Chapter 357: The most ridiculous thing in the world
At the foot of Mang Mountain, by the valley and water.
Although it has been ten days since the beginning of autumn, the weather is still very hot. Even standing at the foot of the mountain, you can still feel the heat wave.
Standing on a hill, Li Chengzhi built a pergola with his hands and looked westward.
This place has passed Shouchiuli, where the royal family and relatives live, and has become an outer city. The letter sent by Li Liang on the way stated that they would enter Beijing from here and go directly to the house rented by Li Chengzhi.
The advantage is that you only need to pass one checkpoint in the outer city, and do not have to enter the Guocheng or the inner city, which saves time and a lot of trouble.
Logically speaking, he should have arrived a long time ago, but after waiting from noon to afternoon, two hours had passed, but there was still no sign of anyone, and Li Chengzhi couldn't help but become anxious.
I always feel uneasy, as if something big has happened...
Just when he was worried, there was a sound of galloping horse hooves behind him. Li Chengzhi looked back and saw a faint streak of smoke coming. When he got closer, he could see clearly that the rider in front was Li Rui.
He was asked to pick up someone from the outer city, but why did he look like he came from the city?
Before the horse could stand still, Li Chengzhi shouted and asked: "Where are the people?"
Li Rui's face was full of panic. He didn't even get off his horse and said urgently: "Lang Jun, something happened... When he entered Chengyang Gate, the city gate defenders searched and found the two thousand gold coins that his wife had brought. Shuoping Sima Yuanyi
Maybe if you see the wealth, you should seize it.
The madam refused and wanted to demand it by force, and then a conflict broke out... In a moment, the madam injured more than 20 guards, and Madam Zhang stabbed Sima Shuoping in the leg..."
Li Chengzhi's eyesight went dark and he almost fell over.
Not only did he injure more than 20 guards at the palace gate, but he also stabbed Sima Shuoping, who was guarding the city gate?
This is a serious crime of rebellion...
Instead of entering Beijing from the outer city, what are you going to do in the inner city?
As the saying goes, wealth should not be exposed, and thieves should not steal it. How many years of salary can two thousand real gold be worth? Not to mention the city gate officials, even if you see it yourself, I am afraid your heart will be hot and your eyes will be hot...
He bit the tip of his tongue and said sternly: "How is mother?"
"Madam, Madam Zhang, Li Da and others were all unscathed and have been brought into the court..."
Fortunately, he was not injured...
Li Chengzhi breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the person is fine, it will be fine. As for the future... If it is reasonable, it will be reasonable and will not forgive others. No matter what the identity of the other party is, the matter will definitely be discussed.
If you are unreasonable, you will have no choice but to keep low and be petty. No matter if you pay money or accept the punishment, as long as you can save the person, you can do whatever you want.
I just don’t know if it can be cleared up... I guess I have to ask Gao Zhao, and maybe even ask the emperor for mercy...
Emperor...um, isn't that right?
Li Chengzhi's eyes bulged: "Did you just tell me that my mother was brought into the palace?"
Even if the commotion was too big, the Luoyang Order had no authority to deal with it. It should have been handled by Henan Yin, Sizhou Mu, or Tingwei. Why did they directly enter the imperial city?
Li Rui whispered: "The fight was over when the servants arrived. I don't know what happened. I saw dozens of guards lying on the ground, and their howls were loud. My wife, Li Da and others all knelt on the ground and waited.
Capture...
In addition, only Hou Gang, King Ruyang, King Yingchuan, etc. were present. Afraid of causing more trouble, he secretly ordered Li Cong to rush into the inner city and beat the Dengwen drum under the Meridian Gate..."
Li Chengzhi was stunned.
Dengwengu?
In this era, is there such a good thing that is specially designed for civilians to complain about their grievances and go straight to the heaven?
I really never noticed it...Thanks to Li Rui for being so clever.
Li Rui knew that he had a mortal feud with Hou Gang, but when Hou Gang was there, he was not sure whether Yuan Yong and Yuan Yue would speak to Yuan Yi, who was also a member of the clan, and then engage in favoritism and distort the facts. So he came up with this idea.
Such a move.
It's really possible...
Don’t look at how busy Yuan Yong was when Hou was first released from prison.
According to theory, he is Gao Zhao's uncle, and he should help Gao Zhao.
The reason for this is simply that Hou Gang is from the Yuan ethnic group and Gao Zhao is from the Han ethnic group.
But now that the matter has come to this, even the clan can no longer take care of it...
"Let's go!"
Li Chengzhi quickly clamped his horse and ran towards the city.
After running for nearly half a mile, he finally remembered and shouted suspiciously: "Did you just tell me who Jingmo stabbed?"
"This is Prince Jiangyang, Sima Yuanyi of Shuoping. He is the one on duty at Chengyang Gate today..."
Yuan Yi?
Apart from sighing, Li Chengzhi didn't know what to say.
Could it be that it was destiny that Li Chengzhi must rebel?
First it was Hou Gang, a few days ago it was Hu Chonghua, and now it is Yuan Yi. It has only been a few days since he entered the capital, but he has offended more than half of the powerful people during the period of supervision of Empress Dowager Hu after Yuan Ke?
