"He said that you killed Ming Chongyan, is there such a thing?" Li Zhi flipped through the folds in his hand, raised his head, and looked at Li Xuan with cold eyes.

Li Xuan stood in the Penglai Palace, bowed his hands heavily, and said: "After the minister left Beijing on the ninth day of the first lunar month, he traveled all the way west, crossed Tianshui, passed through Taozhou, and finally arrived in Changzhou, and then never came back. ”

After a slight pause, Li Xuan bowed heavily and said: "The minister doesn't know when and where Shiyin Zhenren was killed, but there is not much contradiction between the minister and Shiyin Zhenren, let alone a grudge, the minister ......."

Li Xuan didn't know how to defend for a moment, so he had to say: "The minister doesn't even know, whether Shiyin Zhenren was really killed?" ”

Hearing Li Xuan say this, Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly, looked at Li Xuan, and said with emotion: "What you said is reasonable, now we don't even know if Mingqing was really killed." ”

Although it shows that Chongyan has been missing for more than half a year, to be honest, as long as his body is not found for a day, no one can be sure that he is dead.

"The secret guard finally found out, he seems to have appeared between Anyang and Handan, you can take the time to go." The emperor couldn't help but sigh lightly, this matter had finally come to an end.

"Commandment." Li Xuan bowed again.

"Alright." Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about the thief, where do you think he is now?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that that person has either escaped from Chang'an City now, or has gone to Anxingfang." Li Xuan's words are very affirmative.

"Why?" Li Zhi suddenly became interested.

"The minister now generally understands how he got out of the sight of Jinwuwei, Wanglouwei and Chang'an Wannian counties in the city." Li Xuan gave up his hand seriously.

"Oh?" Li Zhi waved his hand: "Tell me?" ”

"It's a drain." Li Xuan took a deep breath and said: "Although Chang'an is not as full of canals as Luoyang, there are drainage canals in all directions, but the smell of that place is unpleasant, and ordinary people are not even willing to go, so they were exploited." ”

Li Zhi nodded slowly, and he had to admit that the drainage canal was indeed out of his sight.

"Xiao thief fled into the Kaihua Fang, for the sake of the family in the Fang, and the safety of the palace, Jin Wuwei and his subordinates Qianniuwei have been tracking, and finally he turned over the wall and jumped into the drainage canal, and disappeared in an instant...... Minister, for the sake of safety, he did not chase again. Li Xuan lowered her head in shame.

"It's none of your business, if you really want to be made into luring the enemy deeper, diverting the tiger from the mountain, it is me who loses in the end." Li Zhi waved his hand absently, then he looked at Li Xuan and asked, "Since you know how he walked, can you still find him?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's not difficult." Li Xuan arched his hand and said: "He has used this road once, and naturally he will use it a second time, what he wants to do is just to help Ashina Nishulu and Ashina Gana escape from Chang'an, so they will inevitably move in Anxingfang and Jinchengfang, as long as they carefully inspect the drainage channels around, they should be able to find his traces." ”

"You want to hunt him slowly." Li Zhi somewhat understood Li Xuan's thoughts.

"Yes." Li Xuan arched his hand and said: "This person is insidious and vicious, slandering the ministers, not to mention, and framing the prince, he really deserves to die." ”

Li Zhi nodded lightly and said, "Yes, he said that you killed Ming Chongyan for the crown prince." ”

"The prince is the king, the minister is the minister, if the prince gives an order, the minister will definitely be desperate to complete it, but the prince has never given such a ridiculous order, and even the prince doesn't need to do anything at all, just deal with the government and politics, Your Majesty will naturally help him deal with all the difficulties, and now there are rumors, it's really damned." Li Xuan gritted his teeth.

