Li Linfu's counterattack was indeed fierce and incompetent.

Through the eunuchs around the emperor, Li Linfu had long known that Huangfu Weiming had been talking badly about himself during the several times after returning to Beijing, and strongly recommended Wei Jian to be both talented and virtuous. Therefore, if the two secretly talked about the songs, the emperor would definitely believe it easily. Therefore, after summoning all Wang and others, he was able to assign tasks frankly. He was used to being strong and did not arouse any opposition. Instead, everyone was ready to go with confidence.

It is a rare opportunity to be able to pull down Wei Jian, who has always been proud of him.

The next day, the Chief Censor Yang Shenjin personally took action and accused Wei Jian of being a country relative, who had a private relationship with a border commander like Huangfu Weiming on the night of the Yuan Dynasty, and sent him a fierce memorial. When Gao Lishi saw the memorial, he did not think about the generous gifts that Wei Jian had given him to him, and sent him to the imperial court without any delay. Compared with those generous bribes, he was more clear about the importance of the matter. He could help Wei Jian conceal it, but in the eyes of the emperor, this was a ruthless thing, and he would never foolishly cover it up.

Li Longji has always been suspicious. Although Wei Jian made great achievements in his tenure as a resident of Jianghuai, he was extremely happy that the precious goods from the south could be delivered to him continuously, but he never forgot that Wei Jian was the inner brother of the Crown Prince Li Heng. Otherwise, Li Linfu would not have accused him of the plan to transfer Wei Jian to the Minister of Justice without saying a word. Therefore, after seeing Yang Shenjin's memorial, he was immediately furious and threw him hard on the ground.

"Sent Li Linfu to ask him to interrogate the case personally"

When Gao Lishi heard that Li Longji actually handed over the case of Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming to Li Linfu, he felt a sudden slap in his heart. After opening his mouth, he just said respectful agreement. Of course, Wei Jian has been able to win the holy heart so that he also hoped that this person could compete with Li Linfu so that he would not be the only one outside. However, such a vulnerable result was really depressing. When he saw Mai Xiong who rushed into the palace to report the letter in the eunuch, he received a message from Du Shiyi that Wei Jian not only met Huangfu Weiming privately, but also saw Guli Pei Luo, he was immediately so angry that he was so angry that he was smoking from seven orifices.

"Since it is stupid and ignorant to pull Li Linfu off the horse and it seems to have nothing to do with the Eastern Palace, it is not necessary to send a dead soldier to send a letter to the border town. Isn't this a handle for someone? Is it a matter of being connected with the foreign generals? What is his brain?"

As Gao Lishi said, since Li Linfu got the sage intention to take charge of the case himself, he immediately sent Luo Xibing, who was the most proficient in interrogation, according to the prior arrangement. As for Wang and Yang Zhao, they acted as witnesses after Yang Shenjin, and insisted on witnessing the private meeting between Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming.

Compared with those cruel officials during the Empress of Wu, Luo Xibing was even better than that and knew the way to use punishment to attack the heart. Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming were high-ranking officials. He would not easily torture these two people, but tortured Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming's confidant followers, and finally sent a satisfactory report to Li Linfu.

"Okay, very good." Li Linfu looked at the confession that they confirmed, and saw that Du Shiyi and Wang Zhongsi's names were all included. However, Wei Jian wanted to meet him but had no chance. He was still very happy. "Your Majesty is suspicious, but if you know the intention of the Eastern Palace to hand over the commander of Jie, you will be furious. Du Shiyi, Wang Zhongsi, don't think that you can be safe and sound if you are out of trouble?"

Just in the evening of that day, Li Linfu entered Xingqing Palace and presented the confession made by Luo Xibing to the emperor. As he expected, Li Longji was indeed furious, but after being angry, he became silent and had no reaction for a long time. He was a little anxious and was about to add a few words of decisive criticism, but when he raised his head, he met Li Longji's sharp eyes. At that moment, he remembered the situation when Li Longji summoned him after the palace change. The same was true at that time, and he even felt that his situation was in danger.

Therefore, when Li Longji coldly asked him his opinion on this case, Li Linfu dispelled the intention of implicating Du Shiyi and Wang Zhongsi, but only showed his usual position, lowered his head and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I wish you a blunt, Wei Jian and Huangfu Wei colluded in secret, and planned to make the crown prince the king, and the evidence was confirmed.

When Du Shiyi asked to be the gubernatorial master of Anbei, he vaguely pointed out some of the bad intentions of Prince Li Heng to Li Longji, and Wang Zhongsi was away all year round and only returned to Chang'an once every few years. Therefore, Li Longji did not believe the two people involved in the confession. At this moment, when he heard Li Linfu just saying that the prince's plan was ill, his face cleared a little, but he asked in a deep voice: "Where is Du Junli Wang Zhongsi?"

Li Linfu glanced at the emperor's expression from the corner of his eyes, and finally decided not to over-expand it. It would be better to be cautious: "Since Wei Jian planned to collude, but he never saw Du and Wang, the two Jieshangs. Such confessions are naturally not trustworthy, I hope Your Majesty will be careful."

Li Longji tapped the handrail with his fingers, pondered for a moment before asking: "Have Luo Xibing asked Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming?"

