"This is the result of Aiqing's trial?" In the imperial study, Li Jing looked at Xiao Yan who was kneeling on the ground and asked lightly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Shangshu of the Criminal Department also knelt aside, and as a side trial, he also had a responsibility that could not be shirked. Today's trial is too absurd, and the dignified Prime Minister Sun Sheng was actually seriously injured by Wu Hou's kick, which is incredible. Moreover, Wang Cheng, as a witness, suddenly pointed out that the main messenger behind the scenes was not Yang Lian, but Sun Sheng and Prime Minister Sun, and the changes in this were interesting enough.

Xiao Yan knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, today's events are probably like this. I also hope that His Majesty will uphold justice for Weichen. ”

"Justice? What justice is done for you? Li Jing squinted at him, suddenly sneered, and said: "This time it was Wu Hou who recommended you to do something, not to mention who is the main messenger behind the scenes, only because you are the main judge, but the evidence is not collected, the dignified Dali Temple, is this how the case is handled?" ”

"Wechen has the grace of His Majesty, Wechen is guilty, please forgive Your Majesty." Xiao Yan said.

"Forgiveness? This case involves a wide range of things, first the disappearance of Princess Yan, and then the explosion in the south of the city, I am wondering if these things are related. Xiao Aiqing, can you give me a positive answer? Li Jing stopped and looked at Xiao Yan seriously.

Xiao Yan didn't dare to come out, and in the face of the Son of Heaven's question, he couldn't answer for a while.

"Hmph, I'll give you a day to find out the clues, if there is no answer, you don't have to do the position of Dali Siqing." Li Jing said, throwing his sleeves away angrily.

Gao Ze followed behind Li Jing and left quickly, and before he was about to disappear, he glanced back at Xiao Yan who was still kneeling on the ground, looking a little restless.

In the palace of King Yan, Li Hongji was pacing restlessly, on the ground, broken porcelain was scattered on the ground, it was obvious that Li Hongji had just been angry, and the porcelain on the ground was his masterpiece. Li Hongji couldn't figure out how Wang Cheng dared to ignore the life and death of his wife and children and bite Sun Sheng.

Even if the case is not settled for a while, the situation has become more confusing, that's for sure. When the case is reported, the father will definitely not give up, and the father will definitely not be soft when it endangers the country. Once you dig deeper, it is possible to involve more people from Wang Cheng's body, and Sun Sheng can't avoid it, and he will also be implicated.

If the crime is confirmed, raising dead soldiers, making gunpowder, and building weapons, no matter how generous the father is, and then the father, will he allow such a thing to happen? No, the royal family is ruthless, even the Shengming Tang Taizong killed his own son, and the father and emperor will definitely not be soft.

Li Hongji doesn't want to die, he still has a lot of things to do, Li Hongji was silent for a while, the key now is Wang Cheng, Dali Temple, except for this witness, there is not much other evidence, the explosion is too powerful, many things have been destroyed, and the rest is not enough to testify, if you can kill Wang Cheng, everything will be much easier.

Li Hongji made up his mind to pay attention, and he immediately sent someone to invite Guo Rong, hoping that he could help him.

Yang Mansion, Yang Lian was discussing things with Zeng Yiling. During the day, Yang Lian has temporarily gained the upper hand, but he has not yet won completely. This time, the battle without gunpowder smoke was a relatively large conflict in the battle of Qi Yan, but in today's environment, it means a new beginning.

After the Tang Dynasty integrated Wu Yue, it needed to recuperate, and the Great Zhou and Shu were at war, and Guo Wei couldn't take care of the Tang Dynasty for the time being. Datang has no external crisis, but the internal contradictions are becoming more and more prominent.

This kind of internal contradiction, the confrontation between Yang Lian and Sun Sheng, is actually a microcosm of the dispute between Qi Yan. With Emperor Zhou E's marriage as the introduction, Yang Lian secretly manipulated, and then detonated the secret place of Li Hongji, the king of Yan, in the south of the city, which further stimulated this contradiction.

The explosion in the south of the city had a very great impact on Li Hongji, not only cutting off his financial resources, but also exposing his ambitions in front of Li Jing, the son of heaven. What would Li Jing think and do? The royal family is ruthless, and Li Hongji is likely to be killed, or at least imprisoned. No matter which result it is, Yang Lian can accept it, at least the Yanwang party will collapse in a few years.

King Yan will be killed or imprisoned, and Sun Sheng, the biggest helper, will also be abandoned, which is Yang Lian's victory.

Of course, Yan King Li Hongji may also lose his car to protect himself and sacrifice Prime Minister Sun to protect himself, but in this way, Li Hongji's biggest reliance is gone, although Chang Mengxi, Han Xizai and others support Li Hongji, but the support given to him is limited, and it will not become a big climate.

