On the way back to the East Palace, Yan Zhuang and Chen Gong wanted to speak many times. Li Hong knew what they were thinking, so he asked, "Are you surprised by Lone's actions today, do you have too many questions in your heart to ask?" ”

Yan Zhuang and Chen Gong glanced at each other and nodded slightly.

"Then Lone will tell you that since this assassination, Lone is ready to live with no fear as before." Li Hong opened his mouth and said, "Before, Gu always thought that as long as we were careful and didn't provoke others, no one would come to us for trouble, but now Gu has realized that no matter how careful you are, as long as you become the prince, you must bravely face your enemies, because they will not restrain their cruelty because of your kindness." ”

Do you still remember that saying? Debts must be paid, and revenge must be avenged. Li Hong suddenly asked in a higher voice.

Chen Gong and Yan Zhuang shook their heads slightly, they didn't know what to say at this moment.

"You two remember, this is the code of conduct of our East Palace from now on." Li Hong said in a stern tone, "If there is a debt in the East Palace, it must be repaid, and if there is a revenge, it must be avenged." ”

Chen Gong and Yan Zhuang's bodies were shocked, and they both heard a killing intent from the prince's mouth, so they hurriedly replied, "No! ”

"After I go back, I will gather everyone to the Chongjiao Hall, and I have a task to make arrangements." Li Hong said in a deep voice. Since he decided not to continue to endure and wanted to counter violence with violence, he had to make a deployment. The first is to kill chickens and monkeys, and the second is to capture thieves and kill kings.

"I know." Yan Zhuang replied in a low voice, and quickly kept up with Li Hong's pace.

When he returned to the East Palace, a chamberlain stepped forward to report to Li Hongyu, saying that Wei Chi Xun had asked to see him and was waiting for him in the study.

"Let him go to the Chongjiao Temple!" Li Hong said lightly, and strode towards the Chengen Palace. When he arrived at the Cheng'en Palace, he bathed and changed his clothes under the service of Zhao Hong's skirt, and then came to the Chongjiao Palace.

At this time, Li Hong's henchmen in the Chongjiao Hall had already arrived.

On the Wenchen side, there are Yan Zhuang, Zhang Khan Zhi, Li Qiao, Liu Yizhi and Fan Lubing, and on the military generals, there are Li Duozhu, Chen Gong, and Wei Chi Xunyan. Although such a few people are not enough for Li Hong to fight against the Empress Wu and his henchmen who have already mastered the government, the team has begun to take shape, as long as the corresponding personnel are added to it, it will slowly develop and grow, with the resourcefulness and ability of this group of people, Li Hong believes that they will not lose to the Empress Wu and her henchmen.

When everyone saw Li Hong, they wanted to bow down and salute, but they were stopped by Li Hong. He strode to the main seat and sat down, and said lightly, "Everyone doesn't need to be polite, let's all sit down!" ”

Everyone bowed down to receive the order and sat down in turn, and Li Hong opened his mouth to ask Wei Chi Xunyan, "You came to find Gu today, what do you have to report?" ”

Wei Chi Xunyan got up and said respectfully, "Your Highness, when you sent General Li to the Chang'an County Ya to block the file and important case that day, a scribe secretly ran out of the county government to report the news, I sent someone to follow him to the Snake Gang, and sent someone to secretly keep an eye on him for a few days, and finally determined the person he was looking for in the Snake Gang. ”

"Who is it?" Li Hong asked.

"It's Takeuji." Wei Chi Xunyan replied, seeing that Li Hong was at a loss, he explained, "To be exact, it is the person who Wu Er stayed in the Snake Gang to contact the Chang'an County Ya. ”

"So, the Chang'an County Ya also has the conspicuousness of Mrs. Rongguo, to be exact, Helan Minzhi's eyeliner?" Li Hong asked in a cold tone. Since this person has a connection with Wu Er, it can already be confirmed that he is the person of the Yang family and Helan Minzhi.

But getting such an answer, Li Hong felt a bit of a pity.

After all, the Yang family and Helan Minzhi embezzled the taxes of the eastern and western cities, which is already an ironclad fact. He hopes that someone will be involved, so that he can take the opportunity to cut this person and achieve the goal of killing chickens and monkeys.

