The night breeze was blowing, and the man in Tsing Yi stood in front of the window on the fourth floor, watching Zhou Zhi sit in the carriage and leave slowly.

He looked around the long street vigilantly, until Zhou Zhi left, and there was no special figure shaking around.

Not to mention Li Xuan himself.

For the traces of this king of Nanchang, the people of Tsing Yi know better than anyone else.

Li Xuan was staring at them, why didn't they stare at Li Xuan.

Since last night's incident was over, Li Xuan went to the British Palace, and even the palace concert was let Ming Chongyan deal with it, as if at this time, he really didn't care about the affairs of Tubo anymore.

The people of the Qianniuwei around the perimeter withdrew.

In other words, the people of Qianniuwei withdrew very early.

No longer staring at Zhou Zhi, nor at anyone on their suspicion list.

"What a good means, the removal of Jin Wuwei and Qianniuwei makes people relax their vigilance, but they continue to stare in an invisible place." The man in Tsing Yi couldn't help but smile coldly, looked at the tall central watchtower in the distance, and said softly: "Outside the watchtower, inside the secret guard, what a means!" ”

Although there is no evidence, the people in Tsing Yi believe that Li Xuan must have done this.

His gaze was withdrawn from the watchtower, the window was closed, and the man in Tsing Yi sat back in the room alone.

In the dark room, he was the only one, he was thinking about how to break the situation, after all, to achieve the goal, he still had to send the secret letter to the hands of the Vientiane Pavilion, and then through the Vientiane Pavilion, to the hands of the Tubo people.

Maybe it can also be sent directly to the hands of the Tubo people without going through the Vientiane Pavilion.

It's just that the people from Tibet have always been very cautious, and except for the people from the Vientiane Pavilion, no one knows where he is hiding.

No one knows if he was hiding inside the city or outside.

……

Darkness enveloped the entire study.

In the early morning, although the morning light had already appeared in the east, it still did not find the courtyard.

Today is the time of the palace exam, Li Xuan has already packed up and dressed, sat in the study and ate a simple breakfast, and at the same time checked the information summary of the past two days.

"Zuo Qianniuwei Beiping County King told us, let's not go to Chaqin Xiangyuan, let alone go in; The secret guard told us that Qinxiangyuan can be checked at will, and all the secrets in it can be checked at will. Li Bi stood on one side with a heavy cloak, coughing twice from time to time.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, did not say anything, and asked lightly: "What do you think of this matter?" ”

"I can't see it, Qin Xiangyuan, we can't move." Li Bi took a deep breath, stabilized his breath, and then said: "Although the words of the King of Beiping and Doctor Chaosan seem to be in different directions, they actually tell us that Qinxiangyuan is undoubtedly related to the palace.

The king of Beiping said very directly, if you are not completely sure, don't easily touch Qinxiangyuan; And Dr. Asasan is warning us that even if we have full evidence in our hands, and then go to check Qinxiangyuan, it is very likely that we will not find anything. ”

Li Xuan nodded approvingly, put down his chopsticks, and said softly: "Uncle Wang and Uncle Wang of Beiping have made it very clear that the background of Qinxiangyuan is very strong, if we don't figure out the background of Qinxiangyuan, don't act rashly." ”

Li Bi coughed twice, then looked at Li Xuan and said, "So, you have to find out the background of Qinxiangyuan." ”

Li Xuan chuckled and said, "You've been checking it for several days, have you found out?" ”

"Can't find out." Li Bi was a little depressed, and now the intelligence network of the Nanchang Royal Mansion in Chang'an is all in his hands.

This time, although it was not all used, all the high-level relationships that could be exposed were also used, but the real owner behind Qin Xiangyuan was never found.

But fortunately, it's not completely nothing.

Li Bi took a deep breath and said helplessly: "In the end, the subordinates only found out that the back of this matter was related to the Teaching Department and the palace. ”

The Qinglou of Pingkangfang, which has nothing to do with the Teaching Division, is just a relationship of different depths.

But in the final analysis, the Church Division is just a tool that has been pushed to the forefront, and the public who is really troublesome to you.

