Placid Chang'an

Xingqing Palace, Taiji Palace and Daming Palace are called the "Three Great Inner Palaces". It is located in the Chunming Gate of Guodong City outside Chang'an. The pavilion, the clear water and the dragon pool are even more luxurious than the other second palaces.After the late emperor passed away, Prince Ning was urgently called back from the border, and had nowhere to rest, so he temporarily lived in Xingqing Palace, and never moved out again.

In the early years, there were ignorant officials impeaching King Ning for ignoring etiquette and overstepping the rules, but Li Shi didn't buy it at all. You live in the No.1 building in the world - Huae Xianghui Building, but you live in the dungeon in the backyard of Xingqing Palace.

After a long time and Li Shi's growing power, no one dared to say these words.

Naturally, Su Cen had no time to care about the scenery of lakes and mountains in the royal garden, so Qi Lin led him all the way in, and stopped in front of the main building of Qinzhengwu, and Qi Lin went in first to communicate, and then led him in.

This Prince Ning was not as extravagant as the rumors said. He had fun every day and night. The study room was decorated in a simple and elegant manner. When Su Cen passed by, he was sitting at the table in a normal suit, answering and commenting on the Quartet.

Su Cen knelt down to salute, but Li Shi didn't know whether he didn't see him or deliberately left him alone, and let him kneel, without raising his eyelids from the beginning to the end.

Su Cen naturally didn't dare to move when Prince Ning didn't say anything. He bowed his head and knelt down, afraid that he would make some noise and upset the big man, and then drive him out.

From kneeling when the setting sun melted gold to when the lights came on, Su Cen's legs were so painful that he couldn't feel the existence of his legs. When a spine was stiff, he could hear the cracking of the joints.

If he knelt down and died here, he would be with the fat man on the way to Huangquan, and it would be considered a life for a life.

"Get up."

"Huh?" Su Cen raised his head with difficulty, confirming that he was not hallucinating, falling into those night-like eyes, he couldn't help but smiled wryly, so he knew someone was here.

Su Cen tried to move, and the blood flowed back to his knees, as if being pierced into the bone marrow by a sharp silver needle, and he couldn't help but fell to the ground again. Su Cen frowned: "Can I kneel a little longer? I can't get up now Come."

Li Shi smiled lightly, fainted in the graceful candle shadows, like ripples from a jug of wine.

"What did you come to see me for?"

Su Cen regained his composure and knelt down: "I want to undertake the case of Xinke Shizi."

Li Shi touched the Moyu wrench on his thumb: "It doesn't mean that the murderer has been caught."

Su Cen gritted his teeth. Song Jiancheng was too eager for quick success. Even though he hadn't been handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, the news had already been released.Leapfrogging lawsuits has always been despised by people since ancient times. Su Cen chose his words cautiously: "There are still a few doubts in the case. I want to wait until the investigation is clear before closing the case."

"You want to reverse the case." Li Shi hit the nail on the head.

"Yes, I want to overturn the case," Su Cen said bluntly, "I pointed in the wrong direction before and arrested the wrong person. I have no complaints about how I should be punished in the end, but Song Temple is doing a good job." I can't watch the innocent being wronged and the murderer go unpunished, so I request a retrial of the case."

"Where's the evidence?" Li Shi asked.

Su Cen said dumbly, after all, he believed that Gao Miao was not the murderer, but it was based on his judgment. The case progressed too smoothly, and when a murderer was needed, someone would come to the door, and all the witnesses and evidence were prepared, so he waited for Dali. Temple went to investigate, but he didn't believe that someone would kill someone in his own home and still sleep with peace of mind.But judgment cannot be used as evidence. Wu Deshui's death is suspicious, but anyone could have killed him, including Gao Miao.

In the end, I could only say: "I'm still checking..."

"Do you know how bad this case is in Beijing? All the newly-recorded officials are panic-stricken, and rumors of evil spirits killing people are rampant. Some people in the court take advantage of the opportunity to press on. You can continue to investigate the case. If you really want to investigate What happened, I will give his family an explanation afterwards, but now I need a murderer to come out to calm people's hearts for me."

Su Cen froze for a moment, then his whole body turned cold, as if he had fallen into a thousand-foot cold pool.

Li Shi knew, he knew that Gao Miao was wronged, that Song Jiancheng had been tortured, that the real culprit was still at large, he knew everything, but he didn't care.

A human life is as important to him as Mount Tai, but Li Shi regards it as trivial.

He holds the lives of thousands of people in his hands, and he is above thousands of people. Gao Miao, or him, is just one of these thousands of people, and it is not worth mentioning at all.

"I'll change it with you." Su Cen gritted his teeth and supported the ground and stood up slowly, "You said that everything is a deal, I want to make a deal with you, three days, give me another three days, I will make sure Find the real culprit."

Li Shirao raised his eyebrows with interest: "What are you trading with me?"

