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

Chapter 723: How could the people in the palace appear outside the palace?

Zhao Gong stepped out of the Zichen Palace. After the night rain, the fresh air was breathed into his mind, and his whole body immediately cleared away the confusion and regained consciousness.

What happened tonight is finally over.

Zhao Gong immediately thought about what Empress Wu said, not to expand it at will. It seems that Empress Wu already knew who it would be expanded to.

At this moment, Empress Wu's cold voice suddenly came from Zichen Hall behind him: "Slap your mouth!"

"Crack! Crack! Crack!" The voice was very heavy and loud, and every time it hit, people couldn't help but feel frightened.

Zhao Gong stopped for a while outside the hall, his face sank slightly.

A scene of being slapped with a thick wooden board suddenly appeared in his mind.

Just stopping for a while, Zhao Gong continued to walk, quickly walking towards the outside of the hall.

He knew that Xu Zhong, the servant and young supervisor, was finished.

It's not just him, everyone under Xu Zhong's command may be destroyed.

Poor scapegoat.

Zhao Gong quickly left Daming Palace and walked out of Danfeng Gate. Just as he was about to get on his horse, at this moment, three fast horses, one servant, and two imperial guards passed behind him, and quickly moved towards Go to Tai Chi Palace.

The Queen of Heaven has a purpose.

Tianhou is already cleaning up the matter of Qinxiangyuan.

Now this matter, Tianhou actually doesn't want to see any disturbances in it, it is best to pass silently.

But how could Li Xuan not investigate, in addition to finding out who was behind the scenes, Li Xuan also had to express her position.

If he does nothing today because Qinxiangyuan is related to the palace, then tomorrow, countless people related to the palace will directly step on his head under the banner of the Queen of Heaven.

This matter seems to have nothing to do with many people, but soon everyone will want to understand the relationship with Empress Wu, so Li Xuan must not be afraid of Empress Wu and do nothing, even not only do it, but also handle the palace properly. The relationship between Zhong and Tianhou.

In particular, it is necessary to explain the misunderstanding to Empress Wu, and even let Empress Wu turn to fully support him.

Only then did Zhao Gong's party come into being, Empress Wu's thoughts were quiet, and Li Xuan could only deal with it properly through Zhao Gong.

Zhao Gong sighed deeply, his nephew is really not worrying.

Zhao Gong hadn't gone far, another wave, three fast horses, a servant, and two guards, quickly headed towards Tai Chi Palace.

Zhao Gong was stunned, what is Tianhou going to do.

Turning around, Zhao Gong said in a low voice: "Go and see, where did you go to pass the decree?"

A black bodyguard stepped out from the dark shadows, slightly cupped his hands at Zhao Gong, and then walked quickly towards the Tai Chi Palace.

……

Pingkang Square, outside Qinxiang Garden, inside the carriage.

Li Xuan frowned and looked at Zhao Gong: "Tianhou sent people to Yushitai and Dali Temple?"

"Well!" Zhao Gong leaned on the wall of the car and said softly: "The Yushitai impeachment, the Dali Temple officials arrest people, do not use Qianniu Guards, everything is done openly, and then tell the world that they should be convicted and convicted , It's time to kill someone, the queen reacted quickly and decisively."

"Isn't this foreseeable?" Li Xuan sighed softly.

Zhao Gong nodded silently, and then said: "Then hurry up, it won't be long before Dali Temple will find someone important to you."

"That's just right, people from Dali Temple, it's just right to arrest people with me." Li Xuan smiled casually, and then said solemnly: "Uncle, you can follow the rules for other things, but if you are caught in the palace man of……"

"How can people in the palace appear outside the palace?" Zhao Gong refuted Li Xuan back with a single sentence.

"Nephew understands." Li Xuan poked her head out and whispered a few words outside.

The next moment, on the long street, He Qiniang stepped forward under the eyes of everyone, and walked into Qinxiang Garden step by step.

People who came and went on the street, paying attention intentionally or unintentionally, saw this scene, and immediately understood in their hearts that it had begun.

