The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

After getting the confession, Sun Fujia's face changed on the spot, and he said to He Qiu: "Look here, no one is allowed to leave or have any contact with outsiders until I come back."

Then he said to everyone in the cellar: "I don't tell you how serious the matter is. I did this to protect everyone. I hope you don't blame me."

He Qiu said: "Don't worry, Zhengqing, I will definitely take good care of everyone. Before you come back, no one should even think about stepping out of the cellar door."

The other jailers also quickly said: "Don't worry, Zhengqing, we know the seriousness and will never leak a word."

Sun Fujia nodded, turned and hurried to the palace.

When Li Shimin heard that he asked to see him, he immediately put down his government affairs, let him in and said, "But the prisoner confessed?"

Sun Fujia held up the confession with both hands, and said: "Yes, this is the confession of Cai Binglan, the leader of the bandit, please read it."

Li Shimin took it, opened it and asked, "Who is behind the scenes?"

Sun Fujia bowed his head and said, "The saint knows it after seeing it."

Li Shimin's hand paused, and his face became serious.Sun Fujia didn't dare to say directly that the people behind it must be not simple. Could this really not be an accidental incident, but a conspiracy against the prince?
He speeded up and unfolded a few pages of confession.

Sun Fujia knew where the key point was, and put the key confession on the first page, and Li Shimin saw it at first sight.

When he saw clearly the identity of the person behind the scenes, his face was instantly filled with murderous intent: "Is that the Taiyuan Wang family? Okay, okay, okay, I want to see what you guys want to do."

After turning over a few pages of the confession, his complexion became even worse, and he said: "It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable, I didn't expect Chang'an to hide such a cruel thing, the officials of Wannian County in Chang'an deserve to die."

Sun Fujia lowered his head and dared not say a word.

After losing his temper for a while, Li Shimin finally calmed down, and said, "Go back and look at everyone who knows the truth, and if the news leaks out, I'll ask you."

Sun Fujia said: "Here."

Then hurried back to Dali Temple, found those jailers and comforted them.

The jailers also knew the seriousness of the matter, and they all said that they would live in the cellar before the matter was over and would not go anywhere.

On the other side, Li Shimin called Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Gao Shilian, Li Daozong, Yu Chigong, Cheng Yaojin and more than [-] elite core members to a meeting.

It is impossible to hide the fact that these multiple ministers entered the palace at the same time, and the well-informed people began to speculate whether something big was going to happen?

Could it be related to the attack on the prince yesterday?If it is really because of this incident, it is very likely that there will be another bloody storm.

These people who entered the palace also had the same guess. Could it be that there is something hidden behind the prince's injury?

When they read Cai Binglan's statement, they were all silent.

Li Shimin glanced around, and said coldly: "Why don't you say anything?"

Fang Xuanling hesitated for a while and said: "Saint, now there is only the confession of the thief leader Cai Binglan, and it is still impossible to determine whether it is true or not. It is better to arrest Wang Xiuqi, and it will not be too late to make a decision after getting his confession."

Changsun Wuji retorted: "No, if it is really what the Wang family did, we will definitely startle the snake by arresting Wang Xiuqi. At that time, the Wang family will definitely abandon Wang Xiuqi and save the family."

Fang Xuanling wanted to refute, but seeing Li Shimin's gloomy face, he immediately shut his mouth.

He knew the emperor's intention very well, whether it was Wang Xiuqi's personal behavior or the Taiyuan Wang family's conspiracy, it didn't matter at this time.

What the emperor wanted was to take this opportunity to eradicate the Wang family, and to sound the alarm to the gentry tyrants who were still stubbornly fighting and refused to admit defeat.

If he continues to talk, he will probably become the same as Wei Zheng.Although he is still a prime minister, he should have a lot of power, but he is no longer eligible to participate in key meetings.

So he swallowed all the rest of the words and stopped talking.

"Bang." Yu Chigong patted the table and shouted: "Your Highness is still lying in Zixiao Temple, what else is there to discuss?"

"The army went over and arrested all the members of the Wang family and interrogated them one by one. Naturally, they will know what the truth is."

Cheng Yaojin said flatly: "The sage gave me glory and wealth, and His Highness is the guarantee for the wealth of my children and grandchildren."

"In public, I want to repay the sage's kindness, and in private, I want to plan for my children and grandchildren... Whoever dares to touch His Highness is my sworn enemy, Cheng Zhijie."

Two people expressed their opinions one after another, and they were both generals in command of the army. The others also knew that it would be impossible not to express their opinions, and they all supported the attack on the Wang family.

