The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

With such a big battle, you can tell that there is a problem with your butt.

If some inappropriate words are said at this time, the result will be even more lively.

Even Wei Zheng, who was supporting Cui Yu and Lu Chengsheng at this time, did not dare to speak at this time, and even let go of his hands that were still supporting them.

The state of Cui Yu and Lu Chengsheng at this moment is as frightening as they want.

Originally, they had hoped that their colleagues in the court would help them speak out, or hit Zhong Wen hard, but in a blink of an eye, it has become what it is now.

And those who were caught in, no matter who they were, were full of despair and panic just like those two people.

Those literati are even more so.

Today's emperor Li Shimin is here. In this life, they don't even need to think about their official careers. They will never have another chance in their lifetime.

What's more, if the nasty things they have done are exposed again, they don't know what the outcome will be.

"My lord, people have been brought here." Li Shan reported to Li Shimin loudly.

"These people?" Li Shimin was still a little puzzled, and asked Zhong Wen and Li Shan.

"My lord, this matter must have started some time ago. Cui Yu, Cui Yuanwailang, the examiner of the Minister's Ministry of Officials, summoned these scholars in Chang'an City, and went to the Huilai Restaurant opened by Zhong Changshi to make trouble every day. As far as we know from interrogating these literati, Cui Yu promised to recommend them official posts."

Li Shan reported to Li Shiminhui.

"What? There are other things like this?" Li Shimin said angrily after hearing the words.

Although it doesn't matter to him to recommend an official position, what he cares about is that these literati were summoned by Cui Yu, and they still go to Huilai Restaurant to make trouble.

What is the reason here that caused this Cui Yuanwailang to dare to seek trouble so arrogantly, which made Li Shimin suspect this Cui Yuanwailang's intentions in his heart.

"Returning to the Holy Lord, Huilai restaurant has been troubled by these literati sent by Cui Yu for countless times. Every time Huilai restaurant is closed and ignored, but these literati don't appreciate it, and they still go to make trouble every day. , Therefore, after Zhong Changshi found out, he ordered me to arrest these literati." Li Shan responded again.

"Okay, if you catch them well, you should be arrested and imprisoned. The Ministry of Punishments should investigate these people carefully. I want to see who these literati in Chang'an City are. The Ministry of Officials, In the future, anyone who is related to the recommendation will be submitted, and I will check them one by one, and those who have wrong conduct will not be allowed to use them."

Li Shan's phone call fell right into Li Shimin's arms.

The civil and military officials in the court each have a lot of resources in their hands, which can be said to be a lot when added together.

For a long time, most of Tang's officials were recommended.

It can be said that the morality is good or bad, and it can be said that there is no difference, and it is impossible to check one by one.

Moreover, most of them were recommended by various families of the aristocratic family. It can be said that the whole world is full of their people.

Since Li Shimin took office, he has always thought about the imperial examination, or recruiting poor scholars.

But it has not been able to implement it, which also makes him always resisted by these civil servants in his administration.

What's more, [-]% of the Guozixue Temple (Guozijian) are the children of nobles and various officials. In the future, they will become officials in the court, and they will be linked with the Quartet.

This made Li Shimin feel helpless.

And this time these literati were summoned by Cui Yu to trouble Huilai Restaurant, which gave him a good opportunity for Li Shimin.

Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and other civil officials, after hearing what Li Shimin said, didn't know how to intervene.

There is nothing wrong with what Li Shimin said, and morality is also the first consideration, which has always been the case.

However, they also knew that the scholars they recommend in the future may not be very likely to be accepted by Li Shimin.

Why?

What are the specific indicators for this consideration? Based on their understanding of Li Shimin, they still have a good idea.

As for the future, no one knows at the moment.

"Your Majesty, please be merciful. We just obeyed Cui Yu's orders and didn't know about it. Please be kind, Your Majesty." After Li Shimin's words fell, those literati hurriedly sat up on their knees, crying and begging for mercy.

"Your Majesty, please be merciful. The few of us are just following Lu Chengsheng's words. Your Majesty, it really has nothing to do with us." Several other scholars also begged for mercy.

Li Shimin didn't speak, Zhong Wen didn't speak, and even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't speak.

However, Li Shan knew that these people could not be allowed to mourn in this hall at this time, and then waved to the guard not far away.

The imperial guards heard the instructions, and dozens of people ran over, dragging these scholars to the outside of the hall.

After those literati were dragged out, only a few servants and buddies remained.

"My Majesty, there is one more matter, and this matter involves Zhang Huaizhong, Zhang Xianbo." Li Shan reported to Li Shimin again.

