The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 653 Conspiracy

The next day, various versions of rumors began to flow out of Chang'an City.

Some people said that because the Zheng family offended King Xiaoyao, King Xiaoyao sent people to wipe out the entire family overnight.

Others said that the Zheng family had done many injustices, and was discovered by the knights of the rivers and lakes, and the whole family was wiped out.

The most talked about is that there are monsters haunting the city, which are very charming and mind-absorbing. The whole family of Zheng's family was targeted by that monster, so the whole family died.

Among them, the first version is mostly spread among ordinary people, the second version is spread among scholars, and the last one is the version of storytellers.

However, comparing the three rumors, Li Muyun thinks that the last one is closer to reality.

"My lord, this matter is full of weirdness, do you want me to inquire about it?" The little girl Mu Yu was transferred back from the book printing shop by Li Muyun last night, and she was accompanying him at this moment, listening to the nonsense of the storyteller on the roadside, Hearing the key point, he asked in a low voice.

Li Muyun listened with great interest to the storyteller talking nonsense, and turned a deaf ear to the little girl's suggestions, as if he didn't hear what she was saying.

Mu Xin stood on the other side of Li Muyun, seeing that Mu Yu still wanted to continue talking, she quickly pulled her and shook her head slightly: "My lord must have thought of something, sister, please don't disturb him."

Mu Yu was very curious about Mu Xin, the maid who suddenly appeared next to Li Muyun. Since the day this woman appeared, she was sent to Zhuangzi outside the city to be in charge of the printing workshop, and she had little contact with her. At this time Seeing that his son was obsessed with the storyteller's jokes, his eyes moved to Mu Xin's side immediately: "Miss sister, how did you get to be with you?"

"I used to be Princess Changle's maid, and was later given to you by His Royal Highness." Mu Xin concealed what should be concealed, and answered with seven points of truth and three points of falsehood.

Mu Yu asked again: "Then will you go back?"

Mu Xin said with a double entendre: "Probably not, there is not much difference between being with the young master and being with His Highness, they are all the same."

Of course Mu Yu could understand the meaning, she pursed her lips and laughed, and then said: "Then I'll call you sister from now on!"

Mu Xin showed a happy smile: "Okay."

Mu Yu nodded seriously, called out to her sister, then frowned and said, "Sister, you followed the young master yesterday, do you know what's going on in Zheng's house?"

Mu Xin's expression was a little sad: "I don't know, the young master didn't let me in at all last night, saying that girls shouldn't watch that scene."

Seeing Mu Xin's dejected expression, Mu Yu persuaded him with understanding: "Young Master has always taken care of us, he didn't let you in because of your own good."

"I know." Looking at Li Muyun's back in front of him, Mu Xin seemed to be distracted, and after a while she said to Mu Yu: "But although I didn't go in yesterday, I found out some things outside."

Mu Yu's little girl immediately became energetic when she heard it: "What's the matter? What aspect is it about?"

Mu Xin thought for a while and said: "The thing is actually very strange. Yesterday I heard those officials questioning the servants of the Zheng family, and the servants almost said in unison that at the evening yesterday, all members of the Zheng family showed up. , and the uncle even ordered a maid to be whipped five times for breaking a cup."

Mu Yu's face changed: "What? How is this possible? Didn't even Dali Temple prove that the members of the Zheng family were dead in the afternoon? How could it be possible that they would appear in the evening?"

Mu Xin frowned, with a trace of fear in her eyes, and her voice trembling: "This is where the strange thing is. It is said that a job may go wrong, but yesterday almost all the jobs in Chang'an City went, and everyone agreed that the person was wrong. Die in the afternoon."

Mu Yu stopped talking. Although she wasn't as scared as Mu Xin, she still felt a little nervous.

The ancients were superstitious, and they were more certain about gods and ghosts. In addition, the little girl was young and immature, so it was difficult to control her emotions after listening to these gods and gods.

"I said you two are endless, are you really planning to summon the monster?" Li Muyun suddenly turned his head, and said seriously: "The storyteller just said that the monster has clairvoyance and ears, who knows?" Talking about him can be heard even thousands of miles away."

The faces of Mu Xin and Mu Yu turned pale in an instant, and Mu Yu looked around nervously. Then, the two women looked at Li Muyun and laughed and squeezed out of the crowd.

be cheated!Mu Yu's little pale face just now turned red with blood in an instant, and he jumped up and shouted from behind: "My lord, you're teasing me again."

Mu Xin was also full of astonishment, but because she hadn't been in contact with Li Muyun for a long time, and because she was older and more reserved, she didn't say anything even though she hated secretly.

And Li Muyun didn't show any guilt at all, instead he yelled in front of him, "If you two don't come here again, maybe the monsters will really come to catch you."

