Chapter 270: Introducing Your Lord into the Gate

At the same time when Li Jun returned to report to Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong also received news that the Jinwu Guard failed to arrest someone last night, and Xing Jun fled into Li Qing'an's military camp. Not only that, Li Qing'an also bit back and ran to Xingqing Palace to report that the Jinwu Guard sent troops without authorization and attacked the Anxi military camp at night.

Yang Guozhong was angry and anxious. At this moment, he no longer cared about Xing Jian. His top priority was to turn off his responsibilities. Li Longji announced that his visit had been passed to the Ministry of Personnel. Yang Guozhong did not go to Xingqing directly, but went to the Ministry of War to find Linghu Fei. On the way, they met.

"Sir, what should I do about this?" Yang Guozhong asked anxiously as soon as Linghu Fei got on the carriage.

"Shangshu Yang, don't be anxious, keep calm."

Linghu Fei just learned about this, and he did not expect that the seamless plan would have an accident. He also knew that calling the Jinwu Guard was a serious crime, but as long as the criminal was caught, he would explain it privately to Li Longji later. With Yang Guozhong's identity as the uncle, there should be no problem. But now Li Qing'an turned against the enemy and made the matter a big deal, which made it known to everyone in the court. He also charged with an attack on the Anxi Army at night, and the matter really became serious.

Linghu Fei's mind was turning rapidly. How to resolve this matter? He pondered for a long time before he said to Yang Guozhong: "The only way we have to insist on arresting Xing Jian. Because the situation was urgent, we asked for help from Jinwuwei. In short, we must say this matter was an accidental event. In this way, we can not only clear the charge, but also lead to the matter of Xing Jian."

"clever!"

Yang Guozhong praised with a punch, worthy of being his military advisor, and immediately found a breakthrough. He thought for a while and said, "But if the Lord asked me why I didn't report to him last night, what should I answer?"

Linghu Fei smiled and said, "The Lord will not ask you, it will be Li Qing'an who will come to ask you."

Yang Guozhong was stunned, "Is this any difference?"

“The two are very different!”

Linghu Fei smiled, smiling ambiguously, "Li Qing'an asked you because he wanted to kill you, but the emperor asked you to give him a step, so as long as you grasp this point, you can get through this level."

Yang Guozhong seemed to understand it, and he scratched his scalp and said, "Sir, please tell me, how should I explain it?"

Seeing that he couldn't even grasp this, Linghu Fei sighed in his heart and said, "You just said, you want to hold the assassin and report the merits to the priest. Do you understand? The four words "honestly seek merits" can cover up all your impulses and mistakes. This is your shield."

Although the reason is good, Yang Guozhong was a little unhappy. He sank his face and said, "I am a dignified prime minister, how can I do such an impulsive thing?"

Linghu Fei felt a cry in his heart, and he smiled bitterly: "My Shangshu Yang! Face is not important at this time. What is important is to turn big things into small things. Let the emperor punish you symbolically, and give him a step and give him face. Do you understand?"

Yang Guozhong was as big as a fight. After so many years of fighting with Li Qing'an, he always suffered losses. He lost his post and was demoted to lose his twin sisters. This time he just wanted to wear some shoes for Li Qing'an, but even his brother-in-law also compensated him. He was a little afraid of this person and didn't want to provoke him, but his ghost was still entangled and entangled himself again. Oh my God! He is simply his nemesis.

The carriage drove to the gate of Xingqing Palace. Yang Guozhong got off the carriage. Linghu Fei couldn't enter. He once again reminded Yang Guozhong: "Encourt, remember, 'I'm eager to take credit!"

"I see!"

Yang Guozhong had dressed up and was about to leave, when someone suddenly shouted in the distance: "Shangshu Yang!"

When Yang Guozhong turned around, he saw a horse galloping from afar. The person on the horse seemed to be an official from Dali Temple. Yang Guozhong did not react, but Linghu Fei secretly shouted something wrong. He jumped out of the carriage and said loudly: "What happened?"

The official of Dali Temple flew off his horse and stepped forward to salute, "My envoy ordered me to report urgently. Jingzhao Yin came to Dali Temple early this morning and wanted to leave the criminal who was arrested yesterday."

"Ah!" Linghu Fei exclaimed in a flash. The sudden news reversed the situation and they were at a disadvantage.

