Chapter 0142: Minister, Capital Offense!

Liu Ying set off for Changling before noon, and was assassinated in Changling around dusk, and when night fell, Chang'an 'city' was already brightly lit.

- Curfew!

Due to Liu Ying's assassination, the unfinished Chang'an 'city' ushered in the first curfew in history today.

It stands to reason that curfews are usually only imposed on large cities that are surrounded by walls and are of great importance.

If it is placed in the Kanto region, not to mention the township and the li, even in the smaller county seats, there are few curfew regulations.

Most of the time, curfews only occur in the counties of each county, and in places that are not county seats, but are of equal importance.

As for Chang'an, although it has been designated as the capital of the Han dynasty for six years, because the city wall has never been built, except for the two palaces of Changle and Weiyang, the layout of Chang'an is still scattered like a village, so in the past, there has never been a curfew.

And today, Chang'an City, which is surrounded by no city walls and no city gates to guard, has ushered in a very special, unprecedented, and very likely curfew for no one to come.

——Except for the part taken away by Liu Bang, the southern and northern armies left behind a total of five captains, a total of more than 10,000 jailers, almost poured out!

——The garrison strength of the palace gates of Changle and Weiyang has doubled!

——The garrison strength of the arsenal and Taimiao has increased from the original 100 people per team every two hours to 500 people per team every half hour!

In addition, the streets of Artemisia Street north of Weiyang Palace, Xiangshu Street north of Changle Palace, Zhangtai Street where Shangguanli is located, Huayin Street and Huayang Street south of the East and West Cities are all filled with guards patrolling each street from time to time with 50 people in each team, a total of more than 100 teams, patrolling the streets for dinner from time to time!

For such a suffocating atmosphere, although the people of Chang'an are not very adaptable, they can only silently return to their respective homes, close their doors, and wait for dawn.

It was also in this tense atmosphere like black clouds pressing down on the city, Xiao He's clothes were scattered, revealing a tired figure at all times, and he appeared outside Weiyang Palace again in the middle of the night······

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"It's halfway through the night, and the dawn is not far away."

"Xiao Xiang is returning from Changling, why don't you go back to the house to rest for a while, and then enter the palace when the morning is bright?"

Saying this in a cold tone, Lu Pheasant did not forget to make a look as if he had woken up from his sleep, and rubbed his forehead tiredly.

But Lu Pheasant's appearance did not relax Xiao He's mood a little······

"The minister entered the palace here, one is to investigate and deal with the matter of the Changling Tian clan, and report and ask the queen."

"The ······ of the two"

As he spoke, Xiao He only knelt down with shame on his face and bowed to Lu Pheasant.

"The crown prince was assassinated in Changling, minister, I implore the queen to condemn !!"

Hearing Xiao He's trembling words, Lu Pheasant only raised his head with a calm face, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at Xiao He's old figure.

If it was in the past, if it was not a major event related to the world, let alone Lu Pheasant as the queen, even if Liu Bang, the son of heaven, knelt and kowtowed to Xiao He so solemnly, he must have been comforted by Wen Sheng and helped Xiao He up.

As for Liu Ying, who is the crown prince, it is not to mention.

——Not only did he have to help Xiao He up with sincerity and fear, but he also had to ask Xiao He with an urgent face: But what did Gu do not do right, so that Xiao Xiang was like this?

But now, looking at Xiao He, the old prime minister who is over sixty years old, full of gorgeous hair, and has some incomplete speech, knelt down and kowtowed in front of him without any hesitation, but Lu Pheasant did not make the slightest posture of 'not going to this'.

"The assassination of the prince was not instigated by the marquis, what is the crime of the marquis?"

Hearing Lu Pheasant's gloomy inquiry, Xiao He only felt a pain in his heart, and even the palace maids and eunuchs who were standing in the hall bowed down and served in the hall all cast sympathetic glances at Xiao He from the secret.

What is the crime, at first glance, it sounds like Xiao He is not guilty, but in fact, anyone who has been in the palace for a year or two can understand it, Queen Lu Pheasant, this is clearly asking Xiao He: Tell me yourself, what did you do wrong?

And the last time Xiao He was treated with such an attitude was probably fourteen years ago, when Xiao He was still the chief official of Qin Pei County, eating Ying Qin Lu rice······

"Minister, capital offense ······"

But when Xiao He heard Lu Pheasant's words, he still looked like he was kneeling on the ground, raised his head slightly, and smashed it down!

"His Majesty's trust is respected, worship him as the Han minister, take charge of the government, and deal with Chinese affairs!"

"The family was assassinated in Changling, but it was not good for the minister's supervision, and he failed to protect the family Zhou Quan's ······"

"Minister, I have the kindness of His Majesty and the trust of the Queen!"

Listening to Xiao He's words of self-incrimination without the slightest hypocrisy, Lu Pheasant's heart couldn't help but feel a little angry.

After seeing Xiao He's full head of gorgeous hair and his shoulders trembling slightly due to exertion, Lu Pheasant's heart finally softened, and his face stiffened and turned his head to the side.

After only a moment of silence, he saw Lu Pheasant's brows condense slightly, and he looked at the temple people beside him with a little annoyance.

"Seeing the Marquis enter the palace, you still don't give a seat?!"

Suddenly hearing Lu Pheasant's reprimand, the temple person's face was suddenly shocked, and he hurriedly walked down from the imperial steps, helped Xiao He up from the ground, and carefully helped him to kneel on the banquet on the side of the hall and sit down.