Li Shimin's eyes showed satisfaction, and said: "Okay, since all the ministers agree, then we will follow this and take down the Taiyuan Wang family."

Gao Shilian said: "Saint, although the gentry's tyrants have already set in the sunset, the centipedes are dead but not stiff. We must prevent them from taking risks."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "What Shen Guogong said is true, do you have a good strategy?"

Li Daozong replied: "It's not the same as the previous year. Send generals to guard all over the place to prevent accidents."

Others also said: "This method is feasible."

In fact, this was also Li Shimin's plan. Seeing that everyone had no objections, he agreed with it.

Then start to discuss who will guard where.

There are not many places that really need to be guarded, mainly Shandong and Henan, the base camps of the northern gentry, and Zhenjiang, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, and Kuaiji, the base camps of the southern gentry.

Although there are branches or powerful forces of the gentry in other places, they are not enough to pose a threat to the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

In the end, everyone agreed that the strength of the southern gentry was generally weak, so Niu Jinda and Li Daoyan would guard Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Kuaiji and other places.

The gentry in the north were stronger, so they sent Wei Chigong to Hebei, Zhang Shigui to Henan, and Wu Heita to Fanyang to sit in town.

Wu Heikai's reputation is not obvious, but he is also an old Wagang tribe. He surrendered to the Tang Dynasty with Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong, participated in the Xuanwu Gate Change and was named the Founding County Duke.

He is one of the core cadres of the Cheng, Qin, and Yuchi alliance, and he can just cooperate with Yuchi Gong who is guarding Hebei when he goes to Fanyang.

After the personnel were allocated, Li Shimin immediately wrote the decree for dispatching troops, and Fang Xuanling's side passed it immediately, and they could leave on the same day.

Then everyone began to discuss who would go to Taiyuan to arrest people, and after discussing for a while, this task was handed over to Zhang Jian and Ma Zhou.

Zhang Jian is also a nobleman of Guanlong, and he is a distant relative with the Li family, and has outstanding military exploits.Needless to say, Ma Zhou.

There are two people, one civil and one military, one is responsible for violent arrests, and the other is responsible for reviewing statistics.

When the meeting was adjourned, Changsun Wuji suddenly asked a question: "The crown prince's side concubine is the daughter of the Wang family, and the eldest princess of Tong'an is also the wife of the Wang family. How should we deal with it?"

Li Shimin said: "The Taiyuan Wang family has been passed down for hundreds of years, and there are many branch bloodlines. If all of them are disposed of, the consequences may be too much. This time, only the main line is punished. If there are no major mistakes, the branch lines will be left to fend for themselves."

"As for the crown prince's side concubine, let the prince handle it. I believe he will handle it well."

……

Chen Jingke still got the news from Changsun Wugou. At that time, Li Chengqian had just entered the operating room, and they were waiting outside.

The eldest grandson Wugou told him: "Your interrogation method is indeed effective, and Cai Binglan, the leader of the kidnapper, confessed."

Chen Jingke smiled and said, "It's good that it's useful, who is behind the scenes?"

Changsun Wugou glanced at him and said, "You also know that person."

Chen Jingke was not surprised, but said: "I know a lot of people. It's not surprising that there are a few beasts in clothes. Who are they?"

Changsun Wugou said: "Wang Xiuqi, do you still remember?"

"Wang Xiuqi?" Chen Jingke thought for a while before remembering who it was, and said in surprise, "It's him? Isn't this a coincidence?"

The eldest grandson Wugou nodded and said: "Yes, it's such a coincidence. He often buys beautiful girls and tortures them at home."

"Afraid that people would find out if I bought it from a dental shop, I hired a kidnapper to help him rob him in private. In the past two years, no less than ten girls have been tortured to death by him."

The smile on Chen Jingke's face has disappeared, replaced by remorse, guilt, and pain.

Changsun Wugou said softly: "I regret it, don't you?"

Chen Jingke didn't answer, but asked, "Where is he?"

Changsun Wugou said: "I just hid in a manor outside the city, and helped the gentry to spy on the capital's intelligence, and he has been under surveillance."

Chen Jingke said angrily: "Why didn't you arrest him? Could it be that he was afraid of his status as a nobleman?"

Changsun Wugou sighed, and said: "Anger can't solve the problem, arresting him now can only punish him alone."

"The sage has already made a plan. This time, he will uproot the Wang family. It won't be too late to catch him when Taiyuan takes action."

