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

Chapter 617 Conspiring against each other, kill first and play later
With a sound of "呲啦", the seemingly thick wall was torn apart as easily as paper under the sharp blade.

In the surprised eyes of everyone, a quiet and peaceful vast manor with winding corridors suddenly appeared behind the false wall.

The courtyard wall of Xue Zhongzhang's mansion was really tampered with.

Seeing this scene, the steward of the Xue Mansion was extremely surprised, and immediately rushed over from there, and at the same time shouted loudly: "What are you doing, you are not allowed to go in."

Lai Jingye glanced at him indifferently, and said coldly: "Take it, and go to prison."

"Here!" Xu Baotou gestured towards his subordinates, and the butler of Xue's mansion was immediately pinned down by someone's arm and a sharp long knife was pressed against his neck. down.

Lai Jingye waved his hand, and all his arresters rushed into the manor directly from the false wall.

Li Xuan stepped in first, holding a torch, and waved it towards the ground.

The next moment, the fire flashed, and the clear and heavy footsteps on the ground appeared in front of everyone.

Wen Xu and others have really been here.

Li Xuan stopped and waved her hands without hesitation: "Search!"

A group of Hangzhou police quickly followed the traces of footsteps on the ground and searched carefully in the entire backyard.

Lai Sui suddenly appeared next to Li Xuan, and said softly, "Now, that kid from the Xue family is going to be in big trouble."

"No matter what, let's find the person first, and call back all the people who should be called." Li Xuan said sideways.

Lai Sui's eyes lit up immediately, and he bowed his hands to Li Xuan in admiration, then turned and left.

Li Xuan raised his head, and there were already quite a few soldiers searching towards the front yard of Xue's residence.

With such a large yard, there is absolutely no problem hiding a few people.

If the stolen salary is here, is the bandit who stole it also here?

Naturally, some wise people in the Governor's Mansion in Hangzhou thought of this, and since they have offended Xue Zhongzhang, they should find something to crucify him completely.

……

Li Xuan raised her head and looked into the dark sky. The red-bellied eagle was still hovering in the sky, but Wen Xu and his group of personal guards were nowhere to be seen.

This guy has other hiding spots in Hangzhou City.

Li Xuan relaxed her breathing a little. Whether Wen Xu or Wen Fuzhi had been operating in Hangzhou for many years, it was quite normal to have arrangements. He would want to find out for a while, and I'm afraid it would not be an easy task.

But now, the people who really want to find Wen Xu, and the ones who are eager to find Wen Xu, are probably not them.

With a sound of "crash", a figure emerged from the pool in the backyard and shouted excitedly to everyone, "I found it, all twelve boxes are under the water."

All the people present immediately cheered up, and Lai Jingye waved his hand, and more people jumped into the pool.

Half an hour later, a total of twelve boxes were carried to the shore.

The boxes were all opened, and inside were strings of wetted copper coins, and all of them were unused new coins.

"These are everyone's salaries for the past two months. You have worked so hard. From discovering that the salary was stolen to being recovered, it took less than an hour in total. You are so wise!" Li Xuan stood On one side, he bowed his hands to Lai with dedication and sincerity.

Many officials and policemen present at the same time sincerely bowed their hands to Lai and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Those are all their hard-earned salaries. Although the loss of the salary is the responsibility of coming to work, the court will definitely not treat the money as if it is not there and not send it to them, but there is this matter. However, the payment of the salary always has several twists and turns, and it is quite normal that it will be delayed for a few months.

Now that the salary can be retrieved, and it can be distributed quickly without delay. Everyone is sincerely grateful for Lai's dedication.

Lai Jingye glanced at Li Xuan with a half-smile, how could he not see what Li Xuan was thinking.

Li Xuan's words, although the dedication will be raised in the future, it also completely pins Xue Zhongzhang on the opposite side of Lai Jingye. On the opposite side of officials.

I don't know how difficult it will be for him to act in Hangzhou in the future.

"I'm not greedy for merit. I need to thank the King of Nanchang for this matter. The King of Nanchang has a keen sense and quickly judged the reason. Only then can the salary be recovered in time." Lai Jingye nodded with emotion, and then turned to Li Xuan He cupped his hands and said, "Nephew, please be respected by Uncle Shi on this matter."

"Don't dare!" Li Xuan was taken aback, and hurried forward three steps to help him up.

Li Xuan had just helped him up in the future, and the long history Hu Yu and Sima Yuan Yi who were standing on the side smiled at each other, and then cupped their hands at Li Xuan at the same time: "Thank you, King Nanchang, for your help!"

"Thank you, King Nanchang, for your assistance." Many officials from Hangzhou present bowed slightly to Li Xuan at the same time.

Hearing their voices like this, Li Xuan was slightly taken aback, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Their words were much more daring for Li Xuan to accept than Lai Jingye's words.

Li Xuan bowed his hands to everyone and said: "Xiao Wang has been in Hangzhou for many days, and I have thanked you for your help. This is what Xiao Wang should do. But this is not the end. Why are these things placed here? It is here, and where those people went, there are many mysteries in it, and we need to find all those people before they can all be clarified."

"What the lord said is very true. We still need to find out all those people from the Wusheng Sect." A somewhat hoarse voice came from outside the door, and then some pale-faced military recorder Guan Mi walked in from outside the door. .

When Lai Jingye saw Guan Mi, he quickly stretched out his hand to beckon, and the surrounding police immediately stepped forward to support Guan Mi.

"Since Guan Canjun is in poor health, there is no need to come here. Although the matter tonight is bumpy, it is generally complete." Lai Jingye glanced sideways at Si Gong Canjun not far away, and said lightly: "For tonight's related matters, I will ask Si Gong to join the army and Hu Changshi to organize everything into an official document and send it to the army."

