Chapter 4777 The Prince’s Condolences
Sure enough, Li Yuanjia wiped the scratches on his face, feeling angry and helpless at the same time: "He can rely on his old age to show off his old skills, but how can I be so unkind? Let him go back first, and then I will make a decision after I report to Your Majesty. ”
In addition to the fact that the other party's family had to be accommodating during the funeral, there was also some guilt. After all, the real murderer of Li Jingshu's death could not be found, but he randomly identified one, which was a bit unreasonable...
"Here! Your Highness is really kind-hearted, and I admire him even though he despises his position."
"Well, we are all blood relatives of the clan, and we must be merciful and merciful... Don't tell Erlang about this matter in a jealous way after you go back, otherwise the clan will be in trouble if Erlang's temper gets angry, remember?" br>
"Well, keep this humble position in mind."
Wang Xuance agreed, but he cursed in his heart: You have to be merciful and forgive others. You had no choice but to do this generous thing because of the current Li Daoli. Otherwise, why didn't you forgive the other clans?
When Wang Xuance carried Li Daoli who had fallen to the ground and sent him back to the county prince's palace, the hall suddenly became quiet.
The scribes quickly tidied up the official documents scattered on the floor and the tables and chairs that had been dumped on the floor. They used mops to mop the floor clean, made tea again and placed it on the table. Only then did the three bosses resume their work. Take a seat.
Dai Zhou took a sip of tea, exhaled a stale breath, and was still very angry: "This is nonsense! As an imperial clan member, we are supposed to abide by the law, but we are so lawless, extravagant, and domineering. If everyone follows this example, If you are dissatisfied, you storm the court and criticize the presiding judge. Where is the majesty of laws and regulations? They should be severely punished.”
Regardless of whether our case handling process is fair or not, if you are dissatisfied and go to court, you are openly flouting the law and will not be tolerated.
Liu Xiangdao suggested: "It's better not to cause trouble at this time. Let's bring Chai Mingzhang and Wei Shuxia over quickly, ask for the reasons, enter the dossier, sign and draw a memorial, ask your Majesty to judge with his pen, and settle the matter."
The holy intention was to divide the small clan group headed by the Prince of Xiangyi and at the same time ensure the stability of the court. The inexplicable involvement of Jingzhao Weishi led to different opinions and mutual suspicion within the "small group". To a certain extent, the purpose of "differentiation" has been achieved. Next, the chaos must be limited to a certain range to avoid an all-out war between the clan and the Wei family.
The key to this matter is to take out Wei Shuxia...
Li Yuanjia said: "That's exactly what it should be."
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Fang Jun stayed in the commander's tent outside Mingde Gate all morning, drinking tea and handling official documents. At noon, he got up and rode into the city with his soldiers until they arrived at the gate of Jingzhao Mansion. Li Yuanjia, Dai Zhou, and Liu Xiangdao were already on horseback or on horseback. Or you can wait here by car, and then go to Dongping County Prince's Mansion to express your condolences together.
On the road, Li Yuanjia and Fang Jun rode together and asked, "Do you know that Li Daoli led his people to cause trouble in Jingzhao Mansion just now?"
Fang Jun nodded, Wang Xuance had already reported to him quickly, so he asked: "What are your plans, Your Highness? If you can't swallow this breath and want to make amends, I can vent your anger on your behalf, and it won't bring bad luck to Dongping County Prince's Mansion." Difficult.”
Li Yuanjia felt warm in his heart. Although this bastard brother-in-law was so angry that he vomited blood from time to time, he could still distinguish between inside and outside at critical moments. He knew that he was his brother-in-law and had to favor him.
But he didn't want to make this matter a big deal: "The rest can report to His Majesty for severe punishment. As for Li Daoli, forget it. His son died at a young age. It's meaningless to punish him lightly. If you bully him too hard, he will be punished." Laughing, let him be.”
He also whispered about the Wei family looking for Chai Mingzhang to take the blame, and finally reminded: "Chai Lingwu is not a courageous guy at all. Even if the Wei family offered generous compensation, he would not dare to take it hastily. After all, he was offended by it." If you eat the entire clan, you will have to vomit it out. That guy is very likely to have an idea for you, so you have to be aware of it.”
As for how Chai Lingwu set his sights on Fang Jun and allowed Fang Jun to withstand the pressure from the clan and come forward to help the Chai family take advantage of the benefits given by the Wei family, Li Yuanjia did not say it explicitly, but he believed that Fang Jun himself understood it, and it was nothing more than " It's just a "honey trap"...
He couldn't help but glared at Fang Jun and warned: "Don't do anything wrong just relying on His Majesty's favor. It's human nature to be lustful, but there are countless beautiful women in the world. Why do you want to focus on the princess and cause harm? Enough is enough, don't do it. The harm will never end.”
There is also a subtle hint in the words: It is natural for men to be lustful, but you can't just allow yourself to do whatever you want, but don't let me try it occasionally, right?
Fang Jun frowned at his little thought, ignored it, and said with a smile: "You said if I eat the beauty and ignore Chai Lingwu's appeal afterwards, what will happen to Chai Lingwu?"
Li Yuanjia was speechless: "Although I have never thought that you are a gentleman, is it too immoral to do such a thing? You are simply a beast!"
"It's just talk, am I that kind of person? Even if Chai Lingwu puts the beauty to my mouth, whether I eat it or not depends on his attitude, making it seem like I have no bottom line."
