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

Chapter 656 Before the ancestral tablet, there must always be some offerings
The faint light shone into the exit of the underground secret room, and the underground secret room in winter was a little extraordinarily cold.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and Ming Chongyan stepped down from the top with a serious face, and then as soon as he entered the secret room, a cold sword light glared at him immediately.

Ming Chongyan stopped immediately, leaned back slightly, looked up, and saw Li Xuan standing in the middle of the secret room with his sword in his hand.

The sharp long sword pierced the ground for three points, and the bright sword directly reflected Ming Chongyan's figure, the light of the sword was cold and chilly.

Behind the long sword, Li Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and said in a quiet voice, "Really, you went all night."

The corner of Ming Chongyan's mouth twitched slightly, then he flicked his whisk and said softly: "My lord is going to kill someone."

Li Xuan suddenly laughed, the laugh made Ming Chongyan shudder.

"Before the emperor's memorial tablet, there must be some sacrifices." As soon as Li Xuan's words fell, Ming Chongyan subconsciously stepped back, but he firmly controlled his impulse.

Li Xuan glanced at Ming Chongyan with a sneer, then turned around and looked at the tablet behind him, and said softly: "Actually, this king is not that greedy, one arm, one leg, even one finger, one toe It’s all right, but people still have to leave it to the three divisions for interrogation.”

The corners of Ming Chongyan's eyes twitched uncontrollably. Today was the first time he felt the anger of Nanchang King.

The extremely sharp murderous aura made him dare not take half a step forward easily.

The abnormally vigilant spiritual sense in his mind told him that if he really wanted to move on, maybe he would really die.

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the prince." Ming Chongyan raised his head, bowed lightly to the tablet of Emperor Gaozu, and said, "The lower official is in Zheng Yi's residence, and he is on duty. All the residences of the Zheng family in Chang'an City, his Friends, relatives, and all possible places to go have been checked, but the person is still not found."

After finishing speaking, Ming Chongyan raised his eyes to look at Li Xuan, and then saw Li Xuan looking at him with sharp eyes.

With a sound of "choking", the long sword had already returned to its sheath, and then Li Xuan said lightly: "It's not surprising, because at this moment, maybe that Zheng Zhuangyuan has died in a certain gutter, and the people from Chang'an Wannian County Just continue to investigate, I don't need to waste any more time on this insignificant pawn."

"Dead chess?" Ming Chongyan immediately came to his senses, looked at Li Xuan and said, "What does the lord mean to say that Zheng Yi is just a dead chess that can be used at will?"

"Otherwise?" Li Xuan glanced at Ming Chongyan calmly, raised her head, looked at the guest room above her head, and said coldly: "Zheng Yi, born in Yonghui three years ago, aged 24, how could a 24-year-old person To be a descendant of the Hidden King...why, isn't he the grandson of the Hidden King?"

Li Jiancheng died in the ninth year of Wude, the Xuanwumen Incident, and 23 years later, Emperor Taizong died of illness, which was the first year of Yonghui.

In the third year of Yonghui, Li Jiancheng's son should be 25 years old, and he gave birth at the age of 25, and he is exactly 24 years old now.

Just as Ming Chongyan was about to express his conjecture, he saw Li Xuan's half-smile eyes, and his words were blocked immediately.

How could a descendant of a great family be able to impersonate so easily, especially if he was a descendant of Prince Yin Jiancheng.

The aristocratic family and clan, from the great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and mother must have detailed records, even when and where they were born, who gave birth to the wife, where they have experienced over the years, and where they have gone. It is easy to pretend to be fake.

What's more, Zheng Yi was the number one scholar in the second year of Shangyuan.

All his whereabouts in the past few years can be found out with a little inspection of his affairs.

Then compare it with the behavior of the East China Sea King, and immediately know that he is definitely not the East China Sea King.

Ming Chongyan recalled carefully, perhaps, everything last night seemed a little too smooth.

It went smoothly as if someone had arranged everything and then waited for them to drill in.

Ming Chongyan finally nodded, and said: "Your Majesty's words are correct, Zheng Yi may indeed be just a pawn. So please tell me, Your Majesty, how to investigate and deal with this matter?"

Li Xuan took a deep look at Ming Chongyan, and then said: "There is such a secret room under Zheng Yi's house, and it cannot be dug out in a short time. Inquire one by one in detail, and in addition, everyone who has entered and exited this mansion in the past year, as long as they know and can be found, they will all be carefully investigated, this matter is quite time-consuming, please take care."

Ming Chongyan looked at Li Xuan, and a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes: "Pindao almost forgot that the prince still has the duties of Honglu Temple. If so, then this matter will be investigated by the poor Taoist."

"That's the best." Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "In addition, there is also the British Duke. The king originally didn't want to investigate the British Duke in detail, but there is such a mistake in his family. If there is no detailed investigation, I am really sorry. Living in the emperor's ancestor, the real person said, right?"

Ming Chongyan's breathing suddenly became heavy.

In fact, at the beginning, Ming Chongyan wanted to strictly investigate Li Jingye. After all, this matter was just someone else's accusation and frame, and it couldn't really hurt Li Jingye.

After all, Li Ji, the British prince, was kind to the Queen of Heaven back then. Although Li Jingye, the British prince, has other ideas now, the queen still wants to win over Li Jingye, the heir. That is.

But now, the King of Nanchang, who didn't want to take this muddy water at all, has completely changed his attitude, and his reasons are indeed irrefutable.

In his own home, set up a tablet of Gaozu privately.

