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

Chapter 650

Suzaku Gate, inside Honglu Temple.

Two low-level clerks from Honglu Temple walked in together from the outside, whispering to each other.

A thin recorder whispered, "Do you know what happened last night?"

"Understood." The taller, slightly longer Yamane secretary came closer, and said with a cold face: "Master Lu made a slip of the tongue last night, questioning Shaohonglu with rumors that came out from somewhere... Oh, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Who knows when it will happen, he dared to talk nonsense, that is, Shaohonglu doesn't care, otherwise, he must be punished for the crime of disrespect."

In one night, what happened last night has already spread among the officials of Honglu Temple.

The vast majority of people are accusing Master Lu of talking nonsense, while on the other hand, they are all praising King Nanchang for his generosity.

Even in the late autumn of last year, the poem written by the king of Nanchang, "Please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar with ten thousand households", was once again spread among the officials of Honglu Temple.

Just as the two were discussing the details of last night in low voices, a rush of horseshoes sounded outside the gate of Honglu Temple.

The two turned their heads subconsciously, and suddenly saw a group of Jinwu Guards appearing outside the gate of Honglu Temple.

The leader was Li Xuan, who was wearing a scarlet official robe.

……

Li Xuan walked to the gate of Honghe Temple with a serious face, put his right hand on the long sword at his waist, and shouted loudly: "From now on, all the people in the whole Honghe Temple, all the people, etc., must not move around. Stand where you are, those who disobey the order will be beheaded."

Everyone looked at Li Xuan in amazement, with a trace of horror in their eyes.

This is Honglu Temple, the place where the Tang Dynasty made diplomatic relations with foreign countries. Even if the king of Nanchang is the young minister of Honglu Temple, he has no right to do so.

Regardless of other people's reactions, Li Xuan directly left four Jinwu guards at the door, and then directed the other Jinwu guards to quickly go to each courtyard, while he himself hurriedly went to see Liu Boying, the minister of Honglu Temple.

Someone had already reported the matter to Liu Boying.

When Li Xuan arrived outside Liu Boying's duty room, Liu Boying just walked out with a puzzled expression on his face.

At the same time, Yang Shan also walked out of the value room.

Li Xuan immediately stepped forward and cupped her hands: "I have seen Da Honglu, I have seen Yang Shaoqing."

Liu Boying waved his hands directly, looked at Li Xuan and asked, "King of Nanchang, what happened?"

"Yes!" Li Xuan didn't hesitate at all, and immediately cupped her hands and said, "The official suspects that Lu Huan, the head of the ceremonies office, is the eyeliner planted by the King of the East China Sea in Honglu Temple, so he hurriedly brought the Jin Wuwei in to arrest people early in the morning... Shixuan has notified Qianniuwei and Dali Temple, and their people will rush back immediately."

"The king of Nanchang is so suspicious, but do you have any evidence?" Liu Boying's expression darkened immediately.

He is the Minister of Honghe Temple, and Li Xuan, as the young minister of Honghe Temple, accused Honghe Temple of having traitors and accomplices. He acted rashly without going through him, the minister of Honghe Temple, and he was too disregarding the official rules Let's go.

Li Xuan gave a wry smile, cupped her hands and said: "The lower official is not a reckless person. What happened last night, the lower official originally thought that the master Lu Huan was asked by a special person to deliberately embarrass the lower official. Until today, when I woke up, a flash in my mind After one incident, I suddenly felt that Lu Huan's identity was suspicious."

"Suspicious? How to say?" Liu Boying looked at Li Xuan, frowning slightly, but her heart couldn't help but tense up.

Li Xuan put down her hand, took a look at Yang Shan, and then said with a wry smile: "Da Honglu still remembers what the lower official said yesterday, and the lower official suspects that the Silla envoys and the Tubo envoys had a relationship with the king of the East China Sea." communicated."

