Chapter 179: Love and Righteousness (II)
The palace is the darkest corner of the world, what news is spread quickly, it is like a long leg, this Li Zhen has not yet left the palace gate, there is reliable news in the palace of the king of Wei, whether it is Li Zhen's request to visit Li Chengqian, or Li Shimin's wanton reward has all reached the ears of Li Tai, the king of Wei, who was stunned, Li Tai, who was busy contacting the minister, was taken aback, and hurriedly found Sima Su Miao of the palace, and discussed it urgently.
"Uncle, what is Hachi going to do? Father and the emperor ......, alas, didn't the father and emperor still talk about this king to the important ministers yesterday, how did he reward Xiaoba again at this time, what is this saying? Before Su Miao sat down, Li Tai threw out a series of questions like a cannon, and his face was full of anxiety - early yesterday morning, Li Shimin had convened important ministers to discuss matters related to the abolition of the prince, and Li Tai seemed to be mentioned intentionally or unintentionally in the conversation, and the words were like this-"Yes Dajia, I look forward to it" But it stopped at the point, and did not go on, and a group of important ministers were also very cautious in the abolition of the major affairs, and when they did not fully understand what the holy will was, no one was willing to discuss this matter in court, of course, Afterwards, someone naturally spread this word to the Wei Palace, but Li Tai was so happy that he held a banquet and celebrated with his henchmen, but he never thought that only a day later, Li Zhen won a big fortune, how could Li Tai not be in a hurry?
Su Miao sat silently, ignoring Li Tai's anxious appearance, frowning and crushing the news he obtained, especially Li Shimin's words and deeds, slowly savoring the meaning, after thinking for a while, he sighed and said: "His Royal Highness King Yue has taken a good move, well, let him occupy all the words of affection, great, amazing!" ”
"Affection?" Li Tai muttered thoughtfully, frowned and said: "Xiaoba, this is planning to intercede for the boss, hey, Bacheng is planning to appear as a person who values love and righteousness, hmph, Li Chengqian's gang committed such a serious crime, how can his father tolerate him, Xiaoba, this is just buying people's hearts." ”
"Not really." Su Miao shook his head and said: "Your Highness, according to Your Majesty's performance in the past two days, you really have no intention of executing Li Chengqian, but there is no way to excuse him, as soon as His Royal Highness King Yue's poem comes out, it is in His Majesty's arms, and Li Chengqian will not die!" ”
"Ah, that ......" Li Tai was immediately anxious when he heard this, and he was about to ask a question, Su Miao shook his hand and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, although Li Chengqian can not die, but there is no possibility of entering the East Palace again, this article is already certain, and now there are no more than four people who can hope to enter the East Palace - Your Highness, King Wu, King Yue, King Jin, now King Wu has begun to contact the courtiers, King Yue for Li Chengqian, get the name of benevolence and righteousness, these two have shown their ambition to fight for the Green Palace, although the King of Jin has not had too many actions, But yesterday he was ordered to go to the house of the eldest grandson Situ, but I was afraid that there would be some collusion, and now His Royal Highness has connections in the court, but he may not be optimistic. ”
Although Li Tai is arrogant, he is not a fool, and he understands it as soon as he hears it - Li Zhen has military exploits, Li Ke has political achievements, and what he Li Tai has is just the identity of his son-in-law and the support of a group of courtiers, in terms of personal charm, he is not as good as Li Ke and Li Tai, and the identity of the son-in-law is equal to Li Zhi, although he is slightly better than the princes in the support of the courtiers, but he has no full chance of winning, besides, the two most important members of the court - the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling have not expressed their position so far, It is really not easy for Li Tai to enter the East Palace.
"What my uncle said is reasonable, and this king knows it in his heart, so what should I do now?" Li Tai calmed down and asked in a calm voice.
"His Royal Highness King Yue wants to play the card of love and righteousness, and His Royal Highness can naturally follow the cards." Su Miao stroked the long beard on his chest and calmly analyzed: "It has been six years since the death of the queen, but Your Majesty has never established a queen again, which shows how stable the position of the late queen in the eyes of His Majesty is, and this is where His Royal Highness can take advantage of it." ”
"Oh? Will the plan be settled? Li Tai nodded and looked at Su Miao thoughtfully.
