At the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the interrogation was dismissed. The two presiding officers retreated and held a private discussion with the confession. They talked back and forth, but nothing new came up.
The two of them really did their best today, helping Li You build momentum and giving him a chance to launch a counterattack. However, when it was time to kick the final goal, Li You himself shrank inexplicably, which is really puzzling. Today
The plan can only be implemented truthfully.
On the other side, Li You was led by the guards towards the Tianlao. Outside the door, he was carefully checked by the warden, passed through the small door that was so narrow that it could only accommodate one person, and then passed through the long closed passage before entering the high wall.
The prison under.
Li You had been sitting in the yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a few days, and he was no stranger to it. He was not as reserved and anxious as other prisoners. He said to the little ninth-level prison officer easily: "Is your surname Wu? Find me a warm place."
A comfortable room, my body is very weak and I can’t bear the pain.”
Although this jailer is new, he still has eyes. Seeing the manner in which Li You entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate today, he knew that he could not really treat him as someone else's criminal.
Most of the people temporarily detained in the Sky Prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were officials, and the living conditions there were already many times better than those in other prisons. Li You's request was not difficult to handle, and Wu Si Prison fully agreed.
Then he took Li You to a sunny courtyard planted with a few green pines, pointed to the main hall and said: "A governor has just lived here, and he has kept it neatly kept. Mr. Li, please stay here for the time being."
Could it be the place where former Fengyang Governor Yang Futai lived? Li You thanked him a few times and looked around the yard. The east wing seemed to be empty. Then he looked at the west wing and found someone standing at the door of the house.
He looked quite familiar. After careful identification, Li Daguan actually recognized him. He was Luo Xingye, the former right-wing political advisor and the prefect of Yangzhou...
Li You quickly turned to the prison chief and said righteously: "Since this place is used by a second-grade official, I can't be rude! I am willing to set an example and abide by the law. Lord Wu, please give me a slightly worse place!"
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Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. The cautious and suspicious Li You dare not share the same courtyard with Luo Xingye. Who knows if he will do something that will lead to their own death.
This yard was originally the place where the Yangzhou Salt Case trio were imprisoned. Now the other two have been released. Only Luo Xingye has been expelled from the army and needs to be escorted by police officers. But now that the Chinese New Year is about to come, no one is willing to go out.
, so we can only wait until after the New Year to assign Luo Xingye.
"Hahahaha! God's way is good, but retribution is not good. You, Thief Li, have today too! You have today too!" When Luo Xingye was bored, he suddenly saw that the enemy who sent him to the prison was also escorted in. He felt extremely happy and couldn't help shouting.
Make a sound.
But his reaction was really too slow. At this time, Li Daguan and Wu Siyu only had his back, and they didn't know if they heard him.
When Li You was arrested and "imprisoned", a riot broke out in the coal market outside Fuchengmen.
Early that morning, when many people came from all directions to the Taisheng Coal Shop in hopes of continuing to buy coal, they found that not only was the door of the coal shop closed, but there were no traces of anyone from the shopkeeper to the waiters.
If it's understandable that it's too early to open, then it's strange that the people in the store disappeared without a trace.
The people who came to buy coal were talking and guessing outside the door. Suddenly, a man who looked like a clerk appeared in front of the people and stood under the door of the shop, which attracted the attention of the crowd. Someone immediately asked: "Who is here, brother?"
Dude?"
Han Zong nodded sadly and said: "Exactly."
"Will it open today or not?"
Han Zong replied with a sad look on his face: "Excuse me, I'm afraid that our store will not be able to open again. Yesterday, a palace eunuch came to seize the coal in our store. He was sternly rejected by the owner and had a conflict with the eunuch. Now the store manager and
The employees all went out to seek refuge, and our boss also went home overnight to make arrangements for the funeral."
After this statement spread, the crowd was in an uproar. Some people were helpless, shook their heads and left with a sigh, while others talked indignantly and were unwilling to leave for a long time.
Han Zong suddenly spoke again: "I almost forgot to mention it. My boss said that there are still tens of thousands of kilograms of coal in our coal yard. We can't let the eunuchs and profiteers get it in vain, so we will give it to you. Now the door is wide open, and those who are destined can come."
Take it for yourself!”
As the saying goes, it was a coincidence. At this time, the supervisor of the Xinxing Department led dozens of thugs to the Taisheng Coal Shop.
It turns out that although Mr. Huang, the deputy of the Right Division of the Xixin Division, filed a complaint against Li You in the palace, he could not swallow the anger in his heart and the shame of being beaten lingered. He was the only person who was seriously injured by outsiders in recent years.
A supervisor-level eunuch, his matter has become a laughing stock in the palace among those who can't deal with it.
After hearing that Li You was sentenced to prison, Eunuch Huang felt that the matter was done and he could let go of his hands, so he ordered his men from the Xixin Division to go to the Taisheng Coal Shop to retaliate, first by smashing it, and second by robbing coal.
Supervisor Deng of the Salary Cherishing Department was eager to flatter him, and he also planned to make money. He personally led more than 50 people to the coal market. The road was very rough, and pedestrians avoided it, which made him feel a little proud. When he arrived, he happened to meet Han Zong announcing that
Giving away existing coal to the public for free…
The arrival of the Xixin Division was too coincidental, and it was a little different from the set script. Han Zong looked at the chaotic scene in surprise, and then quietly slipped away. Anyway, the master's order was to cause chaos, so why is chaos not chaos?
