Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 17 Sharp turn down
"Your Highness, something serious happened in the imperial prison. Last night, Cui Xuanzhe committed suicide by throwing himself into a trap. Shangguan Fu crashed into a wall and died. General Xue Rengui of the Zuo Yulin Army has ordered the imperial prison to be under martial law. No news from inside or outside has been cut off." Li Xianhui withdrew. After a group of maids, Gao Miao hurriedly approached, lowered his voice, and rushed to report.

"Oh? There is such a thing?" Li Xian immediately showed a look of astonishment when he heard this, but his heart was peaceful, because he had already guessed the result a few days ago, I don't think there is anything strange about such things that should have been extremely strange.

Over the years, the reason why Wu Meiniang has been able to exercise power in the court is not because of the fact that her party members are all over the court. In fact, in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the number of hardcore queen party members is not too many, and those who can be qualified to go to court are even more so. It is pitifully small, and it is only a dozen people, but there is a reason why such a small number of queens can run rampant in the court, except for the two prime ministers Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong who were demoted and exiled last year Controlled Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province respectively, thereby controlling the power to issue imperial decrees and the right to refute, the more important reason is that today's Dali Temple has basically become the base camp of the Queen's Party—the Minister of Dali Temple Although Duan Baoxuan is not a Queen's Party, but Empress Wu has dealt with the matter of impeaching Li Yifu severely. As for Yuan Gongyu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Zhenghou Shanye of Dali, and even more than half of the middle and lower-level officials like the judges of Dali, they are basically hard-core queens.

With such a sharp weapon as Dali Temple in hand, coupled with officials like Cui Xuanzhe, whoever dares to oppose Empress Wu, how can he have a good one? There is no crime that cannot be tried, and things like silencing are even easier. This method is Wu Meiniang's invincible magic weapon. Li Xian, who has experienced the suffering of the previous life, knows it well. Therefore, in the Tai Chi Hall, Wu Meiniang When it was proposed that Dali Temple should continue the trial, Li Xian was able to assert that the two key witnesses, Cui Xuanzhe and Shangguan Fu, were certain to die. Unfortunately, Li Xian dared not and could not make such an inference public. It simply doesn't have the strength to do it recklessly.

"Your Highness, this matter is absolutely true. It is the news that Lin Hu's second younger brother desperately sent out from the Imperial Prison. It should be true." Seeing Li Xian's expression of disbelief, Gao Miao couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and hurriedly explained. road.

"Well, that's how it is. Alas, this matter is too serious. That's all, since Lin Hu has made this contribution, he will be promoted to be his wife in charge (official name, he is the prince's guard, and he is the seventh rank.), and another, from the accountant. Take fifteen guan and share it with everyone, and you can do it as you see, and you have to live in peace!" Li Xian naturally knew the truth of this matter, but he didn't want to reveal it in front of others, even if faced with It was the same for a loyal subordinate like Gao Miao, so he pretended to be troubled and lamented, but in the end, he didn't forget to reward all the subordinates who had made great contributions.

"Yes, slave girl will do it now." Since Li Xian gave the order, Gao Miao didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he hurriedly answered, and went to handle everything without mentioning it.

I finally did it, what a spicy way!Want a strong man to cut off his wrist? It's not that easy, eh, Xue Rengui?Actually let Xue Rengui lead his troops to Dali Temple, this is probably not the woman's means. In this way, the emperor must be suspicious. Unfortunately, Xue Rengui is good at fighting, and asking him to investigate the case is probably useless. Is there something that can be used here?After Gao Miao left, Li Xian paced back and forth in the main room alone, carefully thinking about the strangeness behind the whole incident, trying to find some space that could be used, but he thought a lot about the method. When it comes to the success rate, but there is not much certainty, it is unavoidable that some children become upset for a while.

Opportunities are not without, but it is a pity that they are difficult to take advantage of. The reason is very simple. Things need people to do things. What Li Xian lacks most right now is manpower. The conspicuous little official Li Xian didn't have any in his hand, so it was almost impossible to make trouble about the prison. Even if he, Li Xian, jumped out and yelled loudly, it would be difficult to cause a big wave. Besides, it's not the time for him to show up at this moment Li Xian does not intend to confront Wu Meiniang head-on, at least before his wings are fully fledged. What he did in the Tai Chi Hall before was a limit, or an adventure, but he must never do it again. Li Xian knows this well , but Li Xian was really not reconciled to seeing the opportunity lost!
Using Li Xian again?That is somewhat feasible. The problem is that Li Xian is not a marionette in Li Xian's hands. Once Li Xian sees something strange, it will be a big mistake. Li Xian used such a shield to cover up his various small actions, so he didn't want to put all his eggs in one basket at this time.

"Your Highness."

Just when Li Xian was deep in thought, Gao Miao went back and called out softly, immediately waking Li Xian up from his contemplation.

"Huh? What's the matter?"

Li Xian was upset, and when Gao Miao disturbed him, he frowned involuntarily, and let out a cold voice, his tone full of displeasure.

"Your Highness, Eunuch Zhang from Prince Lu's residence is here. He said that it is His Royal Highness, please come over to the residence immediately." Hearing that Li Xian's tone was wrong, Gao Miao did not dare to neglect him, and hurriedly answered with a bow.

