Even if the impeachment of Deng Guangbin in person is successful, Cui Geng will be enough to fall.

It is said that when this kind of thing happens, it should be Cui Geng who casually said hello and asked his officials to impeach Deng Guangbin and bite him to death directly.

However, Cui Geng's house arrest in Chang'an is too difficult, and it is too difficult for the minister to explicitly take refuge in him.

More often, Cui Geng exerts influence through Princess Taiping. For obeying Princess Taiping's orders, those ministers had no pressure.

It's just a little bit of a hassle now.

As Cui Geng and Cao Yuechan's wedding date approached, Princess Taiping showed obvious jealousy. No matter how careless Cui Geng is, she picks her nose and eyes.

Cui Geng also has a little temper and is unwilling to beg her for this little thing.

……

……

Inside the Imperial Palace, the Hall of Manna.

"Rub!"

As soon as Cui Geng entered the palace gate, he cursed secretly.

It turns out that there are a lot of people here.

In addition to Li Dan, the crown prince Li Longji, the prime minister Zhang Shuo, Liu Youqiu, Yao Chong, Song, and Guo Yuanzhen are all impressively listed.

In addition, there is another person who is particularly conspicuous, that is, Deng Guangbin, the palace attendant.

This is the wicked suing first, right?

This is a group ready to pit me, right?

Could it be that Deng Guangbin's beating of Su Li was not simply to vent his anger, but was instructed by Li Longji and was premeditated?

Cui Geng thought about countermeasures while thinking about the electric turn, and at the same time stepped forward to give Li Dan a salute.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Cui Aiqing is exempt from etiquette and sits,"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

According to his rank, Cui Geng sat behind Li Longji and before the rest of the courtiers.

Li Dan coughed lightly and said, "Cui Xiang came here today, but for Deng Guangbin to beat Su Li?" ”

"Exactly. Deng Guangbin, as the palace servant, should be the eyes and ears of His Majesty, investigate the people's feelings, correct the law, and admonish them. But he knew that he broke the law, beat people and seriously injured people, and should be severely punished. ”

Liu Youqiu said disapprerovingly: "The reason why Cui Xiang came forward today is not because Su Li is your relative?" It's a bit alarmist to say it so seriously. ”

Li Longji answered; "Also, Deng Guangbin's beating of Su Li is not hurtful for no reason. He is the imperial servant of the palace, and his status is noble, and the ordinary people should avoid it. But Na Su Li relied on his identity and stopped in front of Deng Guangbin's guard of honor, despising the imperial court officials. Deng Guangbin ordered him to beat him left and right, but he just acted according to the law. ”

"Su Li stopped in front of Deng Guangbin's guard of honor?"

To be honest, Cui Geng is really not sure if there is such a thing. Although Cao Hao relayed that Su Li was beaten "for no reason", who knows if Su Li was deliberately covering up his fault?

Of course, to say that Su Li stopped in front of Deng Guangbin's guard of honor "for no reason", Cui Geng also didn't believe it.

At most, at most, is that both sides are at fault.

The trouble he made for Deng Guangbin today was nothing more than one reason: it depends on the owner to beat the dog.

It's not a big deal, you Deng Guangbin beat my Cui Geng's relatives half to death. Didn't that slap me in the face?

Therefore, he sneered and said: "That is the case, that prime minister dares to ask Deng Yushi, why did Su Li stop your honor guard?" ”

Deng Guangbin said: "Didn't the prince already say it just now? He relied on his identity to find unhappiness for this imperial history. ”

Cui Genghao was so happy that he said, "Even if Su Li wants to bully others, why do he have to bully you?" Do you have a grudge against the past? Do you have a big reputation for Deng Yushi? Or is it ...... Are you better at bullying? Besides...... Is Su Li crazy? One person bullied a group of you, and the fuck was on the way to Qing~Lou! ”

Deng Guangbin rolled his eyes and said, "Then how do I know?" All in all, Su Li collided with the honor guard of this imperial history, and the left and right of this imperial history beat him! Cui Xiangruo wants to announce his personal vendetta, just come! My surname is Deng! ”

"You ......"

This is obviously unreasonable, Cui Geng is really speechless.

He had no choice but to look at Li Dan and said: "Your Majesty's Sacred Heart Candlelight, you must have understood the right and wrong, and please punish Deng Guangbin according to the law to set an example." ”

"What ...... this?"

Li Dan thought for a moment and said, "Cui Aiqing thinks highly of me, and the two sides have their own opinions on this matter, and I can't tell the difference." In this way, Deng Guangbin will pay Su Li Tang a hundred yuan, and then come to the door to apologize. ”

"No!" Cui Geng objected.

"The minister doesn't dare to obey the edict!" Deng Guangbin also said loudly.

Li Dan frowned slightly, and said, "What? None of you are happy? ”

Deng Guangbin said: "Weichen is not guilty, why should he apologize to Na Su Li?" As for a hundred dollars...... Weichen's sleeves are breezy, but he can't make it up. Besides, I shouldn't have to pay for it at all! ”

Cui Geng also said: "Weichen thinks that the merits of this matter are not difficult to distinguish, so why not find a few witnesses?" ”

Deng Guangbin said without showing weakness: "Yes, just find a few witnesses!" I don't believe it, can you Cui Xiang still cover the sky with one hand? ”

Well?