When Xiao He sat down with a guilty face, and wiped the sweat on his forehead with a little tiredness, Lu Pheasant couldn't help but sigh secretly.

"For more than ten years, Xiao He has grown old like this······"

"Alas~"

With a slight sigh in his heart, Lu Pheasant looked up at Xiao Shi again, and the coldness in his eyes also quietly retreated unconsciously.

Just when Lu Pheasant was struggling with how to open his mouth in order to soothe Xiao He a little, he saw Xiao He smoothing out his messy snort a little, so he gave Lu Pheasant a little bow.

"Queen."

"——With the queen's order, the ministers will immediately send more than 400 soldiers and soldiers with five officials, all of whom will be sent to Changling!"

"At three o'clock in the unitary hour, the minister had to break the Tian family's house, and took the Tian family's Ding Men seventeen, female dependents, and young children seventy-three, and at this moment, they were all taken to Tingwei Water Boat Prison."

"There are hundreds of slaves in the Yutian family, and nearly 100 dancers and the like, and they are temporarily in the Prime Minister's Prison; When the sky is bright, they all send Shaofu to think that they are subordinate ministers and concubines······"

After reporting the 'harvest' of today's trip to Lu Pheasant, Xiao He just raised his head and was about to ask Lu Pheasant about how to dispose of it, when he saw Lu Pheasant's soothing brows, which were screwed together again in an instant.

"Not necessarily!"

"The people of the Tian clan, whether they are male, female, old, young, or ding, slave, concubine, or concubine, do not need to be interrogated!"

"——Tomorrow afternoon, I will cut off the East Market and abandon the East Market!!"

Speaking in a gloomy tone, Lu Pheasant's face once again appeared with the terrifying murderous intent that had been before.

"On the court field, those who dare to collect corpses for the people of the Tian family, or those who express regret, sit on the same crime!"

"Those who dare to say that Tian's crimes do not lead to death······"

"Family !!"

Squeezing out this last word from between the clenched tooth sockets, Lu Pheasant's face could no longer see the slightest gentleness that a woman should have.

Seeing Xiao He's words, there was a slight hesitation on his face, and Lu Pheasant flicked his sleeves coldly.

"Humph!"

"If it weren't for the fact that I didn't care about Tian Zizhuang, and I didn't want the prince to be contaminated with the stigma of 'killing too much', I hate to destroy the ancestral hall of the Tian family!!"

Leng Ran let out another scolding, and Lu Pheasant looked at Xiao He with a faint warning.

"In this matter, I have made up my mind, and it is best not to persuade the marquis."

"If I am angry, I will slander the marquis ······ again"

Listening to Lu Pheasant's cold warning, Xiao He couldn't help but shake his head in his heart.

"If you want to kill hundreds of Tian's family, isn't it enough to say 'killing too much'?"

There was a slight slander in his heart, but Xiao He didn't dare to show his dissatisfaction on his face, and only gave Lu Pheasant a little to express his fate.

When Lu Pheasant's face was a little angry, Xiao He also said a little, and looked up slightly at the top of the imperial steps.

"In addition to taking people, when the ministers copied the Tian family's mansion, they also got a number of books, letters, etc."

"What is said ······ it"

Saying that, Xiao He couldn't help but shake his head with a calm face.

"The minister doesn't dare to be arbitrary!"

"Your Majesty is out on the expedition and injured on the couch at home, so the minister has to tell the queen to ask for countermeasures."

Seeing Lu Pheasant's nod, Xiao He quietly got up from his seat, took out a few rolls of bamboo slips from his arms, and handed them to the temple people beside him.

"This is a book written by the Changling Tian clan to collude with grain merchants and magnates in Guanzhong, intending to limit the sale of grain in order to raise the price of grain."

Xiao He spoke very well, and the bamboo slips had been sent to Lu Pheasant by the temple people, so Xiao He continued to add: "This Jane, only one of them, in addition to this Jane, there is another book that says 'raising the price of rice and grain', which is more than 170 Jane······"

"The minister thinks that the price of grain in Guanzhong is about to boil, not only the strategy of the Changling Tian clan, but also the grain merchants and giants in Guanzhong all over the country, I am afraid that they all want to do this."

"Please also ask the queen to instruct: how should the ministers deal with this matter?"

Hearing Xiao He's words, Lu Pheasant only glanced at the contents of the bamboo slip, and casually threw it on the imperial case in front of him.

"The prince has a countermeasure to the price of grain."

"Tomorrow in the middle of the day, the marquis will go to the Phoenix Hall and discuss with the prince."

Hearing this, Xiao He only nodded slightly, and his heart was also slightly relieved.

- For Xiao He, the most important thing at the moment is how Liu Ying's injury is! It's not serious!

As Liu Ying's mother, the person who loves and cares about Liu Ying the most in the world, Lu Pheasant said that Liu Ying can see people and even discuss affairs, which is enough to prove that Liu Ying's injury is not serious.

A big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and Xiao He's face was a little lighter.

But only a moment later, when Xiao He took out a piece of silk cloth from his arms, his face, which had only eased a moment ago, was again condensed.

"In addition to Tian's collusion with Guanzhong grain merchants and jujia, they intend to raise the price of grain in Guanzhong, submit to Changling, and get this silk."

"The book on the silk is like this, the Changlingtian clan colluded with the nobles of the court to assassinate the prince."

As he spoke, Xiao He looked at Lu Pheasant in his eyes, but quietly brought a little temptation.

"Only this silk, the minister feels familiar, and the embroidery on it is out of the Shaofu weaving room."

"I don't know if the queen looks at this silk, but she feels a little familiar?"