229.Chapter 229
For this sister, for some reason, the saint can be said to be full of patience and compassion. After hearing that Li Hui and the prince had reported that they had brought Princess Anxing and their concubine Cheng Qing into the palace, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the left and right with a smile: "Presumably Sister Anxing has finally figured it out, so I'll go and ask her." Come to think of it, this time she will definitely not be stingy and tell all the facts. ”
"Why don't you wait two days to see her again?" Jian Guogong Xu Ye said, "At this time, she is the one who is in danger of her life, and she is also anxious." I can't say that after she thinks it through, she will tell more and more important secrets. "As a famous general who has been on the battlefield for many years, he is also well versed in the art of war. In his opinion, this matter is tantamount to a war between the two countries, and we must not be impatient, and we should attack the heart.
Li Hui thought so, and was about to open his mouth to agree, so he listened to King Jing on the side and said: "What Gong Xu said is extremely true. However, this matter is related to border defense and social stability, and it is better to resolve it as soon as possible. Let's listen to her confession and talk about anything else. If she still has something to hide, it doesn't hurt to dry her for a few more days. ”
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It was supposed to be a peaceful and joyful Chinese New Year's Eve, but suddenly there was a case of rebellion, which was tantamount to thunder on the ground. At the previous moment, it was still singing, dancing, laughing and laughing, but at this time it was already a mountain rain and the wind was full of buildings, as if the clear sky was instantly full of dark clouds, and I don't know when it will be thunderous and rainstorming.
Not long ago, the ministers who were still talking and laughing were all in silence, and the happy and relaxed smiles on their faces were all put away. The high-ranking officials in the purple suit seemed to be aware of it, and secretly paid attention to the saint's expression and demeanor. Of course, they were not worried about the ups and downs of the saint's feelings, but they just intuitively felt that this matter was probably inseparable from this emperor's majesty.
After all, the Dengwen drum under the Suzaku Gate has been useless for many years, if someone doesn't mention it, it is the master of the Peng Wangfu who wants to be the first to sue for rebellion, and it is impossible to think of beating the drum lightly. Moreover, according to the rules, as soon as the drums are beating, no matter what the saints and the ministers are doing, they must immediately start the court to hear the grievances. Now the high-ranking officials in the five grades and above are all on the Suzaku Gate, and they can start the trial anytime and anywhere. This also doomed King Peng to have no time to react to make arrangements, and it was impossible to contact the lower-ranking henchmen to excuse him.
What's more, who doesn't know that King Peng and Princess Anxing have long been secretly linked together, and they have a great deal to do with King Yue's rebellion? And the eldest princess of Anxing is still enjoying the night banquet in the Taiji Palace, that is, the concubine Cheng Qing has the heart to protect each other, what can a gentleman do? I'm afraid I can't even send someone to deliver a message to Princess Anxing!!
Choosing the night of Chinese New Year's Eve and suddenly attacking the Suzaku Gate is not just a surprise and a surprise to the opponent. Instead, he carefully set up the situation of "time, place, and people", and wanted to put King Peng to death with one blow!! To be able to set up such an amazing situation in the Imperial City, it is none other than a saint!!
When the prison guards brought the man who claimed to be the head of King Peng's mansion to the Suzaku Gate, King Peng was already covered in cold sweat. It was clearly the cold winter wax moon, but he was like being in a hot summer, and he was sweating and heavy clothes in an instant. He quickly looked around, as if trying to find a glimmer of life in it. The eager, even a somewhat hideous gaze, swept over the indifferent Cheng Qing's face, and then moved away from the few people who pretended not to know anything, and finally looked at King Jing fixedly.
Li Hui was not far from him, and secretly wrote down all the people he hoped for. When something is urgent, the reaction made when death is on the verge is the most real. Because every moment and every person is related to his life and death, King Peng, who is already a little confused, will never set up suspicions in order to frame others. Moreover, in the final analysis, his complicity with Princess An Xing is just for profit. When his life was in danger, how could he be willing to delay himself in order to protect his comrades?
"Wechen knocks on the saint!" After the chief secretary of the Peng Palace, he fell to his knees, and without waiting for anyone to ask, he began to talk endlessly. According to him, King Peng had long been disobedient, and colluded with the king of Langling County in the Yue Palace. He once "accidentally" heard the two discussing in the study how to take advantage of the overthrow of the Yue Wangfu to take his power into his own hands and take the military power under the command of the king of Jiangxia County into his pocket.
In order to obtain military power in a proper manner, they even sent people to the Western Turkic tribe and the Xue Yantuo tribe to talk secretly, hoping to come to the outside to cooperate, so as to get the opportunity to lead the troops to guard the frontier, and also take advantage of the situation to bring back the king of Langling County from Zhenzhou, which can be called exile. With King Peng's cautious character, the letters between the Western Turkic tribe and the Xue Yantuo tribe must have been destroyed by him, but there must still be tokens of exchange with them in King Peng's mansion!!
