On a sunny day in May, the streets of Chang'an were bustling, the caravan that had just entered the city entered Jiuhui Street, and went to the world-famous Moon Tower to rest, pedestrians had to give way to this strong convoy, Xiang Tiange also avoided the middle of the road to the side of the road, and walked to a street corner, where sat an unkempt beggar on the wall of the corner, his tattered clothes were on his shoulders, and only one arm was exposed and knocked on a broken bowl with a branch, and the other broken sleeve was dangling empty, and there was a crutch made of rotten wood on the wall.

Xiang Tiange stopped next to him, looked at a wooden board in front of him, and read the words on it softly: "The villain's life is hard, he lost his father at the age of eight, his mother is seriously ill, both eyes are blind, corrupt officials have no virtue, they take away my good land, bullies and bullies, break my legs, miserable and sad, human tragedy ......"

Xiang Tiange was a little puzzled, raised his eyebrows, and closed the fan, "How did I not know that you had such a tragic background?"

This young master Tao was lazily leaning against the corner of the wall, knocking on the broken bowl very satisfied: "This is what a person taught me, look, it really works, and I will make a lot of money in such a while." Haha~"

Xiang Tiange glanced at him helplessly, and threw a silver ingot in the broken bowl full of copper coins and broken silver, "Then it won't bother you to make a fortune, and when you finish your work, see you at the old place at three o'clock in the afternoon." ”

"Okay, Xiang Gongzi. Tao Chun said.

At the end of the Jiuhui Street is the Moon Tower, there is an alley perpendicular to the Nine Returns Street next to the Moon Tower, the alley is full of stalls selling all kinds of sundries, these stalls are rubbing the popularity of the Moon Tower, the popularity here is the most prosperous, naturally there is the most business to do, these stalls are more and more, almost blocking this alley.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Tao Chun walked into the alley on crutches, and when others saw it, they just thought that the beggar was looking for a shady place to sleep and rest. In the depths of the alley, there is a cave, and after turning a few corners, you can see a small courtyard, which is actually a corner of the backyard of the Moon Tower.

The hour was almost up, and Xiang Tiange, who was drinking and listening to music with several noble sons in the private room on the third floor of the Moon Tower, said goodbye and came to this backyard to meet Tao Chun.

"You...... What's the situation with you?" Xiang Tiange pointed at his crutches and arms with a fan.

Tao Chun laughed, threw away his crutches, and pulled out his arm shrunk in his clothes: "Haha, it's nothing, it's fun to do a full set of plays." ”

Xiang Tiange shook his head depressedly: "Okay, let's get down to business, what's going on with what I asked you to keep an eye on?

Tao Chunzheng said: "There is." Tang Jianyi has already united with Dali Siqing to interrogate Tang Zuoyuan three times, but Tang Zuoyuan denied the crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, the evidence has not been implemented at first, and it can only be tried like this, Chen Guiyi audited the Tang family's property and did not find anything suspicious, seeing Wei He and Long Guang running to the Tang Mansion, and they also said that they had not found conclusive evidence, the only thing that was a little frowned was that on the night of April 27, I saw Yunfei take people out of the city, I followed them, they hunted down a person, it was Wan Chaozong's fine work, it seemed to say that there were letters related to Tang Zuoyuan on the body, and there was a seal of Tang Zuoyuan's personal jade pendant, It is suspected that it is a token of asking for help from Wan Chaozong, and the jade pendant itself can't be found, and the fine work has committed suicide the day before yesterday...... Tang Jianyi's case has been investigated enough to drag on, and even a single piece of evidence has not yet been confirmed......"

Xiang Tiange frowned, thought about something, and said: "When the case is found here, it seems to be clueless, but in fact, it is very easy to verify, but our Tang Dagongzi is still a little fettered and unwilling to use a decisive method." ”

Tao Chun asked, "Do you mean that Tang Jianyi has selfish intentions?" Could it be that he is really Tang ......?"

Xiang Tiange glanced at him: "Don't ask this!"

Tao Chun laughed unmindfully: "Haha, come on, can't you talk about it?" The surname Tang is surnamed Tang, and you ......can understand it at a glance."

