Chapter 270: Bringing the King into the Urn

readx; At the same time when Li Wei went back to report to Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong also got the news that last night Jin Wuwei missed arresting someone, and Xing Wei actually fled into Li Qing'an's military camp. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Yang Guozhong was angry and anxious, at this moment he couldn't take care of Xing Wei, his top priority was to shirk his responsibility, Li Longji announced that the order of his audience had been passed to the ministry, Yang Guozhong did not go directly to Xingqingguan, but went to the military department to find Ling Hufei, on the way, they met.

"Sir, what should I do about this?" As soon as Linghu Fei got into the carriage, Yang Guozhong asked anxiously.

"Yang Shangshu, don't worry, calm down."

Ling Hufei also just knew about it, and he didn't expect that the seamless plan would have such an accident, and he also knew that it was a big crime to call Jin Wuwei without permission, but as long as he caught the criminal, he would explain to Li Longji privately afterwards, with the identity of Yang Guozhong's uncle, there should be no problem, but now Li Qing'an is anti-guest, and he has made the matter bigger, making it known to the whole court, and he has also set up a charge of attacking the Anxi army at night, and the matter has really become serious.

Ling Hufei's mind was spinning rapidly, how to complete this matter, he pondered for a long time, and then said to Yang Guozhong: "Now the only way for us to insist is to catch Xing Wei, because the situation is urgent, we called for help from Jin Wuwei, in a word, we must say that this matter is an accident, so that Jun can not only clear the charge, but also lead out the matter of Xing Wei." ”

"Clever!"

Yang Guozhong praised with a punch, worthy of being his military advisor, and immediately found a breakthrough, he thought about it and said: "But if the Holy Lord asks me why I didn't report to him last night, how should I answer?" ”

Ling Hufei smiled slightly: "The Holy Lord will not ask you, but Li Qing'an will come to ask you." ”

Yang Guozhong was stunned, "Is this any different?" ”

"The two are very different!"

Ling Hufei smiled, and his smile was very ambiguous, "Li Qing'an asked you to put you to death, and the Holy Lord asked you, just to ask you to give him a step, so as long as you grasp this, you can get through this hurdle." ”

Yang Guozhong didn't seem to understand, he scratched his scalp and said, "Sir, please tell me directly, how should I explain?" ”

Seeing that he couldn't even grasp this, Ling Hufei sighed secretly in his heart, so he had to say: "You just said, you want to take the assassin and report it to the saint, you are eager to invite merit, understand?" The words 'Invite merit' can cover up all your impulses and mistakes, and this is your shield. ”

Although the reason was good, Yang Guozhong was a little unhappy in his heart, and his face sank and said: "I am a dignified minister, how can I do such an impulsive thing?" ”

Ling Hu Fei felt a sad cry in his heart, and he smiled bitterly: "My Yang Shangshu! At this time, face is not important, the important thing is to make the big thing small, let the saint symbolize the surname to punish you, but also give him a step, give him a face, do you understand? ”

Yang Guozhong's head is as big as a fight, he has been fighting with Li Qingan for so many years, he has always suffered losses, so big that he lost his official position and demoted, and so small that he lost his twin sisters, this time he just wanted to put on small shoes for Li Qingan, but even his brother-in-law was compensated, he was a little afraid of this person, and he didn't want to provoke him, but his ghost lingered, and he entangled himself again, oh my God! He's simply his nemesis.

The carriage drove to the gate of Xingqing Palace, Yang Guozhong got out of the carriage, so that Hu Fei could not enter, and he once again told Yang Guozhong: "Envoy, remember, 'Invite merit!" ’”

"I see!"

Yang Guozhong straightened his clothes and was about to leave, when someone suddenly shouted in the distance: "Yang Shangshu!" ”

As soon as Yang Guozhong turned around, he saw a horse galloping in the distance, and the person on the horse seemed to be an official of Dali Temple, Yang Guozhong did not react, but Ling Hufei secretly screamed that it was not good, he jumped out of the carriage and said loudly: "What happened?" ”

The official of Dali Temple flew off his horse and stepped forward to salute and said: "My family envoy ordered me to come to report urgently, and Jing Zhaoyin came to Dali Temple early this morning to take the prisoners arrested yesterday to leave." ”

"Ahh Ling Hu Fei exclaimed, the sudden news reversed the situation, and they were at a disadvantage.

