Datang: Showdown, your father and I are Li Shimin

Chapter 42
a few days later.

Chang'an City, Imperial Study Room.

Li Er supported his forehead with one hand, and looked at the long silk cloth on the imperial case with the other. The severe pain in his brain caused Li Er to look a little painful.

Looking from one side of the silk cloth to the other, Li Er began to tremble with anger, and the brush on the imperial case was shaken from side to side.

"Boom!"

Li Er slammed his fist on the imperial case: "Who can tell me why the smallpox in Puzhou, Yongzhou, Shangzhou and other places was clearly under control, and why it suddenly started to spread again?"

When Changsun Wuji and the others heard what Li Er said, they immediately knelt and sat upright, their faces showing horror, and their eyes wide open.

Looking around, everyone was horrified, and it seemed that they didn't know the reason.

At this time, the person who came to deliver the book suddenly said: "Your Majesty, according to the local government, it was a refugee who fled into their county and spread the smallpox again. Said that the infected people have been sent to Du Village, and the county should recover soon."

Refugee spread?

Fang Xuanling frowned suddenly. Now that the news that Du Village can cure smallpox has already spread, why do refugees stay more in other states and counties?
Li Er took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "Has the person who spread smallpox been caught?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, they said that the man was very crazy. He used the abscess on his body to scratch the police officers, causing many police officers to be infected with smallpox. They were responsible for escorting the local people to Du Village. Later, the county magistrate ordered that man He was beaten to death with sticks, and the body was burned on the spot." When the messenger of the biography said this, his heart trembled.

Think about a person covered in abscesses scratching his face with his hands, and the broken pus is all over his face.

The hairs all over his body stood on end.

I was scratched, but I was also infected with smallpox. It seems that being a catcher is really a hard job.

After hearing this, Fang Xuanling immediately felt that someone did it on purpose, so he stood up and said to Li Er: "Your Majesty, I suspect that this was done on purpose. Now the news that Du Village can cure smallpox has already spread. , Those disaster victims can go to Du Village to seek medical treatment, instead of fleeing to other counties and counties, according to Wei Chen, I am afraid that someone is behind the scenes."

After listening to Fang Xuanling's words, the other officials also stood up in horror.

Even the messengers looked at Fang Xuanling.

This wave of analysis is almost impeccable.

Especially the behavior of the victim scratching the policeman's face, he himself felt a little strange.

Let Fang Shangshu say this, now it seems that there are indeed some people who deliberately spread smallpox.

Li Er also stood up immediately, and looked at Fang Xuanling with a solemn expression: "The victim deliberately scratched the face of the official, and there may indeed be suspicion of intentionally spreading smallpox, and these areas all happened in the vicinity of Chang'an City. Someone is manipulating it!"

"It's a pity that it's hard to find out who is behind the scenes. If I can catch this person, I will definitely tear him to pieces!"

As he spoke, Li Er flicked his sleeves angrily, his eyebrows almost raised.

The imperial study room also fell into silence.

"Your Majesty! Pei Ji...Pei Ji has collected them all again!" Wei Zheng ran towards the imperial study room with excitement on his face.

Recently, because of the smallpox incident, Li Er didn't let the guards at the door block the people who went to the imperial study.

Wei Zheng shouted excitedly while walking quickly towards the imperial study.

Everyone in the whole imperial study room turned their eyes on Wei Zheng in unison.

Because of the name he shouted.

Whether it was a coincidence or something else, everyone in the imperial study associated Pei Ji with this deliberate act of spreading smallpox.

Li Er's face darkened immediately, and he naturally connected Pei Ji with the matter discussed just now.

Pei Ji borrowed money from himself, and after the imperial list was made public, he felt resentful towards himself, so he could spread smallpox to make himself look bad.

This Pei Ji is really hateful!
Li Er clenched his teeth in hatred, and made a "cluck" sound when his teeth were bitten.

I saw Wei Zheng ran in excitedly, holding a huge money bag in his hand, as it shook, the contents inside crackled.

When he stepped into the study door, he saw more than a dozen eyes in the whole room staring at him.

