Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 716: Presumably!fire!

"Xiaoyuan! What are your plans for the future?"

Xu Shiji said this because he already knew the news from the court today, Qin Wenyuan stared at his uncle for a while and then said.

"Uncle! If I have any plans, I'll just stay here in Chang'an City for a day, but my uncle doesn't come to my house recently to avoid being suspected by Li Shimin. Wouldn't it be nice for the city to be reunited with its brothers!"

After Qin Wenyuan's words fell, Xu Shiji's heart trembled. From his nephew's seemingly understated voice, he had vaguely sensed the kid's intentions...

Guessing what Qin Wenyuan might have in mind, Xu Shiji's eyelids twitched wildly, and he said to his nephew again with a heavy heart.

"Xiaoyuan, it's not necessarily that the emperor has good intentions for you. Uncle is busy with military affairs recently, and seeing that the imperial court will use troops against the Eastern Turks. At this critical moment, uncle really doesn't want to make trouble and create extra problems! Uncle, how about begging the emperor to let you join our army as a general? Although this will bury your talent, but our uncle and nephew can take it slowly. Uncle knows that you have lofty ambitions and pride, but life is just once. Have you matured from the compromise and dismantling this time? You are the only male in my Qin family. Uncle doesn’t want you to encounter any danger. Listen to uncle’s persuasion and take a good rest and play around in the mansion these days. My Qin family is spreading branches and leaves."

Hearing his uncle's earnest words, Qin Wenyuan thanked his uncle for his kindness but did not approve of his uncle's attitude of foolish loyalty to the Li family. There has been a saying since ancient times:

"If someone treats me like a soldier of the country, I will repay the country!"

What's more, Qin Wenyuan's soul has the principle of fairness and justice in his previous life. This world is not the world of that family, so what the emperor says is what he says, and why you emperor can suppress one party to please the other to achieve the so-called balance for the stability of the court.

Qin Wenyuan didn't want to argue with his uncle about the court's and the emperor's ideas, and his current mood was that he no longer wanted to accompany Li Shimin to play his emperor's balance technique, so he said to his uncle with a smile.

"My nephew always remembers my uncle's teachings! Uncle doesn't have to worry too much about court affairs, he should take care of his own health."

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The news that Qin Wenyuan was demoted to a commoner quickly spread among the nobles and aristocratic circles in Chang'an City. People of insight in the court were very puzzled by the emperor's move. One must know that Qin Wenyuan entered the court for a short period of time. He controlled the locust plague that plagued the Tang Dynasty within the scope of the world so that the hungry people would not spread everywhere, and solved countless cases. This great contribution was nothing more than official rewards, but was rejected by the court because of a small fight Given such a severe treatment, thinking of this son's character, some ministers in the court already had a premonition that more intense incidents would occur in Chang'an City next.

In the sweltering summer climate, the peaceful life in Chang'an City made these ministers who were worried about the safety of the empire feel that the tranquility at this time had an atmosphere of "the rain is about to come and the wind is full of the building".

Qin Mansion's mansion was almost empty in a short period of time. Apart from Qin Wenyuan, his mother Qiu Niang, his daughter-in-law Lu Yueer, and Qingxia Holy Maiden, there were only two guards from the Chen family and Liao Liao in the mansion. The servants and maids, even Murphy disappeared.

Qin Wenyuan's daily life is leisurely. He either calls Cheng Chumo, Qin Huaiyu, Yuchi Baolin, Luo Shiyi and other brothers together to drink and have fun, or sits with his sister and brother-in-law Chai Shaowu to drink tea and chat. It seems that Qin Wenyuan did disband all the people in the mansion according to the emperor's will. However, the only thing that made Li Shimin feel uncertain was that those personal guards who left the Qin mansion seemed to have evaporated from the world, and no one was seen again. trace.

Qin Wanying had already known her brother's plan from her mother. After a long conversation with her brother, if this heroine hadn't considered the embarrassing status of her husband's family, she would still want to act together with her brother. You want to swallow your anger in Chang'an City for the sake of your Li family's imperial power. In order to confuse the court, your younger brother has acted according to the will. These days, he and your husband went to his younger brother's house. At the same time, he also wanted to spend more time with his mother. I don't know when to see you after I go.

Qin Wanying's move was actually hidden from even Chai Shaowu and the eldest princess Li Xiuning. She didn't want to ruin her brother's plan because of any omissions of her own.

Li Shimin sat in the Taiji Hall and listened to Zhou Shaofan, the commander of the imperial army and the reconnaissance division who is now in charge of guarding the Qin Mansion's mansion, report on Qin Wenyuan's daily activities. This should be the case, but all the reports I got were that this kid was like this.