His original plan was to incite the angry people who couldn't grab coal to rob the profiteer's coal shop nearby.
An hour later, a messenger horse pierced the streets of Xicheng and arrived outside the right gate of Chang'an, the imperial city. It shouted to the guard in uniform on duty: "Report for civil uprising!"
News about disasters, civil commotions, and major military situations in the capital area can be reported directly to the imperial court in this way. The guards in royal robes on duty received the documents and hurried to the palace.
Another quarter of an hour later, this urgent document was placed on the imperial desk of the Wenhua Palace. The emperor, who had nothing to do a year ago but wanted to act like he was in charge of the imperial palace, was secretly reading a novel about poetry when he was called from the side hall.
Come out and read the document that was just delivered.
It was reported by the censor of the Xicheng City Patrol. The main idea is: In the coal market outside Fuchengmen, coal buyers and the eunuchs of the Xixin Department fought over the competition for coal in the Taisheng Coal Shop, and six eunuchs were killed. Another person said:
The two coal shops were robbed due to the mix of rioters. Fortunately, the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses Division and the patrol battalion were able to suppress the situation. The situation was about to subside. Dozens of people have been arrested and asked to be judged.
The emperor had not had much experience and had not yet developed a character that was indifferent to favors and humiliations. After seeing this, he was in a bad mood and summoned Duan Zhien for questioning.
Duan Zhien confidently said: "Don't worry, your majesty, this must be Li You's plan! Li You is used to causing troubles to manipulate people's hearts, and taking advantage of the situation to do secretive things. In the past, people could not investigate carefully, and often suffered from it.
But as long as your Majesty sees through his true nature, he will not be confused by it!"
"How to see through?" the emperor asked again.
Eunuch Duan had studied Li You thoroughly for a long time. When the emperor inquired about it, he quickly replied: "If we talk about this incident, Li You first used low prices and small profits to confuse the people's hearts. The common people are greedy for profits and will fall into the trap; secondly,
Deliberately creating the appearance of conflict with Eunuch Huang, provoking disputes and conflicts, and laying the foundation for disaster; what followed was today's civil unrest.
I dare to say that this is Li You who deliberately instigated the people behind his back and manipulated the people's hearts. He did not hesitate to make the matter bigger in order to use others to show his reputation and achieve his own selfish interests! This is exactly what he has always done, and this time there is no accident.
in this way!"
The emperor Ruoyouruowu hummed, and said to the eunuch waiting beside him: "You go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to ask, what was the result of Li You's trial?"
The little eunuch responded smartly, turned around and walked out. Duan Zhien took the opportunity to add another word: "Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I can tell a few things. Then Li You must have relied on the power of his tongue to make up countless lies.
He denounced Huang Yong and took the opportunity to attack our slaves. His basic intention is to try every means to incite the courtiers to fight with His Majesty in order to force Your Majesty to give in! Moreover, I can foresee that there will be many courtiers to cooperate with him. Your Majesty cannot ignore this and cannot
Fell into his trap!"
Jing and the emperor didn't have a very intuitive feeling about the people, but when Duan Daban mentioned the courtiers, he had personal experience, and his head immediately became dizzy.
It seemed that he was impulsive in issuing an edict to arrest Li You... Emperor Jinghe suddenly regretted it, as there were too many ways to deal with ministers.
Duan Zhien observed the words and expressions, and naturally guessed what he was thinking, so he said: "Your Majesty is arbitrary and arbitrary, how can he be controlled by his subordinates? Li You, who is accustomed to selling his name, must not be frivolous! Otherwise, he will
If you do not obey the Holy Will and are often threatened by it, where is the dignity of Your Majesty?
If he benefits from this and everyone in the court follows suit, the situation will be uncontrollable. Therefore, Li You’s harm lies not in himself, but in people’s hearts! Your Majesty must deal with Li You to rectify people’s hearts!”
Jinghe Tianzi finally nodded. From the perspective of imperial skills, people like Li You are not easy to control, and they do not completely obey themselves. Of course, they should be given a lesson.
Duan Zhien was secretly happy. Li You had really made another empiricist error. Did he think his original tricks would still work in front of the emperor?
At this time, he saw the little eunuch sent by the emperor to question the Metropolitan Procuratorate hurriedly back. It turned out that he had just walked to Huiji Gate when he met the eunuch in the clerk's room who had sent Li You's memorial to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for trial, so he handed over the memorial.
Got it back.
Emperor Jinghe took the memorial and read it, then glanced at Duan Zhien thoughtfully. Eunuch Duan had been with the emperor for more than ten years and was very familiar with the emperor's emotions. At this time, he instinctively felt that the emperor was a little cold, but he didn't know the problem.
Where did it come from.
When he saw the content of the memorial, Duan Zhien was shocked from the bottom of his heart. How could this be possible? Li You was actually willing to plead guilty without any excuses or excuses, let alone the harsh and harsh words he had speculated about! He
He actually admitted the crime honestly!
The words he said seemed to be fabricated by villains out of thin air. No wonder the emperor's attitude became cold.
Just when Eunuch Duan was filled with embarrassment and didn't know where to start, another eunuch sent him a memorial. The author of the memorial was shocking. She was the eldest princess of Guide. This surprised the emperor. The imperial sister always had something to say directly.
Speaking face to face, I have never used the form of memorial, but what accident happened today?
The content of Princess Guide's memorial is very simple, which means "hearing is false, seeing is believing, hearing a hundred times is not as good as seeing once".