readx; Chang'an Mansion Xiamen is located in the southeast of Chang'an, not far from Qujiang Pond, enter the Mansion Xiamen is Tongji Fang, Ande Fang and Quchi Fang, night has fallen, including Jingzhao Mansion, Wannian County, Chang'an County, including nearly hundreds of officials gathered outside the Fuxia Gate, there are more than 100 officials from Gaoling, Xinfeng and other counties transferred from other counties, a total of more than 500 people, led by Jingzhao Yin Ligan personally. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Su Zhen was riding on a horse in an official uniform, holding a long sword in his hand, he probably already knew a little bit about tonight's actions, he was extremely shocked in his heart, but he didn't dare to say more than half a word.

At this time, Zhao Yu, the commander of Wannian County, came to his side, pointed to more than 100 officials from other counties in the distance, and said in a low voice: "It's strange, those people don't look like officials!" All of them are so burly, I don't know any of them, it stands to reason that I should have seen the officials of Gaoling County and Xinfeng County. ”

"Don't ask more, it's not good for you to ask more, you know?"

Zhao Yu saw that Su Zhen's face was terrifyingly serious, he was startled and didn't dare to ask any more.

Jingzhao Yin Li Gan was also dressed in a three-grade court uniform, riding a horse and slowly stepped forward, beside him was Cui Qi in the imperial history, Cui Qi was over sixty years old, and was an old imperial history official with deep qualifications, he also rode a horse to follow Li Gan, and there was also a high-ranking official of the Criminal Department, Shang Heng, the squire of the Criminal Department, he also rode on a horse, followed behind like a shadow, without saying a word.

Li Gan said loudly to the officials: "I just got the news and found the puppet official of the Southern Tang Dynasty, which should have been brought forward by the intelligence hall and the internal guards, but General Qin and General Hu happened to be not in Chang'an, so we can only come forward to arrest them, everything is under my command tonight, no matter who is involved, all those who should be arrested will be arrested, do you hear!" ”

"Hear!" All the officials replied in unison.

At this time, a servant galloped from the city on horseback and handed a letter to Li Gan, who opened it and looked at it, and said, "The target has appeared, let's go!" Target Quikebo. ”

In the night, more than 500 officials with knives began to march towards Quchifang.

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Quchifang Wei Mansion is brightly lit, people come and go, very lively, tonight is Wei Tao's little grandson turned one year old, Wei Tao specially held this banquet, holding a banquet is the habit of Wei Mansion, every three or five will be held, in addition to the Wei Fu people, there are some court ministers will also participate, today is a more important banquet, more than 100 people came to the banquet, all of them are Wei Party members, together with their families, there are thousands of people gathered in Wei Mansion tonight.

At this time, most of the guests had arrived, and Wei Tao was also chatting with some important ministers in the small guest hall, and only his son Wei Jun was still welcoming guests outside the mansion.

In the night, a carriage came from a distance, stopped in front of the Wei Mansion, two people came down in the carriage, one was Zhang Bingguo, the left envoy of Dushui, and the other was a middle-aged man, with a thin appearance, looking very shrewd and capable, this person was Qi Xun, the secretary of Dali Temple in the Southern Tang Dynasty, he was Wang Hui's henchman, the first was Sima Yuanzhou, who was transferred to the imperial court as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple for only two months, and then followed Wang Heng to the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, most of the courtiers are not familiar with him, and Hu Peiyun can't remember that there are officials surnamed Qi in the imperial court, he was called by Zhang Bingguo tonight, saying that Wei Tao wanted to see him, which made Qi Xun secretly happy, if Wei Tao could be turned against him, this would undoubtedly be a great achievement for him.

The two stepped forward, and Wei Jun hurriedly greeted him, "Zhang Zuo can come in his busy schedule, welcome!" ”

Zhang Bingguo arched his hand and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, there are too many things, it's too late." ”

"Might as well be! Might as well! The banquet has not yet begun. ”

Wei Jun glanced at Qi Xun, he thought he was also an official of the capital water supervisor, but he found that he didn't know him, and this person was not wearing an official uniform, so he asked with a smile: "Who is this .....?"

"This is a friend of mine, Wei Shangshu knows that he is coming, and he has important matters to discuss with Wei Shangshu."

Wei Jun didn't listen to his father, but Zhang Bingguo was the backbone of the Wei party, so he hurriedly invited the two into the house.

Zhang Bingguo glanced at the guest register, he didn't sign, so he took Qi Xun directly into the Wei Mansion, he saw that there were people coming and going in the lobby, it was very lively, so he smiled at Qi Xun: "I'll take you to the East Garden to see the night view!" The night garden in Vae is famous. ”

Qi Xun knew that he was worried that others would recognize him, so he smiled happily: "Everything is arranged by the left envoy." ”

The two turned a corner and headed down a small path towards the East Garden of Wei Mansion.

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The small guest hall was very lively, Wei Tao and Wei Jian brothers were chatting with more than a dozen important ministers of the Wei Party, including Lu Huan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Li Kaifu, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, Miao Jinqing, the waiter of the Ministry of War, Luo Junyi, the secretary of Weiwei Temple, and other important ministers, all of whom were the backbone of the Wei Party.

