As the pages of the file in Wu Mei's hand turned, black lines began to appear on her white forehead.
Primordial power began to appear on Wu Mei's trembling hands. Just when Li Zhi turned his head, wondering why Wu Mei had been silent for a long time, he saw Wu Mei throwing the file onto the table with a bang.
She quickly stood up and walked to Li Hong, who was being held down by Yang Wu on the shoulders. Her jade hand left a residual shadow in front of Li Hong's eyes. Li Hong suddenly felt as if his ears were about to fall off, and he immediately let out a heart-wrenching howl.
"Ah...oh...it hurts, mother...I was wrong...I know I was wrong! I really know...ah...it hurts, I was really wrong."
Seeing Li Hong's ear about to be pulled off, Li Zhi felt a little bit reluctant. However, seeing the black lines on Wu Mei's forehead, he decided not to get into trouble at this time.
"Okay, then explain it to me! How did you find out that the bean sprouts were given to Lunzhai by your aunt? And how did you find out that it was your aunt's idea to grow the Buddha statue on this land? You little bastard, if you don't give me an explanation today, you can forget about getting this ear!" Wu Mei asked with a cold face and gritted teeth.
Before Li Hong could say anything, Wu Mei's husband Li Zhi also pulled up his other ear.
"Tell me, how did Helan Minzhi know Lunzhai, and how did he get permission from Abbot Jiashang to accept Lunzhai as his disciple! How did Helan Minzhi know Jiashang? How did Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang conspire with others! Explain all this to me clearly!" Li Zhi asked angrily, standing on the other side.
"It might be Helan Minyue's idea. She is young, and perhaps she knows more... Ah, I am wrong, mother. I dare not talk nonsense anymore."
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"Where is my explanation?" Li Zhi asked again.
"Helan Minzhi, maybe he knew Lunzhai, oh, no, Jiashang, and it just so happened that Lunzhai wanted to... become a monk, and then they got to know each other... ahhh, my dear father, I dare not say anything nonsense anymore."
"Okay, then tell me how the Minister of Rites Dai Zhide and the Imperial Censor Wang Yifang colluded with the Ci'en Temple! What about my personal eunuch Yangwu? And your mother's eunuch Liantie, what about him? How did they secretly join forces to commit this crime of deceiving the emperor!"
"If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, Li Hong, you won't be able to take your two ears back to the Eastern Palace!" As soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, Wu Mei's voice came up.
Li Hong began to regret it now. Yesterday, when he was sitting on the steps with Liu Zhengli, an idea suddenly occurred to him. He originally wanted to ask Wu Yuanqing to report to his father so as to shift the blame to Jiangdong, but he did not expect that Wu Yuanqing had already gone to Lingnan to take up his post.
So Li Hong changed his mind and set his sights on Wu Shun and the other two. Since they were free anyway, he decided to find something for his three aunts, his father and his mother to do, and cause trouble for them before he went to Taiyi City.
Later I thought about it and realized that Dai Zhide and Wang Yifang had always been against me, so I added them in.
Then he thought about it for a long time with Xia Zhi and others, and confirmed repeatedly that there were only a few people who were against him.
Therefore, Yang Wu and Lian Tie were also included in this case.
In the case of deceiving the emperor at Ci'en Temple, the original mastermind Lunzhai became a small errand boy. Even Jiashang was not qualified to "sit at the table" and became a errand boy who was only slightly more important than Lunzhai.
The main murderers in this case were Lady Han Guo Wu Shun, Wu Shun's daughter Helan Minyue, Wu Shun's son Helan Minzhi, Minister of Rites Dai Zhide, Censor Wang Yifang, former Junior Supervisor of the Ministry of Finance Wu Yuanshuang, Junior Secretary of the Imperial Clan Temple Wu Yuanqing, Empress's personal eunuch Lian Tie, and Emperor's personal eunuch Yang Wu, a total of nine people. They conspired to commit this major crime of deceiving the emperor on a dark and windy night.
Li Zhi and Wu Mei sat in the palace, looking at the little man under the tree that he had planted in the past, which had now grown into a big tree, and they looked at each other tacitly.
They were able to stand at the top of the Tang Empire, so naturally they had extraordinary sharpness. After a while, they understood that it was the little guy who resolved this Buddhist case in a unique way.
It would not embarrass the royal family, nor would it cause the Ci'en Temple to be accused of deceiving the emperor just because the emperor and empress came.
In the end, the case was resolved by making a big deal out of a small matter, and the person named Lunzhai was as if he had never appeared. There would never be such a person in this world again.
After being detained in Zongzheng Temple for a month, Jiashang returned to Ci'en Temple and began to preside over all matters in the temple. The incense was much more popular than before the emperor and empress visited. Perhaps this was because after the emperor and empress visited the temple, they aroused the herd mentality of many people in Chang'an.
As for the Buddha statue that grew underground, no one cares whether it is real or fake anymore.
Huineng and Shenxiu personally went to the palace and handed the kapok robe to Wu Mei. They also held a grand handover ceremony in a palace in the imperial palace, and the Buddhist hall in the palace was officially completed.
