Ji Zeyu was still expressionless when he heard this, he only lowered his eyes and looked at his soap boots, and did not show any opinion on the words of the saint. It's as if he didn't see Li Qitian's panicked appearance just now.

Li Qitian naturally knows Ji Zeyu's temperament, he has always been cold, even if he is loyal to the imperial court, sometimes it is not easy to hear some of his favorite words in his mouth, he doesn't speak, it means that he doesn't care about this matter, although Li Qitian doesn't want people to see his appearance, but Ji Zeyu's silent appearance is really unpleasant.

Taking a deep breath to calm his mood, Li Qicai remembered what Ma Chengshang had mentioned, and his mood that had just eased up was tense again due to anger.

"It's not a rebellion, listening to Ma Cheng's intentions, the people of Danfu County seem to have suffered great grievances." Li Qitian coldly curled the corners of his lips, "To build my future mausoleum, they will take Qiao, and they even went to Xiao Zhixi to petition." They're really good at choosing. ”

Li Qitian's words, Ji Zeyu, who listened to it, frowned. This passage sounds unfocused, but it has greatly expressed the displeasure of the saints, and he is already displeased that the people are unwilling to build the imperial tomb in peace, and these people actually go to ask the owl to petition, and he is even more displeased.

Obviously, Li Qitian has forgotten that the official position of the prime minister supervising the construction of the imperial mausoleum was sealed by him, and since the main official who supervised the imperial mausoleum was present, would the people still come to the capital to petition?

But Li Qitian doesn't like the sluggers, so naturally the don't do anything or say anything.

Ji Zeyu had the heart to distinguish a few words for the owl, but after thinking about it, he still swallowed the words in the end, so as not to arouse more suspicion from Li Qitian.

It was Ji Zeyu who was silent again, and only after a long time did he hold back a sentence: "The people's petition for the Holy Lord still needs to be considered." ”

Li Qitian felt quite bored when he saw Ji Zeyu like this, sometimes these wooden pimple-like courtiers were not even as good as Xiong Jinshui, who was serving closely, and what he said was comfortable.

This is also why the Son of Heaven has some complicated feelings about the inner prisoners who serve around him, at least he has been together day and night for a long time, and it is normal for people to be closer.

Li Qitian said in a deep voice: "I will naturally think about it, but I am just making trouble with the people, and I dare to push back the matter of my imperial mausoleum, and there are more people in the Great Zhou Dynasty, do they think that my imperial mausoleum will not be built without them?" ”

Speaking of the atmosphere, Li Qitian slapped the table heavily.

"The Holy One is angry." Ji Zeyu and Xiong Jinshui knelt in unison.

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Cheng Zhixian knelt outside the camp for a whole day and didn't see the news of Xiao Xiao, so he knew that either the prince's injury was really critical, or what he did made the prince disliked, and the prince didn't want to see him even if he woke up.

In fact, Cheng Zhixian was not as contemptuous and hostile as the rest of the officials of the Lu faction. In his heart, the stability of the dynasty is the most important, and Xiao Zhixi, as a hero who opened up the territory, made great contributions. What's more, he is also of good character, and he has no intention of sacrificing the people of Danfu County.

He was willing to tell the local truth, and did not hide all the difficulties in the construction of the imperial mausoleum, but wanted to take responsibility, and his approach made Cheng Zhixian admire him very much.

It's just that I don't know how the Son of Heaven will judge this matter.

It's just that he still calculates people in the end, this is an indisputable fact, and he can't let Xiao Xiao completely forget about it, if he is offended, he is offended, and he doesn't expect Xiao Xiao's forgiveness.

Cheng Zhixian struggled to get up in the evening.

After kneeling for a long time, the legs seem to be prosthetics. Cheng Zhixian stood in place for a while before staggering towards the county seat.

The children of the three big families in the city, many of them were ordered to look in front of the city gate to investigate, and when they saw Cheng Zhixian limping back, everyone hurriedly supported them and reported the news to their homes.

The head of the three families and the elders have been paying attention to the outside world for a long time, and they thought that the magistrate would be punished by the prince, but they didn't expect that the prince would not do that, and the magistrate came back unharmed.

"My lord, what's going on now? The imperial court sent troops to come, but it was not good for the people of Danfu County? The head of the Yu family asked the question that everyone wanted to know.

Cheng Zhixian smiled, his leg hurt badly, but he was still able to talk to the people leisurely.

"You've seen those cavalry, too." Turning back and pointing to the newly added large camp, the horses were under the unified management of the people of the five military camps, and from a distance, the scene of snow-white tents in the camp was particularly spectacular under the afterglow of the evening sunset.

It was as if the horses had trampled their hooves on the hearts of men before they had even rushed up.

The people were all as pale as the earth, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

"See, see. My lord, how can we do now? ”

"Yes, my lord, when we took the children and grandchildren of each family to the government to ask the prince for an explanation, didn't we also listen to your idea. You can't leave us alone! ”

As soon as someone mentioned this stubble, the rest of the people didn't care about it. One after another, they talked about it.

