Dahan first prince

Chapter 147 Chen, death penalty!

Liu Ying set off for Changling before noon, and was assassinated in Changling around sunset. When night fell, Chang'an 'city' was already brightly lit.

--curfew!
Because of Liu Ying's assassination, the unfinished Chang'an 'City' ushered in the first curfew in history today.

Logically speaking, curfews usually only appear in large cities that are surrounded by city walls and are of great significance.

If it is placed in Kanto, let alone townships and villages, even smaller counties rarely have curfew regulations.

Most of the time, curfews will only appear in the county towns of various counties, and some places that are not county towns but have equal significance.

As for Chang'an, although it has been designated as the capital of the Han Dynasty for six years, the construction of the city wall has never started. Except for the two palaces of Changle and Weiyang, the layout of Chang'an is still scattered like a village, so there has never been a curfew in the past.

But today, Chang'an City, which is not surrounded by city walls and has no gates to guard, has ushered in a very special, unprecedented curfew, and it is very likely that there will be no one to come.

——Except for the part taken away by the emperor Liu Bang, there are a total of five school lieutenants left behind by the southern and northern armies, with a total of more than 1 guards, almost out of the nest!

——The defense strength of the palace gates of Changle and Weiyang palaces has doubled!
——The defensive strength of the arsenal and the Taimiao has increased from the original 100 people per team, which rotate every two hours, to 500 people per team, which rotate every half an hour!

In addition, Hao Street to the north of Weiyang Palace, Xiangshi Street to the north of Changle Palace, Zhangtai Street where Shangguanli is located, and Huayin Street and Huayang Street to the south of the East and West Cities are all covered. Filled with 50 people in each team, a total of more than a hundred teams, who patrol the streets for dinner from time to time!

For such a suffocating atmosphere, although the people in Chang'an are not very comfortable, they can only go back to their homes silently, close their doors, and wait for the dawn.

It was also in this tense atmosphere like dark clouds overwhelming the city that Xiao He's clothes were disheveled, showing a tired figure at all times, and in the middle of the night, he appeared outside Weiyang Palace again...

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"It's past half-night, and dawn is not far away."

"Xiao Xiang is returning from Changling, why don't you go back to the mansion to rest for a while, and then enter the palace at dawn?"

Saying this in a cold tone, Lu Zhi did not forget to make an expression as if he had woken up from sleep, and rubbed his forehead wearily.

But Lu Zhi's appearance did not relax Xiao He's mood...
"I am here to enter the palace, one is to investigate and deal with the affairs of the Changlingtian family, and to report and ask the queen for instructions."

"both······"

Saying that, Xiao He knelt down with shame on his face, and kowtowed heavily to Lu Zhi.

"The crown prince was assassinated in Changling, I implore the queen to punish me!!!"

Hearing Xiao He uttered these words in a trembling voice, Lu Zhi raised his head with a sullen face, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Xiao He's aging figure.

If it was the past, if it was not a major event related to the world, let alone Lu Zhi who is the queen, even the emperor Liu Bang, seeing Xiao He kneeling and kowtowing in such a solemn manner, would definitely comfort him with a gentle voice, and help Xiao He up .

As for Liu Ying, who is the prince, let alone.

——Not only did he have to help Xiao He up in trepidation, but he also had to ask Xiao He urgently: But what did I do wrong to make Xiang Xiang like this?
But now, looking at the old prime minister Xiao He, who is over sixty years old, full of hair, and somewhat inarticulate, kneeling and kowtowing in front of him without any hesitation, Lu Zhi did not make the slightest gesture of "not so" .

"The prince's assassination was not instigated by Marquis Feng, so why is Marquis Feng guilty?"

Hearing Lu Pheasant's gloomy question, Xiao He only felt pain in his heart, even the maids and eunuchs who were standing in the palace all cast sympathetic eyes on Xiao He from the secret.

What is the crime? At first glance, it sounds like Xiao He is not guilty, but in fact, anyone who has stayed in the palace for a year or two can understand that Queen Lu Zhi is clearly asking Xiao He: what do you say? Say, where did you go wrong?

The last time Xiao He was treated with such an attitude was probably a full 14 years ago, when Xiao He was still the official of Qin Pei County, eating Ying Qin Lumi...

"Minister, death penalty..."

But when Xiao He heard Lu Zhi's words, he was still kneeling and prostrate, raised his head a little bit, and then slammed it down again!
"Your Majesty Meng has a lot of trust, and I worship him as the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, who is in charge of the political power and Guanzhong affairs!"

"The family member was assassinated in Changling, but the minister's supervision was not good, and he failed to protect the family..."

"I owe your majesty's kindness and the queen's trust!"

Hearing Xiao He's self-criticism without the slightest pretense, Lu Zhi couldn't help feeling a little angry.

After seeing Xiao He's full head of gorgeous hair, and those shoulders trembling slightly due to exertion, Lu Zhi's heart finally softened, and he turned his head to the side with a stiff face.

After a moment of silence, Lu Zhi frowned slightly, looking angrily at the eunuch beside him.

"Seeing Marquis Feng enter the palace, why don't you grant him a seat?!"

Hearing Lu Pheasant's soft reprimand suddenly, the eunuch's face was startled, and he hurried down from the imperial steps, helped Xiao He up from the ground, and carefully helped him to kneel down on the banquet at the side of the hall.

When Xiao He sat down with shame on his face, and wiped the sweat on his forehead with a little tiredness, Lu Zhi couldn't help but secretly sighed.

"Over ten years later, Xiao He has aged like this..."

