The atmosphere in the hall was somewhat quiet.

Li Linfu stood bent down, his eyes glancing, the sage was looking at the bamboo paper presented by Wang Zhonghe, with a little playfulness in his eyes.

"Li Jingzhong?"

Li Longji muttered, as if he felt amused by the name, and said, "Shilang should also take a look." ”

His own chamberlain handed the bamboo paper to Li Linfu.

Li Linfu looked at it, his eyes were fixed, and he was a little surprised that Wang Zhongsi would use such means to save himself, which was completely inconsistent with his understanding of Wang Zhongsi.

He had a guess in his heart, because he thought of Xue Bai and Wang Zhonghei drinking together and giving a message last night.

"What does Juro think?"

"The old minister is indeed surprised, Wang Zhonghei has always had a good relationship with the prince, and this time he can write to the people around the prince, I don't know if there is a hidden secret?"

Li Longji didn't ask for opinions, and said straightforwardly: "Since it is the old man of Longyou who dares to kill people in Beijing, this case will be handed over to Wang Zhongsi for investigation, find out the evidence, and decide the case as soon as possible." ”

"Yes."

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Li Linfu hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't hold back, and asked, "Dare to ask the sage, about the border town?" ”

Li Longji didn't answer immediately, his eyes fell back on the bamboo paper, but this time he didn't look at the handwriting No. 1 paper on it.

Just yesterday, Yang Zhao dared to openly say at the imperial banquet that Hu Er wanted to covet the post of envoy of the Hedong Festival.....

"Hexi and Longyou are at war with Tubo, and the advance arrangements for the change of commander are stable. Shuofang and Hedong have no boundless affairs for the time being, so they are not in a hurry, Rong Zhen will think about it slowly. ”

"Obey."

Li Linfu understood Li Longji's intentions, and he would not believe that Wang Zhonghe's position had changed just because of a letter, and the envoys of the Four Towns would definitely take office. Only the disposition of Wang Zhonghei may be different.

Outside the diligent government affairs building, Wang Zhongsi waited for a long time, and finally an attendant arrived.

"General Wang, the saint is discussing state affairs with the right minister, and it is inconvenient to summon you to meet for the time being. As for what General Wang said in his last book...... The sage ordered you to find out the evidence and give an explanation to the hundred officials. ”

"Thank you, officer."

"Please also ask the general to go to Beiya to find General Chen Xuanli, and send people to help the general supervise this case."

"Yes."

Wang Zhongsi understood, received the will and left Xingqing Palace.

Xue Zhai.

The main house has been decorated by Qinglan in a different way.

Because Xue Bai was hangover outside and did not return, she was very worried, and she couldn't help but complain a few words, thinking that it was in the tone of a concubine.

"Lang Jun has such a shallow amount of alcohol, what if he is drunk outside and no one takes care of him, what should he do if he catches a cold?"

"The amount of alcohol is still going up."

"I don't believe it." Qinglan already dared to scorn Xue Bai and said, "Treat me...... On that day, pour you a glass of wine and see if you are drunk. ”

"What day? What wine do you pour me? ”

"Don't tell Lang Jun, anyway, when I go back to Du Mansion, Lang Jun will ......come to pick me up."

is actually talking about some etiquette of concubines, Qinglan wears many hats, and is busy arranging the new house arrangement process, as if she has brought herself in.

Xue Bai looked at her hardworking and shy appearance, and was feeling interesting, when he suddenly heard the rumor.

"Lang Jun, there is a guest who asks to see him, claiming to be Yuan Zai and Wang Yunxiu."

"I'll see you."

Xue Bai left for a while, but turned back again.

Qing Lan was appliquéing on the bronze mirror, and couldn't help but say, "Why did Lang Jun come back?" ”

"I have something to tell you, do you remember the eunuch Li Jingzhong who tricked us into burying us alive that day?"

"Remember, Lang Jun, what's wrong?"

"Revenge today, do you want to go and see it?"

Qing Lan was stunned for a moment, but Xu Yu shook her head.

"I'm a little girl, I like to watch revenge, and I don't hate him very much." Qing Lan looked up at the decoration she had arranged, and whispered, "It is in the jar that we have this marriage...... Marriage......"

