Dou Ying was taken away, and the Dou family was in a mess.As a powerful family, the Dou family knows very well what the result of Yi Tingwei is, and there are only a few people who can come out of Tingwei's mansion alive.In a way, it was just a polite way of saying it to leave some dignity for the minister.When ministers who knew their sins were guilty, they often chose to commit suicide when they heard the edict of Yi Tingwei, so as to preserve their last dignity and avoid humiliation.Fortunately, Dou Ying did not commit suicide, he was just a little accidental, and then he followed King Wuqiu Shou very calmly.But his family is not calm.The old wife's first reaction was to rush to the palace of the chief princess and ask for help.Hearing the news that Dou Ying was taken away, the princess of the pavilion Tao was also dumbfounded, and she didn't react for a long time.Dou Ying has been up and down in this life, he has been the most noble general and prime minister, and he has also been demoted to a commoner, but he has never been imprisoned.Princess Tao of the Tingwei Pavilion thought of the important ministers who died in the Tingwei Temple Prison, and the first person that came to mind was Zhou Yafu.Zhou Yafu and Dou Ying have too many similarities.They pacified the Wu Chu Rebellion together, and they fought together for the deposed prince Liu Rong.Zhou Yafu later died in Tingwei Temple.When he received the edict, he once wanted to commit suicide, but was stopped by his wife, and it turned out that suicide might be the best option.He was later devastated and committed suicide by hunger strike.Thinking of Dou Ying's character, Princess Pavilion Tao realized that the situation was urgent, and once Dou Ying was tortured and humiliated, tragedy would be inevitable.If Dou Ying dies, not only will the Dou family lose a leader, but the Chen family will also collapse half of the sky.Princess Tao and her husband Chen Wu, sons Chen Xu and Chen Chan discussed urgently, but Chen Xu didn't say a word, and immediately decided to go to Liang Xiao.The princess agreed.At this moment, she couldn't think of a better way than this.She may be able to enter the palace to ask for the queen, but she must wait until tomorrow, and the only feasible way now is to find Liang Xiao.Liang Xiao lives in his own mansion and does not need to enter the palace.Chen Xu rushed to the Champion Hou Mansion, but was stopped by Pang Shuo, who was on duty at night.Pang Shuo wanted to send someone to report, he couldn't wait, he wanted to break in directly, but he tried his best, rushed left and right, and was never able to rush into the gate.He was in a hurry, so he simply stood at the door and shouted: "Liang Junhou, Liang Junhou, get up quickly, something big is wrong." ”After a while, Liang Xiao put on his clothes and rushed out of it.He waved his hand and motioned for Pang Shuo to step back."
Something happened, I was shocked" "Wei Qihou was arrested." ”Chen Xu was out of breath and out of breath."
Wei Qihou was arrested" Liang Xiao was also taken aback."
Why" "Liu De, the king of the river, committed suicide.It is said that it was related to Wei Qihou, and the palace issued an edict and arrested Wei Qihou in the middle of the night. ”Liang Xiao was stunned for a long time.Both of these events are major events, and on the occasion of the coming of the kings, the suicide of Liu De, the king of Hejian, will definitely attract major attention.Although Wei Qihou only has a fictitious position and no real power, his fame is unmatched, and he is like a public opinion leader in the opposition.Now one commits suicide and the other is caught, like two boulders thrown into a pool, it is definitely an earth-shattering wave.Liang Xiao suddenly remembered what Wei Qihou had just mentioned yesterday, and his scalp suddenly went numb.Could it be that Dou Ying, an old ranger, was excited for a while, and went to unite Liu De to make a covenant with the Son of Heaven, and scared Liu De's frightened bird to death He immediately thought of another question: Ting Wei Peng is the famous cool official Zhang Tang.He was appreciated by the Son of Heaven for rectifying the Jiangdu case, and now that Dou Ying is in his hands, I am afraid that there will be no good fruit to eat.Dou Infant is in danger.Liang Xiao was so anxious that he couldn't wait to rush to the palace immediately.But when he thought about it, no matter whether the reason he guessed was true or not, the Son of Heaven must have been extremely angry when he was in such a hurry to arrest Dou Ying.At this time, rushing over to admonish is of no use except for burning oil on the fire."
You go back first."
Liang Xiao waved his hand."
Find a way to get someone to pass a message to Wei Qihou, so that he must not commit suicide."
Chen Xu nodded again and again, turned around and left.After turning two steps, he reacted again."
And then" "And wait. ”Liang Xiao waved his hand and motioned for Chen Xu to leave quickly."
If the Son of Heaven asks about your coming to me today, don't hide it, tell the truth.""
Oh."
