Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 243
Internal guard station.

Qiu Shenji, who had gained a lot of weight, strolled into the office room humming a ditty.

Seeing that there was a thin layer of dust on the desk, he didn't bother to clean it up.

Turned around, made a cup of tea, leisurely went to the martial arts field to kill time, and then returned home from get off work.

Another boring day!

When I arrived at the training ground, I saw Guo Yuanzhen was also here, practicing a set of saber techniques.

Qiu Shenji stepped forward: "Yuan Zhen, how many moves?"

Guo Yuanzhen grinned: "Okay!"

When the two practiced against each other, they happened to be exactly the same.

Guo Yuanzhen yearned for being a knight-errant since he was a child, but he had a wild temper and couldn't calm down to practice martial arts, so his strength was mediocre.

Qiu Shenji came from a family of military generals, but he couldn't bear the hardships, Qiu Xinggong didn't learn [-]% of his skills.

Meeting an evenly matched opponent, the two fought fiercely with hundreds of moves, they couldn't help feeling a little bit sorry for each other, they laughed and gave up at the same time.

Coming to the side, Guo Yuanzhen wiped off his sweat and asked, "I haven't seen Mr. Di these few days, has he gone to Dali Temple again?"

Qiu Shenji said: "Duke Di is also too old, but you are still young, and you learned from him, so that's right... Di Huaiying is still cleaning up the old prison files in Dali Temple. He only comes to the inner guard once every three days. !"

Guo Yuanzhen whispered: "About the case that Jia thief was silenced, Liu Lang handed it over to you, do you have any clue?"

Qiu Shenji frowned: "Di Huaiying seems to have found some clues, but he said that he rushed into Dali Temple before the time came. It seems that even if the culprit is known, this case will be very difficult to handle!"

Guo Yuanzhen took it for granted: "Liu Lang is not here, we really don't dare to let go of the investigation. Fortunately, the front line has won a great victory, and the envoys are coming back soon!"

Speaking of this, he sighed: "It would be great if I could also fight the enemy!"

Qiu Shenji shook his head: "The battlefield is not what you think. My father is a veteran of hundreds of battles. He suffered from old injuries in his later years. I'm not afraid to make you laugh. I don't want to go to the battlefield anymore. There are opportunities to make meritorious service in the rear! "

"It's true!"

Guo Yuanzhen nodded on the surface, but he was still yearning in his heart.

He will be such a character if he is a general and a prime minister, both civil and military, so majestic.

After chatting for a while, the two walked out of the training ground side by side, just in time to see Dou Luqin looking forward and hugging, and came over.

The two immediately stepped forward to salute: "The leader of Doulu Pavilion!"

Dou Lu Qinwang also nodded in greeting: "Qiu Wuwei! Guo Wuwei!"

After the two sides separated, Qiu Shenji curled his lips when Dou Lu Qinwang and his group disappeared completely, "What's the prestige, the dignified leader of the Wei Pavilion, who actually gave his life to the queen, is really shameful!"

Guo Yuanzhen knew that this guy always had a natural hostility towards the sons of a well-born family. Dou Luqinwang was the son of the Duke of the state. Now he is not very old, he has become the leader of the Fourth Rank Pavilion, and he has also become the confidant of Empress Wu. Qiu Shenji was naturally quite jealous of Glory.

However, he also saw that Doulu Qinwang was very upset: "Although the inner guard has the word "inner guard", since its establishment, it has fought against foreign enemies. It is rare for the leader of Doulu Pavilion to focus on internal fighting in Chang'an City!"

The two were muttering bad things about their boss, and An Shengan waved from a distance: "Come on, come on! Something big has happened! Li Jingxuan's house has been ransacked!"

"Good thing!"

Qiu Shenji clapped his hands first, and then he was a little puzzled: "But Li Jingxuan was dismissed from office a few months ago. At that time, Di Huaiying thought that this old man had saved his life. Why is his house suddenly ransacked now?"

An Shengan's expression was weird, as if he wanted to applaud, but also a little frightened: "It is said that dozens of sets of armor were found in the cellar in the backyard of his house!"

The two gasped: "Is this true? That is the crime of copying the family and exterminating the family! Let's go!"

When the three left the imperial city, many officials also rode out.

The look in each other's eyes was like that when watching Cui Shouye's execution, there was a tacit understanding.

