Man Tanghong

Chapter 499

It was Li Xiuning, Princess of Pingyang, who ordered them to serve wine and meat to Li Zhongwen.

Now it is Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, who is looking for their teachers to question their crimes.

They are brothers and sisters, no matter what attitude they have when facing Li Zhongwen, they cannot interrupt.

So they dare not say anything.

If you say the wrong thing and get caught between other people's siblings, you will be in bad luck.

Li Yuanji didn't expect them to answer, and after they lowered their heads involuntarily, he said coldly, "It's no longer allowed to serve him wine or meat. Give him whatever is the worst food in the cell." ,do you understand?"

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the head of the cell nodded repeatedly.

Li Yuanji pointed to the mats spread on the kang, and other cattail fans, etc., and said: "These things will be taken away later, and he will use whatever the other prisoners use, and no preferential treatment is allowed."

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the head of the cell nodded again and again.

It seems that they just nod their heads.

When Li Zhongwen heard Li Yuanji's words, he hurriedly shouted: "Don't, I'm going to die soon, please be kind to me and let me enjoy it for two more days."

Li Yuanji stared at Li Zhongwen coldly and said, "Haven't you enjoyed enough at Weize Pass? Do you want me to send you back to Weize Pass to enjoy for another two days?"

Li Zhongwen closed his mouth in embarrassment and did not speak again.

Li Yuanji snorted coldly, signaled the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the prison owner to go down first, kicked Li Zhongwen away again, sat down on the bed with a golden knife, and said coldly: "I underestimated you before, Didn't expect you to dare to rebel?"

Li Zhongwen was even more embarrassed.

Li Yuanji said coldly again: "Since you have the guts, why didn't you rebel earlier. If you rebelled earlier, maybe my Tang Dynasty would be yours."

Li Zhongwen knelt down on the ground with one knee, and said with a bitter face: "I was blinded by lard for a while, and by the time I realized it, it was too late."

Li Yuanji sneered and said, "That's not what you said to my third sister. You told my third sister that the reason you rebelled was entirely for her."

Li Zhongwen's face became even more bitter, and he said: "I have never said that before. Her Royal Highness, in order to let the minister live a few more days, and to protect the blood of the minister, deliberately said so."

Li Yuanji frowned slightly, and looked at Ma Sanbao.

Things seem to be different from what you said? !
Ma Sanbao looked astonished.

Everything he knew was told by Li Xiuning. He really didn't know what happened.

He also didn't expect Li Xiuning to lie to him.

From Ma Sanbao's reaction, Li Yuanji roughly guessed that Ma Sanbao might have been deceived by Li Xiuning, but now is not the time to worry about it.

Li Yuanji's eyes fell on Li Zhongwen again, and asked coldly: "According to what you say, all this is my third sister's fault?"

Li Zhongwen hurriedly said: "No, no, all this is my fault."

Li Yuanji snorted coldly: "Since you know it's your fault, why don't you wait for death with peace of mind, but ask people to come to your door over and over again, saying they want to see me.

See what I do, let me take you on the road myself?
Do you think you deserve it? "

Li Zhongwen lowered his head slightly and said, "The reason why I want to see Your Highness is because I want to ask His Highness for help."

Li Yuanji sneered, and said sarcastically, "You, too, want to ask me for help. Do you have the qualifications?"

Li Zhongwen lowered his head, and said: "I know I don't have the qualifications, but I can't trust anyone except you now."

Li Yuanji laughed and said: "You trust me, I will help you, who do you think you are?"

Before Li Zhongwen could speak again, Li Yuanji said again: "If you ask me to come here because you want me to help you, then there is nothing to talk about between us."

As he said that, Li Yuanji got up slowly, and while walking out, he shouted to Ma Sanbao who was guarding the door: "Ma Sanbao! Next time you disturb me because of such a boring thing, I will break your leg!"

Ma Sanbao smiled wryly, "I won't dare next time... No, there won't be a next time."

Li Yuanji snorted and walked out the door.

Just when Li Yuanji stepped through the door with one foot, Li Zhongwen, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly shouted, "People from Liang Shidu found a golden vein in a mountain in Weizeguan, which is said to be able to harvest 300 gold veins a day." Two gold.

I didn't tell anyone about this matter, and I couldn't trust anyone.

I only believe in you, so I hope to see you, and hope that you can extract all the gold in this golden vein and give it to Her Royal Highness, which is my last wish. "

Li Yuanji paused, turned his head slowly, stared at Li Zhongwen with icy eyes, and said, "It is because of this golden vein that you rebelled against me in Tang Dynasty?"

"how is this possible?!"

Li Zhongwen denied it without hesitation.

Just one golden vein, although a lot of gold can be mined, but not enough for him to gamble the lives of the whole clan in exchange.

Besides, he is the guardian of Weize Pass, the largest official within hundreds of miles of Weize Pass, and the most powerful person within hundreds of miles of Weize Pass. He found a golden vein near Weize Pass. You can pick whatever you want, and there is no need to rebel.

"I was tricked by someone. I was lured to Fenzhou by using golden veins as bait. When I realized it, there was a woman surnamed Tao beside me, and Fenzhou was changed to Longzhou. You Fu.

In addition, rumors spread all over Bingzhou.

In this case, even if I don't rebel, the sage will not spare me. "

Li Zhongwen gritted his teeth and told the truth about his rebellion.

Li Yuanji frowned and asked, "No matter what you say, you are the governor of Bingzhou, the general of Weize Gate, and someone else can calculate it if they say it?"

Li Zhongwen clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "The minister was plotted by the internal thieves in my Li family and Mr. Liang."