Xiang Tiange didn't want to argue with him about this: "It's right for you to continue to keep an eye on the movements of the Tang Mansion, and you who participated in the detailed work of the Qing Dynasty decree should also pay more attention, I don't believe that there is really nothing to catch here, and he Tang Jianyi can really do it...... Oh, by the way, what about that person? Didn't it make you pay attention? It can't be out of Chang'an City a long time ago, right?"

Tao Chun was a little indignant when he thought of this: "How could he be? He was drunk in that Yuqiong Ju all day long, he was a drunkard, and he had no human form, so why did he need me to keep an eye on him? He was afraid that he wouldn't even be able to climb the city gate! What kind of person is that? He looks exactly the same as Xun Shaoling, but his style is completely different, I thought he could make a great contribution before, who thought that he was not Xun Shaoling, and was let go by Her Royal Highness the Princess, Aunt Fang Hong was so angry, every time she saw me, she was so angry!"

Xiang Tiange said: "You think I'm not angry! It's really strange, there are two people in this world who look so similar...... Anyway, you just have to pay attention, you can't let him fall into the hands of Wan Chaozong, and you can't let him leave Chang'an, he must be within our control, and it may be of great use in the future." ”

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After discussing with Tao Chun, he left the Moon Tower, and Tao Chun also walked out of the alley on crutches and continued to beg on the street. Xiang Tiange entered the palace from Luoyunmen's secret passage, and went to Luoyunmen's Jiantian Pavilion to ask his master, Elder Qingyuan, to say goodbye, and report the situation in Chang'an City every day.

Unlike Mo Li, who has been following Princess Zhaoming for a long time, and unlike Tang Jianyi, who has been lurking outside for a long time, Xiang Tiange has always been in Chang'an, and can be said to be the number one person in Luo Yunmen supervising the entire Chang'an City, and he is the most powerful disciple by Elder Qingyuan's side, he is naturally more friendly with Elder Qingyuan, and Elder Qingyuan also knows the temperament of this apprentice very well.

When he asked about the case of the Tang Mansion, Elder Qingyuan could see his thoughts at a glance, and was silent, Xiang Tiange asked later, and directly said his suspicion of Tang Jianyi: "Master, you also know that Qinglong is a member of the Tang family, so you really feel so relieved to let him toss it?" This is a matter of the first-class military Houfu, and the relationship between the inside and the outside is inextricably linked, how many pairs of eyes are staring, in case something goes wrong with Luo Yunmen in this matter......

Elder Qingyuan said: "You, Jian Yi, and Li'er are all trained by the old man, and the old man knows it very well, Jian Yi will never have any selfish intentions in this case, Tang Hou Ye is guilty, he will definitely be able to find out truthfully, and if Tang Hou Ye is not guilty, he can also find out and return his innocence." ”

Seeing that Elder Qingyuan believed in Tang Jianyi so much, Xiang Tiange couldn't find any suspicions from this point anymore, so he was anxious for a while, so he said: "What about that part of Youzhou? Someone has to be responsible for the affairs of Youzhou, right? As the first spy who is lurking outside, he has abandoned the main intelligence network of Luo Yunmen in the enemy country, and is busy with family affairs here, it is really enough! Suzaku still needs someone to answer it, Master, if you let me go, I will definitely be able to sneak into the Beiliang Imperial Palace......"

Elder Qingyuan looked at him with a solemn expression: "This is the main thing you want to mention, right? You don't have any doubts about Jian Yi's loyalty, you are still worried about the power of the Youzhou side, you just want to compete with Jian Yi for the name of the first spy!"

Xiang Tiange hurriedly denied: "Master, I really think about Luo Yunmen!"

Elder Qingyuan's face became gloomy: "Come on, Xuanwu, when you really think about Luo Yunmen, you won't put this sentence on your lips!

Xiang Tiange was a little embarrassed, and complained in his heart that he was too eager for quick success, and kowtowed heavily: "Of course the disciple remembers! The country is supreme, the imperial power is supreme, loyal to the Luomen, and the world is ordered! Xuanwu does not dare to forget life and death!"

Elder Qingyuan calmed down his anger and closed his eyes, "You are too impetuous, you still need to be experienced. Let's go to Duansitang, facing the wall for two hours. ”

Xiang Tiange saluted: "Yes, Master!"