"Going to the house?" Upon hearing Li Xian's invitation, Li Xian couldn't help being slightly taken aback, rolled his eyeballs, and murmured, but he didn't rush to make a decision, but frowned slightly. After pacing back and forth in the room for a few steps, he raised his head, waved his hand expressionlessly and said, "Prepare the car, I'll go for a ride now!"

In the study room of Prince Lu's Mansion, Li Xianhu knelt down in front of a few children, his face was full of evil spirits, and he looked like he should not be approached by strangers. There were some shreds of paper randomly thrown around him, which was obviously done by Li Xiansheng. The servants waiting on the side seemed to be quite frightened, their faces were tense, and they didn't even dare to look at Li Xian, the atmosphere in the room was extremely oppressive.

"His Royal Highness King Zhou is here!"

There was a call from outside the study, but Li Xian still knelt and sat as before, not even raising his head.

"Sixth brother." Li Xian just walked into the study, and saw Li Xian's angry little look, and his heart moved, he already guessed what Li Xian was thinking, but he didn't rush to point it out, but pretended not to know. Dixing walked forward, bowed and saluted, and greeted him.

"Come on, sit down." Hearing the sound, Li Xian finally raised his head, gestured impatiently, signaling Li Xian to sit opposite him, and then waved to the servants who were waiting on the side: " You wait to back down!"

"Promise." A group of servants stood up and trembled a long time ago. After hearing Li Xian's call to leave, they all kept their promises as if they had been re-released, and hurriedly retreated. sit.

"Seventh brother, you've heard it all. Something happened to the imperial prison again. Hmph, even Zi committed suicide in fear of crime. From my brother's point of view, this is silence, shameless, too shameless. Gu, Gu should be impeached." This group of thieves! Seventh brother, would you like to second this?" Li Xian was obviously very angry, just as the servants retreated, he slapped a few times and roared angrily.

Sure enough, this fellow is really impatient!Li Xian secretly despised Li Xian in his heart, but his face was full of respect, and he cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, sixth brother, you can do whatever you say, younger brother, isn't it just a matter of course, younger brother, why don't you want to?" The reason is just..."

"Why, Seventh Brother is afraid?" Seeing Li Xian's words, Li Xian stopped in the middle of his words, hesitantly, and couldn't help but get angry, gave Li Xian a sideways look, and snorted coldly .

"Sixth brother, what are you talking about? Is my younger brother a person who is afraid of things? What's the matter with this chapter? However, I don't know who the sixth brother wants to join? And what purpose does he want to achieve?" Li Xian didn't care about Li Xian's attitude. He moved violently, but asked calmly.

"Who is participating? Hmph, who are you participating in? Those gangsters and thieves dare to do such a terrible thing. Could it be possible that you can only participate in them alone? Is there any law of heaven and king? Tell me, tell me!" Li Xian's voice just fell. At that moment, Li Xian jumped up like a firecracker, pointed at Li Xian and screamed like a maniac.

Cut, if you really want to participate, you kid has already joined, so why bother to be so hypocritical, the left and right are just afraid of stealing chickens and losing money, heh, dare you still want to motivate us to help you pioneer, interesting!Li Xian was very shrewd, he saw through Li Xian's sternness at a glance, and secretly smiled in his heart, but he didn't bring it to his face, and after letting Li Xian vent enough, he said unhurriedly: " Sixth brother, don't worry, I'm more serious than this, and let my younger brother explain a little bit."

"Okay, okay, say it, say it!" After Li Xian vented, the annoyance in his heart had disappeared a lot. Hearing what Li Xian said, he seemed to have a plan in mind, but he didn't have any more attacks. After making a move, some children sat down dejectedly.

"Sixth brother, although the matter is important, there is still room for discussion. Now that the prison case happened, it is actually trying to cover it up, so why is it known to passers-by? What's more, Xue Rengui has gone to the prison now, presumably because he served his father. The emperor's order seems to be to find out the truth. However, I secretly think that General Xue will get nothing if he goes here. If there is no evidence, even if he participates, it will be in vain. Those who can reduce the crime are no more than small soldiers. It is difficult to hurt the root. This is futile. For instance, I don’t care to do it, but if you can save Shangguan from death, then this chapter can be published, I wonder what Sixth Brother thinks?”

"Oh? The plan will come out?" Li Xian is not stupid. The previous rants were actually just venting unwillingness. He had also considered saving Shangguanyi in his heart, but he had been thinking about it for a long time, but he still couldn't make it. He was afraid that it would be futile. On the contrary, his reputation as a virtuous king was compromised. The reason why Li Xian was called here was originally to ask Li Xian to go to the vanguard and test the depth of the water. He didn't really want to plan a countermeasure with Li Xian. He spoke clearly and logically, but he was really interested, so he pondered for a moment and asked in a slightly slower tone.

"Brother Six, although this matter is difficult, it is not impossible. I have a strategy here, and it might work. Please Brother Six, please correct me." Seeing that Li Xian had already been tricked, Li Xian couldn't help laughing, and stood up. , poked his head over, and whispered into Li Xian's ear, until Li Xian nodded repeatedly.

(End of this chapter)