Tibet

Chapter 539 Hasty Action
The woman was illiterate at all and how could she read it? Feng Min was furious, "You are illiterate, how do you know it is a prophecy? It is obviously a false accusation. I will pull her down and give her fifty sticks!"

"Wait a minute!"

Suddenly someone shouted loudly and walked in from the outside. It was Zheng Ang, the censor Zhongcheng. Feng Min quickly stepped forward and saluted, "I see Zheng Zhongcheng for my humble position!"

"I was just passing by here. I heard that someone accused an official of hiding a prophecy, so I came here to see why Magistrate Feng ordered the accuser to be beaten indiscriminately?"

Feng Min sneered in his heart, Zheng Zhongcheng's appearance was too coincidental.

He said coldly: "She doesn't even know the words, how do you know it's a prophecy? Don't Zheng Zhongcheng think it's ridiculous?"

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe she heard from others, maybe she knows the pictures in the prophecy."

The woman immediately shouted, "Master Mingjian, I know the pattern of the prophecy book, so I know it is a prophecy book."

Feng Min sneered and said: "Since the censor Zhongcheng is here, let's leave this matter to the censor's desk. It's just right!"

Zheng Ang chuckled, "I can't go beyond the jurisdiction. Why don't you take the lead as the county government? I'll send people to follow the investigation and testify!"

Feng Min had no choice but to personally take more than a dozen government servants to the place where the woman found the prophecy, a small garden house by the Qujiang Pool, and found more than a dozen prophecies in the study.

Zheng Ang immediately turned his back on guests, seized more than a dozen prophecies, and interrogated several servants in the garden. In addition to complaining about the women, a cook also reported that she saw the master reading the prophecies at night, forgetting all sleep and food, and kept seeing Daybreak.

As for whether Li Ye had ever come to live in the garden house, or whether the cook might have seen the master reading prophecies at night, these are not important.

In fact, they just found an excuse to arrest Li Ye. They took Li Ye to Yushitai or Dali Temple and used torture to extract a confession. As long as Li Ye couldn't survive the torture and confessed, he could be impeached.

The official struggle in the Tang Dynasty basically followed this routine, and it didn't matter whether it was reasonable or not.

But Li Ye is the king of the county and cannot be arrested without the emperor's will. However, this is all in the plan. Huang Xuan personally led a thousand Jinwu Guards soldiers to surround the prince's palace, and Li Cong accompanied Zheng Ang to meet the emperor. .

At this time, Feng Min had sent his confidants to secretly notify Gao Lishi that Li Cong had started to attack Li Ye.

In the Linde Hall, Li Longji met with King Qing Li Cong and Yushi Zhongcheng Zheng Ang. Zheng Ang bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Li Ye secretly hid the prophecy book and was exposed by his servants. At present, the county government and the Yushitai jointly visited Li Ye. The prophecy he kept privately was found in his villa, the evidence is conclusive, I beg your Majesty to agree to file a case!"

Since Li Longji was sure that Feilong was not dead, he launched a murderous plan against Li Ye. He would never let Li Ye's army become a powerful weapon for Feilong to seize the throne. The same was true for Gao Xianzhi. Li Longji first dismissed Gao Xianzhi's Hexi Jiedu envoy He was relieved of his military power.

Then there was Li Ye, but Li Ye had just made great achievements, and Li Longji also knew that he could not be dismissed directly and had to find an excuse, so this task was given to Li Cong.

Recently, Li Cong has performed well. He no longer fights alone, but forms an alliance with Prime Minister Zhang Jun, Yushi Zhongcheng Zheng Ang, Minister of Household Affairs Yang Xuan, and Dali Temple Shaoqing Cheng Xiao to use sufficient court power to deal with Li Ye. This makes Li Longji admired it very much.

But Li Longji also promised Yang Yupei that he would not move Li Ye's military power, but if Li Ye was really guilty, it would be useless even if he promised Yang Yupei.

Li Longji pondered for a while and said: "Until it is confirmed that he is guilty, he is still the king of Gaochang County and the governor of Anxi. You can ask him to cooperate with the Yushitai investigation, but there are two points. First, he must not act recklessly, and second, he must not It affects the family.”

Li Ye's father, Li Dai, is the crown prince. If Li Dai is arrested, the impact will be too great. The entire prince faction will rebound violently. Li Longji also knows that Li Ye's case cannot withstand investigation, so he cannot make the matter a big deal and must let Li Ye go as soon as possible. Ye confessed.

Zheng Ang and Li Cong were overjoyed and immediately left the palace with the order.

Gao Lishi stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this case cannot withstand scrutiny!"

"What's wrong?" Li Longji asked without raising his eyes.

"A civilian woman went to the county government to file a complaint. Zheng Ang showed up at the same time with officials from the Yushitai. Don't you think it's a coincidence? Moreover, the two servant women who testified were illiterate, but they accused Li Ye of reading prophecies at night. Isn't it very strange? absurd?"

