In the front hall of the Wuping Jiedu Embassy Office, when Luo Erhu broke in with a bloody human head in a hurry, Li Yuan and the Wuping generals present immediately stood up, listening to the big black man scolding and describing the situation in the backyard, he was extremely angry in his heart but secretly glad that in the end, King Zheng and Zhou Xingfeng's trick did not succeed.

The thrilling farce is over, and when it is time to reckoning, Li Yuan has no time to talk about the old words with this righteous brother, but pats this honest shoulder with a grateful gaze, and returns to his seat.

Today, the civil and military officials of Wuping gathered together, and they were supposed to enjoy the joy of promotion together, but unexpectedly, this joy was mixed with such a thick shadow.

When he vaguely recognized that the head that fell to the ground in the hall was Yang Shifan, he already knew in his heart that this gambling with life and death as a bet would be a clean loss.

As a loser, he didn't have the slightest remorse, just looked at Li Congjia, the king of Zheng who was trembling not far away, and Zhang Zi, who was unconscious, shook his head and smiled as if he was self-deprecating.

At this time, the generals of Wuping were already excited, and the civil officials who tended to be attached to the situation also echoed the trend, and they all demanded that Zhou Xingfeng and Zhang Zi be sentenced to death.

Some people even suggested that Li Congjia, the king of Zheng, should be dismantled, and the Tang Dynasty would be self-reliant, after all, this time Li Yuan was really standing in the position of the victim, as an important minister of the country with great military achievements, not to mention that the power was almost taken away, and even the family scroll was almost unable to be saved. Since the court is unkind, it is not to blame the unrighteous subordinates......

Although "going down to the top" is indeed commonplace in this era, and the reckless behavior of Li Congjia, the king of Zheng, this time also happened to give Li Yuan an excellent excuse to rebel, but it was difficult for Li Yuan to make up his mind to take this crucial step.

It is true that the insidious conspiracy of King Zheng and the others this time, just by putting the idea of the backyard family scroll, has completely touched Li Yuan's bottom line, why don't you want to break them all into pieces? But at this moment, if Li Congjia is really beheaded, and then he turns against the court, he will inevitably bear the thunderous anger of Li Jing, the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who lost his beloved son.

Not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands of available divisions in the south and north of the Yangtze River, just the 70,000 Wuchang army closest to Langzhou can go up the river and directly into Dongting in five days, and now Dongxi has just stabilized, and the south is fighting with the main force of the Han army, with the 20,000 soldiers that can be called in Langzhou City, how can they stop this elite army that was trained by Liu Renzhan in the past?

In the final analysis, at this time, Li Yuan fought against the imperial court, which was not the best time.

Xu saw that Li Yuan and the strategist Xu Kuangheng were whispering to themselves, and Li Congjia, the king of Zheng who was held hostage by Zhu Kuangcong, seemed to see a little meaning, and as soon as his eyes rolled and patted Zhu Kuangcong's arm, signaling him to let go slightly, he shouted loudly: "Li Yuan, no, the Grand Duke!" Today's matter, this king is really a lake! It's all bewilderment, it's all that week's bewitchment! Alas, you are a great hero of our dynasty, and my father has always been very heavy, and this king can't stand you......"

Glancing at Zhou Xingfeng, who had a gloomy face, Li Yuan smiled and said, "Your Highness, half an hour ago, you didn't say that!" Didn't you claim that Pontus was a thief? By the way, there is also the matter of Shouzhou, that person testified to Duan Chong-"

"What bullshit? That's Feng Kangqu's trick ......" As soon as these words came out, not only everyone present was startled, but even Li Congjia himself was speechless, and after stopping in time, he showed an embarrassed smile and said: "Dadu Governor, you are sensible, this king is young and has only participated in the government for a few months, and it is understandable that he was deceived by others for a while......

"Extenuating circumstances?" Li Yuan's face suddenly changed, and he reprimanded angrily: "Without His Majesty's will, killing a town envoy without permission, and even murdering the envoy's family scroll, can such a mortal crime be ended with a sentence of 'extenuating circumstances'?" ”

Li Congjia was shocked and trembled, and hurriedly smiled: "This, this king has already said, it is the ...... of the Zhou Xingfeng demagoguery."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yuan's eyes had already revealed Senhan's killing intent, and he waved his hand and said: "Your Highness, whether you are bewitched or not, the governor of Pontus only recognizes the person who issued the order, it is you King Zheng!" If you don't give me an explanation today, don't blame the governor of Pontus for not reciting the righteousness of the monarch and ministers! ”

"Boom", the generals of Wuping and all the sergeants raised their swords, and their sharp eyes had clearly told Li Congjia that as long as Li Yuan nodded, he could be cut into meat sauce in an instant.

