Everyone has a score in his heart. He knows who is reliable and who is unreliable.
After Yuwenshu returned to Beijing, he deliberately condescended to befriend Li Hun, just to cultivate his own power, or to seek self-protection and cultivate party members.
But it was obvious that Li Hun was unreliable.
They had a grudge, and after this incident, Yu Wenshu was completely disappointed with Li Hun, especially when the other party threatened him that if Li Hun could not be exonerated within three months, the other party would report him.
By this time, Yu Wenshu had already begun to murder.
Historically, the way Yu Wenshu killed Li Hun was quite coincidental. A Western region warlock named Anjiatuo said in front of Yang Guang: Li should be the emperor, and everyone with the surname Li in the country should be punished.
After Yu Wenshu knew about it, he directly sent Yang Guang a message: Angatuo's words are believed to be true. I have been close to Li Jincai for a long time. I heard that their tastes were very different. I spent many days with Li Min, Shan Heng and others, talking to each other day and night. Li Hun is sleepless in the evening. As a minister, his family has been prosperous for a long time. It is not appropriate for him to catch the forbidden soldiers. I hope your majesty will check it out.
In this sentence, three people named Li were mentioned, Li Hun, Li Min, and Li Shanheng.
Li Min is Yang Lihua's son-in-law, Yuwen Eying's husband, and Li Shanheng is Li Hun's nephew. These three are one family.
Li Min's grandfather is Li Yuan, Li Yuan's eldest brother is Li Mu, and Li Mu is Li Hun's father.
Therefore, Li Hun is Li Min's cousin.
Since the alchemists have said that anyone surnamed Li will become the emperor, then there are only three families with the surname Li in the Sui Dynasty, Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li, and Liaodong Li. Among them, the Liaodong Li branch is also branched from Zhaojun Li.
Longxi Li has Yang Guang's cousin Li Yuan, Zhaojun Li is Li Zixiong and Li Delin, Liaodong Li, Heyang County Duke Li Changya is Yang Guang's brother-in-law.
So among the three companies, who is the most threatening right now? Of course it was the Li family in Longxi, and Li Hun and the other three were all from Longxi Li, and according to Yu Wenshu, these three often conspired together, maybe they were plotting something.
According to historical records, Yang Guang killed Li Hun and 32 people from the Li Min clan, and they all moved outside the ridge.
There are no young or old men left in the clan.
The most unlucky person was Yuwen Eying. As Yang Guang's niece, she was also killed by Yang Guang.
This is why Yang Lihua died early in history, otherwise Yang Guang would not dare to do this.
But in this life, Yu Wenshu would definitely not do this, because the alchemist named Angatuo had no chance to tell Yang Guang the prophecy.
Even if he said it, Yu Wenshu didn't have the guts to implicate Li Min because Yang Lihua was still alive.
So Yu Wenshu quietly met with Yang Guang on a dark and windy night.
"Is it true?" Yang Guang said with a cruel expression.
Yu Wenshu nodded: "It's unmistakable. Li Jun, the eldest grandson of Duke Shen, was killed by Li Jincai on the orders of Li Shanheng. He wanted to inherit the title of Duke Shen, so he did it. This man was too ruthless. He was his nephew. .”
Are you ruthless enough to report your own brother-in-law? Yang Guang said in a deep voice: "Did he tell you personally?"
"When I was drinking with him, Li Shanheng accidentally made a mistake," Yu Wen said:
"When the late emperor ordered Zhao Chuo to investigate the case, he suspected that Li Shanheng was responsible. However, he was framed by Li Hun as his father and brother Li Qutan, and the case was closed. Now it seems that Li Qutan was so unjust."
Yang Guang now dislikes Li Hun. You dare to reach out to Yushitai. You are so courageous. Yang Guang hates such people with gnashing of teeth.
"So, as long as this Li Shanheng is interrogated, the truth will be revealed?" Yang Guang frowned.
Yu Wenshu nodded and said, "This matter must be tried by Wei Xuan before justice can be seen."
Yang Guang narrowed his eyes and directly ordered Gao Ye, the chamberlain, to summon Wei Xuan.
Wei Xuan was not on duty tonight, so he quickly entered the palace after receiving the order.
Yang Guang was also very interesting. In order to evade Yu Wenshu's suspicion, he asked him to hide behind the screen, and then told Wei Xuandao:
"I have received some news about the assassination of Li Jun. You should go down and investigate carefully. Let's start with Li Shanheng. We must find out the truth."
Wei Xuan nodded and said, "I will investigate immediately."
There were three things that made a new official take office, not to mention it was the emperor's personal order. Wei Xuan certainly did not dare to delay, and he sent people to arrest Li Shanheng directly that night.
In his mind, Wei Xuan thought that it was Yang Yue and his nephew who were causing trouble behind the scenes, because they mentioned this matter when they had a verbal argument with Li Hun at the court meeting, saying that this was the rumor in the capital.
At that time, the emperor also asked people from Yushitai to go down and conduct a thorough investigation, but Pei Yun did not find any results.
Because Pei Yun didn't find the right person, you would be right to find Li Shanheng.
Wei Xuan is a ruthless man. He is also the Minister of Weiwei Temple. During the reign of Emperor Kaihuang, he was the right-hand general of the left and right mansions.
When Li Shanheng saw Wei Xuan, he was almost scared to death, because he was not an idiot. A minister personally interrogated him, which was obviously a big deal.
And he has done that one thing in his life, and for the rest of his life, he has been a good, law-abiding citizen.
