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Chapter 169 High-profile attack (2)

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I received a report from the people early this morning about the murder of five lives in Shiwei Lane. I dare not be negligent. I personally led all my subordinates to investigate the scene. Niu Beishen Wang Yi, Nei Ye Zhejian (name of the eunuch, under the sixth rank) Chen Dahong, Wu Liu; the servant uncle (the name of the eunuch, under the rank of the seventh) Chang Si, Liu Qi, the case involves internal ban, and the minister dare not commit himself , come here to invite His Majesty to make an order."

Being forced by Emperor Gaozong, Pei Heng didn't dare to hesitate any more, so he gritted his teeth and reported the case, but consciously avoided the previous Empress Wu's edict, and did not mention Li Xianheng's meddling This move is not to be offended by either side.

"Huh? There is such a thing, who did it?"

As soon as Gaozong heard that the matter involved internal ban, he immediately became furious, with a dark face, he asked aloud.

"Your Majesty calm down, my minister is investigating, investigating..."

Seeing that Gao Zong's expression was not right, Pei Heng immediately couldn't bear it any longer, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed, and replied in a panic.

"Hmph, why is that unreasonable, why don't you hurry up and investigate!"

Gaozong shook his sleeves angrily, and cursed angrily.

"Your Majesty, calm down. This matter involves internal bans. I'm afraid Luoyang Mansion can thoroughly investigate it. It still needs to be discussed in the long term."

As soon as Gao Zong finished speaking, Empress Wu didn't wait for Pei Heng to make a statement, and interrupted the conversation with a soft voice from the side.

"Well, what Mei Niang said makes sense."

Gaozong has always had little resistance to Empress Wu's words. After hearing the words, he was no longer in a hurry to drive Pei Heng away. He shook his wide sleeves, walked slowly to the front door, and sat behind the dragon case. down.

"Father, my son thinks this case is appalling and full of doubts. If we don't investigate it thoroughly, it may be detrimental to the society. This son's opinion is just a little bit, and I hope my father will make a decision." As soon as Gao Zong sat down, Li Xian Bian had already stood up from the side, speaking in a worried manner.

"Xian'er's words are reasonable, I think so, Mei Niang, who do you think should be handed over to investigate this case thoroughly?"

Among the dead were either officers of the Habayashi Army or high-ranking eunuchs in the palace. This case is obviously quite strange. Although the Gaozong people were a little cowardly, they were not stupid. If you want to find out the truth, hearing Li Xian's suggestion, there is no reason why you should not agree with it. However, Empress Wu had already spoken before, and Gao Zong made a decision immediately since he was in a bad mood, but his tone clearly showed Gao Zong's determination Find out the determination of the case.

"Your Majesty, I think Xianer's words are very true. Well, yesterday I just pointed out the daughter of Zhao Shaoyin's family in Luoyang Mansion for Wang Yi, but I never thought that this person died just after a night. It is really strange." Very, if it’s not easy to check, the concubine’s heart will not be at ease.”

Empress Wu didn't answer Gaozong's question directly, but frowned slightly and pondered for a moment before explaining with a solemn expression, her brows were full of bewilderment and incomprehension.

"Oh? It's really strange that there is such a thing."

Gao Zong never cared about the matter of finger marriage at all. Hearing what Empress Wu said, he couldn't help being stunned, and the doubts in his heart suddenly increased by three points.

Ha, good old villain, who are you scaring, cut!Although Empress Wu never glanced at Li Xian when she said those words, but these words were obviously meant for Li Xian. The intention was nothing more than a warning and threat. Li Xian's IQ It's easy to understand, but although Li Xian pays attention to it, he doesn't care too much—if this case is really exposed, the trick of a mother-son secret fight is bound to be revealed to the world, and the result will naturally be the two sides Neither of them will go well. Although Empress Wu has a bad reputation because of this, Li Xian will definitely be criticized for disobedience. At this moment, Li Xian has no intention of seizing the heir at all. What he wants is to prevent Empress Wu from usurping the throne. Therefore, if the result of pulling Empress Wu down from the horse can be realized, Li Xian is willing to cut himself to pieces. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to realize this matter. It is too big. After all, Empress Wu controlled Gaozong, and her reputation was damaged for a while. Given time, it would not be difficult to start again. However, if Li Xian himself had an accident, it would be difficult to turn over again. However, since Li Xian dared to do this, he naturally had his own plan.

"Father Huang Mingjian, there are indeed a lot of strange things about this matter. Yi Erchen thinks that Wang Yi is from the Yulin Army and belongs to the external ban, while the four eunuchs are all high-ranking people, so they are undoubtedly under the internal ban. , the two are not allowed to collude with each other, and now they died in the same place, I am afraid that there is something wrong with it, if it is not thoroughly investigated, what should happen if such a thing happens again."

As soon as Gao Zong finished speaking, Li Xian immediately stood up and spoke loudly, with an upright and dignified appearance, as if he had never heard the threat in Empress Wu's words - it would be a lie to say that he was not afraid of trouble, since he could not complete his work In the first battle, Li Xian naturally didn't want the case to be revealed to the world. His thoughts were consistent with Empress Wu's. In this sense, Li Xian was naturally as tough as he could be.

