Chapter 208: The dust has settled on the court discussion
The book continues from the above, and the last book said that Chu Mo fought the wind chasing the wind sword Hou Ping, in order to avoid the fire from engulfing Tongji Fang, he snatched the fire fold in a hurry and caused serious injuries and coma, and then was sent back to the Xianwang Mansion by Ma San, who was waiting outside the Feilu warehouse.
After learning that Chu Mofeng was seriously injured, Shi Hanshuang, the eldest princess of the Xianwang Mansion, immediately issued a series of instructions, and then the Xianwang Mansion did not panic because of Chu Mofeng's serious injury, but operated in an orderly manner.
After Prince Li Shimin learned that Chu Mofeng was seriously injured, he first took people to the Feilu Warehouse to investigate the situation according to Shi Hanshuang's prompts, and then entered the palace to prepare to play Li Yuan secretly.
As the saying goes, auspicious people have their own natural appearance, fortunately, Chu Mofeng has practiced kung fu since he was a child, and his foundation is thick, and Di Ting, Rakshasa and others gave him medicinal bath treatment from time to time, which made Chu Mofeng's body much stronger than ordinary martial arts practitioners, and Chu Mofeng deliberately twisted his body at the moment when he snatched the fire fold, which made Hou Ping's killer sword not pierce the central vein, but stabbed it into the heart.
Just when Chu Mofeng woke up, in the study of the East Palace, Li Jiancheng stood at the door with an anxious face, and after a while, he saw Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, walking towards the direction of the study, seeing Li Yuanji looking idle, Li Jiancheng hurriedly beckoned to him, and then the two brothers entered the study and quickly closed the door.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Yuanji stretching out his little finger and digging out his ears and saying, "The prince summoned me here today, I don't know why? ”
"Play and play, you don't even know how to die if you play again. After listening to Li Yuanji's words, and then looking at his indifferent expression, Li Jiancheng suddenly became angry, and immediately turned around and scolded: "What about those people you recruited into Beijing a few years ago? Why did you delay your move? Today, I heard that after the king of Qin came out of his father's imperial study, he led Jing Zhaoyin's servants and the martial marquis who waited for the left and right, and the whole city Dasuo didn't know what he was looking for, and it is said that the first stop was to go to the Feilu Warehouse in Tongjifang. ”
"Hey, let's go, my people are hiding well now, isn't it time yet?" Li Yuanji immediately sat on the chair when he heard this, raised Erlang's legs and looked at Li Jiancheng and said: "I said His Royal Highness the Prince, are you a little too grassy and woody, he King Qin has never been treated by his father, if he doesn't find something to do, it is estimated that his father will be able to drive him out of the capital, what are you worried about?"
As soon as Li Yuanji's words fell, Li Jiancheng suddenly said with a hideous face: "You can't wait any longer, you must let your people do it tomorrow, at least you can't let the two of them go on like this." ”
Picking up the teapot on the table, Li Yuanji poured a cup of tea to his lips, and then said with compassion: "His Royal Highness the Prince, don't be anxious, there are still some things that have not been shipped in, and the younger brother will definitely arrange for his subordinates to do it the day after tomorrow." After speaking, he drank all the tea in the cup, got up and walked towards the outside of the study, and when he came to the door of the study, he suddenly said quietly: "Sometimes death is not terrible, what is terrible is the process of waiting for death." ”
Looking at Li Yuanji's distant back, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but sigh, and was about to call someone to tell him something, only to hear someone shouting outside the door: "His Royal Highness the Prince Qiqi, Mr. said that there is something important to see." ”
Hearing the word 'sir', Li Jiancheng frowned, and hurriedly said aloud: "Hurry up, please." After finishing his clothes, he stood in front of the bookcase with his hands in his hands. With a squeak, the door to the study was slowly pushed open, and then quickly closed.
A hoarse voice came from behind and said: "His Royal Highness Prince Qiqi, something is wrong, the Feilu warehouse in Tongjifang has been seized by King Qin. ”
"When did it happen?" Hearing the words of the visitor, Li Jiancheng immediately looked shocked and said, "What about Hou Ping? Why did you come to report now?"
