Chapter 289: Internal Attack
If the kidnapping of Li Chongyi is considered a conspiracy and strange move, then now the two women have jointly come to the government to sue Li Xiantong, which is a conspiracy.
This is more unexpected than the kidnapping. The fortress is the easiest to attack from the inside, so Xue Shao used Li Xiantong's close relatives to attack Li Xiantong.
Li Xiantong was really about to vomit blood. He thought about a hundred tricks that Xue Shao might use, including a lawsuit to the Queen of Heaven to let the Queen of Heaven clean him up - but he never expected that Xue Shao would come up with such a strange trick and light a fire in his backyard!
Li Xiantong repented, why did I always ignore it and let Xue Shao seize the loophole? During this time, I threw my mind into the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, gathered around my grandfather, staring at Xue Shao and the others—but ignoring my own woman!
When things come to an end, there is no way to avoid them.
Li Xiantong joined the army as Fa Cao, and is currently acting as the commander-in-chief of the daily affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, he could only come to the front hall of the yamen, looked at the two familiar and strange women with a blue face, gritted his teeth and sat on the court with a cold heart, and said in a businesslike tone: "Who beats the drum and voices grievances, bring it to the court!" ”
"Li Xiantong, you come down for me!"
Without waiting for the official to go out to bring people, a spicy and beautiful young woman rushed in with a fierce momentum, with Bai Xiao on her head, but it was Li Xiantong's newlywed wife, Wei Juyuan's daughter, and a well-known coquettish woman in Bingzhou City, Wei's.
"What are you doing? You are crazy! Li Xiantong shouted angrily.
"You're crazy!" Wei Shi rushed to the public desk, almost pointed at Li Xiantong's nose and scolded, "You wolf-hearted beast, you have been using me all the time and framing my father!" Today I have come to the Governor's Mansion to sue you! - Sue you Li Xiantong for plotting to usurp power and murder my father! ”
Xue Shao and Li Jinxing and their entourage had already stood outside the public hall, and the officials stopped them from entering, and they did not break in. Standing outside the main hall, quietly watching.
Li Xiantong glanced outside, his face was in cold sweat, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Madam, Hugh is going to be provoked by someone to fall for the tricks of the villains, I have a deep affection for your newlywed Yan'er, and I am like father and son with my father-in-law, how can I murder him?" How can you trust strangers rather than me? ”
"Li Xiantong, you are still denying it to this day!" Wei was furious, ran outside with a plain white skirt in a few steps, took another woman's hand and ran in, pointed at her, and asked Li Xiantong, "Do you know her?" ”
"Naturally." Li Xiantong's face was tense, his eyes flickered, and he didn't dare to look at the Lu family.
"Ten years of husband and wife, how can you not recognize each other?" The other woman, Lu Shi, was much more indifferent and calm, she almost didn't look at Li Xiantong directly, and said lightly: "When Li Xiantong was exiled for murder, I voluntarily followed him all the way despite the opposition of my family. Halfway through exile, I gave birth to a child and unfortunately died. I remember that at that time, Li Xiantong cried bitterly and said that he would never fail me in this life. If there is such an alliance, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. ”
Lu's words were soft-spoken, but like a sharp knife without a dagger, it stabbed at Li Xiantong fiercely.
When the spicy Webster yelled and scolded, Li Xiantong didn't make much movement. After hearing Lu's words, his expression changed suddenly, and his whole body trembled, and he didn't dare to look at Lu, so he turned his head and turned away.
Xue Shao stood outside the hall and saw it, shaking his head and sighing secretly. Yesterday I had a long conversation with the Lu family, who was born in a noble family with the surname Fan Yang Lu, much like my sister-in-law Xiao Shi, who is a typical virtuous and dignified traditional good woman with a strong sense of justice and morality.
In terms of the values of the Tang people, although the surname Lu of Fanyang Lu is not much of a big official in the court now, and there is not much political status, the surname Lu has a very long history and a very high social status. Many princes and nobles of the Sui and Tang dynasties have been actively marrying with them.
Ten years ago, Li Xiantong was still an exiled murderer, and the Lu family girl eloped with him despite her family's opposition and has followed him to this day. Not long ago, Li Xiantong divorced her on the grounds that she had no children, and immediately married the daughter of Wei.
"Yes...... What's the matter, let's talk about it when we go home, why bother going to court? Li Xiantong's face was ugly, and he couldn't get off the stage.
"If it's just a family matter, you can naturally talk about it at home. However, if you kill my father, then it is not a family matter! The Webster woman was angry and angry, "I didn't know before, and I thought that my father was really confused to murder your grandfather, and then committed suicide in fear of sin." After listening to your deception, I still hope that you can save me and not be implicated - fortunately, I understand the truth, it turns out that my father was killed by you! Li Xiantong, you sinner, I will sue you in court today, correct my father's name, and bring you to justice! ”
"Nonsense, where is the evidence?" Li Xiantong was annoyed, and roared loudly, "You are so scheming, you don't believe your husband after listening to a few words of instigation from the traitor!" ”
"Li Xiantong, am I also an adulterer?" Lu Shi's faint words, Li Xiantong immediately fell silent.
Wei's woman gritted her teeth with hatred, "Li Xiantong, you are too human!" You lied to both Mrs. Lu and me! ”
"Shut up!" Li Xiantong scolded Wei Shi angrily, turned his head and said to Lu Shi again, "You...... What nonsense are you talking about? ”
"Am I talking nonsense?" Lu Shi looked at Li Xiantong calmly, and said lightly: "Mrs. Wei is right, you are indeed not human. You lied to me that only Na Wei was a concubine, and in order to avoid Wei Sima's embarrassment, he had to pretend to divorce his wife. For the sake of your future, I agreed. The result? What do you say about Merriam-Webster? ”
"You...... Stop it! Li Xiantong's face cramped, and his face turned a little white.
