Li Dan knew that Lai Junchen's impeachment of him was imminent, and he knew that Princess Taiping, Wu Chengsi and others were determined to join forces to fight back, but he still didn't dare to write a word, instructing the courtiers who were still loyal to him to cooperate in the action, he was worried that once the matter was revealed, it would become evidence against him.

Zuihou still insisted on the repeated insistence of Li Chengqi and Li Longji and other princes, and specially explained that it could be marked at the end of the letter "burn immediately after reading", Li Dan tremblingly agreed to sign the reply letter and stamped it with the prince's seal.

Li Longji sent Gao Lishi, who was carrying a secret letter, to the outside of the palace, stretched out his hand to untie his Liuyun Baifu jade pendant, stuffed it into Gao Lishi's hand, and said: "My father-in-law took the risk to spread the news and save my father and son from danger. This jade pendant is a little bit of Xiao Wang's heart, please accept it from your father-in-law! ”

Li Longji was placed under house arrest in the East Palace, and there was no monthly income at all, this jade pendant was still what he wore when he was driven out of the palace and imprisoned in the East Palace, and it was one of his only few belongings.

Where is Gao Lishi willing to accept his things, and hurriedly excused himself.

Li Longji said sincerely: "This little thing, how can it be worth the father-in-law's death to arraign; How can this little thing buy Xiao Wang's life? Xiao Wang gave it to his father-in-law, just as a token, if my father and son can regain their freedom in the future, they will never forget the grace of today's father-in-law's help, if the father-in-law can afford Xiao Wang's promise, please accept it! ”

Gao Lishi hesitated for a moment, carefully took the jade pendant into his arms, and gave a long bow to this little prince who was the same age as him and had a calm temperament, and said respectfully: "So, slave and maid thank the prince for rewarding!" ”

Li Longji nodded, watching Gao Lishi turn around and walk out, with an unusual meaning in his eyes. Although he was young, all kinds of hardships made him far more mature than his peers, and he had begun to pay attention to seizing every opportunity to win over the available people.

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Yishui Riverside. The fish float on the sparkling water sinks suddenly. Yang Fan's wrist was hurriedly lifted, and a silver glittering fat fish jumped out of the water alive. Yang Fan quickly brought the fish in front of him, picked the hook and put it in the fish basket, put another fish worm on it, threw the silk thread, threw it into the river, and said calmly: "Since everything is ready." Let's do it! ”

Ren Wei stood behind him and said respectfully: "Yes!" In the eyes of the suzerain, who should be the first to attack? ”

Yang Fan held the fishing rod in his hand and replied indifferently: "Wu Chenghei is cunning, and he will not bite the hook easily, so let's call the prince's person to do it first!" ”

"Yes!"

Yang Fan turned around and said, "The people on the prince's side have been almost killed by the emperor. The rest of the people are very hidden, and even we are difficult to know for sure which people are loyal to the prince, so we take this opportunity to keep an eye on those who come out, and then follow the vine to see which people are in close contact with them, and keep an eye on them together. These people are friends today. It may not be impossible to be our opponent in the future! ”

"Yes!"

Ren Wei took a long look. Turn around and leave!

The next morning, Wu Zetian just sent troops to Liaodong to quell the rebellion and asked Yao Chong, the squire of the military department, about the progress of the deployment. Then a servant came forward to report to the little eunuch: "Bixia, supervise the imperial history and ask to see you!" ”

The official position of supervising the imperial history is not high, and they are not qualified to go to the court to accompany them, but they are the imperial history, if they want to impeach someone, they can go to the court at any time to see the driver, so as soon as the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty heard that there was an imperial history asking to see, they immediately understood that this was to impeach the minister, and there was inevitably some commotion in the civil and military class.

Wu Zetian was a little surprised, and ordered: "Announce him to see him!" ”

Ji Luzhong is more than sixty years old, and he is already an old minister, although there are many officials in Beijing who are like cattle and horses, and there are few ministers in the court who can recognize them, but Ji Luzhong has been in the Yushitai all his life, and the Yushitai is to supervise hundreds of officials, so there are no officials in this yamen who have been in the yamen for a long time and the powerful people in the court do not know each other.

Ji Luzhong's official reputation is honest, and he is even respected by the government and the opposition, and he has been impeached in the past, but there has not been a single incident that has been caught in the wind and shadows, and there is no evidence in the investigation, and this person has never been attached to the powerful, and he is only dedicated to the court, and even Wu Zetian has great respect for this Geng Zhong old minister.

