Monument Yangmen

Chapter 632 Lu Duan enters the urn
There are many officials under Yang Qi's rule. If he decides whether an official is guilty or not in order to stand out for Lu Duan, it will be difficult to convince the public.

Lu Duan's face turned blue when Yang Qi looked at him. He stared at Li Yi and yelled, "If you want evidence, I will give you the evidence. I must convince you to death."

Lu Duan cupped his hands to Yang Qi and said, "I implore Huhou to send someone to check in the cell. When I was escaping, a group of righteous men died in order to help me. Not long after they died, I believe their bodies should still be in the government office. Cell There must be blood in there..."

Yang Qi nodded, and said to Peng Pai: "You take someone to check, and the check is extremely clear. This Marquis will never frame a good person, nor will I let a bad person go."

Peng Pai cupped his hands and led hundreds of people to check the cell.

Lu Duan has been staring at Li Yi angrily.

Li Yi, on the other hand, looked calm and calm, as if he had never done anything wrong and was not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door.

Peng Pai went fast and came back fast.

After he came back, he gave Lu Duan a strange look.

Lu Duan's heart skipped a beat.

Peng Pai clasped his hands to Yang Qi and said, "Master, my subordinates led people to check the cell carefully, but found nothing."

Lu Duan widened his eyes and said in astonishment: "This is impossible!"

"Humph!"

Li Yi snorted coldly, and looked at Lu Duan provocatively.

Lu Duan gritted his teeth, "I want to check it myself."

After leaving this sentence, Lu Duan asked someone to take him to the cell.

After rushing to the cell, Lu Duan frantically searched in the cell.

Bloodstains!
Corpse!

prisoner!

not a single one.

The cell was as empty as if it had been licked by a dog.

Lu Duan looked in disbelief at the cell he had been in.

"Brother Yi Zhi?"

Yang Qi followed behind Lu Duan, looking at Lu Duan with an ugly expression.

Lu Duan stared, "Impossible! Impossible! Where did so many prisoners in the cell go?"

He turned his head and stared at Li Yi and roared, "It must be you! You must have transferred the prisoners in the cell! It must be you!"

Yang Qi frowned and asked Li Yi, "Where is the prisoner?"

Li Yi cupped his hands and said: "Master Hou, according to the rules of our four northwestern prefectures, the death row prisoners in each county will not be escorted to the magistrate's office until March next year. Other prisoners must be sent to Haoshuichuan and Sanchuankou , Xixia Mansion to serve. Therefore, in winter, there are very few prisoners in the cell."

Li Yi glanced at Lu Duan, and said hesitantly: "As for the prisoner that the big man said, I really don't know. Anyway, there are no prisoners in the cell of the Datong government office this winter."

"How could this be?"

Lu Duan stared.

"Hey!"

Yang Qichang sighed, shook his head, and said with a straight face: "Brother Yi Zhi, tomorrow night is New Year's Eve, I can understand that you want to give me an annual gift in advance. But this annual gift is really too much gone."

Lu Duan growled unwillingly, "What I said is true..."

Yang Qi patted Lu Duan on the shoulder, turned and left the government office.

Peng Pai also withdrew from the government office with his people.

Lu Duan hangs at the end.

Li Yi approached Lu Duan intentionally or unintentionally, and said with a dark smile: "Fight with me, what are you?"

"you wanna die!"

The anger in Lu Duan's chest was suddenly ignited.

Li Yi stared at him coldly, "You want to commit murder? I don't even look at your identity. Hmph!"

After leaving these words behind, Li Yi proudly went back to the back hall and went to sleep.

The anger in Lu Duan's body was about to burst out from his chest.

He quickly caught up with Yang Qi.

"Huhou, that Li Yi..."

Yang Qi paused, stared at Lu Duan, and sighed: "Brother Yi Zhi, although I am the lord of the four northwestern prefectures, I can't do things according to my own preferences."

Lu Duan frowned and said in a low voice, "You don't believe me?"

Yang Qi sneered, "What's the use of me believing you? You and I are both officials, so we should know the rules of the officialdom. Some things, even if you and I have seen them with our own eyes, can't be counted without evidence."

Lu Duan said solemnly: "That Li, who transferred so many prisoners out of the cell, will definitely leave traces. As long as you are willing to investigate, you will definitely find clues."

Yang Qi put his hands behind his back and sighed, "Then next year! I'll check after the next year..."

"A year later?"

Lu Duan shook his head resolutely, "No! In the next year, that Li will definitely wipe out all the clues, and he will definitely not be able to find anything by then."

Yang Qi frowned, "Investigate now, who will investigate? Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and everyone will celebrate the New Year. Although I don't have to go to Fuxing Mansion to accompany my parents this year, I also want to stay with my wife and children at the mansion.

Kou Zhun is the only one who can investigate this matter.

