Tiantang

Chapter 293 A Gentleman's Festival Cannot Be Humiliated!
Chapter 300 A Gentleman's Festival Cannot Be Humiliated!

Li Heng was furious when he heard this.

But in front of all the ministers, the Khan prince and princess Huihe, and a group of members of the royal family, he had to suppress his anger with all his might.

Zhang Jiyong and others are well-known and well-known "princelings", Li Heng's direct confidantes.If Li Heng suppressed them face to face, Yang Guozhong's party would surely take advantage of the situation and suppress the "princelings". This was not the result Li Heng wanted to see.

Li Heng gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Why, tell me quickly!"

Zhang Jiyong raised his head and looked at Zhang Xuan who looked calm, his eyes swept over some courtiers gloating at his misfortune, and he said loudly, "Your Highness, Li Tengkong, the concubine of King Yongning, bullied others and kicked Zhang Liangdi's younger brother Zhang Qing seriously. There is nothing wrong with the Jingzhao Prefecture Yamen maintaining the law and order of the capital and arresting people according to the law."

"The so-called prince breaks the law and commits the same crime as the common people, let alone King Yongning's concubine?"

"If I let my ministers disregard national laws and criminal laws for this, how can I be worthy of the trust of the imperial court and Your Highness?" Zhang Jiyong said with his head held high.

Li Heng frowned, wondering why Zhang Xuan's concubine got involved with Zhang Qing, there must be something weird in it...

In fact, most of the courtiers present knew about this matter.Many people, from the moment Zhang Xuan arrived in Beijing, were ready to watch the excitement.It's just that he didn't expect Zhang Xuan's counterattack to be so direct and quick.

Yang Guozhong closed his eyes slightly, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be smiling.

Huihe Khan Guli Pei Luo, Ge Le, and Su Hudong were shocked, looking at each other in blank dismay, a little confused about the situation—how could such a good celebration banquet turn into a Hongmen banquet?

Under Li Heng's right head, Jianning Wang Li Tan stared at Zhang Jiyong coldly and anxiously, with both hands clenched tightly, his breathing became a little short of breath.

"What a prince who broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people! What a master Zhang who enforces the law impartially!" In the dull and oppressive atmosphere in the hall, Zhang Xuan applauded lightly, and said calmly, "If Zhang Xuan's concubine breaks the law and violates the criminal laws of the Tang Dynasty, there is no need When Zhang Shangshu dealt with it, Zhang Xuan was the first to tie her up and send her to the official. However, such an unwarranted crime is really deceiving!"

"May I ask Mr. Zhang, everything has a cause and effect. I don't know why Zhang's concubine kicked Zhang Qing, the third son of the Zhang family?"

Zhang Jiyong sneered, "This detailed case needs to be further investigated by the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion. King Yongning, don't worry, after a few days, I will send someone to send the file to King Yongning for review. Your Highness, if the minister is wronged and arrested Let him deal with you, His Highness!"

Zhang Xuan suddenly took a step forward, pointed at Zhang Jiyong and paused, "Zhang Jiyong, you still have to argue in public to deceive Your Highness!"

"Before Zhang Xuan entered the palace, the Jingzhao Mansion had already tried the case, and the matter has already come to light. The case can be closed only after you, the governor of Jingzhao Mansion, sign it." Zhang Xuan did not give Zhang Jiyong time to reply, and immediately said loudly , "What kind of thing is Zhang Qing, I believe all the adults here know it well."

Out of the corner of Zhang Xuan's eyes, he noticed that Zhang Jiyong opened his mouth as if to argue, and suddenly turned his head to glare at Zhang Jiyong, his gaze full of invisible murderous intent.

Zhang Jiyong's heart suddenly turned cold, he took a step back subconsciously, and closed his mouth.

At this time, everyone including Li Heng had seen that Zhang Xuan was on the verge of breaking out.

