Under the Danfeng sect, Li Xuan, Ouyang Tong, and Di Renjie walked out together.
After leaving Daming Palace, Ouyang Tong suddenly relaxed a lot.
The atmosphere in the palace was too depressing before.
Turning to look at Li Xuan, Ouyang Tong said softly: "Congratulations, Dalang. If nothing else happens, you should be the governor of Xinzhou."
Li Xuan smiled bitterly, but looked at Li Jingye on the east side of Danfeng Gate, and said softly: "Uncle, so many things happened today, how can my nephew be in the mood to think so much? As for the governor of Xinzhou, now even Xinzhou is called I don’t know any names, so I can’t call him by Xinzhou Xinzhou.”
"Don't worry, someone will come to you sooner or later about this matter. It's not unusual for a governor to be the governor of a state. The officials, ministers, and your majesty will all come to talk to you." After Ouyang Tong finished speaking, he also looked at Li Jingye.
A chamberlain in green clothes was reading the imperial edict to Li Jingye.
After listening to the imperial edict, Li Jingye, who was kneeling on the ground, was suddenly struck by thunder and collapsed on the ground, full of shock.
He was deprived of all his money and demoted to Liuzhou Sima.
This is simply unacceptable to Li Jingye.
He couldn't figure it out, how could the great dynasty become like this today?
Unfortunately, no one came to tell him the details of the court from the moment the decision was made in the court to the time the edict was read out by the chamberlain.
It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that no one can.
Du Qiuren, Wei Siwen, and Tang Zhiqi, the three direct henchmen of Li Jingye, were all blocked by the Qianniu Guards. They wanted to move forward but could not.
What's more, now that the imperial edict is issued, Li Jingye will set off for Liuzhou immediately without any delay.
Li Xuan couldn't help but shook her head slightly.
I don't know if Du Qiuren and the others can catch up with Li Jingye before he leaves Beijing and tell him all the details of what happened in Hanyuan Palace.
At this moment, Li Jingye seemed to notice Li Xuan's gaze, turned his head suddenly, and looked directly at Li Xuan.
Li Xuan nodded calmly, with no excitement in his eyes, only calmness.
It seemed that Li Jingye was no longer in his eyes.
Ignoring Li Jingye, Li Xuan whispered something to Ouyang Tong and Di Renjie, and walked out together.
…
Li Jingye frowned slightly, took a deep breath, withdrew his gaze, straightened up, faced the chamberlain in front of him, raised his hands heavily and said, "Your Majesty, Li Jingye accepts the order to express my gratitude."
From the third-rank Shangzhou governor to the sixth-rank Sima Xiazhou.
Such a gap was originally unacceptable to Li Jingye.
But thinking of Liu Yizhi who had just been beheaded, Li Jingye immediately gathered his thoughts.
He himself knew that without his grandfather's help, I am afraid that he would have ended up being beheaded today.
Although he has been demoted to Liuzhou Sima, there is still hope.
Liu Yizhi's head was his certificate of surrender.
Prince, please don’t let me down!
Li Jingye stood up and looked at Du Qiuren, Tang Zhiqi and Wei Siwen who were worried on one side. He shook his head slightly and felt a rare sense of relaxation at the same time.
Du Qiuren, Tang Zhiqi and Wei Siwen handed over to Li Jingye at the same time.
The next moment, Li Jingye had been stuffed into a carriage.
"Let's go, you two, we should go back and discuss what to do next." Wei Siwen opened his mouth and looked at Du Qiuren and Tang Zhiqi.
"Okay!" Du Qiuren and Tang Zhiqi nodded, and then followed Wei Zhiwen towards the British Government Palace.
Wei Siwen, who had the lowest official position, walked in the front.
He is Li Jingye's biggest back-up to stay in the court and prepare for his comeback.
…
Sitting in the carriage, Ouyang Tong suddenly said: "Li Jingye will never come back."
"Why?" Di Renjie asked subconsciously.
"The reason why Your Majesty did not demote him to Zhenzhou Sima was actually to temporarily stabilize him, lest he really defect to Tibet in despair." Ouyang Tong sighed softly: "After all, the British prince was there first, and Your Majesty did not Might actually kill him.”
