Chapter 628: The bet is yourself

Li Yuan, who returned to the imperial study, sat down on the chair, looked at the unfinished folds on the table, and frowned slightly. He picked up one and looked at it, but he didn't know why it was a little messy, and he didn't care about what was written on the fold. Just looked at him for a while, and his face suddenly became a little ugly.

He stood up and walked over to the bookshelf and rummaged through it for a while, finding a copy in a corner. This fold was submitted two months ago, and after Li Yuan read it, he put it in the corner of the bookshelf. At that time, he felt that there was something strange about this matter, but the people sent to investigate did not find anything wrong. The person who went to investigate was a careful and very good at handling cases, and if there was anything hidden in his ability, then he would definitely find out.

Sitting down and reading this piece carefully, Li Yuan's brows gradually twisted into a pimple.

"Come on, go find Dugu Xue, now!"

"Whoa!"

Gao Liansheng, the chief attendant who was guarding the door of the imperial study, hurriedly agreed, turned around and ordered the eunuch on duty to hurry up and find the general Dugu Xue, the guard of the prison. Although he had not been by Li Yuan's side for a very long time, how could he have achieved this position if he had not been able to guess the emperor's mood by listening to the voice.

Dugu Xue, who had already slept, heard that the emperor was in a hurry, so he hurriedly got up and changed his clothes and trotted all the way to the door of the imperial study. Gao Liansheng whispered to him: "Your Majesty has instructed you to go in directly if you arrive...... His Majesty seems to be in a bad mood, but Lord Dugu should be careful. ”

Dugu Xue hummed and thanked him in a low voice, pushed the door and walked in.

"Your Majesty"

After Dugu Xue entered the door, he leaned over and saluted, and when he bent over, he secretly swept over the corner of his eyes and found that Li Yuan's face was indeed not very good, and the thing he was holding in his hand Dugu Xue knew was the one he presented a while ago. He has an excellent memory and has a knack for remembering. When he served as a waiter in the Criminal Department during the Great Sui Dynasty, he could almost remember the case files for almost a whole year, and as long as someone asked, he could tell them eloquently.

Speaking of which, when he first arrived in Chang'an, Li Yuan intended to make him the secretary of the criminal department, but he did not hesitate to offend the emperor and did not accept it. But now that he, the general of the prison guard, is almost no different from the official of the Criminal Department, the emperor asked him to investigate many things. And the more things he finds, the more secrets he knows, so much so that he can't sleep a little unsure now.

"The matter of the old house of Longyou...... Tell me again. ”

"Yes!"

Dugu Xue responded, but his heart tightened suddenly: "According to the minister's investigation, Liu Wuzhou was killed after being defeated at the hands of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and most of the men and horses under his command were absorbed by the King of Qin, but there were also thousands of remnants of the army who fled, the largest of which was about a thousand people, led by Liu Wuzhou's general Zhou Xunke, who pretended to be the Tang Dynasty Qincha in order to avenge Liu Wuzhou, and then opened the city gate, and then ...... After the killing, a fire was set to death, and the people in the city were also burned to death, even the county commander was burned to death in his own home, and the fire burned for three days before it was extinguished, and most of the houses in the city were destroyed. ”

"You've checked the corpse"

"The ministers have checked all the corpses that can be searched, but some of the corpses have been burned to the point that only half of their bodies are left, and some have been burned to charcoal, and it is really difficult to determine their identity."

"Is there really no less than one?"

"No less than one."

"Are you sure that Lao Zhen, the official of the old mansion, is also dead?"

"The body was found in his small courtyard, it was killed by someone who cut his throat, and because the body fell in the courtyard, it was not burned by fire, so it can still be vaguely recognized."

Li Yuan snorted, put down the recital and pondered for a while and said: "You are sending someone to check the number of people, and bring back a few people who are guarding the city, and I want to inquire in person." Zhou Xunke ran away after killing people, but there is no news until now...... Although there are only a few subordinates left in the old mansion, but they are all my people, a remnant of a bandit dares to be so arrogant, is there not even a person under me who wants to arrest the murderer? ”

"General Yun Lu Chu Huo has already led his men and horses to investigate."

Dugu Xue replied.

"But I've been chasing for more than two months, and I haven't even seen Zhou Xunke's shadow!"

Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "You put aside all the other things at hand first, this matter is important." Send someone to tell Chu Huo that if he can't find any trace of Zhou Xunke within a month, then he won't come back to see me. I'm not going to keep just a few wastes that don't do anything! ”

"Minister......

Dugu Xue knew that the emperor was in a very bad mood now, but he couldn't help but remind: "The minister is just a general of the prison guard, and his duty is to guard the palace." ”

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I know that these things should not be handed over to you to do, but if you honestly accept the errand of the Criminal Department, will you be so embarrassed?" There are candidates for the general of the prison guard, but I have always kept the position of the secretary of the criminal department for you. ”

"The ministers are really afraid of the errand of the Criminal Department."

Dugu learns the way.

"Let's go first, I want to be quiet."

Li Yuan seemed to be a little tired, waved his hand and said, "After the prince's affairs are over, you will go to the Criminal Department to take up a post." If you dare to say a word again, I will let you and Gao Liansheng take turns in the imperial study. ”

Duguxue smiled bitterly and bowed to retire.

"It's too much like ......"

Li Yuan looked at the fold on the table, and there was a haze between his eyebrows. He was just about to pack up his mood and deal with the matter at hand, when suddenly someone outside hurriedly ran over, and said eagerly with a crying voice: "Your Majesty, something is wrong...... Empress...... The queen has returned to heaven! ”

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In less than two months, Li Yuan lost three close relatives one after another. Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, died in the camp of the Eastern Capital, and it is said that he was killed by Li Jing when he ordered the execution of Li Jing, whether the truth was the case or not, Li Yuan didn't want to find out, because he really didn't want to believe or admit the truth.

The prince was killed on the wall of Xuanwu Gate more than ten days ago, because of various reasons has not been buried, Li Yuan ordered the construction of the mausoleum at the beginning of the throne has not been completed, he gave this mausoleum to the prince, unexpectedly the prince's coffin is still parked in the Fengnian Palace, the queen is also gone.

In an instant, Li Yuan felt as if he had been slammed into the heart by a heavy hammer. The breath that had been held on for so long finally couldn't hold on anymore, and when he heard the four words of the queen's return to heaven, he stood up violently and looked at the eunuch who reported the news, opened his mouth, and fainted in front of him. The emperor's body fell limply to the ground, frightening Gao Liansheng, the eunuch and chief attendant of the inner chamberlain.

The imperial doctor on duty who had just run to the queen's bedroom had to rush to the imperial study, and Li Xian, who had been watching everyone busy in the queen's bedroom, heard that Li Yuan had fallen into a coma, and had a faint ominous premonition in his heart. When he followed the imperial doctor to the imperial study quickly, Li Yuan hadn't woken up yet, the imperial doctor hurriedly went over and rolled his eyelids to probe his nose and pulse, and Li Xian took advantage of the chaos to enter the imperial study and stood aside and watched.

He suddenly saw a piece of music on the table that was still unfolding, because it was not very far from the table, Li Xian could see some familiar words on it, Longxi...... Old Mansion ......

Dugu Xue, the general of the prison guard, looked at Li Yuan with a nervous expression, and suddenly saw that King Yan seemed to be very interested in the folds on the table. Others' attention was on the emperor, but he noticed that King Yan's footsteps seemed to have unintentionally moved a few steps in the direction of the desk. His eyes changed for a moment, and he coughed and asked, "Your Highness...... Do you want to invite in the important ministers of the court such as Lord Nayan? ”

Li Xian's footsteps paused, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes when he looked at Dugu Xue.

"You're asking me?"

He asked.

Dugu Xue nodded and said, "Xiaguan is ...... now I can only ask you. ”

Li Xian thought for a while and said, "Then please." ”

"Whoa"

Dugu Xue answered, and subconsciously glanced at the folds on the desk. Li Xian looked at him, slowly moved his steps and walked to the imperial doctor, looked at the anxious imperial doctor and said softly, "Let me come." ”

After Dugu Xue walked out of the door, he couldn't help but turn around and glance at King Yan, who was diagnosing His Majesty's pulse, and always felt that his actions were a little abnormal before, and he seemed to have found something in his mind for a moment, but it was very vague. He shook his head and walked out quickly. What he didn't know was that there was a pair of eyes staring at his back until it disappeared.

