Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty: Please say long live His Majesty

Chapter 297 Are there really remnants of the Xuanwu Sect? (Part )

In the back hall, Sun Fujia's words "heart disease" made Wei Yijie and Wei Daijia feel cold all over.

Wei Ting had a heart disease, and he had Aconitum to treat it, so he just felt unwell and then hanged himself.

Li Chengqian looked at Liu Dewei and asked, "Did the Ministry of Justice come to the same conclusion?"

"Yes!" Liu Dewei bowed and said, "The coroner performed the autopsy and the result is indeed true."

"So what about the investigation?" Li Chengqian looked up and said, "Although I don't understand criminal cases, I also know that we can't draw conclusions based on just one aspect. What about the Wei family? All the departments should investigate together, from all aspects. Are there any suspicious points?"

Li Zhi stood aside, his breathing becoming heavy.

There were still many connections between the Prince of Jin's Mansion and Wei Ting, but they always sent people to pass on messages, and there were very few written records left.

But that was them, not necessarily Wei Ting, so it was normal for Wei Ting to leave something at home.

"Yes!" Sun Fujia cupped his hands and said, "The Dali Temple investigated the Wei family and found that two servants disappeared after the incident."

Li Chengqian was slightly startled, then turned to Wei Yijie and asked, "Mr. Wei, the servants in the Wei Mansion should all be family-born children, right?"

"Yes!" Wei Yijie cupped his hands and said with some doubt: "Not only the children born in the family, but also the elders who have been in the mansion for more than ten years can be close to my brother."

The expressions of Fang Xuanling, Yang Shidao and others changed slightly.

It would be fine if Wei Ting committed suicide, but if he didn't, then it must have been done by an old man who had stayed in the Wei Mansion for more than ten years.

Why did the old man who had stayed in Wei Mansion for more than ten years poison Wei Ting?
If someone is instructing him, who has the ability to do this?
Emperor?
Li Chengqian raised his head, looked at Sun Fujia, and asked, "Did the Dali Temple find these two people these days?"

"No!" Sun Fujia shook his head solemnly and said, "In the past few days, the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, the Wannian County of Chang'an, and the Qianniu Guards and Jinwu Guards have all failed to find these two people."

Li Chengqian couldn't help but look at Wei Yijie and said, "The Wei family will mobilize all their manpower to find these two people."

"Yes!" Wei Yiji bowed solemnly.

The Wei family has been busy with Wei Ting's funeral these days.

The investigation into Wei Ting's death has always been a joint effort of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Justice, the Wannian County of Chang'an, and the Qianniu Guards and the Jinwu Guards. The Wei family has not been able to intervene much.

They didn't even know that a servant of the Wei family had disappeared.

Of course, this was also because the Wei family had too many servants, and they did not expect that there was a problem in their own family.

"Go and arrange it first." Li Chengqian waved his hand slightly.

Wei Yijie's expression changed slightly, and then he bowed and said, "Yes!"

……

Watching Wei Yijie pulling Wei Daijia away, Li Chengqian looked at Fang Xuanling and asked, "Prime Minister Fang, what's going on now?"

All the ministers couldn't help but look at Fang Xuanling.

Anyone who has the ability to plant a spy in the Wei family for ten years is no ordinary person.

"Two possibilities." Fang Xuanling looked up at Li Chengqian, his gaze sweeping across Li Zhi before he said, "One is that Wei Ting, knowing he was unwell, hanged himself. Of course, the two people who disappeared from the Wei Mansion must have escaped on their own."

The ministers in the hall couldn't help but laugh softly. What about hanging himself, what about escaping on his own, these were all just lies, who would believe them?

It was simply that Wei Ting knew that he was going to die, so he committed suicide to draw the attention of the court and the public, and at the same time used two servants in the Wei Mansion to frame and implicate them.

When the two servants from the Wei Mansion found them, they just had to bite them randomly, and whoever was bitten would be in trouble.

Who? Fang Xuanling and the prince.

But none of the ministers believed it. These days, Fang Xuanling and the crown prince mobilized almost all the forces of various departments to conduct a comprehensive investigation in Wei's mansion.

Although Sun Fujia and Liu Dewei have only mentioned a few points now, in fact, they have already ruled out many impossibilities before.

For example, Li Zhi.

Li Zhi stood aside at this moment, without saying a word, but his face was as gloomy as water.

"Secondly," Fang Xuanling looked at Li Chengqian and bowed earnestly, "Those who were able to hide in the Wei Mansion for ten years and even get close to Wei Ting are definitely not ordinary people. This is very likely unrelated to the current situation. They are most likely remnants of the Xuanwu Sect."

