Chapter 373: The Sin of Bullying

Taiyuan

Li Yuan sat on the chair, the teacup in his hand was still steaming. Next to the teacup was a letter, Luo Yi's handwritten letter. Xin Luo Yi had already finished reading it, so the anger on his face became more and more intense. I don't know how long I sat like this, Li Yuan slapped the table violently, and with a snap, the teacups on the table were shocked and jumped.

"Go and call Li Shimin to me!"

Li Yuan, who finally couldn't hold back his anger, shouted loudly, and several people at the door were frightened and trembled, and went to look for the second son in a panic, they had not seen Tang Gongsheng so atmospheric for a long time. Tang Gong's good temper is recognized by everyone, but the more this is the case, the occasional anger really has the power of thunder.

A few subordinates ran out in a panic, and found Li Shimin, the second son, who was practicing archery with Liu Hongji and Li Jiancheng, the son of Tang Gong, on the school field, and told him that Tang Gong invited him over. Seeing the panicked looks on the faces of these subordinates, Li Jiancheng and the others were a little surprised. Li Shimin answered, wiped the sweat from his forehead, took his clothes, and was about to rush to the study. Li Jiancheng was a cautious person, he kept Li Shimin and then asked the subordinates: "How is my father's mood now, you tell me the truth." ”

The leader hesitated for a moment and said: "In the morning, someone came from Youzhou and sent a letter to Tang Gong, and after Tang Gong read the letter, he sat quietly in the study alone, and just now he suddenly dropped the teacup in anger. ”

"Someone from Youzhou?"

Li Shimin's heart was shocked, and even Li Jing, who was standing in the distance, also changed color.

"I'm afraid that Luo Yi sent someone to ask about the grassland where you saved Ashina's wife and children."

Li Jiancheng pondered for a while and said, "Second brother, you should be careful when you speak, don't anger your father." ”

"I know, thank you big brother for mentioning it."

Li Shimin thanked him sincerely, then sighed and said: "I'm afraid that Luo Yi didn't believe my words, but it's no wonder, that day I only saved Ashina's wife and children, and none of the people in Youzhou were saved, but at that time, the people in Youzhou were all dead, and I also besieged those Turks to know the identity of the mother and son." kindly transported the corpses of the people and horses of Youzhou back to Youzhou, why is Luo Yi so ignorant of good or bad? ”

Li Jiancheng sighed: "When my father went to Huaiyuan, Luo Yi was very helpful to our Li family. His subordinate Ai is about to die in Saibei, and he is naturally sad and angry in his heart. Maybe it's just a letter to ask, and you don't have to pay too much attention to it, just tell the truth. Although our Li family is cautious, we are not casually afraid of others. ”

"Don't cause trouble, don't be afraid of things."

Li Jiancheng patted Li Shimin on the shoulder and said, "This is my father's teaching." ”

Li Shimin answered, confessed his guilt, and walked quickly to Li Yuan's study. Li Jing thought for a moment and walked a few steps behind him.

"Second son, if Duke Tang asks in a while, how are you going to answer?"

"Pharmacist, what are you paying attention to?"

Li Shimin asked in a low voice as he walked.

"Didn't Gongzi think about it when he came back from the grassland, no matter how Tang Gong forced him to ask, just according to what we have made up, those soldiers have done such a big thing, aren't they afraid of Tang Gong's anger? I have already given each of them ten pieces of meat, and told them that if something happens to the second son, none of them will survive. The second son is relieved, he just doesn't recognize it. ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I know, you go to the army to keep an eye on it, if your father sends someone to inquire, you deal with it carefully." ”

Li Jing took the order and left, Li Shimin sorted out his thoughts, knocked on the door and entered Li Yuan's study.

"Father, why did you call me?"

Li Shimin bowed down and asked.

Li Yuan looked at him coldly, grabbed the letter on the table and threw it in Li Shimin's face, and said angrily: "See for yourself!" ”

Li Shimin took a step back, picked up the letter and looked at it, and then his face changed greatly, and he knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed: "Father, Luo Yi, he spews blood!" The boy was kind enough to send back the corpses of his soldiers, how could he be so reversible in black and white, right and wrong! ”

"Shut up!"

