Yang Guozhong entered the Xingqing Palace, and saw that there were no other ministers on the left and right, only the prince Li Heng, the king of Guangping, Li Jiao, and Chen Wenyuan, the secretary of Dali Temple, only these three people were present, he felt bad, these people are his opponents, especially the prince, although he has been enduring the East Palace in recent years, but no matter how he excludes and suppresses, the emperor just has no idea of abolishing the prince, and now the prince and his father and son are present, and there is a perennial opponent Chen Wenyuan, the situation is very unfavorable to himself. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing that the emperor's expression was grim and his brows were tightly locked, the most important thing was that at this critical time, her sister Yang Guifei was not there, if Yang Guifei was there, she would say a few words for herself, which would be worth ten sentences and a hundred sentences for herself. Now that he had to bite the bullet, he stepped forward, walked up to Li Longji, and gave him a big salute. When Yang Guozhong knelt down and bowed, he never heard the emperor say a word, and he didn't mean to get up by himself.

After a while, Li Longji asked:

"I ask you, what did you do about Pingchengliang's case?"

Yang Guozhong guessed that it was really good, it was for the case of Pingchengliang, and he thought, anyway, the file is no longer there, and there is no physical evidence, so why don't you let yourself say it casually, thinking of this, he was secretly proud in his heart, but he looked selfless in his spoken language:

"Your Majesty, the evidence of this matter is conclusive, and the minister is acting in accordance with the law!"

Li Longji said coldly:

"The evidence is conclusive, according to the law?"

Yang Guozhong said:

"Exactly, if the emperor doesn't believe it, he can retrieve the file of the day, and it will be clear at a glance. He recognized that the file was no longer in the cabinet, and the emperor could not find it even if he went to find it, so that there was no proof of death, thinking of this, his heart was proud again, but he heard Li Longji Longyan be furious, and shouted:

"Look at it, this is your evidence!" After speaking, he threw the file and letter in front of Yang Guozhong, Yang Guo's eyes were dark, and he didn't know what it was.

Li Longji said angrily:

"Just kill my famous Tang Dynasty general with a letter from an unknown source, you are so bold. ”

Chen Wenyuan took a step forward and thought about Li Longji and said:

"Your Majesty, not only is the physical evidence incomplete, but also there is no human evidence, the crucial confession of the sender is completely absent, and the details of the person who sent the letter are not mentioned at all. ”

Yang Guozhong argued:

"Emperor Qiqi, the person who delivered the letter was very tight, and his means were very clever, and dozens of people failed to catch him and let him escape. ”

Chen Wenyuan preemptively asked:

"Dare to ask the prime minister, how can a person with such a means escape in the face of dozens of people, but he can't even save a small letter, isn't this unreasonable?"

When Li Longji heard Chen Wenyuan's question, he also came to his senses and shouted:

"Dozens of people can't catch a single person, you're embarrassed to say. ”

Yang Guozhong was speechless for a moment, and he was still in a daze, he had obviously searched for this file and letter for a long time and had not found it, but how could he have said that it was in the emperor's hands? How did he know that this matter was all in Li Jiao's hands, and he had already hidden it in advance. This section is considered to be planted by himself, so he said:

"Your Majesty, this matter is the confusion of Weichen, but this matter involves treason with the enemy, once it is overlooked, then the Tubo Fanbang really hit, which will damage my Tang Tianwei, and Weichen is also thinking about the emperor. It is under the leadership of the emperor that my Tang Dynasty has today's prosperous situation, the so-called embankment of thousands of miles, destroyed in the anthill, the emperor also often teaches us to be cautious, if due to a mistake and inaction of the ministers, let my Tang land become a foreign state, wouldn't it make the emperor's face dull. ”

Yang Guozhong is worthy of being in the officialdom for many years, and being able to climb to today's status naturally has a unique understanding of speculating on the holy will, and as soon as he said this, he immediately diverted Li Longji's attention. It is also the case, in the end of the Tang Dynasty, in the hands of Xuanzong Li Longji, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak. It's just that he neglected the government in the later period, and favored Yang Guifei, appointed Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong, and the politics are not so clear, but the authorities are fascinated, and now Li Longji is still obsessed with his past achievements, and he can't see the current crisis at all.

Hearing Yang Guozhong say this, after thinking about it carefully, there is also a little bit of truth, so Li Longji's attitude eased a lot, and said:

"Even so, you can't convict Pingcheng Liang so hastily, this matter was played by you and approved by me, so wouldn't it still make me bear the infamy of this faint king?"

Yang Guozhong softened a little when he heard the emperor's tone, and it seemed that things were still turning around, so he hurriedly said:

"This matter is the negligence of Wechen, and Wechen deserves ten thousand deaths, and his crimes deserve ten thousand deaths. ”

Hearing Yang Guozhong say this, Li Longji hesitated in his heart: "He is the elder brother of Concubine Ai, if I blame him at this time, Concubine Ai will definitely be unhappy." Thinking of this, I hesitated for a while.

Chen Wenyuan saw that the emperor hesitated for a moment, and his tone became softened, and he had already guessed that Yang Guozhong's words had made the emperor shake, and he hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty, at this time, the Shuofang army is involved, if it is not handled properly, it will cause a mutiny in the army, and the consequences will be unimaginable!" This remark sounded a wake-up call to Li Longji, thinking: "Yes, this matter involves complicated matters, Pingcheng Liang died in vain, and the Shuofang army where he is located will not give up, and it needs to be properly handled." ”

After pondering for a moment, Li Longji said to Chen Wenyuan:

"There are still many doubts in this case, and the evidence is insufficient, from now on, you will retry the case of Pingchengliang with the Criminal Department and Yushitai, and you must give me a satisfactory answer. ”

Yang Guozhong was about to speak, Li Longji knew what he wanted to say, waved his left hand, and said:

"You don't have to worry about this matter, just leave it to Dali Temple, step down. ”

Yang Guozhong wanted to say that he was planned by the emperor, where did he dare to say it, this time he just remanded for retrial, and did not ask himself for the crime, which was already a great luck in misfortune, so he didn't dare to say more, saluted the emperor, and retreated.

After Li Longji and Yang Guozhong withdrew from the Xingqing Palace, he turned his head and said to Chen Wenyuan:

"You need to handle this matter well, and there must be no mistakes, you have taken the original file together, and you must give me a clear trial of this case, it is related to whether the heart of the Shuo Fang army is stable, and you can't be careless." ”

Chen Wenyuan responded: "The minister obeys the order." Suddenly, the corner of his eye glanced at Li Jiao to the right, and he secretly thought in his heart: "Things are really as expected by King Guangping, everything is in his calculations, clever and clever!"

Li Longji later drafted the oracle into three holy decrees, Chen Wenyuan received one and withdrew from the Xingqing Palace, and the remaining two holy decrees were announced by the inner servants to the Yushitai and the Criminal Department, which were the three divisions of the trial.