"Isn't it rumored in the palace that Min'an Palace and Yuande Hall (Yang Shufei's residence) are fighting fiercely, why don't Your Highness add a fire, wait for the fire to start, Your Highness can wait for the death of the late queen, and add another fire, Your Majesty is angry, and it is bound to be angry with the two kings of Wu and Yue, so that the momentum of the two kings can be suppressed, and one of them is also; Second, His Royal Highness is also the nephew of the eldest grandson Situ, why not take advantage of this relationship, only the eldest grandson Situ fell to His Royal Highness, and the King of Jin is bound to have no drama to sing, even if the eldest grandson Situ is impartial, he will not come forward to spoil His Royal Highness's big event, and then go all out to win the support of Fang Sikong, so that the big thing can be decided! Su Miao analyzed unhurriedly.
"Okay, in that case, this king will arrange it, and it will be done according to Mr.'s wishes!" Li Tai replied loudly, and then asked again uneasily: "It's just, well, it's just that the boss of the king should move?" ”
Su Miao waved his hand indifferently and said: "Ignore it, if the saint asks, then take the opportunity to ask for a favor, if you don't ask, you will pretend not to know." ”
"Well, yes, that's how it should be, this king and Li Chengqian have always been at odds, and it seems hypocritical to ask for mercy in vain, so it's okay." Li Tai thought for a while, said with a smile, and then raised his voice and said, "Come on, go and pass on Wanzhong Mountain to see you!" ”
In the middle of March, the sky was already a little hot, but Li Zhen, who was sitting in the big sedan chair, felt a little cold, not because of the injury, but the chill in his heart couldn't stop coming out, and he always felt that something not very good was going to happen, but he couldn't grasp the key, what Yuan Tiangang said ten years ago was churning and entwining in his mind from time to time, which made Li Zhen panic, and even the big sedan chair stopped at the door of his palace for a long time, Li Zhen didn't react, and sat on the sedan chair.
"Your Highness, Your Highness." Seeing that Li Zhen had not moved in the sedan chair for a long time, Chen Liang, the captain of the personal guard, hurriedly walked to the sedan chair, pasted it on the sedan curtain, and called in a low voice twice, finally waking Li Zhen up from his reverie.
"Hmm." Li Zhen hummed noncommittally, walked out of the sedan chair with a huff, glanced at Liu Dequan, the chief butler who hurriedly came forward, and commanded calmly: "Old Liu, go and prepare some wine and food and household goods for eating, wearing, and using, and it will be of great use to the king when I turn back." ”
Liu Dequan was at a loss and didn't know what Li Zhen's move meant, so he hesitated for a moment before asking, "Your Highness Mingjian, how many people must prepare things for use?" Where to send it? ”
"Well, this king is going to visit Li Chengqian in the heavenly prison in a while, so you can see that you are ready." Li Zhen thought about it, said casually, didn't say more, walked through the door, and walked straight to the study.
"Your Highness, urgent report: Qizhou has been broken, and the king of Qi died on the spot." As soon as he saw Li Zhen walk into the study, Na Long immediately stood up and handed Li Zhen a small note in his hand.
"Oh?" Li Zhen raised his eyebrows, took the crumpled little note, took a closer look, his face changed uncertainly, his heart was mixed, and he couldn't tell what it was like - the battle of Qizhou was certainly as Li Zhen envisioned, the British Duke Li Jizi led the army to move forward slowly, as powerful as he could, but the army was not fast, but privately sent Liang Dongfang, the general of Zuojin Wuwei, to lead 4,000 cavalry as the vanguard, walking at night and day and night, sneaking all the way, and quietly killed under the city of Qizhou on the night of March 14, the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, and the unprepared Qizhou was immediately down, The original subordinate officials of Qizhou immediately raised troops anyway, and the Qizhou soldier Cao Du Xingmin sent troops to besiege the palace of the king of Qi, and the king of Qi, Li You, could not escape, and died on the spot, and the rebellion in Qizhou was quelled.
Although Li You's death was self-inflicted, Li Zhen couldn't help but feel a little melancholy when he thought of the fifth child's daring personality and some interactions with himself, and the only thing that made Li Zhen feel relieved was that Xue Rengui recommended by Li Zhen was a team leader in the vanguard army, and he was the first in the whole army to rush to the head of Qizhou City.
