Chapter 1163 Progress

Tao Yi knew that the world was very complicated, and princes would never commit crimes with the common people when they broke the law, so he also wrote to impeach those who brought weapons to the cell last time. He never expected the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple to arrest those people. .

But as the emperor said, this world is not really their old Li family's. Although he is the emperor, he is not allowed to say anything.

So even if the queen mother fell ill and fell ill again, he still dealt with several cousins ​​in a row, the punishment that should be punished, the punishment that should be passed.

And just when everyone in the capital was fighting the law, news of Yizhou City came soon, Dongxi Village in Suizhou was besieged, Tang Zhihe found more than 15,000 private soldiers from it, and they didn't have much conflict. was pacified.

When Zhezi was sent to the capital, it seemed that everything had been settled.

The queen mother softened at once, and found out the private soldiers, which was considered to be the conviction of the king of Yizhou for supporting private soldiers, and the rest, all she could do was to intercede.

But the emperor summoned Wei Zhi and Tang Hui overnight.

He put the book from Yizhou on the table, and said solemnly: "The book says that the commander of the army is Tang Zhihe, magistrate of Huayang County, and Yang Heshu, magistrate of Luojiang County. , do you believe it?"

Wei Zhi said with an expressionless face, "There are no more than a thousand troops stationed in one prefecture, and even less in Mianzhou. There are only more than six hundred troops in the military department. Can one thousand six hundred troops encircle fifteen thousand? Besides, it is still Yizhou. The elite of the king."

"I don't believe it either." The emperor said solemnly, "Furthermore, there is still no news from Yin Li."

The emperor and Wei Zhi looked at Lord Tang together.

Lord Tang then bent down and said, "Your Majesty, I have not received a letter from Yizhou. In such a situation, I can only think of one possibility. The private soldiers of the King of Yizhou are not only in Dongxi Village."

He said, "Judging from the account books handed over by Bai Shan and the others 12 years ago, they were able to support more than 30,000 private soldiers.

The emperor moved in his heart.

The three old foxes looked at each other, the emperor pondered for a moment and then said: "Since the private soldiers have been confiscated, then prepare to convict the king of Yizhou, Bai Shan and Zhou Man should also be released, these two days Kong sacrifice wine every day. Blocking me, I have already avoided the small study at the back."

Wei Zhi asked, "What about Brother Xiang?"

"Xiang Chao, who complained to the imperial court, can be released. Xiang Mingxue is involved in the assassination of the prince of the imperial court. There is no evidence for Dongxi Village, so let's put it in custody for the time being."

Lord Tang said, "Your Majesty, Xiang Mingxue's hamstring was broken. It's better to let him go than not to let him go."

The emperor said: "This matter is not urgent, take your time, wait for two days, and see what else the King of Yizhou has to explain."

After a moment's thought, Old Master Tang agreed.

Wei Zhi and Lord Tang retreated, because it was late at night, and it was dark outside at this time, and Lord Tang's heart was very heavy.

Wei Zhi also knew that he was worried about his son, so he reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "Yin Li is there, Zhihe should be fine."

Old Master Tang sighed, "We take it for granted, how can the cunning rabbit not have three caves? We only stared at Dongxi Village before, alas, missteps, missteps."

Wei Zhi was silent for a while and suddenly mentioned, "The suzerains of various families still don't want to leave the capital?"

"Yeah, the queen mother is often summoned recently, and our review is getting worse and worse."

The empress dowager came from an old-fashioned family, and the family was entangled. The emperor promoted many disciples of the poor family in recent years, such as Wei Zhi, who was born in the poor family.

But this old boy is not honest. Although he came from a poor family, he married a daughter-in-law from a noble family.

The emperor is planning to rebuild the clan history and re-register the various families, which makes several major families very dissatisfied.

Old Master Tang has a headache when he thinks of these things.

Wei knows: "Yang Heshu is also in the game, Yang Hou doesn't seem to be in a hurry, but he has always been a favorite son, I am afraid he will not sit idly by. He is not only the eldest son, but also the smartest and most outstanding one of Yang's peers. Sect Master Yang has always loved him."

The old man Tang was silent.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Wei Zhi stopped and said clearly: "Old Master Tang, Yizhou and Mianzhou are not far from each other, and Magistrate Tang and Magistrate Yang are classmates and friends, so they should be each other's horns."

To put it bluntly, let him come forward to contact the Yang family.

Lord Tang couldn't help rolling his eyes, "Why don't you go to the Cui family?"

Wei Zhi's eldest daughter-in-law is a girl from the Cui family, and Yang Heshu's daughter-in-law is a cousin, so they can talk to each other, okay?

Wei Zhi said bluntly: "I don't get along very well with Yang Hou. If you go, it won't work. I'll go again."

Old Master Tang snorted and walked past him with his hands behind his back.

Wei Zhi didn't care, he followed behind him with his hands behind his back, and when he left the palace, he asked, "Lao Feng, are you going to talk, or I?"

Old Master Tang said, "Go ahead. I used to be his Shangguan'er. He was always a little uncomfortable when he saw me. It's more convenient for you to say some things."

What's more, he is going to find Yang Hou, so he can't push everything to him, right?

Wei Zhi nodded indifferently and agreed.

Manbao's medicinal herbs continued to flow, and the four of them ate well in the prison. Except for being called to court for questioning every once in a while, in fact, they had nothing to do, so they lived quite comfortably.

In his spare time, Bai Shan was reading a book, or chatting with his cellmate next door.

Xiang Mingxue also borrowed their books to read.

Man Bao was holding a pen, and most of his time occupied the only table in the cell to write and draw, completely immersed in the medical exchange with Teacher Mo.

The remaining small half is to treat the two people in the cell.

Because there were only two patients, Man Bao and Teacher Mo had almost figured out the cases of both of them. If the conditions of the cell did not allow it, she would have tried to connect the hamstrings to Xiang Mingxue.

Therefore, with Mr. Mo as the think tank and Man Bao devotedly treating them, their injuries began to improve qualitatively.

Xiang Chao was able to move around in the cell, the wound on his back had scabbed over, apart from itching and wanting to scratch, the bone fracture from the cane had not healed completely, but the internal injury was almost healed.

And Xiang Mingxue's face is not so pale and colorless. Although his lips are still very white, there is not much blood in his eyes, but he can talk a lot every day, and his awake time is getting longer and longer, not like he just came here. In those days, most of the time was lethargic.

Then, the wounds on his body also began to heal. Although the rate of scab formation was very slow, Man Bao said that it was because he had too many wounds on his body and his body's own healing speed was limited, so it was slower than Xiang Chao.

But he can also sit up. Although the range of motion cannot be too large, it is no problem to eat and drink by himself.

It's a little troublesome to go to the thatched hut behind the curtain, but after Xiang Chao can move freely, it's not a problem at all, he has nothing, so he has the strength.

Otherwise, he will be bored to death, because he is illiterate and has no interest in learning to read and write. He is the most boring of the four in the cell, so boring that he has to quarrel with the cellmate next door every day.

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