"Your Majesty, please come this way!" Chaoyi Lang Liu Yuanlang held a lantern and led the way.
The entire prime minister's mansion was exceptionally quiet. There were not many lights inside, and they were scattered here and there, as if there weren't many people in the whole mansion.
Very empty.
However, Li Xuan's eyes passed through the darkness under the shade of the trees, and his expression suddenly became solemn.
Along the way, he had seen several waves of hidden guards.
This is still a place he can see, but what about a place he can't see.
After all, this is the residence of the left prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. How could the guards be lacking!
"To be honest, if there hadn't been a sudden change today, I wouldn't have bothered the Prime Minister in the middle of the night!" Li Xuan explained softly.
Liu Yuanlang bowed slightly in front and said, "You're welcome, Your Majesty. Although my father is under duty, he is usually busy until three o'clock in the morning. If he doesn't have to go to the palace for a small court the next day, he will sleep even later."
"Minister Zuo is working hard, but I'm the one who disturbed you!" Li Xuan smiled softly, her expression as usual, but then said sincerely: "I try not to disturb Prime Minister Zuo's rest as much as possible."
Liu Yuanlang nodded slightly and said nothing more.
Li Xuan followed Liu Yuanlang and walked on the cobblestone path. He could clearly feel that Liu Yuanlang was not very kind to him.
Although they had been in contact outside the city before, Li Xuan did not disclose her identity at that time, which was normal for people to be hesitant.
Following the corridor and walking through several courtyards, Li Xuan finally came to a side courtyard. Standing at the door were several guards with knives in blue uniforms.
Among them were one or two people whom Li Xuan had met outside the city.
"Your Majesty, please!" Liu Yuanlang introduced Li Xuan into the house. Under the bright light, Li Xuan saw at a glance the bookshelves in the room.
On the bookshelf are not only numerous large and small volumes of various classics, but also volumes of official documents.
Liu Rengui was wearing an indigo plaid thin shirt at the moment, sitting in front of the desk in the middle, holding a brush in his hand, frowning slightly, looking at the official document in front of him, bowing his head in thought.
His hair was white, and his bun was standing up, with a wooden hairpin inserted randomly. Liu Rengui's face was full of wrinkles, and his expression was full of exhaustion.
"Aye, the Prince of Nanchang is here!" Liu Yuanlang approached Liu Rengui's desk and whispered to wake up his father.
"Oh!" Liu Rengui's eyes froze, and he looked a little confused, but then his face darkened and he turned to look at Li Xuan, his majestic eyes full of scrutiny.
"Little Wang Li Xuan, I have met the Left Prime Minister!" Li Xuan faced Liu Rengui and put his hands together, with his left thumb in the right palm, his body bent forward, and said sincerely: "Xiao Wang has taken the liberty to disturb the Left Prime Minister!"
Li Xuan glanced back slightly, and Li Zhu quickly picked up the dark red wooden box in his hand: "There are two doses of nightshade powder made by the master, which may help the left prime minister's old illness. If it works, , Xiao Wang will send some more, and there are also some Xishan white dew, a specialty of Hongzhou, Nanchang silk and satin, and some pens, inks, papers and inkstones. Xiao Wang moved next door yesterday and found out that the Prime Minister's residence is next to it. I am really ashamed!"
"The King of Nanchang is interested!" Liu Rengui glanced at the crimson wooden box, looked at Li Xuan up and down, and whispered: "I haven't lived here for a long time, and besides, I don't show off. If ordinary people don't No one would know that this is the Prime Minister’s residence even if they bother to investigate.”….
"What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true. After coming to Luoyang for only a few days, we encountered a lot of troubles. If Xiao Wang could keep a lower profile, perhaps there would not be so many troubles!" Li Xuan sighed with emotion, her face Full of bitterness.
Liu Rengui frowned slightly, looked at Li Xuan, nodded thoughtfully, then looked to one side and winked at his son Liu Yuanlang.
Liu Yuanlang immediately understood, stepped forward to take the wooden box from Li Zhu's hand, and said at the same time: "This little brother, please serve tea here."
Li Zhu looked at Li Xuan with some confusion. Li Xuan nodded, and Li Zhu immediately bowed and retreated.
The door of the room was still open. Li Xuan stood three steps below the desk. He bowed his hands to Liu Rengui sincerely and said, "Xiao Wang has admired the prime minister for many years for his battle at Baijiangkou.
