Li Heng's painful love at the critical moment finally resolved the suspicion and dissatisfaction in Li Longji's heart.

Li Longji comforted his son and took a tacit attitude towards his son's divorce request.

The crown princess had to leave her family, her husband and her four children. She had to endure the endless hurt inflicted on her by her cold husband alone.

She is not wrong in herself, the only fault is that she has a few relatives who do not know the current affairs!

The once noble princess finally cut her hair and became a nun. She was miserable next to the ancient Buddha of the green lantern but survived, and all the glory and wealth were turned into a wisp of dust with the burned-out wick.

This politically charged divorce enabled Lee Hyung to survive the political crisis that frightened him.

Li Heng, who watched coldly, watched indifferently as Li Linfu carried out a brutal political persecution of Wei Jian's family. It was not until after Li Linfu's death that this massive and wide-ranging political persecution came to an end.

The political turmoil that began with the Lantern Festival faded over time.

When the New Year is approaching, a new storm suddenly hits Li Heng, and it seems that God doesn't want him to have a good New Year!

After the crown princess Wei was deposed, Du Liangdi became the new hostess of the prince's mansion. The status of Liangdi of Zhengsanpin is second only to the crown princess among the prince's concubines.

Du Youlin, the father-in-law of the crown prince Li Heng, suddenly got into a lawsuit, and the person who denounced him was his son-in-law Liu Tao.

The role of the son-in-law often plays an important role in previous political struggles, because the son-in-law and the father-in-law's family have both kinship but no blood relationship, so political opponents often regard the son-in-law as a breakthrough in political struggles.

Liu Tao sued Du Youlin for the crime of "death and diagram." Construct the East Palace, and rebuke the public opinion".

There are only two possibilities for Liu Tao's motive for suing his father-in-law.

The first is a personal vendetta. The conflict between Liu Tao and the old man's family is intensifying due to trivial family matters.

The second is political speculation, which Liu hopes to use to curry favor with Li Linfu. thus paving the way for his future promotion.

The second option is the most likely. Liu Tao, who was mixed with officialdom, naturally knew that it was a felony to deliberately fabricate the old man's crime of "constructing the East Palace and accusing public opinion". If there was no one behind him to instruct, how could he, a junior official who was at the bottom of the eighth rank, dare to take such a big risk to do such an earth-shattering thing!

In view of the seriousness of the case, Li Longji directly appointed Prime Minister Li Linfu to take charge of the case, which is exactly what Li Linfu wanted!

This case has become a copy of Wei Jian's case, and it has the momentum of abolishing the crown prince Li Heng day and night, but the situation has not developed in the direction that Li Linfu expected.

Li Longji still behaved extremely rationally and cautiously in handling this matter. Gao Lishi's righteous words made Li Longji vaguely aware of some inside information.

On the one hand, the reason why Gao Lishi did this was because of his loyalty to Li Longji, and on the other hand, because he and Li Linfu had all kinds of frictions and contradictions because of the competition for favor.

In order to show his innocence, Li Heng, who was in a panic, once again proposed to divorce Du Liangdi.

Walking out of the prosperous and gloomy East Palace, Du Liangdi found that her family was dead. Exile of exile, and all because of the political marriage that once brought her supreme glory.

Li Heng escaped again. Du Youlin and Liu Tao became victims and scapegoats in this political struggle.

In view of the fact that Du Youlin and Liu Tao belonged to the imperial family, Li Longji deliberately spared the death penalty of the two, and was demoted to Lingnan after being sentenced to cane.

Cane punishment has great flexibility in the process of execution, and it can be called both life and death!

Li Linfu naturally didn't want Liu Tao, who knew too much, to continue to live, so the executioner wantonly waved the big stick in his hand and sent Liu Tao and his father-in-law Du Youlin to Huangquan Road.

Liu Tao would not have imagined that his complaint would cost him his life.

In terms of selfishness, Du Youlin is the father-in-law of the crown prince Li Heng; On the public. Du Youlin's Zanshan doctor (who is on the fifth rank of the upper rank) is a subordinate official of the East Palace. Du Youlin's relationship with Li Heng is understandable both public and private, but Du Youlin suffered a catastrophe because of this.

Li Linfu wanted to tell the Manchu Dynasty to stay away from the crown prince Li Heng!

Li Linfu, who failed to do so, threw his resentment on Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, who had already degraded the world. Under his instruction, the two imperial historians gave Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming to death.

Everyone who was close to the crown prince could not escape the doom, and even Wang Zhonghe, who was deeply favored by Li Longji, felt this strongly.

As an orphan of martyrs, Wang Zhongji has lived in the Ten Princes' Mansion where the princes lived since he was a child. Li Longji and his Enruo father and son. Li Heng and him are like brothers.

