The return of the son-in-law

King Liang was arrested, and the imperial army surrounded the Prince Liang's mansion again. Countless people passed by, and they all knew that King Liang had committed a crime.He simply stopped covering it up and asked someone to tie up Liang Wang with thick ropes.After leaving Prince Liang's mansion, King Liang was directly sent into the carriage, and the two boxes of criminal evidence were loaded into another carriage.Wei Zihao got on his horse, and Guo Zhanan followed closely behind. Except for the imperial army who stayed behind and continued to surround Liang Wangfu, a group of people rushed to the palace.

Seeing Guo Zhanan coming out, the common people who had been standing in the distance gathered all kinds of guesses into one thought—the king of Liang must have committed a serious crime, and Jing Zhaoyin personally went out to arrest him.

Guo Zhan'an worked as Jing Zhaoyin for several months. He first calmed down the turbulent people in the capital, and then presided over the raid of the Liu Mansion. .It can be said that in just a few months, Guo Zhan'an's reputation among the people in the capital has become extremely high. Even though the people knew that Guo Zhan'an's actions would not be so generous without the emperor's approval, they couldn't help but praise him He is young and promising, and he is an official.

It is precisely because Guo Zhan'an has such a reputation among the people in the capital that those people who originally speculated about the royal secrets will believe in the fact that King Liang committed crimes after seeing Guo Zhan'an come out of Liang Wang's mansion.

Goodbye, will the forbidden army be withdrawn in a while? I also heard that the Supreme Emperor was poisoned by the original four princes and had to be passed down to be located in the current emperor. Moreover, there are [-] troops of King An stationed in the suburbs of Beijing. The capital has just come out of turmoil. The common people couldn't help but feel anxious, and only hope that the current emperor and Lord Jing Zhaoyin will control the situation, so that the capital will stop being chaotic.

Li Shaojun got the news early and ordered someone to clean up a side hall for interrogating King Liang.

King Liang probably got the news when the Imperial Army was besieging the Liang Palace, and he fled into the secret passage in the pool in the backyard of the princess in a panic. And only the right foot was wearing socks, and the left foot just stepped on the cold ground.

Guo Zhan'an hated King Liang for his cruel treatment of Huo Yu. Wei Zihao knew that King Liang had completely offended the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor this time, and there was no hope of recovery, so neither of them would treat him kindly.

Li Shaojun looked at the embarrassed King Liang below, and sighed: "Uncle Nine Emperors, why are you doing this?"

"Winner and loser, you don't have to act."

Li Shaojun asked Ah Xin to serve tea to Yue An and Guo Zhanan present, while he walked up to King Liang with his hands behind his back: "Uncle Nine Emperors, I want to know when you got up."

Liang Wang still refused to say anything, and only said: "This time I lost, I will kill you or kill me. As for the others, don't try to pry a word out of my mouth."

Everyone here understands what King Liang is thinking. After all, he is a prince and the younger brother of the Supreme Emperor. With his status here, everyone in the world is watching him. Li Shaojun can't deal with him casually.If Liang Wang didn't let go, the crime would be difficult to determine.

Guo Zhan'an came forward to make a rescue: "Your Majesty, two private ledgers were found from Prince Liang's Mansion. Please read them first, Your Majesty."

Li Shaojun glanced at King Liang, who was looking at Guo Zhanan fiercely.He smiled and said, "Guo Qing has worked hard this time, Ah Xin, go get the account book."

Taking the ledger from Ah Xin, Li Shaojun flipped through a page at random, his eyes widened for a moment, and then he read with great interest: "On March 500th, the fifth year of Changping, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wailang Niu Taiping, received [-] yuan in silver. Two. Hey, how much is Yuanwailang's annual salary?"

Yue An replied: "Your Majesty, Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Officials, converted clothing materials, charcoal, etc. into silver taels from the fifth-rank monthly salary. It is about sixty guan, that is, 30 taels a month."

"What is Niu Taiping's job now?"

"This person was transferred out six years ago and has never returned to Beijing. He should be the magistrate of Changzhou now."

"Changzhou, that's a good place." Li Shaojun sneered, "Since Niu Taiping was a member of the Ministry of Officials, he should be under Yue Xiang's subordinates. Has Yue Xiang paid attention to it?"

