"Did the Emperor really go to Tingzhou?"

In Xingqing Palace, Li Heng, the Son of Heaven, wrinkled his brows and looked at the great eunuch Li Jingzhong who was kneeling below.

"Back to Your Majesty, Emperor Taishang and General Gao did go to Tingzhou, and they also brought most of the masters of Lijingmen. Originally, there was contact with this side, but there was no news from me a few months ago. Li Jingzhong kowtowed again and again and said in a low voice.

"There is no news coming, why didn't Lijingmen send someone to check! Are you all dead? Li Heng looked at Li Jingzhong and said coldly.

"Your Majesty, without the edict of the Son of Heaven, the slaves cannot leave Chang'an at all. This is a rule set by Taizong, and the slaves also want to figure out the situation, but there is really no way. Li Jingzhong's expression was still respectful, and he said in a low voice.

Li Heng snorted coldly, his face extremely gloomy.

Sure enough, as Zhang Xun said, after he ascended the throne and became emperor, Lijingmen, who had been hidden in the shadows, surfaced and came to express his allegiance. This guy named Li Jingzhong is now the biggest leader of Lijingmen in Chang'an City.

If Li Jingmen had told him his father's whereabouts earlier, the situation would not have been so passive, but these guys just stuck to the rules and were loyal to the Son of Heaven alone, even if he was in charge of the country as a prince at that time, the situation was already chaotic, and these guys refused to show up.

Now that he has ascended the throne as the emperor and officially become the Son of Heaven, these guys have appeared. The mystery that had been haunting my heart was now revealed in an instant.

The father did go to Tingzhou, and he also brought most of the masters of Lijingmen, and now there are many people in Lijingmen in Chang'an City, but they are extremely lacking in top-level combat power.

He was sincere and obedient to his father. At this time, the first thing I thought about was to go to Tingzhou and invite my father back. Then he abdicated the throne. Continue to be his crown prince.

In the main hall, there were only him and Li Jingzhong, Li Jingzhong knelt there respectfully, Li Heng wrinkled his brows, thinking about the current situation.

Father is really in Tingzhou!

This is actually the situation he is most worried about, and it is also the possibility that he is least willing to guess. Although rumors about Tingzhou have been circulating in Chang'an City for a long time, subconsciously, Li Heng is still reluctant to consider this possibility.

And now. The situation that I was most unwilling to accept suddenly became a reality.

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It's easy to say where the father is in the empire, but he shouldn't be in Tingzhou, and now Li Jingzhong is saying it clearly, the father really went to Tingzhou!

My father went to Tingzhou before the Northern Expedition, and nearly a year had passed. He hasn't been back for a year, and there has been no news coming, how can my father not know how important he is to this empire, and what it means to this empire after the news of his absence from Chang'an City spreads.

Even if it was to go to Tingzhou. It's long overdue to come back. Something must have happened if I didn't come back for so long.

And Tingzhou. That's Ma Lan's territory.

He and Zhang Xun have been hoarding grain and grass to prepare for the unforeseen situation, but they have always been reluctant to doubt Ma Lan's loyalty, but at this time, he has to think about what happened to his father in Tingzhou, whether Ma Lan's loyalty is still reliable, and what is the truth of the matter.

The matter of the rebels in the Persian Temple, as well as the matter of his father in Tingzhou, were all twisted together, which made Li Heng feel like a mess. And this mess must be sorted out as soon as possible.

Although Li Jingmen's strength in Chang'an was already very weak, he still had to rely on these people for now.

Li Heng thought for a long time, looked at Li Jingzhong who was kneeling on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Since General Gao has gone to Tingzhou, I will take you as the general of the prison gate and the head of the inner court. From today onwards, you will obey Zhang Xiang's order, sweep away the party of the Persian Temple as soon as possible, find out the plan of the Persian Temple, and the recent situation of the Emperor Taishang in Tingzhou. ”

Li Jingzhong was overjoyed when he heard this, and kowtowed again and again: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" The old slave will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust and repay His Majesty's great kindness! ”

Li Heng couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he looked at him with a smile on his face.

This guy only heard the reward, and if General Gao was here, it wouldn't be like this.

This genius is worried, this guy can still laugh, but he is far worse than Colliers.

However, he had just received the allegiance of Lijingmen, and he still had to rely on this guy, so he could only wave his hand and signal this guy to leave.

Li Jingzhong bowed to the Son of Heaven again and left with a happy face. Li Heng shook his head and sighed, and then Zhang Xun walked in quickly.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Xun finished bowing to Li Heng in a proper manner, and then stood up.

Li Heng looked at Zhang Xun, and his voice was slightly low: "Zhang Qing, the Emperor Taishang did go to Tingzhou, which was before the Northern Expedition. ”

Zhang Xun was silent, and his expression became serious.

Li Heng stabilized his mind, and explained what Li Jingzhong said to Zhang Xun in detail, and then said in a deep voice: "Zhang Qing, what should I do now?" ”

Zhang Xun pondered for a long time, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, you need to be cautious when making any decision at this time, and you must not act blindly. Weichen is still willing to believe in Ma Xiang's loyalty, but when things come to this point, the preparations that should be made must continue to be prepared. ”

Li Heng nodded.

