"Old minister, see His Royal Highness the Prince." Xiao Yu saw Li Zhi coming over, although he didn't know what trick Li Zhi was playing, but he was still patient and saluted respectfully.

"Ah, excuse me, excuse me, come on, give Xiao Zhongshu a seat." Li Zhi waved his hand excitedly and commanded with a very heroic look.

"Yes." The unlucky Guan Dasong was first shaken by Li Zhi and almost became a vegetative person, and then he was thrown into a ** pier, and he was very depressed, but when he heard Li Zhi's order, he had to get up in a hurry, ran to the side, took a brocade pier, and came to Xiao Yu's side with a smile on his face, and respectfully invited Xiao Yu to take a seat.

"Old minister, sit down." Xiao Yu didn't shirk, and he didn't care that Zhu Suiliang, who was also an auxiliary minister, was still standing aside honestly, and sat down in a big way, with a righteous face, looking at Li Zhi, who was so excited that his face was slightly distorted, and said: "Is there anything important about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince summoning the old minister so urgently?" ”

"Ah, there is something to tell Xiao Zhongshu." Li Zhi's small body couldn't help but tremble for a moment, and his words paused slightly, and then he continued: "Xiao Zhongshu, you know, before my father and emperor set out on the expedition, he entrusted the state affairs to you, Zhu Huangmen, and Liu Shizhong, the three adults, that is, the three elders and important ministers can be loyal to the country, and they will never miss the government and military affairs, but now things have changed, and the palace really doesn't know where to start, alas......"

Xiao Yu was originally pushing Li Zhi to enter the East Palace, but it was all from Li Shimin's secret instructions, in fact, Xiao Yu himself was very dismissive of Li Zhi's ability and character, even if he is now the crown prince and Taibao, and he is the highest subordinate official in the East Palace, but he still looks down on Li Zhi in his heart, but it is only for the sake of duty that Li Zhi is maintained, at this time, seeing Li Zhi so coy, he was not happy in his heart, his brows immediately wrinkled, and he said not very politely: " His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has something to say. ”

Li Zhi saw Xiao Yu's displeased face, but he didn't explain directly, but waved his hand and said: "Xiao Zhongshu, this matter is a long story, so please ask the princes to explain it in detail on your behalf." ”

Zhu Suiliang saw that Li Zhi pushed the miscellaneous matters of such explanations on his own head, and he was not happy with his complacency, but he was helpless, so he had to walk over from the side, clear his throat and said: "Xiaguan has seen Lord Xiao, this matter is like this......" Zhu Suiliang gave a general introduction to the Xiangzhou military food case, and focused on Liu Cheng, who may be involved in the case, is the eldest son of Liu Xun in the service.

Xiao Yu is a bit of a lonely person, not very gregarious, and has always spoken straightforwardly, but he is not a fool, on the contrary, Comrade Xiao is an out-and-out high-IQ person, as soon as he heard Zhu Suiliang say this, he immediately saw the strangeness in it - such a big and small case has reached such a big situation, and the taste here is really not very good, which is obviously that Li Zhi wants to cut Liu Xun, the pillar of the Wei king's side, Although Comrade Lao Xiao has always looked down on Liu Xun, who was born in a slight cold, but Comrade Lao Xiao is even more reluctant to be used as a gun by Li Zhi for no reason, no, as soon as Zhu Suiliang's words fell, Xiao Yu's face immediately became stiff, and he snorted coldly: "This matter can be handled by Dali Temple according to the rules, why should His Highness bother so much?" ”

Xiao Yu's words were really not polite, strictly speaking, there were even some disobedience, but Li Zhi didn't care at all, not angry, but smiled bitterly and said: "Xiao Zhongshu said yes, it's just ...... Alas, this palace is also afraid. ”

When Xiao Yu heard Li Zhi say this, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with displeasure: "Afraid? What can hinder Your Highness? The old minister was strange. ”

