After being dressed as Wu Zetian's daughter, she was favored by the group

Because of the theft of disaster relief materials, He Shan was demoted to be the warden of Fuzhou, and his deputy Liu Cheng was promoted to governor of Fuzhou.

The appointment of personnel in the early Tang Dynasty was not as easy as imagined.

For example, the promotion of a local governor is generally recommended by the local governor, played by the Taoist censor, and then drafted by the Zhongshu Province. Issue official seals.

The process in the middle will go through the governor, the Taoist censor, the emperor, and the six departments of the three provinces, and the procedures are very complicated.

Like He Shan's "imperial inspector", Li Zhi directly skipped the temporary appointment of the central government. Nominated by his identity, he will be officially registered in the register after going through three provinces and six ministries.

It is said that Liu Cheng is one of the parties involved in the "stealing case". Unless he makes contributions in a short time or solves this outstanding case, the provincial government will never pass it. However, this person directly replaced He Shan after he was demoted. The position of the governor of He Shan.

If he can avoid the central government's review and not fall but rise, then there is only one possibility, and he did not participate in the action of escorting money and food.

Compared to Liu Cheng, Li Lingyue must trust He Shan more.

She asked He Shan to transfer the file of the "theft case" back then. After careful review, it really confirmed her inference. In the records of the people involved in the case, everyone existed, except Liu Cheng's name was missing.

Once Liu Cheng is removed from the job, then promotion will be a matter of course.

Li Lingyue pushed the case file in front of He Shan, teasingly said:
"Uncle, it seems that you are not wronged at all. They are deliberately setting a trap for you, and you are still trying to get in. After all, you can't help yourself if you don't get in. The position of the governor is determined by others!"

He Shan stared wide-eyed, checked back and forth the list of the generals involved, punched the table, and said angrily:

"It's hateful that the humble job still shouldered all the responsibilities at that time. The bastard of feelings had planned it long ago. It seems that those generals who disappeared must have been silenced by that bastard!"

Li Lingyue picked up the file again, and asked suspiciously:
"You said, before Liu Cheng was promoted, who in this city of Kunzhou had the power to tamper with the files?"

"Of course it's the governor Wang Hailong!" He Shan replied without thinking, and then sighed again: "Unfortunately, that guy is already dead, and now we can't find it anymore!"

"I don't think so!" Li Lingyue shook her head and said, "Besides the governor, there is another person who can tamper with the dossier!"

"Who!"

"The master who is in charge of recording the dossier!"

"Zhang Yi!!" He Shan blurted out a name, but immediately smiled wryly: "The princess doesn't know, that Zhang Yi is also dead!"

"Oh?" Li Lingyue was taken aback: "How did you die?"

"Following Wang Hailong to inspect the dam, he stumbled and fell from a height, and died on the spot!"

Li Lingyue smiled coldly, "The family members of Zhang Yi must be deaf-mute now!"

"Not really!" He Shan replied with certainty.

When Li Lingyue heard it, she asked in disbelief: "This is strange, could it be that they are so merciful!"

He Shan spat and said indignantly:
"No! It's true that Zhang Yi is devoid of conscience and wolf-hearted. After he became a teacher, he didn't even recognize his own mother. There are often rumors that he beat his mother. Our Tang Dynasty respects filial piety. The neighbors really Unable to see it anymore, he went to the yamen to report him. With the evidence of his mother's scars, Zhang Yi was imprisoned for two months. Unexpectedly, the guy became even more brutal when he was released from prison. He locked his mother at home and wanted to starve to death. Fortunately, he was discovered by the neighbors in time and saved his life. Since there was no evidence, the fellow has been at large. Later, he found a fat man and sent his mother to prison. She is still locked up until now, if not When the princess mentions this person, I almost forgot about this bastard!"

After He Shan finished speaking eloquently, Li Lingyue gave him a blank look:
"Uncle, as the warden, you can even let me go, why are you still locking up his old lady?"

"Hey, I was thinking about letting her son out and abuse her so much. I'll just be a good person and leave her to eat and drink in prison. Later, Zhang Yi died, and I wanted to send her out, but it didn't work." think……"

When He Shan said this, he took a look at Li Lingyue and continued: "I didn't expect her to be like a princess, she would refuse to go out for life or death. There is nothing I can do about the humble job, so I have to continue to support her!"

Li Lingyue frowned, as if thinking of something.

It is understandable to say that he is hiding in prison because he is worried about harming his son.

