At the gate of Zichen Palace, a Tsing Yi attendant trotted and entered the hall from the outside with an excited face.

"Yue Zhong, why are you here?" Li Xian couldn't help but take a step forward, his face full of surprise, because the person who came was Yue Zhong, the head of the East Palace's inner guards.

Yue Zhong hurriedly knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "Return to His Royal Highness the Prince, Return to the Queen of Heaven, Your Majesty...... No, congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, congratulations to the Queen of Heaven, congratulations to Your Majesty, just now Imperial Doctor Xu of the Tai Hospital diagnosed the pulse of the crown princess, the crown princess, she is happy. ”

"What?" Li Zhi couldn't help but stand up and looked at Li Xian on the side with a look of surprise.

At this moment, Li Xian's face was at a loss, he was going to be a father, he was going to be a father.

The sudden news shocked his brain and went blank.

Li Zhi immediately waved his hand and said: "You go back to the East Palace immediately, let go of everything in the court first, accompany the princess during this time, and don't worry about anything else." ”

"The retainers obeyed." Li Xian raised his head, looked at Empress Wu, and pleaded, "Queen Mother." ”

Empress Wu said with a smile: "Okay, the queen mother will go over in a while, the imperial hospital, the internal service province, all matters in the future will be based on the joy of the crown princess." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Li Xian immediately bowed, and then said to Li Zhi and Empress Wu, "Erchen retires." ”

"Go ahead!" Li Zhi waved his hand directly, looking at Li Xian leaving, Li Zhi gently grabbed the palm of the martial queen, and whispered: "Mei Niang, we are going to have a grandson." ”

"Maybe it's a granddaughter." Empress Wu pursed her lips and smiled, her head lowered, unable to see her eyes clearly.

"Whether it's a granddaughter, with the first one, there will be countless of them!" Li Zhi looked very open, and then, he sighed lightly and said: "Twenty-seven Lang, it's really my lucky star, if he hadn't proposed the hot springs at the beginning, there might not be today's happy event!" ”

"yes!" Empress Wu raised her head, her eyes flickered, and she said softly: "San Lang, and Shiro, are not young anymore, and it is time to prepare." ”

Li Zhi smiled, shook his head, and said: "You, it's only now, why do you think so much, or wait for this battle to end, let Twenty-Seven Lang and San Lang Shiro get together more, and Shiro's marriage, it's time to prepare when you come back." ”

"Yes!" Empress Wu couldn't help but laugh with some relief.

At this time, a slight sound of footsteps stopped at the door of the hall, and Li Zhi immediately raised his head and said, "Come in." ”

A scholar from the middle school walked in quickly, holding three holy decrees in his hands, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the queen of heaven, the holy decree has been prepared." ”

Wang Fulai immediately sent it up, and Li Zhi leaned back in the chair and waved his hand indifferently.

Empress Wu immediately opened the holy decree, read it one last time, and then directly used the seal on it.

Seal of the Son of Heaven.

Li Zhi's expression suddenly became solemn: "Immediately send six hundred miles to Taozhou." ”

"Yes."

……

From Chang'an to Taozhou, 800 miles, 600 miles expedited, one and a half days.

Three days is a round trip.

At the beginning of April, in summer, the weather in Taozhou in the northwest is still slightly cool.

A hurried sound of horses' hooves came from the east, and immediately, ten thousand cow guards were galloping in from a distance.

Before arriving at the gate of the city, Qianniuwei had already shouted loudly: "The holy decree has arrived, the holy decree has arrived......"

The city gate was instantly emptied, and a moment later, above the lobby of the Taozhou Prefecture Government.

Li Xian, Li Xuan, Li Jinxing, Hei Zhi Changzhi, and Zhang Yungong, a total of five people stood under the hall, and the one standing above the hall was a messenger Qianniuwei.

"By Divine Order!"

"The ministers take the order." Li Xian, Li Xuan, Li Jinxing, Heiya Changzhi, and Zhang Yungong gave up their hands at the same time, and then knelt down.

"In the third year of Wei Shangyuan, the age of Bingzi, the emperor said:

If you are unconscious, heaven and earth will punish you, and if you are disobedient and crazy, the law will not tolerate it.