"Haha, do you have a bottom line?"
"Of course there is. My bottom line is that you are willing to do what I want, and there will never be any force. If Chai Lingwu doesn't send the beauty here willingly, I will definitely not do it."
"...I have never seen such a shameless person!"
"Didn't you see it today?"
"Haha."
Li Yuanjia was too lazy to pay attention to this guy's shameless face. His face was full of disgust, but his heart was full of envy. When will I be able to do whatever I want?
But then he thought of the princess in the mansion, and sighed dejectedly. Her own princess was too domineering. Her brother Hu Tianhudi could do anything, and she always looked proud when talking about it, but when it was her husband's turn, he looked at her like a dog. of...
It's not fair!
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White flags were hung high in front of the Dongping County Prince's Mansion. The entire mansion was deserted. The streets in front of the door were filled with various horses and carriages. There was an endless stream of people coming to express their condolences, but at this moment they were all gathered together in twos and threes. They were whispering everywhere, obviously exchanging information and their opinions on how Li Daoli took people to Jingzhao Mansion just now, but they were carried over...
Seeing Fang Jun and Li Yuanjia riding together, with Dai Zhou and Liu Xiangdao's carriage behind them, the discussion suddenly stopped and the streets were silent.
Then the clan members, nobles, and officials who came to express their condolences came to greet him one after another. Those who were familiar with him smiled and said a few words, inquiring about what happened today and how His Majesty would deal with it. ……
Fang Jun said, "I am here to express my condolences, not to talk about official matters." Then he followed Li Daoli's eldest grandson, Li Shaokang, into the door. Li Yuanjia, Dai Zhou, and Liu Xiangdao followed in a hurry.
Li Shaokang was dressed in mourning clothes, hunched over and taking small steps to carefully lead the way. Fang Jun sighed slightly and said calmly: "My father unfortunately died, but I don't know whether the throne of the son will be postponed to one of your uncles, or to someone else." Inherited directly by you? ”
When Li Shaokang saw Fang Jun, he was like a mouse seeing a cat. He was trembling all over and even hesitating in his words: "This... the inheritance of the title comes from the holy will. I dare not give it to you privately. I will only wait for His Majesty's holy will to make a decision. There is no one in my family." Disrespectful.”
I felt uneasy and uneasy. When my uncles and brothers gathered together to discuss the funeral of my father, they speculated that my father's death might be related to Fang Jun, because the two families had a grudge due to Fang Yizhi's assassination. , Fang Jun had every motive to murder his father, but others really lacked the motive to murder a prince and his son.
He personally presided over the assassination of Fang Yizhi. Fang Er shouldn't also kill himself, right?
"You are dishonest. The title is related to the prosperity and disgrace of the family. How can you not actively strive for it but passively accept it? Your family must have discussed it long ago but you did not tell me the truth, which makes me very disappointed."
Fang Jun patted Li Shaokang on the shoulder, which frightened the latter so much that he almost died of fright.
He said with a grimace: "The family is in chaos now. My father was killed and my grandfather was injured. It's really hard to describe."
"Prince Dongping had a fight with His Royal Highness the King of Han at the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, causing injuries to each other. Your family shouldn't hold grudges, right?"
"Don't dare, don't dare. When my grandfather came back just now, he said that he shouldn't have taken action against His Highness the King of Han in a moment of anger. He also said that after my father's funeral, he would take our children with him to apologize to His Highness the King of Han. He absolutely shouldn't. Dare to complain.”
As he spoke, he had already arrived in front of the mourning hall. Fang Jun stopped uttering warnings and entered the mourning hall one after another with Li Yuanjia, Dai Zhou and Liu Xiangdao, burned incense and bowed. After being returned by the family members, he exited and was placed in a cross-courtyard to drink tea. There would be a meal later. Suzhai.
Although these few people were strangers to the Dongping County Prince's Palace, but since they came to express their condolences, there was no reason to bow and say goodbye, so they went to sit across the courtyard together and waited until they had eaten the vegetarian meal in the evening before saying goodbye.
Li Daoli didn't know whether his injury was real or fake, so he never showed up to entertain these important ministers...
However, Li Yuanjia could not stay here. The matter of "finding the real culprit" Chai Mingzhang had to be reported to His Majesty as soon as possible. He and Li Daoli led others to make a fuss in the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen to await the judgment, so he sat for a while, drank a cup of tea and left.
After a while, Li Xiaogong walked in with a tired look on his face. Fang Jun and the others stood up to greet him, then sat down respectively.
Li Xiaogong took a sip of water and asked, "I heard that the culprit who caused Li Jingshu's death has been found?"
Dai Zhou nodded and said: "It was Chai Mingzhang, the son of Chai Qing, who did it. It was not a deliberate attempt to kill him, but he stepped on Li Jingshu's ribs in a panic, causing the ribs to break and penetrate into his heart and lungs. There is no way to save him."
"Chai Qing, you're a 'wall dragon'. I still remember that he is a talented person. He can fly on eaves and walk on walls and do anything. He is considered a strange person. But I don't know how to punish him according to the law?" "Because he caused death unintentionally, so he is not guilty. Until death, no more than Li Jingshu’s identity Specially, if acquitted, the clan might stir up trouble, so it requires His Majesty's Holy Judgment. As the king, you are the pillar of the clan, so you should be more careful about suppressing the clan within the clan, and you cannot ignore the laws of the country just because you are of clan blood. ”