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

Chapter 654 King Luo Bin, Yang Jiong, Du Shenyan and others
As the cold wind picked up, Li Xuan, dressed in a dark scarlet official robe, stood in the middle of the long street, her eyes flickering with a hint of caution.

On the north side of the long street is the official residence of Wei Hongji, the governor of Shaofu, and on the south side is the other courtyard of Li Jingye, the governor of Gongmei Prefecture in the United Kingdom.

One is the emperor's loyal minister, and the other is Li Ji's eldest grandson, neither of which is easy to mess with.

The entire Taiping Square was silent at some point, but there were always pairs of eyes staring at them in invisible places.

Suddenly, a rush of horseshoes sounded outside the gate of the workshop.

Immediately afterwards, a team of Qianniu Guards and a team of Jinwu Guards, divided into two teams, rushed into Taipingfang Central Avenue quickly, and then lined up on both sides.

Li Xuan put one hand on the Eight-Faced Han Sword at his waist, and turned around slowly. At this moment, a tall horse stopped right in front of Li Xuan.

Ming Chongyan, who was wearing a purple Taoist robe and held a fly whisk, immediately got off his horse, stood in front of Li Xuan, waved the fly whisk, and shouted: "Tell the Queen of Heaven!"

"My minister Li Xuan accepts the order." Li Xuan immediately knelt down on the ground.

"The matter of Taipingfang will be investigated by the king of Nanchang. No matter who is involved, if there is any doubt, he will be imprisoned immediately."

"Chen Nanchang King Li Xuan accepts the order." Li Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, nodded slightly to Ming Chongyan, then looked at Wei Hongji's official residence on the north side, and waved his left hand. Thousands of Niuwei, the Jinwuwei had already blasted open the gate of the mansion and rushed in.

……

"Why, the King of Nanchang is also afraid sometimes?" Ming Chongyan stood beside Li Xuan, looked at the Wei Mansion in front of him, and then turned sideways, looking at Li Xuan curiously.

Hearing this, Li Xuan turned sideways, and gave Ming Chongyan a slight salute: "The real person is joking, anyone will find it difficult to encounter such a thing."

"This thing really made the King of Nanchang so afraid?" Ming Chongyan was really surprised. Based on his understanding of Li Xuan, it was really rare in the world that the King of Nanchang, who was fearless and fearless, was also afraid.

Li Xuan was a little speechless, although he had a lot of power, if he acted recklessly and made enemies at will, then I'm afraid he wouldn't even know how he died.

Especially in Chang'an, it's better not to be so ostentatious.

Li Xuan turned around, looked at the mansion on the south side, and said, "The real person should know who owns this mansion, right?"

Ming Chongyan nodded calmly and said, "Mr. British."

"Heir to British Duke." Li Xuan emphasized, and then said: "Thus, British Duke was in Western Turkic and killed Goguryeo. Seventy per cent have served under the British Crown."

When Li Xuan said this, Ming Chongyan's expression became completely serious.

Li Xuan followed up and said: "This house fell into the hands of the British Duke in the third year of Xianheng. Before that, the owner of this house was the servant, the left minister of the school, and Jiang Ke, the Duke of Yong'an County. The Duke of Yong'an is also the former Ministry of the former British Duke. That's all, the key is the father of the Duke of Yong'an, the former Duke of Yong'an, the Great General of Youwuwei Jiang Baoyi."

Jiang Baoyi and Ming Chongyan looked inexplicably strange, how could this matter involve a person who had been dead for decades.

When Jiang Ke was promoted to serve as a servant, he inspected the left minister, which was much more important than a general of the right military guard.

Li Xuan shook her head, and solemnly said to Ming Chongyan: "The real person doesn't know something. Although the Duke of Yong'an passed away very early, he was a hero who started his career with the emperor's grandfather. He had followed the emperor's grandfather for many years in the former Sui Dynasty. My grandfather was transferred to stay in Taiyuan, and the county magistrate of Yong'an followed him all the way, fought many times, and finally was betrayed by Pei Ji when he was attacking Song Jingang, and died on the spot."

From the end of the Sui Dynasty to the present, a Jiazi has passed, how can ordinary people remember a dead Jiang Baoyi.