How many brothers are watching the fun again?
Recently, Chang'an has been really lively. Not long ago, a servant of the Ministry of Punishment beheaded in the downtown area, and now he saw armor hidden in the former prime minister's house.

And when the officials who got off work from the imperial city arrived at Fangshi, before they arrived at Li's mansion, they saw guards in hard armor and cold armor from a distance, who had already surrounded the surrounding area, and screams were heard from afar. call.

When everyone circled around and came to the front yard, their pupils couldn't help shrinking: "Good guy, even the horses and leopards were killed!"

The horses in the front yard fell to the ground dripping with blood, and even the domesticated lynx fell to the ground and twitched, seemingly dead.

The so-called chickens and dogs, of course, do not only refer to chickens and dogs, but to threatening beasts such as horses, cheetahs, and hounds.

As soon as this stance came out, even Qiu Shenji couldn't help shouting: "This is really going to kill everyone!"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the courtyard door opened, and an old man with disheveled hair was pushed out by two burly guards.

His feet were dragging on the ground, blood had already been worn out, and he yelled mournfully, "I'm wronged! I'm wronged! The empress, the old minister, I'm wronged!!"

The guards on the left and right got impatient and slapped the old man's face, slapping the wronged man away.

Seeing the old man being dragged out like a dead dog, the surroundings were terrified.

Because everyone has seen it during the court meeting, this old man is Li Jingxuan.

The prime minister who stood in the first row of the ministers in the past!

Qiu Shenji was not afraid anymore, his eyes lit up, and he was amazed: "It's so majestic!"

When Li Sichong was arrested, he followed behind, thinking about when he could also arrest the prime minister.

I didn't expect this dream to be fulfilled by others, which is not bad, just to learn from the experience, and use a more majestic posture when arresting other prime ministers in the future.

Guo Yuanzhen observed carefully: "Look, people from Chang'an County Government and Dali Temple are also in the mansion!"

Qiu Shenji changed his angle, looked inside, nodded and said, "It's the Chang'an county government office, and that Li Qiao is here too!"

Ever since the Wang family reconciled with Li Jingxuan, the Shandong gentry had completely turned against him. No matter how close the relationship was before, the hatred is now so deep.

As Li Sichong's good friend, Li Qiao originally hoped to gain a relationship with the prime minister and get promoted quickly, but instead he was implicated. I don't know how long this Chang'an county lieutenant will work. One can imagine the anger in his heart. How can he miss the opportunity to make trouble? ?
An Shengan said: "Gong Di is here!"

Sure enough, he saw a fat figure flashing by, and he was moving with the officials of Dali Temple in the mansion.

As expected of Di Renjie, the seat chosen to watch the excitement is better than them.

Soon, the real excitement came.

Indeed, a pair of armor was searched out.

The quantity is not too much, but there are definitely twenty or thirty sets.

Guo Yuanzhen pointed his head on tiptoe, and said in surprise: "It's not a ritual armor, but a real leather armor for fighting on the battlefield!"

The Tang army has thirteen kinds of armor, some of which are ceremonial armor, which is armor worn for ceremonies, and its defense is poor.

As for the armor worn when going into battle to kill the enemy, the better the material and the higher the workmanship, the better it can resist the penetration effect of weapons and arrows.

Supplemented by elite soldiers, guarding a place similar to Xuanwu Gate, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji will have fun again.

Of course, the palace coup was not the first of its kind by Li Shimin, but a tradition passed down from the Southern and Northern Dynasties. However, the Xuanwu Gate was too famous and Li Shimin's status was too high, so the power of example is undoubtedly the strongest.

Now that the armor is released, and in this sensitive era, one can imagine what will happen to Li Jingxuan.

The sons who were dragged out with him, let alone concubines, even adopted sons, would be implicated together.

What's interesting is that when the people in Li's house who were crying and fighting for the ground were dragged out, the people on the street started to clap their hands and applaud.

"Let's kill a son and torture his wife to death, this is how this kind of villain should end up!"

"Hiding the armor means harboring resentment towards the sage. There was a conspiracy long ago, and it was not wronged at all!"

Still the same sentence, Li Jingxuan's reputation is rotten.

If he is still the prime minister praised by scholars and admired by everyone, then the onlookers may have another story.

