East Palace.

The crown prince Li Chengqian, who had already slept, was woken up, and walked out of the dormitory with a gloomy face, and saw the man in black who came to report in the reception room next to him, and he was inexplicably uneasy.

The man in black hurriedly saluted and said: "Prince, Lord Du He was attacked when he visited the Lu family master for a secret talk at night, the means of attack were unknown, and with a loud bang, the attic of the reception collapsed and burned to ashes, and the Lu family master and Lord Du He died. ”

"What?" Li Chengqian's face changed greatly, and he didn't feel sleepy, where is this a big deal, this is a matter of old life, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Although the imperial court did not explicitly stipulate that the prince was not allowed to make friends with five surnames and seven wangs, it was a forbidden area in Li Er's place and could not be touched.

The man in black didn't dare to disturb, bowing his head and waiting for instructions.

There was an instantly oppressive atmosphere in the room.

After a while, Li Chengqian finally stabilized his mood and asked, "What else is the news?" ”

"The Holy Authority has sent the Supervision Mansion to investigate, and Lord Qin has already led people to surround the Lu Mansion, the details are unknown."

"Bastard, it's him again." Li Chengqian was furious, and his emotions were out of control and he overturned the exquisite vase next to him, panting angrily, unable to help himself for a while.

The man in black hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Prince, the killer of Fengyulou originally planned to strike tonight, but Lord Qin had an extra army around him, and he had no chance, so he withdrew, but he didn't know what reason was exposed, Lord Qin sent someone to chase and kill, and his subordinates rushed to report, and they didn't know what was going on." ”

"Fengyulou doesn't care about him first, it's not as good as this prince, Du He's side is a big trouble, you go and do it immediately, cut off the clues that are unfavorable to this prince, the insider is silent, some things are faked into Du He's private behavior, this prince doesn't know, do it cleanly, understand?" Li Chengqian explained coldly.

The black-clothed man trembled in his heart, and was shocked by Li Chengqian's coldness, and felt a little cold, but he didn't show it, agreed, and hurried away.

Li Chengqian came to the courtyard with a blushing face, looked at the night sky outside the window and whispered: "Du He, don't blame Prince Ben, it's really ...... It's too careless to do things, and when Prince Ben gets to that point, he will take revenge on you. ”

"Boom!"

A thunderclap suddenly exploded in the night sky, and then the wind rose.

"Kacha!"

The blazing lightning tore through the night, illuminating Li Chengqian's somewhat hideous face, and his eyes were clearly a little crazy.

……

Wei Wangfu.

Li Tai, the king of Wei, received the news of Lu Mansion from his subordinates, and stood alone in the courtyard with excitement, admiring the sudden rainstorm, with a certain sneer on the corner of his mouth, standing with his hands in his hands, his eyes contemplative.

After a while, King Wei seemed to have made a major decision, and couldn't help but say to himself: "Prince, even if this king goes to the fief to become a vassal, it is not without the power to fight, and the final position has not yet been decided. ”

When the words fell, he raised his hand, and a black shadow flew over, and he went down to the side, clenching his fists and bowing down.

"Order, let the major families and officials who have taken refuge in this king change to the prince, let them try their best to kill the prince, and write to the father and let the prince take over the government affairs, anyway, the king should leave in a few days, I have to find something for everyone to do, by the way, pit the prince, kill two birds with one stone."

The man in black hesitated for a moment, but still said: "King Wei, once it comes true, will it be cheaper for the prince." ”

"Hahaha, cheap him?" King Wei said disdainfully: "You don't know your father, with your father's absolute control over power, you will never allow anyone to pose a threat, in addition, we will kill the protector at every opportunity, this king wants to make his father realize that raising a tiger is a danger, once the father is wary of the protector, it is the time for us to do it, go, do the secret, don't learn from Du He's fool." ”

"Whoa!" The man in black bowed back a few steps and hurried away.

"Kacha!"

A thick lightning bolt illuminated the Wei Palace, and Li Tai, the King of Wei, stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the deep night sky motionlessly, the corners of his mouth were full of sneers, as if he was holding a pearl of wisdom and planning the world.

