Chapter 153: The East Palace Case (7)

It was already late at night and people gradually dispersed. Only Wang Gong and Ji Wen were left in Li Linfu's study. They were secretly left by Li Linfu. If the people who were the backbone and confidant of the prime minister's party just now were the backbone and confidant of Li Linfu's party, then they were Li Linfu's confidant and the one he trusted the most.

Ji Wen was about thirty years old and was in his prime. He was a Jinshi. Because of his appearance, he was favored by Li Longji, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who was more handsome and looked good. He stayed at Dali Temple as an official. Because of his harsh criminal laws and fierce style, Li Linfu took a fancy to him and gradually became a confidant. This time, Ji Wen was the main player in the case of Du Youlin.

The condition was just right, and Li Linfu was still weak. The hard work this day made him feel very tired. But today's work was a habit that Li Linfu developed for many years. Tomorrow is May 15th, and it is the day of the great court. Too many things need to be arranged properly. All details must be considered carefully and not neglected.

Li Linfu forced himself to speak to Ji Wen: "You are going back to Dali Temple to interrogate Du Youlin and ask him to provide a confession, so that he can report that Li Qing had the intention of becoming a king in eastern Yunnan. This matter must be done tonight. The confession will be delivered to me, and there must be no mistakes."

Ji Wen nodded and said goodbye immediately. Wang Gong kept waiting for his back to disappear before saying to Li Linfu: "My dear, Du Youlin has not gone to eastern Yunnan. I am afraid that the emperor will not believe this confession."

Wang Gong was born in a famous family and was the direct line of the Wang family of Guanlong. The predecessor of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, was the representative of the Wang family. The deposed Empress Wang was decided by the Li Dynasty. It means the end of the century-old era of Guanlong's interfering in politics. It has far-reaching political significance and is by no means the result of the jealousy of the harem depicted in later film and television dramas. "The centipede insect dies without being stiff." Wang Gong is a foot that the Wang family has not yet broken.

Li Linfu glanced at him and sneered slightly: "I naturally know that he would not believe it, but with this confession, I can only object to his release."

Li Linfu's eyes were narrowed into a slit, flashing with elusive dark light. The elongated nose groove made his smile even more weird, and he said to himself: "And, I don't believe he really doesn't care?"

Wang Gong couldn't help but sighed deeply and couldn't help but flatter Li Linfu again, "Li Qing could actually let Enxiang deal with him personally, and his subordinates think he should feel honored."

Li Linfu smiled and said, "That's not the case. My Minister of Personnel naturally has to express opinions on major personnel arrangements."

He changed the subject and asked Wang Gong again, "What's the matter I told you to do in the afternoon?"

"Don't worry! This matter has been done. When Cui Guangyuan was scolding Xianyu Fuli for false accusation, his subordinate secretly ordered the attacker to beat a hundred more sticks. Xianyu Fuli was killed by a stick on the spot. The attacker has also been properly handled."

Wang Gong laughed in a low voice: "Cui Guangyuan accidentally killed the new Jinshi. I have detained him and waited for the Ministry of Personnel to deal with it."

“Good done!”

Li Linfu breathed a sigh of relief, walked a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, and suddenly stared at Wang Gong and asked, "What do you think of Yang Zhao?"

When Wang Gong saw the question, he blurted out without hesitation: "This person is a villain, and the prime minister must not use him."

Yang Zhao first betrayed Liu Ji and caused Du Youlin's case, and then betrayed his old friend in order to climb up. This villain is not ashamed of Wang Gong.

Li Linfu nodded, "I have seen it a long time ago. You are right. It is easy to reverse villains and you are afraid of this person."

Wang Gong hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but say, "Since the Prime Minister had known it, why should he use him more?"

Li Linfu smiled faintly, "Maybe you don't know yet, a letter has been circulated in the palace. Princess Yuzhen is about to be named a concubine. The emperor has neither a queen nor a concubine. Then she is the de facto queen. She is young and beautiful now and is favored. What should I do if I get older and lose my sex in the future? So since ancient times, if the harem wants to last for a long time, I must have the support of relatives. I think Yang Yuhuan is no exception. Who is her relative? Can't you think of it?"

Wang Gong took a deep breath, "Is it the relative of Princess Yuzhen chosen by this Yang Zhao?"

Li Linfu nodded slowly, his eyes filled with the pride of the unknown, "Not bad, it's him!"