"Alas!" Li Zhi sighed lightly, nodded heavily, and said: "Twenty-seven Lang is right, Ming Chongyan is indeed doing some things, but it is just luring the Turks in Mobei to take the bait, I also want to see that Xian'er's means and strategies when dealing with this kind of thing, what he does, are actually quite good." ”

Since Li Xuan's reminder, Li Xian has been seriously handling the affairs of the imperial court, especially the matter of clearing the fields.

Although the methods are not ruthless enough, they have indeed made some achievements.

In the matter of Ming Chongyan, Li Xian did have some suspicions, and even many people had already decided that Li Xian was colluding with Li Jingye, and even had a relationship with the Demon Sect, but after all, there was no evidence.

Without any evidence, it is not easy to punish the crimes of an ordinary official, let alone the prince of a country.

Li Xian is at fault, but his current mistakes are far from being abolished.

If there is really enough evidence to prove that Li Xian killed Ming Chongyan and convicted him, then the Turks in the south and north of the desert, as well as Li Jingye who was hidden under the water, would immediately move directly.

For the sake of the overall situation, at this time, there really can't be anything to do to Li Xian.

Not to mention, there is no evidence yet.

Originally, everyone expected Li Xuan to find out the evidence that Li Xian had plotted to kill Ming Chongyan, but unfortunately, until now, all that was involved was the Demon Sect.

……

"Forget it, don't talk about it, since you have returned to Chang'an, the Turks in Chang'an, you have full authority to deal with them, and the Xiao thief of the Demon Sect is also responsible for arresting you." In one breath, the emperor directly gave Li Xuan the right to arrest and kill people in Chang'an.

"Minister, the king of Nanchang County, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple in the inspection school." Li Xuan bowed seriously, then raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, please transfer troops, Xiao Thief is too strong, and his subordinates don't have enough troops to catch him." ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Indeed, the twenty or thirty people under your command really can't catch people, and the right guard has a thousand troops in Luoyang...... However, Chang'an I can't give you that many troops. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers don't need so much, two hundred gold guards are enough." Li Xuan hurriedly surrendered his hand and said: "There are one hundred gold guards, and the minister can guarantee a tie with him, and with two hundred gold guards, the minister can guarantee to catch him." ”

"Okay, let the Ma Si Sect send someone to you." Li Zhi waved his hand directly, two hundred gold guards, this is not a matter.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Xuan hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"You've got to catch it quickly." Li Zhi paused slightly and said, "At the same time as you were assassinated, someone infiltrated the palace with the intention of infiltrating the East Palace, but was detected in time and killed. ”

"What, Your Majesty, then the King of England, the King of Xiang, and Her Royal Highness the Princess, they ......" Li Xuan was immediately anxious.

Li Xiandong's palace is in the palace, and countless soldiers guard it all night, so there won't be much of a problem at all, but Li Xian, Li Dan and Princess Taiping will be in trouble.

"They're all fine." Li Zhi shook his head and said, "I suspect that the reason why he assassinated you today was because you detected his conspiracy against the East Palace in time, so he finally shifted the target and finally landed on you. ”

"Attack the East Palace?" Li Xuan's face was stunned for a moment, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, and then he bowed his hand in a low voice: "It's the minister's carelessness." ”

"It's none of your business, it's just that I always feel that there's something strange here." Li Zhi lowered his head slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

"Your Majesty, the minister knows what the problem is." Li Xuan raised his head and gave his hand seriously.

"Oh, you say." Li Zhi leaned back slightly, looking at Li Xuan with a smile.

"The minister suspects that someone in the prison guard communicated with Li Jingye." Li Xuan's heart was awe-inspiring, his face was solemn, and he said seriously: "When Your Majesty celebrates his birthday, Li Jingye can easily enter and leave the palace. ”

"So you doubt that the same is true of today?" Li Zhi understood what Li Xuan said.

