Chang'an, Daming Palace.

The emperor toured Luoyang to the east, and the crown prince Guangshun supervised the country.

In the Mingyi Palace, Li Xian sat in the hall, concentrating on reviewing the chapters.

Countless courtiers, guards, and chamberlains inside and outside are busy.

A rush of footsteps sounded, and the prince washed the horse Liu Neyan walked in quickly from outside, and sent an urgent official document to Li Xian's desk with a solemn face.

Li Xian didn't care much about opening the official document, glanced at it, and suddenly couldn't help but exclaim: "He's missing!" ”

In an instant, inside and outside the hall, countless eyes fell on Li Xian.

Li Xian frowned slightly, waved his hand, and Liu Neyan immediately passed the official document in his hand to the ministers in the palace.

Seeing the content of the official document, the ministers suddenly exclaimed.

"Ming Chongyan is missing."

Shiyin Zhenren Ming Chongyan turned out to be missing.

A few months ago, because it didn't make a big fuss, many officials didn't know about the brutal struggle behind it.

Therefore, when the news came out that the Shin Zhong minister of the Empress Wu, the famous Shiyin Zhenren Ming Chongyan, had disappeared for more than three months, many sensitive officials had already realized the beginning of the storm.

Ming Chongyan died.

After being missing for more than three months, there will be no other outcome than death.

Those who really knew the inside story looked cautiously at Li Xian, who was sitting in the center of the main hall.

Ming Chongyan is dead, there is no doubt that I don't know how many people will put their suspicious eyes on Li Xian at the first time.

After all, they fought some time ago, and even if they hid most of the courtiers, there were still many people who knew the truth.

The closer people are to the supreme power, the more they know, and the more suspicious they are about Li Xian.

"The official document was immediately sent to Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, Yongzhou Mansion, and Chang'an Wannian County, to comprehensively find out the whereabouts of Shiyin Zhenren."

After a slight pause, Li Xian continued: "The official document was released all over the world, and all states and counties were ordered to publicly reward those who knew about it, and it was necessary to find the news about the whereabouts of Shiyin Zhenren as soon as possible. ”

"Whoa!" The ministers in the palace gave up their hands at the same time, and the suspicion in the eyes of many people suddenly dissipated without a trace.

"Let's continue to work, there is a lot of rain this year, and all aspects need to be stepped up." Li Xian's gaze swept to the ministers in the hall, and everyone bowed their hands at the same time, and then bowed down to work.

There was a hint of inexplicable irritability in Li Xian's eyes.

Now this is the Mingyi Palace, and these vassals of the East Palace can't go to their own duty room, so they can only work in the same palace as Li Xian.

It is precisely because of this that many of Li Xian's emotions cannot be released.

After a busy day's official duties, Li Xian returned to the East Palace.

……

As soon as he sat down, Li Xian couldn't help but look up at Liu Neyan, and asked seriously: "Neyan, do you mean that Shiyin is really dead?" ”

"I don't know." Liu Neyan shook his head slightly and said, "Since Ming Chongyan fled from Chang'an that day, we haven't heard any from him......"

After a slight pause, Liu Neyan asked, "Your Highness, is there no news from Gaoqi?" ”

Gao Qi's father, Gao Zhenxing, was the general of the Right Guard.

Even in addition to his own personal guards, Gao Zhenxing can come into contact with many right guards who have completed their service.

Some of them were even wounded or completed after the Qinghai War.

Among these soldiers, a group of people quietly entered the Shenguo Mansion and became the princess's guards.

Shen Guogong, as well as the eldest princess of Gaoyang, have the right to recruit guards.

But they won't do it quietly and privately, because it's too taboo to do so, and the guards in their homes will be registered with the relevant yamen.

But many things, in the hands of Gao Zhenxing, there is a lot of room for maneuver.

These people are "princess guards", and they have never seen the princess at all.

I just met some of the princess's guards, and then they were quietly arranged to go out.

This is the group of people in Gao Qi's hands.

Li Xian shook his head slightly and said, "I only know that he went to Luoyang, and if he checked further, he met the people of the secret guards, but since he is missing, it means that even the people of the secret guards have not found any traces." ”

"So, Your Highness, could this be a conspiracy?" Liu Neyan looked at Li Xian cautiously and said in a low voice, "Will it be like last time?" ”

Helanwan's thing, that is a bureau.

used Ming Chongyan as a bait to lure the people of the East Palace to do it, but in the end, what the people of the East Palace found was something that almost killed them.

Fortunately, Empress Wu hid very deeply, and did not directly expose Helan Wan, otherwise Li Xian's position as the crown prince would have been shaken.

But many people understand that as long as that killer weapon is still there, Li Xian's position as the crown prince will always be threatened.

Although Li Xian is now in charge of the country, several prime ministers in the court have opened relations with him intentionally or unintentionally, even Liu Xianli.

"You mean, it's the same this time, luring us to find Ming Chongyan, and in the end it must not be Ming Chongyan, but something else?" Li Xian instantly became vigilant.

"Your Highness, you can't go wrong now!" Liu Neyan persuaded worriedly.

"Someone." Li Xian looked to the side and said directly, "Call Gao Qi over." ”

"Yes!"

A voice sounded behind the door, followed by a brisk departure.

"That's it, we don't care." Li Xian looked up at Liu Neyan and asked, "How is the situation of those people sent to Changzhou?" ”

Liu Neyan smiled slightly bitterly and said: "As soon as they arrived in Qugou, they were forcibly escorted to Maduo, and since then there has been no news, not even a reply to Chang'an. What the king of Nanchang did was really a little too ......"