At this time, the eunuch who announced the decree hurriedly said to Yang Guozhong: "Yang Shangshu, hurry up!" The Holy One is already in a hurry. ”

Yang Guozhong glanced at Ling Hufei, and then walked towards Xingqing Palace, Ling Hufei suddenly stopped Yang Guozhong, "Make the king slow!" ”

"Is there anything else sir?"

"Envoy, I'll go in with you."

The situation changed abruptly, and Ling Hufei knew that Yang Guozhong couldn't deal with it, so he could only bite the bullet.

........ "Minister Yang Guozhong knocks to see Your Majesty!" ”

"The minister ordered Fox Fei to see Your Majesty!"

The two bowed to Li Longji in front of His Majesty, and Ling Hufei's arrival made Li Longji a little unhappy, he knew that Ling Hufei, the squire of the military department, was Yang Guozhong's military advisor, but Yang Guozhong, as a dignified Xiangguo, had to make Hu Fei come forward for this little thing, which really disappointed Li Longji.

"Linghu Aiqing, what are you doing?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Yang Shangshu asked Jin Wuwei to assist in the arrest of the fugitive yesterday, it was the minister's idea, the minister did not dare to hide it, and he came to accept the crime!"

"Humph!" Li Qing'an, who was next to him, snorted lightly and said, "Linghu Shilang's news is so fast, I just reported this matter to the Holy Lord, and Linghu Shilang will know, could it be that he can't be clairvoyant?" ”

Li Qing'an meant that someone in Xingqing Palace reported the news, and his words frightened a group of eunuchs in the hall trembling, so that Hu Fei immediately responded: "The general's words are inappropriate, I originally came to ask Your Majesty for guilt, General Jin Wuwei Deng entered Xingqing Palace, I don't know what happened?" ”

"Okay, there's no need to fight about this matter!"

Li Longji interrupted their argument and turned back to Yang Guozhong: "What fugitives do you need to arrest?" Do you have a job to catch fugitives? ”

Yang Guozhong hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, yesterday afternoon, the minister inadvertently got the news that the co-defendant who assassinated King Di was hiding in the Chongsheng Temple, and the minister immediately told the news to Chang'an County Ling Cui Guangyuan, but the minister was later worried that the criminal was strong in martial arts, and the county officials could not deal with it. ”

Li Longji heard that he was quite reasonable, so he nodded and said, "Then why don't you tell Jing Zhaoyin about this matter, and make your own decisions, don't you know that I have ordered Jing Zhaoyin to be fully responsible for this matter?" ”

Yang Guozhong kowtowed two more heads and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, the minister is eager to take credit, and he wants to take this credit for himself, and the minister is selfish." ”

So far, Yang Guozhong's reply has made Li Longji very satisfied, he can't help but glance at Ling Hufei again, he knows that this person must have taught Yang Guozhong on the road, so that Yang Guozhong used such a clever technique of avoiding the important and light.

Li Longji smiled at Li Qingan again: "The general understands now!" It is true that there is a reason for the incident, although Yang Shangshu has a little selfishness in doing things, but this is also human nature, after all, his starting point is good, it can be seen that Jin Wuwei is not aimed at the Anxi Army, of course, I will still severely punish the perpetrators and give the Anxi Army an explanation. ”

The matter has come to this point and it can be regarded as giving Li Qingan a face, everyone has stepped down, and this matter will not be resolved, but the problem is that Yang Guozhong has already said the assassination of King Di, if he Li Qingan reconciles, then what about this case? As soon as he, Li Qingan, nodded, he was out.

Li Qingan glanced at Ling Hufei, and it happened that Ling Hufei was also looking at him, and the two of them looked at each other, and Ling Hufei's eyes were full of sneers, meaning what can you Li Qingan do?

Li Qingan understood what Ling Hufei meant, as long as he nodded, Ling Hufei would immediately continue the case, but it had nothing to do with him Li Qingan.

This is like a move between masters, Ling Hu Fei takes retreat as advance, and secretly kills him, if he Li Qingan only sees the opponent's concession, and can't see his hidden killing machine, then he has fallen into the trap of the other party, Li Qingan can't admire this Ling Hu Fei, worthy of being Yang Guozhong's military advisor, in such a short period of time, he found a way to get out of the trap for Yang Guozhong, and he also secretly hidden.

