A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 385

East Palace.

Gao Huitong returned to the palace again. His four-year-old daughter Eleventh Princess Li Jinggang was canonized as Princess Qinghe. Gao Huitong opened his arms to hug his daughter, but the daughter took a few steps back in an unfamiliar way and retreated into the arms of the wet nurse.

Seeing this scene, Gao Huitong felt a pain in his heart.

"who are you?"

"I am your aunt,"

"Is your surname also the eldest grandson?" Princess Eleven, who was wearing a bun, asked curiously.

Since she was sensible, people around her told her that her biological mother had died of illness, and she was required to call Empress Changsun her mother.

Gao Huitong said it was her aunt, so she thought she was the younger sister of Empress Changsun. The empress had many sisters, for example, the wife of General Li Keshi was the empress's younger sister, and the wife of General Yunhui Zhang Wenjin was the empress' elder sister.

This aunt had never seen it before.

"My surname is Gao, and I'm your biological mother's younger sister." Gao Huitong felt his heart bleed, since she was ordered to leave the Qin Palace in the ninth year of Wude, she has lost that identity, and she can't even recognize her daughter.

Gao Huitong brought a lot of gifts and toys to the princess, and played with her for a long time with a forced smile.
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"Have you met Dexian?"

In Lizheng Hall, Li Shimin asked Gao Huitong.

"Princess Eleven has grown to the height of my concubine's waist, and the queen has raised her well."

Empress Changsun raised a daughter herself. Although the eleventh princess called her mother, she was not raised by the queen herself, but by female officials and palace people.

Li Shimin didn't say much.

"I have read your secret report, and the conclusion is astonishing, but the evidence from the investigation is not sufficient, and some things are not clear."

Li Shimin didn't expect that the case of the heroine Chang's prophecy would become more and more bizarre.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the whole case is very clear. Your Majesty only needs to order Yuan Tiangang from Shuzhong to go to Beijing, and when the time comes to testify, everything will come to light." Gao Huitong said bluntly.

Li Shimin stroked his beard, and his words were to the point.

Now Li Chunfeng has a set of rhetoric, the six doors have investigated a situation, who is true and who is false, of course, only when the parties confront each other can it be clear at a glance.

"Six Gates led Baiqi to secretly go to the middle of Sichuan to pick up Yuan Tiangang to enter the court immediately. The action must be kept secret. I want to summon Yuan Tiangang in person and ask him face to face."

"The concubine asks His Majesty to allow the six doors to carry out relevant investigations on Du Jingai, Zheng Shiji, Cui Yuqing, Wei Siqi, Chai Zhewei, Zheng Shanguo, Cui Qian, Cui Dunli, Chai Shao, etc. related to the case."

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment.

But in the end he nodded, "Don't directly summon for interrogation, first collect information, and report to me after you get the evidence."

There are many people involved, and they are not ordinary people, so Li Shimin has to be cautious.

However, Li Shimin had a hunch in his heart that it would be difficult to be kind this time.

Although everything has to wait for evidence, it is obvious that Gao Huitong also believes that Wei Du, Cui Zheng and others did what happened this time.

If they were really brave enough to use celestial phenomena, secret records, and prophecy to murder the emperor's confidants, then he would not let this matter go easily.

In Li Shimin's view, this method seriously crossed the line, and their method of attacking their confidants was a challenge to the emperor's authority.

Since he came to the throne, he has tried his best to be tolerant towards the old palace and even the old ministers of the Supreme Emperor, but he has also killed some people who don't know how to live or die. General.

"When you are free in the future, you can come back to the palace often and spend more time with Dexian."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Gao Huitong was very grateful.

"In ten years, Dexian will leave the palace and marry into Cheng Yaojin's family. Are you satisfied with this marriage?"

"The Cheng family is also a well-known family in Shandong. They are upstarts in the dynasty. The marriage that His Majesty chose for the princess is very good."

"It's getting late, or if you rest in the palace tonight, I haven't been with you for a long time."

Gao Huitong was ordered.

Early the next morning, Gao Huitong, who was sleeping with Cheng Huan, went out of the palace after seeing the eleventh princess. Li Shimin went to court in high spirits.

The emperor entrusted this uncle with a task. The Supervision Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai three jurisprudence divisions formed a review team to investigate brothers Chai Shao, Chai Lun, Zheng Shanguo, and Zheng Yuanqin, as well as Cui Gan, Cui Dunli, Cui Ren’s nephew, and Du Jingai. Zheng Shiji Weisi Qi Sanlang uncle, conduct job review.

Review their appointments.

The emperor didn't say what to investigate, but Changsun Wuji couldn't hear the implication.

As long as you investigate carefully, no matter who the official is, you can always find out the problem.