Su Cen couldn't help laughing at himself, he actually negotiated a deal with Prince Ning, who was so powerful and powerful?Tears welled up from the corners of his eyes, and he took off a pair of outer clothes, "It's all skin and flesh, let's see if the prince can see it or not."

After returning from the imperial city, he went back to the house first, ate and drank water, and then suppressed the sickness on his face. After thinking about it, he took a bath and changed his clothes. Yunyue Huajin, before going out, asked Qu Ling'er, "Do you know how to behave between men and men?"

At first in the teahouse, Li Shi looked at him through a light gauze curtain. Later, Zheng Yang said that Li Shi was interested in him. He was not pretending to be affectionate and dared to do so, but he was betting on the "interest" that Zheng Yang said.

It's really funny to think about it, he avoided it before, never thought that in the end Li Shi didn't make a move, but he took the initiative to send it to the door.

He clearly marked the price of himself, a whole body of flesh and blood, three days in exchange for one life, it is a good deal.

Li Shi seemed to be expecting it, he twirled his fingers and smiled, "Have you found out all about it?"

"Emperor Taizong's edict, the matter can't be brought to light, I will absolutely keep my mouth shut when I leave the gate of Xingqing Palace, and I won't say a word."

"It's okay if you say it, but it's just a few more lives." Li Shi Chong raised his chin, "Come here."

Su Cen dragged his two numb legs and walked up to the person step by step. Under the candle light, the person's face was more mature and serious. Su Cen held his breath unconsciously, only to hear Li Shi continue: "Sit."

Su Cen was taken aback, there was only a red sandalwood openwork chair with double dragons spouting pearls behind the desk, naturally Li Shi was sitting on it, let him sit, where can he sit?

Su Cen hesitated for a moment, then slowly moved in front of Li Shi, and sat down on his lap.

Li Shi smiled at his sense of humor, the laughter came from behind his back, deep and hoarse, resonating in his chest.

Su Cen's entire back was numb.

He was not as petite and soft as Qu Ling'er, and he didn't dare to sit still, he didn't know where to put his hands, he was awkward no matter what.

However, the cool sandalwood on Li Shi's body slowly lingered, wrapping his whole body, and every breath was filled with the smell of this man.

After a while, I broke out in sweat.

Li Shi was not in a hurry, pointed at the table, "Look."

On the table were the memorials from different places spread out. Seeing that Li Shi did not avoid him, Su Cen picked it up and took a look.

An excerpt from Jiangzhou Governor's History tells about the disadvantages of private salt sales. The private salt dealers have repeatedly banned them, and they begged the court to crack down on them, so as to serve as an example.

Su Cen frowned and put down the folder.

"How is it?" Li Shi asked.

"If you want me to say it, it's one-sided." Su Cen said: "The court's attack on private salt is obvious to all. Why does it continue to prohibit it repeatedly under such circumstances? I'm afraid we have to find the problem from the court."

"My lord must know that the Turks were rampant during the Yonglong period, and the treasury was empty due to years of wars on the border. Emperor Taizong implemented the law of distributing salt. It solved the needs of the national treasury and saved labor and financial resources. However, after a few years, the chronic diseases gradually emerged, and the salt merchants continued to profit from it, which caused the price of official salt to rise again and again. Salt benefits Huaixitou', which shows the great benefit of salt. Common people have no salt to eat, so private salt is rampant."

After Su Cen finished speaking, he looked up at Li Shi. What he said was a little radical, for fear of offending people.Seeing nothing on Li Shi's face, he asked him, "What do you think should be done?"

"It's better to draw fire from the bottom of the pot than to stop the boiling water."

Li Shi smiled: "The idea is simple. At the beginning, the salt merchants got the right to discuss salt from the imperial court. In the final analysis, it was to solve the imperial court's difficulties. The imperial court couldn't do it. The collusion between the local salt merchants and the government in [-] has already formed a huge and deep net, pulling out carrots and bringing out mud, do you still want this piece of land?"

Su Cen lowered his head and thought for a while, "It's inconvenient for the court to do so, so let others do it. The reason why salt merchants can drive up the price of salt is because the court strictly supervises salt and prohibits the sale of private salt. If private salt flows out, it will definitely hit official salt. In the market, the price of salt will fall. In addition, the cost of salt merchants taking salt from the imperial court is higher than that of private salt. After a long time, they have no profit and naturally give up the right to sell salt in their hands. The abolition of the Salt Law will be done in one go.”

The more Su Cen talked, the more excited he became, and he also relaxed. He looked at Li Shi and said, "It will be much easier to deal with those private salt dealers once the salt law is abolished. When the price comes down, if you hit them a little bit, they will disperse."

Suddenly remembered something, Su Cen jumped up: "Those private salt dealers are you..."

Li Shi took advantage of the situation and pressed the man on the table: "It's kind of interesting."