Li Linfu slowly walked to the window and stared at the night outside the window. A full moon was like a plate, walking through the mist-like clouds, as if the moon was faintly visible. Since the honor of the Yang family is inevitable, they must be pushed to the opposite side of the prince for their own use. This is the fundamental reason why Li Linfu regarded Yang Zhao, who had just defected to him for a few days, as his confidant.

"But can this Yang Zhao be really controlled by himself?" Li Linfu also felt a little worried.

The night is deep, a bright full moon hangs in the air, the cold light shines, and the clear light is everywhere. The moonlight is like light blue flowing water, flowing all over the sky, like an endless silver waterfall falling to the world.

Bathed under the pale moonlight, Yang Zhao walked proudly along Chunming Street, savoring Li Linfu's praise in his mind. Although this praise was for sacrifice of his brothers, Yang Zhao did not feel guilty at all. Yang Zhao's biggest feature in his life was his goodness in seizing opportunities. As for whether this opportunity violated the bottom line of loyalty, he didn't care. What he cared about was whether this opportunity could bring him the greatest benefits. In his opinion, his wife and children could be used to betray him, not to mention that Li Qing was just a friend he met in the past and was not worthy of his nostalgia.

The Jinwu Guard's residence is in the imperial city, and Yang Zhao's dormitory is also in the imperial city. But the place he was going to is Ruyi Tower. He had long been attracted by a famous prostitute there. It is said that he was from an official family and was charming. He had a great skill in bed. He was very good at judging a good flute, but he had to pay a hundred steaks for one night. Yang Zhao was short of money and was unable to wait, but now he had hundreds of steaks on his body, so he could squander it.

He soon arrived at Ruyi Building, but the little Turtle man in the brothel knew him. He was so poor that he could only find some low-end goods, but he was not very arrogant and was waving around and drinking, but he didn't have any benefits. Seeing him coming, the little Turtle man ignored him.

Yang Zhao smiled proudly and threw a piece of silver over, "Sanniang is here? Let her come to see me."

The white silver immediately made the little turtle male disdainful face look happy. He held the silver tightly, for fear that it would fly away with wings. But when he heard that Yang Zhao was looking for a top-notch red prostitute, he immediately showed a hint of embarrassment in his eyes, "Sorry, Mr. Yang, the boss just set the rules the day before yesterday. Sanniang only received officials above the sixth rank, and had to make an appointment. You should change one!"

Yang Zhao's face turned red, ""What nonsense is this! Can officials wear official uniforms when they come to visit prostitutes?"

"That's not! Only Sanniang is a little special."

In view of Yinzi, Xiaogui Gong stepped forward and whispered to Yang Zhao: "Since the boss set this rule, Sanniang's net worth has immediately increased by more than five times. It is actually okay without official rank, but at least it will cost this number." He stretched out a slap and compared it in front of Yang Zhao.

"Five hundred stakes!" Yang Zhao was shocked, and his face immediately turned into purple. The 500 stakes given to him by Li Qing were eaten and drunk by him in the past two days, and less than three hundred stakes were left. How could this be enough? He looked at Ruyi Tower with a hurried look, feeling lost in his heart.

"Yang Zengjun, why didn't he go in? But there was not enough money?"

When Yang Zhao turned around, several people stood behind him, looking at him with a smile. The leader was Li Linfu's eldest son Li Xiu, who was appointed as the junior supervisor.

"I'm waiting for a friend!"

Yang Zhao looked back on tiptoe, with a very anxious expression on his face and said to himself: "Why haven't you come yet!"

Li Xiu smiled slightly, took out a bronze medal, and handed it to Xiaogui, saying, "I'm looking for Sanniang, I booked it the day before yesterday, and I have this bronze medal as a basis."

The little turtle man took the bronze medal, looked carefully, and smiled and said, "It turns out to be Li Shaojian. Sanniang has been waiting for a long time. Please come in quickly! Please come in quickly!"

Li Xiu laughed and bowed to Yang Zhao and said, "Chunxiao is worth a thousand gold at a moment, Yang Zongjun is waiting slowly, I'm going first."

Seeing his back disappear, Yang Zhao spat fiercely, "Bah! What's the ability? It's just a father who is the prime minister."

He was indignant, "I have a brother-in-law who is the emperor!"

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he was stunned. After a long time, he slapped his forehead and shouted: "Why am I so stupid? I am a god-given opportunity, but I don't know how to use it!"

He had no intention of visiting prostitutes anymore, so he turned his horse's head and rushed eastward.

