Chapter 218: Hou Junji is imprisoned
Li Hao under the escort of Chen Bin and others, all the way to Shanghe Village did not encounter any danger, just entered the entrance of the village, he saw that the torches in front of him were dense, there were many people waiting in front, and when he got closer, it was all the people of the Li Mansion, and the leaders were Lu Yun, Xue Rengui, Du Hong and those female relatives at home.
As soon as Li Hao got off the horse and walked over, everyone bowed in unison: "Welcome Hou Ye back to his house!" ”
Li Hao stepped forward and waved his hand: "Everyone is a family, you don't have to be so formal, and don't call me Hou Ye, or continue to call me Young Master." ”
"Yes, young master." Du Hong was so excited that his eyes burst into tears, "Young Master, you're back." ”
"Well, it's back, it's finally back." Li Hao patted Du Hong's shoulder, and when he saw so many familiar faces, he was also extremely excited.
Xue Rengui's eyes were sharp, and when he saw that Li Hao had been covering his abdomen with his left hand, and there seemed to be blood stains on the armor between his fingers, he asked in shock: "Master Hou, you ...... this"
Li Hao hurriedly interrupted him: "Rengui, just call me a poet, we are good brothers." ”
Xue Rengui knew that he deliberately didn't let himself say it, he should be afraid that his family would worry, so he nodded helplessly: "Yes, I know." ”
Li Hao saw a beautiful woman standing behind Xue Rengui, the sky was too dark to see her face clearly, she took two steps forward and took a closer look, it was Liu Yingchun, holding a small doll in her hand.
Seeing this, Li Hao asked, "Rengui?" You and Yueniang...... Married? ”
Xue Rengui smiled and pulled Liu Yingchun to his side, and said happily: "Yes, this is our son." ”
"That's a good dare." Li Hao stepped forward happily, only to see that the child in Liu Yingchun's arms was about seven or eight months old, staring at him with a pair of big eyes, looking super cute, Li Hao couldn't help but tease him.
Liu Yingchun saw that Li Hao seemed to like his son very much, so he said, "Young master, you can hug Chenchen too." ”
Li Hao just wanted to nod, but found that his left hand was still covering the wound, and the child must be exposed, and the people present were all people who had never seen the world much, and when they saw their injuries, they were afraid that they would have to worry about themselves, but fortunately, Xue Rengui was clever, and hurriedly said: "When the poetry returns from the dust, it must be very tired, so don't let the poetry maniac get tired." ”
Li Hao also smiled and nodded in agreement: "I'm really tired, by the way, has the child been named?" According to his memory, Xue Rengui's son, that must be Xue Dingshan.
Xue Rengui shook his head: "No, I only took a milk name, called Chenchen." ”
"Born in the early morning?" Li Hao asked.
"Yes." Xue Rengui nodded, "Poet, you read a lot, why don't you help choose a name." ”
Li Hao pretended to be silent for a moment and said, "It's called Xue Dingshan, what do you think?" ”
"Xue Dingshan?" Xue Rengui tasted it and praised happily, "A good name, it's really a poetry maniac, and you can say such a good name casually." ”
"Huh." Li Hao laughed dryly, this Nima was originally his son's name, and he just stole it, and he was praised because of this, which is really a little embarrassing.
Li Hao inadvertently saw two pairs of eyes staring at him all the time, Li Hao lined up everyone and walked over, Hu Dashan and Hu Xiaohai both saluted: "Young master." ”
What stared at Li Hao just now was Hu Dashan and Hu Xiaohai, they hadn't seen each other for two years, they both grew up, Hu Dashan was eighteen years old, Hu Xiaohai was sixteen years old, and they were both sturdy young men, but Hu Dashan had been studying, wearing a Confucian shirt, full of books.
When Li Hao saw the two of them, he couldn't help but look at their legs and asked, "Your legs...... Didn't leave anything wrong, did you? ”
In fact, when Li Hao went to Tingzhou, he was always worried about the legs of the two brothers on the road, for fear that they would leave sequelae or become lame.
The two brothers walked a few steps steadily, and said with a smile on their faces: "The young master's medical skills are so good, how can he leave a problem, our brothers can walk and run now, it's very good." ”
"That's good, that's good." Li Hao patted them on the shoulder, feeling very comforted in his heart.
Greeted everyone, before you knew it, it was already the second half of the night, everyone welcomed Li Hao into the house, and Chen Bin and them also returned along the same road.
As soon as Li Hao returned to the room, Lu Yun came to knock on the door, and after entering the room, Lu Yun asked with a solemn face: "Young Master, are you injured?" ”
Li Hao waved his hand: "It's not a big deal, it's just a little skin trauma, I'll be fine later." ”
"Who was hurt?" Lu Yun asked.
Li Hao hesitated for a moment, and sighed helplessly: "Who else can it be besides the silver fox." ”
Lu Yun was shocked when he heard this, and then his face was full of shame, and he said, "Young master, it's all my fault, I didn't expect my junior sister to ...... him."
"Take less responsibility for yourself." Li Hao rolled his eyes, "In the future, when I see the pot, I will throw it off, don't have anything to carry on myself, tired or not, come, help me untie my armor." ”
Lu Yun was moved, and stepped forward to help Li Hao take off his silver armor, Li Hao picked up his clothes, revealing the wound on his abdomen, which was an inch long, not very deep, and no longer bleeding.
Lu Yun saw that the wound was not big, and he was immediately relieved, and asked with a worried face: "Young master, my junior sister...... What if there was a next time? ”
Li Hao sighed, turned his head to look at Lu Yun, and said, "I don't know, I'm not afraid of thieves stealing, I'm afraid that thieves are worried, I can't go to a thatched house with a large group of bodyguards." ”
Lu Yun frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Young master, why don't you let me look for her, if I can find her, I'll have a good talk with her." ”
"She'll listen to you?" Li Hao asked with a roll of his eyes.