At this time, everyone didn't talk about official business, just talked about Fengyue, who married a concubine, who added a grandson, which caused bursts of laughter from everyone.

At this time, Wei Jun hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words in Wei Tao's ear, Wei Tao's face changed, and he got up and said, "You guys talk first, I'll come when I go." ”

He didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he hurried out, and Lu Huan saw that Wei Tao's expression was wrong, so he grabbed Wei Jun and asked, "What happened?" ”

Wei Jun couldn't hide it, so he had to say truthfully: "There are a lot of officials outside, it seems that they are here to arrest someone?" ”

Everyone was taken aback and glanced at each other, who dared to come to Wei Shangshu's Mansion to arrest someone? They all walked out of the gate.

Outside the gate, hundreds of officials lit torches, crowded in front of the gate of Wei Mansion, the fire of hunting and hunting illuminated Wei Mansion as daylight, Li Gan rode a horse and stood in front, his eyes were serious, there were five or six officials behind him, on the steps, more than 30 Wei Mansion family members held swords and swords, and confronted the officials nervously.

"What's going on?"

Wei Tao strode out angrily, he saw that it was Jing Zhaoyin, he was stunned for a moment, and then said to Li Gan with great displeasure: "Could it be that I held a family banquet and triggered the royal law?" I also want Jing Zhaoyin to personally enforce the law! ”

Li Gan arched his hand and said: "Someone accused Wei Shangshu of secretly hiding a puppet official in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and I was ordered to come and search!" ”

"On orders?"

Wei Tao snorted coldly, "Whose order are you on?" Zhang Yun, he doesn't have this power! ”

At this time, Cheng Cui Qi in the imperial history behind Li Gan came forward, and he also arched his hand and said: "Wei Xiangguo, we came to search by the order of the Queen Mother, and asked Wei Xiangguo to cooperate." ”

Next to Cui Qi, there was Shang Heng, the servant of the Criminal Department, who didn't speak, but just gave Wei Tao a salute.

The appearance of Cui Qi and Shang Heng surprised Wei Tao, the imperial history Zhongcheng and the squire of the criminal department all came forward, as well as the will of the queen mother, this, this is the precursor of the trial of the third division!

Wei Tao suddenly realized that the problem was a little serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Who said that I secretly hid the puppet officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty, what evidence do you have?" ”

Li Gan said coldly: "Wei Shangshu, I hope you can cooperate, this puppet official of the Southern Tang Dynasty is not an ordinary person, he is on a mission to destroy my Tang Dynasty, and the Ruizhao case of His Royal Highness King Zhao is what he did, if this person is allowed to escape, Wei Shangshu can't afford to bear the crime!" ”

"You mean Qi Xun?"

Wei Tao reacted suddenly, he took a step back, and said sharply: "How is it possible, how could I hide him in the mansion privately!" ”

"It seems that Wei Shangshu knows this person."

Cui Qi sneered, brushed the ground to open Shen Zhuzhu's will, and read aloud: "The Empress Dowager Yi's decree, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wei Tao, is suspected of secretly hiding the puppet officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and specially ordered the Jingzhao Mansion to search his mansion, and the Imperial History Observatory and the Criminal Department are the overseers, Qin this!" ”

Sweat had already flowed down Wei Tao's forehead, and even the queen mother's will had been issued, he didn't dare to stop it anymore, so he had to say to his family: "Get out of the way and let them search!" ”

Li Gan waved his hand, "Search!" ”

Hundreds of officials poured into the Wei Mansion and spread out in all directions, their target was very clear, middle-aged men, with thin faces, a handful of rat whiskers, not wearing official uniforms, all such men were brought for identification.

Wei Tao was puzzled in his heart, although he knew that Li Kaifu, Luo Junyi and others had something to do with this Qi Xun, but he didn't invite him, how could he be in his own mansion, but Li Gan and the others were obviously prepared, and even the Yushitai, the Criminal Department and the Queen Mother were alarmed, could it be that his brothers and nephews hid him in the mansion without telling him, if that was the case, he couldn't eat and walked away.

He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, beckoned his son forward, and said in a low voice: "You tell me the truth, did your brother hide this person in the house?" ”

Wei Jun was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again, "Impossible, how dare we hide such a dangerous person in the mansion, that will kill my father." ”

"That's weird!"

Wei Tao said to himself: "Could it be a guest, there is no such person among the guests today!" ”

Wei Jun suddenly remembered, and he hurriedly said, "Father, I remembered something." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Not long ago, Zhang Bingguo, the left envoy of the capital water supervisor, brought a strange guest, I have never seen it, he said that he had told his father, and said that he had important things to discuss with his father."

"Is Zhang Bingguo here? How I didn't see it. ”

Wei Tao was a little stunned, Zhang Bingguo told him that he brought his cousin Zhang Bingqian here, and he also said why he didn't come for a long time, it turned out that he had already come.

"Caught!"

