When Li Hong and Sun Simiao returned to the East Palace, Yan Zhuang quickly greeted him, "Your Highness, the left concubine Zhang Wenqian and the right middle protector Li Jingxuan are waiting for you in the Chongjiao Palace." ”

"Huh? What are they doing today? Li Hong asked puzzled.

Because Zhang Wenqian is a member of the Zhongshu House and Li Jingxuan Chongshi, although the two are subordinate officials of the East Palace, they are very busy every day, and they basically only come back to the East Palace once in three or five days, and today the two of them are still waiting for him in the Chongjiao Palace, which makes him a little curious.

"They brought two people, saying that they were going to introduce them to His Highness." Yan Zhuang replied quietly.

Li Hong suddenly understood Zhang Wenqian and Li Jingxuan's thoughts, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect their speed to be really fast!" ”

The two of them said before yesterday that they wanted to recommend talents to themselves, and they brought people to the East Palace today, which really surprised Li Hong.

Li Hong asked Yan Zhuang to go down with Sun Simiao to start some preliminary work to prepare for the revision, supplementation and standardization of medical works, and he came to the Chongjiao Hall alone.

When he arrived at the Chongjiao Palace, Li Hong saw Zhang Wenqian and Li Jingxuan drinking tea, and behind each of them stood a Confucian scribe. Behind Zhang Wenqian is a young man in his twenties, and behind Li Jingxuan is a middle-aged man who has reached the age of no doubt.

Although the two of them were dressed simply, the temperament revealed on their bodies attracted Li Hong's attention.

When Zhang Wenqian and Li Jingxuan saw Li Hong enter the main hall, they hurriedly got up and saluted, "Zhang Wenqian and Li Jingxuan see Your Highness!" ”

"Zhang Khan Zhi, Li Qiao see His Royal Highness!"

When Li Hong was about to say to Zhang Wenqian and Li Jingxuan, he was frightened by the names of the two people behind him.

Li Qiao, Zhang Cambodia?

Make no mistake, right?

Li Hong couldn't believe his ears, the people Zhang Wenqian and Li Jingxuan recommended to him were the iron-fisted prime ministers Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao? He immediately moved his gaze to the two behind Zhang Wenqian and Li Jingxuan.

These two people are the future celebrities of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Cambodia is still a mastermind who is loyal to Li Tang and restored the Li Tang Dynasty in his later years, so Li Hong already had the idea of receiving the two of them under his command before, and now it just so happens that the two of them were directly recommended to the East Palace by Zhang Wenqian and Li Jingxuan, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Li Hong was only slightly stunned before recovering his expression, and asked again with a little uncertainty, "Are you Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao?" ”

"Exactly." The two didn't know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly asked such a question, so they replied respectfully again.

After getting Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao's reply, Li Hong's heart was already happy, and he really picked up a treasure today! At once, he accepted two future famous ministers of Datang to work for himself.

However, he still didn't show too much joy on his face, but said lightly, "No need to be polite, you all sit down!" ”

After speaking, he walked straight to the main seat of the main hall and sat down.

Zhang Wenqian and Li Jingxuan waited until Li Hong sat down and began to explain to him the situation of Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao.

Zhang Cambodia is a native of Xiangyang, when he was young, he made up for the students, dabbled in the scriptures and history, Gaozong Longshuo in the first year of the Jinshi, and then was appointed as the county leader of Qingyuan County, and was just transferred back to Chang'an this year, but no specific positions have been arranged until now. Li Qiao, who is only 23 years old this year, was admitted to the Jinshi when he was 20 years old and was transferred to Anding County as a county lieutenant, and he was also moved back to Chang'an this year.

Zhang Wenqian admired Li Qiao's literary brilliance very much, so he recommended him to Li Hong. Li Jingxuan is a bachelor of Chongwen Pavilion, he knows that Zhang Cambodia has performed well in Taixue before, and he is a calm and able person who can dare to do things, so he will recommend him to Li Hong, who is now employing people.

After the two introduced the situation of Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao, and saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very satisfied with the person they recommended, they left Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao in the East Palace and left in a hurry.

At this time, it was already noon, Li Hong wanted to have a meal, and then he had to carry out physical treatment, so he ordered someone to let Zhang Khan Zhi and Li Qiao lead him down, and let them see him in the study in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, before waiting to see Zhang Khan Zhi and Li Qiao, Li Hong, who had just finished treatment, was recalled to the Xuanzheng Hall by Gaozong.

