Chen Wenyuan trotted all the way, respectfully entered the East Palace, and saw that it was the emperor Li Longji who was the leader, and made a gesture to the emperor, saying:

"The minister has something to do. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" said and presented a recital. Gao Lishi handed over the fold, Li Longji opened the fold, and Chen Wenyuan said:

"The former Shuo army made Pingcheng Liang beheaded for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and he had a son who escaped, and today he came to Dali Temple to fight and cry out for his father. ”

Li Longji looked at the fold, then looked at the card of General Na Dingyuan and the statement on the paper, pondered for a while, handed the things to the prince, asked him to read them, and said:

"Isn't this case already understood, the evidence is conclusive, how can his son come to avenge his grievances?" and asked the crown prince Li Heng instead:

"Prince, what do you think about this?"

The prince replied:

"Your Majesty, since the case has been closed, according to Erchen, the son of Pingcheng Liang should be arrested and dealt with according to the regulations. ”

Li Longji asked Li Jiao again:

"Li'er, what do you think?" After speaking, he pointed to the fold and motioned to hand over the fold and the paper to Li Jiao. Li Jiao took the fold, read it carefully, and then arched his hand:

"This matter is all up to the emperor's decision, and the grandson does not dare to speak out. ”

Li Longji finally asked Chen Wenyuan:

"Now that this matter has been closed, why did Qing enter the palace in such a hurry?"

Chen Wenyuan answers:

"Your Majesty, although the facts of this case are simple, the implications are quite complicated. ”

Li Longji wondered:

"Oh, how complicated?"

Chen Wenyuan answers:

Although the evidence is conclusive, Pingcheng Liang has always been loyal and patriotic, and the government and the opposition know everything. The Shuofang army is our strong brigade in the northwest, and it has been defending the frontier for many years, and it has made great contributions, and this time it has beheaded Pingchengliang, causing an uproar in the northwest Shuofang army, and the minister thinks that the handling of this case is a bit abrupt, and there are many doubts, if the truth is not ascertained, in case of a mutiny in the Shuofang army, is it not a big disaster?"

"A few days ago, Li Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, received military information that the Northwest Army was in civil strife and killed the new military envoy appointed by the imperial court. Therefore, the minister thought that this case was full of suspicions, and the son of Pingcheng Liang took the initiative to surrender and complain today, so it was better to take this opportunity to retry the case, so as to appease the hearts of the Northwest Army. ”

During the reign of Li Longji, he had set up a large number of Jiedu envoys, and the Jiedu envoys from all over the country led troops to guard the border areas, and the military strength became stronger and stronger, and the Shuofang army was the elite of the DPRK, Li Longji knew better than anyone else that if the Shuofang army mutinied, the matter would be not trivial, he heard Chen Wenyuan say this, and he also calculated it in his heart, thought about it for a while, and looked at the fold and the paper, and whispered in his mouth, and after a while he asked Li Jiao:

"Yu'er, what do you think of this matter?" He knew that the prince was humble by nature and would not pretend about the holy will, but this grandson had a style of acting that was quite a bit like the shadow of his youth, so he asked Li Li again. Li Jiao groaned twice, but refused to reveal his opinion, Li Longji looked at his demeanor and smiled slightly:

"If you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it, and since I ask you, it is the Holy Decree, and you need to answer it truthfully. ”

Hearing Li Longji speak like this, Li Jiao was willing to answer positively:

"Yes, my grandson obeys the holy will. After a pause, he continued:

"The case of Pingcheng Liang, my grandson has also heard of it, this case from the occurrence to the conclusion of the case, before and after only less than three days, the case was concluded so quickly, this is the first question; furthermore, the case at that time only had physical evidence, that is, the letter of collaborating with the enemy, and there was no other witness, only one letter to put the imperial court general in prison, it is inevitably biased, this is the second question; the case of the son of Pingcheng Liang was in the northwest at the time of the incident, the facts of the case are the facts, and the son of Pingcheng Liang should be recalled from the northwest for trial, but no, this is the third question; finally, the emperor had every opportunity, and these matters were handed over to the prime minister alone, but he did not go through the Dali Temple and the three divisions of the trial, and the case was closed earlyThis is question four. There are four points, I believe, there is something else hidden in this. ”

Speaking of this section, Li Longji understood that there had always been disputes between Yang Guozhong and the crown prince, but he did not intervene, the imperial power technique in this is not understandable to ordinary people, he can't let the prince's wings be too full, so as not to hollow out his real power as the emperor. But he can't let Yang Guozhong's power become stronger, otherwise the dictatorship of his relatives is not done by Ming Jun, what he has to do is to balance the two and balance the scales. Li Jiao finally pointed the finger at Yang Guozhong, because Yang Guozhong had suppressed the prince several times for a long time, and this time was a good time to turn the spearhead.