Xue Bai didn't know what was going on in this girl's mind.

If she doesn't go, he will.

It's not that he's careful, but that he got rid of Li Jingzhong with his own hands, which is a deterrent for insiders.

This deterrence will be more indicative of his power than his official position........

Shaoyang-in.

Zhang Ting's life is almost the same every day, sitting by the window in the afternoon, holding the cat, listening to the slaves and maids report the news of Chang'an City.

"I have asked Mr. Li, His Royal Highness does not seem to have listened to Erniang's advice."

"Sure enough."

Zhang Ting frowned slightly, because Li Hengben had promised to launch Li Jingzhong to close the case, but seeing that Li Jingzhong was still doing things as usual, she had doubts in her heart.

What's more, after Wang Zhongsi met Li Heng, she also noticed the unhappy scene.

Riyi asked Li Mi, and sure enough, it was so.

Zhang Ting put down the cat and went to find Li Heng again.

"Why is Your Highness so disobedient?"

"Ting Niang, you have been used."

Li Heng said: "After listening to them, the Yang Party will not protect the military power of Brother Yi Yi in accordance with the promise. And as long as the prince has prestige, he will have his own generals to surrender. ”

He seemed to have recovered from his illness, got up, personally took out a book from the shelf, opened it, and said softly: "I'll teach Ting Niang to read it." ”

"What is this?"

"List."

Li Heng said: "I have been running Shuofang for a long time, how can I only have a righteous brother in the army to help?" It is true that there may be heavy losses this time, but thanks to the reuse of the king by the sage, I, the prince, are still the desire of the people. ”

Zhang Ting then understood, and asked: "Your Highness has a backhand, and you may not need Wang Zhonghei." ”

"You and I just need to know."

At this time, there was a noise in the front yard again, this is the third time in recent days, Wang Zhongsi broke in two days ago, but I don't know who it is this time?

"Your Highness, General Wang is here again!"

"Brother-in-law?" Li Heng knew Wang Zhonghe's temperament very well, and couldn't help but be extremely surprised, "What else can the righteous brother meet?" Let him come to me. ”

Li Heng gently patted Zhang Ting's back and said a few more words of reassurance, lest she lose confidence in the future of the East Palace.

"Your Highness, General Wang is...... He came with Sergeant Long Wu, saying that he had come to handle the case, and had escorted Li Gong to the front yard. ”

No way.

Li Heng didn't believe it, and immediately strode out, and actually saw Wang Zhongsi directing the Long Wu Army to search Li Jingzhong's residence.

"What is this doing, brother?"

"Your Highness, I am ordered to investigate the case, and I ask Your Highness for forgiveness."

"That's enough." Li Heng pulled Wang Zhongsi over and said in a low voice: "It's all over here, my righteous brother has just made a great contribution to the breakthrough of Shibao City, even if he is not the envoy of the Four Towns, he can be promoted to a high-ranking official and important minister, why force me to such a point?" ”

As soon as the words fell, he seemed to see a figure in his peripheral vision...... It turned out to be Xue Bai.

Xue Bai was standing beside Yuan Zai, who came as a witness today, just when he saw Li Heng's gaze, he nodded politely.

Li Heng was caught off guard by this small action, and there was a moment of panic.

He forgot to speak to Wang Zhonghe, took a few steps forward, and heard Xue Bai and Yuan Zai talking.

"It's the third time I've come to the Prince's Courtyard, and the first time I came, I was entertained by Li Jingzhong."

It didn't hurt for this sentence to fall in the ears of others, but it sounded like a bolt from the blue to Li Heng's ears, and he hated to slap himself and let himself know that everything was a dream.

Xue Bai persuaded Wang Zhongsi and asked Wang Zhongsi to come to the prince's courtyard to get Li Jingzhong? This is only possible in a dream.

"General, it's on fire!

"Li Jingzhong burned the evidence!"

"I found Li Jingzhong's traces!"

With these shouts, one thing after another began to be overwhelmed.

Wang Zhongsi didn't seem to have come to investigate the case, but rather to fight, and the Longwu soldiers quickly extinguished the fire that had ignited in Li Jingzhong's house and went to the backyard to arrest Li Jingzhong.

