Chapter 24: Behind Bars

Just when Li Shimin was captured, Li Yuan was standing among the ministers on the dock not far away, bowing his head, sending off Yang Guang, the son of heaven, and boarding the dragon boat.

With the sound of nine horns, the mountain-like giant ship slowly left the shore, and Li Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief and stood up with the surrounding ministers.

At this time, the joy of his relocation was still not retired, and his face was full of red light.

Wei Wei Shaoqing, although only from the fourth grade, is only Wei Weiqing's second officer, but because of the current great cause three years later, many officials in the DPRK and China do not have a seal official, and Weiwei Temple is one of them.

So he, Weiwei Shaoqing, is actually the head of Weiwei Temple.

The Weiwei Temple is in charge of the decrees of the guards and armor, and manages the staffs, instruments, crossbow swords, armor, ink armor and other weapons for military use; The weight of power and responsibility is far from being comparable to that of the young eunuchs in the palace.

And this good mood disappeared until he left the dock and met Li Dai, the head of his Guogong Mansion.

"Why are you here?"

Li Yuan asked his servant curiously, "But Virusha and Garuda are back?"

Garuda is Li Xuanba's milk name, and it is the Dapeng golden-winged bird in Buddhism.

After he served as the captain of the guard, he still served as the young eunuch in the palace. These days, they have followed Yang Guang before driving the expedition for the Son of Heaven Zhang Luo, and he has not returned home for several days.

As for the second son and the third son who went away and merged with the state, Li Yuan missed it a lot. Especially the latter, he hasn't seen him for several years since he went to Luliang Mountain to learn art.

"The slave and maid came here because of a few letters from the house. One of them is Liu Zhenghui, the general of Yingyanglang of Longquan County, who was delivered by Xunying, and he entered the house seven days ago. The content of the letter should be related to the two sons. As for the two sons—"

Li Dai replied respectfully, but when he said this, his expression was slightly hesitant.

At this time, Li Yuan's thick eyebrows raised slightly, and he had already taken the letter from Li Dai's hand. Liu Zhenghui is his father's old department, and the relationship between the two families is very close.

Because the canal was frozen, the road leading to Zhuojun was also blocked by the military and civilians who went to Liaodong, and when the two returned, most of them would choose the Tongguan Ancient Road, which happened to pass through Liu Zhenghui's jurisdiction on the way.

Could it be that the shaft caused something on the way?

Li Yuan was thinking about this, and he found that Li Dai's expression was different, and he couldn't help but be a little strange: "What's the matter?

"Erlang Sanlang, I have returned to Beijing today,"

Li Dai sighed secretly and decided to tell the truth: "But not long ago, Erlang had a conflict with Su Yi, the eldest grandson of Nayan Su Mansion, near the Imperial Camp School, and, and——"

"Make it clear, don't stumble!"

Li Yuan's face was as black as the bottom of a pot: "What else did that bastard do?"

Also present were Yang Jishan, the fourth brother of Chu Guogong, and Yuwen Chengji, the son of the servant Shaoqing Yu Wenhua. ”

Li Dai stubbornly said: "In addition, for some reason, Erlang killed three people in public, and together with these three sons, he was arrested by the forbidden army and handed over to the Henan County Ya. ”

"This bastard! Why didn't he turn the sky upside down?"

Li Yuan's eyes widened slightly, and his eyes showed a look of horror. He subconsciously clenched his fist and smashed the letterhead sent by Liu Zhenghui in his hand.

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At the same time, on the dragon boat. Pei Yun, the imperial historian, also heard about it.

"The second son of Tang Guogong Li Yuanyan, killed three people in a row near the imperial camp school?"

He was originally reviewing the documents submitted by his subordinates, but at this moment he stopped writing and asked a palace attendant standing in front of the case: "Is there a reason?"

The servant Yushi looked solemn, and replied in simple and clear words: "It is to save people, promote goodness, Yuwen Chengji, and Su Yi are all gentlemen, and they are notorious in Beijing. Today, the three of them came to the royal camp together, but they saw two women nearby. Li Yuanyan's second son, Li Shimin, was rescued in a mask, but was recognized by Su Yi. Then Su Yi's servant Zhuang Sheng, Lian Meng, wanted to use ink armor, but was brazenly killed by Li Shimin. Later, there was the Hejian Sword Master Huangfu Zhuang recruited by the Duke of Chu, who wanted to make a move, but was also killed by Li Shimin with a shot. ”

"How powerful are the means?"

Pei Yun was taken aback: "I remember that this Huangfu Village, the strength is not weak, half a year ago, there was a record of leapfrogging challenges and killing four-grade martial artists?"

The reason why he was able to be favored by Yang Guang, as a subordinate of the Chen Dynasty, was appointed as the imperial historian and became one of the five nobles on the spot, one of the biggest reasons is that he has an excellent memory and has the ability to never forget.

And this Huangfu Village, although it is only a small five-grade martial artist. But a few days ago, he happened to see this person's life file.

In recent years, Chu Guofu has vigorously recruited heroes from the rivers and lakes, and this Huangfu Village is one of them. ”

"This son's ability is indeed good!"

The palace attendant Yu Shi reminded again: "Before, there was news from Bingzhou, and the Tao was Gao Shilian, who was the Zhililang, and on the way back to the Eastern Capital, he was attacked twice in a row. It is said that the second son of the Tang Guofu presided over the repulsion. ”

"Is that so?"