At this time, the eunuch who announced the edict anxiously said to Yang Guozhong: "Shangshu Yang, hurry up! The emperor is already anxious."

Yang Guozhong glanced at Linghu Fei and walked towards Xingqing Palace. Linghu Fei suddenly called Yang Guozhong, "Stop it!"

"Is there anything else to do, sir?"

"Empress, I'll go in with you."

The situation changed suddenly. Linghu Fei knew that Yang Guozhong could not handle it, so he could only bite the bullet and go.

"My minister Yang Guozhong bows to Your Majesty!"

"I am Linghu Fei to see Your Majesty!"

The two bowed to Li Longji in front of Dan. Linghu Fei's arrival made Li Longji a little unhappy. He knew that Linghu Fei, the Minister of War, was Yang Guozhong's military advisor, but as a dignified prime minister, Yang Guozhong had to face Linghu Fei for such a trivial matter, which really disappointed Li Longji.

"Linghu Aiqing, what are you here to do?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Shangshu Yang asked Jinwu Guard to assist in arresting the fugitive yesterday. It was my idea. I dare not hide it. I will come and take the crime!"

"Hmph!" Li Qingan next to him snorted softly and said, "The news about Mr. Linghu is so fast. I just reported this to the emperor, and Mr. Linghu knew about it. Could it be that he was so embarrassed?"

Li Qing'an meant that someone was informing Xingqing Palace. His words scared the eunuchs in the hall all trembled. Linghu Fei immediately responded: "The general's words are inappropriate. I was going to apologize to Your Majesty. General Deng, the Jinwu Guard, entered Xingqing Palace. Do I wonder what it was?"

"Okay, there's no need to argue about this!"

Li Longji interrupted their argument and turned around to question Yang Guozhong and said, "What fugitives do you need to catch? Is there any item in your position to catch fugitives?"

Yang Guozhong quickly knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, yesterday afternoon, I accidentally received news that the accomplice who assassinated King Di was hidden in Chongsheng Temple. I immediately told the news to the Chang'an County Magistrate Cui Guangyuan. However, I later worried that the criminals were very skilled in martial arts and the county yamen runners could not deal with it. I had served as the county magistrate in Chang'an County and had a lot of feelings for the yamen runners and did not want them to die unexpectedly. So I went to Jinwu Guard for help at the suggestion of Minister Linghu. This is what happened."

When Li Longji heard that he was quite reasonable, he nodded and said, "Then why didn't you tell Jingzhao Yin about this matter and make decisions without authorization? Don't you know that I have ordered Jingzhao Yin to be fully responsible for this matter?"

Yang Guozhong kowtowed twice again and said, "Your Majesty, I am guilty. I am eager to take credit for it. I want to take this credit by myself, but I am selfish."

So far, Yang Guozhong's reply has satisfied Li Longji. He couldn't help but glance at Linghu Fei again. He knew that it must be this person who taught Yang Guozhong on the way, which made Yang Guozhong use such a clever way to avoid the important and avoid the most.

Li Longji smiled at Li Qing'an again and said, "The General understands now! It is indeed a reason for the incident. Although Shangshu Yang has little selfish intentions in his work, this is also a common sense. After all, his starting point is good. It can be seen that the Jinwu Guard is not targeting the Anxi Army. Of course, I will still severely punish the perpetrator and give Anxi Army an explanation."

At this point, it was considered to give Li Qing'an a face. Everyone has a way out. Even if this matter is left unresolved, the problem is that Yang Guozhong has already mentioned the assassination case of King Di. If Li Qing'an reconciled, what should I do about this case? Once Li Qing'an nodded, he would be eliminated.

Li Qingan glanced at Linghu Fei, and Linghu Fei was also looking at him. The two of them had a touch of their eyes, and Linghu Fei's eyes were filled with sneer, meaning, what can you, Li Qingan?

Li Qingan understood what Linghu Fei meant. As long as he nodded, Linghu Fei would continue the case immediately, but it had nothing to do with him, Li Qingan.

This is like a fight between experts. Linghu Fei takes retreat as an advance, secretly bringing murderous intent. If Li Qingan only sees the opponent's concession and cannot see his hidden murderous intent, then he will fall into the trap of the opponent. Li Qingan cannot admire Linghu Fei, who is worthy of being Yang Guozhong's military advisor. In such a short time, he has found a way to escape the situation and has a hidden edge.

