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

Chapter 646 The Emperor's Means, Silently

"Wen Xu, he may be dead." Zhao Gong stood in the courtyard by the side of a dead tree, looked at Zhao Qi, Zhao Huan and several Ouyang children who were playing in the courtyard, and suddenly said something.

Li Xuan walked up from behind, nodded solemnly, and said, "My nephew guessed it."

"Someone in the inner guard once suspected that it was you who did it." Zhao Gong's words rang out in the courtyard like thunder, but neither Li Xuan nor Zhao Gong's expressions changed: "But no one found any evidence of your involvement. After all, you had just been assassinated in Luoyang at that time, Qianniuwei and Jinwuwei were staring at you inside and out, and you had no chance of contacting the outside world at all."

"This matter itself has nothing to do with me." Li Xuan shook her head slightly, but still said calmly: "If my nephew's guess is correct, then my nephew, the heir to Ying Yinggong, and Pei Shangshu are probably all on the suspect list of the inner guard?"

"That's right, but it's not just you guys. Your suspicion is ranked third, and Zhou Guogong is ranked fourth." Zhao Gong's face was full of wry smiles. How can the matter be investigated until this point.

Pei Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, heir to Li Jingye, Duke of England, Li Xuan, King of Nanchang, and Wu Chengsi, Duke of Zhou.

It's okay to find no evidence, but if any evidence is found, it will immediately shock the entire government and the public.

"That's why there was the confrontation between the British Duke and Pei Shangshu that day." Now Li Xuan finally understood why the emperor arranged the seats that way that day.

"That's right." Zhao Gong nodded and said, "You were sitting opposite the two of them at the time, but you didn't notice that sitting behind them on the left side was Secretary Supervisor, Zhou Guogong Wu Chengsi."

Li Xuan nodded in amazement, the arrangement at that time was indeed the case.

It's just that later that incident only involved him, not Wu Chengsi, so no one paid attention to where Wu Chengsi was.

Immediately, Li Xuan frowned, and said: "Why is this so, the Criminal Department and the inner guards, did they really not find any clues?"

Zhao Gong shook his head and sighed softly. "People from the Ministry of Punishment searched carefully on both sides of the Wei River, but there were no traces of anyone walking in the mountains and forests on both sides. Therefore, it is very likely that Wen Xu was killed by someone else."

"Impossible." Li Xuan shook his head resolutely, and said, "There are none on the shore, but not necessarily in the water. If he is a master of water, then he can sneak hundreds of meters under the water, and then go ashore, and even find a certain Xiaoshuidao, escaping couldn't be easier, and if there are people to help, escaping will be even easier."

"It's impossible." Zhao Gong raised his head, looked straight at Li Xuan, and said, "The entire Weihe River has been under surveillance since you were assassinated in Luoyang that day. In the entire Weihe River, even a fish , and it is impossible for him to escape the monitoring of the inner guards, so it is impossible for him to escape."

"I don't believe it." Li Xuan still shook her head, and said with certainty: "The inner guard may be able to monitor the water, but it is impossible to monitor the water and the sky."

"Da Lang means that Wen Xu escaped from the air, avoiding the eyeliner of the inner guard?" Zhao Gong looked at Li Xuan with some amusement.

Li Xuan sighed, and said: "In the old days, Da Lang would not believe this kind of speculation, but since Luoyang was attacked, especially after he got a deeper understanding of the opponent's assassination methods, Da Lang became more and more interested in Dong Hai. I am amazed by the methods of the king."

Lifting his head, Li Xuan looked at Zhao Gong and said, "Assuming that Wen Xu is already dead, how did he die? Where is his body? If his body can escape the sight of the inner guards, then why are his people dead?" Can't?"

Zhao Gong followed up and said: "Da Lang, do you still remember the self-immolation case of a group of mages when you were in Luoyang that day?"

"What does Uncle mean to say that Wen Xu was poisoned by that kind of fire and then burned to ashes, so the body can't be found?" Li Xuan lowered her head slightly and said in thought, "If he escaped after being poisoned after killing someone, In the water, but when it came out of the water, it was burned by fire...

No, not established.

Not to mention the kind of fire poison, it is impossible to burn all the corpses after burning, let alone in the water, unless he started to burn after he landed, and then his body was completely burned, but even so, there should be The remains of corpses left by the burning of the body. "

"This is where the explanation is not clear." Zhao Gong sighed softly, and said, "Unless there is a more powerful poison that can make him burn in an instant, and quickly burn into ashes in the water, then it is possible for there to be no trace of it." Do not stay."

When saying this, Zhao Gong's eyes fell on Li Xuan from time to time, which made Li Xuan feel a burst of surprise.

"Uncle doesn't suspect that my nephew made that kind of poison?" Li Xuan felt a little funny for a moment.

Zhao Gong nodded directly, and said: "That kind of poison is the method of Tianyin Sect after all, and the court has not forgotten that Tianyin Sect was destroyed by Da Lang."

"What nonsense is Uncle talking about?" Li Xuan felt a little helpless, and said, "In the battle of the Tianyin Sect General Altar, my nephew was surrounded by Qianniuwei people, so don't tell my nephew that there are no inner guards in those Qianniuwei. , not to mention, that day my nephew did not search the underground palace of the Tianyin Sect at all, and stayed by the empress's body all the time, and after that, the Tianyin underground palace was completely flooded by water."