Yue An shook his head and said: "Niu Taiping is usually a man of few words, but he does things very neatly. He was still young at the time, and there were no nobles in the capital to cling to. Many people in the official department liked to bully him, so he didn't say anything. , Just take care of the things that others have left for him. I thought that a few more years of training would produce a talented person, but I didn't expect him to go this way."

Li Shaojun didn't care: "My big country has a lot of talents, and there are a lot of people who can act, and it's normal for Yue Xiang to miss it for a while. But this Niu Taiping's money is strange. There is no Niu surname in this dynasty, and I have never heard of any Niu Taiping. The surname is a wealthy businessman, where did the money for his bribes come from?"

Yue An thought for a while and asked, "Does Your Majesty send someone to investigate?"

"Don't be in a hurry." Li Shaojun turned a few more pages, his brows became tighter and tighter, and he told Ah Xin who was standing beside him: "Go and invite the emperor."

"Yes."

Yue An and Guo Zhan'an glanced at each other, knowing that the amount in this ledger was huge and the number of people involved was so large that it would be rare to see each other in a hundred years.

Li Chonghao made a big show, seeing King Liang kneeling in the side hall, he was displeased and said, "Since you caught him, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Li Shaojun stood up with a smile and gave up his seat: "I heard that my father is not in good health these days. King Liang has been trusted by my father for many years, but he made such a rebellious act, which really hurt my father's heart. The king of Liang will be tried for the first time, so that the emperor will feel better, but he did not expect that the amount of bribes received by the king of Liang is huge, and the emperor should be invited to decide."

Faced with Li Shaojun's flattery, Li Chonghao was very helpful. After he sat down, he asked, "Where's the thing?"

Li Shaojun personally handed over the ledger to Li Chonghao with both hands: "I also ask Father to have a look at it."

Li Shaojun had already opened the account book in advance, and Li Chonghao saw the big name "Liu Yuanheng" on the account book at first sight, and next to it was written the five thousand silver that was given to King Liang on the ninth day of July in the fourth year of Changping.

"Liu Yuanheng!" Li Chonghao remembered, in the fourth year of Changping, Liu Yuanheng was not the prime minister at that time, at that time Concubine Hua had only entered the palace for only one year, and she was pregnant with the common man Li Bo at that time, Li Chonghao wanted to give her face, so he gave her Liu Yuanheng was promoted from a small official of the sixth rank to a household doctor.

I have already given the Liu family face in this way, why do they still want to cling to King Liang!

It's a pity that Liu Yuanheng has passed away, and Li Chonghao's question may never be answered in his lifetime.

Seeing Li Chonghao's ferocious face, Li Shaojun asked, "Father, the two ledgers are all the bribes received by the King of Liang over the past 20 years. My son made a rough estimate, and the silver taels alone are worth a million dollars. "

"what about others?"

Li Shaojun shook his head and said: "There are all kinds of treasures, my son doesn't understand these, but I just feel that the private treasury left by the emperor to my son is not as good as what's in this ledger."

Li Chonghao laughed back angrily: "I am a majestic son of heaven, sitting in the world, but in the end I am not as rich as a prince. Ninth brother, have I ever treated you poorly?"

King Liang knew that he was at the end of the road, so he simply stopped pretending in front of Li Chonghao, and said bluntly, "Don't you know how the emperor treats me? The so-called kindness is nothing but for the world to see."

"Presumptuous!" Li Chonghao was very angry, slapped the table vigorously, and asked loudly, "I sent them away from the other brothers, and only left you in the capital. That's because I trust you! I also granted you the supreme The right to allow you to travel all over the world and check the people's conditions for me. Do you think that if you were other brothers, I would give them these things?"

"That's just because I'm your dog!" King Liang jumped up, and the guards behind him immediately pressed his shoulders, forcing him to continue kneeling.

Liang Wang fell to his knees, but still refused to give in.He raised his neck desperately, and looked at Li Chonghao viciously in the seat above: "Do you think I am happy? I am worried every day, that one day you will treat me like other brothers! In order to survive, I live worse than a dog! Every time Flattering you makes me sick!"

Li Chonghao let out a long sigh: "If you keep being an obedient dog, I will never treat you and your descendants badly. Don't you think about your family when you commit such a great crime?"

