This is the fundamental reason why Li Chun can't feel at ease. The identity of His Royal Highness Kang Xing is too special, so special that it gives him an unprecedented fear! He couldn't even wait for the first month of the third year of Yuanhe, and he had to immediately summon the ministers into the palace for questioning! And the first one to ask is his henchman who has always relied on Wu Zetian, the great-nephew of Wu Zetian, and the current Yin Wu Yuanheng of Jingzhao Mansion!

"The Holy Lord is clearly decided, for His Royal Highness Kangxing, Weichen is really unheard of, and he doesn't know anything!" Wu Yuanheng replied, and a layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back.

"Bastard! The traitor called him 'His Royal Highness Kangxing', what did you call him? He is a chaotic thief, an orphan who survives secretly! Li Chun is still obsessed with this person's name.

Seeing this, all the ministers shrewdly changed their words, calling His Royal Highness Kang Xing an orphan of the Wu family, and they all scolded him for not measuring his own strength and hitting stones with eggs.

When the Son of Heaven heard his subordinates say this, his heart calmed down a little, and asked Wu Yuanheng: "If the orphans of the Wu family want to be restored, they will naturally contact the old Wu family, do you really know anything about him?" ”

Wu Yuanheng kowtowed heavily and said: "Holy Lord, Weichen received the grace of the former emperor Dezong and Shunzong, and inherited your grace to obtain the important responsibility of Jingzhao Mansion, ranking in the third grade, what is not satisfied?" Even if it is the Wu family, it is absolutely impossible to give Weichen a better official position. Besides, everyone in the world knows that Weichen is loyal to the Li Tang royal family, and it is impossible for Weichen to put a good future and spend that effort to destroy his reputation! ”

Wu Yuanheng's words were sincere, not talking about the righteousness of the family and the country, but only about his personal future, Li Chun was willing to believe it. He asked himself if Wu Yuanheng was not thin, and Wu Yuanheng also made a lot of contributions to him, this time Li Qi made a move, and it was also the first time that Wu Yuanheng discovered it, and recommended Bai Juyi to lurk in advance, and even advocated the use of troops against Zhenhai.

If Wu Yuanheng really made friends with the orphans of the Wu family, and Li Qi was the pawn of the orphans of the Wu family, he would never have advocated the use of troops against Li Qi so strongly. If it is just to abandon the car to protect the handsome, then the orphans of the Wu family do not hesitate to sacrifice the power of the entire Zhenhai to promote a Wu family that was originally reused by the emperor, this price is inevitably too cost-effective.

Thinking of this, Li Chun's suspicion of Wu Yuanheng suddenly disappeared, and he asked him again: "Even if you have no contact with the orphans of the Wu family, do you dare to guarantee that the clansmen will do the same?" ”

Wu Yuanheng naturally couldn't guarantee it, so he said: "The first day is imminent, and Weichen will take the opportunity to gather the clansmen to worship their ancestors and ask privately. ”

"But pay attention to proportion, don't say what you shouldn't say." Li Chun specially explained.

"Rest assured, Weichen is relieved." Only then did Wu Yuanheng dare to raise his hand and wipe the sweat on his forehead.

"As long as someone is willing to provide clues, or abandon the darkness and turn to the light, you tell them that I am not guilty of the past, and I will be rewarded for my deeds!" Li Chun had a lot of worries in the end, so he added another sentence.

"Yes, Wechen will definitely remember." Wu Yuanheng repeatedly made a respectful gesture.

Li Chun discussed with the ministers for a long time, but after all, they didn't know the inside story, and they couldn't discuss anything for a while. Li Chun was irritable and let them retreat.

Xilingyue, Li Chengxuan, Guo Zhongting, and Pei Xingli waited in the side hall until the ministers left, and then they were able to enter the palace to meet them.

After Yang Wenhuai was arrested, Li Chengxuan and Pei Xingli were ordered to torture him for a day and a night. Due to the lack of manpower, Li Chun summoned Guo Zhongting, who was familiar with the inside story, into the palace, and ordered him and Tutu Chengxuan to seal Yang Wenhuai's various residences inside and outside the palace, wanting to find more clues. It's a pity that Yang Wenhuai is cautious, and he didn't leave any letters with the lord of King Teng's pavilion at home.