The little girl Mu Yu grunted with her mouth pouted, stomped her feet fiercely, pulled Mu Xin beside her, and chased after him. After catching up with Li Muyun, she followed him silently, her angry appearance was obviously Stuck.

Li Muyun walked in front, looking east and west, letting that little girl Mu Yu get sulky, and when she heard someone discussing what happened last night, she stopped and listened for a while, and when she saw any jugglers, she also went over After calling out a few times, it seemed that the affairs of the Zheng family had nothing to do with him at all.

In the end, it was the little girl Mu Yu who couldn't hold back anymore, stopped his way and said, "Young master, aren't you in a hurry? After such a big incident, almost half of the people in Chang'an City think that you killed the Zheng family." People, don't you want to clarify?"

Li Muyun flicked on Mu Yu's head: "What are you clarifying? Notices are posted all over the street, and there are still people who can't read. How can I speak louder than so many people in Chang'an City by myself."

"Then investigate the case clearly, find out the person who framed you, and bring him to justice." Mu Yu seemed to be more anxious than Li Muyun. If she didn't know who the murderer was, she might have gone by now. Arrested.

Li Muyun shook his head: "Calm down, the situation is unclear right now, blind action will only make you more passive."

"But..." Mu Yu wanted to say something more, but was quickly interrupted by Li Muyun: "Come on, let's go shopping, let's go into the palace."

……

There are many more Forbidden Army in the palace than before, apparently also affected by some rumors outside.

Li Yuan in Da'an Palace was holding a chess record and was looking at it. When he saw Li Muyun, he said angrily: "You are really a troublemaker. I don't know why I lost my mind and insisted on accepting you. The guy is a son."

"Hey, that's your old man's discerning eye!" Li Muyun took a gift box from Mu Xin's hand, put it in the hand of the little eunuch who came up to him, and said: "Take it well, if it breaks, be careful legs."

The little eunuch was taken aback, and quickly hugged the box tightly in his arms, not daring to relax in the slightest.

Li Yuan snorted: "You kid has done such a big deal outside, is this going to be sold to me?"

"Father, this is a tea set I just bought on the side of the road. There are so many famous things." Li Muyun sat on the chair brought by the eunuch at the side, and continued a little depressed: "Besides, that thing is not true at all. I did it, so don't take your hat off."

Li Yuan waved to the little eunuch who was holding the gift box, motioning him to open the gift box, then turned to Li Muyun and said, "Who is it if it's not you? I heard that you have issued a military order and ran away instead of investigating the case." Come to Lao Tzu, do you want to check Lao Tzu?"

Li Muyun pouted: "In this world, there is a kind of thing called madman fruit, which is similar to longan. After eating it, it will make people go crazy; there is also a poisonous weed in southern Xinjiang, called poppy, which can cause hallucinations and addiction if people eat it. , worn for a long time makes it look haggard, if it is broken, life would be worse than death."

Li Yuan's complexion gradually changed, he stared at Li Muyun for a long time before saying: "You kid is so ruthless."

Li Muyun sighed and said: "The main reason is that there is no such big hatred, and there is no need for it. If I really want to mess with them, I can definitely make their lives extremely painful. This is much safer than killing them."

Li Yuan thought for a while and said, "Since you didn't do this, why did you come to see me?"

Li Muyun said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just missed you, come and have a look, please do me a favor by the way."

Li Yuan didn't speak, as if he was waiting for Li Muyun to finish speaking.

"I would like to ask you to play a play with me." Li Muyun glanced around and said calmly.

Li Yuan seemed to be interested in acting, so he said, "How to act?"

Li Muyun moved closer to old Li Yuan, and said in a low voice, "Fake sickness!"

……

On the second day after Li Muyun left the palace, the Supreme Emperor fell ill, talking nonsense, and kept yelling that there was something wrong with him. The imperial physicians in the palace made various diagnosis and treatment but they still couldn't find any illness.

The old Taoist priest Yuan Tiangang was also called into the palace, and after two days of performing rituals, there was little effect.

His Majesty the Emperor had no choice but to issue a notice, calling capable people and strangers from all over the world to enter the palace to diagnose the 'disease' of the Supreme Emperor.

Suddenly, the situation in Chang'an changed suddenly, and the matter about the Zheng family turned into a discussion about the illness of the Supreme Emperor overnight.

Many people think that this incident must be caused by monsters. Otherwise, in the heavily guarded palace, how could the Supreme Emperor suddenly scream like a ghost?
And more "capable people and strangers" gathered outside the imperial city, relying on luck, they signed up one after another to say that they could cure the illness of the Supreme Emperor, hoping to become famous all over the world.

(End of this chapter)