Du Shenyan didn't resist for long. Faced with Li Hong's unruffled gaze, Guo Jingzhi and Lin Cui's rebuttals and evidence, and Du Bing, who was already scared out of his wits, Du Shenyan refused at the beginning. When he denied it, he did not dare to change his confession in front of Li Hong and stated the facts frankly.
After all, Du Shenyan couldn't resist the testimony and interrogation. His face was ashen and his lips were trembling. Then his knees softened and he knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I am guilty. I denied it at first because of the sudden sudden change in Luoyang City today. There are many rumors going around against me, which I have not done, so please be careful."
"Who was Guo Jingzhi replaced by Cui?" Li Hong's eyes involuntarily glanced at Cui Hao and Cui Zibai, thinking that it couldn't be such a coincidence. Could it be that it was really one of these two people
"Your Majesty, it is... Cui Hao, the son of Cui Xinggong, an official in Yizhou." Du Shenyan raised his head slightly, glanced at Cui Hao, who was standing aside and was stunned, and said through gritted teeth.
Li Hong was stunned for a moment, and finally smiled bitterly. What a coincidence. It's no wonder that Du Shenyan wanted to drag everyone who had anything to do with him into trouble at this time.
As Li Hong, accompanied by Di Renjie and others, continued to interrogate Du Shenyan and others, hurried footsteps were heard again on the stairs. The leader of the Chengwu Guard handed a notice to Di Renjie, and then he saw Li Zhaode followed behind, sweating profusely.
After saluting Li Hong, who was not looking at them, Li Zhaode whispered in Di Renjie's ear. As Li Zhaode breathed and whispered, Di Renjie's expression became solemn again. stand up.
"Seriously?" Di Renjie confirmed impatiently before he finished listening.
"It's absolutely true, look at it." Li Zhaode said in the same low voice, and then pointed to the notice that Di Renjie had just received and said: "Luoyang Mansion has not received an order to post His Majesty's decree, and it is only Zhongshu, The two provinces issued it, and although Shangshu Sheng was not involved, he must be aware of it. But when the official went to ask, the ministers and ministers did not know about it, so the official came over in a hurry... "
"Have you brought enough guards? What if something goes wrong..." Di Renjie glanced at Li Hong, who was still talking between Du Shenyan, Du Bing, Guo Jingzhi and Lin Cui, and asked again softly.
"I brought them with me, but... these people must have come for you, Master Yao and others. They didn't know that His Majesty was here, so the top priority is that I believe that I should immediately persuade Your Majesty to leave here first." Li Zhaode While talking, he looked at the window behind Lin Cui from time to time, feeling very anxious in his heart.
Rangers themselves have no concept of law. In their minds, right and wrong are all based on their own subjective assumptions. Naturally, they turn a blind eye to the laws of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, in the original concept of Jianghu, the rangers who go to the ends of the earth with swords and eliminate harm for the people naturally have some who are close to the government, and some who hate the government. Nowadays, those who are close to the government in Luoyang City are basically regarded as gentle and warm heroines. Recruited in the name of. And the rest who have always hated the imperial court will more or less be exploited by some interested people and power groups.
Di Renjie, Yao Chong, Wang Xiaojie and Li Qiao had never left Huafang to discuss matters secretly in the past few days, but from the time they first came here alone to discuss matters, they started to bring armed guards to discuss matters on the river embankment. Son, you can know that as the matter of risking one's life to remonstrate has been fermented and rumors are spreading all over the city today, their own safety has also begun to be threatened.
So Li Zhaode hurried over, sweating profusely, just to remind Di Renjie and others that danger was approaching them. Some rangers who had always hated the government, under the instructions of someone with a heart, were preparing to attack them tonight, and chose The location is this boat!
Li Hong looked at Di Renjie and Li Zhaode muttering confused and anxiously beside him, and then looked at the yellow notice in Di Renjie's hand, so he took the initiative to explain to the two of them: "That's what I drafted with my two provinces today. It will be posted on all the main roads in Luoyang City tonight, and it will be posted in Luoyang and other places starting tomorrow. "
"Yes, Your Majesty, but Your Majesty..." Seeing that Li Hong's attention was no longer on Du Shenyan and others, Di Renjie hurriedly took two steps forward, trying to persuade Li Hong to leave here quickly, lest the rangers assassinate him and Yao later. When Chong and others were injured, Li Hong was injured.
At this moment, Li Hong didn't know that Di Renjie wanted to tell him something else, so when he saw the anxious Di Renjie approaching to speak, he interrupted Di Renjie's words and said in a high-sounding voice: "It's just a notice posted by the court. Today, rumors broke out in Luoyang City, which disturbed the court officials and wealthy nobles. In order to prevent the wealthy nobles and officials from being disturbed by rumors and causing turmoil in the court, in order to stabilize the court, today I specially asked Zhongshu to contact the disciples. Post a notice.”
