The carriage and horses walked on the cross street in Xingningfang, which had already been cleared several times, and Li Longji summoned Du Shiyi to the car again. mentioned the loyalty and courage of Sheng Wang Li Qi just now, but he seemed to appreciate it very much at the moment, and then changed the conversation and said: "Du Qing just returned to Beijing before, and I heard that many emperors and grandsons in the Baisun Courtyard once gathered in front of your house, and then you informed the Wannian County Party and sent them all back?" ”

"Yes, His Majesty had a system as early as the beginning of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and the princes, grandsons, horses, and other noble relatives were not allowed to hand over the officials of the DPRK and China without permission. What's more, the minister had just rushed back from the front-line army, and he had to avoid suspicion. Du Shiyi replied unhurriedly, then raised his head to look at Li Longji, and said sincerely, "Besides, the ministers heard that the emperors and grandsons are running around in the place of hundreds of officials, and this situation has been happening since they returned to Chang'an, and it has intensified since then, so I have to make this decision." If His Majesty thinks it is inappropriate, he can immediately order all the Wannian County Party officers and minister's tooth soldiers stationed around Xingning Fang and Yongjia Fang to withdraw. ”

"Of course you're doing it right." Li Longji squeezed out such a sentence from between his teeth, if it weren't for the fact that there was still a curtain between the two of them, he would have to worry that the change in his expression would fall into Du Shiyi's eyes. Of course, he wants to punish those impatient children and grandchildren, but why is this result caused? It's not because Du Shiyi led the army to forcibly send him back to Chang'an to quell the chaos, and it's not because he, the son of heaven, has lost his prestige! Therefore, he tried his best to hide the murderous intention in his heart, and said in as plain a tone as possible, "It's just that there have been enough gossips outside the world recently, and I don't want to be told that I am guarding my children and grandchildren like thieves." ”

"Since Your Majesty said so, the minister respectfully obeyed the holy order, and immediately ordered the dozens of tooth soldiers who had been temporarily seconded here to go back first."

Du Shiyi was relieved, Li Longji smiled, and said to Gao Lishi: "Lux, you also go and pass the order to transfer all the servants of Wannian County Party back." Then, you go to the Flying Dragon Stable to send orders, and let the Flying Dragon Rider send 300 troops tomorrow, and set up armor soldiers to guard the palace in the Sixteen Prince's Mansion and the Hundred Sun Courtyard, so as to prevent the thieves and rebels from dying, and send evil people to make trouble here. Du Youlin, the servant Shaoqing, never went home for days, so I gave him leave and asked him to go back and reunite with his father for a few days! ”

Li Longji gave such an order, and the meaning of his words was very simple. You see, I removed your Du Shiyi's men and the servants of the Wannian County Party, but at the same time, I transferred your son's men to guard here, how much do I trust you? Not only that, but also to reunite your father and son.

Sure enough, as he expected, Du Shiyi first shirked the person who should let Chen Xuanli take over, and after refusing back and forth, he agreed as if he had no choice but to do so, but when Gao Lishi was about to leave, he invited someone to come over and bow and ask for a few words, as if he had something to bring to Du Youlin. Seeing that Gao Lishi was embarrassed, but he immediately agreed, Li Longji pretended to have no mind, but the corner of his eye kept observing Du Shiyi's expression. When Gao Lishi left, he could keenly feel that Du Shiyi, who had always been very cautious when he was in King Ying's Mansion and King Sheng's Mansion before, seemed to be a lot more relaxed now.

That's what you want!

I just went to the mansion of Li Qi, the twenty-first son of Shengwang, and next, Li Longji entered the mansion of King Feng. As one of the youngest of the sons of the Son of Heaven, Li Heng was crowned king in the twenty-third year of Kaiyuan, and he was also one or twenty years younger than the older princes in front of him. Now less than thirty, he looks energetic, very different from his pot-bellied brothers. Compared with King Ying's caution and King Sheng's showmanship, he seemed particularly impatient, and as soon as he met, he and Li Longji answered a few sentences in a somewhat stylized manner, and he suddenly burst out with a shock.

Recently, Princess Cui of Guangping wrote a letter to avenge the grievances of the late crown prince and King Jianning of Guangping, which caused an uproar for a while, and some people in the court even seconded it. According to what Yi'er saw, at the beginning of An Lushan's rebellion, he once played the banner of supporting the prince, and then because the prince's brother and his two elderly emperors and grandsons were dead, he only established himself in the eastern capital, but it is not enough to show that the prince and the second king are really innocent! Du Xiangguo is a great minister who is deeply favored by God, and at this time, he should stand up and refute such nonsense! ”

For the first time in so many days, Du Shiyi heard that someone did not think that Li Heng's father and son were wronged, but justifiably thought that Li Longji had killed right! He couldn't help but stare at Li Heng a few more times, and when he saw the young twenty-sixth prince looking at him with his neck bent, he smiled slightly: "What does the king mean, whether it is the princess of Guangping, the courtiers, or the people of the world, all wrong?" The crown prince did not have the slightest grievance, but he really colluded with the thief, hoping that the thief could fight to Chang'an, and then support him to ascend the throne? ”

"Isn't it?"