"That's not quite right." Li Xian suddenly raised his hand to interrupt Liu Neyan, shook his head and said, "Although Uncle Wang is cautious, he will not let them contact Chang'an, unless they ......"

"This is the palace?" Liu Neyan was shocked.

Li Xian couldn't help but stand up, and said with a solemn face: "It should be like this, when they went to Changzhou, they were originally scheduled to join the army, but they became Dazhou, Quzhou, Laizhou, Fengzhou, these feudal prefectures are all far away from the Changzhou Governor's Mansion......"

"Maybe these are not the means of the king of Nanchang at all." Liu Neyan's face was unusually ugly.

If Li Xuan was here, he would really feel funny, because this was his suggestion to the emperor.

Li Xian turned to look at Liu Neyan and said: "From now on, don't worry about all related matters, behind these people are their own fathers and brothers to find the six departments, Shangshu Province and Nanchang Wangfu to ask about the situation, don't worry......"

A slight sound of footsteps sounded at the door, Li Xian stopped talking instantly, and at this moment, Gao Qi's voice outside the door sounded: "Your Highness." ”

Li Xian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Come in." ”

"Whoa!" Gao Qi pushed the door in, saw Liu Neyan, and hurriedly arched his hand: "I've seen the horse washing." ”

Liu Nayan returned the salute.

Li Xian opened his mouth to look at Gao Qi and asked, "Ming Chongyan's matter is known, what news do you have over there?" ”

Gao Qi glanced at Liu Neyan, Li Xian waved his hand, and said, "Say it directly." ”

"Yes!" Gao Qi arched his hand and said: "He went out of the city from the Chunming Gate in the east of the city that day, and happened to go out of the city before the curfew, and then went to Luoyang along the Weishui overnight, and after staying in Luoyang for one night, he went to Yangzhou, but he got four or five stand-ins, and I didn't know which one it was for a while. ”

"When the guards come, they can't check it again." Li Xian looked at Liu Neyan and said: "Ming Chongyan's disappearance, maybe it is in Jiangnan, there have always been a lot of things that he has been involved in, the East Palace, the secret guard, the Daomen, and the Demon Gate......"

Liu Neyan raised his eyebrows, everything still went back to that night.

Li Xian took a deep breath and received: "Ming Chongyan's matter, let's not secretly investigate it again, if there is anything, investigate it according to the holy decree, and find out what is what." ”

"Whoa!" Liu Nayan immediately gave up.

Li Xian's expression became solemn, and he spoke: "The next thing this year, in addition to flood control and people's treatment, is the birthday of my father......

……

The fire candles were dim, and in the East Palace, there were only two people left in the hall, Li Xian and Gao Qi.

Li Xian walked to the window, looked at the garden outside, and asked softly, "Has Princess Xiang been to Nanchang Palace?" ”

"Yes, every ten years." Gao Qi said in a low voice, "As for what to do, Your Highness, we can't find out." ”

"You don't need to check, what else can it be, Shiro just wants to have a son as soon as possible." Li Xian sighed softly and raised his head,

Before I knew it, the cold wind was up, and the water vapor in the wind was very heavy, and it was going down.

"Your Highness." Gao Qi's face instantly became extremely solemn.

The eldest grandson of the emperor is the most important hole card in the prince's hand, if the king also has a son, then the weight of this hole card, all of a sudden will fall a lot.

"It doesn't matter." Li Xian shook his head and said: "I've been thinking about this matter for a long time, it's a matter of time before Shiro has an heir, let alone Shiro, it's Saburo, sooner or later, he will have an heir, so the only thing that can be targeted at this method now is that Gu Ye has a few sons." ”

"Your Highness seems to have really grown up." The righteous voice of the emperor sounded outside the door.

Li Xian raised his head and looked at the door, and Huangfu Gongyi immediately pushed the door in, looked at Li Xian with a complicated face, and arched his hand: "Your Highness, the minister has exceeded the rules." ”

"It doesn't matter." Li Xian waved his hand slightly, and then said, "Since that incident, Lone has already thought about it." ”

Huangfu Gongyi breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, the minister also rushed over after hearing about Ming Chongyan's matter, and the East Palace should not have any involvement in this matter." ”

"Lone understands." Li Xian's expression was much calmer.

"The most important thing now is the affairs of the DPRK, and if the affairs of the DPRK and the DPRK are properly handled, His Highness will be in an invincible position." The emperor's righteousness admonished again.

"Quiet and cautious, Lone now realizes the beauty of these four words more and more." Li Xian smiled slightly.

"It's best if you can do that." Huangfu nodded righteously, and then changed his words: "Now that Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven are touring the east, what the minister is most worried about is that His Royal Highness is thinking about the affairs of the court. ”

Li Xian's body paused slightly, and the emperor's righteous heart shouted "Sure enough", he took a step forward and said seriously: "Your Highness, now is a matter of opportunity, Your Highness can see it, the minister can see it, can't the queen of heaven see it......"

Seeing that Li Xian was immediately vigilant, Huangfu Gongyi continued: "If someone breaks into the court, and the last thing they see is a dead corpse, but the suspect is arrested, but this person is His Highness's person, and this dead body is His Highness...... How will Your Highness face the world at that time? ”

"What does Changshi mean is that this is a killing game?" Li Xian suddenly felt a chill all over his body.

"Your Royal Highness, do you still remember Yiyang, the second princess of Xuancheng, when the emperor was in the court, met the second princess, is it really accidental?" Huangfu's righteous face brought a hint of gloom.

Li Xian's eyes instantly widened in disbelief.

(End of chapter)