Great Tang princess

Li Jinzhong never expected that what was written in the letter was actually true.

Originally, he thought that the letter written in the letter to take Zhao Wenhui back to be sentenced to death was to fool him. He also wanted to take this opportunity to negotiate with Zhou Ting and ask for food and other supplies.

But he didn't expect that he kept his word and wanted to chop him off in front of him.

And Zhao Wenhui was also in a daze. He thought that someone would finally come to save him, but he didn't expect that the first thing after being rescued would be a trial, and it seemed that he was going to be beheaded on the spot.

Seeing the soldier in camouflage uniform walking towards him with a machete, he immediately yelled.

"You dare to kill me? I am the governor of the Dongyi Protectorate. Even if you are guilty, you should go through the interrogation of the three divisions..."

Hou Chao, who was sitting on the horseback, waved his hands: "It seems that you have stayed here for too long, and you forgot about the imperial reform?"

"Since the reform of the military law, all violations of the law by soldiers have been dealt with by the Ministry of War!" Hou Chao said loudly.

Zhao Wenhui raised his head and shouted loudly: "Even if this is the case, as the governor of the Great Commander, the Minister of the Ministry of War should personally..."

"His Royal Highness has personally seen all your criminal evidence. Here is the verdict. What else can you say?"

With that said, Hou Chao took out a scroll, opened it and threw it in front of him.

Zhao Wenhui looked down, and it was written on the scroll that he committed a crime, the evidence was complete, and he was sentenced to death!

Finally, there is the signature of Li Yuechen, Minister of the Ministry of War, and the bright red seal!
This is also a new regulation added after the reform of the University of Political Science and Law.

Although Li Yuechen never thought of abolishing the death penalty, the death penalty should be sentenced with caution!

Therefore, if a soldier commits a capital crime and is sentenced to death, he must have the autograph of the Minister of War and the great seal.

Ordinary people who want to be sentenced to death must send the case file and all kinds of evidence to the highest governor of a province, that is, the prefect.

After being read by the magistrate, the signature and seal can only be executed.

In other places, it must be sent directly to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and the death penalty can only be imposed after the signature should be stamped.

This may be a bit troublesome, but it also prevents the occurrence of unjust cases to the greatest extent.

The sky is big and the earth is big, and human life is the biggest!This is the bottom line that Li Yuechen has always adhered to.

In Zhao Wenhui's case, all kinds of evidence are complete, and the death penalty is completely enough.

Seeing the big red seal, Zhao Wenhui yelled: "No! No! This is all fake, I can't..."

However, Hou Chao didn't bother to talk to him at all, waved his hands and said: "Execution!"

A soldier brought over a wooden frame, and two soldiers pressed him firmly on the frame to prevent him from struggling.

The soldier with the machete took out a glass bottle, and after biting off the cork, a scent of wine filled the air.

Then he poured the transparent wine on the knife, raised his hands, and aimed at Zhao Wenhong who was still struggling.

The next moment, the head fell to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Li Jinzhong squinted his eyes. He never imagined that he cut Zhao Wenhong in front of his face.

The other people behind him also had expressions of surprise, after all, no one could have imagined that this matter would have such a result.

Zhao Wenhui was hacked to death, but he was a soldier of the Great Zhou after all, so he couldn't be left dead in the wilderness.

So a special person came to collect the corpse for him and took him back.

At this time, Hou Chao cupped his hands to Li Jinzhong: "Li Dudu, I don't know if I should still use this title at this time. But then, I should talk about the follow-up matters."

Li Jinzhong nodded slightly: "Please tell me."

Hou Chao said: "My Great Zhou court's request is very simple. If Governor Li is willing to dismiss his subordinates and surrender at this time, that would be the best..."

As soon as the words came to this point, Sun Wanrong on the opposite side said: "Surrender? This Zhao Wenhui bullied me for many years, and now..."

"Shut up!" Li Jinzhong yelled and interrupted him.

Then he said to Hou Chao: "Continue."

"If you are willing to surrender at this time, Li Dudu and his subordinates will not be sentenced to death, but they will definitely be in prison for several years. The Khitan tribe will not be held accountable! If you continue to persist in your obsession, then the war will be inevitable."

After Li Jinzhong heard this, he didn't answer immediately, but said: "I still need to consider this matter."

"nature!"

