People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 291 Yin and Yang turned against each other

Chapter 291 Yin and Yang turned against each other

In the bright room, the corners of Liu Ji's mouth twitched slightly. If he hadn't been in front of Li Xuan, his face would have been completely gloomy.

Li Xuan's sentence "How did you make everyone hate you?" immediately reminded Liu Ji of Cheng Zipu and Xu Ying who had left the room before.

The attitude of the two of them towards him has already explained everything.

Cheng Zipu is his son and daughter's in-laws, and Xu Ying, Liu Ji has always respected him over the years, and many gifts are sent to his family every year.

But at this moment, these two people ran out first and stabbed him.

Liu Ji's teeth itch with hatred from the bottom of his heart.

Li Xuan sat on the stool, looking at Liu Ji calmly.

[Liu Ji, from Dongyang, Wuzhou, 40 years old, the former head of the Tianyin Church in Dongyang, Wuzhou, the peak of innate talent. 】

Li Xuan's eyes were not sharp, nor did she show much personal likes and dislikes, but Cheng Zipu always had a feeling.

Everything in his body was completely seen through by Li Xuan's examining eyes.

At this moment, the door was knocked twice, and then a note was slipped through the crack of the door.

Yu Ze who was standing at the door took it, took a look at it, and immediately passed it to Li Xuan.

Holding the note in his left hand, Li Xuan just glanced at it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, then raised his head, looked at Liu Ji, and said playfully: "Do you know, those people below have gathered together, one by one. I am counting the crimes committed by your Liu family in Dongyang over the years, and many people seem to have hidden evidence in their homes."

The wall fell and everyone pushed.

His family knew about his family affairs, and Liu Ji already knew in his heart that today's test was very difficult.

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, with a wry smile on his face, he bowed his hands earnestly to Li Xuan, and said: "My lord doesn't know something. This year, various families in Dongyang have used loan deeds to rob the people of their land. The people are suffering, and the people are complaining... Liu Although my family is doing the same thing, the interest rate of my Liu family is the lowest in Dongyang."

"Can I say that you are inviting to buy people's hearts?" With Li Xuan's light words, Liu Ji's face changed drastically, and he immediately clapped his hands and hurriedly defended: "The villain has no such intentions, I hope the prince will understand."

Li Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, she turned sideways, picked up the teacup on the side, then took a sip, and then said: "There is no evidence for what you say!"

"There is evidence." Liu Ji took out the small brocade bag from his body without hesitation, took out a stack of papers from it, and handed it directly to Li Xuan: "My lord, this is the loan contract that the Han family signed with the common people in the past few months. According to the evidence, even if the interest rate above is slightly lower than that of other families, it is not much lower...My lord, the villain has not broken the rules."

Sometimes, making money is not a problem, but breaking the rules will kill people.

Li Xuan glanced behind him, and Yu Ze who was beside him immediately stepped forward, took these IOUs, and began to read them one by one.

Standing there, Liu Ji's expression changed slightly, but then he became indifferent.

At this time, Li Xuan spoke again, forcing Liu Ji to concentrate.

"My lord heard people say that your family and Mr. Liu, a scholar from the North Gate of Zhongshushe, are Lianzong?" Li Xuan leaned forward slightly, staring at Liu Ji with a faint gaze.

The Beimen Bachelors are a group of talented young talents that Empress Wu has gathered and recruited since more than ten years ago. Each of them has top-level knowledge and strategies.

Among them are Liu Yizhi, Yuan Wanqing, Fan Lubing and Miao Chuke.

Among them, Liu Yizhi's talent is the highest, even above Yuan Wanqing.

These Beimen scholars, under the special permission of Empress Wu, participated in political affairs and shared the power of prime minister, just like the cabinet of later generations, with heavy powers and responsibilities.

Hearing Li Xuan's words, Liu Ji's expression immediately eased, and he nodded and said, "It was when I went to Suzhou last year, I met the young gentleman of the scholar's family. After some conversation, I continued the genealogy. .”

