Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 246
"Your Majesty's lesson is that this minister knows his mistakes, and that this minister came in greedily." Seeing Li Longji's displeasure, Liu Tong rolled his eyes and knelt down respectfully.

Huangfu Kun didn't notice Li Longji's expression. After saluting, he said earnestly: "Your Majesty, what I said is true. Li Canghai is young and promising, and he is an out-and-out pillar of the country. A stupid official who only wants to have fun and doesn't care about the people is much stronger. This minister proposes to promote Li Canghai."

After saying these words, the faces of most officials in the hall became ugly.

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. From the ears of everyone, what he said clearly meant something. The officials in the hall are all important ministers of the imperial court. Who doesn't have a wealth of wealth and thousands of hectares of fertile land?Didn't they make it clear that they were stupid officials?
Liu Tong's old face instantly pulled down. Huangfu Kun's words clearly meant that he was a stupid official. Before he could question him, Yang Guozhong spoke.

"General Huangfu, according to what you said, are all the civil and military officials corrupt?" Yang Guozhong stroked his beard and said unhurriedly.

"Lord Xiangguo, the general didn't say that the civil and military people of the court are not good, the general just said that Li Canghai's ability is extraordinary, and being a small county magistrate is really a bit of a shame." Huangfu Kun didn't care about the eyes of everyone looking at him. Said bluntly.

"Hmph, General Huangfu, the promotion of an official is a matter for the official department. Whether or not to be promoted depends on the evaluation of the official department. General Huangfu loves talents very much. I can understand this, but it's a bit of an overreach, right?" Yang Guozhong snorted. , his face was a little cold.

Huangfu Kun frowned slightly, no matter how careless he was, he now found himself the target of public criticism.

He knew in his heart that what he said unintentionally just now might have exposed everyone's privacy.

There are only a handful of civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty who can achieve a clean fortune. Thinking back, he also made great military exploits, and even the emperor went out of the city to greet him. How glorious is that?
Only because he offended Yang Guozhong and others, and was falsely accused of withholding military pay, the emperor was furious, and he was directly demoted from a general with an army of [-] to a general guarding the capital of Luoyang.

Huangfu Kun glared at Yang Guozhong, his fists were crackling, thinking of what happened to him, he wished he could go up and beat Yang Guozhong's disgusting face directly.

Above the main hall, the atmosphere became tense.

Liu Tong lowered his head, but his eyeballs were twitching, and kept flashing over everyone. He knew the grievances between Huangfu Kun and Yang Guozhong a long time ago, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth involuntarily, and he quietly took two steps back. , intending to watch from the sidelines.

He has long been dissatisfied with Huangfu Kun, and now he can use Yang Guozhong's hand to teach Huangfu Kun a lesson, he is naturally happy to see it.

Huangfu Kun stared at Yang Guozhong with a pair of tiger eyes, blowing his beard and staring at Yang Guozhong, while Yang Guozhong squinted at him with a meaningless expression, his eyes full of ridicule.

Seeing that Huangfu Kun couldn't help rushing out, Li Tan suddenly stretched out his hand to grab his sleeve, Huangfu Kun was stunned for a moment, and after realizing that Li Tan was pulling him, he hesitated for a while, took a few steps back angrily, and returned to the court. List.

"My lord Yang misunderstood, General Huangfu never intends to do anything for you, in fact, this is exactly what I want to tell Grandpa Huang." Li Tan stared at Yang Guozhong intently, and smiled lightly.

Yang Guozhong felt uncomfortable being stared at by him, he wondered inwardly, thinking that he was also a feudal official, with one man under ten thousand, and he had never been afraid of anyone, but Li Tan's gaze made him a little scared.

Li Tan is the third son of Crown Prince Li Heng, and his mother is a palace maid surnamed Zhang, because she was born of a commoner, although she is a royal child, she has never been valued by Li Heng.

When she was young, she married Tubo along with her elder sister Li Qin. Later, Datang and Tubo became hostile, Li Qin died, and Li Tan returned to Datang.

At that time, Li Tan had grown from a child to a handsome young talent. After returning to the Tang Dynasty, he made military exploits, won Xuanzong's love, and was feuded as King Ning.

No one knows what Li Tan encountered in Tubo and how he lived. This period of his life seems to have become a blank.

Yang Guozhong secretly sent people to investigate him for many years, but he didn't find anything. A person with no past is the most unpredictable.

So in his opinion, Li Tan is much more dangerous than any descendant of the palace he knows.

"I have no enmity with him. Presumably he won't target me?" Yang Guozhong stroked his beard, murmured in his heart for a while, then suddenly laughed and said, "So it was the prince's intention. No wonder General Huangfu is so persistent. However, The lower officials don't understand, how can Li Canghai win the prince's favor?"

Yang Guozhong squinted his eyes. Before he found out the details of Li Tan, he naturally didn't want to form antagonism with him, but if he was forced to step down like this, what face would he have as a prime minister?
Li Tan smiled gently and clapped his hands.

A general in armor came in from outside the hall holding an object, knelt on the ground respectfully, and raised the object above his head.

Everyone looked at it, the thing was covered with silk yellow cloth, and it could be seen from the gap between the yellow cloth and it seemed to be a wooden box.

Everyone suddenly felt confused, and looked at Li Tan without knowing why.Only Liu Tong had a look of astonishment in his eyes, which quickly disappeared.

"Tan'er, what is this?" The audience had been arguing for a long time, and Li Longji was a little impatient. Seeing a wooden box brought in by Li Tan at this moment, he became a little curious.

"Grandpa Huihuang, this item was taken by Li Canghai from 'Ni Lin Xuan Wu'. According to Li Canghai, the purpose of 'Ni Lin Xuan Wu' doing many evil things in Luoyang City is for this brocade box."

"Underworld Palace?" Li Longji, who was a little tired, suddenly became sober. He scanned the brocade box a few times, and couldn't take his eyes off the brocade box anymore.

Gao Lishi hurried over, took the brocade box in his hand, and put it on the golden dragon case.

Li Longji stared at the brocade box, and his breathing suddenly became short of breath.

Gao Lishi was startled when he saw this, he quickly whispered: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

Li Longji winked at him, Gao Lishi immediately understood, and quickly bowed and retreated.

"I'm a little tired after a long journey, Tan'er, Guozhong, you two stay and retreat." After speaking, Li Longji waved his hand a little tiredly.

All the ministers left the hall one by one.

Li Longji dismissed everyone, and now there were only Li Tan, Yang Guozhong, and Gao Lishi in the hall.

Li Longji moved his body to make himself more comfortable. He stared intently at the brocade box on the dragon case, and slowly tapped the armrest of the dragon chair with his right hand, making a sound of duk duk, as if he was lost in thought.

Li Tan put his left hand on his chest and his right hand behind his back. He stood there calmly, without any emotional fluctuations on his calm face.

On the other hand, Yang Guozhong looked puzzled, he stroked his beard, and stared at the brocade box with his eyeballs, he didn't know what he was thinking.

(End of this chapter)