After Fang Xuanling said this, the faces of all the ministers suddenly darkened.

Li Chengqian wanted to say something, but he couldn't.

Wei Ting was a member of Li Jiancheng's Eastern Palace back then, and he and Li Jiancheng were even childhood friends.

But now, many years have passed since the Xuanwu Gate Incident, and Wei Ting not only serves the emperor, but is also his relative, has a good relationship with Li Tai, and is Li Zhi's chief secretary. If someone takes advantage of his demotion to a commoner, poisons him, and then pretends he's hanged himself...

"Investigate!" Li Chengqian said sternly, looking at Fang Xuanling, "Use all your strength to find those two people. Once you find them, lock them up and don't let them die. Don't interrogate anyone. When the emperor returns, let him interrogate Zhang Xuan."

Zhang Xuan, the General of the Left Thousand Oxen Guard, stepped forward and bowed, saying, "I am here!"

"From today on, all investigations will be led by you. The Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, Yongzhou Prefecture, and the two counties of Chang'an and Wannian will all cooperate with you." Li Chengqian said with a stern expression.

"Yes!" Zhang Xuan immediately bowed.

"Ma Qing, please write a memorial and send it to Liaodong." Li Chengqian turned sideways and looked at Ma Zhou.

"Yes!" Ma Zhou immediately bowed.

"Let them both come in." Li Chengqian looked outside the hall.

Soon, Wei Yijie and Wei Daijia entered the hall and bowed to Li Chengqian, saying, "Your Highness!"

"Did Wei Daijia meet anyone before the incident?" Li Chengqian looked at Wei Daijia and asked directly, "Tell me the truth, was there anyone unusual?"

Wei Daijia was slightly stunned. After a long moment, he bowed and said, "Your Highness, I am currently serving in the Left Thousand Oxen Guard, so I am often away from home. However, one day, I returned home late at night and seemed to see someone leaving the backyard. However, I was tired, so I didn't pay much attention."

"When did it happen?" Li Chengqian asked immediately.

"Half a month ago." Wei Daijia said, his face looking extremely ugly.

Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said, "Qing Wei, you will investigate this matter. However, once you find that person, immediately send him to the Qianniu Prison. No one is allowed to interrogate him. Qing Wei, you will personally guard him. Then, when the emperor returns to the capital, he will deal with him. Do you understand?"

"Yes!" Wei Daijia bowed solemnly. To be honest, he didn't believe his father had committed suicide to frame the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Fang. He knew his father's character well.

Most importantly, it didn't come to that.

"Alright, that's it." Li Chengqian stood up, looked at Fang Xuanling, and said, "Mr. Fang, please write a memorial yourself and ask the emperor to grant me a posthumous title."

"Yes!" Fang Xuanling bowed solemnly.

Li Chengqian turned sideways to look at Li Zhi, nodded, and said, "Zhi Nu, I will take you back home."

"Yes!" Li Zhi bowed seriously.

……

On the long street, the Jinwu Guards blocked the street.

Li Chengqian and Li Zhi walked slowly forward. Li Chengqian sighed softly and said, "I don't know why, but I always feel like something is wrong with Wei Qing's matter. The timing is wrong!"

Li Zhi nodded in agreement: "My royal brother is right, the timing is wrong."

At this moment, no matter whether it is Li Chengqian, Fang Xuanling, or Li Zhi, no matter what they want to plan, now is not the most appropriate time.

The same goes for the emperor. There is nothing he needs to do against Wei Ting. All he needs to do is find a reason to exile Wei Daijia far away.

There was no need for Wei Ting to make a fuss about his death. He was just Li Zhi's chief historian, and there was no close connection between the two parties.

The previous impeachment of Fang Xuanling for treason was nothing more than his attempt to manipulate the emperor's mind in his capacity as Li Zhi's chief secretary.

Wei Ting didn't have to do anything more. The entire Jingzhao Wei family was behind him. If he really planned to kill himself to plot against Li Chengqian and Fang Xuanling, and failed, Li Chengqian and Fang Xuanling would fight back. Before the emperor returned to Chang'an, the two of them would be able to overthrow Wei Qu.

So, the timing is wrong.

"Then the only possibility is that those people took action." Li Zhi nodded slightly. Now that the emperor has led his army into Goguryeo, perhaps some people feel that the time has come.

"But are those people really there?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Zhi with a frown.