It was night, when the night was about to be torn apart by dawn, a monstrous fire ignited in the Jinsheng Temple west of Chang'an City. The raging fire ignited the surrounding trees and made the fire more fierce. It illuminated the west side of Chang'an City brightly, causing the Marquis Wu who was on duty at night in Chang'an City, the guards of the imperial palace, and the sergeants of Qianniuwei to scream. There was a lot of noise, but from a distance, the flames and smoke rising to the sky in the west were rising in the air, and the smoke and dust with sparks were floating around.

Li Shimin heard the eunuch's urgent report in his sleep, and got up in anger, and then heard the news that Jinsheng Temple was on fire, and urgently called the guards in front of the palace to pass on the detective cavalry to find out the cause of the fire at Jinsheng Temple, and at the same time urgently called for guards The imperial army of Qin Mansion asked Qin Wenyuan about the time before and after the fire in Jinsheng Temple.

After a short time, the leader of the imperial army guarding the Qin Mansion quickly reported to the emperor that Xu Tian had stayed in the mansion for the past few days and had never been out of the mansion, nor had any contact with any strangers. After receiving this news, Li Shimin spread the news Ji Wen went to the palace overnight for questioning.

Qin Wenyuan was also awakened in the mansion by the noise outside. Seeing that it was time for his own cultivation, he went into the bamboo forest with a mentality of nothing to do with himself and never showed his face until the daylight blew out his last mouthful of turbidity. Refreshed, he came to the courtyard and asked Mr. Chen why the city of Chang'an was making such noise at midnight. After hearing the news that Mr. Chen was beaming with joy at the burning of Jinsheng Temple, Qin Wenyuan fell into deep thought. He didn't know what Jinsheng Temple was. Whether the fire was caused by natural reasons or someone deliberately set it on fire, but he knew that no matter what the reason was, the Buddhist sect would eventually blame him.

While Qin Wenyuan was thinking about how to deal with Buddhism, in the secret room of "Tanchunfang" in Chang'an City, the charmingly dressed Chunniang was listening to the reports of several men in black clothes.

"Princess! We have fulfilled our mission and burned all the Jinsheng Temple. It is estimated that few monks in the temple will be able to escape. What is the princess' order? I will not regret dying for the Xue Yantuo tribe."

"Go down and rest! The Princess will tell you to do something."

Chunniang whispered to several people, and after the well-dressed men left, Chunniang clapped her hands lightly, and saw the side door of the secret room opened, and several veiled women knelt down and said in unison.

"What can the princess tell the sisters to do?"

"Has Qin Wenyuan made any unusual moves recently? Did you find out where his personal guards have gone? Remember! The future prosperity and disgrace of our Xue Yantuo tribe will depend on this son. This time, we will burn down Jinsheng Temple. Although it was a last resort to take advantage of his conflict with the monks to muddy the waters of the court, you need to pay close attention to the safety of Mr. Qin, and if necessary, sacrifice yourself to save her life. Now you wait So stay outside the Qin Mansion and pay attention to the movements around you, let's go!"

When Li Shimin heard the news that Jinsheng Temple had been burnt, the Jinsheng Temple had already been turned into a pile of rubble. Not one monk was burned to death in the temple. There are burnt corpses everywhere.

Ji Wen, who was introduced into the palace overnight, was asked whether there were various suspicious people coming and going in and out of Chang'an City recently. As the man in charge of the security of Chang'an City, Yin Jiwen, the governor of Jingzhao Yinfu, said truthfully with a bitter face.

"Your Majesty! I haven't heard any news about any changes in Chang'an City. According to reports from Marquis Wu, everything in the city is normal. The headhunters who monitored the Qin Mansion didn't find anything unusual about Qin Wenyuan's behavior. I think that's why. The fire at Jinsheng Temple should have nothing to do with that Xu Tian, ​​and according to Weichen's recent visits to the incident of the weapon fighting outside the west gate of Chang'an City, it is mostly the same as what Qin Wenyuan's army member said."

After hearing Ji Wen's report, Li Shimin nodded and ordered the eunuch to send him out of the palace, while he meditated for a long time in the palace.

It is estimated that it is almost the time of the early court. Li Shimin rushed to wash and eat some snacks before arriving at the Taiji Hall. At this time, the civil and military ministers had already stood on both sides of the Jinluan Highness, and the crown prince Li Chengqian was standing under the dragon couch. Seeing the emperor entering the palace and sitting on the dragon couch After the decision, all the ministers and the prince knelt down to Qiqi Mountain and shouted long live.

With the announcement of "Pingshen!", all the ministers stood up solemnly, but no one reported anything before the palace.

Li Shimin swept his eyes over the officials, and spoke in the hall with a slightly tired expression.

"Presumably all of you gentlemen know about the burning of Jinsheng Temple, so let's share their opinions!"