As long as Li Jingye does not rebel, the glory left by Li Ji is enough to save his life.
In the entire court, except for Duan Baoxuan who initially said that he wanted to kill Li Jingye, no one else mentioned that he wanted to behead Li Jingye.
It's because everyone knows that Li Jingye cannot be killed.
Since you can't kill him, drive him far away.
Li Xuan even wanted to drive Li Jingye to Zhenzhou, but unfortunately, the emperor relented and demoted Li Jingye to the rank of Sima of Liuzhou on the advice of the prince.
"While His Majesty is here, Li Jingye will not have any chance. With Your Majesty gone and the prince ascends the throne, Li Jingye will not have the slightest chance either." Ouyang Tong said firmly.
Di Renjie was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Didn't the prince plead for the British prince just now in court?"
"It's just a move from Zhenzhou to Liuzhou. Zhenzhou is remote, so how can Liuzhou be any better?"
Li Xuan intervened at this time and said: "Your Majesty is just using the prince to stabilize Li Jingye and give him a false hope for the future."
The emperor would slowly wear down Li Jingye's strength, but he would not easily push him to the point of jumping over the wall.
Until the end, he no longer had the slightest strength to resist.
What is left, a glass of poisonous wine is enough.
Ouyang Tong nodded and said in agreement: "Even the prince does not want to have such a courtier in the court who betrayed the Tang Dynasty and had affairs with Tubo. As long as the critics in the court are not dead, Li Jingye will immediately return to the court." We have to face the impeachment of countless critics... Even the prince has to live a life."
"It's like Li Yifu back then." Li Xuan shook her head slightly and couldn't help but sigh.
The emperor did not kill Li Jingye, but he wanted him to stay in peace for the time being and appease the mood of the court.
When the officials in the court had almost forgotten about Li Jingye, what awaited Li Jingye was a dead end.
Li Xuan believed that with Li Zhi's mind, he would never leave someone like Li Jingye to Li Xian.
Li Jingye is too dangerous.
Next, it would be fine if Li Jingye stayed on his own terms, but if he still refused to give in, then the faster he jumped, the faster he would die.
"Okay, let's not mention him anymore." Li Xuan paused for a moment and looked at Di Renjie seriously: "Brother Huaiying, you haven't found any evidence about Liu Yizhi's matter. How did Wei Siwen know about it today? That is to say, Liu Yizhi did not bring it upon himself, if His Majesty asks Wei Siwen for evidence, will he be able to produce it?"
Di Renjie shook his head slightly and said: "Huaiying doesn't know much about this matter, but thinking about it, Cui Zhongcheng should ask him to write a detailed report to the saint when he returns to the Yushitai... We will know the details by then. "
Cui Mi, the censor Zhongcheng, is a member of the Beimen bachelor party. He really can't stop Wei Siwen from impeaching Liu Yizhi, but after the impeachment is over, he can provide a complete closing report, whether it is reported to the emperor or filed in the censorship station. Just took a look at it.
If Wei Siwen does not have any solid evidence, then his source of information must be traced.
Whether he peeked at Di Renjie's investigation progress or someone else told him, he had to come up with a reasonable reason.
Otherwise, he would not have had an easy time at the North Gate Bachelor level.
"Liu Yizhi is dead. This is the first North Gate bachelor who has been beheaded in so many years." Li Xuan sighed softly, then raised his head, looked at Ouyang Tong, and said softly: "Uncle, after this incident, the court will Will China enter a troubled time?"
"It shouldn't be possible for the time being." Ouyang Tong shook his head slightly, and then sighed: "All parties are trying to catch each other's weak points, and if they don't take action, countless heads will fall to the ground immediately."
The war begins.
Wei Siwen was a member of Li Jingye, and Wu Chengsi and Pei Yan, who had a good relationship with Li Jingye, were both members of Empress Wu.
Scholar Beimen is Empress Wu's right-hand man. No matter how stupid Wu Chengsi and Pei Yan are, they will never send Scholar Beimen to death.
So aside from these, there are very few people who can find out the truth about this matter.
