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"My nephew pays respects to the Fourth Emperor's Uncle." Li Yaoxuan paid a deep respect to Duke Hui.

"Come, come, let Fourth Uncle take a good look at you." Li Mingtuo looked at Li Yaoxuan with a smile, and then said, "That's right, you have the character of your father."

"Uncle Emperor please forgive my nephew for being late."

"I know, you are naturally busy with business when you recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors."

"Yes, the Empress Dowager did not give up on her nephew, and stayed with her old man and His Majesty in the palace for two days, and then went to kneel to my father, mother and concubine."

"I heard that an assassin appeared when you knelt on the mausoleum, is there any harm?"

"Thank you, Uncle Huang, for your concern. There are only a few petty thieves."

"I heard that your Sixth Emperor Uncle saw you? Hey, my sixth brother, I don't know why I have been closed in Huangjue Temple for so many years? I haven't seen you for almost 20 years. He seems to have misunderstood me."

"Yes, I was lucky enough to meet Uncle Six because of Uncle Huang's help."

"I heard that you are living with Brother Dahuang now?"

"Yes, Uncle Huang is afraid that I will live alone and it will be unsafe. After all, my appearance will make some people uncomfortable, otherwise there would be no mention of an assassin."

Upon hearing this, Li Mingtuo said angrily:

"Who is so bold? You are an upright child of our Li family, and the only blood and blood left by my second brother. There is no doubt about it. You don't know that I had the best relationship with your father back then, and he treated me really well." You have taken good care of me, and I also like to listen to his teachings, and your father is very popular in the court, and all the ministers are very sorry for your father's death. Good boy, don't worry, with your uncle here, no one dares to bully you .”

"Thank you, Uncle Emperor. Yes, since I came to the capital, I have indeed heard a lot of praise for my father. This makes my nephew feel ashamed. It is not as good as my father's. It makes my nephew feel like walking on thin ice. My father was so loved by all the emperors and uncles, and praised by all the ministers, but he was still murdered to the point of extermination, not to mention that I am a worthless boy who bears a false name, and I don’t know how much resentment and jealousy I will attract. The appearance of assassins is also inevitable, and in the future, my nephew will gain a foothold in the court and participate in political discussions, so it is inevitable that he will contact and even conflict with the ministers. Now that the emperor's uncle has said this, my nephew is very grateful and relieved."

Li Mingtuo smiled slightly and said:

"That's natural. As long as our uncle and nephew are committed to sharing the emperor's worries, if you don't understand anything in the future, just come to the emperor."

"Nephew, there is something unclear now, please enlighten me."

"Say."

"The extermination of my family was related to Li Zaishi, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, who was greedy for tribute and money, but as far as my nephew knows, a dignified Shangshu cannot muster such energy to slaughter a prince, and Li Zaishi and Xie Houye are just casual friends, and there is no What interests are involved, so who has the ability to do this? And Xie Houye kept silent, who is this to protect? How to explain the emperor's grandfather's edict at that time? My nephew was new to court, so I don't quite understand it Uncle Huang and Uncle Six are not involved in the court, only Uncle Four is now in the court, so I ask Uncle Huang to help my nephew."

Upon hearing this, Li Mingtuo's expression darkened, and he asked:

"Why do you doubt me?"

"Don't dare, I just ask Uncle Huang to help my nephew, my nephew just wants to know the truth."

After sending Li Yaoxuan away, Prince Hui shouted:

"Come here." A middle-aged man dressed as an aide walked in, and Prince Hui continued to ask, "How do you say it?"

"After Prince Baojun went to Xie's Mansion, Xie Kun's house closed the door to thank the guests, and no one was seen. However, I heard that the third son of the Xie family is not very quiet. It seems that the boss of the Xie family has forced the confinement. The Shangshu said that he will find someone again. Please, my lord. rest assured."

"Why did Lao Liu walk out of Huangjueguan? I didn't expect Lao Liu to want to wash away his grievances, so what about me? Even if he was wronged, no one will believe it now. If this is the case, let's fight to the death. Tell them Hurry up, this kid is back for revenge."

"Shangshu said that according to the emperor's idea, it seems that he does not really want to break the existing balance, but Xuan Wangye will definitely not give up. If he insists, the emperor has no choice. After all, the first prince is also the emperor's elder brother, and if the emperor is not For the sake of the court, I am afraid that the matter at that time has been thoroughly investigated. As for Lord Xie, the Shangshu also said that even if Xie Hou opened his mouth, it is not us who are found out. Although it is not very beneficial to us, it will hurt the prince. Not too big."

"This is all a good thing they did back then, and it involved me. If it wasn't for the fact that the first emperor was seriously ill, the emperor was still young, the empress dowager and his wife saw it, and Duke Ding was ignorant of government affairs, otherwise how could there be the current situation."

