Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 697 Undercurrents surging
Daming Palace, Qianyuan Hall.

Li Longji sat on the dragon chair with a gloomy face, and all the courtiers stood tremblingly in the court hall, no one dared to speak.

These ministers were already asleep, but they suddenly got up from the warm quilt after receiving the notice. They didn't know what happened until they came to the palace.

The leader of the bandit who attempted to rebel was finally caught, and now he was rescued by the bandit again. The emperor was furious, and they naturally couldn't sleep.

"Trash! They're all a bunch of trash! How can a traitor snatch the head of the bandit right under their noses? What use do I need you for?!"

Li Longji looked at Manchao Wenwu and sternly cursed.

"Your Majesty, the handover of the leader of the bandit is an extremely confidential matter. If someone hadn't tipped off the bandit, the bandit Xiaoxiao would never have known the time and route of the Imperial Army's action!" Yang Guozhong said seriously.

Hearing this, Cui Huan immediately walked out of court and said, "Master Yang, what do you mean by your words, do you mean that Li Canghai secretly told the traitor the news?"

Yang Guozhong said calmly: "Master Cui, isn't it obvious? Master Chen escaped from death, how can what he said be false?"

"Master Chen was seriously injured, and he was unconscious when he fled back. How can you trust what he said?" Cui Huan frowned.

"Lord Cui, I understand how you want to get rid of Li Canghai's guilt. After all, no one wants to believe that such an upright and selfless person would secretly collude with traitors. He really knows people, knows his face, but doesn't know his heart!" Yang Guozhong said. After it was over, he said with regret.

"Master Yang! Li Canghai has made so many great contributions to the country and society of the Tang Dynasty. Are these fake? I can't figure out why Master Yang always targets Master Li?" At this point, Cui Huan paused and stroked Holding his beard, he said meaningfully: "Could it be that Mr. Yang is worried that something shady will be found out by him?"

Yang Guozhong's face suddenly became gloomy.

"Lord Cui, what do you mean?" Yang Guozhong glared at Cui Huan and shouted sharply.

"Master Yang must be aware of what I mean, so why bother to ask?" Cui Huan snorted.

"you……!"

"Enough! Shut up!" Li Longji suddenly roared, picked up the teacup on the dragon case and threw it on the ground.

There was a crisp cracking sound, like a nine-day thunderstorm rang in the ears of the officials, and everyone knelt down one after another.

"Your Majesty, calm down, the ministers are guilty!" All the ministers knelt down on the ground, trembling on the ground.

"Guilty, guilty! Every time you encounter something, you are always guilty and guilty. My ears are numb when I hear it, but when did you come up with a solution to solve the problem?" Li Longji was furious, and cursed a few times , suddenly coughed violently.

Seeing this, Gao Lishi hurried over, patted Li Longji's back, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, pay attention to the dragon's body!"

"Your Majesty is guilty, please take care of the dragon body!" The ministers shouted loudly.

Gao Lishi also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, since this matter is related to Li Canghai, I am afraid that we can only solve it from Li Canghai. Lord Song has already gone to summon Li Canghai, and it will come soon. Your Majesty, please shut up." Fury of Thunder, after asking Li Canghai, we will find a way to solve this matter."

Gao Lishi had followed Li Longji for decades, and Li Longji relied heavily on him, and only his words could make Li Longji listen to him.

"Since Aiqing said so, I will wait for a while." Li Longji said angrily.

Seeing this, Gao Lishi hurriedly ordered people to serve ginseng soup, but none of the ministers knelt on the ground dared to move, and the entire court was filled with an extremely solemn and murderous air.

About half an hour later, a servant summoned hurriedly came outside the court hall and said loudly, "Your Majesty, Li Canghai, Song Kun, and Gao Luochuan are waiting outside the palace to be summoned by Your Majesty!"

"Let them in!" Li Longji shouted.

After a while, Li Canghai and others walked into the hall.

"Your Majesty, I will see you!" Several people knelt down and saluted.

"Get up and talk!" Li Longji waved his sleeves angrily, glared at Li Canghai and said, "Li Canghai, explain to me why the thief leader was rescued?"

Li Canghai frowned slightly, and saluted, "Your Majesty, I have just received the news, and before I had time to investigate, I received His Majesty's orders. However, according to my observation, the rebels must have made extremely detailed arrangements. They made a lightning raid on the escort and escorted the guards, and escaped immediately after rescuing the leader of the bandits. However, it is a confidential matter for the guards to escort the repeat offenders. It is absolutely impossible for the rebels to know the route and time of the escort. Someone must have given the rebels a chance report."

After Li Longji finished listening, he stared at him and said, "Your words are almost the same as Yang Aiqing's. If so, who would you say is the person who has had an affair with a traitor?"

Li Canghai looked at Yang Guozhong in surprise, and said in a deep voice, "Return to Your Majesty, I haven't investigated this matter clearly yet, so I dare not speak falsely."

"Don't dare to speak nonsense?" Li Longji snorted, and said coldly: "Are you afraid to speak falsely, or are you deliberately deceiving?"

Only now did Li Canghai hear the murderous intent hidden in Li Longji's words, he turned his head slightly to look at Li Yu, and found that Li Yu was constantly giving him winks.

Li Canghai could tell that it clearly meant to make him be more careful.

It has only been an hour since he received the news that the imperial army was ambushed. Li Canghai only knew that only one officer from the Ministry of War survived in the whole team. He didn't know whether he had said anything, so he felt a little strange about Li Longji's question. .

"Your Majesty, forgive me for being dull and not understanding what His Majesty said." Li Canghai bowed his head.

"Don't understand? Okay, I'll make you understand! Someone, bring Chen Ang to the palace!" Li Longji said angrily.

After a while, two guards came in carrying the injured Chen Ang.

Chen Ang's back was dripping with blood, as if he had suffered a severe stab wound, his face was as pale as snow, which seemed to be caused by excessive blood loss.

"Minister... See Your Majesty." Chen Ang knelt on the ground unsteadily, kowtowing to Li Longji.

"Chen Ang, tell me what happened to you again!" Li Longji shouted in a deep voice.

Chen Ang looked at Li Canghai beside him, and after hesitating for a while, he said tremblingly: "At three o'clock in the hour of Xu, I took the imperial guards to go to the Dongzheng military camp to hand over the leader of the bandits, and at a quarter of the day, I returned to Chang'an with the team. Due to the heinous crimes of the leader of the bandits, in order to prevent the bandits from coming to rescue, the ministers and others had drawn up the walking route and departure time in advance. Then the killer was launched suddenly, and the imperial guards were caught off guard. During the battle, the minister once heard the rebel talking, saying that thanks to... Li Canghai told them the escort route and time, otherwise they would never have rescued the thief so easily head."

(End of this chapter)