Although Chen Xu didn't know what he meant, he saw that Liang Xiao didn't mean to explain again, so he had to leave in a hurry with his head in his hands.Liang Xiao returned to the bedroom, but he couldn't sleep.He analyzed it repeatedly, but he still couldn't figure it out.At this moment, he missed Liu Ling very much.If Liu Ling was in Chang'an, he wouldn't be so helpless.He thought carefully about it for half a night, and then he made up his mind and decided to wait and see what happened.Early the next morning, he first arranged for someone to return to Yuzhang, informed Liu Ling to make emergency preparations, and sent someone to the palace to ask for leave: his leg was recovering and he needed to recuperate, so he couldn't enter the palace for the time being.Liu De, the king of Hejian, committed suicide, and Dou Ying, the marquis of Weiqi, was arrested, and the news spread throughout Chang'an City in just half a day, and the movement was directly passed by the lecture held by Liu An, the king of Huainan.But Liu An's lecture was not forgotten because of this, on the contrary, the two events stirred up each other and made the situation more complicated.Soon, the kings unanimously wrote to the river, asking to worship in the Hejian Mansion.When the Son of Heaven received the news, he was furious, but he could not stop it.Liu De is a clan, he suddenly committed suicide in Chang'an, and the kings want to go to the sacrifice, this is human nature, and he has no reason to stop it.However, he also knew that Liu De did not die well, and the court must give a clear answer as soon as possible, otherwise rumors will inevitably spread.Of course, the Son of Heaven knew the cause of Liu De's death, and Liu De's recital before his death was placed in front of him, but he couldn't simply make this recital public.Liu De explained in detail the purpose of Dou Ying's coming to him, once Liu De's recital was announced, Dou Ying's suggestion would inevitably be made public, and he couldn't hide it if he wanted to, and maybe he would get the unanimous support of the princes and kings.But the Son of Heaven did not intend to accept this agreement, otherwise he would not have arrested Dou Ying in prison as soon as possible, and he couldn't even wait for dawn.Hesitating, the Son of Heaven did not make a decision for a long time.He discussed repeatedly with Xu Le, Master Father Yan and other close ministers, but did not come up with any safe plan.The case is not complicated, but the topic is a dead button, and no matter what, it will hit a wall.There is nothing out of the ordinary in Dou Ying's suggestion, and it is a reasonable demand for gentlemen and ministers to treat each other with courtesy, even if it is not supported by Confucian theory.They are also ministers, no matter how much they support the cause of the Son of Heaven, no matter how much they want to pursue glory and wealth, no one wants to be slaves and slaves, and let others slaughter them.If possible, they will be happy to see Dou Ying's suggestion come to fruition.But they also knew that the Son of Heaven was bent on strengthening the imperial power, and if they supported Dou Ying, they would inevitably anger the Son of Heaven, and everything they had now would come to naught.Unlike Liang Xiao and others, who own food estates, they have no food to rely on, and once they lose their official positions, they will immediately fall into poverty, and maybe they will even have to worry about their lives.In a dilemma, they could only keep silent.Seeing that the close ministers who had always been close to him had an ambiguous attitude, the Son of Heaven was even more angry.Among them, the most unhappy thing for him was the champion Hou Liangxiao.Liang Xiao has been doing well recently, and suddenly asked for sick leave, needless to say, he must be hiding from the limelight.There is no need to check, the Son of Heaven also knows that Dou Ying must have approached Liang Xiao about this matter.Liang Xiao didn't report it before, but now he is pretending to be sick again, and his heart can be punished.If he hadn't realized that this matter had been implicated in many cases and that he couldn't act rashly, the Son of Heaven might have thrown Liang Xiao into Tingwei Prison and let Zhang Tang interrogate him to see what he was thinking.In fact, it's not like no one suggests so.After learning that Wei Qihou Dou Ying was arrested, Tian Wei, who had been resting in bed, supported his neck that had not yet healed, struggled to enter the palace, and suggested that the Son of Heaven arrest Liang Xiao and interrogate him together with Dou Ying.The Son of Heaven knew that Tian Wei, Dou Ying, and Liang Xiao all had enmity, and this suggestion may not be out of public intentions, and it was more likely to take revenge for personal revenge, so he did not accept his suggestion.In desperation, the Son of Heaven sent an edict to Tingwei Temple and ordered them to step up the interrogation of Dou Ying.The matter was beyond the expectations of the Son of Heaven, and Tingwei Temple quickly came up with an interrogation report.Dou Ying was very cooperative, and explained the story of the matter clearly, and even said that he went to Liang Xiao before.Tingwei Zhai Gong believes that Dou Ying's behavior does not violate the law, and there is nothing wrong with the content of his discussion with Liu De.Liu De's suicide is not necessarily related to Dou Ying's suggestion, and it is appropriate to acquit him.When the Son of Heaven received the report, he was furious and immediately ordered someone to remove Zhai Gong from his official position, and Zhang Tang Xingting was appointed to try the case.Zhang Tang received the edict and re-interrogated Dou Ying as soon as possible.Unlike Zhai Gong, he didn't save face for Dou Ying, and he was tortured and beaten to death.Dou Ying was very tough, no matter how Zhang Tang tried to induce a confession, he resolutely refused to change his words.Seeing that if the fight continued, Dou Ying might die, Zhang Tang was helpless and decided to find another breakthrough.He entered the palace to ask for an edict: the champion Hou Liang Xiao was involved in the case, and asked the Son of Heaven to issue an edict and ordered Liang Xiao to defend himself.The Son of Heaven agreed.However, he solemnly warned Zhang Tang that Liang Xiao is not Dou Ying, don't mess around.Zhang Tang was full of confidence and agreed.He didn't even ask the Son of Heaven to send someone to pass the edict, and he came to the Champion Hou's Mansion with the edict.Liang Xiao was lying on the couch and met Zhang Tang, and he didn't even get up, just nodded in greeting.Although Zhang Tang was mentally prepared, he still couldn't hide his anger when he saw this scene.He looked at Liang Xiao with a smile."