"Don't dare to bother Shijun." Guan Mi bowed his hands to Lai Jingye, his expression was full of exhaustion, but he still said: "The matter of the other courtyard here, I also have a little understanding of the source of it. This place was originally Xiaoshan Xiaoshan's Wei Wenxu Give it to Xue Langjun's other courtyard.

Last night, the two of them were invited to West Lake for a drink. They originally invited Xiaguan to come, but Xiaguan was not feeling well at the time, so he didn't go there. Now, they should be in Liucui Garden in West Lake, if..."

"There's no need to go to Liucuiyuan, the man has been found." Lai Sui's voice sounded outside the courtyard, and immediately after, he brought in a man on a stretcher with several soldiers.
The light of the torch illuminates, and it is shocking to see that the person on the stretcher is Xue Zhongzhang.

As soon as they approached, everyone smelled a strong smell of alcohol, and they couldn't help frowning slightly.

Xue Zhongzhang was lying on a stretcher, his hair was messily scattered on one side, his face was flushed, and there were clear lip marks on his face, his limbs were casually placed on one side, his nose twitched from time to time, his eyes were squinted, and occasionally he let out Slight snoring.

He was completely drunk to death.

Lai Sui came to Lai Jingye, clasped his hands to Lai Jingye and said, "Lord Inspector, I only found Xue Canjun in Liu Cuiyuan, and did not see Wei Wenxu of Xiaoshan County. After getting drunk, they left alone, and they didn't know where they were going."

Just as Guan Mi was about to say something, Li Xuan on the side said decisively first: "Today's matter, no matter what, we still need everyone to come together, envoy, please send someone to arrest Lieutenant Xiaoshan Wenxian immediately. Summon to the hall, Qianniuwei can send someone to assist."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, everyone present looked at him in astonishment.

The subtext of Li Xuan's words almost concluded that Wei Wenxu from Xiaoshan County was making trouble.

Guan Mi originally wanted to say something, but after Li Xuan's words, he suddenly shut his mouth tightly.

At this time, if he helps out again, if something happens, he will be unable to escape the responsibility.

Lai Jingye nodded slightly, and immediately the catcher from Hangzhou Mansion and Qian Niuwei left.

……

"Come here, let me wake him up." Lai Jingye shouted orders to the left and right, and the policemen and guards on both sides directly picked up a bucket of water and poured it on Xue Zhongzhang's head without the slightest hesitation.

There was no hesitation at all.

Even though Xue Zhongzhang is now a judicial officer in Hangzhou and joins the army, and his uncle is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but don’t forget that Lai Jingye, the governor of Hangzhou, is not only everyone’s immediate boss, but also his own uncle, the servant of Huangmen in the court, Only one step away is the prime minister.

Lai Jingye's grandfather is also a famous future caretaker in the former Sui Dynasty. His family background may not be as good as Pei Yan, but Xue Zhongzhang, what is he.

Li Xuan stood on one side, watching coldly, and saw Xue Zhongzhang, who was drunk, swayed violently, and then sat up straight away, trembling all over his body for a while.

At this moment, Jingye yelled fiercely: "Xue Erlang!"

The loud voice hit his ears, and Xue Zhongzhang opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes were wide open, and he looked at everyone with piercing eyes.

Li Xuan was standing not far in front of Xue Zhongzhang, he could clearly see that Xue Zhongzhang's eyes were not bright at all, these were just the stress reactions after the cold shock.

Sure enough, slowly, Xue Zhongzhang shook his head vigorously, his eyes suddenly became cloudy, but it was also at this moment that his whole consciousness began to gradually return.

Soon, Xue Zhongzhang turned his head to look at the people present. Although his eyes were still cloudy, there was still a sharp light shining deep in his eyes, and he had quickly regained his sobriety.

"Wake up, stand up when you wake up." Li Xuan walked over from the side, looked at Xue Zhongzhang face to face, and asked indifferently: "Tell me, what's going on with this house, why it became yours ?”

"King of Nanchang?" Xue Zhongzhang did not answer Li Xuan's question, but said with some sudden realization: "Sure enough, it is not so easy for you to leave Hangzhou."

"It doesn't matter whether I leave Hangzhou or not. The important thing is you." Li Xuan looked extremely indifferent. He raised his head and looked to the northwest, and said softly: "If you can't answer the question I just asked, then I will I have no choice but to put you in prison and punish you as treason, and at the same time, send a letter to ask Pei Shangshu to see if you should be sentenced to death, or should you be punished by the three clans?"

With Li Xuan's words, not only Xue Zhongzhang, who was shocked, regained his sobriety in a blink of an eye, but even the officials and servants around him looked at him in surprise. stood behind Li Xuan.

Everyone didn't know what they thought of, and immediately lowered their heads.

At this time, Xue Zhongzhang on the ground finally regained his senses. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "Nanchang King doesn't need to be like this. The seal of the Deputy Envoy of Raising Troops was handed over to the lord, but the lord seems to have forgotten. The Eastern Expeditionary Army has already set off, and the post of Wang Ye, the Deputy Envoy of Raising Troops, has expired, so the right to kill first and then act later, Wang Ye has no more."

"Oh?" Li Xuan lowered her head, looked at Xue Zhongzhang with a cold face, and said softly: "Xue Lang, do you want to give it a try and see if the sword in my king's hand still has the right to cut first and then play."

Li Xuan waved back lightly, and with a "choke", the Qianniu knife was unsheathed, and the sharp blade was placed directly on Xue Zhongzhang's neck in an instant.

Under the bright firelight, the snow-white blade clearly reflected Xue Zhongzhang's stunned expression.

(End of this chapter)