Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 334 Undercurrent Surging 3
Fang Xuanling received Li Shimin's oral order, walked out of the literary class slowly, stood beside Du Ruhui, holding the wat board in both hands, and said: "I will definitely live up to the holy hope."

After finishing speaking, Fang Xuanling continued to avoid suspicion because of Xiao Yu's sarcasm against Du Ruhui before, "Song Guogong, although Fang is a very good teacher, this matter must be resolved impartially, and justice will be given to Concubine Xiao's In-Heaven Spirit."

As soon as Li Shimin said this, he smiled and nodded, Xiao Yu's eyes flashed a cold light, although he was not sure what Fang Jun was, but before Fang Jun instigated Hou Balin and Yuchi Baolin to beat up Xiao Rui, it was indeed his fault. It was on Fang Xuanling's head.

Seeing Fang Xuanling make a promise in front of the civil and military officials of the court, all the ministers who knew the secret of Fang Jun's pseudonym complained endlessly, but the corners of Changsun Wuji's mouth rose slightly, and the strange look in his eyes was fleeting.

"Old fellow, why do you have to be so absolute? Wait until after the palace test is over, why don't you see him at the Qionglin Banquet, I'm afraid you won't be able to find the tune when you cry!"

"It's broken! Prime Minister Fang enforces the law impartially. If during the imperial examination, why would he be transferred to assist in the investigation, and when the father and son meet in the procuratorate, wouldn't my little friend's alias be exposed?"

"Brother Xuanling, why are you doing this? If after the imperial examination, Fang Jun is taken to the procuratorate for trial, how will you father and son face each other? It is indeed my fault. Why did you ask Fang Jun to pretend to be my nephew? How about entering the Imperial College?!"

Du Ruhui, Ma Zhou, and Qin Qiong sighed inwardly, the coke ruined the eldest grandson Wuji who was standing beside him, "Fang Xuanling! Old man! Fang Jun is not just as good as he is, if he hums, he will make you ashamed and angry when he was young." I'm going to die of anger in the procuratorate!"

After Li Shimin appointed Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling as the presiding judges, the noise in the Hanyuan Hall was silenced.

All of a sudden, the case of Xiao Rui's death changed from two presiding judges to four presiding judges, and the four most important presiding judges were all important ministers of the state, and the three prime ministers of the current dynasty even gathered together. Taizong's determination to find out the cause of Xiao Rui's death has been fully revealed.

On the one hand, Li Shimin's move is to use this matter to rebalance the struggle between the parties in the court. With the support of the big families, if this matter causes the dissatisfaction of the big families, it will do a lot of harm to the upcoming war with the Turks, but not any benefit.

When Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui returned to the court class, the eldest grandson Wuji, who had just gained a firm foothold, walked out of the literary class again.

Changsun Wuji held the wat board and played: "Long live, I have been ordered to try Xiao Rui's case, but I am a little unfamiliar with many affairs of the procuratorate, so I boldly recommend one person to assist in the investigation."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone including Li Shimin all turned their attention to Cai Shaobing who was standing at the end of the class.

"Could it be Cai Wenshu who Wuji recommends?" Li Shimin stroked his beard and pondered carefully, thinking that Ma Zhou was more inclined to Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling, he couldn't help feeling a little bit of approval for his elder grandson Wuji's proposal.

Changsun Wuji's mind was seen through, and he bowed and said, "Cai Shaobing is capable in his work, and has served in the Procuratorate for several years. I dare to ask Long Live for permission."

Li Shimin, who wanted to balance the power of the party in the DPRK, thought that "He Zudao" was about to become an official, and out of the long-standing conflict between "He Zudao" and Changsun Wuji, he casually agreed with Changsun Wuji's recommendation , It can be regarded as tacit approval of Changsun Wuji's promotion of his party members.

"From now on, Cai Shaobing will be appointed as the supervisory censor, and together with Ma Zhou, he will assist the four presiding judges in the case of Xiao Rui!"

After the imperial decree was announced, Cai Shaobing walked out of the literary class and knelt down on the knees. Until this time, this cruel official who had been begging for a higher position but failed, finally officially entered the official career.

After Li Shimin appointed Ma Zhou, the eldest grandson Wuji looked at Fang Xuanling and Qin Qiong, suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, and he said something that shocked Du Ruhui, Qin Qiong and others.

"Long live, since He Zudao is returning home after visiting relatives, he and Fang Jun should be asked to marry Jinlan in the Confucian Temple. If there is any further delay, I am afraid that the imperial decree issued before Wan live will be missed."

Li Shimin heard the elder grandson Wuji's report, and then he remembered the imperial decree he had sent to Qin and Fang's mansions before, "Don't tell me, I almost forgot about it. I did order He Zudao to make friends with Fangjun Jinlan before. Now that both of them are in Chang'an."

Li Shimin's every word and sentence, all affect the heartstrings of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty.

Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and other officials who don't know the truth, some feel sorry for "He Zudao", some are happy for Fang Jun, and they have different thoughts in their hearts.

But most of the people who knew the truth about the "alias" were terrified. They knew the aliases and did not report them, and they were already guilty of accomplices. Although the ancient law did not punish the public, they would inevitably be implicated. But he sighed for Fang Yiai, and lamented that he was too late to participate in the imperial examination, and that it would be difficult to turn things around with a single martial arts champion.

However, Changsun Wuji and Xiao Yu were very excited. If Fang Jun was really "what a fool", then Fang Jun would become the common enemy of the two of them. Everything was kept in the hearts of the two of them, both of them hated Fang Yi's love to the bone, if the aliases were exposed, how could it not add fuel to the flames and push the enemy to the city of futility?

Just when everyone was thinking secretly with their own plans, Li Shimin's voice suddenly stopped abruptly when he mentioned the important point, which aroused everyone's emotions, and Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Li Shimin looked at His Highness's ministers with different expressions, and couldn't help but think of the original work of "He Zudao" and Fang Yiai's life and death documents presented by his elder grandson Wuji.

Although he had ordered Li Lizhi to go to the government to investigate, but Li Shimin, who did not strictly clarify the intention, had some doubts about his daughter's report.

Thinking of "He Zudao" falsely reporting his hometown, Fang Jun's sudden display of power and other strange things, Li Shimin's doubts that were dispelled by Li Li's words rose again, "What is the relationship between Fang Jun and He Zudao?" Is it true that Fang Jun’s handwriting is really copied? Why is it almost the same if it is copied? Fang Jun was an illiterate and reckless man before!”

As his thoughts gradually deepened, Li Shimin was unwilling to see the real image of "He Zudao" and Fang Jun being the same person. Li Lizhi and Gao Yang's plan for lifelong happiness, subconsciously, he still wanted to try his best to avoid the occurrence of the two meeting each other. What he was afraid of was that what he wanted in his heart would become a reality. where?Being played around by a little doll, wouldn't the majesty of the emperor want to be swept away!

Weighing the pros and cons, Li Shimin, who has always been decisive, hesitated rarely. It was not that he had already determined that Fang Jun and "He Zudao" were originally the same person, but that he was afraid that his conjecture would come true. "He Zudao" was cultivated into characters like Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who were used to assist the new monarch in creating a new policy, and were important pawns that could be driven by the new monarch to balance and restrain the eldest grandson Wuji after a group of old ministers passed away.

Due to various balances, Li Shimin was hesitant for a while, and at this moment, a veteran official of the two dynasties who was deeply relied on by him and who did not know Fang Jun's alias and true feelings helped the hero make up his mind without losing the opportunity.

Gao Shilian walked out of the literary class. He, who was always taciturn, made a rare speech in the court, "Long live, now the imperial examination is about to start, what do you think? I have just returned home to visit relatives, if my mind is disturbed by the matter of sworn worship, it may affect the subsequent exams, so the old minister asked Long Live to delay the sworn vows for a while, and it is not too late to perform sworn vows after the palace exam."

While Li Shimin was hesitating, when he heard Gao Shilian's suggestion, he immediately found an excuse for his wish, and said with a smile: "Okay, as Xu Guogong said, the matter of the two of them getting married will not be held until after the palace examination. "

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin stood up, fearing that everyone would quarrel again because of "Cai Shaobing's assassination", he said: "Last night, the gangsters committed crimes late at night and the impact was bad. I ordered the Habayashi army to search strictly. As for the assassination Whether it is true or not. According to what Shu Bao, Ru Hui, and Ma Zhou said, it is very unlikely, and if there is no real evidence for this matter, it is not easy to question him, and we can verify it after the palace examination."

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin winked at Bai Jian beside him, and strode out of the Hanyuan Hall.

"Retreat!"

Following Bai Jian's high-pitched voice, the civil and military officials walked out of the Hanyuan Hall slowly, whispering to each other, discussing whether "He Zudao" killed people or silenced them.

Because of the participation of Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and his party were not able to torture Xie Yaohuan to extract a confession, and the interrogation did not make any substantial progress for several days.

During the period, although Empress Changsun intended to rescue Xie Yaohuan, seeing Li Shimin's firm attitude and fear of causing dissatisfaction from the Xiao clan in Xiliang, the wise empress weighed it over and over again, and finally decided to wait until after the palace examination before making a fuss.

For several days, Fang Yi struggled to study hard with love and hesitation. He often read late at night, even three meals a day were delivered to the room by Gao Yang.

Four days passed in a flash. On the day of the imperial examination, Fang Yiai and Gao Yang, who hadn't slept all night, woke up early. The back door avoided Fang Xuanling's eyes and ears, and walked towards the Gongyuan with a schoolbag in hand.

And the one who was waiting in the Gong Yuan was Tang Taizong Li Shimin who came to the examination room in person this time, who was full of expectations for "He Zudao" and at the same time had suspicions.

(End of this chapter)