When Cui Geng heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and he felt that he had taken it for granted.

Yes, Mo Daojun walked early, and there were even more early pedestrians. Although it was early in the morning, this incident happened on the main road, and many people should have seen it.

However, the people of Chang'an are too politically sensitive. Although they may not know that Deng Guangbin is Li Longji's person.

However, they can be sure that the dispute between themselves and Deng Guangbin is definitely a shocking whirlpool, and their small body is mixed in, and the slightest carelessness will be a situation of shattering bones.

Therefore, in the final result, there must still be no one to testify.

He is a dignified king, a prime minister, and a draw with a small palace servant, not ashamed.

Alas, at that time, I shouldn't have given up my face, and I didn't go to Princess Taiping. Otherwise, any imperial historian and Deng Guangbin were stubborn. I can attack and retreat, I can defend, how can I not be so passive.

What now? It's just incomprehensible!

Cui Geng accidentally said the wrong thing, his mind was racing, and there was no way to break the situation.

Li Dan nodded and said, "Okay, since the two Aiqing have reached an agreement, let's post a notice and find witnesses." ”

Li Longji added fuel to the fire on the side: "It's better for my father to drive the Xuanwu Gate and try this case in front of the people of the world to show the selflessness of the Grand Duke." ”

"It's fine."

As soon as His Majesty the Emperor's Chrysostom opened, Cui Geng had no choice but to join everyone and follow Li Dan's guard of honor to the Xuanwu Gate.

Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor has climbed the Xuanwu Gate more often. Or announce an edict announcing the world, or rejoice with the people, or take refuge in a mutiny.

Today, the Yulin army did not drive away the people near Xuanwu Gate, so naturally the emperor wanted to have fun with the people.

For a time, the people under the Xuanwu Sect gathered.

Many officials who got the news did not know what they were doing and also came to watch.

Later, Sergeant Yulin, who had a loud voice, announced the decree and explained the reason why Li Dan came to Xuanwu Gate today.

"Huh? Isn't it true that Your Majesty has to have fun with the people when he encounters some happy event? ”

"Look for the eyewitnesses to the conflict between Shi Deng Guangbin and Su Li in the palace on Ziyun Street. Did you see that? ”

"I didn't see it. Besides, even if I see it, dare I say it? The gods are fighting, what are we doing with a bunch of imps? ”

……

The people talked a lot, but no one came forward to testify.

Li Dan said with a smile: "Cui Aiqing, you are famous all over the world for your ability to solve cases, and you are known as Cui Qingtian." When I saw it today, people have missed, horses have missed questions, and your ability to judge cases is also inaccurate. ”

"Uh......" Cui Geng was speechless.

Li Dan said: "Since no one has come forward to testify, Cui Xiang will no longer be unrelenting." How about what I just did? As for Deng Yushi's side...... I think he'll be able to get the most out of it. ”

It is said that Li Dan did this, which is enough to be called benevolent and righteous.

But Cui Geng is unwilling!

Don't look at the name, it was Deng Guangbin who suffered a small loss this time, but that was in the case of his own impeachment. Even this time, it cannot be said that Deng Guangbin is still glorious despite the defeat, but it can be said that he has won a brilliant victory.

first hit his relatives, and then stepped on himself to climb up, which is simply unbearable.

Of course, having said that, now that I am out of charge, what chance can I have to turn the tables?

Cui Geng was embarrassed for a while.

Li Dan urged again: "How is it?" Has Cui Xiang thought about it? ”

"I, I'm going to testify!" Just when Cui Geng was in a dilemma, suddenly someone under the city shouted.

Who? Who is speaking up? ”

Cui Geng was overjoyed in his heart, and looked downstairs in the city, but it was a young man in his twenties, dressed plainly, short in stature, and ordinary in appearance, and he didn't know him at all.

Li Dan ordered someone to take him to the Xuanwu Gate. Asked, "Where do you live and who is your surname?" What happened on Ziyun Street, you saw it all in your eyes? ”

"Your Majesty, the villain's name is Yan Yun, and he lives in the Yunlin Fang next to Ziyun Street. At that time, it was just in time for the small one to go out, and the situation present was clearly visible. ”

"Oh? What's going on? ”

"At that time, Deng Guangbin's guard of honor arrived at Ziyun Street, and pedestrians dodged one after another, including Su Dalang Su Li."

Liu Youqiu reprimanded: "Nonsense! You are a peddler and pawn, how can you know Su Dalang? ”

The man bowed slightly and said, "This official, don't worry." Yes, he is a peddler's pawn, and he doesn't know Su Dalang. However, Deng Yushi sat on a tall horse and said in a loud voice; "You are Su Li, the eldest man of the Su family", a relative of Cui Geng, the prime minister of the dynasty? "When he said that, can I not know Su Li?"

"And then?"