"Ah~"

With a sigh in his heart, Lu Zhi raised his head to look at Xiao Shi again, the coldness in his eyes also faded away unknowingly.

Just when Lu Zhi was struggling with how to speak so as to comfort Xiao He a little, seeing Xiao He smoothing out his messy breath, he gave Lu Zhi a little hand.

"To the Queen."

"——With the order of the queen, the minister will send the five senses, the middle man, the generals, and all the more than [-] people to Changling!"

"At the third quarter of the You hour, the minister had to destroy the Tian family's house, and took all seventeen of the Tian family's young men, seventy-three women's family members, and young children. At this moment, they have all been taken to Tingwei Water Boat Prison."

"Yutian's family has hundreds of slaves, and nearly a hundred dancers and others, and they will stay in the prime minister's prison for a while; until dawn, they will all be sent to the Shaofu as servants and concubines..."

Reporting the "harvest" of today's trip to Lu Zhi, Xiao He just raised his head, and was about to ask Lu Zhi how to deal with it, when he saw Lu Zhi's brows that had been soothed just now, they knit together again in an instant.

"No need!"

"Every member of the Tian family, regardless of male, female, old or young, or Ding, slave, concubine, concubine, does not need to be interrogated!"

"—Tomorrow at noon, I will cut everything down and abandon Dongshi!!!"

Speaking in a sinister tone, on Lu Zhi's face, the chilling murderous intent from before appeared again.

"On the court, anyone who dares to collect corpses for Tian's people, or expresses regrets, will be guilty of the same crime!"

"Those who dare to falsely say that Tian's crime will not lead to death..."

"Clan!!!"

Squeezing out the last word between clenched teeth, on Lu Zhi's face, there was no trace of gentleness that a woman should have.

Seeing Xiao He's words, there was a little hesitation on his face, and Lu Zhi flicked his sleeves coldly.

"Humph!"

"If I didn't care about Tian Zizhuang, and I didn't want the crown prince to be stigmatized as 'excessive killing', I wish I could destroy Tian's ancestral hall!!!"

Leng Ran uttered another scolding, and Lu Zhi looked at Xiao He with a hint of warning in his eyes.

"I have already decided on this matter, Marquis Feng had better stop persuading him."

"If I am in a hurry, I will slander Marquis Feng again..."

Hearing Lu Zhi's cold warning, Xiao He couldn't help shaking his head.

"If you want to kill several hundred members of Tian's family, isn't it enough to call it 'killing too much'?"

There was a slight slander in his heart, but Xiao He didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction on his face, he just bowed his hand to Lu Zhi slightly to express his acceptance.

When the anger on Lu Zhi's face faded slightly, Xiao He also said a little bit, and raised his head slightly to look at the imperial steps.

"In addition to taking people, when the minister copied Tian's mansion, he also got some books and letters."

"What it says..."

Saying that, Xiao He couldn't help shaking his head with a serious expression.

"I dare not be arbitrary!"

"Besides, His Majesty was away on an expedition, and his family was lying injured on the couch. I had no choice but to tell the Queen to ask for countermeasures."

Seeing Lu Pheasant nodding his head, Xiao He quietly got up from his seat, took out a few scrolls of bamboo slips from his bosom, and handed them to the eunuch beside him.

"This is the book that the Tian family of Changling colluded with wealthy grain merchants in various places in Guanzhong, intending to limit the sale of grain in order to drive up the price of grain."

Xiao He was able to speak well, and the eunuch had already sent the bamboo slips to Lv Zhi, and Xiao He continued to add: "This slip is only one of them. Apart from this slip, the slip of 'Raising the Price of Rice' is enough More than 170..."

"I believe that the imminent upsurge in grain prices in Guanzhong is not the result of Changlingtian's conspiracy, but the grain merchants and rich merchants in various places in Guanzhong may all want to do this."

"I also ask the queen to show me: how should I deal with this matter?"

Hearing Xiao He's words, Lu Zhi only briefly glanced at the content on the bamboo slips, and then casually threw them on the imperial case in front of him.

"The prince has countermeasures for food prices."

"Tomorrow at noon, Marquis Feng will go to the Phoenix Hall to discuss with the crown prince."

Hearing this, Xiao He only nodded slightly, and he was also relieved for a long time.

——For Xiao He, the most important thing right now is how Liu Ying is injured!Not serious!
As Liu Ying's mother, the person who loves and cares most about Liu Ying in the world, Lu Zhi said that Liu Ying can see people and even discuss affairs, which is enough to prove that Liu Ying's injury is not serious.

A big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and Xiao He's face relaxed a little.

But only a moment later, when Xiao He took out a piece of silk cloth from his bosom, the face that had been relaxed just a moment ago now became solemn again.

"In addition to Tian's collusion with grain merchants and rich merchants in Guanzhong, intending to drive up the price of grain in Guanzhong, I served in Tian's house in Changling, and got this silk."

"This is what was written on the silk, Changling Tian's family colluded with noble officials in the court to assassinate the crown prince."

As he said that, Xiao He looked at Lu Zhi quietly with a little temptation.

"Only this silk, I feel that I have known each other before, and the embroidery on it is from the weaving room of Shaofu."

"I don't know if the queen looks at this silk, does it look familiar?"

　Today's update is a bit late, Sao Rui.

　　What is the main situation?The saved manuscript that was lost before probably wrote about the assassination, and now it is re-written here.

　　Then for the follow-up part, the outline is there, but the details need to be conceived. I am thinking about these things today, so the update is a bit late.

　　everyone forgive me
　　
　
(End of this chapter)