Chapter 6: Redress of Grievances (4)
The two of them kept warm for a long time, they both revealed their hearts to each other, and their hearts were all about apes, until the third pole of the moon, Ping Qingyun reluctantly went back to the room, and Zhao Wenxin also turned off the lights and went to sleep. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info How did they know that when the lights went out, the moonlight leaked like mercury on the corridor, and a figure outside the window seemed so lonely.
After a night like this, Ping Qingyun discussed with Li Li early in the morning how to proceed with the follow-up situation, but Gao Fenglin was nowhere to be found and did not participate. Li Jiao wrote a piece of paper, handed it to Ping Qingyun, according to the original arrangement, Ping Qingyun came to Dali Temple, took out the drum pestle, hit the eardrum heavily, and the sound wanted to shake the sky. Chen Wenyuan knew that someone was beating the drum today, so he waited in the yamen early in the morning, and heard the deafening drumming outside. Dozens of people from the various departments in the office, such as Shaoqing, the main bookkeeper, the history of the commentary, the palm solid, and the questioning of affairs, were all present.
After everyone took their places, Chen Wenyuan pointed to Ping Qingyun and asked, "Who is the drummer, and what is the drumming?"
Ping Qingyun knelt down, clasped his hands into fists and replied to Chen Wenyuan:
"I am the son of Pingcheng Liang, the former Shuofang military envoy, General Dingyuan, and Ping Qingyun. ”
Chen Wenyuan heard that he called himself Ping Qingyun, and thought that it was really as King Guangping said, so he asked again:
"What are you doing with drumming?"
Ping Qing Yun Road:
"My father was framed, I was convicted of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, more than 20 members of my Ping family were killed, and I escaped alone, as a minister, I should be loyal to the country, but my father was wronged and died unjustly, as a son of man, I must wash away the grievances of my father, and I implore Lord Tingwei to avenge my Pingjia Zhaoxue. ”
After speaking, present the paper. Left and right handed the paper to Chen Wenyuan, Chen Wenyuan read it carefully, handed the paper to Shaoqing Li Chun, Zhang Zixu two people to see, the two of them looked at the pleading, the original story of the matter slowly said, writing attainments, unlike the hands of a person who led the army to fight, the people of the Hanlin Academy could not write such a paper, both of them guessed that behind this, there must be an unusual relationship, after the two read it, handed over the paper to the main book.
Shaoqing Li Chun asked:
"You said you are General Dingyuan, do you have a certificate?"
Ping Qingyun took out an object from his arms, it was a small bronze card, Chen Wenyuan saw that the small card was the size of his palm, and his whole body was transparent, and the front was engraved with the two big words "Dingyuan", Chen Wenyuan nodded: "This token is a thing in the army, and others can't make fakes." ”
handed the token to Li Chun and Zhang Zixu, and both of them nodded after reading it, but this is a thing in the army. Zhang Zixu asked:
"You say your father was falsely accused, but is there any evidence?"
Ping Qingyun replied:
"Nope. ”
Zhang Zixu asked again:
"How can you prove that your father was wronged if you have no evidence?"
Ping Qing Yun Road:
"My father was in trouble because of a so-called 'collaborator' letter, and I only need to compare that letter with the documents written by my father in the past, and the truth will be revealed. ”
Chen Wenqi asked:
"Even if physical evidence can prove that this epistle was not written by your father, how can it be proved that your father wrote it differently, and that you have other witnesses?"
Ping Qing Yun Road:
"Nope. ”
Chen Wenyuan said:
"You have neither physical evidence nor any witnesses, how can we try it?" Turning to look at Li Chun and Zhang Zixu, he asked:
"I don't know how the two young masters will deal with this matter?"
Li Chun and Zhang Zixu were originally Chen Wenyuan's assistants, but they were quite surprised to hear him throw the question at the two of them, Li Chun said:
"This matter implicates the former general of the DPRK, and the Shuofang army is a strong force in the northwest, if it is not handled well and causes the army to mutiny, it is not trivial. ”
Chen Wenyuan said:
"That's what I want, I don't know what Lord Zhang wants?"
