In fact, there is a prince in the capital, and if you manage Shuofang well, you can cooperate with the inside and outside, Li Jiuzhou is not so worried.

Li Jiuzhou sent the prince to the door, suddenly thought of something, and turned around and asked the old man Zhang behind him in a low voice: "Have Liu Changqing and Li Ye settled?"

Although Old Man Zhang didn't understand why he suddenly asked about this, he still nodded.

He had previously been instructed by Lord Li Jiuzhou to settle the two in a secret place.

When the prince heard this, he asked curiously: "Li Qing, who are you talking about?"

"Two people who come in handy."

"Oh?" the prince frowned, "Are you planning to touch Yang Guozhong now?"

"I'm back this time, not just to sell coal," said Li Jiuzhou.

The prince was slightly stunned. He should have thought that Li Jiuzhou would not do unprepared things, and he felt more and more that he was too careful in his daily life. It seemed that Li Jiuzhou had planned some actions.

He didn't tell himself, and thought it was not yet time, so he stopped asking, came to pick up his carriage, saying goodbye, "If you have anything to help, please notify me."

After hearing what he said, Li Jiuzhou smiled and said, "It must."

After seeing off the prince, Li Jiuzhou came out under the guidance of Old Man Zhang.

The night had darkened, and the wide streets changed from the hustle and bustle of the day to Ningning at this time. The two of them strided towards the west of the capital.

Although he returned to the crisis-ridden capital and wanted many people to have his own life, Li Jiuzhou still looked calm.

It is not that easy to have Old Man Zhang protect him, and with his own skills, it is not so easy to assassinate himself.

In order to achieve his goals, he gradually took his safety more important.

Once a person dies, all his goals and ambitions will fart.

So when he was fine, he practiced his martial arts and had no scruples at this time.

I came to a small house in the west of the city. Liu Changqing sat next to the table with a gray face. The house was rented by Old Man Zhang for a small amount of money. The house was very simple and the location was inconspicuous. No one should have noticed it.

Li Jiuzhou walked in and looked at it, saying, "Thank you for your hard work, isn't it okay?"

Seeing that his life-savior used respectful words, Liu Changqing couldn't afford it, so he quickly wrote a compilation and said, "Everything is fine, I can get used to it, but I don't know where the governor Li Jie arranged Li Ye and what should I do to deal with Yang Guozhong?"

He had already made plans to sacrifice himself and deal with Yang Guozhong, but he was a little worried about Li Ye.

Old Man Zhang settled them apart, stepped forward and smiled, "Li Ye is fine, you don't have to worry."

"Then I'll be in trouble." Liu Changqing also compiled an article to Old Man Zhang.

Li Jiuzhou asked carefully: "Jun Liu, are you really willing to sacrifice yourself?"

"As long as I can deal with Yang Guozhong, a treacherous minister, I will not regret death." Liu Changqing said without thinking, "I just can't wait to start."

Li Jiuzhou patted his shoulder lightly and said, "I'm here to inform you. You will follow me to enter the palace in the next or two days."

Liu Changqing asked in a little embarrassedly: "But I am a sinner now, how can I enter the palace?"

"You don't have to worry about this." Li Jiuzhou said, "You pretend to be my entourage, come to the imperial front and then reveal your identity."

Liu Changqing frowned and thought, and said softly: "I don't know if I can defeat Yang Guozhong this time."

Li Jiuzhou took a deep breath and his lips moved. Although he didn't want to vent Liu Changqing's anger, he still told the truth: "It's hard to say that Yang Guozhong is deeply rooted and deeply trusted by the emperor. It's not easy to defeat him in a moment. But this time, he will definitely be able to suffocate his spirit, and I will also do my best to deal with him."

Liu Changqing was a little disappointed, looked at him and said, "It's not advisable. If it's delayed for a long time, I'm afraid Yang Guozhong will be prepared."

The news of the death of the prefect of Lingwu Ye Zheng will sooner or later reach Yang Guozhong. Once he investigates it, he will immediately know what Li Jiuzhou is going to do.

Liu Changqing said it well, it cannot be delayed for too long.

Li Jiuzhou nodded: "Jun Liu said this very well."

His feeling at this time was like trying to pull out a deep-rooted tree. Even if he couldn't pull it out, he would destroy a few branches and leaves to prevent it from covering the sun in the sky.

At present, Yang Guozhong controls all important departments in the capital, the Censorate, Jingzhao Prefecture, and Dali Temple. As long as he asks casually, the cause of Ye Zheng's death will be immediately investigated.

At that time, Yang Guozhong will cover up all the news that is unfavorable to him. In front of the emperor, he may bite Li Jiuzhou back and say that he is doing something wrong and is domineering.

Li Jiuzhou didn't dare to underestimate Yang Guozhong's ability, although he was a treacherous minister he looked down upon.

After thinking about it, I quickly discussed the plan with Liu Changqing again.

After a long night of conversation, Li Jiuzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, he will enter the palace.

But before that, you have to take a good rest.

After a beautiful sleep, the next day, Li Jiuzhou, who had been fully nourished, slowly drove towards the palace.