Now it seems that except for the Yang family and He Lanmin, no one is involved in the taxes of the East and West Cities. In this way, he can only prepare to attack Yang and He Lanmin.

"Tell me, what are we going to do next?" Li Hong asked everyone.

"The minister thinks it's better to find out who colluded with Helan Minzhi in the Chang'an County Ya first." Zhang Cambodia said.

Li Qiao nodded and agreed, "Yes, only by finding out this person can we continue the next step and have evidence to arrest Helan Minzhi for interrogation." ”

"It's not difficult, because this man is already under our close surveillance, and as long as we catch him for interrogation, we will know who sent him to the Snake Gang to deliver the news." ”

"Okay, let's do it!" Li Hong nodded slightly, and said in a serious tone, "Everyone, since we are determined to investigate the case this time, we must investigate it to the end, regardless of his imperial relatives or waiting for the nobles, as long as we find that he has a problem, we will severely punish him." ”

Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao were the people responsible for investigating the cause of Wei Ling's death, and they were the ones who investigated the tax corruption in the East and West Cities, and suddenly heard that the prince had made such a decision, and the two hurriedly got up and assured Li Hong, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the minister promises to live up to His Highness's expectations." ”

"Your Highness, the minister wants to ask for orders to investigate the case with Zhang Si Yilang and Li Sheren, and I also ask Your Highness for permission." As soon as Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao's words fell, Fan Lubing on the side got up and took the initiative to speak.

Before, he was very reluctant to be asked by Li Hong to go to the East Palace from Li Zhe, so he never expressed his intention to serve Li Hong.

Today, Li Hong made such a big determination to investigate and deal with the corruption case, Fan Lubing found that although the prince in front of him was not big, he did have the potential to be a generation of Ming Jun, so he made up his mind to prepare to assist Li Hong, so he took the initiative to ask Ying.

Fan Lubing can take the initiative to ask for orders to investigate the case, which means that he has decided to submit to himself, how can Li Hong, who guessed this, not be happy, so he readily agreed, "Bachelor Fan can assist in the investigation of the case, this case will be more secure, what else is there not to agree." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Fan Lubing replied respectfully and bowed deeply to Li Hong. Li Hong did not refuse, but accepted it calmly. Because he knew that Fan Lubing's worship was completely submissive to him.

"In addition to this case, Lone has two other things that need to be announced to you today." Li Hong glanced around at everyone and said. Seeing that everyone moved their eyes to him in unison, their faces were full of anticipation.

Li Hong continued to speak, "I went to see my father and mother today, and my father and mother felt that the guards around Gu were relatively thin, so they agreed to Gu's request to rebuild the left and right prison gate and the left and right inner rate mansions. Therefore, the matter of forming the East Palace pro-army will be handed over to Li Duoqi and Chen Gong. ”

Chen Gong and Li Duoqi hurriedly got up.

Li Hong continued, "Li Duoqi, your task is to select strong soldiers from the left and right prison gate and the left and right inner palaces, and re-organize a Donggong guard cavalry for Gu, and the number of this guard cavalry is set at 4,000 people, divided into two guard mansions. ”

"The last general commands!" Li Duoqi bowed and replied.

"What should you call the names of these two guards? Let's all talk about it! Li Hong asked everyone.

"Your Highness, how about calling the Xiao Cavalry Guard and the Forward Guard?" Wei Chi Xunyan said. He used to chat with Qin Zhan, Xue Yan and Cheng Dazhi when he had nothing to do, and he would discuss some issues about the art of war, and the words Xiaoqi and forward appeared very frequently, and as soon as Li Hong asked today, he blurted out.

"Not bad!" Liu Yizhi nodded and said.

"Pretty good!" Li Qiao also agreed.

Li Hong was also very satisfied with these two names, and when he saw that everyone thought it was good, he nodded slightly and said, "Okay, the newly formed Donggong guards are called Xiao Cavalry Guards and Forward Guards!" ”

"No!" Li Duoqi excitedly and loudly commanded. Being able to personally form two iron cavalry not only represents the prince's trust in himself, but also represents the prince's affirmation of his ability to command troops, how can Li Duoqi not be happy?

"Chen Gong, your task is to form a guard of eight hundred people for Lone." Li Hong turned his gaze to Chen Gong and said, "These eight hundred people not only need to be proficient in bow and horse salvo, they also need to be familiar with horse warfare, but also be proficient in foot combat, and they must be able to fight against one hundred." Do you have that confidence? ”

"The humble post will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations!" Chen Gong took the order.

