In July of the second year of Tianbao, Tanqi accompanied Li Bi to cultivate his mind in a small thatched cottage on Taibai Mountain. The prince sent Yao Runeng to ask Li Bi to go back to be Sicheng of Jing’an. Li Bi felt that his Taoism was unsuccessful and wanted to stay on the mountain to continue his cultivation. Yao Ru can bitterly persuade him and explain his interests, but Li insists on staying, so that Yao Ru can also keep it for a while. Yao Ru can get angry and want to tear down the thatched house. If they disagree, they have a big fight, Li He must be forced away.
That night, there was heavy rain. Yao Ru was able to return to the thatched house again. He had to admit that Prince Li Bi was in trouble before asking Li Bi back. Yao Ru Neng also wanted to help the prince’s worries, but others were weak. Li Bi grew up with the prince. Although he was a monarch and minister, he felt like brothers and sisters, and Li Bi took Tanqi back to Changan without saying a word.
Gan Shoucheng brought He Zhizheng and Li Bi to the Youxiang’s Mansion. He Zhizheng found that He Fu had his eyes gouged out, tears in distress, He Fu hurriedly confessed to him on his knees, and Li must try He Fu as Sisi Cheng, Jing’an. Lin Jiulang had to give way. Li Bi pointed out to the face that He Fu was not the one who wasted the lives of the people of Chang’an, and forced him to ask who Long Bo’s real target was.
He Fu explained that He Fu’s Wangdianyao was a messenger for the prince, and framed the prince. He was sent to plot to assassinate Lin Jiulang and repeatedly stated that He Zhi was innocent. Li must know that he was lying and would not allow Pei Shangshu to record this false confession. But it was too late, and Li Bi asked He Fu to tell the truth. Thinking of He Fu suddenly committing suicide in fear of sin.
Li Bi publicly condemned Lin Jiulang for setting up a private court and planting the crown prince. He Zhizheng insisted on staying and seeking justice with Lin Jiulang. Lin Jiulang publicly announced that the case had been closed and sent Gan Shoucheng to send both He Zhizheng and Li Bi away. Li Bi was on the spot. He raised doubts and asked the Three Divisions to try to finalize the case. He also moved out of Tang Law to question Lin Jiulang.
Lin Jiulang did not rush to stamp He Fu’s confession with the seal of the three divisions, and sent someone to present the confession to the Holy Supreme. Thinking that Lin Jiulang actually had the big seal of Sansi, he felt isolated and helpless, but he still argued with Lin Jiulang on the basis of reason and insisted on catching Long Bo before closing the case. Pei Shangshu persuaded Li to know the current affairs. At this time, Gan Shoucheng Tanqi is locked into the prison.
Zhang Xiaojing successfully evaded the officers and soldiers in Xu Hezi’s float. Suddenly someone gave Zhang Xiaojing a note. Xu Bin asked Zhang Xiaojing to meet at the paper shop. Zhang Xiaojing was overjoyed and thought Xu Bin was dead. He did not dare to delay and let Xu Hezi. Quickly send him to the paper workshop in Huaiyuanfang. Ji Wen came to see Yao Runeng in the prison and brought him wine and vegetables. Cheng Shen hadn’t seen the meat for many days.
He grabbed the wine and meat and feasted on him. Yao Ru can persuade Cheng Shen to go to the Western Regions, because Chang’an City can’t stay. Li Bi kept explaining to Lin Jiulang that he had seen Long Bo sack Jingansi with his own eyes, and that Long Bo was a warrior and could not be related to the prince. Lin Jiulang urged Li to judge the situation and stop working for the prince.
Yuan Zai was ordered to escort Yao Ru Neng to the Youxiang Mansion. Wang Yunxiu suspected that she wanted to take advantage of Lin Jiulang. Yuan Zai promised not to surrender to Lin Jiulang, but just wanted to use him for his own purposes. Lin Jiulang asked Pei Shangshu to write a confession in Li Bi’s tone, framed the crown prince and He Zhizheng for conspiring to assassinate Lin Jiulang.
He also admitted that the Jing’an Division concealed the truth and destroyed the evidence during the investigation. Li Bi refused to sign the confession. During the painting, Lin Jiulang sent Li Sifang to take Li Bi out to sober, and threatened Tanqi’s life. Tanqi was willing to die, and persuaded Li to be considerate of the people of Chang’an City and not give in to Lin Jiulang and others.
At this moment, Yuan Zai escorted Yao Ru Neng to the Youxiang Mansion, and Li Bi knew that he was Lin Jiulang’s third daughter. Zhang Xiaojing fell asleep in the car dazedly because of overwork. He remembered that he was imprisoned after killing Tan Tongshou that year. Xu Bin ventured to see him and secretly sent him food and water. Soon after, Xu Bin was elected to the Jingan Division. He couldn’t wait to tell Zhang Xiaojing the news, and answered that he recommended Zhang Xiaojing to Li Bi to investigate the case.
Xu Bin also reminded Zhang Xiaojing not to trust anyone’s promise to save him from death. Xu Hezi saw that Zhang Xiaojing cares about Xu Bin very much, so he asked curiously. Zhang Xiaojing came to Xu Bin’s situation one by one. Xu Hezi was moved by their sincere brotherhood and said that he could accompany Zhang Xiaojing to the ends of the world, but Zhang Xiaojing frankly said that he already had someone in his heart.
After Pei Shang wrote the confession, he forced Li Bi to sign and put it in custody, and again threatened his life with Tanqi. Li Bi refused to bow his head. Pei Shangshu forced Yao Ru to expose the guilt of the prince. Yao Ru can confess that there are courtiers of the prince’s private association at the old site of Jinglongguan
In the secret room, the prince met with Li Shizhi, Wei Jian, Pei Kuan and Huangfu Weiming three times. He wanted to seize the government and control the financial power. Li Bi condemned Yao Ru for being ungrateful. Yao Ru can persuade him to recognize the current situation and think about Tanqi. Yao Ru can claim that the current situation is gone. The prince’s conspiracy charge has been fulfilled.