Chen Jingke nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "After someone catches him, hand him over to me."

Changsun Wugou said with some worry: "What do you want to do?"

Chen Jingke revealed a hint of sinisterness, and said: "Everyone has a dark side in their hearts, but they are usually suppressed by the sunny side."

"I also have a dark side. If Wang Xiuqi releases it, he will be responsible for the consequences."

Changsun Wugou immediately thought of the idea he gave Sun Fujia, knowing that he must have more cruel ways to torture people.

She didn't ask, there was no need for that, she just said: "Okay, I will tell the people below, try not to hurt him when arresting him, and hand him over to you intact."

The two fell silent after that.

Chen Jingke's expression kept changing, full of guilt for a while, hideous for a while, and resentful for a while.

Changsun Wugou knew that he was involved in this matter, and he was very worried.

After thinking about it, he went out to find Wu Shu with an excuse, and talked like this:
"Originally, I wanted Xiao Si to appease him, but I was afraid that it would be self-defeating and bring back bad memories for him. Please appease him and let him get out of his demons as soon as possible."

After all, among the girls tortured to death by Wang Xiuqi, some of them were not much older than Xiao Sizi.Seeing her would probably give Chen Jingke a bad association.

Wu Shu's face was also filled with worry, and he said, "Here, don't worry, Madam, I will take good care of him."

The door of the operating room opened quickly, and Sun Simiao, Hong Ling and others walked out.

The eldest grandson Wugou and the crown princess Su quickly went up to greet him: "Sun Zhenzhen, how is Chengqian?"

Sun Simiao took off his mask and said with a smile: "Your mission is fulfilled. Your Highness's foot bones have been corrected, and the broken bones have been taken out. Next, you only need to cultivate well so that the broken bones can grow back."

Although he believed in Sun Simiao's medical skills, it was only at this moment that Changsun Wugou completely let go of his heart and said, "That's great, thank you Sun Zhenren."

Sun Simiao said: "Your Majesty is too polite, this is what I should do."

Su finally found the opportunity, and interjected, "When will Your Highness come out?"

Sun Simiao said: "The doctors and nurses are finishing up, and they will be out soon. However, His Highness fell asleep after taking anesthesia, and may have to sleep for a while before waking up."

Just as he was talking, several doctors and nurses walked over pushing a hospital bed, and everyone rushed to check the situation.

Li Chengqian was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed, and he didn't have any symptoms of paleness. He looked rosy and healthy.

In fact, it is true that his operation does not take much time and does not last long. He did not bleed much, and he did not experience symptoms of blood loss.

After that, everyone escorted him all the way to the ward.

Chen Jingke also came to have a look, and left when he saw nothing.

Changsun Wugou glanced at his back worriedly, and could only pray in his heart that Wu Shu would comfort him.

After Chen Jingke left the ward, he came to a remote corner alone, and sat there to repent silently.

He wouldn't attribute Wang Xiuqi's mistake to himself, but every time he thought about it, he still regretted it.

If he had directly killed Wang Xiuqi back then, all of the following would not have happened, and so many innocent girls would not have been killed.

That's a dozen lives, all at the age of flowers.

Before they died, they must have been tortured and humiliated tremendously. Just thinking about that scene would make his heart fluster, and it would hurt like a pinch.

This kind of pain and remorse made his heart suffer, and sometimes he wanted to slap himself a few times.

At this time, a hand was placed on his head and gently stroked, and a familiar voice rang in his ear: "It's hard."

Chen Jingke sighed for a long time and said, "Yes, this is the first time I know what regret is like."

Wu Shu said distressedly: "Don't torture yourself like this, you didn't know that he would be so mad at that time. Besides, he is a nobleman, even a saint would not dare to touch them easily, let alone you."

Chen Jingke said: "I understand the truth, but these are more than a dozen lives, I can't stop thinking about it."

Wu Shu was even more worried.

Chen Jingke squeezed out a smile and said, "Don't worry, I won't fall into a demon. I just want myself to remember this feeling, and don't make that mistake again in the future."

"And now the more regretful I am, the deeper I hate Wang Xiuqi, and I can be ruthless and think of more cruel ways to take revenge on him."

"I want him to regret what he did and regret coming to this world. When I release the violence in my heart, it will be fine."

Wu Shu took his hand, put it on his stomach and said, "I believe in you, you will definitely defeat all enemies and protect me and our children."

"My child and I are waiting for the kind, scheming Chen Jingke to come back."

Chen Jingke gently withdrew his hand and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely be back soon."