The name of the Zhang brothers, how has Li Longji heard of it? He rolled his eyes with interest and asked, "General, these two people are also old friends to you, right?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan responded lightly: "The minister does not dare to mislead state affairs with personal feelings. Lang Jun entered the court as a five-grade product, and it may be difficult to convince the public. ”

Yang Zhao's eyes rolled, and he also said, "What General Xiao said is very true. The saint has a heart, and the villain is grateful, but he does not dare to climb to a high position, nor does he want to be said to be incompetent, and he can only be an official by virtue of the nepotism of the pepper house. ”

Yang Zhao's statement made Li Longji deeply interesting and satisfied: "In this case, then you should start with the Jinwu soldier Cao of the eighth grade to join the army." ”

After the three ladies of the country and Yang Zhao left the palace, Li Longji set off to return to Nanxun Palace. Yang Yuhuan took two steps slowly, followed Xiao Jiangyuan's side, and whispered: "Ah Weng doesn't seem to like me very much, my ancestral brother?" ”

Without waiting for Xiao Jiangyuan to answer, Yang Yuhuan leaned into Xiao Jiangyuan's ear: "I don't like him very much, but the third sister likes him, and he is a relative, so he has to get by in terms of face, but Ah Weng doesn't have to worry about this, if he is really not suitable to be an official, Ah Weng can just drive him out of the court." ”

When he turned around, he saw Xiao Jiangyuan and Yang Yuhuan biting their ears again, and Li Longji stopped: "...... Isn't it time for the general to marry another 'wife's room', why do you always rob my concubine? It just so happened that the eldest aunt and the eighth aunt hadn't gone far yet, and I heard that now the aristocratic families are marrying, and they are looking for them to be matchmakers. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan took a step away when he heard this, but saw that Yang Yuhuan deliberately stuck to it again, so he had to say helplessly: "The minister once said that he will never marry a wife in this life." ”

"Then the general always went home recently, isn't it because there is something more at home?"

“…… The minister adopted Yun Niang's nephew and had to test his homework from time to time. What Xiao Jiangyuan said was not a lie, so his face did not change.

"You didn't treat Jingzhong like this in the past, how can you treat this cheap nephew like your own ......" Li Longji was surprised at first, and before he finished speaking, his face changed. His voice stopped abruptly, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, he pulled the corners of his lips and laughed dryly, only to say nothing and turn to leave.

Yang Yuhuan's gaze turned and turned between Xiao Jiangyuan and Li Longji, with a blank expression: "What dumb riddle are you playing?" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan smiled lightly: "It's just some private matters of the minister, thank you for worrying." ”

Yang Yuhuan hesitated and said: "I like a dedicated person like Ah Weng the most, but the Si people have passed away after all, and Ah Weng still has to live the rest of his life." If there is a new suitable person, Ah Weng must not hide it, if you can't trust my two sisters, I can personally be a matchmaker for Ah Weng. ”

Seeing Yang Yuhuan's soft smile and innocence, Xiao Jiangyuan's mood also improved: "Even so, the old slave will not be polite to the concubine." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan really doesn't like Yang Zhao.

For her, the Zhang brothers are indeed old friends, but they don't have any good memories, so Yang Zhao, who inherited the beauty of the Zhang brothers, lost her favor from the first sight.

But she didn't expect that Li Linfu would look down on Yang Zhao, not only personally appointing Yang Zhao as the superintendent of the imperial history, but also quite a posture to include him in his command. When she found out, it was already the end of Tianbao's fifth year, and the prince announced his peace with Du Liangdi.

This incident stemmed from some folk rumors, saying that Du Youlin, the prince's father-in-law and Du Liangdi's father, befriended the prince and slandered the emperor. If this kind of rumor appeared on weekdays, it would be fine, but it was not long after the incident between Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, when Li Longji was sensitive.

Li Linfu will not let go of such a good opportunity. After all, this is just a rumor of one person, and if something happens, it is not a big deal, far from shaking the position of the prince, so Li Linfu ordered people to continue to spread this rumor, and on the other hand, he found out the source of this rumor.

Unexpectedly, that person turned out to be Liu, the prince's brother-in-law, and Du Youlin's other son-in-law.

If this rumor is said by someone else, it may be false, if it is from the mouth of Liu, no matter how false it is, it can be true. Even when Li Linfu himself first learned about this, he was very puzzled: "...... framed his father-in-law, what did he want? ”

Ji Wen, who was in charge of the investigation, couldn't figure it out, why could someone really kill his relatives in righteousness, and this matter was not serious, and it was not slight to say that it was slight, so Liu was not afraid of harming himself? Doesn't this hurt a thousand enemies and eight hundred? What kind of deep hatred is this, why is it so between Weng and his son-in-law?

