At this moment, the five hundred members of the Huya Special Combat Team finally returned one after another.

And they also brought back good news to Li Su, and brought back eight people.

A few days ago, Li Su sent them all out to do a thing.

That is to go to the lower reaches of the Yinghe River, to the surrounding villages, to find survivors.

The guards of the Cui family were all killed, and all of them died on the spot.

But the Lu family is not!

The guards of the Lu family were all washed away by the river after the shipwreck.

As for the more than 400 guards of the Lu family, Li Su did not believe that all of them were drowned in the river, and none of them survived.

And Li Su concluded that even if these guards of the Lu family survived, they would not dare to return to the Lu family.

Going back is purely an act of looking for death.

And if they don't go, they'll probably hide in the surrounding villages.

And these people, if you put your mind to it, are actually very easy to find.

Of course, what Li Su is most afraid of is actually the five surnames and seven wangs before them, find these people, and kill people.

Then, it will be really difficult to find witnesses at that time.

Fortunately, the five surnames and seven hopes ignored this point.

Well, strictly speaking, it can only be said that Lu Yong ignored this point.

Because the whole thing was done by Lu Yong alone, and the others didn't know about it.

Or rather, Lu Yong didn't care about these at all, he didn't think that this matter would be overturned.

The eight who were recovered, the surviving guards of the Lu family.

Li Su talked to them separately.

Then it was discovered that these eight people all hated Lu Yong and the Lu family to death.

As long as they can bite the Lu family, they are not afraid of death.

What's more, Li Su promised them that as long as they stood up to testify, they would be able to guarantee their innocence.

And you can also give them a sum of money afterwards, so that they can have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, all eight of them happily agreed to testify.

On the second day, Li Su sent someone to escort the eight people to Chang'an.

On the afternoon of the second day, Li Shimin received a reply from the King of Shu.

When he opened the letterhead, Li Shimin's face was still extremely ugly.

But after reading the content, Li Shimin was extremely surprised.

There was a look of disbelief on his face.

"Someone, the envoy of Xuanyi Prefecture will meet you."

Not long after, Li Shimin met with the envoy from Yizhou.

Then Li Shimin personally interrogated the eight surviving Lu family guards.

After the interrogation, Li Shimin couldn't help but be shocked!

Next, the officials of Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the Yushitai were interrogated together to interrogate the eight Lu family guards.

Among these officials, there are actually many officials from the five surnames and seven wang factions.

Of course, all of the Lu family's factions avoided it.

These officials, after hearing the news of the interrogation, were extremely shocked.

It's really amazing!

The Lu family dared to hide the imperial concubine who was about to enter the palace privately, and then killed all the guards of his own family and the Cui family.

This is the sin of deceit.

And after that, he even framed a prince.

If this matter had not been exposed, not only Li Shimin, but even people in the world would have thought that this matter was done by the King of Shu.

Who would have thought that this was completely the Lu family stealing from the guards?

As for why the Lu family did this, how dare they do it, it doesn't matter anymore!

Those officials of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes faction couldn't help but sigh secretly, this time, the Lu family was afraid that it would be difficult to escape.

Five surnames and seven hopes, intertwined, with the same qi and branches, have always advanced and retreated together.

But this time, the others all flinched.

This kind of thing, who is on and who is dead!

Li Shimin is ambitious, and he is looking for an opportunity to weaken them.

Now that there is such a great opportunity, how could he let it go?

Therefore, the five surnames and seven other families all chose to give up the Lu family.

Dead friends do not die poor.

Especially the Cui family, they have a grudge against the Lu family.

If their family's Cui Shi Niang can be sent to the palace, they will definitely be even more favored.

The strength of their Cui family can be raised to another level.

But now, all of them have been destroyed by the Lu family.

After the trial, Li Shimin issued a holy decree to arrest Lu Yong and other members of the Lu family, and seize the property of the Lu family.

The Lu family was in Fanyang, in the area north of present-day Baoding and south of Beijing.

It would take a few days for the imperial court's arrest order to reach Fanyang.

And during this time, the content of this will will definitely be able to be passed on to the Fan Yang Lu family first.

In this way, the Lu family can transfer part of the family property and transfer some of the family's children.

These children can then go elsewhere and form a clan.

can ensure that the Lu family will not fall.

However, the people of the main clan of the Lu family categorically did not dare to run.

Because once they run away, once they anger the emperor, I am afraid that their entire Lu family will be removed.

Of course, no matter what the situation is, the Lu family in the five surnames and seven hopes will be removed.

And this holy decree, Li Shimin sent the Qin Cha to Fanyang day and night, non-stop.

Then officers and soldiers were mobilized in Fanyang and the Lu family was arrested.

