Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 685
It's a good thing that sisters love each other deeply, at least Li Qinzai is relieved.

Of course, Li Qinzai is also very clear that it is difficult to achieve true sisterly affection between women, and it is already considered affectionate without secretly asking Taoist priests to curse sisters behind their backs.

Cui Jie exited the room with red eyes, and Li Qinzai stepped forward to hold Zi Nu tightly in his arms.

"Zi Nu, tell me from beginning to end what happened after you left Ganjingzhuang." Li Qinzai said softly.

Zi Nu was sobbing, but obediently told everything that happened after leaving Ganjingzhuang.

Li Qinzai frowned when talking about the ambush in the canyon outside Qingzhou City.

"Your whereabouts should have been watched long ago. Since you left Ganjingzhuang, you have been in the sight of others. The ambush in the canyon was their decision to act later."

Zi Nu cried: "I was too careless. I thought there would be no danger with my followers. I lost my vigilance when I was walking outside. Everything is my fault. I killed Wei Tuo and the brothers..."

Seeing her blame herself more and more, Li Qinzai couldn't help saying: "You are right, I was involved. If it weren't for the new crops, you wouldn't have suffered this disaster."

"Do you know who ambushed us?" Zi Nu looked up at him with tears in his eyes: "I want to avenge Wei Tuo and the others!"

Li Qinzai nodded: "Unsurprisingly, it should be Yang Shu'en. Don't worry, I will let you take revenge. Wei Tuo died for you, but in the end I was burdened."

"What I owe him, I will pay it back myself." Li Qinzai said with an emphasis.

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The wind direction in Chang'an City has changed again.

On the second day after Li Zhi returned to Chang'an, at the court meeting of the ministers, Lu Dunxin, the left servant and school inspector, suddenly went out of class to teach ten illegal things, and asked the emperor to punish him severely.

Li Zhi took the memorial with a smile, glanced at it casually, and then comforted Lu Dunxin seriously, saying that Nestorianism is very powerful, with hundreds of thousands of followers, it is inevitable that good and bad are mixed, and Yang Shuen, the head teacher, can restrain the believers.

Li Zhi took a light attitude, but the officials didn't take it seriously. Most people thought it was just a very common impeachment incident. The ministers participated in the impeachment, Li Zhi proposed a solution, and the matter was over.

However, the ministers were too naive.

This matter has not passed, and Lu Dunxin's impeachment memorial is just a cold dish before the banquet.

In front of the Wannian County Government Office in Chang'an City, many common people suddenly appeared in the past two days. They knelt outside the County Government Office, holding up the papers with both hands, and some even kowtowed to the county government office. People were crying and howling, attracting countless passers-by to watch.

Wannian county magistrate had to be promoted to handle the case.

Some of the people holding the papers were businessmen in Chang'an City, some were Nestorian believers, and some were servants of some powerful families.

They all have one thing in common, that is, they have an intersection with Nestorianism.

Some of the complainants were extorted by Nestorianism, and some believers were defrauded of their property by Nestorianism. The servants of those powerful families were even threatened by Nestorianism, forcing them to secretly report private information about the master’s mansion. Nestorian, the subordinates could not bear the disturbance, and finally reported to the official.

Wannian County Magistrate was stunned, looking at the papers piled up on the table, an idea came to his mind.

Nestorian is about to capsize.

One or two is not a big deal, but what about ten or one hundred?Especially Nestorian forced people to inquire about the private information of powerful families, what kind of intentions did they have in mind?
More importantly, these pleadings were all submitted to the county government on the same day and at the same time. The county magistrate dared to bet that his son was single for a hundred years, and someone must have instigated it behind it.

Nestorianism, the third largest religion in the Tang Dynasty, someone wants to stab this hornet's nest today.

Wannian county magistrate was sweating profusely. He was just a county magistrate. He was not kind in his life, and he had secretly accepted some bribes, but he swore to God that he was a good person.

