Chapter 379 Perhaps lighter than a feather

Lishan also built the Ten Princes' Residence and the Baisun Courtyard, which made it convenient for the princes, princes, and grandsons to accompany the saints to stay in Lishan.

When Li Heng checked into the Ten King's House last night, he couldn't help but sneered and whispered to Li Fuguo, "You can see the saint's uneasiness."

When he woke up the next day, he deeply regretted it, thinking that he should not have been so quick in case others heard him.

When Li Fuguo came in, he was seen sitting on the couch rubbing his forehead, his face dark and gloomy.

"Your Highness is still mourning for King Jieshuai. Please express your condolences." Li Fuguo wisely did not mention what he heard last night and reminded: "The saint summoned Your Highness."

"So early?"

Li Heng was a little surprised. Since Li Longji rarely held court meetings, he rarely summoned his ministers in the early morning unless something big happened.

He neither changed his clothes nor washed his face, and walked into Huaqing Palace covered in dust and with tears on his face.

At the Kaiyang Gate, Yu Chaoen came up to greet him and said, "This servant will lead the way for the prince. The saint is in the Nine Dragons Hall."

This eunuch was very close to Li Heng. Although he did not give any warning, he deliberately quickened his pace. Therefore, when they passed through the inner palace gate, they happened to meet Xue Bai and Yuan Zai who had just withdrawn from the audience.

Only then did Li Heng understand why the sage wanted to see him so early in the morning. It turned out that he had first heard Xue Bai and Yuan Zai report important events.

What's the big deal? It's not difficult to speculate that Li Heng knew Xue Bai wanted to get rid of An Lushan, and Yuan Zai also hoped to avenge Wang Zhongsi.

This time, they are on the same side.

With this thought, Li Heng paused for a moment and gave them a sad and sincere look. Yuan Zai responded quickly and silently bowed, giving the prince enough respect.

Xue Bai began to become more tactful recently. Although his expression was still calm, he nodded slightly, indicating that this time everyone should deal with An Lushan together and avenge Wang Zhongsi.

They passed each other, and Li Heng had almost achieved his goal before meeting the saint. He expressed his stance and established a reputation. This was not only a reputation in the eyes of Xue Bai and Yuan Zai, but also a knowledgeable person in the court.

Everyone knows that the prince is the banner to resist An Lushan. As for the result, it is not that important.

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Yutang Kowloon Hall.

Yutang Jiulong Hall is also called "Lotus Soup". It is a bathing place exclusively for saints. The temple is divided into an inner hall and an outer hall.

After taking a bath in the inner hall, Li Longji, wearing a simple silk robe and with long wet hair, went directly to the outer hall to receive the ministers.

Regardless of whether he was willing to meet Li Heng or not, due to Wang Zhongsi's death, the meeting between their father and son was inevitable.

"Father! My sworn brother..."

When Li Heng arrived at the palace gate, he quickened his pace and almost jogged to reach His Highness. He threw himself to the ground and knelt there sobbing.

"My child can't believe this news is true. My sworn brother is in his prime. My child is too sad and it's rude."

Where Li Longji looked, Li Heng's robe was covered with mud, and he looked extremely embarrassed, which was in sharp contrast to his clean and elegant appearance just after taking a bath.

As he spoke at this time, Li Heng's eyes were red, tears kept flowing, and his shoulders were twitching uncontrollably. He was genuinely sad, and it didn't look like he was acting. However, what Li Longji was thinking about was what Yuan Zai had just said.

The sentence "My father-in-law is not dead".

"I can still vividly remember the scene when my sworn brother and I played in the palace. He finally disarmed and returned to the capital. He had some time to relax. I was looking forward to seeing him again, but here he is!"

Li Heng continued to talk, trying to describe what happened to Wang Zhongsi when he was a child, hoping to arouse Li Longji's affection for his adopted son. Li Longji also continued to think about what Yuan Zai said, "The prince must know about it."

Therefore, in his eyes, every expression Li Heng made was like a performance, which looked extremely ridiculous.

It was under such circumstances that he had the patience to deal with his son to see how rebellious his son was.

"Don't cry." Li Longji comforted him warmly and sighed meaningfully: "I have lost another son."

Li Heng didn't know what he meant. He just thought that he finally remembered Wang Zhongsi. He gritted his teeth and said, "Father, I thought that my sworn brother did not die of illness, but that he must have been killed by someone!"

"who?"

"My sworn brother has made great achievements in Nanzhao and will inevitably be hated by others. I think this matter should be investigated in detail."

Li Longji closed his eyes and pondered, and said slowly: "Okay, I'll leave it to you to investigate. Can you give me a real result?"

Hearing these words, Li Heng was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect to be able to convince Li Longji so easily. But no matter what the reason was, the matter was very important to him, and he immediately responded: "My child will definitely live up to his mission."

"Find the murderer and avenge Ah Xun?"

"Yes. Find the murderer and avenge your sworn brother." Li Heng said loudly.

A relieved smile appeared on Li Longji's face, and he murmured: "I understand your mood very well."

Not long ago, he sat here and asked Xue Bai, "Why did they do this?"

Xue Bai replied, "According to my speculation, Wang Zhongsi was forced to panic, and others had been trying to kill him. He simply faked his death, so that the target of the attack would be directed at Yang Guozhong and An Lushan, and the prince could take this opportunity to go to Li

After a trip to the mountain, they also wanted to...admonish the saint."

Any words of advice, to Li Longji's ears, were simply military advice.

