In the afternoon, Li Dai came back from the court and went directly to Changlefang and found Li Ye.
The father and son sat down in a tavern, and Li Dai said anxiously: "Ye'er, you'd better not go out these two days!"
"Because of Li Xun's incident?"
Li Dai nodded, "The county government is still tracking down the murderer. There is no clue yet, but I feel that their next target is you. You'd better not go out. Once the county government traces the murderer, it won't be too late for you to go out!"
"But my father clearly knew that Li Min was the one who hired the murderer!"
Li Dai helplessly spread his hands and said: "What can I do if I know? There is no evidence. He denied it and said that he was not in Chang'an and there was no way to testify against him!"
Li Ye said calmly: "Father should tell my grandfather about this and let him uphold justice!"
Li Dai sighed and said: "Your grandfather always had only one way to uphold justice, which was to take away all the restaurants and inns. 'Without interests, there will be no disputes.' This was his mantra, so when this kind of thing happened, everyone kept it private.
Solve it without disturbing your grandfather!"
"That's easy. Break the legs of Li Min's three sons and fight violence with violence. Let's see who cries in the end!"
"This won't work. Once your grandfather finds out, the consequences will be disastrous. As I said just now, the key is that we have no evidence to prove that it was your fourth uncle who did it."
Li Ye said calmly: "I will find the evidence!"
After a pause, Li Ye continued: "Back then, my father was fighting a injustice and offending Concubine Wu Hui. If my guess is correct, it should also be related to Li Min!"
The son suddenly mentioned the past fourteen years ago, and Li Dai's expression immediately became uncomfortable.
After a long time, he sighed and said: "The past is over, why mention him?"
"Father really doesn't have any precautions at all!"
Li Ye shook his head and said: "He was originally a member of the household department, but his father took away his position. Will he swallow this sigh of relief? There was also the previous arson case in the household department, which accused his father of being addicted to illusions. However, there were three family members' testimonies.
, besides Yu Wenluo and Li Huai, who else is there?
Father thinks he is dealing with the three juniors just for the benefit of the restaurant and inn?"
Li Dai was shocked, "Does he have other intentions?"
Li Ye nodded, "There was a beating incident when he went to spring hunting, so he was naturally cleared of suspicion. If I am cut off a hand or a foot again, it has nothing to do with him. I will take care of Li Xun and the others."
It’s false, but it’s true when you deal with me!”
Li Dai couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and walked a few steps: "This is so crazy. I want to tell your grandfather that this kind of thing will never be allowed to happen!"
Li Ye sneered and said: "Telling my grandfather now is like alerting the enemy. Then I won't be able to guard against it. All I need to do is tell me, was it Li Min who framed my father fourteen years ago?"
Li Dai sighed for a while and said: "I found out later that he bribed Concubine Wu Hui's confidants and set up a trap to rob people's girls. He also invited me to play in Qujiang Pool, but the incident of raping people's girls happened right under my nose.
It’s happening down there.”
This incident changed Li Dai's life, and when he talks about it now, he is still full of resentment.
Li Ye nodded, "Father, don't worry about this matter. With my martial arts, no one can hurt me. I believe I will handle this matter well."
Li Dai looked at his son for a long time and said helplessly: "I only have one request, don't kill anyone. I don't care whether they die or not, but I'm worried about you getting into trouble."
Today is the first morning after the spring hunting. There are many things to do, so Li Linfu came home a little late.
In the carriage, Li Linfu looked serious, and something made him quite worried.
In the afternoon, he met Gao Lishi, who congratulated his grandson Li Ye for winning second place in the Spring Hunt with the Cheng family.
Who is Li Linfu? He immediately understood Gao Lishi's hint. His grandson was too close to the Cheng family. The Cheng family was an important figure in the East Palace faction. His grandson was too close to the Cheng family, which would make the emperor doubt him.
There is collusion with the prince.
