Qi Huang

It turned out that Qin Ting was referring to this matter when he was talking about excitement.

Xie Xuan was sitting beside the Queen Mother, looking at Li Jin who was rushing over outside the palace, flicking up his robes, and Wei Lian, who was struggling to wake up and rush to the battlefield even after fainting, his eyes moved slightly.

The carriage was parked outside the palace gate, and Li Jin trotted in with the eunuch, his temple hair disheveled, sweat dripping from his forehead to his chin.It looked like a catastrophe was imminent.

But... Xie Xuan lowered his head and flicked his sleeves to his knees, thinking, does Li Jin really know nothing about this matter?

If this is the case, then Li Jin is too vulnerable.

Everyone in the Ziluan Palace held their breath cautiously—colluding with private salt traders to obtain huge profits is not a trivial matter. If Li Jin didn't need to return to the palace decades ago when the imperial power was concentrated, the involved Li Dang would have died in the Xie family. under the knife.

Someone sighed secretly, in recent years, this country has indeed become unstable.

They looked at the empress dowager who was sitting on the high platform with a calm expression, and their hearts were also shaken.

If those in power can't keep their power, and let the chaotic ministers and thieves do their best, will there be salvation in this world?

Li Jin lifted his robe, knelt down and said, "The guilty minister, Li Jin, bow down to the empress dowager."

He had a standard kneeling posture, and the hair crown on the top of his head fell off so much, Gulu Gulu rolled forward a long way.No one has ever seen Li Jin in such a state of embarrassment and disrespect. It seems that the scene of Li Jin rushing into the palace banquet a few days ago was just an illusion of everyone.

But Xie Xuan smiled softly at this moment.

As expected, Li Jin already knew about it.

Looking at the entire Bianliang, almost everyone's whereabouts are exposed in Li Dang's sight. A mere Li Mansion, a mere lone star without any sense of existence, how could it not be included in his calculations?

Xie Xuan suddenly became curious about how Li Jin should act in this scene.And in this elegant and majestic Purple Luan Palace, how do each person play their roles.

The Queen Mother hadn't been held accountable yet, but Wei Lian stepped forward quickly and said impatiently, "Lord Li, quickly explain to the Queen Mother! You have worked so hard for Da Zhou, why are you being accused like this?!"

Unexpectedly, instead of acknowledging Li Jin, he took advantage of this to wave Wei Lian's hand away and stared angrily at him, "Doesn't Master Wei know why I was accused like this?!"

In the interval of one or two moments, Wei Lian's eyes widened, and before the full expression of astonishment appeared, he outlined the whole picture of the matter in his mind.

Being able to sit in the position of Yushi Zhongcheng cannot be done without the support of Li Dang.But if he didn't have any real skills, he wouldn't be able to sit in this position for long.Realizing what Li Jin wanted to do, the blood on Wei Lian's face faded away, and then slowly regained a gray and dead expression.

The queen mother said lightly: "Listen to Li Qing, this matter has nothing to do with you?"

Just when no one thought that Li Jin was going to blame Wei Lian for taking advantage of the trend, he kowtowed again and said regretfully, "No, I have something to do with this matter."

"Three years ago, I noticed Liu Ling's change. He came to Bianliang from Quzhou, but he didn't go to work immediately, but often lingered in ordinary alleys. I felt that this was strange, so I secretly sent someone After a few months of investigation, it was discovered that Liu Ling actually had contacts with private salt traders running among the people!"

"I was very frightened and angry because of this, so I found Lord Wei Lian who was in charge of the matter at that time. Unexpectedly, Lord Wei Lian said..."

Li Jin shook his head slowly, and slapped himself lightly: "He said, he already knew about this matter, and he should have reported it to his subordinates earlier, so that they can conspire with them for a great cause."

Collusion, great cause.

The Queen Mother suddenly stood up.

"Li Jin!"

Even if someone is ignorant of the current situation, they clearly know the weight of these four words.

During the years when the emperor was in power and the empress dowager was in power, it was not that no one wanted to pull her down from the throne.But political struggles have a bottom line. Many people are officials in the court for the sake of honoring their ancestors, not leaving a bad name forever.

Wei Lian colludes with private salt traders, not only wants to make a lot of money, but also wants to reach the sky in one step!

Sensing the Queen Mother's anger, Ye Wenxu finally understood the reason why his right eye twitched in the early morning.

Wei Lian seemed to be Yushi Zhongcheng, a member of Yushitai, but in fact he had already fallen into Li Dang's arms.That's why Ye Wenxu couldn't escape the guilt of ineffective management.

