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

Chapter 1345 The King of Yue welcomes the deposed Crown Prince Xian to the throne
In front of the Xiao Mansion, when Li Xuan took out the Xiao Mansion token, Xiao Dezhao's eyes suddenly widened.

"It seems that Mr. Xiao knows this token, so who does it belong to?" Li Xuan narrowed her eyes and stared at Xiao Dezhao. The Xiao family was not innocent in what happened today.

Xiao Dezhao wanted to say something, but was unable to say a word.

Whether the entire Xiao family will be executed depends on his words.

Xiao Dezhao glanced subconsciously at the servants of the family who were kneeling on the ground. He sighed softly and finally said, "This token belongs to Xiao Du, the manager of the family."

"Where are the others?" Li Xuan followed closely and asked.

"Xiao Huai, what do you mean?" Xiao Dezhao stared at a steward in his fifties.

Xiao Huai was lying on the ground and raised his head with a confused face. As the chief steward of Xiao Mansion, he still doesn't know what happened.

The familiar token appeared in front of him. Xiao Huai raised his head slightly and saw Li Xuan's cold eyes.

Xiao Huai was excited for a moment, then lowered his head and said in a panic: "Report to the master, report to the king, the token does belong to Xiao Du, but he returned to Nanlanling in June."

"Changzhou rebellion." Li Xuan turned to look at Xiao Dezhao and said softly: "Xiao Shilang, in the Changzhou rebellion in May, wouldn't someone from the Xiao family be involved?"

"No." Xiao Dezhao said categorically, looking straight at Li Xuan and said: "Most of the people in Xiaguan's family are serving as officials in other places, and there are not many in my hometown. They only come when the grain is harvested in June and July every year. Go back to harvest and pay taxes.”

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded lightly. What Xiao Dezhao meant was that the Xiao family had already served as officials all over the Tang Dynasty, so there was no need for rebellion or anything like that.

Li Xuan turned her head, looked at Xiao Huai, and asked, "When was the last time you received news from Xiao Du?"

Xiao Huai was stunned for a moment, and then said with an ugly face: "Three days ago."

Li Xuan smiled and said softly: "It seems that Xiao Du has not returned to Changzhou at all, but is still here in Luoyang."

Xiao Dezhao's eyes stared straight. If this is really the case, then... then the Xiao family's conspiracy to rebel...

Xiao Dezhao suddenly turned around and stared at the trembling middle-aged man next to him. Then he strode over and kicked him over. He was angry and unwilling to curse: "Guizi, what exactly did you do?"

Seeing Xiao Dezhao looking like he wanted to kill him directly, Li Xuan waved his hand slightly.

Two black-armored cavalry immediately stepped forward and pulled Xiao Dezhao away.

Li Xuan walked up to the middle-aged man and looked at him coldly: "The fourth man of the Xiao family, Xiao Guan, so to speak, Xiao Du should have the best relationship with you, so now let's talk about it Tell me, where is Xiao Du hiding... It's not right, I already have you, what else do you need Xiao Du to do, come here."

Two Qianniu Guards stepped forward, cupped their hands and said, "Commander!"

"Goodbye, let Xiao Silang have a good taste of our Qianniu Guards' methods." Li Xuan waved his hand, and two Qianniu Guards had already stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Guan, and then dragged him to the Go later.

"No, no, Aye, save me, Aye, save me." Xiao Guan couldn't help but started struggling in panic. Qian Niuwei's methods were notoriously terrible among the members of these aristocratic families.

After entering the Penal Department, the main prison of Dali Temple, there is still a good chance of getting out.

But Qianniuwei is almost a dead end if you enter.

Li Xuan turned to look at Xiao Dezhao, his eyes were terrifyingly cold.

Xiao Dezhao, who originally wanted to say something, suddenly lowered his head helplessly.

When things have reached this point, what else can he say.

What he should be thinking about now is how deeply the entire Xiao family is involved in this matter.

