Chapter 0248 - Life Hangs by a Thread

Ji Wen suddenly sighed: "Say, yesterday your master and the prince met in the East City, but there is such a thing?!" ”

Wei Fuqing was so frightened that he blurted out, "Yes." ”

Ji Wen immediately said to the official in charge of the record: "Remember, Wei Jian's housekeeper Wei Fuqing admitted that on the day of the Lantern Festival, Wei Jian had a private meeting with the prince in Dongshi. ”

"What did your master and the prince say in the East Market?" Givin continued his questioning.

Wei Fuqing calmed down a little and replied, "The villain only heard the head of the family say hello to His Royal Highness the Prince, and the others didn't listen...... Heard it. ”

Ji Wen immediately said to the official who recorded it: "Remember, Wei Jian and the crown prince had a private meeting in Dongshi, and after greetings, they retreated, and even their confidants did not know what they discussed, and their behavior was extremely cautious. ”

When Wei Fuqing heard this, he was so frightened that he urinated, he couldn't figure it out, he obviously didn't say anything, but as soon as Ji Wen understood it, it became what his master and the prince were plotting with, and his behavior was extremely secretive.

If he continues to ask like this, it won't take a few words, and I'm afraid that the rebellion between his master and the prince will become a fact. In this way, how could Wei Fuqing not be scared to pee**?

Ji Wen sneered deceitfully, and continued to ask, "Is your master Wei Jian conspiring against the crown prince?" ”

Wei Fuqing clenched his teeth tightly, and this time he killed him, and he didn't say a word.

As a result, Ji Wen said to the official in charge of the record: "Write it down, when I asked Wei Jian if he was conspiring with the prince about the rebellion, Wei Fuqing was so frightened that he urinated ** and was speechless. ”

When Wei Fuqing heard this, he suddenly said, "Ah! With a bang, he slammed headlong into the wall. The two jailers who were guarding him stopped in time, and Wei Fuqing was only slightly injured.

The sneer on Geven's face grew even stronger. Then he said to the official who recorded it, "Write it down, and then." Wei Fuqing wanted to hit the wall and seek death, in order to get rid of the crime. ”

In the prison of the Criminal Department of Shangshu Province, after a night of torture by Ji Wen, a cool official, people continued to confess, and good news continued to be passed on to the right minister Li Linfu.

The next day, the crown prince Li Heng, who was restless, hurriedly went to the table and tried his best to clear up the relationship with Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming.

After Li Shizhi heard about this, he felt that everything was just as Li Ang expected, and even the prince wanted to protect himself. They all began to try to clear up with Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, and if they pleaded for Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming alone, it would be very dangerous.

Li Shizhi didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately followed Li Ang's plan to impeach Wei Jian as a Qi Li and a private meeting with the border marshal, which violated the holy metaphor and was also suspected of trapping the prince in injustice, and should be degraded out of Beijing. Set an example.

One is the crown prince, and the other is the left minister, who has been on the table one after another, not only did not intercede for Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming. On the contrary, there is a meaning of supporting the questioning of Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming.

For a time, the upper hand was one-sided, and some centrist officials who were still waiting and watching. also went to the table to impeach Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, and no one interceded for Huangfu and Wei.

Right Prime Minister's house. Li Linfu was not complacent about this, but frowned. On that clear face, there was not much emotional fluctuation.

Ordinary officials followed the trend to impeach Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, but they were all deducted by him.

What he wants is not only to condemn Emperor Fu Weiming and Wei Jian, his ultimate goal is to use this trick to bring down the crown prince Li Heng, otherwise the more severe the blow to Li Heng's henchmen now, once Li Heng ascends the throne in the future, the more fierce the revenge will be.

After reading the confession sent back by Ji Wen, Gongsun Jin said to Li Linfu: "Xianggong, Ji Facao's methods are really clever, these confessions are enough to make the Holy Dragon Yan angry, but it's just ......"

Li Linfu raised his eyes slightly, and the cold light flashed, "Gongsun Shilang has something to say, please say it directly." ”

Gongsun Jin arched his hand and said: "Xianggong, although Ji Facao's torture methods are clever and he has made a breakthrough so quickly, but after looking at it humbly, he always feels that he is missing some main ingredients. ”

When Li Linfu heard this, his eyes couldn't help but turn to Gongsun Jin again. As he said, although Giwen's interrogation method was ingenious, it was inevitably suspected that the sword was off-edge, so that although it could hurt the enemy, it was difficult to hit the key point.

These confessions are mostly insinuations and speculations, and there is no definite evidence, which is exactly what Li Linfu is worried about.

Since Li Heng entered the East Palace, he has never stopped attacking Li Heng. However, nearly ten years have passed, and every time he attacks that are inevitable, the emperor finally suppresses them, intentionally or unintentionally, without causing fatal damage to Li Heng.

In view of this, if you can't get to the point, it will be difficult to guarantee that Li Heng will not escape again this time!

Gongsun Jin continued: "Xianggong, if the prince and Li Shizhi were to intercede for Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, things would be much easier, but now the two of them are both on the table, in order to abandon the pawn and protect the car, things will be difficult to do." The lowly official thought that now that the matter was over, another fire had to be added. ”

Li Linfu said quietly: "Gongsun Shilang thinks how to add this fire? ”

After thinking for a while, Gongsun Jin said: "Xianggong, after the prince and Li Shi wrote the book, the officials of various ministries also followed suit, which is not good for us. The lowly officials thought that now they should let the officials write to intercede for Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, and the more people who write to intercede, the better. ”

It can be said that what Gongsun Jin said is exactly what Li Linfu meant.