Kneeling in front of the Luoyun Wall of Duansitang, facing the wall for two hours in front of the sixteen-character letter, Xiang Tiange's resentment in his heart had not dissipated, thinking that he had tossed like this but still couldn't get his wish, he was really unwilling in his heart, and when he got out of Duansitang, he saw that Tang Jian had entered Luoyun Gate and was walking towards Jiantian Pavilion, and he suddenly had a plan.

Xiang Tiange flew in front of Tang Jianyi, first concealed his anger and talked to him for a while, and when it came to Tang Zuoyuan's case, Xiang Tiange directly signaled that the progress of this case was suspiciously slow, Tang Jianyi was very worried about the investigation of the case, and he didn't want to deal with Xiang Tiange's deliberate provocation.

Tang Jian said: "...... Maybe it's because your ability is not as strong as Xuanwu, so the case is so stagnant, but heaven and earth are proven, and you will definitely do your best for Luo Yunmen......"

Xiang Tiange Yin interrupted him fiercely: "No! You didn't do your best! If you are really that loyal, why don't you use the most basic trick to get Tang Zuoyuan's confession? You say? You can obviously do it! You don't! That's why the Qing Dynasty decree is so unsatisfactory this time!"

Tang Jian's eyebrows condensed, there was tearing pain in his eyes, and he looked at Xiang Tiange in disbelief, "You mean...... A scam?"

Xiang Tiange smiled: "Yes, can you deny that this trick is not the most effective at the moment?"

Tang Jianyi hid the pain at that moment, lowered his eyes, and said indifferently: "I won't use this trick." ”

Xiang Tiange approached him, his gloomy and sharp gaze looked directly into his eyes, and he sneered provocatively, provoking him: "This trick of spooping is the basic trick of Luo Yunmen's meticulous confession, when the master taught us to interrogate the enemy and induce confessions, the first thing we taught was this trick of spy, could it be that Qinglong You have been in Beiliang for many years, and you have forgotten about it? Otherwise, why wouldn't you use this trick? Aren't you loyal? Then why not use this trick on your father for the sake of Luo Yunmen?"

Tang Jianyi gritted his teeth tightly, the green tendons on his forehead were visible, he clenched his fists, and swung a punch at Xiang Tiange, Xiang Tiange was hit by his punch, and his handsome left face was instantly bruised and swollen, and the whole person fell to the fence of the corridor, covering his face and cursing Tang Jianyi.

Tang Jianyi glared at him coldly, his fists still clenched: "Okay." Thank you for the suggestion, I'll use this one. ”

For a long time, there have been many snitch with high ability to come to this royal palace wall to hunt for secrets, the forbidden place of the palace, the little son of the eldest grandson's family, Changle, has broken through eight or nine times out of ten, but the most conspicuous Xuanding palace is not even the little overlord of Chang'an dare not break in. It's not that the guards here are so tight, on the contrary, this palace is the emptiest, there is no one to guard, and there is hardly a sound of people on weekdays, even if you go in, it is not necessarily so dark and terrifying.

But this place is difficult for even the emperor to set foot in, because this is Luoyunmen, people who are not Luoyunmen, do not ask about Luoyunmen, and people who are not Luoyunmen are not allowed to enter Luoyunmen. Luoyun Gate is located in the center of the palace in the form of a palace, facing the Yitian Hall where Wanchen worships the court and discusses politics, which is both a guard and a warning. Every time the minister of the previous dynasty passes by the main gate of Luoyun Gate, he will feel a chill down his spine, because the dark red gate is often closed, and no one enters or leaves, but if it is opened one day, he will definitely be able to see a minister who was still on the opposite side of the Yitian Hall in the morning of the day to guide the state affairs was escorted in by the black-clothed and masked people, and some went and returned to receive the emperor's favor, which was a minority, and most of them did not return to the house and destroyed the door.

Tang Zuoyuan was escorted into this dark red gate at night, although only a few palace people were fortunate enough to witness this scene, but when he was taken away in the Tang Mansion before, it was a lively house, and the magnates of a city in Chang'an City witnessed him and other Zhongnan waiting for Luoyunmen's prisoner car, and since then the city has been full of wind and rain, and the court has been alarmed.

