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

Chapter 591 The person is dead, it is good to die

With a "squeak", the vermilion door quickly and completely opened in front of Li Xuan.

An old man with white beard and white hair, wearing a purple official robe and a black three-beam temple, walked out of the gate with a solemn expression. For some reason, the courtyard behind him was empty.

The old man walked to the middle of the street, and bowed to Li Xuan who was sitting on his horse: "Old Li Chongguang has seen the King of Nanchang, the King of the County Qianqiu."

Li Xuan held the hilt of the sword, turned sideways, and looked past Li Xizhi, directly falling on the entire Li residence.

Countless low-pitched breathing sounds came from the courtyard, the sound of nervous non-stop pacing, the low-pitched weeping of women, the shouting and cursing of men, the sound of children pressing their hands on the door bolts and constantly knocking,

Li Xuan lowered her head, looked at Li Xizhi, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shi'an, it stands to reason that you are an elder of the clan, and this king should come to visit according to the etiquette. Originally, this king planned to do so, but some people didn't want this king to live, so this king had no choice but to be rough."

"Someone assassinated the lord?" Li Xizhi, Duke of Shi'an raised his head fiercely, and looked at Li Xuan with horror on his face.

Who is so crazy to assassinate the king of Nanchang County in Yangzhou city?

Should Dou Xuande be dead, or should the entire Yangzhou Governor's Mansion be dead?

Wait, is... the bastard?

Li Xizhi's eyes suddenly widened as big as copper bells, although before Li Xuan came, Li Xizhi had already guessed that the siege of Shanshanfang had something to do with his bastard.

Especially when Li Xuan stopped in front of his house, he lost the last bit of luck in his heart.

All the servants and maids in the house were driven back into the room, and he was the only one who came out to face Li Xuan.

However, he never expected that that bastard would be so crazy that he dared to assassinate the current county king.

With a sound of "swipe", Li Xuan got off his horse, and all the Qianniu guards who followed him got off their horses at the same time.

Before Li Xizhi came back to his senses, Li Xuan waved his hand to the back, and the next moment, a group of Qianniu guards rushed towards the Shi'an County Government House.

Looking at Qianniuwei standing straight on both sides of the gravel road in the center of the mansion, Li Xuan walked slowly to Li Xizhi.

"The Duke of the county moved from Chang'an to Yangzhou. He worked hard, but some people thought that everyone in the world owed him, conspired with rebels, assassinated the king, and conspired to cause chaos... Duke, you saved him back then, what about now?" Li Xuan looked at Li Xizhi calmly, her eyes full of oppression.

The expression on Li Xizhi's face was extremely complicated, and he cupped his hands in some pain: "I also ask the prince to be merciful and spare the life of that traitor."

Li Xuan pressed one hand tightly on the hilt of the long sword at his waist, he looked from Li Xizhi into the mansion in front of him, his eyes were calm, and his voice was cold: "Your Majesty, you only have two choices now, one is to act according to the law, and the other is to violate the law.

A person dies, or a family dies, the county magistrate, you choose one. "

Li Xizhi hesitated to speak, but finally heaved a long sigh and backed away.

His younger brother, Li Xiyu, Duke of Ankang County, who inherited the family title, was dismissed from his post and exiled to death because he was involved in an incident that he should not have been involved in.

If it was really as announced by the court, at most he would be dismissed from office and demoted to a commoner, so why would he be expelled from his clan, or even exiled to death.

If not, why would his nephew, the eldest grandson of the family, still be a professor of state studies until now.

If that wasn't the case, why would I keep coming to Yangzhou to look at him? I just hoped to see a single seedling in my brother's line, but now...

Li Xuan walked towards the courtyard, only a sigh was left in front of the door: "Your Majesty, I have really thought about how to properly handle this matter so as not to have too much influence on the manor, but... some people are too aggressive."

Shi Jin, who followed Li Xuan into the Si'an County Mansion, now finally understood that although Li Xuan had locked the suspect in the Si'an County Mansion from the beginning, he was also a clan, so he always wanted to save some face.

However, before he could figure out a way, Liang Fuling was suddenly attacked.

Even afterwards, the demon monk Wu'an personally assassinated Li Xuan, which left Li Xuan no room to back down.

……

"Decree, everyone, etc., stay in the room and are not allowed to go out. Anyone who acts recklessly will be killed immediately." After Li Xuan finished speaking, she strode towards the backyard.

There is a family temple beside the waterside pavilion in the backyard. The family temple is cold, and only a deaf-mute old servant looks at it every day.

Now, the deaf-mute old servant has been pushed aside.

Li Xuan's eyes fell on a small gate in the northeast corner of the family temple.

Cui Ding had already led people into the small gate, and the shouts of killing suddenly sounded.

Li Xuan didn't immediately enter the Buddhist temple behind the small gate, but stood in front of the family temple of Duke Si'an, offered three sticks of incense very respectfully, then turned and left.

If you want to exterminate your descendants, you must burn incense to report.

Li Xuan stood up and walked towards the Buddhist temple.

The moment Li Xuan stepped into the Buddhist temple, clear shouts of killing came from all directions.

The sound of swords, guns, swords and halberds came from every corner.

The Qianniuwei who entered here started a fierce fight with the monks here.

This is not a Buddhist temple at all, but a bandit nest.

Wushengdao is an important stronghold in Yangzhou.

Although Wu Sheng Dao and Tian Yin Sect cooperate, it is based on the cooperation between Donghai King and Tian Yin Sect. It does not mean that everything in Wu Sheng Dao must be included in Tian Yin Sect.