Obviously, what Li Zhi was waiting for was Xiao Yu asking this question, no, Xiao Yu's voice had just fallen, and Li Zhi immediately said: "So that Xiao Zhongshu knows that before his father set out on the expedition, he summoned Liu Shizhong to discuss the matter, and said: 'I am on an expedition today, Prince Erfu, and I should know my intentions well. Liu Shizhong said: "May Your Majesty have no worries, and if the minister is guilty, the minister will be punished immediately." The father and the emperor made a reckless statement, which was quite strange, and said: "Qing is sparse and too healthy, and he will be defeated by this, so he should be cautious!" However, Liu Shizhong did not answer, his words were also strange, and his deeds were also born, and now Liu Shizhong's son was involved in the case, and the palace was afraid that he would be in trouble, and it was really difficult to feel at ease. ”

Xiao Yu has always looked down on Liu Xun, his conceited background, talents, and officials are all above Liu Xun, but this time Li Shimin actually took Liu Xun as the first auxiliary minister, and he was already dissatisfied. There is an old man, and An can tolerate him to be so presumptuous! ”

Seeing that Xiao Yu had already taken the bait, Li Zhi and Zhu Suiliang glanced at each other, and just thought about instigating a few more words, so as to completely provoke the dry temperament of Comrade Xiao, or let him go to the ring with Liu Xun, but at this moment, he saw a little eunuch rushing in with a worried face, and immediately interrupted the words that Li Zhi was about to provoke, so angry that Li Zhi's face was pale, and he wanted to fly up and kick the little eunuch who didn't know the current affairs to death, and shouted with a black face: "What's the matter? Say! ”

Li Zhi has always been a cowardly character, and there are very few times when he is angry, these little eunuchs in the East Palace have really never seen Li Zhi have such an attack, and the little eunuch was so frightened that he trembled, and stammered and explained: "Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, Liu Shizhong, Zhongheda, Dali Siqing, Qingsun, and Lord Sun are here, and they are asking to see Your Highness outside the palace gate." ”

"What?" Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this, his eyes rolled, and he couldn't understand the purpose of the two old brothers coming to the East Palace, and for a while he was a little flustered, afraid that Sun Fujia was joining forces with Liu Xun to overturn the case, his face suddenly turned pale, but his eyes involuntarily looked at Zhu Suiliang who was standing aside, and his heart was full of asking for help.

Fools! Zhu Suiliang saw that Li Zhi was so cowardly, and couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart, and groaned slightly, and had already judged that Liu and Sun were only afraid that they should fall out, and this was going to fight the imperial lawsuit - Zhu Suiliang and Liu and Sun have worked together for many years, and they know that these two bigwigs in the DPRK and China are upright people, and they collided together. But he didn't want to talk too much about it, so he just bowed and said, "Your Highness, since the two adults are here, it's good to meet." ”

Li Zhi hesitated and didn't dare to agree, but Xiao Yu, who was angry by Liu Xun's rebellious words before, said with a calm face: "Let that guy come in, the old man wants to see how this old man is punished, go, don't go and spread it quickly!" ”

Yes, Li Zhi, the prince of the East Palace, hasn't opened his mouth yet, Xiao Yu spoke noisily, such a way is arrogant and inferior, and if it is heavy, it is the crime of overstepping, but Li Zhi is flustered at this time, how can he have the leisure to care about Xiao Yu's disrespect, seeing that the two auxiliary ministers said that they could meet him, Li Zhi hesitated, but still gritted his teeth and made the greatest determination, waved his hand, and shouted at the little eunuch who was at a loss: "Why don't you go and pass it on and die?" ”

"Ah, yes, yes, yes." The little eunuch saw that the atmosphere in the hall was not right, and trembled with fright, and responded one after another, almost crawling out of the main hall, and went to summon Liu and Sun without mentioning it.

Not long after the little eunuch withdrew, Liu and Sun walked into the Hall of Virtue with black faces, and when they arrived at the door of the hall, the two glared at each other, both snorted coldly from their nostrils, and turned their faces away.

"The old minister Liu Xun (Sun Fujia) has seen His Royal Highness the Prince." Although Liu and Sun were all angry, they had not forgotten the etiquette, and when they saw Li Zhi sitting on the top, they invariably stepped forward and gave Li Zhi a salute.

"The two adults don't have to be so polite, I don't know why the two adults are in a hurry to see this palace?" Although Li Zhi had already guessed the intention of the two bigwigs, he still asked knowingly.

"The minister wants to participate in Liu Shizhong's rudeness and illegality, take advantage of the situation to bully others, and forcibly interfere with my Dali Temple to judge the case according to the rules......"