……

In the Temple of Manna.

Qin Huaidao didn't know that the two big nets were about to fall, and handed over the jade pendant and the letter to Li Er, who came in a hurry, Li Er had already fallen asleep, if it wasn't for the big stake, Wang De didn't dare to disturb, his face was full of exhaustion, he looked at the jade pendant first, and after seeing the words on it clearly, he was shocked, and he was completely sleepy, and looked at Qin Huaidao.

"Holy Lord, the minister doesn't dare to speak falsely, it's best to check it." Of course, Qin Huaidao will not directly name Du He, and Du He is not the only one with the word "He" in his name, and he will not be able to say it when the time comes.

Li Er affirmed seven or eight points in his heart, realized something, and hurriedly opened the letter to check, it was just an ordinary letter to buy books, there was no problem, if it was before, Li Er would never think about it, but after Qin Huaidao's reminder last time, he realized the importance of technical books, and asked: "Did you find the book list?" ”

"Got it." Qin Huaidao handed over the book list

。

Li Er swept the list in front of him, he didn't care, he saw the list of books in the back, especially the smelting and manufacturing books, although there were not many, but they were enough to pose a threat to Datang, his anger rushed to the top of his head, he was completely sleepy, and shouted: "What are they going to do?" It's just ignoring my country. ”

"Holy Lord, the book was delivered five days ago, and with Lu Dongzan's shrewdness, the minister suspects that it has been shipped away."

"Someone!" Li Er shouted, like a lion about to go crazy.

Wang De hurriedly came in from the outside.

"Send an order to General Xu, let him send people out of the city, inform all the relevant guards on the front line of Chang'an to Tubo, strictly investigate all books sold to Tubo, and once discovered, all of them will be seized back to Chang'an, and they will be done quickly."

"Yes!" Wang De hurriedly went.

"Tell me what you think." Li Er looked at Qin Huaidao, his face pale.

It was a matter of imperial affairs, Qin Huaidao did not dare to be careless, and said solemnly: "The top priority is to recover the books, these books are very important to Tubo, with Lu Dongzan's shrewdness, the minister thought that he would arrange for his cronies to carry important technical books over the mountains and mountains, and he hurried overnight, not taking the official road, it has been five days, and it is very difficult to track down." ”

"No chance at all?" Li Er also knew this truth, but he was not reconciled.

Qin Huaidao thought for a while and said: "Holy Lord, Tubo can secretly transport five thousand people to the hinterland of my Tang Dynasty, so he must be familiar with many secret passages, and it is not easy to trace them, but——"

"But what?" Li Er asked, his eyes shining.

Qin Huaidao thought about the terrain leading from Chang'an to Tubo, and said solemnly: "However, if you don't take the official road, you should take the secret road, it takes time to cross the mountains and mountains, and you may not have left the country within five days. ”

"This is a good proposal, we must not let them take the books away easily, Fan Yang Lu is a traitor, the enemy, I will handle the book matter, let's talk about this jade pendant." Li Erqi's liver pain.

"The matter of the jade pendant is still the best of the saint's arbitrary decision." Qin Huaidao reminded that he didn't want to get involved.

Li Er also knew that if it was really Du He, he would bring out the crown prince, and he would lose the royal face, so he could only cover it up, not make it public, and deal with it internally, he was very satisfied with Qin Huaidao's caution and intentions, and said: "No wonder the Lu family stopped the investigation of the scene, but you did a good job, who else knows about this matter?" ”

"Except for the ministers, only the saint remains."

"If you have a heart, this matter will end here."

Qin Huaidao also knew that Li Chengqian could not be harmed by just a piece of jade pendant, and it would be detrimental to himself if he held on to it, but it was enough to make Li Er more and more disappointed in Li Chengqian, and promised: "The minister understands, what should be done with the Lu family." ”

"All of them will be sent to the Supervision Mansion for detention, and when I deal with it, you will copy the Lu Mansion, and the crime of financing the enemy is tantamount to rebellion, and it will not be spared." Li Er said murderously, it was not easy to catch almost, how could he let it go.

"Yes!" Qin Huaidao agreed.