In fact, it is left to the Lu family, and it is a day to be full.

In this day's time, the property that the Lu family can transfer is also quite limited.

On the second day, Fanyang Lu's family was surrounded by groups, and all the main members of the family were captured.

Everyone else is also under control.

The main culprit, Lu Yong, was directly escorted to Beijing.

The next work of counting the Lu family's property lasted a whole month before it was cleaned up.

In the end, the number cleared up reached a shocking amount, which is very huge.

This figure is at least the tax revenue of Datang for 20 years.

Just this number is still not all the Lu family's heritage.

All families, such as the five surnames and seven hopes, will not put their eggs in one basket.

They will spread the family property and continue to branch out and establish branches.

And, before the family property was seized, they hid part of it.

If all the Lu family's property is seized, it will become an astronomical amount.

Lu Yong, who was sent to Chang'an, actually committed suicide by taking poison on the way.

Lu Yong's suicide finally condemned the case.

The Lu family also lost the last chance to reduce the punishment.

In fact, Lu Yong's suicide surprised many people.

Because Lu Yong didn't have many reasons to commit suicide.

Even if he is escorted to Chang'an, the three divisions will be tried, maybe things can take a turn for the better.

At least not worse.

However, suspicion is suspicion, but not many people really raise it.

Lu Yong's guilt is not a pity to die.

At this point, the Lu family, with five surnames and seven hopes, has been completely removed.

Li Su, the king of Shu who was far away in Yizhou, let out a sigh after hearing the news of Lu Yong's death.

……

The Lu family was removed, and the remaining six families with five surnames and seven hopes all had sad feelings about the death of rabbits and foxes.

They have also become more cautious in their actions.

It is said that the king of Wei came to Luoyang with his will.

King Wei is the most favored prince today, and now he is Qincha.

As soon as he came to Luoyang, he was warmly welcomed by all the officials in Luoyang.

As soon as he arrived in Luoyang, the king of Wei read out the holy decree.

Next, naturally, it was the officials of Luoyang who set up a reception banquet for King Wei.

And the purpose of King Wei's coming to Luoyang was to be able to leave a good impression in front of his father.

The second purpose is to win over the officials in Luoyang.

Now around King Wei, a small group of officials have gathered.

Although the number of people is not too large, there is already a preliminary team.

This visit to Luoyang is a good time to expand one's own power.

For this reception banquet, King Wei was naturally happy.

"His Royal Highness King Wei is here, and it suddenly makes Luoyang shine! I suggest that for this first cup, we all toast King Wei with a cup! ”

"Here, cheers!"

"Cheers!"

After drinking a wine, Li Tai put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "This time, Tian Weiqincha, I hope you will support you a lot and do the errand assigned by your father and emperor well!" ”

"His Royal Highness King Wei can rest assured, after we go back, we will definitely do a good job in flood control to ensure that when the flood comes, we can do everything right. There will be no disaster for the whole family. ”

"Well, since you are so confident, then the king will be relieved."

After talking about the scene, Li Tai asked again: "By the way, this king has just arrived, and he is not familiar with the situation in Luoyang. ”

"But when the king came, he found that it had not rained in the last few days. I don't know how much the water in the river has risen? ”

Hearing King Wei's question, he hesitated for a moment before an official replied: "Your Royal Highness King Wei, in fact, it was a light rain in Luoyang seven days ago. The water in the river not only did not rise, but went down a lot. ”

"Lately, there seems to be no sign of a flood at all! However, since the emperor has made a decree, we will strictly implement it and do a good job in flood control! ”

Hearing this, Li Tai's face showed such a look.

"Humph! So that's the case, the king said that this was deliberately done by the king of Shu in order to divert the attention of his father. ”

"What does Your Highness mean?"

Li Tai said lightly: "Do you know that Luoyang is going to be flooded, and then my father ordered Luoyang to go all out to prevent floods, is there any reason?" ”

Because of what?

It must be because of the King of Shu!

You've just said it, are you stupid for us?

Well, of course, in order to cooperate with King Wei, they shook their heads one after another, expressing their incomprehension.

Li Tai sneered: "Of course, my good sixth brother, King Shu." ”

"The matter of the King of Shu, I think you must have heard some news, my good sixth brother, in order to divert the attention of my father, deliberately ran out of such a gimmick."

At that moment, an official couldn't help but ask curiously: "Your Highness, Your Highness, what is the matter with this King of Shu?" ”

Some time ago, this King of Wei and Hou Junji led the army to search the Shu Palace.

This matter has just reached Luoyang.

Now there is a lot of speculation out there, and there are all kinds of things to say.

