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

Chapter 657

Wu Chengsi walked in the passage of the inner palace of the Secretary's Department with an ugly expression. He only found out that the king of Nanchang rushed into the secretary's prison just as the palace gate opened, and then acted according to the order of the Queen of Heaven. I don't know what they want to do, and Wu Chengsi has just left Wubenfang at this time.

In the front is the inner storehouse. Two Jinwu guards guarded the door with knives, and several recorders were blocked outside the door, so they couldn't get in at all.

However, in front of the densely packed bookshelves inside, one can see the King of Nanchang standing in the forefront at a glance, and there are more Jinwu Guards rummaging inside.

Wu Chengsi's breathing suddenly became heavy.

The secretarial library in the Secretary's Province stores the imperial seals and iron certificates granted by the emperors from the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States, the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Sixteen Kingdoms in the North and the South, and even the former Sui Dynasty and the present Dynasty. Patent cover book.

Although there are similar functions, there are History Museum, Hongwen Museum, Jixian Museum, Chongwen Museum, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Prince Economics Bureau and other ministries, but if they are useful, they will be kept, and if they are useless, they will be placed in the Secretary Ministry. , the secretary province is the most.

Seeing King Nanchang turn his head, Wu Chengsi immediately felt awe, and the dissatisfaction in his heart was instantly cleared away.

According to the order of the Queen of Heaven, it is absolutely impossible for the King of Nanchang to lie about this kind of matter.

False preaching of the oracle will kill people.

Wu Chengsi stood still in front of the door of the Nei Zangku, bowed his hands solemnly to Li Xuan and said: "Chengsi has met the King of Nanchang, and I don't know why the prince came to the secretary's office. If there is a need, the officials will do their best to help."

Li Xuan looked at the respectful Wu Chengsi with a little surprise. As far as he knew, although Wu Chengsi's behavior was not domineering, he was not a kind person, which is rare!
Waving to the Jinwu Guard at the door, Li Xuan picked up the sword hilt from his waist with his right hand, then bowed politely to Wu Chengsi and said, "Duke Zhou is very polite, this king is here to search for some royal titles left by the emperor back then. And the back cover book."

Wu Chengsi relaxed subconsciously, then cupped his hands and said: "I don't know what kind of conferment the prince needs. Some of these things are stored in the history museum, and some are stored in Hongwen officials and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If necessary, the officials can accompany the prince. Let's get it together."

"No need." Li Xuan shook her head, smiled wryly, and said, "Among the various departments, the Secretary Department is the easiest to get these things."

The easiest thing, Wu Chengsi couldn't help being taken aback.

Before Wu Chengsi could react, more than a dozen Jinwu Guards among the crowd in front had already come to Li Xuan holding a copy of the ancient imperial decree, and then bowed and said: "My lord, we have found them all."

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly gathered her up: "Return to the box and enter the palace."

In a blink of an eye, a Jinwu Guard stepped forward and used a black brocade box to put more than a dozen imperial edicts into the box.

Li Xuan turned around, looked at Wu Chengsi, and said solemnly: "Mr. Zhou, according to the rules, you have to go through the formalities, right?"

Wu Chengsi immediately came back to his senses, cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "The lord is going to enter the palace?"

"Yes, this matter is urgent, and we need to report it to His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven immediately." Li Xuan looked at Wu Chengsi, suddenly understood, and immediately said: "Duke Zhou, please go together, this matter requires the presence of Duke Zhou, please! "

Li Xuan turned around and nodded to the many Jinwu guards behind, then quickly walked towards the door.

Li Xuan's footsteps were fast, just as Wu Chengsi was about to ask something, a group of Jinwu guards had already followed Li Xuan out quickly, suppressing all Wu Chengsi's words.

Wu Chengsi glanced at his master book and recorder, waved his hand and said, "Clean up quickly and see what has been taken away."

After finishing speaking, Wu Chengsi followed quickly, his eyes were dignified, but his expression was relaxed.

What the king of Nanchang wanted was something from the time of Emperor Gaozu. How useful those things could be.