"Zhang Qing was greedy for the beauty of Zhang's wife, uncle, Li Xiu and concubine Lin, so he set up a trap to lure Li Xiu into borrowing his usury, and signed a contract to repay the debt with others. The mere three pennies are just a few days' work. The rolling interest has risen to [-] guan... and Zhang Qing brought the evil slaves to the door to press for debts, and if the debts failed, he wanted to rob the women of the people."

"Zhang's little concubine, Li Tengkong, couldn't bear his brother being bullied, so she stepped forward to stop her brother. Unexpectedly, Zhang Qing took a liking to her and molested Kong'er face to face. Konger was angry, and then kicked Zhang Qing... So, that's what happened The ins and outs."

"Your Highness, don't listen to King Yongning's one-sided words!" Zhang Jiyong became popular and argued.

The corner of Zhang Xuan's mouth twitched slightly, and he pointed at Zhang Jiyong and shouted, "Zhang Jiyong, how dare you argue! There are all witnesses and material evidence in this case, and the facts are clear. The madam of the Red Courtyard and others are the witnesses, and there is a contract as physical evidence, even if you are eloquent, you will not be able to reverse the case!"

Zhang Jiyong's complexion suddenly turned pale, and Gongsun Liang, the servant of the military department sitting on the field, also changed his complexion, as if on pins and needles.

Zhang Jiyong gritted his teeth and sneered, "King Yongning is really eloquent and capable. The case is complicated, and I have not been able to find out the case after several days of investigation. King Yongning returned to the capital only two hours later, and found out the truth." .I really admire you."

"However, I would like to ask King Yongning, is your uncle Li Xiu the former son of Li Linfu Li Xiu?"

Zhang Xuan slowly turned his head to look at Zhang Jiyong, his gaze was cold and serious, "Of course."

"Li Linfu's family was exiled to Lingnan by the emperor and the imperial court. King Yongning is really capable. He was able to bring the remnants of the Li family back to Chang'an from Lingnan to resettle, openly defying the imperial edict. No wonder..."

Zhang Jiyong sneered, his eyes flickering.

After hearing this, some courtiers looked at Zhang Xuan with something else in their eyes.He thought to himself: No wonder Zhang Jiyong made such an excuse and wanted to slap Zhang Xuan in the face. It turned out that he grabbed Zhang Xuan's braid.

All the ministers in the hall started whispering.

Zhang Xuan glanced at everyone and suddenly smiled.

He took a step forward, looked at Li Heng, whose face was getting more and more gloomy, and clasped his fists, "Your Highness, please make the decision."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xuan took out a bright yellow edict from his arms, which was the edict issued by Li Heng to pardon the remnants of the Li family.

Li Heng glared at Zhang Jiyong angrily, "Although Li Linfu committed a felony, the hatred of death is gone, and there is no need to implicate the nine clans. Li Linfu's whole family was exiled to the south of the Five Ridges, and more than half of them died. Now there are only a few people living on their last legs. This palace is to show the kindness of the court. , has already issued an edict to pardon them, allowing them to return to Beijing to live, but they are not allowed to be officials or be hired by the court for life."

Zhang Jiyong froze, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, but he didn't say a word.

Zhang Xuan suddenly turned around and stared at Zhang Jiyong and said coldly, "Master Zhang, what else do you have to say?!"

"When Zhang worked hard to defend the country in Longshuo, and led the soldiers of the three armies to fight bloody battles for the imperial court in Tubo, there were always some villains behind his back who slandered and framed Zhang. They said that Zhang Xuan made illegal weapons for himself, and Zhang Xuan Self-relying on the merits of the court and His Highness, there are so many things." Zhang Xuan stepped forward and took a few steps, looking around the crowd, Chen Xuanli and others did not dare to meet Zhang Xuan's eyes, and lowered their heads one after another.

"Zhang's heart is for the country, and this heart can be shown every day. Zhang is in Longshuo, and he spends every day in the army. He spends most of his time fighting against the Tubo army and horses. It can be said that he has narrowly escaped death." Zhang Xuan looked at Zhang Jiyong again with his whole body turned. , "Zhang Xuan's behavior is as good as the sky, and he is ashamed of the earth, so why be afraid of some gossip?"