Cheng Zhixian was a little crying and laughing.

He did all this for the stability of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but these people in front of him didn't understand his approach at all, and even resented him, hoping to pull him out of the tank.

O fools!

Cheng Zhixian shook his head and said: "If this county really doesn't care about you and waits, it would have left a long time ago, would it still kneel down and beg for mercy at this time?" ”

The people who were still talking about it, when they heard Cheng Zhixian's words, they immediately looked at each other, and under the huge panic, they had selectively ignored some things, and now that they were reminded, they naturally knew that their complaints were unreasonable.

They did listen to Cheng Zhixian's idea, but that idea was also when the three family elders and elders were present, they took the initiative to ask Cheng Zhixian to come up with a solution. If it weren't for their request, Cheng Zhixian, as an official of the imperial court, why would he be like this?

Everyone couldn't help but fall silent.

Seeing this, Cheng Zhixian softened his tone and said: "Don't worry, since you are a local parent official, there are some things that the official also knows how to do." At this official meeting, the Holy Lords will state the facts, and ask the Holy Lords to judge. Listening to heaven so directly, I believe that the founding monarch of the previous generation will never let you down. ”

When the heads of the three families, as well as the elders and the common people heard this, they were all overjoyed, and they couldn't help but kneel down and kowtow to Cheng Zhixian.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

With Cheng Zhixian's guarantee, their chances of survival will be one more layer, if the saint knows the inside story, maybe he will understand their distress and not punish them for the crime of rebellion and assassination of the prince.

Cheng Zhixian returned to the yamen, saw his wife and child, and did not hesitate, and ordered his family to send his wife and child back to their hometown to serve the old grandmother.

Cheng Zhixian's excerpt roughly wrote the truth of this incident, but the most important thing is to clearly express his willingness not to build the imperial mausoleum.

Cheng Zhixian knew that once this fold was passed into the hands of the saint, he would have no way to live. But beyond the fear, there is more joy in the success of the scheme.

Regardless of whether he dies or not, for a normal king who wants the stability of the dynasty, if such a thing happens, he will not continue to repair the imperial mausoleum, so why should he pass this limelight. Once they had such an idea, they could use their limited amount of silver for the impending natural disaster. His plan was a complete success!

Cheng Zhixian was full of joy, and he ordered people to send out the excerpts with great interest.

Because the matter of Danfu County was very important, the excerpt was quickly passed to Li Qitian.

After Li Qitian saw it, he smashed all the blue and white porcelain vases in the imperial study on the spot. The inner prisoners led by Xiong Jinshui were frightened and kowtowed one by one, not daring to make any more noise.

"This useless thing! And those Diao people! All of them are persecuting me! I am the king of a country, and at this age, I may not be able to build a mausoleum at this age, and I may not be able to repair it well after 10,000 years, and they are still pushing back! That magistrate of Danfu County, who has no way to govern it, caused a lot of chaos, and he didn't know how to ask for guilt, but he dared to beg me not to continue to repair the imperial mausoleum, which simply didn't take me seriously! ”

"The Holy One is angry." Xiong Jinshui's voice was soft and cautious.

Li Qitian's chest rose and fell violently in anger, like a bellows pressed by someone, panting heavily.

Li Qitian paced for a long time, and was about to draft a decree, when someone outside the hall passed it on.

"Holy Lord, the secret of Prince Zhongshun."

Li Qitian's forehead was bruised, and it took a long time to calm down his anger and watch the so-called secret performance of Xiao Xiao.

The things written above are more detailed than those written by Cheng Zhixian, and the tragic situation of the people of Danfu County who did not survive is also clearly written, and it is explained that this time it is really excusable, please ask the saint to plan for the stability of the country and do not punish the people.

Li Qitian sneered, Xiao Zhixi is still this virtue.

Could it be that if he is the emperor, he will not treat the people well? Can you take the lives of ordinary people with your own hands? It shows that he has the heart of benevolence and love for all people?

Li Qitian turned around and drafted a will, ordering people to send it to Danfu County quickly.

On the third day of Xiao Xiao's "serious injury" recuperation, the inner prison beside the Son of Heaven came to Danfu County with the will of the Holy Lord.

In the past few days, the people of Danfu County have been living in dire straits, they can't eat well, they can't sleep, and they are always worried about it, for fear that the imperial court will give an order in the blink of an eye, so that the cavalry stationed outside the city will rush in directly. How will they resist then?

The panic made the air thicker, the people were desperate to go out, even the rows of shops on the streets were closed, and the city was in a depression.

There are also those who trust Cheng Zhixian and feel that Zhixian will definitely ask for their lives.

But immediately someone said the desperate truth: "In the eyes of the saint, Cheng Zhixian and us are all together, right?" If you can't keep it, the old man still thinks that we are the soldiers and horses used by Cheng Zhixian to plot against him! ”