Yang Guozhong shook his head, "I have received divine grace from a low-level official to today. I know that my talent and knowledge are insufficient, and my qualifications are difficult to convince others. I am afraid of being stabbed in the spine, so I have always been cautious and dare not commit murder."
When the family is exterminated, the children are also restrained. They are not allowed to bully men and women. If they want women, they can go to the church. They are not allowed to harm women from good families. This is why the son was killed in the church."
"Since it's not a vendetta, is there any other possibility?"
Yang Guozhong sighed and said: "Weichen thought about it all night last night. After much deliberation, there is only one possibility. This is the result of an official struggle. Someone is warning Weichen."
Li Longji's expression changed slightly. Of course he understood what Yang Guozhong meant. Whom Yang Guozhong was fighting was nothing more than Li Linfu and the prince.
Of course, Li Longji knew that it would not be Li Linfu. Li Linfu was seeking peace and retreat. At this juncture, Li Linfu would not look for trouble. It was somewhat possible for the prince to do so, but it was also possible that it was someone else who used this ploy to provoke internal strife.
"I understand. I will give you three days' leave to take care of your son's funeral arrangements!"
"I thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
Yang Guozhong bowed and retreated. Li Longji felt quite uncomfortable and paced back and forth with his hands behind his hands.
He pondered for a moment and said, "Summon Gao Aiqing to see me!"
After a moment, Gao Lishi came in hurriedly, "Your Majesty is looking for an old slave?"
Li Longji sat on the large dragon chair, pondered for a moment and said, "Does Gao Weng have any suggestions regarding the arrangement of Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli?"
Gao Lishi was startled. He thought the emperor wanted to talk to him about the assassination of Yang Guozhong's son. It turned out to be a matter between Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli.
"Reporting to your Majesty, there are actually two plans. One is the plan proposed by Li Xiangguo and Wei Xiangguo, and the other is the plan proposed by Yang Xiangguo and Chen Xiangguo. I prefer the former."
"Why?"
Gao Lishi smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that the first option is good, but the second option is really unfair."
"go on!"
"Yang Xiangguo suggested that Gao Xianzhi be granted the title of General of the Right Guard and Cheng Qianli be granted the title of General of the Left Guard. These two generals are actually idle posts. Your Majesty also knows that if Gao Xianzhi loses the battle, the entire army will be destroyed.
Taking up this sinecure was his punishment.
But he won the war! He also took back millions of trophies and wealth to the court, and finally rewarded him with a sinecure. Doesn’t this make the world laugh at him? If he was punished for winning the battle, who among the three armies would sacrifice their lives for His Majesty in the future?
"
Li Longji's face was really ugly, and he said after a while: "If you are such a bastard, why did Yang Xiangguo bring it up?"
"Your Majesty actually knows that he is only opposing for the sake of opposition. He is still a little junior and lacks a little bit of the magnanimity of a prime minister."
Li Longji nodded, "I know about this. In addition, what does Gao Weng think about the assassination of Yang Xiangguo's son?"
"Your Majesty, I have probably learned about it. There are a lot of strange things here. I suggest that your Majesty wait patiently and the results of the investigation will be revealed over time."
"What's so strange about it?" Li Longji asked.
"Your Majesty, Yang Xi didn't originally plan to go to Jiaofang Villa. He booked Chunxiang House. He has a very good relationship with Jin Yuman, the brand owner of Chunxiang House. But it happened that Jin Yuman fell ill yesterday afternoon, so he canceled Chunxiang House.
Wu Gui suggested that we come to the Jiaofang annex, but the plan was changed temporarily and the annex was not even booked.
Without a reservation, there is naturally no premeditation, so whoever ordered Qiao Hibiscus last night would be killed, and it happened to be Yang Xi's turn. This is a coincidence."
"What if it's not a coincidence? Isn't that even scarier?"
"Your Majesty, if it wasn't a coincidence, there would be something wrong with that Wu Gui."
Speaking of Wu Gui, Li Longji suddenly thought of Concubine Wu Hui who passed away more than ten years ago. He felt pain in his heart and nodded, "Let them investigate the case! I won't ask any questions."
Li Longji took Li Linfu's memorial about Gao Xianzhi and Cheng Qianli and drew a circle on it to express his agreement with Li Linfu's suggestion.
