A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Starting from the Village Chief

Chapter 213: Framing Du Yan
Li Yi changed into new court robes and attended the New Year's Day court meeting despite his injuries.

The assassination in Pingkangfang was strictly sealed off, and the entire Pingkangfang was also blocked by the imperial guards, who searched for the assassin from house to house.

In the Taiji Hall,

The emperor accepted the congratulations from his ministers.

Senior civil officials of the third rank and above sat on the right side facing the emperor, while military officials sat on the left side facing the emperor. Governors and provincial governors who came to the capital to pay homage to the emperor sat on the left and right sides of the civil and military officials of the third rank and above.
The envoys from the vassal states faced the emperor directly, and the guests from the east, west, south, and north stood behind the civil and military officials respectively.

The royal family members sat in the last row.

Other officials lined up outside the Taiji Hall.

Li Yi's shoulder hurt a lot, and the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician had no effect on the pain.

However, he could only endure it and was led into the hall by the eunuchs, standing next to the last row of royal relatives.

He could only look at the ministers in the palace to distract himself from the pain.
I found that there were two unfamiliar faces in front of the military attaché today.

Li Boyi and Li Fengci were standing near Li Yi. When they saw Li Yi, they greeted him quietly, winking at him. "Brother Wuyi, didn't you get enough sleep last night? You look so bad."

"It must be that after returning home yesterday, my beautiful wife and concubines took care of me, and I felt exhausted."

Li Yi was also helpless with these two funny guys, so he had to change the subject, "Who are those two in front of the military officer? I haven't seen them before."

"The Second King."

"The Second Prince? Is he also from the royal family?"

"That's right. The Second King is also known as the Three Ke. Wuyi, you are so talented, you wouldn't not know this, right?"

Li Yi finally understood that the so-called Two Kings and Three Ke were the state guests of the previous dynasty. They were summoned at important ceremonies to act as mascots.

The two kings of the Tang Dynasty refer to Duke Jie and Duke Zun. Duke Jie was a descendant of the Northern Zhou emperor and was granted the title of Duke of Jie. Duke Zun was Yang You, the abdicated Emperor Gong of the Sui Dynasty.

Li Yuan established them as the second queen to show that the Li Tang dynasty was the legitimate successor, and he treated the two queens with special courtesy.

Normally, the two kings do not need to attend court, etc. They only come out to act as mascots during grand court meetings.

Legally, the two kings were state guests and included in the Eight Councillors, so they had a very high status. Of course, those who understood understood that their status was only high in name. In reality, in the new Tang Dynasty, they were in an awkward situation, especially Yang You, who was actually under house arrest.

After chatting for a while,
The Imperial Censor in the palace called for silence.

Everybody shut up,
The emperor entered from the west gate in the imperial carriage and sat in the southwest of the throne. Fu Baolang came forward holding the jade seal and placed it in front of the emperor.

Li Yi looked at the box.

The seal inside is not the imperial seal. It is said that the imperial seal is still in the hands of Emperor Xu Yuwenhuaji. It is said that Emperor Yuwenhuaji is now trapped in Liaocheng, with only one city left.
He was taking the gold, silver and treasures he brought from Jiangdu and recruiting thieves from Hebei to come and protect the king.

Li Yuan sent Li Shentong to attack Liaocheng to take back the imperial seal, while Dou Jiande in Hebei also sent troops to seize the seal.

But what does it matter whether there is the imperial seal or not?
Yuwen Shiji and Li Yuan are cousins, and their mothers are both daughters of Dugu Xin. But now Yuwen Shiji has the imperial seal, but only has one city left, while Li Yuan does not have the imperial seal, but owns half of the country.

Back then, Yang Guang still owned the entire world.

Still lost his kingdom.

That thing is not that important.

The emperor took his seat.

All the ministers congratulated him and shouted "Long live the emperor".

Wearing a seven-beam Jinxian crown, the Shangshu You Pushe Pei Ji stepped out and bowed again, "May the Yuanzheng first reign, and the Jingfu only be renewed!"

