Ningzhou is not far from the Daqian Jingshi, and Hu Tianhua's recital came first.

Li Yuan only knew that this incident had happened in Youzhou when he saw Hu Tianhua's recital, but Xiao Junzhe didn't report it to him, and at the same time, Li Yuan was even more surprised, how did this Hu family directly send it to him?

Hu Tianhua said in the recital that Hu Deheng went to Youzhou to participate in the martial arts conference, because he had a conflict with martial arts people, he accidentally killed a person, and Li Feng, the king of Youzhou, did not spare and wanted to kill Hu Deheng.

Hu Tianhua said that he agreed to let Hu Deheng stand trial in accordance with the law, but he must not let King You kill him if he says it.

Li Yuan called Zhao Yan and asked, "Taiwei Zhao, who is the Hu family in Ningzhou?" ”

Hu Tianhua spends a lot of money on Zhao Yan and others every year, and now is the time to use Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan introduced: "The Hu family is the richest man in Ningzhou, operating the cloth industry and pawnshop, when Taizu fought the world, he also funded to help, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Taizu wanted to add officials to the knighthood, the ancestors of the Hu family politely refused, saying that they did not want to be officials, only willing to engage in business. ”

"Taizu gave the ancestor of the Hu family the title of Chengcheng, but only the title, and no food and fiefdom, after the death of the ancestor of the Hu family, his son did not inherit the title, but because of the grace to the great Qian, the Hu family has the right to listen to the heavens."

Li Yuan asked the little eunuch to show Hu Tianhua's recital to Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan was a little strange after reading it: "Hu Deheng and Youwang have no grudges and no hatred, it is the turn of the relationship, Hu Deheng is still the brother-in-law of Youwang, why does Youwang insist on killing Hu Deheng?" ”

"What? Hu Deheng is the brother-in-law of Youwang? What is the relationship between the Hu family and the Wen family? ”

"The head of the Hu family and the Mingyue Daoist are brothers-in-law."

Li Yuan suddenly realized, but he was still confused: "Since this is the case, Hu Deheng is his brother-in-law, why did he kill him?" ”

"The old minister didn't know either, but the Hu family had been operating for many years and had never had a dispute. With the character of King You, I am afraid that there are some things that Hu Tianhua did not dare to say. ”

Li Yuan said angrily: "This Youwang is getting more and more disagreeable, Taiwei Zhao, see if this is a good opportunity." ”

Zhao Yan secretly rolled his eyes in his heart, he told you before, just find a reason to kill Youwang, you have to save face, now that people's influence is gradually growing, you are seizing an opportunity to go.

However, it is also Zhao Yan's idea to dispose of Li Feng as soon as possible: "As long as Li Feng kills Hu Deheng, you will have a reason to deal with him." ”

"Then let's wait for King Youwang to kill Hu Deheng before reacting."

Zhao Yan nodded, he also had this idea.

After the meeting between the monarchs and ministers, Zhao Yan went home for dinner, and by the way, he asked people to check the news of the Hu family, after all, this matter is a little weird, although King You does not do things according to common sense, but it is in his interests to do things, but this matter is harming his interests.

There was no court meeting the next day, but Zhao Yan received a summons from Li Yuan early in the morning, and as soon as he stepped into the Zichen Palace, he was thrown at his feet by Li Yuan as soon as he stepped into the Zichen Palace.

"This is the Hu family you said was running their duty?"

Zhao Yan was taken aback, the people who went to investigate the Hu family have not come back yet, in fact, where does he know how the Hu family is doing, he only knows that the filial piety that the Hu family gives him every year is in place, as for the rest, he doesn't know at all.

Zhao Yan picked up the fold and quickly swept it, beads of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead, Hu Deheng was able to do such a heart-wrenching thing, it was simply indignant to people and gods, heaven did not tolerate it, this person was not enough to kill the people.

"Your Majesty, that Hu Tianhua ......"

Li Yuan interrupted Zhao Yan impatiently: "Okay, I won't listen to your nonsense, Hu Deheng did this kind of thing, how should I deal with it?" ”

Zhao Yanxin said Lao Hu, it's not that I can't protect you, it's really impossible to protect you, your son is too out of line.

"Your Majesty, Hu Deheng did such a thing, and he didn't kill the anger of the people."

Li Yuan's anger decreased slightly, and he picked up a letter again: "Xiao Junzhe's recital arrived this morning, and Youwang's recital arrived last night, you can take a look first." ”

Zhao Yan is a little strange, the King of Humor is also on the fold?

The little eunuch took the fold to Zhao Yan, Zhao Yan read it carefully, and his heart was even more suspicious.

Although he didn't know why, Zhao Yan always felt a little strange.

"Your Majesty, that Hu Tianhua said that King You insisted on killing Hu Deheng, but King You came to ask the court, what is the intention of King You, the old minister is still unknown. But whether you kill or not, it has nothing to do with King You, it is the will of the imperial court. ”

"Then do you think the King of Youwang wants to kill Hu Deheng or doesn't want to kill him?"

"The old minister believes that the king of Youwang wants to kill him, although the reason is unknown."

In fact, if it were ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, they would have guessed the reason why Li Feng killed Hu Deheng at this moment, because of anger.

But Li Yuan and Zhao Yan, who had been in the temple for a long time, couldn't experience this kind of anger, because they thought first when they did things, and in their eyes, Li Feng was also such a person, so they automatically ignored the factor of anger.

"The Phantom King wants to kill? Then we'll keep him. ”

Zhao Yan always felt that something was wrong with this, but he couldn't say what was wrong.

"Your Majesty, what Xiao Dizhi said, everyone knows that this matter has been troubled, if the court pardons his sins, I am afraid that the world will be angry, it is better to order King You to escort him to Beijing, and then you can find someone to replace the dead ghost to apologize for Hu Deheng's crime, and say that the person has been killed."

"This can not only appease the anger of the people, but also make Hu Tianhua die for His Majesty."

Li Yuan was overjoyed: "Okay, this method is good, in this way, I will give an edict to King You, and ask him to escort Hu Deheng into Beijing and be disposed of by the imperial court." ”

The holy decree soon spread to Youzhou, and after Li Feng finished reading the holy decree given to him by Li Yuan, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, people have the title of emperor, and they are much freer than him, and the best of both worlds he came up with was broken by others.

Liu Ji read the holy decree on the side, and said softly: "Lord Wang, Hu Tianhua has come to see him again." ”

Ningzhou is not close to Youzhou, according to the speed of ordinary caravans, Hu Tianhua should not be able to catch up with Youzhou at this time, but Hu Tianhua is concerned about his son's safety, for fear that Li Feng will be beheaded, and it only took two days to reach Youzhou.

Hu Tianhua, who came to Youzhou, went straight to Youwang's Mansion to ask to see Li Feng, Li Feng closed the door and saw Wen Xue, but Wen Xue didn't say anything, so he asked Hu Tianhua to see Hu Deheng.

Wen Xue took Hu Tianhua to visit Hu Deheng, and after making sure that he was still alive, he didn't even eat, and came to the gate of Youwang's Mansion to wait.

Li Feng said: "How can you be an elder, don't snub others, don't lack tea and snacks, take my Luo umbrella to him to shade the sun." ”

"The prince is really kind-hearted."

After Li Feng scolded Liu Ji away, Wen Xue came in, and she was followed by a person who surprised Li Feng, Mingyue Daoren, that is, his future father-in-law.