"That's right, the King of Nanchang did say that yesterday." Yang Shan's expression became extremely cautious ever since Li Xuan mentioned the King of the East China Sea.

Liu Boying nodded slightly, his face turned slightly blue.

Li Xuan took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "There is one more thing, the official wanted to say yesterday, but I forgot to say it, that is, the official will track down the envoys of Tubo and Silla's pleading guilty." So, how did they meet the King of the Eastern Sea?"

"Follow the traces of the Tubo envoy and Silla's pleading envoy?" Liu Boying was slightly taken aback. It's not that this matter cannot be traced, it's just...

Li Xuan shrugged, smiled wryly, and continued, "Whether it's Tubo envoys or Silla's pleading envoys, their every word, deed, and every move in Chang'an is watched by colleagues from Honglu Temple. The relationship between the two countries and our DPRK is really tense."

Silla and Datang, even today, the war between the two sides has not completely stopped, and they even plan to attack Datang next spring.

If it wasn't impossible to know exactly where Silla attacked Datang City, then the border generals of Datang had already prepared endless traps waiting for them.

Therefore, even if the Silla people pleaded guilty last year, it is absolutely impossible for Datang to let go of his monitoring at will.

The actions of the Silla Pleading Envoy in Chang'an were watched all the time, and there were very few negligence.

This is true in Silla, and even more so in Tubo.

Even the entire mission of Tubo is under the supervision of Datang.

The wounds that Tubo brought to Datang in Dafeichuan a few years ago will be remembered by Tang people all their lives.

Especially the emperor, who was always preparing to counterattack Tubo. After several years of preparation, the battle with Tubo was imminent.

Under such circumstances, how could Datang allow Tubo envoys to act freely in Chang'an to spy on intelligence.

Honglu Temple seems to be doing welcome and court etiquette, but in fact, spying on foreign intelligence and ensuring that the Tang Dynasty's secrets are not stolen by foreign enemies is also within their purview.

Under such circumstances, how did the Tubo envoys get more information about Datang from other people?

Someone is tipping off.

who?

Lu Huan, chief bookkeeper of the Master of Ceremonies of Honglu Temple.

This is Li Xuan's target.

Seeing Li Xuan's thoughts clearly, although Liu Boying's face darkened, his eyes suddenly calmed down.

On the other hand, Yang Shan on the side frowned subconsciously, and retorted: "Although what the lord said is reasonable, he lacks sufficient evidence. You can't conclude that he is Donghai just because Master Lu said a few inappropriate words last night." The king's people, right?"

"Then Brother Yang told Xiao Wang, at the banquet last night, why did Director Lu say those words innocently? Is it just because I don't like this king?" Li Xuan asked back, directly putting Yang Shan in place.

The reason why Lu Huan did that last night was because behind his back, there were others instigating to embarrass Li Xuan.

This is the cause and effect of this matter.

As for who that person was, no one knew for a while.

But among the officials, they have already locked Yang Shan.

Seeing Yang Shan standing there in a daze, Li Xuan shook her head lightly, and said, "Actually, Xiao Wang didn't intend to conduct an inspection last night. After all, Xiao Wang handled it well last night, but today he suddenly remembered that there might be problems in Honglu Temple. ...

If Master Lu is the person with the problem, then what he did last night is thought-provoking. Even if there is a follow-up action today, the consequences will be unimaginable. "

Next move, what next move?
While Yang Shan was still confused, Liu Boying had already reacted, and immediately said in a cold voice: "Cha, no matter what, arrest Lu Huan immediately."

Seeing that Liu Boying had completely changed his attitude in an instant, Li Xuan immediately bowed his hands: "Follow the order."

As soon as Li Xuan turned around, Liu Boying pulled Yang Shan and walked forward: "Let's go and have a look."

"Here!" Yang Shan had keenly sensed something was wrong at this moment, as if something very serious was happening.