Then all the ministers bowed again, and Pei Zai bowed again.

Li Yi bowed back and forth, causing his wound to become irritated and sweat to form on his forehead.

Minister Chen Shuda came out,
He also wore a square gauze hat over his Liangguan, which was decorated with sable tails and cicada patterns, making him look particularly different.

This is the Diao Chan crown, also called the Diao Chan cage scarf, which is exclusive to high-ranking officials in the Zhongshu and Menxia provinces. These two provinces belong to the close attendants, also known as the tribute officials.

A golden ornament adorns the head, and a mink tail is inserted in front.
The only official hats that could be decorated with golden cicada patterns were the emperor's Tongtian crown and the emperor's ministers such as the Shizhong and Zhongshu Ling, who were high-ranking officials in the two provinces.

Chen Shuda walked to the front left of the emperor and sang loudly.

"Controlled!"

As the ministers began to bow together, Li Yi couldn't help cursing in his heart, "Why so many bows? It's so annoying!" Every time he bowed, it hurt.

Emperor Li Yuan finally spoke at this time: "I share the same celebration of taking up my new post as you do."

The ministers bowed again, shouted "Long live the emperor", and bowed again.

Li Yi felt numb from the pain and was dizzy from bowing. When the Imperial Censor in the palace reminded him to bow again, he followed suit.

Then came the governors and provincial governors of the various states, and the vassal states who presented their local products and auspicious signs, which were placed before the emperor one by one.

It was exactly the same as when Li Yi was in Wuji Fort years ago, with neighbors and tenants coming to visit and give gifts.

I don't know when,

Finally, the ceremony concluded. Minister Chen Shuda declared the ceremony complete, and the emperor alighted from the throne and boarded his palanquin, leaving through the east gate. The envoys from the vassal states followed suit, followed by the ministers.

"Qianshui Bo, please stay,"

Qian Jiulong stopped him and said, "Your Majesty has summoned you."

Li Yi just wanted to go home and lie down at this moment. It was not that he was being pretentious, it was really painful, and no one gave him some painkillers.

He was not wearing any armor at the time, and the archer was not far away. The arrow wound was deep. Although this kind of cut wound was not fatal at the shoulder blade position, it hit the bone.

I still have muscle tearing pain and bone pain.

Half of my shoulder is swollen.
The pain was constant from the inside out. Li Yi was lucky because the assassin's arrows were ordinary, not those with barbs or hooks, and they did not hit other vital parts. He did not injure his bones or internal organs.
Even the arrows are not poisoned,

I don’t know if those assassins were amateurs, or if they were short on time and limited conditions, so they couldn’t get special arrows or poison in time.

Follow Qian Jiulong,
I was taken to a clean room.
The emperor was sitting on the toilet bed to defecate, but judging from the look of effort on his face, he was probably severely constipated.

In the small clean room, there were actually two rows of beautiful palace maids standing.
What a waste of natural resources.

How could so many beauties be allowed to go through such a scene and suffer such pain?
Even I, Li Yi, am a founding earl. How could I meet the emperor in the toilet?

"Do you know who tried to assassinate you?" The emperor tried for a long time, his face flushed, but he still failed. He could only let out a long sigh and asked Li Yi.

"I don't know who wants to kill me,"

"Think about it?"

Li Yi had offended quite a few people. The closest one was Wei Ting, who had just beaten him last night and had lost his official title. The more distant one was Li Zhi, who was Wu Yi's biological father and had wanted Li Yi to recognize his ancestral roots, but ended up with him in disgrace.
Of course, Wei Du has also offended others.

"I don't know,"

"Qian Jiulong found a portrait hidden in the clothes of the three assassins, and it was your portrait.

In addition, a wooden plaque was found on the assassin you killed. After checking, it was found to be a receipt for goods stored in a warehouse in the East Market.

Following the clues, we found the warehouse. The owner's surname was Guo."

"Guo?" Li Yi pretended to be surprised. In fact, he was the one who put the wooden sign there. It was originally given by Du Yan to Xiao Shisanlang, asking him to contact the warehouse with this sign after arriving in Chang'an. Someone in the warehouse would provide him with some help, such as money, weapons, etc.

