Chapter 53: Interrogation
Wang felt that today must be the darkest day of his life.
Everything that happened today was something he didn't expect and couldn't understand, and he didn't seem to have done a single thing right from beginning to end.
At that time, he was commanding Jing Zhaoyin's Wuhou to capture Kuai and other personnel, together with the thugs of the Axe Gang, to besiege Xiao Quai's house, except for the reason that Xiao Qu was so sick and insulted him too much, and he was eager to take revenge. He also has good reasons and sinister intentions.
What he did at that time was nothing more than robbing relatives, to put it seriously, even if he robbed the people's daughter, how much of a sin he could be, and in the end it was still an attempt. However, Xiao Quai's illness was different, he went out privately during the lockdown period, and also trampled on his horse and trampled on more than ten people in Jingzhao Mansion.
Even a moment after he ordered the attack on Xiao's house, Wang Ji finally knew that Xiao Qubing had been lifted by Li Longji's grounding order, he still had no idea of stopping the attack.
Xiao Quai's murder, as Jing Zhaoyin, he naturally has the responsibility to maintain social order in Chang'an City and arrest the murderer. No matter where this lawsuit goes, he will win it, and this is the reason why he thinks it is sufficient.
At the same time as arresting the murderer Xiao Quai, the more tolerance the other party has for resisting arrest and killing by force, the heavier Xiao Quai's criminal responsibility will be. Even if he will not be killed because he is favored and is the younger brother of the concubine, he will leave an impression of Emperor Li Longji as a pampered and lawless person.
In short, as Jing Zhaoyin, he sent people to attack Xiao Quai's house, and what he did was justified and fearless. He Xiao Quai's armed resistance to arrest is a rebellion.
But who would have thought that he surrounded the house and wanted to arrest Xiao Quai, and about an hour later, Xiao Qubing led five hundred flying dragon forbidden troops from outside with the emperor's edict in hand, and came to arrest him, saying that he had rebelled and made trouble?
And that Xiao Qubing actually came with Gao Lishi, the chief eunuch, after Gao Lishi read the edict, before he could react, he was rushed over by Xiao Quai's lone riding alone, like catching a chicken, and was picked up and captured alive.
What's even more embarrassing is that when he saw Xiao Quai's horse crashing towards him, he was so frightened that he peed his pants again!
After that, this Xiao Qubing threw himself away and handed it over to the Taoist priest named Liuyun again. Then the five hundred Flying Dragon Forbidden Army and the more than 100 rangers in Xiao's house pressed over at once, and killed seven or eight percent of the four hundred axe gang minions and Wang Weld's house slaves in Xing Wei's department, and Xing Wei was also captured alive by Xiao Quai's illness with only one move.
That's not all, after that, Xiao Qubing also divided into four hundred flying dragon forbidden troops and fifty rangers, led by those two Taoist priests, divided into several teams and went to various cities in Chang'an City to arrest the remnants of the anti-thieves. Wang Ji heard that one of the teams seemed to be going to his own house in Taipingfang, which means that the anti-thieves in their mouths actually included themselves!
Are you a thief? How could it be! As if hearing the most ridiculous joke in the world, Wang Ji was so sad and aggrieved for a moment that he couldn't do it, and he roared at Xiao Qu desperately.
"Xiao Quai, you traitor, you reversed black and white to frame so-and-so! You don't have to die well......"
Then he was slapped twice by Xiao Quai, and his face was slightly swollen. After that, he was hoarse and wanted to scold, and then his chin was dropped by Xiao Quai, and he desperately asked Gao Lishi for help with his eyes, but Gao Lishi didn't say a word. Just let Xiao Qu get sick and pick himself on a horse lance with the blade removed, and once again parade through the street with urine dripping on his body!
Probably because of the relationship between Gao Lishi and the emperor's edict, this time the onlookers of Chang'an were almost crazy with excitement when they saw this ugly appearance, and almost all the onlookers applauded loudly, applauded Xiao Quai, scolded himself as a dog thief, and praised Xiao Qubing for eliminating harm for the people!
"How so!"
In less than two hours, he was so frightened that he peed his pants twice, was arrested alive twice by Xiao Quai, twice was arrested and paraded in the streets, and twice was pointed at and cursed loudly. This has made Wang Ji extremely resentful, but now he is most concerned about why things have become like this.
"Whoever can hurry up and give an answer."
On the other side, in the Flying Frost Hall of Huaqing Palace, Li Longji was sitting on a soft couch, his hands were clenched tightly, his eyes were already half red, and the green tendons on his neck jumped and jumped, obviously his eyes were angry to the extreme.
He looked in the direction of the outside of the hall, and his eyes motioned to Sun Liudao, the inner worshipper who was accompanying him: "Go and see, whether the results of the interrogation have come out!" β
Sun Liu took the order and left respectfully, and Yang Guifei on the side gently leaned Li Longji's head on her thigh, and gently rubbed his fingers at his temples.
"That Wang Weld is an ungrateful Zhongshan wolf, there is no need for San Lang to be angry with him!"
Li Longji closed his eyes and sighed: "How can I not be angry, I have been kind to his Wang family, and his Wang family has repaid me like this, and he actually began to plot a rebellion more than a year ago. β
Before this, Chen Xuanli and Li Yide had already taken the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army to escort Wang Weld and Cao Yu to report the incident to Li Longji, along with the temporary Wanqi Guoyi Wang Lin Tian and Sha Xiaoshan and others who reported the news.