Li Er thought of something, and his words changed: "You did the matter of Lu Mansion, right?" ”

"The saint is wronged, how can the minister do such a thing?" Qin Huaidao resolutely shouted, how could he admit it if it was so big, seeing that Li Er didn't believe it, he added: "Holy Lord, when the minister rushed to tell him, he encountered a wave of killers on the road, his identity was unknown, and he saw that there were many people in the minister's entourage, so he quickly evacuated, and the minister asked Su Dingfang to lead people to chase him." ”

"Killer again?" Li Er frowned.

Qin Huaidao took the opportunity to say: "Shengshang, the minister suspects that a group of killers are lurking in Chang'an City, and he is instructed by someone to deliberately create all kinds of big eucalyptus to blame the ministers, and divide the relationship between the monarch and the minister, Lu Fu is one of them, and he can let the ministers and the saint speculate wildly, kill people with knives, eliminate dissidents, and at the same time, attack the ministers at every opportunity, killing three birds with one stone." ”

It is impossible to admit it, Qin Huaidao deliberately bit the word "someone" very hard, but did not break it, let Li Er guess, this is a kind of rhetoric.

Li Er immediately thought of his two unconscious sons, Fan Yang Lu's family has always supported King Wei, and it is not excluded that the prince secretly instructed Fengyulou to kill the Lu family, and in order to clear up the relationship, Du He was an abandoned son, led Qin Huaidao to investigate the eucalyptus, ambushed halfway, and could also cut off the strength of King Wei's lineage, killing three birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Li Er's heart was inexplicably cold, the eldest son who has been filial piety and benevolence since he was a child would not be so ruthless, right? Could it be that King Wei deliberately did it before going to the fiefdom to blame the prince? Or found that Fan Yang Lu's family switched to the prince's court, but the atmosphere is not enough, killing chickens and monkeys?

The more he thought about it, the more chaotic Li Er's heart became, and his expression was cloudy.

Qin Huaidao saw that his chaotic words had worked, and he was determined in his heart, as long as Li Er didn't doubt himself, it would be easy to do, no emperor would allow his courtiers to get out of control, waited for a while, estimated that it was almost over, and added: "Holy Lord, the minister suggests that Chang'an City be strictly investigated, just in case, today is a minister, tomorrow I am afraid that the one who will die will not know who it is, Chang'an City must not be chaotic." ”

"I have a claim on this matter, go ahead." Li Er nodded, just as Wang De came back from the messenger, so he explained: "Wang De, you take a few people to Lu Mansion to assist Lord Qin in raiding the house, sealing all the items, and bringing them back to the inner warehouse." ”

"The old slave obeys." Wang De hurriedly agreed, and a huge wave was set off in his heart, Fan Yanglu

The Lu Mansion of the Chang'an branch of the clan was raided like this, what happened? But I didn't dare to ask more.

Out of the Ganlu Palace, Wang De asked a group of chamberlains to accompany him, and followed Qin Huaidao out of the palace in a hurry.

Su Dingfang greeted him with a look of shame: "Lord Qin, the last general is incompetent and didn't catch up." ”

"Didn't catch up? That sees? ”

"When I saw a person, the other party was extremely fast, the minister was incompetent, when chasing the city wall, the other party killed a few soldiers who patrolled the city and jumped out of the city, the night was too dark, and it was rainstorming, and there was no shadow in sight, the minister deserved to die, please punish the adult." Su Dingfang hurriedly admitted his mistake, his face was flushed, and he couldn't even catch up with a killer, which was too embarrassing.

The two teams of people who followed the chase also lowered their heads and were silent, without the face to face.

Qin Huaidao smiled, it's good if there is really a killer, just round the previous monarch and minister, if not, Li Er would definitely be suspicious, suspicious of himself, and comforted: "Forget it, don't take it as an example." ”

The group hurried and went straight to Lu Mansion.

Wang De wanted to speak a few times, but seeing that Qin Huaidao didn't reveal the meaning, he dispelled the idea of asking, and followed him to Lu Mansion, Fang Yiai saw Wang De coming, he was a little curious, but he was also smart and didn't ask much, and saluted with his fists: "My lord, the nearby residents came to ask, and they were driven away, but it's fine." ”

"Keep watching, and there will be no mistakes."