When they were attacked in the morning, Li Yi instinctively thought that it was Du Yan who did it, so after beating the strong man to death, he took out the wooden token that Xiao Shisan had given him from the space and stuffed it into the man's arms.

Regardless of whether Du Yan wanted to kill him this time, he planned to take this opportunity to deal with Du Yan.

"Although this warehouse was closed some time ago and the owner has disappeared, Qian Jiulong still found out that the original owner's surname was Guo, and he was a relative of Du Yan's wife, Guo's concubine."

Li Yuan continued to hold his strength.

It was very clear that it was Du Yan from Luoyang who sent assassins to kill him.

Li Yuan was not surprised at the survey results at all, and even thought it was reasonable.

Li Yi saw that the emperor was working so hard,

I took out a bottle of unused enema from the medicine box in the space. This thing was prepared when my wife was pregnant. I heard that women are prone to constipation after giving birth, so I bought a few bottles on purpose, but I never used them.

"Your Majesty is constipated, you may wish to use this."

"This is?"

"This is a pill my master once refined. It's called Kaisulu. It has an immediate effect on constipation. Although it can't improve the root cause of constipation, it can help you defecate easily..."

"There is such a magical object? How do I use it?" Li Yuan has been seriously troubled by this problem recently, and he feels very bad.

"Lie on your side, and then..."

Li Yuan wanted to use it immediately.
Let a beautiful palace maid do the operation, and Li Yi provide guidance.

I used half of it at a time.
Not even two minutes.
The emperor really felt it.
Sit on the toilet bed immediately.

Then came the overwhelming

Li Yi almost fainted from the stench.
Several beautiful palace maids also had a hard time enduring it.

Li Yuan was extremely happy.

"Cool,"

"That's so refreshing,"

After a smooth bowel movement, Li Yuan contentedly pulled Li Yi to change clothes.

The emperor also personally examined Li Yi's wounds.

"Don't worry. Although Du Yan is serving in Luoyang, I will never allow him to be so arrogant. Now that I know he is the mastermind behind this, I will quickly apprehend the assassins. I will also uproot Du Yan's assets and subordinates in Guanzhong and reward you with them."

Li Yi said: "Your Majesty, please send someone to investigate this matter carefully. There must not be any mistakes. I still can't believe that Lord Du would send someone to kill me.
I married Lord Du's daughter and I am very affectionate towards Shi Niang."

"Du Yan wants to kill you precisely because you married his daughter. You married Mrs. Du without his consent. Du Yan is narrow-minded and cruel, capable of anything. You must be careful."

"Your Majesty, I married Shi Niang with the consent of Mrs. Guo from Fanchuan. She is the biological mother of Mr. Du and the head of the Fengxiang Marquis's Mansion..." Li Yi deliberately mentioned Mrs. Guo.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Li Yuan said to Qian Jiulong, "Send someone to Fanchuan to investigate the Du family. Maybe they can find the remaining assassins or other clues!"

"Your Majesty, Madam Guo is very old, please don't disturb her."

Li Yuan felt relaxed and in a good mood. "Don't worry, I won't wrongly accuse a good person, nor will I let a bad person go."

"That enema is truly magical, but it's a shame you can only use it twice per bottle. Do you have any more?"

Li Yi shook his head.

"Can you make this dew?"

Li Yi still shook his head.

Li Yuan sighed.

"My master has taught me a few prescriptions before, including Rhubarb and Aconite Decoction, Aconite Warming Spleen Decoction, Pine Nut and Five-Kernel Decoction, Zengye Chengqi Decoction, Ejiao and Maren Decoction, and Cistanche Decoction. I can present the prescriptions to Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, you can ask the imperial physician to study and verify this, and prescribe the right medicine, which may alleviate the symptoms."

Li Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this.
"You are truly a loyal minister who always considers the emperor's interests. I reward you with a hundred taels of gold."

(End of this chapter)