"Heh, it's all about success and defeat. Instead of being your dog, Li Chonghao, it's better to fight for the future." Talking about his family, Liang Wang showed his face, but he closed his eyes and said, "You are the emperor, of course I don’t know how terrible it is to live under the emperor’s shadow.”

Li Chonghao didn't want to listen to these anymore. He is now physically weaker than before, and the Ningshen incense in the palace has been exhausted, but he can't quit anymore. He has to smoke the substitute developed by the Tai Hospital every day.

"Emperor, I leave this place to you." Li Chonghao got up to leave, "This case involves a lot. Although King Liang's crime is unforgivable, don't be in a hurry to close the case. You must figure out the cause and effect."

"Yes."

The news of Liang Wang's arrest quickly spread outside Beijing. After An Wang learned of this, he sent people to the palace several times to face the saint and asked Li Shaojun to give an explanation.

Li Shaojun comforted him many times, and ordered King An several times to ask King An to enter the palace for a detailed discussion, but King An refused.The [-] army led by King An has been stationed in the suburbs of Beijing, and ordered his men to spread rumors that the emperor wanted to eradicate the kings in and around the capital.

Faced with such rumors, Li Chonghao was still reluctant to come forward, he was only willing to hide in the palace and have fun with Concubine Nian Tai, and he was even unwilling to go to court early.

The Supreme Emperor, who is so keen on power, suddenly did not appear in the early court. Many old officials promoted by Li Chonghao, combined with the rumors spread by King An, really thought that the emperor was going to eradicate the kings and emptied the Supreme Emperor.

King An was staring at the outside of the capital, rumors spread everywhere in the capital that the emperor had placed the Supreme Emperor under house arrest and eradicated all the kings.

Faced with the persuasion of his confidant ministers, Li Shaojun refused: "The emperor refuses to come forward. What I say is useless. If it falls into the ears of those who want to, I am just sophistry. The most urgent thing is to settle this matter before the other two kings arrive in Beijing." I understand, if the three kings meet, even if the case of King Liang is understood, as long as the emperor comes forward and says that I am not at all, I will not be able to argue."

After Guo Zhanan heard this, he couldn't help worrying about Huo Yu who was still busy with the reopening of Juxian Tower.

Even if others don't understand Li Chonghao's thoughts, Guo Zhan'an is clear - Liang Wang's heart is too big, Li Chonghao will never tolerate him, but if Li Chonghao is to do it himself, he is worried that he will be killed in the history books a hundred years later Dude, damage to his reputation.Now that Li Shaojun is here, Li Chonghao is happy to have a leisurely time, so he entrusts this matter to Li Shaojun, so that he can kill someone with a borrowed knife.

As for the threat of Li Shaojun, Li Chonghao can wait for the case of King Liang to be settled, and then summon the three kings in the suburbs of Beijing. At that time, he can use the strength of the three kings to fight against the imperial army and the [-] troops in the suburbs of Beijing, and then rely on himself As the Supreme Emperor, taking advantage of the rumors in the capital, Li Shaojun was convicted of disloyalty and disfilial, Li Shaojun was abolished, and Huo Yu was replaced.

Huo Yu grew up in the folk, living among a group of bandits, and was brought up by an accountant. He didn't go to school until he met Guo Zhan'an.To be honest, Huo Yu didn't have the ability to govern the country, and there were not many people he could rely on in the court.Huo Yu was isolated and helpless, and the power would naturally fall into Li Chonghao's hands again.And this time Huo Yu was on the throne, for Li Chonghao, that was much easier to deal with than Li Shaojun.

Guo Zhanan knew that Li Shaojun knew Li Chonghao better than himself.He can think of this level, it is impossible for Li Shaojun not to think of it.Even though Li Shaojun loves Huo Yu very much now, once Huo Yu threatens his throne, will he still love his younger brother as much as before?

The supreme person never tolerates others to stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

Although Guo Zhan'an entered the palace as Li Shaojun's companion since he was a child, and has had a friendship with him for many years, but at this time, he couldn't believe that Li Shaojun would not do anything to Huo Yu when he had to.

Even if it wasn't for Li Shaojun, for Huo Yu, Guo Zhan'an would do his best this time.

"Your Majesty, it is not easy to use torture on King Liang's side. According to my minister, it is impossible for the Liu family in the palace and the common man Li Bo not to know about the bribery of King Liang by the Liu family. It is better to start with them."