When the emperor suddenly asked about this, Li Linfu couldn't help but cheer up: "Report to Your Majesty, you have not yet interrogated it. After all, Wei Jian is still the Minister of Justice. Huangfu Weiming was appointed as the governor of Longyou. Previously, Your Majesty even gave him all the military power of Longyou in Hexi. If he could not give up his order, how dare others to torture the ministers easily?"

Li Linfu's implication was that if he got the saint's order, Luo Xibing would be able to do his best to let Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming see some cruel methods. However, what the emperor said disappointed him.

"That's good. As a relative of the country, Wei Jian was in contact with the commander of the border town and strived to advance. He was indeed unforgivable for his crimes. However, the ministers of the country should not be humiliated lightly."

Until this time, Li Longji even spoke to a minister of the country, and Li Linfu felt that his chest was so tight that he could not bear it. But the emperor had already said this, and he had to agree repeatedly. After leaving Xingqing Hall, he frowned into a knot. Just from Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming's followers, he could indeed ask a lot of things, but without the confessions of these two people involved, there would be no ironclad evidence. The emperor's initial reaction was clearly that Thunder Ting was furious and would not tolerate it, but why did he become soft-hearted now?

"Your Majesty is not soft-hearted. First, if you have experienced the disaster of the three concubines before, if you deposed the prince again, where will his face be put?"

In the evening, Du Shiyi, who received the news, sat leisurely in front of Princess Yuzhen, and said this sentence in a tone that was absolutely unrespectful. Princess Gu'an on the side also sneered and said, "Brother is right. Moreover, when His Majesty allowed Concubine Wu Hui to die of illness, he still kept Li Linfu as prime minister. One was to be satisfied with his talent in governing and governing affairs, and the other was to keep him checking and balancing the Eastern Palace. If the Eastern Palace changed its owner again, Li Linfu would be the only one. You just said one thing, and the other was that this time it was just Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming who colluded with each other, which was incomparable to the previous palace change. He was involved in the prison all at once, so he mobilized the troops."

Princess Yuzhen's understanding of her own brother is better than that of Du Shiyi and Princess Gu'an. She shook her head gently and said in a deep voice: "Brother's character is unfathomable, let's see the punishment of Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming."

A few days later, when Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming's punishment came down, the court was in an uproar. Wei Jian's charge was "indomitable to advance". To put it simply, he was demoted to Jinyun Prefecture by any means to seek promotion; while Huangfu Weiming's charge was much greater. The four words "discrimination against the monarch and minister" were all necessary to put the word "death", but in the end he was demoted to the Prefect of Bochuan. No one thought the punishment was too serious, and everyone felt that compared with the charges circulating around these days, such punishment was really minor.

But in this way, the vacant ones were not just the Minister of Justice and the governor of Longyou. Although Huangfu Weiming suffered the greatest defeat after his Jiedui City in the battle to capture Shibao City last year, he had won many military achievements before, and the defeat of Shibao City only ignored reinforcements. This time, many of them were conquered by Shangjing. Therefore, after Li Longji summoned several times, he also praised his ambitions. Because the governor of Hexi, Wang Jia, was transferred back to Beijing this time, he had already planned to let Huangfu Weiming serve as the governor of Hexi. However, this sudden incident made this idea temporarily ruined.

As a result, the vacant second governor of Longyou, Hexi became the top priority. Li Linfu was determined to take this position in one fell swoop, but looking at his relatives and friends, except for Xiao Jing who served as the governor of Hexi, no one else had such experience.

For example, Wang Yang Shenjin and others are all good at making money, with a mediocre military strategy, and even more terrible is that no one is willing to go to guard the border and eat sand. An Lushan, who has always followed him, is far away in Youzhou. The military governor of Fanyang and the military governor of Pinglu should be well and will not be willing to move. This time, Ashina, the righteous brother sent by An Lushan, had met the emperor twice before, and was quite willing to be named Shi Siming. However, if he had to be given a meritorious service in the Jiedu town, he would not mention two towns. He had heard that An Lushan had another brother, An Sishun, but when he mentioned it to Shi Siming, Shi Siming immediately shook his head.

"Mayor An and An Sishun are just brothers, but they are not related at all. In addition, they parted ways in their early years, so there is no relationship now. Moreover, if I remember correctly, when Mayor Du of Shuofang was in Longyou, he had many favorable treatments for An Sishun?"

Shi Siming knew that An Lushan and An Sishun had a harmonious relationship in his early years, but after leaving his hometown, he started to have a quarrel. Otherwise, An Lushan would not have been willing to be his adopted son to Zhang Shouqi than to go to Longyou to join An Sishun. Therefore, he did not want to create a powerful opponent for An Lushan for no reason, so he understood Li Linfu's thoughts and carried Du Shiyi out.

As a result, Li Linfu immediately gave up this plan. He now did not want Du Shiyi's power to continue to expand. You should know that even though he was a master in the court, Du Shiyi had a wide range of friendship and could still be at ease, let alone his lofty prestige and deep connections in the border town. Therefore, after sending Shi Siming away, he suddenly felt aroused in his heart.
Chapter completed!