Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

No one would move at this time. No one is stupid enough. If they act rashly at this time without a foolproof plan, they will give the other party a handle.

Only Your Majesty knows whether this case involving dozens of people has achieved the desired result for both parties.

In prison, Feng Shiliang did the same thing every day: sleeping, eating, crying in his house, and expressing his longing for his work.

Cui Bianxu skipped work with a clear conscience. Everyone felt that the sky was bluer and the clouds were floating. No one was upset and said anything bad about Cui Shaoqing being unambitious.

Even Wang Leisheng could only stare at the closed door of the house twice a day out of frustration.

He just couldn't understand why someone as motivated as him didn't get promoted?

hateful!

Cui Bianxu's comfortable life ended late at night on the sixth day - Li Xiaogong came.

When Cui Bianxu heard the servant say that Li Xiaogong was coming, he knew that the one to take the blame had come.

In this matter, both the Crown Prince and the King of Wei will be protected.

He moved slowly, as he did every day, put on his official uniform, and checked it carefully twice before walking out.

If it was Wei Zheng who came, the two princes would probably have to suffer a lot of hard times to get through. As for Changsun Wuji, if he came, he would inevitably be suspected of shielding someone.

The same is true of Fang Xuanling. Although he is not as upright as Wei Zheng, he is also known for his virtue.

Your Majesty asked Li Xiaogong to come here so that this Prince of Hejian, Minister of Rites, a relative of the Li Tang royal family, who was gradually withdrawing from the center of power and entertaining himself with singing, dancing and beauties all day long, could come forward and remove his two nephews completely.

These thoughts flashed through his mind for a moment, and he knew that all he had to do was be respectful enough.

Li Xiaogong is indeed a veteran in the world. He sits there in a carefree and unrestrained manner. He is dressed in gorgeous clothes, but his whole body exudes the aura of someone who has fought on the battlefield.

"Your humble servant pays homage to the Prince of Hejian."

"oh?!"

Li Xiaogong raised an eyebrow, but did not stand up. He turned around and raised his hand towards Cui Bianxu: "Haha, thank you for disturbing me so late at night, Cui Shaoqing. However, the emperor has issued an order. You and I are the ones who eat the emperor's salary, so we have no choice but to be loyal to him."

This title is very official. After a brief thought, Cui Bianxu knew that this person must be holding a grudge in his heart. His nephew got into trouble, and he had to clean up the mess. He couldn't be happy just thinking about it!

"Before coming to Chang'an, my grandfather once said that the Prince of Hejian had made great military achievements and was a meritorious official of the Tang Dynasty. I have long wanted to visit him, but I was afraid of disturbing his self-cultivation. Today, the Prince of Hejian is visiting my humble home, which is truly an honor for me."

Cui Bian spoke very nicely and kept a low profile. This case was a hot gourd that would trouble anyone who took it. If he had known at the beginning that this case would involve two princes, he would never have taken it even if he was beaten to death.

If you want to be a judge, you have to see who is right.

Not only did this prove that he had failed, but he might also leave a bad impression on His Majesty. These past few days, he had been thinking about how to get to the military camp.

These words made Li Xiaogong look up to this young man from the Qinghe Cui family. The Five Surnames and Seven Clans have always been proud. They, the Li Tang royal family, claimed to be from the Longxi Li family.

Starting from the sixth year of Zhenguan, in order to suppress the power of the old clans, His Majesty ordered Gao Shilian and others to correct the surnames and revise the "Clan Records". Although it has not been revised yet, he has heard about it.

It seems that the Cui family of Boling is still ranked first, which means that Gao Shilian does not understand his cousin's thoughts. However, he understands that His Majesty is not willing to be inferior to others, and the version of "Clan Records" he made must be revised.

He is also stupid. If he were to come, the first one would definitely be the Longxi Li family, otherwise how would the royal family save face?

How should the people of the world view His Majesty? Where does this place the imperial power?!

Didn't you see that this young man from the Qinghe Cui family was placed in the position of Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, a position that seemed to have a bright future but was difficult to promote, just because he was related to the Boling Cui family?

The current Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, Liu Dewei, was born into a military family and now he seems to be in very good health. It is said that he can eat three bowls of food prepared in the Dali Temple cafeteria in one meal. If this guy wants to be promoted to Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, he has a long way to go!

From all this, it is not difficult to see that Your Majesty wants to weaken the clan.

"Mr. Cui, I don't want to chat with you about trivial matters. Let's get straight to the point. Sit down." Li Xiaogong's mind was full of thoughts, but he spoke directly and asked him to sit down as if he was the host.

Fortunately, Cui Bianxu had seen a lot of situations since he was a child, so he was able to hold his composure and sat down without any abnormality. "Thank you, Prince."

After the two asked and answered each other, the room fell silent and no one spoke first.

Cui Bianxu looked at his nose and his heart, looking as honest as a quail. Li Xiaogong stared at this pretentious young man and laughed out loud: "Young people nowadays are really amazing."

"Your Majesty, you are too kind. I am young and inexperienced, and have never seen any major events. I can only serve in the Dali Temple with the favor of Your Majesty." Cui Bianxu's cheeks turned slightly red, not too much, not too little, just enough to show his youthfulness.

"You kid, you're not honest." Li Xiaogong said with great certainty. His Majesty still favors you? His Majesty wants to beat your entire Cui family into quails!

Cui Bianxu was still shy. "Your Majesty, I have always been praised for my loyalty and honesty."

Li Xiaogong: “…”

He looked up at the sky outside and thought to himself, this Cui Jiulang is really annoying. Forget it, this difficult task has been assigned to me, so I might as well do it first and talk about it later.

"I heard that you have caught the thief who killed nine women?"

"No, we found them," Cui Bianxu corrected, "I was useless. I was a step too late. All six thieves are dead."

"What did the coroner say?" Li Xiaogong felt that he had been away from officialdom for too long. Talking to this boy was not as comfortable as talking to a beautiful young lady.

"He was hacked to death."

Ding Yuan was in both pain and joy seeing so many corpses day and night, and he had already examined the corpses twice.

"Oh? I guess those who do evil will eventually perish, and even God can't stand it anymore." Li Xiaogong felt that he had made his words very clear.

Cui Bianxu quickly responded: "The prince is absolutely right."

"If that's the case, the case can be closed." Li Xiaogong rolled his eyes secretly and kept his composure.

"I will follow the prince's orders." Cui Bianxu said respectfully, "The prince is wise."

What a wise bullshit!

Li Xiaogong wanted to curse. This kid just wanted to put the whole thing on himself!

But he had no choice but to accept it!

I'm ordered to take the blame!

"How many women are missing?" He rubbed his fat wrist. This question was just a formality. Those young ladies are now in his house.

Now asking this question has some meaning of checking the number of people.

"There were forty-one people who came to report the case."

"These people are all with the king, ready to be sent to the palace."

Li Xiaogong's tone was filled with helplessness and gnashing of teeth. He paused, as if remembering something, "Zheng Jing's daughter is beautiful and kind-hearted. I like her very much and have already informed Your Majesty that she will be sent to the Eastern Palace as a successor soon. The rest of the people will be female historians."

In this way, wouldn’t the East Palace be packed?