Di Renjie nodded knowingly. He had glanced at the notice just now. It probably meant that rumors were spreading in Luoyang and other places, maliciously slandering and slandering court officials and wealthy nobles. In order to calm down and stabilize the situation, The nobles and officials were panic-stricken and issued an order to tell the world that he did not believe these rumors, but he would not tolerate those who violated the law and discipline.
In short, the whole announcement is that I do not believe that these wealthy nobles and court officials will do the illegal things mentioned in the rumors, but I will never tolerate some officials and officials who violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty, your Majesty has not mentioned a word as to who spread these rumors, whether they should be thoroughly investigated, and whether they should be pursued.
Therefore, Di Renjie also understands that this is probably what His Majesty just said. Tomorrow the court will issue an order to refute the rumors, but it will never stop pursuing the strategy of pursuing wealthy nobles and officials, which is to build plank roads openly and secretly infiltrate the warehouses.
Following the words of Wang Xiaojie, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, to take them away, the Wuwei who originally followed Li Zhaode began to take Du Shenyan, Du Bing, Cui Hao and Cui Zibai away and take them into custody.
Along with Guo Jingzhi and Lin Cui, they were also taken away by Wang Xiaojie. Before the confession was recorded, it was obviously impossible for the couple to return to their bare-walled home.
"Your Majesty, there is someone who secretly wants to murder me and others here. Please leave first." Di Renjie watched as Du Shenyan and others were just taken out of the cabin by the military guards. Guo Jingzhi and Lin Cui had not had time to walk out. , saluted and said to Li Hong.
"You guys are stupid and you still don't believe it. A few people got together to plot a strategy, but they didn't know how to change places. They stupidly kept secretly meeting in the same place. It would be strange if this was not discovered by someone who was interested." Li Hong said While looking at Hua Meng and Cheetah, the two shook their heads at Li Hong, indicating that they and others did not know whether what Di Renjie said was true.
Under the protection of Di Renjie and others, Li Hong walked out of the cabin and began to walk towards the embankment. At this time, whether it was Di Renjie, Li Zhaode, Yao Chong or Li Qiao, they all breathed a sigh of relief. As long as His Majesty After landing ashore, or leaving here under the protection of the city's military guards, even if you and others are injured or harmed by the rangers, it will be much better than His Majesty being implicated.
Li Zhaode was walking at the end. He looked at the old madam at the side of the ship with a flattering smile on his face, and whispered: "Tomorrow I will go to Luoyang Mansion to ask for money. I didn't bring that much money today. Don't worry, I won't give you less money." Then he followed. After Li Zhaode finished speaking, the military guard behind him handed a Luoyang Mansion token to the old bustard at his signal.
The old madam, who was still hesitant about Li Zhaode's words, instantly felt at ease after taking the heavy token in his hand. In this era, it is difficult to convince people of a person's credit or just one or two sentences, but once you have a token in hand, it is basically enough to make people completely believe and trust you.
So the old madam held the token in her hand tightly, and followed a few waiters to send the group off with great gifts. However, before their bent waists could straighten up, someone suddenly appeared around her boat. The river exploded and water splashed everywhere.
Before he could react, he heard someone yelling angrily in the air: "The dog officer is here to take his orders."
Li Hong had already landed, and even the last Li Zhaode had already stepped on the river bank. After hearing the sounds from behind and in the air, Li Zhaode's voice changed, and he screamed out of his mind: " Guard! Guard! Guard!" As he said this, he pulled away the guard in front and ran towards Li Hong and others.
"It seems that it's not that we are late, but that people are waiting for us to go ashore." Li Hong turned around and glanced at the night sky behind him. Several black figures with scattered water lines were approaching from the sky. They jumped over here.
Li Hong, who had already stood on the river embankment, was being protected by Di Renjie and others. He was letting Li Hong leave in panic. His Majesty the Tang Dynasty, with his hands behind his back, looked at the black shadows in the sky and at the others. Other shadows caught up on the river bank.
"Protect, protect..." Li Zhaode rolled around because he could not escape the splashing water on the river just now. At this moment, his face was covered with water droplets. He ordered the military guards who were originally following him to forcefully While blocking the pursuing killer, he then started running in the other direction of Li Hong and others.
"Li Zhaode is also loyal. At this time, he still knew how to escort me, and after a moment of panic, he quickly calmed down and stopped running towards me. Instead, he shouted to escort me to the other side, hoping to use this to Get those people's attention.
"Your Majesty, be careful." Hua Meng whispered, and then suddenly ran behind Li Hong. Under the dim light, many black figures quickly appeared on the river bank road occupied by the military guards. While fighting with the Chengwu Guards, several black figures had already escaped from the Chengwu Guards and rushed towards Li Hong.
(End of chapter)