But at least one thing is indispensable, the King of Shu must have committed something.

Now the king of Shu must be unfavored.

Well, at this time, several guards of the Lu family had just entered Chang'an, and Li Shimin had just given the order.

This matter is estimated to take at least a few days when it reaches Luoyang.

If this incident is reported, it is estimated that they will really be able to guess the truth of the matter.

Now, the Lord is here!

This King of Wei was very approachable, so they couldn't help but ask the doubts in their hearts.

They are curious to know what the truth of the matter really is.

Li Tai smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass and said, "Everyone, please drink this glass!" ”

None of them are stupid.

Seeing that Li Tai, the king of Wei, didn't want to mention this matter, no one asked more without eyes.

After drinking this glass of wine, Li Tai couldn't help but say: "It's not interesting to drink so dry, why don't we make a wine order?" ”

When literati drink together, it is naturally indispensable to have a drinking order.

Hearing King Wei's words, an official immediately joked: "Xia Guan has long heard that His Royal Highness King Wei is the first genius of my Tang Dynasty, and I just happened to see it today!" ”

"Yes, what do you think is a good wine order for today's wine order?"

"No matter what kind of wine order, no one can compare to the King of Wei!"

"That is, King Wei is the number one talent in my Tang Dynasty, and we can't compare together!"

Hearing the flattering words of these officials, Li Tai smiled silently.

That's right, Li Tai likes literature and has excellent literary talents.

But that's also a matter of comparing with whom.

To say that he is the first genius of the Tang Dynasty is definitely a shameless statement.

In terms of true talent and real learning, a hundred people may not be able to rank as King Wei.

Of course, these flattery words are quite happy to listen to!

At this banquet, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves and were very happy.

The king of Wei stayed in Luoyang Palace at night.

The local officials sent two beautiful women, and the King of Wei also smiled unceremoniously.

These two women are not singers, or maids and the like.

And it is the daughter of two officials in Luoyang.

That is, there are just these two officials who have daughters of the right age, otherwise, I am afraid that more will be sent.

This is a great time to befriend King Wei.

What if King Wei takes a fancy to his daughter and takes her back as a concubine?

Aren't they developed?

Even if you don't bring it back, at least you can catch the line of King Wei, right?

It's just a daughter, it's worth it!

……

And the officials in Luoyang, seeing that the emperor sent the king of Wei, came to read the holy decree and urge them to act.

At the beginning, they attached great importance to flood prevention work and decided to organize a large number of people to prepare for flood control.

But later, they learned that the reason why the emperor issued this holy decree was made by the king of Shu.

And the King of Shu himself is now difficult to protect, he must be talking nonsense somewhere.

Even if the King of Wei said so, they were even less afraid.

Therefore, the officials of Luoyang put the flood control work in the second place, and the first thing is, of course, to entertain the King of Wei and leave a good impression on the King of Wei.

As for flood control, many officials have only done superficial work.

And the rest of them don't even bother to do the surface work.

Just look at the current weather, there is not even rain, will there be a flood?

Not at all!

There won't even be floods, so there is a yarn for flood control?

Where is it more important to have a good relationship with King Wei?

In the following time, the officials of Luoyang took turns to feast on the King of Wei.

They tried their best to curry favor with the King of Wei.

Knowing that King Wei liked literature, he did everything possible to find a unique book, or calligraphy and painting.

At every banquet, there are piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and singing.

And their efforts were not in vain, and King Wei was very happy.

I was even able to remember the names of each and every one of them.

In short, it can be said that everyone is happy.

And at this time, the news that the Lu family's guards sued the Lu family also spread to Luoyang.

It turned out that the kidnapping case of Cui Shiniang's imperial concubine was actually Lu Yong's self-theft, and it was a case created by the Lu family.

Now the emperor has issued an order to arrest the people of the Lu family.

This news once again caused a sensation in Luoyang.

No wonder, some time ago, the emperor sent someone to search the mansion of the King of Shu.

It turned out that all of this was framed by the Lu family.

Now the truth has been revealed.

However, at this time, a cadre of officials in Luoyang also heard the news.

But lately they have all been so busy currying favor with the King of Wei that they have almost completely ignored the news.

Even King Wei didn't take the news to heart.

At this time, the king of Shu in Yizhou New Town, counting the days, is not far from the day when the flood in Luoyang will break out.

Fortunately, he reminded his father in advance.

I heard that my father sent the king of Wei to Luoyang to supervise, and he will definitely be able to do a good job in flood control.

In this case, there would not have been so many deaths and injuries.

Thinking of this, Li Su was still very pleased.

And where could he have expected that by mistake, Luoyang City would only do a little face project.

The real flood prevention measures were not prepared at all!

……

Two days later, a cadre of officials in Luoyang City was giving a banquet to the king of Shu.

Click!

Suddenly, a dull thunderclap came from afar, and dew flashed in the sky.

The dark clouds quickly ran over and soon obscured the bright sky.

It was dark.

The dark clouds pressed low, almost giving the impression that they were within reach.

The dull sound of thunder, which was still far away, was rapidly approaching.

Click!

Another flash of lightning, piercing the sky, shocking.

Syllable!

A slightly cloudy, bean-sized raindrop drops.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

The second, the third, countless drops of rain, followed by the raindrops.

The ground was dry and dusty, smashed by raindrops, flying, and then wet again.

An earthy smell filled the air.

This rain, almost omitting the prelude.

Just getting started, let's get straight to the point.

In an instant, it rained heavily.

Looking through the window, it was already dense with a curtain of water.

It is difficult to see through the line of sight at all, and you can only see more than a foot away.

What a rainstorm!

A group of officials who were drinking were also taken aback by such a heavy rainstorm.

Li Tai was a little worried, and couldn't help but say, "This rain is so heavy, it won't send water, right?" ”

An official suddenly laughed and said: "Your Highness is too worried, in the summer, there will be a few heavy rainstorms that year?" ”

"That is, take last year as an example, there was a rain that was heavier than this, just like a basin splashing, and there was no water!"

"Yes, Luoyang has had heavy rains over the years, and this is just an ordinary rainstorm."

Hearing the explanation of the officials below, Li Tai was relieved.

"Your Highness, this rain is really fun, otherwise, how about we use this rain to write a poem?"

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

"Just in time!"

"What a rhyme!"

……

In fact, not only Luoyang, but also many places will have a few heavy rains in the summer.

Under normal circumstances, it only rains for a few hours, and then it will turn into heavy rain or moderate rain, or it will just stop.

Therefore, the judgment of those officials in Luoyang was correct.

It was raining outside, but it helped them to get excited, and in the end, several people drank high.

When I got home, I fell asleep with the beauty in my arms.

But what they didn't expect was that this time the torrential rain did not stop.

It went down all night.

By the next day, the torrential rain was still falling.

The two rivers Gushui and Luoshui, the water on the surface of the river is soaring almost to the naked eye.

As far as the eye can see, I see a vast white ocean.

In the second half of the night, the river overflows the riverbed.

Gushui and Luoshui, the water of the two rivers, quickly poured into Luoyang City.

Some houses in Luoyang City began to enter the water.

After a while, even the Luoyang Palace began to enter the water.

The water level is rising very quickly.

And at this time, it is the second half of the night, when most people are sleeping soundly.

No one even noticed that the flood had flooded their home.

At this time, most of the houses were still earthen walls.

Only a very small number of green bricks are used.

These earthen walls, soaked in water, soon soften and fall off.

Rumble!

The walls could not support the weight of the house and collapsed.

Inside the house, screams erupted.

"The house is collapsing, the house is collapsing, woo!"

"Oops! It hurts me! ”

"Hair water, hair water!"

Rumble!

One after another, there are continuous cases of houses collapsing.

Civilians, there were a lot of casualties.

The only good news, it is estimated that this huge movement has woken up many people.

As soon as they wake up, they can immediately see what they're in.

However, by now, too many houses have collapsed.

The flood can wash people away at any time.

In Luoyang Palace, there is also a lot of water flooding in.

In Luoyang Palace, several palaces were soaked in water.

Among them, there are several palaces that have fallen into disrepair.

Li Shimin wanted to revise it several times, but was dissuaded by Empress Changsun once.

On other occasions, he was dissuaded by the minister and never revised it.

After a long period of soaking, the foundation of the palace began to deform continuously.

Rumble!

The palace collapsed with a loud noise.

There was also a palace maid on duty in the palace, and before she even had time to scream, she returned to the west.

Li Tai, who was sleeping soundly, was also awakened by this loud noise.

"What sound? What happened? ”

Li Tai hurriedly put on his cloak and rushed out of the palace.

Then, Li Tai found that it was still raining heavily outside.

And the entire low-lying place of Luoyang Palace has been flooded.

A palace collapsed, and the loud noise just now came out like this.

How so?

How so?

For a while, the roots of Li Tai's hated teeth itched.

Luoyang Palace is not the lowest-lying place in Luoyang City.

The palaces in Luoyang Palace can be collapsed by big water, not to mention the houses in Luoyang City.

Unexpectedly, he was really hit by the King of Shu!

Luoyang, there was really a flood.

I hate that I didn't take it to heart at all, and I didn't take the slightest precaution in advance!