This matter was not something he had just guessed out of thin air, but something Li Linfu had reported a long time ago. It was finally time to implement Wang Zhongsi's words "I want to respect the prince". He faked his death and made the palace and the court lower their guard. The prince took advantage of the opportunity.

He went to Lishan Mountain to meet the Holy Spirit, and in the name of a thorough investigation, he mobilized troops and horses to carry out palace coup.

He hoped that this speculation was false, but judging from his rich experience in palace changes, it was not impossible. When he was young, the blood and fire in the palace had deeply engraved a truth in his mind - he could not believe anything.

people, especially his own son.

But it was difficult to confirm the prince's alien intentions and even find evidence. In this regard, Xue Bai gave a suggestion.

"Sage, please calm down. This matter is just a random guess by me. If you want to confirm it, why not try the method of Duan Yu Yan from Zheng Bo?"

Li Longji decided to give Li Heng the power and pretended to investigate Wang Zhongsi's death to see what his son was thinking.

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Chang'an, Chongrenfang, Fan Yangjin Memorial Hall.

Sun Xiaozhe was very caring. He went to bed very early last night and slept deeply.

As soon as it dawned, Ji Wen came to meet him. He was so anxious that he even forgot to chew the cloves and said, "Wang Zhongsi is fine."

"Are you really not dead?"

Sun Xiaozhe didn't believe it. After all, his men had already said that the head cut off was not Wang Zhongsi's. He was just a little upset that he had not succeeded in killing a person for so long.

He rubbed his nose, but he didn't mind the stench in Ji Wen's mouth. There was a lot of cow and sheep excrement on the grassland, so this bad breath was nothing.

"Where to hide?"

"I really came out of the torture." Ji Wen's eyes were bright and he said: "It's at the villa in Zhaoying County. I have sent people to secretly inquire about it. I wanted to confirm it before telling you. But this matter should be Almost as good as ten."

Sun Xiaozhe said: "I sent people to chop him up."

He was very murderous, not only because Wang Zhongsi's prestige made An Lushan very afraid, but also because he had a deep relationship with Wang Zhongsi. In the first year of Tianbao, Wang Zhongsi went to the north to conquer the Turks, and Sun Xiaozhe's father died there. Later in that battle, Anlushan wanted to intercept Wang Zhongsi's soldiers in Xiongwu City, and Sun Xiaozhe stayed in Anlushan's army at that time.

This time, An Lushan sent Sun Xiaozhe to Chang'an to offer prisoners, which was also related to this.

Ji Wen said: "Don't worry, General Sun, think about it, even if Wang Zhongsi is still alive, he is dead in the eyes of the world. As a general and official, he has been killed by you."

"No, he faked his death because he sensed the danger." Sun Xiaozhe said: "He is the most terrifying beast. If he escapes our attack, he will definitely retaliate against us. We must not hesitate. If we want to be cruel, we have to bite his neck. Bite it off in one bite.”

"Zhaoying County is very close to Huaqing Palace, so it would be very dangerous to use force again."

Sun Xiaozhe had an intuition that he was being watched, so he called someone and said, "Go tell Arado and hide it somewhere else. The dummy head is buried..."

Arado was the leader of the team he sent to assassinate Wang Zhongsi, and he had been preparing for a long time to pretend to be a Nanzhao man.

When Ji Wen heard about the beheading, he thought of it and said, "I have a way. Why don't I hang the head and write the head of Wang Zhongsi on it to make it look like the Nanzhao barbarians are showing off their power. But when others look at it, that's it. If the head is fake, then we know that Wang Zhongsi faked his death, which is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor."

"Is it useful?"

"It's useful." Ji Wen was good at punishing people, and he didn't agree with Sun Xiaozhe's habit of killing people at every turn, and said: "Deceiving the emperor is a sharper knife. This time, Wang Zhongsi is dead without General Sun taking action. "

After the two discussed it, they immediately sent people to kill him, and then sent more people to Zhaoying County to investigate.

Sun Xiaozhe did not forget to ask his men to observe the terrain and make preparations. If Wang Zhongsi had other means, he would kill him directly. Ji Wen was watching and still said "no need".

However, in the afternoon, bad news came back one after another.

"General, Arado and the others have been found."

"What's the meaning?"

"There was no one in their hiding place, and there were blood stains on the ground. They must have been discovered by officers and soldiers."

"Wang Zhongsi!" Sun Xiaozhe suddenly changed his expression and said angrily: "It must be Wang Zhongsi, we have fallen into his trap!"

He was actually very afraid of Wang Zhongsi, that is, he dared to kill Wang Zhongsi while Wang Zhongsi was seriously ill, but if he failed to kill him, he was also very afraid of the consequences.

Ji Wen quickly comforted such a fierce-looking Turk and said: "It doesn't matter, we have made complete preparations. The general's men are all hard-core and will not confess easily."

Sun Xiaozhe said: "You told me not long ago that no matter how hard a bone is, it will become soft in your hands."

"But... people who are as good at torture as me are not common."

Just as Ji Wen finished speaking, a soldier hurried to the courtyard and said: "General, there is something important. The prince was ordered to investigate the important case and sent someone to invite the general and Dr. Ji to Lishan for questioning."

"To Lishan? How could this happen?" Ji Wen was greatly surprised, "How could the saint change his attitude and suddenly believe in Donggong so much?"

"Because what he told is the truth." Sun Xiaozhe said: "It is Wang Zhongsi who I sent people to kill. He was caught by someone. Of course the saint will believe it."

Ji Wen was so anxious that he paced around and murmured: "In this case, we are passive. The prince and Wang Zhongsi are afraid that they will attack us this time."
To be continued...