Li Longji thought secretly in his heart: "The prince is humble, can endure humiliation, and can support big things, but I have always been a little hesitant about him in my heart. This grandson Li Jiao is different, he is quite good at power, he will be the king in the future, and he will definitely do something in the future. Moreover, this Pingchengliang case was indeed handled inappropriately by Yang Guozhong, which caused the border army to be unstable, so it is better to take this opportunity to test the ability of this grandson. With his mind in mind, he asked:

"Then according to Li'er's intentions, what should I do about this?"

Li Jiaodao:

"There are many suspicious points in this case, and Sun Er believes that he should re-collect evidence and remand the case for retrial. ”

Li Longji twisted his beard in his hands, his eyes were slightly closed, pondered for a long time, and said to Gao Lishi:

"Go to the cabinet treasury and take out the previous file, hand it over to Chen Aiqing, remand the case for retrial, and you will return to the palace with me. ”

When the prince, Li Jiao and Chen Wenyuan heard that the case had been remanded for retrial, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, as if they had unloaded a boulder. After Li Longji finished speaking, he drove back to the palace, and the three princes followed closely behind, leaving Taiji Palace and going to Xingqing Palace.

After returning to Xingqing Palace, the four monarchs and ministers went to Xingqing Palace, and Gao Lishi passed the word and ordered the female official of the Shanggong Palace Bureau to take the file. The female official of the Shang Palace is Hong'er, yesterday at the order of Li Li, she had already collected the dossier, listened to Gao Lishi's instructions, and knew that this was the time when Li Li said yesterday, but she didn't expect it to come so quickly, so she took the things and sent them to the Xingqing Hall and handed them to Gao Lishi, who held the dossier, the letter and handed it to Li Longji together.

When Li Longji saw the dossier, he found that there were three other folds attached, and immediately thought of the contrasting handwriting mentioned on the paper, but he did not tell Gao Lishi to take another fold, but after thinking about it, he and Gao Lishi have been masters and servants for decades, he naturally knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile:

"You still know me, you are so reliable, you know that you can take three other parts to compare the handwriting, very good, hahaha. ”

Gao Lishi heard Li Longji's praise, and echoed it, but he didn't know what to hear, so where did he know that he needed to take a few more pieces to compare the handwriting, and said that it was the female official of the Shang Palace who was reliable, so that he was praised by the emperor, and he was extremely happy in his heart.

After comparing the handwriting, Li Longji found that the original letter was not written by Pingcheng Liang himself, and such important letters, if they were not written by himself, the credibility was extremely low, and he muttered in his heart: "Could it be that someone is really to blame?"

At this time, it was reported outside the door that Prime Minister Yang Guozhong asked to see him. really said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, Li Longji was thinking about how Yang Guozhong could be so confused about this matter, when he heard Yang Guozhong's visit, a nameless fire arose in his heart, and he said coldly:

"I haven't looked for him yet, but he came by himself, Xuan. ”

Yang Guozhong of course to come, before Ping Qingyun went to Dali Temple to beat the drum and voice grievances, more than 100 people in Dali Temple, how could there be no his eyeliner, as soon as he heard that Ping Qingyun came to surrender and shout grievances, he made the worst plan, the first thing that came to mind was the letter of misfortune, when he was going to enter the palace to face the saint, only to know that the emperor went to the prince's East Palace, and said that God helped him, he is the prime minister today, and the uncle of the country, and Yang Guifei Taizhen is a brother and sister, very favored by the emperor, naturally free to enter and leave the Xingqing Palace, the first thing he did when he entered the palace was to go to the cabinet to find the Pingcheng Liang dossier, and wanted to destroy it, but where did he know, this dossier and the letter had already been taken and collected by Hong'er, no matter how capable he is to reach the sky, he would never have imagined that such an important thing would be hidden in the hands of a palace maid. He rummaged through the three outer floors of the cabinet, but he didn't find it, and said that the chamberlain accidentally lost it, so it was just right, and there was no proof of death. Since he didn't find it, he went to Yang Guifei and talked to his sister about his family, but after a while, he heard that the emperor had returned to the palace and was discussing things with the prince and others in Xingqing Palace.