In the public hall of Dali Temple, more than a dozen water and fire sticks were lying on the ground, and more than a dozen black and red soapy clothes were standing on both sides, with cold faces.

Li Shiheng, who was fifty years old, knelt on the ground, his face was withered, his hair was pale, and he said tremblingly: "It's me, I did everything, I secretly used my grandfather's seal to let people secretly smuggle Tibet, and then I was used by the Tibetans, everything is done by me alone, it doesn't matter to my father...... British public affairs. ”

After speaking, Li Shiheng slammed on the ground, not daring to look up at everyone.

Everyone in the court, except for Li Dan, was extremely calm and not surprised at all.

Li Jingye has returned to Chang'an for so long and for such a long time, if he can't let Li Shiheng change his mind and take care of everything alone, others will probably look down on him.

Li Dan clenched his fists tightly and stared at Li Jingye deadly, he couldn't accept Li Jingye's reversal of black and white like this.

Li Xuan turned her head, patted Li Dan's arm gently, and shook her head with a chuckle.

Li Dan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

What about the others, Li Dan can't guarantee it, but with the king of Nanchang here, Li Jingye is definitely not so easy to get rid of today's things.

Seeing that Li Dan suppressed the emotions in his heart, everyone present finally relaxed a little.

If Li Dan really made a big fuss in court today, then none of them would look good on their faces.

Li Jingye's gaze also slowly retracted, he calculated many people, but he missed Li Dan.

But there is no way, there is no time for their previous grievances to be bridged now.

Li Jingye almost burned down Li Dan's palace, almost ruined his wedding night, and almost cut off his way to winning the heir, and he and Li Dan have formed a deep enmity.

It would have been fine if all this hadn't been exposed, but the truth was inexplicably figured out.

At this moment, Li Dan and the Beimen Bachelor's group are going to target him.

But fortunately, for the group of North Gate Bachelors, Li Jingye still arranged the means.

Li Jingye's gaze gently swept over Pei Yan, and finally fell on He Yiqiu, who was in charge of the trial.

……

Why did he Qiu's face calm down, his eyes fell from Li Shiheng's body to Li Jingye, and then asked: "British duke, do you know what Li Shiheng said?" ”

Li Jingye sighed lightly and said: "Shiheng is the old man of the British Duke, when his ancestor was alive, he had already helped take care of the family's industry, Jingye really couldn't believe it, he actually smuggled iron weapons to Tubo privately behind his back, and then was caught and used by others, and asked you to strictly enforce the law and punish the crime with the law." ”

Strictly enforce the law and punish crimes according to the law.

Li Shiheng knelt on the ground, and when he heard these eight words, his expression was involuntarily relaxed.

Everyone present was deaf and clear-sighted, how could they not see such an obvious action.

If Li Jingye smuggled Tubo and was used by the Tubo people to betray the secrets of the Tang Dynasty, he would definitely end up with dismissal and seizure of office, but if it falls on Li Shiheng, I am afraid that he will be sentenced immediately, and even his wife and children will be implicated.

But now, Li Shiheng is showing a relaxed look, which is nothing more than what Li Jingye promised Li Shiheng, so that he would rather be like this than bear everything.

Why did he still stare at Li Jingye, and asked repeatedly: "British duke, about the smuggling of contraband into Tibet by the Yingxu caravan, suspected of colluding with Tibet, and betraying the secrets of the imperial court, this official asks you, do you know?" ”

"I don't know how to be professional." Li Jingye bowed slightly, and then threw away all the blame.

"Hmm!" He Yiqiu looked to the side, making sure that the scribe had written down everything, and then looked up at Cui Mi in the back, Duan Baoxuan and Pei Yan said: "The three ministers, the lower official's inquiry of the British Duke has ended, I don't know if the three of you still have anything to ask the British Prince, if not, then the lower official will ask the British Duke to go down." ”

Cui Mi, Duan Baoxuan, Pei Yan, and everyone else in the hall, including Li Jingye, except for Li Xuan, everyone was extremely surprised.

Cui Mi couldn't help but take the lead in asking, "What do you mean that your inquiry to the British Duke has ended?" Don't you have anything else to ask the British public? ”

"Nope." He Wei bowed slightly, and then said seriously: "The lower official wants to come, no matter what the lower official asks the British prince about the British Xu Commercial Bank, he doesn't know anything about the British prince, so he saves this time and asks this Li steward." ”

Cui Mi's eyes jumped, who knew that Li Shiheng had been sealed by Li Jingye, and he would not say anything unfavorable to Li Jingye.

Especially when Li Jingye is in front of him, so if you really want to ask something, it's best to let Li Jingye leave first.

"You have to think clearly, once the British Duke retires, what questions do you want to ask him, and there may be no more chance?" After Cui Mi finished speaking, Pei Yan on the other side couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"Yes!" Why do you want to nod directly, anyway, Li Jingye can't ask anything, what else is left for him.

"Okay, then let the British Duke retreat first." After Cui Mi finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Duan Baoxuan.

Duan Baoxuan nodded himself and said, "Yes!" ”

In the end, everyone in the hall looked at Pei Yan.