"The minister wants to participate in Liu Fujia's unprovoked framing of Zhongliang, despise the laws of the imperial court, and rebel against ......"

Yes, as soon as Li Zhi said this, the two brothers immediately opened their mouths at the same time, accusing each other, although they had never fought with their hands and feet, but the appearance of their faces and thick necks was really comparable to that of the villagers.

"Nonsense! As an important minister of the imperial court, how can you learn that the village woman scolds the street and still can't stop talking! Li Zhi didn't speak, but Comrade Lao Xiao couldn't hold it back, relying on his own official rank higher than Liu and Sun, he picked up the shelf of the Zhongshu Ling and the prince Taibao, and broke off.

At this time, Li Zhi naturally understood the intention of the two brothers, although he was happy in his heart, but he didn't plan to speak about it, let the two brothers quarrel non-stop, waiting for Comrade Xiao to say this, in order to drag Comrade Xiao into the trap, at this time, seeing that Comrade Xiao really jumped out by himself, Li Zhi immediately took advantage of the situation to be a good person, raised his hand with a smile and said: "Two bosses, if you have something to say, just listen to it." ”

Sun Fujia was angry before, and he didn't notice that this was in front of the prince, and was yelled at by Comrade Xiao like this, and immediately realized that his behavior was quite inappropriate, so he immediately closed his voice, and stopped talking with a calm face, but Liu Xun was different, firstly, Comrade Liu never regarded Li Zhizhen as a prince, and secondly, as the first and auxiliary minister, he was not afraid of Xiao Yu's prestige, and he was really worried about his eldest son who was involved in right and wrong. Your Royal Highness, the old minister wants to impeach Sun Fujia, the secretary of Dali Temple......"

Liu Xun pulled his throat and said a lot of things in a chatter, the implication is that his son is so simple that he will never have anything to do with the Xiangzhou military food case, and said that he is the first auxiliary minister, and has the right to go to Dali Temple to inquire about the case, and angrily reprimanded Sun Fujia for despising the court Yunyun, such a menacing appearance, dare to really regard his own face as the dignity of the court, listening to Xiao Yu is really unbearable, not waiting for Liu Yu to finish speaking, Xiao Yu snorted coldly with a dark face: "Dali Temple is acting on the orders of His Royal Highness, even if there is something inappropriate, How can you be a subordinate who can judge at will, how can it be, if Lord Sun does not obey your wishes, will Mo Feier be punished? The old man also advocated a thorough investigation of the case, and Mo Feier also wanted to kill the old man? Well? ”

"Ah......" As soon as Xiao Yu's words came out, Liu Yu was taken aback, let out a low snort, looked at Xiao Yu dumbfounded, and was speechless for a while - Li Zhi's parting conversation with Li Shimin and Liu Yu that Xiao Yu said was indeed true, but those words were said when the two monarchs and ministers played against each other alone, and at that time, there were only a few eunuchs such as Liu Changhe, the inner chamberlain, who were beside the two monarchs and ministers, Liu Yu thought that there would be no risk of leakage in this conversation, but he never thought that he would be stabbed out in public by Xiao Yu, It was not until this time that Liu Xun woke up to the fact that he had fallen into a trap, and then he thought that he was so impulsive that he jumped into the trap stupidly, and he regretted his stomach when he landed, but at this point, even if he wanted to withdraw and retreat, there was no possibility, and he was anxious and hateful, his face turned red with "swish", and he murmured in a low voice: "Xiao Zhongshu misunderstood, this official has no ......"

"Hmph." Xiao Yu was unforgiving, so he didn't pay attention to Liu Xun's explanation at all, snorted heavily, interrupted Liu Xun's words, and said coldly: "As a member of the imperial court, you must know the law of the imperial court, and it is no longer appropriate to rely on power to forcibly break into Dali Temple, as the father of the person involved, he does not know how to avoid suspicion, but he forcibly uses his power to tell the facts of the case, and it is even more illegal to make a law, and the crime is unforgivable!" Xiao Yu's words came to this, without waiting for Liu Xun to explain, he turned around and saluted to the crown prince Li Zhi, who was sitting on the top of the throne, and said: "The old minister Qi Qi His Royal Highness, the minister thinks that Liu Xun in the service is perverse, abusing his power, his crime is not small, the old minister implores His Highness to strictly investigate his crime, in order to set an example!" ”

"This ......" Regarding Xiao Yu's request, although Li Zhi was eager to agree to it in his heart, he deliberately pretended to be hesitant on his face, and looked at Zhu Suiliang, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, who was always silent.

