The news that Lai Junchen was demoted because of Li Zhenjie, the commander of the internal guard, had already spread throughout Luoyang, and for a while, Li Zhen became the hope of countless people to redress their grievances.

But Li Zhen did not come forward, he asked Yang Xin, who had just been promoted to the chief of the internal guard, to come out to appease everyone, and ordered the internal guard warriors to accept the submission of the wrongdoer, on the square, Yang Xin said loudly to the black oppressive crowd: "We have accepted your submission, Li Tonghui sorted it out and reported it to the saint, everyone went back, I believe that the sky net is restored, negligence is not leaked, and the evildoer will be severely punished"

Under the repeated persuasion of Yang Xin and the captains, thousands of avengers left in tears, and several internal guards carried a large bamboo basket full of submissions and said: "Changshi, what should I do with so many submissions?"

Yang Xin saw that there were thousands of submissions in the bamboo basket, so he couldn't help but shake his head, sighed and said, "Let's carry it in first."

At this time, Yang Xin saw more than a dozen horseback guards escorting a carriage speeding up, stopping in front of the internal security office, he hurriedly greeted him, only to see an old man walking out of the carriage, Yang Xin recognized that it was the inner attendant Gao Yanfu, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "See Fujun"

Gao Yanfu smiled and asked, "Commander Li is here?"

"The commander is here, please come with me. ”

Gao Yanfu saw several internal guard warriors carrying large bamboo baskets, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What is in this?"

"This is the letter of the avenger just now, asking the leader of my family to make the decision for them. ”

Gao Yanfu laughed, "If Lai Junchen is brought down, I'm afraid that the commander of your family will become the grace of countless people and the hero of the Luoyang people, I don't know if he is mentally prepared." ”

"The commander of my family is also very troubled, please come in."

The two walked into the official office and came to the front of Li Zhen's official room, only to see that the door of the official room was open, and a large amount of light was shining inside, and Yang Xin said loudly: "Commander Li, Gao Fujun is here"

After a while, Li Zhen greeted him and hurriedly said, "Why did the prince come in person, don't you dare to be it?"

"It's okay, I happen to have something, so I'll come and see you by the way. ”

"Please come in"

Li Zhen hurriedly invited Gao Yanfu into the official room, and at this time, Yang Xin said in a low voice: "Commander, there are still -"

Li Zhen saw a large basket full of books, couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said to Yang Xin: "Please ask Changshi to sort it out for me, and then I will go and hand it over to Dali Temple." ”

"Humble Understanding"

Yang Xin waved his hand and led everyone to his official room, Li Zhen walked into the room, Gao Yanfu smiled slightly: "You handled it very well, you can accept these grievance submissions, but you have no right to ask, it is a wise move to hand them over to Dali Temple." ”

Li Zhen sighed, "I didn't expect that a small storm in Junchen would cause a storm all over the city, does the Holy Lord know about this?"

Gao Yanfu nodded, "There are left and right relics that have already reported to her, but the saint has not expressed his position." ”

The two sat down, the tea boy served them tea, and Gao Yanfu said slowly: "I was actually entrusted by the Holy God to come to you." ”

Li Zhen was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What did the Holy Lord say?"

"The saint said that you are indeed a very capable person and can become a pillar of the Tang Dynasty, but she hopes that you will pay more attention to the road under your feet. ”

Li Zhen was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Can Fu Jun speak up?"

Gao Yanfu said with a smile: "The saint never says it explicitly, it is rare for her to say such a clear thing, she hoped that Princess Taiping could become the balance between the Li family and the Wu family, but she didn't say it, and let Princess Taiping remarry Wu Youji, let Princess Taiping understand it herself, the saint asked me to tell you, also because she knew that my relationship with you was special." ”

Li Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "The Holy Lord asked me not to get too close to the Li family."

Gao Yanfu laughed, "You are very smart, this is what the saint meant, in fact, she already knew that the gold medal was fake, and she also knew that Li Guangshun's real gold medal was with you, she just pretended to be confused and didn't know." ”

Li Zhen was stunned, "Why is this?"

"Didn't I tell you? What she wants is balance, neither can Li be strong and weak, nor can she wipe out the Li family, Wu Chenghei was exiled, it is already doomed Li Yuanjia to die, in fact, eradicating Li Yuanjia has already been balanced, but Lai Junchen is too stupid to understand the true intention of the saint, and as a result, he wants to dig up the Tang Society, how can he make the saint not annoyed?"

"But the saint only applied a small punishment, demoting Lai Junchen to join the army in the same state, I don't see where she is annoyed?"

Gao Yanfu could understand Li Zhen's dissatisfaction, and said with a smile: "She is an emperor, she doesn't think about good and evil, she only thinks about the ability of her subordinates and whether she is loyal to her, Lai Junchen has done a lot of bad, but she is loyal to the saint, and at the same time, she is also very capable, it is precisely because of these two points that the saint feels that he still has something to use." ”

Li Zhen said helplessly: "What the prince means is that it is difficult for me to bring down Lai Junchen, right?"

"This is not necessarily, if the Manchu Dynasty shouts to kill, the Holy Lord will not offend the Manchu Dynasty civil and military for one person. ”

Li Zhen nodded, "Let's talk about it again, since the Holy Lord doesn't want me to get too close to the Li Clan, then what should I do?