Suddenly, Xiao Dezhao shivered coldly.

As if he thought of something extremely terrifying, he lowered his head and couldn't help but tremble.

The minister of the Ministry of War, who had experienced countless things, was so frightened by what he saw that he trembled all over. No one knew what he was thinking.

Li Xuan calmly raised his head. In just a few dozen breaths, a painful scream came out from the side room next to him: "Ah!"

After that, there was a crazy shout: "I'll move, I'll move."

Li Xuan raised her hand gently, and a clerk walked in quickly.

Li Xuan's eyes suddenly became stern and she looked at Xiao Dezhao.

As the son of the minister of the Ministry of War, Xiao Guan naturally cannot avoid doing things in his father's name.

But even so, there are many levels that cannot be passed as promised.

There is inevitably a personal relationship here, and there is inevitably a need to manage things up and down.

From Changzhou to Luoyang, I don’t know how many checkpoints I have to pass through, and I don’t know how many people are involved.

Henan County, Luozhou Prefecture, and even the prison guards and Jinwu guards were not sure how many people would be involved.

In addition, if you want to plot rebellion, you need weapons, armor, crossbows and horses, and these things are not easy to get.

Just for these, there are countless things that may be involved inside and outside.

Suddenly, there was a noise in the backyard of Xiao Mansion.

Immediately, Su Baotong quickly ran out from the depths of the courtyard, and said to Li Xuan with excitement: "Commander, I found it, I found it, a total of ten boxes and forty pairs of chainmail."

Li Xuan sighed softly, looked at Xiao Dezhao, and said softly: "One armor carries three crossbows, three armors enter the underworld, Xiao Shilang..."

With a "pop", Xiao Dezhao fainted.

"Here comes." Li Xuan turned sideways, and hundreds of right-guard cavalry behind him raised their hands at the same time: "The general is here."

"Comprehensive search, not missing any corner, not missing any letter with text."

Li Xuan waved her hand directly, and the next moment, countless black-armored cavalry poured into the mansion like a black tide.

…The sky is dark and the fire is bright.

Everyone in the Xiao family, old and young, except Xiao Dezhao, all men, women and children, had their hands tied with ropes and were kneeling on the ground.

Lu Xiu, Song Jing, Yuan Jiazuo, Hu Run and others all stood on one side with livid faces.

Ten brown wooden boxes were opened, filled with chain mail.

On the ground aside, there are a lot of longbows and crossbows. Although there are a few more crossbows, there are not many super ones.

But even so, in the current situation, any extra crossbow may kill Xiao Dezhao's family.

The cold reflection rushed into Li Xuan's sight.

There was a small pile of weapons, but under normal circumstances, these weapons would not be counted as items for rebellion.

At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from behind.

Huang Ping, the commander-in-chief of Youjinwu Guard, came quickly from the square gate with his men.

Arriving in front of the Xiao Mansion, Huang Ping immediately jumped off his horse, then cupped his hands towards Li Xuan and said: "Your Majesty, all the rebel strongholds in the city have been cracked. Forty-seven of the rebels have been killed, and thirty-six of them have been captured alive. Xiao Du was captured alive."

"After appeasing the dead and wounded brothers, we should come out from the military headquarters as soon as possible." Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then said: "The prisoners will be handed over to Qianniu Guards for interrogation. After all, they are the professionals."

"Here!" Huang Ping excitedly handed over and captured the traitor. This achievement was enough for him and his brothers to take a good step forward.

Li Xuan waved her hand, and Huang Ping quickly walked to Yuan Jiazuo and handed over a thick book of this chapter.

Yuan Jiazuo could only accept it helplessly.

What happened today, although all the copywriting was done by Qian Niuwei, the last person to sign the signature was Yuan Jiazuo.

With a "squeak" sound, the side door of the compartment opened, and Su Baotong quickly walked out of it, with a trace of blood on his body.

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, all important suspects have been audited and here are their confessions." Su Baotong handed over the results of a night of hard work.

