When Prince Li Bing heard Shan Tingxian tell the identity of the suspect behind the scenes, he couldn't help but raise his eyes and stare at Murong Xue not far in front of him, but it was still Shan Tingxian who asked: "Tingxian, how did you conclude that Nangong Yuping had a major suspicion?" ”

Shan Tingxian replied loudly: "Your Royal Highness, Wechen found some friends in Luoyi to inquire about the case, and they told Wechen that just a few days before and after you went to the White Horse Temple to make incense, you had seen Nangong Yuping near Luoyi, plus the exquisite bow and crossbow at the scene, so Wechen preliminarily concluded that this matter is very likely to be related to the Nangong family in Xishu, or Nangong Yuping. ”

Murong Xue couldn't help but retort: "Impossible! Nangong Yuping is indifferent, he has been bored with the affairs of the rivers and lakes since he was a child, and he has no intention of taking over the Nangong family, so he has rarely left Shuzhong since he was a child, let alone set foot in the Central Plains, where did your friends see him? ”

Shan Tingxian smiled slightly: "Lord Zhan Shi, don't be in a hurry to excuse Nangong Yuping first." The humble position was also worried, afraid that the friends in the rivers and lakes would recognize the wrong person, but coincidentally, one of them was a guest of the Nangong family, so it was impossible not to recognize his young master. ”

Hearing him say this, Murong Xue immediately understood in her heart that the other party had already made thorough preparations, and she was not afraid of witnesses confronting her at all, so she said in a deep voice: "Since you asked for this clue, did you directly find Nangong himself?" ”

"Not yet, but it's probably coming soon." Shan Tingxian looked very confident: "Unless Nangong Yuping escapes immediately after the assassination, he will definitely not be able to jump out of my net." ”

Murong Xue sneered secretly: The White Horse Temple operation was obviously done by Tao Yuan of the Luoyi Branch of the Reverse Scale Division, but for some reason, Shan Tingxian had to climb the Yuping son of the Nangong family for no reason, and now he still said that Nangong Yuping couldn't jump out of the palm of his hand, it was simply inexplicable.

However, Nangong Yuping is indeed Murong Xue's best friend, and he was involved in the case of the White Horse Temple for no reason, no matter how you look at it, you know that Shan Tingxian and Xie Guanglao Jianhua behind him did not have any good intentions, so Murong Xue did not dare to be careless, so she could only speculate on the other party's true intentions while dealing with it carefully.

He thought for a moment and asked, "So, Master Shan has already begun to deploy the search operation?" ”

Shan Tingxian didn't answer him, but turned to Li Bing and said: "Your Highness, Weichen has already arranged for officers and soldiers to search and arrest inside and outside the city in conjunction with Yuzhou Assassin Shi and Luoyi Order, and checkpoints have also been set up on various major roads to check passers-by, in order to find Nangong Yuping." But ......"

"But what?" Li Bing saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, and asked in a deep voice.

Shan Tingxian replied in a calm tone: "However, there is still a place that is very closely related to Nangong Yuping, we have not searched yet, and we still have to ask His Highness for instructions." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present reacted, the place related to Nangong Yuping that Shan Tingxian said naturally refers to Murong Xue's mansion, and it is precisely because it is his residence that he must obtain the approval of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before he can act.

Li Bing didn't have any expression on his face, he just looked at Murong Xue, and still asked in his mouth: "The place that Ting Xian said, it still needs to be ordered by this palace?" ”

Shan Tingxian arched his hand and said: "That's right." When it comes to officials of the East Palace, the consent of His Royal Highness must be obtained. ”

When it comes to this, it is already very clear, and it is impossible for Murong Xue to pretend to be confused in front of everyone, not to mention, with his personality and temper, he will definitely not be able to do it. He sank his breath and said loudly: "Your Highness, Lord Shan said that the matter involves the officials of the East Palace, then he must be referring to Weichen, he may think that Nangong Yuping, as my friend, was hidden by me, Lord Shan, right?" ”

Shan Tingxian smiled slightly: "What Lord Zhan Shi said is right, the lowly position is to suspect that Nangong Yuping is in your mansion. ”

Murong Xue raised her eyebrows: "Then you don't have to ask His Highness for orders at all, just go directly to the door to search for people!" ”

Shan Tingxian seemed to be deliberately teasing Murong Xue: "The rules still have to be told." The search of Zhan Shi's mansion is related to the reputation of the East Palace, and it must be cautious. ”

Murong Xue glanced at him angrily, and turned to Li Bing: "Your Highness, Weichen proves his innocence, please give an order to inspect Weichen's house." ”

This is no small question. According to the laws of the Holy Tang Dynasty, searching the mansions of imperial court officials required strict procedures, especially for such an important position as Prince Zhan Shi, even Li Bing could not easily decide.

He pondered for a moment and said to Murong Xue, "Aiqing, are you sure you want this?" ”

Murong Xue felt sorry in her heart. The prince seemed to be asking for his own opinion, but in fact he was already suspicious of him, and the reason why he still asked this was nothing more than to completely push the problem to him, the client, so no matter what the result was found later, it had nothing to do with His Royal Highness the Prince.