Gao Yanfu took a wax pill and gave it to him, "You take this one first, don't be in a hurry to look at it, and when I am demoted from the palace one day, you will know what to do when you open it again." ”

Li Zhen was taken aback, "Did Fu Jun do something?"

Gao Yanfu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Actually, I'm the same as you, I'm too close to the Li family, there must be a cause and an effect, I sent Lux to accompany King Linzi to study, I knew that there would be such a day, this is also the price I should pay."

There is a mansion covering an area of about 30 acres in Luoyang Datongfang, which is the mansion of Li Yuanxuan, the secretary of Dali Temple, Li Element is the younger brother of Li Jingxuan, a decent and upright person, when Lai Junchen started the case of fornicating with Li Yuanjia, he was also falsely imprisoned and tortured by Lai Junchen, but soon he was released by Wu Zetian's decree and reinstated by the official.

Because he was injured in prison, Li Element has been recuperating at home during this time, and has not been to the court, and Li Element also heard about the demotion of Lai Junchen to join the army in Tongzhou two days ago, he was very excited and drunk to celebrate.

At this time, Li Yuan was sitting in the room reading a book, and there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, only to hear the second son Li Ping say outside the door: "Father, the soldier Sun Shilang is here."

Li Yuan was stunned, this is Sun Yuanheng, the squire of the military department, he and Sun Yuanheng are not very friendly, and Sun Yuanheng did not meet with him in advance, why did he suddenly come to visit, there must be something, he hurriedly ordered: "Please come to my study for a while, I will come immediately"

Li Element changed his clothes, and then walked to the study outside in a hurry, and when he entered the study door, Li Element smiled: "Let Sun Shilang wait for a long time." ”

Sun Yuanheng hurriedly got up and saluted, "It was me who came to visit rashly, and I hope Li Siqing will understand." ”

"You're welcome, please be seated"

Li Yuan invited Sun Yuanheng to sit down, and let the maid serve tea, Sun Yuanheng asked with concern: "How is Li Siqing's health, is he better?"

"Thank you for your concern, I have fully recovered and am ready to start going to court tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. ”

"It's good to recover, hey pity Li Xiangguo and Su Xiangguo were framed by Lai Junchen, after hearing that Li Xiangguo was demoted to the lieutenant of Nanbin County, the saint issued an order to change him to supervise the imperial history, but he was old and fell ill halfway, and he didn't know if he could survive this catastrophe. ”

Li Yuan knew that Sun Yuanheng had always been at odds with Li Dezhao, and what he said today may not be sincere, he only smiled and did not speak.

At this time, Sun Yuanheng took out a scroll and said in a low voice: "Lou Xiangguo thinks that Lai Junchen deceived the monarch and framed the royal family, but he was only deposed in the same state, and the crime was too light, not enough to settle the grievances of the hundred officials, so he remembered the petition of the hundred officials, asking the saint to kill the Lai Junchen, to correct the dynasty, this is a petition, which has been signed by more than 100 officials. ”

Li Yuan suddenly became interested, hurriedly took the scroll, and slowly unfolded it, sure enough, it was a petition from Xiangguo Lou Shide to kill Lai Junchen, which was densely signed with names, the first was Lou Shide, and the second was Zong Chuke.

Seeing the strong handwriting, they all signed their names without hesitation, Li Yuanyuan was very moved in his heart, he didn't ask anything, and immediately picked up the pen and signed his name below.

"Does Sun Shilang want to find another minister?"

"Find some more, and gather two hundred important ministers to hand them over to the Holy One. ”

Li Yuan nodded and said to Sun Yuanheng sincerely: "It's really hard work." ”

Sun Yuanheng put away the scroll, got up and said with a smile: "I have to go to the house of other ministers, so I won't disturb Li Siqing, and I will visit Li Siqing another day."

This time, Li Element personally sent him out of the mansion and kept watching his carriage go away, Li Element let out a long sigh, I don't know if the ministers can change their ways and withdraw if the ministers are so pleasing.

In Princess Taiping's mansion, Gao Jian waited outside the study for a while, only to see Princess Taiping's husband Wu Youji say goodbye, the two happened to take a photo, Gao Jian was suddenly a little embarrassed, his ambiguous relationship with Princess Taiping was known all over the house, presumably Wu Youji also knew, but everyone never met, and they didn't have direct feelings for each other.

However, when I met him in front of the study today, it really made Gao Jian blush for a while, in fact, Gao Jian also wanted to get rid of this relationship with Princess Taiping, but Princess Taiping pinched his future, so he had to bow his head.

"Humble duty see the horse" Gao Jian hurriedly saluted, and lowered his head, not daring to look at Wu Youji.

Of course, Wu Youji knew about his wife's many romantic affairs, but he was cowardly by nature and was afraid of angering the saint, so he tried to pretend to be confused.

And he himself also has a favorite concubine, everyone does their own thing, not involved in each other, among his wife's many lovers, Wu Youji is the only one who looks down on Gao Jian, at least Gao Jian is not so shallow and rude, and he is still knowledgeable and polite.

Wu Youji didn't say anything, patted Gao Jian's shoulder, and walked quickly, Gao Jian looked at the background of Wu Youji's departure, and a strong feeling of guilt suddenly arose in his heart, and he secretly warned himself that he couldn't have any more indecent relations with Princess Taiping.