Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

With this confidence, Guo Ye has no psychological burden to deal with this case.When he reprimanded Li Zhonglai, he was justified.

Li Xinglian took a step forward, stood beside Guo Ye and Li Zhong, and said, "Mr. Qin, what do you mean by that? Could it be that you dare not offend His Majesty and want to vent your anger on my nephew?"

"Don't dare. Li Shilang, please be calm and don't be impatient." Guo Ye smiled slightly and said: "Our "Zhenguan Law" is clearly written, and false accusations have been made against him. Let my nephew point the finger at the point just now It is today. If what he said is true, it is nothing. But if there is some falsehood in what he said, then what he did just now is to falsely accuse His Majesty! The consequences of this matter, I don’t need to say, you know it yourself. Therefore, the official wants him to be sober and know what he is doing."

Li Xinglian snorted coldly, and said: "The old man and my nephew came to the government office today to beat the grievance drum, of course they know what they are doing. But you, after hearing about this, what are you going to do?"

"Me? What am I doing?" Guo Ye scratched his head and said, "Li Shilang, I don't understand when you say that. If ordinary people encounter this, they should ask me, the parent officer, to complain. If officials don’t make decisions for the people, it’s better to go home and sell sweet potatoes. For the people under my rule, even if I risk being fired from office or even losing my head, I, Guo Ye, will give them justice.”

He paused for a moment, then continued: "But you are different. You are the Minister of Zhongshu, and you have the right to meet His Majesty. If your brother and daughter-in-law were really brought into the palace by His Majesty, you should be asking His Majesty for trouble." , What is the purpose of coming to me to beat the grievance drum? Oh, you dare not offend His Majesty, but you dare to torment me, Guo Ye. You are suspected of being a bully when you do this."

Embarrassment appeared on Li Xinglian's face, and he said: "Of course the old man wanted to ask His Majesty for someone, but on the way to the palace, I met Princess Gao Yang. She said...she said..."

Princess Gao Yang answered, "Let's talk about it. Duke Qin, Li Shilang should really look for you about this matter."

"Why is that?"

"You also said just now that you must be cautious about matters involving His Majesty. The eunuchs only said that there was a big man in the palace who fell in love with the lady of the Lu family, but they didn't say that the big man must be Your Majesty. Besides, even if They said with their own mouths that the big man is His Majesty, and they may also be lying. It is not certain whether those few people are eunuchs. Therefore, Li Shilang is here this time to ask you to find out who took it away Lu Yanniang."

Guo Ye nodded, and said: "Princess Gao Yang's words are justified, since that's the case, then Li Shilang and Princess Gao Yang, please go back first, and I will definitely find out the truth of this matter next time."

"Please come back?" Li Xinglian chuckled lightly, and said, "I said Qin Guogong, don't let me be so stunned by Reagan. I, Li Xinglian, also came up step by step from the bottom. I don't know what means in the officialdom? You are clearly I need to use the word 'drag' on this old man. Today delays tomorrow, tomorrow delays the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow delays next month, next month delays next year..."

"Where, where. Mr. Guo definitely has no such intention."

"Since that's the case, how long will it take for you to give the old man a letter of approval?"

Guo Ye stretched out three fingers and said, "Three months!"

"Too long."

"One month!"

"The old man can't wait that long."

"Ten days!"

"Or not."

Guo Ye said: "In the opinion of Li Shilang, how long will the investigation take?"

Li Xinglian also stretched out three fingers and said, "This number!"

"Three days? You are really too strong. I just took office, little brother, and there are not enough people under my command..."

"Hmph!" Li Xinglian waved his hands again and again, and said, "The old man didn't mean three days!"

"You don't mean three hours, do you?"

"The old man said three quarters of an hour!"

"Three quarters of an hour? I said, Li Shilang, are you too new to Mr. Guo, or do you think too highly of the officials in Chang'an Mansion? It is absolutely impossible to find out the case in three quarters of an hour!"

Li Xinglian said: "Three quarters of an hour is enough."

"Then Guo must ask Li Shilang for advice!"

Li Xinglian said: "Isn't this obvious? It is a fact that His Majesty robs civilian women. You just write a document for this old man and stamp it with the seal of your Chang'an Order. Then, I will take this document and control His Majesty's important people." .Although you, Guo Ye, are ignorant and ignorant, but I will give you three quarters of an hour to write an official document. This request is not too much, right?"