Murong Xue nodded solemnly: "Wei Chen is righteous, sitting upright, not afraid of anyone searching, please issue an edict to Your Highness." ”

"Okay, since Aiqing insists on this, then it can only be like this." Li Bing commanded in a deep voice: "Tingxian, you will take someone to Murong Xue's house to visit now." Remember, only look, not search, let alone disturb Murong Zhan's family. Inner palace eunuch, you also sent two powerful people to follow Master Shan to witness together. ”

Shan Tingxian and the chief attendant hurriedly said yes and took the order, and left together.

Seeing that the two of them were gone, the crown prince Li Bing couldn't sit there and wait, so while waiting for Shan Tingxian's results, he discussed government affairs with the ministers.

"Taifu, the piece you presented yesterday has already been seen by this palace." Li Bing seemed to have completely forgotten what had just happened, turned his head to Xie Guang and said, "The suggestions you made are very good, it seems that this palace really didn't see the wrong person." In this way, the edict on the governance of the main road of the Jinhe River will be printed and issued. ”

"The old minister obeys the order-" Xie Guang looked smug and replied.

Seeing this, the rest of the officials also gave up their hands one after another, and they were approving. Murong Xue was stunned by Shan Tingxian's affairs, and suddenly woke up at this moment, and while hurriedly shouting with everyone to obey the order, she couldn't stop beating the drum in her heart: What kind of music did the prince say? What exactly did Xie Guang suggest? What is involved in the edict on the main road of the Golden River? I don't even know any of these things.

Before he could react, he only heard Li Bing continue: "As for the question of the leader of the Long Knife Legion, it seems that it is indeed more troublesome at present. The list given by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, Taifu, you don't like it all, how is this called the palace? ”

"Your Highness, you have tormented the old minister," Xie Guang bowed down when he heard this: "The imperial court selects the general to command the army, how can the old minister be qualified to match or not?" It's just that based on years of experience in leading troops, and based on his understanding of those generals, the minister made a few pertinent comments. In the end, how to arrange it depends on His Highness's holy judgment. ”

Li Bing smiled helplessly: "This palace is in charge of the government and the country, although according to its duties, it does have the right to decide on the appointment and dismissal of court officials, but the position of commander of the Long Knife Legion, after all, is a matter of military affairs, and who should be asked to replace Feng Yiwei should be decided by His Majesty himself." Now His Majesty has given the idea to this palace, a person who is not familiar with military affairs, and it is really a bit difficult. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Murong Xue with a slight complaint.

"Your Highness must not say that," Lao Jianhua said, "Civil affairs and military affairs are all things that Your Highness needs to be familiar with before ascending to the Great Treasure. Now that Taifu Xie is assisting, it is a good opportunity for His Highness to experience. ”

Li Bing bowed slightly: "What Lao Aiqing said also makes sense. However, Taifu, the two other generals you recommended to the palace, one is Xie Biao, the deputy general of the Long Knife Legion, and the other is Ye Rongcheng, the deputy general of the Xuanjia Legion, which is really a bit of a virtuous person. ”

Xie Guang laughed when he heard this: "Your Highness Mingjian, the old minister's move is indeed out of public intentions. Although one of those two people is the nephew of the minister, and the other is the subordinate of the minister, they are both fierce generals who have led the army for many years, and they are not only outstanding in battle, but also loyal to His Royal Highness. The old minister trusted them very much, and if he handed over the 150,000 long sword army to any of them, His Highness could rest easy. ”

Hearing this, Murong Xue suddenly realized that he had been absent from the imperial court for the past few days, and Xie Guang and Lao Jianhua had actually played a new trick. They saw that the crown prince had made up his mind to replace Feng Yiwei, so they planned to give up this chess piece and replace it with a more powerful cronies.

It's no wonder that the prince felt a little embarrassed.

Xie Guang played this trick of retreating, coupled with his absolute authority in the military affairs of the Holy Tang Dynasty, with just a few words, he could completely put the crown prince Li Bingyu in a dilemma in the matter of selecting generals.

No matter which general the imperial court selects, or Li Bing values a certain general, Xie Guang can find a bunch of faults, and the prince who can say that he is speechless. And what he just talked about peace of mind, I'm afraid he didn't mean the crown prince, but he Xie Guang himself sat back and relaxed.

At this moment, Murong Xue finally understood why the crown prince Li Bing had such a complaining look at him just now.

The failure of the White Horse Temple operation made Li Bing highly vigilant on the spot. In view of Murong Xue's previous series of abnormal behaviors, Li Bing mistakenly thought that Murong Xue might have some ulterior conspiracy, and it was aimed at him.

In this case, as long as the assassination case has not been fully figured out, then he will definitely not be able to let Murong Xue participate in the cardinal court discussion, but because of this, Li Bing has lost a power that can contain Xie Guang in military affairs.

Murong Xue once again felt remorse for the reckless actions of the White Horse Temple, but it was not too late to make amends. At present, the candidate for the general has not yet been determined, and the whole situation still has the power to fight after all.

The only embarrassing thing is that until now, Murong Xue only knew that there were two candidates, Xie Biao and Ye Rongcheng, but he didn't know who the Ministry of Officials and Military Affairs had nominated.

In this case, how can he argue with reason and help the prince implement the art of checks and balances?