Li Yuan said angrily: "You really don't know what you did? ”

"Luo Yi asked me to find out the murderer and pay for Lu Shisan's life, you can solve this matter yourself, you created the disaster yourself. If you have the ability to cause trouble, you must have the ability to solve it yourself. Don't expect that your father is Tang Gong, you can use the light of the family, if you can't think of a way, go to Youzhou and Luo Yi to defend yourself. ”

After speaking, Li Yuan actually got up and left, and didn't give Li Shimin a chance to explain at all!

This was unexpected, and Li Shimin was stunned at that time.

Li Yuan left with an angry face, but after going out and returning to the bedroom, the anger on his face disappeared. Dou Shi was lying on the bed, and when he saw Li Yuan coming in and struggling to sit up, Li Yuan walked over quickly to help her, and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"You really don't care about the affairs of the people?"

Dou said with tears in his eyes: "I don't believe that Shimin can do such a thing, although he lives alone in the old mansion freely, but his temperament is as benevolent as it was built, how can he have such a scheming?" I think it must be that Luo Yi saw that the people of the world robbed him of his credit, held a grudge, and deliberately made things difficult. ”

Li Yuan sighed and said, "When Shimin came back, I had doubts, where was there such a coincidence? He saved Ashina's wife and children, but none of Luo Yi's soldiers could save him, do you think this is possible, if Shimin hadn't seen Lu Shisan, how would he know that the mother and son were Ashina's wife and children? The Turks themselves will say? ”

"What about that?"

Dou couldn't help but cry again: "Shimin just returned to us, you can't be so ruthless and really take him to his fate." ”

"How is this possible?"

Li Yuan said: "After all, he is my Li Yuan's son, just a general under Luo Yi, if he dies, he will die, that is, Luo Yi's son will die, will I use my son to pay for my life?" He Luo Yi doesn't have that qualification yet! ”

He paused for a moment and sighed: "I'm angry, I'm angry that the people of the world are too rash in doing things, and I think that what I do is not leaky, but in my opinion, it is clumsy!" Since it has been done, it has been done thoroughly, and he simply killed Ashina's wife and children, even if he designed to kill all the five or six hundred cavalry under his command? If he only came back with a few guards and the head of the mother and son, would Luo Yi still dare to talk nonsense? It's stupid to do things yourself, and you want me to help him deal with the aftermath! ”

Li Yuan said slightly angrily: "I just taught him a lesson, let him know, don't want to hide anything from him, I think I do it very delicately and meticulously, without me, he can't do anything after all!" ”

He patted Dou's hand and said, "I have already sent a letter back to Luo Yi and asked him to bring out the evidence, if you can't come up with evidence, don't talk nonsense, am I still afraid that he won't succeed?" ”

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Jiangdu

Queen Xiao Yizhen sat on the edge of the bed, sitting there quietly looking at the scroll in her hand. She glanced sideways at His Majesty the Emperor, who was lying on the bed for a nap, and suddenly found that there was a lot of gray hair on His Majesty's temples. She stared at Yang Guang's face, and looked carefully, whether there were a few more wrinkles on His Majesty's face, and she didn't know what Yang Guang dreamed of while he was asleep, and his brows were furrowed very tightly.

Xiao Yizhen looked at Yang Guang's brows, and felt a slight pain in her heart.

Since returning from Yanmen Pass, His Majesty has been even more worried, and he has not seen any smiles all day. Although he didn't say it, Xiao Yizhen knew that His Majesty had a pain in his heart that others could not share, and he was no longer the high-spirited young man who led the 500,000 army to annihilate Nan Chen, and he no longer had the ambition to show his strength when he first ascended the throne.

The Great Sui is too big, so big that His Majesty has more than enough heart but not enough strength.

His Majesty personally laid down this empire that unified the north and the south, but later he was unable to control the direction of this empire.

Xiao Yizhen stretched out her hand to gently soothe Yang Guang's frowning brows, and couldn't help but remember that when she was living a poor life, she was pleasantly surprised to get the news that she would marry the prince of the Great Sui. The two have loved each other since they got married, and to this day, Yang Guang's favorite woman is still her.

Those ordinary people who don't know the truth say that the emperor is absurd and unreasonable, which is simply the most unjust thing in the world. His Majesty has only loved himself from beginning to end, and there are indeed many beauties in the palace, but the emperor has hardly stayed with others. For so many years, no matter where His Majesty is going, she is alone with him.