"Xian'er is right. This case should be thoroughly investigated. Pei Heng, I ordered you to immediately dispatch capable candidates. The time limit is ten days. The whole case must be solved. I want to see what's wrong with it!"

After being reminded by Li Xian, Gaozong's back immediately broke out in cold sweat, and angrily slapped the dragon's case, and he did not ask Empress Wu for his opinion, and directly gave his order.

"Your Majesty is wise, but this case involves internal bans. After all, Governor Pei is a foreign minister, and it is quite inconvenient to investigate. It would be better to have someone to assist you." Empress Wu obviously did not expect Li Xian to be so tough, and she couldn't help but feel sad. Feeling a little flustered, and thinking of Yan Desheng's unknown life and death, he had an ominous premonition of falling into Li Xian's trap. He wanted to block the thorough investigation of the case, but he had no excuse. With a forced smile, he changed his mind.

"Well, the queen's words are very true." Although Gaozong was on fire, he still heard the words of Empress Wu. After thinking about it, he also felt that it made sense, so he nodded and looked at Gao Hesheng who was waiting beside him. He called his name and said, "Gao Hesheng!"

"The servant is here."

Gao Hesheng was looking at Li Xian in bewilderment. Hearing Gao Zong's roll call, he hurriedly suppressed the wild thoughts in his heart, stood up quickly, and answered loudly.

"I ordered you to cooperate with Pei Aiqing in thoroughly investigating the harem, and we must find out how those bastards got together." Gao Zong gave Gao He Sheng an unhappy look, and said his order coldly.

"The slaves obey the order."

As a eunuch in charge of ceremonies, Gao Hesheng was the head of all the eunuchs in the palace, so he was responsible for the inner court guards. Now that there was such a big leak in the inner court, he couldn't escape his responsibility, and was called by Emperor Gaozong. As soon as the cold eyes swept away, my heart suddenly became cold, and I complained secretly, but when I said it, I dared not refuse to accept the order, so I could only respectfully agree, and stepped aside cautiously.

"Father, my son thinks that Princess Gao and Princess Pei are the perfect candidates to solve this important case. However, there are many inconveniences in internal and external communication. It is better to have someone in the middle to preside over it. If Royal Father can trust you, My son is willing to bear this responsibility." Gao He Sheng just received the order, but Li Xian appeared on the other side, singing very high tunes, showing the spirit of working tirelessly for the court.

"Well……"

Gaozong naturally trusted Li Xian. After all these years, it was not the first time that Li Xian participated in handling a case. It was not the first time that he did it cleanly. He wanted to fulfill Li Xian's loyalty. Agreed to Li Xian's proposal.

"Your Majesty, Xian'er's loyalty is commendable, but I think that the prince's involvement in the palace ban is inconsistent with the system, and Xian'er has just arrived in Luoyang and is not familiar with everyone. It may be inconvenient to handle this case. Lun'er has lived in the palace for a long time. As the years get older, it's time to experience some experience, and this concubine thinks it's not a good thing, so let Lun'er handle it for a while."

Hearing that Li Xian's tone was raised so high, Empress Wu believed that Li Xian must have an ambush in the dark, how dare he really hand over the case to Li Xian, seeing that Gaozong had a tendency to speak out and agree, it was natural Not daring to be negligent, he hurriedly interrupted from the sidelines.

"Wheel? Uh..."

Li Xulun is the youngest son. Although he was crowned king early, he has never established a mansion. He is still living in the harem. He is the prince who has been with Gaozong for the longest time. Gaozong loves him very much I love him, but he has never been very optimistic about his talent. Now seeing Empress Wu lift up Li Xulun, I can't help feeling a little hesitant in my heart.

"Father, the queen mother's words are justified. The eighth younger brother has already been crowned king, and in the future he should be the barrier of the country. It is a good thing to experience earlier, and I have no objection."

In fact, Li Xian didn't really want to get involved in this muddy water. The reason why the tone was so high was to induce Empress Wu to make mistakes in her judgment. Now that the goal has been achieved, he dared not really do it all. In case Empress Wu came to die, it would be a lot of fun. Seeing Gao Zong's gaze sweeping over, Li Xian immediately expressed his attitude without hesitation.

"Well, that's good, it's settled like this. I will pass on my order, and Yin Wang Li Xulun will be in charge of the Lion's Tail Lane case. Gao Hesheng and Pei Heng will be his deputy. The time limit is ten days, and the whole case must be solved!"

Firstly, Gao Zong was worried about Li Xulun's ability, and secondly, he was hesitant because he could not refute Li Xian's face on the spot. Seeing that Li Xian had already made a concession, he felt at ease. Then made a decision.

"Your Majesty is wise, and I will obey the order!"

Gao Zong made a decision, and all the people present rushed to praise him. As for their own inner thoughts, only each of them knows well...

(End of this chapter)