"Obey." Fang Yiai also wanted to know what was going on, but Wang De was there and held back.

Qin Huaidao didn't explain, led people into the mansion, and came to the scene of the accident, Li Yixie came up to salute, looked at Wang De, and was curious, Qin Huaidao explained: "Yixie, let everyone in Lu Mansion be escorted to the Supervision Mansion and find a place to detain them, there must be no mistake." ”

"Obey." Li Yixie hurriedly agreed and arranged to go.

When all the people in the house were escorted away, Qin Huaidao gave an order, and the soldiers began to raid the house, worried that their hands and feet were not clean, so Wang De arranged for the attendants to keep an eye on them, and each team followed a chamberlain, so as not to be unclear in the future, but he stayed at the scene, holding a torch to check the ruins.

Su Dingfang took the pro-army to guard the surroundings, just in case.

An hour later, nothing of value was found in the ruins, it was estimated that they were all burned clean, Qin Huaidao had to give up, and he had some regrets in his heart, if he could find some clues, it would be more perfect, but the family has always been close to the King of Wei, why did Du He come to Lu Mansion?

Because the King of Wei was a vassal and had no chance to wait for the great treasure, the family began to change the court?

Or did Li Chengqian take the opportunity to lobby and solicit the network resources of King Wei? Aren't you afraid of being poisoned?

Qin Huaidao stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the moon after the rain, he was inexplicably a little irritable in his heart, the two kings were fighting, why were they pulling these fighting methods? It's just looking for a son of man who is not looking for death!

"I'm waiting, there's a chance to settle the score." Qin Huaidao swore in his heart, and when he saw Wang De coming over, he stepped forward and asked, "Princess, it's still going well." ”

"It's going well, but there are too many things in Lu Mansion, and it will take a while."

"Otherwise, the prince is guarding here, and when the copy is finished, let Li Yixie escort everyone back to the palace, and the supervision mansion still has something to do, so you have to take the first step, how about it?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"It's okay, Lord Qin is going to get busy, and the miscellaneous family is staring at the same."

Qin Huaidao said goodbye, hurriedly returned to the Supervision Mansion under the escort of the pro-army, went straight to the backyard, and came to a miscellaneous room, the two guards at the door hurriedly saluted, Qin Huaidao waved his hand, and said to Su Dingfang who came over: "Everyone retreats ten meters away from martial law, and no one is allowed to approach." ”

"Obey." Su Dingfang hurriedly agreed, waved his hand, and led people back.

Qin Huaidao pushed open the door and entered the house, a candle was lit in the room, and Lu Dongzan was lying on the bed, hearing the movement, he was slowly opening his eyes, and after getting used to the light, he saw that it was Qin Huaidao, and suddenly came to his senses, and shouted angrily: "Lord Qin, what are you going to do?" I'm a foreign minister, not a Tang minister, you can't do this to me. ”

"The fire is not small, it seems that it is not enough." Qin Huaidao said coldly.

"What the hell are you going to do? Detaining foreign ministers for no reason, are you trying to provoke the two countries to rise again? ”

Qin Huaidao sneered: "Tubo also relies on the plateau terrain, hiding in the mountains to survive, dare to come down to the plains?" It seems that the lessons of the first battle in Songzhou last year are not enough, believe it or not, this official led the troops up and pacified your Tubo. ”

"Just you?" Lu Dongzan sneered, gradually regained his composure, controlled his emotions, sat on the edge of the bed and said coldly: "Say, how long are you going to be locked up?" ”

"Two million gold, I wonder if Songtsen Gampo is willing to take it out to ransom you?"

Lu Dongzan smiled, with a little coldness: "The foreign minister is just a courtier, there are thousands of courtiers like Zaixia in Tubo, maybe someone is already impeaching, give up in the Xia, in order to replace it, not to mention two million gold, don't think about 20,000 gold, don't believe you try." ”

Another person will definitely reply, but Qin Huaidao knew Lu Dongzan's status and role in the mind of Songtsan Gampo, so he didn't believe a word, and said with a smile: "Then try it, it's really not good, it's okay to let your family redeem it, it's hard to catch you, you can't be busy in vain, right?" ”

"It's just an ordinary family, and the yaks are not more than a hundred, if Lord Qin wants it, he can give it to you, and I'm afraid of more."

