readx; The next day is the rest of the dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is not a seven-day week, it is a round of the ten days, the ten days are the rest day, this day the hundred officials are closed, all kinds of court affairs have stopped, busy for nine days, the officials are exhausted, all hiding at home to enjoy this rare day of leisure. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But for the Tang Emperor Li Longji, Xun said that it was meaningless, he was in leisure almost every day, and only when special circumstances occurred, he would come forward to solve the problem.

Today is a special situation, at noon, he received the eldest son Cong presented a book, to be exact, is a complaint of grievances, he wants to overturn an unjust case that happened two years ago, two years ago, Li Qing'an, then the observer of Henan Province, was assassinated in Weichi County, more than 50 assassins were killed, the evidence left at the scene, all conclusively proved that the assassination case was planned by Li Cong, the king of Qing, behind the scenes, at that time, the case of Li Cong's annexation of land in Bianzhou also broke out at the same time, in order to calm the public anger, Li Longji did not investigate the assassination case, directly counted it on Li Cong's head, and Li Cong was stripped of all his duties and thought about it at home for a year.

Two years have gradually passed, and Li Longji has almost forgotten about it, but just a few days after King Di was assassinated, King Li Cong of Qing suddenly threw out a request to overturn the case, which surprised Li Longji, he was surprised not by the case itself, but by the very delicate timing of Li Cong's choice, that is, the third day after Yang Guozhong and Li Qingan competed in Xingqing Palace.

What does the rivalry between Yang Guozhong and Li Qing'an mean, which means that the assassination case of King Di is very likely to be fake, at least Li Longji has already guessed one or two, at this critical moment, King Qing suddenly overturned the case, and Li Longji also had to sigh that King Qing's timing was clever.

Two years had passed since the incident, and Li Longji couldn't remember it clearly, so he ordered someone to find out the report at that time, and he began to gradually remember the situation at that time.

At that time, when he received the investigation report, he had suspicions, how could there be a reason for the assassin to bring the identity of the person behind the scenes to the scene, the waist card of the Qingwang Mansion, the assassination handle was engraved with the word Qingwang, these evidences are extremely ridiculous, and there are two assassins who were captured alive were exterminated, and they were not over, just to kill a hundred and calm the anger of the public, he used his eldest son Li Cong as a sacrifice, this case has been sinking for two years, and now it has been turned up again, Li Longji couldn't help but fall into contemplation.

Could it be that the eldest son has been holding back for two years? Been waiting for an opportunity? It seems very similar, Li Cong pointed out in the recital that it was King Di who blamed him, and there is evidence, the only two assassins who can confirm their identities were bought from prison by King Di's staff, and they left a contract at that time.

Li Longji was slowly flipping through this book, his face became more and more gloomy, he knew that his eldest son was most likely wronged, but he didn't expect that it was King Di again, and he had already planned assassination twice.

"Bang!" With a bang, Li Longji slammed his fist on the table and scolded in a low voice: "Be bold!" ”

He put away the folds and immediately issued an order: "Xuan Zhen's will, quickly summon King Qing and King Di into the palace." ”

Half an hour later, King Qing and King Di came to Xingqing Hall successively, Li Cong made careful preparations for today's meeting, he also knew that today may be a turning point in his life, his father has not seen him for two years, if he does not make a sound, the political situation in the Tang Dynasty will no longer have his chance.

Li Cong has been extremely obese in the past two years, but in order to hide his obesity in front of his father, he spent a whole hour applying makeup, wiping off the grease on his face with cold rouge, putting on a dark gauze hat, and changing into a loose robe, so that he looks a little thinner, at least without that terrifying obesity.

But his walking became a problem, he could no longer read, his legs could not bear the weight of his body, and he had to be helped, which could not be disguised.

The two eunuchs helped Li Cong in, and as soon as he entered the palace gate, he lay on the ground and cried, "Father, the child has finally seen you again." ”

He almost crawled to Li Longji's feet and kowtowed desperately, "The child has been missing his father every day for the past two years!" ”

Although his emotional expression is a bit exaggerated, in this way, it covers up the problem that he can't walk, and the first impression left on Li Longji is not fat, but licking calves.