Hou Chao didn't show any special expression, just nodded slightly: "Give Dudu Li three days to think about it."

"You..." Sun Wanrong was about to say something, but Li Jinzhong stopped him with his eyes.

Having finished speaking, Hou Chao waved his hand, and led the army back thirty miles, back to the camp.

……

After Li Jinzhong and the others returned to the Dongyi Protectorate, Sun Wanrong yelled: "Boss, the enemy camp is only thirty miles away, so they didn't take us seriously at all!"

"Hmph, Princess Taiping is number one in the world, isn't it normal not to take you seriously?" Li Jinzhong choked back.

At this time, the counselor next to him took a step forward: "I don't know what the leader thinks about his conditions?"

Everyone else looked at him, waiting for his answer.

"These conditions seem to be very good..."

As soon as he said this, he was slightly taken aback. He suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the eyes of these people looking at him.

Then he reacted suddenly, but he was negligent.

These people used to be the leaders of various tribes in Khitan, and they had been bullied by Zhao Wenhong for a long time, and they came to defect after seeing him tie up Zhao Wenhong.

On the contrary, they came to seek refuge in order to live a good life.

If he agrees to surrender, this group of people will all go to jail.

But for them, it was hard for them to come here and seek refuge, and wanted to fight for a big one, but at this time the leader surrendered, not to mention getting nothing, and going to squat in prison, then what is the point of rebellion ?
It can only be said that things have reached this point, and it is no longer just a matter of stopping.

Looking at the eyes of these people, Li Jinzhong knew that if he agreed to surrender, he would probably let himself die here immediately.

The big deal is to change someone to lead.

Everyone knew that the chances of winning a war with Princess Taiping were not great, but they couldn't surrender without fighting, and if they had to go in and squat directly, it would mean that everything they had done was for nothing.

Thinking of this, Li Jinzhong sighed, and then replied: "Of course I can't agree, it's rare that all the brothers come to join me, how can I let the brothers go to prison?"

Hearing what he said, the others also laughed.

Sun Wanrong even slapped the table: "That's right! The leader, are you going to attack the enemy next?"

"Not at this time!"

Li Jinzhong shook his head: "We don't know much about Zhou Ting's army. If we conduct it randomly, it will only cause our Khitan warriors to bleed in vain. It would be great to be able to negotiate. As long as they are willing to provide food and other supplies, it will be fine for us." , it couldn’t be better.”

On this point, others have no opinion.

Anyway, if you can get the benefits at that time, everyone has points.

As for whether the benefit was obtained by snatching it or through negotiation, it didn't matter at all.

……

At the same time, after Hou Chao returned to the barracks, he immediately entered the headquarters' office.

At this time, Li Chongrun was doing a deduction on the sand table with several staff officers. Seeing him coming back, he asked about the specific process.

Hou Chao recounted what happened just now, and then said: "My lord, will Li Jinzhong agree to surrender?"

However, Li Chongrun shook his head slightly: "Even if he wants to agree, he won't do it, his subordinates won't allow it."

"Why?" Hou Chao was a little puzzled.

Li Chongrun smiled: "When I was young, I heard many stories from my aunt. Do you know the protagonist of many stories, what is the sentence that is often on the lips?"

"I don't know, please enlighten me, my lord."

"People in the arena involuntarily!"

As he said that, he smiled slightly: "Even those heroes with super martial arts can't be free, what can Li Jinzhong do as an ordinary person?"

"Okay, let's come over and see how we can take it down. The enemy army has [-] troops. This battle is somewhat troublesome..." Li Chongrun smiled and shook his head, beckoning him to come to the side of the sand table , Discussed with other staff officers.

At this time, a staff officer next to him said: "My lord, my subordinates think that he might want to negotiate."

"Yeah!" Li Chongrun nodded slightly, "But I can't agree to any conditions he put forward. My only request is for him to surrender, and he can't agree to it. This battle will eventually be fought."

Li Yuechen, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but nodded slightly after hearing this. This nephew has really grown up.

For now, at least, she's pretty content.

After the meeting was over, they went to the cafeteria to eat. Li Chongrun sat next to him and asked, "Auntie thinks..."

"Hey, I already said that I don't care this time, don't ask me." Li Yuechen directly interrupted him, not giving him a chance to ask.

Li Chongrun smiled helplessly: "Auntie, don't you have to be so heartless?"