"Secretly colluding with the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo?" The saint frowned and said in a deep voice, "I never believe that Uncle Peng would actually commit such a treason crime of colluding with foreign enemies!" "Compared with attempted rebellion, fornicating with foreign enemies is a crime that is enough to leave a stench for thousands of years. Once this crime is confirmed, a note will be left in the history books, and the children and grandchildren will probably never be able to raise their heads again. As soon as the saint opened his mouth, he was "treasonous", and a wise man naturally knew what kind of result he wanted.
"The minister is wronged!" When his life was at stake, King Peng discovered the sage's intentions almost instantly, and he couldn't help but weaken his knees, and immediately fell to his knees. His children and grandchildren also recovered from the shock and hurriedly shouted along with them: "Sage Mingjian, this is a false accusation!" The ministers have been wronged!! ”
However, when he was soft in his mouth and said something wronged, King Peng's eyes stabbed at the master book extremely fiercely, like a poisonous knife, with bitter hatred.
The master bookkeeper was stunned, trembling as if he was frightened, and then said: "Weichen should have looked for an opportunity to report earlier, but Peng Wangfu is now watching very closely, all subordinate officials and subordinates are not allowed to leave the mansion without permission, and even Weichen's family is under house arrest, so there is really no chance." Finally, Wei Chen took advantage of today's exorcism team to enter King Peng's mansion to exorcise evil spirits, and quietly hid in the crowd wearing a mask......"
Xu Ye glanced at him deeply, bowed his head slightly, and agreed, and the rest of the important ministers also seconded it one after another. As young people with little qualifications, King Xin'an and Wang Yushi naturally would not put forward different opinions on such occasions. However, Li Hui still furrowed his eyebrows, observing the saint and King Jing without a trace.
He believed that King Jing's words must have meant the meaning of the saint. But what did the saints have in mind? Could it be that from beginning to end, he didn't hope that Princess An Xing would be able to confess to her comrades in a "familiar manner"? Or did he think that no matter how long he waited, Princess An Xing's answer would never change in any way?
However, the person who sent these assassins was not necessarily the county king. After all, the Yue Wang's lineage has been deposed as concubines, and it is pointless to assassinate them, just to lose their manpower in vain. Li Hui and Wang Zixian both believe that the one who will do such an unreasonable thing must be the eldest princess of Anxing who has no scruples and acts casually.
When the sage heard the news, he was furious and immediately ordered Shaozhou to send soldiers to escort Li Heng and others to Guangzhou. As for the wounded Jin Wuwei, they could only recuperate on the spot, and they were counted as meritorious services according to the number of enemies they had destroyed, and they were given either 50 gold or 100 gold as a reward. However, before his anger subsided, news came-
The king of Langling County, who went to Zhenzhou to take office, was also assassinated! The king of Langling County was assassinated by thieves, and the princess of Langling County and her children were also seriously injured! And the guards of the county king's mansion who escorted them were even more killed and wounded, and finally repelled the assassins with the help of Tanzhou (Changsha) Zhichong Mansion! Nearly 100 people were killed and wounded, but in the end, only a dozen or so assassin corpses remained, which shows that these assassins were highly armed and well-trained!
At the same time, King Peng and his party, who had just walked to the post station near the Qinling Mountains, also encountered the Assassins. King Peng and his heir King Peng were poisoned and died, and the rest of the descendants of their inner relatives were also poisoned more or less, and all the catchers and postmen in the post station were killed, and Jin Wuwei, who escorted them, was also killed and wounded. Because the Assassin attack was so sudden, Jin Wuwei didn't have time to react, and almost let them retreat with their whole body.
The saint immediately summoned the ministers in the hall of the two ceremonies to discuss the possible connection between the three assassinations.
The minister believed that these assassins were most likely sent by the same mastermind behind the scenes. Otherwise, why is it so similar to the practice of taking poison and committing suicide after being captured? However, more evidence can only be obtained by recalling the Jin Wuwei who had fought with them and the guards of the King of Langling County back to Beijing. ”
“…… It's strange, it's just a matter of colluding with King Peng's lineage, so it's just a matter of killing it, why do you want to assassinate King Yue's lineage? Could it be that there is any hatred with the king of Yue? Needless to say, Li Heng, a concubine, has been exiled to Guangzhou with his family and has no power to resist; Even the king of Langling County also went to Zhenzhou to take up his post, and it was obviously difficult to return to Chang'an. There is no room for Yue Wangfu to turn over, and what kind of hatred is it that prompts this person to want to kill them all? ”
Among a group of old ministers with white hair and beards, the young King of Xin'an County stood out: "Uncle, nephew thinks that the mastermind of the three-way assassination is not the same person. Kill the concubine Li Heng. And in order to protect himself, he arranged for the assassins to kill them all. Now, the only person in the world who knows the identity of this person may be the eldest princess An Xing. ”