The two of them walked slowly, surrounded by palace maids and eunuchs. Li Zhi continued to hold his hands behind his back, holding out his already fat belly, sorting out Li Hong's every move today in his mind.
"Why is Hong'er so prejudiced against Princess Qianjin? Back then, his Taiyi City Chamber of Commerce, Princess Qianjin and King Cao Li Ming, regardless of their status as elders, visited him in person at his royal estate, hoping to get some shares of Taiyi City , but Li Hong refused outright! Instead, he gave shares to those who didn't go." Li Zhi shook his head as he spoke.
Li Hong and Princess Qianjin had no contact before. If there was any contact, it was because Princess Qianjin’s carriage entered Taiyi City and hit other people. But that matter was resolved according to Li Hong’s wishes. of.
And that kind of trivial matter should not constitute any conclusion between Li Hong and Princess Qianjin. It is not enough to be a reason for the two to become enemies.
Wu Mei also shook her head solemnly. She had always had a good impression of Princess Qianjin. In the past few years, when she went to Luoyang, Princess Qianjin would always greet her more than ten miles away from Luoyang City.
Every time she returned to Chang'an, she would give away dozens of miles of land. Although this was a sign of respect for the royal family, the etiquette was extremely grand, otherwise I would not have believed her words this time.
But even so, after the four warlocks were exposed by Li Hong and Wu Mei knew that the warlocks were fake, they did not blame Princess Qianjin very much, and even wondered if she was also kept in the dark.
But what she didn't expect was that Li Hong made a big fuss out of this matter. He and his majesty were labeled as guilty of deceiving the emperor. They wanted to extricate him in front of everyone, but for a while, they couldn't. It's hard to find a suitable reason.
What's more, that little brat didn't even give himself and others a chance to excuse Princess Qianjin, and didn't even let them think about that.
A series of miraculous deceitful tricks tightly tugged on their nerves from the beginning, leaving them so shocked that they had no time to think about other things.
The successive changes, the tense and suffocating atmosphere, and the fact that flames came out of the finger at the end, the yellow talisman that could not be lit or burned, and the words on it all made people temporarily forget about the things around them.
Finally, the little bastard took advantage of everyone's instability and directly used His Majesty's words to block all Princess Qianjin's escape routes, and firmly pressed Princess Qianjin into Luoyang so that she could not move.
What a profound city and precise calculation is this? Everything, including everyone's psychological activities and thoughts in their minds, is controlled by him at that moment, leaving you no time to breathe and do other things.
In the end, it was so easy. Not only did he break the game that Princess Qianjin had set up to please him and His Majesty, but it also took the fire out of the cauldron. To use His Majesty's favorite chess terminology, it was to completely checkmate Princess Qianjin.
Wu Mei's white and jade-like forehead was twisted into a ball, and she suddenly said: "Princess Qianjin won't have anything to do with Li Zhong, right?"
"No, if that's the case, why did Li Hong strongly support Li Zhong when he was in Taiyi City..." Li Zhi said halfway, and suddenly stopped talking.
He stopped and turned around to look at Wu Mei, and said as if he remembered something: "Li Zhong is imprisoned by Li Hong in Anxi Loulan, so that means that when he was in Taiyi City, Li Hong didn't know that Li Zhong had different intentions! Then Thinking about it this way, Princess Qianjin has joined forces with Li Zhong? "
Wu Mei shook her head: "No sign."
After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards his Penglai Hall, leaving Li Zhi with a pensive expression on his face.
Li Hong and Di Renjie slowly walked out of Danfeng Gate. Di Renjie looked solemn and handed Li Hong a pattern of stars and moons in his hand.
"Your Highness, are you familiar with this pattern?"
Li Hong took it casually, held it in his hand and measured it carefully. Needless to say, the star and moon pattern. He had memories of several lives, and the interpretation of certain terrorist organizations in the media in his previous life, so he naturally I still know the star and moon pattern.
He frowned and asked: "What's wrong? This pattern should be a pattern often seen in Bai Yi Da Shi, a certain organization or group."
Di Renjie smiled bitterly, and slowly walked forward with Li Hong, and said slowly: "It seems that I have found the right person for Your Highness. Several bizarre suicide cases have occurred in the past few days. During the autopsy, I followed These patterns were found on their necks or arms. I guess they are from the Western Region, so I brought them to you to confirm."
"Suicide cases? Who committed suicide?" Li Hong asked casually.
"They are all students from Hongwen Hall and Imperial College, both men and women." Di Renjie said seriously.
Li Hong was shocked. Students from Hongwen Hall and Imperial College committed suicide? How can this be
"Why did they commit suicide? How many people died?" Li Hong asked.
"Three women and four men, all around fifteen or sixteen years old. I have seen the scene of the crime. After careful inspection, I found no signs of fighting or the presence of other people at the scene. I also asked the neighbors and found no one. When the deceased hanged himself, he heard some noise."