Zhang Zixu is his subordinate, this question is redundant, but Dali Temple is in charge of the world's case trial, and it is natural to be fair in handling things.
Chen Wenyuan temporarily detained Ping Qingyun to the back jail of Dali Temple, and prepared a notebook, together with the paper, and entered the palace to face the saint.
On this day, in the Taiji Palace, the crown prince Li Heng, the king of Guangping Li Jiao and the emperor Xuanzong enjoyed the flowers by the lake, at this time it was spring to summer, and the flowers in the garden were in full bloom, giving birth to vitality. Li Longji is wearing a dragon robe, the golden light is shining, and it is even more dazzling in the sun, he has a majestic appearance and a handsome appearance, thinking of Tang Long's congenital and heroic posture back then, at this time, he is white and has long wrinkles, but he can't hide the heroic spirit between his eyebrows. He has a handsome face, and he has been accompanied by Yang Taizhen all these years, and he is very happy, and he can't tell that he is already a seventy-year-old man.
Yesterday on the Xingqing Palace, Li Jiao took advantage of Li Longji to see the ministers, was about to go to the Nanxun Hall to rest, when he met Li Longji, he told his grandfather, Emperor Xuanzong about his father's recent situation, said that his father recently, living in the East Palace, not often out of the palace, the body is getting thinner, people are middle-aged, but there are already a few traces of gray hair, as a son, can not help but worry about his father's body and mind, so he implored his grandfather to respect the East Palace tomorrow, a story of father-son love, enjoy family happiness.
Li Longji was very pleased with this prince, but he was a little indebted and hesitant. In the past, the Wei Jian case and the Du Youlin case are still vivid, it is these two major cases, both involving the prince, and in the end, the prince had to reconcile his two favorite wives, the crown princess Wei and Liangdi Du, after these two cases, the prince suffered a huge blow physically and mentally, and he became very haggard. Although the prince has been excluded and suppressed by others in the court, he has never had the idea of abolishing the prince, and he has given the prince another marriage, which can be regarded as a comfort to him.
Seeing Li Jiao begging him to talk to the prince, his heart was moved, so he obeyed Li Jiao's wishes, and he would go to the East Palace to visit the prince tomorrow.
Approaching noon, the prince set up a banquet in the East Palace, and the father, son and grandson were together, and they were happy. During the banquet, I saw a little eunuch hurrying outside the door, looking panicked, I don't know what happened, the little eunuch whispered a few words in Li Li's ear, Li Jiao listened, frowned, pondered for a moment, or waved his hand to signal the little eunuch to retreat, the little eunuch understood, retreated. Li Jiao did not mean to report to Li Longji, but continued to eat and drink. This detail was seen by Li Longji, and seeing that Li Li did not mean to explain, he took the initiative to ask Li Li what was the matter.
Li Jiao pretended to twist and refused to tell the details, Li Longji's face changed slightly, and Li Li was willing to tell the details:
"Your Majesty, Chen Wenyuan, the secretary of Dali Temple outside the palace, asked to see him, and his grandson thought that today was the day when the emperor and the prince shared the joy of family, and it was inconvenient to be disturbed by such trivial matters. ”
After hearing this, Li Longji thought about it for a while and said:
"Chen Wenyuan is honest and clear, he must have rushed into the palace gate if he has to, the narrative between my father and son is important, but it must not spoil the national affairs. After speaking, he turned his head and said to the eunuch beside him:
"Xuan. ”
The eunuch is the famous eunuch Gao Lishi, he is the same age as Li Longji, the friendship between master and servant, for more than half a century, won the trust of Li Longji, at this moment Li Longji and the prince meet, he naturally serves left and right. Gao Lishi received the emperor's order, passed the word, and Chen Wenyuan, the secretary of Dali Temple, entered the palace to meet him.