"Guo Qing makes sense." Li Shaojun nodded wearily, and looked at Zuo Xingzhi, "Zuo Qing, what can you gain over there?"

Taking a step forward on the left side, he replied: "The Liu family has been reluctant to confess for a long time, but the common man Li Bo did confess last night, but in the early court, the humble minister had no time to report to His Majesty."

"Say."

"The common man Li Bo personally admitted that during the southern tour, he bribed the people around the sixth prince, stole the sixth prince, and threw the sixth prince in the barren mountains. The minister asked him why he didn't kill him directly. The man Li Bo said that he wanted the sixth prince to be eaten alive by wild beasts. It’s just that it was too cold for the common man Li Bo to stay outside in the thawing snow that day, so he went back before the beasts came.”

"Bold!" Li Shaojun was furious, "How old was he at that time! He was so ruthless at such a young age, I shouldn't have saved him back then!"

Facing Li Shaojun's anger, Zuo Xingzhi shrunk his neck, and continued: "The common man Li Bo also admitted that he had heard about the efficacy of the Ningshen Incense, so he induced the Emperor to take it. It's just that he didn't admit that he had privately communicated with the Pagoda. Tartar charges."

Li Shaojun calmed down and said: "At that time, I remembered that the Tatar envoy told me that the two Central Plains people who went to the Tatar Grassland to spread rumors said 'Prince'. , in my opinion, he did not do this."

"The common man Li Bo also mentioned that he had such an idea, and it was the King of Liang who instigated him."

"Egged by King Liang?" Li Shaojun felt his eyes light up, "Continue talking."

"He didn't say it very clearly. He only said that the Liu family was moved by Liang Wang, and the two of them encouraged him together. According to my minister, the common man Li Bo probably wanted to push all the crimes on the Liu family. He could do it himself. Please don't die."

"He had a good idea. He expects his own mother to suffer for him." Li Shaojun ordered Zuo Xingzhi, "There must be some relationship between Mrs. Liu and King Liang that we don't know about. You must interrogate it for me. She hasn't Trick, you will be punished and served."

"Yes."

During the three days of interrogating King Liang and the Liu family, King Qing and King Ping arrived in Beijing one after another.

The three kings set up camp in the outskirts of Beijing, and repeatedly refused Li Shaojun's order to enter the palace to face the saint, threatening that they would never enter the palace unless the Supreme Emperor ordered it.King Qing even directly questioned the angel sent by Li Shaojun, asking him if the emperor planned to attack King Liang and eradicate all their kings. We can't even see each other.

King Qing's words were spread by those who cared, and it spread throughout the capital in less than a day.For a while, people in the capital were panicked, and many people even planned to clean up their families and leave the capital temporarily for refuge.

The pressure exerted by the Three Kings in the suburbs of Beijing became more and more intense. Li Shaojun began to lose sleep at night, and had to force himself to go to court the next day.Comparing with Li Chonghao's singing every night, Li Shaojun became more irritable.

When the emperor is impatient, the ministers under him will feel uncomfortable.Guo Zhan'an and others had no choice but to hurry up and interrogate the people involved in the case of King Liang, but the earliest breakthrough was on the concubine of King Liang.

It turned out that the person pretending to be the sixth prince turned out to be the son of King Liang who had an affair with a woman!

King Liang was eight years younger than the Supreme Emperor. When the Supreme Emperor came to the throne, King Liang was only fourteen or fifteen years old. Although he was old enough to marry a wife, the palace also sent a maid to teach the King of Liang how to behave. Anxious, and now the Supreme Emperor is worried about these brothers, so after leaving the palace and building the mansion, there is no one in the inner house of King Liang.Later, although the candidate for the princess was decided, the Supreme Emperor ordered Qin Tianjian to postpone the wedding of King Liang by two years.

King Liang felt distressed, he was at the age of the method of blood, how could he want to live like a monk?But he was also worried that Li Chonghao would take away his title due to his bad morals, so he could only vent to the maid who was bestowed by the palace at that time.These court ladies were no longer young, and King Liang was naturally less and less willing to touch them.As a result, before getting married, an official presented a beautiful singing girl to King Liang. King Liang didn't drink much wine that night, but the wine was mixed with aphrodisiac drugs, so he had sex with the singing girl in a daze. one time.