Luoyunmen's fine work never enters and exits from the main gate of Luoyunmen, and there are countless secret passages in the corners that ordinary people can't see, either under the palace walls, or in the imperial garden, or in the palace, or under the imperial river, or somewhere outside the palace. A small part of these secret passages lead to the Jiantian Pavilion, the main hall of Luoyunmen, and the rest of them all lead to the underground palace of Luoyunmen. The underground palace of Luoyunmen, no one knows how big it is except the designer, it may occupy far more underground area than the area of the palace, perhaps far less than the area of the palace, this is not known, the only thing that can be known is that the palace pavilion of Xuanding Zhumen is only the tip of the iceberg of Luoyunmen, and what people are afraid of is not the palace, but the part of Luoyunmen that is hidden, and it is impossible to explore and predict.

There was no light in this section of the tunnel, so he walked out of the tunnel with a torch, and when he saw the light, he went to the underground palace. Tang Jian extinguished the torch and inserted it on the stone frame on the wall, walked on this relatively spacious porch, and came to a fork, he divided the direction, and the road on the right led to the Tianji Hall where Luoyun Gate placed all kinds of confidential documents and important information, where there were ten steps and one guard, and there were many organs.

Tang Jianyi took out the jade plate of Luoyunmen and hung it on his waist, turned around and walked to the left, and the road on the left led to the main body of the underground palace - the Luoyunmen dungeon. Luoyunmen divides the importance of each task and each assassination target into four levels of heaven and earth Xuanhuang, and also divides the dungeon into four parts with these four levels, the front part is the largest yellow prison, where there are many and miscellaneous prisoners, most of them are the enemy's low-level fine works, and then there is the Xuanzi prison, which is the enemy's high-level fine work, and then go back is the ground number prison, which is the betrayal of the fine work, and some prisoners who must be specially imprisoned, such as Ji Chang'an last time.

Walking through the prison, you can see the interrogation room of the Tianzi prison, compared with the interrogation room of the other No. 3 prisons, the interrogation room of the Tianzi prison is larger but less bloody and screaming, the furnishings here are solemn and solemn, he is persistent in the Qing Dynasty order to sit on the arraignment table during this period of time, calm and cautious without any thoughts about interrogating Tang Zuoyuan. Tianzihao prison is cold all the year round, each cell is tightly guarded, and the detainees are all the important royal relatives and nobles in Chang'an City, and few of these people have been convicted, because most of the people convicted in this cell have died and do not need to be detained, and most of the people who are still alive are officials who have been investigated by the Qing Dynasty, such as Tang Zuoyuan.

He stopped outside the Tianzi No. 1 cell and looked inside, his father, a dignified first-class military candidate, a secretary of the military department, was an uncle of the dynasty, wearing heavy shackles on his hands and feet, sitting next to the tea case in the center of the cell, with a chessboard in front of him, he was concentrating on how to move next, and the paper and pen that wrote his confession in the corner of the tea case still had no traces of passing.

He took out the Qing Dynasty decree and the Luoyunmen jade plate for the guards to check, "Open the prison door." Hearing his voice, Tang Zuoyuan raised his head, and the chess pieces on his fingertips fell on the chessboard.

After the cell door opened, Tang Jianyi said to the guards guarding this cell: "You go down first, you don't need to guard here for the time being." ”

The guards looked at each other: "But...... This ......"

Tang Jian shook the Qing Dynasty order in front of them, and they didn't want to say anything more, so they had to leave hesitantly, "Later, my lord, you finish asking, please recall us quickly." ”

As soon as Tang Jian entered, he and Tang Zuoyuan were facing each other head-on, and they glanced at each other. Although he was interrogated several times, in order to avoid suspicion, Tang Jianyi never got along with him alone, and never said a word outside the case, so this was the first real reunion between their father and son.

After being silent for a while, Tang Jianyi spoke first: "When you enter here, you are still so calm and composed......"

Tang Zuoyuan lowered his head, picked up the chess piece, continued to play chess, and slowly spoke: "I have been an official in Nanke for so many years, I am not surprised that I will enter here, but I didn't expect this day to come so long, and I never thought it would be you......" He stopped and sighed.

Tang Jian kept kneeling down and bowed his head: "The child greets his father!"