Today, there is Taozhou Assassin Shi Zhang Yungong is cunning, collaborating with the enemy and conspiring privately, sitting on friendly troops in distress and not saving, committing the crime of missing the opportunity, and making a decision, ordering the right leader of the army General Wei, the deputy marshal of the Taohe Road march, and the head of the march Li Jinxing, holding the imperial sword, supervising the beheading, and passing the head of the frontline army. ”

Although Li Xian, Li Xuan, Li Jinxing, and Hei Zhi Changzhi were a little surprised, they all immediately gave up their hands and said, "The ministers have the order." ”

"Minister, minister...... Thanksgiving! Zhang Yungong suddenly fell down, trembling inexplicably.

Zhang Yungong originally looked like he was holding a wisdom bead, but he was knocked out of his mind in a blink of an eye.

Li Xuan faintly smelled a hint of bad taste, and immediately shouted: "Someone is coming, drag it outside immediately." ”

"Whoa!" Qian Niuwei on the side did not hesitate at all, and directly dragged the person out.

Li Jinxing, the face of the black tooth Changzhi was slightly ugly, how could they not know what was happening.

Before people die, there are all kinds of situations.

Fortunately, the action was one step faster, and embarrassing things did not happen in front of me.

The previous edict Qianniuwei's face was calm, he had never seen any scenes for many years.

Chuan Niuwei reopened a holy decree and continued to read: "In the third year of Wei Shangyuan, the age of Bingzi, if the emperor said:

Fu Cheng Kangbang, send Shen Yue Mu; Xuanfeng elucidation, the responsibility is heavy.

Wei Er served the imperial history Lu Yuanfang, loyal to state affairs, strict and sensitive, upright, and pure character. It is to use his life to inspect the history of Taozhou, deal with Taozhou government affairs, and deal with the transfer of grain and grass, without delay.

Chinz is favored, but he is not careful! ”

Li Xuan was slightly stunned, Lu Yuanfang is not here now!

But he still subconsciously arched his hand and said: "The ministers are in order." ”

Immediately after, another holy decree was opened by the edict Qianniuwei, and then read out in it: "In the third year of Wei Shangyuan, the age of Bingzi, if the emperor said:

ordered Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang, to immediately send the corpses of the 3,000 cavalry in Taozhou to Lanzhou and hand them over to Lanzhou for disposal; ordered Li Jinxing, the Duke of Yanguo, to immediately take over all the captured horses and prepare for the march of Tao River; Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang, was stationed in Hezhou, and he was in charge of the logistics of Taohe Road...... Chin this. ”

"Thanksgiving!" Li Xuan, Li Xian, Li Jinxing, and Hei Tooth Changzhi, the four of them bowed their hands at the same time to receive their orders.

Putting away the holy decree, the messenger Qianniuwei immediately walked in front of Li Xuan, then took out a letter from his sleeve, and said in a solemn voice: "Lord Wang, Your Majesty's secret decree, Bren Zan's blade will be sent to Lanzhou......"

Li Xuan nodded, and then pushed back this chapter, and said: "On the eve of the previous day, he had been quietly sent to Lanzhou, and your envoy will set off now, not only can you see Lu Thorn Shi on the road, but also stop people in time." ”

"Thank you for the reminder, the last general will go immediately."

Qianniuwei glanced at Li Xuan with a little gratitude, and then waved his hand, and immediately set off with more than a dozen Qianniuwei behind him, and went to Lanzhou without hesitation.

If they really want to let people be sent from Lanzhou to Chang'an, then they have to continue to chase east from Lanzhou.

……

Looking at the back of the messenger Qianniuwei leaving, Li Xuan got up and stood up, looked at Li Jinxing, and said, "It seems that Your Majesty is going to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys!" ”

"I can't blame anyone else for this, who let him send his head to someone else's knife!" Li Jinxing was not surprised, he had seen dead assassins in his life, and he didn't know how many people he had died.

Hei Tooth Changzhi stood aside, cautiously not saying a word.

"Then next." Li Xian looked at Li Jinxing, and said with some unbearable eyes: "In this case, then trouble the public eunuch of Yan Guo to behead it." ”

Li Jinxing solemnly bowed his hand: "The minister receives the order." ”

"Send it outside the west gate and behead it for public display." Li Xuan added softly and said: "In this battle, our army has killed and injured hundreds of people, so I can barely use his head to pay tribute." ”

"Hmm!" Li Jinxing nodded slightly.

Although they said that in the battle a few days ago, they killed 3,000 Tibetan cavalry, but the right leading guards who came later also killed and wounded more than 100 people.

