On the ninth day of the first month, at one o'clock in the afternoon, Qinghuafang, Longan Division.

Qinghuafang is located outside the Xuanren Gate in the East City, next to the East Palace in the Imperial City, and is a short walk away. This morning, the court announced the establishment of the Long'an Division, and the officials were in an uproar, but the crown prince Li Xian already knew the inside story in detail.

Ten days ago, late at night. The empress secretly summoned the crown prince to the palace alone, and told him that no one was allowed to accompany him. The little eunuch who passed the order was twenty years old, named Gao Lishi, entered the palace at an early age, and was adopted by Gao Yanfu as an adopted son, and then changed his name to Gao Lishi, the little eunuch was smart and quiet, and was appreciated by the Emperor Wu, and the empress's secret orders were mostly passed on by him.

When she arrived at the empress's dormitory, the empress dismissed all the eunuchs and maids, and told the prince Li Xian separately that she would choose a convenient place to prepare for the establishment of the Long'an Division, the purpose of which was to ensure the security of the Yuan Festival.

Li Xian took on this kind of task, and he couldn't figure out what the empress wanted to do for a while. It stands to reason that the security of the Shangyuan Festival will not let the respected prince handle this matter, and the directory of the transferred people does not need to be reported, is it possible that the prince wants to merge his party of people together, and then annihilate it, thinking of this, Li Xian couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, and he was afraid that the empress's true intentions were like this, but the empress had already explained the matter and could not discuss it with others, otherwise it would be punished severely. So in the next few days, Li Xian could only prepare for the establishment of Long'an Division according to the empress's request.

Qinghua Fang was originally a Buddhist temple, two years ago there was a fire in the temple, the monks and the surrounding people have moved away, the building has now been repaired, after due to lack of funds, the Buddha statue has not been reshaped, so the temple has been shelved so far, the surrounding area is also sparsely populated, but Qinghua Fang is closer to the East Palace, it is convenient to act, so Li Xian chose to place here, the following staff thought that it was the private residence of the prince, and did not dare to ask, only care about repairing and taking care of, ten days have passed, and all preparations have been completed.

After the decree was issued this morning, the plaque of the Long'an Division was hung up, and the government office was officially opened, and the order for the recruitment and transfer of personnel from various government offices was also issued at the same time. Most of the people transferred by the crown prince Li Xian are "centrists" who have no door and no connections, and these people are unwilling to cling to any powerful people on weekdays, so it is difficult to be promoted, but they can be called capable leaders in their respective businesses, and Chen Wuji is a typical representative of this group of people.

Li Xian is not unaware of the abilities of these people on weekdays, but due to party disputes, the people promoted must first be loyal to his cronies, so capable centrists can only be put aside for the time being, otherwise it will not be cost-effective if a person in a high position is not his own.

Prince Li Xian under the escort of the left and right, walked into the gate of Long'an Division, there were about 100 people standing in the courtyard, and the leading young man in the middle was Li Sanlang outside the door this morning, this person is the third son of the prince Li Xian - Li Longji, this son has been smart since childhood, both civil and military, and talented. The establishment of the Long'an Division, so far Li Xian still does not know the true intentions of the empress, so he does not dare to directly lead the Long'an Division, but he is suspected of not paying attention to the selection of an ordinary person to serve, and after thinking about it again, he chose his son to manage on his behalf.

Seeing the crown prince Li Xian enter the courtyard, under the leadership of Li Sanlang, everyone knelt down together and shouted: "See His Royal Highness the prince, the prince is blessed!" Li Sanlang continued: "See my father, all the 137 people of the Long An Division have been here, assembled and waiting for orders. ”

Li Xian said loudly: "Shangyuan is coming, God bless the gods, all countries are coming to the court, in order to show the prestige of our dynasty, this Shangyuan festival gods will be very lively." In order to protect the Shendu and the people, the emperor specially set up the Long'an Division, and our generation must live up to the mission and do our best to ensure that the Shendu is safe and secure during the Shangyuan period. ”

"Whoa!" Hundreds of people shouted in unison!

Li Xian continued: "But this morning, there are thieves who are not good for my gods, and they kill innocents indiscriminately outside the city gate, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, which is intolerable to our generation!" I also hope that the public will do their best to solve the case as soon as possible and capture the culprit! ”

"Whoa!" Hundreds of people shouted in unison again!

Li Xian whispered to Li Sanlang: "Let everyone return to their posts, and I will talk to you in the study!" ”

"Yes, Father!" After saying that, he turned around and made a gesture, and more than a hundred people dispersed.