But Nizi wanted to hide in prison after death, which is a bit abnormal.

Is it because you are worried about going out and being retaliated by others?
Li Lingyue quickly fell into deep thought, thinking over and over about the relationship between Zhang Yi and his mother.

According to normal logic, Liu Cheng and his gang like to cut grass and roots. After Zhang Yi's death, his mother will naturally be retaliated against.

But the problem is that Zhang Yi himself is a rebellious son, has a criminal record of killing his mother, and personally sent his mother to prison to isolate him from the outside world. On the contrary, he helped Liu Cheng and the others.

Fortunately, Liu Cheng and the others didn't know about He Shan's righteous deeds, and thought that the old lady was serving her sentence normally, so they ignored such a small person.

If Liu Cheng knew that the old lady was not going out on purpose, with their cautious style...

Thinking of this, Li Lingyue told her intuitively that there might be a big secret hidden in it, so she quickly told He Shan:

"Uncle, take me to the prison now, the princess wants to meet Zhang Yi's mother!"

"What are you doing with her, she won't say anything!" He Shan said firmly.

Li Lingyue smiled confidently: "Hehe, that depends on how you ask, as long as it irritates her, she will say anything!"

Not long after, Li Lingyue brought more than a dozen imperial guards to the Kunzhou Prison!
In order not to reveal the purpose of Li Lingyue's trip, He Shan bought a table of sumptuous food and drink for promotion, and invited all the guards out for a drink. Mother - Mr. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang was held alone in a cell, and the door was unlocked. When Li Lingyue arrived, she saw her sitting on a bench writing with a brush.

Different from other prison cells, Zhang's cell is more like a scholar's bedroom. There are tables, chairs, benches, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, tea incense burner in the room.

Li Lingyue couldn't help praising He Shan's character again.

Mrs. Zhang didn't notice the person coming, and Li Lingyue didn't say hello, just pushed the door and walked in.

There was a creaking sound from the cell door, and Mrs. Zhang, who was writing, quickly scribbled on the rice paper twice. Naturally, this move could not be concealed from Li Lingyue who was watching her.

"Who are you? How did you get in?" Mrs. Zhang turned around and asked vigilantly.

Li Lingyue didn't beat around the bush, and answered straight to the point:

"I am Li Lingyue, the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty, and I am here to visit the old lady!"

"Are you a princess?" Zhang's face was startled, then she shook her head and denied:
"No, you can't be a princess. Why did the princess come to this prison? Who are you?"

Seeing Zhang's vigilance towards herself, Li Lingyue's little heart was beating wildly, and she felt that she seemed to be approaching a certain truth.

"I'm really a princess. It was He Shan who asked me to come to see you. By the way, the old lady may not know that the current He Shan has been promoted by my father to be the inspector of Kunzhou!"

Li Lingyue moved out of He Shan, and Zhang's nervous complexion eased slightly, but her vigilance was still very strong.

"You said He boy... He Dianyu became the inspector?" Zhang asked.

"Of course, if the old lady doesn't believe it, I'll ask him to tell you in person later!"

"No need!" Mrs. Zhang refused flatly: "The old man has no communication with the warden. Whether he is promoted or not is up to me. Please leave quickly!"

Mrs. Zhang issued an order to evict her, but she didn't know that the more she behaved like this, the more Li Lingyue wanted to dig out something, so she couldn't help but take two steps closer to Mrs. Zhang.

"Old lady, don't be afraid, I'm really a princess of the Tang Dynasty, not Liu Cheng's!"

When Mrs. Zhang heard Li Lingyue mentioned Liu Cheng, she became more vigilant, and immediately defended loudly:
"The old student doesn't know Liu Cheng, and he doesn't care if you are a princess. If you don't go out, the old student will call the jailer!"

After all, he actually walked to the side of the railing, ready to call for someone at any time.

Li Lingyue said resolutely: "Madam, you don't need to know Liu Cheng, but you should know your good son Zhang Yi!"

This time, Mrs. Zhang was completely stimulated. She shook the rail crazily, and shouted outside:

"Someone! Somebody!"

There was no one in the prison, Mrs. Zhang yelled, her eyes turned red, and she squatted on the ground and wailed loudly.

Li Lingyue took this opportunity and immediately squatted beside her in front of the mountain and forced her to ask:
"Old lady, Zhang Yi's death, is there something hidden behind it, tell me quickly, I will help you...!"

Before Li Lingyue could finish her sentence, Mrs. Zhang, who didn't know where the strength came from, pushed Li Lingyue to the ground with both hands.