Li Xuan is also one of the capable people, but firstly, he has been plotting against Li Jingye recently and has not taken care of Liu Yizhi at all; secondly, because he knows the truth about the fire in Zhaoling, the North Gate bachelor has also been sending People stared at Li Xuan.
Therefore, it was definitely not Li Xuan who did this secretly.
Moreover, the relationship between Li Xuan and Li Jingye is extremely bad. Even if he has any news, Li Jingye's people will not know it.
Putting aside these, putting aside the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, the Yushitai, putting aside the Qianniu Guards, Jinwu Guards and Secret Guards, there are very few people who can find out the secret methods of the North Gate Scholars.
But it’s not like there’s nothing…
Everyone can guess who it is, but without confirmation, no one dares to act recklessly.
After all, this matter is too big. Once it is confirmed, it will immediately mean that the two sides will go to war.
Ouyang Tong can think clearly about the problem, how can the people like Beimen Bachelor not be able to figure it out.
Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh: "What a troubled time!"
…
Liu Yizhi died, but no one could take revenge.
This was agreed upon by Ming Chongyan, Yuan Wanqing, and Fan Lubing, and all the North Gate scholars abided by it.
Because Liu Yizhi's death was his own death, he made a mistake when he sent his men to destroy the body and eliminate traces, which eventually led to the fire in Zhaoling.
Those two people are undoubtedly dead, and now Liu Yizhi is also dead. The truth of that matter has no way to be found, and there is no need to investigate further.
But they could investigate Wei Siwen's matter.
They couldn't retaliate against Wei Siwen, but they could create some obstacles for him and create some troubles that he couldn't solve.
When things like this happen, you will see who Wei Siwen can ask for help.
Whoever steps in to help, everything becomes clear.
And Li Jingye.
Wei Siwen is just a pawn of Li Jingye. He only needs to make a deal with Li Jingye to find out who he is.
Li Jingye, just by looking at the way he does things, you can tell that the only person he trusts is himself.
As long as you give him enough benefits, he will definitely let go.
This matter will never be forgotten like this.
…
On the Wei River, an official ship was slowly moving forward.
Li Jingye is now on this official ship.
The palace didn't even let him spend the night in Chang'an, nor did they even send him off.
Send someone to escort them directly to the dock in the north of the city, then board the ship and send them directly to Liuzhou.
Now he didn't even get the official document and seal from Sima Liuzhou, only an imperial edict from the emperor.
Liuzhou is located deep in the mountains of Guangxi, two thousand miles away from Chang'an and one thousand miles away from Zhenzhou.
There is a lot of miasma in Liuzhou. There is a poem saying: The miasma in Guiling brings clouds like ink.
Although Li Jingye is the Sima of Liuzhou, he is actually a prisoner in disguise. If he is not careful, he will die of miasma in Liuzhou.
In one day, the high-ranking British Duke and the governor of Meizhou were demoted to the rank of Sima of Liuzhou.
There is such a disparity that if someone was mentally weak, he might have hanged himself.
Sitting in the cabin, Li Jingye was dressed in black and plain clothes. Behind him was a wooden bed, and in front of him was a low table with pen, ink and paper on it.
Li Jingye calmly wrote a confession to the emperor and Empress Wu. It seemed that by now, he had completely confessed his guilt.
After a long time, Li Jingye finally stopped writing.
He raised his head and glanced at the cabin door. There were two Qianniu Guards standing outside holding long swords.
He shook his head slightly. If he really wanted to leave, these two people couldn't stop him.
But he hadn't completely lost hope yet.
Looking at the paper full of writing below, Li Jingye looked grim.
Even if he wants to leave, it's not now. These two people are not the only ones who are secretly watching him now.
After all, he is a British public, Qian Niuwei will not be so careless.
Secretly, I don't know how many people wanted to kill him.
These Qianniu Guards were protecting him in disguise.
Suddenly, a slight sound of footsteps sounded on the deck ahead.
Li Jingye, who had been keeping his eyes closed, opened his eyes expressionlessly.
The person arrived much earlier than he expected.
(End of chapter)
