Tang Mingzhu looked at Shangguan Xiu, who was staring at her intently, her hands slowly clenched into fists, and she said word by word: "Zhu'er is doing this for the sake of ......"

"I just ask you, do you advocate the establishment of a new monarch?" Shangguan Xiu interrupted her and asked again.

Tang Mingzhu lowered his eyes, lowered his head at the same time, and stopped talking.

Shangguan Xiu nodded, turned his head sideways and said, "Gendarme!"

The two military attachés walked quickly to Shangguan Xiu's approach, intervened to give a salute, and said, "Your Highness!"

"Escort the county lord to the Metropolitan Guard. ”

Hearing Shangguan Xiu's words, Tang Mingzhu raised his head suddenly, his eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Could it be that my brother-in-law also thinks that Zhu'er did something wrong?"

"Didn't you do anything wrong?" Shangguan Xiu asked rhetorically.

"Everything Jewel does is for ......"

Before she could finish speaking, Shangguan Xiu waved his hand, interrupted her words, and said, "Take the county lord away." ”

The two gendarme generals no longer hesitated, the two of them were polite to Tang Mingzhu, and did not forcibly drag her out, but just waved their hands and said, "County Lord, please!"

Tang Mingzhu smiled bitterly, took a deep look at Shangguan Xiu again, and then walked out with the two military police officers.

Shangguan Xiu knew what Tang Mingzhu wanted to say next, it was nothing more than that everything she did was for herself.

Such words are the last thing Shangguan Xiu wants to hear now. They don't know what he wants most, they just take for granted what they think is right on his head, and do things that are diametrically opposed to his wishes under the pretext of thinking about him.

Seeing Tang Mingzhu being led by two gendarmerie generals, Cai Xiao stood up from the ground, wiped the tears on his face indiscriminately, and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter? Now His Highness is thinking about dissociating himself from this matter, don't you think it's too late?"

Shangguan Xiu narrowed his eyes and stared at Cai Xiao coldly. Cai Xiao turned around and bowed to Tang Ling, and said, "Your Majesty, this assassin's assassination, Wei Chen thinks that it is a premeditated rebellion, and I hope Your Majesty will see it!"

Tang Ling said slowly: "This matter, I have already handed it over to the Guogong to deal with. ”

Hearing this, not to mention that Cai Xiao was stunned, everyone present was also stunned.

This time, even if a fool looks at it, it can be seen that it must be related to Shangguan Xiu, but His Majesty still has to hand over this matter to Shangguan Xiu with full authority, Your Majesty will not be confused, right?

"Your Majesty, by all means! His Royal Highness Guogong has inextricably linked to this matter, and it is too late to avoid suspicion, how can His Highness personally try this case?"

Tang Ling Zhengse said: "Guogong has nothing to do with this matter. ”

Even if the two are husband and wife, His Majesty's protection of Shangguan Xiu is too obvious, right, and even want to help him suppress such a big crime of rebellion? Cai Xiao said excitedly: "Your Majesty ......"

"I have already said that this matter has nothing to do with His Royal Highness Guogong, and besides, I can sit here safe and sound now, and it is all thanks to Guogong's rescue. As he spoke, Tang Ling stood up, waved his hand and said, "I'm tired, I guess all of you Aiqing are also tired, let's go back to the house!"

"Your Majesty!" Cai Xiao knelt on his knees, tears streaming down again. He didn't believe that Shangguan Xiu had the merit of saving the driver at all, and he didn't believe that this palace coup had nothing to do with Shangguan Xiu, just that this was Tang Ling's excuse.

Tang Ling was already upset now, and Cai Xiao's pressing step by step made her even more irritable. She didn't say anything more, flicked the sleeves of her robe, and strode out.

The disciples of Tongtianmen, who were under house arrest in the Xianghe Hall by the gendarmerie, hurriedly followed Tang Ling and protected her left and right. When Tang Ling passed by Shangguan Xiu's side, he said in a low voice: "Ah Xiu, the rest is up to you." ”

Shangguan Xiu nodded and said softly: "Don't worry, Xiang'er, I will handle it properly." ”

After Tang Ling left, Shangguan Xiu ordered the gendarmerie to bring Jun Shengtian and all the family patriarchs present to the Duwei Division.