The last time the prince was assassinated, he didn't protect him well, and almost let the prince die, he was very guilty and self-blaming, and he has been haunted by it. Today, the prince still trusts him, still values him, and gives him the task of forming guards, what else can he say except to swear to the death?

Li Hong asked Li Duoqi and Chen Gong to sit down, and continued to speak, "The second thing is that there is still a shortage of talented people around you, if you have talents you know, you can recommend them to the East Palace." ”

If he really wanted to investigate the Yang family and Helan Minzhi, it meant that he might have to confront Empress Wu head-on earlier. Therefore, Li Hong can no longer develop steadily step by step as previously planned, but urgently needs to enrich his team in a short period of time.

The so-called talents in this, Li Hong not only wants to give advice and deal with government affairs skillfully, but also needs generals who are proficient in commanding troops and brave in martial arts.

"Your Highness, the minister thinks that King Luo Bin is a talent." Yan Zhuang opened his mouth and said.

Although he had only met King Luo Bin once, on the hillside behind the Great Solemn Temple that day, King Luo Bin was neither humble nor arrogant when facing Li Hong, and his calm and calm bearing made him have a good impression of King Luo Bin.

Luo Bingwang is not just a talent, he is simply a talent. When Li Hong saw King Luo Bin, he didn't think about giving up this person, so when he saw Yan Zhuang say this, he agreed, "Gu is also optimistic about him." When you investigate the case this time, you can ask him to assist you, he is the chief of Chang'an County, and with him to assist you in investigating the case, you will have a lot more success in the investigation. ”

"The minister understands!" Zhang Cambodia, Li Qiao and Fan Lubing said.

Immediately, the crowd fell silent.

Because except for Yan Zhuang, the others have either just been transferred to Chang'an City for a short time, or have been serving in the yamen that is not in the stream, and then just like Li Duoqi and Chen Gong, they used to be just a small captain, how could they ever know any talented people who had the opportunity to know! So as soon as Li Hong said this, he stumped them.

Li Hong also knew that his request was a bit difficult for the people in front of him, so he could only say lightly, "Okay, this matter is not in a hurry, you guys should pay more attention after you go down!" ”

Everyone got up to receive the order, and when they saw that the prince had nothing to command, they took their leave and withdrew from the Chongjiao Temple.

Only Yan Zhuang stayed and did not leave.

After everyone left, Li Hong asked Yan Zhuang, who was staying, "How is the thing I told you to do?" ”

"It has been discussed, a total of three caravans have been selected, there are two caravans to go to the Western Regions, and one to go to Fusang in the East, as long as His Highness nods, they can set off immediately." Yan Zhuang replied.

"Okay, you let them go in a few days." Li Hong sighed and said, "We need money very much!" ”

"Wechen understands!" Yan Zhuang commanded.

"And Wei Chi Xunyan often goes in and out of the East Palace, it's a little inconvenient, a lot of information can't be reported to Gu in time, you can take on a part-time job in Yulin Wei!" Li Hong said, "If there is any news, it is convenient to report it to Lonely." ”

Yan Zhuang was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "No! ”

"By the way, Yan Zhuang, do you know Li Chunfeng?" Li Hong asked.

Regarding Gaozong's suspicion that the assassination was caused by his name, and there was also the fact that Gaozong had a lot of concealment of his name, which made Li Hong very uneasy, so he wanted to find out for himself.

As for the mysterious and mysterious and somewhat illusory question that he wanted to investigate, the first thing he thought of was Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng. However, he also knew that Yuan Tiangang's whereabouts were erratic, and only Li Chunfeng had served in the imperial court.

will ask Yan Zhuang about Li Chunfeng.

"Your Highness, are you talking about Li Chunfeng in the Secret Pavilion?" Yan Zhuang asked puzzled.

"Yes, that's him." Li Hong was overjoyed and said, "You go and invite him to see Gu now, and say that Gu has something to ask him for." ”

"No!" Although Yan Zhuang didn't understand why the prince wanted to see Li Chunfeng, it was just that he was now accustomed to the prince's way of giving orders, so he bowed down to receive the order and strode out of the Chongjiao Palace.