Li Longji looked at his eldest son, his nose was also a little sour, he didn't like this eldest son very much since he was a child, his qualifications were mediocre, he couldn't bear Li Longji's expectations of him, he was greedy and fun-loving, and he looked dull against the backdrop of the second son Ying's intelligence and studiousness, so he was destined not to become the successor of the Tang Empire.

But if all political factors are removed, Li Longji has discovered the cuteness of this son, he has no cunning mind, his stupidity makes him not have as many scheming as his brothers, although the second son Ying is smart, he has no feelings for the son of man, and the third son Heng's cowardice hides ambition, and although the eldest son Cong is dull, he has the son's affection for his father, family affection, Li Longji only began to gradually realize the importance of family affection in his later years.

If it weren't for the prince's point of view, the eldest son Cong would still be a good son, thinking that he had wronged him two years ago, Li Longji couldn't help but feel guilty in his heart, of course he knew that his son was delicious, and it didn't matter if he was a little obese, what parent in the world would dislike his children for being obese?

"Cong'er, get up!"

Li Longji gave the eunuch next to him a look, and immediately two eunuchs came up to help Li Cong up, and Li Longji asked him to take a soft pier to sit down.

When he saw his son crying with snot and tears on his face, his heart softened a little, so he smiled and said, "How has my son been in the house in the past two years?" ”

"Father, my son knows that he is deeply guilty, and he has been thinking about it behind closed doors at home for the past two years, and he doesn't dare to go out a step."

Li Longji nodded, "It's not okay to think about it, the key is to look at the action, I heard that you have scattered the land in Henan and Jianghuai to the landless poor peasants, I feel very relieved, you have finally grown, and you know that you can't exhaust the fish." ”

Li Cong was stunned, when did he give the land to the landless peasants? How can it be! How could the land he had worked so hard to gather be returned? Li Cong changed his mind, and suddenly understood that it must be his son Li Li's private behavior, last year he persuaded himself to give up part of the land, but he was beaten by himself, it must be him, only he can release his land.

Li Cong scolded in his heart, but in front of his father, he didn't dare to show it, he hurriedly said: "This is the result of the son's thoughts, the son's fault lies in greed, since the father and the emperor divided the pear, the son will eat two more, this problem has continued to this day, it has become greedy for land, since the father scolded the son, the son learned from the pain, and finally understood that the country is people-oriented, and the son is willing to donate grain and rice to solve the disaster situation in various places." ”

In the annexation of land, Li Cong was not stupid, he was afraid that his father would let him donate the land again, so he made the first move, saying that he was willing to donate grain and rice, not talking about land.

Li Longji obviously didn't see through his son's cautious eyes, and he smiled with relief: "Wu'er has really grown." ”

At this time, Li Yan, the king of Di, also walked into the hall, he was uneasy, I don't know what happened, two days ago he was in a mess, Yang Guozhong arrested Xing Wei accidentally missed, resulting in the danger of his assassination plot being exposed, although Yang Guozhong swore that he did not betray him, but Li Yan always felt that his father had known the truth, otherwise he would not have deprived him of the opportunity to inherit the East Palace, and let him go to Anxi instead.

At the beginning, he was frustrated by the matter of going to Anxi, but his staff persuaded him that going to Anxi was also a golden opportunity to cultivate his own forces, Li Yan also began to be tempted, Anxi has a vast land, and the area is no less than that of the Tang Dynasty, if he can have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, once the situation in the Central Plains is chaotic, he will immediately declare troops and enter, not necessarily without the opportunity to re-enter the throne, for this reason, his heart began to think again, how to drive Li Qing'an away, let his people take over as the envoy of Anxi Festival, this is the first step for him to support Anxi.

In the past two days, he has been discussing this matter with his staff, but Li Longji suddenly announced that he had entered the palace, and while he was nervous, he also vaguely guessed that he might have officially appointed him as the pacification ambassador of the Longyou Dao Domain.

Li Yan walked into the hall and saw Li Cong, the king of Qing, at a glance, he couldn't help but be stunned, he hadn't seen him for two years, why did he appear again?

He didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down for his father, "My son sees my father, may my father live long live!" ”

"Do you really want me to live a long life?" Li Longji asked coldly.

