As soon as Li Jinxing heard that Tang Huaibi was coming, he was immediately taken aback and said: "Tang Huaibi is the deputy chief of the marching army, but he is a scholar, and he has always ignored military strategy, and only supervises the words and deeds of our generals. Now that such a thing has happened in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, it is not surprising that he has come to ask. ”

"The question is, how could he be with Wu Yougui or Wu Yizong?" Xue Shao asked with a twisted eyebrow.

Li Jinxing, Wei Yuanzhong and others all shook their heads, thinking that even you, the henchman and son-in-law of the queen of heaven, don't know the way, where do we know the way?

Xue Shao thought for a moment and couldn't help but sigh lightly.

Wu Zetian, as expected, never does meaningless things.

Perhaps, Wu Zetian may even include Li Zhi, who has long known that the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Metropolitan Government of the Dao and Prefecture is not peaceful, but due to various considerations, he has not taken a bold move against the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Prefecture with a clear sword and a gun.

Li Chongyi is a member of the imperial family, and he is Li Zhi's cousin. He has been an official for decades, and he is extremely famous and has a lot of prestige in the clan, even if the second sage is jealous or suspicious of Li Chongyi, unless there is conclusive evidence, he can't easily move Li Chongyi. Otherwise, they will be infamous for killing the good and the good, and the brothers are not in harmony.

It didn't work clearly, so the two saints secretly came to send someone to investigate.

Li Xiantong may be a chess piece that the two saints have already chosen. He is Li Chongyi's grandson, and he is also the general of Emperor Li Zhi's imperial guard, and he has been by his side for nearly ten years, and it is very likely that he has long been Li Zhi's ironclad confidant.

So after some bitter tricks, Li Xiantong was driven out of Zuo Fengchenwei and came to Bingzhou as an "internal response" to participate in the investigation of the internal situation of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Xue Shao thought about it so much, but immediately overthrew it himself-why did Li Xiantong do this? Could it be that it would be good for him to bring down his grandfather? Is he really so great that he can kill his relatives and be loyal to the monarch and patriotism?

Xue Shao shook his head secretly, contradictory, this is too contradictory—unless there are many hidden secrets that I can't imagine and guess!

"Xue Gongzi, Chief Tang is actually the supervisor sent by the Second Sage to accompany the army, although he doesn't care about the military affairs in the army, but at some times he directly represents the Second Sage." Wei Yuanzhong asked, "Now that he's coming to get someone, how can he do it?" ”

Xue Shao said: "Meet first, and then probe the wind." ”

"Good!"

When the group arrived at the main hall, Tang Huaibi and others sat and waited here.

Xue Shao once saw Tang Huaibi in a hurry in the official office of the right guard, and he was not very impressed. When I saw him again today, I still felt that the first impression of this person was: he was not amazing, and he was inconspicuous when he walked in the crowd.

But Tang Huaibi's first words today made Xue Shao and others remember him forever-

"Are you waiting here to make a rebellion, but you can't rebel?!"

Tang Huaibi represented the Second Holy Supervision Army and was in charge of "political" work. As soon as his big hat is buttoned down, it is really unbearable!

The old general Li Jinxing was Tang Huaibi's direct subordinate, and he blushed on the spot and was eager to step forward to argue a few words, but Xue Shao used two points of secret power to hold him down.

Wei Yuanzhong was calm, and he had worked under Tang Huaibi and was a little familiar with him, so he stepped forward and bowed his hand and said, "Manager Tang, the inside story here, and let the officials report in detail before making a final conclusion." ”

Tang Huaibi glanced at Wei Yuanzhong and snorted coldly, "Wei Yushi has a good memory, and now he finally remembers that there is such a person as this official?" ”

Wei Yuanzhong was so blocked by him that he was speechless.

The comer is not good, these four words have almost been written on Tang Huaibi's face.

Xue Shao stepped forward, smiled slightly, and bowed, "I've seen Manager Tang." ”

"Xue Gongzi, right, we've met." Tang Huaibi was much more polite to Xue Shaobi than to Li Jinxing and Wei Yuanzhong, and replied with a smile, "This official is very curious, what are you doing here?" ”

"I can only say that by chance, I bumped into it." Xue Shao replied.

"Bumped into?" Tang Huaibi smiled, "What a coincidence!" ”

"Yes, no book is written without coincidence." Xue Shao also smiled, not attacking or defending, not leaking.

"Now, Changshi Li Chongyi and Li Xiantong, who joined the army, have been detained by you, right?" Tang Huaibi asked.

"Seizure doesn't count, but they don't have a chance to make any more trouble for the time being." Xue Shao also replied cautiously, in case Tang Huaibi, a "political agent", grabbed his handle and carried out strikes such as buttoning his hat.

Wu Yizong and Wu Yougui had been standing not far behind Tang Huaibi, both like his followers and like onlookers with bad intentions, with malicious smiles on their faces. Xue Shao glanced at them and ignored them.

"Who told you they were going to make trouble? And what right do you have to detain them privately? Did you represent the law or military law, or did the two saints grant you power? "Tang Huaibi, like a cannon, began to attack.

Wei Yuanzhong and Li Jinxing's faces changed a little, Tang Huaibi really came prepared, presumably he already knew everything about what happened in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to interrogate and reprimand Xue Shao for this untargeted - these few sentences were all asked on the key point!