Gao Liansheng saw that the emperor woke up faintly after King Yan's massage, and hurriedly handed over a cup of hot tea. Li Xian took it and handed the hot tea to Li Yuan, Li Yuan gasped and slowly shook his head, his face was white and scary, he looked at Li Xian's eyes, and asked word by word: "How could the queen suddenly return to heaven?" ”

Li Xian didn't answer, but glanced at the imperial doctor and the servants in the house.

"All of you go out, all of you go out!"

Li Yuan waved his hand and commanded.

Gao Liansheng hurriedly led people out of the imperial study, and after only the two of them were left in the room, Li Xian said: "The queen is very emotional, crying for a while and laughing for a while, she asked me to get closer, and I sat on the edge of the bed and turned on the light." The queen asked me where I had been all these years, and I said...... On the way to kill and hide from being killed. ”

He raised his head and glanced at Li Yuan and continued: "The queen cried loudly, and a mouthful of phlegm did not come up and got stuck in her throat. I asked people to rush to the imperial doctor, because I was familiar with medical skills, so I first massaged the queen, but it didn't work...... Her body was too weak, and before the imperial doctor arrived, the queen had already lost her breath. ”

"You ......"

I didn't know what Li Yuan was going to say, but the words behind him were taken back by him.

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Not long after returning to their house, Liu Zhenghui and Pei Lian, who had just laid down and were about to sleep, were startled by the news brought by the people sent by the palace, and almost both of them jumped out of their beds. Hurriedly changed into court clothes and got on the carriage to rush to the direction of Taiji Palace, Pei Lian's carriage met Xiao Yu's carriage on the way, and the two of them invariably pulled up the curtain and looked at each other, Pei Lin found that Xiao Yu's face was extremely ugly, but he also knew that his face was not good and could not see anywhere.

"I just said that person can't enter Chang'an City!"

The two carriages were walking side by side, and Xiao Yu looked at Pei Lin and said with some anger in his tone.

"His Majesty's intention to enter the city, do you think you can decide such an important matter?"

Xiao Yu was choked by Pei Lian's words, shook her head with a somewhat cold face and lowered the curtain. He commanded, and the carriage immediately accelerated past Pei Ju's car. Pei Lin also lowered the curtains of the car, thinking of what Liu Zhenghui said when King Yan entered the door not long ago, he suddenly felt that a large piece of ice was blocked in his heart.

"More than 30,000 people died on the day the King of Qin entered the city...... I hope that King Yan can enter the city without dying. ”

"I hope it's safe."

These words are still ringing in my ears, and I can't imagine that someone will die in such a short time, and it is the queen mother who died...... It's a bit too heavy. The more Pei Lin thought about it, the more desolate and sad he felt in his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh...... What's wrong with Datang, what's wrong with Your Majesty?

King of Qi, Crown Prince, Empress......

Junozawa

Zhang Zhongjian and Daxi Changru sat on the chair and looked at Xu Shiji in front of them, and their faces were very solemn. In front of them was a huge sand table, with a radius of ten meters, and almost all the important towns in the world, mountains and rivers were clearly presented. Xu Shiji stood next to this huge sand table, his eyes staring at a certain place in contemplation.

I don't know how long it took, but he let out a long sigh of relief and said, "In any case, the lord's strategy is indeed too dangerous. He put himself in Chang'an City to calm Li Yuan's heart, but how long can we hide the affairs here? Once the news reaches Chang'an City, the situation of the lord is too dangerous! ”

"He himself should have known better about the dangers."

Daxi Changru stood up and walked to Xu Shiji's side, and said solemnly: "But he still went, and then handed over this important matter to you." I know it may be too difficult and heavy, but he said that he can trust you, and he also said that he is not as good as you in the art of war, so he said that he will do other things...... The battlefield is up to you. ”

Xu Shiji was silent for a moment and said, "What is slightly more reassuring is that the lord took the opportunity of Li Huining to bring tens of thousands of troops with him. As long as he doesn't live in Chang'an City permanently, there is no danger if there is any danger to board the ship and sail the sails. ”

I don't know how cold and sad Li Huining would be if she heard his words. Only by escorting her, only by escorting her during the time of Li Shimin's rebellion, Li Xian could go straight to Chang'an with the sailors and tens of thousands of elites. Before leaving, Li Xian once said that if you want to gamble, you should bet bigger, who would have thought that the bet he pressed this time was himself?