Chapter 0159. The kings returned to the dynasty
When I came, I worked hard for three days, but when I went back, I was dragged by Li Jie for more than seven days, and when I arrived at the Chang'an Baqiao, the green willows were pulling out new shoots, and the spring flowers were blooming, and there were more and more business tourists coming and going to Tonghuamen, including many high-ranking officials, so even Li Jie's car had to line up at the city gate. [Eye-fast reading book new domain name., initials, previously registered accounts can still be used]
Anyway, this kung fu is not afraid of Li Jie running away, leaving more than ten cavalry forbidden troops to guide the cavalry, Zhang Chao's ice cube face finally led a large group of people into the city to surrender the order to Li Jie far away, so that the dignified prince felt a little more comfortable, while queuing up boringly, Li Jie was also in the mood to watch the famous Baqiao remnant snow.
In the early spring, the officials of the family who were idle for a winter were so idle that they were sore from the eggs, and at this time it was also the season to come out to step on the spring clothes and force them to run away, and look all the way through the car window, many noble women rode high-headed horses, and couldn't wait to wear low-cut skirts to come and go, and their eyes swept over the seductive semi-circular arcs, which was not too boring, but looking at it, the unpleasant words that were not right came to pass.
"That dog dares to stop the hearse in front of this prince's car, and don't hurry up to make room for this prince, otherwise let your group of dogs squatting in the Jinwuwei prison, and they can't eat and walk around!"
The arrogant voice was not far in front of the convoy, Li Jie heard it clearly, Li Jie was reluctant to go back to Chang'an to get involved in the power struggle, which made him even more angry, and shouted loudly without thinking about it: "Lao Liu, Lao Sheng, copy guy, this king wants to see that blind man who dares to play tricks with this king in Chang'an!" ”
"Okay!" I choked enough along the way, even the always sullen little white face was excited and loudly promised, and after a while, more than 20 rough men were gathered behind Li Jie, these people, whether Turkic, Xi, or Han, all have a characteristic, the face is full of horizontal silk flesh and vicious likeness, at first glance, it doesn't look like a good person, such a large group of people appear together, the visual deterrent power is really not to say.
At least the prince who was arrogant just now, and didn't know which hole came out, immediately reined in his horse and took a few steps back, and drank vigilantly: "Why don't you let the bandits go, dare to spread wilderness in the emperor's hometown." ”
"That thing that has a father and no father to teach dares to go wild in front of this king's car? I don't want to live! At this time, Li Jie came out with a very bossy demeanor, and his head was more arrogant than the prince just now, looking at his dress, but behind the prince he exclaimed: "Wine man? ”
"Weizhen? How are you? Li Jie couldn't help but bow his head in surprise, following the beautiful gold thin cotton clothes in front of him, and the flying dancing crown looked like the thin young official behind the arrogant prince, was it Yan Weizhen who was sent to Qizhou by him or which one? After a pause, Li Jie bowed his hand and said, "Lao Jiu has seen the fifth brother, but the younger brother Meng Lang has asked the fifth brother to forgive his sins." ”
The arrogant prince, that is, Li You, the king of Qi, was also stupid, and after a while, he came back to his senses and laughed loudly: "Haha, it's really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple, and the family doesn't know the family anymore." ”
At the same time, Li You was not bold, he jumped off the horse and enthusiastically pressed Li Jie's shoulder and said with a smile: "This time I want more ninth brother, you don't know, the fifth brother, I am in that killing talent bastard slut Tian She Han ruffian scoundrel Quan Wanji, I have been tortured for a long time, if it weren't for the help of the ninth brother, my brother and I would have the heart to kill him!" ”
But isn't it, it's not me, master, you should come to Chang'an in a prisoner car, and then you will be scolded on my head with such a fresh clothes and angry horse? Although thinking so, Li Jie had a silly smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Are we brothers!" Of course we should help each other! ”
"Well said, brother!" laughed again and patted Li Jie on the shoulder, but Li You's face suddenly changed again, and he suddenly shouted angrily: "By the way, that splashing kill dares to let your brother take the hearse back to Chang'an, and tell the fifth brother that this king will not let him evaporate in the world, and this king will not be the king of Qi!" ”
Seeing Li You wielding the knife indignantly, Li Jie was immediately speechless.
In the Taiji Palace, in the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin was looking down and diligently reviewing the bundles of chapters, draped and draped, but he frowned, and the brush nodded the inkstone and shouted: "There is no ink!" ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Seeing this scene, Li Shimin impatiently snatched the ink block, and studied the ink himself, looking at the palace maid's helpless appearance, Li Shimin sighed helplessly, changed a few female officials, but none of them were as careful and meticulous as Wu Meiniang.
"Your Majesty, Qianniu Wei Zuolang will ask Zhang Chao to see!"
The eunuch's shrill voice finally shocked Li Shimin's spirits, and he waved his hand and ordered: "Xuan." ”
"Weichen Zhang Chao, meet Your Majesty." As soon as he entered the house, Zhang Chao bowed to the ground at once, making Li Shimin nod with satisfaction, and only after a while did he ask calmly: "That kid is back?" ”
"Your Majesty, King Shuo has arrived outside the city."
"Then I heard that this kid came back in a hearse, but is there such a thing?" Li Shimin suddenly narrowed his eyes, leaned forward and asked with interest, but Zhang Chao's head immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
"Back to Your Majesty, King Shuo did come back in a four-wheeled carriage, but this four-wheeled carriage was built by King Shuo himself, in order to be stable, lightweight, and have a large carrying capacity, not a hearse."