Kou Zhun is inspecting the Xixia Mansion, and came here from the Xixia Mansion..."

"I check!"

Lu Duan gritted his teeth and let out a low growl.

Yang Qi looked at Lu Duan unexpectedly, "Brother Yi Zhi, are you kidding me? How do you check? With what identity?"

Lu Duan leaned over and saluted Yang Qi solemnly, "The official reply from the imperial court may not be sent to Daizhou until around the tenth day of the first lunar month. During this time, Lu Duan has nothing to do.

I implore Huhou to help me!Let me find out the truth of this matter. "

Yang Qizhi stared blankly at Lu Duan, pondered for a while, and then sighed, "Forget it, for the sake of our former ministers, I will help you once. Right now, there is still a vacancy for the magistrate of Datong Prefecture. You will temporarily act as the prefect of Datong Prefecture for a period of fifteen days. During this period, you can enjoy all the powers that the prefect should have."

Lu Duan saluted Yang Qi gratefully, "Thank you Huhou."

Lu Duan paused for a moment, and then said: "I implore Hu Hou to pass down the seal now, and Lu will take up his post tonight to attack the thieves."

Yang Qi was stunned for a moment, then hesitated: "Is it too urgent?"

Lu Duan shook his head.

Yang Qi nodded and said, "I'll send someone back to give you the seal of the magistrate of Datong Prefecture. To be on the safe side, I'll send you another 20 guards."

"Thank you Huhou!"

Soon, someone brought the seal of the magistrate of Datong Prefecture from the Yang residence.

Yang Qi handed the big seal to Lu Duan, and asked Peng Pai to assign 20 guards to Lu Duan.

Lu Duan took the big seal and led the guards, and immediately went to take office.

Yang Qi looked at Lu Duan's leaving back and Peng Pai looked at each other, and they both smiled knowingly.

"Hooked!"

Yang Qi smiled happily, and said with emotion: "It's really not easy to lure Lu Duan into the bait!"

Peng Pai was also laughing, "Master, what do you think will happen if he finds out that all of this is our setup?"

Yang Qi looked in the direction of Bianjing City and said: "It depends on whether the person who is going to Bianjing City can deliver the letter on time. As long as the three prime ministers of Song Dynasty agree to my two conditions.

At that time, the deal is done, even if Lu Duan discovers our layout, he can only pinch his nose and admit that he is unlucky. "

Peng Pai flattered and said, "Young master really has a far-reaching plan!"

"You also learned to flatter? This is not a good habit."

"This subordinate is sincere."

"..."

……

That night.

When Lu Duan arrived at the yamen of Datong Mansion, he showed the magistrate's seal, relieved Li Yi of his official position, detained all the yamen servants, and began a surprise interrogation.

It was two days in a flash.

Even New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Lu Duan was still conducting surprise interrogation in the Yamen of Datong Mansion.

holiday?

He doesn't want to.

He will never celebrate the festival until he helps Luliu and the righteous men in the prison to avenge their grievances.

But he didn't know at all that the scene that changed his life was happening in Bianjing City.

In Bianjing city.

Royal Palace.

The Grand Prix Assembly, which was to be held as usual, was not held this year.

The people are celebrating the Spring Festival, but the palace is dead, and there is no atmosphere of the New Year at all.

In the vertical arch hall.

Li Fang, Bi Shi'an, Li Hang, and the second prince.

Four people surrounded the dragon case, staring at a letter on it, worrying.

The second prince asked Li Fang with a sad face, "This matter... what does Master Li think?"

Li Fang pulled his beard and felt his head hurt.

"Yang Yansi's request is a bit too weird."

The second prince looked at Bi Shi'an.

Bi Shi'an smiled wryly: "I originally thought that Yang Yansi would ask for money and food, but I didn't expect..."

Li Hang frowned and said, "Never agree!"

The second prince worried: "Now we are riding a tiger and the emperor is still awake. If we don't agree to Yang Yansi's request, if Yang Yansi joins the Liao people and sends troops south, then it will be very difficult."

Bi Shi'an pondered: "Yang Yansi probably won't join forces with the Liao people, right?"

Li Fang shook his head.

"Hard to say!"

The second prince agreed with Li Fang's intention. He said: "Yang Yansi is now in the northwest, and he is self-reliant. Even if he dares to be self-reliant, why doesn't he dare to unite with the Liao people. It must be known that the Northern Han Dynasty and the Dangxiang that had just been wiped out by Yang Yansi, When occupying the northwest, they were all connected with the Liao people."

"You can't really agree to his request, can you?"

Li Hang pointed at the letter and said angrily, "It takes half of the imperial court to open your mouth, even Brother Bi and I are among them. How do you agree?"

It is exactly as Li Hang said.

Yang Qi's letter to the Song court was far more exaggerated than what he told Lu Duan.

He opened his mouth and asked for civil servants from the upper half of the Great Song Dynasty Hall by name.