"That's it, the fifth child is also this life, which can be regarded as seeking benevolence." After being silent for a long time, Li Zhen sighed, shook her head, stopped talking about Qizhou, and changed the topic: "Two gentlemen, my father has approved the king's request, and the king will go to the prison for a while. ”
"Criticism?" Na Long is the person in charge of the "Rising Sun", but he has never received information in this regard, and when he heard Li Zhen's words, he was stunned for a moment, and muttered and repeated.
"Hmm." Li Zhen snorted angrily, and talked in detail about what happened in the palace today, and selectively retold the comments that Yuan Tiangang gave to Li Zhi, the king of Jin, and the words he said when he presented himself with the "True Yang Jue", of course, Li Zhen concealed the history of the later generations that he knew.
"Your Royal Highness, when you traveled to the world in the past, I did hear people say that Yuan Tiangang was good at breaking people's destiny, and he was known as an unpredictable ghost. Mo Li studied the doctrine of sages, and did not believe in those fortune-telling and fortune-telling things, but he was suspicious of Yuan Tiangang's intentions in criticism, frowned and thought about it, and took the lead in speaking.
"Otherwise, I'd rather believe it or not, even if what Yuan Tiangang said is bad, I will wait to make some preparations as soon as possible, I think that the plan for now is to find out what Yuan Tiangang said first, and I think that this matter is not simple, maybe it is out of the holy order, and we must take precautions as soon as possible." Na Long is from the grassland, and he is a high priest, and he believes in things like criticism, but at this time, seeing that Mo Li was unimpressed, he immediately retorted.
"That's it, let's first find out Yuan Tiangang's comments to his mother and then discuss it." Li Zhen saw that the two strategists had different opinions, and he was afraid that the dispute between the two would not be over, so he waved his hand and said: "In this extraordinary period, everything is still careful. As soon as the words fell, he flicked his sleeves, strode out of the study, and asked the guards to bring the household goods prepared by Liu Dequan, and rushed to the prison of the Criminal Department in a sedan chair.
The prison of the criminal department is located outside the Changle Gate, hundreds of meters away from the palace, covering an extremely wide area, about four or five hundred acres of area, and there are more than 30 buildings inside, according to the heaven, earth, and artificial order, among which the Tianzi number is imprisoned by the officials above the fifth grade in the DPRK, and the land number is the officials below the fifth grade, and the human number is the most heinous civil murderer, basically they all belong to the category to be beheaded after the autumn, and this prison is heavily guarded on weekdays, and now it is full of officials of all sizes who have been implicated in the two cases of the prince and Li Yuanchang. The whole prison is full of people, and the security is even stricter to the extreme, not only the officials of the criminal department are all dispatched, but also the officers and soldiers of the Nanya who are on duty here are not a few, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry enclose the entire prison, and the idle people can't get close to one step at all, Rao is Li Zhen as a prince, and the same is true, there is still a distance of more than 100 meters from the prison and it is blocked by the patrol of the Nanya army.
"Anyone who comes, no one will be allowed to approach without a holy oracle in the heavenly prison!" More than a dozen officers and soldiers of Nanya, led by an officer in formal uniform, blocked the way of Li Zhen and his party.
"Presumptuous, my lord came to inspect by order, and he will not retreat!" Li Zhen's group of guards are all arrogant people, who put those ordinary officers and soldiers in their eyes, as soon as they saw someone blocking the way, they immediately scolded him, and the team was also a guy who admitted death, no matter how the guards scolded, they just refused to let go, and the two sides were tense and had a lot of trouble.
"What's going on?" Li Zhen was thinking about her thoughts in the sedan chair, and suddenly heard the constant noise in front of her, suddenly pulled down her face, lifted the sedan curtain, and asked in a calm voice.
"Your Highness, the soldiers of the left Jinwuwei in front blocked the way, and the words were ugly, and the brothers couldn't get angry for a while, so they ......" Chen Liang saw that Li Zhen's expression was wrong, so he hurriedly jumped off his horse and explained in a low voice.
Damn, these bunnies have won a few battles, and the king of heaven and Lao Tzu don't let go of it, dog! As soon as he saw Chen Liang's devastating virtue, Li Zhen guessed a rough idea, knowing that it was his own guards who were arrogant and domineering, and suddenly his heart was on fire, and he glared at Chen Liang fiercely, so frightened that Chen Liang retracted all the words behind him into his stomach.
