind closed doors, I have to say that it is the emperor's grace. However, on this condition, he was no longer allowed to interfere in the handling of the case, and the case was handed over to the other four major families for trial together. Except for the Li family, who married the Tian family, the three families will not let go of this great opportunity, but they are afraid that their base camp will be uprooted this time, and it will be difficult for his younger brother Tian Yufeng to save his life.
After the early dynasty, the other four major families had a heated discussion on the handling of this case, although the big Situ Li Yuanqing wanted to exonerate Tian Yufeng, but after all, it was not reasonable, not to mention that the other three families all intended to make a fuss about this matter. The Li family can only rank fourth among the five major families, only a little better than the Cui family, so they are also powerless to deal with the results.
The case happened suddenly, and the evidence was conclusive, so it was quickly concluded. What is ridiculous is that Tian Yufeng and Jin Ziyuan, who are far away in Xu County, actually learned from the news sent by Tian Yulong that Doctor Yu Shi had come to Xu County, and had already checked them out, and they didn't even give the two of them time to react, let alone destroy the evidence. When Jin Ziyuan reacted that this matter might be related to Shen Rihua in prison, and he took someone to interrogate him in person, he found that the jailer had fallen to the ground and Shen Rihua had disappeared.