The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 84

The figure lying on the bed was illuminated by the light, smiling slightly, gesticulating with both hands, and the sophistry words came out of the window lattice, faintly resounding in the corridor.

"Father, you are wronging the child. A rogue doesn't make me want to kill him. You say, a son in the mansion of the General Zuo Jinwuwei, what does he care about with a rogue? In Chang'an, children also have some identities. Will do such a thing, right, after being whipped, the child is still wronged in his heart."

The fire was flickering, Zhang Zhifang at the other end of the round table with his hands behind his back frowned, raised his hand tremblingly and nodded towards him, wanted to speak but swallowed it back, and turned to the woman sitting on the chair with closed eyes who did not speak.

"Your Highness."

He called out, Li Huan opened her eyes, put her hands on her lower abdomen and slowly got up, outside the window lattice reflecting the firelight, the sound of wind was running under the eaves, a moment later, she turned her face, her expression was much colder than before.

"The four hooligans are alive and well. They died when they said they were dead, and the person who reported to the police also disappeared. Huaiyi really has a status in the city. I told you not to hurt people's lives, forgot? Relying on the power of the great general to do this kind of thing, it can be said to be a dandy, and it is this kind of person that the son-in-law dislikes the most."

Zhang Huaiyi hurriedly climbed down from the bed, crying and screaming, and beat the ground, "His Royal Highness, Huaiyi was wronged, I really didn't kill the man, Li Fu, the son of Jingzhaoyi Li Tang next door, was also present, he can testify, besides Well, those rogues usually do things like bullying men and women, they die when they die, and the people in Pingkangfang and Chongyifang still applaud and celebrate their death, no matter who kills them, it is also killing harm for the people!"

"To get rid of the harm, it should be the government!" Princess Guangde raised her voice, and turned around to look at the younger generation who was beating the ground and weeping bitterly. Four people were killed, and the bodies were brought back to the government office in the city. After hearing the news, according to what Zhang Huaiyi said before, it is actually not difficult to guess who did it.

"It's wrong to commit suicide without authorization, and it's even worse to kill someone with power."

"I didn't kill people."

Zhang Huaiyi's temper also became stubborn. He bit his lip and refused to say who did it. When he came out to hang out, the most important thing was to show loyalty. That's good too. But Your Highness really can't wrong me, and the son of the Minister of Criminal Affairs next door, Li Wei, can testify!"

"Bastard, how many of you are still conspiring!"

Zhang Zhifang was not stupid, he could clearly hear that Princess Guangde was talking nonsense, when he heard his son's answer, he stomped his foot and cursed at him angrily, wishing he could slap him on the face.

Over there, Li Huan smiled, stood where he was and didn't stop him, Zhang Zhifang didn't really hit him, he was a warrior with a straightforward personality, he thought his son did the right thing by killing a few rogues who harmed the world. Well, if he was here, maybe he would kill a few more.

He raised his hand as a gesture to strike, walked two steps, turned his head to look at Princess Guangde who was not moving, and whispered: "Your Highness, won't you stop me?"

This father and son.

Li Huan pursed her lips and smiled lightly. She had been friends with this family for many years, so she knew her temperament and did not reveal it. As for that rogue Liu Da, he was a villain in Pingkangfang. After the case happened, she had someone investigate it. There are many bad marks in the official books, and she didn't feel anything wrong when she died. The reason why she came here now is that she still thinks the play is interesting, but the son-in-law feels that it involves danger, and she must find out the whole story before she can feel at ease.

"Liu Da is dead, but he was killed privately in the end. You guys have a way to do this kind of thing, and I won't pursue it, but can you tell me the whole thing?"

In fact, this case is a matter of one sentence, Zhang Zhifang looked at his son, nodded at him, and his voice was stern.

"Say it straight, don't hide details."

Zhang Huaiyi couldn't understand the meaning of his father's words at this time, so he had to tell the whole story, "Actually, I said before that the rogue made trouble first."

He got up from the ground, not like he was playing a rascal before, and sat down at the table with his hands on his knees, like a general stating the enemy's situation.

".Let a beautiful woman joke with Liu Da, contact him for two days, lure him out of Chang'an, push her into the river and drown him."

"It's not surprising."

Zhang Zhifang nodded, the context of the matter was clear and followable, and there was nothing unusual at a glance. He turned his head and looked at Princess Guangde beside him.

The woman looked calm and listened quietly with her eyes closed. When Zhang Huaiyi finished speaking and Zhang Zhifang looked at her, she slowly opened her eyes and looked sideways at the flickering lamp on the table. It took a while for Li Huan to open his mouth and speak.

"What a ruthless person."

The father and son looked at her in a daze, and didn't understand why she said these words. The trick is a good trick, but if you want to be cruel, it shouldn't be too much.

"Your Highness, what do you see?"

"What looks ordinary on the surface is not ordinary at all."

Li Huan recalled the process of listening, as if she was deeply involved in it, and after a little deliberation, her complexion became more and more ugly. She tapped the tablecloth with her fingertips, "That one named Geng Qing knows human desires very well."

Saying this, instead of the joy of discovering a talent, there was a sense of worry, and he frowned slightly and got up and walked in the candlelight.

"The seemingly ordinary scheme lured Liu Da to his death little by little. Why? It was the desire of the person who cast the scheme to know Liu Da. set in the conversation."

Zhang Zhifang frowned: "Your Highness is saying that the strategy behind this case is all in the words?"

"It's very possible, but it's not entirely true." Li Huan nodded, and shook his head, "I'm not a planner, so I don't know the essence of it. I'm afraid that the people under that person who participated in it don't know it all, and they just do things according to their respective tasks. , Moreover, the general thinks about it carefully, why did he let Huai Yi and others participate?"

The woman looked at Zhang Huaiyi, who looked puzzled, and paused.

".It is that someone needs to finish the work for him, solve all the subsequent troubles, and let Huai Yi and others get addicted to watching the show. From what he got, killing Liu Da and taking the other party's belongings, I am afraid that this incident just happened. From the beginning, he had already made up his mind
The father was humiliated and robbed, but he didn't explode immediately. It can be seen that he forbeared, and secretly pieced together the plan bit by bit, tricking people out of Chang'an to kill him. , It can be seen that his foresight, such a person is terrible. "

"What's so scary? I don't want to offend him." Zhang Huaiyi felt uncomfortable and yelled stiffly.

Princess Guangde glared at him, then sighed.

"There's nothing wrong with your thinking like this. Since we know each other, it's good to be friends. In this way, you can find him to see me tomorrow afternoon."

After exhorting a few words, the woman took her leave and left, declined the father and son to send her off, she went out of the courtyard, got into the waiting chariot, and ordered: "Go back to the consort's mansion."

Then she closed her eyes and fell into her thoughts. The uprightness and selflessness she showed in front of the father and son actually had other thoughts in her heart. As a royal family, how could she not worry about the court and the vast land outside the city? , there are countless grass thieves rampant.

Chang'an has never been short of talents, and the intelligent people are like crucian carp crossing the river. They have never been cut off, but those who are really useful can be counted on one hand.

Her husband, Consort Yu Cong, was too upright to intervene in the dispute between Lu Xiang and Zheng Xiang, not to mention the eunuch Tian Lingzi, who urgently needed a ruthless person to participate in it.

However, it still takes some time to beat and observe.

With the corner of the curtain blown by the wind, Princess Guangde looked outside at the deserted streets that had already been curfew, and only occasionally a few households were still lit.

"What kind of peace and prosperity did the ancestors talk about?"

Looking at the street scene in the night outside, she thought of the once prosperous Tang Dynasty described by her parents.

(End of this chapter)