Qianniuwei had besieged Qinxiang Garden for nearly an hour, and all the people inside and out were stopped.

Those who are obedient are persuaded to return, and those who are disobedient are directly arrested.

People outside Qinxiang Garden, seeing this posture, how dare they approach so easily?

The people in Qinxiangyuan, even the most stupid people, knew that someone was looking for trouble.

But they are more willing to believe in the background of Qinxiangyuan, even though they know that the person standing outside is the Jinwu Guard, and the person standing behind the Jinwu Guard is Li Xuan.

These people still believe that it won't be long before Li Xuan will retreat directly.

So many people are now staying inside Qinxiang Garden, quietly preparing to watch jokes.

But they saw He Qiniang walking slowly into Qinxiang Garden, and they didn't know what Li Xuan wanted to do for a moment.
What to do, what to do, is naturally framed.

The rain stopped completely. Li Xuan stepped down from the carriage and looked up to the sky. In the clear night sky after the rainy night, stars were dotted.

Bowing his head, Li Xuan took a step forward.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Li Xuan walked into Qinxiang Garden step by step.

At this moment, a whole team of Qianniu Guards rushed into Qinxiang Garden directly following Li Xuan from behind the Jin Wu Guards.

Everyone who saw this scene was in an uproar.

……

Quiet and elegant, luxurious and beautiful.

In the pavilions of Qinxiangyuan, everything looks very simple, but the few furnishings still make people feel a sense of luxury.

Ivory from southern Xinjiang, pearls from the East China Sea, animal skins from the wilderness, spices from the Western Regions, silk and satin from the south of the Yangtze River, and gold from the Central Plains.

There are many kinds of sculptures, or they are carved like mountain scenery, or they are covered under silk and satin, or they are floating in the distant green smoke, or they are directly smashed into wine glasses.

Li Xuan stood in the pavilion of Qinxiang Garden, there were people waiting inside and outside, no one came out to meet, but behind the curtain of the tent, there was a figure shaking slightly.

Li Xuan looked indifferent, and said lightly: "Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang County, was ordered to suppress the thieves. There were thieves who broke into the Qinxiang Garden in Pingkangfang. This king brought Qian Niuwei to chase them down. Inadvertently, the fight caught fire. , burned down the entire Qinxiang Garden, and burned 18 innocent people to death, please forgive me!"

Please apologize to whom, apologize to the court, apologize to the emperor.

Please blame, please what crime, accidentally burned Qinxiang Garden, and burned 18 innocent people to death.

How to punish the crime, a fine of 360 catties of copper.

One person died and was fined 18 catties of copper, and 360 people were fined [-] catties.

A plump woman wearing a light blue cloud-patterned double-breasted gown finally came out from behind the silk curtain.

This woman is 27 or [-] years old, and she is very beautiful. She is wearing a long robe, which also shows her plump body to her heart's content, but her face is painted with thick rouge and gouache, which makes it difficult to have a good impression.

A silk fan suddenly blocked Li Xuan's sight, leaving only a pair of calculating eyes behind.

"The thirteenth mother of the slave family has met the king of Nanchang." The thirteenth mother was slightly blessed, looked at Li Xuan, smiled triumphantly, and then said, "How does the king of Nanchang calculate that there are 18 people here in the slave family? Could it be the prince? Miscalculation, there are far more than 18 people here in the slave family?"

"There is no miscalculation. You misheard. What the king said was that there were 18 innocent people, not 18 people who were burned to death." He still had a smile on his face, but his face was extremely stiff.

Not just Thirteen Niangs, but the entire Qinxiangyuan, and everyone who heard this sentence, their expressions became serious.

"The king of Nanchang is really murderous." Thirteen Niang sneered, looked at Li Xuan and asked softly: "Even innocent people will be burned to death 18 people, so what about those who are not innocent, the prince will kill them again?" how much?"