A soldier can't be arrogant, but he is too arrogant, and he must be unlucky, how can Li Zhen, who is familiar with military affairs, not know, but this is not the time to rectify, Li Zhen can only suppress the anger in his heart, without looking at Chen Liang, he got out of the sedan chair and strode towards the front of the team.
The guards who were clamoring and shouting endlessly saw Li Zhentie coming over with a blue face, and immediately all quieted down, and shrank back quietly, no one dared to go wild casually, and the dozen or so Nanyajun were previously scolded by the powerful palace guards, and at this time, under the annoyance, Wu Zi was there and cursed, but the team was sharp-eyed, and when he saw Li Zhen coming forward, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to shut up, ran forward, hugged his fists and saluted: "Xiaguan Zuo Jin Wuwei C-shaped battalion A team is Lin Chenghe to see His Royal Highness King Yue." ”
"Team Lin is polite, there are many rudeness under this king, and I ask Team Lin to forgive me." Li Zhen raised her hand very casually.
Facing Li Zhen, who was brave and crowned by the three armies, Lin Chenghe did not have stage fright at all, and said very respectfully: "Your Highness, where is the duty of the lower officials, if Your Highness does not have a holy decree, please forgive the lower officials for not daring to be accommodating." ”
Uh-huh, kind of interesting! Seeing that this person was neither arrogant nor humble, Li Zhen felt a great love for talent in his heart, nodded, took out the gold medal rewarded by Li Shimin from his big sleeve, held it in his hand, and said with a smile: "This king has a royal gold medal here, and the holy king is allowed to enter the heavenly prison, and the forest team can be released?" ”
Lin Chenghe glanced at the gold medal, and said with an unchanged expression: "I'm sorry, the lower official doesn't know about this thing, if it is convenient for His Royal Highness, can you allow the lower official to ask General Liu." ”
Hey, too, the old man's gold medal is a little inappropriate, and it's really not as good as the Holy Decree! Seeing Lin Chenghe say this, Li Zhen was also very helpless, without him, although this gold medal is a gift from the emperor, but well, only the middle and upper class figures who can distinguish the truth from the fake are the middle and upper class figures, as for the general officials, they are only afraid that they don't know what this gold medal is, so they have no choice but to smile and say: "Okay, the Lin team is going to transfer this thing here, and the king is waiting here." ”
Lin Chenghe respectfully took the gold medal and rushed into the prison quickly, but he came back faster, but there was a general wearing bright light armor running in front of him, this person was Liu Chenghe, the general of Zuojin Wuweilang, as soon as he saw Li Zhen, who was standing in front of the sentry casually, he was busy on one knee, raised the gold medal above his head with both hands, and said with trepidation: "The last general Liu Chenglong saw His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and the last general greeted him late, and hoped that His Royal Highness would forgive his sins." ”
"Hmm." Li Zhen smiled, took the gold medal, waved his hand and said, "Excuse me, General Liu get up, this king can go to the prison?" ”
Liu Chenglong saw that there was no displeasure on Li Zhen's face, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Your Highness Haihan, the children of the last general's subordinates are ignorant, which angered Your Highness. ”
Li Zhen didn't pay attention to Liu Chenglong's flattering words, smiled indifferently, walked in front of Lin Chenghe, and said very calmly: "Team Lin, there is still a lack of a deputy commander of the guard in this palace, I don't know if Team Lin is willing to give in?" ”
According to the Tang system, the deputy commander of Li Zhen's mansion is the deputy commander of the army, and the high position under the dignified and upright five grades is simply a heaven and an underground compared to Lin Chenghe's current team, if ordinary people hear such news, they must be dizzy and thankful, but Lin Chenghe did not say anything special, just bowed respectfully and said: "Your Royal Highness Xie appreciates, the lower official is a soldier of the Jinwuwei, where to go should be decided by the upper official, please forgive the lower official for not daring to be rude." ”
Hey, yes, wealth can't be lewd, mighty can't bend, it's really good! Seeing that Lin Chenghe did not agree to his request, Li Zhen was not angry but happy, and made up his mind to pull this person under his account, Li Zhen, the soldier of the army, was genuine, and it was still very easy to do such a trivial matter, but he didn't want to say anything at this time, so he smiled, didn't say anything more, and led a group of guards into the prison......
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