"Your Majesty, we have reached this point, no matter what, Ma Xiang is no longer suitable to be on the main side of the moraine. His Majesty has already issued an edict ordering all the lords of the Northern Expedition to enter the court, and in a few days His Majesty's edict should arrive in Tingzhou, and after Ma Xiang enters the court, let him spend his days in Chang'an. ”

Li Heng was silent for a moment and said softly: "What if he refuses to enter the court?" ”

Zhang Xun said solemnly: "If you refuse to enter the court, you are a traitor, and you should be punished." However, with Weichen's understanding of Ma Xiang, he is not such a person, and Weichen is still willing to believe in Ma Xiang's loyalty. It's just a preparation that needs to be done, and it still needs to be done. ”

Li Heng's eyes flickered, and he sighed softly and said, "Ma Shaobao's son...... Originally, I also believed in his loyalty, after all, after being a loyal minister, he would never do anything disobedient, but the Emperor Taishang really went to Tingzhou! Zhang Qing, I hope you're right, otherwise—alas! ”

"Your Majesty is worry-free, the time and place are favorable, and the hearts of the people are all in Your Majesty, and no one can overturn such a prosperous world. It's the unexpected. The world will not be reversed! Zhang Xun raised his eyebrows. Wechen believes that the affairs of Tingzhou are also related to the Persian Temple. When Wechen catches all these traitors, he may be able to get something new. ”

"It's hard work." Li Heng clapped his hands, and a large bowl of steaming astragalus mutton was served.

The corners of Zhang Xun's mouth twitched violently, and after bowing respectfully, he enjoyed it carefully.

It was easy to put a bowl of mutton into his stomach, Zhang Xun said goodbye to the Son of Heaven just out of Xingqing Palace, and finally couldn't help churning in his stomach, jumped off the war horse and found a corner and vomited it all.

I confessed a sin in my heart. Zhang Xun immediately rode his horse to Yankangfang and went to the headquarters of Hezhong Group to deal with things.

He only hates the lack of skills now, there are too many things to do, his body has already reached the point of running out of oil, and he doesn't know how long he can live. The Emperor Taishang is extremely important to him, and His Majesty now also has the grace of knowing him, and he can only forcibly support his body and strive to do everything well.

Now his body is an empty shell, and there doesn't seem to be any problem, but Zhang Xun understands it himself. Time is running out to live in the world.

The position of the right phase was originally vacant for the horse phase, but His Majesty gave him this position. to show his honor. In fact, in Zhang Xun's opinion, Ma Xiang is the most suitable for this position. But knowing that he didn't have long to live, he accepted the position peacefully. Anyway, after he died, this position would be vacated again.

Ma Lan has the grace of knowing him, and he is also extremely grateful in his heart, and Zhang Xun has never had any doubts about Ma Lan's loyalty. However, trust is trust, and what he is doing now is to guard against Ma Lan and weaken Ma Lan's power.

It has nothing to do with trust, it's his duty as a minister. With so much going on, you have to think about the worst in order to be prepared.

After all, the most unpredictable thing in the world is the human heart, although he trusts Ma Lan, but he doesn't dare to guarantee that his feelings must be right.

Today is the first day of the Son of Heaven's accession to the throne, and Concubine Yang committed suicide again, after he dealt with Concubine Yang's affairs, he went to meet His Majesty, and then came to the Hezhong Group, and later he had to go to Chang'an County Ya, and he had to discuss with Li Jingzhong about hunting down those female killers. There was so little time to spare, no shortage at all, and he himself had no one to trust, no one to share it with him. It was confidential, and he couldn't trust anyone casually.

Chang'an City is secretly turbulent, but the Hezhong Group is not affected, and it is growing every day. The merchants who came from the west of the moraine have long been accustomed to using the wealth certificates of the Hezhong Group to replace gold, silver and money, and now the credit of this wealth certificate is getting better and better, and the merchants are also using this thing in the transactions in the west of the moraine, and the gold, silver and copper coins and silks are more and more piled up in the treasury of Chang'an City.

This is the method proposed by Ma Lan, which has been realized in his hands, and now he is using this method to clamp down on Ma Lan. The wealth certificate is just a piece of paper, the real wealth has been transported to Chang'an City, if something happens, the wealth of the merchants and the government in the west of the city has become a piece of waste paper, and the west will immediately fall into chaos.

After dealing with the affairs of the River Group, it is already the time of twilight. Zhang Xun cheered up and walked out of the gate of Hezhong Group, ready to eat something first, and then go to Chang'an County to do business, when he saw the mansion opposite, he sighed in his heart.

I only hope that the owner of that mansion has not made him mistaken, and he is still a powerful minister that Datang can trust.

The Fufeng County Royal Mansion is a very conspicuous mansion in Yankang Fang, and the gate is closed at this time, and there is no one outside the door. Zhang Xun was about to beat his horse and leave, but a delicate figure walked out of the side door.

It was an extremely beautiful little girl, but she was wearing a woman's hair bun, and Zhang Xun recognized at a glance that this was Yang Youniang, the wife of the county king who had not yet passed the door.

Yang Youniang also saw Zhang Xun, but her expression was extremely cold, there was a hint of sarcasm in her eyes, and she glanced at Zhang Xun and was about to leave.

Zhang Xun's heart suddenly moved, remembered something, and hurriedly shouted on the street: "Madame, stay here!" ”

A hint of surprise appeared on Yang Youniang's little face, and she stopped.

Zhang Xun got off his mount, walked over quickly, and arched his hand towards Yang Youniang: "Madam! ”

Yang Youniang turned sideways and saluted back, and said lightly: "The right minister doesn't have to be polite, the little woman can't afford to be the right minister." ”

Zhang Xun was stunned, only to understand that Yang Youniang was angry because he had robbed Ma Lan of the position of the right minister, and said with a wry smile: "Madam, I heard that the county king has raised many concubines in the mansion, among which there are many Kangju women, Zhang Xun took the liberty to ask, is there such a thing?" (To be continued......)