Li Yan was frightened, and hurriedly said: "Why did my father ask like this, how could my son not want my father to live a long life, this is the only wish of my son." ”

"Hypocrisy! The ultimate hypocrisy! ”

Li Longji was furious, it became more and more difficult for him to restrain the anger in his heart, he thought that this son used such a despicable assassination method in order to enter the East Palace, if he really succeeded, would he launch a coup d'état and overthrow himself? Most likely, didn't he dare to launch an assassination in front of him? This son is dignified, tall and majestic, and his heart is so vicious!

Li Yan was frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "Father.... This is... Where to start? ”

"Where to start?" Li Longji threw Han Baiyan's secret agreement to him, "Take a look for yourself!" Good work you do! ”

Li Yan hurriedly picked up the piece of paper, his head buzzed big, the incident two years ago was actually exposed, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and he secretly glanced at Li Cong, seeing that his face was full of anger, he suddenly gritted his teeth, kowtowed and said: "This matter was done by Erchen's subordinates without authorization, and Erchen really didn't know about it." ”

Li Longji saw that he was still quibbling at this time, and couldn't help but be even more angry, originally he was dealing with this matter in an inner hall like Xingqing Palace, just because he didn't want his family to be ugly, if Li Yan kowtowed and confessed, he would punish him, and that's it, but this son actually insisted that it had nothing to do with him, and Li Longji was a little angry.

He laughed angrily, "Good! Good! It's a good one you don't know, and you can push it clean with a word, yes! I don't have your evidence, so I can't convict you, but I have family law, and I don't need evidence to use family law. ”

Dozens of guards immediately came up, Li Longji pointed at Li Yan, and said hatefully: "Pull this rebel down to me, and punish him with fifty sticks, see if he still has a hard mouth!" ”

The guards dragged Li Yan down like wolves, and Li Yan shouted in fright: "Father, the son knows his mistake, spare me!" ”

"Beat me up! You are not allowed to spare me, whoever dares to spare me will kill him! Li Longji roared.

At this time, Li Cong hurriedly said: "Father, the son of the emperor asked the fourth brother for a favor, this matter may really have nothing to do with the fourth brother." ”

"It has nothing to do with it, it's obviously what he did! I still want to deny that I actually have such a son? ”

Li Longji was still angry, and ordered: "Chuan Zhongguan Zhang Fengen! ”

Li Cong's heart jumped, and sure enough, he came.

Zhang Fengen received a heavy bribe from Li Cong, and knew that he would play today, so he waited outside Xingqing Palace early, and when Li Longji announced that he was going to the palace, he immediately walked in.

"The old slave Zhang Fengen knocked on the saint!"

"Zhang Fengen, are you guilty?"

"The old slave once persuaded King Di not to pamper the inner room too much, but he didn't listen, so he got the disaster that is said to be today, and the old slave is indeed guilty."

Li Longji was stunned, "What are you talking about?" ”

Zhang Fengen was also stunned, and hurriedly said: "Didn't Your Majesty punish King Di for the crime of witch cup?" ”

"Wait!"

Li Longji suddenly heard the clue, he leaned over and asked, "You tell me clearly, I don't know what kind of witch cup it is." ”

"It turns out that Your Majesty doesn't know, and the old slave is about to report to Your Majesty."

"You say!"

Li Longji pressed his belt to restrain his anger a little, he had already realized that his son was really guilty.

"Your Majesty, the old slave was snubbed by King Di, he didn't know anything about the external affairs, but the old slave heard a little about the affairs in his house, and the old slave heard that he was superstitious about witch cups and was doing witchcraft all the time."

Li Cong next to him was stunned, he thought that Zhang Fengen would say that the widow would flatter the witch, but he didn't expect that Zhang Fengen would not mention the widow at all, and the goal was directly aimed at King Di, and he was more ruthless than himself.

Li Longji restrained his monstrous anger and asked, "You say this, is there any evidence?" ”

"If your majesty doesn't believe me, take a look into his boots."

"Someone! Bring me back the rebel. ”

Fifty sticks had been beaten, Li Yan was beaten to the point that his skin was open, blood soaked through his pants, he was carried in on a soft couch, and he couldn't speak.