Wei's girl almost jumped up and pointed at Li Xiantong's face, "You negative man, you step on two boats and deceive at both ends!" You told me that you had long been tired of this barren and boring old woman, and you hated to meet me late, and you never wanted to think of Lu again! ”
"Ho!" Lu Shi smiled, there was an obvious taste of despair in her laughter, she said, "But the night before your wedding, Li Xiantong also told me that it was only to take advantage of Wei Juyuan's momentum that he was forced to accept Wei Shi. Li Xiantong also kept saying, how can a coquettish and rude shrew like Wei's be qualified to be the daughter-in-law of my Li family? Accepting her as a concubine is just an expedient measure, and she is not as good as the most despicable slave in my eyes! ”
"Li Xiantong, I'll fight with you!!" Wei's woman was furious, and she jumped up to tear Li Xiantong.
After all, it was a public court, how could the officials let the Wei woman fight like this, so they rushed up and took her down.
"Don't publicize the ugliness of your family, go home and say something!" Li Xiantong was annoyed and angry, and he was about to leave.
"Stop!"
With a loud shout, Wei Yuanzhong stepped into the court.
Li Xiantong looked back, and his heart suddenly tightened, "What does Wei Yushi have to say?" ”
"As an imperial historian, this official has the right to supervise and review the lawsuits and prisons of the local government." Wei Yuanzhong walked into the public hall to stand in the center, and said loudly, "If it was just a family matter of Li joining the army, this official would definitely not ask about it." But since the drum has been beaten and the grievances have been struck, and someone has been sued, it is a lawsuit. Originally, local cases should have been tried by local state officials and county officials or Facao officials, but since this case is against Li Senjun himself, then you have to avoid suspicion and must not be examined. ”
Li Xiantong's face tightened, "Then what do you want?" ”
"This official will accept the promotion on behalf of the court in the name of the imperial history!" Wei Yuanzhong is colorful.
"You...... You don't have the right to do that! Li Xiantong said stiffly, "Although you are the imperial historian, you have not been formally appointed by the imperial court, and you have no right to directly intervene in the litigation of the local government!" ”
Wei Yuanzhong smiled slightly, "Where is the codex?" ”
Whenever the government is promoted to the court to inquire about the case, there will inevitably be a legal code in the court as a legal certificate. The little official on the side hesitated, and had no choice but to hand over a copy of "Yonghui Law".
Wei Yuanzhong didn't say much, and opened the book and pointed it out to Li Xiantong.
Li Xiantong had nothing to say.
"Ascension!"
Wei Yuanzhong shouted, directly scaring Li Xiantong.
The officials and officials above the court were originally Li Xiantong's direct subordinates, and most of them were confidants. Wei Yuanzhong shouted to ascend to the hall, but they were in a dilemma and didn't know what to do.
"Don't you want to be promoted?" Wei Yuanzhong sneered, "Then, you all go home, and the official will find someone else to promote this hall!" ”
The officials and officials were all "temporary workers" employed by the government, and they relied on the reward of their superiors to eat. Therefore, they have always been both stammered and afraid of their immediate superiors, because their livelihood is always in the hands of a boss like Facao in the army.
Therefore, as soon as Wei Yuanzhong said this, the little officials and officials panicked, and the heroes didn't suffer the immediate losses, so they would go to the court first!
"Wei Shisheng asked the case, and the gentry and the people could listen outside the hall-" The voice of the little official sounded, very loud and loud.
When Li Xiantong heard this voice, he felt very angry and depressed. In the past, he used to sit on top of the house and interrogate prisoners. It's good today, but I've been tried!
"Ascension—"
Wei Yuanzhong dressed up and sat on top of the court, and Li Xiantong was invited to the side hall by the officials first, and he had to have a first complaint to show his feelings.
Everything was ready, Li Jinxing and Xue Shao outside the hall, as well as the two hundred sergeants, were all confident in Wei Yuanzhong's heart. Therefore, he behaved very calmly, not angry and arrogant, and shouted loudly, "Come on, bring the first notice!" ”
Wei's daughter came in and handed over a piece of paper, "Yushi, the little girl Wei, sued Li Xiantong, who joined the army in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Prefecture, conspired to usurp the power of the government, framed the imperial court officials, and murdered my father!" ”
"Excuse me!"
The little official presented the paper, Wei Yuanzhong took the paper and looked at it, and immediately grabbed the key points written in the paper.
"Wei, you said on the paper that you once heard that Li Xiantong and your father, Sima Wei Juyuan, the former governor of the Grand Metropolitan Mansion, were secretly talking about a pre-military report?" Wei Yuanzhong asked.
"That's right!" Wei said in a loud voice, "At that time, my father said that even if Xue Shao wanted to turn out, he couldn't miss the military affairs. If we had not sent troops to recover the two states of Shuodai, many villages would have been slaughtered and many people would have suffered. If the court investigates it afterwards, it will be a capital offense. However, Li Xiantong persuaded my father that as long as he killed that stupid and stupid man, he would be treated as if the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion had never received such a report, and everything would be unaware! ”
"Stupid dumb man?" Niu Ben, who was standing with Xue Shao and the others outside the hall, heard this, and became angry on the spot, jumping to his feet and scolding-
"Li Xiantong, I'll your grandma!".
【Cold and fever, rest tomorrow】