But all of this was expected by Li Qingan. He discussed with Li Mi overnight, considered all the possibilities, and found the flaws of Linghu Fei's plan. His flaws were that he did not seek help from Jinwu Guards and Longwu Army, but had planned it long ago. If it was a temporary request, it would be too late for Cui Guangyuan to arrest Ren Haichuan. But if he came to say this flaw, it would be possible that Linghu Fei would make up for it. Therefore, he had to attack indirectly and finally lead the one into the trap, seize the opportunity, and lead Linghu Fei to his flaws step by step.

Of course, Li Qing'an's real purpose was not to do anything to Yang Guozhong. Li Mi also advised him that if Yang Guozhong really fell, it would break the balance in the court. Li Qing'an could not stay in Anxi anymore. Besides, Li Qing'an also knew that Li Longji would not touch Yang Guozhong now, so his real purpose was to intervene in this case, so that he and Wang Gong formed the same front and form an allied army to deal with Yang Guozhong together.

Li Qing'an bowed and bowed to Li Longji and said, "Thank you for presiding over justice on behalf of me. I am very grateful. I can understand Yang Shangshu's eagerness to share the country's worries. Since it is a misunderstanding, I don't want to pursue this matter anymore. But I have to be innocent. Deng Wei kept saying that I had hidden me in private and the court was going to be a criminal. Why should he believe that I was hiding me? This matter is related to my innocence. I don't want everyone in the Tang Dynasty to say that I collude with bandits. Please understand my feelings."

After saying that, he glanced at Linghu Fei again and smiled coldly. He used Tai Chi and turned things around again. Want to get him out? No way!

Linghu Fei also sighed secretly at Li Qing'an's cleverness. Of course, this was what he wanted to say, but Li Qing'an said it first. For the same thing, he said that this was completely different from that of Li Qing'an. The two of them had different starting points, just like the same peacock spreading his tail. He would describe the beauty and diversity of peacock's feathers from the back, while Li Qing'an exposed the ugliness of the peacock's butt.

He would slowly guide Li Longji and finally believe that it was Wang Gong who instructed Xing Han to plan the assassination of King Di. It doesn't matter whether there is Xing Han or not. What is important is that Li Longji believes that it was Xing Han who did it, but now he escaped for fear of crime, and then point out the relationship between Xing Han and the Wang brothers, and his purpose is achieved.

However, Li Qing'an asked Li Longji to doubt whether Xing Qian was true or not. First of all, there was no such person. How could he be sure whether he committed the case?

The same peacock spreads its tail, and the conclusions drawn by the people standing in front and behind will be different.

Sure enough, Li Longji was guided by Li Qing'an. He had just said that he wanted to give Anxi Army an explanation, so he turned around and said coldly to Deng Wei: "Have you heard the general's question? You insisted that the general was secretly hiding the fugitive. What evidence do you have?"

Li Qingan also asked him, "You have said that you did not see him enter my military camp with your own eyes, but you insisted that this person entered my camp. Please provide evidence!"

"I followed Shuishui, and Shuishui did disappear in front of the Anxi Army's camp."

"If he finds that he can't enter my camp, he will run along the camp?"

"this....."

Deng Wei was speechless. He suddenly kowtowed twice and cried, "I am guilty. I shouldn't have wronged General Li. Because I have a feud with General Li, I insisted on him and ask Your Majesty to deal with me!"

At this time, Linghu Fei was so anxious that he stamped his feet. Things were going to break. He tried his best to wink at Yang Guozhong, asking him to stop Li Longji's punishment and protect Deng Wei. In his plan, Chang Anxu was dismissed from his post, so that he would be promoted to Deng Wei to take over and control the Yulin Army. However, Yang Guozhong was silent at this critical moment.

Li Longji finally spoke, "Okay! Since you admit that you were wrongly accusing General Li, then I have to punish you. Pass my will and immediately remove the position of General Deng Wei, the Jinwu Guard, from the momentum, and demote him to a commoner."

Wang Chengye, the general of Jinwu Guard, also stood up, "Your Majesty, Deng Wei sent troops without following the military order, seriously violated the military rules. As the general of Jinwu Guard, I must also severely punish this person."

