People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 520 Secret Playing at the East Palace, Changing Substitutes

Black Dragon Order, the entrance of the tent closest to the granary.

Li Xuan looked sideways at Qiu Zhenmu, and ordered in a low voice: "Keep the tent, within ten feet, no one can get close, and anyone who invades will be cut off."

"Here!" Qiu Zhenmu bowed his hands and took the order, and all the Qianniu guards under him immediately surrounded the tent.

"Captain, please!" Li Xuan stretched out his hand and invited Duan Baoxuan into the big tent. The moment he lowered the curtain, Li Xuan saw many people were looking at this side, and then he lowered the curtain.

Walking quickly to the table, Li Xuan opened the small box inside, then took out a yellow leather playbook, held it with both hands, and handed it to Duan Baoxuan.

Seeing that Duan Baoxuan was a little surprised, Li Xuan explained slightly: "This is a few months, my nephew has written to the East Palace several times, and the few replies I received, although they used the channel of the Taiwo, but inside, It is His Majesty's secret decree."

"En!" Duan Baoxuan nodded with a serious face, took it with both hands, and then opened the memorial in front of Li Xuan.

Li Xuan didn't wait for Duan Baoxuan to finish, but sat down behind the table in front of Duan Baoxuan.

Picking up a piece of rice paper from the side, Li Xuan began to write all the process of his underground palace on it.

In it, everything is described in an objective tone as much as possible, without the slightest personal color.

There are a lot of taboos about reporting to the emperor, and if there is a little bit of trouble, reprimanding is a trivial matter, and it is not uncommon to be dismissed from office.

After finishing writing carefully, Li Xuan began to carefully revise again.

After all, many people here cannot be known to the world, especially the matter of Empress Dowager committing suicide in the queen's wedding dress, let alone the slightest mention.

But Li Xuan believed that as long as the memorial was in the hands of the emperor, he would understand everything that should be understood.

Moreover, in the current army, there are countless eyeliners of the emperor. Maybe the emperor already knows the details, so there is no need for Li Xuan to elaborate.

The most important thing is that this memorial is likely to fall into the queen's hands, so he couldn't help but be careless
After finishing everything, Li Xuan finally asked for instructions: "What about the Legacy of the Rebel?"

How to dispose of the empress's body, Li Xuan needs to get the emperor's exact order before he can deal with the follow-up.

Now Li Xian has started to deal with some government affairs. Although Li Xian has no right to deal with these things reported by Li Xuan, he can put forward his own opinions. This is the prince.

Li Xuan didn't mention the fact that Empress Dowager was wearing the empress's wedding dress, and Li Xian probably didn't know that his handling could be used by the emperor to silence Empress Dowager.

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief after re-transcribing it to the playbook.

Looking up, Li Xuan handed the new playbook to Duan Baoxuan: "What do you think, Uncle Shi?"

Duan Baoxuan put down the emperor's secret order, then read Li Xuan's playbook, and said with admiration: "The people in Yu Ze taught you very well. There are basically no loopholes in this playbook."

"Basically there are no loopholes, but there are still loopholes?" Li Xuan immediately cupped her hands and said sincerely: "I also ask uncle to advise."

"Actually, you shouldn't throw this issue to the East Palace and His Majesty. Your Majesty hopes that the courtiers can handle this kind of matter by themselves instead of asking him. After all, this involves the Queen of Heaven." Duan Baoxuan seemed to be in charge of the big account, but inside Nothing can be hidden from him inside and out.

Li Xuan thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "My little nephew is worrying too much."

Li Xuan had to admit that what Duan Baoxuan said was true.

After pondering for a while, Li Xuan wrote a new memorial.

This time, the front didn't move, and the back, he said directly: "The minister wanted to bury him in the village, but the imperial court has regulations. The head of the rebels should be passed on to the states. After everything is settled, the minister will deliver it to the center for inspection Ming upright, waiting for the District Office."

After finishing writing, Li Xuan looked up at Duan Baoxuan, and said, "So, if the imperial court has other measures, it should be clearly announced, or an envoy should be sent here."

Duan Baoxuan looked at Li Xuan's memorabilia, shook his head slightly, and said: "If the governor is doing something, I'm afraid the corpse of the traitor would have already been delivered to Shendu, why should my nephew make trouble here?"

