The woman took the rouge out, and although she didn't say anything, her face was full of displeasure.

Su Wuming took the rouge and took a look, then returned it to the woman, and then bowed his hand to Zhang Yuewei, and then said goodbye, the rouge was the same as the rouge used by Concubine Cao, that is to say, the box of rouge used by Concubine Cao was not given by Zhang Yue.

After eliminating suspicion of Zhang Yue, Su Wuming and Tang Xiong went straight to Dali Temple.

Dali Temple is the place where Su Wuming works, his status here is not very high, he is a subordinate of Linghu Gu of Dali Temple, but today he wants to enter Ling Hugu's room and interrogate Ling Hugu.

Su Wuming was very familiar with Dali Temple, but when he came in at this moment, he felt very strange, he felt that everything was strange, the atmosphere here was strange, and the eyes of the people here were also strange.

As the director of Dali Temple, Su Wuming is not a qualified official, because he rarely works in Dali Temple, not that Su Wuming doesn't want to, but he is busy with things every day, he only comes once in the morning and evening, and most of the other time, he is investigating all kinds of things.

Linghu Gu is the secretary of Dali Temple, and he is not often in Dali Temple, but today he is there, Su Wuming entered Linghu Gu's office, and then saluted, Ling Hugu has been very jealous and vigilant about Su Wuming these days, because now although Su Wuming is just a small Dali Temple Sizhi, but his power is already more than Ling Hugu's, Su Wuming can do things, he Ling Hugu may not be able to do, which makes Ling Hugu, who is Su Wuming's boss, how willing?

So at this time, Ling Hugu only nodded slightly, and asked with a little sarcasm: "It turned out to be Master Su, is there something wrong?" ”

Su Wuming smiled: "The palace has a life case, and it involves Lord Linghu a little, and the lower officials were ordered to investigate, and they came to inquire about it." ”

Linghu Gu was slightly surprised: "What did you say?" You said that Lord Ben was implicated in the murder in the palace? ”

Su Wuming didn't look scared, he was very calm, and nodded slightly: "Exactly!" ”

Ling Hu Gu glared at Su Wuming: "Okay, let's talk about it, what is the involvement between Lord Ben and the case in the palace?" ”

"According to the investigation, Concubine Cao died of poisonous rouge, and the kind of rouge that Concubine Cao used, Lord Linghu bought it just a few days after Concubine Cao got the box of rouge, so now Xia Guan wants to know, where are the two boxes of rouge that Lord Linghu bought?"

"Su Wuming, he's too much!" As soon as Su Wuming's words were finished, Ling Hugu suddenly slapped the table and shouted, he felt that Su Wuming's investigation of him and suspicion of him was simply an insult to him.

Su Wuming was stunned for a moment, but soon spoke again: "The lower official is also ordered by the emperor to investigate, and please don't embarrass the lower official, otherwise it will be difficult for the lower official to go to the emperor to explain." ”

After saying this, Ling Hugu suddenly stopped talking, because he really couldn't say anything, Su Wuming came on the emperor's order, so even if he was Su Wuming's boss, he must also accept Su Wuming's investigation.

Ling Hugu glared at Su Wuming again, and then got up: "I gave the rouge to Madame, you go to the mansion to investigate, Lord Ben still has something to do, forgive me for not being able to accompany me." After speaking, Ling Hugu turned around and left his office, in fact, he didn't have anything to do, he just didn't want to be humiliated by Su Wuming again.

Su Wuming smiled, and then took Tang Xiong to Linghu Gu's mansion.

Linghu Gu as the secretary of Dali Temple, the mansion is very magnificent, after the name, someone led the two of them into the living room, the eldest brother half a cup of tea, a graceful and luxurious woman walked in from the outside, she saw Su Wuming, bowed slightly, and then asked: "Lord Su came to the house, what is the matter?" ”

Su Wuming saw that Mrs. Linghu was mature and charming, and he was a little jealous of Linghu Gu's Yanfulai, but he was very clear about the purpose of his coming here today, so he hurriedly said: "That's the case, there is a case that is somewhat involved with Lord Linghu, this official has come to verify it, a few days ago, Lord Linghu bought two boxes of rouge, did they give all of them to Mrs. Linghu?" ”

Mrs. Linghu frowned slightly, but still nodded: "Yes, I just don't know how this rouge can have anything to do with the case?" Besides, my husband is a Dali Siqing, why did Master Su come here to investigate? ”

Mrs. Linghu is not stupid, Su Wuming said it unclearly, she immediately became suspicious, but when Su Wuming faced such a beautiful woman, she was really embarrassed to say that Linghu Gu was involved in the matter of Concubine Cao, so she wanted to investigate whether the number of rouge was enough.

Because he was embarrassed to say it, Su Wuming could only continue to be vague: "Madame, don't ask so much, just talk about the rouge that Lord Linghu gave you and bring it to the official to take a look." ”

Seeing this, Mrs. Linghu also knew that Su Wuming didn't want to say more, so she had to nod, and then turned around to get the rouge.