Can't take it out. ”

Qin Huaidao teased: "Lu Dongzan, do you think you are hiding very deeply, no one in the Tang Dynasty knows your true identity and value, Songtsan Gampo does not have your assistance, I am afraid that I will not be able to suppress the backlash of those noble lords, as long as you don't go back, Tubo will have civil strife in two years at most, if the official increases the fire, there will be a big fight in a year at most, and the first family of Tubo should be replaced, do you believe it or not?" ”

"You ......" Lu Dongzan panicked.

"Do you want to say how does the official know?" Qin Huaidao teased, seeing that Lu Dongzan's face was cold, but a trace of panic flashed in the depths of his eyes, so he continued: "Do you think that the Tubo Mountain is far away, the language is not understood, and no one in the Tang Dynasty can penetrate the past, so there is no way to know the information, and it is difficult to find out your true identity?" ”

"How did you do that?" Lu Dongzan no longer denied it, and it was useless to deny it, so he simply asked bluntly.

Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "Look, how good it is to chat like this, no one should hide it, they are all smart people, why pretend to be stupid, as long as you confess who is the mastermind of the sneak attack on the official, who leads the Tubo army to infiltrate the country, and the official spares you from dying, what do you think?" ”

"I don't know what you're talking about, I want to emphasize again, the five thousand Tubo soldiers are private acts, and they have nothing to do with Tubo or Zaixia, you want to frame it, I admit it."

"It seems that you are still lucky, waiting for someone to save you, so let's not talk about it for now." Qin Huaidao smiled indifferently, seeing the other party's expression stunned, knowing that he had guessed correctly, he continued: "You wrote to the head of the Lu family and purchased a batch of books, many of which are technical, what about this batch of books?" ”

"Book...... Of course, it is shipped back to Tibet, is it illegal to trade normally? Lu Dongzan asked rhetorically.

"Of course, normal transactions are not illegal, but books containing controlled books such as smelting, manufacturing, and medical skills are suspected of purchasing Datang secrets."

Lu Dongzan was anxious when he heard this: "No, it's just some Confucian classics and Buddhist scriptures, there is no book you said, you are planting, if you don't believe it, you can ask Lu Shi and testify face to face." ”

Qin Huaidao's eyes became gloomy, as sharp as a knife, staring at Lu Dongzan and said coldly: "Do you think that Fan Yang Lu's family is five surnames and seven wangs, and his influence is huge, and the imperial court does not dare to move easily?" This official hates traitors the most, so before coming here, he has been ordered to seal up the Lu Mansion and get the evidence, as for you, you are suspected of stealing the secrets of the Tang Dynasty, don't want to go back to Tubo in this life, this official will also coerce Tubo to make compensation for your crimes, otherwise he will lead troops to attack, speaking of which, this official has to thank you for giving you the reason to send troops. ”

"You ......"

Lu Dongzan was confused, if he really sent troops to Tubo for this reason, the people of Tubo would not care so much, they would count all the suffering on their own family, and the family would be ruined and discredited, and they would definitely become outcasts.

Thinking of this, Lu Dongzan became more and more panicked, and asked, "What do you want?" ”

Qin Huaidao sneered: "This official likes you to be just to the end, don't compromise, it will damage your reputation." ”

Lu Dongzan reacted and said coldly: "Your real purpose is to Tubo, and it is just an introduction." ”

"It is worthy of the great theory of Tubo, in a word, from the moment you make a move, you should think of the anger of the Tang Dynasty, you don't know what to say, don't blame the official for making a move, but you are a person with great wisdom, the official asks you a question, Tubo is included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the world is unified, there is no war, no strife, isn't it?" Qin Huaidao said at the end, and his tone was a little more sincere.

Lu Dongzan had a gloomy face and did not speak.