In order to eliminate suspicion, Wang Zhonghe, who was also the envoy of the four towns and festivals, repeatedly asked for the dismissal of Shuofang and Hedong Jiedu. Despite this, Wang Zhongsi still failed to escape political calculations after all!

The winter of the sixth year of Tianbao (747 AD). The battle for Stone Castle was in a stalemate. The stone castle city is steep and unusual, "its city is dangerous on three sides." The only way to go".

After paying a heavy price, the city of Stone Castle remained firmly in the hands of the Tibetans.

For this bloody war like a meat grinder. Hexi and Longyou Jiedu made Wang Zhongsi full of resistance, because he felt that it was not worth it!

Yang Shenjin, who didn't know anything about this, still had a heartfelt heart to Wang Ji and had nothing to say. He secretly told Wang Ji the secret of the proverb.

Prophecy is prophecy. Whenever there is a change of dynasty, there will always be a figure of proverbs, so the rulers of the past have always been quite afraid of proverbs related to the rise and fall of empires.

The proverb comes from the mouth of Shi Jingzhong. Regarding Shi Jingzhong's identity, different historical books have three identities: "Warlock", "Returning Lay Monk" and "Hu Ren". This mysterious Shi Jingzhong has supernatural magical powers in the eyes of the world.

Shi Jingzhong said that the world was about to be in turmoil, so he persuaded Yang Shenjin to buy a villa in Linru Mountain to escape the war.

It is true that the Tang Empire suffered an unprecedented catastrophe nine years later, but they will never be able to wait for this day!

The grass and trees in Yang Shenjin's father's grave suddenly flowed out of a red liquid similar to blood for no apparent reason.

The frightened Yang Shenjin decided that this was a bad omen, so he hurriedly turned to Shi Jingzhong, who had "great powers".

Shi Jingzhong set up a dojo to remove evil spirits for him and pray for peace.

Here's the time to witness the miracle. The strange sight of "bleeding from plants and trees" has magically disappeared!

All this was done in secret, but this matter reached Li Longji's ears because of a woman named Mingzhu. And Yang Shenjin's bad luck began from there.

Two different versions of this have emerged!

Version of "Zizhi Tongjian": Shi Jingzhong coveted Yang Shenjin's beautiful maid pearl. Yang Shenjin generously gave the pearl to his friend Shi Jingzhong. The complacent Yang Shenjin pulled Mingzhu back home in a car.

But when passing by the mansion of Yang Guifei's third sister Liu (that is, the later Mrs. Qin Guo). Liu warmly invited Shi Jingzhong to sit upstairs. Ryu stumbles upon Mingzhu sitting in the car. The pearl of beauty can not only arouse the coveting of men, but also be loved by women. Liu immediately put forward the hope that Shi Jingzhong could give the pearl to himself. Shi Jingzhong knew that the Liu family couldn't afford to offend, so he had to endure the pain and cut his love.

"New Tang Dynasty Book" version: Yang Shenjin's maid Qingcao did something wrong. Yang Shenjin wanted to kill him. Shi Jingzhong persuaded Yang Shenjin that it was better to sell the grass at a good price. In this way, the grass was sold to the Liu family.

Two different versions then had a meeting point. Mingzhu or Qingcao attracted Li Longji's attention when he followed Liu into the palace. Li Longji asked her about her origin with concern, and she had to answer truthfully. Li Longji thus learned that Yang Shenjin colluded with the warlock to practice demon magic.

This naturally aroused Li Longji's dissatisfaction. An imperial official actually relaxed the transformation of the subjective world and believed in fallacies.

Despite this, Li Longji "did not express his anger". This incident could have passed peacefully, but it became more complicated and changeable by the appearance of one person.

This person is Yang Zhao, a relative who can often enter and leave the court. Yang Zhao was the later famous Yang Guozhong. At this time, Yang Guozhong was still a middle- and lower-level official whose career had just started, and he was trying his best to climb up.

Yang Zhao told his leader Wang Ji about this, because he knew that the contradiction between Wang Ji and his cousin Yang Shenjin had become increasingly acute.

Previously. Yang Shenjin, who was in charge of finance and economics, took away Wang Jie's job. The income of officials in the Tang Dynasty was divided into three categories: official lu, fodder and vocational field. Vocational land is a system of "welfare land sharing", in which a certain amount of land is given according to the rank of officials. Many officials take advantage of loopholes in the system to eat more and occupy more, and Wang Ji belongs to this kind of person!

Yang Shenjin did not shy away from saying how humble Wang Jie's mother's background was!

"Heroes don't ask about their origins", so many people from humble backgrounds are very taboo to mention the bitter past of the year after they become famous!

Li Linfu and Wang Ji began to compile a large net.

