Tibet

Chapter 867 Tooth for Tooth

The prince has been buried. Among all the prince's concubines, if they have given birth to children, they can stay and raise them, but they can no longer live in the East Palace. They need to find another residence. If they have no children, they will all be sent back to their natal family and allowed to remarry.

Dugu Qiming should have been repatriated to her natal family, but she had a close relationship with Zhang Huanggong and was kept in the palace by Empress Zhang.

If the father is unwilling, he can write to the emperor and ask for his daughter to be released, and the emperor will have to comply.

But Dugujun thought that his daughter hugged Queen Zhang's thigh, so instead of taking his daughter back, he encouraged her to continue living in the palace. Dugulie tried to persuade him, but he also turned a deaf ear.

However, Dugu Jun is not a fool. He heard that Yu Chaoen raided the Dugu family manor, and he also realized that something was wrong. He immediately sent someone to contact his daughter, but there was no news about Dugu Qiming. Even the two maids who served Dugu Qiming were gone. When they disappeared together, Dugujun panicked and hurriedly came to discuss with his elder brother.

"Brother, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have disobeyed advice, but I only have one daughter, Qiming. She may be in danger. Please save her."

Dugu Lie sighed, "You think I don't want to save Qiming. She is my niece after all. She has made mistakes and will be punished by family law, but it is not the outsider's turn to hurt her. Don't worry, I have asked the third child to inquire. Situation, he should have news.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a maid in the hall said: "The third master is here!"

I saw Dugu Ming walking into the courtyard and walking towards the hall. Dugu Lie quickly went up to meet him and asked, "How are you doing? Is there any news about Qiming?"

Dugu Ming nodded, glanced at Dugu Jun, "Second brother is here too, let's go to the hall and talk!"

The three brothers walked into the lobby and sat down, and Dugu Ming slowly said: "I asked someone to find out that Qiming was whipped twenty times by Queen Zhang, and is now secretly imprisoned by Queen Zhang, but I don't know where he is? "

Dugujun said anxiously: "Then shall we put pressure on the emperor in the name of our family and ask him to release him?"

Dugu Lie stroked his beard and asked Dugu Ming, "What is the opinion of the third child?"

Dugu Ming said slowly: "I have considered this issue on the road. If we put pressure on the emperor, Queen Zhang will definitely not admit it, but we are worried that it will be counterproductive in the end. Queen Zhang will kill people and wipe out traces. That woman is ruthless and will do anything. Gotta come out.”

Dugujun thought about it and it was right. If Queen Zhang killed someone and silenced her, it would be the end of the world. He said anxiously: "Third brother, is there any other way?"

Dugu Ming nodded, "There is only one other way, to catch Queen Zhang's weakness and force her to release her!"

"What is Queen Zhang's weakness?"

"I am investigating her background and family. Give me another two days and I will almost be able to find out."

"Brother, will Qiming be okay?" Dugujun was about to cry.

Dugu Lie quickly comforted him, "If Empress Zhang wanted to kill Qiming, she would have done it a long time ago. Our Dugu family is not easy to mess with. I guess she was also afraid of killing Qiming, but she was unwilling to do it, so she imprisoned her. We cannot panic at this time, we must stay calm, step by step, and first find Queen Zhang’s weakness as soon as possible.”

Although Dugujun was extremely anxious, he had no choice but to do so. He was also afraid that if he pushed too hard, Queen Zhang would kill someone and silence her.

"Third brother, Qiming is ignorant and has made a big mistake. Please forgive her!"

"What did the second brother say? Qiming is my niece. I watched her grow up. If she makes a mistake, she will be punished by family law. But if others want to touch her, they are the enemy of my Dugu family. I know what is right and wrong." !”

"Then please leave it to my third brother!"

At this time, Li Ye's 50,000 troops had entered Guanzhong.

According to the agreement reached between the imperial court and Li Ye, the imperial court designated Shaanxi County to Helong as a temporary logistics base. Starting from last year, 300,000 shi of grain from Jingxiang were sent directly to Shaanxi County.

Although the imperial court could not support the Helong Army in terms of food, it still provided a large amount of support to the Helong Army in terms of tents, gongs and drums, spears, swords, arrows, and bows and crossbows.

This time Li Ye went out with 20,000 camels, mainly food, and some special supplies, such as kerosene, gunpowder, etc.