After careful calculation, it seems that only Liu Teng and Yu Zhong are left.
In comparison, if we talk about poverty, Hu Zuoyao, Hou Gang, Liu Teng, Yu Zhong, etc. are not worthy of carrying shoes for Hu Chonghua and Yuan Yi.
It's these two wives and sisters mixed with brothers-in-law who have been entangled in each other for nearly twenty years. Today they can still make love with each other, but tomorrow they will draw swords and fight against each other.
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When the Wei Dynasty fell, this pair of adulterers and adulterers must bear at least half of the blame...
That's all, it's useless to think too much. The current plan is to save people first...
Li Chengzhi took a deep breath and swung the riding crop in his hand faster.
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Inside Duanmen, outside towards the city.
Today is the 29th, and tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Although it is not the third day, the start of the court must be postponed. Therefore, Liu Fang and Cui Guang are both on duty in the province. They are sorting out everything during the month and preparing to make a report tomorrow.
Presented to the emperor at court.
While they were each writing at their desks, they suddenly heard several "dong-dong-dong" sounds, which made the window paper rattle and tremble.
Liu Fang raised her head and asked suspiciously: "Li Chengzhi is acting again?"
"Both the two nobles in the palace are ill, how can he have this spare time?"
After joking, Cui Guang paused and said, "It's really just a drum, but I didn't hear the sound of the golden gong, so it must not be the war drum on the city..."
After thinking for a moment, Cui Guang frowned: "Could it be the Dengwen Drum outside the Meridian Gate?"
Liu Fang was a little surprised.
Cui Guang didn't mention it, but he couldn't even remember that there was such a thing outside Chao City?
In your lifetime, will you ever encounter the time when the Dengwen drum is beaten?
Even if something earth-shattering hadn't happened, it probably wouldn't be much of a big deal...
Both of them sighed, and Liu Fang told Zhang Zhong and Zhang Lang: "Someone has come to file a complaint. Please give it to Your Majesty immediately and summon the Third Division..."
Both teams responded urgently, and then those who entered the palace entered the palace, and those who left the city left the city.
After a while, the palace guard led the drummer into the palace. When they saw the appearance of the person, all the officials were stunned.
He is dark and thin, and is only about five feet tall. If it were not for the short beard under his chin, one would think he is a child who has not yet grown up.
While everyone was still sizing them up, Li Congteng immediately knelt down: "Master, the common people have been wronged..."
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Not long after, I rushed to Shiqian Hall.
The emperor was playing chess with Yu Zhong and was very surprised when he heard this.
Haha... Someone actually beat the Dengwen drum and wanted to file a lawsuit?
It has been more than twenty years since the late emperor moved the capital to Luoyang and placed the Dengwen Drum at the Meridian Gate, but the emperor has never heard this thing sound.
If it weren't for retribution, he would have forgotten that there is such a thing?
Yuan Ke was good at prison litigation. When he was free, he would often go to Tingwei to solve cases, and his skills were not bad. When he heard this, he couldn't sit still and said, "Show me!"
It's just across the palace city, and you don't even have to leave the palace. It's very convenient. As soon as I asked Li Cong about it, the emperor arrived.
Knowing that the matter was of great importance and that nine out of ten it was his own fault, how could Li Cong dare to file a complaint? He just told what he knew impartially and in detail.
Yuan Ke was stunned.
After the majestic clan, the prince of the county prince dares to rebel against Cai and seek wealth and death?
The key thing is that not only was it not planned, hundreds of city gate guards were killed by a mere woman?
It’s the most ridiculous thing in the world...
Not to mention the emperor, anyone in the palace who could still stand and breathe was stunned and stunned.
Only Cui Guang heard it most clearly. Just like Bian Mi, his facial features were all twisted together: "Whose servant did you just tell me you are?"
"Master Bingguan, I am the descendant of the Li family, and my husband is Li Chengzhi, the eunuch and eunuch..."
The emperor's eyes suddenly popped out: "Who, Li Chengzhi?"
"Exactly!"
Yuan Ke didn't know whether to be angry or scolded.
Is this family born to be in conflict with the capital, but as soon as they enter the capital, trouble will inevitably arise, and the turmoil will become louder every time?
Li Chengzhi was fine, he was just fighting a group of Taoist priests, not even a mob. But the mother-in-law was so fierce, and hundreds of imperial guards were not her enemies?
Yuan Ke sneered fiercely and said: "Come in, Du Xuan... I want to take a closer look. Is it true that all my guards are just a bunch of idiots, or are the Li family's mother and son descended from heaven, the overlord reincarnated, and there is no one like him in the world?"
Enemy?"
It was rare for the emperor to make such sarcastic remarks, with hints of sarcasm. Everyone knew that the emperor was really angry, and even Liu Fang and Cui Guang felt a pang in their hearts.
It makes sense when you think about it: This is a guard with a hundred skilled archers and horses, and equipped with swords and bows?
Even if a hundred pigs stood there motionless, they still had to be killed for a while, right? They were killed by a woman in a matter of seconds and were completely defeated. Even the general was captured alive?