Just as Wu Chengsi walked out of the secretarial office, he saw that Li Xuan had already got on his horse, and he hurried away without waiting for him.

At this moment, a servant of the Wufu quickly walked over from the side of the Royal Street.

Wu Chengsi took a look, the servant was the servant who delivered the news in the mansion, seeing Wu Chengsi getting on his horse, the servant immediately stepped aside...

There is something, but you can wait.

"Drive!" Wu Chengsi quickly headed towards Daming Palace with his guards.

……

Wu Chengsi urged the horse quickly, but Li Xuan didn't wait for him at all. When Wu Chengsi caught up, they had already arrived at the Danfeng gate of Daming Palace. Just in time, Wu Chengsi saw that Ming Chongyan was already waiting in the palace. outside the door.

Before Wu Chengsi could open his mouth to inquire, a white-faced servant in the palace had already stepped out. Seeing Li Xuan and Ming Chongyan, he immediately lowered his body and said respectfully: "The sage said: King Nanchang, real person Shiyin , see you at Zichen Palace."

"Minister Li Xuan, Ming Chongyan takes the decree." Li Xuan and Ming Chongyan immediately cupped their hands, and then walked quickly towards the Daming Palace.

Wu Chengsi was about to follow immediately, but he was stopped by the Jinwu guards guarding the gate.

"Nanchang King, Master Shiyin, and Chengsi, wait a minute!" Wu Chengsi immediately shouted to Li Xuan and Ming Chongyan.

Li Xuan suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned his head and glanced at Wu Chengsi, then came to his senses, and then said a few words to the servant.

The servant immediately understood, and waved his hand to the Jinwu guard at the door, and Wu Chengsi was immediately let go.

Wu Chengsi quickly caught up, and was about to ask something, but seeing the solemn expressions on Li Xuan and Ming Chongyan's faces, he couldn't speak.

……

In the Zichen Palace, Empress Wu and the emperor sat on the throne on the steps of the palace. Empress Wu held a memorial in her hand and read it carefully with a frown.

Li Xuan, Ming Chongyan, and Wu Chengsi entered, stood in the hall, and clasped their hands at the same time, saying: "Li Xuan, Shaoqing of Chen Honglu Temple, Ming Chongyan, the right admonisher, and Wu Chengsi, the secretary supervisor, pay homage to Your Majesty, Greetings to the world, Your Majesty Wanan, and the Queen of Heaven Wanan."

"Get up." Li Zhi waved his hand slightly, then looked at Wu Chengsi strangely, and asked, "Why is Secretary Jian walking with King Nanchang and Daoist Shiyin today?"

Wu Chengsi immediately cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the King of Nanchang went to the secretary's prison under the order of the Queen of Heaven, and found more than a dozen copies of imperial seals and imperial seal books from Emperor Gaozu Taiwu's time?"

"Oh?" Li Zhi immediately looked at Li Xuan, and said, "Nanchang King, but what happened last night involved the Secretary and Superintendent."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Xuan immediately looked at Li Zhi with a serious face, and then handed over the black brocade box on the ground.

Li Zhi raised his hand, Wang Fulai immediately stepped forward, took off the black brocade box from Li Xuan's hand, and quickly walked back to Li Zhi's side.

Putting the brocade box in front of Li Zhi, Wang Fulai opened the brocade box directly under the watchful eyes of Li Zhi and Empress Wu.

Inside the brocade box are old imperial seals and imperial seal booklets.

Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan in surprise, frowned and asked, "King of Nanchang, what is this?"

Although Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan only reigned for nine years, the imperial edicts issued every year during these nine years are vast, let alone nine years, no matter how you say it, there shouldn't be only this little bit in front of you.

Li Xuan took a step forward, cupped her hands solemnly, and said, "Report to Your Majesty, Queen of Heaven, these are the Gaozu's imperial seals issued from Da'an Palace in the eighth year of Zhenguan, and the imperial seal book."

"The eighth year of Zhenguan, Da'an Palace." Li Zhi's face suddenly became serious, and he sat up straight immediately, and then motioned to Empress Wu to help him open the imperial edict.