"That's all right. But there are still some people who can't let it go. They insist on kicking their noses, insisting on stepping on Zhang's shoulders to climb up. This is tolerable or unbearable!"

"Zhang Jiyong, you clearly know that Zhang Qing set up a scheme to harm people, trespassed on private houses, and robbed civilian women, but you insisted on taking advantage of the situation and ignoring the law to arrest Zhang's concubine into the Jingzhao government office... Everyone knows what your intentions are."

"You manipulated the yamen of the Jingzhao Mansion, deceived me that there is no one in the Yongning Palace, and indulged the evil young man to insult my wife, what crime should you deserve?!"

Zhang Xuan's cold voice suddenly rose an octave, "The so-called gentleman has the capacity to tolerate others, but he also has the virtue of surpassing others. He must not be humiliated! Zhang Jiyong, you insulted me so much, you must give Zhang an explanation today! "

Zhang Jiyong's complexion was pale, Zhang Xuan's series of questioning and angry reprimands had made him flustered, his so-called composure had already been taken away by Zhang Xuan's awe-inspiring aura, he was silent on the spot for a while, speechless.

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Zhang Xuan stood upright, all the ministers looked complicated, and they were silent.The atmosphere in the hall became more and more dull and depressing. Seeing that a good celebration banquet was turned into such a mess, one can imagine the irritability in Li Heng's heart.

He listened for a long time and figured out the basic situation, so he understood why Zhang Xuan was furious.

With Zhang Xuan's current status, his concubine was so bullied by Zhang Jiyong, if he was indifferent, it would not be Zhang Xuan.

Li Heng looked at Zhang Jiyong coldly, the anger and disappointment in his heart was beyond words.He knew in his heart that Zhang Jiyong was not without brains, but did it on purpose. He knew that he wanted to support him to check and balance Yang Guozhong and Zhang Xuan, so he deliberately provoked trouble, first to hurt Zhang Xuan's face and vent his personal anger, and second Come to destroy his relationship with Zhang Xuan in a disguised form, and use himself to suppress Zhang Xuan.

But neither Zhang Jiyong nor other "princelings" expected Zhang Xuan to be so ruined.

He pierced this layer of window paper in public, undoubtedly pushing Li Heng's army and pushing Zhang Jiyong and others to the edge of the cliff.

Without severely punishing Zhang Jiyong and the Zhang family, Zhang Xuan's anger could not be appeased.

The corners of Li Heng's mouth twitched, and it was a little difficult for a while.

His eldest son Li Yu suddenly got up and smiled and smoothed things over, "King Yongning, Zhang Shangshu is also right and wrong. Today is a banquet for King Yongning to cleanse the dust and celebrate his achievements. Let the investigation of the case be put aside for the time being. After the banquet, let Jingzhao Mansion Just send it back to Mrs. Wang of Yongning!"

"Everyone is a servant of the palace, and we will protect the country and the country together. Don't hurt the harmony. I am just a concubine. Peace is the most important thing in everything. If you take a step back, the sea and the sky will be brighter. The king of Yongning will be forgiving and forgiving..."

As soon as Li Yu said this, Li Heng's heart jumped suddenly, and he knew it was going to be bad.

Sure enough, the anger in Zhang Xuan's heart was amplified because of Li Yu's intentional partiality. He looked coldly at Li Yu, who would later become the new generation of Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and said, "His Royal Highness Chu is bad. It's not Zhang. A certain one didn't know how to be tolerant and forgiving, but Mr. Zhang was too aggressive and didn't give Zhang a leeway!"

"Although she is a concubine, she is also my wife. Even if Zhang does not become the king of Yongning, and returns to the land, he will still be a proud husband in the world. If someone insults my wife for no reason, he can only follow Zhang. step over the dead body!"

"If you can't even protect your own woman, what face does Zhang have to live in this world?!"

Zhang Xuan's face is generous, and his voice is decisive.

(End of this chapter)