After waiting for a while, Qin Huaidao lost the temperament to continue asking, and said: "Lu Dongzan, you have great talent, it's a pity to die, think about it, if you die, no one knows better than you what will happen to Tubo, the bitter and cold land of Tubo, the people are hard, and the war is continuous, you can't bear to live alone in Tubo?" The merger into the Tang Dynasty is different, the circulation of goods, the people's lives can be improved, not to mention, the nobles can also get more benefits. ”

Regardless of his position, Qin Huaidao still admires Lu Dongzan's ability, Tubo has developed rapidly under Lu Dongzan's governance, people's livelihood has improved, and the people are healthy, it is a pity that such a talent has died.

Coming out of the room, let people continue to guard, glanced at the miscellaneous room next to him, which imprisoned the envoy of the Japanese State, Tanaka, he only had disgust in his heart for this person, and he didn't want to see it, and when he came to the yafang, Li Yixie hurried over: "My lord, everyone in the Lu Mansion has been properly imprisoned." ”

"It's hard work, after dawn, you go to the Tubo embassy, and say that Lu Dongzan is suspected of stealing the secrets of the Tang Dynasty, the evidence is conclusive, let Tubo give an explanation, and compensate two million gold, I can't see the gold in fifteen days, wait to collect Lu Dongzan's body, inform Uncle Cheng, and let him let one person go back to Tubo to report the news." Qin Huaidao admonished.

"In that bitter place in Tibet, can you get so much gold?"

Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "Don't underestimate Tubo, they believe in Buddhism, even if the people starve to death, they have to take out the best things for the Buddha, they like to give the Buddha a golden body, there is no shortage of this bit of gold, besides, it doesn't hurt if you don't give it, it's just to go through the process and ask for a great righteousness." ”

"Troops?" Li Yixie keenly grasped what.

"Don't guess, remember, it must be done after dawn, and there is also the embassy of the Japanese country, just say that Tanaka is suspected of attacking the official, and let them pay two million pieces of silver to compensate, otherwise they will wait to collect the body." Qin Huaidao explained.

Li Yixie agreed, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "My lord, I heard that the Japanese country is an island country, can there be silver on an island?" It shouldn't be. ”

"Even you don't know the details of the Wa Kingdom, it seems that the Wa Kingdom is well hidden, let me tell you, there is silver on the islands of the Wa Kingdom, and there are a lot of them, a hoe to dig it down, the output exceeds that of the Tang Dynasty, go and do it."

Li Yixie became interested when he heard this, and said: "So much, then let's just find a reason to take the Wa Kingdom, Datang will not lack silver taels." ”

Qin Huaidao was amused when he heard it: "The idea is very good, does Datang have a sea ship?" I didn't have much to do, I knocked on it first, and then I will talk about it later, and these words must not be spread randomly, go and see the people in the Lu Mansion, don't make a mess. ”

"Don't worry, I know what is important." Li Yixie left with a smile, already knowing in his heart that Qin Huaidao was preparing to attack Tubo, and he would take the Wa Kingdom when he had the opportunity, how could such a good thing be said? Of course, it's to keep it secret, find an opportunity to participate in it, and know what else is going on with you?

Li Yixie made up his mind to go back to his house after dawn, this matter is too big, and he has to find the old man in the family to sum up one or two.

Su Dingfang, who was also standing guard outside the door, also had a conjecture, but he was not familiar with Qin Huaidao, and the relationship was not close enough, so he couldn't move blindly, so he had to find a suitable opportunity to recommend himself, expand the territory, and make contributions is the mission and duty of a soldier.

Inside the house, Qin Huaidao looked at the night sky outside the window, there was no sleep, the killer was still a person from the wind and rain building, hiding in the dark could not be prevented, the ghost was not gone, it was too dangerous, and it must be exterminated.

No one has bothered to report a huge reward of 100,000 yuan, this killer organization is too secretive and too powerful, who is the hired person? Fan Yang Lu, the crown prince, or the king of Wei?

If not, who would be behind it? Or is it for revenge? ”

After thinking about it for a long time, but not knowing the essentials, Qin Huaidao walked towards the place where the Lu clan was being held.