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

Chapter 722 Commander of the secret guards, turning around in every possible way

The sky was dark and the rain gradually stopped.

Outside Pingkangfang, a whole team of Jinwu Guards appeared outside Qinxiangyuan, standing three meters outside the gate of Qinxiangyuan, holding long spears, lined up in a row, with cold faces.

In front of Qinxiangyuan, the Jinwu Guard directly occupied half of the long street, blocking all the way in and out of Qinxiangyuan.

He Qiniang walked out slowly from the back, walked in front of a group of Jinwu guards, then knelt towards Qinxiangyuan, looked at the front gate with weeping eyes, but inside the gate, although there were countless eyes falling on her in the dark at this moment , but still nothing happened.

Across the street on the east side of Qinxiang Garden, a black carriage parked there silently.

Li Xuan sat in the carriage opposite, looking coldly at the luxurious Qinxiang Garden opposite.

Baiying has been sent to Qianniu Prison by him, and now the only thing missing is Qinxiang Garden.

Qin Ming sat across from Li Xuan, dressed in blue and gold armor, frowning, looked at Li Xuan with a little worry and asked, "Do you really want to do it?"

Li Xuan nodded gently: "Of course, but do you have to wait?"

Qin Ming was taken aback, and subconsciously asked, "What are you waiting for?"

"Decree." Li Xuan raised his head, looked in the direction of the Daming Palace through the car window, and said softly, "I have already gone to ask for decree."

……

Daming Palace, outside Zichen Hall.

Zhao Gong stood with his hands tied with a stern expression on his face, his veins jumped out from time to time, but he calmed down quickly, the tension and solemnity in his eyes were clearly visible.

A servant in green clothes walked out of the inner hall quickly, glanced at Zhao Gong, then raised his head to look into the distance, and shouted loudly: "There is an order from the Queen of Heaven, Doctor Xuan Chaosan, Zhao Gong will see you."

Zhao Gong immediately bowed and held his hands in front of him, saluting and saying, "Your Majesty, Zhao Gong, accepts the decree."

The moment he lowered his head, all the expressions on Zhao Gong's face disappeared, and when he raised his head again, his face was filled with awe and fear.

Zhao Gong was dressed in a crimson official robe, with two cyan jade ornaments hanging around his waist. He raised his head and stepped forward. He walked leisurely, and every step seemed to be measured and regular.

In the solemn Zichen Hall, countless candles have been lit at this moment.

Zhao Gong stepped forward and stood in the center of the hall. Without raising his head, he cupped his hands directly to Empress Wu who was sitting behind the imperial cabinet and said, "I will send you the official, Zhao Gong, the commander of the secret guards, to pay my respects to the Queen of Heaven. May the Queen be safe."

After the trial, Empress Wu was reviewing the memorial, when Zhao Gong came in, she didn't raise her head at all, and asked directly: "What's the matter?"

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, just half an hour ago, Zhou Zhi, the deputy head of the Vientiane Pavilion, was assassinated by Bai Ying, the deputy head of the Vientiane Pavilion just half an hour ago." As soon as Zhao Gong's voice fell, the Empress Wu who had been in charge of the case had already raised her head. Aroused a trace of doubt.

Zhao Gong hurriedly continued: "Reporting to the Queen of Heaven, it happened that the King of Nanchang was passing by at that time, and finally defeated the white eagle and beheaded him."

After reviewing the case, Empress Wu frowned, put down the fine jade-tube pen in her hand, and sighed softly: "What's going on?"

"Reporting to the Queen of Heaven, it was Zhou Zhi who secretly communicated with Tubo under the door. Through the hands of Wanxiang Pavilion, he resold me and arranged it in Tubo on the west line, but the king of Nanchang saw through it in advance." Zhao Gong said, and took out a bag from his sleeve. This memorial is handed out slightly forward.

The chamberlain on the side quickly came down, took the memorial, and finally handed it to Empress Wu.

Empress Wu opened the memorial and said at the same time: "You continue."

"Here!" Zhao Gong hurriedly cupped his hands, and said at the same time: "Reporting to the Queen of Heaven, after the King of Nanchang strangled Wanxiangge Ming'an a few days ago, he followed Zhou Zhi, but because there was no evidence, he kept secretly monitoring the periphery. Before hours, after Zhou Zhi left Qujiang Lake, he traded with Bai Ying and was captured by the King of Nanchang on the spot."

Empress Wu nodded slightly, and said lightly: "Mingqing has reported this before."

