Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"In this way, the Li family can commit the crime of secretly hiding tribute." Nangong Wen said

Defang nodded, "Well, that's true, but why did this reputation frame the Li family for this crime, there must be something else in the middle."

"My lord...here are some letters...please read them." Nangong Wen took out the handwritten letters

Defang looked at Nangongwen strangely, "Why didn't you take it out earlier?" After taking the letter, Defang read it one by one, the more he read it, the more his hands trembled, he put down the letter, his eyes widened, and he gritted his teeth, Clenching his fists tightly, he said word by word, "This king wants to tear Meng Yunchang, Qiao Enming, and Zhang Mingfeng into pieces! To avenge the more than [-] members of the Li family and my brother!"

The letter records that during Taizong's personal expedition, Meng Yun, who accompanied the army, often delayed the military plane because he was afraid of going to war, causing Taizong to lose contact with the army. Taking the place of the dead ghost, Meng Yun often indulged Qiao Enming in secretly withholding military products and profiting from it, so the two hit it off immediately.During this period, Zhang Mingfeng, who was far away in Taiwan, wanted to betroth his daughter to Li Xuewen, the second son of the Li family, in order to obtain the huge family property of the Li family, but was rejected by the Li family. Part of the party's tribute was withheld, and it was claimed that the rebels had robbed the tribute. They blamed the Li family for funding the rebels, and bought the tribute from the rebels for private storage, and reported the matter to the court. Meng Yunchang and Qiao Enming had already Zhang Mingfeng was appointed Minister of the Ministry of War and Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council, and Zhang Mingfeng was their disciple, so they reported several things together as a major case to Taizong. As expected, Taizong was furious and ordered Li's family to be executed.

Defang was extremely angry and her breathing was very short of breath. Nangong Wen hurried forward, "My lord, please take care! There are still things that need to be clarified, please calm down."

Defang slowed down for a while, and got a little better, "Is there anything else to check? Isn't this enough?"

"My lord, the original account books and letters are still in the secret room. They may be burned at any time, so the key is to control Zhang Mingfeng. There is still a private house. I haven't found out what is inside. Maybe there will be more discoveries."

"More... Just with these accounts and letters, letting them die ten times is not enough to pay for their crimes." Defang adjusted her breath, waved her hands and said, "Forget it, I will investigate to the end. I will go to the private house in person tomorrow." go!"

"My lord..." Nangongwen wanted to stop Defang's arrogance.

Defang stretched out her hand to signal him to stop saying "Go on, my king wants to be quiet for a while" and then sat down on the chair

"Yes" Nan Gongwen took out another letter from his sleeve and handed it to Defang, "My lord, take care of your health" and then he cupped his hands and retreated helplessly.

Watching Nangongwen leave, Defang couldn't help being a little surprised when she opened the letter. This letter was sent from the capital. It turned out that Zhao Pu wrote to Taizong when he was reinstated, saying that Empress Dowager Du and Taizu had made an oath in the early years, and He is the witness who wrote the pen. His will was hidden in the golden chamber and placed in a hidden compartment in the inner hall. Reason, there is no escape from ancient times.I grow up an army, work hard to make a country, and I am ready to taste the difficulties and obstacles.Set the demon dust in the world, become a great cause in the domain, and become sick from overwork, and the country will not recover.If you read your relatives and virtuous people, you can pay for the funeral.The younger brother of Jin Wang Tianzhong Ruizhe, bestowed by the gods, Mo Qi, became a royal vassal, and showed his virtues. He was bestowed with a divine weapon, and when he was the only emperor, he could take the throne in front of the coffin.The date of writing is the second year of Jianlong.

Looking at the account books and letters, Defang felt a dull pain in her heart. Evil officials killed dozens of members of the Li family for personal gain, and her uncle forced her elder brother to commit suicide because of imperial power. Now there is such a so-called golden chamber oath, which is really shocking. He couldn't accept it. He turned a jade ring on his finger, which was given to him by his brother. It was carved by Dezhao himself [Defang] It was just a fun work back then, but now it is the only thing that can miss his brother. The object died, and Defang was powerless to suffer, and sat there blankly, with only one thought in her mind: I want to live.