The King of Nanchang had already realized this when he woke up this morning, and Liu Boying quickly understood the strangeness after being reminded by Li Xuan, but Yang Shan...

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The master of ceremonies was in the east courtyard of Honglu Temple. When Li Xuan, Liu Boying and others arrived, the Jinwu Guard had already sealed it tightly.

Cui Ding stepped forward quickly and whispered in Li Xuan's ear.

Li Xuan frowned, her face turned ugly immediately, she turned sideways and said in a low voice, "Let the people from Dali Temple come over quickly."

Liu Boying looked at the officials of the Office of Ceremonies gathered inside, as well as the closely guarded Jinwu Guards, and immediately sensed something was wrong. He turned to look at Li Xuan and said, "King of Nanchang, what happened?"

Li Xuan glanced at Yang Shan cautiously, and Yang Shan suddenly became suspicious.

Li Xuan waved her hand back, and the surrounding officials were immediately driven away.

At this time, Li Xuan took two steps forward, stood outside the gate of the master of ceremonies, facing Liu Boying and Yang Shan, bowed his hands seriously and said: "The Jin Wu Guard came a step late, Lu Huan is dead."

"Dead, why did he die?" Yang Shan's face suddenly showed incomparable shock.

"How can I die? I was used once as a pawn, and then my life was played to death." Liu Boying's face was extremely embarrassing, and he gave Yang Shan a hard look, and then gritted his teeth and said: "These Human methods are really ruthless!"

Compared with Yang Shan, who came from a family, Liu Boying, who has been in office for a long time, has the most thorough understanding of the mystery.

"Everyone wait, don't go in, let the people from Dali Temple come to investigate." Liu Boying shook his head fiercely, then looked up at Li Xuan, with a hint of surprise on his face: "The king of Nanchang is really sharp, he can detect Behind all of this is the East China Sea King operating."

Yang Shan stood aside, stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

Regardless of whether the East China Sea King is operating this matter, in the end it must be the East China Sea King.

Li Xuan smiled wryly, shook her head, and said: "Last night, Xiao Wang always thought that someone was playing tricks, but last night, Xiao Wang coped fairly well. I originally wanted to come back today to see what other means the other party has. , A flash of light flashed through my mind in the morning, and I was a little suspicious. Although I was sure about the relationship between Master Lu and the King of the East China Sea, there was no real evidence after all. I wanted to search, but I didn't expect them to kill people directly."

Liu Boying understood everything and nodded, so it made sense.

……

Di Renjie stood beside Lu Huan's body, and lowered his body to check Lu Huan's face. It was dark and dark, but the strange thing was that the face of Lu Huan who was killed was peaceful.

Looking back at the long knife stuck in Lu Huan's back, Di Renjie looked solemn, and then turned his head to look forward. Lu Huan's right hand was stretched out long, with five fingers spread out, as if he was covering something.

Di Renjie raised his hand and removed Lu Huan's hand from the floor, and wrote five bloody words under his hand: "The king of Nanchang kills me".

The handwriting is clear and straight.

Di Renjie immediately raised his head, looked in the direction of the door, and saw Li Xuan standing among the three people in the courtyard at a glance.

At this time, a Qianniu guard just happened to come from outside the door, whispered something in Li Xuan's ear, Li Xuan suddenly came to his senses, and his expression relaxed.

At this time, Liu Boying looked at Di Renjie, and asked directly: "Di Sicheng, what happened to Master Lu's death?"

Di Renjie clapped his hands, stood up, and glanced at the chaotic scene in the room.

Finally, he wiped the beard on his lips lightly, and said in a deep voice: "There are obvious signs of fighting in the house, and there are many knife marks. Moreover, this person left a last word before he died, saying that the king of Nanchang killed him." He, but after the lower officials studied and judged, this person definitely committed suicide."

Decisively committing suicide, Di Renjie's words stunned everyone.

How could a person who was pierced through the back with a long knife commit suicide.

(End of this chapter)