But these are all in Li Qing'an's expectations, he discussed with Li Mi last night, took all kinds of possibilities into account, and also found the flaw in Ling Hufei's plan, his flaw is that he did not temporarily go to ask Jin Wuwei and Long Wujun for help, but had already planned, if it was a temporary help, then they would not have time at the time when Cui Guangyuan arrested Ren Haichuan, but if he said this flaw as soon as he came, it was likely to be made up for by Ling Hufei, so he had to knock on the side first, and finally lead Jun into the urn and seize the opportunity, Step by step, lead Ling Hufei to his flaws.

Of course, Li Qing'an's real purpose is not to do anything to Yang Guozhong, Li Mi also persuaded him, if Yang Guozhong really falls, it will break the balance between the court and China, and he Li Qingan will not be able to stay in Anxi, and Li Qingan also knows that Li Longji will not move Yang Guozhong now, so his real purpose is to intervene in this case, so that he and Wang Heng will form the same front and form an alliance to deal with Yang Guozhong.

Li Qingan bowed to Li Longji and said: "Thank you Your Majesty for presiding over justice for the minister, the minister is grateful, and the minister can also understand Yang Shangshu's eagerness to share the country's worries, since it is a misunderstanding, the minister does not want to pursue this matter anymore, but the minister must be innocent of one matter, this Deng Wei keeps saying that the minister is secretly hiding the court to commit a crime, how can he think that it is the minister's secret?" This matter is related to the innocence of the minister, and the minister doesn't want the Tang Dynasty to say that the minister colluded with the bandits, so please understand Your Majesty's feelings. ”

After speaking, he glanced at Ling Hufei again, and smiled coldly, he played a tai chi, and turned things back again, wanting him to get out? No way!

Ling Hufei also secretly sighed Li Qing'an's cleverness, of course, this is what he wanted to say, but Li Qing'an preemptively said it, the same thing, he said that this matter is completely different from what Li Qingan said about it, the starting point of the two is different, just like the same peacock opening the screen, he will describe the beauty and diversity of the peacock's feathers head-on, but Li Qingan is exposing the ugliness of the peacock's ass from the back.

He will slowly guide Li Longji to finally believe that it was Wang Heng who instructed Xing Wei to plan the assassination of King Di, and it doesn't matter whether there is Xing Wei or not, the important thing is that Li Longji believes that Xing Wei did it, but now he has absconded in fear of crime, and then points out the relationship between Xing Wei and the Wang brothers, and his goal has been achieved.

But Li Qingan asked Li Longji to doubt Xing Wei's truth first, first of all, there is no such person, how can he be sure whether he committed a crime?

The same peacock opened the screen, and the people standing in front and behind would come to different conclusions, and sure enough, Li Longji was guided by Li Qing'an, and he also said just now that he wanted to give an explanation to Anxi Army, so he turned back to Deng Wei and said coldly: "Did you hear the general's question?" You insist that the general is hiding a fugitive, what evidence do you have? ”

Li Qingan also forced him to ask: "You yourself said that you didn't see him enter my barracks with your own eyes, but you insisted that this person entered my barracks, you come up with evidence!" ”

"The minister followed the water stain to catch up, and the water stain did disappear in front of the camp of the Anxi army."

"What if he finds out that he can't get into my camp and runs along it?"

"This ....."

Deng Wei was speechless, he suddenly kowtowed twice, and cried: "The minister is guilty, the minister should not have wronged General Li, because the minister has a vendetta with General Li, he will bite him, please Your Majesty deal with the minister!" ”

At this time, Ling Hufei was so anxious that he stomped his feet, things were going bad, he desperately gave Yang Guozhong a look, let him stop Li Longji's punishment, and keep Deng Wei, in his plan, Chang Anxu was dismissed, that is, he wanted to promote this Deng Wei to take over, so as to control the Yulin Army, but Yang Guozhong was silent at this critical moment.