This matter must remind Ye'er not to have any further contact with the Cheng family.
But Li Linfu found it a bit strange that if they just hunted together, it wouldn't mean anything. Maybe his grandson and Cheng Changyin were classmates, so hunting together was normal.
The emperor would not doubt himself based on such a trivial matter, and Gao Lishi had no need to hint at himself.
The reason why Gao Lishi reminded himself was that this matter was a bit serious. Could it be that someone deliberately made a fuss about this matter?
Li Linfu's political intuition for many years told him that someone must have made a fuss about this matter, making the emperor suspect that he and the prince had colluded.
The carriage quickly drove into Pingkangfang and stopped slowly in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Li Linfu ordered his confidant Wang Kuan: "Go and find the Forty-eighth Lang to see me!"
"Follow the order!"
Wang Kuan left in a hurry.
Li Linfu returned to the study and sat down. He waved his hand to his concubine and said, "I'll serve dinner later!"
Not long after, the butler said at the door: "Master, Forty-eighth Lang is here!"
"Invite him in!"
After a while, Li Ye walked into the study, saluted and said: "My grandson pays homage to my grandfather!"
"Sit down!"
Li Linfu smiled and asked Li Ye to sit down, and asked: "How is your rest today?"
"Thank you for your concern, grandpa. I had a good rest today."
"What are you considering for the next step?"
Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "Sun'er no longer wants to go to school in the county. Sun'er is still thinking about what to do next."
Li Linfu nodded, "How did you and the Cheng family meet?"
"Reporting to my grandfather, my grandson bought two incense burners and a weapon at the Yonghefang blacksmith shop. He found out that they belonged to the Cheng family, so he returned the things to the Cheng family. The Cheng family was very grateful, and they got to know each other."
"It's that simple?"
Li Ye nodded, "Chun Shou is the grandson's second time interacting with the Cheng family!"
Li Linfu frowned and said: "Gao Lishi reminded me today that you have a close relationship with the Cheng family. Because the Cheng family is the prince's faction and you are my grandson, someone will connect me with the prince. Do you understand?"
"Isn't it normal for the prime minister to support the prince?"
Li Linfu smiled bitterly and said: "The prince has always been the political enemy of the emperor, especially in the Tang Dynasty. There was the Xuanwumen Incident before, and Ruizhong was forced to abdicate later. The emperor guarded his son as much as he guarded against thieves.
Everyone criticized me, Li Linfu, for not saving the former crown prince Li Ying. The three brothers Li Ying and his brother-in-law Xue Xi put on armor and led troops into the palace. They kept saying they would rescue him. Would the prince not know what this meant?
If they didn't plan in advance, how could they do the same thing by chance?
From Wu Zetian to Empress Wei, to Princess Taiping, and then to Ruizong's abdication, there are so many precedents for successful coups, will the Li Ying brothers not follow them?
Li Ying and the other three also wanted to launch a palace coup to kill Concubine Wu Hui and force the emperor into the palace, but they failed. In my opinion, the current prince will come to power sooner or later. This is the tradition of their family."
Li Ye nodded secretly. His grandfather saw it clearly. Historically, Prince Li Heng colluded with Chen Xuanli to launch a coup in Maweipo and forced Li Longji to abdicate. After Prince Li Heng obtained the abdication edict, he went to Shuofang to officially ascend the throne as emperor.
"My grandson understands, but this informer is very scary. Has grandfather ever considered that this is actually the same person who leaked the information in the ancestral hall before?"
The Maweipo Incident was a coup launched by Prince Li Heng in collusion with General Chen Xuanli.
The final result must have been to force Li Longji to write an abdication edict and acknowledge the crown prince's ascension to the throne. Prince Li Heng then took the abdication edict and went to Shuofang to ascend the throne as emperor.
Without this edict of abdication, Prince Li Heng could legally ascend the throne. Otherwise, he could only be the crown prince supervising the country and not be able to ascend the throne.
