The young man said two things in Li Qitian's ear.
"Sir, this minister is investigating outside and found that the situation of the Lumen family has changed. The patriarch of the Lu family committed suicide by throwing himself into a well. It was found that the patriarch Ren was taken over by Lu Heng of the long house. In addition, the food and grass that was transported to the border by the former patriarch of the Lu family suddenly stopped in place. No action. I thought it must be the order of Lu Heng, the new Patriarch of the Lu family. Because of the sudden incident, I thought it was a serious matter, so I hurried back and forth to report to the sage."
At this time, Li Qitian was like being hit by five thunderbolts.
Isn't Lu Heng dead
Previously, his spies went to the border to investigate and found that Qin Yining had returned with Pang Xiao by himself. After several visits, he learned that Lu Heng had gone because of a serious illness when he was in Tartar.
Li Qitian still thought at the time that the uneasy Lu family was finally dead, and the new head of the family was a sensible person who was obedient and easy to play with.
But who would have thought that someone who was already dead suddenly appeared, and the Patriarch of the Lu family, who he thought was very useful, suddenly committed suicide by throwing himself into a well.
Among them, if there is no deliberate design of Pang Xiao and Lu Heng's wanton assassination, he will not believe Li Qitian!
The financial resources, material resources and connections of the Lumen family are simply not comparable to him. Even though he is now an emperor, he can be regarded as rich in the world. But the real wealth and power in his hands is not much.
Li Qitian practiced Zuo for less than five years, and the deposit in the treasury became less and less, and he was more and more unable to make ends meet. And there are so many troubles in the world. Disasters here today, bandits there tomorrow, all have to be solved through his hands, and those idiots below only know how to open their mouths and ask him for money.
The Lumen aristocratic family has a deep foundation, and many times Li Qitian even supports the Lumen aristocratic family in order to achieve his goals.
This time the Tatars declared war, and Da Zhou really didn't have the money to fight against it, so the delivery of military rations was undertaken by Mr. Lu Er, who had just become the head of the family.
Now this way has been cut off by that guy Lu Heng!
The two factions in the courtroom expressed their opinions, and they were evenly matched for a while, and they couldn't tell the difference.
Ji Zeyu also said that there was a change in the Hu Ben army and that he could not enter the palace to help.
Now the Lu family has made such a fool out of him again.
Li Qitian really felt that he was in a dilemma. Should the current situation be allowed to develop
The Lu family changed the owner and stopped the delivery of grain and grass halfway. In fact, this was just a handful of firewood, but it did not affect the current situation.
If Ji Zeyu can quickly handle the turmoil in the Hu Ben army and arrive in time, he should still have a chance to take down Pang Xiao in one fell swoop.
As for Lu Heng, he did not believe that the survival of these great families could not consider the imperial power.
He can move it with affection, understand it with reason, and promise benefits. As the saying goes, there are no common enemies, only common interests. As long as his interests can be aligned with the Lumen family, he also believes that he can pull Lu Heng's help to his side.
Li Qitian frowned and thought for a moment, then he was relieved.
At this time, the arguments of the officials were already noisy, and they almost started to move.
Li Qitian was upset by the noise, and it was hard to tell if such a scene spread out.
He raised his hand and pressed it: "Shut up."
As a result, Li Qitian's voice did not overwhelm these people, and the one who should be noisy is still noisy.
Seeing Li Qitian's appearance, Pang Xiao stood up and reprimanded in a deep voice: "Everyone shut up, didn't you hear the Holy Master telling you to shut up!"
Ancient Censors…
gentlemen...
A person who has just been impeached for being arrogant can always pay attention to the saint's every move, be able to silence his voice in time when the saint is ordered to silence it, and make others follow the same as him.
And the person who impeached Pang Xiao just now didn't take into account the meaning of the saint at all.
This contrast is really too strong and too embarrassing.
Some supporters of Pang Xiao stood up and cupped their hands: "The Holy Master saw it too. Prince Zhongshun has a straightforward temperament, and he may have behaved a bit rude after being in the army for a long time, but he is definitely not a disobedient person, and the charges just now were simply fabricated. Since the imperial censor is so loyal to the monarch, why does he still need to be loyal to the prince to remind him to keep silent?"
"Exactly! Your Majesty, this minister thinks that Prince Zhongshun's military exploits are outstanding, and he made great contributions in order to conquer the Great Zhou Dynasty. Prince Zhongshun is also a sworn brother of the Lord. With such a halo, it is inevitable that some people will be jealous and frame him. Those are nothing. There is no excuse for the crime, and without evidence, how can we convince the officials and the people
"If you can't make people convince them, and how reckless they are to Prince Zhongshun, I'm afraid there will only be people who say that the saint is jealous of the hero!"
"The sage is a bright lord, so naturally he won't do this, but there are not a few stupid people among the people. If they say so, wouldn't the sage be speechless?"
"I think for His Majesty's sake, this matter must be discussed in the long run!"
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These people speak very fast like a bean, and every sentence is based on truth.
Li Qitian secretly satirized in his heart, is this the loyalty and patriotism of these people? As a result, at the critical moment, all these people have an outsider in their hearts.