After a while, the will was handed down, Ji Luzhong strode up to the hall, and all the civil and military officers were a little stunned when they saw Ji Luzhong holding a court robe and an official hat, and wearing a kudzu robe.

Wu Zetian narrowed his presbyopia, saw Ji Luzhong's appearance clearly, and felt a little strange in his heart: "What is Lao Ji going to do?" Do you want to say goodbye to the old and return to your hometown? ”

Ji Luzhong didn't look aside, walked up to the main hall, and bowed to Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian couldn't help but smile and asked: "Ji Qing, you don't wear court clothes, why did you come to the palace like this?" ”

Ji Luzhong said: "The old minister went to the palace today to impeach Jingzhao Yin Lai Junchen!" The old minister knows that Lai Junchen is trusted by Bixia and has great authority in the court, if he doesn't tell Lai Junchen today, the old minister will be poisoned by him in the future. Yes, without crowns and robes, impeachment in white, if he can't sue him, the old minister is willing to resign immediately and return to his hometown, die of old age, and never participate in government politics again! ”

Wu Zetian was displeased when he heard this, and reprimanded: "Ji Qing's words are too meaningless!" The imperial history supervises hundreds of officials, hears about things, and holds the national criminal constitution to correct the court, which is the right given by the imperial court, regardless of whether what is said is conclusive or not, who can blame you, and how can Lai Junchen ever be so domineering. Don't hesitate to speak up, I am your master in everything! ”

Ji Luzhong said in a loud voice: "Thank you, bixia!" Bixia, the minister impeached Lai Junchen, is the mastermind behind Wan Guojun, Huang Jingrong and other cool officials who slaughtered people and forced them to rebel against the border wilderness! The ministers impeached him again for taking cruelty as the law, and he went to follow the inspection, cruel and cruel to people's hearts, exposing bones and bleeding, and there were many of them, and the voices of injustice were in the sea.

During the period when the ministers impeached Lai Junchen and were demoted to the same state, he coerced his colleagues, forcibly demanded his wife, and took it for himself, which was shameless and the people's resentment was boiling! The fourth minister impeached Lai Junchen, and when he was a judge in the same state, he accepted bribes from a wealthy gentry, and even sentenced the plaintiff to the plaintiff with the grain of the official treasury, and he should be beheaded for the crime. The impeachment of the ministers, pile by pile, or there are witnesses, or physical evidence, is not a false accusation, please also bixia to investigate! ”

Ji Luzhong's words were loud, and the whole hall was in an uproar.

Someone dared to impeach Lai Junchen, which undoubtedly hit the excitement of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, but it was just ...... Sue Junchen?

No one is optimistic about Ji Luzhong, and some officials who have a good impression of him are already full of compassion when they look at him, and they seem to have seen the tragic future of this old Ji.

Wu Zetian knows that he is loyal and sincere, and he will not impeach an official easily, but once an official is impeached, he must have solid evidence.

A group of people from Yushitai were unjustly imprisoned in southern Xinjiang. In order to regain the importance of their role in the imperial court. Wu Zetian knew this for a long time; And Junchen likes women, and she has also heard Gorou and Rokuro laugh and talk about it in the harem, so thinking about it, I'm afraid that the impeachment charges of Ji Luzhong are all true.

Wu Zetian's subordinates now have not many minions, and they really don't want to use this obedient watchdog anymore, so they can't help but hesitate for a while, not knowing whether to take over the case. If not. Ji Luzhong even put out the jiashi who told the old man to return to his hometown, such an obvious protection, wouldn't he have the virtue of being a good man and accepting advice, making hundreds of officials laugh at their injustice. If next, if Ji Luzhong comes up with real evidence on the spot, then will Junchen be governed or not?

When Lai Junchen heard that someone was impeached. I had to follow the rules, remove my hat without a crown, stand at the forefront of the literary class, bow my head and listen to the ginseng, gritted my teeth in my heart, and secretly calculated how to return the color.

Wu Chengsi saw the empress's hesitation, his heart was dark, and he was a little out of breath. He had planned to let others come out first. Wait and see how you look and then decide your own advance and retreat. Now I am anxious to find out my aunt's attitude towards the heir, but I can't care about that. immediately gave Zhang Jiafu, the person from the Fengge House, a look.