He reluctantly stepped forward, and was about to speak, but when he raised his head, he heard the young prince sitting next to the queen mother speak abruptly.

"Master Li, do you want to find a scapegoat?"

Li Jin raised his head suddenly.

Xie Xuan didn't blink, but changed his voice instead.While leaning on the armrest to support his chin, he tilted his head and looked at him: "When Master Wei wanted to conspire with Master Li, why didn't you tell the emperor's grandmother?"

Li Jin paused for a moment, then said slowly: "I... At that time, the ghosts were obsessed with me, and Master Wei Lian promised me many benefits, so I kept it a secret for a while... But I definitely have no intention of treason, please be careful with the empress dowager!"

This means that it is Wei Lian's only opinion to conspire for a great cause.

After repeated bombings, from standing on a high place to criticize from afar, to falling into a lowland and becoming the accusation of thousands of people, it was only a blink of an eye.Wei Lian's face was pale, but he looked at Li Jin without any intention of arguing, only dead silence.

When Li Jin first knelt down, he had already foreseen his own ending.

Everyone was vague and did not dare to speak nonsense, and no one dared to pierce Li Jin's mind.

It is much more appropriate to admit that you have been blinded than to admit that you have taken the initiative to shelter private salt traders and tried to control the lifeline of Dazhou's economy in order to plot rebellion.While Li Jin seemed to be accused, in fact, the current situation was still under his control.

It is indeed the parasitic vine that has entangled Xie's body for many years.

But under this haze, someone suddenly made a sound, as if a ray of light split the chaos.

"Master Li just admits that he once had unbearable thoughts." Xie Xuan said with a smile, "The slap just now, did Master Li slap it too lightly? When my tenth brother didn't want to study, the emperor Grandmother will punish him with twenty strokes...Master Li, you just punished yourself with three cups, I'm afraid my tenth brother will call for injustice when he sees it."

Li Jin: "..."

He was just pretending, if he really wanted to slap himself a few more times according to what Xie Xuan said, where would his old face go!

But Xie Xuan didn't seem to intend to get entangled in this matter.He sat up straight and looked at Wei Lian in a leisurely manner: "Master Wei, don't you want to argue?"

There was a glimmer of hope in Wei Lian's eyes, and soon it dissipated.There was Li Jin in the past, and there was the law in the future. He has now been driven into a situation where he cannot retreat.He bowed his head slowly and remained silent.

Xie Xuan turned to look at Li Jin again: "Where is Master Li?"

Li Jin took a deep breath, concealed the disgust towards Xie Xuan in his eyes, and said slowly: "I wish..."

"Retire and return home?" Xie Xuan once again interrupted Li Jin before he could speak, "Xing Lan doesn't understand the crimes and punishments in the court, but when he was reading history books, he also learned a word called 'avoid the edge'. Li Jin My lord, do you want to take this opportunity to go back to Yongzhou and avoid the storm in Bianliang City for the time being?"

Li Jin: "..."

What happened to Xie Xuan.

Since ancient times, the so-called hints in the officialdom have been put on the surface, how can people pretend!He doesn't care about Li Jin's face, doesn't he also care about the face of the Xie royal family!

In a crime that was close to treason by the current court, a few words were turned into verbal swords in the court.The tense atmosphere was eased just because of Xie Xuan's one or two words, and Ye Wenxu who was on the side even showed a little smile.

——What Li Jin wanted to say was said by Xie Xuan. How should he sing in the next scene?

After Xie Xuan spoke, the Empress Dowager's expression became less ugly.She walked up and down several times, then sat down leisurely, and said, "According to Ye Yushi, how should this matter be concluded?"

Ye Wenxu: "..."

Just say why the beating eyelids just now haven't stopped!It turned out to be waiting for him here!

He had no choice but to step forward and leaned over and said, "If we talk about the legal treatment, Lord Li should be demoted to Minzhou and not allowed to enter Beijing, but Lord Li is old, and he has really worked hard and made great achievements for my great Zhou... "

Ye Wenxu made a few vague words, suddenly felt blessed, raised his head and said, "I don't know what your Highness thinks?"

Xie Xuan seemed to be waiting for this sentence. He smiled brightly and responded happily: "Grandmother, according to Lord Ye, let Lord Li go back to Yongzhou to visit relatives. Lord Li has been in Bianliang City for a long time. Even the bones are clamoring to return the fallen leaves to their hometowns, how about the emperor's grandmother granting his wish?"

