Chapter 72: Trust
Li Congxin had been looking for Qi Zhilan for a while, and suddenly heard a report that Qi Zhilan was blocking Gu Huanyi at the gate of the capital and splashing sewage on his head, and his face became gloomy in an instant.
Putting down the matter at hand, he immediately rushed to the Gu Mansion.
Not long after Gu Huanyi arrived home, he was directing the servants to put things, and when he saw him coming, he smiled and said, "Why did you come so quickly?" β
Li Congxin looked at Gu Huanyi cautiously, and saw that her expression was as usual, and he was a little relieved.
He asked, "I counted the days, thinking that you would only come back tomorrow, and you arrived early today, so you were on the road, right?" β
Gu Huanyi nodded: "You told me not to delay and come back immediately, how dare I be disobedient?" β
Li Congxin smiled at this time and took her hand into the house.
Gu Huanyi saw that he was hesitant to speak, and his expression was also a little solemn, and said, "If you have something to say, just say it, wouldn't it be uncomfortable to hold it like this." β
Li Congxin showed an unhappy expression and said, "I heard about Qi Zhilan. β
Gu Huanyi said: "She is not the first person to wronged you, when Wu Lie was imprisoned before, the court and the central government said that he was guilty of you, you were not in a hurry at the time, why are you in a hurry at this moment?" β
Li Congxin said: "It's different, this time it's sowing discord in front of you." β
Gu Huanyi asked, "Are you afraid that I won't be able to believe her words?" β
Li Congxin nodded, wrapped his arms around Gu Huanyi's waist, hugged her in front of him, and asked, "Are you really not suspicious of me?" β
Gu Huanyi deliberately put on a face and said: "I believe you, but you don't believe me, I'm going to be angry." β
Li Congxin hugged and said, "I'm afraid that you will be suspicious of me, and I'm afraid that you will leave me." β
Feeling that he was really uneasy, Gu Huanyi didn't tease him, and said, "The person who instructed Qi Zhilan to sow discord also underestimated me. Not to mention how Qi Zhilan could stay at the gate of the city and wait for me safely, she said that she found me, what can I do to you? If you really did it, Qi Zhilan went to Dali Temple with evidence in order to save his father, which would be more useful than coming to me. Her appearance is clearly to borrow my hand to make things bigger, so that Dali Temple has to check you. β
Li Congxin kissed her on the face and said, "My obedient is so smart." β
Gu Huanyi blushed and pushed him: "Who is your obedient, talk ...... well"
Li Congxin understood that Gu Huanyi really didn't suspect her, so he said without scruples: "After Qi Yue was arrested, Mrs. Qi and Qi Zhilan disappeared. I looked for them for a long time, but I didn't find them, and Qi Yue gritted his teeth and refused to say anything. Now that Qi Zhilan has sent it to the door, things will make progress. β
Gu Huanyi asked with concern, "What are you going to do with her?" If it is handed over to Dali Temple, she is talking nonsense, will the emperor be suspicious of you when he hears it? β
Li Congxin said: "This person must be handed over, if I kill my mouth privately, the person who sent her will still spread these false accusations to the ears of the emperor, and I have one more responsibility for killing people." β
Gu Huanyi nodded, Qi Zhilan is really a hot potato.
"Then you have to be optimistic about Qi Zhilan, you can't let her die in your hands for no reason."
Li Congxin nodded, stretched out his hand and touched Gu Huanyi, who was worried about him, and said: "In a few days, if I am investigated by Dali Temple, I am afraid it will be inconvenient to come to see you, you don't have to worry too much, it will pass soon." β
Gu Huan's heart was pinched, and he asked, "Will I really investigate you?" What will it do to you? β
Li Congxin said: "Li Chengxu tried his best to send Qi Zhilan to you, just because he wanted you and me to turn against each other, and then you, the bitter master, personally brought witnesses to sue me." Now, although his conspiracy has failed, he will not waste this chess piece in vain, and he will still splash dirty water on my head as much as possible. β
Gu Huanyi said indignantly: "Qi Zhilan said that you are the mastermind, even if she takes out Xiong Jun's notes, this kind of one-sided statement cannot be regarded as evidence, I am afraid that there are still places that we have not thought of." β
Li Congxin smiled and said, "He shouldn't dare to come up with more evidence, otherwise he won't be able to hide his own affairs." β
The next day, Li Congxin handed Qi Zhilan over to Dali Temple.
When Qi Zhilan was on trial, she insisted that her father Qi Yue and her fiancΓ© Xiong Jun were instructed by Li Congxin, and the felony of instigating the prince to take cold ice powder and blowing up the Tianhu Dam was put on Li Congxin's heart.
The responsibility for the crime was heavy, and Li Hongye, the prince of King Jing, who was in charge of the trial, had to personally take the officers and soldiers to Zidezhai to bring Li Congxin back to Dali Temple for questioning.
Hearing that Li Congxin was taken away, Gu Huanyi panicked even though he was mentally prepared.
The people around Gu Huanyi had never entered Dali Temple to be tried, but they heard that the punishment there was harsh and terrifying.
She went to the Fenhou Mansion to find Cui Jingxuan and discussed: "The prince goes to Dali Temple, and I don't know how long he will be imprisoned, do you have someone you are familiar with, take a point or two from it, don't let the prince suffer inside." β
Cui Jingxuan was much calmer than her, and said: "Don't worry, it's just a question, without the emperor's will, the people of Dali Temple will not dare to torture." β
Gu Huanyi was still uneasy, and asked Cui Jingxuan: "Is the prince of King Jing upright?" Will the case be handled impartially? β
Cui Jingxuan thought about it and told Gu Huanyi something about King Jing's son.
Li Hongye's father, King Jing, once closed the city and abandoned the city when King Yi rebelled, causing the rebels to move unhindered all the way and almost approaching the capital.
Afterwards, the emperor was very angry at King Jing's abandonment of resistance, reduced his princely title to an ordinary county king, and also took away his right to lead the army.
Now the defenders on the land under King Jing are all official soldiers.
And Li Hongye was implicated by his father, and after entering Beijing to be a proton, he was also very unloved by the emperor.
"The food and clothing of the protons in the capital are all cooked by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The people below saw that people were eating, and they thought of ways to bully King Jing's son, but the second brother thought that he was his own family and often secretly helped him. Before presiding over the trial of Wu Lie's case, it was also the second brother who recommended the prince of King Jing to the emperor, if he handled this case beautifully, it could be regarded as a turnaround, and he would definitely do his best. β
Gu Huanyi breathed a sigh of relief, and then he was relieved.
She was about to say goodbye and leave, when the Fenhou Mansion got a message that Li Chengxu, the son of King Xian, had also been invited into Dali Temple.
Gu Huanyi perked up and asked, "What is the reason?" β
Li Chengxu was tried to investigate several times before, but he was not interrogated due to insufficient evidence.
Why did Li Congxin go in this time, and Li Chengxu also went in?
Cui Jingxuan sent someone to Dali Temple to inquire in detail, and the news he got was that when Li Congxin went to Dali Temple, he also brought a person, Qi Da of the Liangzhou Horse Gang.
Qi Da's entry into Beijing was very secretive, and even Gu Huanyi and Cui Jingxuan didn't know, and Li Chengxu didn't know it, so he was caught off guard.
The interrogation of the two princes by Dali Temple one after another caused an uproar in the capital.
How could the two people, who had not fought when they chose their heirs, make trouble when the little prince was about to give birth?