—— Yang Xi didn't have any fear, he knew if he could get rid of Gao Lishi, what he said and did tonight was very important, and he also looked up at Li Longji at the moment, and said very stubbornly: "Your Majesty only needs to send some people into the palace to confront Gao Lishi, then the truth will be revealed." There is nothing to slander people, I just hope that Your Majesty will not be deceived by those close to you!"

At this time, Guo Ziyi stood up and supported Yang Xi: "Your Majesty, what Marshal Yang said should not be fabricated out of thin air. The rebellion of the deposed prince has just been quelled, and anyone who participated in the rebellion, or was related to the rebellion, ...... Whoever it is, it should be thoroughly investigated. Your Majesty, since Marshal Yang dares to say this, then summon those people he said into the palace and confront General Gao, and the truth will be revealed immediately. ”

Yang Xi's persistence made Guo Ziyi no longer able to watch, and he stood up after hesitating. Wei Jiansu, Gao Shi, Fang Xuan and others originally looked uncomfortable with Gao Lishi, a eunuch whose power overshadowed the prime minister, but after Guo Zi's appearance, he immediately stood up and "fell into the ground" and advised the emperor to investigate the matter thoroughly, if Gao Lishi did have close ties with the rebels, or even participated in it, it would be severely punished.

Yang Yuhuan also said softly on the side: "Your Majesty, is Shiro talking nonsense, you summoned those arrested rebels to inquire about the matter, and when the palace confronted you, didn't you know?" ”

Many ministers said this, Yang Yuhuan also followed Yang Xi, even if Li Longji trusted Gao Lishi again, he couldn't help but make a statement, and immediately asked Yang Xi: "Yang Xi, who are they?" ”

"Pei Mian, Yu Chaoen and Li Fuguo, and ......" Yang Xi said the names of seven or eight people, some of whom were important subordinates around these rebellious officials. The situation of these people, Yang Xi has been sending people to monitor during this time, and their actions have basically been detected by his subordinates, and they know what the connection between them and Gaolishi is, so he is very confident in what he said today.

If it weren't for the high-mindedness of Gao Lishi in front of him today, he would not have immediately operated on Gao Lishi, but would have waited a few days for the situation to calm down, further grasp the evidence of Gao Lishi's interaction with these people, and bring him down in one fell swoop, completely eliminating the influence of eunuchs on the government. In the original history, since Gaolishi, countless eunuchs have stepped onto the power stage of the Tang Dynasty, and even influenced the historical process of the Tang Dynasty for a long time, Yang Xi hated it. He once said to Guo Ziyi that the eunuchs' interference in politics must be eliminated, and to do this, Gao Lishi, the most powerful eunuch, must be **, and other famous eunuchs such as Yu Chaoen and Li Fuguo must also be eliminated. When putting down Li Heng's rebellion, Gao Lishi stood up and pointed fingers at him, the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses who was ordered by Li Longji to suppress the rebellion, so the time for this action should be greatly advanced!

Yang Xi had a kind of idea of letting go, and he was not even afraid of the possible wrath of Emperor Li Longji at all.

Crossing over to Datang, he has gambled many times, and he will bet again today, hoping to be right.

Hearing Yang Xi say the names of so many people, Gao Lishi's face was frightened, he was an extremely smart person, of course he understood that Yang Xi dared to say this, what was his confidence.

If he didn't have any contact with the people involved in the rebellion and didn't have any interests with Li Heng, then he wouldn't be afraid of any threat from Yang Xi, but he knew what he had done, who he had interacted with more during this time, and what he had said to them. If these people, that is, these people in Yang Xi's mouth, are confronted with him, it will definitely confirm Yang Xi's accusation, and he will no longer be able to escape the fate of being blamed.

At that moment, Gao Lishi knelt down again in front of Li Longji and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that he is wrong, please forgive your Majesty." The minister did not know the crown prince...... The abolished prince wants to rebel, and he doesn't know that Pei Mian, Du Hongji, Li Fuguo, Yu Chaoen and others will participate in the rebellion, and the ministers only have intersections with them because they are ministers of the court, and the ministers only have intersections with their colleagues! Your Majesty, not only the ministers, but also many ministers in the court and the central government have intersections with them, which is a very normal thing. The minister did not participate in the rebellion, nor did he conspire with them, there is only one loyal person in the minister's life, and that is Your Majesty, and please forgive the old slave for the sake of serving you for many years. Your Majesty, the minister has done something wrong, but the minister has not participated in any rebellion, please let Your Majesty see it and ask Your Majesty to forgive your sins......"

Gao Lishi was quite flustered and a little incoherent at first, but later, after seeing Li Longji's very hesitant face, his confidence also rose, and he continued to play the sad card, hoping to impress the emperor with the feelings he had developed after following Li Longji for so many years, and not to investigate his guilt.

But how could Yang Xi relax at a critical time, and before Li Longji could express his position, he stood up again to state the situation: "Your Majesty, it is a matter of rebellion, and no one can be tolerated and accommodated. ”

When the other ministers saw that it was almost confirmed that Gao Lishi had a close connection with these people who were plotting rebellion, many people were excited and fell into the trap again, asking Li Longji to strictly investigate whether Gao Lishi, a prominent figure in the court, had participated in the rebellion and how much it had to do with the rebellion.

