Chapter 458: Intercede for Dai Wang to avoid death
On the second day of February, there was some excitement outside the city of Chang'an. The famous Siming fanatic in the imperial court drank one of the Eight Immortals, congratulatory congratulator Zhizhang, and was about to leave Chang'an to retire and return to his hometown of Yuezhou.
The emperor personally presented him with a poem, which goes like this: Immortal records inscribe a golden urn, and the emperor favors and gives him clothes. He carries the algae quietly, and his journey is filled with brilliance.
Prince Li Heng led hundreds of officials to see him off at the Ba Bridge. This honor was unparalleled by others. Let alone now, even in the feudal dynasty that lasted for two thousand years, it was unprecedented and unprecedented.
At the same time, the team of Anxi Hexi Jiedushi Fu Meng Lingcha left the city through Jinguang Gate and headed for Hexi in the opposite direction. Since the farewell over Baqiao was too grand, the farewell here seemed shabby, with only the king of the household doctor
He and his younger brother Wang Wen came to say farewell to husband Meng Lingcha.
A smile appeared on their faces and they comforted each other: "Husband Meng Zhongcheng also knows that today is the day when Supervisor He returns to his hometown. The saint ordered the prince to lead a hundred officials to see him off. We two brothers also just rode from Baqiao on fast horses.
Come here."
"There, there, the prince's brothers came to see me off. I am not very honored, but I am extremely grateful."
These words are indeed sincere. Wang He is the core number two figure in Li Linfu's party, and he is definitely not comparable to Jiwen Luo Luoxisu and others. For Fumeng Lingcha, the fact that he can be sent by Wang He is enough to show that he
Li Linfu's position in the party has also become a core figure.
"Goodbye now, see you next year."
Just as Fu Meng Zhongcheng was about to turn his horse around, a beautiful woman led several servants and palace eunuchs and came towards them. Wang Zhongcheng also looked at the woman with her mouth wide open and turned his inquiring gaze to Fu Meng Lingcha.
I wondered how Fumeng Lingcha could be ingratiated with Yang Taizhen's family. Although Yang Yuhuan had not yet received any title, the emperor's love for her had already spread throughout the palace, and the day when the Yang family's chickens and dogs ascended to heaven was approaching.
Fumeng Lingcha himself felt strange, maybe this lady was going to the Hot Spring Palace, and they happened to be parting here, so they met by chance?
Li Siye also felt a headache when he saw Yang Yuyao suddenly coming. He also hid a disfigured person among the Jiedushi envoys. He didn't want to draw attention to himself, but unexpectedly this lady came to him.
Fumeng Lingcha and Wang Xian came forward to pay homage to Yang Yuyao: "Greetings to the third lady."
"Well," Yang Yuyao just nodded her forehead, but looked towards the Jiedushi's team, specifically looking for the person he wanted to send off.
This situation made her husband Meng Zhongcheng feel a little embarrassed. Naturally, Li Siye couldn't avoid it. He quickly came to greet you and crossed his arms: "I really didn't expect you to come. I just talked about something. Why do you have to go there?"
Yang Yuyao snorted dissatisfiedly: "What's the matter? I hear what you mean, is it shameful to be close to me?"
These words are easily aroused. In order to stop such topics, he quickly corrected: "No, you heard the wrong meaning. I am very happy that you can come. I was just being polite to you."
Yang Yuyao pursed her lips: "Your politeness is quite new. Do you remember what I told you the first few days? I will see Fatty An off when he leaves, and I will see you off when you leave."
He had no choice but to bow and cross his hands and said: "Sister Niang, I am so grateful for your deep friendship with me that I will never forget it."
Yang Yuyao could hear the perfunctory meaning in these words, and snorted again: "They all say that you men are cold and affectionate. It is true. We haven't even left Chang'an yet, and we have already started to fall out. You are so cold and affectionate."
It’s better to put Fatty An on."
"No way, I'm just too reserved. If it were just the two of us, I would be able to say other things."
"Is that reserved? I think you have concerns."
"No worries, really none."
Yang Yuyao snorted with her nostrils pointing to the sky, ordered the palace eunuch to fetch a jar of wine, handed it to Li Siye and said, "This is the wine I made for you from the West Market. Let you drink it slowly on the way."
Li Siye bowed and crossed his hands and took the wine jar. "Thank you Sanniang for the gift of wine."
Yang Yuyao turned the horse's head and said: "I will wait for you in Chang'an next year. Remember to think of some interesting things to bring over."
All the soldiers looked at Li Siye with strange expressions. What does this interesting thing refer to?
Li Siye finally sent the woman away. Fumeng Lingcha stood beside him, stroking his beard and thinking for a long time. Then he laughed with relief and turned the horse's head to go on the road.