The queen mother remained silent, and everyone stopped responding, giving the queen mother enough time to think.

And Ye Wenxu watched the whole process, and now he finally understood the whole picture of the matter.

Li Jin probably knew Li Zheng's thoughts long ago, but he couldn't bear it, Ren Dao Scar Liu... that is, Liu Ling was caught by Qin Ting, and then his body was separated, and the four fields were furious.

He allowed the situation to develop to this point in order to resign and return to Yongzhou - the queen mother wanted him to die at this time, why did he want to hit the knife's edge?

One Li Jin resigned from office, and tens of thousands of Li Dang are still in Bianliang, his Li Jin's arm is still covering the sky, and it is time to return to Beijing.

Let go of the power in Yushitai and return it to the queen mother, so that the queen mother can suspend the pace of killing Li Dang and return to her hometown to avoid the edge.This move is based on retreat, so why is it not a roundabout deal with the Queen Mother and the imperial power?

But this matter has nothing to do with his idle censor.Ye Wenxu stood still with his sleeves down, and the old god looked at His Highness Xie Xiaoxie on the high stage, sighing in his heart, this time the situation is changing, let's just let the younger generation mess it up.

The treasonous Wei Lian was caught by the Imperial Forest Army and dragged into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, awaiting interrogation.And Li Zheng, who wanted to report on his father at first, was also punished. The crime was beyond measure, and he brought the corpse of the official to Yushitai in public, disturbing everyone.

But at first, Li Jin advocated that Li Zheng and Wei Lian should be imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment, but Xie Xuan rejected it.

Xie Xuan said so.

"Li Yinghan is a member of your Li family. He can't help disturbing Yushitai, so let your Li family deal with it yourself. The prison conditions in the Ministry of Criminal Justice are harsh. If you fail to support your Li family, won't Mr. Li make trouble again? "

He was so angry that he wanted someone to beat him up when he heard it.

After all this tossing, it seemed that all the events had returned to their original positions, and Li Jin still needed to rush to Yongzhou, but it had changed from the beginning.From quelling the rebellion to being dismissed and returning to his hometown.The only ones affected were Wei Lian and Li Zheng.

Soon after, it rained again in Bianliang.

On the muddy official road, a carriage sped by.

The sound of pattering rain hitting the roof of the carriage was like string music playing in unison, or the sound of horseshoes on the battlefield after the horn.

Inside the warm, fragrant and jade-like car, Li Jin closed his eyes and rested his mind. Someone lifted the curtain and entered without a sound, without disturbing a single drop of rain.

"Master Patriarch." The figure of the man was submerged in the darkness, "According to your instructions, people have been arranged to go to Li's residence."

"Ah."

Li Jin responded slowly, without opening his eyes.

"If Young Master Zheng died in the Li Mansion, it would be easy to fall into the trap of others, but there is no other way at the moment. If it weren't for Xie Xuan, your plan would have proceeded in order. If Young Master Zheng falls into the Ministry of Punishment and dies in their prison , you can also take advantage of the situation to make trouble, enough for them to drink a pot."

Did Xie Xuan see something?The subordinates couldn't help guessing that the minister of the Ministry of punishment defended the imperial power and had never dealt with Li Dang. Li Jin lost Wei Lian, and Xie Xuan even took away the opportunity to pull the Ministry of punishment into the water.

Li Jin remained silent.

Seeing the impatience on Li Jin's face, the subordinate hurriedly changed the subject: "Master Zheng tried so hard to pull you off the horse, it's just like a mantis' arm."

"I wanted to let him go, but he is looking for death." Li Jin opened his eyes and said coldly, "Think you can escape my control by surrendering to Wang Jinse? If Wang Jinse doesn't dare to touch me, what is he? "

"Your Excellency is right." The subordinate flattered, but did not hide his worry, "But Xie Xuan..."

"Take care of him, don't let him get close to Wei Lian," Li Jin said.

The subordinate was taken aback for a moment, thinking that Wei Lian would surely die, why did he still look at him?

Then he remembered that there might be another possibility - Wei Lian was abandoned by Li Jin, maybe Xie Xuan would take advantage of the situation and take Wei Lian under his command.

"What is the origin of this Xie Xuan..." He not only murmured.

Who is behind it?

"No matter what his background is, as long as he comes to Yongzhou..." Li Jin sneered, with a cold light in his eyes, "don't even think about returning to Kyoto alive."