But these had nothing to do with Li Hong. After being beaten up by the emperor and the empress, the next day he took his four palace maids and four eunuchs, a group of nine people, and slowly left Chang'an City and headed for Taiyi City, which he had not been to for a long time.
The carriage on the official road was not in a hurry. Two horses as black as ink without a single spot of color walked in the middle of the official road with their heads held high. Hua Meng and Liebao sat on both sides of the shaft, and Jingzhe and Mangzhong sat in the back of the carriage.
Needless to say, sitting in the carriage were Li Hong, who had just been beaten, and four palace maids: Xiazhi, Bailu, Xiaoxue, and Xiaohan.
"If I don't recite a poem at this moment, I would be letting down this carefree and warm afternoon. Xiazhi, write a poem and I'll give you an evaluation." Li Hong lay comfortably in the arms of Xiazhi and Bailu, his head resting on Bailu's towering breasts, playing with Bailu's beautiful hair from time to time, and said lazily.
"Have some tea." Xiaoxue skillfully made tea on the table. After it was ready, he quickly poured out a small cup and placed it in front of Xiaoxue.
"That's right. My tea art is improving. In a few days, I might even surpass that enchantress Bai Chun." Li Hong rested his head on Bai Lu's towering breast and continued to press his head down, enjoying the elastic and softness behind his head while opening his mouth to taste the fresh tea.
Li Hong, who was released from Chang'an City, was like a wild beast released from a cage. He never felt more comfortable than at this moment. In Chang'an City, it seemed that there was always an invisible shackle that shackled him, preventing him from doing whatever he wanted.
Although he is the crown prince, the two people above his head remind him and criticize him every now and then, so he cannot play without any scruples.
But Taiyi City is different. It is his territory, absolutely his one and only territory. It is the place where he can let go.
Before he could feel the poetic inspiration brewing with the tea, he heard the sound of hurried horse hooves and voices shouting at him to make way from behind.
Mangzhong and Jingzhe were sitting in the back, so they could see everything clearly. They watched the eight or so horses galloping towards them at a rapid speed, raising a cloud of dust.
The two men followed the prince's instructions when he was traveling and tried to keep a low profile and not cause trouble, and signaled Hua Meng and Liebao, who were driving the car, to drive to the side.
When the carriage pulled up to the side of the road, eight strong horses galloped past the carriage at high speed, leaving behind a cloud of dust. Hua Meng and Liebao, who were in front of the carriage, were choked and they waved their hands to wave away the dust.
Li Hong in the carriage looked through the glass window at the receding figure, and remembered Xiaoxue's mumbling voice in his ears: "What are these people doing in Taiyi City? Didn't they see the carriage? They rode so fast and didn't care about other people's feelings."
Li Hong turned his head curiously and looked at Xiaoxue, and asked, "How do you know that people go to Taiyi City? Can this official road also go to Lantian County?"
"It looks like it. You didn't see the bulge on his waist. He must have brought a lot of money with him. He must be going to buy something." Xiaoxue said firmly.
"Wow, your observation is quite careful, good. I'll give you a verbal commendation." Li Hong continued to lie lazily on the towering Bai Lu, and all of a sudden his poetic inspiration was gone.
Along the way, we didn't meet any other people who were in a hurry to travel. Occasionally, a few riders passed by, and when passing the carriage, they would deliberately slow down to minimize the dust raised by their horse's hooves.
Taiyi City has no city walls, which was proposed by Li Hong when it was first built. Therefore, the sign of entering Taiyi City is the huge wooden copper coin on the roadside. After passing the copper coin, you will find Taiyi City inside, and the back of the copper coin is naturally the outside of Taiyi City.
Every time Bai Chun passed by the huge copper coin, he had the urge to tear it apart.
With prosperity, green trees and clusters of flowers, the entire Taiyi City is built as if it is a huge garden. However, it is the strong smell of copper coins that destroys all the beauty of Taiyi City when viewed from Taiyi Mountain.
Although the city gates and city walls are gone, some people who have already lived in Taiyi City will still involuntarily look for the invisible city gate, and then wait there for other friends and merchants. This copper coin has become the copper coin gate.
At the Tongqian Gate, a group of people gathered there to watch the excitement. When Li Hong's carriage passed by, Li Hong was lying half of his face on Xia Zhi's chest, and Bai Lu was holding a hair in her hand, helping him clean his ears.
Xiaoxue looked outside and suddenly said, "Master, it's those guys. They seem to have hit someone."
"Which people? Do you know anyone here?"
"No, it was those fast riders we met on the road. They looked like they had hit someone and were trying to reason with him."
"You're riding so fast after entering the city, you should pay me compensation." Li Hong said lazily, lying on Xia Zhi's chest.
"It's actually Wen Ting and Wen Zhen." Xiaoxue muttered as she looked at the two leaders.
"Who?" Li Hong suddenly climbed up from Xia Zhi's body and looked out the window hurriedly.
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