In the morning, the army arrived in Xianyang County and stayed at the Xianyang camp for three days to make adjustments. At the same time, Li Ye sent someone to Chang'an to report his transit.

At night, Li Ye was drinking tea and reading in the tent. At this time, a soldier said at the entrance of the tent: "Your Highness, Mr. Dugu Ming wants to see you!"

Li Ye quickly said: "Please invite him in quickly!"

Not long after, Dugu Ming hurriedly walked into the big tent. Li Ye stepped forward to greet him and said with a smile: "Uncle San is here just in time. I will take Taiwei back later."

This time Li Ye passed through Chang'an and brought Dugu Taiwei back with him. “I’ll go find her!”

"Wait a minute!"

Dugu Ming stopped Li Ye and said, "I have something important to do with you, and I would like to ask for your help."

Li Ye nodded, "Since it is an important matter, Third Uncle, please come into the tent and talk about it!"

Li Ye invited Dugu Ming to sit down in the tent, and then asked his soldiers to serve tea.

Dugu Ming took a sip of hot tea and then said: "Something happened to Qiming!"

"What happened to Qiming?"

"Do you still remember the last time you sent me an eagle letter, asking me to be wary of Qiming?"

Li Ye nodded, "What then?"

"I hid a fake map in my study. This map was stolen from my study not long ago. At that time, a maid saw Qiming entering my study. Two days ago, Yu Chaoen led 10,000 Shence troops to raid Of course, nothing was found in the manor on the map, so the owner wanted to send Qiming away, but it was too late, Qiming was whipped thirty times by Queen Zhang and imprisoned."

"What about the Dugu family's attitude?"

"Our attitude is very clear. Qiming deserves to be punished for making mistakes, but she should be punished by our family itself and has nothing to do with others. Qiming is the legitimate daughter of the Dugu family. Anyone who hurts her is violating the dignity of the Dugu family. We must punish her. Qiming rescues her."

Li Ye nodded. He completely understood the attitude of the Dugu family. No matter how wrong she was, it was still her own child. How could she tolerate others hurting her.

"If I need to come forward to put pressure on the emperor, I can come forward, but I'm worried that it will drive Empress Zhang to murder and silence her? Will Third Uncle consider this issue?"

Dugu Ming sighed, "Of course we have considered it, and we are also afraid that Qiming will be silenced. We have considered using other methods to deal with Zhang Huanggong. I investigated for two days and found that Zhang Huanggong's two brothers, Zhang Shaojing and Zhang Shaoan, are both in Chang'an. Zhang Shaoan lives in Xianyang County, and he has a very good relationship with Queen Zhang. We discussed it and hope Aye can take action for me!"

Li Ye chuckled: "No problem, I happen to be short of a group of siege soldiers. I think Zhang Shaoan is quite suitable!"

Dugu Ming immediately took his daughter Taiwei back to Chang'an City.

It's a bit late today, I'll wait until tomorrow.

At noon the next day, Li Ye personally entered Xianyang with a thousand troops and surrounded the residence of Chencang County Duke Zhang Shaoan. The soldiers rushed in and captured Zhang Shaoan who was having lunch.

Zhang Shaoan was about thirty years old and quite fat. He knew Li Ye and was so shocked that he shouted: "Your Highness, King Qi, why did you take him away? I have never offended you!"

Li Ye patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I didn't arrest you. It must be a good thing to invite you to the military camp!"

Zhang Shaoan said in horror: "I won't go to the military camp!"

The housekeeper also said anxiously: "My master is the uncle of the current dynasty, please be careful, Your Highness!"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "My uncle also wants to serve the country! I happened to be recruiting a group of soldiers who died for the siege. I heard that Duke Zhang was very brave, so I came to recruit him personally. How great it is to die for the country. Glory, your children and grandchildren will all be admired by others, there is no need for you to be modest, Mr. Zhang, you must seize this opportunity!"

After speaking, Li Ye waved his hand and said, "Invite Zhang Mengshi back to the camp!"

More than a dozen soldiers lifted Zhang Shaoan in the air and walked outside. Zhang Shaoan was so scared that he peed and cried desperately: "I don't want to join the army, I don't want to die as a soldier, save me!"

The housekeeper and a group of servants were stunned, and no one dared to step forward. They watched helplessly as the master was carried away.

The housekeeper suddenly shouted: "Prepare the carriage, I'm going to Chang'an to report!"

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[I have a bit of a cold today and have only written two chapters. Please take an update! 】

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