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Chapter 133 A Chicken Feather (2)

The Dali Temple was in chaos, the smoke was still billowing from the back hall, and the yamen lobby in the front yard was filled with people's heads. Except for Dali Temple Minister Duan Baoxuan, who was nowhere to be seen, the rest of the high-ranking officials were piled up in the hall, chatting with each other. The room was arguing loudly, the voice was so loud that no one noticed that the Li Xian brothers had entered the lobby at some point.

"Hmph, what are you all doing here? Why don't you go fight the fire!"

Li Xian waited quietly for a while, and seeing the officials of Dali Temple arguing endlessly, he immediately became angry, snorted coldly, and almost shouted angrily.

"The officials and others have met His Highness King Lu and His Highness King Zhou."

A group of officials who were arguing cheerfully were stunned by Li Xian's roar, and looked at Li Xian and his brothers dully for a long time before they came back to their senses. Under the leadership of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, they saluted and greeted each other chaotically.

"Yuan Shaoqing, you are arguing here, why is there a fire in the back hall, why don't you go to put out the fire, huh?"

Li Xian was already in a bad mood, and because he saw the officials in Dali Temple not pleasing to the eye, he naturally spoke in an extremely rude manner, but this accusation really seemed to be overstepping—Li Xian could thoroughly investigate after receiving the oracle Dali Temple, the problem is that the imperial decree has not yet reached Li Xian's hands. Strictly speaking, Li Xian has no right to intervene in various matters of Dali Temple at this time, even if he is a prince, it is the same, but it is just a word, A group of Dali Temple officials obviously didn't have the guts to tell Li Xian the truth, they all stood dumbfounded, not daring to make a sound.

"Returning to Your Highness, I have just arrived here. I really don't know where the fire started. As for putting out the fire, when I arrive, the fire has already been extinguished, and it is hopeless." Yuan Gongyu was Empress Wu's favorite. The minister thought that he had the support of Empress Wu, so he didn't take Li Xian's power very seriously. Facing Li Xian's questioning, Yuan Gongyu just replied with a blank face, and the words clearly revealed Disdain is in it.

"Huh? It's hopeless, so I ask you, what's the matter with the smoke in the back hall? Tell me!"

Li Xian has always been straightforward, how could Yuan Gongyu, an old bureaucrat from the fourth rank, be so presumptuous, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot in an instant when he was angry, he gritted his teeth, and asked in a cold voice.

"Your Majesty, the fire is indeed extinguished. It's just that the smoke hasn't cleared up for a while. The officials and others have sent people to investigate the scene. The cause of the fire will be concluded soon." Although Yuan Gongyu was not very afraid of Li Xian, But when he got angry, he didn't want to touch the bad luck, so he simply closed his mouth and played silent, so angry that Li Xian was about to explode on the spot, but fortunately Hou Shanye stood up from the side in time, interrupting Road to rescue.

Send someone?Damn it, the person who dared to send it was actually ours, hey, good job, this one-handed massage is really good at home!Although Li Xian was silent all the time, he had already seen the changes in the expressions of everyone in the field. When he entered the door, he didn't see Song Xian and Di Renjie, so Li Xian already had doubts. He couldn't tell what this bastard was up to, so he couldn't help but sneered in his heart, but he didn't bother to expose it, so he just stepped away, took a step forward, and made a comparison to Li Xian who was about to go crazy. "Please" gesture and said: "Sixth brother, it's useless to argue, I'd better go and see the scene before discussing."

"Humph!"

Li Xian glared at Yuan and Hou, snorted coldly, but didn't speak. He flicked his sleeves and walked towards the back hall.

"Everyone, let's go and have a look together."

Li Xian's acting skills are not comparable to Li Xianneng's. Although he was very angry in his heart, the smile on his face was still very sincere. He bowed to all the officials of Dali Temple and said something gently road.

"Your Highness, please!"

The reason why all the Dali Temple officials gathered in the front yard was nothing more than to avoid responsibility. No one wanted to take a step to the back yard, but facing Li Xian's bright smile with a blade hidden in it, there was no one there. Those who dared to say "no" all cast their eyes on Yuan and Hou. After a long period of silence, Hou Shanye, who had taught Li Xian how powerful he was, was the first to lose his composure and put on an ugly smile. Bowing to Li Xian, he made a "please" gesture and said.

"My lords, please go ahead."

Li Xian smiled slightly, and didn't say anything more. He walked to the back hall first, and the officials of Dali Temple looked at each other, and they could only follow behind helplessly.

The backyard of Dali Temple was in chaos, and the wing on the left was completely in ruins. The ground was covered with black ash and scraps of paper. Once it was poured with water, it became a mess all over the place. Dozens of small officials from Dali Temple and Jingzhao Under the command of two officials, Di Renjie and Song Xian, the soldiers and servants of the government were busily rushing to transport the items in the burned-out wing. The whole scene was in disarray, and Li Xian frowned furiously.

"My subordinate Di Renjie (Song Xian) has seen His Royal Highness King Lu and King Zhou."