"Father, the son is guilty!" He whispered.

Li Longji had no intention of stopping, and immediately ordered: "Take off his boots and see what's in his boots?" ”

Several eunuchs stepped forward to take off Li Yan's black leather boots, and one eunuch suddenly said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, there is a witch post in the boots." ”

"Bring it to me!"

Li Longji looked at the witch cup picture full of spells on the plate, trembling with anger, since the East Palace witch cup case two years ago, he hated witchcraft to the core, not only strictly forbade witchcraft, if the emperor's relatives were involved in witch cups, they would all be punished as felonies, he warned again and again, but he didn't expect to find this thing in his other son's boots today.

"Good! My good son, you brought the witch cup into the temple, I really didn't expect my son to be so filial. ”

Li Longji's voice was very low, and there was a hint of murder in his heart.

Li Yan saw that there was a witch cup in his boots, he was suddenly frightened, he knew what it meant, he also knew that he was finished, brothers killed each other, maybe it would be okay to beat each other, but when it came to witch cups, his father would not forgive himself anyway.

All his thoughts were discouraged in his heart, and he wept and said: "Father, please allow Erchen to say a word, and Erchen will die by neck." ”

"You say!"

"Erchen and Concubine Wei are out of harmony, they love the two children, and the two children are constantly competing for favor, I am afraid that this is what they are flattering, and the sons really don't know, the emperor is above, if the sons and daughters have half a lie, they can be killed by the thunder."

"Humph!" Li Longji snorted, "I know, you must be unaware, anyway, you don't know everything, either your subordinates do it without permission, or it is the flattering concubine, it has nothing to do with you, so I can't punish you, you just continue to dig out your mind to fight for the East Palace, right?" ”

Li Yan lowered his head, he didn't dare to say a word, what else could he say? He didn't even believe in his sworn father, what else could he explain, his heart was full of lamentation, all his ambitions were vanished at this moment, and he quietly waited for the last moment to come.

At this time, Li Cong knelt down and cried: "Erchen is willing to share half of the blame for his brother, brother is like a sibling, broken and unrenewable, beg his father to spare his life!" ”

Li Longji looked at him for a long time, then sighed and said, "Okay! For your sake, I will spare his life. ”

He pointed at Li Yan and ordered: "Detain him in the Eagle Dog Workshop, and he will never be allowed to go out!" ”

"Thank you for your father's grace not to kill! Brother Xie pleaded! ”

Li Yan was carried down in a howling cry, at this time, Li Longji glanced at Li Cong, nodded and praised: "You are very good, worthy of being the eldest brother, although you are stupid, but you have the heart of the eldest brother, I really wronged you last time." ”

Li Cong's heart was sour, and he whimpered and wept: "My son only hates that he can't share his father's worries, he is so obese." ”

Li Longji smiled slightly: "Obesity is due to your lack of riding and archery sports, and I want to give you a chance to ride and shoot." ”

He pondered for a moment, he originally ordered Li Yan to go to Anxi, but now Li Yan committed a crime, so he had to cancel it, his eldest son can make a move at such a critical moment, which shows that he is not very stupid, or it is the advice of his subordinates, but it also shows that he is good at listening to plans, this is an advantage, it is just right for him to go to Anxi, the eldest son is in Beijing, but does not use the eldest grandson to succeed to the throne, transfer the eldest son, and create conditions for the eldest grandson to enter the East Palace.

Thinking of this, he said slowly: "In the fourth year of Kaiyuan, you led the capital of Anxi to protect and appease the ambassadors of Longyou; In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, you led the governor of Liangzhou and the ambassador of the Hexi Army, and now that you have been dismissed, I am ready to continue to appoint you as the ambassador to pacify the Longyou Dao Zhufan, and go to Qiuzi to take up the actual post, are you willing to go? ”

Li Cong didn't expect this result, he was stunned for a long time, so he had no choice but to kowtow and thank him: "My son thanks my father for his trust, and I am willing to share my father's worries!" ”

"Okay, tomorrow the court meeting, I will officially appoint you to your new position, Cong'er, don't underestimate Anxi, I will make a series of arrangements for Anxi, you will know tomorrow."

(To be continued)