Li Yuanji opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Li Zhongwen was calculated by people inside and outside.

When encountering this kind of thing, Li Zhongwen couldn't tell even if he had eight mouths, so he could only go one way to the dark.

It was as if he had been tricked into going to Hebei Province, and when he woke up, he was wearing a yellow robe, and beside him was a queen from a wealthy family, and everyone around him treated him like an emperor. Hebei Road is also full of rumors about his ability to reach the emperor.

Even if he had eighteen mouths, he couldn't tell Li Yuan clearly.

All he can do is to imitate Li Zhongwen and go all the way to the dark.

Of course, he will not become a prisoner like Li Zhongwen, he will decisively lead others to run away when he finds that something cannot be done.

Anyway, Datang is not the only country in this world, there are many countries and territories outside of Datang.

As long as he brings enough people, he can establish another Han family outside of Datang.

"Since you were plotted against and chose to embark on a road of no return, why did you give up halfway? Why did you arrest my third sister without a fight after she arrived at Weize Pass?"

Li Yuanji stared at Li Zhongwen and asked.

This is a question he has never figured out.

Although Li Zhongwen has already rebelled and has embarked on a road of no return, he is not a dead end.

If he wanted, he could cooperate with Dian Jieli and Liang Shidu to make a big commotion at Weize Pass.

Even if he was defeated in the end, he could still flee to Turkic with Xieli, and then imitate Liang Shidu, and with Xieli's support, he could establish a country of his own on the border of Turkic.

But he didn't do that, which made Li Yuanji's arrival very puzzling.

"When I was in Fenzhou, I couldn't be independent. I could only do what others asked me to do, but after returning to Weizeguan, I can be independent.

I have already sorry to Her Highness the Princess once, so I cannot say sorry to Her Highness the second time.

So after seeing Her Royal Highness, the minister decisively captured her without a fight. "

"That's all?"

Li Yuanji didn't believe what Li Zhongwen said.

Li Zhongwen hesitated for a while and said: "I have thought about it, if the saint does not let Her Royal Highness go back to Weize Pass, I will make some noise at Weize Pass and force the saint to let Her Royal Highness go back to Weize Pass.

But before the minister made any noise, the sage let Her Highness go back to Weize Pass. "

Li Yuanji said thoughtfully: "You said that you didn't want to feel sorry for my third sister anymore, so you gave up halfway and got caught without a fight. I don't believe what you said, and I don't want to chase after her to get to the bottom of it.

Because even if you ask clearly, it can't change anything, you will still die after all.

As for the golden pulse you mentioned, if you are willing to say it, you can tell Ma Sanbao, let Ma Sanbao tell my third sister, and let my third sister send someone to pick it.

If you refuse to speak, you can take it into the coffin. "

Li Yuanji was not at all interested in the golden pulse that Li Zhongwen mentioned, and never thought of intervening.

Since Li Zhongwen wanted to give the golden pulse to Li Xiuning, he should just give it to Li Xiuning directly, there is no need for him to give it up again.

He didn't think that anyone would dare to touch Li Xiuning's golden veins in the territory of Tang Dynasty, especially in the territory guarded by Li Xiuning's cronies.

Li Zhongwen was anxious when he heard this, and shouted: "Your Highness, I only believe in you!"

Li Yuanji frowned, and said in a cold voice: "Li Zhongwen, don't you understand the matter until now? My third sister doesn't care what you can give her in return, and I don't care that you can give her a golden vein.

The reason why she asked me to come to see you was that she hoped that you would beg me face to face and let me protect your blood.

But you haven't seen her good intentions from the beginning to the end, and you have been telling me about the golden pulse here.

If our sisters like golden veins, do we need to ask for them from you, a dying person?
As long as we speak out, some people will offer us bigger and better gold veins! "

After saying these words, Li Yuanji flung up his sleeves and left the cell without looking back.

After Li Yuanji left, Ma Sanbao pointed at Li Zhongwen and shook his head vigorously, "You, you, do you know how many lies and painstaking efforts His Highness has made to win this opportunity for you.

You actually only care about the golden pulse!

The golden vein you mentioned is the one in Niutou Mountain, right? "

Li Zhongwen seemed to have been struck by lightning, and his brain could no longer react. He raised his head subconsciously and looked at Ma Sanbao in a daze.

Seeing that he didn't react much, Ma Sanbao continued, "That's the Erdaogou area, or the Eryangling area..."

Ma Sanbao reported seven or eight golden veins in one breath.

He Fanren discovered sixteen places of this thing over the years, and reported all of them secretly to Li Xiuning.

Li Xiuning felt that Weize Pass was supported by the imperial court, so they didn't have to worry about food and clothing, and the people near Weize Pass were often exempted from taxes by Li Yuan, so they didn't worry about food and clothing, so they didn't make any noise, and didn't think about mining.

Li Xiuning intends to pass on these golden veins as a kind of heritage of the Li family, so no one knows about it except herself, He Fanren, and Ma Sanbao.

Now, in order to dedicate a golden vein to Li Xiuning, Li Zhongwen even missed the chance to stay later.

Ma Sanbao had no choice but to tell the story.

"You look at what I'm doing, and it's incredible? Have you forgotten what that guy He Huzi used to gather crowds for righteousness? What did he use to gather tens of thousands of followers in just a few months?
Just bags of sand!

He was a Hu merchant in the Central Plains, and a golden guest and a horse thief in the Western Regions. Some of his men were experts in burning, killing and looting, and some were gold seekers who searched for gold and veins! "

(End of this chapter)