"Go, don't let people escape!"

Li Heng was furious when he saw this, and shouted: "This is still the residence of the prince of a country, and you dare to openly frame ......"

The next moment, Wang Zhongsi pulled him over and said again: "I want to town Hedong, and I want to protect the Tang Sheji, you believe me." ”

Li Heng didn't care about listening to these at all, for fear of being framed by the Long Wu Army, he continued to step forward to drink.

Zhang Ting hurriedly followed Li Heng, and after a while, he heard a scream from the side yard.

When I caught up with the front and took a look, I saw a team of Long Wujun besieging Li Jingzhong and forcing him into a corner.

Some of them had already drawn their bows and arrows, and listened closely to the sound of the bowstring being pulled, and it was very terrifying to see the arrows glittering.

What is surprising is that Li Jingzhong is holding a single knife in his hand.

No one knows where the knife came from, and there is no such thing in the Prince's Courtyard.

Li Jingzhong himself didn't know why he had a knife in the corner, and he was forced to be in a hurry, so he had to use it in a vain attempt to repel those soldiers.

He was so frightened that he shouted, "Don't come! It's not me, you're framing me! ”

"Dare to resist? said, did you secretly raise the old pawn of Longyou after the death of Huangfu Weiming? ”

"I ...... I didn't! ”

"Put down the knife!"

Li Jingzhong actually wanted to lose the single knife in his hand for a long time, but because he was too afraid to lose this reliance, he had to cry: "It's really not me, I'm just a slave who serves people....."

Suddenly, as soon as he looked up, he saw Xue Bai, and his pupils couldn't help but shook, as if he had seen a ghost.

"You!"

He recalled that afternoon, walked through the corridor, trotted to the young man and the maidservant, smiled and invited them into the vat, and told the old men to deal with the people.

At that time, he didn't think that the other party would force him to this point.

Maybe Xue Bai has been killed in the ground, and it was the ghost who came out to take revenge, and only the ghost can have this ability.

"Have you ever been in secret contact with Pei Mian?!"

"The Hui who died on the outskirts of Chang'an City was sent by you?!"

One question after another pressed over, and Li Jingzhong finally found that he couldn't defend himself.

"I didn't!"

He shouted, and suddenly rushed towards Xue Bai.

If he will definitely die, and he can't affect His Highness, then before he dies, kill Xue Bai, the evil ghost, for His Highness.

Li Jingzhong was already frightened crazy, but he became even more crazy, with a cruel smile on his face, waved his knife, and slashed at Xue Bai.

"Poof."

Wang Zhongsi caught up in two steps, grabbed the knife in the soldier's hand casually, and slashed with a swing of the knife, a series of actions that were faster than Li Jingzhong's slash.

Li Jingzhong's knife was still in the air, and Wang Zhonghe's knife had cut off his head.

It was a beheading, and the prince's henchman eunuch was beheaded in the prince's courtyard.

Zhang Ting's eyes widened.

She wanted to close her eyes, but she didn't have time, and watched Li Jingzhong's head fall to the ground, blood spurting from her neck, and then her body shook and fell to the ground.

The scene was so horrible that she was about to stop breathing.

Ahead, someone turned around and looked over here, it was Xue Bai.

Zhang Ting's gaze turned to Xue Bai's face, and suddenly realized what this meant..... Donggong had buried him alive, and he wanted to take revenge.

She suddenly felt that he was more terrible than Li Jingzhong's corpse, her legs and feet were weak, and she almost fell, so she hurriedly reached out and helped Li Heng, and the couple stumbled at the same time.

"My husband is still soft-hearted."

Yuan Zai leaned into Xue Bai's ear and said in a low voice: "If you can accuse the prince, you can protect him as a town." ”

"If you are soft-hearted, you will be soft-hearted." Xue Bai responded.

There is not much difference between the case being closed with Li Jingzhong and the case being closed with Li Heng. Anyway, Li Longji is too lazy to abolish the prince for the time being, and just find a reason to suppress the East Palace.

When he looked at it, he saw a head on the ground rolling twice and stopped, and Li Jingzhong's face still looked hideous.

Starting from a pit killing, the grievances between each other have finally been resolved.

