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

Chapter 1310 King Cao, the late emperor’s son, dies
In front of the Luoxe Governor's Mansion, Lu and Chidu Songtsan were put on a huge chariot.

Hundreds of black-armored cavalry on both sides slowly stepped forward to protect them.

Wang Dezhen stood under the gate, his curious eyes retracted from the miserable-looking Wu Lu, turned to look at Li Xuan, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, did you really not touch Wu Lu last night?"

Li Xuan was speechless. He looked at Wang Dezhen and said, "How could my uncle say such nonsense? When my uncle arrived last night, Xuan was still in the palace. The bathtub hadn't moved at all, and the water inside was still boiling... Xuan was just taking advantage of her. When she is hungry and weak, and her defenses are loose, she will take action with a little scare."

"Okay." Wang Dezhen smiled, the gossipy look on his face subsided, and then said with emotion: "Who would have thought that the so-called royal treasure house is just an underground secret warehouse left by the Tubo royal family in various palaces, which contains only the treasures collected over the years. 's treasure.

"This is actually normal." Li Xuan calmly looked at the long street ahead and said seriously: "Those places are just the so-called treasures presented by the local nobles when Zamp was having fun. The real good things were all brought back to Luosi. Those who are not liked and have little value will be kept in the palace secret warehouse."

"Such a secret vault is not a secret at all, but we were still deceived." Wang Dezhen's face was full of bitterness.

"You can't say that." Li Xuan shook his head and said: "Although those things are not as valuable as expected, if they are added together, they are really valuable... A cavalry of a thousand people can still be organized. , and the key is to see if Qi Nie Zhusong has touched those things?"

Wang Dezhen fell silent immediately.

He could completely predict that Nie Zhusong would be one of Li Xuan's biggest enemies in governance.

Li Xuan relied on his military power to forcibly redistribute land. Although he killed a large number of people and shocked many people, who knows what will happen as time goes by.

Once Qi Nie Zhusong joins forces with those nobles who are dissatisfied with the policy, Li Xuan will be in dire straits even if he goes against it in disguise.

Just like the late Qin Dynasty.

"It's better to wait and see what happens. Qian Niuwei should be able to catch up in time." Wang Dezhen sighed softly.

After Wu Lu revealed all the treasures last night, Qian Niuwei immediately led people to check them.

Later, when they return to Chang'an, Zhou Qian should be able to lead people to catch up in time.

Li Xuan will know the result by then.

Li Xuan nodded, but then said: "As I said, all the cash must be left in Changzhou, and the rest will be taken back to Chang'an by random uncles."

"Okay." Wang Dezhen didn't have much intention to argue for a while. After all, there wasn't much gold and silver in it.

Turning around, Wang Dezhen looked at the entire Luoche Palace, the Red Mountain behind, and the Tubo Palace above, and said softly: "I don't know when will I be able to come back here again?"

"What are you doing back here?" Li Xuan shook his head in amusement and said, "Uncle returns to Chang'an this time. He will be able to pay homage to the prime minister in a short time, so why bother thinking about a remote place."

Zhengshitang, third rank under Tongzhongshu family, prime minister.

Wang Dezhen served as the deputy general manager for the first two years of Luoxe Army. His military merits were only lower than that of Li Xuan and other generals in front of the army. He was named prime minister based on this, and the generals were completely convinced.

It can also calm down some of the turmoil after Pei Xingjian.

"In the future, please ask your Majesty to manage this place seriously." Wang Dezhen turned around and bowed his hands to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan looked solemn and returned the courtesy seriously: "For the Tang Dynasty and for Your Majesty, Xuan will definitely make Fanzhou prosperous."

"That's it, let's go."

……

Li Xuan and Wang Dezhen got on their horses at the same time and walked slowly out from the Luoche Road General Manager's Mansion.

Behind him, Xiao Siye, Wei Hongji, Yang Zhirou Heiqichangzhi, Sun Renshi, Shi Jian, Tang Zhenxing, Qiu Zhenmu, Li Duozuo, Nan Ju, Cui Ding and others followed.

The cart without Lu and Chidu Songtsan in front was also surrounded by countless soldiers and headed towards the south gate.

On the long street, all the people in Luoxu City crowded out, watching with complicated expressions as they watched Lu and Chidu Songtsan leave like this.

Most of them knew that without Lu and Chidu Songtsen leaving this time, it would be difficult to come back in the future.

Many people couldn't help but knelt on the ground, and then sent Zamp and the Queen Mother away with tears.

Among the crowd, there were quite a few people watching all this indifferently. These people were all Tyuhun people from Tyuhun.

There was a group of people left, and they even looked at Wu Lu and Chidu Songtsen with hatred in their eyes.

These people were all former Tubo slaves and low-level civilians. They wished that the Tubo royal family would completely disappear between heaven and earth.

Many of these people were wearing black clothes.

There is also a small wooden statue hanging on the corner of the clothes, which looks like a god in black clothes and black armor.

The King in Black.

The belief in the Black King has spread throughout Tubo.

……

Out of logic, the black banner moved forward.

Bu Lu and Chidu Songtsan were moved to the center of the army for protection to avoid being robbed by the remnants of Tibet.

Surrounded by left guard, right guard, right leading army guard, right garrison guard, left Xiao guard, right Xiao guard, right Wu guard, left Qianniu guard, left Jinwu guard, each guard has 500 cavalry, a total of 4,500 cavalry, accompanying Li Xuan returned to Chang'an together.

The DPRK and China will not allow it any more.