You may be clean, but you may have dereliction of duty, you may be called an official, but you may have some integrity problems, or you may not get along well with your colleagues, etc. As long as you check, you can find out more or less problems.

Changsun Wuji has no official position now, but the emperor entrusted him with an errand, and there is no problem in following the orders.

"Check carefully, and report to me truthfully if any problems are found."

Li Shimin wants to find out.

The six-door investigation is done privately, without any formal procedures, and any method can be used, while the inspection by the three judicial departments here is a legal procedure, and the investigation is mainly on the job.

But no matter what the method is, what the emperor wants is the most authentic factual result.

"Samurai Wu Huaiyu's uncle and nephew, and Li Junxian will also review it together."

No one can deceive the emperor, Li Shimin wants to control everything.

This matter made Li Shimin very angry. He felt that he was being deceived or even played by others. No matter who was so courageous, he would pay a heavy price.

Undercurrents surged in the capital.

Around this prophecy, many forces are acting.

Wu Huaiyu was not idle either.

Through various channels, he is still digging into the details.

More and more information shows that this incident was not accidental, nor was it revenge for Chai Zhewei's jealousy and failure to pursue Li Sanniang.

Because he has found another important player.

Chai Lun, Chai Erlang, who is known as Bilong, Chai Shao's younger brother, former governor of Zezhou, was deposed by Li Shimin because of Mr. Duan's involvement in the ghost cave in the south of the city, and he was expelled from his post as a citizen. The county duke was taken away and he became a commoner. .

Chai Lun has a great reputation in the circle of knight-errants in the capital because of his lightness. Even Li Shimin was afraid of it, so he was specially transferred from the capital to work in other places. Chai Shao, Shi Wanbao and other people stayed away from this circle completely, but Chai Er was still there. this circle.

Even as the governor, they are still inextricably linked.

"The person who found Li Chunfeng with the IOU was none other than Chai Lun. He pretended to be in charge of Du Yan's residence."

It was Li Wujie who reported the news to Wu Huaiyu. This person was quite famous in Chang'an before, he was able to enter and exit the palace, and he was even the guest of many princes and nobles.

The Yuan family who was beheaded before was a rising star who slowly rose after Li Wujie went to Shuofang with Huaiyu.

Chai Lun returned to Chang'an after being stripped of his title and dismissed as a commoner. Although he became a commoner, Chai's family was originally a general of Guanlong. .

And generally people of his status, even if they are demoted, most of them still have a chance to recover, so there is no need to worry too much.

Chai Lun's behavior in Chang'an is not considered low-key, and it is not difficult for Li Wujie to check him.

"Chai Lun," Wu Huaiyu read the name, it seems that this guy really has resentment towards Wu Huaiyu, and actually used this method to deal with him.

"Are you sure that Chai Shao is related to this matter?"

"This can't be verified yet, but the IOU in Chai Lun's hand was given to him by Chai Zhewei. Their uncle and nephew must have planned this together."

What Wu Huaiyu can basically confirm now is that Yuan Tiangang did not repay Li Chunfeng's five hundred guan debts, and Yuan Tiangang didn't even mention to Li Chunfeng the connection between Bai Ritian and the prophecy on the page of the secret record.

Of course, Wei Du, Cui Zheng and his family just helped him a little, got him the IOU, and used the Yuan's temptress case to expose this matter, or did they plan this matter carefully together, It's hard to say now.

But what was discovered now has made Wu Huaiyu a little restless.

Even if the mastermind of this matter is only Chai Lun, it is full of threats. Although Chai Lun was demoted to a commoner, he was only a county magistrate and governor before. .

When Wu Huaiyu was in Longxi, he had fully understood the power of Chai Shao. This guy was a little emotionless, and he acted decisively. It could even be said that he was a bit ruthless. It can be said that he is good at generals, so it is okay to be kind without commanding soldiers. It is said that Chai Shao is the kind of person who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal.

Back then when Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan and Chai Shao and his wife were in Chang'an, he was able to leave his wife alone to face the Sui army's raid, so he went to Taiyuan alone to join his father-in-law.

When fighting Tuyuhun, in order to defeat the enemy, he even used himself as a bait to set up an empty city plan for the Tuyuhun people to attract the enemy's main force, and then let his own main force circle around and encircle.

In terms of fighting skills, Chai Shao is also ranked among the top generals of Li and Tang. He is a handsome talent. In terms of command, he should be second only to Li Jing, even above Li Ji, Li Daozong, Li Xiaogong, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, etc. The fierce general is even more incomparable.

If such a guy really wanted to mess with himself, it would definitely be difficult to deal with.

"Continue to check, be careful."