Li Xuan nodded, looked at Liu Ji calmly, and asked indifferently: "This king met Liu Gong in the early Shuo Dynasty. If he heard that Liu Gong still has this relationship in Dongyang, this king must Please Liu Gong write a letter, come to Dongyang, ask Captain Tuo Renyong for help!"

"Don't dare, the villain's ability is shallow, and I dare not claim to be a favor to the prince." Liu Ji's expression changed slightly immediately.

The suspicion in Li Xuan's voice almost rushed directly to his face.

Li Xuan put down the teacup in her hand, stood up, walked past Liu Ji, and walked to the outside window.

From here, looking obliquely to the east, you can clearly see Caishikou in the distance on the east side.

Li Xuan looked in the direction of Caishikou, and said softly: "Captain, do you know that although Mr. Liu was born in Changzhou, his roots are in the Liu family of Pengcheng? Captain, do you know what the Liu family of Pengcheng means?"

Liu Ji's expression changed slightly, and he said in a somewhat embarrassing manner, "I know, he is a descendant of Han Gaozu."

"So, your family is also a descendant of the imperial family?" Li Xuan's light words made Liu Ji's face turn pale.

Descendants of the imperial family, is this title that anyone can wear on their head?

If you don't pay attention, a hat pretending to be the imperial family will be put on your head immediately, and then the family will be ransacked and exterminated.

"Don't dare!" Liu Ji immediately cupped his hands and bowed humbly, not daring to say more.

Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji calmly, and said softly: "In the court, there are not a few descendants of the Liu surname, such as the right minister in the early years, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Xiangdao, the Duke of Guangping County, and the former Duke of Pengcheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Liu Dewei, Mr. Liu. Captain, that is the Duke of Pengcheng County."

The county magistrate of Pengcheng, the Liu family of Pengcheng, what is the relationship between them, Li Xuan no longer needs to explain.

Then Li Xuan went on to say: "The captain may not know something. This king and the son of the Duke of Pengcheng, the Duke of Pengcheng, have a good relationship with Liu Shenli, the current minister of the Ministry of Industry. Before leaving Luoyang, he also called on Duke Liu. This king recommended a few old relatives and friends who worked in the southeast, but for some reason, there is no school lieutenant among them!"

Liu Ji's face turned green and pale, facing Li Xuan's doubts, he could only reluctantly say: "Pengcheng Gong's family is a high-ranking scepter, how can a villain be able to cling to it."

Leaving aside the title of Duke of Pengcheng, Liu Shenliguang is a third-rank Minister of the Ministry of Industry, which is not something ordinary people can easily look up to.

"You mean to say that Zhongshushe's status is low?" Li Xuan looked at Liu Ji with a half-smile.

"The villain doesn't dare." Liu Ji immediately bowed his hands and admitted his mistake.

Zhongshusheren, even if he is not a Beimen bachelor, is still a position on the fifth rank, and has always been by the emperor's side, which can be questioned by a wealthy family in the lower county.

Li Xuan snorted coldly, and continued: "You are not included in the Liu family tree in Pengcheng, and you are also absent in the Liu family tree in Nanyang, Captain, so which family do you belong to?"

The Liu family in Pengcheng is now in charge of the house, of course Liu Shenli, while the Liu family in Nanyang is in charge of the house now, it is Li Xuan's father-in-law, Liu Rengui, Duke of Lecheng County.

Pengcheng Liu is a descendant of Han Gaozu Liu Bang, and Nanyang Liu is a descendant of Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu.

"Villain, villain..." Liu Ji didn't know what to say for a while.

If it were someone else, he would have been overwhelmed by the relationship background of the Liu family. For example, Gu Tan, the county magistrate, although he was born in the Gu family of Wu County, but as a marginal child, he met the Liu family and the North Gate. There are people who have hooked up with bachelors, and they have to be scruples.

But Li Xuan is different, he not only has a deep relationship with the Liu family of Pengcheng, but also the Liu family of Nanyang.