As soon as they saw the Li Xian brothers leading a large group of officials into the backyard, Di and Song walked over in a hurry, and they couldn't wait to greet the Li Xian brothers.

"Excuse me, what's the matter with this fire, why did it burn like this?"

Li Xian knew that Di and Song were Li Xian's subordinates, so even though he was extremely upset at the moment, he still calmed down and asked in a deep voice.

"Returning to Your Highness, I'm on duty today. I was in the lobby of the front courtyard to decide the case. I heard a fire in the backyard. When I came in, I saw that the fire was too big to be saved. Fortunately, everyone and the Jingzhao Mansion came to help in time. The fire was brought under control, but most of the files over the years were destroyed, and only less than [-]% of them were rescued." Although Di Renjie had a higher official position, he had gone to court before, and he had just returned not long ago, so he didn't know the whole process. Naturally, Song Xian could only answer Li Xian's question.

"Well, in this way, you were not there when the fire started, did you hear me wrong?" Li Xian nodded and asked pointedly.

"Your Majesty, it is true that this is indeed the case. I really dare not speak falsely."

Song Xianneng was favored by Li Xian, so he was not an idiot. How could he fail to realize that Li Xian's words were intended to disassociate him, so he immediately climbed up the pole.

"Well." Li Xian didn't ask any more questions, turned around, glanced coldly at the Dali Temple officials with different expressions, and said calmly: "When the fire started, there were people in the backyard. Anyone, stand up by yourself."

Dead silence, the only answer to Li Xian is dead silence, everyone is not stupid, since no one is willing to stand up and let Li Xian be a target, besides, who should judge this case depends on how Shengyi decides, not necessarily As soon as it fell into Li Xian's hands, although everyone didn't want to quarrel with Li Xian, it was impossible to accommodate Li Xian on such a major matter. Undoubtedly, silence naturally became the unanimous choice of all officials.

Tsk, this guy's sense of justice has exploded again, I'll be damned, I have a headache!Seeing Li Xian acting as a man of justice there, Li Xian felt dizzy for a while. Originally, this arson case was very strange, and the responsibility was also very heavy. Without the hand of the holy decree, who cares what you are Prince, it is absolutely impossible to ask these old foxes to bow their heads. You must know that these guys are usually masters in judging cases, and they are all masters who don’t cry when they don’t see the coffin. How can it be that Li Xian is so indifferent A few angry reprimands can shake him.

"Sixth brother, since this matter has been reported to the emperor, it is better to wait for the emperor to make a decision." Seeing that Li Xian was showing signs of losing his temper because he could not get off the stage, Li Xian had no choice but to stand up and make amends. .

"Hmph!" Although Li Xian was furious, he couldn't take advantage of Li Xian's kindness, so he snorted coldly and stopped asking those Dali Temple officials who were pretending to be stupid. After the son twitched a few times, he murmured and said: "Seventh brother, this matter is so important that others can't believe it, so it's better for the seventh brother to go there in person and ask the father for an order."

"Alright, little brother will come whenever he goes. The place is full of smog. Sixth brother and all the adults should go to the front yard to rest first."

This fire is obviously an arson case that destroys corpses and wipes out traces. It is 100% written by Empress Wu. Obviously, with Empress Wu's meticulous thinking, it is absolutely hopeless, or at least hopeless, to solve this case. Li Xianshi is unwilling. To intervene in this matter - yes, Li Xian received the imperial edict to thoroughly investigate the Dali Temple, but now that this mess is out, it is completely impossible to conduct a thorough investigation. It is hopeless for the queen party to catch them all in one go. At most, they can only rely on the limited evidence provided by Li Xian to take down a few unlucky scapegoats. In Li Xian's view, Li Xian's taking over the fire case is purely asking for trouble. The problem is that firstly, Li Xian is obviously angry, and Li Xian's words of dissuasion are really difficult to utter, and secondly, on such occasions, Li Xian can't show that he has a disagreement with Li Xian. After pondering, he agreed to Li Xian's request.

"No need to bother, it's just some cigarettes, I don't mind being a brother, but it's okay for my seventh brother to go."

Li Xian's proposal was originally well-intentioned, but Li Xian didn't appreciate it, he waved his hand nonchalantly, and replied proudly.

Hey, this guy is really stubborn enough, that's all, it's not me who suffers from the left and right, so why bother with so many things.Seeing that Li Xian wanted to show his arrogance, Li Xian didn't bother to talk any more, he nodded with a smile, and didn't care how ugly the faces of those Dali Temple officials were, he walked through the crowd with big strides Walked to the front yard.

"Your Highness."

Gao Miao was previously secretly assigned by Li Xian to contact Lin Hu. At this time, he had just returned to Dali Temple and was staying outside the warning line of Jingzhao Mansion with a group of royal guards. He went there, greeted him, and at the same time did not forget to give Li Xian a secret signal.

"Go to Chengtianmen!" Li Xian nodded knowingly, then gave an order calmly, walked to the side of the carriage with his head down, and turned into the carriage with a bow. Go to the gate of heaven...

(End of this chapter)