Li Longji finally spoke, "Okay! Since you admit that you have wronged General Li, then I have to punish you, spread my will, and from now on, remove Deng Wei, the general of Jin Wuwei, from his post and demote him to a commoner. ”

Wang Chengye, the general of Jin Wuwei, also stood up, "Your Majesty, Deng Wei sent troops without following military orders, which seriously violated military regulations, and the minister, as the general of Jin Wuwei, must also severely punish this person." ”

Li Longji nodded, "Yes!" ”

Wang Chengye pointed at Deng Wei and said: "You sent troops without authorization, and you were beheaded according to military regulations, but thinking that you are for arresting important criminals, it is not a private matter, Gu spares you to death, you will be given a hundred military sticks, removed from all military positions, and demoted to ordinary soldiers." ”

Deng Wei saw that Yang Guozhong had not interceded for himself from beginning to end, he couldn't help but be discouraged, kowtowed with tears, and said: "Thank you for the grace of not killing, and General Xie forgive." ”

He stood up, didn't look at Yang Guozhong again, and followed a few guards to lead the punishment, at this time, Ling Hufei couldn't hold back any longer, stepped forward and kowtowed: "Why doesn't Your Majesty ask, who is this Xing Wei, and why did he assassinate King Di?" ”

Li Qingan also said: "Your Majesty, the minister is also very curious, who is this Xing Xuan, since Yang Shangshu caught him in the temple, why did he let him run away?" ”

Li Qingan turned back to Yang Guozhong and smiled: "Can Yang Shangshu say something?" ”

At this moment, the guards shouted from the outer hall: "Li Xiangguo asks to see!" ”

When Li Linfu came, Li Longji nodded and smiled: "It just so happens that Xiangguo is here, let him listen to it together!" Please come in. ”

"Your Majesty has a decree to announce Li Xiangguo's entry into the palace!"

After a while, Li Linfu's thin body appeared in front of the hall, he stepped forward with difficulty, bowed down and saluted: "Minister Li Linfu see Your Majesty!" ”

Li Longji saw that Li Linfu's complexion was very bad, and he couldn't help but say with concern: "Xiangguo is not in good health, so he will rest at home." ”

"The minister is used to being busy, and he always wants to share his majesty's worries."

Li Longji nodded, and hurriedly ordered: "Go and get a circle chair and sit down for Xiangguo!" ”

A eunuch brought a circle chair, Li Linfu sat down, and he smiled at Li Qing'an and said, "General, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Li Qingan hurriedly saluted, "I haven't visited Xiangguo since I came back from my humble position, it's extremely rude, please forgive Xiangguo." ”

Li Linfu waved his hand and smiled: "Okay!" Public before private, general, please continue to talk about business. ”

Li Qing'an comprehended, Li Linfu is here to reinforce him, Li Linfu will not say anything when he arrives, but his arrival is a kind of momentum, which changes the power pattern of the Datong Palace, increases his Li Qingan's persuasiveness, and deters Yang Guozhong, he belongs to a strategic weapon.

Li Qingan smiled at Li Longji and said, "Your Majesty, Xiangguo has just arrived, can the minister explain the matter briefly." ”

"Yes!"

Li Qing'an briefly told Li Linfu what he had just done, and finally said with a smile: "I am very curious now, Yang Shangshu said just now that he obviously caught someone in the temple, but why did he run away again, and he made a joke about running into my barracks, I really can't understand it, so I want to ask Yang Shangshu." ”

Li Linfu couldn't help but secretly praise, 'Gao Ming! If the evidence that Ren Haichuan was instructed by Xing Wei is insufficient, then the evidence that Xing Wei is the mastermind is insufficient, so why involve the Wang brothers.

This is Li Qing'an's introduction into the urn, first transfer Deng Wei, and then slowly lead out the flaws in the time that occurred when Ren Haichuan was arrested yesterday, if he temporarily asked Jin Wuwei for help, how could it be too late in terms of distance and time, he had secretly sent someone to investigate Deng Wei's location yesterday afternoon in the early hours of this morning.

Yang Guozhong was very embarrassed in his heart, the sudden change caught him a little off guard, and Li Linfu also came, which made him a little worried in his heart, Yang Guozhong is also a cunning person, although he is not as good at strategy as Ling Hu Fei, and sees the problem thoroughly, but he also has strengths, that is, he is good at learning and summarizing, just now Ling Hu Fei taught him to avoid the important and shirk the responsibility, he immediately learned and used it, Yang Guozhong laughed dryly and said: "In fact, this is the clue that Ling Hu Shilang discovered, he gave me the credit, ashamed!" I can't make mistakes again and again, let's let Linghu Shilang say it! ”

After sitting for too long, Li Longji was also a little tired, and he waved his hand impatiently: "Linghu Shilang just said!" ”

Ling Hu Fei sighed secretly, what else could he say? Originally, he wanted to guide Li Longji to follow him step by step, even if there was no Xing Xuan, it would be fine, but Li Qingan took the lead, leaving Xing Xuan behind, if you want to talk about Ren Haichuan, what is the point of saying Ren Haichuan, without Xing Xuan, everything is one side, besides, now that Ren Haichuan has been in the hands of Wang Hui, can he not retract his confession?