Those people, the remnants of Li Jiancheng, their existence is not only the enemy of the emperor, but also the common enemy of Li Chengqian and Li Zhi.

"There should be." Li Zhi shook his head slightly and sighed, "Brother, I believe that Father will not have missed anything about what happened back then, everything within Chang'an City. But what about outside Chang'an City? At that time, not all forces were necessarily located within Chang'an City. There were even many outside Chang'an City suppressing various factions. Those who later fled and refused to surrender."

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Okay, after you return home, try not to leave the house again. If those people show up, they will definitely want to stir up trouble. I will warn the Zhao, Yang, Su, Wei, Zhang, and Wang families to be careful and not let them be used."

Li Zhi nodded seriously. The core of the attempt to stir up trouble in Chang'an City now still lies in the conflict between Li Chengqian and Li Zhi.

As long as the conflict between the two of them can be provoked, Chang'an City will not be peaceful.

It will even affect Liaodong.

Li Chengqian sent Li Zhi into the mansion, and then slowly walked towards the palace.

In the Wude Hall, Li Chengqian summoned Li Anyan and asked directly, "Anyan, are there really any more people under the Emperor's uncle's command?"

Li Anyan looked at Li Chengqian, bowed slightly, and whispered, "Your Highness, Crown Princess Yin is still living in Chang'an Gate. In addition, Crown Princess Yin has three daughters who have all been married off by His Majesty. However, no one has ever tried to contact them over the years. So, there must be someone, but only His Majesty knows how powerful they are."

Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said, "Let my cousin investigate this matter. You don't need to get involved."

"Here!"

……

On the banks of the Yalu River, Li Shimin rode slowly on horseback, and from time to time, Goguryeo's war horses appeared in the woods on the opposite bank.

"Pass the order down." Li Shimin looked at Li Ji and Zhangsun Wuji who were following behind him and said, "The army will spread along the north bank towards the mountains. Familiarize yourself with the environment as much as possible. At the same time, drive all the Goguryeo people in the mountains back to the south bank."

"Yes!" Li Ji and Zhangsun Wuji bowed at the same time.

Their current location is only four hundred miles away from Pingrang.

If they charge recklessly, they will be able to reach Pingrang City within a day.

But the emperor still used his usual tactics and was not in a hurry.

This was the first time that the Tang Dynasty soldiers had come here in all these years. If they rushed in rashly, they would easily fall into Goguryeo's trap.

Never looking down on opponents is the emperor's most outstanding quality in recent years.

His most effective fighting method is to accumulate all his strength, like accumulating strength like a snow mountain, and then when the time comes, everything will be like a snow mountain collapsing, and nothing can stop it.

In the main camp, Li Shimin looked at the memorial in front of him and handed it to Zhangsun Wuji while saying with some sadness, "Wei Ting is dead."

Changsun Wuji was slightly stunned, and the memorial in his hand felt infinitely heavy for a moment.

"He died in Weiqu." Li Shimin sneered softly and said, "Weiqu is heavily guarded. If you are not an old member of the Wei family, you can't get in at all. And if you want to become Wei Ting's confidant, you will be searched countless times inside and outside, not to mention that their family members are still in the hands of the Wei family."

"Wei Ting committed suicide?" Changsun Wuji confirmed Li Shimin's inclination.

"Someone looked for him half a month before his death." Li Shimin shook his head and said, "The prince's men didn't notice, and Fang Xuanling's men didn't notice, but..."

The people from the Hundred Cavalry Division noticed it.

Li Shimin glanced over this sentence and then said: "After that, he fell ill and began to take medicine and poison to suppress the pain. However, the more he suppressed it, the more painful it became. In the end, he hanged himself to death."

Changsun Wuji looked at Li Chengqian in disbelief. Everything Li Shimin said seemed as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"Your Majesty, are you talking about that group of people?" Changsun Wuji suddenly realized and said, "So Wei Ting didn't want to get involved with his family, so he hanged himself."

"Liu Lancheng died because someone interpreted a prophecy. Zhang Liang had people like him around him, and so did Wei Ting. Someone used this excuse to get close to him." Li Shimin turned to look at Zhangsun Wuji and said, "It's all the same method, but with so many people, the tracks are lost."

"Yes!"

"Issue an imperial decree: Wei Daijia is transferred to the position of Deputy Commander of the Eastern Palace Thousand Oxen Guards. Qin Chudao, Deputy Commander of the Eastern Palace Thousand Oxen Guards, is promoted to Commander of the Eastern Palace Thousand Oxen Guards!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)