Not to mention, he was born in the Li family of Longxi, a member of the royal family, and he himself is the current county king.

Liu Ji regretted coming here to see Li Xuan now, and his own mentality was a little bit broken.

Seeing Liu Ji's appearance, Li Xuan couldn't help shaking his head in his heart. It seems that he really has nothing to do with Liu Yizhi's family, and he is not a pawn that Empress Wu put in Wuzhou.

If it wasn't for this worry, Li Xuan wouldn't have said so much to her.

"Bang bang!" At this moment, the door was knocked again, and then a note was stuffed in.

Yu Ze quickly took it, took a look, and then handed it over to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan glanced at it, then turned to look at Liu Ji, his indifferent and deep eyes made Liu Ji's heart skip a beat.

Liu Ji couldn't remember how many times this was, but every time a note came in from outside, Li Xuan's gaze became even colder.

Several times, Liu Ji even became a little sensitive.

……

"Come here!" Li Xuan waved to Liu Ji. Although Liu Ji was a little afraid of Li Xuan, he didn't dare to refuse Li Xuan's order.

Liu Ji walked to the window, then followed the direction of Li Xuan's finger and looked towards the east.

Then I suddenly saw one prison car after another, coming from the east, and then turned from the intersection in front of me in the direction of Caishikou.

Standing in the prison van was one prisoner after another in handcuffs and shackles, in gray and tattered prison uniforms, with numb faces, and blood stains could still be seen on their bodies.

Liu Ji knew that these were Tianyin believers who were arrested last night.

Because a certain stupid woman kept a secret register with her, she was finally punished by the government.

The power of the Tianyin Sect in Dongyang County can be divided into four categories if it is to be subdivided.

One is the elites of Tianyin Sect who were killed by Li Xuan in the ancient pagoda and are now being arrested. They are all elites of Tianyin who have received rigorous training in the mountains.

The second is Dongyang officials who were either threatened or bought by Tianyin Sect, and were finally taken for their own use, such as Li Dingyi and Huang Ziming.

The third is Su Fang, the madam of the Lichun Courtyard, who was placed in Dongyang City by the Tianyin Sect to contact all forces.

The fourth is the followers of Tianyin Goddess in Dongyang City. There are many ordinary believers and fanatical believers. These are the foundation of Tianyin Sect's uprising power.

The first three were basically destroyed by Li Xuan, and now it is the fourth group of people that Li Xuan is targeting.

When he entered the city today and saw the poster at the gate of the city saying that today the yamen was going to kill the Tianyin believer caught last night at the entrance of Caishi, Liu Ji already regretted it immensely.

If they hadn't chosen to go out of the city yesterday, or even disperse their hands to hide, to prevent being taken away by the King of Nanchang yesterday, they would never have imagined that this would be an opportunity for Li Xuan to take advantage of.

As a result, the secretive hands were dispersed in the end, and were defeated one by one by Li Xuan.

After one night, the situation in Dongyang City was completely reversed.

Now, Li Xuan is even more focused on the last part of the Tianyin Sect's power in Dongyang City. He wants to use murder to frighten people's hearts.

Thinking of this, Liu Ji's heart became even heavier.

He couldn't help but took a step forward, cupped his hands and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know if the villain has made a mistake. According to the imperial court's decree, the execution of a criminal must be reported to the governor's office in Dongyang County, and then to the Ministry of Punishment for approval. Finally, it will be approved by Dali Temple." After the sage's approval, Dongyang County will be able to execute criminals in autumn... If the prince does this, he will not be afraid of being sued by the censor."

Li Xuan smiled faintly, and looked at Liu Ji with deep eyes: "The captain has a thorough understanding of the court's laws and regulations, but the captain may have forgotten one thing, which is similar to treason cases. It can be simply followed, Dongyang today has entered the wartime since last night, captain, do you think what this king said is right?"

"Therefore, this king's murder is all within the scope allowed by the court's laws,"

(End of this chapter)

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