But he didn't say it and couldn't do it, Yang Guozhong moved his ladder away, not to say it was the crime of bullying the king, so Hu Fei couldn't help but secretly scolded Yang Guozhong for being stupid, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty, Li Xiangguo, General Li, and the minister also learned by chance that the assassin's accomplices were hiding in the Chongsheng Temple....."

As soon as he started speaking, he was interrupted by Li Qing'an, who smiled and said, "Can Linghu Shilang be more specific, how did he know that the assassin's accomplices were hiding in the Chongsheng Temple?" ”

Ling Hufei scolded in his heart, he arranged to hide there, could he not know? He changed his mind and had to say, "It's one of my family members who went to Chongsheng Temple to burn incense and heard a monk talk about it." ”

Li Qingan smiled again: "This assassin is quite compassionate and has the ambition of sacrificing himself to feed eagles, and he knows that he is offering a reward for catching him, so he exposes his bottom to others so quickly and makes people rich." ”

Speaking in front of the saint, no one is allowed to interrupt easily, that is a rude act, Li Qingan, as an important minister of the imperial court, how could he not know this, but he wanted to interject and interrupt, and the flaws in the details of every sentence made Ling Hufei couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, he suddenly realized that Li Qingan had already prepared, and Ling Hufei's thoughts flashed in his heart, these are all small flaws, and he can also say it, what about the back? Where are the big flaws?

At this time, he suddenly remembered one thing, that is, Cui Guangyuan came out of the ministry, and then went to Chongsheng Temple to arrest people, less than half an hour apart, and at that time, Deng Wei led the army in the Mingdemen area, and Longwu General Ma Xiujun led the army in the Chunmingmen area, this is to prevent the interference of the bosses of the two, he deliberately transferred them out first, but in the end they appeared at the same time in the Chongsheng Temple, if Yang Guozhong asked them for help temporarily, this time and went, how could it be in time, that can only mean that they were arranged in advance, If you continue to scrutinize the details like this, you will definitely pull out this big loophole.

Could it be that Li Qingan has already discovered this loophole? Linghu Fei couldn't help but glance at Li Qing'an, only to see Li Qing'an looking at him coldly, with a mocking smile in his eyes, quite a hint of inviting the king into the urn, didn't Yang Guozhong say that he was worried that the officials would not be able to deal with the assassins afterwards? Then go to Jin Wuwei and Long Wujun to help temporarily, how can you have time?

Thinking of this loophole, Ling Hufei suddenly sweated profusely, Li Qingan came to make trouble early in the morning, saying that Jin Wuwei sent troops without authorization, wasn't it just to lead out this loophole?

At this time, Li Longji gradually tasted the taste, and if he continued, Yang Guozhong was afraid that he would be passive, he glanced at Yang Guozhong, he wanted to listen to Yang Guozhong's explanation alone, Li Longji yawned twice, pretending to be impatient to listen to it anymore, and said with a displeased face: "I'm a little sleepy, let's talk about this matter another day!" ”

Yang Guozhong was relieved, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The ministers dare not disturb Your Majesty, and the ministers will retire!" ”

Li Qingan also smiled and said: "Your Majesty, since this assassin escaped near the minister's military camp, the minister would like to ask for a decree to participate in the capture of this assassin, please allow Your Majesty!" ”

Li Longji shook his head and said, "Jing Zhaoyin is solely responsible for this case, so don't interfere with the general, so as not to misunderstand again." ”

Li Longji's implication is to warn Yang Guozhong, don't ask for merit anymore, you can't fight Li Qingan.

Yang Guozhong didn't understand, but Ling Hufei did, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, "The plan he spent months planning painstakingly!" That's it. ”

At this time, he suddenly remembered another fatal matter, Ren Haichuan was taken away by Wang Heng, would he confess himself.

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(To be continued)