The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 96 Muddy Waters
"Shijing, you don't know that after you left, Chang'an City was really in chaos for a while." Cheng Chumo took off a leather bag from his waist, unscrewed the leather plug, took a sip of wine, and handed it to Xuan Shijing.

Xuan Shijing took it, and took a sip. Datang's alcohol content is not high. If it weren't for the way he drank with Yuan Shoucheng that night, Xuan Shijing would not be drunk. Drinking depends on his mood .

"What happened to Chang'an?" Xuan Shijing asked. In the letters Xuan Shijing received over the years, there was no mention of what happened to Chang'an after he left. They were all Wang's advice to eat well and dress warmly.

"After you left, Your Majesty has thoroughly investigated the entire Chang'an City. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, Dali Temple has never imprisoned so many people." Cheng Chumo said, "It's okay if His Majesty is the only one investigating. After you left, my aunt closed the Hou's mansion, and no one was seen except Daoist Sun. She also ordered anyone who dared to trespass in the Hou's mansion to be killed without mercy. It's just that the next morning, their bodies were thrown out from the gate of the Hou's Mansion, and they were thrown on the street in front of the Hou's Mansion. It seems that after closing the door of the mansion, there was no movement, and it was like this for several days in a row. The fact that you were poisoned was really a big blow to auntie."

Cheng Chumo's words made Xuan Shijing a little stunned. She didn't expect her mother to be so ruthless. Maybe she was really stimulated. Xuan Shijing became more and more curious about what happened next, and immediately asked: "What happened later? Woolen cloth?"

"Later, Chang'an City was in chaos. From those dead people, Steward Qian seemed to have found some clues, which involved several honorable families in Chang'an City. Some people broke into the mansion and made a fuss, but the people who broke into the mansion were able to escape unscathed. I am afraid that these people were sent by my aunt." Cheng Chumo said: "The nobles all know that they are sent by the Hou Mansion. But there is no evidence to prove it, so they all prepared posts to visit Auntie, Auntie said earlier that no one will be seen except Daoist Sun, so naturally they were rejected."

"And then? The matter shouldn't end so quickly, right?" Xuan Shijing said. If there is such a big commotion, will His Majesty Li Er intervene?

"Of course, but it's about the end of the day, but we did find out some things that His Majesty didn't find out. On the surface, these noble families seem to have no connection, but when you look deeper, they are all from the beginning of His Majesty's ascension to the throne. Supporting another person is just not so obvious." Cheng Chumo said: "This is after the incident, Uncle Zhong came to our house to send a letter from my aunt to my father. My father and I only knew about it. At that time, I just returned to Chang'an. , Judging from the contents of the letter, the whole matter seems to have something to do with King Zhao."

"Zhao Wang Li Yuanjing?" Xuan Shijing was dumbfounded, he didn't seem to know this Li Yuanjing, why did he have something to do with him?What motive did he have for poisoning himself.

Cheng Chumo nodded, picked up a dry branch on the ground, and fiddled with the fire. After checking that the meat in the pot was almost cooked, he took two sea pottery bowls, fished out two big bones with meat on them, Handed it to Xuan Shijing.

Xuan Shijing took the pottery bowl, picked up the bone and gnawed a few mouthfuls, and said again: "I have no grievances with King Zhao, and I have never met him before, why does he have any reason to poison me? Someone who pretended to be the East Palace came to kidnap me before, and he did it too?"

Cheng Chumo also scooped up two big bones from his own bowl, and said, "That's not clear. Auntie's letter to my father only guessed that it had something to do with King Zhao, but there's no way to be sure. I think Auntie also It's just a suspicion. Later, His Majesty really couldn't bear to see the chaos in Chang'an City, so he issued an imperial decree to confer on Auntie as a first-rank imperial order. In fact, His Majesty's decree was just to appease Auntie and open the gate of the Marquis Mansion by the way. .”

His Majesty Li Er's move is really clever. With an imperial decree, I think my mother must not be able to go on like this. An imperial edict has given both parties a step up. His Majesty Li Er's trick is so slippery.

"Then my mother didn't investigate anymore?"

"I don't know, maybe they are still investigating secretly. According to my guess, if there is enough evidence, if my aunt wants to move King Zhao, His Majesty will not be able to keep King Zhao. The news from my family's caravans in various places , Uncle Mingde’s old acquaintances in various places, during those days, there were some big and small movements, especially in the middle of Sichuan, where they were more active, and it seemed that they were targeting King Zhao."

This is the legendary centipede that is dead but not stiff. The Hou Mansion seemed to have declined when Xuan Shijing was a child, but the contacts left by the previous generation are still there, and not everyone can come up and step on it. .

"Shijing, I guess you have to investigate this matter yourself when you come to Chang'an. It's best to check it out once and get rid of those who are secretly against you. You lost your life, but those people saw you go back, and they changed their minds."

"I will definitely investigate." Xuan Shijing smiled, thinking in his heart, if this matter really has nothing to do with King Zhao, I don't know how His Majesty Li Er will react. If you offend me, cutting the grass and rooting out the roots, this is not an ordinary small grudge. If Yuan Shoucheng hadn't been found at the beginning, Xuan Shijing would have gone to see the King of Hades long ago. The revenge of killing his father is nothing more than that, not to mention that he has no grievances with King Zhao .

"Is there any news from Chang'an?" Xuan Shijing asked, he knew that the letters Wang wrote to him always reported good news but not bad news, which also caused Xuan Shijing's news at the foot of Kunlun Mountain to be blocked.

"It's nothing serious, but once you leave, people outside don't know whether you are alive or dead. Some of your family's small businesses in Chang'an have been annexed openly and secretly. It is probably the hands of those nobles. After all, my aunt previously took them It's quite noisy." Cheng Chumo took another big sip of wine: "It's a pity, but the money pile is not bad, and the Hou Mansion is still making money every day, and I don't know how he did it."

Regarding Qiandui, Xuan Shijing is at ease. He is loyal, capable, and smart. With him in Chang'an, the Hou Mansion's expenses will naturally not be nervous. What he did before he left has already been pointed out to him. One direction, as long as he walks in that direction, the Hou Mansion will naturally not have to worry about money in ten years.

"This trip to Chang'an is really muddy, but since those people attacked the Hou's mansion, don't blame me for going back and taking back everything that originally belonged to my Hou's mansion." Xuan Shijing looked at the burning fire, The corners of the mouth are slightly raised.

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