Xilingyue is her daughter's family and does not participate in specific torture and house searches, but she also gave full play to her strengths, checked Yang Wenhuai's confession, and helped distinguish the authenticity and find loopholes.

According to Yang Wenhuai's confession, he was originally bought by Li Qi, but later gradually gained his trust, and learned that the force behind him was the Wu family's orphan "His Royal Highness Kangxing". However, due to his special status, His Royal Highness could not show up in public, and all affairs were entrusted to his mouthpiece "King Teng Pavilion Master" to take care of everything.

The murder of Shopkeeper Liu in Xiangshan Temple in Luoyang, the murder of Adu in front of his house, the assassination of Li Qi on the execution table, and even the fatal wound in the back of the head of Master An Cheng were all committed by the Lord of King Teng's Pavilion. And the person who provided clues such as the specific place and time was Yang Wenhuai himself. He served by the side of the Son of Heaven, and often heard confidential matters, so he quietly passed the news to the ears and eyes of the Lord of King Teng's Pavilion in Chang'an.

Yang Wenhuai said that killing Liu's shopkeeper was actually an accident. Originally, the assassin sent by the Pavilion Lord of King Teng wanted to assassinate Li Chengxuan in Luoyang to prevent him from telling the Son of Heaven about Li Qi's intention to rebel. Who knew that when the killer was lurking in Xiangshan Temple, he accidentally discovered Mrs. Gao's henchman Liu, and saw that he was about to reveal his inner story, so he had to kill him, but because of this, his whereabouts were exposed and he lost the best opportunity to assassinate Li Chengxuan.

Similarly, Adu's death was not planned. In the past two or three years, Yang Wenhuai has not found the "Tongtian Cane" in the palace, so he suspects that this cane has fallen into the hands of Wang Bo's cousin's descendants, that is, Adu. Yang Wenhuai privately checked Adu for a long time, but never found anything suspicious, and later he learned that Adu was pardoned as a slave and released from the palace, so he suspected that Adu had another stronghold outside the palace to hide a cane. So he quietly informed the lord of King Teng's pavilion to go to Adu's private house to look for it, who expected that Adu would return to his residence in advance with Xilingyue, and even broke the person who came, so he would be killed.

As for Li Qi, after King Fu successfully returned to Chang'an, His Royal Highness Kang Xing knew that Zhenhai could not be saved, so he decided to give up this chess piece. After Li Qi's rebellion failed, His Royal Highness Kang Xing sent him a letter, pretending that he would send someone to rob the court on the day of his execution, but in fact he was waiting for an opportunity to assassinate him.

Yang Wenhuai also confessed that the place where he exchanged news with Li Qi, King Teng Pavilion Master and others was also the secret stronghold of His Royal Highness Kangxing in Chang'an City - the residence given by Emperor Dezong to Master Kuhai, a scholar who sent Tang envoys.

Since Kukai returned to Fuso, this place has been vacant and is being taken care of by the Ministry of Internal Servants. When Li Qi approached Yang Wenhuai three years ago, he asked him to find a reliable base in Chang'an City, and put forward three requirements: first, it should be convenient to exchange news inside and outside the palace; Second, it is not easy to be monitored; Third, it should be convenient to go out of the city.

According to these three requirements, Yang Wenhuai searched all over the two counties of Chang'an Inner City, and finally settled on the mansion of Master Kukai, which is located in the northwest corner of Yongjiafang - Yongjiafang is next to the north palace wall of Xingqing Palace, and the west side is Tonghua Gate, which is very convenient to go out of the city;

Master Kukai was a monk and an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and the mansion given to him by Dezong was sparsely populated and vacant for a long time, so it would not attract attention or attract surveillance;

More importantly, after Xuanzong ascended the throne, he moved to Xingqing Palace to listen to the government, and in order to facilitate the handover of imperial power from the previous generation, he specially ordered the construction of a sandwich wall between Xingqing Palace and Daming Palace to facilitate the direct passage of the two palaces. The Tonghua Gate outside Yongjiafang can directly climb the sandwich wall and return the road, which is very convenient to communicate with Daming Palace.

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