"Yes!" Zhao Gong bowed and continued: "But today, during the fight, Bai Ying used the secret method of all things to replace Zhou Zhi. In the end, Zhou Zhi was injured by Bai Ying and died of serious injuries, but Bai Ying had been captured alive. !”

"Oh?" Empress Wu raised her head suddenly, looked at Zhao Gong with a face full of surprise, shook her head slightly, and said, "I always thought that the king of Nanchang would either die or be injured in his actions. It is rare, rare, to be able to catch a living."

Zhao Gong immediately said in panic: "Reporting to the Queen of Heaven, Bai Ying knew that he could not escape, so he used tricks to cheat his death, but he didn't know that he had already been seen through by the King of Nanchang and easily captured. Now he has been locked in Qianniu Prison, waiting for him to wake up. We will strictly investigate the secrets of Wanxiang Pavilion."

"Well, you did a good job!" Empress Wu nodded in satisfaction, and then said, "It's Yuchi Xunyu who was called by the right guard of the Eastern Palace. Pass the decree, and promote Yuchi Xunyu to lead Sima."

"Here!" Zhao Gong immediately handed over his hands in a solemn voice. How could the Queen of Heaven not know about such a big thing as the East Palace's troop deployment?

Empress Wu read the memorial, put it aside, and then looked up at Zhao Gong: "This matter can be reported to Qianniu Guards and Dali Temple for handling. Why did you come to the palace in such a hurry? What is the specific matter?"

"The Queen of Heaven has insight!" Zhao Gong bowed slightly, and then said carefully: "The Queen of Heaven, the King of Nanchang also found a female...envoy on the carriage where Zhou Zhi and Bai Ying were captured?"

"Female envoy?" Empress Wu suddenly raised her head and looked at Zhao Gong in disbelief.

Zhao Gong cupped his hands immediately and said: "Reporting to the Queen of Heaven, she is He Qiniang, a prostitute from Qinxiangyuan in Pingkangfang, but in fact, her real identity is He Miao, a criminal daughter of the Yeting Bureau, and her father is the fourth son of Xianqing. In the first year of Linde, the daughter of He Yang, the No. [-] Scholar, was accused of conspiring with Shangguan Yi to collude with the abolished crown prince and conspire against him. She was exiled to Bozhou and died for several years. Zhou Zhi was the one who reported He Yang."

As soon as Shangguan Yi's name came out, behind the curtain on the right, a female officer in her thirties suddenly raised her head, but then quickly lowered her head.

……

Empress Wu's brows were tightly frowned, and she couldn't help clenching her right fist: "The second place in Xianqing's fourth year, Linde's first year is no more than six ranks."

Zhao Gong cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to the Queen of Heaven, it was Zuo Lang's work on the sixth grade. At that time, He Yang was about to move to Tongshisheren."

"How can a scholar Zuo Lang be qualified to associate with the prime minister, and he is also a deposed prince." A trace of disgust flashed in Empress Wu's eyes.

Of course, not to mention He Yang back then, even Shangguanyi was framed by others.

The one who framed Shangguan Yi's deposed prince Li Zhong for treason was the Empress Wu in front of her.

It's just that although everyone knows that Shangguan Yi's death was unjust, everyone also knows that Shangguan Yi's death was not unjust.

Empress Wu shook her head, tossed the thought out of her mind, and then snorted coldly with disdain: "Oh, it really is a good way to frame a colleague through court disputes, and then put his daughter into the bed... Wait, the criminal daughter of the Yeting Bureau , How could she become a prostitute in Qinxiangyuan, and how could she be sent to... come, pass on to Xu Zhong, the servant and young supervisor."

"Here!" The chamberlain on one side bowed immediately when Empress Wu shouted coldly, and then trotted out of the palace.

Empress Wu looked at Zhao Gong with a livid face and said, "Go on."

"Here!" Zhao Gong bowed and continued: "The female prostitute He Miao confessed that Zhou Zhi often met privately with others in Qinxiang Garden, often commented on government affairs, vented his dissatisfaction, slandered the emperor, conspired..."

With a sound of "crash", the countless memorials on the royal case were slammed to the ground. Empress Wu gritted her teeth and said, "What did you say?"

"Reporting to the Queen of Heaven, Zhong Zhou Zhi, a member of the sect, Cui Fan from Zhongshushe, Hu Zai from Zhongshe, the crown prince, and Zheng Fan, the secretary and junior supervisor, often meet in private to comment on government affairs, and from time to time there are wild and contradictory remarks...here What a wonderful confession, please preview it." Zhao Gong immediately took out another confession from his sleeve and handed it over.

