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

Chapter 264 Seeing clues, greedy nature

Late at night, in the manor in the mountains, under the moonlight, more than a dozen torches made the sound of "flashing and peeling".

One after another, the servants and maids were escorted out of the manor and driven to the open space on the left side of the manor.

The injured guard was driven to the other side with the support of his former companion, howling in a low voice.

Li Xuan was riding on the horse, lowering her head in thought.

A group of Qianniu guards also rode behind him, lined up in a row, dressed in red and gold, with awe-inspiring power,

The arresters, servants and servants from the governor's mansion in Hangzhou were searching the entire manor quickly.

All the people from the Nanchang Palace have withdrawn from the manor, and no one participated in the search of the manor.

Li Xuan's eyes were a little distracted, and his attention was all focused on the memory picture in his mind.

A woman in a peach-white chest-length skirt handed a list to Wang Chao.

There were only six names on the list, and the names of Zong Ling and Xin Jian were impressively listed on it.

This is the list of disciples from other sects who came to Wuyue to support Tianyin Sect in Wang Chao's memory.

Although there are only six names, it is not just six people.

It's just that these six are the core disciples of other sects of Demon Sect.

Along with them, there was also a group of ordinary disciples, such as those who cooperated with Zong Ling and Xin Jian to assassinate Li Xuan on the West Lake.

Now in this kind of manor, none of the villa guards resisting Li Xuan and Qianniuwei's attack is a member of Tianyin Sect.

As for the woman in the peach-white chest-length skirt, she is none other than Zhang Wanyu.

It is precisely because she is in direct contact with Wang Chao that she needs to kill Wang Chao to silence her.

"Report to the King of Qi!" Su Zhe and Kui Heng stepped forward at the same time, and said to Li Xuan, "I have asked you clearly, these people are all ordinary Taoists of the True Immortal Dao in Hangzhou. The others are above the West Lake. Those who assassinated the prince were all killers from the Wusheng Dao, and the appearance of the True Immortal Dao and the Wusheng Dao has already shown that this time they all came to support the Tianyin Sect and the demon sects began to appear."

"Yes, this time the opponent's strength may exceed our expectations, so we should not take it lightly." Li Xuan's gaze skipped over Su Zhe's head and landed on the other side, surrounded by more than a dozen arresters and guards. on the guard of the manor, and then asked lightly: "Then how much does our city gate captain know about the situation of this manor?"

Li Xuan did not intend to tell Su Zhe the details of the manpower of the six sects who came to support the Tianyin Sect this time.

The six core disciples from other sects of the demon sect, together with a group of ordinary disciples with good strength, seem to have good strength, but that's all.

The other sects of Momen didn't send their real elder-level main force at all, only one Wang Dynasty.

Now it seems that they don't have much hope for this Tianyin sect uprising.

Li Xuan kept this information. Apart from exchanging information with other people, such a key information, Li Xuan is almost sure that this itself is a situation of Tianyin Sect.

None of the people from the Tianyin Sect were here, and they all used people from other sects of the Demon Sect to attract attention, and even Chengmen Wei Jinji, I am afraid the same is true.

"This is the Zhuangzi of Jin Ji's relatives, so I can only go to his relatives first according to the law, and then see if there is any evidence." Su Zhe lowered his head slightly, and said in a moment of embarrassment: "If there is no Jin Ji to rebel If there is no real evidence, I am afraid that we can only pursue the crime of implicating him.”

"I really didn't find any evidence about Jin Ji hiding the rebels here." Li Xuan frowned slightly, thinking for a moment: Could it be that they didn't intend to abandon Jin Ji in the first place.

Or, this is just a trick of confusion.

"The officials and their subordinates searched the entire Zhuangzi three times, and the servants in the Zhuang also questioned them carefully. After these rebels from the evil sect moved in, Jin Ji never came here again. The people here are all his relatives, and the officials are incompetent, and I hope the prince will come down." Su Zhe cupped his hands with a solemn expression.

"It's okay!" The contact waved his hand indifferently, and turned to look at Kai Heng: "Brother Kai, earlier, the king asked you to help release the wind, how is it going?"

"Does it mean that I'm waiting here to hunt down the evil bandits?" Kai Heng stepped forward immediately, cupped his hands and said, "The news has already spread."

"That's good. Next, brother Wei, I'd like to ask you to put all of these in the prison of Hangzhou Mansion. Remember to walk around the street so that everyone knows who they are and where they were arrested." Here, Li Xuan looked at Su Zhe again, and said with a cold expression: "Su Canjun, relying on the evidence found here, I believe it is enough to convict his master of treason. If you have been convicted of a crime, you should be dismissed from office, you should be dismissed from office, don't let it go wrong."

"Here!" Su Zhe immediately lifted his spirits, cupped his hands at Li Xuan, and was about to leave.

"Brother Su, wait a moment." Li Xuan stopped Su Zhe, and then said: "All the murderers caught here, the living ones will be taken away by the Governor's Mansion in Hangzhou for trial, and the dead ones will be taken away by this king and sent to the court Gong, you two have no objection."