Pei Yun was surprised again, and then his expression moved slightly, rummaging through the documents on his bookcase.

Soon after, he had a harvest, holding a letterhead, and his eyes were different: "Defeated 2,000 bandits in the first battle, including 200 elite border troops; But are you sure that this was done by Li Shimin?"

"Undoubtedly!" Shi Yushi's voice did not contain the slightest hesitation: "The soldiers of the Gao family, the Li family, and the soldiers of the government have been confirmed in many ways. It is said that Li Shimin killed Wang Cheng only in two ways, and when he killed Wang Fu, he also defeated the strong with the weak in 60 moves. But what is even more surprising is this soldier's ability, on the river beach, he broke the bandits, and the army of Gao and Li's two families had almost no casualties. ”

Pei Yun took a long breath and sighed: "It's really amazing! In this way, the Duke of Chu praised this son's talent like a dragon leaping and a phoenix, not inferior to Lanling's words, and it is indeed true." All along, this son is just hiding clumsy? is the official, and he is also out of sight—"

That Pei Yun laughed, and sighed: "Speaking of which, this Tang Guogong is really enviable, not to mention the talents in the clan, and all the sons under his knees are also outstanding." ”

Then he spoke again, and his face was calm: "Besides, what else? This little private fight shouldn't be enough for you to make a special trip to report at this time?"

"Lord Zenken is exactly what he expected!"

Shi Wei bowed: "The problem is that the daughter of the people rescued by Li Shimin is the wife and daughter of Zhang Zhongjian, a huge rich man in Yangzhou!"

"Zhang Zhongjian?"

Pei Yun got up suddenly, and the essence in his eyes was faint, "So what is this wife and daughter of Yangzhou's huge wealth doing in the capital?"

The official did not know the details of this matter, but he heard that in the past two months, Zhang Zhongjian was using his subordinates to look for people everywhere. ”

Shi Yu replied without fluctuation: "And within three or five days at most, Zhang Zhongjian can rush to the Eastern Capital." ”

"How, at this time?"

Pei Yun rubbed the corners of his forehead as if he had a headache, and his eyes showed a look of annoyance: "Send someone to monitor, I want to know, this person's every move in Xianyang!"

The palace attendant Yushi was not surprised: "Xiaguan understands that Xiaguan has recalled four second-grade embroidered clothes envoys to Beijing yesterday. It's just that I need to tell Your Majesty about this detail?"

The embroidered guard was established by the emperor and directly belonged to the official office of the Son of Heaven, which was responsible for cultivating and recruiting martial arts powerhouses for the royal family, and assisted the imperial history, the division, and the three confessors, and was responsible for spying, arresting and other rights and responsibilities.

And the so-called 'second-grade' embroidered clothes envoy here does not refer to his official position, but his martial arts achievements, so that he has seen the second-grade rank, that is, the peak of the handsome rank in the army.

However, the embroidered clothes of the embroidered clothes guard do not practice the art of battlefield fighting, and are better at fighting and grabbing.

"Look at it, Your Majesty has no time to take care of this matter now. ”

Pei Yun shook his head and fell into contemplation: "Zhang Zhongjian, this person, has always protected his shortcomings, and he will repay him, you let people inform Xu Guogong and the Chu State Mansion, and there is also a promise——"

When he said this, he sneered and flicked his sleeves: "Forget it! These three bastards, before the imperial camp, dared to use armor soldiers, they were really lawless." In the eyes of these people, there is still Your Majesty? The attack on Gao Shilian is quite suspicious, so find out the truth for me as soon as possible. Urge that Bohai County Duke again, before Your Majesty enters Liao, that meridian Xuanguang must be presented!"

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When Li Shimin came out of the prison capital of Henan County, it was a day after he was arrested. At this time, Li Xuanba and his cousin Li Shentong were waiting for him outside the prison gate.

The former was overjoyed, while the latter glared at him with wide eyes. Li Shimin didn't care, and asked his cousin Li Shentong for details.

Just as he expected in advance, Su Yi's servant Zhuang Sheng and Lian Meng were suspected of using armor soldiers. Therefore, Henan County Ya does not take this as a crime. As for Huangfuzhuang, Li Shimin originally thought that this matter would be a little troublesome. After all, this person did not use ink armor, and this time, he killed people in the street.

But this time he was lucky, Huangfuzhuang was burdened with three murders before entering Beijing, and was wanted by Hejian County. It's just that after entering Beijing, he took refuge under the Duke of Chu and was not brought to justice.

So this time, not only was he not guilty, but he also hunted and killed the wanted felon, and he could receive a generous reward from the government.

However, this money has been collected by Li Shentong on his behalf, and it is used to deal with the top and bottom of the Henan County Government.

And whether it is the Su Mansion or the Chu State Mansion, there is no intention to delve into it. At least these families did not intend to continue to entangle him in the case of murder on the street.

According to Li Shentong, it was Su Yi who insisted on Na Zhuang Sheng, and the two servants of Lian Meng were bold and reckless and made assertions; as for Nahuang Fuzhuang, Yang Jishan insisted that he did not know that this person was suspected of murder.

Both of them are not very clean, how dare they not forgive him?

The Henan County Ya was happy to turn the big things into small things, and the small things turned into small things, so they closed the case with Li Shimin killing the thieves in public. And Su Yi, Yang Jishan, and Yuwen Chengji, who intended to rob the people's daughters, have nothing to do with this case. When he got out, he was half a day earlier.