I saw that the person called 'Mr' said with a sad face: "Your Highness, if it weren't for the old minister who didn't come to report in time, today the old minister wanted to send some food to Ping'er, so he rushed to the Feilu warehouse. ”
"I asked you to recruit him into Beijing in the form of a secret letter, and I wanted him to act for us secretly under the pretext of King Qi, who ......knows" Hearing the words of 'sir', Li Jiancheng couldn't help but close his eyes and sighed and said: "It seems that we still underestimated the means of those two people." Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng hurriedly walked to the door and shouted to the door: "Pass my order, quickly go to the Wude Hall and invite His Royal Highness the King of Qi to come over to discuss the matter." ”
As the people outside the door answered and left, Li Jiancheng walked up to 'Mr.' and whispered: "Since Hou Ping is dead, we must avenge this revenge, this matter needs to be considered in the long run, the most important thing at the moment is the task of pulling over and dividing your side, and you must make sure that every drop is not leaky." ”
I saw that 'gentleman' hugged his fist at Li Jiancheng and said: "The old minister thanked His Highness for Ping'er, please rest assured, Lao Cheng will definitely live up to the trust." After speaking, he hurriedly left the study of the East Palace. As soon as the 'gentleman' left on the front foot, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, came to the study with his back foot, and saw Li Yuanji ask with an impatient look: "Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince what is the matter?
Who knew that Li Jiancheng shouted at Li Yuanji urgently: "What kind of singer are you still thinking about? Something big happened, just after you left, I received a report from my subordinates that one of the good players you recruited into Beijing was found dead in the Feilu warehouse, you hurry up and contact the rest of the personnel to confirm if there is any problem, lest we be eaten and still in the dark." ”
Li Yuanji trembled when he heard this, and hurriedly turned around and left the study of the East Palace, while Li Jiancheng kept walking back and forth in the study, chattering constantly;
Within an hour, Li Yuanji returned to the study of the East Palace with a lonely face, and as soon as he entered the door, he sat down on the ground, looking at the ground with empty eyes, and did not even respond to Li Jiancheng's questioning, looking at Li Yuanji's appearance, Li Jiancheng suddenly understood, and immediately sat on the chair and yelled at Li Yuanji: "Didn't you say that it was foolproof? Didn't you tell me that you scattered all the personnel? What is the situation now? Are you talking?"
It seemed that Li Jiancheng's roar touched Li Yuanji's nerves, and I saw Li Yuanji jump up all of a sudden, crying at Li Jiancheng: "Big brother save me, just now the younger brother sent someone to investigate, all the good people who recruited into Beijing disappeared without a trace within a few days, and the things that the younger brother entrusted you to store seem to have also been seized by Jing Zhaoyin, how can this be good?"
"All of them are missing? That's a full twenty people? And all of them are your so-called good hands, how can they all be missing?" Listening to Li Yuanji's words, Li Jiancheng was also a little surprised, this is not twenty chickens, even if the chickens are caught, they will leave a sound, but these twenty people have not left even a trace of them, all of them are missing, how can this not make Li Jiancheng feel afraid, can it be said that he is facing more than just a person from the rivers and lakes?
At this time, an attendant shouted in a low voice outside the door: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the villain has something important to report." ”
Something important, something important, haven't you heard enough important things today? Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng shouted angrily: "Come in, if it weren't for the important matter, this prince would definitely behead you." ”
I saw the attendant walk in, first saluted Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and then whispered a few words in Li Jiancheng's ear, listening to the other party's words, Li Jiancheng first showed an incredible expression, and then laughed, and said to the attendant: "Yes, you are very good, this is the best important thing that this prince heard today, go down and receive the reward." ”
I saw that the attendant nodded, turned around and left the study, and the moment he walked out of the study, an inexplicable smile appeared on his face.
Seeing Li Jiancheng turn from sadness to joy, Li Yuanji couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Big brother, are you okay?
I saw Li Jiancheng walk to the front of the bookcase, take out a pot of wine and two cups, pour a glass of wine for himself and himself, and said: "Yuanji, you don't know, just now the attendant came to report, three days ago, King Xian fought with people in the Feilu Warehouse in Tongjifang, and then was seriously injured and is still unconscious, it is estimated that Li Shimin's guy is helpless now, do you think this matter should be celebrated?"