Li Xuan waved her hand gently and said, "Is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, the rebels plan to attack the palace on the two days of Dragon Boat Festival and His Majesty's Fengchan Taishan, and then depose the Crown Prince Xian and ascend the throne." After Su Baotong finished speaking, everyone present bowed their heads at the same time.

Attack the palace and depose the emperor.

At this point, any argument is useless.

"Who is the leader?" Li Xuan turned around and stared at Su Baotong. Xiao Dezhao must not be the leader in this matter.

Because everyone can see that Xiao Dezhao knows nothing about these things at the moment.

Su Baotong held up his hand and said, "Reporting to the commander-in-chief, this is the King of Yue."

"Huh?" Li Xuan's eyes widened in disbelief and she stared at Su Baotong: "Say it again."

"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, he is the King of Yue."

……

With a "bang", countless memorials were thrown down from the imperial court.

Li Zhi sat behind the imperial desk, his face livid, his breathing rapid, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Why have I treated him badly? Over the years, I have never rewarded him with the post of governor, marriage, and titles. Why would he rebel? Why?"

"The King of Yue himself had evil intentions." Empress Wu sat aside and comforted softly: "When King Peng was appointed as a leaver in Wuzhou, he had already found out some of the King of Yue's evil deeds. Afterwards, he was transferred from Wuzhou, and accordingly The matter was left to the internal guards...but perhaps it was precisely because of the Wuzhou incident that he began to restrain himself, making it difficult for people to catch him. "

Li Zhi's fists suddenly clenched. Of course he knew about this. In the secret book written by Li Xuan, there was a report about the King of Yue's private mining of mines. It's just that all the princes have done this kind of thing. Li Zhi Xuan herself was involved in many caravan sales. This was not a big deal, so Li Zhi didn't pay much attention to it.

Later, on the birthday of the emperor's eldest grandson, the King of Yue and King Cao presented two valuable golden Buddhas.

The emperor was finally satisfied and did not continue to pursue the King of Yue's unscrupulous ambitions.

"King Cao." Li Zhi couldn't help but grit his teeth bitterly. In fact, he should have thought of it earlier.

The relationship between King Cao and King Yue has always been very good, and in addition to being brothers, they also have blood from the Yang family.

The mother of King Cao is Concubine Yang of Chao, and the mother of King Yue is Concubine Yan De.

Concubine Yan De's mother was born in the Yang family of Hongnong. She was the third daughter of Yang Xiong, the former king of Guan Dynasty in Sui Dynasty. Concubine Yan De was Yang Xiong's granddaughter.
Princess Chao, Princess Yang, is the granddaughter of Yang Shigui, the third brother of Yang Xiong.

Empress Wu's mother, Mrs. Rongguo, was the daughter of Yang Xiong's second brother Yang Shida, and Empress Wu was the granddaughter of Yang Xiong's second brother Yang Shida.

They are very close to each other, but their relationship is very different.

Princess Chao Yang died in the 21st year of Zhenguan, and she did not have a deep relationship with Empress Wu.

On the contrary, he had a good relationship with Concubine Yan De, and he seemed to have a good relationship with Concubine Chao and Empress Wu. However, this relationship completely broke down in the early years of Yonghui.

When Emperor Taizong died of illness, Concubine Yan De was granted the title of Princess of the State of Yue and went to the fiefdom of the King of Yue to rest in her old age.

But Empress Wu was sent to Ganye Temple to become a nun.

Before that, Empress Wu had approached Concubine Yan De, begging her expression for help. Concubine Yan De agreed well, but as soon as she left the palace, she completely forgot about Empress Wu.

As a result, Empress Wu had a very difficult life in Ganye Temple for one or two years.

Later, when the emperor visited Empress Wu, he remembered and brought her back into the palace.

Later, when Empress Wu met Concubine Yan De, she was also quite embarrassed.

"Concubine Yue." Empress Wu shook her head sadly and said, "I still can't get over what happened back then."

(End of this chapter)