Thousands of navy troops, plus 6,000 infantry troops, drove 4,000 Silla troops to fight against nearly 40,000 Japanese troops, plus 20,000 Baekje troops, and won the battle. After the first battle, the Japanese did not dare to peek at our Tang Dynasty. This move It is truly admirable and will surely be passed down for generations to come. "
"It's just a small achievement. Compared with Duke Xing and Duke Pingyang, he is far worse than his true self!" Liu Rengui waved his hand indifferently to Li Xuan's flattery.
Su Dingfang, Duke of Xing, and Xue Rengui, Duke of Pingyang, were both the leading generals of the Tang Dynasty.
In addition, there are Pei Xingjian and others, all of whom are ruthless characters who slaughter the country and exterminate the species.
To be fair, Liu Rengui is still a little behind in this aspect, and not many people in future generations can remember his name!
"The Prime Minister has gone down in history, but it is a pity that he could not directly attack the Japanese island. If we can completely wipe out the Japanese and exterminate their descendants, then the East China Sea will become the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the world will be stable!" Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, Very deep feeling.
If Liu Rengui can destroy the Japanese country now, what will happen in the future?
Pity!
"Your Majesty has said that at that time, the troops and supplies in the DPRK were limited, and our DPRK has not yet been able to pacify Silla. If we had rushed into the main island of Japan at that time, and Silla would stab us in the back, the consequences would be disastrous." Liu Rengui. His face remained calm.
"What the prime minister said is absolutely true." Li Xuan held his hands again, looking solemn.
But having said that, Li Xuan could still hear the unwillingness in Liu Rengui's words.
How could he be willing to succumb to Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui in this regard? What he really wanted to be comparable to was Li Jing, the real God of War of the Tang Dynasty.
"Let's get down to business!" Liu Rengui looked solemn and looked at Li Xuan: "The truth of what happened today is known. Your Majesty has come to my humble residence. I don't know what advice you can give me!"
"The prime minister has killed the little king. How can the little king dare to teach the prime minister? I just want to ask. Now that Prince Zhuang has been killed, I don't know when Dali Temple will intervene!"
"Dali Temple?" Liu Rengui raised his eyes and looked at Li Xuan with surprise. He didn't expect that his purpose of coming was Dali Temple!
King Zhuang Li Feng was poisoned and died. According to normal regulations, the case should have been investigated and solved by Dali Temple.
No matter who poisoned it, the final result must be obtained by Dali Temple after investigation, and finally published to the world.
Dali Temple is the greatest authority on criminal cases in the Tang Dynasty. Once Dali Temple makes a decision, most people in the world will no longer have any objections. ….
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the death of Prince Zhuang was not caused by the Prince of Nanchang County. The reason why the news is becoming urgent now is because of the actions of deliberate people.
As long as Dali Temple intervenes and the results are obtained quickly, this storm can be put to rest.
Li Xuan only thought of this after being reminded by Yu Ze, and now she wants to push Dali Temple to intervene even more.
Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan and gently knocked on the table with one hand.
"There is indeed some truth to what the prince said, but now, the palace has not entrusted the case of Prince Zhuang." After a slight pause, Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan, whose face was full of surprise, and said lightly: "What the prince thinks is not the case. No, there is just one thing that the prince may have overlooked, and that is that Prince Zhuang’s death may not have been caused by poisoning!”
"He was not poisoned?" A trace of surprise appeared on Li Xuan's face, but his eyes widened in disbelief. Then he blinked and nodded heavily: "That's true. The palace did not say that Prince Zhuang was dead. As for the poisoning, maybe it was really because he accidentally ate something after being unaccustomed to the climate yesterday, which led to King Zhuang's death!"
There is no need to find out the so-called truth. The so-called truth is not important in the eyes of those in the palace.
Even if Prince Zhuang really died of poisoning, it doesn't matter. As long as the palace says he died of illness, he died of illness, and there is no possibility for Dali Temple to intervene.
"Tomorrow, at most tomorrow, the palace will make a conclusion." Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan with a half-smile, and said, "Thanks to the prince's actions today, the saint and the queen have to make a conclusion as soon as possible, otherwise If so, this matter will be delayed for a while longer!”
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded. In fact, even if he didn't come today, Dali Temple would take the initiative to apply for investigation tomorrow or the day after.
Not only Dali Temple, Zongzheng Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment may also be involved.
By that time, the process of the matter will no longer be controlled by the palace.
At this moment, the most important thing is the funeral of the prince.
As for other matters, as long as they are not major events that happen in public, they can be suppressed as much as possible and delayed as long as possible.
It's probably not what the palace wants to see if the matter becomes so turbulent.
Coupled with Li Xuan's actions, everything will come to fruition tonight. .
Taiqing Demonic Way