Xiao Siye and Wei Hongji stayed behind to handle the government affairs of Tubo during this period, so as not to cause war to break out again after Li Xuan came back, which would be ridiculous. Xiao Siye was originally a Zuowei general. This time, all the generals above Zhonglang will return to Chang'an to be awarded the title. Most of the Lang generals will stay and suppress the place.

Xiao Siye had no problem handling these matters.

Wang Dezhen and Yang Zhirou will not come back after they go back, and all the people from the Hubu and Yushitai they brought will also return together.

From now on, this place will completely belong to Li Xuan.

Dagu moved forward, and soon after, the magnificent Tanggula Mountain appeared in front of Li Xuan again.

……

In front of the gate of Anduo City, Youwei Lang stood with Li Yi in his hands.

Li Xuan nodded slightly and was about to enter the city gate. At this moment, a fast horse suddenly galloped from the mountain road.

The Qianniu Guard on horseback rushed directly in front of the big banner, then jumped off the horse and said urgently to Li Xuan, "Commander, urgent report from Chang'an."

Li Xuan was stunned and subconsciously looked at Wang Dezhen beside him. Wang Dezhen's expression also changed.

At this time, they were about to return to Chang'an. Why did such an urgent message suddenly come? It was a bit too sudden.

Li Xuan turned sideways, and Li Zhu had already dismounted, took the official document from Qian Niuwei's hand, and then handed it to Li Xuan's hand.

Li Xuan subconsciously took the official document and after taking a first look, her expression couldn't help but change.

Wang Dezhen clearly saw the change in Li Xuan's expression and asked quickly: "Commander, what happened?"

"Alas!" Li Xuan sighed softly, handed the official document in his hand to Wang Dezhen, and said at the same time: "Li Ming, the king of Lingling County, is dead. He was forced to death in Qianzhou by Xie You, the governor of Qianzhou."

"Forced to kill, why is it forced to kill?" Wang Dezhen immediately heard the fishiness of this, and quickly lowered his head to look at the official document.

The moment he read the official document, Wang Dezhen couldn't help but gnashed his teeth and cursed: "Xie You really deserves to die, who gave him the courage to kill the late emperor's son."

Li Xuan sighed lightly. Li Ming was originally named King Cao, but because of his involvement in Li Xian's rebellion, he was demoted to Prince Lingling and sent to Qianzhou for resettlement.

In June, there was civil unrest in Changzhou. Because Li Ming was the leader of the rebels, he was dismissed as the king of Lingling County and directly demoted to a commoner.

Not long ago, Xie You, the governor of Qianzhou, broke into Li Ming's residence because he had evil intentions, and then forced him to commit suicide.

Li Xuan read the official document and said calmly: "There are many inaccuracies in this official document. As my uncle said, although King Cao was deposed as a commoner, he is the son of the late emperor and your Majesty's brother after all. Thank you No matter how brave you are, you won't dare to force him to die easily, otherwise he will treat the entire clan as useless. "

Wang Dezhen looked solemn.

It doesn't matter if King Cao dies. As long as you can make his death justifiable, you can do anything, but you can't just break in and force him to commit suicide. That doesn't matter.

"If Xuan's guess is correct, Xie You should have received some news, saying that he could find some evidence to prove his rebellion at King Cao's residence, but unfortunately, he found nothing in the end." Li Xuan's mouth showed. A hint of a sneer.

Ordinary people may see these things in confusion, but Li Xuan can see the fishiness in them at a glance.

Xie You probably wanted to please the emperor, but he didn't expect to get anything.

"Even so, Xie You can just retreat. How can he still kill people? Not to mention that King Cao is the son of the late emperor, but any ordinary Tang Dynasty citizen cannot be killed without reason." Yang Zhirou clenched her fists after reading the official document. , with angry eyes.

The Yang family of Hongnong was also a clan in the former Sui Dynasty. Now that King Cao has been demoted to a commoner, how can he still pursue him like this?

Not to mention the Yang family, the mother of King Cao Li Ming, was originally from the Hongnong Yang family, and was even somewhat related to Yang Zhirou.

"Maybe I blame King Cao himself." Li Xuan shook his head, looked up at the rolling Tanggula Mountains, and said softly: "Being demoted from a prince to a county king may be acceptable in two years, but being demoted from a county king to a commoner is not acceptable. It is not something that can be accepted in a short while. This is what happens when someone is oppressed by others, angers them by saying a few exaggerated words, and then is forced to commit suicide. "

After all, Li Ming was the son of Emperor Taizong. Even if he was deposed as a commoner, he would not be easily bullied.

Some people couldn't bear it when they spoke too much, so they hung a white silk ribbon on the eaves, put a knife across his neck and hands, and forced him to commit suicide.

This guess is close to the truth.

Wang Dezhen asked at this time: "How does the prince think this matter should be handled?"

Yang Zhirou looked at Li Xuan at the same time.

Li Xuan was not only the current king of the county, but also the commander-in-chief of an army of 70,000. His words and deeds were all important.

It is even very likely to affect the center's handling of this matter.

Li Xuan sighed softly and said: "It will be dealt with in accordance with the law. I believe that His Majesty will deal with justice. After all, the first person who needs to be answered in this matter, apart from King Cao's children, is..."

Li Xuan stopped when she said this, but Wang Dezhen, Yang Zhirou, and the surrounding generals all understood.

King Cao is the son of the late emperor and the emperor's brother.

The emperor himself is the one who needs to answer.

The emperor is also the head of the clan. Whatever the emperor decides, this matter will be decided.

The meaning behind Li Xuan's words was very clear. He did not have a deep relationship with King Cao, and King Cao had become a commoner. He could accept this matter as long as it was handled according to the law.

But can this matter really be handled according to the law?
(End of this chapter)