People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1044 Secret Guards, Demon Sect, Turks

The night is dark and there is a curfew in Luoyang.

Tomorrow is the emperor's fiftieth birthday celebration, but one day early, Luoyang is extremely calm, and even the curfew is half an hour earlier.

In Guande Square, Di Renjie walked calmly on the long street inside the square.

Countless Jinwu guards rushed out from behind Di Renjie and spread directly into the square.

Behind Di Renjie, in addition to Qin Ming, there were also two old Buddhist monks.

These two old Buddhist monks are not like the masters in Tiangong Temple who mostly practice classics. They are all eminent monks from the Luohan Hall of the White Horse Temple in Luoyang.

No one can be safe forever after framing Buddhism.

Especially with the emperor's permission and Buddhist people to assist in the investigation, clues gathered directly into Di Renjie's hands.

After three days, they finally found a Taoist temple in Guandefang.

Cool view.

Standing in front of the Qingliang Temple, Di Renjie looked calm and indifferent, but the two old monks were hesitant.

Although Qingliang Temple is a small temple, it is also an ancient temple inherited from the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms.

Moreover, they have always been cautious in their comings and goings, rarely having contact with outsiders and focusing on studying Taoism. How could they possibly frame Buddhism?

The two old monks were actually beginning to worry about whether this Taoist temple was framed by others just like them.

……

Without giving the two old monks any room to react, Di Renjie waved his hand vigorously.

The next moment, countless Jinwu guards rushed directly into the Taoist temple.

The moment the gate was rushed open, the faces of the two old monks instantly turned extremely ugly.

Because a subtle smell of blood has rushed out from the courtyard.

Ordinary people might not be able to notice anything, but these two old monks with profound cultivation suddenly felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

"Let's go, two masters. The smell of blood here is still very fresh. I'm afraid the murderer is still in this courtyard." Before Di Renjie finished speaking, two old monks rushed in.

After a while, the sound of fierce fighting came from the courtyard.

Di Renjie entered slowly with a calm expression, and Qin Ming followed beside him, also not in a hurry.

When the two of them appeared in the backyard, a corpse wearing monk robes was already lying on the ground, and two old monks stood aside, looking terrible.

"Two masters, how are you?" Di Renjie asked directly.

"It's people from the Demon Cult. They pretended to be Taoist priests, confused the people in the Taoist temple, and then took advantage of their unpreparedness to kill them." The old monk briefly told the story.

"So how many such people are there in the entire Taoist temple in Luoyang?" Di Renjie asked directly.

The old monk's face instantly turned ugly.

Now that Emperor Zhengzhi is celebrating his birthday, not to mention the Taoist temples in Luoyang, Chang'an, even all the temples in Luoyang, Chang'an, are probably full of monks.

It is inevitable that demon sect disciples will infiltrate here. When the time comes, they will be caught off guard and kill. No one knows how many people will be killed or injured.

"Brother Qin, you accompany the two masters and ask Jin Wuwei to take the monks from Baima Temple and notify the temples to strengthen their vigilance." Di Renjie bowed his hands to the two masters and then said: "I need to go to Taiqing Palace. Ask people from the Taiqing Palace to accompany the Dali Temple policemen and inform the Taoist temples in the city."

"good!"

……

Jade Dragon Garden, candlelight flickers.

Liu Jinyu was sitting on the soft couch in the house, watching the fourth mother Shu Bi and the fifth mother Qiong Yu playing with He Xia'er and Zhao'er. At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded outside the door.

"Princess." Li Bi stood outside the door and said respectfully: "Qingliang Temple in the east of the city was taken away by Di Huaiying and the Jinwu Guards. All the Taoist priests inside were killed by the demon sect's secret troops. Dali Temple informed them that We count strangers in our homes.”

Liu Jinyu frowned and said, "I know."

"Now go and get the news from Honglu Temple and Tianshan Palace." Liu Jinyu stood up and walked behind the desk.

"Here!" Li Bi handed over his hand and left immediately. Soon, he returned again.

At this time, Liu Jinyu had already spread out the paper on the desk.

Taoism, magic, Buddhism.

Secret Guard, Prince.

Court, Li Jingye, Turkic.

Looking at the names he had written, Liu Jinyu's face became more solemn.

Undoubtedly, these people are all preparing to take action on the emperor's birthday, but among these people, they must also be divided into pros and cons.

Front: Taoism, Buddhism, Prince, Court.

Reverse side: Momen, Li Jingye, Turkic.

The pen stopped here, and Liu Jinyu's expression became more focused.

Now, there is only one name left in her writing, Secret Guard.

What role did the secret guards play in this matter?

Ming Chongyan used people from the Demon Sect to disrupt the prince's eyes. In other words, the secret guards were already infiltrating the Demon Sect.

Even control the magic gate.

A bold idea suddenly appeared in Liu Jinyu's mind.

The secret guards are trying to influence the Turks through the magic gate and make them cause trouble on the emperor's birthday.

The secret guards deliberately caused conflicts between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks.

Liu Jinyu has helped Liu Rengui handle government affairs for many years, and his vision has long passed the naive stage of distinguishing between right and wrong in his youth.

The secret guards deliberately caused the conflict between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. Was it deliberately removing the conflict between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, or was it deliberately detonating the contradiction between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks and leading the war to a stage of complete uncontrollability.

It should be the former.

Based on his knowledge of Empress Wu, Liu Jinyu judged that the secret guards should use the death of some Turks to ease the conflict between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks.

This is not such a surprising method.

Although the temporary killings will make some people angry, but returning to the basics, the pastures vacated by the killings will greatly alleviate the Turks' intention to attack the Tang Dynasty.