Among them are Xiang Minzhong, Wang Dan, Feng Zheng and so on.

At the end, the names of Li Hang and Bi Shi'an were also included.

Li Hang said angrily: "Yang Yande's credit for breaking the Tongtai Pass can replace half of the courtiers?"

"If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't need this credit."

Bi Shian said with emotion.

Li Fang rolled his eyes, "What's the use of saying this now? The credit has already been claimed, so can it be returned?"

Li Hang said angrily: "But Yang Yansi is taking advantage of the fire to rob."

"Can you blame Yang Yansi? If you want to blame, you can only blame Wang Chao. It's not good to pretend to be someone else's credit, but you have to fake Yang Yande's credit. Now Yang Qi has caught the handle and threatened me."

Bi Shian secretly gritted his teeth.

Li Hang gritted his teeth and growled, "I can't spare Wang Chao!"

The second prince knocked on the table and said: "Let's talk about how to solve Yang Yansi's matter first. We will talk about Wang Chao's matter later."

After all, Wang Chao is a courtier of Zhao Guangyi's hidden residence, and the second prince is really difficult to deal with before his father dies.

Therefore, we can only temporarily avoid Wang Chao's question and directly discuss the matter of Yang Yansi.

Li Hang and Bi Shi'an stared and refused to speak.

The second prince could only look at Li Fang again.

Li Fang hesitated for a moment.

"Your Majesty is still awake, we must keep the court in order. It is definitely impossible for Yang Yansi to call so many people by name. There must be room for discussion on this matter. Li Hang, go and contact the person sent by Yang Yansi, and have a look. How much room is there for negotiation on this matter.”

Li Hang said angrily, "I won't go."

Li Fang frowned.

Bi Shi'an smiled wryly: "I'll go! In fact, I don't think this matter is necessarily a bad thing for the imperial court."

The second prince and Li Fang raised their eyebrows.

"how you said that?"

Bi Shi'an chuckled and said, "Think about it, everyone, since Yang Yansi wants so many officials to go there, it must be because the land under his rule is expanding rapidly and requires a lot of manpower to manage it.

If the people we send out can endure the humiliation and bear the burden, they will lurk beside Yang Yansi and wait for the opportunity to climb to a high position.

This will be very beneficial for us to recover the four northwestern prefectures in the future. "

Li Han's face changed slightly.

The second prince and Li Fang looked at each other.

The second prince grinned, "Master Bi is right."

Li Fang thought about it and said, "Go and find out what the people sent by Yang Yansi have to say. Let's think about it later."

Li Hang interjected: "You can tell them that the important ministers in the court absolutely cannot give them. But, how many other officials do you want?"

The second prince and the three looked at Li Hang in a daze.

Li Han slightly parted his lips, and said with a sneer, "Officer!"

The eyes of the second prince and the three people brightened.

Not to mention, there are really many criminals in Song Dynasty.

In Cangzhou, Leizhou, Yongzhou, and Shamen Island, more than 3 prisoners were assassinated.

In the eyes of the imperial court, except for some with background and hope of recovery, the rest are cumbersome.

If all these people were given to Yang Yansi, the imperial court would not feel sorry for them.

Bi Shi'an nodded solemnly, and said with a smile, "I'll go talk to them right away."

……

The next day.

early in the morning.

Bi Shi'an arrived in the Chuigong Hall early.

The four got together again.

The second prince asked anxiously: "How?"

Bi Shi'an said in a deep voice: "Shen Lun's two sons and Shen Lun's family members were named by Yang Yansi, and this cannot be changed. In addition, among the officials in the court, Lu Duan, Xiang Minzhong, and Wang Dan three People, Yang Yansi wanted them by name, including their family members. In addition, the people on Yang Yansi's list were all replaced by prisoners."

"Lu Duan? Xiang Minzhong? Wang Dan?"

The second prince and the three frowned.

Li Fang hesitated: "Why does Yang Yansi value these three people so much? Is there something tricky about this?"

Li Hang raised his eyebrows, and said calmly: "Before he became an official, Yang Yansi had a relationship with Lu Duan, and also with Xiang Minzhong. Wang Dan was the same year as Yang Yansi. Yang Yansi should be picking someone he is familiar with.

For example, Kou Zhun, the same year of Yang Yansi, is now in charge of government affairs in the Northwest. "

The second prince and the three suddenly realized.

Bi Shi'an nodded, "I see."

Li Fang pondered: "The four courtiers, except for Lu Duan, there are no central officials, and hundreds of criminal officials... We can afford this price."

Li Hang and Bi Shi'an nodded in agreement.

Anyone can go, as long as they don't go.

The rest, they don't care.

Seeing that the three prime ministers had already nodded, the second prince immediately said: "Then send Minzhong and Wang Dan to the palace to have an audience. I want to talk to them in person."

(End of this chapter)