Li Congjia's legs and feet were almost sore, if it weren't for Zhu Kuangcong behind him, he would have been powerless to fall immediately. Under such huge psychological pressure, Li Congjia's mind was full of thoughts of escape at the moment, and after secretly cursing Li Yuan and Zhou Xingfeng and others beside him in his heart, he asked weakly with a pale face: "Governor, what kind of explanation do you want?" Say it, as long as this king can do it, there will be no disobedience, no disobedience! ”

As if playing a trick, Li Yuan immediately regained his calm expression, waved his hand intriguingly and smiled: "Your Highness, you are the prince of the prince, and the governor of Pontus is just a courtier's ear, but you can't afford the words 'nothing to follow'!" Does Your Highness think that Pontus is trying to blackmail you? ”

"Hahaha......"

"What a bullshit prince, look he's about to pee!"

"Killing this waste really dirties our knife ......"

Hearing the piercing laughter around him, Li Congjia, who had never been so humiliated, even though he had a strong dissatisfaction in his heart, he still tried his best to suppress his impulse in the face of life and death, swallowed his saliva and said with a smile: "Dadu Governor, you are my loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, naturally you will not blackmail this king!" This king mistakenly believed in the traitor and made such a big mistake, in terms of reason and the law of the court, he should indeed return the governor to an explanation, otherwise how can he be worthy of the trust of his father? ”

"Hmm." Li Yuan seemed to be quite satisfied, and then flicked his sleeves and ordered Zhu Kuangcong to let go of his arms, Li Congjia immediately bent down and gasped for breath with relief, not caring about everyone's eyes at all, his clothes were messy and he only looked for a clean place and sat down cross-legged, panicking and depressed, how could he have the appearance of a prince and a prince.

Li Yuan quietly witnessed Li Congjia's actions, frowned and thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, is today's matter really bewitching Zhou Xing?" ”

Without waiting for Li Congjia to answer, Zhou Xingfeng, who had been silent for a long time, opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "Li Yuan, don't embarrass Your Highness anymore!" All the schemes this time, including killing you to seize power, kidnapping your backyard family rolls, etc., are all my Zhou Xingfeng's ideas, and Your Highness is just forced by me! ”

"The First Evolution"

Li Yuan shook his head disdainfully and said, "Forced by you? You're just a little thorn, what do you use to coerce the prince of the dynasty? Zhou Tingshi, in the eyes of the governor of Pontus, you can be regarded as a character! After all, it is a death, so why bear the responsibility for others in vain? ”

Zhou Xingfeng frowned and replied loudly: "The five thousand Sizhou soldiers on this trip are the evidence of my crime. Li Yuan, don't say anything more, take my life quickly! ”

Li Yuan naturally understood the meaning, and then according to what he thought in his heart, he asked Xu Kuangheng beside him: "Sir, according to today's situation, what punishment should Zhou Xingfeng be punished?" ”

Xu Kuangheng replied without thinking: "Go back to the Metropolitan Governor, bewitch and coerce the prince of the dynasty, intending to murder the envoy of a town, the crime is extremely evil, and heaven and earth will not tolerate it!" Deserve the punishment of car splitting! ”

Li Yuan asked softly, "Did you hear that?" Zhou stabbed history, the punishment of five horses and corpses. Is it worth it? ”

Zhou Xingfeng didn't reply, but just turned his head to look at Li Congjia, whose face was like earth, and nodded firmly after making eye contact, as if conveying some kind of secret last wish.

At this point, Li Yuan decisively ordered: "Left and right, bring the traitor Zhou Xingfeng down!" Immediately punished in the downtown area! ”

Several guards immediately stepped forward and replied, "Obey!" ”

"Your Highness, although the traitor has been ambushed, the Governor of Pondu still has to ask you to personally write a handwritten performance and explain today's events to the court, otherwise the Governor of Pondu will be unreasonable!"

"Okay, good, this king writes it! It's just that I don't know when this king will be able to return to Jinling......"

"This is not in a hurry! In order to ensure the safety of His Royal Highness, after the court sent someone to reply to the letter, the governor of Pontus will order someone to escort His Highness back to the court! ”

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