Tao Yi knows that this world is very complicated, and the prince never commits the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law, so he wrote a letter of impeachment to those who stormed the prison with weapons last time, but he never expected the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple to arrest those people .
But just as the emperor said, this world does not really belong to their old Li family. Although he is the emperor, he is not allowed to do whatever he says.
So even if the queen mother became ill again after being furious, he still dealt with several cousins in a row, punishing them as they deserved, and shutting them down as they deserved.
While everyone was fighting in the capital, the news of Yizhou City came quickly. Dongxi Village in Suizhou was besieged. Tang Zhihe found more than 15,000 private soldiers from it. They did not have much conflict. was pacified.
When the zhezi was delivered to the capital, it seemed that everything had been settled.
The queen mother softened at once, and if the private soldiers were found out, it would be considered that the king of Yizhou was convicted of raising private soldiers, and the rest, all she could do was intercede.
But the emperor summoned Wei Zhi and Tang Hui overnight.
He put the booklet from Yizhou on the table, and said in a deep voice: "The booklet says that Tang Zhihe, the magistrate of Huayang County, and Yang Heshu, the magistrate of Luojiang County, commanded the army. , do you believe it?"
Wei Zhi said with a blank expression: "There are only a thousand troops in a state, and even fewer in Mianzhou. There are only more than 600 people registered in the Ministry of War. Can 1,600 people encircle 15,000 people? What's more, it's Yizhou. King's elite."
"I don't believe it either." The emperor said in a deep voice, "Besides, there is no news about Yin Li so far."
The emperor and Wei Zhi looked at Old Master Tang together.
Old Master Tang bent down and said: "Your Majesty, I have not received a letter from Yizhou. In such a situation, I can only think of one possibility. The private soldiers of the King of Yizhou are not only in Dongxizhuang."
He said: "Judging from the account books submitted by Bai Shan and the others twelve years ago, they were able to support more than 30,000 private soldiers back then. Twelve years have passed, there should be less."
The emperor's heart moved.
The three old foxes looked at each other, and the emperor pondered for a moment and said: "Since the private soldiers have been confiscated, let's prepare to convict the king of Yizhou. Bai Shan and Zhou Man should be released too. Kong Jijiu every day for the past two days." Blocking me, I have already hid in the small study at the back."
Wei Zhi asked, "What about the brothers from the Xiang family?"
"Xiang Chao, who sued the imperial court, can be released. Xiang Mingxue is involved in the assassination of the imperial prince. There is no evidence for Dongxizhuang, so let's take it into custody for now."
Old Master Tang said: "Your Majesty, Xiang Mingxue's hamstring has been broken. It is better to let him go than not to let him go."
The emperor said: "This matter is not urgent, take your time, wait for two days, and see what the king of Yizhou has to explain."
After a little thought, Old Master Tang agreed.
Wei Zhi and Old Master Tang retreated, because it was already late at night, and it was dark outside at this time, Old Master Tang's heart was very heavy.
Wei Zhi knew that he was worried about his son, so he patted his shoulder and said, "Yin Li is there, Zhihe should be fine."
Old Master Tang sighed, "We took it for granted, how could the cunning rabbit have three caves? We were only looking at Dongxi Village before, alas, we made a mistake, we made a mistake."
Wei Zhi was silent for a while and suddenly asked, "The suzerains of the various families still don't want to leave Beijing?"
"Yeah, the Queen Mother has often summoned us recently, and our review has become more and more difficult."
The empress dowager came from an old family, and the family was deeply entangled. The emperor promoted many disciples from poor families in recent years, such as Wei Zhi, who came from a poor family.
But this old boy is not honest. Although he comes from a poor family, the daughter-in-law he married is from a noble family.
The emperor is planning to rebuild the clan annals and re-enter the family records, which makes several big families very dissatisfied.
Old Master Tang had a headache when he thought of these things.
Wei knew: "Yang Heshu is also in the game, and Yang Hou doesn't seem to be in a hurry, but he has always been a favorite son, so I'm afraid he won't just sit idly by. Although he is not the eldest son, he is the smartest and most outstanding of Yang's peers. , Sect Master Yang has always loved him."
Old Master Tang remained silent.
Seeing that he was silent, Wei Zhi stopped in his tracks, and said clearly, "Master Tang, Yizhou and Mianzhou are not far away, and County Magistrate Tang and County Magistrate Yang are classmates and friends, so they should be each other's horns."
To put it bluntly, let him come forward to contact the Yang family.
Old Master Tang couldn't help rolling his eyes, "Why don't you go to the Cui family?"
Wei Zhi's eldest daughter-in-law is a girl from the Cui family, and she and Yang Heshu's daughter-in-law are cousins, so the two families can talk to each other, okay
Wei Zhi said bluntly: "I don't get along well with Marquis Yang, it won't work if you go, I'll go again."
Old Master Tang snorted, walked past him with his hands behind his back.
Wei Zhi didn't care, and followed behind him with his hands behind his back, and asked after he got out of the palace, "Old Feng, are you going to talk about it, or should I go?"
Old Mr. Tang said: "You go, I used to be his superior, he always felt uncomfortable seeing me, some things are more convenient for you to say."
What's more, he is going to find Yang Hou, so we can't just leave everything to him, right
Wei Zhi nodded indifferently, and accepted the matter.
Man Bao's medicinal materials are constantly available, and the four of them eat well in prison. Except for being brought up for interrogation every now and then, they actually have nothing to do, so they live quite comfortably.
In his spare time, Bai Shan reads books, or chats with the inmates next door all over the world, and sometimes when the conversation is happy, he will generously give each other a meal.
Xiang Mingxue also borrowed their books to read.
Man Bao was holding a pen, and spent most of his time writing and drawing on the only table in the cell, completely immersed in the medical communication with Teacher Mo.
The rest of the small part is to treat the two people in the cell.
Because there were only two patients, Man Bao and Teacher Mo had almost figured out the cases of the two of them. If it wasn't for the conditions in the cell, she would have wanted to connect Xiang Mingxue's hamstring.
Therefore, with Teacher Mo as the think tank and Man Bao treating them affectionately, their injuries began to improve qualitatively.
Xiang Chao can walk around in the cell, and the wound on his back has scabbed over. Apart from the constant itching to scratch, the bone fracture from the cane has not fully healed, but the internal injury is almost healed.
And Xiang Mingxue's face is not so pale anymore. Although his lips are still very white, and he doesn't look like much blood, but he can talk a lot every day, and the time of waking up is getting longer and longer, unlike when he just came here. In those few days, most of the time was lethargic.
Then, the wounds on his body also began to heal. Although the speed of scabs was very slow, Man Bao said that it was because he had too many wounds on his body and his body's own healing speed was limited, so it was slower than Xiang Chao.
But he can also sit up. Although the range of movements cannot be too large, it is no problem to eat and drink by himself.
Even going to the latrine separated by the curtain is still a little troublesome, but after Xiang Chao can move freely, this is not a problem at all. He has nothing but strength.
Otherwise, he would be bored to death, because he is illiterate and has no interest in learning to read and read. He is the most boring of the four in the cell, so boring that he has to quarrel with the inmate next door every day.