"Oh, Uncle Shi is willing to take over?" Li Xuan suddenly looked at Duan Baoxuan with joy, cupped his hands and said: "How about if Uncle Shi takes over this matter, my nephew has already given up a lot of credit, and this is not bad. "

"No!" Duan Baoxuan refused without hesitation, and said, "This Governor does not want to offend the Queen of Heaven before he becomes an official."

Although Empress Wu has the world in mind, her mind is indeed not that broad in some matters, and even a little narrow.

The Empress Dowager committed suicide in her wedding gown, but the Empress of the Dynasty was Empress Wu's Mei Niang.

When they were in Ganye Temple, the relationship between the two is said to be quite good, and they even took care of each other.

But when another man is involved, even if they are sisters, they will immediately turn their backs.

Empress Wu did this before she died, obviously to pass it on to the emperor, but it was Empress Wu who was most unwilling to let the emperor see this scene.

"If it wasn't for this secret decree in advance, my nephew wouldn't want to offend the Empress Dowager, so I'd have ruined her now." Li Xuan shook her head, her face full of helplessness, what is it all about.

If there is no such secret decree, then Li Xuan can completely regard the empress's act of wearing a wedding dress before her death as her deliberate act of provoking the empress's affection, and directly destroy her.

But with this secret book in hand, it's hard not to make people suspicious. The emperor and the empress had a tacit understanding on this matter.

If he thinks of Duganye Temple back then, Li Xuan can think about it for three days and three nights just because of the emotional entanglements involved.

But there is no way, in this matter, he must stand on the position of the emperor, so it is difficult not to offend Empress Wu.

"Then don't make mistakes, and act in accordance with the court's rules and regulations." Duan Baoxuan patted Li Xuan on the shoulder, and said the same words as Sima Chengzhen.

Li Xuan nodded seriously, and said in a deep voice, "My nephew remembers."

Duan Baoxuan put Li Xuan's memorabilia on the table again, and said softly: "You did a good job today. The reason why the secret decree is secret is because it cannot appear in front of everyone. As long as it does not appear in front of everyone, Then it has extraordinary power."

Speaking of this, Duan Baoxuan looked at Li Xuan and said: "From today on, you will guard the inner and outer coffins of the coffin, and no one will be allowed to approach easily. Anyone who has any vain intentions can kill them first and then act."

"Here!" Li Xuan immediately clapped her hands in agreement.

With Duan Baoxuan's words, he can kill people even without using secret orders.

Speaking of this, Li Xuan suddenly remembered something, and asked in a low voice: "Should uncle know Yan Zhuang?"

Duan Baoxuan nodded and said: "Back then when he was the Sima of Luozhou, we met a few times, but we were not very close. I never thought that he would die here today."

"Uncle, is there any problem with such a report? Yan Zhuang died of illness when he was in Shendu. Zhonglang will lose troops and lose generals, if this is reported, my nephew is worried that someone will use this to make a fuss."

Duan Baoxuan's face darkened immediately, he nodded in approval after thinking for a while, and said: "It is indeed possible, what advice does my nephew have?"

Li Xuan took a step forward and said in a low voice: "A person who has already died naturally cannot die again, but a person who is missing can confirm the news of his death?"

"who?"

"Jiang Guogong Liang Yan's son Yongchangbo Liang Ming." Li Xuan will speak out, and then said: "When Yan Zhuang was in Yangzhou, he had been pretending to be Liang Yan for a while as a thousand-faced Buddha. It's a lie."

"Then where are Baiqisi and Qianniuwei?"

"Qianniuwei naturally has no problem. As for Baiqisi, it is impossible for any of their memorials to appear publicly in any positive occasion. In this way, they can explain everything from inside to outside, and the Yan family doesn't have to worry about the Empress Dowager. The suppression will continue.”

Li Xuan sighed lightly.

If it is said that Yan Zhuang has made great contributions to this matter, then the Yan family naturally does not have to worry about anything, but this is his failure, and the previous charges against him will be confirmed immediately, and the Yan family will be ruined.

It would be best for them to take the initiative to take this matter out.

