Everyone sat down one after another, and dozens of well-dressed and pretty-looking maids began to make tea with broken steps. The women who can serve as escorts in the Jiedu Embassy Office are almost all carefully selected girls, and their figures and faces are good, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly seems to be much more harmonious.

Zhou Xingfeng gently smelled the fragrance of the maid beside him, and immediately turned his head, but his attention was not on the beauty, but on Li Congjia, the king of Zheng. At this time, his heart was extremely worried, for fear that His Royal Highness King Zheng, who was born with a good nature, would not make anything wrong at this critical juncture......

But although Li Congjia is lustful, he has his own measure in the heart of a woman, and the shadow of the country and the city hidden in his heart seems to be gradually coming out, which is enough to make him sober and can temporarily resist all kinds of vulgar fans.

"Li Dashuai, oh, it's time to call you the Governor! Ay! The name of the Metropolitan Governor, I am the only one in Datang, so young but with such achievements, it is really amazing! Governor, the king congratulates you once again! Li Congjia smiled after sipping tea gently.

This is the first formal conversation with Li Congjia, I thought that after he left the holy decree, he would definitely show a little hostility, but he didn't expect it to be so peaceful, Li Yuan couldn't help but secretly admire. Of course, Li Yuan did not let down his guard against Li Congjia because of this, after all, he still has more understanding of this person's inner world than others.

The most important thing is that what you can see from Li Congjia's expression is not only envy, but also a trace of jealousy and hatred in his sharp eyes when sipping tea.

Li Yuan lightly arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, this time you came from thousands of miles away, which made me really flattered by Wuping!" The Governor of Pontus thanked His Highness for his hard work on behalf of the generals...... Although the will has been announced at this time, and it is a time when everyone is happy, but the governor of Pontus bears the emperor's order, and does not dare to be proud of his merits, and now that the war is critical, I also ask His Highness to allow me to report on the arrangements for the labor army in the afternoon! ”

"Isn't it afternoon? It's still early, but it's not in a hurry! Li Congjia waved the sleeves of his robe lightly, and then said with an intriguing smile: "Governor, as the king expected, not long ago, you should have received another edict from the imperial court, right?" The time should be the same, and there are more people rewarding, but you must think it's a little strange, right? Why didn't my father explain it once, but divided it into two? ”

Li Yuan was calm, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Your Highness, how can Your Majesty's Sacred Heart allow random speculation?" The governor of Pontus didn't think about it so much, the court has a will, and he took it! This is the duty of a courtier. ”

Li Congjia narrowed his eyes, crossed his arms and said softly: "Hehe, the Metropolitan Governor is really a loyal minister, so be careful when you speak!" The edict is divided into two times, in addition to the prince to the labor army, one is from the importance of Wuping, the praise of your governor, in order to smooth the war, and second, there is another important reason, which is why this king wants to bring Zhang Sheren with him. ”

Li Yuan quietly picked up the teacup, blew a few breaths of hot air to himself, and replied vigorously: "Your Highness might as well say it bluntly, the governor of Pontus is indeed puzzled." ”

Li Congjia suddenly changed his lazy posture, and his eyes flashed coldly: "This was originally Feng Xiang's errand, but because his son Feng Kang was appointed as the head of Dali Temple, he could only avoid it for the time being out of justice, and Feng Xiang had just been promoted to the left minister, and the central affairs were really busy and couldn't leave, so my father ordered Zhang Sheren to come with this king." In addition to announcing the labor army, he also checked important matters by the way. ”

Li Yuan was secretly shocked in his heart, but he still nodded calmly: "I see! I just don't know what to check? ”

Li Congjia said unhurriedly: "The Metropolitan Governor still remembers that when Li Jinquan's rebellion was quelled in Shouzhou before, the rebel general Li Song was nowhere to be found on the day the city was broken, and only the handsome flag was left at the Shouzhou Water Gate...... In this matter, this king heard that the fourth uncle and Feng Xiang also specially asked the governor in the court, I don't know if this is the case? ”

The memory was instantly pulled back to that tense and tragic day, Li Yuan naturally knew in his heart, in fact, it had been nearly three months since the war in Shouzhou ended, which also meant that the Feng family father and son who were desperate for themselves must have investigated and collected evidence in Shouzhou for nearly three months, but Li Yuan never worried about it.

Or because of that detail, when talking to Li Song in the dense forest that day, he deliberately left only Lin Sichang by his side, and whispered, not to mention that two or three months have passed, although Li Song did not send a letter, but he has long disappeared outside the border of the Southern Tang Dynasty, how easy is the so-called investigation, and where to start?

But Li Yuan had to be vigilant again, just because Li Congjia was definitely not good today, and deliberately chose to talk about this matter publicly at such a glorious moment after the announcement of the decree and reward, probably with the mentality of slapping Li Yuan in the face, His Royal Highness King Zheng should not fight an unprepared battle, could it be that the Feng family's father and son really found out some clues?