Wu Huaiyu already knew that the emperor was also conducting an in-depth investigation, and he is very confident now. The more the emperor investigates, the better it will be for him. It's called the day of no peace.

After the morning court ended, Cheng Yaojin took Huaiyu to the car.

"The emperor sent Baiqi to pick up Yuan Tiangang in Sichuan."

"I know this."

"Yuan Tiangang's hometown is within the territory of my Luzhou Governor's Mansion. I have written a letter to send someone to Luzhou quickly, and arrange for someone to protect Yuan Tiangang so that no accidents will happen."

"Thank you, Uncle Cheng."

"Thank you, I didn't expect someone to use such indiscriminate means to deal with the Wu family. Do you know who did it?"

Wu Huaiyu did not disclose that Cheng Yaojin should not be too involved in these matters, which is also good for him, anyway, the matter is still within the controllable range.

After bidding farewell to Cheng Yaojin and returning to Yongzhou Yamen, there will be no visitors.

It turned out to be General Youwuhou, Qiu Xinggong, Duke of Tianshui County, Wu Huaiyu's cheap father-in-law who came.

Although the emperor gave him a marriage to take Qiu Xinggong's daughter as his concubine, and Qiu Xingze even married a daughter, Wu Huaiyu didn't have a good impression of the Qiu family.

Even though Tan Guogong Qiuhe sent his grandson to invite him several times, Wu Huaiyu did not go, and Qiu Xinggong also visited Wu's house several times, but Huaiyu had never seen him.

Unexpectedly, he went directly to the yamen to look for it.

"The sick child of Du Yan's family is going to harm you," Qiu Xinggong told Huaiyu directly as soon as they met.

The sick son of Du Yan's family he was talking about was Du Jing'ai, the eldest son of Du Yan. I was riddled with diseases.

"Oh, I have no grievances with him, why did he want to kill me?" Huaiyu asked with a smile.

"That sick young man has always been wicked. Since he was 13 years old, he has had to marry a son every year for four seasons. It has been ten years. None of the girls who gave him a blessing can live for three years anyway. This guy He hangs himself by sucking people’s energy, it is said that he eats Zihe Che every day.”

Ziheche, that is human placenta, after processing it is also a kind of medicine.

Qiu Xinggong himself eats people's hearts, but he still dislikes Du Jing's love of Ziheche.

"I heard that Du Jing'ai, a wicked ghost, has recently secretly found a charlatan who is good at making faces."

"And then?" Huaiyu became serious.

"The Du family's sick child told the sorcerer to say that your eldest lady has long eyes and a phoenix neck. She is an extremely noble person, let alone unobservable, and she will definitely be the master of the world in the future."

The eldest lady of the Wu family does not mean Wu Yu'e, but Wu Huaiyu's eldest daughter, Wu Yingluo, born to Fan Jiuniang, has been married by the emperor and betrothed to Concubine Wei's ten princes.

Du Jingai found a sorcerer who was good at fortune-telling, and then taught him that Wu Huaiyu's eldest daughter, who had dragon eyes and a phoenix neck, would definitely be the ruler of the world in the future.

Doesn't this match up with the previous prophecy?
Emperor Chuan III, Li Xing of the Wu Dynasty, and the heroine Chang.

Wu Xing, heroine,
Wu Huaiyu's eldest daughter, Wu Yingluo, has been betrothed to Wei Guifei's son, the Tenth Prince.

This rumor spreads a lot, but its lethality is an explosion.

It stands to reason that Wu Yingluo will be the princess in the future, and the princess will become the lord of the world?
Coupled with the eleven-character prophecy above, this means that the Wu family will replace the Li family in the future?
To put it more closely, Yang Jian was the head of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and his daughter was the Queen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Later, Yang Jian's grandson became emperor when he was young, and Yang Jian usurped the throne of the Yuwen family, and the Sui Dynasty was the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Although the story of the heroine sounds unbelievable, the more bizarre the rumors, the more people believe them.

Wu Huaiyu was surprised that Du Jing'ai was so ruthless, one move after another, and the tricks were bloody.

But he was curious that Qiu Xinggong would actually tell him this.

"The Qiu and Wu families are now relatives by marriage. One is prosperous and the other is hurt. What's more, I have always hated Du Yan, and I also hate his wicked and sick son."

"Duke Yi, please hurry up and think of a countermeasure, otherwise if the warlock spreads the rumor, the impact will be very bad."

"I don't know if Duke Qiu can follow me into the palace, testify for me, and express my auspicious feelings to His Majesty?" Huaiyu got up.

"No problem, I can enter the palace with you now."

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Qiu."

Huaiyu didn't hesitate, and immediately entered the palace with Qiu Xinggong to face the saint.

(End of this chapter)