Li Bi found out not much, but it happened to corroborate the words of Li Jingjia, the king of Beiping County, and Zhao Gong.

"Anything, once it is found out that it is related to the palace, then it is difficult to continue to investigate, because you don't know who will find out in the end. Even the person you have worked so hard to find out will be brought to justice, but he is just a scapegoat. Li Xuan sighed helplessly.

The palace is not easy to mess with, the chamberlain, female officials, even the old concubines, the soldiers guarding the palace, and the generals are not easy to mess with.

Once these people are united, it is the emperor's fate in an instant.

Li Xuan looked cautious and said: "If you are not careful, in the end, others only need to make a stumbling block for you when you are inadvertent." And once you are tripped up, countless enemies will immediately pounce on you and knock you down completely. ”

Li Zhu was silent, but Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "But this king doesn't care about these; What this king really cares about is that this matter may eventually find out to the head of the Queen of Heaven, His Majesty, and even the crown prince. Although they may not know the inside story, the recklessness of their subordinates will inevitably make their faces gloomy. ”

The minds of the superiors are very sensitive, and if you show the slightest abnormality, they will immediately catch it.

Favor and rejection are only a thought.

"Lord Wang, aren't we going to continue to investigate this matter?" There was some disappointment between Li Bi's words.

Li Xuan shook his head, raised his eyes, and said with a cold smile: "How can we not check, we have to check down, but we can't check it ourselves, we have to rely on the strength of others...... Ming Chongyan, Wang Fulai, they can all go to investigate, and even the best result of this final investigation is that Qin Xiangyuan may still be there, but the enemy behind it has disappeared. ”

……

"So first of all, we have to figure out, who is our enemy?" Li Bi's words directly solved the biggest problem behind this.

Qinxiangyuan is Qinxiangyuan, even within Qinxiangyuan, there are different forces, you can't fight all of them, you need to find the enemy accurately.

"Yes, who is our enemy?" Li Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "Originally, I thought that if I found out that a five-grade subordinate province was in the matter, everything would have been completely closed, who would have thought that the palace was even implicated behind this matter." ”

Empress Wu, the one in charge of everything in the palace is, of course, the Empress Wu.

Whether it is the emperor or the crown prince, Li Xuan is sure enough for them to carry out an internal investigation, but Empress Wu, even if Li Xuan reports this matter in detail, it will make Empress Wu feel that he is watching forbidden.

The sin of spying on the forbidden, the sin of spying on the palace, the sin of great rebellion.

Why Li Jingye couldn't turn over anymore was not because he built a caravan for personal gain, but because he was used by the king of the East China Sea to spy on the ban.

Li Jingye was only contaminated with a little suspicion, and in the end, it was useless for anyone in the DPRK and China to intercede.

Eradicate hidden dangers, eradicate the enemy, the first thing is to save yourself, and the other, borrow a knife to kill.

Li Xuan raised his head, looked at Li Zhu, and said softly: "This matter is not urgent, the most important thing in the past is to catch this big rat on the outside." As for the rest, we play slowly. ”

Li Bi raised his eyebrows sharply, looked at Li Xuan and said in surprise: "In the heart of the prince, does he already have a plan?" ”

Li Xuan took a deep breath and said softly: "To completely eradicate these people, we can't do it, we can't do it over there, we can't do it over there, the prince can't do it, Your Majesty can't do it, and in the end, the only one who can do it is the queen of heaven, only the queen of heaven herself." ”

Li Bi stood to the side with a solemn face, listened carefully, and remembered carefully that he would probably be responsible for these things in the future.

"As long as the queen of heaven believes that the existence of these people will constitute a huge obstacle to her, then there will be no foundation for the existence of these people in the palace." In one sentence, Li Xuan has outlined all the general strategies.

"And what about the specific plan?"

"Nope." Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and said softly: "This matter can only be improvised, unless we can grasp the special key in our hands, we can only treat it as if we don't know everything." ”

"Are we really going to do nothing?"

"How is it possible to do nothing?" Li Xuan glanced up at Li Bi and said in surprise: "The affairs in the palace, not to mention you and me, even the prime minister can't control it, but outside the palace, as long as they dare to make a mistake, then what awaits them is the most powerful killing machine." ”

Inside and outside the palace, the formal rules are completely different.