In addition, there are the people of the city.

At first, they were excited about winning the war, but soon, they saw too many corpses.

It took several days to clean up the three thousand corpses, and even now, the soil under the West Mountain is still red.

The people are inevitably a little uneasy, and now they just use Zhang Yungong's head to calm the people's uneasiness.

"Zhonglang General, please also go with you, just to suppress people's hearts." Li Xuan's expression was solemn.

The black tooth Chang is extremely tall and looks like an iron tower, and the people can't help but feel a little afraid when they see it.

"Obey." The black teeth are constant, Li Jinxing gave up, and then retreated solemnly.

Killing, killing the history of a state assassin, Li Xuan doesn't want to be contaminated, and he doesn't want Li Xian to be contaminated.

The emperor also understood, so he handed over the matter to Li Jinxing, who was from a different race.

Seeing the two leave, Li Xuan turned to look at Li Xian, and arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, it will take one or two days for Lu Tingshi to arrive, and in these two days, the Thorn Shi Mansion will be completely closed, and all the property in it, as well as the follow-up treatment of the personnel, will all be handed over to Lu Tingshi for disposal after he arrives." ”

"Good!" Li Xian nodded seriously.

"Your Majesty decreed that the corpses of the three thousand Tubo cavalry in Taozhou should be immediately sent to Lanzhou and handed over to Lanzhou for disposal; All the captured horses were taken over by the Duke of Yan Guo, who prepared for the march of the Tao River; The minister will also be stationed in Hezhou to oversee the logistics of Taohe Road, and all these things can be prepared in three or five days, just in time to hand over to Lu Thorn History. ”

"What about Taozhou?" Li Xian's face showed a hint of worry.

Li Xuan shook his head and said, "Your Highness doesn't have to worry, after what happened before, it has been difficult for Tubo to mobilize the army to advance, and without internal response, they will not be able to grasp the whereabouts of His Highness...... Of course, His Highness also has to go out of the Marshal's Mansion less. For the matter of grain and grass, Lu Thorn History will be responsible for the affairs of Taozhou, and then sent to Hezhou, and the Hezhou Thorn History will be handed over, and the ministers will be responsible for sending the grain and grass behind the army...... It depends on when Yan Guogong sets off. ”

Li Xian nodded and said, "Uncle Wang, don't worry, Xian knows what to do." ”

"Your Royal Highness may wish to follow Lu Tingshi and learn more about state affairs, of course, when Lu Tingshi took office as Sima of Yangzhou, everything was arranged properly, without delay, and he was a rare mentor." Li Xuan paused slightly, and then said: "There are also the family heads of the surrounding generations, this time it should also come, Your Highness doesn't have to pay much attention, it is enough to see one or two faces, and the rest is left to the clan to be responsible." ”

"Hmm!" Li Xian didn't have any impatience, he was inexperienced in these things.

Although Yao Lingzhang is good, he is not as good as Li Xuan in dealing with the overall situation.

Li Xuan raised his head, looked in the direction of Qinghai Lake in the west, and said in a low voice: "Now this battle, I'm afraid it has just begun. ”

……

Tao River Road Marching Marshal's Mansion dungeon.

Li Xuan walked up and down slowly, and at this moment, in the cell, there were only two Qianniu guards guarding.

There are also two prisoners in the prison, one is Chen Xia and the other is Zhang Qiniang.

Li Xuan took the lead in letting people open Chen Xia's cell, and then walked in, looking at Chen Xia sitting there, Li Xuan said softly: "Just now a holy decree arrived in Chang'an, Zhang Yungong was in a coma, rebellious and crazy, cunning, collaborating with the enemy, committing the crime of missing the opportunity, sentenced to be decided, and the purpose was to be beheaded." ”

Chen Xia suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Xuan in disbelief, and Zhang Qiniang in the other cell couldn't help but stand up and stare at Li Xuan.

"Just now, the right leader of the army, General Wei, the deputy marshal of the Taohe Road March, and the head of the march, Li Jinxing, held the sword to supervise the beheading, and now the first army on the front line has been transmitted." After Li Xuan finished speaking, he heard a pop from the cell on one side, and Zhang Qiniang had fallen to the ground and passed out.

Li Xuan raised his head, looked at Chen Xia, and said in a deep voice: "Today, let's have a good chat, how many arrangements do you have in Longxi?" ”

(End of chapter)