Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 462 Assassination of King Wei
Chang'an, right chancellor Lin Hui's mansion, one person hurried into Lin's mansion, alarming right chancellor Lin Hui.

"You didn't go home to rest in the middle of the night, why did you come to my house to do what? The curfew is coming soon!" Right Prime Minister Lin Hui said to the visitor with some dissatisfaction.

"Your Prime Minister, something happened in Chang'an again." The visitor said hastily.

"An accident? What happened again? That street, that square was set on fire again, and the house was robbed. Didn't I ask your Criminal Department to suppress it?"

"If you want to see it, it will be the Shangyuan Festival. Don't disturb your majesty with such a trivial matter! Even if there is a life lawsuit, don't spread it to the palace." Lin Hui, the right minister, said impatiently.

Such a small matter needs to come to disturb him at night, but recently, I don't know what went wrong. There are always people in Chang'an, the capital, who commit crimes at night.

Where is the capital?It is an important place in Gyeonggi, under the feet of the emperor, if there is any disturbance, it can always be passed on to the palace.

But now that the Shangyuan Festival is approaching, the emperor and his son will naturally not bother about such a trivial matter when they meet.

Lin Hui teamed up with other people to temporarily suppress these matters, and asked the people below to solve the case as soon as possible, so as not to disturb the Shangyuan Festival.

"Right Prime Minister, something really, really happened this time." The visitor said.

"Important event? What event can make you so terrified?" Lin Hui said, always having an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Wei Wang Li Xiang came out of the palace and was assassinated on the way back to the palace." The visitor said.

"What? What did you say?" Lin Hui trembled in fright. The prince's assassination was a major event, and he couldn't hide it no matter what.

It's just that at the feet of the emperor, who is so daring to assassinate the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

"Wei Wang Li Xiang was assassinated on the way back to the mansion!" The visitor repeated.

"What's the situation with King Wei now, is he alive or dead?" Lin Hui asked.

"It's still alive. I heard that it was just an injury. I don't know how serious it is. People from the Jinwu Guard have blocked the entire street." The visitor said.

"Boom, boom, boom..." At this moment, there was a rhythmic drumbeat, Chang'an began to curfew, and the doors of each workshop began to be closed.

If there are still people staying outside after the gate is closed, it is a violation of the prohibition, and they will be whipped twenty times, and if it is serious, they may be decapitated.

When the curfew began, the left and right street envoys began to patrol the streets with soldiers, and did not stop patrolling the streets until the sound of the door opening drum sounded the next day.

"Report to Patriarch! Someone is coming from the palace!" Lin Hui's servant came to report.

Lin Hui knew that the news of the prince's assassination in Chang'an must have reached the ears of the emperor, and the people from the palace wanted him to enter the palace.

"Come in quickly, please avoid it for a while." Lin Hui told people to come in while telling them to hide so that they would not be found.

The visitor hurriedly left through the side door, just as he left, the servants came in with the people from the palace.

"I don't know what your Majesty's order is for an internal official to visit late at night?" Lin Hui said, clasping his hands.

"Your Majesty summons the right minister to the palace to have an audience!" said the eunuch.

"Oh! I dare to ask, what's the important thing for His Majesty to summon you late at night?" Lin Hui asked knowingly.

"Before the curfew tonight, King Wei was assassinated on the way back. His life and death are unknown. His Majesty is furious. Now he is summoning the ministers to enter the palace late at night, just for this matter," the eunuch said.

"Understood! Please wait here later, let me change clothes and follow you into the palace to meet the saint." Lin Hui said.

"Your Prime Minister, please help yourself," said the eunuch.

Lin Hui clasped his hands, turned around and went inside to change his clothes before entering the palace to meet the emperor.

Li Chengqian was furious about Li Xiang's assassination. Who actually dared to assassinate the prince of the Tang Dynasty in the capital city.

Everyone was silent, too frightened to say a word, for fear of provoking Li Chengqian again, the emperor would vent his anger on them.

"How did the Jinwu Guard take charge of the security of Chang'an, and how did you manage it? Someone dared to assassinate my son in Chang'an."

"How did they enter Chang'an? And how did they enter Chang'an? And carry out an assassination?" Li Chengqian asked.

The public security management of Chang'an City has always been strict. The Jinwu Guard serves as the military guarantee for Chang'an public security management, and other ministries are also responsible for corresponding public security affairs.

For example, the registration of entering and exiting Chang'an, the management of waterway traffic, etc. Among them, some of them assisted the Jinwu Guard in managing Chang'an's public security, and some played a supervisory role.

"The other party should be mixed in the caravan, mixed in Chang'an City, and they have their internal support in Chang'an City."

"Being able to help them avoid searches and related procedures allows this group of assassins to sneak into Chang'an to assassinate smoothly." A minister said.

"What about the weapon?" Li Chengqian asked.

Anyone who enters Chang'an City will have their weapons confiscated, and the weapons will not be returned to you until you leave Chang'an City.

That is to say, even if these people managed to sneak into Chang'an City with the help of the internal staff as a caravan, they did not have weapons and could not assassinate a prince under the protection of the prince of the palace.

Where did their weapons come from?Where on earth did they get these weapons, such as bows and crossbows.

"It should be provided to them by internal affairs." The minister who spoke just now continued.

"So, this person should be the minister of the court, and it is very likely that he is among you. You want to murder my son." Li Chengqian's eyes widened angrily.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You have been wronged! Your Majesty will never dare to do such a rebellious thing. Please show your Majesty the lesson." The ministers trembled in fright.

"Your Majesty! Those who can get weapons may not be everyone here. The military supervisors who manufacture weapons are the most suspicious."

"In the entire city of Chang'an, only the Military Weapons Supervisor is the most likely to provide the criminals with weapons without being suspected. Just send someone to check and find out if any weapons are missing." Lin Hui hurried out of the line and said with a salute.

"What the right minister said is reasonable, you can order Jin Wuwei to go to the Military Weapons Supervision to investigate." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" General Jin Wuwei retreated under the order, and immediately took people to check whether any weapons were missing in the Military Weapons Supervision, and why they were missing.

"Everyone! The imperial physician sent to Prince Wei's Mansion sent back a message." An eunuch walked in and saluted.

"What did the imperial doctor say? How is my son?" Li Chengqian asked hastily.

"The imperial doctor said that King Wei's life is not in danger, but the injury is serious and needs to be recuperated for a while." The eunuch said.

"It's good that he's fine!" Li Chengqian finally breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his head to the officials and said, "The assassination of King Wei will be handed over to King Wu Li Ke to fully investigate the matter."

"I want to know who actually dared to commit murder at the emperor's feet after eating the bear's heart and leopard's guts."

"I obey the order!" Li Ke saluted.

(End of this chapter)