"Speak." Li Shimin looked at Zhong Wen at the side, and said coldly.

When Li Shan was about to speak, one of the generals ran out, knelt down on the ground, bowed his head, and said: "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me. Someone is going to murder me, but I have pity on the steward of my house, Your Majesty." , please be the master of the minister."

"Okay, why are you crying!" Li Shimin knelt down and bowed when he saw the incident, and he was crying so hard, frowning, he really didn't like his behavior.

Seeing that Zhang Huaizhong got up, Li Shan reported behind him: "My lord, yesterday, Zhang Huaizhong County Bo's mansion ordered dishes from Huilai Restaurant, and when he was about to bring them back to the mansion to be eaten by Zhang County Bo, he died of poisoning because of stealing food. The magistrate should know."

"I know, I know." Zhang Huaizhong quickly responded.

"Someone died? Why didn't anyone report it to me yesterday? Wannian County magistrate, do you know about this?" Li Shimin became even more furious after hearing Li Shan's words.

"I don't know, but as far as I know, this matter is under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County, and I only know a little about it, but it's inconvenient to intervene." The magistrate of Wannian County hurriedly responded, just because he was afraid of this matter After he was involved, there would be endless troubles at that time.

"My Majesty, this case is under investigation. I want to investigate this case first and report to the Majesty after the results are obtained." The magistrate of Chang'an County had no choice but to stand up and respond.

However, the investigation he mentioned is really in the process of investigation.

But the investigation he mentioned is probably just a mess, and based on the past situation, it is estimated that this case will be treated as a case without merit.

If the person behind it is really found out, it will only bring the two parties together and resolve it peacefully.

If it can't be resolved peacefully, then let's argue in the court again, and let the emperor Li Shimin make the decision.

Seeing the Chang'an magistrate's reply, Li Shimin squinted his eyes and looked over, making the Chang'an county magistrate tremble with fear.

Would Li Shimin not know about his routines?

"Your Majesty, these people are the stewards and servants of Lu Chengsheng and Lu Yushi's mansion, and this guy from Wanxi Restaurant." Li Shan introduced again.

"According to our interrogation, the steward of Lu Chengsheng's mansion took the money and gave it to this servant, and the servant went to Baekjetang to buy the poison, and then promised the owner of Wanxi Restaurant with a hundred pennies." Dude, at the right time, poison the food box brought by the steward in Zhang Huaizhong's residence."

"Only the steward in Zhang's mansion was too slanderous and ate the dishes, and then he was poisoned and died. Afterwards, the shopkeeper of Wanxi Restaurant saw that he was dead, so he reported it to the official. Wait until the people from the Chang'an County Government go Afterwards, these people were basically controlled.”

"As for the detection of this case, it is entirely up to Jinshui Xiaowei to investigate and handle it. However, at present, the steward in Lu Chengsheng's mansion has been refusing to admit it, but this servant has definitely admitted it."

Li Shan slowly explained the matter to Li Shimin, but right now, it's over.

The steward of the Lu Mansion did not admit to this matter, and his mouth was still very rigid, it was impossible to pry his mouth open to admit this matter.

"It turns out that you, an old dog, wanted to murder me. Your Majesty, please be the master of my ministers, and my steward. I have pity on my steward's family. Now that he is gone, how will the family survive after a few mouthfuls?" Ah." After Zhang Huaizhong heard all Li Shan said, he angrily scolded Lu Chengsheng, and cried to Li Shimin again.

"Hmph!" Li Shimin looked at Lu Chengsheng who was lying on the ground.

But at this moment, the steward who was kneeling on the ground jumped up directly and slammed into a pillar of the Tai Chi Hall.

"Bang" sound.

The steward's head was bleeding profusely, and the civil servants present backed away in fright.

Originally, Zhong Wen was going to stop the steward when he saw his behavior, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

Anyway, it's a death.

Furthermore, Zhong Wen didn't care whether the manager died or not, what he cared about was that Lu Chengsheng.

This matter, even if the manager of the Lu Mansion does not admit it, everyone present will have no idea.

Li Shimin looked at the two of them coldly, then at Wei Zheng, then turned around and walked towards the treasure platform.

Li Shimin didn't think about how to decide on this matter at this time.

"My lord, this matter is over, and I will not participate in the affairs of the court." Just as Li Shimin sat down, Zhong Wen saluted Li Shimin and said.

"Zhong Changshi, don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation." Although Li Shimin hadn't figured out how to deal with the two of them yet, seeing that Zhong Wen was about to leave, he responded casually.

After Zhong Wen got the response, he walked towards the entrance of the main hall.

But just as Zhong Wen passed by the two lying on the ground, he passed with both feet.

After two "bang bang" sounds, Zhong Wen had already left the Tai Chi Hall when everyone was in a daze.

After everyone in the hall reacted, Wei Zheng who was nearby hurried over to check, but after he checked, Lu Chengsheng was silent, he was dead and could not die anymore.

As for that Cui Yu, his lumbar spine was broken and he passed out.

If he can be cured properly, this life is probably no different from the living dead.

"My lord, Lu Chengsheng is dead, Cui Yu is disabled, this..." Li Shan also ran over to check, and after learning about the situation of the two, he looked at Li Shimin who was sitting on the throne.

After Li Shimin heard about it, although he didn't like Zhong Wen's actions in his heart, he also knew that this matter was related to the Huilai Restaurant that Zhong Wen opened.

Cui Yu asked someone to go to the restaurant to make trouble, Lu Chengsheng tried to poison his opponent Zhang Huaizhong to death with poison, and put the blame on Huilai Restaurant, which already touched some of Zhong Wen's pain points.

Although Li Shimin admired Zhong Wen's decisive killing, what he didn't like was that Zhong Wen didn't take Tang's laws to heart.

Although it is good to kill decisively, but killing people in the Tai Chi Hall is really not happy, not to mention that this is still Li Shimin's territory.

However, Li Shimin thought it over, and would not really blame Zhong Wen for his death and disability.

Right now, the safety of Miyagi needs to be guarded by Zhong Wen.

Chapter 398 The Shadow Was Intercepted Halfway

Zhong Wen's approach may be a bit too radical, but to Zhong Wen, this is understandable.

Can't you hit back when you've been bullied?

That is naturally impossible.

Besides, at the very beginning, Zhong Wen had already asked Li Shimin about it, and got Li Shimin's response.

If Li Shimin had any opinion on him, it would be on his own words.

Zhong Wen's feet.

One kick kills one.

One foot is disabled again.

This is already irreversible.

However, in the main hall at this time, after the silence, it was lively and full of discussions.

And Zhong Wen's departure has brought a strange state to the hall.

Zhong Wen would not pay attention to the situation in the Tai Chi Hall, because that was not what he needed to pay attention to.

……

Wei Zheng suddenly said to Li Shimin: "My lord, is it reasonable for Zhong Changshi to do this? If everyone else is like this, where is the law of my Tang country? My lord, please..."

"Shut up!" Just as Wei Zheng was about to say this, Li Shimin spoke.

On weekdays, he allowed Wei Zheng to play on hearing the wind, but don't you know what the situation is like today?Are you so blind?

"My lord, my minister..." Wei Zheng wanted to speak again.

"Mr. Julu County, if you still want to live, or if your Wei family doesn't want to be killed, it's better not to talk about it." At this moment, Li Shan approached Wei Zheng and reminded him in a low voice.

"Li Shan, you..." Although Wei Zheng knew that Zhong Wen was powerful in force, he didn't know much about Zhong Wen's situation, so he had a lot of doubts.

"Master Julu County, I am reminding you that Zhong Changshi is like a shadow, and his force is higher than that of a shadow. Moreover, Zhong Changshi is decisive in killing and attacking. Do you think you can stand up to someone like Zhong Changshi? If you If the Wei family can stop it, then just treat me as Li Shan and fart." Li Shan reminded again in a low voice.

"This..." Wei Zheng may not know Zhong Wen, but he must know Shadow.

Although Shadow never participated in government affairs, he didn't have any family property in Chang'an.

But as far as Wei Zheng knew, the shadow killing was decisive, and he had been with Li Shimin for some years, but now, after hearing what Li Shan said, he suddenly became aware that this Zhong Changshi was really not something he could mess with.

"Put them down." Li Shan saw Wei Zheng frowned, as if he understood something, so he didn't say anything more, but directed the guards, and escorted the remaining people out of the hall.

Even the two dead and disabled Cui Lu were carried out by them.

Although there were still discussions in the court hall, Li Shimin quietly looked at the civil and military officials all over the court, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

……

Speaking of Zhong Wen at this time, after returning to the small courtyard, he continued to meditate.

For Xu Fu and the others, someone will naturally rescue them.

At this moment, it is inconvenient for him to save people, and it is even more inconvenient for him to go back.

Besides, he still needs to wait for the reaction from the court, at least, he needs to wait for Li Shimin's arrangement and reaction, at least, he needs to know how the final result will be.