After a while, Mrs. Linghu brought the rouge, two boxes, and it was exactly the same as that used by Concubine Cao, after reading it like this, Su Wuming returned the rouge, and then said goodbye and left.

The two officials have no less rouge, so little rouge, it may be the three rich businessmen, but Su Wuming is not very sure about this, and he feels that it is sometimes not difficult to make up enough rouge, but it is better to wait for a while.

Before evening, the officials sent out rushed back, and their results disappointed Su Wuming, because the rouge of the three rich merchants in Chang'an City was also not missing.

How is this possible?

After thinking about it carefully, Su Wuming felt that it was also possible, that is, the man who had an affair with Concubine Cao might have thought that things were a little dangerous, so he went to the store and bought a box of rouge.

And if you want to know who that person is, you have to investigate again.

The officials were sent out again, and at this time, outside the capital, suddenly came a fast horse, the fast horse hurried into the capital, rampage through the street, shouting as he walked: "Urgent report, urgent report, the king of letters, Li Xian, rebelled against the cavalry two hundred miles away from Chang'an City,......

The people on horseback shouted so loudly, and the people on the street immediately gave way to a road, and when the people gave way to this road, they couldn't help but be shocked in their hearts, and secretly thought, could it be that the peace that the Tang Dynasty had just restored was about to be broken again?

As soon as the news came out, those people couldn't help but be frightened, but they just wanted them to leave the capital, but they couldn't.

In the entire Tang Dynasty, the capital Chang'an is the most impregnable, once a war occurs, I am afraid that it is not the people of Chang'an City who flee out, but the refugees outside the city who pour into Chang'an City.

Of course, the reason for the influx of refugees may also be that there is the backbone of their hearts, Emperor Li Yan.

The battle report reached the ears of the emperor Li Yan, after Li Yan saw the battle report, he was not worried, but excited, he had expected that the king of letters, Li Xin, would rebel, and he was about to take this opportunity to seek military power.

Therefore, after he got the battle report, he immediately anxious about the big and small officials in the capital, as well as the commanders of the forbidden army.

Hundred officials rarely go to the court in the evening, but there is no rule that you can't go to court at this time, after the hundred officials came to Qi, Li Yan told the letter king Li Xin about the rebellion, and then asked the opinions of the hundred officials.

After Li Yan finished speaking, the hundred officials did not put forward their opinions first, but directly discussed it in the main hall, but soon, Li Deyu understood what the emperor meant, so he stood up and said: "Believe in the king Li Xin, I am afraid that it will soon attack the capital, if they attack it, it will be the sorrow of my Tang Dynasty and the sorrow of my Tang people, so the minister asked the emperor to organize people and horses to fight against the enemy." ”

Li Deyu is the representative of the Li Party, as soon as he opened his mouth, the other Li Party officials naturally immediately echoed him, Li Yan nodded: "Li Xin, the king of letters, dares to rebel, I naturally will not let him go, so how do you think Aiqing should resist the enemy?" ”

"Back to the emperor, I often have 80,000 forbidden troops, if I deploy some to other places, I should be able to gather enough 150,000 people, it is reported that Wang Li Xin's soldiers and horses are only 50,000, we should be enough to deal with them."

After Li Deyu finished speaking, Li Yan hesitated: "The enemy army is only 50,000, I think the forbidden army in our city is enough to resist, if we transfer troops to other vassal kings, I am afraid that they will unite with Li Xin, the king of letters." ”

This question is indeed a problem that Li Yan is worried about, but at this time, an official from the Ministry of War stood up and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers around the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and they can also be dispatched, they do not belong to any vassal king, but they are people sent to work in agriculture by idle affairs, their combat effectiveness may not be very strong, but it should still be possible to deal with those rebels." ”

Li Yan nodded, then looked at Qiu Shiliang, the commander of the forbidden army, and said, "What does Qiu Aiqing think?" ”

Qiu Shiliang is already old, it is naturally impossible for him to fight with those who rebel, but if he can't lead the troops to fight, he must find someone who can lead the troops to fight, Qiu Shiliang has been in this deep palace for many years, and he has already seen the emperor's meaning, at this time, he can't object, because if he opposes it, the officials of the entire court, and even the people of the entire capital will hate him to death, because keeping the capital is equivalent to saving these officials and those people, for their own lives, These officials and the people can do everything.

After thinking about it, Qiu Shiliang said: "Back to the emperor, the old minister thinks that Lord Li's words are feasible, and he must combine the forces of the capital, and then send a cadre to resist the enemy's attack. ”

After listening to Qiu Shiliang's words, Li Yan also quickly thought about it, at this time, it is the best time to ask Qiu Shiliang to hand over the command of the forbidden army, but if it is urgent, it is possible to lose both sides and make the enemy happy, so at this time, Li Yan asked: "Who is Aiqing promoting?" ”