Although this was not done by Li Jingye himself, the reputation of being a bad housekeeper has fallen on Li Jingye's head, which cannot be removed no matter what.

This matter is only dissatisfied with the king of Nanchang. Once it is widely publicized and known to the clans all over the world, there will be many people who are dissatisfied with Li Jingye.

Li Jingye's Li character was given by Gaozu back then, but now, they don't respect Gaozu, and they have made such a heavy responsibility, just saying that the housekeeper is not good, it is already too cheap for them.

If it was another family, they would have been copied and killed by the whole family at this moment.

"So, Pindao will go to work first." Ming Chongyan glanced at the tablet behind the secret room, and shook his head slightly in his heart.

The consequences of this incident seem to be much more serious than he originally expected.

The king of Nanchang always reacted like this, so what is His Majesty's attitude in the palace?

Just as he turned around, Ming Chongyan was about to take a step, when suddenly he felt a chill on the back of his neck.

Ming Chongyan turned his head suddenly, and suddenly saw Li Xuansen's cold eyes staring at the back of his neck.

When Ming Chongyan turned around, Li Xuan didn't have any intention of avoiding it, but instead grinned, showing her teeth, and laughed.

Ming Chongyan suddenly felt a sense of anxiety, and quickly walked out of the underground secret room.

At this time, his heart completely calmed down.

He couldn't help but think, was the King of Nanchang really that angry just now?

Ming Chongyan couldn't help substituting himself, because his own main altar was destroyed by someone, and he was afraid that he would kill all the people involved.

Yes, the king of Nanchang was that angry.

At this moment, there was a sound of heavy footsteps outside.

Ming Chongyan walked out of the room, looked up, in front of him, Zhou Gan, and Cui Ding were carrying a table of pig's head, sheep's head, calf's head, grains and fine wine.

Although the three animals were prepared, Ming Chongyan could still clearly see that the three animals were killed just last night.

Pigs and sheep don't matter, but the laws of the Tang Dynasty clearly stipulate that cattle should not be slaughtered lightly, but now the king of Nanchang uses them to worship Emperor Gaozu.

Even if Wei Zheng was alive, he would not dare to touch such a bad luck.

And even if there was such a fool, the emperor punished the King of Nanchang, but it was nothing more than a copper fine.

What's more, it might not even be possible that the emperor has already handed out a lot of rewards as soon as the copper was fined here.

Ming Chongyan looked up at Qianniuwei who was standing solemnly on the left and right, and sighed softly in his heart: He should shut up.

……

After the sacrificial table was set up, Li Xuan knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to salute Emperor Gaozu's spirit tablet again.

After finishing all this, Li Xuan came out of the secret room, and then asked someone to set up a table, and began to write a memorial on it.

Everything from last night to now was written in detail without any embellishment or deletion.

Finally, he asked how to deal with the tablet of Emperor Gaozu.

Even if the people of the world enshrine the tablet of Emperor Gaozu, the royal family needs to sincerely invite it into the Taimiao, let alone the descendants of Prince Yin.

Although his people were not caught, the tablet of Gaozu still needs to be disposed of properly.

However, the royal family will not admit the matter of the descendants of the crown prince, and it is difficult to deal with it without a proper reason.

As soon as the green bamboo writing brush was put away, Li Xuan immediately continued to write: "Your Majesty impeached the Duke of England, Li Jingye, the Inspector of Meizhou, and impeached Wei Hongji, the Minister of the Young Household, for lax family management. Your Majesty, please drop the blame."

As for all the people involved in this case, Li Xuan proposed to investigate them secretly.

He directly pointed out that this matter, including Li Jingye, is very likely to be a scheme by the king of the East China Sea, with the purpose of cooperating with Tubo and messing up the center of the Tang Dynasty.

"Today, although I haven't captured the traitor Donghai, I know that he is very close to us. In this way, we will cross-reference all related cases including today, and the person who appeared on multiple occasions at the same time will be identified. The suspicion of the traitor Donghai is due to his rare flaws..."

After writing the memorial and waiting for the memorial to finish, Li Xuan immediately looked up at Zhou Qian, handed out the memorial, and at the same time said in a deep voice: "Immediately return to the Zuoqianniuwei Mansion and hand it over to King Beiping, asking him to deliver the memorial to His Majesty and Diva."

"The next official obeys the order." Zhou Gan immediately cupped his hands, then took the memorial respectfully, and walked quickly towards the palace.

This place is very close to the imperial palace, so it should be possible to deliver the memorial to the imperial palace as soon as the palace gate opens.

Just as he put down the brush, a flash of light flashed in Li Xuan's mind.

Suddenly, he stood up and looked towards the heavily guarded underground chamber, his face instantly became extremely ugly.

Immediately afterwards, Li Xuan walked out of the room quickly, without bothering to explain, immediately took Cui Ding and others out of the British public house, and then directly got on the horse.

A group of Jinwu guards followed closely behind Li Xuan, forming two rows. As soon as Li Xuan patted his horse, they immediately followed up.

Li Xuan just left on horseback when Ming Chongyan shouted from behind, "Where is the king of Nanchang going?"

"Secretary Ministry, check the imperial decree storage of the past dynasties." Li Xuan's voice remained in the air.

Ming Chongyan stood in front of the Li Mansion, frowned, and said to himself: "Why is this related to the Secretary Province again, Zhou Guogong, don't make any trouble!"

Zhou Guogong, secretary supervisor, Wu Chengsi.

(End of this chapter)