Gao Lishi bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Another month has passed, and the Guanzhong Plain has entered late autumn. It is already October of the tenth year of Tianbao. The leaves are withered and the autumn wind is bleak, but there is no cloud in the sky, which is as blue as a gem.
On the Xianyang Ancient Road, a massive camel caravan came slowly. There were as many as three thousand camels in the caravan, fully loaded with various goods.
This caravan came from Bukhan, and Li Ye was among them. They walked on the long Silk Road for three full months before finally arriving in Chang'an.
Compared with when he left last year, Li Ye has lost a lot of weight, his skin has become darker, and his eyes are colder and sharper. The key is that he has grown a lot in height, reaching 1.9 meters, but he is not lanky and has a strong body.
And tall and straight.
The caravan will stay in Xianyang. This is also a common practice. Large caravans coming from the Western Regions all stay in Xianyang. Chang'an does not have such a large inn for them to place their camels. Only outside Xianyang City has such a large venue.
After bidding farewell to the caravan, Li Ye and Arolie continued to march towards Chang'an with their luggage. Along the way, Arolie was full of praises. When he saw the majestic Chang'an City, he was so shocked that he couldn't even close his mouth. He was completely overwhelmed.
shocked.
After a long while, he sighed: "It is indeed the capital of the Kingdom of Heaven. My father said that his biggest regret was to leave Chang'an. Now I finally understand."
Li Ye smiled and said: "Then I will take the throne a few years later and come to Chang'an Imperial College to study!"
Arole said with a bitter look on his face: "This is not up to me!"
At this time, an official smiled and said: "Prince, let's go to the Bakhna Chamber of Commerce near Dongshi for one night. Tomorrow morning we will go to Honglu Temple to submit official documents. Tomorrow we will move to the Honglu Temple Hotel."
This Bakhna official has been to Chang'an several times and is very familiar with the procedures here.
It was already afternoon. Everyone entered the city, and the hustle and bustle rushed into their faces. Not only did Aluole marvel at the prosperity of Chang'an City, but even the corners of Li Ye's eyes were slightly moist. Chang'an, he was back again!
After breaking up with Arolie, Li Ye took two of his men to the Prime Minister's Mansion in Pingkangfang.
When I walked to the door, I happened to meet the butler. The butler was stunned for a moment, and was suddenly surprised and happy, "Ah! Sanshibarou is back."
Li Ye smiled and nodded, "I'm back. Is grandpa at home?"
"Here! Here! Here! He just came back too."
Li Ye said to the housekeeper: "These are my two men. It's really tiring to find a place for them to stay and arrange meals for them!"
"Don't worry, sir, I will make arrangements!"
Li Ye took out a box from his luggage and handed the luggage to the housekeeper. He would stay here for one night and go to Taipingfang tomorrow.
Li Ye went directly to the study room of his grandfather Li Linfu in the backyard. He happened to meet Li Linfu watering a bunch of flowers in the yard. Li Linfu turned around and saw Li Ye. He was stunned for a moment, and joy bloomed in his muddy and wrinkled eyes.
of brilliance.
"Ye'er, are you finally back?"
"Grandpa, my grandson is back."
Li Ye stepped forward and knelt down to kowtow. Li Linfu quickly helped him up, tears welling up in his eyes, "That's great, kid, get up! Get up quickly!"
Li Ye stood up and saw that his grandfather was much older, thinner and smaller than last year. He was in a completely decrepit state.
"Ye'er, let's go inside and sit down!"
Li Linfu grabbed his grandson's hand with his bony hand and walked towards the house.
Li Ye remembered very clearly that historically, Li Linfu died of illness the next year. However, he died of illness because he was actually scared to death by Yang Guozhong. He was afraid that his family would be liquidated by Yang Guozhong, so he died of extreme anxiety. If he could retire smoothly, he would at least be able to live a few more years.
Year.
After walking into the study and sitting down, Li Linfu asked the maid to serve tea and asked with a smile: "When did you return to Chang'an?"
"Reporting to my grandfather, my grandson has just arrived and is coming to Chang'an with Prince Bukhan."
Li Linfu said with emotion: "A year has passed, and a lot of things have happened this year!"