The three divisions will be tried, the Yushitai, Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department, as a waiter of the Criminal Department, Pei Yan's weight is very heavy.

After a little hesitation, Pei Yan opened his mouth and said: "According to this official, it is better to let the British Duke stay, in case there is any doubt, you can also ask again?" ”

"The lower official doesn't have any questions to ask the British Duke again." Why do you want to say it in a word?

Pei Yan was slightly stunned, and then his face was ugly, and he was about to open his mouth to reprimand him, but at this time, Li Xuan on one side suddenly spoke: "Since the chief judge no longer has any questions to ask the British Duke, then there should be no problem with letting the British Duke step down temporarily, right, Your Highness." ”

"That's right, this should be a normal method of court trial, and local prefectures and counties, Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department should all be commonly used." Li Dan turned his head, looked at Pei Yan, and said with a deep gaze: "Come to think of it, this Li Steward shouldn't say anything unfavorable to the British duke, right?" ”

Looking at Li Dan's forced gaze, Pei Yan's face suddenly sank.

Pei Yan is a person from the Empress Wu, so he can't be the prince's person, and his relationship with King Li Xian is not close, after all, Li Xian is known to the government and the opposition.

The current Pei Yan has not yet taken a position in the matter of winning the heir, but it definitely does not mean that he has never thought about it.

Pei Yan has also offended Li Xian a lot over the years, and after thinking about it, he will only offend Li Xian more times.

As for Li Xian, even now, Pei Yan doesn't think that Li Xian is a good candidate for the throne.

Then only Li Dan remains.

Although Li Dan is the fourth, Datang is not without the fact that his younger brother has crossed his elder brother to inherit the throne.

Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, Li Zhi, Li Tai, and Li Chengqian, all of them are like this.

It is not impossible for Li Dan to cross Li Xian and Li Xian.

Now, Li Dan's attitude has been resolute, if you let Pei Yan do it against Li Dan, it will be difficult for Pei Yan to insist.

Glancing at Li Jingye, Pei Yan sighed lightly, and said in his heart: "Li Jingye, what are you doing to offend the Prime Minister." ”

At this glance, Li Jingye immediately noticed Pei Yan's embarrassment, he smiled slightly, and then said with great grace: "Since there is nothing to do next, then Jingye will go down first, and if there is anything after that, please summon at any time." ”

"In this way, it will be troublesome to the British duke." Pei Yan breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and then gestured for Li Jingye to leave first.

Li Jingye nodded at everyone, Cui Mi and Duan Baoxuan were very polite in return, but Li Xuan and Li Dan both looked at him indifferently.

Everyone present understood that Li Jingye did the incident in the Prime Minister's Mansion, although the emperor secretly stopped all the investigations, but Li Jingye had really offended all the clans.

But Li Jingye didn't care, because there can only be one person sitting on the throne in the future.

As long as that person is not Li Dan, then everything else is easy to say.

In the final analysis, the clan and the court are two completely different worlds.

As long as he does not participate in the matter of seizing the heir, then the clan will never be able to threaten him, the grandson of the British Duke Li Quan.

After seeing Li Jingye leave, the atmosphere in the public hall eased a lot for a while.

Pei Yan's eyes swept slightly, and he instantly noticed that Li Dan had taken a deep look at him.

Pei Yan smiled bitterly in his heart, and it could be seen that his help to Li Jingye had successfully attracted the resentment of this prime minister.

If you don't change it in the future, then you will offend King Xiang here, and you won't be able to hook up with King Ying over there, and more importantly, his relationship with the prince will not be harmonious, and it will be even more discordant in the future.

Turning his head, Pei Yan looked at He Yiqiu and said, "He Sizheng, go on." ”

"Yes!" He Yiqiu nodded, then turned to look at Li Shiheng, and finally shouted in a low voice: "Come on, bring evidence." ”

A "evidence" made everyone stunned.

Li Shiheng has already taken on everything for Li Jingye just now, what evidence is there now, is it still useful?

……

A box, a box, was carried into the lobby.

A total of eight boxes were placed on the left side of the court, with long seals affixed to them.

Everyone present was staring at these evidences, especially Li Shiheng, who also wanted to know what was in it.

He Yiqiu looked at Li Shiheng, but said to everyone: "These are all the account books and correspondence copied from the Yingxu Commercial Bank, after Qianniuwei and Dali Temple were sealed, they have been sealed with seals, and they have not been allowed by His Majesty to try the case, so these things have never been seen." ”

The case involved the British duke, and the emperor and the Empress Wu had already taken over everything.

Without the permission of the two of them, even Dali Temple could not deeply investigate Li Jingye's involvement.

Of course, someone has already copied a copy of these things, and Neiwei and Shaofu have already controlled the entire Yingxu Commercial Bank through those copied things.

"Li Shiheng, go and see, have any of the things in this been transferred?" After speaking, with a wave of his hand, the official of Dali Temple next to him had already opened the box.

Li Shiheng struggled to stand up, took a few steps forward, then opened the contents of the box, looked through a few account books, and finally turned around and said to He Yiqiu: "Back to Shangguan, it's all from the firm." ”

"That's good." He Yiqiu's face showed a hideous look of excitement.

It's just the beginning.

(End of chapter)