Then Su Dalang generously admitted it. But I didn't expect it. That Deng Yushi suddenly shouted, and said: "Okay, you Su Dalang, dare to rely on Cui Geng's power to intercept the honor guard of this imperial history, is it tolerable or unbearable?" Come on, hit me hard! Someone's life is lost, and this imperial history is in his pocket! ”。

Then a few people rushed out, pressed Nasu Dalang to the ground, and beat him hard. ”

Nani?

Can it be so simple and rude ~ violent?

Cui Geng originally thought that Su Dalang had to make a little mistake, but he didn't expect that Deng Guangbin was completely looking for trouble.

Is it because Deng Guangbin lost face in Wannian County that day, so that he saw Su Li today and took revenge on the spur of the moment?

Or is this young man named Yan Yun deliberately distorting the facts?

Li Longji also thought of this, and frowned: "Ridiculous! Even if Deng Yushi wants to declare a personal vendetta, he must plan carefully, right? How could it be so unwise? Yan Yun, do you have anything to do with Cui Geng or Su Dalang to deliberately favor him? ”

"There are also things to do with it." Yan Yun said generously: "I think that at the beginning, Yan Zhiwei in the villain clan surrendered to the Turks, and the Great Holy Empress of Heaven issued an order to exterminate the Yan family, even the three-foot child. At that time, the villain was among those ignorant children. In the end, it was Cui Xiang who knelt under Tianshu for seven days and seven nights, and we waited for us to survive. With such a generous kindness, how could the villain not repay it? ”

Li Longji said: "So, you are on Cui Geng's side and deliberately accuse Deng Yushi?" ”

"Definitely!" Yan Yun shook his head and said, "It is precisely because of this kindness that I dared to speak up today and tell the truth of the facts." ”

"Hmph, clever words, reversing black and white!"

Li Longji snorted coldly, looked at Li Dan again and said: "Father, now the problem is obvious, this Yan Yun deliberately stood up to excuse Su Li because he received Cui Geng's small favor, and asked his father to investigate!" ”

"No, it's not!"

Yan Yun was in a hurry, so he simply took the initiative to stand up, turned to the people and said, "Who is Cui Xiang?" Don't you have a number in your heart? He is sweeping away the Four Seas Gang and returning the people to a Lang Lang Qingtian. Repair the three canals, so that there is no shortage of food in the pass. Not to mention repeatedly taking care of the righteousness and wronging himself. Now he just wants everyone to tell the truth and stand up and testify, is it so difficult? You guys...... Do you have a conscience? ”

If you want to talk about likes and dislikes, of course everyone likes Cui Geng and doesn't like Li Longji.

Even if you don't talk about the good things that Cui Geng did to the people of Chang'an, in the Tang Long coup, Li Longji's subordinates burned, killed, and plundered, and I don't know how many people hated him to the core.

After Yan Yun finished speaking, an old man with white hair stood up.

He said loudly: "The old man has lived for more than eighty years, and he has no children and no daughters under his knees, I have lived enough!" I am going to testify today for Cui Xiang and for the justice of the world! ”

Li Dan frowned slightly, and said, "Take that old man to the Xuanwu Gate." ”

"Yes."

To put it simply, this old man claimed to be Miao Bei, and his testimony was similar to what Yan Yun had just said. What's more, he has nothing to do with Cui Geng and Su Dalang.

The square in front of the Xuanwu Gate is specially designed, and when you speak on the city tower, it is easy for the people below to hear clearly.

Soon, a third person came forward to testify.

This is a butcher in his thirties, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the Xuanwu Sect burst into applause like thunder, and the applause was endless.

It's hard to get started.

In the end, there were eight direct witnesses, all of whom gave similar confessions. There are more than 20 people who did not see the whole process, but they can make circumstantial evidence.

There can't be so many people who deliberately wronged Deng Guangbin, right?

Thinking of all kinds of unsatisfactory things in life, thinking that Su Li's identity was almost beaten in vain, and even thinking that the law is not responsible for the public, the crowd gradually began to stir.

"Knowing the law and breaking the law, the crime is added to the first degree!"

"Deng Guangbin bullied the people for no reason, and he must not be spared!"

"This is the crime of murder, and it should be punished according to the law!"

……

At the end of the shout, a thousand words converged into one sentence: "Kill him!" ”

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

The people shouted in unison, and the sound shook the sky.

Li Dan's face was cloudy, and when the voices of the people gradually lowered, he pressed down with his hands and said slowly: "Emperor Taizong has clouds, and water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, I know it!" Although Deng Guangbin's crime will not lead to death, I am willing to understand the people's feelings and ...... his special purpose."

"Don't mind!"

At the moment of life and death, Deng Guangbin was anxious and said, "Your Majesty, don't kill me." I...... I am willing to atone for my sins! ”

"Atonement? It's late! ”

Deng Guangbin shook his head and said: "No, it's not too late, it's not too late at all, because a certain person wants to report a major case of rebellion!" ”

"A major case of rebellion?" Li Dan was finally moved and changed his words: "'Then you just tell me to listen, who is going to rebel?'" ’