Li Longji nodded, "Yes!"

Wang Chengye pointed at Deng Wei and said, "You sent troops without authorization and were killed according to military rules, but you thought you were arresting the important criminal, not a private matter. Gu Rao you will be killed by a hundred military sticks, and you will be exempted from all military positions and demoted to ordinary soldiers."

Seeing that Yang Guozhong never pleaded for him from beginning to end, Deng Wei couldn't help but feel ashamed, and kowtowed with tears in his eyes, saying, "I thank the emperor for not killing him, and thank the general for being careless."

He stood up, no longer looked at Yang Guozhong, and followed several guards to be executed. At this time, Linghu Fei could no longer help, and stepped forward and kowtowed, "Why didn't your Majesty ask, who is Xing Jian, and why did he assassinate King Di?"

Li Qing'an also responded: "Your Majesty, I am also very curious. Who is this Xing Jiang? Since Shangshu Yang caught him in the temple, why did he let him run away again?"

Li Qingan turned around and smiled at Yang Guozhong, "Can Shangshu Yang say something?"

At this moment, the guards shouted from the outer hall: "Li Xiangguo is asking for a meeting!"

When Li Linfu came, Li Longji nodded and smiled, "It just so happened that the Prime Minister is here, let him listen together! Please come in."

"Your Majesty has an order to promise the Prime Minister Li to enter the palace!"

After a moment, Li Linfu's thin body appeared in front of the hall. He walked forward with difficulty, bowed and said, "My minister Li Linfu will meet your Majesty!"

Seeing that Li Linfu looked very bad, Li Longji couldn't help but say with concern: "The prime minister is in poor health, so he should rest at home."

"I am used to being busy and always want to share your worries for Your Majesty."

Li Longji nodded and quickly ordered: "Go and get a ring chair and sit down for the Prime Minister!"

A eunuch brought a ring chair, Li Linfu sat down, he smiled at Li Qing'an and said, "General, long time no see."

Li Qing'an quickly bowed, "I have not visited the prime minister yet after returning from a humble position. I am extremely rude. Please forgive me for your crime."

Li Linfu waved his hand and smiled, "It's okay! Public first and then private, General, please continue to talk about official affairs."

Li Qing understood it with peace of mind. Li Linfu was here to reinforce him. Li Linfu came, and he would not say much, but his arrival was a kind of momentum, which changed the power structure of the Datong Palace, increased his persuasion and intimidated Yang Guozhong. He was a strategic weapon.

Li Qing'an smiled at Li Longji and said, "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has just arrived. Can I simply tell you what happened?"

"Can!"

Li Qing'an briefly told Li Linfu what happened just now, and finally said with a smile: "I'm very curious now. Yang Shangshu said just now that he had caught the criminal in the temple, but why did he run away again? He even made a joke that he actually ran into our military camp. I really can't understand, so I want to ask Shangshu Yang."

Li Linfu couldn't help but secretly praised, "Great!" Not to mention Xing Qian, he would first promote Ren Haichuan. If Ren Haichuan was instructed by Xing Qian, there would be insufficient evidence for Xing Qian as the mastermind, so why should he involve the Wang brothers?

This is Li Qing'an's guide to the trap. He first transferred Deng Wei, and then slowly led out the flaws in time when he arrested Ren Haichuan yesterday. If he asked for help from Jinwuwei temporarily, how could it be too late? In the early morning of this year, he had secretly sent someone to investigate the location of Deng Wei yesterday afternoon.

Yang Guozhong was very embarrassed, and the sudden change caught him off guard. Moreover, Li Linfu also came, which made him feel a little nervous. Yang Guozhong is also a cunning person. Although he is not as skilled as Linghu Fei and has a thorough understanding of the problem, he also has his strengths, which is that he is good at learning and summarizing. Just now, Linghu Fei taught him to avoid the important and shirk responsibility, so he immediately learned and used it. Yang Guozhong laughed dryly and said, "Actually, this is the clue discovered by Minister Linghu. He gave me the credit. I am ashamed! I can't make mistakes again and again, so let Minister Linghu say it!"

Li Longji was also a little tired after sitting for too long. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Justice Linghu just say it!"
To be continued...