In comparison, it is not that important whether Yuan Yi was jealous of money or whether Li's servants made false accusations...
Yu Zhong's mouth was full of bitterness, and his heart was about to fuck up the eighteen generations of King Jiangyang's ancestors.
If it were anyone else, it would sound like a joke: The noble prince is so powerful that he is so smart that he robbed him openly under the palace gate. Could it be that he has lost his mind?
But if it was Yuan Yi, Yu Zhong immediately believed 90% of it.
Just because neither father nor son is a good bird.
During the Xiaowen period, Wang Yuanji of Guangyang was responsible for pacifying the four towns of Anning, and was responsible for pacifying the Gaoche tribe. But let alone pacifying, within three years of his pacification, nearly 60% of the Gaoche people in the four towns defected.
A tribal leader fled to the capital and found out that no matter whether there is a bad year or a good year, or whether the cow is big or the sheep is small, as long as it has four legs, Yuan Ji will collect a tax of one leg...
Fortunately, Yuan Hong was lenient and only removed his official title. If it were in the hands of Empress Dowager Feng or Yuan Ke, how could his life be saved?
When Yuan Ke ascended the throne, Yuan Ji came back to power because of his meritorious service. He became the governor of Qingzhou and Hengzhou, and was later impeached by the imperial censor for corruption. Yuan Ke thought of his meritorious service and was not punished. He was only transferred to the capital and transferred to another post.
Zhi Shangshu.
And then... my dear, I almost emptied the treasury...
Yuan Ke still thought of his merits in supporting him and spared his life, but only removed his official title. When Yuan Yu rebelled, Yuan Ji had meritorious service by reporting on him, and he reappeared last year...
The same goes for Yuan Yi. First, he was dismissed because he asked for bribes from his subordinates when he was serving as Sima in the army. Later, because of his loyalty, he was transferred to the imperial guard, and because he raped a civilian girl, he was almost beheaded. Otherwise, why would he be a dignified prince?
Reduced to the point of looking at the city gate...
Yu Zhong's intestines are about to turn green.
If I had known that Yuan Yi would cause such a big trouble for him, not to mention that he only gave him a bottle of golden Buddha, even if he moved a gold mountain, it would be useless...
Now it is no longer a question of whether Yuan Yi really sought wealth and killed himself. Even if Li Chengzhi came to kill the emperor, she would certainly not be able to escape death afterwards. But could Yuan Yi and Yu Zhong escape? p>
A hundred imperial guards are not the enemy of one woman?
Not to mention a woman, she is a tiger. She should at least give it a try, right?
Everyone generally knows what Yuan Yi is, so few people doubt such an unbelievable thing.
I also know that the emperor is afraid that he will explode with anger, and most of the officials in the lower ranks, such as the Huangmen, ministers, ministers, etc., are as silent as a cicada and dare not express their anger.
Just like Liu Fang and Cui Guang, they dared to raise their heads from time to time and take a look at the emperor's face.
At first he looked gloomy, but as he looked at it, the emperor's face lost much of his anger. Instead, he looked as if he was looking at something novel.
Following his gaze, I turned my head and found that the emperor seemed to be sizing up the servant of the Li family who was kneeling under the hall?
When Li Cong caught the emperor's gaze, he didn't avoid it and even smiled in a flattering manner. But he didn't really have long eyes. He grinned and gritted his teeth, as if he were crying.
Cui Guang's heart skipped a beat.
No wonder the emperor is curious?
When you meet the emperor, how dare you stare at him without evading him?
Not to mention a domestic servant, not even Li Chengzhi was so bold back then.
We really are not a family, why don’t we enter the same family?
Just as he was about to scold him, the emperor waved his hand gently and asked suspiciously: "Do you recognize me?"
This is nonsense, you even call me "I", who doesn't know that you are the emperor?
He was sarcastic secretly, but his face was very obedient. Li Cong put his hands down and said respectfully: "I am undoubtedly your Majesty!"
Yuan Ke became even more curious: "Then why aren't you afraid?"
When the emperor asked, everyone came to their senses: This young man, who is as skinny as a monkey, has not shown even a hint of fear since he entered the palace?
Why should I be afraid?
In 3578 years, the person sitting in this hall will have the same surname as grandpa...
Muttering in his heart, Li Cong responded: "Your Majesty, during the Jingzhou Monk Rebellion, I was a scout commander. There were hundreds of thieves who died under my sword. So I have been trained for a long time.
So brave..."
Everyone's eyes suddenly bulged: How is this possible?
Just like this, you can actually kill hundreds of thieves?
Are all the rebels in Jingzhou just made of paper?
I really didn't see it... The emperor suddenly became interested and was about to ask. Seeing Liu Teng leaving and returning, he quickly entered the palace and said, "Your Majesty, all relevant people have been brought here. King Qinghe (Yuan Dynasty)
Yi), King Yingchuan, King Ruyang, King Jiangyang, Gao Sikong, Gu Zangbo Li Yun, Li Chengzhi, etc. also came outside the palace, all saying they wanted to meet..."