But Ming Chongyan frowned after listening to Li Xuan's words: "The Duke of Yong'an died, so what about the Duke of Yong'an?"

Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and said: "During the reign of the first emperor, the Duke of Yong'an County was young. In the Yonghui period of this dynasty, he was appointed as the captain of the Qianniu Guard and General Lang. In the Minister of the Ministry of War, inspecting the left minister, and serving in the middle."

Ming Chongyan's face suddenly darkened. Although Li Xuan didn't speak clearly, he had already told him without a doubt that Jiang Ke started his career during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, and was lost to everyone in the Taizong Dynasty.

"Mr. Yong'an County must have nothing to do with Prince Yin, because he has been dead for nearly four years, and his son is working in another state. He even sold his house to the British Duke. The intention is clearly visible." Li Xuan waved his hands, but his expression was serious. He said coldly: "But in this matter, I am not afraid that it will be fine, but I am afraid that someone will frame it and collude with it. If so, how many people in the court will lose their families because of this."

Only then did Ming Chongyan come to his senses, looked at Li Xuan and said, "It turns out that the prince was talking about the heir to Yingying."

Li Xuan glanced at Ming Chongyan, and said calmly: "This is what a real person said, and it has nothing to do with this king."

Ming Chongyan couldn't help laughing, shook his head and sighed: "The king of Nanchang has also learned to be tricky."

Li Xuan remained calm, and even turned around to look at the two mansions in front of him.

Ming Chongyan stood beside Li Xuan, his expression already solemn.

Although Li Xuan said so much, in fact, he was indirectly reminding Ming Chongyan not to get too involved in this matter.

Ming Chongyan must have reported this matter to the Queen of Heaven, but Li Xuan didn't mention Li Jingye at all, and didn't mention the central officials at all, only two dead people were talking.

In this way, even if Li Jingye is really found out in the future, it has nothing to do with him, the King of Nanchang.

She has really grown up, and all kinds of officialdom tricks are very slippery!
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Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps in Wei's mansion, Li Xuan looked up, and saw Zhou Qian walking out of the mansion quickly.

Coming to Li Xuan's side, Zhou Gan cupped his hands solemnly and said, "My lord, I found something."

"Let's go, go in and have a look." Li Xuan looked back at Ming Chongyan, who nodded solemnly.

That's all for Li Jingye, the young minister Wei Hongji was first involved in this matter.

Although he had already moved his family and servants to Luoyang, it was still his official residence.

Entering Wei Mansion, the torches inside have already illuminated the entire courtyard.

A Qianniuwei stood in a row, holding a Qianniuwei, and a dozen servants were escorted aside.

Looking at those older male and female servants, Ming Chongyan shook his head, looked at Li Xuan and said, "Wei Hongji is a very thoughtful person. His Majesty was preparing to build Shangyang Palace, and Wei Hongji directly gave away all the wealth of the Shaofu's family. He took it out to help His Majesty, and later, because of the long construction period of Shangyang Palace, he even sent all his family to Luoyang, leaving only a few servants to manage the official residence."

is a cruel man.

Ming Chongyan didn't understand what he said, but Li Xuan already understood.

Under the east courtyard wall, a series of unclear footprints stretched from under the wall to the inner courtyard.

Zhou Qiangong reported: "Reporting to the lord, there is no evidence found in the entire Wei Mansion, only this road, perhaps because it has been walked too many times, the footprints have been deeply imprinted, but it broke directly under the wall, here There are still half footprints."

"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded slightly, glanced at Ming Chongyan who bent down to check the footprints, and said in a deep voice, "What does the housekeeper say?"

"Reporting to the lord, these old people don't know three things when they ask, and they say that they go to work every day at sunrise and rest at sunset. They don't know what happened." Zhou Gan shook his head helplessly.

Li Xuan shook her head calmly, and said, "They should have been drugged."

"Prescribing medicine?" Zhou Gan was taken aback for a moment, and immediately came to his senses: "What the lord means is that every time outsiders come in, they will give them medicine."

"Tell the words of the king to everyone in the Wei family, and then add another sentence, saying that someone from their own family has attacked them, and who is the one who asked them to find the medicine by themselves." Li Xuan's words had just landed, and Ming Chongyan He stood up and said with admiration: "The prince's methods are getting more and more sophisticated, especially when he can accurately judge what happened."