According to the confession of the tainted witness Wang Lintian, this Wang Weld and Xing Wei began to plot a rebellion more than a year ago, and since that time they have begun to make friends and win over themselves, in order to rebel and rebel in the future. And Wang Weld and Xing Wei their slogan of rebellion is to eliminate thieves and clear the monarch's side for the country, and the plan is a copy of the Tang Long coup and the congenital coup.
"I never expected that!" Li Longji sighed, and his tone lowered, as if he was talking to Yang Guifei, and as if he was talking to himself: "I always thought that every rebellion or coup d'Γ©tat always had a name, but I only thought about it in the past, and my eyes were only on the prince. The only thing I have been worried about over the years is that someone will raise troops to support the prince as the emperor, but I never thought that as long as I want to rebel and cause chaos, in fact, I don't need the name of the prince at all, and it is the same! During the period of Emperor Jing of the first Han Dynasty, the Seven Kings rebelled, didn't they use the name of the Qing monarch...... Yuhuan, I have been blind to Mount Tai for more than ten years, and I have thought wrong. The Qing monarch's side is the best excuse, but anyone who wants to rebel and make trouble is about to use this excuse. You say, who else can I trust......"
"Your Majesty......" Yang Guifei said softly: "All the courtiers in this world are not like this, and the concubines think that at least the auxiliary ministers will not be like this, and today's matter is also thanks to the auxiliary ministers." If it weren't for him, Old General Chen, maybe he would have been stabbed at this moment, then Wang Weld would have controlled the Long Wu Army and led the troops to force the palace. β
Yang Guifei had two words, the first one was naturally that even if Xiao Qu was sick and came to report the news, the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army prepared in advance, and in the end, Xiao Qu was sick and led the troops to quell the chaos in time. Another meaning is that Chen Xuanli was not stabbed thanks to Xiao Quai.
According to Nasha Xiaoshan's confession, it was precisely because Xiao Qu's illness before that he asked him to pay attention to which Wanqi Guoyi in the Longwu Forbidden Army had a lot of dealings with Xing Wei, the leader of the Axe Gang. Coupled with Wang Lintian's strange performance today, the four guards behind him were all born. Sha Xiaoshan suddenly thought of the Lanling Xiao family from Lanling wine, so he thought of Xiao Qu's illness, and then thought of Xiao Qu's illness before, and carefully recalled that one of the four guards behind Wang Lintian turned out to be the henchman of Xing Wei, the leader of the Axe Gang.
So Sha Xiaoshan secretly followed them and knew that they were going to report important military information to Chen Xuanli, and knowing that the situation was wrong, he immediately wanted to go to Chen Xuanli to report to the police, but unfortunately the level was not enough, but fortunately, he met Li Yide, the Longwu general patrolling the camp, outside the camp gate. This is the next thing, so in this way, Xiao Quai's contribution is indeed great.
Li Longji smiled: "The auxiliary minister is naturally loyal enough, and today's matter is indeed thanks to the auxiliary minister." It's just that I'm very curious, how did the assistant minister know that there was something wrong with this Xing Xuan? He sent people to keep an eye on him so many days in advance, and this matter was later caught by Wang Ji and Li Linfu to attack the auxiliary ministers and collude with the Longwu Forbidden Army. Now it seems that the picture is not small, but it is he who is king! β
Yang Guifei thought for a while, blinked her eyes and smiled: "The auxiliary minister is a disciple of the immortal family, just like when the battle in the river was in the beginning, Ge Lulu Ye rebelled, and the auxiliary minister also knew it many days in advance, what did he say at that time?" β
Li Longji thought about it for a moment: "It seems to say that his master dreams at night, but hasn't his master already passed away?" β
Yang Guifei said with a smile: "Why should San Lang bother to think about it, just ask him directly when the auxiliary minister arrives?" β
At this moment, Sun Liu led Yang Guozhong, Li Linfu, Chen Xilie, Chen Xuanli, Li Yide, as well as Hubu Langzhong, Hedong Jiedu Deputy Envoy Ji Wen, and Gyeonggi Interview Envoy Judge, Supervisor Yushi, and Imperial Shi in the palace (each position is Wang Jie's deputy) Pei Mian and others into the palace.
Yang Guozhong's face was full of spring breeze, his face was so radiant that he couldn't see his teeth, Li Linfu's face was as black as a stove, Ji Wen had a dark smile, Pei Mian hung his head, but the two veterans were angry.
Li Longji sat up again and said loudly: "What is the result? β
Yang Guozhong was the first to stand up and said proudly: "It's recruited, then Wang Weld has been recruited!" β
"Tell me more." Li Longji was a little displeased, and said in his heart What a villain, I was almost forced into the palace just now, and you are still so happy.
Yang Guozhong said: "Your Majesty, that's right, that Wang Zhu really started preparing to rebel more than a year ago. Ever since he became the head of the Tobu Langzhong, he has used various methods to loot money and raise dead soldiers to make friends with the Longwu Forbidden Army. He colluded with Xing Wei, the leader of the Axe Gang, and relied on the power of his brother Wang Ji to open the door for the Axe Gang. In order to make money, the two even conspired to secretly empty the arsenal, for fear of checking the revealing stuffing, in August, Wang Weld and Xing Wei simply set fire to the arsenal. At that time, the minister felt that it was very problematic, but Wang Ji and Zuo Servant shot did their best to exonerate Wang Weld......"
Li Longji was so angry, this incident was also a slap in his face, when this incident happened, according to the law, the person responsible should be punished severely, but at that time he didn't think much about it, thinking that it was an ordinary fire, for the sake of Wang Jie's face, he actually took it lightly and forgave Wang Weld. Thinking about it now, how could he not be angry, but he was also responsible for this matter, he interrupted Yang Guozhong's words and asked him to talk about something else.