In the palace, the emperor looked at Li Yaoxuan who had finished his visit and said:

"It's all over."

"Yes, thank you Your Majesty."

"Huaijin, there is something you need to be prepared for. I heard that Pan Shangshu is secretly spending a lot of money to hire quack warriors."

"Since this is the case, I can no longer live in Uncle Huang's house. While implicating their family, and living there, I will not be able to play the role of that bait."

"Well, you are right, then you should move back to another courtyard. The fourth child was too impatient this time, and finally showed his tail. Oh, and the sixth brother came to ask for an order and said that he wanted to see Xie Kun. Yes, we are talking there now, besides, the queen mother misses you, you go to accompany him first, the old man, if there is anything, I will send someone to call you."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Yaoxuan was talking with the Queen Mother when a servant came in to report:

"Your Majesty, Prince Xuanxuan."

"Xie Kun wants to see me, I guess he is about to speak, let's listen together, it's just you and me, no one else, bring someone here."

After a while, Xie Kun was escorted in, and Li Yaoxuan stood there expressionless.

"Xie Kun, you want to see me, have you made up your mind? If there are any false statements, you also know the fate of the crime of deceiving the emperor, so please think about it for the little one."

"Your Majesty, if a criminal dares not deceive the emperor, he must report the truth."

"Tell me, from beginning to end."

"Your Majesty, to be honest, the guilty minister really didn't know anything, and only realized afterwards that he had created a catastrophe."

"Who borrowed the guard from you?"

"Zaifu Chen Bingzhang."

"What did you say?" The emperor stood up in surprise, Li Yaoxuan couldn't help but frowned, and then he heard the emperor muttering: "Isn't it Pan Xun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

"No, Pan Shangshu and I are just acquaintances, we don't have any friendship, how could we lend him a guard."

"So you have a long friendship with Chen Bingzhang?"

"Actually, I have known Chen Bingzhang for almost 40 years. I was still 18 or 9 years old. Once, on the way back to Beijing from the northwest, I met Chen Bingzhang who was going to Beijing for an exam. He was a few years older than me. We walked together and talked a lot. I found that he was honest and kind, and had the idea of ​​defending the country. It coincided with the family motto of our Xie family. Therefore, we had a good conversation and regarded each other as confidants. Really poor and destitute, I planned to beg all the way to Beijing to take the exam."

"Your journey along the way helped him a lot," said the emperor.

And Li Yaoxuan was still expressionless, but the beginning of Xie Fei and Xie Fei could not help appearing in his mind, the life-saver hugged the horse, escaped in the woods, and kissed in the cave... so much so that Xie Kun's narration was ignored , when he came back to his senses again, he heard Xie Kun say:

"That's it. Although we don't often meet and contact each other, I know that he never forms a party for personal gain in the court. He is just and open-minded, which strengthens my trust in him. Therefore, when he asked me to borrow a guard, I didn't ask anything. I lent it to him."

"For what reason did he borrow bodyguards from you?" the emperor asked.

"He said that he wanted to send a batch of personal belongings back to his hometown, but I didn't ask in detail. He said that my bodyguards were all fighting in the battlefield, and they are highly skilled in martial arts. It was only after the accident that I realized that I was going to... , So I went to question him, and he threatened me with an old case. I had reported this case to the first emperor, but he suppressed it. I was not afraid at first, but he added that I withheld military pay and concealed the report. Battle report."

"So these are the facts?" The emperor continued to ask.

"Occasionally, I was very disappointed in him at the time and cut off all contact with him. In addition, I was at the border all year round. Once the war broke out, I was also worried that the court controlled by him would be hindered by it, so I no longer communicated with him. He contacted but didn't turn against him, just get along like this."

"So he didn't wrong you, withholding military pay and concealing the battle report."

"Your Majesty, let the guilty minister explain that the reason for withholding military pay is because sometimes wars happen, and the follow-up supplies cannot be in place in time, so the military salary can only be used to requisition the civilians, and it does not go into the private pocket of the guilty minister. Your Majesty can check this point. As for concealing the battle report , In fact, it is not a concealment in the true sense, but a delayed battle report."

"How to say?"

"For example, sometimes when you lose a battle, in order to boost morale or appease the court, you call the loss a victory." Xie Kun's voice was very low when he said this, "However, criminals will always make up for it afterwards. Will not lie."

"You bastards, you are really bold. I trust you so much and hand over the entire Northwest to you, but you actually lied. Don't you know that this is a crime of deceiving the emperor, and you will be executed all over the house?"

"Your Majesty, please make amends. The guilty officials have made up for it, and they dare not let the barbarians go half a step further." Xie Kun said with snot and tears.