"There is no one who is not innocent. Under the fire, only eighteen corpses will be found here and submitted to the Ministry." After Li Xuan finished speaking, everyone who secretly heard this sentence couldn't help being slightly stunned. He began to think about Li Xuan's words in his mouth.

There were only 18 dead who were submitted to the Ministry, and the king of Nanchang finally reported to the court.

But now, in the entire Qinxiang Garden, there are far more than 18 people.

The king of Nanchang wanted to kill everyone. In the end, only eighteen names were reported to the court.

More people, even the death is silent, and there will be no corpses; in this way, there is no need to implicate the people behind them.

Then those who were reported to the court can only be those court officials, and they are the so-called innocent people.

They are all going to die too.

In this Qinxiang Garden, only the [-] people with the highest official positions have the opportunity to leave their names and play a role in the court, and none of them have a good reputation.

Other than that, everyone else is going to die, because there are people involved behind them, and they cannot be known to outsiders at all.

The king of Nanchang came to silence.

But how dare he.

Countless people's hearts were filled with turbulent waves.

……

"The prince has been in Beijing for many days, and he must know where this Qinxiang Garden is. If anyone acts recklessly here, then the dozens of colleagues in this building will not let the King of Nanchang go." Thirteen Niang stared at Li Xuan with sharp eyes.

Li Xuan smiled disdainfully, and said softly: "Madam, do you think this king really cares about this? Maybe my lady forgot that this king spoke just now because of an order. In response to the situation today, this king has already given all the tributes to His Majesty and Queen of Heaven. Everyone is dead, don't you have counted in your heart?"

The faces of the people hiding in places out of sight changed instantly.

They all remembered that the king of Nanchang came here to arrest the thief, what kind of thief he caught, the thief who was connected to Tubo.

The crime of collaborating with the enemy, even if it is killed on the spot, is not wrong.

"My lord is here to catch thieves. If your lord wants to search, you can search as you like. If you find someone, you can take him away. Qinxiangyuan has always obeyed the law, and the court's laws are everywhere, but there is no hindrance." A sharp voice came from above the pavilion. came.

An old man in his sixties, wearing a light blue brocade suit, with a stooped figure, loose skin, and white hair tied up with a wooden hairpin, walked out from above.

Eunuch, internal officer.

Seeing this person appear, I don't know how many people heaved a sigh of relief.

"It turned out to be old supervisor Xu, no wonder he was able to sit here in Pingkangfang."

A plain voice came from behind Li Xuan, and Zhao Gong, who was wearing a black brocade suit, came out of the building step by step.

Old Supervisor Xu raised his head to look at Zhao Gong, squinted his eyes slightly, and then suddenly said: "It turned out to be Zhao Langjun, the last time I met Zhao Langjun, it was on Mrs. Rongguo's [-]th birthday. Thinking about it, I haven't seen you for a few years, and Zhao Langjun is already the commander of the secret guard."

"Where, when you were old and powerful, the younger generation was just a small person, but now that you are old and you have been away from the court for a long time, you don't know about the changes in personnel in the court." Zhao Gong bowed slightly, looking at old supervisor Xu with vigilant eyes .

There is not one simple person who came out of the palace alive.

Old supervisor Xu was not fooled by Zhao Gong's compliments at all, he looked at Zhao Gong and said: "So, the king of Nanchang is here today, he really obeyed the imperial edict."

"The King of Nanchang used His Majesty's imperial decree to suppress the bandits, so he only surrounded here before and did not kill them. But just now, the subordinate officials came back from the palace and received the imperial edict from the Queen of Heaven." Zhao Gong said. The words made all the people who were staring at him feel their expressions change.

Your Majesty, Queen of Heaven.

Zhao Gong said softly: "Today's matter is not a one-off killing. As long as you are obedient, you can live; some people can even leave, and they can leave safely; the last performance of the king of Nanchang can be eighteen corpses, it can be Eight bodies, not even one.

As long as there is no fight, naturally there will be no accidental fire, and there will be no other funerals.

But if they are not obedient, then there will be more than eighteen corpses in the end. "

(End of this chapter)