Honglu Temple, Shaoqing's official residence.

Li Xuan sat behind the black lacquered mahogany table, more than a dozen heavy books were placed on the left side of the table, and there were more books on the right.

Li Xuan was looking at the book in front of him intently, and read in a low voice: "Yingxu Chamber of Commerce, Yumen Zhichong Duwei, February ...... of the first year of Shangyuan"

What is recorded in the book is the number of caravans that have entered and exited the Western Regions through Yumen Pass under Li Jingye's Yingxu Chamber of Commerce over the years.

These things are unexpectedly recorded in the official files of Honglu Temple.

From ancient times to the present, entry and exit from other countries have been strictly controlled.

Even in Datang, there are already four towns in Anxi in the Western Regions, but the caravan needs the highest level of customs clearance documents when it leaves Yumen Pass.

Such a customs clearance document requires the caravan to be approved and stamped in the household department, the military department, and the Honglu Temple.

After all, it involves trade, trade, and going to foreign countries and military checkpoints, and it needs to involve the approval of every yamen.

And every time you return to Chang'an, you need to re-approve it for the second time.

Most of the caravans go to the Western Regions to trade, and then come back, it takes at least a year to make a trip, and no one will be disgusted with too much trouble.

……

"Three caravans go to the Western Regions through Yumen Pass a year, and the scale of Li Jingye's caravan is really good." Li Xuan couldn't help but exclaim.

Li Jingye gathered a considerable number of British ministers and trafficked a large number of tea, silk, porcelain and other goods from the Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions, and brought back a large number of gems, spices and furs and other Western Regions specialties, and made a lot of money every time.

But after all, it is a long way to go to the Western Regions, and if there is an accident, it is very likely that you will suffer heavy losses.

Perhaps for more interests, Li Jingye set his sights on Tubo.

The same benefits are huge, but they are smaller risks, and Li Jingye has indeed made a lot of money from Tubo over the years.

Later, this trading house sold the secrets of the imperial court because of smuggling in Tibet, and was finally confiscated by the imperial court.

In addition to the caravan being divided, a large number of officials and generals involved in it, those who were dismissed from their posts were dismissed, and those who were interrogated were interrogated, and a large number of people were implicated.

The most unlucky one is Li Jingye, who has been under house arrest in Shu for more than half a year, and has just returned to Beijing.

Li Xuan also ate a lot of his caravan.

Although Shaofu and Miwei divided most of the wealth, the most important people and relationships were omitted by them intentionally or unintentionally.

After all, they don't need these things at all.

In the end, he was picked up cheaply by Li Xuan.

Li Xuan originally only planned to make money through the caravan, but he didn't expect that Li Jingye's key point could be found here.

The book files on Li Xuan's left are all records of Li Jingye's caravan.

……

With a "snap", Li Xuan closed the book file, stood up and walked outside,

The eight-sided Han sword hanging in front of the door was taken down casually, Li Xuan nodded to the subordinates at the door with a calm face, and then left the Honglu Temple directly.

It was noon, and when it was time to get off duty, everyone left the official office and went to the canteen to eat.

At this time, a figure silently appeared in Li Xuan's official office.

quickly entered Li Xuan's room, then flipped through all the books Li Xuan had read, and finally carefully retreated.

Miraculously, after he came, nothing changed in the entire official house.

Soon, a note had reached the north gate.

Ming Chongyan, who had been waiting at the north gate for a long time, immediately took the note, and when he saw the content on it, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Li Jingye, why him?" ”

Yuan Wanqing, Fan Lubing, and Liu Yizhi and others all surrounded them.

Ming Chongyan handed the note to everyone and said, "The King of Nanchang checked the number of times the British caravan entered and exited the Yumen Pass every year in Honglu Temple today. ”

"Are you sure that the king of Nanchang checked the British prince for the sake of the matter of the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Fan Lubing was the first to open cautiously.

"King Nanchang has nothing else to do now!" Ming Chongyan shook his head slightly, and then said: "Besides, the last time I got the wish stone was on the Yellow River of Lingzhou, how far is Lingzhou from Yumen, and don't forget, Yumen is under the jurisdiction of the Dunhuang Governor's Office." ”

"Looks right." Yuan Wanqing pressed his hand on the table and said affirmatively: "Li Jingye has the opportunity to get the wish stone, and he also has the opportunity to frame the Dugu family, and by the way, let the king make a fool of himself." ”

"But why?" Fan Lubing raised his head and questioned, and asked puzzledly: "Why did he attack King Xiang, although he is in a bad situation now, but attacking King Xiang will not do him any good, and it is even very likely to force King Xiang to the opposite side." ”

Yuan Wanqing shook his head slightly and said, "Brother Shi Ning, think about it, if the King of Nanchang and Dugu Zhong didn't find out about this, what would the consequences be?" ”

Fan Lubing was slightly stunned, and said with a thoughtful expression: "The palace is on fire, if it can't be found early, it can easily cause a fire, at that time, there were countless princes and nobles in the palace, not to mention that all the accidents occurred, even one or two accidents, and they were all unimaginable consequences, the king couldn't bear it, and I couldn't bear it, and it would inevitably be heavily blamed by His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven......"

"So who benefits?" Yuan Wanqing followed up and asked again.

Fan Lubing's expression was already solemn, and he said with some difficulty: "It's the prince." ”

With the words "Prince", the breath of everyone present suddenly became heavy.

