The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 346 Li Tai's Bad Move

"In the early court today, King Jing was arguing with his father in the main hall about punishing Xiaojing for harming the royal dignity, and he and his father broke up in an argument. It stands to reason that King Jing should know that his father has become suspicious of him. , why are you still so flamboyant and don’t know how to restrain yourself?" Li Tai said doubtfully.

"Perhaps King Jing is a bit more publicized, which makes it difficult for people to see through." Qian Dui pondered.

"It's not like that." Li Tai touched his chin and frowned and recalled: "At that time, I saw King Jing's expression, but there was a kind of determination to kill him, which made me a little confused. Breaking the jar and smashing it?"

"Broken cans?!" Qiandui was startled. If this sentence was changed, then the next thing would probably be a big mess.

"That's right, broken jar!" Li Tai slammed his fist into his palm: "I understand! Qiandui, you should immediately send someone to Jingwang's mansion to investigate, whether it is to inquire openly or secretly let the master sneak Whether you enter King Jing's mansion, you must see what King Jing is doing, especially the recent movements of King Jing's mansion, don't let go of any clues!"

"Yes." Qiandui replied.

"I think, what Xiaojing is worried about is coming." Li Tai muttered to himself, not only Xiaojing didn't want to see it, but he also didn't want to see it.

"Your Highness, Master Du has arrived." The guard's voice came from outside the study.

"Come in."

The study door was pushed open, and Du Chuke, dressed in white, walked slowly in front of Li Tai.

"I have seen Your Highness."

"There is no need to be too polite, Old Du, the king has summoned you today to discuss important matters with you." Li Tai said.

"Your Highness, Cao Min will leave first." Qian Dui said, cupping his hands.

"Well, Qiandui, if there is any movement from your side, you must inform this king as soon as possible." Li Tai said, and took out a token from his pocket: "You take this token, this is Emperor Father I gave it to you, hold the token, even if you break into the palace gate, it’s fine!" Li Tai must know the news from Prince Jing’s mansion as soon as possible, so he doesn’t care too much, if he is in the palace , the money pile can directly face the saint with the token.

"Yes!" Qian Dui accepted the token, responded, and then left Wei Wang's mansion to arrange staff.

Du Chuke watched Qiandui leave, clasped his hands to Li Tai and asked, "Your Highness, what happened?"

Even the tokens bestowed by the emperor have been sent out. It seems that this matter is not a trivial matter.

Li Tai handed the ledger to Du Chuke: "Let's have a look, and think about how to tell Father, immediately follow me into the palace."

Du Chuke took the ledger with doubts on his face, and began to look through it carefully. The more he flipped through it, the faster his speed became, and his hands began to tremble faintly. In the end, he almost couldn't even hold the ledger.

"Your Highness, this!" Du Chuke looked at Li Tai in horror.

Du Chuke personally experienced the demise of the Sui Dynasty and the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. He also suffered a lot of crimes under the hands of the princes and was detained as a hostage. Naturally, he knew more people than Li Tai. how many.

He knows all the people on this ledger!Because they are all ministers who followed the Supreme Emperor during the reign of Wude!

And what is recorded in this account book is obviously that a few years after His Majesty ascended the throne, these people still have frequent contacts with Jing Wang Li Yuanjing, and the amount of money is not small!
Du Chuke is not stupid, he can survive in the troubled times, and escape from being treated as a hostage by the princes. Du Chuke's talent is no less than Du Ruhui's, but he is just not interested in the court. If Li Tai didn't invite him sincerely, Treating each other with courtesy, I am afraid that he will not do the long history of the Wei Palace.

As shrewd as Du Chuke, how could he fail to see the problems in the ledger.

He bribed ministers all the year round. If Li Yuanjing had no second thoughts, Du Chuke would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.

"You guessed right. This account book is only a part. When Xiao Jing returned to Chang'an, he investigated Sun Yaoting. This Sun Yaoting belonged to King Jing, and at that time Xiao Jing also got a batch of letters from Sun Yaoting's mansion. It is a letter in contact with some officials in Chang'an City, and some of the letters are all written by King Jing." Li Tai said: "You must know the cause and effect of Xiao Jing's punishment and confinement to the Wude Palace. They are all certain that King Jing recruited troops in Jingzhou privately with the intention of rebelling, and the fuse of this whole thing is the 30 guan of money that King Jing lost in Xiangzhou!"

"It's so!" Du Chuke sighed. If so, all the doubts in his heart have been solved up to now. Why was Dongshan Marquis poisoned more than ten years ago, and why King Jing walked around the Taishang Emperor so much more than ten years ago? Frequently, why did King Jing painstakingly manage such a large property in Chang'an City instead of bringing his family business to Jingzhou? Why did Sun Yaoting take all the charges on himself after being investigated and dealt with?
One by one, one by one, at this moment, Du Chuke felt a little bit like he was seeing the sun behind the clouds.

"Your Highness, since you already know King Jing's purpose, if Your Highness wants to investigate, you should go straight to this purpose and collect evidence of King Jing's crime." Du Chuke said: "This account book is one of them, but the above The recorded things are all things that happened more than ten years ago, and as evidence, it seems a bit thin."

"This king has already asked Qiandui to go back and send people to keep an eye on King Jing's mansion. By the way, is there any disturbance in Chang'an City? Something related to King Jing's mansion."

Hearing this, Du Chuke thought for a while: "The day before yesterday, I heard people talking about it, saying that some people from Jingwang's mansion escorted these things out of Chang'an City two days ago. I don't know, does this count?"

"Escorted things out of Chang'an City?" Li Tai asked suspiciously: "Could it be that King Jing is transporting goods from Chang'an to Jingzhou again?"

The salary of 30 guan was stolen in Xiangzhou, and there must be a way to make up for this hole. Now it is estimated that King Jing's biggest reliance is Jingzhou's army.

Thinking of this, Li Tai's eyes lit up, and he said to Du Chuke: "Old Du, send some smart people to track down the things transported by King Jing's Mansion, and find a chance to rob him halfway." !"

Isn't it secretly transporting money to Jingzhou?Now this king will let you still not be able to pay your salary!Li Tai thought viciously.

"Your Highness, this...isn't right." It has to be said that Du Chuke can be regarded as a modest gentleman. He never thought that such a robber thing would happen to him one day.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, he lost 30 guan, and it's not a little bit worse. My uncle, the sixth emperor, is very rich." Li Tai smiled and said, "Hurry up and arrange a batch of things from King Jing's mansion. You just let someone grab a batch, and after the arrangements are made, immediately follow me into the palace!"

Anyway, King Jing is about to rebel, and Li Tai doesn't intend to treat King Jing as his own family anymore.
(End of this chapter)