A large group of officials poured on the eastern path, all of them were burly and strong, and they carried a middle-aged man like chickens, led by Jingzhao Shaoyin Suzhen.

By the faint light, Wei Jun recognized it at a glance, and he hurriedly said to his father: "It's him!" The people brought by Zhang Bingguo. ”

Wei Tao also recognized it, it was really Qi Xun, he was stunned, what did Zhang Bingguo do with this person? Is it for him to win himself over? His mind was in a mess, and he was a little overwhelmed by unexpected situations.

Qi Xun was tied up and his mouth was blocked, Su Zhen stepped forward and saluted Li Gan: "The subordinate caught this person in the guest room of the East Courtyard, and he admitted that he was Qi Xun." ”

Li Gan glanced at Qi Xun, turned around and asked Cui Qi, "Cui Zhongcheng, you should know this person!" ”

Cui Qi is an old minister, he looked at it and nodded, "This person is Qi Xun, who was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and later defected to the Southern Tang Dynasty and served as the pseudo-Dali Temple." ”

Shang Heng, the waiter of the Criminal Department who had been silent next to him, also said: "I know him, it is Qi Xun." ”

"Good!"

Li Gan waved his hand, "Take him away, and take care of him." ”

Dozens of big men took Qi Xun away, and Li Gan ordered: "You can end the search and let the brothers come back!" “

"When! While! While! The gong sounded for the collection of troops, and the officials began to return from all directions.

At this time, Wei Tao stepped forward and said hurriedly: "Li Yuanjun, this is a misunderstanding, this person was brought by Zhang Bingguo, the left envoy of the Dushui Prison, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

Lu Huan, Li Kaifu and others next to him also stepped forward and said: "Li Yuanjun, this matter really has nothing to do with Wei Shangshu, we can prove it!" ”

Li Gan sighed and said: "Wei Shangshu, I don't know if this matter has anything to do with Zhang Bingguo, but we did search for this person from your mansion, because you are Xiangguo, so I didn't dare to be careless, and specially went to ask the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother said that just our appearance was not enough to convince people, so the Queen Mother asked the Yushitai and the Criminal Department to come forward as a supervision proof, and now Cui Zhongcheng and the monk Shilang have seen it with their own eyes, you won't say that I am wronging you!" ”

"This ......"

Wei Tao was speechless, he suddenly turned around and yelled, "Go!" Find that Zhang Bingguo. ”

Wei Jun rushed away with dozens of family members, and Wei Tao said to Li Gan and the others: "Please wait for a while, and I will let Zhang Bingguo come out to confront him." ”

"Good! We wait. ”

Time passed little by little, Wei Tao was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, if there was no Zhang Bingguo to confront him, he really jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it away, colluding with the puppet officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he was also a puppet official who endangered the imperial court, once this crime was confirmed, he would not only lose his official position, but he would even be killed.

Finally, Wei Jun and the others came back, and Wei Tao was so anxious that he grabbed him and asked, "Did you find it?" ”

Wei Jun shook his head, "It's strange, I can't find him." ”

"This ..... How is this possible! ”

Li Gan got today's guest sign-in book, and said to Wei Tao: "Wei Shangshu, I don't think you need to look for it." ”

He raised the sign-in book in his hand and said coldly: "I have read it several times, but there is no signature from Zhang Bingguo, Wei Shangshu, I'm sorry, we have to give the Queen Mother a life, we can't wait any longer." ”

Wei Tao was so anxious that he grabbed his son's collar, gritted his teeth and said, "What's going on?" ”

Wei Jun trembled with fright and stammered, "The child is only.... Pay attention to the person next to him, no... Keep an eye out for his signature. ”

Wei Tao only felt that the sky was dim, and now, he really jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it.

At this time, Cui Qi stepped forward again, "Wei Shangshu, I still have a copy of the Queen Mother's will, the Queen Mother said that if Wei Shangshu is innocent, there is no need to take it out, but in the current situation, I have to take it out." ”

He's brushing! Unfolded another will, read aloud: "The Southern Tang Dynasty puppet official spy Qi Xun framed the important ministers of the imperial court, endangered the Tang Dynasty, the crime is extremely heinous, this case will be strictly investigated to the end, no matter who is involved in the case, what official, can not bend the law for personal gain, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wei Tao is involved in this case, the crime is suspected, it is not appropriate to take power again, now suspend all his duties, his person is handed over to the supervision of the Imperial Historical Observatory, find out the facts and then deal with it, Qin this!" ”

After reading the Empress Dowager's decree, Cui Qi said lightly: "Please ask Wei Yuanjun to stay in Yushitai for a while, if he is really innocent, he will naturally be safe, I hope Wei Yuanjun will not embarrass me, please!" ”

Wei Tao watched Li Gan put away his guest book, he seemed to understand something, and he felt a breath of stuffiness in his chest, making him breathless, 'Poof! A mouthful of blood spurted out, and his eyes darkened, and he collapsed limply to the ground.

"Father!"

"Wei Shangshu!"

There was chaos in Wei House.

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(To be continued)