"Yes!" Li Xuan arched his hand and said: "The minister's recital was sent from Luoyang to Chang'an overnight, and the easiest place to be done in the middle was in Chunmingmen. ”

"Pass the decree and let Ma Sizong investigate it immediately." After Li Zhi finished speaking, he looked up at Li Xuan and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter, you just concentrate on arresting people...... Regarding Li Jingye's treatment, let's do as you say, let him disappear forever, and don't let the British duke's reputation be tarnished. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Xuan had worried about Li Jingye's affairs before, which would affect Li Xuan, and it seemed that the emperor still had a little affection for Li Xuan.

A slight sound of footsteps sounded in front of the door of the rear hall, and Li Zhi raised his head and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Fulai entered cautiously, and then arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the officials have found out who is in the Shiyin Zhenren Mansion in Luoyang?" ”

Li Zhi involuntarily leaned forward and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"It's a native of Hengshui, Jizhou, Kong Zhiliang." As Wang Fulai spoke, he put the notebook on top of the imperial case, and then pushed it away.

Li Zhi didn't know why he was nervous, he opened it quickly and seriously, and there were a series of small words in the notebook.

He didn't even look at it, he directly unfolded the drawing paper attached to the back, and finally nodded slowly, and said softly: "It is indeed Kong Qing's younger brother, I didn't expect Li Jingye to be so crazy." ”

"Your Majesty, but is it the son of Kong Yingda, the former son of the country?" Li Xuan's face was extremely shocked.

Li Zhi nodded, sighed and said: "Yes, he is also the younger brother of Kong Zhiyue, the former waiter of the Ministry of Rites, when Kong Qing was the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, he also edited the "Materia Medica" and "Surname Record" under the command of the British Princess, and it is still hidden in the secret mansion. ”

Kong Zhiliang, the thirty-third grandson of Confucius, the youngest son of Kong Yingda.

Kong Yingda, one of the eighteen scholars of the Qin Palace, is a scholar, a great Confucian, a scholar, and a scholar of Yi.

Kong Zhiliang was a young man, and later resigned, living in Hengshui, Hebei.

Although Kong Yingda is a descendant of Confucius, he is not a native of Confucius's mansion in Qufu.

Now the owner of the Confucius Mansion in Qufu is the 33rd grandson of Confucius, the Shenghou Confucius.

Although Kong Zhiliang is not the 33rd grandson of Confucius, he is also famous in the genealogy, and he was an official in his early years, and he is also famous.

What's more, he is the son of Kong Yingda, the former son of the country's sacrificial wine, and the younger brother of Kong Zhiyue, the former servant of the Ministry of Rites.

What's more, he can treat Kong Yingda's young son like this today, and he can deal with all the descendants of the Manchu Dynasty ministers tomorrow.

It's too unscrupulous, almost the same as the devil's way.

……

"King of Nanchang." Li Zhi spoke softly.

"The minister is here."

"I grant you the right to cut first and then play, to inspect the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, to lead two hundred gold guards, to inspect the general of the right guard, to lead a thousand right guard cavalry, to catch him, kill him, within three days, I will see his head." Li Zhi's face was already cold and terrifying.

"The order of the ministers will live up to Your Majesty's expectations."

Li Xuan bowed seriously, then turned around and left without hesitation.

……

Li Zhi looked at the back of Li Xuan leaving, and said softly: "I originally wanted to give the British Duke a few thin noodles and cut him off, but he went too far today, and the British Prince's tablet in the Lingyan Pavilion may not be able to be kept." ”

"It's just self-inflicted." Empress Wu walked out of the apse on one side and said softly: "I originally wanted to see if the King of Nanchang was related to Mingqing's life and death as Xiao Thief said, it seems that everything was framed by others, and Xian'er, if he is really caught, Your Majesty ......"

Li Zhi shook his head calmly and said, "It's okay, the king of Nanchang will handle it properly...... By the way, go to Hengshui to check, Li Jingye moved Kong Qing, and Mingqing finally appeared in the area of Handan, Anyang, maybe he really fell there. ”

"The concubine is the order."

The Manchu Dynasty was angry, first cut and then played

(End of chapter)