"And you Wei Yuanzhong!" Tang Huaibi finished attacking Xue Shao, and then pointed at Wei Yuanzhong and bombarded, "Since you are the imperial history, you should know the laws and regulations of the Dao." Without the official official document of the Imperial Historical Observatory, how can you be qualified to interrogate the litigation and prison of the local yamen, and usurp the authority of the state official to openly raise the court to question the case? ”

Wei Yuanzhong was a little angry, and said angrily: "This officer, as a marching discipline Sima, was sent by Marshal Pei, the chief of the marching army, to make a special trip to Bingzhou to verify a military case, and happened to encounter the incident in Bingzhou. As the imperial history of the imperial court and the marching horse, is it right for me not to look at or listen to the things in front of me, not to ask about them, and to wait for the official document of the imperial court to be authorized before paying attention to it? ”

Tang Huaibi snorted coldly, "Strictly speaking, that's exactly the case!" Wei Yuanzhong, you are still young, you are talented, but you still have to learn the way of being an official! ”

"Wei would rather throw away the black veil on his head than follow the way of such mediocre officials and laymen!" Wei Yuanzhong was angry, and he pushed back in one bite.

"You! ......" Tang Huaibi was also a little annoyed, glared at Wei Yuanzhong angrily and scolded in his heart, you are a milky Wei Yuanzhong, you were not born when I was an official, you dared to be so arrogant in front of me!

"Why should Manager Tang be angry, let's just talk about things!" Xue Shao was still calm and said lightly, "I want to ask, is the purpose of your coming here to scold a few of us?" ”

"Of course not." Tang Huaibi straightened his face and said: "This official heard that something big happened in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Prefecture, so he specially came to investigate the truth of the matter and stabilize the situation in the official mansion!" ”

Xue Shao smiled, "Since you haven't investigated yet, and you don't know the truth of the matter, why did you convict us first, and you scolded us for it?" ”

Tang Huaibi was stunned for a moment, obviously being asked by Xue Shao.

"You are the deputy chief of the marching army, in charge of all logistics and internal affairs of the Northern Expeditionary Army." Xue Shao said, "But the internal affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion belong to the marching commander Shi Li Chongyi. You say that we have no right to do these things in the Grand Governor's Palace, so where do you have the power? ”

This time it was Tang Huai's turn to laugh.

He paced back and forth a few steps in his chest, smiled, turned his head to Xue Shao and said, "Young Master Xue, do you really want to know where the power of the Daoist official comes from?" ”

"If the name is not right, it is not good, all of us want to know the way! - Otherwise, wouldn't it be a scolding for nothing? "Xue Shao has already guessed, but he must ask for clarity and seek the truth.

Tang Huaibi smiled again, his expression was quite Zhizhu, and he said indifferently: "This kind of thing, it is not appropriate for too many people to know about it." ”

"Does that mean the old man is going to get out of the house?" Li Jinxing has a fiery temperament.

Tang Huaibi smiled and acquiesced.

Li Jinxing took a sip, turned around and left. Guo Yuanzhen and some guards also followed.

Tang Huaibi personally stepped forward and covered the door of the main hall. In the hall, only Tang Huaibi, Xue Shao, Wei Yuanzhong and the martial brothers remained.

"Xue Gongzi, originally this matter, you have no right to know the Dao." Tang Huaibi said, "It's the official who is following his own interests, and for the sake of you being the queen of heaven who likes to love, I decided to reveal a little bit to you in private." ”

"Mr. Tang has something to say, you might as well say it directly." Xue Shao was not interested in Tang Huaibi's official way of selling favors indiscriminately.

"Okay." Tang Huaibi smiled disapprovingly, and said, "In this Northern Expedition, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou is the logistics grain and grass transfer center, and the governor Shi Li Chongyi is the marching commander Shi, who is in charge of grain and grass equipment and the recruitment of civilian husbands, and is also responsible for supervising military discipline, and is the direct subordinate of this official. ”

Everyone knows this, and Tang Huaibi is obviously announcing his "authority", proving that he is justified in managing these things.

"But." Tang Huaibi's words took a turn and said, "Li Chongyi and I are called Shangguan and his subordinates, in fact, this official can't interfere much in the internal affairs of his and prefecture governor's mansions. Presumably, you all know all this, right? ”

"Manager Tang, just go on!" Xue Shao was a little impatient, this person's official tone was self-righteous, which was really uncomfortable.

"Okay." Tang Huaibi didn't express any dissatisfaction, smiled faintly, and said, "Actually, long before the expedition, the Second Sage gave me a secret decree and ordered me to secretly pay attention to and observe all the movements in the Governor's Mansion of the Prefecture. Command me...... Act cheaply! ”

Xue Shao frowned, "act cheaply", the amount of information contained in these four words is too large, and the power granted is also quite lively. In other words, Tang Huaibi can care about everything, or anything!

Moreover, Tang Huaibi said "Two Sages", but Xue Shao didn't believe that the Two Sages would give him authorization together, so who authorized him, Li Zhi or Wu Zetian? This is also very doubtful!

"Good one to do cheaply." Xue Shao smiled and said, "I don't know if His Majesty granted you such power, or did the Queen of Heaven grant you?" ”

"That's not what you should ask!" Tang Huaibi's face is flat, and he is full of official authority.

Wu Yizong and Wu Yougui behind him were sneering.

Xue Shao guessed in his heart that nine times out of ten, Tang Huaibi was secretly authorized by Wu Zetian to come out to clean up the mess after making a lot of trouble in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou. But this kind of authorization will definitely not be an open order, but a secret authorization.

In other words, Tang Huaibi is very likely to be one of the people sent by Wu Zetian to accompany the army, a political spy!

Throughout the ages, who has played "spy politics" to be able to play the right hand of Wu Zetian? The historical empress Wu Zetian relied on spy politics to stabilize her throne and eradicate the vast majority of those who dared to oppose her!