"Hehe, this kid can always make some weird things." Shaking his head with a smile, Li Shimin suddenly leaned back tiredly, and asked a little weakly: "In the past two days, the third, fifth, sixth, and eighth and ninth have all come back one after another, what is Qingque doing?" Is there any convergence? ”
"This ......" hesitated for a moment, and in Li Shimin's fierce gaze, Zhang Chao whispered: "The minister just went back to the secret lock to investigate, and His Royal Highness the King of Wei is still investigating the culprits in the Hou Junji conspiracy case, and even before Hou Junji's family was executed today, the King of Wei also went to the prison to interrogate. ”
"Fourth!" He snorted resentfully, and after a while, Li Shimin shook his head weakly and sighed: "This matter must be settled earlier, tomorrow Lao Qi will come back, and he will go directly to the palace to participate in the court meeting." ”
"Wechen obeys!" Kowtowed, Zhang Chao bowed and retreated, and after being quiet for a while, Li Shimin waved his hand and beckoned the female official Bingbi and ordered: "Take the ink down and grind it slowly." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" As if he had been pardoned, the whole world of this newly promoted female official immediately turned into a polished inkstone, and in the humming sound, Li Shimin's eyes had already left the Taiji Hall and looked deeply to the north.
Xuanwu Gate!
At this time, being pulled by the enthusiastic Li You, Li Jie had already entered the city, and when he arrived at the Xiqin Tower of his industry at the entrance of the West Market, I have to say that the wicked are still a little good, Li You shouted and shouted in front of him, and the road that was supposed to line up for half an hour was actually entered by Li Jie in a few minutes, and no one dared to point a finger at his carriage anymore.
Damn, I knew that Lao Tzu was also a wicked person! Li Jie thought speechlessly.
Shuo Wang's Mansion is not far from Xiqin Tower, this journey is tiring in the end, and there are reasons for Wu Meiniang and Hou Xianniang, the team put down Li Jie and returned to the house, and Li Youyan hugged the West Qin Tower with the truth, but Li Jie looked around in wonder, and asked strangely: "Why are there so many people today?" ”
Xiqin Building, which is usually a hot business, is now even full, and some people are even standing by the window on the second floor, and the downstairs is even more crowded, and it took a lot of effort to squeeze in, no wonder Li Jie is strange.
At the mention of this, Li You was dumbfounded, and said in a somewhat vague whisper: "It's not the right time for you to come back today, Lao Jiu, just in time to execute Chen Guogong's family, no, my brother also feels unlucky, so I want to go out of the city for an outing, let's find a single room to drink, don't think about so many bad luck." ”
"Chen Guogong?" After chattering suspiciously for a moment, Li Jie suddenly realized, isn't Chen Guogong the title of Hou Junji? Even if he killed him first, the huge Hou Mansion still did not escape the doom of being beheaded, and I have to say that politics is bloody and cruel.
At the same time, on the four-wheeled carriage that was struggling to walk in the flow of people, in a tightly covered carriage, Hou Xianniang moved a few large boxes quite wastefully, and then squeezed into front of the small cage hidden inside, and stuffed half a bag of roast chicken into it distressedly.
"Brother, Brother Scar got off the car with the prince, I can only come up while no one sees me, eat quickly!"
Curled up in the cage, Hou Jie didn't have the arrogance of that day, he took the roast chicken under the cover and gnawed it, eating with a mouth full of oil, but while eating, his eyes suddenly straightened, and he immediately threw away the roast chicken and shouted excitedly: "Look, it's the third brother Hou Rui!" Third brother! ”
Pulling his throat, Hou Jie shouted at a large group of soldiers across the street, and the sturdy middle-aged man who was riding on a horse and moving forward gloomily shouted, so panicked that Hou Xianniang hurriedly blocked the front and exclaimed in fear: "Brother, don't shout, if people know, you will be beaten again at night!" ”
"Beaten? Haha, back to Chang'an, who would dare to beat this young master, as long as the third brother knows that I am here, let my father know that I am imprisoned, what kind of bullshit prince does he have, he can't eat and walk around, slut, get out of the way of this son, third brother! Three ......"
was pushed to the side, Hou Xianniang sat on the ground screaming, Hou Jie shouted excitedly again, just halfway through the shout, but suddenly stopped, dumbfounded, looking at the scene in front of him in disbelief.
What I didn't notice just now was that his third brother Hou Rui was still wearing a white sail on his head, and behind him was his second mother, the third brother's mother-in-law, who was also dressed in linen and filial piety, and then there were a large number of prisoner cars, Hou Jie's uncles, family members, his father's concubines, several elder brothers, and even his little uncle and grandfather in their fifties were all loaded in the endless prison cars with sad faces.
Hou Jie's carriage happened to be blocked by the crowd at the corner, and in the frightened and surprised eyes of him and Hou Xianniang, all the hundreds of relatives in Chen Guogong's Mansion were escorted to the execution table at the entrance of the West Market.
"Today, there is a traitor Hou Jun who gathers a mouthful of disobedience to the heavens, covets the artifact, the crime is extremely evil, the heinous is unforgivable, the human ethics are intolerable, the heavenly reason is intolerable, and the three clans are killed according to the law, but the heavens have the virtue of a good life, and now the mercy is merciful, and the amnesty of the three male Rui and the Kang family is their guard, and now the body is verified, and the three o'clock in the afternoon has arrived, and the knife is asked!"
In the long voice, Hou Rui and Kang directly collapsed and knelt on the ground, and at the same time, more than a dozen executioners also raised their thick butcher knives, facing the sun, the butcher knife Ye Ye exuded an incomparably cold glow.
With an exclamation, Hou Jie let go of the curtain of the carriage and shrunk into a ball and shrunk into the cage, while Hou Xianniang was paralyzed in the carriage, unable to stand up for a long time, and did not know when, the carriage continued to sway, gradually moving away from the bloody slaughterhouse, but no matter what, it could not alleviate the slightest fear ...... in the hearts of the two.