As soon as Zhang Jiafu saw his master's instructions, he went out and said: "Bixia, there has long been a discussion between the government and the opposition, saying that Junchen used torture to slander people and slander people, so that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military people dare not speak. The current era of the imperial history not only impeached the Junchen, but also hoped that Bixia should be Shun Tian, strictly investigate the case, guilty or innocent, after the investigation, in order to return the world to justice! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

As soon as Zhang Jiafu's voice fell, many officials such as Zhao Gan of the Tianguan Mansion and Cui Xiang, the examiner, came out to echo him, and Wu Zetian had no choice but to order: "Come to Junchen to listen to the staff behind closed doors!" Regarding the case of Ji Luzhong's impeachment of Lai Junchen, the Qiuguan Yamen was ordered to conduct an investigation and trial. Ji Qing can transfer a cadre of personal evidence and physical evidence to the Qiuguan Yamen, and tell the old man to return to his hometown, and he will mention it again! ”

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"It turns out that Ji Luzhong is the prince's person, this old man is hiding deeply, if it weren't for this, we wouldn't have found out!"

On the way back to the city, Yang Fan teased the two children and said to Ren Wei: "This fire has been burned, and all aspects will go all out." Taking this opportunity, we need to find out who belongs to which side, record all of them, and strictly monitor them from now on! ”

Ren Wei agreed, and quickly conveyed Yang Fan's instructions......

Since the Criminal Department took over the investigation of Lai Junchen, the people of the crown prince Li Dan, the people of the heirs of King Wu of Wei, the people of Princess Taiping, and even the party of Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yi have been mixed in, criticized and impeached.

There are already many books about Lai Junchen's crimes, and now if he wants to rectify him, the charges are naturally easy to come by.

According to the rules, Lai Junchen was originally just listening behind closed doors, but as his crimes continued to increase, Wu Zetian couldn't protect him, so he had to order him to be arrested in the prison of the Criminal Department.

Only two days later, Wei Suizhong, under the instruction of Wu Sansi, came forward to testify, saying that Junchen had drunk and talked wildly, and boasted of Shile.

Shi Le was the Emperor of Later Zhao, who was originally a slave, then became a general from a slave, and then from a general to an emperor. Lai Junchen was a splash at the beginning, but now he is a big official, and he claims to be Shile, doesn't he want to rebel and become the emperor?

Poor Lai Junchen didn't know who Shi Le was, he didn't know this person at all, let alone Shi Le's life. It's just that in this way, Lai Junchen's crimes were increased layer by layer, and he finally rushed to death.

However, Wu Zetian still did not have the idea of executing Lai Junchen, which was due to the fact that Lai Junchen offended too many people, just because he offended many people, so Wu Zetian believed that many impeachments were out of personal vendetta. And because there are so many people who come to Junchen to offend, she believes that Lai Junchen can only rely on herself.

As for rebellion, Wu Zetian can only laugh, anyone who rebels is possible, people like Lai Junchen rebel, who in the world will follow him?

The charge of rebellion has always been the most powerful means to eradicate political enemies by Wu Zetian's hands, and it has almost been tried and tested, but now even this charge can't help Lai Junchen, and the informant is still Lai Junchen's former confidant, Rao is so, Wu Zetian doesn't believe it, this Lai Junchen has really become a Xiaoqiang who can't be killed.

Faced with such an indifferent reaction of the emperor, Wu Chengsi was even more afraid: "With so many crimes, the emperor doesn't want to kill Junchen, could it be that the emperor really wants to borrow his hand to eradicate this king and all the opponents who hinder King Liang's ascension to the throne?" Jiafu, what should the lonely king do now? ”

In Yang Fan's study, Yang Fan was also asking his henchmen about this matter: "Ren Wei, does the 'Heaven Viewing Department' have any ideas on this matter?" ”

Ren Wei said: "The people of the 'Heaven Viewing Department' carefully studied the people who had been eliminated by the empress over the years, and they found that there were only four kinds of people who the female emperor wanted to kill the most. The first is those who have a grudge against the empress, and this kind of person has been killed before the empress ascends the throne; The second type is a disobedient person, and Lai Junchen is obviously not; The third is those who are a threat to the throne......"

Yang Fan said: "It is obviously impossible for Lai Junchen to pose any threat to the throne, and Wu Chenghei instructed Wei Suizhong to put such a charge on Lai Junchen, which is completely self-defeating." ”

Ren Wei said: "Yes! The fourth is the person who has completely lost its use value and continues to keep it, which will affect the authority of the empress! ”

Yang Fan groaned slightly and said, "Obviously, this is the only way to get rid of Lai Junchen." Those officials whose identities are hidden, but who actually belong to Er Zhang, the Wu family, and Princess Taiping, have already figured it out? ”

"Yes!"

Yang Fan smiled and said, "That's good! So let's do it now and let Lai Junchen become a street rat! (To be continued......)