Seeing that the princess was pushed down, the two guards outside the door immediately drew their swords and rushed in.

"Get out! Wait twenty steps away, no one can approach this cell without the princess' order!"

Li Lingyue issued an order to the imperial guards, and then stepped forward to hold Mrs. Zhang and help her up.

Mrs. Zhang shook off Li Lingyue's arm, wiped away the tears on her face, and said bitterly:
"The old student doesn't know anything, so don't mention that in front of me... Bastard, the old student doesn't have such a rebellious son!"

Li Lingyue sighed in her heart: If you are really a beast, why are you crying bitterly!
Based on Zhang's reaction, Li Lingyue was even more convinced that there must be something wrong.

Instead of irritating Zhang, she walked to the table and picked up the scribbled paper.

From the outline of the handwriting, it can be vaguely seen that the word "loyalty" is written.

Mrs. Zhang grabbed the rice paper from Li Lingyue's hand, and tore it into pieces in front of her.

Li Lingyue was not annoyed, but bowed deeply to Mrs. Zhang:

"Old lady, no matter what I say now, maybe you won't believe it, but I still want to tell you that my father, the emperor, has come to the city of Kunzhou, and will punish corrupt officials for the people and seek justice for the dead. Your son may not be a good person, but I firmly believe that he is definitely a filial son, having said that, I hope the old lady will think about it and leave!"

After finishing speaking, Li Lingyue sighed and left unwillingly.

She is now convinced that Zhang Yi deliberately acted in disobedience to protect his mother.

If he really wanted to kill his mother, he could just suffocate him to death with a pillow, why bother making the neighbors know about it every time.

Zhang Yi should be deliberately creating discord between the mother and the child in order to separate the relationship between the mother and the mother; but to put the mother in prison is to use the method of retreating to make the enemy less prepared, so as to protect the mother's safety.

To be honest, Li Lingyue is not sure how many valuable clues she can get from Zhang's mouth. She just looks at Zhang Yi from the perspective of human nature. If Zhang Yi is a filial son, it means that this person's character should not Too bad, she went to see Mrs. Zhang only based on this.

When Li Lingyue exited the cell, Mrs. Zhang looked at her without blinking, as if she was struggling in her heart. Seeing that Li Lingyue was about to disappear, Mrs. Zhang finally called out: "Wait!"

Li Lingyue, who had already walked ten steps away, heard these two words, as if grasping at straws, her body shook violently, and she quickly ran back:
"Old lady, do you believe me?"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head, and asked lightly, "You say you are a princess, how do you prove it?"

"This..." Li Lingyue thought for a while and said, "I can ask He Shan to come over, and he can prove it for me!"

"He Shan? The warden, who knows if that kid has no good intentions? In short, the old man can't trust him!!" Zhang paused, and continued:

"The old man comes from a scholarly family and knows a thing or two about the royal family. It's easy to convince the old man. You just need to show the princess' seal and the old man will believe you!"

Zhang's simple suggestion made Li Lingyue into a difficult situation.

It is true that she is a princess of the Tang Dynasty, but she is still officially canonized by Li Zhi, so where is the seal of the princess.

The reason for not being canonized is a bit speechless, but because her old mother searched through the books, she couldn't find a baby girl with a title worthy of her own, so she discussed with Li Zhiyi, and the canonization was temporarily put on hold, saying that she would wait for her When did I think of it, and when will it be canonized.

what to do?You can't let the emperor come to the cell to recognize your relatives in person!Li Lingyue secretly groaned in her heart.

Huh?That's right, I can't invite Aye to the prison, but I can take Mrs. Zhang out to see Aye!

Thinking of this, Li Lingyue excitedly said to Mrs. Zhang:
"Old madam, I have not yet reached the age of Ji, and I have not yet been formally canonized, but you don't have to doubt it. If you trust me, I can take you to see my father. As long as you see him, you can tell me what sufferings and grievances you have. He listens!"

Mrs. Zhang thought for a long time, and finally nodded:

"Forget it, anyway, the old man doesn't want to live anymore, so I will accompany you for a while. If he doesn't see the emperor, even if the old man dies, he won't say a word!"

"Good! Good! Good! I promise you can see my father!" Li Lingyue walked into the cell excitedly and helped Mrs. Zhang out.

He Shan soon received news that a group of people led Mrs. Zhang out of the Kunzhou prison and headed straight for Li Zhi's camp!