"On this matter, I will make a decision after discussing with Liu Gongbu. After all, this matter is up to him."

Liu Gongbu is Liu Shenli, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Yan Zhuang is his sister-in-law.

"En!" Li Xuan nodded, and then asked: "Uncle, is General Zhong Lang still in the camp?"

……

Li Xuan stood outside the big tent with a solemn expression. Inside the big tent lay a black coffin, and inside the black coffin was the empress's body.

"Your Majesty!" Yu Ze and Qiu Zhenmu stood outside the tent, cupping their hands at Li Xuan.

"Come in." Li Xuan waved her hand, then turned and walked into the tent.

On one side of the table is a teapot and several low tables.

Li Xuan poured three cups of tea, then handed them to Yu Ze and Qiu Zhenmu respectively, and then said, "Although we said to the outside world that the empress committed suicide, we all know that this is not the case at all. , and don’t care about the truth, but this king still feels that it needs to be clarified.”

Yu Ze was the first to speak, and said, "It's not wrong to say that Empress Dowager died by suicide. It's just that she made an account of her funeral before committing suicide, so she chose to die calmly."

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager's death was undoubtedly a suicide, and there is no need to pursue it. What really needs to be clarified is where did her soul essence go?" Qiu Zhenmu pointed out the core of the incident in one sentence.

Where did the queen's spirit go?

Li Xuan nodded and said: "The queen must have failed to form the alchemy. After the failure, she preserved her body in a clever way, but her soul spirit was taken away by someone else. So, just find out who this person is and find out who it is. Will she know what happened?"

Qiu Zhenmu said seriously: "According to what the faithful believers said, the saintess Ye Wanwan and Zhang Wanyu left the underground palace before the empress died, and they disappeared without a trace after that, but there is a person who should have been by the empress's side, But after the empress died, he disappeared without a trace, and everyone must be looking for him now."

"Chen Zhong." Li Xuan nodded in agreement, sighed and said: "That's true, Chen Zhong was supposed to commit suicide together with the empress, but now that he's gone, naturally the empress also has arrangements, maybe now, the real Shiyin and the empress Master Daoyin has already chased him away."

"And uncle, uncle is also missing now," Qiu Zhenmu shook his head helplessly.

Now Qiu Shenji is no longer the general of the Jinwu Guard, but the governor of Shezhou.

It is too easy to be criticized for leaving quietly without saying a word.

"The ones chasing and killing Chen Zhong are not only General Zhonglang, Reverend Shiyin and Daoyin, but also Kumara, king of the Western Regions, Wu'an, the demon monk of Wusheng Dao, Su Lianyu, the master of Tianyu Palace, and Qiu, the master of Wanxiang Pavilion. Huan, they are not simple people, and they may not be the only ones on this trip." Li Xuan paused for a moment, looked at Qiu Zhenmu and said, "Brother Qiu, I heard that the family members around General Zhonglang have all died. gone."

"It was that trap." Although Qiu Zhenmu's complexion was not good-looking, it was only not good-looking.

Qiu Shenji's family generals were all kept by Qiu Xinggong back then, but the upcoming members of Qiu Zhenmu's family were all kept by Qiu Xinggong's elder brother, Master Qiu. Qiu Shenji's loss was not Qiu Zhenmu's loss.

"This time, Zhonglang will not do much meritorious service. Brother Qiu, if this king orders you to set off immediately and track the whereabouts of Chen Zhong and others from the back, are you willing?" Li Xuan looked at Qiu Zhenmu solemnly. .

Qiu Zhenmu knew a long time ago that Li Xuan would say that, and after pondering for a while, he finally nodded.

"Thank you, my lord!" Qiu Zhenmu stood up and bowed deeply to Li Xuan, then turned and left
"Why does the lord need to send him away?" Yu Ze stood aside, looking at Li Xuan with some puzzlement.

"Uncle Yu, do you still remember Uncle Yongchang and the meteorite that fell from the sky in his hand?" Li Xuan raised her head, glanced at Yu Ze, and then looked into a corner.

A woman who was about the same size as Li Xuan, wearing a black fish-scale armor, stood quietly holding an Eight-faced Han Sword.

(End of this chapter)