In the side room of the west courtyard, Qin Yugan, draped in black velvet, sat alone in front of the window, with "Spring and Autumn" casually thrown to one side.
Looking at the waning moon above his head, the cold air encroaching on him, Qin Yujiaogan silently counted the time in his heart.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. Qin Yujiaoqian subconsciously looked outside the door, and suddenly saw Zhou Qian appearing at the entrance of the courtyard, and then Qin Jun led people to greet him.
I don’t know what Zhou Qian and Qin Jun said. Immediately afterwards, most of the Jinwu guards in the courtyard left one after another.
Only a few people were left guarding the door.
Qin Yujiaogan looked at everything in front of him with some disbelief. Suddenly, he turned his head and looked at the shadows of other bamboo forests and rockeries in the yard. This time, he really found no trace at all. Those people were really gone. .
In other words, those people never came back at all.
When Qianniuwei left collectively before, Qin Yujiagan knew that something must have happened.
But what exactly happened?
The Qianniu Guards left, leaving only the Jinwu Guards, all guarding the Jinwu Guards at the open post.
Qin Yujiaoqian knew in his heart that they were worried about being killed.
Worried that he would be killed by the King of East China Sea, his ally who was originally fighting against Datang became the one who wanted to kill him. Instead, Datang, whom he had to deal with, became the one who protected him.
Qin Yujiaoqian knew in his heart that Datang was still useful in keeping him, and he was about to return to Silla. Whether it was communicating with the civil and military dynasties, or getting something from himself, as long as he was valuable, Datang would not kill anyone.
But the King of East China Sea, in order to greatly intensify the conflict between Tang Dynasty and Silla, would really kill him in the end.
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A thought flashed through Qin Yujiaogan's mind. The next moment, he had rushed out of the wing and rushed directly to the door. At this time, the Jinwu guard at the door fiercely crossed Changsha and stopped him.
Qin Yujiaoqian backed away a little, but then he took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "General, I would like to see the Prince of Nanchang. Can you inform me?"
The guard at the door glanced at Qin Yujiaoqian contemptuously, and then stood up straight as a guard with a stern look on his face.
Qin Yujiaogan once again bowed his hands and said in a deep voice: "I have some secrets about the personnel layout of King Donghai in Yangzhou that I want to report to King Nanchang. Please..."
Before Qin Yujiaogan finished speaking, he saw four Jinwu guards at the door, all turning their heads to look at him at the same time, their eyes full of contempt and disdain.
A trace of horror suddenly appeared on Qin Yujiaogan's face, and then this trace of horror completely disappeared in the depths of his eyes in an instant.
Then, he turned around with a disappointed look on his face and walked towards the house.
Qin Yujiaogan grabbed the door hard and wanted to throw it away, but at the last moment, he controlled his desire to vent and closed the door slowly and hard.
He leaned firmly against the door, then slowly slid to the ground.
The King of Donghai’s entire layout in Yangzhou was taken over by the King of Nanchang.
In just two days, the situation that the King of Donghai had worked hard to achieve in Yangzhou for more than ten years was easily overturned by the King of Nanchang. This sounds somewhat magical.
However, Qin Yujiaogan, who knew Li Xuan very well, knew very well that the King of Nanchang looked young, but his methods were very sophisticated.
It seems to be very effective especially against people like Tianyin Sect and Donghai King. Although the reason for this is somewhat unclear, it does not affect the current situation.
All the foundations of King Donghai in Yangzhou were destroyed by King Nanchang.
This also means that Silla will no longer get any secret decisions about the Tang Center.
Silla and Tang Dynasty went to war, and their advantage was reduced by one point.
Suddenly, Qin Yujiao stood up abruptly, walked quickly to the table, laid out the paper, rubbed ink and began to write quickly. However, after he finished writing, he put the entire paper on the oil lamp and quickly ignite.
Seeing the paper quickly turn into ashes, Qin Obtuse Angle Gan immediately turned around and looked at it from the other side.
On the outer piece of paper, he tore off a section as wide as his thumb and as long as his index finger, quickly wrote a few small words on it, and then quickly hid it under the celadon vase beside him.
After everything was done, Qin Yujiaogan breathed a long sigh of relief. Instead, at this moment, he subconsciously raised his head and looked in the direction of the courtyard door. The four Jinwu guards looked at each other, and no one turned to look at him.
Suddenly, I felt a chill in my spine, spreading throughout my body.
Without the King of Donghai delivering news for them, the harm that the Silla people could do to the Tang Dynasty was rapidly decreasing. In this winter battle, Silla would fight alone. If not careful, it would be possible for the country to be massacred and exterminated. between.
Thinking of this, Qin Obtuse Angle Gan didn't hesitate at all and immediately took out the note from the bottom of the celadon vase again.
Quickly put it on the oil lamp and burn it out.
Finally, he immediately tore up another small piece of paper and started writing carefully again.
Li Xuan walked in the quiet governor's mansion. The soldiers patrolling around and the maids and servants passing by saw Li Xuan and immediately bowed slightly. Li Xuan waved her hands casually, and the soldiers, maids and servants immediately went about their business.
Just as he entered his side courtyard, familiar footsteps sounded behind him. Li Xuan turned around. Su Baotong quickly walked to his side and whispered a few words in his ear. Li Xuan nodded calmly.
"Tomorrow, the Prince of Linhai County will visit Dou Weng. Those around him will definitely take the opportunity to get in touch with Qin Rui. Be careful and don't let them take the opportunity to kill him." Li Xuan's expression calmed down.