Immediately afterwards, he wrote another edict, asking a military police officer to send to the 11th Army Corps, ordering Guan Xi to immediately lead the army to withdraw from Tianjing and return to the 11th Army Corps station.

When he had finished writing the edict and handed it to the gendarmerie officer to see him off, none of the ministers present had left. People gathered around and asked puzzledly, "Your Highness, what is going on?" The 11th Army Corps is the soldiers under Shangguan Xiu, the gendarmerie is Shangguan Xiu's guards, and Tang Mingzhu is also Shangguan Xiu's cronies. They conspired to coup d'état, but His Majesty recognized that this matter had nothing to do with Shangguan Xiu, and now people are a little confused.

Shangguan Xiu didn't explain much, and Zhengse said: "What happened today, no one is allowed to spread it, and if anyone leaks it, it will be severely punished." ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" the ministers looked at each other, and finally bowed their hands one after another.

Only Cai Xiao let out a contemptuous sneer, and it is strictly forbidden to spread the word? I'm afraid Shangguan Xiu himself knows that if this matter spreads, it will make his reputation and prestige among the people plummet!

Shangguan Xiu looked at Cai Xiao and asked, "Lord Cai has any objections?"

"Lao Chen doesn't dare! Lao Chen is just thinking, people are doing it, the sky is watching, it's not that he doesn't report it, it's just that the time has not come. Some people can rely on the Holy Grace and get away with it, but no matter how great the Holy Grace is, sooner or later it will be used up, and when that time comes, no matter how high he stands, he will only fall even worse. Cai Xiao looked directly at Shangguan Xiu and asked, "What does Your Highness think?"

Shangguan Xiu was happy, angry. He said: "Lord Cai summed it up very well, so Lord Cai should be more cautious in the future, otherwise, once you fall to pieces one day, I am afraid that there will be no one to collect the body for you." ”

Cai Xiao didn't dare to make his words clear, and he didn't dare to point the finger at Shangguan Xiu, but Shangguan Xiu didn't care about this, and bluntly named him, making Cai Xiao's face red with anger, his body swaying, and the old man seemed to be able to turn his back at any time.

Shangguan Xiu didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned his head to look at Cai Hui, and said, "Lord Cai, take your father home to rest!"

Cai Hui looked embarrassed, bowed to Shangguan Xiu, and then walked quickly to Cai Xiao's side, holding the old man's arm, and whispered: "Father, let's go back to the house first!"

Cai Xiao glared at Shangguan Xiu angrily for a long time, flicked the sleeves of his robe fiercely, turned around and walked out. Looking at Cai Xiao's departing back, Shangguan Xiu shrugged his shoulders and asked, "Where is Lord Luo?"

Han Duo, the deputy envoy of the military department, stepped forward and said, "Back to Your Highness, Lord Luo is now in the military department. ”

Shangguan Xiu thought about it, walked to the table, and wrote several more edicts in a row.

He wrote these edicts to the commanders of the legions, ordering them to lead their respective legions to assemble outside the city of Tianjing, and if the eleventh legions dared to disobey and refuse to leave the city, the legions could enter the city and annihilate them together.

Let's say that the commander of the 11th Legion, Xi, is currently waiting outside the north gate of the palace with a team of men, waiting for the news of the new monarch's succession to the throne in the palace.

As a result, the news of the new monarch's succession did not come, but waited for the Shangguan Xiu handwritten edict sent by the gendarmerie.

Hearing that it was Shangguan Xiu's handwritten order, Guan Xi was surprised and delighted, hurriedly took it, and asked, "But the big thing has been accomplished?"

The gendarmerie officer who sent the message knew what the important thing he was asking was, but the officer's face was ugly and he did not reply.

Guan Xi didn't take his silence to heart, unfolded his hand, and looked down carefully.

The edict was indeed written by Shangguan Xiu, and there was nothing written on it, but he immediately led the 11th Army Corps and withdrew to the military camp outside the city. After reading it, Guan Xi sighed and asked again, "Brother, has the big thing been done?"

The gendarmerie officer didn't dare to say much, he arched his hand to Guan Xi, and said: "Your Highness's handwritten message, the villain has been delivered, and I hope that the general will act according to the military order, and the villain will take his leave!" After speaking, without waiting for Guan Xi to reply, he turned his horse and galloped away to the palace.

