The people also saw that Li Qitian and Xiong Jinshui were either rich or expensive, not from offense, and even some were bolder, even if they were curious about Li Qitian, their eyes always looked at him from time to time.

Li Qitian took a deep breath to calm himself down, so as not to be on the spot to the onlookers. He very much wanted to show the identity of the Son of Heaven immediately, so that these people would not dare to make another mistake.

But when it slid to his mouth, he held it back.

Now at this time, the image of the Son of Heaven has been completely ruined. If Li Qitian reveals his identity, it is very likely that he will face the doubts of the people, can he arrest all those who questioned him?

If he can't, he can't lose his identity in front of his subjects, and he still has to maintain the image of the Son of Heaven on top, so this is not the time to expose his identity.

Li Qitian stood in place with his hands in his hands, waiting for Xiong Jinshui to disperse the onlookers with people, tore off the proclamation, and held it in front of him with both hands.

He didn't bother to glance at the handwriting on it, but just held the piece of paper closer, and carefully observed the big seal of the heirloom jade seal again.

It seems to be true......

"Go back to the palace. Ordered someone to open the treasury and find the previous pilgrimage decree to compare. Li Qitian went with a calm face.

Xiong Jinshui hurriedly responded and arranged for others.

Li Qitian called several ministers of his cronies, and compared them for a whole afternoon, and finally was able to determine that the jade seal was indeed not fake, even which part of the top had yin and yang concave and convex, and which part was not smooth enough and the angle was the same.

In the imperial study, everyone was frowning and pondering.

Li Qitian said: "Do you think that the identity of the prince of the Northern Hebei Kingdom is true? ”

Back then, he did order people to wash the Beiji harem with blood, and he didn't leave a single one that should be killed, but the huge palace was not something he could kill alone, so he naturally used his subordinates to act.

Among them, who carelessly let go of the prince, or did someone do it on purpose, leaving a prince from that year.

"I haven't heard of any Zhou Lian!" Li Qitian poured a sip of tea and threw the tea bowl on the table, but the tea spilled all over the table, and the frightened Xiong Jinshui immediately wiped it with his sleeve.

The courtiers looked at each other, and one of them stood up and said: "Back to the saint, there was indeed a prince named Zhou Lian in the previous dynasty, who was born to Concubine Yu. At that time, Yu Concubine was just a nobleman, and she died after giving birth to the prince, and the emperor of the Northern Hebei Kingdom posthumously named her a concubine, and the prince was handed over to Concubine Lian, the main seat of Fuchun Palace, where Yu Concubine was located at that time. Later, it was recorded in the palace of the former dynasty that the palace people under Concubine Lian were unfavorable, and the little prince fell into the waterhole of the imperial garden and drowned when he was only five years old. The drowning prince was called Zhou Lian. It's just that no one could have imagined that he was not dead, and if he was alive now, he would be sixteen or seventeen years old. ”

Li Qitian narrowed his eyes coldly.

The harem poured over him, and he naturally understood that the faint monarch of the Northern Ji Kingdom had no other skills, but there were many heirs, and Zhou Lian was not very valued when he thought about it.

"A prince who should have drowned, but now he suddenly appeared." Li Qitian sneered, "Either there is a mistake in the record, this is a deliberate fake death, or someone is impersonating his identity!" I think it's the latter. ”

A prince whose biological mother died, has been by Concubine Lian's side since he was a child, where can he think of preventing Concubine Lian from faking death and escaping? Presumably he must have died.

So now, there is a person who is holding the jade seal of the former dynasty and pretending to be the prince of the previous dynasty!

Li Qitian made a judgment, and the roots of his teeth were itching.

When the courtiers saw the Son of Heaven like this, they did not dare to say much.

Li Qitian rubbed his back molars angrily, "What do you mean!" If you get the jade seal of the former dynasty, you dare to come to me to command the world. That Zhou Lian is simply shameless! The following arresters should be told that the whole city searched everywhere for notices that had not had time to be posted. ”

In Li Qitian's view, this is the best way at the moment.

"Who the hell dares to spread rumors, once I am caught, I will never be spared!"

Several ministers bowed their heads and saluted, and each hurriedly did what he was told.

However, the process of searching was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and the people who caught the fast were limited, and Li Qitian later sent additional Gyeonggi Wei to assist, but the door-to-door search was very disturbing to the people, and they used the arrest of Jiangyang thieves as an excuse, but the people were panicked, and the whole capital was shrouded in tension and solemnity.

The people who have just experienced the baptism of war are now most afraid of such a thing. Everyone was talking in private, but what kind of Jiangyang thief was, and in the end, they all connected to the "announcement" a few days ago.

Thinking about it this way, it makes sense, the current emperor has destroyed the power seized by the Northern Hebei Kingdom, and now a prince of the Northern Hebei Kingdom has emerged, of course, he is afraid that the Northern Hebei Congress will resurge.

There are a lot of smart people, everyone came up with this reason, naturally they didn't dare to talk about it anymore, and there were finally no more people in the capital who talked about the prince of the previous dynasty and the jade seal of the country. However, the capital also showed a state of black clouds pressing down on the city and the wind was roaring.

While the Gyeonggi guards were conducting a large-scale search, overnight, notices were posted next to several main streets, and the location of the jade seals on them was the same as last time, and the content was similar.

Only this time, Zhou Lian, the prince of the former dynasty, as a member of the royal family, severely accused Li Qitian of his evil behavior of being selfish and not caring about the life and death of the people.

These made the people see enough, and when the people from Gyeonggi Wei and Suncheon Mansion arrived to tear up the notice, everyone had seen almost it.

The search lasted for more than 20 days, and there were still no clues.

At this moment, a fast horse galloped into the capital, and the knight on the horse held up the good news and shouted: "Great victory!" Great victory! Prince Zhongshun and Dingguo Gong, together with the division of the Qin King from all over the country, smashed the Tatar capital and captured the Tatar Khan alive. The families of the Tatar Khan and the traitorous traitor Lu Heng have been escorted to Beijing, waiting for the Holy Lord's fate! ”

Immediately, the knight rode his horse all the way to the palace, repeating loudly all the way, very skillful, and it was obvious that this set of words had been said many times along the way.

When the people heard this, they immediately clapped their hands and cheered, sweeping away the tension and gloom of recent days, and everyone said: "Go, go to the city gate to see them escorting the Tartars and traitors!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes! How many years have I been bullied, what a bad breath! ”

"Prince Zhongshun and the Duke of Dingguo are mighty! This battle is really not easy! ”

……

The people rejoiced, and even the older and those who had experienced the Tartar iron hoof to see her had wiped away tears with excitement.

It is precisely because of the perennial war that their lives are precarious and displaced.

All they longed for was a peaceful, stable, and self-sufficient life, and Prince Zhongshun and Lu Heng joined forces to do it!

The good news spread all over the streets and alleys, and the people of the entire capital almost rushed to the city gate, waiting for the prisoner carts to enter the city gate on both sides of the road.