"I obey the order." Su Baotong immediately turned around.
Li Xuan walked into the study room. In the room, Yu Ze was sorting out the documents in his hands, but when he reached Li Xuan, he immediately stopped, cupped his hands in front of Li Xuan and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that someone has been arrested. Lord Shi'an, I wonder if this is the case?"
"Yes, it's Xue Zhongzhang, he is Pei Yan's nephew, and he used the warrant given by Pei Yan." Li Xuan walked into the house, looked at the documents in the study, shook her head and said softly: "Don't collect the things, I The king wants to see it again."
"Here!" Yu Ze slightly cupped his hands, then took a step back and looked up at Li Xuan: "Even if the Criminal Department wants to do something, it has to go through Dou Changshi's test first, right?"
"Yes, so, he passed." Among the pile of documents, Li Xuan calmly found the household records of Shi'an County Duke's family and began to read them carefully.
Yu Ze stood behind Li Xuan with a serious look on his face.
While Li Xuan was not angry about killing the demon monk, Dou Xuande allowed Xue Zhongzhang to capture Li Xizhi, the Duke of Shi'an County who had been spared by Li Xuan. This was undoubtedly a stab in the back of Li Xuan.
There were too many unexplainable flavors behind this, and Yu Ze's heart suddenly sank.
After a while, Yu Ze still couldn't help it, and looked at Li Xuan with an ugly face: "Your Majesty, will you just ignore this matter?"
For a moment, a sneer appeared on the corner of Li Xuan's mouth: "Uncle Yu, if I were not from the same clan, I would actually pursue this matter. Originally, I just took a step back and handed over the matter to the central government. , but now it seems that this matter is far from as simple as it seems, especially now that Pei Yan has taken action."
Li Xuan raised her head, looked at Yu Ze, and said softly: "If I remember correctly, back in the Zichen Palace, the Queen of Heaven once ordered the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the matter about King Donghai respectively, so this matter is actually the Holy Will. Dou Weng can't stop it, and I can't stand it either. Whoever wants to show off at this moment will be made to look good by the Queen of Heaven."
Yu Ze couldn't help but take a breath: "So, Secretary Pei is waiting for the prince to stand up for Duke Shi'an."
"Of course, our relationship with the Minister of Justice is not very good!" Li Xuan shook her head gently.
At this time, Xue Zhongzhang took the risk of offending Li Xuan and forcibly imprisoned Li Xizhi, the Duke of Shi'an County. This was to force Li Xuan to do something irrational and then take the opportunity to criticize him.
"At this time, if I do something, it will be suspected of covering up. If I don't do it, it will be acknowledging that the Duke of Shi'an has a problem. You can pour any kind of dirty water on me. However, in the end, he It's easy to release people." Li Xuan's last words made Yu Ze stunned.
Li Xuan followed and explained
Shi said: "The Duke of Shi'an belongs to the clan. To deal with him, there is either an imperial envoy's order or an official document from Zongzheng Temple. Xue Zhongzhang has nothing but an order from the Minister of Punishment. Putting him under house arrest is nothing more than sitting on Diaoyutai. , just to lure the snake out."
"Yes, he is not Pei Yan, the Minister of Punishment, so he can only be imprisoned, not tortured, let alone interrogated." Yu Ze suddenly came to his senses.
"So, I and Dou Weng jointly wrote a memorial to impeach the Duke of Shi'an County for lax education and shielding his children." Li Xuan lowered his head again, as if there was something extraordinary in the document in front of him.
Yu Ze breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Li Xuan with some uncertainty: "Then the matter is settled like this?"
"What, it's still early!" Li Xuan chuckled, shook his head, and said, "The Duke of Shi'an is a clan, but there are many factions in the clan. Duke Shi'an is never alone, and Xue Zhongzhang can't handle it alone. Well, there will be immediate backlash from others.”
Yu Ze asked carefully: "Pei Yan should help with this matter, right?"
Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said: "I'm afraid it's more than that. I suspect that in this whole matter, Pei Yan has already seen through the relationship between the descendants of Jiancheng and the clan, so he threw out a chess piece to lure people into the chess game, and then started to target him. .”
Pei Yan, the Minister of Punishment, has seen more mysterious and mysterious cases in his life than Li Xuan has ever heard of.
What is happening in Yangzhou now is very likely that Pei Yan has been planning it for a long time.
After all, as the Minister of Punishment, Pei Yan has far more information than Li Xuan.
"What's my position on this matter?" Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan worriedly.
Li Xuan smiled softly and said: "This case seems to have been settled, but in fact it is far from started. Although Li Niannian is only a Yangzhou professor, he is the son of Ankang County Duke after all, and he has many clans to contact behind him. It’s terrifying, he will build a dense network for King Donghai.”
A hint of shock suddenly appeared on Yu Ze's face: "Then, this matter..."
"Everything is subject to His Majesty's will." Li Xuan's expression was unusually calm, but deep in his eyes he said with great solemnity: "If Li Xiang survives, I will find the list and deliver it to Chang'an immediately, and everything will be cleared. There is a hidden danger, but now that he is dead and there is no evidence, Your Majesty will not touch Duke Shi'an."
Yu Ze was silent for a moment and couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
"Also, don't forget one thing. Duke Shi'an's two sons, one is the Minister of Rites, and the other is the Lieutenant General of the Forbidden Army, especially the Lieutenant General of the Forbidden Army." Li Xuan's eyes suddenly became sharp. This matter The calculation behind the matter goes beyond that.