Yang Zhao replied with a smile: "The lower official knows that the right minister must have taken this matter to heart, so he inquired a few more words. It turns out that this Liu Mingshi has been like this since he was a child, he has a very big temper and impulsiveness, and he never does things recklessly, and their gang of sour scribes are like this, they only learn with a full stomach, but in fact, what is the difference between them and straw bales? He and his wife have always been at odds, and later fell out with his father-in-law, but he didn't get along and broke off with the Du family, so he had to find a way to make his father-in-law unhappy, so he came up with such a trick. ”

Li Linfu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yang Zhao, and immediately ordered Ji Wen to hint to Liu: If this matter is only investigated by him Liu, Du Youlin will still be innocent, so the matter involves the emperor and the crown prince, he will inevitably die, unless he can find a few more "witnesses" to prove that Du Youlin has indeed committed a crime, so that if he has meritorious service in reporting, he will have a glimmer of life.

Liu lived up to Li Linfu's expectations, and confessed all the celebrities he had interacted with on weekdays, including many high-ranking officials and local officials, and now they all became the people who slandered the emperor and befriended the prince with Du Youlin. After passing through the hands of Luo Jianjiwang, how can there be anyone who does not confess? In the end, all these innocent people were killed by the rod in Dali Temple, and their wives and children were all exiled to the borderlands, and Liu did not escape death because of this.

Until the conclusion of the case, Giwen was unable to find any evidence against the prince himself.

Even so, the prince still made peace with Du Liangdi and severed relations with Du Youlin.

Li Longji also deliberately did not involve the matter on the prince, and pushed the boat down the river when the prince proposed to make peace, saving him.

How can Li Linfu be willing, everything has been done, even if he still can't shake the position of the crown prince, he must give full play to its value as much as possible. He immediately played to Li Longji: "As far as the old minister knows, many officials who have been demoted to the local area are also somewhat dissatisfied with the saints, and I wonder if they are like Du Youlin and other sinners, they also vainly try to befriend the prince, and even dare to slander the saints. If not, it is naturally good, if there is, it will be punished on the spot, so that those officials who are far away from Chang'an will be the same as the Beijing officials, and they will be subject to the sage's heavenly prestige, and they will not dare to make any changes. ”

Li Longji thought so, so he handed over the matter to Li Linfu for arrangement.

The person sent by Li Linfu was none other than Luo Xi, a cool official on the same level as Jiwen.

Roshi walked all the way, and almost killed all the way, and some of them were not killed by him. Like Li Shizhi, he refused to stoop to humiliation and committed suicide by drinking poisonous wine, such as Wang Ju, a dragon hero in the early years, who was once degraded and then let loose his bones, successively served as the assassin or Taishou of the fifteen states, indulged in pleasure for 40 years, and then couldn't bear a little bitterness, and in extreme fear, he was poisoned and hanged, and committed suicide twice in a row before he finally died before Luo Xi arrived.

At this time, those civil servants outside Chang'an who might cause trouble to Li Linfu were all eradicated.

Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the once wide and clear, vigorous and upward court has since disappeared and will never be returned.

Upon learning of Wang Ju's death, Li Longji was silent for a long time.

In the past, he entered the East Palace to visit, but he opened his mouth and said, "I only know the princess of Zhenguo but I don't know the prince". Li Longji felt that Wang Ju must be deeply resentful in his heart, resenting him for hiding all his birds, hating him for forgetting his old feelings, and refusing to leave a good end for him.

On this day, the prince came to comfort him. Li Longji was stunned for a while when he saw this son, who had not been noticed and loved by him since he was a child, but he was in the prime of life but gave birth to a lot of gorgeous hair in just a few days.

He remembered the days when he was also in the East Palace, and fought hard with Emperor Ruizong and Princess Taiping.

This child has not suffered more than him, but his energy consumption is not less than his.

He silently patted the prince on the shoulder. Soon after, he personally selected a new Liangdi Deng Guo's granddaughter, Zhang, for the crown prince.

Mrs. Deng Guo is the sister of the Empress Dowager Zhaocheng, Li Longji's own aunt, and once raised Li Longji in childhood with Ruizong Dou Lu Guifei.

Such a Yue family must not cause trouble for the prince, and the prince will not change his marriage again. Li Longji thinks so, and so does the prince.

After the new Na Liangdi thanked Li Longji, the prince solemnly saluted Xiao Jiangyuan. Although Zhang Liangdi doesn't know why, she is still a husband and wife, and her attitude is more respectful than that of the prince.

Xiao Jiangyuan was sending the two princes out of the Calyx Xianghui Building, and immediately replied: "The old slave doesn't dare to be a big gift for His Highness and Liangdi. ”

"Ah Weng, if I don't have your reminder, how can I know about Wang Taishou? Because of this, I am the unshaken prince in the eyes of my father, and I am the unshakable national capital in the eyes of the ministers, although I have been bullied by the ministers again and again, after all, I still ...... "The prince is rare and emotional, "Ah Weng this kindness, I will never forget it in this life, and I will repay it!" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan was unmoved: "It is the sage who has a love for the prince, and it is also the sage who protects the prince, all the old slave can do is to follow the sage's thoughts, if the prince really wants to repay the favor, he will be loyal and filial to the sage." ”

The prince was just about to say something more when he heard a voice not far behind him:

"Prince Wan'an, good and blessed."