Empress Wu didn't dare to hesitate, and acted immediately.

In May of the eighth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Gaozu died in Da'an Palace.

After the Xuanwumen incident in the ninth year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu abdicated as the Supreme Emperor and was imprisoned in Da'an Palace. Although his life was safe, Emperor Taizong was considered filial, but no power means no power.

What he said could not interfere with the operation of the DPRK, and the imperial decree he sent was ignored.

But the eighth year of Zhenguan was different. In that year, since Emperor Gaozu was ill, the imperial doctor had concluded that he would not live for a few months.

So in that year, Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan issued many imperial edicts from Da'an Palace to former veterans, comforting, chatting, and even rewarding them.

There are also many young children who were left to him, and Emperor Taizong approved them one by one after seeing them.

Now is the critical moment to hunt down the king of the East China Sea, but now it suddenly pulls out something about the eighth year of Wude and the year when Gaozu passed away. This is too sensitive.

Could it be that Emperor Gaozu still left some unknown will?

Empress Wu, the emperor, immediately thought of this question.

Wu Chengsi and Ming Chongyan also thought of this, especially Wu Chengsi.

You must know that these things were originally stored in the Secretary's Department. If there is really a will and Wu Chengsi doesn't know about it, then he will be in big trouble.

Before Wu Chengsi could figure out whether this was really the case, the emperor's cold voice sounded from the imperial couch in front of him: "Secretary supervisor, what is going on?"

With a sound of "crash", one after another, the old Gaozu imperial seals were thrown at Wu Chengsi's feet.

Wu Chengsi lowered his head subconsciously, and suddenly saw that many Gaozu imperial seals, some were missing a few words, and some were simply short of a sentence. Among the dozen or so Gao Zu imperial seals, seven or eight of them were So, Wu Chengsi was dumbfounded when he saw this scene.

"Your Majesty, Queen of Heaven, this matter... I really don't know about this matter!" Wu Chengsi fell to his knees in an instant, his face full of pain and guilt.

These are Gaozu's patents, Gaozu's patents in the eighth year of Zhenguan, let alone now, even in the eighth year of Zhenguan, these things are not of much use.

Every year, the secretary sorts out these things, and just takes a look at them to make sure they are still there. Who would have thought that someone would cut words from them.

Cut off characters, King of the East China Sea, Emperor Gaozu's edict.

A flash of lightning exploded in Wu Chengsi's mind in an instant, and he immediately bent down to the ground, pleading guilty in pain: "Everything is the fault of my minister, it's my negligence in management, please forgive me your Majesty and the Empress."

Li Zhi's gaze was fixed on Wu Chengsi. At this time, Empress Wu patted Li Zhi's arm lightly, and said softly: "Your Majesty, this matter, let alone Chengsi, even the concubines have never thought of it." Some people will do this, Cheng Si was negligent, His Majesty punished him, but now we still need to find out whether these things were taken by the King of the East China Sea or not?"

Li Zhi nodded silently, then leaned back slightly, and closed his eyes slightly.

Empress Wu immediately looked at Li Xuan, frowned and asked, "King of Nanchang, how did you think that traitor would do this?"

"After returning to heaven, I thought of it by chance." Li Xuan cupped his hands, and said with a slightly painful expression: "At that time, I was outside the secret room, and I had just been sent away to the palace for the memorial of what happened last night. All of a sudden, it felt like someone was staring at me, staring at Chen with a particularly smug look."

"The secret room where the tablet of Emperor Gaozu is enshrined, he let you find it on purpose." Li Zhi immediately understood Li Xuan's meaning, and at the same time said: "He is showing off to you, showing off to me, showing off. He got the emperor's will, but you and I don't know anything about it, King Nanchang, did you think so at the time?"

Li Xuan bowed heavily, and said: "I am guilty, but apart from this, I can't think of anything else, but I also know that there will never be any imperial edicts of the emperor, so it can only be forged. The emperor's writing, the easiest to get, is in the secretary's office."

In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on Wu Chengsi.

(End of this chapter)