bastard seizes tang

Chapter 152 Fame Kills

"His Royal Highness, the scholar who died yesterday was a disciple of the Caiwen Hall in the west of the city, and he is undoubtedly the son of a merchant." The next day, around noon, Li Ke sent someone out to investigate the results and reported back to Li Ke.

Li Ke asked: "What about his ancestors?"

Perhaps this scholar is not directly related to the dignitaries in the court, but perhaps his ancestors were officials, or he was a member of a certain family.

But the servant of the palace replied: "His ancestors were all farmers, and their family was poor. It was only in his father's generation that he started to do business, and he had a little wealth."

After hearing the servant's reply, Li Ke couldn't help frowning.

Li Ke then asked: "Then have you ever found out who made the noise and asked them to come to find the king to be the master?"

The servant shook his head and said: "This subordinate is incompetent. There were so many people with mixed eyes that day, and it was in a chaotic brothel, so I couldn't find out who it was."

Li Ke waved his hand and said: "It's okay, what happened yesterday, the brothel is bound to be chaotic, you can't blame me for this."

Cen Wenwen, who was beside Li Ke, waved his hand and signaled the servants to retreat, and said to Li Ke: "Your Highness, the matter has come to an end, and I think the most urgent task is not to investigate the person who deliberately caused trouble, but Your Highness should try to get rid of this matter. Don't get caught in it."

Li Ke asked, "What do you mean, sir?"

Cen Wenwen said: "Your Highness is already at odds with Yugu. It's okay for His Highness to order Dali Temple to handle the case strictly, but the matter has come to this point, why not stop here."

Li Ke said: "But what if they die here? I don't care if Yugushe dies. I don't care whether Yugushe dies unjustly or not. It's just that if Yugushe dies like this, the Turks in the court will What about people?"

This time when the Turks descended to the Tang Dynasty, there were not a few Turkic people who became officials. If they could be cultivated carefully, they could be regarded as a powerful force in the court.

Li Ke is a bastard, and his foundation in the court is shallow. Li Ke originally wanted to use the way of losing his mind to gradually take the Turkic people for his own use, so naturally he didn't want to completely oppose the Turkic people like this.

Cen Wenwen knew what Li Ke meant, and said to Li Ke: "Your Highness is worried that I will be involved in this matter, and this matter will kill Yu Gushi, which will not help His Highness win over stubborn people, isn't it?"

Li Ke nodded and said: "That's right, my disciple has been sent to Turkic for four years, and among the princes of the Tang Dynasty who can take Turkic for their own use, I am none other than me."

Cen Wenwen said: "His Royal Highness wants to take the Turks for his own use and expand their wings. It is a good thing. But good birds choose trees, and trees also need good birds. Now the Turks have come down. The strength is great, but there are good and bad among them, and not everyone can do it. It can be used, why should His Highness be in a hurry if you want to gather it?"

The Turks descended to the Tang Dynasty from top to bottom, of course there are good generals like Ashina Simo and Zhishi Sili among them, and there are also people like Yugushe who have failed to accomplish anything, if you get too close to them, you may cause trouble.

Li Ke said: "Master Cen means that the disciples should not get involved too deeply in this matter, just point it out and stop?"

Cen Wenwen said: "The intention behind the establishment of Yugu is not yet clear. If His Highness gets involved too deeply at this time, he may fall into a trap."

Listening to Cen Wenwen's words, Li Ke couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

Ashinasmo, Ashinasher, Lost Mind
In the current Datang, no one knows better than Li Ke how far these Turkic generals will go in the Datang in the future, and what kind of power the future Turkic generals will have in the Datang military and even the entire officialdom. In front of Ke's eyes, Li Ke doesn't want to eat, and it's impossible not to be tempted, but now that he does it, the risks behind it are also obvious.

Just when Li Ke was in a dilemma, Sima King Xuance, who went out early in the morning to Chu Palace, had already returned.

"Your Highness, the case of Yugushe is closed." Wang Xuance said to Li Ke as soon as he entered the door.

"It's over?" Li Ke had a look of surprise on his face when he heard Wang Xuance's words.

Li Ke hurriedly asked: "What is the result?"

Wang Xuance replied: "You Xiaowei Sima Chen Fengping went to Dali Temple to testify this morning, proving that Yugushe did not bully the scholar. dead."

Li Ke then asked: "What about the final ruling of Dali Temple? What does the scholar's family think?"

Wang Xuance replied: "Dali Temple finally ruled that it was manslaughter, and punished Yugu with a fine of 3000 taels of silver. The scholar's family also accepted the punishment of Dali Temple and took the 3000 taels of silver back."

Li Ke couldn't help wondering: "A good-looking person fell to his death. Could it be that the scholar's family just let it go?"

Wang Xuance said: "I also feel that this matter is strange, so I just ordered someone to go to the neighborhood of this scholar to inquire about it, and then I found out that this scholar has suffered from tuberculosis. How long has it been since the scholar's family, instead of being entangled in Dali Temple and Yugu, might as well go back with the fine money and leave a family fortune for the scholar's infant son."

After listening to Wang Xuance's explanation, Li Ke immediately understood.

3000 taels of silver, not to mention ordinary small merchants, is not a small amount even for high officials in the DPRK and China. 3000 taels of silver are enough to buy an expensive property in Chang'an City, where land is very expensive, and it is money that ordinary merchants may not be able to earn after decades of operation. Faced with such money, how can they not be indifferent.

What's more, the scholar's life is not long, and it's a good deal to exchange his life, which is only a few days old, for his children to have no worries about food and clothing.

But in this way, Li Ke became more and more confused.

Could it be that he was overthinking this matter, originally it was just a coincidence, and it wasn't aimed at him, Li Ke?
Li Ke asked: "So this matter is over?"

Wang Xuance's expression was still gloomy, he shook his head and said, "From my point of view, the trouble may have just begun."

After listening to Wang Xuance's words, Li Ke suddenly remembered something, and asked Wang Xuance: "But what is the rumor going on outside?"

Wang Xuance said: "Your Highness guessed right. Now it is rumored that the case was closed so quickly because His Highness came forward to help. It is still rumored that His Highness loves the people like a son. If the people have grievances, His Highness will be better than Dali Temple, The Ministry of Punishment is even more upright and effective than Yushitai."

According to what Wang Xuance said, the words that are spread outside are all beneficial to Li Ke's reputation, but Li Ke's back was soaked suddenly after hearing it.

Li Ke is just a prince. Except for the governor of Yangzhou, who is not yet an official, he has no other official positions, and he has no judicial power. Above all, this is not a good thing.

Among other things, how should the officials of the three judicial departments treat Li Ke?What's more, if this matter reaches Li Shimin's ears, what will Li Shimin think, is this something a concubine prince should do?

It seemed that the common people came to look for Li Ke on their own initiative, but if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no matter how you think about it, it seems that Li Ke deliberately intervened in this matter to invite fame.

Yugu set up a case, but Yugu set up only 3000 taels of silver and received [-] boards, but Li Ke invisibly offended the three judges, offended Yugu set up, and may even make Li Shimin feel jealous Just thinking about it, Li Ke felt a chill in his heart.

(End of this chapter)