After listening to Li Jiancheng's words, Li Yuanji immediately raised his wine glass and said to him: "Brother is here to congratulate His Royal Highness the Prince, since it has made a good start, then we should take advantage of the victory to pursue it as soon as the Shangyuan Festival is over." ”
"Well, yes, I'll consider this matter for a while. Seeing this, Li Jiancheng also raised his wine glass and said: "This time I was able to seriously injure King Xian, and I would like to thank the good players recruited by Yuanji for playing a role." ”
Who knew that Li Yuanji said with a smile: "Where can the younger brother dare to take credit, it is all thanks to the effective strategy of His Royal Highness the Prince." After saying that, the two of them couldn't stop laughing, as if their wishes would be fulfilled tomorrow.
At this time, Chu Mofeng, who was being missed by the two brothers, sat in the courtyard for a long time, looking at Chu Ninghan, Chu Yuetong and others who were playing, with a warm smile on his face, and Li Shimin on the side said in a low voice: "The news has been spread, and when the Shangyuan Festival passes, there will be chaos in the court, and we only need to ...... at that time."
"No, you won't say anything then. I saw Chu Mofeng wave his hand, tighten the clothes on his body and said: "Since Your Majesty already knows, at that time, as long as I appear in the court, Your Majesty will definitely ask, and I will figure out how to reply." ”
"The Zimu Sword has been retrieved for you, what are you going to do with it?" Li Shimin nodded when he heard this, took the Zimu Sword from behind him and handed it to Chu Mofengshu and said: "The sword is indeed a good sword, but it is not in the hands of the right person, should it be sent to the Ordnance Bureau to be melted?"
As soon as the words fell, he saw a gust of wind flashing, and in an instant, Li Shimin found that his hand was empty, and the sword had already reached Chu Mofeng's hand, and then he saw Chu Mofeng shouting loudly to the front: "Chu Ninghan, come here, your Uncle Qin Wang has sent you good things." ”
Chu Ninghan, who was playing with his younger brothers and sisters, heard this, took three steps and made two steps, and dodged in front of Chu Mofeng, saluted Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng, and said, "Father, what good things did Uncle Qin bring today? In the past, what his younger brothers and sisters liked, wouldn't it be some books and picture albums or something like that today?"
I saw Li Shimin's face was bitter, and he pointed to the sword in Chu Mofeng's hand and said, "Xiao Ninghan, Uncle brought you your favorite today, let's see what your husband and wife are in their hands?"
Looking in the direction pointed by Li Shimin, Chu Ninghan found that his father was holding a blue long sword in his hand, Chu Ninghan grabbed the long sword, looked at it carefully back and forth, and then gave Li Shimin a salute and said: "Ning Han thanked Uncle Qin Wang, the gift you brought today, Ning Han likes it the most." After speaking, he held the long sword and returned to the circle of play, seeing Chu Ninghan coming back with a long sword, Chu Yuetong and others gathered around to watch.
Looking at the four children living in harmony in front of him, Li Shimin couldn't help but murmur: "I want to ...... at the beginning"
"I think your eldest brother and your third brother, fourth brother and fifth brother were all playing like this at the beginning, but now they want to fight each other with swords. I saw Chu Mofeng interrupt Li Shimin's words, and said with a sneer: "My good brother, have you forgotten the bloody battle on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month? There are also these good hands who were captured a few days ago, I won't mention them any further, you still have illusions about them, right?"
"It's just a sigh of emotion, since what was decided at the beginning, I will continue to do it as always. I saw Li Shimin shake his head, and then asked softly: "What is the biggest gain from this incident?
I saw Chu Mofeng slowly spit out a name, and then said with some resentment: "Although I know that it is him, there is still no conclusive evidence directly pointing to him, if I arrest him now, firstly, there is no real evidence for fear of being bitten by the prince; ”
Li Shimin nodded and did not speak, and the two looked at the children playing in the yard. After all, everyone knows that Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng, in addition to not being together with the princess, even went back together, and this year's Shangyuan Festival Lantern Festival was only Li Shimin who came alone, which was a little unexpected.
There were people who couldn't help but be curious and malicious people asked side by side, but Li Shimin euphemistically avoided this topic, and seeing that only Li Shimin was alone, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji in the crowd were even more sure that Chu Mofeng was still in a coma, and they couldn't help but be ecstatic in their hearts.