It is of course Zhu Suiliang's wish to be able to bring down his boss Liu Xun, but if he can not make a positive move, Zhu Suiliang still doesn't want to do it easily, seeing that at this time, Comrade Xiao has already made everything that should be said clearly, Zhu Suiliang originally planned to stand by and watch, but as soon as he saw Li Zhi's immortal appearance, Zhu Suiliang had a headache, and he understood that Li Zhi deliberately wanted to come forward by himself, so as to completely tie him Zhu Suiliang to the chariot of the East Palace, but he understood that it seemed to be such a critical juncture, It is really not tolerated that Zhu Suiliang hesitates, therefore, although his eyes are not happy, but Zhu Suiliang still stood up and said: "Your Highness, the old minister thinks that what Xiao Zhongshu said is reasonable, but considering that Liu Shizhong's beloved son is earnest, some mistakes are also human nature, but now the case is not clear, and it is necessary to prevent accidents. Liu Shizhong is better to go home first to avoid suspicion, this old minister is shallow, please make a clear decision. ”

Compared with Comrade Lao Xiao's cannon car, Zhu Suiliang is obviously an old slippery head, and his words are twisted and turned, in fact, there is not much difference from Comrade Xiao's proposition, but the tone is much more euphemistic, and it also gives Liu Xun enough face - according to the imperial court system, if you want to hold Liu Xun responsible, it is not for the prince Li Zhi to have the final say, let alone for Comrade Lao Xiao to decide, this has to be Li Shimin to be the master, even if he wants to punish the crime, it is impossible to convict people before the facts of the case are clear, It is obvious that what Comrade Xiao said about immediately pursuing Liu Xun's responsibility will not work, and the only thing that can be done is to suspend Liu Xun's authority first, as for Liu Xun's suspension after he is suspended, how to investigate this case, to what extent, it is very important to do - there is no excuse for the crime that you want to add, isn't it?

Li Zhi is not stupid, although he really wants to act according to Comrade Xiao's opinion, once it is a hundred, it saves trouble, but in his heart he understands that what Zhu Suiliang said is the right reason, which can not only achieve the goal of overthrowing Liu Xun, but also will not be true, but at this time, Li Zhi is really not very confident about the case itself, without him, the whole case itself was not conceived by him Li Zhi, there is something strange inside, he is not too clear, moreover, Li Zhi knows Sun Fujia very well, and knows that this old man is not the kind of person who abolishes the public for personal reasons, Although he had a lot of trouble with Liu Xun before, however, when it came time to handle the case, Sun Fujia would definitely act in accordance with the law, and there would never be any idea of communiqué personal vendetta, so Li Zhi was still quite worried in his heart, but now that things have been carried out to this point, if you don't enter, you have to enter, after a little silence, Li Zhi looked at Sun Fujia who was standing aside, and said very amiably: "Lord Sun, this case is very important, you have to check it personally, well, for the sake of prudence, the palace will set a deadline for Lord Sun, How about within 10 days? ”

Compared with the huge cases that Sun Fujia tried in the past, the current military rations case is actually a small case, and now all kinds of evidence have basically been obtained, not to mention ten days, that is, within three or five days, Sun Fujia is also sure to be tried, but for the sake of prudence, Sun Fujia did not dare to say too much, at this time, seeing that the time limit given by Li Zhi was acceptable, he did not refuse, nodded, and said: "The old minister obeys the order." ”

"Okay, then it's decided, before the case is cleared up, I will ask Liu Shizhong to be wronged first, go back to the house for a while, and then make a decision after the case is clear!" As soon as Li Zhi's voice fell, he didn't give the ministers a chance to speak, got up, and turned into the apse.

As soon as Li Zhi left, this matter was completely set in the tone, and the ministers couldn't say anything more, so they all withdrew from the Xiande Palace, and they all went back to their homes to arrange related matters......

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