Zeng Yiling felt that this time he must take advantage of the victory to pursue and defeat Li Hongji in one fell swoop. Zeng Yiling knew very well that Li Hongji was suspicious of her, doubting her own identity, and also doubting Yang Lian's identity.

The two discussed how to completely defeat Li Hongji, presumably at this time, Li Hongji must be very angry, and Sun Sheng's importance to him is beyond doubt. So what will he do?

Zeng Yiling believes that in this situation, Li Hongji has no choice, and losing the car to protect the commander is the best way.

Yang Lian doesn't quite agree, Sun Sheng is very important to him, Li Hongji is very likely to protect Sun Sheng, as for the means, it will definitely be unpopular. As for Li Hongji's recent actions, it is necessary to have a firm grasp in order to respond in a timely manner.

While the two were talking, Gao Ze came to announce the decree and asked Yang Lian to enter the palace.

"Li Jing, I'm afraid the drunkard doesn't mean to drink." Zeng Yiling kindly reminded Yang Lian to pay attention.

Yang Lian nodded, Li Jing can become the emperor, obviously not a simple-minded person, after Yang Lian made some preparations, he went out and greeted Gao Ze, and the two got into the carriage and chatted.

Yang Lian talked about most of the things in the old land of Wu Yue, after this period of governance, the old land of Wu Yue is quite stable, mainly because of the reduction of taxes, the people have not rebounded much, for most of the people, being ruled by Wu Yue and being ruled by the Tang Dynasty, there is no difference at all.

Wu Yue is located in the south, in the county orders, thorn history, the efforts of the festival envoys, the rice seedlings in Suzhou and Hangzhou have risen gratifyingly, if there is no accident, this year's harvest is at least more than eighty percent of last year, and with the Wu Yue old land was included in the Tang Dynasty sphere of influence, the grain of the entire empire has been greatly improved.

The two chatted, and before they knew it, they arrived at the imperial city, and Gao Ze took Yang Lian into the imperial study.

"Wechen has seen Your Majesty." Yang Lian gave gifts.

Li Jing snorted very dissatisfied, flicked his sleeves, and said, "What, Wu Yue, if I don't send someone to let you enter the palace, won't you enter the palace?" ”

"Your Majesty, where did this come from?" Yang Lian pretended to be puzzled.

"Hmph, the dignified Dali Temple, you actually dare to beat people, and the big one is the prime minister of the court, Wu Hou, your courage is not small." Li Jing said, his tone was very unkind.

"Wechen is guilty." Yang Lian arched his hand and saluted again.

"Humph!" Li Jing snorted coldly, where does he look like he is admitting his mistake? Li Jing walked to the side of the case, sat down slowly, and said, "You, you, I am so tolerant of you, do you know why?" ”

"Your Majesty is kind-hearted and the king of sage." Yang Lian didn't move his expression and complimented.

"Yang Aiqing, how did you learn to slap the horse? I don't think you're that kind of person. Li Jing said, still did not say what Yang Lian was called into the palace for.

Yang Lian was very serious and said, "Your Majesty, there are too many people who have offended Weichen Autonomy, so I want to make some changes." ”

"!" Li Jing waved his hand, angry and funny, and said, "Alone, it is best to remain sincere, I don't want you to make more changes." ”

"Wechen understood." Yang Lian responded.

Li Jing was silent for a while before he spoke: "Yang Aiqing, the Khitan is here again." ”

"Your Majesty, what do the Khitans mean?" Yang Lian asked, in fact, he was shocked and guessed that the Khitans had joined forces with Liu Chong in Hedong twice, but they all returned in vain, which was a big setback for the Khitan who was aiming to be in the Central Plains after seizing the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. The Khitan people tried in vain to get involved in the Central Plains and would never give up.

Li Jing did not speak, but handed another letter to Yang Lian. Yang Lian walked a few steps, took the letter with both hands, and unfolded it to take a look, because the Khitans had returned in vain the previous times, so this time the Tang Dynasty was invited to send troops, and the time was set for October, and the Khitan, Hedong, and Datang sent troops to attack the Great Zhou.

In the letter, there is also a more detailed plan, the Tang Dynasty sent troops from Shandong to attack the Kaifeng area, the Khitan went south, attacked the prefectures and counties of Hebei, and the east of the Hedong side sent troops from Luzhou to kill the banks of the Yellow River. When the three parties attack, Zhou will definitely take care of one and lose the other, and the probability of success is very high.

"Your Majesty, the Khitans are ambitious, and they must be guarded against." Yang Lian reminded.

Li Jing nodded, he naturally knew the ambitions of the Khitans, but for now, Da Zhou was the strongest enemy of the Tang Dynasty, and the requirements of the Khitans were in his interests. Li Jing pondered for a moment and said, "Although this is the case, the current enemy is still Da Zhou. ”

"Your Majesty, when did the Khitans arrive in Jinling?" Yang Lian asked.