On the sixteenth day of the first month, the first morning after the New Year, everyone came to the Taiji Hall early, and when Li Yuan came, everyone still did not see Chu Mofeng's figure, and at this time, looking at His Royal Highness, Li Yuan coughed lightly and said: " Ladies and gentlemen, I have something to tell you today, just before the Shangyuan Festival, a major event happened in the capital, there were small people quietly mixed into Chang'an City, intending to carry out misdeeds in Chang'an City, fortunately, our Royal Highness the Virtuous King was as discerning as a torch, and noticed these changes in time, and then made a decisive attack, completely destroying the other party's plan, I also know very little about the specific situation, but unfortunately our Royal Highness the Virtuous King, in order to protect the safety of the people in Tongjifang, was seriously injured, I was quite angry after learning about it, but because the reason for the matter is not clear, I don't know what to do。 ”
After listening to Li Yuan's words, the Qin King faction looked at Li Shimin who was standing in the forefront, only to see Li Shimin step forward and salute Li Yuan and say: " Qi Qi father, Erchen was ordered by his father to go to the Feilu Warehouse in Tongjifang to investigate, and found some of the Tang Dynasty's standard ordnance materials at the scene, which have now been transported to Jingzhaoyin's treasury for strict care, and Erchen also found a large number of canisters full of fire oil at the scene, Erchen dared to guess that King Xian was seriously injured should be the gangster's intention to ignite the fire oil, and King Xian was accidentally stabbed by the gangster in order to seize the fire, but the specific situation still has to ask King Xian to know, and Erchen did not dare to make a conclusion. ”
Listening to Li Yuan's words, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji immediately broke out in a cold sweat, thinking that since Li Yuan knew about this matter, they could only hope that those missing good hands did not fall into the hands of King Qin and King Xian, otherwise the two of them would definitely be crushed.
Who knew that Li Yuan listened to Li Shimin's words, nodded with a puzzled face and said: "Since King Qin doesn't know the situation that day, then we might as well ask the person concerned to reveal the truth?" Then I saw Li Yuan nodding to Wang De on the side, only to hear Wang De shouting at the top of his voice: "Your Majesty has a will, Xuanxian King Chu Mofeng enters the palace." ”
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but murmur in their hearts: Did this Your Majesty come to the court after drinking wine today? It is said that King Xian has been seriously injured and in a coma until now, which of the sons of this Xuan King Xian has entered the palace? Just when everyone was speculating, they saw that the door of the Taiji Hall was slowly pushed open, and King Xian Chu Mofeng walked in with steady steps.
Looking at the living Chu Mofeng in front of him, King Qin's faction showed happy expressions, while the prince's faction looked like his mother had died, and his face was indescribably ugly.
Chu Mofeng walked to the front of the steps and arched his hand to Li Yuan and said, "Minister Chu Mofeng has seen Your Majesty, and I wish Your Majesty a healthy dragon and a long and prosperous Tang Dynasty." ”
Listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Yuan smiled and said: "What's the use of the dragon's health and well-being? If your kid is in poor health, then how can my Tang Dynasty prosper for a long time?" Li Yuan's words seemed to be without Chu Mofeng, and the Tang Dynasty would not turn around, which made the prince's face even more ugly, while the prince's faction was overjoyed, and they all thought that this virtuous king is capable, and even His Majesty praised it, it seems that we will never be wrong to follow the prince and the virtuous king.
I saw Chen Shuda, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, come out and arch his hand to Li Yuan and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister heard that His Royal Highness King Xian was seriously injured and unconscious, and the old minister was very worried.
Chen Shuda's words made Li Yuan secretly give Chen Shuda a thumbs up in his heart, thinking that your old boy is really on the road, if I come to ask, it will seem a little fake, and if you ask like this, it seems that I don't know, so it's okay, so as not to let some people come out and make trouble.