Zhao Gong nodded and said: "This is also my explanation to the inner guard, and no one can refute this explanation."

Li Xuan shook her head and said, "There must be some people who suspect that Da Lang's subordinates searched for it?"

"You don't know what you can find in the Tianyin Sect, unless it is a large-scale dispatch of soldiers to search, but these are the affairs of the Kuaiji government soldiers. Dalang can forget that Duan Gong, the governor of Yuezhou, is now in court. Served as Minister of Dali Temple." Zhao Gong smiled.

The suspicion of Li Xuan has been investigated to this point, and the investigation can no longer be carried out.

Among the inner guards, there is also Zhao Gong. No matter who has any intentions to dig Li Xuan, Zhao Gong will stop it.

"So, in the past few days, outside Kaihuafang, there are so many people staring at my nephew, and your majesty will tell my nephew not to act rashly?" Li Xuan finally looked stunned.

Afterwards, he was slightly taken aback, and said, "Who was behind the Leng family?"

"Don't ask about this." Zhao Gong waved his hand and stopped talking.

Li Xuan nodded, Zhao Gong's attitude had told him everything.

Regarding Wen Xu's death, the suspects were nothing more than four people, Li Xuan, Pei Yan, Li Jingye and Wu Chengsi.

Now that Li Xuan's suspicion is ruled out, then the whole person must be between Pei Yan, Li Jingye and Wu Chengsi.

Reminiscing that when Wen Xu and others’ boats were still on the Wei River, the internal guards had already monitored the entire Wei River, Li Xuan suddenly realized that the emperor had actually been suspicious of someone all along, and Wen Xu’s matter was Unexpectedly, the affairs of Leng's family let the other party show his flaws, and even the suspicion of Wen Xu's death may be directly carried by the other party.

As for who this unlucky guy is, Li Xuan doesn't want to ask any more. The matter has been pushed to this point with great difficulty, so he doesn't want to make any further complications.

"Wen Xu's death may still be a possibility." Li Xuan looked up at Zhao Gong, who listened carefully.

"Wen Xu has been under the strict supervision of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Under normal circumstances, he can't even get rid of the shackles of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, unless someone rescues him, then kills him, destroys his body, and then escapes. It's much easier.

For example, the Huayin County government officials who came to investigate, or even the criminals of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs... It would be easier if he was an officer of the Ministry of Criminal Justice or Huayin County. "

Just after Li Xuan finished speaking, Zhao Gong smiled wryly: "How much does Da Lang hate Pei Shangshu? He repeatedly accused him of crimes."

The officers of the Ministry of Punishment and the arresters under the Facao of Huayin County are all members of Pei Yan's line.

Several guesses put forward by Li Xuan all pointed to Pei Yan in the end.

"No, it doesn't have to be Shang Shu. He is just a possibility. The most suspected person is the king of the East China Sea. He is killing people to silence the truth."

As Li Xuan said, she took out a roll of paper from her sleeve and handed it to Zhao Gong.

As soon as Zhao Gong was about to open it, Li Xuan held him down and said in a low voice, "Go into the room to have a look, and burn it immediately after reading."

"Okay!" Zhao Gong greeted his family from a distance, and then took Li Xuan into the inner room.

……

Looking at the picture scroll burned to ashes in the brazier, Zhao Gong frowned tightly.

Li Xuan sat on one side, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, with a relaxed expression on his face.

After a long time, Zhao Gongcai said slowly: "This person's appearance always feels a little familiar."

"Of course I'm familiar with it. Many people in the clan have similar looks." Li Xuan pointed out the key point in one sentence.

Zhao Gong's expression tightened immediately, and he lowered his voice and asked, "Which family is this kid?"

"I don't know." Li Xuan shook her head with a wry smile, and said, "So far, only uncle and nephew have seen this portrait of Master Wu Sheng. There is no way to check, unless you ask King Han or Zong Zhengqing."

"Da Lang is worried that a certain clan is really involved?" Zhao Gong frowned and looked at Li Xuan, he didn't believe that Li Xuan had that clan's affection.

"No, Da Lang is worried. By the side of King Han, or in Zongzheng Temple, that person also buried his eyeliner. After all, standing behind that person is the King of the East China Sea." Li Xuan's eyes instantly changed. Get cold.

Immediately, he looked at Zhao Gong with some concern: "Uncle, you have to be careful. You can investigate this matter, but you must pay attention to your own safety. You don't even need to see what you are doing, but anyone who guesses that you are intervening Among them, it may bring you a fatal disaster, this matter needs to be investigated, but you must be extremely cautious."

"I know what to do." Zhao Gong nodded seriously.

Li Xuan sighed softly, and said: "The matter of the concubine Yin, just this month, the King of the East China Sea has been planning this matter for a few months, so he wants to use this matter to catch the tail of the King of the East China Sea, so the best The method is to start from here, but to investigate his possible means, then stare at him to death, and finally follow the clues to catch him in one fell swoop."

Zhao Gong's expression suddenly became serious, and now they want to gain more trust from His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven, and capturing the King of the East China Sea is the best way for them.

Li Xuan will soon be the Young Minister of Honglu Temple, Zhao Gong wants to go further, and now is the best opportunity.

It's just that I don't know what identity the King of the East China Sea is hiding in the court. No one knows. The last one caught must be the King of the East China Sea himself.

Especially this matter, the emperor has been watching, and has been making arrangements...

(End of this chapter)