Dai Wang covered himself in a black cloak and rode behind Li Siye. The appearance of Yang Yuyao just now made everyone's eyes turn to Li, and then they noticed the person following him.
His head and face were covered by a scarf, with only two eyes exposed. He looked particularly mysterious and it was difficult not to attract attention.
He lowered his head and made a muffled voice from his throat: "No wonder you dare to take me on the road. It turns out that you already have such internal support."
Li Siye chuckled: "This is not considered internal support, at most it is a good cause."
Husband Meng Zhongcheng in front suddenly turned around and shouted to Li Siye: "Siye, come forward!"
"Here." Li Siye squeezed the horse's belly with his legs, ran two steps quickly and came to behind Fumeng Lingcha, and asked in a low voice: "What did Zhongcheng call me for?"
Fumeng Lingcha stroked his beard and raised his head and whispered: "It seems that your visit to Chang'an City this year was not in vain."
Li Siye quickly crossed his hands and said, "Don't blame Zhongcheng. If Zhongcheng hadn't asked me to do that errand, I wouldn't have met the third sister of the Yang family. Such a good relationship was also given by Zhongcheng."
"What did Si Ye say? This is just your private communication, so I would like to be happy for you."
Li Siye hesitated for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Please Zhongcheng, please keep it a secret for me and don't spread this matter to Qixi."
"Why is this?"
"My wife is still in Qixi. I don't want my wife to know about this kind of thing. You know this, Zhongcheng."
Fumeng Lingcha was greatly surprised: "Have you and this lady of the Yang family reached this point?"
"No, no." Li Siye shook his head repeatedly and said, "Women are prone to worry, and my subordinates only try to take precautions before they happen."
Fu Meng Zhongcheng stroked his beard and shook his head. Although he had a gray beard and a bright head, his desire for gossip had not diminished. He turned back and looked at the woman who was walking away, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a masked man wearing a cloak from the corner of his eye.
There were only more than 200 people in the entire Jiedushi team. Although Fumeng Lingcha could not call everyone by name, he at least knew that someone had sneaked in. He didn't pay much attention just now, but now he asked: "That Dai
Who is that in the cloak? I saw him following you all the time without even showing his face."
"It's a long story. Actually, this person's name is Dai Wang."
Fumeng Zhongcheng suddenly reined in the horse and asked solemnly: "This is the Dai Wang who killed the county magistrate in Changsong County, Wuwei, killed the big households in the county, and then followed Wei Fei to Chang'an to assassinate the saint!"
People who have done bad things have a loud reputation. In the past, they were just silent military commanders. Today, everyone in the court knows about them.
"Exactly this person."
"Since he is a gangster, what are you waiting for? You brought him to your side, and this man almost killed you and me!" Fumeng Lingcha said angrily.
Three of Jiedushi's guards had drawn their swords out of their scabbards and wanted to ride their horses towards Dai Wang to prevent him from escaping. However, the murderer sat calmly on the horse and seemed not to be afraid of it.
"Wait a minute!" Li Siye raised his hand to stop him, and hurriedly stepped forward and crossed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this Dai Wang was once a small captain of our Shule Army Cavalry Battalion. Although he followed Feng Fei east to Chang'an,
But at the critical moment, he repented and saved the saint from the hands of the crickets several times. Therefore, he was pardoned by the saint despite his merits."
"That's right! You should take him down and escort him! Think about it carefully, if he had not been pardoned and your former subordinate was the criminal who assassinated him, would you have been able to escape the relationship? Besides, he is already in Changsong County
He committed a serious crime of murder, but this saint never said that he wanted to be pardoned! After I arrived in Hexi, the first thing I had to deal with was this case!"
Li Siye looked back at Dai Wang and then reported to his husband Meng Ling: "I know a little bit about the specific details of this case. Dai Wang's brother and his family all died tragically at the hands of the wealthy Zhang family and the Changsong County Magistrate.
, Dai Wang had no way to report to the official, so he raised a knife and killed the five members of his brother's family. The younger brother avenged his older brother. Is this an act of filial piety? Moreover, even the sage Kong said that the revenge of the tenth life will not last forever.
You can repay it."
Fumeng Lingcha nodded helplessly: "I understand the truth, but the right prime minister advocates legalism to govern the country. The court also has Tang law. In any case, law is greater than love. Dai Wang avenged his brother, and I admire him in my heart.
He is a bloody man. But you and I are court officials after all, and we must not go beyond the rules and regulations."
"Of course, the laws of the imperial court cannot be violated, but can Zhongcheng show mercy and save Dai Wang from death? How about being exiled to the army instead?"
Fumeng Lingcha stared at Li Siye deeply and couldn't help but question him: "Siye, you have a great future, why do you go to all lengths to exonerate a death row prisoner? What good does this do to you?"