Wei Zheng froze at the door, thinking he was not wearing pants, he quickly glanced at his crotch.

No?
Why are they staring at me like that?
Is there something on my face?
Wei Zheng suddenly felt that there must be something wrong with him, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly started to tidy up his clothes.

"Your Majesty, why are you staring at me like this?" Wei Zheng tidied up for a long time, but found that they were still staring at him, and asked awkwardly.

However, no one answered, they just stared at Wei Zheng.

When Fang Xuanling and others heard Wei Zheng mention the name Pei Ji, they also connected the previous question with Pei Ji.

And Pei Ji was hoarding salt. If the spread of smallpox stopped, no one would buy salt for disinfection.

Thinking about it this way, there is indeed a great connection between the two, especially this matter seems to be something that Pei Ji can do.

Thinking about it this way, it was basically confirmed that Pei Ji was the most suspected.

However, Wei Zheng blushed a little when he was seen. Could it be that he has been radiant and handsome recently?

"Cough cough cough..." Wei Zheng coughed awkwardly.

Everyone finally came to their senses, Fang Xuanling quickly turned his head, and said to Li Er: "Your Majesty, I believe that Pei Ji has a great connection with this incident."

Wei Zheng looked at Fang Xuanling's back with a dazed expression, and shook the purse in his hand: "Yes, Pei Ji is a big deal this time, six thousand dollars, all collected! Look at this bulging one, it's all Gold!"

The bag was full of flattened golden cakes of varying thicknesses.

The whole bag made a pleasant "cracking" sound.

"Boom!" Li Er slapped the table violently, causing Wei Zheng to lose his grip in fright, and the money bag in his hand fell to the ground with a "poof".

Wei Zheng was so frightened that he quickly bowed to Li Er: "Your Majesty calm down... Your Majesty..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Er's head was full of smoke, his brows were erected, and he said tremblingly: "Pei Ji! It must be Pei Ji! This old fox is just to take revenge on me and make me look bad. This Pei Ji is really hateful. !"

Li Er gritted his teeth and said, Wei Zheng raised his head in a daze.

Are we all no longer on the same channel?

One chatting about Qianmen Louzi, and the other talking about hipbones?
Wei Zheng was left hanging at the door like air, and everyone's eyes turned to Li Er again.

"Your Majesty, calm down. Prime Minister Pei is still hoarding a large amount of coarse salt. It is very likely that the smallpox will not be sold after the smallpox is over." Fang Xuanling quickly gave Li Er an idea with a solemn expression:
"Even so, we only suspect that Prime Minister Pei did it, but there is no evidence. It is better to let the local government search the relevant personnel and torture them severely, so as to convict Prime Minister Pei."

Fang Xuanling himself didn't expect that when Pei Ji was mentioned now, Li Er would get so angry.

Changsun Wuji quickly joined in and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, now that His Highness the First Prince already has a cure, presumably these smallpox patients will also be cured soon."

Wei Zheng stood blankly at the door. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he knelt down and prepared to pick up the money bag.

As a result, a person behind him suddenly slammed into Wei Zheng's back, knocking Wei Zheng to the ground on the spot.

Wei Zheng stood up while supporting his hat, and looked at the person at the door.

"I'm sorry, Minister Wei... I'm really sorry... the villain is blind, the villain is blind, and please ask Wei Xiang to make amends." The little eunuch was so frightened that he apologized to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng was holding his hat while holding his waist. Seeing this, the little eunuch quickly helped Wei Zheng up.

Wei Zheng waved his hand, gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay, it's okay, old man, remember."

At the same time, he cursed secretly in his heart: Damn, didn't you read the almanac when you went out today?
Drinking cold water with a little back will clog your teeth!

I'm so mad!
Ouch low back pain!

Wei Zheng rubbed his waist, and now Li Er and the others finally noticed what was going on at the door. Li Er saw Wei Zheng and a young eunuch standing at the door, and asked with a puzzled expression, "Mr. Wei? When did you come in?"

Wei Zheng was speechless: I have already come in!Obviously you didn't see it, okay?

(End of this chapter)