Ryu Anji, the study in the inner courtyard, four people in the house.

The crown prince Li Xian opened his mouth and said: "San Lang, there are no outsiders here, I will say it bluntly, what do you think of the establishment of the Long'an Division by the empress this time?" ”

Li Sanlang replied confidently: "Father, the son-in-law thinks that this matter should not be investigated too deeply, and everything can be done according to the usual practice." ”

Although Li Sanlang is still young, but knowledge, views are very insightful, at home, no matter how big or small Li Xian always has to ask him, Long Ansi is inconvenient to disclose before, so he did not talk in detail, now after Li Sanlang answered, he was even more puzzled, puzzled asked: "Tell me, how to do it according to the usual practice." ”

Li Sanlang arched his hand and continued: "Father, this matter is very strange to the minister, the empress set up the Long'an Division to ensure the security of Shangyuan, not to mention that there is no precedent in previous years, even if the security problem is taken into account, there is no need to set up a special government office to manage this matter, just inform the forbidden army, the dragon guard, the Jingzhao Mansion and other ministries to strengthen prevention, and the Long'an Division has huge power, and can arbitrarily recruit other government personnel, which is tantamount to handing over the gods to the Long'an Division, and now there is no war in foreign countries, So this level of security is completely unnecessary. ”

Li Xian heard it well and said, "Keep talking." ”

"At first, I guessed that the empress wanted to capture the old people, and gave power to her father, and then asked my father to gather the vassal officials in one place, so that they could be attacked together and completely eliminate the princelings, which is better than verifying them one by one." Li Saburo said.

Li Xian didn't expect Li Sanlang to also think of this layer, and his back was unconsciously cold, and he said: "Wu'er and I want to go to one place, so the people I recruited are all officials, not vassals." ”

Li Sanlang nodded and continued: "What we can think of, the empress can definitely think of, so this matter can only be regarded as the empress's smallest temptation to her father, if my father can't even think of this matter and makes a mistake, then we will blame ourselves." ”

Li Xian nodded yes.

Li Saburo continued: "This morning's attack, Erchen has inspected the scene, this incident is definitely not committed by bandits, all the personnel were killed with a knife, this is a premeditated assassination, the timing of this incident is too coincidental, it happened when the Longan Division was established. First, it shows that there is indeed danger during the Shangyuan period, and the establishment of Long'an Division is indeed necessary, and no one has reason to oppose it; Second, he gave us this hot potato and gave us so much power, if we can't solve the case at the end of the Yuan Festival, it can only mean that we are incompetent, and then we will have an excuse to remove our power, and no one will object. ”

Li Xian stroked his beard and said, "You mean that the empress wants to capture me and take off my power?" ”

Li Sanlang pondered for a while and replied: "I can't say anything about this now, but one thing is certain. ”

"What?" Li Xian asked anxiously.

Li Sanlang said calmly: "There is only one thing to do now, that is, to investigate the case, if the case is clear, then it is useless to frame anything, if the case is not clear, then it is useless for us to say anything." There are still seven days left on the Shangyuan Festival, and time is precious, so we can't guess too much, and the only thing we can do now is to investigate the case. If you think too much about other things, you will be tied up and easy to be caught. ”

After listening to this, Li Xian pondered for a long time, and slowly replied: "It seems that this can only be the case, tell me, how are you going to let Long Ansi investigate this case." ”

Li Sanlang continued: "The Long'an Division temporarily formed seventy Tiger Roaring Guards, led by Chen Xuanli, who were mainly responsible for the arrest task; The 40 cadres mobilized from various government offices were led by Zhang Jiuling and were mainly responsible for the task of information collection; The remaining 27 people were all prisoners mobilized by various yamen, led by Chen Wuji, who were responsible for the investigation; The three departments worked together to solve the case as soon as possible. ”

Li Xian looked at the two people behind Li Sanlang, Chen Xuanli and Zhang Jiuling, both of them have been Li Sanlang's best friends for many years, although they are young, their abilities are very outstanding, one article and one martial arts, complement each other, although this Chen Wuji is not very familiar, but Li Sanlang is willing to appoint, naturally it will not be bad, seeing that Li Sanlang is properly arranged, he will feel a little relieved, so he said: "San Lang, the rest will be handed over to you first, if there is anything you need help, send someone to report." ”

"Whoa!" Li Sanlang arched his hand and replied.

The crown prince Li Xianqi drove back to the East Palace.