Li Yuan didn't have time to think about it, and while secretly exclaiming in his heart, he nodded and replied: "Your Highness, it's true!" However, this matter was clearly stated by the governor of Bendu as early as Shouzhou, when the king of Qi and Feng Xiang arrived, the corpses in the city had already gathered and burned, and the battlefield had no eyes......

In Langzhou City, where Wuping ruled, Li Congjia didn't give the Metropolitan Governor who was still accepting the honor guard at all, and waved his hand and interjected with a bored look: "You Li Metropolitan Governor don't have to explain too much to this king!" This king came here this time to ask you, did you let the traitor Li Song go? Well?! ”

Li Yuan replied in a deep voice: "The governor of Pontus is sitting upright, why do you have to admit what you haven't done?" ”

Li Congjia got up suddenly, seemed determined not to hide it anymore, and said with a fierce expression: "You are really shameless!" Why should this king talk to you more? In vain my father is so kind to you, but you don't want to raise a vicious dog that eats inside and out! ”

Unexpectedly, King Zheng suddenly came up with such insulting words, and the generals of Wuping present first looked at each other, and then they all stood up with a "rub", and looked at Li Congjia angrily with their swords, as if they did not have half of the respect for the emperor's son.

Seeing that the other party was imposing, and Li Yuan was speechless, Li Congjia immediately sneered: "It's really a chaotic thief!" Are you going to rebel with Li Yuan? That's it, this king just informs you, so that you know how you died, and you can count it as benevolent and righteous! ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Congjia waved his hand, Zhou Xingfeng and Zhang Zi immediately got up, and a group of forbidden army guards outside the hall immediately rushed in, and then locked the hall door tightly with their backhands, and actually blocked Li Yuan and other civil and military officials inside.

The situation changed, and the Wuping generals beside him naturally drew their swords and shouted in front of Li Yuan, while secretly regretting in their hearts why Li Yuan was so honest and duty-oriented, and really removed the guards in front of the hall in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court, and was taken over by King Zheng's forbidden army guards......

As for those civil officials, most of them are grass on the wall, and naturally they all stand with their hands down and do their duty, and they are very wise not to say a word.

Li Yuan said calmly: "Your Highness, what do you mean by this, didn't you say that you want to verify?" With such a big move, are you going to kill Pontus? Do you know that according to the current rank of the Pontus Governor, even if I want to be imprisoned, His Majesty will need to make a decree himself! ”

Xu is because in this chamber, he can be regarded as a large number of people, Li Congjia didn't know where he got the confidence, but he completely let go of his heart, and after hugging a maid and forcibly smelling its fragrance, he smiled and said: "You know the laws of the imperial court quite well!" But have you ever heard that there are all sorts of things like deprivation, except when you agree to rebel! Li Yuan, the imperial court now has control of the evidence of your collusion with the traitor Li Song! Why don't you just tie your hands and get caught? ”

Li Yuan only frowned slightly, and then replied loudly: "Your Highness, the Governor of Pontus thinks that he has not offended you, why is he slandering me so much? The governor of Pontus was loyal to the monarch and protected the country, and in the past, he was born and died, and even lifelong events such as welcoming relatives would rather be delayed, and he did not hesitate to go thousands of miles alone just to quell the rebellion for the imperial court! Isn't it chilling that you treat your loyal and good generals like this!

Besides, if the imperial court really controls the so-called evidence, why did Your Majesty give me two orders in a row? If the Pontus Governor had committed such a capital crime, why did the court do so much? Now that it is the time of the great war, please think twice before acting, and don't do stupid things that are painful and hateful! ”

"Deceived Kangxi"

Suddenly, all the generals of Wuping came back to their senses, and waved their swords in unison: "The capital governor is loyal to the monarch and protects the country!" Slander! This is slander! ......”

Li Congjia said coldly: "Hehe, the evidence, naturally there is ......."

Speaking of this, Zhang Zi on the side suddenly said gloomily: "The human evidence is already there, and the three divisions are also urgently collecting physical evidence!" How dare we speak vainly when we come by the emperor's orders? ”

Li Yuan didn't bother to look at this minister at all, shook his head and smiled: "Urgently collect physical evidence? That's the same as nothing! According to the law of our dynasty, human and material evidence is indispensable, and the evidence is still incomplete! Since the evidence is incomplete, is it not contrary to the law of the court that you have treated the governor of Pontus in this way?

Hehe, Zhang Sheren might as well talk about it, who is the so-called human witness? It can't be Feng Xiang, right? ”

"When death is on the verge of death, do you still have the heart to laugh? This official tells you that the person is Duan Chong, the general of the Qinghuai Army! Do you remember, you traitor? ”