"In other words, all seven people were willing to commit suicide? When did this happen?" Li Hong asked curiously, but he didn't take it seriously, but he still felt a little uneasy. After all, the star and moon pattern, but Not a good thing.
"What happened half a month ago. Now it seems that I initially believe that the seven people were willing to commit suicide. As for why they committed suicide, whether it was forced by someone, a dispute with others, or other reasons, I have never found a clue." Di Renjie was very troubled. After taking office a few years ago, he cleared up many unjust, false and wrong cases, which made him vaguely known as a detective among the people. But now, because of this case, he cannot make a conclusion.
"Half a month ago? The confidentiality measures were strict enough. No wonder there was no news at all. They thought it just happened." Li Hong said lightly.
Di Renjie smiled bitterly again and said: "This case involves the Hongwen Hall and the Imperial College. Yan Zhaofu and Kong Zhiyue, one is a bachelor of the Hongwen Hall and the other is a wine worshipper of the Imperial College. I am deeply afraid that this incident will have a bad impact if word spreads."
Seeing that Li Hong's expression was still calm, Di Renjie shook his head and continued: "Now the reputation of Chongwen Hall under your rule in the East Palace is getting better and better. Now many high-ranking officials, nobles and merchant families are willing to send their children to Chongwen Hall, so this Hongwen Hall is not the same as the Imperial College." , the pressure they are facing is increasing. Once this matter comes out, the two bachelors are afraid that Hongwen Hall and the Imperial College will be brought to the forefront, and they will fail to live up to His Majesty's expectations... "
"Yeah, I understand. So you helped them suppress the influence of this matter and changed it to secretly investigating the case. But in this way, after developing their habit of taking shortcuts and relying on relationships in the future, wouldn't it be Is it unfair to Chongwen Hall? By the way, has such an incident happened in Chongwen Hall?" Li Hong thought for a moment and asked.
Yan Zhaofu and Kong Zhiyue were both great literary scholars. Needless to say, Yan Zhaofu was Yan Shigu's nephew and Yan Zhenqing's grandfather.
Kong Zhiyue is even more remarkable. He is a descendant of Confucius and the second among the three sons of Kong Yingda.
Kong Yingda himself was one of the eighteen bachelors in the Qin Palace. Later, he helped Li Shimin found the Literature Museum and then worked in the Literature Museum. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, the Literature Museum was changed to Hongwen Museum.
Kong Yingda was highly regarded by Li Shimin. He was given high hopes when the Hongwen Hall was first established. After the restructuring, Li Shimin had even higher hopes for him, so he was appointed as the Imperial Academy's Jijiuer, responsible for educating the royal family members.
Today, the Kong and Yan families are still in charge of the Hongwen Hall and the Imperial College, but with the rapid rise and aggressive momentum of the Chongwen Hall in the East Palace, they feel tremendous pressure and are deeply afraid that the status of the Imperial College and the Hongwen Hall will decline in the minds of the world's scholars. , so he had no choice but to find Di Renjie after the suicide case and asked him not to escalate the situation and instead investigate the case secretly.
"Your Highness, forgive me. To be honest, I also feel that this is unfair to your Chongwen Pavilion. However, I think that no matter which one of the three families it is, it is the hard work of the royal family. If competition can be avoided, wouldn't it be a good thing? Is it a good thing? No such incident happened in Chongwen Hall," Di Renjie comforted Li Hong and replied.
Li Hong glanced at Di Renjie who smiled bitterly: "You are not sincere. You want to please both sides. In the end, you will become a human being both inside and outside. If you tell me everything about this today, you won't be afraid that I will find you." Are they in trouble? Or are they making this case known to the world? "
"I would venture to guess that your highness would not do this. It is all important to the royal family, and it is also a place to cultivate literati for our Tang Dynasty. Your highness should not do such a thing that would harm both sides. But your highness, you have misunderstood My dear, I want to see you today because you have been in the Western Region for a long time. You may be able to help me identify this pattern and resolve my confusion." The bitter smile on Di Renjie's face turned into a smile like a good old man. In short, He really didn't want to offend either side.
Li Hong sneered sideways, looked at him, and then motioned for him to follow him into the East Palace.
Di Renjie was not polite and accompanied Li Hong into the East Palace. Anyway, for him, even if the group had nothing to gain today, being able to visit the East Palace was still a good thing and it was not a wasted trip.
In the living room of Li Zhengdian, Banmei obediently helped Li Hong take off his clothes and put on casual clothes, while Xunlan had already poured the tea and put it on the coffee table.
"There is something fishy about this matter, for sure. You came to me this time just to confirm whether this pattern belongs to the Western Regions. There are a lot of people floating around in Chang'an City every day, so it is very difficult to find some clues, but I I can provide you with a clue, but... remember, you must be careful, but I don't need to teach you this, you should be able to understand the power of this," Li Hong said, motioning to Di Renjie to drink tea.
(End of chapter)