"It's ridiculous!" Du Shiyi suddenly scolded, and his tone became extremely cold, "As the prince of the East Palace, the rightful vice monarch of the Tang Dynasty, he will be the son of the Tang Dynasty when he ascends the throne on another day, how can he collude with An Lushan and Hu'er!" Let me ask you, the prince's wings have long been cut off by Li Linfu, and there are even prison officials around him who check their daily lives from time to time, who he sees every day, what he eats, and even what he says can't escape the surveillance of others, who can he send to contact An Lushan? And An Lushan, in addition to an empty sentence of supporting the prince, can there be a corresponding expression? If An Lushan really supported the prince as he said, then after the news of the prince's tyranny came out, he should first respect the prince, and then take the prince's revenge as an opportunity to ascend the throne and command the world, but what about him? It's just swaggering and smug usurpation of the emperor! ”

Seeing that Li Heng's face turned dark, Du Shiyi put away the words just now, and said word by word: "When the king speaks in the future, please think twice before acting." Fortunately, this is not in front of the public, otherwise it will be too late to regret the anger of the public and provoke the people's uprising! The clean are self-purifying, the turbid are self-turbid, and few people can afford the consequences of grandstanding! ”

When Li Longji saw Li Heng for the first time in the palace before, this son insisted in front of him that Li Heng and An Lushan did collude, and it was precisely because of this that he noticed such an inconspicuous prince born to a partial concubine. After Li Heng entered the palace several times, he started to try to use this son to correct the rumors outside. didn't expect to officially face Du Shiyi, Li Heng was defeated by a few words, and at this moment, his face was red and he couldn't get off the stage. Even though it was what he expected, it was too fast!

He was extremely angry in his heart, and glared at Li Heng with hatred, and he no longer had the interest of staying in this mansion for a long time, so he immediately stood up and said: "Twenty-six Lang, what Du Qing said, you should take it as a warning yourself!" ”

Li Longji actually went out like this, preparing this remark to please his father, but now he was very unwilling to defeat Li Hengdeng. He hurried forward, trying to stop the Son of Heaven again, but he didn't want Du Shiyi to block him in front of him.

"Come back, please go back to study, if you are deceived by the traitor's shameless rhetoric again, then I am really sorry for your majesty's years of teaching!"

Li Heng watched in a daze as Du Shiyi followed Li Longji and left, and sat down on the ground for a long time, his hands clutching the tightly knit floor tiles on the ground, his face pale. For a moment, he let out a dry howl. In order to win his father's favor and for this opportunity, he prepared painstakingly for a long time, but he didn't expect Li Longji to clearly appreciate this, but Du Shiyi insisted that Li Heng was wronged. Du Shiyi is not afraid that such a stubborn attitude will annoy the Son of Heaven, is he not afraid that he will be removed from his official position and even lose his life?

"Du Shiyi, you will have retribution!"

Li Longji, who was about to board the car, suddenly heard such a shout faintly from the depths of King Feng's mansion, and he couldn't help but turn dark, and scolded Li Heng half to death in his heart. In order to ease the atmosphere, he pretended to sigh and asked Du Shiyi beside him: "Does Du Qing know that there are many dragons and phoenixes in the Sixteen Kings' Mansion, why did I bring you to meet these three kings?" ”

The drama is finally here!

Du Shiyi said secretly, then bowed down and said, "Please make it clear." ”

"I have many children and grandchildren, but there are few who can be successful, Thirteen Lang is good at writing, Twenty-one Lang is courageous, and Twenty-six Lang is often able to find another way. Now it seems that the thirteenth and twenty-first lang are just that, and the twenty-sixth lang is too immature. What does Du Qing think? ”

Of course, Du Shiyi understood what the Son of Heaven meant. It's nothing more than saying that I made a special trip to inspect the candidates for the East Palace this time, and King Ying and King Sheng were okay, but King Feng really disappointed me. So, he spit out four words concisely and concisely with great cooperation: "Your Majesty xià Shengming." ”

"In the days when I was seriously ill and difficult to support, the princes all visited the palace, and I also chose a few qualified ones to investigate, Thirteen Lang, Twenty-one Lang and Twenty-six Lang have all entered the palace many times, I once had high hopes for them, but I didn't expect ...... Alas, next, let's go to Fifteen! What you said to Twenty-six Lang before, I also listened to it quite sadly, originally it was just because of the rumors of thieves, and I had to summon the prince into the palace to protect it, but who expected that the prince died of panic and fear. Fifteen Lang lost his mother since he was a child, and he used to be raised by the prince, and every time I saw him, I felt as if I had seen the prince......"

What is called opening the mouth to be able to say that the dead are alive, Du Shiyi can be regarded as a real understanding. Along the way, Li Longji confided his grief over the death of the crown prince Li Heng, expressed regret for the suicide of King Jianning of Guangping, and then explained how deep the love of the fifteenth prince Yongwang Li Heng was back then, not like a brother but more like a father and son, as if he had selectively forgotten that the dead Li Heng still left many sons and grandchildren. He just responded perfunctorily to Li Longji's babbling words, from the initial occasional echo to a few sentences, to gradually not say a word.

Li Longji didn't realize it, he was just singing his one-man show.

Although he didn't go out of the palace for a long time and didn't go to the court, he suddenly went out like this today, and went to three princes' mansions in a row, people were already extremely hard, but his spirit was extremely excited!