He found another excuse to offer treasures to enter the palace. Liu Changqing dressed up as his entourage, lowering his head all the way without saying a word.

The guards of the palace were already used to Li Jiuzhou entering and leaving the palace, so they didn't ask much.

Walking in the quiet palace avenue, Li Jiuzhou was still thinking about how to speak for a while, thinking about this along the way.

After thinking about it, I could no longer hold back when I thought about it. I found that the emperor was in the imperial study and headed straight for him.

The emperor has become interested in calligraphy again these days, and when he is fine, he stays in the imperial study room.

Looking at the old face, Li Jiuzhou bowed and stood up and presented it directly to the account book.

"I heard you are here to offer treasure again. What is this?" The emperor took the account book with interest, flipped through it, but was surprised.

"This is evidence that the prefect of Lingwu Ye Zheng bribed Yang Xiang." Li Jiuzhou looked at the emperor.

"Where did this account come from? Where is Ye Zheng at this time?" The emperor asked two questions in succession.

"This account book was obtained from Ye Zheng." Seeing that the emperor was not angry, Li Jiuzhou continued, "Ye Zheng plundered the people's wealth, causing complaints, and he was sentenced."

"Aren't you going to take action first and then report?" The emperor threw the account book on the table.

"As the governor of Shuofang, I went to investigate the case, and Ye Zheng intended to assassinate me." Li Jiuzhou said, "I should naturally be loyal to the country by the saint's love and let me take charge of my side."

The emperor glanced at him: "I know that you are for the country and the people, but since Ye Zheng is dead, this account book alone cannot explain it."

The emperor indeed intended to favor Yang Guozhong.

Li Jiuzhou whispered: "There are still witnesses."

"Who is the witness?" The emperor was already a little impatient with him and refused to forgive him.

Li Jiuzhou also understood that the emperor intended to let Yang Guozhong go, but he could not give in at this time, so he turned around and shouted outside the house: "Come in."

When Liu Changqing heard his shout, he walked in and gave a big gift to the emperor first.

"Aren't you Liu Changqing, the former Jinshi?" The emperor glanced at Liu Changqing, "You were sent to the frontier for committing a crime, why are you back?"

After the emperor finished speaking, he looked at Li Jiuzhou and waited for Li Jiuzhou's explanation.

Li Jiuzhou came forward and said, "I dare not hide the saint. Liu Changqing was punished by Yang Xiang because of this account book. Ye Zheng sent someone along the way to plot to murder him, but I caught him and saved him."

"But that's the case?" The emperor looked at Liu Changqing again.

Liu Changqing stood up and said sternly: "I am a guilty person, and I dare not say falsehood. I had no intention of getting this account book before. I learned that Ye Zheng had bribed Yang Xiang, and the number was huge. I wanted to go to the imperial preface, but Yang Xiang got one step ahead and punished me and sent me to the border. Ye Zheng was hateful and was plotted to murder along the way."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "This matter is of great importance. I have to consider it if you two are just one side."

Li Jiuzhou shook his head slightly, but he didn't expect that the emperor would protect Yang Guozhong so much.

Most of the time it was because of Yang Guifei. Yang Guozhong was Yang Guifei's brother after all.

At this moment, the eunuch outside the door proclaimed: "The right picker Zhang Fang returned to ask for a meeting."

Li Jiuzhou made an appointment with him to come together, so there was no accident.

The emperor was a little surprised, "One more came, what did he do at this time?"

Zhang Fang came back and gave a tribute first, and then Yizheng said sternly: "Report to the saint, I learned that Ye Zheng was corrupt and abused the law, so I sent someone to investigate. Several spies sent out were killed in Lingwu territory."

"It was killed by Ye Zheng colluding with the old Taoist in the city." Liu Changqing agreed.

The emperor was a little angry: "You are an eighth-rank Cambodian official, how dare you send someone to investigate the imperial officials?"

According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Fanghui sent someone to follow the imperial court's official orders, but he could no longer forgive him.

The emperor did not punish him on the spot, which was already considered forgiveness.

How could Zhang Fanghui's nickname is not for nothing? He immediately said sternly: "Although I am a small official of the eighth rank, I also eat the king's fortune. I should do my own business. As long as I can remove the pests in the court, the saint will execute me and I will not regret it."

"You..." The emperor had no choice but to know that he was so handsome. He held back the anger in his heart and said to the few people, "Even if Ye Zheng is dead as you said, what do you want to do?"

Before Li Jiuzhou could speak, Zhang Fanghui walked up and said, "As the saying goes, the emperor violated the law and committed the same crime as the common people. I also asked the saint to find out and punish Yang Xiang for the crime of accepting bribes, and do not favor him."

His words made Li Jiuzhou sigh. If it weren't for the foolish man Zhang Fanghui, he would probably not dare to contradict the emperor like this.

It is disrespectful to say in person that the emperor favored Yang Guozhong and asked for punishment, but he did not take the emperor seriously at all.

Gao Lishi on the side also frowned.

The emperor hesitated for a long time before sighing and slowly said, "Yang Xiang is already rich and prosperous, and he doesn't want to be greedy for money. It's really unexpected."
Chapter completed!