Guo Yedao: "Li Shilang, I understand when you say that. Dare you have no intention of asking me to find out who did this. You just want me, Chang'an, to issue an official document saying that His Majesty did this. To prove it to you."

"That's right. I, Li Xinglian, am not an unreasonable person. I will handle the fight with His Majesty by myself, and I will not make things difficult for you, Lord Qin. When I came to you today, I just asked you to send me an official document, saying that it is indeed Your Majesty. Bring my brother and daughter-in-law into the harem, so that His Majesty won't say anything. This old man's request is not too much, right?"

Guo Ye raised his eyebrows and said, "Your request is indeed...excessive!"

"Qin Guogong, can you say it again?"

"Li Shilang, you heard it right just now. What I said is that your request is indeed too much! Let's open the skylight and speak frankly. I, Guo Ye, will not publish this official document."

"You... good, good, good! It seems that the old man has misunderstood you. I thought that although you are ignorant, you will always have a little conscience in your heart. I didn't expect that, hehe! Forget it, a gentleman can never turn evil Say, Lord Qin, I wish you all generations to come, and I won’t bother you anymore.”

Guo Ye quickly stopped him, and said: "No, no, no. Li Shilang, let's make it clear. Listen to what you mean, do you want to say that I refuse to write this official document, even if my conscience is violated have eaten?"

"You know it yourself!"

Guo Ye sighed slightly, and said, "Li Shilang, if I'm not mistaken, Princess Gaoyang gave you the idea of ​​asking me to issue an official document?"

"Exactly."

"Princess Gao Yang and someone Guo are at odds, have you heard of it?"

"I've heard about it. You mean... this is a trick Princess Gao Yang set for you?"

"Exactly. Princess Gao Yang wants to use this case to drag someone Guo into the water. Obviously, you were used by Princess Gao Yang."

"Hmph, so what?" Li Xinglian didn't take Guo Ye's words seriously at all, and said, "Duke Qin, let's return one size to one size. Princess Gao Yang may really want to use this matter to entrap you. But you are the one who issued this official document." What Princess Gao Yang did was just a matter of duty. You are not willing to publish this official document because you are not willing to offend His Majesty for this matter, so don't push everything on Princess Gao Yang."

Guo Ye shook his head and said: "Li Shilang, to put it bluntly, you are treating a gentleman with a villain's heart. Guo did not want to publish this official document, not because he was afraid of His Majesty, but because... I believe , this matter was definitely not done by His Majesty!"

Chapter 1723 Aggressive feelings

Guo Ye's words were so decisive that Li Xinglian couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this!Immediately, he snorted coldly and spit out four words: "How can you see that?"

How to answer this question, Guo Ye is really a bit embarrassed.He can't tell Li Xinglian that the thing under His Majesty Li Er's crotch is not very effective recently, so it's impossible to rob people's daughters by force, right?

What's more, even if he really dared to risk the disgrace of the world, and made public the fact that His Majesty Li Er was impotent.Then Li Xinglian wants to ask again, how did you, Guo Ye, know this secret?

Then Guo Ye confessed to the empress?Isn't that heartless?

He had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty's harem is full of beauties. The empress is the most beautiful woman in the world. He doesn't favor so many beauties, so he just went to snatch a widow. Is this reasonable?"

"Hmph! There are many people who have beautiful wives and beautiful concubines, but they sleep outside in flowers and willows, and your majesty is not bad."

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven...the Son of Heaven, right...it must be a noble character and profound virtue. How can ordinary people compare with Your Majesty?"

Li Xinglian sneered and said, "Duke Qin, let me ask you, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. Is Emperor Gaozu the Son of Heaven?"

"of course."

"Back then, Emperor Gaozu used righteousness to defeat innocent people, raised troops from Taiyuan, and invaded Chang'an City. On the second day after entering the city, Emperor Gaozu saw a beautiful woman on the street and brought her into the palace. And this beauty , was the wife of the crown prince Sheren Xin Chujian at that time. Qin Guogong, what do you think the Supreme Emperor will do after knowing the true identity of this beauty?"

Guo Ye spread his hands and said, "What else can I do? It is impossible for Emperor Gaozu to shave off her head for a woman, right? I guess, after the old man knew the identity of that beauty, he returned that beauty to Xin Chujian."

"Qin Guogong, you guessed wrong. Emperor Gaozu was very upset when he found out about this."

"Isn't this nonsense? Who knew that he could be happy after making such a big mistake? And then?"

"Then he removed Xin Chujian's Crown Prince Sheren and changed him to the county magistrate of Wannian County!"