"Your Majesty, the prince is rebelling, Your Majesty, you have given a heavy punishment, not to mention Gao Lishi, a close minister by his side? If Your Majesty does not treat everyone equally, many people will surely follow suit. Your Majesty, we should immediately investigate whether Colliers is involved in the rebellion, and we must not tolerate it!" These are Wei Jiansu's heart-wrenching words.

Wei Jiansu was promoted by Yang Guozhong to become the secretary of the military department, and was ranked in the political affairs hall, and was finally promoted to the right minister by the emperor. All this is impossible for him to get without Yang Guozhong, so he is very close to Yang Guozhong, and the contradictions with Li Heng, Gao Lishi and others are quite deep, Li Heng has now fallen into a point of no return, and there is a chance to beat Gao Lishi to the eighteenth layer of hell, how can he not step forward and kick hard?

Gao Lishi is too favored by Li Longji, and he is not low-key in front of the ministers, even the prince, the concubine, etc. are very afraid of him, not to mention other ministers, the number of ministers who have been framed by him is not small, and the number of people who have been harmed by him is countless. Such a feared and hated character, most people want to get rid of him as soon as possible. Under Yang Xi's ruthless attack, Gao Lishi had almost no power to fight back, and only asked Li Longji to spare his life in the face of so many years of service, who didn't know that this high-ranking eunuch was not innocent at all, how could he let go of the opportunity and take the opportunity to step on a few feet? So the ministers in the palace stood up one after another and asked the emperor to investigate the matter strictly. They suggested that if Colliers really participated, he must be severely punished and must not be tolerated and accommodated.

The crown prince is the emperor's biological son, and he has been severely punished, not to mention that Gao Lishi is just a eunuch.

Gao Lishi's plea and Yang Xi's righteous words, how could Li Longji still not understand what was going on. He knew that Gao Lishi had a close relationship with Li Heng, and if it weren't for Gao Lishi's repeated requests, Li Heng would have been deposed as the crown prince long ago. Now that Li Heng is in turmoil, of course Gao Lishi can't escape from it, but Li Longji doesn't know what specific interactions Gao Lishi has with other people involved in the rebellion.

He didn't believe that Gao Lishi would participate in the rebellion, the eunuch who had served him for many years knew his loyalty to him very well, and he wanted to protect Gao Lishi, hoping that Gao Lishi would avoid being affected by this incident, but Yang Xi's aggressiveness and the repeated requests of the ministers made him no longer able to insist on this, otherwise it would make the ministers angry and the monarch and ministers separated.

At that time, Li Longji could only agree, saying that he would thoroughly investigate the matter.

"What you Aiqing said is reasonable, I agreed to investigate this matter thoroughly, but it is late at night today, and there is no need to mobilize the people to act, so as not to cause another big turmoil in Beijing, this matter will be investigated carefully after dawn tomorrow." After Li Longji sighed, he glanced at His Royal Highness's ministers a few times, and then said: "Then Fang Aiqing will reappear to thoroughly investigate this matter, and use the military department to supplement him!" Gaolishi was temporarily detained and strictly guarded. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Fang Xuan and Gao Shi, who were ordered by Li Longji, stood up one after the other and shouted their orders. And immediately the forbidden army sergeant of Xuandian came in and escorted Gao Lishi, who kept begging for mercy, down.

"I'm tired, I want to rest, you all retreat!" Li Longji waved his hand tiredly and motioned for all the ministers to retreat.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The ministers answered in unison, and did not linger in the temple any longer.

It's already in the middle of the night, it's almost the fourth watch, the elderly Li Longji has suffered such a major change, his son has rebelled against him, and the most intimate eunuch Gao Lishi has been implicated again, and his mind is discouraged, and he is very shocked. It's so late at night, how can you still support it? He didn't want to consult with his ministers on these matters anymore, and left everything to them, but now he just wanted to get a good night's sleep and rest.

However, the ministers who retired from Li Longji's palace could not go back to rest. This night is destined to be a sleepless night, and there are too many things to deal with.

After Yang Xi and Guo Ziyi, Fang Xuan, Wei Jiansu, Li Guangbi, Gao Shi and others withdrew from the palace, they also discussed things outside the hall for a while.

The emperor handed over the affairs of the court to them, and the aftermath of Li Heng's rebellion was handed over to them to deal with, so of course they had to discuss it carefully.

"Guo Xianggong, Wei Xianggong, Fang Xianggong, the lower officials feel that these people who have close intersections with Gao Lishi should arrest them at night, and wait for tomorrow morning, let them confront Gao Lishi in the palace!" Yang Xi took a step forward to say his thoughts, and then said to Fang Xuan and Gao Shi, who were in charge of investigating the matter: "Fang Xianggong, Gao Shilang, I still have a lot of human and physical evidence related to Gao Lishi in my hand, and I will bring them over and hand them over to you." ”

"That's fine!" Fang Xuan spoke first and agreed. Guo Ziyi and Wei Jiansu also agreed.

"Marshal Yang, the official Ming said that the human and physical evidence will personally send someone to get it!" Gao Shi said cautiously: "Marshal Yang wants to reappear to clear the remnants of the rebellion, and he can't be separated, and the personal and physical evidence related to Gao Lishi will be collected by the lower officials in person, and will assist Fang Xiang to find out this matter as soon as possible and report it to Your Majesty!"

"That's fine!" Yang Xi agreed.

After a little more deliberation, they dispersed and went about their own business. (To be continued.) )