Thinking of this, Li Yuan said with a straight face: "Chu boy, you also heard Chen Shangshu's words, since all your colleagues are worried about you, you might as well talk about it, it just so happens that I also want to know the ins and outs of the matter." ”
After listening to Li Yuan's words, Chu Mofeng immediately said to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, since all of you colleagues have doubts in your hearts, then the minister will tell you everything about the situation at that time. ”
Then in Chu Mofeng's long and thrilling narration, everyone finally understood that before the Shangyuan Festival, so many things happened quietly in the capital, and after listening to it, they couldn't help but be a little afraid, if Tongjifang was ignited by Hou Ping, the people around the city would definitely suffer when the fire burned the city, thinking of this, everyone who had a conscience in their hearts couldn't help but curse Hou Ping secretly.
After listening to Chu Mofeng's narration, Li Yuan's face turned cold and said: "This group of small people dare to wantonly do evil in my Chang'an City, but thanks to you, the people of my capital have escaped another unwarranted disaster, has the mastermind behind this scene been found out?"
I saw Chu Mofeng nodding and said: "According to the confessions of the killers who were captured, the main messenger of this incident is a person from the palace, but the specific identity of this person is not clear, perhaps because the minister did not let His Royal Highness the King of Qin use the torture, the minister dared to suggest that this matter be handed over to the criminal department for trial, and at that time, Your Majesty may be able to listen to the curtain, how can you not solve the doubts in Your Majesty's heart." ”
After listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Li Yuan knew that this was his face for Li Yuan in front of the ministers, and immediately nodded with satisfaction and said: "Since this is the case of spreading my will, a criminal can be sent to the prison of the Criminal Department, and tomorrow the Criminal Department will be appointed to preside over the case. ”
Thinking that once these people enter the prison of the Criminal Department, they will basically have to explain what can and cannot be explained, and then he and Li Yuanji will definitely be done playing, thinking of this, Li Jiancheng glanced at Wei Zheng, and the latter immediately flashed out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has some questions about this matter, since the killer stabbed His Royal Highness Xianwang into a serious injury, why can His Royal Highness Xianwang be able to move around again in just ten days? Secondly, since Jing Zhaoyin has already arrested many assassins, why hasn't he played His Majesty for a long time?"
Wei Zheng's words suddenly made Li Yuan's face a little unhappy, and he was about to speak when he saw Li Shimin say to Wei Zheng: "Wei Xian Ma, after this king caught the killer that day, His Royal Highness Xian Wang decided not to report to His Majesty for the time being after discussing with this king, after all, there was still the last killer of the Feilu Warehouse who was not ambushed, if the news leaked at this time, the people would inevitably suffer, I think for Your Majesty, the safety of the people is what Your Majesty is most concerned about, as for when the report will be made, I think Your Majesty will not blame after knowing the reason." After Li Shimin finished speaking, he smiled at Wei Zheng slightly provocatively.
I saw Li Yuan say sharply: "Wei Zheng, Wei Xian Ma, as the crown prince washing horses, did you only show the prince some books such as Ji Xuan Lihai, and all those books about Yao Shunyu soup were discarded by you into the Yong'an Canal?"
When Wei Zheng heard this, he hurriedly knelt down to Li Yuan and said: "The minister asks Your Majesty to know the truth, how dare the minister read those books to the prince, but the minister really has doubts in his heart, so he asks by mouth." ”
I only heard Chu Mofeng say with a smile: "Wei Xian Ma, I can't hide it, the princess is the personal disciple of the Chaoyuan Fangchao family and the Mo Rende Mo family, with her medical skills plus the king's physique, supplemented by the Emei faction's life-sustaining pill, this king has actually recovered as early as three days ago, but in order to avoid causing some unnecessary trouble, so the news has always been blocked from the outside world." ”
At this time, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who were at the forefront of the crowd, immediately turned cold, thinking that they had fallen into the trap of these two people again this time, and then hurriedly thought about countermeasures in their minds.
After the early dynasty, Li Shimin personally led a large army to escort a cadre of people to the prison of the Criminal Department, and the Criminal Department opened a court to try the case on the 17th day of the first month.
Sure enough, news came from the palace on the second day, Li Jiancheng was reprimanded, and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, was ordered to be grounded in the Wude Palace, and it is not known when the ban will be lifted.
And what followed was a series of financial rewards for Chu Mofeng, which made Chu Mofeng happy, but he couldn't help but start worrying about the situation in the future......
As the saying goes, fortresses are all disintegrated from the inside, and watch Li Ai's subordinates abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and then look at the escort of the flower demon on the other side, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......