"Just today." Li Jing replied.

Yang Lian nodded, it turned out to be today, no wonder. "Your Majesty, the Khitan has been established for nearly fifty years, and its power is deep-rooted, and the Khitan people implement two systems and actively accept the culture of the Central Plains, which can be described as wolf ambition. Weichen thought that the current Khitan state was on the rise, and it would be feasible to use him to contain the Zhou state. However, it is not advisable to attack the Zhou State with the Khitans. ”

Li Jing knew that Yang Lian's Central Plains plot was very serious, and Yang Lian had always agreed with the Khitan Yang Lian on the surface and obtained a large number of Khitan war horses, but if he helped the Khitan people to do evil, Yang Lian refused. Li Jing also has this idea, but his status determines that he can't decide a thing based on his personal likes and dislikes, he needs to think carefully.

"Wu Hou, what do you think?" Li Jing asked, there must always be a choice in this matter.

"Your Majesty, this matter will be left to Weichen to do, and I guess I won't disappoint Your Majesty." Yang Lian said, but remembered a person, maybe that person also came.

Li Jing said: "Wu Hou, your performance today is too disappointing to me, if you can't handle this matter properly, I will definitely not spare you." ”

"Obey the order, Wechen will do his best." Yang Lian said.

"Okay, I'm tired too, Wu Hou should go back and rest early." Li Jing said, and walked out of the imperial study first.

Yang Lian put down the letter, restrained his smile, and walked out thinking and pacing. Gao Ze caught up with Yang Lian and followed Yang Lian's footsteps unhurriedly.

"Wu Hou, we won't say much about what Your Majesty means, I believe that with Wu Hou's cleverness, he will naturally understand the meaning." Gao Ze said.

Yang Lian didn't squint and said, "Thank you Gonggong Gao for reminding me." ”

Gao Ze laughed and said, "However, although Your Majesty is very kind to Wu Hou, it is easy to dodge open guns and difficult to defend against hidden arrows, and if you want to come to King Yan's side, you will definitely look for opportunities." Wu Hou should be careful. ”

"The kindness of Gonggong Gao, Ben Hou should keep it in mind." Yang Lian said, speeding up and leaving.

Gao Ze squinted his eyes and looked at Yang Lian's distant back, and was silent for a while, no one could see what was going on in his heart. After a full meal, Gao Ze returned to the Son of Heaven's bedroom. At this time, Li Jing had already washed up, was wearing pajamas, and was sitting in front of the soft couch.

"Your Majesty." Gao Ze came in and said cautiously.

"Wu Hou is leaving?" Li Jing asked.

Li Jing looked at him and said, "You sent Wu Hou out, did you say those words?" ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the old slave has said those words as requested." Gao Ze bent down and whispered.

When Li Jing heard this, he was silent for a moment, sighed, and said: "Since Wu Hou joined the Tang Dynasty, he has indeed made a lot of contributions, and I really like him very much, but sometimes he is too impulsive to do things. If you can knock and knock, it's good. There are some close words that I can't say, so it's up to you to pass them on. ”

Gao Ze nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the old slave understands." ”

Yang Lian walked out of the imperial city, and along the way, he was reminiscing about Gao Ze's words, Gao Ze followed the Son of Heaven and was able to access the most private information, and his kindness must have been instructed by the Son of Heaven, otherwise Gao Ze would not dare to do such a thing at all. It seems that after the Son of Heaven learned that the explosion in the south of the city had nothing to do with Yang Lian, his heart relaxed.

After figuring out this matter, Yang Lian's heart brightened a lot, Yang Lian stepped on the war horse and rushed towards Yang's mansion with his henchmen. When he arrived at the door, under the dim light, Yang Lian saw a person pacing from a distance, and couldn't help but be curious, who is this person, still wandering here at such a late hour?

When the distance was close, Yang Lian jumped off the war horse and saw someone coming up to greet him.

"I've seen Wu Hou!" This person spoke, and his voice was very different from Jiangnan's.

Yang Lian looked at the person who came, suddenly laughed, and said, "Why is General Yang here?" ”

The person who was called General Yang was Yang Gon, the Khitan envoy who came to Jinling last time, and when he saw that Yang Lian still remembered him, he couldn't help but be happy, hugged his fists, and said: "Wu Hou, this time, as a Khitan envoy, I came to Jinling to discuss the matter of sending troops to attack Zhou with the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Inside, please!" Yang Lian waved his hand and said, this matter is confidential, it is better to go back to the house to discuss.

"Wu Hou, please!" Yang Gon said.

The two entered the mansion one after the other, and Yang Lian made tea and went to the study with some snacks.