Junhou, although I am just a small official, I came here by edict, is it a bit rude for the prince to do this."
Liang Xiao hugged the quilt and lay down."
It's a bit of a faux pas.However, my leg disease was caused by the battle, and Your Majesty knows it and has never blamed it.If Zhang Jun is embarrassed, he can report to His Majesty, I won't say anything. ”Hearing that Liang Xiao raised the Son of Heaven as soon as he spoke, Zhang Tang was speechless.He stared at Liang Xiao for a long time, and then realized the purpose of the Son of Heaven to remind him.Liang Xiao is not Dou Ying, he will never be at his mercy, let alone give him a chance to shake his majesty.Zhang Tang pondered again and again, and decided to take Liang Xiao back to Tingwei Temple first."
Even so, Tang Zhao is in charge, and I still have to ask the prince to come with me.""
What does the edict say" Liang Xiao drooped his eyelids, careless."
Do you want me to assist you in your investigation, or go to Tingwei Temple" Zhang Tang was speechless again.The edict of the Son of Heaven only said that Liang Xiao should be the court captain, but did not explain the difference.In Zhang Tang's opinion, there is no difference between the two, and when he arrives at Tingwei Temple, he will naturally be locked up first."
Does it make a difference?"
"Of course there is. ”Liang Xiao crooked the corners of his mouth and glanced at Zhang Tang, who was angry."
If you ask me to help you in your investigation, I am sick and not conducive to walking, and if you have any questions, you can ask here.If I am allowed to go to Tingwei Temple, then I will go to the palace and ask for a meeting to see who sued me and what the crime is. ”Liang Xiao gently patted the quilt on his chest and chuckled: "Zhang Jun is proficient in laws and regulations, do you think I have a point" Zhang Tang sneered: "I dare not be proficient in laws and regulations, but even the most stupid person knows that the prince is nitpicking and contemptuous of the king's law."
With this article alone, the prince can be punished for a great crime of disrespect.Prince, I advise you to come with me. ”"What if I don't want to" The smile on Liang Xiao's face was gone.He raised his eyelids and looked at Zhang Tang quietly, his face was calm, and the clouds were light and breezy.But Zhang Tang felt that his scalp was numb, and his back was cold.He looked around uneasily.The moon stood aside, with Beta and Thea, without lifting their eyelids, looking gentle and virtuous.But Zhang Tang felt an invisible murderous aura from their silence and calmness, a creepy taste.Zhang Tang suddenly regretted it.He shouldn't have come to see Liang Xiao in person.If Liang Xiao did it now, with the few guards he brought, he couldn't expect to leave alive.If Liang Xiao kills him, will the Son of Heaven kill Liang Xiao to avenge him, I'm afraid not.Han Yan died in Yuzhang for no apparent reason, and the Son of Heaven did not track it down, let alone him Zhang Tang.He was indeed proficient in the laws and regulations, but the Han Dynasty never lacked grammar officials like him.Zhang Tang swallowed his saliva and forced a smile: "If the prince is unwilling, then I have no choice but to ask Your Majesty to send another envoy."
However, His Majesty is busy with government affairs, and I feel no need to alarm him again.I also ask the prince to come with me and go to Tingwei Temple to make my words clear.The prince is sick, which is not conducive to action, and I can understand it.If the prince does not give up, I am willing to carry the prince on his back.How" Seeing that Zhang Tang was soft, Liang Xiao snorted: "Don't dare."
Please wait a moment for me to prepare.Come, please come to the hall and take a seat. ”"Whoa."
Moon stood up and gave Beta a look.Beta turned, holding the knife in his right hand and extending his left hand."
Please."
Although Zhang Tang felt very faceless, he couldn't think about it.In the tiger's den, he didn't dare to anger Liang Xiao and joke with his life.He followed Beta to the atrium and sat in the hall for a long time, not even drinking a sip of tea, until the sun was in the west, and Liang Xiao came out of the backyard.However, he did not come out, he was still lying on the couch, carried by eight heavily armed and fierce figures, and at first glance he looked like the kind of strong men who had been on the battlefield.There are also two personal guards next to Pang Shuo and Tu Niu'er."
Let's go."
Liang Xiao was half-lying on the couch and said weakly.Zhang Tang stood up and looked at Liang Xiao, his face flushed with anger."
Junhou, you are" ""You are not in good health, you can't walk: