Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

When his father said in a serious tone that he would die in the next two years, everyone in the Duke of Song's mansion was frightened and panicked.

In a hurry, Xiao Kai immediately invited Sun Simiao to his residence to check his father's health.

After Sun Simiao carefully felt Xiao Yu's pulse and conducted medical examinations, he found that Xiao Yu was in good health and did not look like someone who was about to die.

Xiao Yu ridiculed Sun Simiao's examination results and even called him a quack.

When Doctor Sun left, he said to Xiao Kai with a dark face.

"Your father is still in very good health. As long as he keeps a cheerful mood, he will surely live a long life."

"Please don't bother him with this kind of nonsense in the future. You've wasted most of his time."

Xiao Kai and his elder brother Xiao Rui were both at a loss for words about the result. They felt relieved but also had a huge headache at the same time.

Sometimes it's quite helpless to have a father with such a personality.

For this, Xiao Kai apologized to Sun Simiao repeatedly, and Xiao Rui even gave Sun Simiao a box of silver ingots.

However, Sun Simiao always stuck to his bottom line and did not accept their money.

After all, Xiao Yu was not sick, so how could he accept money?

Du He smiled and said, "Brother Xiao, have you grown wings? How dare you tease your father?"

Duke Song Xiao Yu was a man with a very strange temper.

He is not the kind of person who is reasonable and easy to get along with. On the contrary, he has a bad temper and won't give face to anyone when he gets stubborn.

Xiao Kai smiled guiltily, then said goodbye, "Brother Du, I will go down first to arrange for the brothers to prepare. I will take care of finding the other Jingzhao Du officials' crimes!"

After saying this, Xiao Kai left Du He's office happily.

Du He looked at Xiao Kai's back as he skipped away, a faint smile appeared on his face, and then he lowered his head to handle government affairs seriously.

In the afternoon.

After Du He came back from studying in the Eastern Palace, he made a special trip to the Dali Temple and mentioned it to Sun Fujia in a vague way.

Tell the Dali Temple not to try Du Ye yet and wait a few days.

Sun Fujia naturally knew that Du He and Fang Yizheng had reached an agreement, and he did not want to get involved in this complicated family infighting, so he readily agreed.

After all, Du He is not only a party to this matter, but also a member of the same family as Du Ye.

Sun Fujia raised his eyebrows and asked, "Minister Du, the other three members of the Jingzhao Du family will be questioned in the Dali Temple today. What do you think?"

Du He smiled and said, "Sun Daliqing, the Dali Temple is trying a case, how can I make comments without permission?"

"However, the emperor is subject to the same punishment as common people if he breaks the law. Anyone who violates the laws of the Tang Dynasty should be severely punished!"

Don't think that this old guy is afraid of you just because Sun Fujia agreed to postpone the trial of Du Ye.

Sun Fujia was a loyal and sincere person who dared to speak out and give advice, which was very similar to Wei Zheng's stubborn character.

It’s just that Sun Fujia is much more tactful than Wei Zheng, and he has a magnanimous personality and knows how to be flexible.

Sun Fujia smiled and said, "Minister Du is very righteous, and I admire him."

He already knew Du He's attitude towards the Jingzhao Du family, and he also knew what standards to use to sentence the officials who would subsequently try the Du family.

Du He did not stay in the Dali Temple for long. He chatted briefly and left quickly.

Sun Fujia's deep eyes kept watching Du He's back until it disappeared, and then he murmured in a low voice.

"There is nothing better than stopping before it is too late!"

If Du He heard what Sun Fujia said, he would definitely break out in a cold sweat.

It turned out that Sun Fujia did discover nothing when he was trying the case of Qi Wang Li You. It was just that after Du He killed Hegan Chengji, His Majesty also stopped them in time.

Otherwise, the current Tang Dynasty court would definitely need a major replacement of officials.

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Du He spent the next two days busy.

In addition to being busy with the government affairs of the Ministry of Works, he also had to go to the Eastern Palace to study with Li Chengqian, and draw sketches of kangs and honeycomb coal.

And time passed unknowingly and it was early October.

In October in Chang'an, the weather had become quite cold, especially during the morning court sessions, when it was so cold that one did not want to leave the soft and warm bed.

Ministry of Industry.

When Du He was handling government affairs seriously, Xiao Kai walked in with a bright look on his face and said in a low voice.

"Brother Du, Fang Yizhi said he wanted to see you, and he brought a box with him."

"He's waiting in the lobby now. Do you want to see him?"

He couldn't understand why Fang Yizhizi came to see Brother Du, and even brought a big box with him, when it was clear that they had no connection with Fang Yizhizi at all.

Even because of Fang Yiai, they were in opposition to Fang Yizhi.

Xiao Kai then said, "Brother Du, could it be that Fang Yizhi wants to bribe you with gold and silver?"

He quickly rejected his own guess. After all, Fang Yizheng had his father Fang Xuanling with him, so he didn't need to bribe Brother Du at all.

Du He smiled and said, "Brother Xiao, stop guessing and invite Brother Fang in."

I didn't expect Fang Yizheng to be so trustworthy. He said he would prepare the evidence within three days, and he came here with it.

Xiao Kai nodded and said, "Brother Du, I'll go right away."

Although he didn't understand the reason, since Du He had spoken, he still obeyed and did as he was told.

Not long after, Fang Yizheng came in carrying a box, and Xiao Kai was very sensible and closed the door.

Fang Yizheng put the box on the table in front of Du He, and then spoke directly.

"Minister Du, I have found evidence of the crimes of Du Kai, the deputy secretary of the Imperial Household Department's Stables Office, and Du Xingyu, the deputy secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture's Taicang Office."

"I have already asked the people at the Dali Temple, and these charges are enough to get them removed from office."

He had actually found charges that could have had the two men sentenced to prison, but he did not go too far and only brought out a small number of charges.

Even if the people of Jingzhao Du family knew the result, they could understand what he did.

After all, the elders of the Du family could not say much as they were able to save Du Ye, a direct descendant, and make Du Kai and Du Xingyu, two collateral descendants, scapegoats.

Du He smiled and said, "Brother Fang is very decisive in his work. I admire him!"

Fang Yizhi frowned and asked, "Minister Du, my promise has been fulfilled. When will you deal with Du Ye?"

In recent days, his wife Mrs. Du's temper has become more and more irritable, even his mother has been alarmed.

If this matter is not settled as soon as possible, their Fang family will really become a laughing stock in Chang'an City.

Du He stood up and said, "Brother Fang, I will have someone impeach these two officials. If the charges are proven, Du Ye's sentence may be handed down today."

"Thank you, Mr. Du." Fang Yizhi breathed a sigh of relief. He continued, "Please hurry up, Mr. Du. I'm waiting for your good news."

After saying this, Fang Yizheng hunched his back and slowly left the Ministry of Works.

Du He directly called Xiao Kai over and said, "Brother Xiao, send the charges to the Censorate and let Brother Cui do some work!"