Li Longji said noncommittally: "Don't be so hasty to draw conclusions, let them investigate! Real gold is not afraid of fire. If he is really innocent, I will give him justice."

Gao Lishi knew it well and stopped talking. Let's take a look!Li Ye came to see him yesterday morning and refused to enter the imperial city, which meant that he was already prepared.

Zheng Ang hurried over and ordered: "Go into the house and arrest someone. Just arrest yourself. Don't touch his wife and daughter."

Huang Xuan deeply hated Li Ye for cutting his hair. He had been eager to do it for a long time. He immediately ordered the soldiers to climb over the wall and open the door.

A dozen soldiers used ladders to climb over the high wall and opened the door of the mansion. Hundreds of Jinwu Guard soldiers rushed in and rushed into the mansion.At this time, Zhang Tongru felt a little bad. He stepped forward and whispered to Li Cong: "How come there is no obstruction and the housekeeper didn't show up? Could it be that there is no one in the house?"

Li Cong immediately called Huang Xuan up and asked, "When did you start monitoring the mansion?"

"The surveillance started early yesterday morning!"

"Is anyone coming in or out?"

"Have!"

At this time, the leading general rushed out to report, "General Qi, Qi Wang Ye, Li Ye is not in the mansion, nor are his wife and daughter. Only a few rough envoys and maids were captured. It is said that the servants in the mansion were disbanded a few days ago. "

"Then did you say where Li Ye is?"

"They said that the madam has returned to her parents' home, but they don't know where the prince is."

Zhang Tongru thought about it and immediately said: "It must be in the military camp. He brought a thousand troops to the capital."

"But where is his military camp?" Everyone looked at each other in confusion.

Zhang Tongru said quickly: "You can ask the Ministry of War. The Ministry of Household Affairs should also know that logistics grains need to be sent."

Li Cong immediately ordered: "Go and ask Minister Yang!"

Zheng Ang hurriedly went to find Yang Xuan.

Li Cong was a little worried and said: "Li Ye has a thousand troops, and he must be a very good army. How can we capture him?"

Zhang Tongru sneered: "He didn't dare to use the army to resist arrest. That would be rebellion. But in Guanzhong, a thousand troops don't count as a death penalty. With [-] crossbowmen, they can be killed in two rounds." "

At this time, Huang Xuan came back and reported, "We asked his parents' housekeeper. His father went to Luoyang on a business trip and has not returned. His mother went to Dugu Mansion to see her granddaughter. Li Ye may be in Dugu Mansion. They moved there several days ago." ”

Li Cong was a little dumbfounded now. What if Li Ye was hiding in Dugu Mansion?They didn't dare to break into Dugu Mansion. That would arouse the anger of the entire Guanlong noble family, not even their father.

Zhang Tongru is also a little embarrassed. If he is really in Dugu Mansion, it will be troublesome.

He thought for a long time and said: "Let's go to the military camp first! If there is no military camp, then we can only stay in Dugu Mansion, and then ask the emperor to issue an order. I believe that the Dugu family will not dare to fight against the emperor."

After a while, Zheng Ang came back. He brought back a piece of news that shocked everyone. Li Ye's army was stationed in the Northeast Camp of Fengtian County.

This is the delay in news. A few days ago, Dugulie approved the [-]th Battalion of Bashui Zuo District to be stationed by the Hezhong Army, but did not notify the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue still had the initial news that the Hezhong Army was stationed in the Northeast Camp of Fengtian County.

Everyone looked at Zhang Tongru. He was the military advisor, so of course he was the one responsible for the planning.

Zhang Tongru thought for a long time and said to Huang Xuan and Zheng Ang: "You two immediately led three thousand troops to the Fengtian military camp and asked Li Ye to return to Beijing immediately for investigation. If he refuses or his army stops you, then you will force your way in. If there is a conflict with his army, it is best to kill some people, and then you can accuse him of resisting arrest and rebelling."

Zheng Ang didn't want to go, but there was nothing he could do. Huang Xuan alone couldn't handle this matter.

He and Huang Xuan had no choice but to agree and immediately led their troops to Fengtian County.

Zhang Tongru said to Li Cong again: "We need to send warriors to closely monitor Dugu Mansion. If any carriage comes out, we must keep an eye on it to determine the direction of the carriage."

Li Cong nodded, "I'll arrange for someone to monitor you immediately!"

Zhang Tongru was still a little dissatisfied. Li Cong was a little too hasty on this case. Without confirming the exact location of Li Ye's hiding place, he launched the prophecy case. In the end, no one was caught, which was a bit of a surprise.

But he couldn't say it. He was indeed responsible for this matter. He didn't remind Li Cong in time.

(End of this chapter)