Chapter 638 is not easy to use

There are only three people who know how many secret spies there are in Chang'an City, Li Xian, Ye Huaisleeve, and Xie Yingdeng. But what Li Xian wants to do now is not to use the secret spy and kill a few pathfinder dogs of a certain big man in the court. If you let the secret spy do this, it will naturally be more secretive and safe, and those masters of Jing Zhaoyin, Chang'an Mansion, Criminal Department, and Dali Temple may not be able to find out. People are meant to be killed, and people don't need to think about it to be Li Xian's hand, which is the purpose. If a secret spy is used, and the person dies but the reason cannot be found, there will still be people who suspect Li Xian, in that case, it will make people think that Li Xian must have other forces in this Chang'an City.

Before the spy is exposed, the gains outweigh the losses.

The mansion of Xiao Yu, the Duke of Song

When Xiao Yu first arrived in Chang'an, he was reused by Li Yuan. He was named the Duke of Song and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Speaking of which, there is no lack of family support behind Li Shimin, the most important of which cannot be ignored is the Dugu family that seems to have declined, this family that once reached the peak of glory and the third family gradually declined after the overthrow of the Great Sui, but there is no doubt that the Dugu family still has great influence.

Xiao Yu is the son-in-law of the Dugu family.

When it comes to the Dugu family, I have to mention Dugu Xin. He was a native of Yunzhong in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and was known for his handsome appearance when he was young. This person is a very brave general, once a single man alone in the hand of a long lance to capture Yuyang King Yuan Zhou, because of outstanding military merits was named another general, promotion continues, scattered cavalry squire, Xinye County Guard, Jingzhou Metropolitan Governor, Wuwei General, Wei General, Du Hu Sanjing Military, Shangshu Zuo Servant Shooting, Jingzhou Thorn History, Che Cavalry General, Longyou Ten Prefectures Commander Military, Jizhou Thorn History, Feng Zhao Guogong.

There are three people who are the most conceited in Dugu Xin, one of which is that few people are personable. Second, both as a general and as an official are extremely prestigious. The third thing that he is most proud of is that he has selected a few good sons-in-law.

Dugu Xin has six sons and seven daughters, and all six sons have become officials, although their fame is not small, but they are inferior to his daughters. His eldest daughter was Empress Mingjing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The fourth daughter married Li Yuan's father, Li Xun, the Duke of Tang Guo. And his youngest daughter, Dugu Jialuo, married Yang Jian, was the Empress of Literature of the Great Sui. After Li Yuan became the emperor, he called his mother Empress Yuanzhen, and three of his seven daughters became queens.

It's just that Dugu Xin died too early and didn't enjoy the respect that his daughter brought him. Dugu Jialuo married Yang Jian when he was fourteen years old, and in the same year, Dugu Xin was defeated in the battle with Yuwen Hu, and the Dugu family almost fell immediately. Fortunately, there is a good daughter of Dugu Jialuo, who did her best to assist Yang Jian to create the prosperous era of the Great Sui Emperor. The prestige of the Dugu family also reached its peak, and after she died, Yang Jian would cry every time she mentioned her, and said sadly: "If you have knowledge under the spring, you should come to meet me." ”

I have to say that Dugu Jialuo resolutely demanded that the crown prince Yang Yong be abolished and Yang Guang replaced.

Xiao Yu is the younger brother of Empress Xiao, the heir of the Emperor of the Liang Dynasty, and the son-in-law of the Dugu family. Xiao Yu's wife is Dugu Jialuo's niece, and Li Yuan is Dugu Jialuo's nephew, picking up Xiao Yu's wife and Li Yuan are cousins. And the reason why Xiao Yu is inclined to Li Shimin is to talk about when Li Shimin conquered Xue Ju.

At that time, Xiao Yu was an official in Hechi, Li Shimin came to visit, Xiao Yu set up a banquet to entertain, during the banquet Li Shimin respected him very much, called him uncle, and took out Li Yuan's handwriting and handed it to him, and sincerely invited him to Chang'an to discuss the government. Xiao Yu was extremely moved, and liked Li Shimin's respect for him, so he handed over all the soldiers and horses in Hechi to Li Shimin, and rushed to Chang'an with his entourage.

Speaking of which, Xiao Yu was invited by Li Shimin to become an official in the Tang Dynasty.

It was time to hold the lamp, but Xiao Yu never came out of the study. His wife knew that he had been in a bad mood in recent days, and she didn't dare to send someone to disturb him.

In the study, Xiao Yu looked at the kneeling person in front of him with a pale face, and there was a faint anger in his eyes.

"Your Majesty didn't kill you, but let you go to the local government to be an official, this is already a great favor, and you still want to resist the decree and disrespect?"

Song Yu's face turned pale, and he hurriedly explained: "If the lower official arrives at the place...... How is it possible to live? The lower official is the imperial history, and he speaks more bluntly on weekdays, I don't know how many powerful people I have offended, and I am afraid that I will not be able to save my life for a long time when I leave Chang'an, please save me. ”

Xiao Yu first came to Chang'an to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, that is, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Later, it was changed to the left servant of Shangshu, and he was the same prime minister. This person was originally extremely upright, but when it came to Li Shimin's affairs, he had to make more arrangements.

"With me in nature, you will have no worries for the rest of your life, Song Yu ......"

Xiao Yu sighed and said: "Speaking of which, Your Majesty actually doesn't have much prejudice against you, you have been a county magistrate in the local area for three or two years, I will naturally transfer you back to the capital as an official, I just can't understand what you are afraid of." Yushi bluntly said that he was innocent and had a special status, but why do you need to do such a straightforward thing when you go to the local area? Isn't it better to respect you in a county than a royal history? ”

"Xiaguan ......"