After the singing girl became pregnant, King Liang worried that the then emperor Li Chonghao would use this to cut his title, so he kept silent.He didn't want his blood to flow to the people, so he asked his servants to buy a house in the capital and raise the singing girls there.It was also King Liang's luck. At that time, turmoil broke out in the southwest, and Li Chonghao had no time to take care of King Liang in the capital. As a result, the singing girl became pregnant in October and gave birth to a son.

Liang Wang was worried that Mao rashly bringing his son back to the prince's mansion would arouse suspicion, so he asked the singing girl to raise him himself, and every month a lot of money, clothing, and food would be sent to him.But as time went by, King Liang gradually stopped visiting.

Later, the geisha died, and King Liang took the geisha's son into the prince's mansion. At that time, Princess Liang had been in charge of the palace for ten years, and this humble child was like a slap in the face.The concubine didn't want to see the child, so she randomly found a yard to settle in, and didn't report it, giving the child a title.

As a result, King Liang took advantage of this opportunity to obtain a four-clawed dragon jade pendant through the Liu family, and pretended his son to be the sixth prince who had been missing for more than ten years.

If King Liang's plan is achieved, then the one who sits on the throne is the blood of King Liang, and King Liang will become the Supreme Emperor in the actual sense!

But after Li Chonghao heard about this, he remained as he was. Facing Li Shaojun's request to see him, he only sent an internal eunuch to refuse, making it clear that he did not intend to come forward to clean up the situation for Li Shaojun.

Li Shaojun knew that all the evidence so far was not enough to make Li Chonghao change his mind, so he could only urge Zuo Xing to quickly and strictly examine the Liu family.

"Zuo Qing, I don't care what method you use, I will see Liu's testimony today!"

Zuo Xingzhi got Li Shaojun's permission, and said in a deep voice, "Yes."

Not long after Zuo Xingzhi left, Guo Zhanan hurried over.

"Your Majesty, Yu'er has found several sources of spreading rumors."

"Oh?" Li Shaojun hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"

"It's a few gangsters in the capital city. They were chatting loudly in Yu'er's restaurant yesterday, but Yu'er happened to pass by and overheard them. Yu'er sent someone to the Yamen to report the news, and Wei Chen sent the Yamen servants to dress up and chat with them. Knowing that they took money, they spread rumors everywhere these days."

"Whose money is it?"

Guo Zhan'an finally showed a smiling face these days: "King An and King Qing both have them, and the person sent by King An to join them has been captured today."

"My imperial uncles can't sit still one by one." Li Shaojun said, "You go back and deal with these people according to law. As for the people sent by King An to join, let King An handle it himself. You Send more people and send them back at noon, so you don't have to cover up for King An."

After Guo Zhan'an agreed, he did not hide when he went back.He ordered someone to find a prison van and shut the man in.Another twenty yamen servants were sent to escort the prison cart.

At noon it was time for everyone to rest, and the common people were chatting, when they suddenly saw a prison cart coming up the avenue, escorted by many yamen guards with swords around them, one could tell at a glance that the people in the prison cart had committed serious crimes!

The yamen servants got Guo Zhanan's orders in advance, changed their habit of keeping silent in the past, and babbled a few words from time to time in the face of the curious eyes of the people on the side of the road.

"Don't look, don't look, this is King An's man, be careful that King An makes trouble for you!"

"This man sneaked into the capital, bought a few gangsters with money, and spread rumors about the emperor everywhere. Now this is stolen goods. His Majesty respects King An as the uncle of the emperor, so he asked us to hand him over to King An, so that An The king will deal with it."

"King An said he would go to Beijing to congratulate the new emperor on his enthronement, but he led an army of [-]. King Qing and King Ping also brought troops. Are they here to congratulate the new emperor, or to seize the throne?"

Many people in the capital had suffered when the common man Li Bo seized the throne, and they all knew that the Supreme Emperor was poisoned by others, and he abdicated when he couldn't hold on, and ordered the third prince to succeed him.

In this way, the reason why the Supreme Emperor did not go to court now was found, and the new emperor's ascension to the throne did not seem to be snatched by the new emperor himself.

Thinking about the combined [-] troops of the three kings in the suburbs of Beijing, and seeing that the people sent by King An to spread rumors were arrested, the atmosphere in the capital fell to Li Shaojun's side in just two days.