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Chapter 1368 Emergency

At five o'clock in the morning, Li Ye was pushed awake by Qingyu who was sleeping next to him.

"What's wrong?" Li Ye asked in a daze.

"Husband, General Li said there is an emergency to report."

"The world is peaceful, what emergency can there be?"

Li Ye sighed and slowly sat up, "Please put on my clothes for me!"

Qingyu quickly got up and put clothes on her husband.

Li Ye washed his face to sober himself up, then followed the two palace maids out. . . . .

In the outer hall, Li Chenghua paced back and forth anxiously.

Not long after, Li Ye came out, sat down and asked, "What happened?"

"Sorry to bother you, Your Majesty, but we do have some urgent information!"

"Tell me! What's the urgent information?"

"I just received a letter from the inner guards from Anxi, saying that Suiye was attacked and captured!"

"what?"

Li Ye's eyes widened, "Who dares to attack Suiye?"

"It's the army of the Holy Maiden Society!"

"Why did the Holy Maiden Society attack Suiye?" Li Ye narrowed his eyes.

"It may be related to Anjia. This morning, I received another eagle letter. Anjia and his group died mysteriously when they passed through Suiye. A total of 34 people died."

Li Ye was confused and asked, "What's going on?"

Li Chenghua suddenly thought of something and shook his head, saying, "Your Majesty, there are some issues here that are not quite right. The main issue is that the time and distance do not match. Please allow me to go back and sort out my thoughts and report to Your Majesty tomorrow."

Li Ye nodded, "Not necessarily tomorrow, two days later will do."

"I will take my leave first, Your Majesty, please take a rest!"

Li Ye couldn't sleep either, so he paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. Qingyu brought him a cup of tea.

"What time is it now?" Li Ye asked, turning around.

"It's just past five o'clock. My husband, please take a nap for a while!"

Li Ye took a sip of tea and said, "I can't sleep. I'll go to the study!"

It was already early winter and the nights were very cold. Qingyu quickly put a thick fur coat on her husband and arranged a light carriage. Li Ye got on the carriage and returned to the Guantiantai study.

Li Ye came to the study, where several palace maids were already waiting at the door. The study was a confidential area, and usually only Li Ye's wife and children could enter. If anyone else wanted to go in and clean up, they had to get the consent of Li Ye or his wife.

Li Ye opened the door and nodded to several palace maids, who immediately went in, lit the lights, and brought the burning charcoal basin into the room.

The room gradually became warmer. Li Ye took out a map from the bookcase and spread it on the table. It was a map of the river, with Suiye as the center, extending to Aral Sea County in the west, Anxi and Beiting in the east, Lake Balkhash in the north, and Tocharistan in the south.

In such a vast land, Suiye is a crucial strategic location, and it could be the key to a big chess game. But it was lost by a surprise attack. How could Li Ye accept this?
But Li Ye is no longer the impulsive general he used to be. He is now the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who rules the world. He now looks at things from a higher perspective and from a global perspective.

If the information is true, there is a big problem here. On the surface, it is because Anga and others suddenly died in Suiye, which provoked the Holy Maiden Society to retaliate against Suiye.

But if you think about it carefully, there are many loopholes in this. It took at least half a month for the news of Anjia's death to reach Kangguo, and it took another half a month for the army to attack Suiye. How could the army attack immediately after Anjia's death? Moreover, there were still 2,000 troops stationed in Suiye. It can only mean that the enemy army was hiding not far from Suiye, and suddenly attacked Suiye, catching the Suiye garrison off guard. It is very likely that there were people in the city who cooperated with them from inside and outside.

As for Anga's death, it was just an excuse.

Why did the Saint Lady suddenly attack Suiye? Li Ye didn't know, but he didn't want to know. He only knew that he now had a perfect reason to send troops to the west.

Li Ye's gaze turned to the west towards the Arabs. Although the Arabs had suffered a disastrous defeat at Talas, that was more than ten years ago. Although the war in the west had delayed them, they had never given up the Transoxiana region.

Tubo also had its eyes on Tokharistan and Transoxiana.

