Datang: Picking up a little Si Zi and accidentally admitting his kinship with blood?

Chapter 312: It’s not that he doesn’t want to come back, or that he doesn’t dare to come back?
In the imperial study, all the ministers were silent.

Everyone at the station has heard this name more or less, and is deeply impressed by it.

Because this name involves a big event, it can also be said to be a scandal.

The dignified general Hou Junji was marching to the Western Regions under the banner of the Tang Dynasty. Tuyuhun, who was about to invade, was pushed back to the depths of the Western Regions. This was originally extremely exciting news.

But then, news came out about Hou Junji's looting of property, uneven distribution of loot, and abuse of prisoners, which instantly changed the flavor of the matter completely.

This also shattered the original "gentle" image of the Tang Dynasty, and the idea of ​​gradually conquering the surrounding forces by other means fell through. Other forces in the Western Region began to be wary.

If it weren't for the force of the Tang Dynasty, no force would be willing to be so content.

After what Hou Junji had done was revealed, he insisted that the matter was instigated by Man Yi, the deputy general of the Western Expedition, and that he deliberately ambush spies around him with a grand conspiracy.

For this reason, he even planned to write out a sheet full of charges about Man Yi's various weird behaviors and gave it to Li Er to check in person.

For this reason, Li Er was furious and immediately bypassed the Ministry of Justice and handed the matter over to Dali Temple for investigation.

Later, Dali Temple gave the result that this was indeed the case.

In the middle of the process, Prince Li Chengqian got involved, tried his best to defend Hou Junji and mitigate his crimes, and placed all the responsibilities on Man Yi.

Although Li Er knew about this, he didn't have much doubts and dealt with Man Yi directly.

Later, when the imperial censor learned of the matter, Wei Zheng personally resolved the case and discovered many of the problems. He spoke frankly in front of Li Er, which allowed Man Yi to only spend one year in prison.

At that time, Li Er already knew that something was wrong, but on the one hand because of the prince and on the other hand because of the lack of generals in the Tang Dynasty, he was reluctant to kill Hou Junji like this.

So in the end, the matter was settled.

After many years, when this matter was mentioned again, Li Er's face showed a gloomy look visible to the naked eye, and for a while he even forgot about being angry.

If it had been raised by someone else, there would have been enough reasons to prevaricate and completely cover up the matter.

But now, it was Li Fei who brought up the matter, a prince who refused to return to Chang'an Imperial City despite his true identity!
"How did he meet Man Yi?"

"Did he say this himself?"

Li Er frowned tightly. This matter involved a wide range of things, especially Li Chengqian.

Although he had a lot of opinions about Li Chengqian, after all, he was still his favorite son back then, otherwise he would not have been named the prince and loved him so much.

Are you going to watch your own children start fighting so soon?
Seeing His Majesty's gloomy expression, Changsun Wuji reported everything he had learned from Li Jing without missing a beat.

"Your Majesty, Man Yi has belonged to the eldest prince. The eldest prince is definitely aware of what happened back then. There must be a reason for this incident that made the eldest prince refuse to return to Chang'an City."

"In addition, I also heard that the reason why the eldest prince was lost outside and the little princess was lost a year ago is related to the aristocratic family..."

Changsun Wuji no longer concealed anything this time, but spoke solemnly as he spoke word by word.

Sure enough, Li Er stood up immediately, with an expression as if he wanted to kill someone on the spot, and stared at Changsun Wuji: "What did you say?"

"Is their disappearance related to the noble family?"

"These damn things, I didn't even think about causing trouble for them, they have already started plotting to come to me, good tricks, good tricks!"

With a frightening smile on his face, Li Er said solemnly: "Where did this news come from?" Changsun Wuji glanced at Li Jing, who hurriedly raised his hands and saluted: "Report to your Majesty, I was famous in the Tang Dynasty before. The craftsman Song Laosan also went to Liangzhou City."

"On this expedition, when I went to find Song Lao San to inquire about Man Yi, I unexpectedly learned the news from Song Lao San. It is likely to be related to the noble family!"

"But other than that, Song Laosan doesn't know anything else. Although it is just a speculation, I feel something is fishy, ​​so I reported it to Your Majesty for your Majesty to make a decision."

For a moment, a silent storm seemed to be brewing in the silent imperial study, which was so oppressive that it made people breathless.

Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde naturally knew that it was not appropriate to speak at this time, so they just stood aside silently without saying a word.

"Song Laosan, Man Yi..."

"Liangzhou City is really lively. All the guys I originally valued are hiding there."

Li Er sat on the chair again, with a look of surprise on his face. After a moment, he said calmly: "How do you decide on this matter?"

A few of them looked at me, and I looked at you, and they were speechless for a moment.

Not long after, Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, this matter involves too much. After a thorough investigation for a long time, no clues were found. Everyone who knew about the matter was either dead or missing. The mastermind behind this has obviously already planned it."

"At that time, I suspected that the family was responsible, but there was no evidence at all. If we want to continue to investigate the matter now, we can only do it secretly. We can't alert the snake, otherwise it will be even more difficult."

"I feel that if we want to investigate, we can start from the origin of the matter..."

The cause of the incident?
Li Er was startled for a moment, suddenly remembering the reason why he and his eldest grandson Wugou took Li Fei out, and he suddenly seemed to have woken up.

When Li Chengqian suddenly fell ill, all the imperial doctors in the imperial city were either helpless or absent from the palace.

In desperation, he and his eldest son Wugou could only take Li Fei to the village where a demon king, Sun Simiao, was said to be located to look for him.

Now that I think about it, that incident is full of doubts.

First, Medicine King Sun Simiao's whereabouts are unpredictable. In addition to staying in Taibai Mountain, he can go anywhere. How did the guards know Sun Simiao's specific whereabouts?

Second, after returning, it was found that Li Chengqian's illness had stabilized. The imperial doctors attributed it to a sudden acute fever symptom, and after it passed, he was fine.

At that time, Li Er and Changsun Wugou, who saw that Li Chengqian was fine, only felt happy and relieved, and did not notice the weirdness there.

Come to think of it now...

Li Er's face gradually calmed down, but there was an elusive complexity deep in his eyes. He said softly: "It's not that he doesn't want to come back, he probably doesn't dare to come back..."

"He wanted to use this matter to see my attitude..."

Slowly exhaling, Li Er leaned on the chair and slowly closed his eyes: "Summon King Wei back. I have something to ask him."

"In addition, make a list of the imperial doctors who participated in that year and hand it over to Dali Temple. I need a conclusion!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Everyone lowered their heads and said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)