Even on the contrary, in many cities there are independent branches of Wu Sheng Dao.

An ancient sage once said that in this world, there are only two professions that have been passed down from ancient times to today.

One is a prostitute and the other is a killer.

The inanimate way is the latter.

Under the command of Shi Jin, countless soldiers from the Xinlin Mansion charged directly into the Buddhist temple from the street in front of the Buddhist temple.

The sound of fighting in the Buddhist temple completely subsided in a very short time.

Li Xuan's eyes fell directly on the easternmost meditation room in the backyard of the Buddhist temple, and Zhou Gan had just walked out of it.

Zhou Gan quickly walked in front of Li Xuan, cupped his hands slightly: "My lord, he is already dead."

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, it is good to die.

Li Xuan walked quickly to the meditation room, and Qianniuwei on both sides stepped aside.

Lying on the ground of the meditation room was a middle-aged man dressed in white, whose complexion was somewhat similar to that of Li Xizhi, Duke of Shi'an.

"Let the servants of Li's mansion come to identify him, and at the same time imprison all the servants and maids in the Yangzhou Zhouxue Professor's College, and also inform Shi'an County Duke that other people in his mansion, including himself, are not allowed to leave the mansion at first, and he will take care of the rest by himself." Li Xuan glanced sideways at Zhou Gan, who cupped his hands and left immediately.

Li Xuan still let go, but whether this opportunity can be grasped, even Li Xizhi himself is in doubt.

As for Li Huainian's servant, I'm sorry, Li Xuan still needs other clues.

Li Huainian has been in touch with the King of the East China Sea for many years, his residence, and among his servants, is there any clue for Li Xuan to find out who the King of the East China Sea is.

Regardless of whether there is one or not, Li Xuan has to search for it. Only in this way can Li Xuan explain to the court.

Although he knew that the possibility of finding it was unlikely, but if he didn't look for it, he would be the one who would be in trouble.

……

"Wu'an should have come back, otherwise he wouldn't have died." Li Xuan looked at the corpse on the ground, frowned, and turned to look into the courtyard.

The sound of fighting in the entire Buddhist temple has become unrecognizable. Cui Ding, carrying two small hammers in his hand, walked quickly from the front yard. When he saw Li Xuan, he immediately cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this Shuanglin Temple is full of killers. Some pilgrims who were trapped here were also taken as hostages, but they were killed by those killers afterwards."

Li Xuan looked at Cui Ding, shook her head slightly, and said, "You didn't do this cleanly enough."

After finishing speaking, Li Xuan looked sideways at Su Baotong, and said softly: "Send an order to thoroughly investigate all the list of pilgrims and contacts in this Buddhist temple. Anyone who has anything to do with it will check their family background and appointment in the court. The results will be collected in the city book and sent to Baiqisi."

"Your subordinate obeys the order." Su Baotong bowed his promise, then turned and left.

Li Xuan took a deep look at Cui Ding, and said solemnly: "Learn, if you don't say something about something, it doesn't mean others can't see it. If someone really wants to trouble you, even if you try to find a way, you will be one step too late."

"Your Majesty, we really didn't kill people." Cui Ding looked at Li Xuan helplessly.

"My king believes what you say, but do those family members believe it?" Li Xuan glanced at Cui Ding angrily, and then said in a cold voice: "This place itself is a place used by Wusheng Dao to hide itself. Who knows if they use this place for business. You must know that they are killers."

"Who is a pilgrim and who is a customer, can you tell the difference?" Li Xuan's words made Cui Ding stunned. He had never thought about this question.

Li Xuan turned around and looked towards the entire backyard.

Now the entire Shanshanfang has been completely blocked by them, but it is basically impossible to completely block a master like Wu'an. They are capable of going high and high, and ordinary people can't stop them.

But Wu'an's reminder entry disappeared directly in this Buddhist temple, and did not appear in other places in this Shanshanfang, nor did it appear in other places outside Shanshanfang.

Then it means that although this person came back here, he left here through other channels.

A well on the east side of the small courtyard suddenly appeared in Li Xuan's line of sight, and he walked towards the well without thinking.

Standing by the well and looking down from above, it was pitch black inside.

A small stone fell into the water from above, and almost instantly, with a "crash", it was already thrown out of the water.

Li Xuan frowned instantly, looked up at Zhou Gan who had come back and said, "I remember that all the underground secret passages in Yangzhou City were sealed before?"

Zhou Gan immediately cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, after the Shendu incident, the central government ordered all places to immediately and completely block all the existing underground secret passages, and the Yangzhou government did the same."

"So, then these underground passages, the original map, Yangzhou Mansion and Baiqisi should have a copy, go get the map immediately, let's chase people." Li Xuan turned and walked outside the Buddhist temple.

After walking a few steps, Li Xuan stopped in her tracks and said in a deep voice, "Order the arresters and guards of Yangzhou Mansion to go down from here and explore the secret passage to see if anyone is hiding inside."

"Here!" Zhou Gan clapped his hands in agreement.

Li Xuan chuckled, and walked outside the Buddhist temple again.

Although this kind of underground secret passage was blocked before, the Tianyin Sect used the principle of darkness under the lamp to reopen them and reuse them.

However, the Tianyin Sect family was probably not the only one who thought of reusing these secret passages.

Wushengdao is an obvious example, and apart from Wushengdao, Cao Gang, Gongmen, and aristocratic families, who would let such a secret route go by.

Even Li Xuan once thought of using this channel.

Now, through the matter in front of him, he completely controlled this secret passage in his own hands.

But before that, anyone who knows the existence of this secret passage must clean it up first.

(End of this chapter)