The chamberlain who went to the East Palace to announce the decree was Gaozong's personal eunuch named Zhang Dehai, who looked a little nervous after seeing Li Hong, saying that His Majesty asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to enter the palace to go to the Xuanzheng Palace, but he did not say the specific situation.

Although Zhang Dehai was just a messenger, Li Hong still felt an aura of crisis in his anxious expression.

Could it be that there is something wrong with Sun Simiao's prescription? Or, someone wanted to do their favor and impeached themselves? Li Hong didn't dare to think about it, so he hurriedly changed his court clothes and followed Zhang Dehai to the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace.

When he arrived at Daming Palace, when Li Hong walked into the main hall, he found that there were not only Gaozong and Empress Wu in the Xuanzheng Palace, but all the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty had arrived.

They are: Sikong, Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin Li Ji, Zhongshu Ling Xu Jingzong, Shangshu Zuo Servant Shooting, Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin Dai Zhide, Shizhongjian, Yushi Dafu, Hubu Shangshu Dou Dexuan, Bingbu Shangshu, Tongzhongshu Sanpin Jiang Ke and Zhongshu Shilang, Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin Le Yanwei, etc.

It's just that the atmosphere in the Xuanzheng Hall at this time is very dull, Gaozong and Empress Wu are gloomy and don't speak, and the prime ministers except for Li Ji, who closes his eyes and recuperates, and Xu Jingzong, who is out of the way, the rest of the people are a little anxious and uneasy.

The Xuanzheng Hall was suddenly enveloped by a scorching aura, which seemed depressed and condensed.

Li Hong was just about to give a salute, but was stopped by Gaozong's words, and saw him ask in a cold and serious tone, "Prince, a few days ago you sent Li Duoqi to Zhongnan Mountain to invite Sun Simiao, did you take the road of Huaxian?" ”

"In order not to alarm the government and the people along the way, Li Duoqi and they took this road." Li Hong didn't understand why Gaozong asked this, so he replied truthfully.

"Then do you know about the tragedy that happened in Liujia Village, Huaxian County?" Gojong continued to ask.

"I don't know." Li Hong hurriedly replied.

"I don't know?" Gao Zong snorted coldly, "The recital of the Huaxian County Order has arrived, saying that more than 300 people in Liujia Village have been killed, and according to the results of the autopsy, they found that the weapon used by the murderer was a ritual knife. The ritual knife has not yet been mass-produced, except for my guards and the left and right Qianniu guards, only your personal guards are worn by the left and right prison gate rate mansions and the left and right inner rate mansions. ”

"You say, did Li Duoqi do this massacre?" Gaozong's tone was raised by half a section, and he shouted in a fierce voice.

"Father-" After listening to Gaozong's roar, Li Hong's whole body seemed to have fallen into an ice cave all of a sudden, his whole body was cold, and cold sweat had broken out on his forehead and back, "Erchen sent Li Duoqi and a thousand right prisoners to lead the Fu Tie to Zhongnan Mountain to invite Sun Zhenren, but this, the massacre was definitely not committed by them, and the father and emperor were asked to investigate." ”

Now Li Hong has roughly understood the truth of the matter from Gaozong's questioning, and he knows that he has been framed.

When Zheng Hong, the servant of the palace, and Wang Da, the superintendent of the imperial history, wrote a letter to impeach him for privately mobilizing the guards and iron horses, he thought that someone was just taking the opportunity to oppose him and want to ruin his reputation.

Therefore, when they met Empress Wu and Gaozong, they mentioned to him that someone had written a letter to impeach him, and he thought that this was an opportunity for the two to show him a preference for him, so that he could be more deferential to them. But now he realized that he was too naïve to realize the dangerous atmosphere of this perverse impeachment. And at that time, it was because Gaozong and Empress Wu had sensitively sensed the strange aura in this abnormal impeachment that they were so furious.

Li Hong, who had figured this out, suddenly turned pale.

At this moment, he clearly realized how big the crisis was about to face.

Because he already vaguely felt that the impeachment by Zheng Hong and Wang Da last time was just an appetizer for him by the enemy, just to attract the attention of hundreds of officials in the court, and the current massacre case was a fierce medicine for him, and with the enemy's scheming and means of taking it step by step, he believed that the enemy still had the next plan in the pipeline.