Now that the bad guys do bad things, everyone helps to figure out their motives.

Qiu Shenji and the others exchanged glances with Di Renjie in the mansion, but it was very clear that it was impossible for Li Jingxuan to conspire to rebel.

These armors were either because Li Sichong was really arrogant to the extreme, or they were framed by someone.

Reminiscent of Li Jingxuan's six-year official position because of Li Sichong's involvement in the Jiangnan case, and such a cautious and cautious style, the latter is undoubtedly more likely.

It's just that it's really a big deal to frame her like this, aren't you afraid of being exposed?
Sure enough, before Li Jingxuan's family was taken away from the scene, the people who stopped them came.

Dou Luqinwang, who had just taken a photo not long ago, rushed to him, behind him was a dark inner guard: "Stop! Stop everything!"

The imperial guard stopped, and saw Dou Luqin looking in front of him, and without getting off his horse, he yelled loudly: "Who of you ordered the search of Li's residence? The Queen of Heaven didn't issue an order, and the inner guard and the Ministry of Punishment didn't even know it. How dare you directly Take people? Dali Temple and Chang'an County Government, come and answer!"

Li Qiao walked out of the mansion, saluted and said, "I will report to Doulu Jiyi. According to the criminal Li Shouyi's confession, we found [-] pieces of armor hidden by the thief Li Sichong. Li's family has committed serious crimes of covering up, so we should interrogate them together!"

Dou Luqinwang's eyes flickered fiercely, pointing to the armor that had already been found: "Li Shou is a son of a concubine, how can he know such privacy?"

"If he really knew, he would have exposed the serious crime of hiding the armor long ago. Why wait until now?"

"There are so many doubts in this case, you don't understand it, and you ransacked your home indiscriminately. Li Qiao, you are a county lieutenant, who gave you the power?"

On the other side, Wei Chengqing also went outside the mansion. Seeing that Dou Lu Qinwang had arrived, he was relieved and watched the scene seriously.

Empress Wu has not yet decided to accept Li Jingxuan's influence. After all, Li Zhi hated Li Jingxuan extremely, and still had some concerns.

But Li Jingxuan's approaching gesture is clear at a glance, at this sensitive moment, no accident can be allowed to happen to him!
Regardless of whether the hidden armor is true or not, it must be false now.

"I ordered it!"

However, the next moment, Ming Chongyan in official robes walked out of the mansion.

He held a bright yellow imperial edict in his hand, and his voice spread all over the place: "I am Ming Chongyan, Deputy Chief of the Meihua Internal Guard. This is Your Majesty's imperial edict. Are you still not accepting the edict?"

Dou Luqinwang's complexion changed drastically, and he got off the horse immediately, with the blackness behind him, they knelt down together to receive the order.

Not to mention him, including Wei Chengqing, all the officials around bowed down.

Ming Chongyan read out the imperial edict: "Li Jingxuan indulged the evil son, hid armor privately, and plotted to commit crimes. The internal guard of Meihua has the responsibility of supervising the officials. He was specially ordered to lead the guards, Dali Temple, and Chang'an County Government to arrest the murderer and collect evidence. , severely punished!"

After reading, Ming Chongyan looked around at the officials, especially Doulu Qinwang and Wei Chengqing: "Do you understand now?"

"The minister waits for the order!!"

Everyone had different expressions, most of them were shocked.

An Shengan never expected: "Plum blossom inner guard! There is such a inner guard?"

Qiu Shenji's voice trembled when he thought about the past festivals: "There are indeed internal guards of plum blossoms. They supervise the officials, and they can come from behind the scenes to the front of the stage? I'm afraid there will be chaos in Chang'an City!"

At this time and at that time, when the officials stood up to receive the order, facing the fearful, panic, or wary and hostile eyes of the crowd, Ming Chongyan felt at ease.

He recalled Li Yan's words in his mind:

"In the current situation, we must let the inner guard of Plum Blossom act in the dark and stand in the open."

"If it is only an organization known to a very small number of people, there is no guarantee that it will not be wiped out. Only by checking and balancing with the officials can we protect ourselves."

"The sage hates Li Jingxuan very much. If you ask for your order on this matter, you can get an imperial edict to boost the imperial power and prestige!"

"Let all those who have different intentions see clearly, who is ruling the world in Datang today!"

(End of this chapter)