The servant on the side carefully delivered the paper offering to Empress Wu.

Empress Wu glanced at it briefly, and when she saw the above words, the paper offering in her hand was immediately clenched into a ball.

Zhao Gong immediately continued: "Because the matter involves the palace, the king of Nanchang please play. Is it Qianniuwei who used the assassination to inspect Qinxiangyuan, or is it to be inspected by the inner guard?"

The inner guards rarely leave the palace, but illegal things in the palace have always been investigated by the inner guards.

"What are you asking the inner guard to investigate? Don't you think it's not messy enough?" Empress Wu gave Zhao Gong an angry look, then took a deep breath, calmed down, then chuckled, and said, "It's the king of Nanchang himself who wants to check Qinxiang Court?"

"Reporting to the Queen of Heaven, the King of Nanchang heard that in Qinxiang Garden, there were often secret meetings of ministers and bureaucrats, threatening to play with prostitutes, discussing government affairs indiscriminately, and slandering the empress... He was extremely angry. That's why I didn't go too far..."

"There is nothing rash. If he wants to investigate, let him do a thorough investigation. I will find out all the filth in it, and all the officials involved will be arrested and sent to Qianniu Prison." Empress Wu Gritting her teeth, the anger in her heart was already a little unspeakable.

The people in the palace sent the guilty girls from the Yeting Bureau out of the palace to work as prostitutes, and the Qinxiang Garden secretly established became a secret place where some people secretly met to slander themselves. However, due to the special location, those people's Words, almost unknown.

Empress Wu felt that her face was red from being beaten.

It must be investigated, and it must be investigated severely. If you don't investigate, how can you know how crazy those people are.

"Minister Zunzhi." Zhao Gong heaved a sigh of relief, this matter has finally come to an end now.

At this moment, an internal servant came in, cupped his hands cautiously and said in a low voice: "Tianhou, Xu Zhong, the internal servant and young supervisor, has arrived."

Empress Wu raised her head and looked at Zhao Gong.

Zhao Gong immediately took out a bunch of bloody money orders and a wooden hairpin from his sleeves and handed them to the chamberlain beside him.

Empress Wu looked at the things in the servant's hand, then sneered, and said, "Zhao Qing, your sleeves are almost full of treasures. If you have anything in the future, just take it all out, don't wait a while."

"It's because I didn't think carefully." Zhao Gong immediately cupped his hands in fear, and after watching the martial arts, he began to open the money order and the wooden hairpin. Zhao Gong hurriedly said: "This is the [-] Tongyuanfang money order that the Tubo people used to bribe for information. The wooden hairpin was unscrewed, and what was inside was the information that Zhou Zhi sold to Tubo... But neither the minister nor the King of Nanchang had opened it, so it was inevitable..."

"What will happen, will you kill the wrong person?" Empress Wu raised her head and gave Zhao Gong a white look, and said angrily, "Just look at it, you will know these things sooner or later, and you will not sell these news to Tubo .”

"I dare not!"

Seeing Zhao Gong's overly cautious look, Empress Wu couldn't help but shake her head and said, "You are just too cautious in doing things."

"I will remember the teachings of the Empress of Heaven." Zhao Gong raised his head and looked at Empress Wu with a bitter look on his face.

Empress Wu sighed softly and waved her hands, Zhao Gong bowed her head immediately.

Empress Wu opened the wooden hairpin, glanced at the words recorded on it, and then casually put it aside.

Zhao Gong noticed this scene with his upward gaze, a flash of horror flashed deep in his eyes, and he quickly lowered his head.

Empress Wu flipped through the thirty bills one by one, each of which was worth [-] bills with blood on it, and couldn't help but snorted coldly: "Thirty thousand bills, [-] bills will sell the entire army on the Western Front. In the matter, you sold your own future just for [-] guan, you said it was strange."

Zhao Gong immediately handed over his hand: "The Queen of Heaven, I asked you to investigate Tongyuanfang. If the Tubo people can deposit [-] coins in Tongyuanfang to bribe Zhou Zhi for information, then there must be other money among them." , stored in it...The Queen of Heaven, according to the law, all the property of a rebel will be confiscated to the imperial court."

After giving Zhao Gong a deep look, Empress Wu shook her head slightly and said: "Only check if it is related to Tubo, and do not expand it at will."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)