Her fingers gently rubbed Yang Guang's face, and suddenly she heard footsteps outside. Xiao Yizhen turned around and looked at her, she was very disgusted by the person who disturbed His Majesty's rest at this time. When I looked back, I saw that Pei Ju and Yu Shiji came together, Pei Ju was still holding a wooden box in his hand, and the two of them looked a little anxious and uneasy. What kind of characters the two of them were, if they showed uneasiness, it would certainly not be a trivial matter.

Xiao Yizhen looked back at Pei Ju and Yu Shiji, slowly shook her head and said softly: "Your Majesty had a headache again, so I took medicine and fell asleep." ”

"Let them in."

Yang Guang turned over and sat up from the bed, rubbed his sour forehead and said, "I have a terrible headache, how can I sleep?" ”

Pei Ju and Yu Shiji hurriedly came in to salute, Yang Guang rubbed his forehead and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Pei Ju opened the wooden box in his hand, took out a copy of the fold and said: "This is a fold sent by Li Yuanqian, the ambassador of Hexi, and I invite Your Majesty to see it in person." ”

"Li Yuan?"

Yang Guang took the fold and unfolded it to look at it, and then said angrily: "Nonsense! ”

He stood up violently, paced back and forth in the room, and said, "He sued Luo Yi for rebellion, but he couldn't give evidence." Anyone in the world can rebel, but Luo Yi can't! How about Luo Yi, he is a child from a poor family, I have given him the greatest glory, how can he rebel against me? ”

Pei Ju took out another copy and said: "This is a secret letter sent by Xue Shixiong, the general of Zhuojun Tongshou Zuo Imperial Guard, and he also said that Luo Yi has no objection and is loyal to His Majesty." ”

Yang Guang took the fold over and looked at it, and then said with relief: "I just said, Luo Yi can't be reversed." ”

Pei Ju and Yu Shiji glanced at each other, and they both saw a hint of pride in each other's eyes. Pei Ju thought of the gifts given to him by Luo Yi and Xue Shixiong, and then weighed what Li Yuan sent, which one was heavy and which one was reasonable. Xue Shixiong sent a pair of three-foot-tall coral trees, 30,000 pieces of meat, Luo Yi sent 50,000 pieces of meat, ten exotic women, and a rare jade Ruyi with excellent color. And Li Yuan only sent 10,000 pieces of meat, wouldn't it be easy to distinguish which is more important.

He looked at the last of the notes in the box and smiled inwardly.

It was a secret letter sent by Luo Yi, reporting that Li Yuan was suspected of rebellion. This recital, Pei Ju and Yu Shiji discussed, and finally took it out. Although Li Yuan sent fewer bribes, after all, Li Yuan and His Majesty are cousins, who knows if His Majesty will favor him? If Your Majesty doesn't believe in Li Yuan's recital, then you will take out Luo Yi's when the time comes, and if Your Majesty believes Li Yuan's, then Luo Yi's recital doesn't have to be taken out.

"Another ......"

Yu Shiji said cautiously: "Luo Yi presented a copy of the book to sue Tang Gong Li Yuan for the crime of bullying the king. ”

Yang Guang was stunned, and then said angrily: "Bully, bully, everyone in the world bullies the king!" ”

He suddenly remembered Wen Yao's death, and roared, "Except for a knife, none of you have told me the truth. The boat broke and fell into the water and died? How could a martial art like a knife fall into the water and die? How did the ship break? And how did you fall overboard? Pei Ju, Yu Shiji, you should tell me, have you deceived the king! ”

Pei Ju and Yu Shiji's faces changed in fright, and they all knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the ministers really dare not deceive the king, there are officials on both sides of the Yellow River who are still there, and the confessions of the ferry boatmen are also there, and the ministers dare not deceive Your Majesty." ”

The most important thing is that the thief named Li Xian in Yanyunzhai knows how to behave very well, and the generous gifts he sent are still there. What's more, Li Xian just asked the two of them to help, and he could delay it for as long as he could. This is not difficult, they have concealed the news of Wen Yao's death for more than half a year, and the emperor did not remember Wen Jia at all in Yanmen Pass. After returning to Jiangdu, he remembered that Pei Ju only found an excuse that the Yellow River bandits in the counties could not be delivered, so he prevaricated. Who knows if Wen Yao went off the road with the emperor or died?

It's just that the two of them underestimated Yang Guang too much.