In the palace, Li Xuan can't control it, but the people in the palace will die if they don't want to go out.

Li Bi was immediately solemn and bowed deeply to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan stood up, walked to the door of the study, and then pushed the door open, and the morning light fell.

……

Li Xuan rode a horse in front, and when he arrived at the Suzaku Gate, Li Xuan dismounted, and the four people in the carriage came down one after another.

Among the four, the leader is the youngest Zhuge Minghui, followed by the eldest Lu Lou, and the third and fourth are the younger Xu An and Sun Xian.

Lu Lou is a descendant of the Lu family of Wu County, but he is a side of the family.

The Lu family has always been low-key in Chang'an, even if it is Lu Yuanfang, who serves as the imperial historian, he only has a small house in Chang'an.

Living with oneself and one's family is barely acceptable, and it is slightly crowded when there are other people living there.

There are not many people in the Lu family who are in Chang'an for scientific research this time, but even one or two people live under his house, and they disturb each other too much, so this time, including He Zhizhang, Li Xuan stayed in his own mansion.

Among the crowd, only Zhuge Minghui was pushed up by Li Xuan.

Lu Lou is the oldest, relying on his hard power.

Xu An and Sun Xian relied on a little more luck, this time the imperial court recruited five or six more people than in previous years, and they were on the list by the way.

Therefore, it also avoided Li Xuan from being suspicious.

The four of them bowed their hands slightly to Li Xuan, and then walked into the Jinshi team waiting on the side.

Among the people, the leader is Cheng Xingmou, who Li Xuan has seen, followed by Xu He, and the third person is Zhuge Minghui.

Yang Wen, who had met with them in the Shangqing Palace in Luoyang, was not among the Jinshi this time.

Among the thousands of people, the probability of choosing 39 people is really not high.

Li Xuan nodded at everyone, then turned around and entered the Honglu Temple.

By the time he and everyone met again, they had already arrived at the Hanyuan Hall of Daming Palace.

Temple Examination.

Since the beginning of the palace examination in the second year of Emperor Gaozong's Xianqing, to this day, the emperor has to hold a palace examination every two or three years.

Originally, in normal times, the head of the official examination was the champion, but once the emperor held the palace examination, the first place in the palace examination was the champion.

Generally speaking, the first place in the temple examination is basically the first place in the temple examination, but occasionally the first place in the temple examination will be selected by someone else.

This is also impossible, the emperor chooses it himself, and others cannot influence it.

But before the emperor's personal election, there is generally a public election of the ministers and examiners, and the emperor basically will not refute the face of the ministers and the examiners, and the ministers will not easily refute the face of the Ministry of Officials.

Unless, out of the moth.

……

Li Xuan stood at the back of the Hanyuan Palace, and the crown prince Li Xian walked slowly around in place of the emperor among the scholars who were concentrating on answering the questions.

Li Xian tried not to disturb their answers, and at the same time inevitably exerted some influence.

These are not exaggerated, once these people become officials in the future, they will have to face the king directly in the court.

If they can't even bear the current pressure, how can they look at you head-on.

Although some people were a little flustered because of the arrival of the prince, after all, everyone was tested one by one in multiple exams.

Coupled with the broadcast in the name of Li Xian's benevolence, even if he has some worries in his heart, he can suppress all of them without affecting his exam.

Li Xuan stood on the side, her eyes swept over everyone, and her mind returned to this year's exam questions:

There is no war, and there is an opportunity to control the Tao; Evil killing is good for life, and it contains the principle of pavilion education. The evening version of the wall, the soldiers cook in the morning, the source of the river in the city, and the north gate is not opened.

Qiaosu Seaside, the eastern suburbs are not open; Fang Yi drove the long hub and climbed Long, built a high flag and pointed to the plug.

The sound of the sky shook and they all burned each other.

The husband is in the spring and the snow is in the sun, the cold canopy is easy to roll, and now he wants to be a pioneer to induce, temporarily suspend the military punishment, write the arrow and go down to the ministers, blow the flute and return the captive to ride.

What should I do?

(End of chapter)