—— Yang Xi returned to the Zuolong Wuwei camp in the middle of Daming Palace and Xingqing Palace, Guo Ziyi returned to the political hall in Daming Palace, and the two went over together.

Guo Ziyi, who was riding a horse and marching side by side with Yang Xi, made the guards around him disperse at a certain distance, and then whispered to Yang Xi: "Ziliang, the old man believes that you have enough evidence to use this incident to bring down Gao Lishi, but have you ever thought that this will also annoy Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will definitely take the opportunity to punish it." If that happens, how do you deal with it? It is likely that your father's ministry will also be affected, and in doing so, you will not gain more than you gain by removing another scourge for the court. The old man doesn't understand, why are you doing this, why are you so excited? ”

Guo Ziyi has been in the officialdom for many years, and he knows the rules well, and he knows that Yang Xi dares to question Gao Lishi, the emperor's most favored eunuch, in the palace, and has the intention of questioning the emperor, so no matter what, Li Longji, as the emperor, will be angry in his heart. What's more, Yang Xi's contributions during this period of time are too great, he has the taste of high merit and shocking the lord, and he doesn't know how to converge, as a monarch, no one likes to have such a character appear.

Of course, Yang Xi knew what Guo Ziyi meant, but he didn't have any worries, and explained with a smile: "My father-in-law's worries and my son-in-law know, and I am very grateful for my father-in-law's concern, but please don't worry too much, my son-in-law knows that for more than a year, my contribution is too great, and the big one makes the emperor ** not know how to reward me, if I leave the court for a period of time for some reason, I believe Your Majesty is also happy to see it." If I am unfortunately wounded in the process of quelling the rebellion, then I can justifiably go back to my house and lie down for a few months, and leave nothing alone, believing that Your Majesty will definitely do something along the way. So that nothing will happen? Father-in-law, do you think it's possible to eliminate all the troubles? ”

Guo Ziyi was stunned when she heard this, and immediately stopped her mount, and looked at Yang Xi strangely, she couldn't understand that Yang Xi would have such a strange thought.

"Father-in-law, the son-in-law has been married to Xin'er, and the marriage date has also been set, so I should devote my main energy to marrying Xin'er, for more than a year, I haven't rested in the house for a few days, let alone enjoy life, my son-in-law is ready to recuperate for a period of time in the next time, and after marriage, accompany Xin'er well, and don't care about anything," Yang Xi looked at Guo Ziyi meaningfully, "Father-in-law, this is my wish, and it is also what Your Majesty wants to see!"

"That's fine, take retreat as advance! Huh!" Guo Ziyi also completely understood what Yang Xi meant, and felt a little relieved.

Yang Xi smirked twice, but quickly suppressed his smile and whispered to Guo Ziyi: "Father-in-law, my father is seriously injured this time, and it will probably take several months to recover his health. After recovering his health, no one can guarantee whether the condition of the whole person will return to his previous state. He was seriously injured in the head, and during this time he was in a coma from time to time, and he was often confused, and perhaps he would never be able to help His Majesty in his affairs as before, and perhaps he would resign from His Majesty and recuperate in the palace for a long time......"

"Huh?!, is that so?" Guo Ziyi couldn't help but exclaim. He knew that Yang Guozhong's injury was very serious, but he didn't expect it to be so serious, it was likely that he would never be able to come back again, and it would not be necessary to be abolished for the rest of his life, how could this not surprise him, but when he was surprised, he was a little happy, maybe this was the best result for him and for Yang Xi.

The most fundamental reason why Guo Ziyi is worried about his family and Yang Xi is that after their Guo family and the Yang family married, they had too much influence in the court. His father-in-law, and Yang Xi's father, Yang Guozhong, both hold important positions in the court and rank in the political hall, such a union will definitely make the emperor have scruples, very big scruples, and the ministers of the court are also afraid, maybe when an inexplicable disaster will come. But if Yang Guozhong is no longer able to reinstate and no longer hold important positions in the court, the emperor's scruples will definitely be less, and the chances of being suspicious will be less.

Therefore, after hearing Yang Xi say that Yang Guozhong was seriously injured, especially the injury on his head, it may even affect Yang Guozhong's thinking and judgment, and after he was no longer able to come out and do things in the future, Guo Ziyi, who felt that the danger had been eliminated by half, couldn't help but feel happy.

But this feeling of joy can't be revealed in front of Yang Xi, and he can only pretend to be sad and comfort for a while.

Yang Xi almost made his mind clear to Guo Ziyi, and he no longer worried about anything, and after saying goodbye to Guo Ziyi, he went to the camp of the Zuolong Wu Army. After arriving at the camp, he immediately ordered Pang Zhong to personally lead people to arrest those people he needed overnight and put them in the camp of Zuolongwu's army for strict supervision. Pang Zhong also immediately went to carry out the order, and for a while, the sound of horses' hooves that had just subsided in Chang'an City sounded sharply again, and those who were carrying their hearts fell into panic again.

Since the initial suppression of the rebellion, martial law has been imposed in Chang'an City, and no one can leave Chang'an City after martial law, and the people who want to be arrested have finally been successfully brought to justice.

Early the next morning, Gao Shi brought people to the camp of the Zuolong Wujun to bring people, and Yang Xi handed over all the people related to this rebellion to Gao Shi.

