The streets of Chang'an.

The sky was bright, and the last team of officers and soldiers patrolling the city in Dongcheng District at night yawned and prepared to go back to the barracks to sleep.

The soldier who was walking in front suddenly noticed that there was a figure not far in front, a ghost to be exact.

The man was a foot tall, with a disheveled head, a pale face, and a long, blood-red tongue, like a hanged man, and like the legendary impermanence.

Anyway, no one has ever seen a ghost, so you can describe and explain it. Let's call it the Hanged Man.

The officers and men were so frightened that they looked for a place to hide, and some of them were so timid that they collapsed to the ground in fright, their pants wet with urine.

A few bold ones poked their heads out of the corner and watched with trepidation.

I saw this hanged ghost, stretched out his hand, and a piece of paper flew out of his hand, and then floated away, turned the corner, actually went to the roof, and then disappeared.

The officers and soldiers waited for a long time, but they did not see the movement of the hanged ghost again, and everyone gathered together, emboldened each other, and went to the front to check.

A soldier picked up the piece of paper thrown down by the hanged man, and saw that there was a cloud drawn on it, and there seemed to be a Taoist temple on it, and many strange words were written on it.

The captain took the piece of paper and thought that the situation must be reported to his superiors, so he took the paper back and handed it to the officer.

Soon, this matter spread in Chang'an City, and then, various rumors began to appear.

One of the most classic and concentrated statements is that someone pretended to be a god and made Taishang Laojun angry and wanted to condemn the people of Chang'an City!

Soon, Chu Suiliang appeared at the Armed Police Headquarters and got the paper.

He didn't dare to slack off, and directly asked to see Li Shimin.

Li Shimin looked at the words on this piece of paper and saw it, it was the text on the book of flying birds.

He immediately thought that since the book of flying birds said Li Li Ning'er, then she must know this character, so she sent someone to call Li Ning'er.

Li Ning'er was at work, and when she heard Li Shimin's summons, she immediately guessed that it was something related to alchemy. She didn't know the bottom of her heart, so she used the excuse of changing her clothes and asked the eunuch to wait outside the door, and she sent her own secretary to inform the crown prince Li Su.

Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin's study.

Li Ning'er came to Li Shimin's study, and Li Shimin said: "Look at this, what does it mean?" ”

Li Ning'er looked at it and was dumbfounded, she didn't know a word of what was written in a mess.

At this time, about the matter of Taishang Laojun sending people to assist Li Shimin in alchemy, after the events of the Flying Bird Story, the Flying Immortals outside the Sky and the magical Heavenly Fire, Li Shimin was convinced.

But when he saw that Li Ning'er didn't know this text, he had doubts. He asked Li Ning'er to go back first, saying that he would call her if he had something.

Li Shimin asked Chu Suiliang and said, "Have Ding Shenming and Yuan Tiangang dealt with it?" ”

It turned out that since an agreement was reached on Li Tai's matter, Li Shimin promised Huang Fu Rui that he would publicly dispose of the demon Dao and be beheaded by Huang Fu Rui.

Li Shimin was worried that the two of them would say something that would be unfavorable to himself and Li Tai, so he asked Chu Suiliang to cut off the tongues of the two of them before the execution, so that when the execution was carried out, they would be speechless.

Chu Suiliang said: "Not yet, the emperor has not officially announced the results of the trial, so it has not been dealt with." ”

What Chu Suiliang said about the fact that the trial results have not been officially announced means that Li Shimin and others have just reached an agreement, but it has not been officially announced in the court. It is now a biennial court meeting, and it is preparing to be officially announced tomorrow morning.

Li Shimin said: "You go and bring the two of them into the palace secretly." ”

Chu Suiliang said: "The minister obeys the order. So saying, he walked out.

"Wait", Li Shimin said: "There are many people in the palace, so I should go there myself." ”

North Night Court Prison.

Li Shimin did not enter the cell, but waited for Chu Suiliang and Ma Xuanliang to bring people in the prison warden's office.

Seeing Ding Shenming and Yuan Tiangang, Li Shimin felt a little emotional. Ding Shenming and Yuan Tiangang are both knowledgeable, and Li Shimin used to talk about scriptures and Taoism with them, and he felt very good.

However, these two people were not the disciples of Taishang Laojun, which made Li Shimin very depressed.

Li Shimin took out the painting and asked Ding Shenming to translate the text on it.

Ding Shenming carefully inspected it for a long time, shook his head for a while, nodded for a while, and then remained silent.

Li Shimin asked, "What is written on it?" ”

Ding Shenming said: "I can't say it, I can't leak any heavenly secrets." ”

Li Shimin sneered: "Do you still want to talk to me about the conditions?" Well, put your Ling Chi to death and change the sentence to beheading. ”

Ding Shenming said: "There is a major secret hidden here, which is related to the safety of the emperor, and it is also related to the safety of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Ma Xuanliang, who was in charge of guarding on the side, saw that he dared to blackmail the emperor, stepped forward, reached out and pinched his shoulder blades, and pinched it hard.

Ma Xuanliang's kung fu was extremely deep, his fingers were like iron tongs, and the pain made beads of sweat the size of beans immediately appear on Ding Shenming's face, but this guy gritted his teeth and held back, just didn't say anything.

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Let him go, escort them outside first, and wait for the summons." ”

Ma Xuanliang escorted Ding Shenming and Yuan Tiangang out.

Li Shimin asked: "This guy is dead and refuses to confess, so don't keep them anymore, after you go back, let them deal with it according to the method discussed in advance." ”

Chu Suiliang said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a suggestion, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" ”

Li Shimin said: "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Chu Suiliang said: "The minister thinks that this matter is weird, and it doesn't matter whether a Taoist priest lives or dies, but the secret in the words on the painting, if it is really as he said, it is related to your safety and the future of Datang, then it will be a big loss because of a small loss."

It was suggested that it would be better to pardon their capital sins and let them tell their secrets, which might be useful in case they were of great importance. ”

Chu Suiliang's words made Li Shimin hesitate, he is very superstitious now, and he really wants to know the secret of that painting. If he couldn't figure out what was going on, he wouldn't even be able to sleep.

Chu Suiliang's suggestion was exactly what he wanted, and he really wanted to accept it immediately.

However, this matter is too involved, and he has already reached an agreement with the prince and others, if this change of hexagram, I am afraid it will be another turmoil.

He said: "Rong Zhen think about it, these two demon daos are temporarily imprisoned, don't let them have any problems. ”

"Obey." Chu Suiliang responded.

East Palace.

Li Ning'er came out of Li Shimin and came to find the crown prince Li Su.