"When a fire broke out in the Emperor and Jinsheng Temple, Qianniuwei, who was on duty at night under Weichen, found out and sent a small team of soldiers to the scene of the fire, but found nothing. Weichen wondered if the monks in the temple accidentally used fire to cause the fire. Man Yan will eventually destroy Jinsheng Temple?"

Cheng Yaojin first said this in front of the palace, but in fact, many ministers felt the same way about what he said. After all, there was no evidence of arson found in the yamen in Chang'an City so far at the scene of the fire, and those few were dissatisfied with Qin Wenyuan. If he wants to step on this son now that the emperor has demoted him to a commoner, even if the burning of Jinsheng Temple has nothing to do with Xu Tian, ​​it will fall on him. The purpose is to get the emperor to take Xu Tian down. In the prison, there will be plenty of opportunities to set up a scheme in the prison to completely end Xu Tian's life.

After Changsun Wuji, Yuwen Shiji, Wei Ting, Li Daozong and other hall officials made eye contact, Li Daozong, Shangshu Jiangxia King of the Ministry of Punishment, walked slowly in the center of the hall and bowed.

"Your Majesty and ministers think that the cause of the fire at Jinsheng Temple is not as simple as what General Cheng said. It must have been done by someone to vent their personal anger. You adults may wish to think about how many years Jinsheng Temple has been in Chang'an City. , Has there ever been such a catastrophe in such a long time, and the catastrophe happened not long after the monks in the temple fought with the guards of Xu Tianfu. Could it be a coincidence? A certain family did not dare to come Believe me, I will ask the emperor to take Xu Tian from the sky prison, and let the yamen find out about this matter, so that the matter has nothing to do with him and then let him go."

"Weichen and others are supporting the play by the prince! Please order the emperor to arrest Xu Tian in the prison."

After Li Daozong finished playing, Changsun Wuji, Yuwen Shiji, Wei Ting, Zhang Gongjin and others all jumped out to echo.

"Your Majesty! My minister has a book to play."

Just when these important court officials asked to take down Qin Wenyuan, Xu Shiji shouted loudly in the hall.

"What did Xu Qing's family play? Come and listen to me!"

"Your Majesty, there was no evidence pointing to Qin Wenyuan when the fire broke out in Jinsheng Temple. Jiangxia King Li Daozong and others asked the emperor to order Qin Wenyuan to be taken to prison to await trial. The officials thought it was inappropriate, thinking that Qin Wenyuan had just died for the court in the once-in-a-century plague of locusts. If the imperial court arrests Qin Wenyuan and puts him in prison without any evidence, and then interrogates Qin Wenyuan on trumped-up charges, wouldn’t it chill the hearts of those who have made meritorious deeds? Absolutely not, respectfully ask the emperor to be careful!"

Yuchi Jingde, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Li Jing and other generals were already kneeling in front of the hall to play.

"Your Majesty! My ministers and others have seconded the performance of the British Duke, please be careful."

Li Shimin looked at the two gangs of ministers kneeling at His Majesty Jin Luan who were clearly separated from each other and thought for a moment. He didn't understand when his cousin Li Daozong got together with Changsun Wuji and others and had such a great hatred for Qin Wenyuan.

Speaking of which, Li Daozong and Qin Wenyuan didn't have any hatred, if it wasn't for the fact that Qin Wenyuan escaped from the prison of the Ministry of Justice and injured the soldiers of the Ministry of Justice, he was scolded by the emperor and made him hold a grudge, and this time he had taken in a lot of good monks Benefits, if you want to take benefits from others, you have to eliminate disasters with others. As for Qin Wenyuan's life and death, what does the court have to do with the evil consequences caused by this incident.

Seeing the emperor groaning silently, Fang Xuanling also played in front of the hall.

"Your Majesty, I think that the prince and the British government have their own reasons, but this matter has to be decided by the Jingzhao Yinfu. The old minister asked the emperor if there is no evidence that Xu Tian did this. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to send people to monitor the Qin residence and restrict Qin Wenyuan from leaving Chang'an City in the near future?"

Hearing Fang Xuanling's seemingly gentle words, Li Shimin let out a sigh of relief and said.

"Let's get back together! Fang Aiqing's statement is very reasonable, and the Qin family will be monitored by my detective cavalry division. It is my order that Qin Wenyuan should not leave Chang'an City for half a step, and Yin Jiwen, the governor of Jingzhao Yin's mansion, will end the case as soon as possible."

After Li Shimin made an order to deal with the matter of Jinsheng Temple in this way, unexpectedly Prince Li Chengqian got up and knelt down to the emperor and said.

"Father! My son has a book to play."

Li Shimin suddenly saw the emperor like this, he was extremely surprised, he didn't know what kind of fun this kid is here to join in the fun today.

(End of this chapter)