"Ah, Marshal Yang, why are you injured?" During the handover process, Gao Shi saw the bandages wrapped around Yang Xi's arm and asked with concern.

"Last night, when I led people to arrest the rebels, I accidentally suffered a knife wound, but fortunately it wasn't too serious!" Yang Xi pointed to his "injured" left arm and said self-deprecatingly: "The boat capsized in the gutter." The rebellion has been quelled, and I, the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses, have been injured, and I really want to be laughed at by someone, and I ask Gao Shilang not to laugh. ”

Yang Xi said, approached Gao Shi again, and whispered a few words, Gao Shi immediately realized, but did not say anything else, just comforted Yang Xi and said: "Marshal Yang has worked hard, when the situation calms down, take a leave of absence from Your Majesty, go back to the house to recuperate, and take care of your body!"

Gao Shi's interest made Yang Xi very happy, and he didn't say anything more, and motioned for Gao Shi to take the prisoner away for interrogation-

"Your Majesty, the minister and Gao Lishi have interrogated a number of people involved in the case, and they all confessed that before the rebellion, they had a close relationship with the eunuch Gao Lishi around His Majesty, and even Gao Lishi helped them install a Zhonglang general in the Right Dragon Martial Army," Fang Xuan presented a thick stack of confessions in his hand to Li Longji, "Your Majesty, this is their confession, from these confessions, it can be inferred from these confessions that Gao Lishi has a close relationship with the abolished prince Li Heng, and has frequent contacts with these subordinates of Li Heng, and often accepts their benefits, even when a rebellion is about to arise!"

"Your Majesty, the minister also interrogated Gao Lishi, and he admitted that before the rebellion, he had close contacts with the deposed crown prince Li Heng, and the testimony of the two parties is consistent with others, which is enough to prove that the charges against Marshal Yang are established!" Gao Shi followed the performance, presented the confession in his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, judging by the ministers, Gao Lishi's crime of rebellion is established, but everything is still up to Your Majesty to decide." ”

Li Longji took the confessions handed over by the two ministers who were in charge of the case of Gao Lishi forwarded by the eunuch, but he didn't open it to look at it, just looked at the thick confession indifferently, and said without any emotion: "I know, put it here, I will take a look at it later, how to deal with it, and then make a decision after I think about it carefully." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister has retired!" Fang Xuan and Gao Shi originally wanted to discuss a decision to deal with Li Longji at this time, but when the emperor said this, they didn't dare to ask again, so they could only withdraw first.

After Fang Xuan and Gao Shi retreated, Li Longji also waved away the others, and sat alone on the throne in the hall, thinking about things with his eyes closed.

Two days have passed since Li Heng's rebellion was put down, and the officials involved in the case and their families have been arrested. Martial law was also lifted, and the situation in Chang'an City slowly calmed down, but Li Longji's state of mind did not calm down. In the past few days, he has no good taste in his heart, he can't sleep well, he can't eat, and he feels that his whole person is suffering! He couldn't make any decisions, he didn't think of a further decision on Li Heng's treatment, how the other ministers should deal with it, and he didn't have an opinion for Guo Ziyi, Wei Jiansu, Fang Xuan and others. But now that Fang Xuan and Gao Shi have sent the confessions of interrogating the traitors and interrogating Gao Lishi, Li Longji knows that he can no longer be silent, and he must make a decision to decide the final fate of these people.

Li Longji's hand holding the confession was trembling slightly, he didn't want to make a decision, he didn't want to make a verdict on these few people close to him.

Especially Colliers, a man he felt closer to him than anyone else, and he wanted someone to be by his side rather than be executed by his own order. But Gao Lishi's crime was confirmed, and it was impossible not to make a decision, and Li Longji, who was sad in his heart, finally couldn't suppress his feelings, and two lines of turbid tears rolled down from his eyes.

One is his own son, and the other is a loyal eunuch who has served him for forty or fifty years, but he didn't expect that these two people he felt very close to him were involved in opposing him, how could this not make him heartbroken? If something like this had happened more than twenty years ago, or just a dozen years ago, he would have not hesitated to behead these people, but now he can't make up his mind.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Yang Yuhuan rushed in quickly and hugged the crumbling Li Longji.

"Yuhuan, Yang Xi is forcing me, forcing me to kill the prince, kill Gao Lishi, Gao Lishi is my closest and most caring person?" In the face of Yang Yuhuan's persuasion, Li Longji finally vented his thoughts, "Why do they treat me like this? Could it be that I see that I am old, so I am so bullied? ”

"Your Majesty, how can this be? Shiro is just loyal to the country, and he doesn't want to see the annihilation in power, so he said this, he is for the stability of the Tang Dynasty and the tranquility of His Majesty's governance, so he hopes to clear out all the annihilators in the court," Yang Yuhuan patiently comforted: "Your Majesty, it is a fact that Gonggong Gao was involved in the rebellion, but fortunately it did not bring great trouble to Your Majesty." Your Majesty, for the stability of the Tang Dynasty and for the sake of no more rebellion in the court, you have to be ruthless, otherwise the people around you will rely on your kindness and do whatever they want. Your Majesty, you have to put the general trend first, Your Majesty."

"Yuhuan, don't say it again, I know!" (To be continued.) )