"Everything is up to the prince's arrangement." Su Zhe and Kai Heng immediately handed over.

Li Xuan nodded, turned around and rode his horse towards the mountain. The other Qianniu Guards, as well as the guards of the Nanchang Palace, immediately followed closely.

"This king of Nanchang is really powerful!" Kai Heng sighed, looking at Li Xuan's back, thinking in his heart that the Nanchang Palace should still send a copy of the property looted in this manor tonight.

Don't look at Nanchang Wang's simple arrangement, but Jin Ji's lifelong accumulation in Hangzhou City has been ruined.

……

The tall horse jumped up the hillside and waited here Kai Gong and Du Liu immediately stepped forward and cupped their hands: "My lord, has everything been settled?"

"It's already been arranged, Kai Weng, please go with me. I have some questions to ask." Li Xuan got off his horse, looked at the carriage on the side, and stretched out his hand to Kai Gong and Du Liu: "Du Xiandi Please come too."

"Here!" Without the slightest hesitation, Kui Gong and Du Liu got into the carriage together behind Li Xuan.

"Go to the Hangzhou navy station." After Li Xuan ordered, she returned to the carriage.

Looking at Kai Gong who was sitting opposite, Li Xuan asked directly: "Kai Weng, whose family is Jin Ji from?"

In this day and age, although one does not know that one cannot be an official if one is not a gentry, no matter who they are, they are more or less related to the gentry in the world.

"It's the Xia family." Kui Gong looked at Li Xuan's genuine expression, with a wry smile on his face, and then said: "Jin Ji's mother is a member of the distant branch of the Xia family. After his military exploits, he returned to his hometown and was appointed as the city gate captain of Hangzhou Governor's Mansion, but he has been given the opportunity to be promoted over the years, but for some reason, he has always been reluctant to leave, and now it seems that the reason is here."

"What Kui Weng means is that Jin Ji was a member of Tianyin Sect from the very beginning, even before he went to the Western Regions... If this is true, then Tianyin Sect will suffer a great loss this time." Li Xuan His expression changed slightly, and he turned to look at Du Liu who was sitting next to him: "Brother Du Xian, what do you think?"

In the dimly lit carriage, Kai Gong was sitting alone on one side, while Li Xuan and Du Liu were sitting side by side on the other side, and the relationship between the two seemed to be getting closer.

Wei Gong saw all this, but his expression was unusually calm, without any surprise at all.

Facing Li Xuan's offer, Du Liu said solemnly: "It may not be the case, maybe it's because Chengmenwei is an easy place to make money, and Jin Ji just doesn't want to let it go."

"Or, it's because he can control part of the military power there." A sneer appeared on the corner of Li Xuan's mouth, and then said softly: "Greed is indeed a human nature, and that's why he was caught by others."

"What the lord said is very true." Kui Gong cupped his hands to Li Xuan, he understood what Li Xuan was thinking.

If Jin Ji really belonged to the Tianyin Sect a long time ago, then this time it was exposed too easily, which inevitably makes people suspicious.

If it is said that he was only attracted by the Tianyin Sect, there is no doubt about it, as long as he is convicted according to the law.

Li Xuan looked at Kui Gong: "Kai Weng, no matter what, with this golden plan, the Xia family can no longer ignore it, we must solve it quickly, and please introduce the Xia family carefully."

"The Xia family is also an old family in Hangzhou. It has declined in recent years, and it has been mentioned to the prince before." Kui Gong cleared his thoughts a little, and then said: "The prince should know that besides raw silk and transportation, the silk industry also has dyeing and dyeing. , garment processing, accessories, sales and many other industries, while the Xia family is based on the dyeing and dyeing industry, but the dyeing and dyeing industry is not ideal, so the Xia family began to work harder on raw silk and shipping."

"Shipping, the Xia family also has a boat in their hands?" Li Xuan's hand, which had just been raised, couldn't help but pause in mid-air.

"My lord is wrong. In fact, every family has ships, but the scale is different. Although my Kai family is the largest shipping family in Wuyue, the share is less than [-]%." Gong Gong carefully He told Li Xuan the details.

In this Hangzhou, there is nothing that can be dominated by one family, and all other families are involved, so that after a certain family rises or declines, the internal power transfer among the sixteen Wuyue families can proceed smoothly.

……

"Bang bang bang..." There was a knock on the door, and Qiu Zhenmu's voice came from outside: "My lord, the navy station has arrived."

Li Xuan looked stunned, and said in a low voice: "Time is so fast, it will be here in a blink of an eye, thank you Kui Weng for your guidance."

"My lord, you're welcome." Kai Gong cupped his hands to Li Xuan, and at the same time took out a booklet from his sleeve: "My lord, here are the shipping routes of the Kai family in Wuzhou for many years, and I hope your lord will not refuse. .”

Li Xuan was slightly taken aback, then subconsciously looked at Du Liu, who nodded solemnly.

(End of this chapter)