Li Qitian is now a lot more settled, thinking about breaking all the problems one by one, as long as he can win Pang Xiao today.
Seeing Li Qitian pondering silently, the officials quarreled again.
Li Qitian was hurt by the noisy brain, just as he was about to speak, he saw that the young man who had just dressed up as a little inner prisoner came back again.
This time, his footsteps were even faster than before, and when he got to the front, he lowered his voice and said:
"Your Majesty, the news just came that Consort Ji was placed under house arrest in the barracks by several generals of the Hu Ben Army..."
Li Qitian suddenly widened his eyes, because the bead string in his hand had long since fallen off, so he could only clench his fist tightly, even ignoring the few marks on his palm that were pinched by his fingernails.
Li Qitian has been admonishing himself in his heart not to panic, but to be calm. Be calm and never let anyone see that something is wrong with him.
However, Ji Zeyu was placed under house arrest by the main general of Hu Ben's army, so he could no longer fight against Pang Xiao.
Once today's incident provokes Pang Xiao, if he acts savagely and starts killing, I am afraid that these guards under his command are not enough for Pang Xiao to play for more than ten rounds.
What if Pang Xiao had the idea of killing the king in a fit of rage
Li Qitian felt that by pushing Pang Xiao in a hurry, with his temperament, it was really possible to gamble!
Li Qitian's heart was still anxious and frustrated. What was wrong with Ji Zeyu, and the Lu family made trouble for him again. He endured his anger and invited Jun into the urn, just wanting to eradicate Pang Xiao to avoid future troubles, but now in front of the civil and military people of the court, is he really going to make a big fool!
At this time, the following officials began to argue again.
Li Qitian's head was buzzing and he was almost on the verge of an explosion.
At this moment, Pang Xiao stood up again and scolded those who were quarreling coldly.
"Okay, here is the Hall of Political Harmony, the Great Court Meeting of the Holy Sage! It's fine for you to express your own opinions, how come it's not over yet!
"This king followed the sage to fight on the battlefield together, life and death, that is a relationship that can be entrusted to each other. That is, when the king's daughter-in-law was lost, the sage, as the righteous brother, has been persuading this king to return to the capital, but this king refuses, then It is also the relationship between my younger brother and the righteous brother. How can I become a rebel when I come to you? Is it possible that now, with your false accusations and provocations, you think that the Holy Master will condemn this king
"To say that this king killed innocent people indiscriminately? It's ridiculous, this king asks you, how can there be people who don't kill people in war! The person who talks is full of shit and urine
"Said that this king humiliated the old ministers of Beiji? You ask the old ministers of Beiji who were present, when did this king humiliate them!
"Said this king was embezzling food and wages? It's even more bullshit! I just took over the treasury of Beiji. To put it in a bad way, the king of Beiji can starve all the mice in the warehouse to commit suicide! Can't I embezzle the air
"It's even more nonsense to say that I robbed a minister's daughter, I and the Qin family were married by a saint, how could there be a robbery
"I went out to Beijing to look for treasures. It was an order to relieve disasters. On the way, I was looking for treasures for the saints. Saying that I embezzled disaster silver is a big joke! My daughter-in-law's dowry and my money have been donated now, otherwise the Long turned over and the people of the old capital of Dayan had already revolted from hunger! Can you still allow your group of silverfish to point fingers in the capital
"As for the latter saying that I am jealous of my colleagues?"
Speaking of this, Pang Xiao suddenly burst out laughing, pointing at the ministers domineeringly: "To be honest, you all come to compete with this king! This king asked you to come together! What do you say you have? Is it worth the envy of this king
"Is this king keeping the soldiers of the government privately? Let me ask you, as a prince, there are fifty soldiers in the palace, have you overstepped the limit?"
Pang Xiao stepped in front of Imperial Censor Gu in a single step, "Master Gu is a learned man, you say, as a prince with a different surname and fifty government soldiers, is it too much?"
Gu Yushi took two steps back from what Pang Xiao said, and his whole body was shaking with fright.
Pang Xiao finally said again: "As for saying that I am not filial to my mother-in-law, there is one thing I have to say."
Pang Xiao turned to salute Li Qitian, "The sage took pity on my life and helped me find the surviving mother-in-law. I am grateful, but after contact and investigation, I found that the sage found by the sage turned out to be a fake! "
Li Qitian's brows jumped.
Pang Xiao said: "I know the good intentions of the sage, but I don't want to make it difficult for the sage, so I sent the fake Mrs. Pang out. In fact, I plan to bite to death and hold it in my stomach for the rest of my life, and I will never say it. of."
"This is actually happening! That poisonous woman, for the sake of prosperity and wealth, actually deceived me!" Li Qitian was furious and stood up abruptly.
Pang Xiao said: "Don't be so angry with your sage. It's not your fault. It's because that woman was too greedy. She wanted to deceive the sage just because she knew some things back then."
"That is the crime of deceiving the king, the sin is unforgivable!" Li Qitian was furious. Immediately said: "Bring that woman to me, and behead her tomorrow afternoon!"
Li Qitian's words mean that the wind direction has completely changed.