Yang Shenjin has a special identity, the great-grandson of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui. Yang Shenjin deliberately propagated the so-called chaos in the world, in fact, he wanted to deliberately create social chaos in an attempt to restore the ancestral industry.

This is a serious political event! Yang Shenjin was immediately arrested by the imperial court.

In view of the seriousness of the case, Li Longji ordered the three divisions (the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai) to try the case. In the imperial history, Wang Jie, Yang Zhao, and Lu Xuan, the palace servant, were eager to ask Li Linfu for merit and reward.

Jingzhao Mansion Fa Cao Shen Military Ji Wen was responsible for the arrest of Shi Jingzhong. Shi Jingzhong was a good friend of Jiwen's father. When Ji Wen was young, Shi Jingzhong often played with him.

Ji Wen's subordinates deceived Shi Jingzhong and said, "Yang Shenjin has already confessed, but he just needs your testimony to confirm his confession." If you are still interested, confess quickly. Otherwise, it's a dead end! Don't miss the time! ”

Shi Jingzhong said to Ji Wen: "Qilang, please give me a piece of paper." ”

Geven, who was full of joy, played a trick to capture the old man.

Under Shi Jingzhong's repeated pleading, Ji Wen ordered his subordinates to hand him a piece of paper.

Shi Jingzhong grabbed the piece of paper like he was grasping at the last straw. Then he wrote down everything he knew.

Looking at Shi Jingzhong's testimony, Ji Wen showed a smug smile.

Although Shi Jingzhong's arrival in the case has made the case clearer and clearer, the most critical evidence has not been found for a long time.

At the behest of Li Linfu. Lu Xuan led his men to search Yang Shenjin's home. Lu Xuan took the pre-prepared book with him, and then took someone to Yang Shenjin's house to search.

Lu Xuan pretended to search the bedroom of Yang Shenjin's concubine. Then he took out the prophecy he had prepared in advance, and said in a matter-of-fact manner: "The traitor is hiding so secretly. ”

The trial of this major case was concluded in just one month. For this unjust case. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all silent.

In addition to Yang Shenjin's bad reputation, Li Linfu's obscenity has made hundreds of officials fearful.

The officials who tried Wang's case had to think carefully about their lives. Wang Zhonghe's case has finally returned to the track that Li Linfu expected.

Li Linfu handed the case file to Li Longji and said meaningfully: "The prince should know about this!" ”

Li Longji was silent for a long time and said: "My son is in the deep palace, how can he conspire with outsiders? All you have to do is try Wang Zhonghe's obstruction of military action! ”

Li Longji's words undoubtedly characterize this case. This is not a serious political case, but an ordinary case of malfeasance!

Since Li Linfu did not shake Li Heng's position, he spread his anger on Wang Zhonghe. The Third Division sentenced Wang Zhongsi to death and executed it immediately.

Before Ge Shuhan entered the court, the generals advised him to carry more gold and silver treasures for the activities of the old leader Wang Zhonghei.

But Ge Shuhan said: "If the law of heaven is still there, the prince will not die unjustly; If providence so, everything will be in vain! ”

Li Longji had long heard of the heroic and warlike Ge Shuhan. Li Longji, who aims to be powerful, has a special preference for brave generals.

Ge Shuhan took the opportunity of meeting Li Longji to force Wang Zhonghe's grievances and asked to use his official title to atone for Wang Zhonghe's crimes.

Impatient, Li Longji stood up and walked towards the forbidden center. The forbidden place is a forbidden place for "courtiers to stop".

The stubborn Ge Shuhan did not give up easily, but followed Li Longji while kowtowing.

"Men don't flick when they have tears", a general who has experienced a hundred battles actually cried bitterly in front of Li Longji. Li Longji had to be moved!

Looking at Ge Shuhan, who was in tears, Li Longji's hatred for Wang Zhonghe's gnashing teeth eased.

Ge Shuhan's bitter pleading finally opened the door of hope for Wang Zhonghe.

Wang Zhonghe, who escaped death, was demoted to Hanyang Taishou.

What Ge Shuhan didn't expect was that he later inadvertently closed the door of hope of the old leader.

Two years later, after paying the price of tens of thousands of soldiers, Geshuhan finally captured the stone castle city that Li Longji had dreamed of.

The outcome of the war was the same as Wang Zhongsi had expected. Although the Tang Dynasty took control of the strategically important city of Shibaocheng, it paid a very heavy price.

Shortly thereafter, at the age of 45, Wang Zhongsi suddenly fell ill and died. This has also become a mystery for the ages!

The death of Wang Zhongsi not only reminds us of Tian Feng, a famous strategist under Yuan Shao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

On the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Tian Feng once fiercely dissuaded the lord Yuan Shao from rashly fighting Cao Cao. (To be continued......)