Similarly, the conflicts caused by the vacant grassland will also make the grassland more antagonistic to each other, leaving them no more time and attention to spend in Datang. This should be the design of Empress Wu and the Beimen Bachelor group.

The emperor didn't know it either.

But for many things, the plan is extremely perfect, but when it comes to it, there are always mistakes.

Turks are not so easily exploited.

Those in the Demon Sect are also not easily exploited.

……

Liu Jinyu gently closed her eyes. Tomorrow is the emperor's birthday. The key is for all states and foreign ministers to present gifts to the emperor.

If the Turks wanted to take action, that would be their chance.

As for the future, whether they will be controlled by the secret guards or whether they can break the control of the secret guards and finally escape from Luoyang completely depends on their lives.

But, are this matter only involving Turks?
  Picking up the news about Honglu Temple again, Liu Jinyu's face became solemn.

According to news from Honglu Temple, in the past few days, most of the sons of foreign envoys gathered together for banquets, and most of them would be present.

Only a small number of people who should have arrived but did not, attracted Liu Jinyu's extra attention.

Because these people are all the descendants of some Turkic chiefs in the northern part of the Anbei Protectorate.

But now, looking at this news again, most of the descendants of the envoys of the Dafan Kingdom gathered together for a banquet.

Are they really just gathering together for a banquet?

Liu Jinyu slowly flipped through the records above, her expression becoming more solemn.

In this news, there was only some polite banquet at the beginning, but there was no word in the middle.

You must know that in the past, Honglu Temple's records did not mean to record everything that everyone said, but at least Honglu Temple had the responsibility to record some out of line words.

But now, there isn't even a single out-of-character sentence in it. It seems normal, but it's so abnormal.

A drunk person will inevitably say some truth uncontrollably.

The Tang Dynasty controlled the world and controlled the Western Regions, and most of the interests were seized by the Tang Dynasty.

Greedy and unable to survive, these people will inevitably complain about Datang.

But now there is nothing on this record.

"This is a cover-up!" Liu Jinyu raised her head, looked at Li Bi, and asked, "Is everything normal in the Tianshan Palace?"

"Everything is normal in Tianshan Palace, but Murong Zhong, Prince of Tuyuhun, has behaved a bit strangely recently. It's just that our people have always only done fixed surveillance and never follow up surveillance. So what did he do outside of surveillance? I'm afraid It's hard to know at the moment." Li Bi spoke cautiously, but he was sure that Murong Zhong must have done something.

Li Xuan had never had a good impression of the Murong family, and almost everyone under him followed his attitude.

They all suspected that Murong Zhong was disloyal, but now was the best time for him to do something.

"My previous instructions must be completed. After I set off tomorrow, everyone in the family will go to Xifu." Liu Jinyu's face was extremely solemn.

"Here!" Li Bi accepted the order, and then he asked in a low voice: "Princess, do you want to inform the left prime minister?"

Liu Jinyu shook her head and said: "No, these people and things are just my guesses now... No."

Not sure what came to mind, Liu Jinyu hurriedly said: "Send this note to the next door immediately."

Liu Jinyu quickly took out a piece of paper and wrote the words Chang'an and Ashina on it.

Li Bi was shocked when he saw it.

He didn't dare to delay at all. He cupped his hands towards Liu Jinyu and quickly ran to the next door.

Almost a moment later, a fast horse from the Lecheng County Government Office was already rushing towards the palace.

The place he went to was not the inner palace, but the Shangshu Province.

At this time, there are still people on duty in Shangshu Province.

In the event of an emergency, the ministers can even be summoned to open the palace gate.

But it was far from that now. A homing pigeon quickly took off from Shangshu Province and flew directly to the direction of Chang'an.

The Turks finally had the opportunity to arrive in Luoyang with so many people at once.

So many Turkic tribal leaders, or their envoys, gathered in Luoyang.

Luoyang is only a thin line away from Chang'an, and they can easily snatch away all the descendants of Tu Li and Jie Li from Chang'an.

Once the descendants of Tuli and Jieli return to the grassland, the tribes in the grassland will immediately have a new backbone.

At that time, the resurgence of war on the grasslands was inevitable.

Moreover, it is not an ordinary beacon smoke.

……

On July [-]st, the emperor celebrated his birthday, and the whole city was in shock.

Luoyang City was a scene of singing and dancing, and countless people dressed up and went out.

In the East Palace, the prince's car carried the prince, the prince's concubine, and the emperor's eldest grandson, slowly heading towards Zetian Gate.

In Sigongfang, Liu Jinyu accompanied his mother-in-law Ouyang, his son Zhaoer, daughter Xiaer, and the driver of the Pengcheng County government to the palace.

In Jiashanfang, countless foreign envoys slowly walked towards the palace.

In the Turkic camp, a middle-aged man who looked like a Han official looked up at the Qianyang Palace, with a trace of blood flashing in his eyes.

In Guandefang, county officials from three hundred states in the world walked solemnly towards the palace.

Someone turned back inadvertently, and saw a familiar face hidden under a beard, wearing green clothes, and disappeared in a flash. In an instant, the man's face changed drastically, but he closed his mouth tightly.

At the same time, a fast horse went straight from Chang'an to Luoyang, and the Qianniu Guards on it carried a thick military report.

As soon as the city gate opened, another Qian Niu Guard appeared in the same dress. It was not until half an hour later that he rushed towards Luoyang at high speed.

……

In the underground palace of Han Chang'an Palace, Li Miao calmly opened his eyes.

It was rare for him to sit on the shore and watch such a big show.

Who lives and who dies.

(End of this chapter)