In front of Gao Lishi's mansion in Taipingfang, Yang Zhao wandered back and forth under a tree, his lips and legs trembling constantly. He visited the gate and looked at the end of the street worriedly, as if he was a thief, afraid of being seen. He had asked Gao Lishi's housekeeper to come in and report it, only on the excuse that the Prime Minister had urgent matters conveyed.

Soon, Gao Lishi's butler led him in. After about half an hour, Yang Zhao quietly left Gao Lishi's back door, while a carriage ran out of the gate and galloped straight towards the palace.

If there is still someone in the world who can call Li Longji, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who has already fallen asleep, then this person can only be Gao Lishi. Tomorrow will be the great dynasty. According to the schedule, the court will commend the heroes of Nanzhao tomorrow. Li Qing is the rising star that Gao Lishi just likes. He is smart, capable and good at adapting. He is definitely a talent that can be used. The people in the prince's party are either old ministers with a deep temper and a stolen wood, such as Xi Yu, the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Works, Lu Jingrong, or the children of aristocratic families who were born in a famous family and were bound by rules and could not do great things, such as Wei Jian, the Minister of Justice, Cui Qiao, the Minister of Dali Temple; while Gao Xianzhi, Wang Siye and others are more resolute, but not flexible.

What Li Heng lacks most is a young, promising, strategic and capable person like Li Qing. Li Qing's visit yesterday made Gao Lishi take a fancy to him at a glance. He decided to help Li Qing as the backbone of the princeling party, so that he could ensure that Li Heng succeeded to the throne smoothly, so that the capital he invested in Li Heng could get the greatest profit.

Yang Zhao's secret complaint involved his vital interests. It was too late to wait until tomorrow. Gao Lishi immediately entered the palace and woke Li Longji from the gentle village. He told Li Longji in detail about what Yang Zhao told him, and finally said: "I think it is important and dare not delay it. I come to report overnight to disturb the emperor's rest. Please forgive me!"

After saying that, Gao Lishi kowtowed repeatedly and apologized to Li Longji.

Li Longji lost all his sleepiness, and Gao Lishi's secret complaint shocked him. He knew that Li Linfu's youngest son was one year old today, and many officials went to congratulate him, but he never expected that this was the cover for Li Linfu's conspiracy to summon his subordinates. Although the content of the talk was not a rebellion, this conspiracy to form cliques and make private interests extremely annoyed Li Longji.

He stood up and walked slowly in the room, quickly evaluating the pros and cons in his heart, "forming a clique and secret meeting". This is something that has been done in all dynasties. Zhang Jiuling and Li Shizhi had it before, so the key is not to be the crown prince. Besides, now he has to use Li Linfu again, so he can't turn against him. It's better not to pursue it at this time.

Thinking of this, Li Longji's anger slowly subsided, but he became very interested in Li Qing and Yang Zhao. Li Qing was originally the one who wanted to be a big shot and assisted the prince. It was reasonable for Li Linfu to be afraid of him.

However, Yang Zhao surprised Li Longji a little, and even let Li Linfu, who had been beating all his life, take a look away and fall into his hands.

"I didn't expect that even Li Linfu, the old man, would be blind all day, which is very interesting."

A smug smile appeared on the corner of Li Longji's mouth, "In this way, I need to cultivate him even more."

When he raised his eyes, he saw Gao Lishi still kneeling on the ground, waved his hand, signaled him to stand up, and comforted him with a smile: "You have done a good job in this matter. Report it to me in time, so that I can be prepared in my heart. I will not be mistaken for tomorrow's dynasty."

From the corner of his eyes, he glanced at the hibiscus in the inner room and lowered his voice and said to Gao Lishi: "Go and tell that Yang Zhao and let him do well with Li Linfu. If there is any major thing, I will report it to me in time. After the Du Youlin case is over this time, I will be promoted to his official position!"

Gao Lishi nodded quickly and accused him of the crime, then slowly retreated.

Li Longji walked back to the inner room happily, and immediately a palace maid pulled up the yellow silk curtain tent on the door. At this time, Yang Yuhuan's delicate voice came from the hibiscus tent on the dragon couch, "Sanlang, what else does Gao Lishi have to do with you so late?"

"It's nothing big, by the way, didn't you ask me to promote your cousin last time? I promise you that you will be promoted to his post in a few days. How do you thank me!"

A snow-white arm stretched out from the tent and gently pulled him, "What else can I thank you? Come in quickly! It's cold outside."

Li Longji stroked her smooth and white shirt, and the dragon's body suddenly felt hot. He turned around and turned off the lights and crawled into the tent of the lotus with ambition.
Chapter completed!