"The most ruthless emperor's family! Are you joking?" Li Yuechen laughed.

Of course, this sentence definitely doesn't mean that, but it's not bad to say it at this time.

In the future, this sentence can be understood as the assessment of the royal family must not have any acts of favoritism and fraud.

Being able to change the meaning of a sentence itself means changing a custom, and it can even be said that it has changed history.

……

Dongdu, Ziwei Palace.

After coming down to court, Li Xian secretly arranged for people to keep Zhang Jianzhi and others behind them, and quietly brought them into the East Palace.

Now that the hidden guards are under the charge of the Crown Princess, they are relieved and will come over soon.

After returning to the Eastern Palace, Li Xian sat in his seat, pinching the bridge of his nose: "In the past few days, Gu has always been restless, do you know the reason?"

Everyone below didn't know how to reply, and fell into silence for a while.

Sitting next to her, Wei Lian'er asked Sun Jingbang to make tea for them, and said softly to herself, "Your Highness has been like this for the past few days, gentlemen, can you find a solution?"

Still no reply.

Just when Wei Lian'er frowned and was about to speak, Pei Tan suddenly said, "The Crown Princess is in charge of the hidden guards, so can't she know what's going on in Jixian Hall?"

Hearing someone speak, Wei Lian'er glanced at him approvingly, but then shook her head: "Nowadays, the maids of Jixian Palace are all trained by Her Royal Highness, and they have a strong sense of secrecy. any news."

Such an answer was not unexpected.

The hidden guards were the eyes and ears of the emperor, so if they wanted to know the news of Jixian Temple, they could only try to find out, and they couldn't investigate clearly.

Otherwise, once the emperor is alerted, the consequences will be quite serious.

"Nowadays even Shangguanshe's people are very difficult to meet, only Zhang Wulang can come in and out freely." Zhang Jianzhi followed suit.

Yan Yanfan picked up the teacup: "Recently, that Zhang Wulang is very arrogant, I'm afraid he is almost catching up with Pei Huaiyi back then?"

"It's only one person!" Zhang Jianzhi shook his head slightly, but didn't take it seriously.

Of course, Li Xian knew about Zhang Yizhi in his heart.

In the end, he is just an ordinary person. It is normal for him to become arrogant involuntarily after a long time of doing things for the emperor every day.

It can be said that if most people are placed in Zhang Yizhi's perspective, it will basically become like this.

The change of the environment on people is extremely terrible, and it will be completed unconsciously.

In the beginning, Zhang Yizhi was actually polite to everyone, but when there were too many people to fawn on, he began to relax, and naturally became bolder.

But for an old fox like Zhang Jianzhi, people like Zhang Yizhi are actually quite easy to deal with.

What can't be done with him is because the emperor stands behind him.

It was the Emperor they feared, not him.

Li Xian sighed: "It's not just arrogant? When I saw Lian'er, there was no respect when I saluted..."

……

While everyone complained, Wu Zetian was also quite satisfied with Zhang Yizhi's massage in Jixian Hall.

While massaging her head, Zhang Yizhi said, "Today the princess came to see her again, but my subordinates strictly followed the order of the sage, and did not..."

Listening to his return, Wu Zetian nodded with satisfaction, and then praised him a few words.

He would do this, Wu Zetian certainly did not have any accidents.

Because during this period of time, she also pretended to complain to him unintentionally, and she didn't like the princess.

So Zhang Yizhi, who had already started to be arrogant, naturally wouldn't have a good attitude when facing Wei Lian'er.

It can be said that after several years of subtle training, this Yizhi is already a qualified dog.

As early as many years ago, Wu Zetian told his daughter that a coup was needed when he abdicated.

But a coup is essentially a story of a hero defeating a villain. Without a villain, how can there be a hero?
So whether it was Pei Huaiyi before or Zhang Yizhi today, they were all vicious dogs that Wu Zetian started training early on.

At critical times, let him go out and act as the villain, to set off the glory of the hero.

The fawning and gift giving of so many people in the past few years has already made Zhang Yizhi dizzy.

Coupled with the fact that he has been favored by him recently, he has become extremely arrogant in his actions.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Wu Zetian's face, and he was very satisfied with the villain he created, or rather, this work.

He will play his own role at critical times, fully highlighting the legitimacy of Li Xian's seizure of power.

At this point, the preparatory work is considered complete.Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.