After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

The Heshuo War was indeed not a good one. Li Xiujing led Shence to temporarily station troops in Xingzhou and the combined forces of Zhou and Wang formed a three-way response to jointly defend against Tian Min's counterattack. Detachments of the Shence Army are stationed in various dangerous places. Compared to Linming, which has been plagued by war, Xingzhou is barely rich in supplies and can be self-sufficient.

The Shannan Jiedu Envoy had been destroyed by Cai Xilie, and the water transport on the Xiangyang River had been unimpeded, leaving only the vortex mouth still blocked. Half of Jianghuai's taxes and grain could not be transported to Chang'an. In addition, there has been no movement since Cai Xilie took possession of Xiangyang, which is also suspicious.

Li Xiujing took the opportunity to thoroughly understand the relationship and strength among the imperial armies. His provision is not only the most abundant, it is also the only most abundant. A long-term battle shouldn't be a problem, but if someone covets him, or if Chang'an doesn't do enough, it will still put him in trouble.

Therefore, he could only make friends with Zhou Sui as much as possible. After all, he was not familiar with Dugu Bo and Wang Baozhen. He used Zhou Sui's strength to try his best to put Shence in an indispensable position.

He also paid attention to changes in the situation in Chang'an. All kinds of information were left to Xingzhou City through the hands of the messenger. The most eye-catching one is that a lady from Tongzhou was killed by a squire, and Pei Jiaoran, the governor of Tongzhou, personally drove to deliver her body. Nowadays, the world allows women to become officials, and the world respects ladies more than before. Especially the aristocratic families wish they could have more people in and out of the court. As soon as this happened, it immediately had a huge impact. More and more people are speaking out for Madam Wei, including some noble ladies.

The next thing that caught my eye was Yuan Yanchong, the censor, who, accompanied by Jinwu Guard Lu Zheng, went to Tongzhou to investigate the matter. Also written in the Di Bao was the fact that His Majesty re-appointed Wuchang Li as the Prince's Young Master. Li Xiujing read the contents of the Di newspaper with a straight face. He really couldn't figure out why Lu Zheng suddenly went to Tongzhou. A general of Jinwu Guard actually wanted to personally escort a censor.

Sure enough, he should have asked people to keep an eye on Lu Zheng that day. It's better that he now has the opportunity to find Pei Jiaoran.

Fortunately, for Pei Jiaoran, Lu Zheng didn't have much use value. The benefits that Jinwu Guard can provide are far less than Shence. This is why he has the advantage.

After thinking for a while, Li Xiujing's eyes fell on the second message. Compared with Lu Zheng's trip to Tongzhou, this incident made him more vigilant and made him more worried about Pei Jiaoran. The former lord Wu Changli returned to the center. Even if it is just a false title, it will be enough to bring out Pei Jiaoran's betrayal of his master again, and the public opinion of the world will fall on her again. Now she is in the same state and he is away, unable to give her political support in the court. He could only watch helplessly as she was surrounded by public opinion and fell into a desperate situation.

He couldn't figure out who was responsible for this. But he knew that someone wanted to completely put Pei Jiaoran on the political table in Chang'an, otherwise she would stir up trouble again. The people at the Chang'an card table all had a tacit understanding of this matter.

Li Xiujing closed her eyes and sighed, thinking of the land equalization statement that Pei Jiaoran had written before. His intuition told him that the reason why this happened was to some extent related to the equalization of land. Her land equalization system is a coercion to the powerful families, like dark clouds gathering over Chang'an, with heavy rain falling at any time. Everyone is worried that their interests will be embezzled by the equalization of land, so they secretly united together this time.

Li Xiujing thought for a while and wrote a letter to Pei Jiaoran. I wrote another letter to my Aye.

He could only rely on the strength of his family. After all, he could not predict how far the public opinion in Tongzhou would develop under Pei Jiaoran's prompting.

In Tongzhou Prefecture, Pei Jiaoran looked at Yuan Yanchong who was walking quickly from outside, and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to leave. When Liao Zuo left, he happened to pass by Yuan Yanchong, and their clothes met.

Seeing Yuan Yanchong sit down below her, Pei Jiaoran curled his lips and motioned for the servants to serve tea. Yuan Yanchong has been in Tongzhou for five days. During these five days, he traveled between Fengxu County and Tongzhou Prefecture. He set out to investigate the cause of Lady Wei's death. In the past few days, there were many students from the same state who spontaneously stopped him in the street and asked him to give Lady Wei justice.

Yuan Yanchong responded to all the scholars' requests. So much so that they showed no mercy in the interrogation of the criminals headed by the squire.

"Yuan Yushi, how is your trial going?" Pei Jiaoran asked in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Yuan Yanchong frowned, raised his head and looked at Pei Jiaoran thoughtfully, "Why do you want to bring this matter to Chang'an? This won't do you any good, right?"

"The imperial decree was blocked by the squire. Your Majesty should know why Madam Wei died." Pei Jiaoran sighed, "What's more, the squire is inextricably related to Zhang Jujuan. It's not something I can handle alone. .”

Yuan Yanchong frowned instantly when he heard this. He stayed in Tongzhou for a few days, and everything he heard spoke highly of Lady Wei. Although he himself did not come from a poor family, he had already declined. The sympathy for Mrs. Wei is also related to the hatred of the powerful squire. This time he also came privately on Wang Wei's order to plunge Tongzhou into trouble.

Let’s not worry about the outcome of this matter. But it's obvious that some people don't want to be kind anymore, and even want to cause trouble. It would be best to drive Pei Jiaoran out of the center.

We don’t know when the war in Heshuo will subside, and we don’t know how long Zuozang’s wealth will last. At this juncture, someone wants to start a bloody storm in Tongzhou and make Pei Jiaoran the target of public criticism. This public opinion from the same state may eventually turn into a trigger and provoke a confrontation between the central government and the powerful gentry. The imperial court, which was already facing internal and external troubles, was destined to be swallowed up by one storm after another.

"Prince Pei." Yuan Yanchong took a deep breath and said earnestly: "If this matter stops at the word "姧", it will not have any impact on you, and you can continue to stay in the center."

To be fair, since Pei Jiaoran took over the Ministry of Household Affairs. Zuo Zang does have a lot of money, so he doesn't want Pei Jiaoran to leave.

With his eyes twitching, Pei Jiaoran smiled, "Mrs. Wei was killed by a traitor because she upheld the central government's decree. She was not just motivated by sex. As a censor, how can Yuan Yushi tolerate such behavior?"

Pei Jiaoran raised his head and looked at the slanting light by the window, feeling cold. She knew that the decree she implemented would inevitably be met with a lot of dissatisfaction, and she also knew that Lady Wei's death had nothing to do with it. But just raping and killing someone because of sex would hardly cause too much trouble in this world. That's why she tied Lady Wei's death to the new imperial order. Only in this way would people take her seriously, and the status of those who felt the same would be higher.

"Pei Jiaoran, if you do this, it is tantamount to setting yourself on fire. You don't know how many people in the central government are watching you." Yuan Yanchong said in a bad tone, "Your decree this time has offended many people. If you don't mention this matter. , maybe you can still keep your future."

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran nodded, "My way is all mine."