Li Ye's intuition told him that the Arabs and Tubo would make a comeback in the next two years and he could not delay any longer.

The next morning, Li Ye came to the imperial study and found that Li Chenghua had been waiting for him in front of the imperial study.

Walking into the room, Li Ye smiled faintly and said, "Have you figured it out so quickly?"

Li Chenghua bowed and said, "Your Majesty asked me to investigate the Saint Maiden Society last time, but I haven't submitted a report yet. The reason is that the journey is long, and the people I sent to Suiye have just started the investigation. So there is a lot of important information about the Saint Maiden Society that I haven't had time to report to Your Majesty. I always thought that I would write it in the report after the investigation was completed, but I realized last night that if I don't tell Your Majesty in advance, I'm afraid it will lead to Your Majesty's misjudgment."

Li Ye sat down and calmed himself down. "Go ahead and talk! I'm listening."

"Your Majesty, do you still remember that I seized a three-sword sun made of pure gold in Xinchangfang?"

How could Li Ye not remember that thirty kilograms of pure gold was still in the inner treasury!
Li Ye nodded and smiled: "What's wrong with it?"

"Your Majesty, Anjia told me that the Three Sun Swords were originally an offering of the Holy Maidens of Suiye, but were stolen. They did not expect that the thief was actually Kang Shibo and brought him to Chang'an."

"Keep talking!"

"I originally thought that this Kang Shibai was a member of the Saint Maiden Society, or at least an outer member. But after several interrogations, I discovered that his identity was very complicated. He was not only an outer member of the Saint Maiden Society, but also a brother member of the Illuminati. He was also a mid-level general in the Kangguo army and a spy for the Saint Maiden army."

Li Ye frowned, "What can we see from such a complicated relationship?"

"Your Majesty, I have a subordinate named Qu Afeng. She is the deputy leader of Anjia and a native of Jianzhou, Bashu. She doesn't want to leave the Tang Dynasty anymore, so I recruited her into the inner guard. She told me that the Saint Maiden Society has no experience in using the army, and the soldiers come from a mixed bag. Many of them are from the armies of the current Sogdian countries, and even several important generals were recruited from the armies of various countries at a high price."

Li Ye nodded, "Tell me your conclusion!"

Li Chenghua said in a deep voice: "I think the people behind the army's attack on Suiye may not be the Saint Maiden Society."

Li Ye said calmly: "But what you just said is not enough to support your current conclusion."

"Your Majesty, the Saint Maiden Society has no motive to attack Suiye. Although Your Majesty banned the Saint Maiden Society from preaching in the Tang Dynasty two months ago, it would take at least three or four months for the news to reach the Saint Maiden Society. In the years before that, the Saint Maiden Society preached very smoothly in various parts of the Tang Dynasty. It is impossible for them to ruin their future on their own."

Li Ye smiled and said, "But they can use eagle mail to send messages, just like the news from Suiye was sent to Datang by eagle mail. If they use eagle mail, even if it is transferred several times, the news can be sent to Samarkand within half a month. It is entirely possible that the Holy Lady of Light will be furious and order an attack on Suiye to retaliate against us for arresting the people from the Holy Lady Society!"

Li Chenghua sighed and said, "I want to go to Suiye to investigate this case myself. I beg Your Majesty to agree!"

"But you are the commander-in-chief of the inner guards. What will happen to the inner guards if you go to Suiye?"

"Your Majesty, Liu Wutong is reporting to Chang'an. I recommend him to be the deputy commander-in-chief of the inner guards. In my absence, he can take on the responsibility of commanding the inner guards."

Li Ye knew that Li Chenghua wanted to take this opportunity to unload her burden. She had expressed her desire to resign from the position of the Internal Guard more than once. Li Ye pondered for a moment and said, "I approve your going to Suiye to investigate this case. We will discuss other matters when you come back!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

Li Ye added: "The road to Lingshan is blocked by heavy snow at this time, but if the weather is clear, you can still go there by camel. Go and try your luck!"

Li Chenghua bowed and left.

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said to Du You: "Notify the Political Affairs Hall, I have an emergency to report!"

(End of this chapter)