Lu Yun sighed helplessly: "I have to give it a try, is it possible to do nothing?" ”
Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said: "Actually, I am a person who pities the fragrance and cherishes the jade, but your junior sister is really excessive, just took a look at her body, she actually forgot my great kindness to her, and assassinated me three times or four times, the clay man still has three points of anger, not to mention my temper, right." ”
"Yes." Lu Yun nodded.
Li Hao suddenly smiled evilly: "Alas, you said that if I give her ......" He said and made a clapping action at the same time, not a normal clap, but the kind of clapping up and down, with his evil smile, Lu Yun understood in seconds, and his eyes were about to crack in surprise.
Li Hao raised his eyebrows again and again and asked, "You said that, will she promise each other with her body?" ”
Lu Yun looked embarrassed: "Her martial arts are so high...... "The following words are needless to say, the meaning is obvious.
"High martial arts are not a problem." Li Hao smiled and said, "I just need to set up a game and attract her to catch her, isn't it?" ”
Lu Yun: ......
Early the next morning, the ministers gathered in front of the Chengtian Gate, today is the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting, originally today's court meeting, the two heroes who conquered Gaochang should come to participate, after all, they want to talk about meritorious deeds, but Li Hao did not come, Hou Junji also asked for sick leave, and the ministers could not see the two of them outside the Chengtian Gate, and immediately discussed.
Chengtian Gate opened, the ministers entered the Taiji Palace, ascended the Taiji Palace, the monarchs and ministers saw the ceremony, began to deliberate, the first thing was to discuss the reward for the meritorious ministers of the Battle of Tingzhou and the Battle of Gaochang, the promotion of the officials, the fortune of the rich, the pension of the pension, due to the number of people, Li Shimin only hand-picked the person with greater merit in the court, and let the other officials handle it, and then send it to him for approval.
If you talk about this merit, it is natural to count Li Hao as the largest, but Li Shimin only restored Li Hao's official position as a scientific research temple and did not promote him, and the courtiers were at a loss, and they all guessed, this is not scientific, yesterday Li Shimin issued a number of holy decrees, rewarded Li Hao, and personally met Li Hao in the Ganlu Palace, why did he not give Li Hao an official promotion today? Could it be that Li Hao made another mistake and angered the emperor, some people guessed that they were here, and they gloated.
After the reward for meritorious deeds, Li Shimin asked loudly: "Do you still have something to play?" ”
Wei Zheng suddenly came out of the queue and said in a loud voice: "The minister has something to play." ”
Li Shimin spread his hands and asked, "What does Wei Qing want to play?" ”
Wei Zheng held his head high and said impassionedly: "During the period when the minister impeached the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Hou Junji and led the troops to crusade against Gaochang, he connived at his subordinates to plunder the property of the people of Gaochang, causing the lives of the people of Gaochang to be devastated, with more than 10,000 casualties. Hou Junji also filled his own pockets, greedy for gold in the treasury of the Gaochang Palace, more than one million. In order to loot money, Hou Junji convicted and distributed Gaochang's innocent rich family to occupy his family property, and his methods were despicable, outrageous, insulting the national style of the Tang Dynasty, and losing the prestige of the Tang Dynasty. ”
Hou Junji connived at the looting under his command, and there was also the matter of privately assigning innocent people, the ministers of the DPRK and China have long known, after all, many envoys of small countries have already played Li Shimin for this matter, and Li Shimin also promised to deal with it strictly, but the ministers did not know the bottom in their hearts, after all, Hou Junji is the founding of the country, with a high position, and this time he also made a contribution to destroying the country, even if it is strict, where can it be strict.
I didn't expect Hou Junji to be greedy for more than a million pieces of gold, this is an astronomical amount, it's terrible, some people have already found that the wind direction above the court today doesn't seem to be quite right.
"There is such a thing!" Li Shimin's voice was very deep, and the ministers listened to it in their hearts.
"The evidence is overwhelming." Wei Zheng said loudly, "Your Majesty will know as soon as you watch the performance. ”
"Bring it on!"
Xu Lian presented Wei Zheng's recital to Li Shimin, Li Shimin opened it and looked at it, closed it suddenly, patted it on his knee, glared and shouted: "How can this be reasonable!" ”
The hearts of the ministers trembled, and everyone could see that Hou Junji was going to be unlucky today, no wonder this product took sick leave today and did not come to the court meeting.
"Tell me the will!" Li Shimin suddenly raised his voice and said, "The marquis Junji should be held as an official and sent to the prison of the Criminal Department, and he will be tried by the three divisions!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the hall was full of silence, and the hall was full of shock, Li Shimin really made a move, and he hated it all over and over again, taking away all the official titles and titles, closing the prison of the Criminal Department, and also interrogating the three divisions, and the prison of the Criminal Department, that is the place where felons are held, and it is said that those who go in have to take off a layer of skin if they don't die, in contrast, the prison of Dali Temple is simply a joke.
The information above the court is ever-changing, one moment he is still a very popular minister, and the next moment he will be imprisoned, this kind of precedent is not nothing, but Hou Junji and Li Hao broke through Gaochang, after all, they have made great achievements, but now they are imprisoned, and such an end really surprised the ministers, however, no one knows the real reason why Hou Junji was imprisoned, except for Li Shimin's convincing Xu Lian.
At the end of the court meeting, as soon as Li Shimin returned to the Ganlu Hall and sat down, Jin Wuwei came to report: Li Hao, Hou of Lantian County, was assassinated on the way home last night and was injured.
Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, suddenly stood up, and exclaimed: "There is such a thing!" ”