Everything that happened in the Prince's Courtyard soon had news delivered to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Wang Zhonghei beheaded Li Jingzhong?" Li Linfu sighed: "This knife seems to be ruthless, but it is actually merciful." ”

It doesn't matter if you are ruthless or affectionate, and after this incident, the prince is bound to have a grudge against Wang Zhonghei. ”

"It was as the wish of the Yang Party, and it really made them win over Wang Zhonghe."

"What's the use? Although Wang Zhongji showed his intentions in this way, it is also possible that he was deliberately playing, and the saint would still take away the power of his four towns. There is one more reason to abolish the prince, and it is good news for Yu Youxiang!"

"Is it scrapped?"

Li Linfu twisted his beard and groaned.

He had never had such an opportunity to condemn the crown prince for a major crime before. This seems to be the closest to the abolition of the prince,

If you can't abolish it even this time, you won't have to do any more big cases in the future.

But the next day, Li Linfu entered the palace and talked about Li Jingzhong's crime, Li Longji thought about it for a while, but said: "Summoning Li Mi to meet him." ”

With just this sentence, Li Linfu had actually sensed the sage's intentions.

Why bother to abolish a prince who has lost his military power and prestige, and set up a new prince full of spirit.

Really.

"His majesty the crown prince is not strict, and he connived at the servants to commit such a heinous crime, and then moved to the northwest palace of Daming Palace, reflecting on himself, and not participating in state affairs until he repents......"

Knowing that it was this disposition, Li Linfu was a little disappointed, and at the same time a little relieved.

Disappointed that he failed to depose the crown prince after all, but in the lifetime of the saint, the prince no longer had any strength to threaten him, the prime minister.

Instead of thinking that the saint can make up his mind, it is better to prepare for the future.

Thinking of this, Li Linfu's heart sank and he became vigilant again.

The key is no longer Li Heng, but Wang Zhonghe's military power.

At this point, it was nothing more than Wang Zhonghei biting Li Heng back, intending to eliminate the suspicion of the saint. But there is a difference between the forces of the East Palace and the prince himself, and the waste prince who is not allowed to be a saint has withdrawn, and next, he and Wang Zhonghei compete for the power of the border town, which is the real confrontation.

"Your Majesty." Li Linfu cautiously tried to say, and asked: "Wang Zhonghei has made great contributions in attacking Shibao City, and after returning to Beijing, he has found out such a big case, why don't you move to the military department?" ”

"Don't worry, I'll talk about it after I listen to his work........"

Northwest of Daming Palace, Shaoyang Courtyard.

In the dormitory, the ladies cried a lot.

Li Heng was distraught when he heard this, frowned and turned to the small courtyard, raised his head, and looked at the high palace wall in a daze.

He thought that he would only lose Wang Zhonghe's position as the envoy of the Four Towns Festival, but he didn't expect that in the end, he would even lose his reputation. Until now, I am afraid that no one will believe that all the crimes were committed by Li Jingzhong on his own initiative.

"If the prince is beaten to such a point, then the faint king will be even more unscrupulous and enjoyable."

This thought lingered in his heart, Li Heng's eyes were mocking, but the hand hidden in his sleeve was clenched tightly.

I don't know how long I stood alone, and a little eunuch led a few beautiful palace people to Shaoyang Courtyard.

"I have seen His Highness, these are given by the saints, stay by His Highness's side to serve......."

Li Heng looked at those palace people, knowing that his every move would be watched by others, and the more bitter he became.

He turned his gaze and fell on the little eunuch's face, and when he saw that the other party's eyes were smart and quite intelligent, he couldn't help asking, "What's your name?"

"Your Highness Xie asked, slave Li Gou'er."

"No daimyo?" Li Heng raised his eyebrows and said, "My prince has nothing to offer, so I have nothing to reward, so it's good to give you a name?" ”

"This......slave thank Your Highness for your great kindness."

Li Heng nodded, thinking of Li Yu's common ambition to assist the country, and sneered slightly.

Li Jingzhong, who really assisted him as the prince, is dead.

But, his ambition is still there.

He then got up, helped up the little eunuch on the ground, and said slowly: "From today on, your name will be Li Fuguo......."