Yuan Wanqing nodded and said, "If something happens, the Queen of Heaven's control of the court situation will inevitably be affected, and the prince's strength will soar, and it will even threaten Your Majesty." ”

"Could it be that Li Jingye has already taken refuge in the crown prince?" Liu Yizhi finally couldn't help but speak.

"It may not necessarily be to take refuge in the prince, but this matter should have nothing to do with the prince." Yuan Wanqing turned his head to look at Ming Chongyan.

Ming Chongyan nodded, and spit out four words in his mouth: "Fish in troubled waters!" ”

With a long breath, Ming Chongyan said: "The prince's temperament is weak, he can't do such a vicious thing, and Zhang Da'an of the East Palace will not do it, so targeting the king of Xiang, burning the royal family, and other complicity rebellion, the prince's situation is far from being so critical." ”

After a slight pause, Ming Chongyan said with an indifferent expression: "The secret guard has been keeping an eye on the movements of the East Palace, Li Jingye did try to visit the East Palace, but all of them were rejected by the crown prince...... The prince is very honest these days, and he has been accompanying the princess all the time, after all, it has not been a few days since the princess gave birth. ”

After Ming Chongyan finished the last sentence, the tension in the eyes of everyone present suddenly relaxed.

They were really worried that the prince was involved in this matter, after all, even they were not ready for the prince to rebel.

However, there is no need for the prince to rebel at all, he will not think about staining blood at this time at all, and will even deliberately avoid it.

After all, his eldest son is about to be born.

Ming Chongyan's face was solemn, and he spoke again: "Back to the court, once something happens to us and the court situation is unbalanced, Your Majesty is bound to take action, against the crown prince, against the East Palace, at that time, who still remembers him Li Jingye; And at that time, there will inevitably be more positions exposed, isn't the opportunity for Li Jingye to come? ”

After Ming Chongyan finished speaking, everyone present fell silent.

Ming Chongyan smoothed everything down, and had to admit that this was the best solution to Li Jingye's current situation.

"This British duke, what a deep calculation!" Fan Lubing took a deep breath and said softly, "Why didn't you know he was so powerful before?" ”

"Because he is not in the court all the year round." Yuan Wanqing's face was solemn, and explained: "When the British Duke was still there, Li Jingye was known for his intelligence and wit, and later he was appointed to Meizhou Assassin History, and the barbarians made trouble, Li Jingye only took two officials to calm down the chaos, and even the British Duke shook his head, and said: I never take risks, and those who will damage the lintel of my house in the future will be this son." ”

Ming Chongyan nodded and said, "How Li Jingye is a person, you can already know a thing or two just by seeing that he dares to smuggle iron tools with Tubo. ”

"But I'll wait until I'm back to the queen." Fan Lubing raised his head, looked at everyone and said, "With the status of the British Duke in the hearts of the Queen of Heaven, we have no real evidence and speculate on our own, which will annoy the Queen of Heaven." ”

Li Quan, in the turmoil of the abolition of Wang Liwu, Li Li stood on the side of the military queen with a clear banner, and he was in charge of the military power for many years, and he was extremely trustworthy after the martial arts.

Even in these years, not allowing Li Jingye to go to the front line to lead the troops was also due to Li Qian's last entrustment.

Li Jingye's marching style is indescribable, it is another Xue Rengui.

"How can we speculate." Ming Chongyan looked up at Fan Lubing, shook his head slightly, put the secret report in his hand to the side, and said softly: "These are all the investigations of the King of Nanchang, what do you have to do with me, I am just waiting to report the movements of the King of Nanchang to the queen of heaven." ”

Yuan Wanqing nodded in agreement and said, "Those things that I can guess can be easily seen through by the queen of heaven." ”

Fan Lubing was a little speechless for a while, what kind of person is the diva.

The movements of the king of Nanchang reported by these people naturally mean that the guess of the king of Nanchang is their guess.

Just then, a secret guard sent in another secret message.

Ming Chongyan glanced at it and immediately smiled: "The king of Nanchang went to Qianniuwei to interrogate the people who were caught in the caravan of the British Mansion at the beginning of the year, it seems that he wanted to find evidence from these people. ”

Yuan Wanqing immediately spoke: "Let people send a message to the past, let the king of Nanchang wait for the time being, and we need to report the request of the king of Nanchang to the queen of heaven." ”

Everyone present nodded in agreement.

Because they all know that in this way, the matter of finding evidence to nail Li Jingye falls on the king of Nanchang.

……

Li Xuan sat calmly in Zuo Qianniu Wei's Mansion drinking tea, he was the only one in the room, and there were two guards at the door.

Today's Zuo Qianniuwei, Zuo Qianniuwei General Li Jingjia led the army on the Yizhou front, and although Zhao Gui, another Zuo Qianniuwei general, was transferred to the Kuozhou Assassin History, his position as Zuo Qianniuwei General was strangely not removed.

But at the beginning, no one cared, after all, Zhao Gui, the general of Zuo Qianniuwei, has always been an ornament.

But now, Li Jingjia led the army to the Yizhou front, and the affairs of Qianniuwei in Beijing could only be handled by Wang Jishan, the general of Zuo Qianniuwei, for a while.

However, Li Xuan came to Zuo Qianniuwei, and he didn't come to find Wang Jishan, his little thing only needs Zuo Qianniuwei Zhonglang He Yan to do.

But on the contrary, He Yan went for a long time and didn't come back.

At this time, a palace attendant suddenly appeared: "Lord, the queen of heaven has been summoned." ”

"Minister Li Xuan obeys the order."

Li Xuan bowed her head, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

(End of chapter)