Why should a good man be under such heavy pressure?
So the county magistrate decisively called the guards, and transferred all the people and pleading papers to the Ministry of Punishment on the spot.

A good person should live a long life. The secret of longevity is that it is best not to do things that you can't afford.

The case was handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice on the same day, and the county magistrate Wannian acted vigorously and resolutely.

After receiving the case, the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice broke out in a cold sweat.The officials first scolded the Wannian County Magistrate in the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for half an hour. All eighteen generations of the county magistrate's ancestors were not missed, and they were all cordially greeted by the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

The matter was so serious that the officials of the Criminal Ministry did not dare to accept it, so the case was sent to the desk of Liu Xiangdao, Minister of the Criminal Ministry.

Liu Xiangdao looked at the mountains of pleading papers in front of him, and the dense crowd of people complaining outside the hall of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Liu Xiangdao's cheeks twitched a few times.

He jumped up against the case and looked around in a daze.Liu Xiangdao is the Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and no one can accept him if he wants to blame him.

The matter was too big, and this was no longer a simple criminal case. The status of Nestorianism in the Tang Dynasty was second only to Buddhism and Taoism, and even many officials in the court were followers of Nestorianism.

Liu Xiangdao couldn't help it. With so many people accusing Nestorian of many crimes at the same time, it was obvious that someone was instigating behind them, and the identity of the instigator must not be low, and he was not afraid of strict investigation by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

How to do?The witty Liu Xiangdao immediately came up with a good solution.

On the second day of the court meeting, Liu Xiangdao, in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu court, stabbed the matter of the common people suing Nestorianism to the golden hall of the court.

Who said that the Minister of the Ministry of Justice can't throw the pot away?Don't the monarchs and ministers still have meetings every day?

In front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Liu Xiangdao couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief after telling the truth with a deadpan face, and silently gave himself a thumbs up, the old man is really an old clever ghost.

Yesterday Lu Dunxin openly impeached Nestorian at the court meeting, but was lightly pressed down by Li Zhi.

Today, Liu Xiangdao brought Nestorianism to the forefront again, and the civil and military officials of the court looked at each other, standing silently in the court class.

Those who can stand here are all old foxes who have practiced Taoism for many years. They have already smelled a strong smell of conspiracy.

Before the conspiracy is revealed, no one with a normal IQ will choose to stand out at this time.

All the courtiers looked at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi was astonished, and then laughed like a Cao thief: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Nestorianism spreads good teachings and educates the world, how could it do such evil deeds? Impossible!" Li Zhi shook his head with a relaxed face: "There must be wicked people deliberately slandering Nestorianism and bad reputation of Nestorianism, Liu Shangshu ignores it." That's right."

Li Zhi's face of conniving and perverting the law finally angered a member of the court class.

Liu Rengui stood up with a displeased expression on his face, and said angrily, "How can Your Majesty make rash conclusions before the matter is clarified? Nestorianism is also in charge of people, and it is possible for people to do illegal things. If your Majesty just ignores it , Why should the victimized people be treated? Your Majesty's move was not done by Ming Jun!"

Li Zhi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled awkwardly: "What Liu Shizhong said, uh, makes sense."

"Since someone has filed a complaint, and the disturbance has reached the Golden Palace, they should really investigate."

Speaking of this, Li Zhi's face turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Xu Jingzong, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Liu Xiangdao, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and a department have investigated this case, and will play it to me after verification."

Xu Jingzong walked out of the court leader slowly, and then smiled again: "Your Majesty, since Nestorianism is involved in the case, I request that the head teacher Yang Shuen be imprisoned in the house, and a conclusion will be made after the case is verified."

Li Zhi said solemnly: "I believe that Yang Shuen is innocent, but since the Nestorian Church is involved in the case, it should be treated equally, and the right minister's request should be granted, and the Wannian County issued a notice to the people that Yang Shuen is not a crime. Make a big deal out of a molehill."

(End of this chapter)