Li Xuan waved his hand and asked Zhou Qian to do it immediately, and then looked at Ming Chongyan and said: "No matter who wants to use this house to do something, the first thing to do is to make sure that this house will be used at a specific time. , no one... the old servant at home can give medicine, but what if the master comes back, not only will the old servant not be able to sleep, but the whole house will have to be lit all night, and he cannot kill people, he can only plant eyeliner."

Ming Chongyan nodded, looked towards the direction of the central hall, and said: "If this person is investigated by people from Qianniuwei and Dali Temple, he will have to kill several people to find out, but with a few words from the prince, let them find out by themselves." Bring out the evil."

"It's just a trick." Li Xuan turned around, looked at the wall in front of him, and half of the footprints on the ground, shook his head, and pressed his left hand on the wall. The blocking wall has already collapsed like crumbs.

"It's a false wall again." Ming Chongyan smiled wryly, looked at Li Xuan who was indifferent, and said, "I heard that the prince has repeatedly encountered false wall cases in Yangzhou and Hangzhou, and now I have seen it in Chang'an. It’s also really amazing.”

"Don't be afraid of simplicity, as long as it is effective, the King of the East China Sea is not a waste." Li Xuan looked at the street outside, and then walked out directly.

Soon, Li Xuan had already crossed the street and appeared under the courtyard wall of Li Mansion's other courtyard.

At this moment, the interior of the Li Mansion is already brightly lit. Compared to the silence of the Wei Mansion, the Li Mansion is relatively noisy.

Li Xuan looked back at Ming Chongyan, and whispered: "Really!"

Ming Chongyan waved his hand: "Your Majesty, do as you please."

"Okay." Li Xuan stretched out his hand again, and lightly pressed on the wall. The next moment, his strength erupted, and with a "crash", the two-meter-long wall immediately collapsed.

There was too much wood powder in the debris underground, and Li Xuan destroyed the false wall without much effort.

Li Xuan looked back at Ming Chongyan, sighed and said: "Only this kind of false wall can be opened silently and without alarming anyone. Now it is estimated that there are many such false walls in the entire Chang'an city." .”

Ming Chongyan understood Li Xuan's meaning, nodded and said: "After the poor Taoist returns to the palace, he will advise Tianhou, and the world will investigate and destroy it."

Li Xuan smiled: "Really please!"

"My lord, please!"

……

In the vast central hall, the housekeeper of Li's residence respectfully presented the guest registration book, and then bowed and said: "This mansion was set up by our master for the residence of the old master's old department in Chang'an. After all, it is close to the imperial palace. not bad……"

Li Jingye is trying to buy people's hearts.

Li Xuan casually flipped through the registration book in his hand. On it were the names of high-ranking officials, most of whom were governors of various states, generals of various guards, generals, local captains Guoyi, and captains Zhechong.

This place is very close to the imperial palace. If the governors, captains, and generals from other places return to Beijing to report on their duties, if they can arrive at the palace gate earlier, they will be able to meet the emperor and queen sooner.

Moreover, the people living around here are all the dignitaries among them, even if they walk back and forth, they are faster and less troublesome than others.

If it really works, I don't know how many people will be grateful to Li Jingye.

Good deal!

Li Xuan flipped through the booklet to the month of September, looked at the butler of Li's residence, and asked, "Is there anyone here who doesn't need to log in here, but can live here at will?"

The butler was slightly taken aback, but still cupped his hands and said, "Second master, young master, and some friends they usually bring, if they live here occasionally, don't they need to register?"

Li Xuan and Ming Chongyan looked up at the butler at the same time.

Ming Chongyan quickly asked: "Your second master, and your young master, who do you usually associate with?"

The housekeeper said cautiously: "Reporting to the lord, the real person and the second master are mostly friends in the literary world, such as Song Zhiwen, Luo Binwang, Yang Jiong, Du Shenyan and others. My young master's contacts are mostly Jingzhao Webster. , Du family, Hongnong Yang family, Taiyuan Wang family, Qinghe Cui family, Fanyang Lu family, Xingyang Zheng family's descendants, and King Ying..."

(End of this chapter)