The more people who interceded for Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, the more people sympathized with them, the more powerful the emperor would be, and the emperor would be strongly jealous.

Li Linfu stroked his long beard and said lightly: "This matter, let Gongsun Shilang handle it, act quickly." ”

"The lowly officer obeys!"

After Gongsun Jin left the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, he began to spread all kinds of remarks everywhere, saying that after torture, there was insufficient evidence of the conspiracy between Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, and the Right Prime Minister Li Linfu was helpless and prepared to close the case.

In short, the remarks he disseminated were all beneficial to Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming.

Li Linfu also fully cooperated, and on some public occasions, he vaguely revealed his helplessness about this matter.

In such a Tang Dynasty, the partisan struggle became increasingly fierce, and the officials of various ministries also learned to observe words and colors, and see the wind and steer, so under the careful operation of Li Linfu and Gongsun Jin, the people who wrote to intercede between Wei Jian and Huangfu began to appear.

Among them, Xie Antai, a member of the Ministry of Labor, who was the first to intercede with Huangfu Weiming and Wei Jian, was actually promoted the next day.

Although the official said that the reason for Xie Antai's promotion was that he had outstanding political achievements and had nothing to do with interceding for Huangfu Weiming and Wei Jian, the timing of Xie Antai's promotion this time was too sensitive.

It stands to reason that Xie Antai was the first to intercede for Huangfu Weiming and Wei Jian, which is tantamount to going against Li Linfu, Li Linfu is not bad if he doesn't trouble him, and it is impossible to promote him to an official.

So who has the ability to bypass the right minister Li Linfu and promote Xie Antai?

There seems to be only one answer, and that is the emperor.

This can't help but make people wonder if this is what the emperor is signaling to the hundred officials.

If it was true that the emperor wanted to signal to the hundred officials by promoting Xie Antai, it would not be surprising. In the past ten years, Li Linfu has been plotting to kill the prince all the time, and he will bite at every opportunity, but every time the emperor suppresses the matter and protects the prince.

This time, the matter between Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming was too sensitive and widespread, and the emperor could not directly exonerate the crown prince, so he had to signal the hundred officials to intercede with Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, so that the emperor could find a step and pardon Wei Jian and the emperor Weiming in accordance with the wishes of the hundred officials, so as to keep the prince.

A large number of officials thought that they had guessed the emperor's thoughts, so they wrote to intercede for Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, and the wind direction suddenly reversed. Li Linfu no longer seized these pieces, and let them fly directly to the emperor's imperial case like snowflakes.

In the Daming Palace, the emperor looked at these recitals, his expression became colder and colder, especially after seeing Wei Jian's younger brother Wei Lan, a young craftsman, and Wei Zhi, a member of the military department, he couldn't help but shoot the case, and said angrily: "Kill!" ”

The eunuchs and maids in the hall were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and their faces were so frightened that they were colorless. Gao Lishi, who had always been relied on by the emperor, bowed down, went to pick up Wei Lan and Wei Zhi's songs, and said cautiously: "Everyone, please calm your anger, some small things, don't be angry with the dragon body." ”

"A trifle? You see, is this still a trifle! The emperor was furious, and added, "I can't spare him!" ”

Gao Lishi quickly took a look at Wei Lan and Wei Zhi's recitals, and the two tried their best to cry out for their eldest brother Wei Jian, and in order to achieve their goals, they also cited Prince Heng to testify.......

Seeing this, even Gao Lishi couldn't help but scream in his heart that he should be damned.

At present, the prince himself is under the melon field, and he is not clearly involved, and there are so many officials who are pleading for mercy, as the head of the people, this is what he is most afraid of.

Wei Lan and Wei Zhi don't know whether they are dead or alive, and at this time, they still cite the prince as evidence, what is the proof? This can only prove that the crown prince and Wei Jian are in league with Huangfu Weiming.

Things get to this point, and they get complicated. Even Gao Lishi didn't dare to speak again, for fear that if he opened his mouth, he would be involved.

Under the emperor's anger, he immediately ordered Wei Lan, Wei Zhi and other thousands of people from the Wei family to be imprisoned.

Seeing this, the crown prince Li Heng was extremely frightened, and in order to escape from his relationship with Wei Jian's brothers, he once again defended himself, and asked the emperor to allow them to divorce on the grounds of "discord" with Concubine Wei, in order to show that "they will not abolish the law by pro-family".

And the emperor agreed. Wei Jian's younger sister, the crown princess Wei, was forced to become a nun, and the world shook.

When the people of the Wei family heard the news that the crown princess was forced out of the house, it was as if they had lost the last straw, crying and wailing in the prison, and even Wei Jian was very desperate.

Li Linfu took advantage of the victory to pursue, and once again asked his subordinates to impeach Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, and at the same time insinuated that the prince participated in the rebellion. A series of confessions and supporting evidence were presented to the emperor, and after reading these, the emperor finally had the idea of abolishing the crown prince Li Heng.

It's just that the abolition of the crown prince is a major event of the country, and the emperor is still a little hesitant, and he is still a little indecisive for a while.

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