"Li Hun is next door. Do you know why we arrested you?" Wei Xuan sat on a chair, with the most ruthless executioners from the Ministry of Punishment standing behind him.
In other words, if someone with Wei Xuan's status dared to make such nonsense, ordinary officials from the Ministry of Punishment would not dare to interrogate him like this.
After Li Shanheng heard this sentence, he was completely confused and trembling all over:
"I don't know what Duke Wei is talking about? I didn't break the law."
Wei Xuan chuckled: "If I didn't break the law, I wouldn't be here today. Li Jincai only confessed after being tortured. Do you want to take a break?"
Li Shanheng glanced at the torture instruments in the room, and his psychological defense was almost broken.
You Li Hun, you actually sold me?
As early as after he assassinated Li Jun, Li Shanheng was mentally prepared for death. Although so many years had passed without incident, he knew that if the matter was revealed, he would die and his family would be implicated.
"I don't know what laws Duke Ye has violated. I only know that I have a clear conscience." Li Shanheng said, "I haven't said anything yet, but Duke Wei is going to torture his subjects. This is not in line with the process of interrogating prisoners in the Sui Dynasty. I have a clear conscience." With the honor in my body, I cannot use torture directly."
Wei Xuan grinned and raised his fingers behind him: "Torture!"
Immediately, two executioners walked out. One of them took one of Li Shanheng's arms and placed him on the torture rack.
"Gong Wei, Gong Wei, my grandpa drank with you, have you forgotten? I am considered your junior, you can't do this to me."
With a snap, the whip was drawn down, and Li Shanheng suddenly let out a scream like a slaughtering pig.
The whipping here is different from the whipping given to Qu Tutong and Yu Wenhuaji. For them, it was called punishment, while for Li Shanheng, it was called torture.
Even Qu Tutong couldn't resist the twenty whips from the Ministry of Punishment.
After being whipped for three or five times, Li Shanheng had already begged for mercy: "I said, I said, whatever you asked, I said what I said."
The next day, Li Hun happily boarded the carriage and prepared to enter the palace to attend the court meeting.
Yu Wenshu is a very capable thief. It has only been a few days and he has already made arrangements for me?
At this time, the court meeting had already begun. Li Hun thought that Yu Wenshu was helping him speak at the court meeting, so the emperor summoned him and wanted to hear his explanation.
As for how to explain it, he had already thought about it. Liang Pi had scolded me before, and I held a grudge. I happened to hear that Master Liang had embezzled his gains, so I thought of revenge. I lost my mind for a while, and then I went to Xu Shitai. Qing helps.
The explanation given to the emperor must be credible. It must not just scream injustice. It must make the emperor feel, oh, that's what happened.
To put it bluntly, you have to make the emperor feel that you did not lie to him. It does not matter if you commit a crime. You cannot make a mistake. To lie to the emperor is to make a mistake.
At the court meeting, Yang Yue and Xuangan were very confused, because after Wei Xuan's report just now, almost everyone's eyes turned to their uncle and nephew.
Even Pei Yun is like this.
I'm so unjust, I didn't do this.
"Where did Duke Wei receive the information that led him to arrest Li Shanheng overnight?" Xuangan asked.
Wei Xuan smiled and said, "Well, it's convenient for me to tell you."
Yang Yue was very direct: "Li Jin is the one who brought it upon himself, but this matter has nothing to do with me. I mentioned it some time ago, but I didn't know that it was Li Shanheng who killed him."
Yuwen said: "Don't worry, Mr. Yang, such a thing that makes people and gods angry is because good and evil are rewarded, and the laws of nature are clear. It has nothing to do with you at all."
When he explained like this, Yang Yue felt that the other party was just saying something and was mocking him. After all, Yu Wenshu and Li Hun were wearing the same pair of pants.
Is Li Hun's crime serious? Very big, because Li Jun is the eldest son and grandson of Grand Master Li Mu, and the orthodox heir. Li Hun killed his nephew because Li Mu would be the last to succeed.
This kind of thing cannot be tolerated in any period.
Disloyalty and unfilial piety carry the heaviest penalties.
As soon as Li Hun entered the hall, he was beaten to the ground with two sticks by the guards.
Yang Guang stood up, pointed at Li Hun and angrily rebuked: "Unfaithful and unfilial, he is killed by his flesh and blood. Now the country will kill him. There is no way he can be saved. If someone comes, he will be killed outside the court with a stick."
Li Hun had no idea what was going on and shouted that he was wronged. He was dragged out by the imperial guards and brutally killed outside Daxing Hall.
Yang Guang is also quite interesting. Except for the two sons and one daughter born to Li Hun's wife Yuwen, all the others were exiled to Lingnan.
The thirteen-year-old son of Li Hun's eldest son, Li Shirun, was adopted by Yang Guang under the name of the dead ghost Li Jun. He inherited the dukedom of Shen State, and Yu Wenshu took care of his family property.
This new Duke of Shen has to call Yu Wenshu uncle and grandpa.
As for the murderer Li Shanheng, he was cut into pieces by a thousand cuts.
Since then, a major injustice case during the Kaihuang period was solved because of Yu Wenshu's backstabbing, and Yang Guang would also vindicate the dead man Li Qutan.
This is the first time Yang Guang has rehabilitated someone since he succeeded to the throne.
So on the next day, the old Yu family carried several boxes of files and knelt outside the Zhuque Gate, begging the emperor to clear the wrong for Yu Qingze, Duke of Jin.
Yang Guang was also stunned. You guys really know how to seize the opportunity.
Now it was Zhao Shizhu's turn, and he had trouble sleeping and eating. (End of chapter)