Guan Xi frowned secretly, and muttered dissatisfiedly in his heart, you should make your words clear before leaving, whether the matter has been done or not!

Several generals and partial generals around him gathered around him and asked, "General, what did Your Highness say in the edict?"

Guan Xi smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness didn't say anything, just asked me to lead the army back to the camp." ”

The generals looked at each other, and one of the generals said, "It seems that something big has been accomplished!"

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

"If the matter is not completed, the general may not be able to leave Tianjing City!"

"But," said another staff officer with a frown, "If the great thing has been accomplished, His Highness should summon the general to the palace for an audience!"

Everyone, you say, I guess a word, and after talking for a long time, Guan Xi's head is still muddy, and he has no clue at all.

In the end, the generals finally came to a consensus that no matter whether the matter was successful or not, since His Highness ordered the withdrawal of troops, they had to do what they ordered.

Guan Xi's heart went up and down, and after thinking about it, he still adopted the opinions of the generals, ordered all departments, and collected troops and returned to the camp.

When Guan Xi led a group of cadres to the north gate of Tianjing, a gendarme suddenly caught up, and after catching up with Guan Xi, the military police officer headed by him bowed to him and said, "General Guan, Your Highness has summoned you!"

The generals below are still discussing it just now, if the big thing has been accomplished, it is impossible for His Highness not to summon the officials to the palace for an audience, but unexpectedly, before others have left the city, the order summoned by His Highness came.

Guan Xi was overjoyed, waved his hand to the generals under his command, and said loudly with excitement on his face: "Brothers, follow me to the palace to meet the new monarch......

Before he finished speaking, the military police officer hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Your Highness only summons one general, as for the brothers of the 11th Legion, they still need to return to the camp and wait for their orders!"

Guan Xi didn't think much about it, nodded again and again, and responded: "Understand, understand!" He ordered the deputy commander of the regiment to lead the soldiers to continue to return to the camp, while he himself followed the military police officer and hurried to the palace.

As a result, when he was halfway there, several black-clothed people suddenly popped out of the alley on the side of the road, and dragged Guan Xi off his horse.

The official was in a hurry, and shouted: "Who are you? I am the commander of the 11th Legion, and I am the commander of the 11......th Legion."

Before he finished speaking, his mouth was blocked by a ball of sweat towels, and the black-clothed men pulled their shoulders and put them on their backs, tied Guan Xi tightly, and then stuffed him into a carriage on the side of the road, and went straight to Du Weisi.

Today's Metropolitan Guards Division can be described as particularly lively, the Minister of Parliament Tang Mingzhu, the chief and deputy general of the gendarmerie should be Dang and Ziyin, as well as the commander of the 11th Legion, and Jun Shengtian and other Tianjing family chiefs, all of whom were imprisoned in the dungeon of the Metropolitan Guard.

You Ling did not attend the banquet in the palace today, but he also knew the cause and effect of the incident, and he did not interrogate or ask much about these people who were escorted to the Duwei Division, but just asked them to be detained separately.

Soon, Shangguan Xiu's edict also reached the Du Wei Division, ordering You Ling to strictly interrogate Jun Shengtian and other family patriarchs.

In fact, there is no need to extort a confession by torture at all, whatever You Ling asks, Jun Shengtian will answer, and tell Tang Mingzhu the whole thing about taking the initiative to find him and conspiring with him to assassinate him.

Jun Shengtian knew very well in his heart that if he said it was death, if he didn't say it, it would be a death, both horizontally and vertically, and it would be better to suffer less sin.

When Shangguan Xiu came to the Duwei Division, it was already nearly evening, and the personnel of the Duwei Mansion led by You Ling had already interrogated all the patriarchs of the family such as Jun Shengtian.

In the lobby of the Du Wei Division, Shangguan Xiu and You Ling sat down one after another, the former had no extra nonsense, and asked bluntly, "Lord You has finished the trial?"

"The people and criminals confessed by His Highness have all been tried by Weichen. ”

"Take the confession to me. ”

"This ......" You Ling hesitated.

Shangguan Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?" Don't you think I can't read the criminal's confession?"

"This ...... This ...... "You Ling is hesitant." The confession involved Shangguan Xiu, and when he handed over the confession to Shangguan Xiu, You Ling felt that it was neither appropriate nor in line with the trial procedures at all.