Song Yu opened his mouth and was interrupted by Xiao Yu, he got up and opened the door of calligraphy and said, "You can go to work with peace of mind, and I will naturally arrange the rest for you." I have a little more to write in a moment, and that's all for today...... If you don't leave Chang'an, I won't be able to speak for you in front of Your Majesty. ”

Song Yu swallowed bitterness, nodded, got up and left lonely.

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After Song Yu left, Xiao Yu was still not in the mood to have dinner, closed the door of the study and walked back to the table to watch that he had written a plea at the beginning, but he didn't know how to write it next.

Li Yuan's anger in the imperial study a few days ago was obviously aimed at him. Chai Shao, Pei Lin and others are just pond fish that have been affected. He had been writing it since he had returned that day, but he had not finished it to this day. Yushi Song Yu, Fang Zhengran's participation in Li Xian's twists and turns were indeed instructed by him, but he did not do it completely out of selfishness.

At the beginning, Li Yuan invited him to Chang'an and respected him very much. even said that the Li family was carrying it on Qingzhi's shoulders, and now every time I think of Xiao Yu, I am still moved. Now that the Tang Dynasty is unsettled, the situation is unstable, and the society is unstable, and he is anxious. Seeing that His Majesty's meaning is particularly important to Li Xian, the king of Yan, he is really afraid that the emperor will be confused for a while to disclose Li Xian's identity, and then pass the throne to this "outsider".

He was already optimistic about Li Shimin, but the crown prince Jiancheng was indeed the best candidate to succeed to the throne, and he was unwilling to participate in the battle for the prince's succession, but since the prince was dead, the heir to the throne in his heart was naturally Li Shimin, the king of Qin. As for Li Shimin's mistakes, in fact, they were all in the emperor's thoughts, and he had to think of a way to make the emperor move this thought.

Sitting at the table and pondering for a long time, Xiao Yu still didn't write this plea after all.

"Someone Coming"

Xiao Yu instructed: "Go and invite Lord Wei Zheng to my mansion to discuss matters." ”

"Your Excellency...... It's late now. ”

The butler outside the door reminded.

"Go now!"

The housekeeper didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so he had to immediately go to Wei Zheng's house to invite him. Wei Zheng is the person relied on by the prince, and he is a squire in the East Palace. If nothing else, the crown prince succeeds to the throne, he will be the mainstay of the imperial court. But after the death of the crown prince, his future is uncertain. A few days ago, after Li Shimin, an attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was killed in a rebellion, Wei Zheng was promoted to the position of Secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Wei Zheng was brought up, which was the result of Xiao Yu's strong assertion in front of Li Yuan. Originally, according to Li Yuan's intentions, the former ministers of the crown prince Li Jiancheng would not be used again. After all, no matter who inherits the throne in the future, he will not use the prince's former ministers. But Wei Zheng was too upright, and he happened to have the same temperament as Xiao Yu, and he couldn't bear Wei Zheng gradually withdrawing from the court, so he recommended it three times in front of Li Yuan.

With this relationship, Xiao Yu and Wei Zheng have an excellent relationship in private.

Xiao Yu's mind is very confused now, and he knows that he must find a relatively ordinary outsider to help him analyze it. And the reason why he is so concerned about Li Shimin's affairs is because of the ...... He is the only person in the court who knows where Li Shimin is.

Li Shimin knew that his return to Chang'an in the future would inevitably be inseparable from the support of important ministers, and Xiao Yu was the best choice. So after he converged with Han Shixu, the first thing he did was to send someone to find Xiao Yu secretly. Xiao Yu wrote a handwritten letter for the messenger to bring back, telling him about the situation in Chang'an.

Now that the King of Qin, Li Shimin, did not die, and quickly controlled another force, Xiao Yu has strengthened his heart to support the King of Qin, and now there is only one biggest obstacle, that is...... Yan Wang Li Xian.

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With Nie Duo's skills, it was not too difficult to avoid the forbidden army outside the Qi Palace, but he didn't plan to avoid it at all and walked out of the gate directly. He knew that there would definitely be people sent from the palace behind him, and the nearby streets had long been full of the eyes of the imperial court. But he didn't seem to care, and instead seemed to be walking aimlessly down the street.

Walking with a knife at night, if it is seen by Jing Zhaoyin's city patrol officials or soldiers patrolling the city defense army, he can even be cut directly without interrogation. Nie Duo didn't care at all, the huge knife like a door panel tied to his back had become his symbol.

He walked slowly down the street, and without looking closely, he knew that he was followed by at least five or more people. And when he encountered the patrol of the city defense army, one of them quickly detoured to the front to block the city defense army for him. This treatment is really not low.

He walked down the street for half an hour, turning around eight times, and then ate a bowl of hot noodles at a snack bar on the side of the road that had not yet closed the door, without drinking.

After having eaten his fill, he continued on his way, still aimlessly.

Just when the people who followed him couldn't help but start scolding his mother, he turned around and began to walk back, the pace was even slower than before, and it took nearly an hour to walk back to the Qi Palace, during which he only ate a bowl of hot noodles and did nothing.

But that night, Song Yu, the former imperial historian who came out of Shangshu's left servant's house, died. Died on the way home, and was cut in two with a knife.

After returning to the Qi Palace, he entered his room, Nie Duo took off the giant knife behind his back and threw it on the ground at will, and with a click, the knife actually cracked, and the black cloth wrapped in the giant knife was scattered before he could see clearly, where was his huge mountain opening knife, which was clearly a wide wooden plank, and at this time, the door of his room was pushed open, and a giant knife flew in quickly from the outside. Nie Duo stretched out his hand to catch it and poked it on the ground, and when it sounded, the green brick was broken.

Outside the door, a young man in a Confucian shirt walked in slowly, shook his head slightly, and said, "It's not as good as my gun." ”