At dusk, the Wei Family Courtyard.
The evening wind blew, and there seemed to be human figures everywhere in the woods, with hidden swords and murderous auras.
Lu Yuanming, who was walking among them, couldn't help but frown slightly. Since that day, the guards at King Nanchang's residence have become much tighter.
Arriving at the nave, Li Xuan sat down at the bottom with humility, and Lu Yuanming, who had white hair and beard, was invited to sit at the top.
"I'm really ashamed, old man. Every time the prince comes to Hangzhou, there are always villains trying to disturb the prince's peace." Lu Yuanming sighed with emotion, and handed over to Li Xuan apologetically.
"Young Master Ming, you don't have to be so polite." Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "My king's trip to Hangzhou this time is just for the eastward expedition to Silla, to recruit soldiers, and to renovate warships. Captain Ji is responsible for all these matters. I am just an idler. If the peace is disturbed, it will be disturbed. It doesn’t matter." Kanshu La
Lu Yuanming shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Why do you have to say that, Your Majesty? As soon as what happened that day came out, every family in Hangzhou was immediately panicked. At this time of year, if there are unfilial children in any family who collude with the remaining bandits of Tianyin to hinder the imperial court's eastward expedition, the entire family will immediately There is a danger of destruction.”
"Ming Ming is very knowledgeable about the world, please have some tea." Li Xuan picked up the tea cup, took a sip, raised his head and said, "The governor's office made a verdict that day. Those two people were guilty of harming horses. , for the crime of jointly harming others, one of them will be sentenced to three thousand miles of exile with a reduced grade of one, and the other will be sentenced to a reduced grade of three thousand miles and sentenced to two years of hard labor. This is enough. As for the others, I know clearly that they have nothing to do with the families in Hangzhou. .”
Li Xuan waved her hand nonchalantly. Lu Yuanming had obviously heard some news about Yangzhou.
After all, his cousin Lu Yuanfang is now the Sima of Yangzhou Governor's Office. In fact, he is the deacon of Yangzhou Governor's Office.
There are some things that Dou Xuande will definitely reveal to him.
Now that Li Xuan has arrived in Hangzhou, some things will naturally be explained to her.
"Speaking of which, Xiao Wang originally came out of the Hangzhou Navy that day to visit Ming Weng, but he never thought that he would encounter something like that, which prevented him from making the trip." Li Xuan took a deep breath and said directly "Since the wise man is here today, we should talk about the events of that day again."
"Your Majesty, please speak." Lu Yuanming immediately became solemn.
Li Xuan was going to visit his house that day. Lu Yuanming only found out later, but he also felt extremely angry the moment he found out.
Li Xuan came out of the Hangzhou Navy and went straight to his residence. She obviously wanted to see him for something important, which showed that she valued him.
It happened that someone was tampering with the navy on the way to his house.
Although Lu Yuanming knew that this matter had little to do with him, how could he not be angry when something happened to the guests who came to his house on the street not far from his house.
Later, the order to trace the remaining bandits of Tianyin Sect was issued by Lu Yuanming.
As the spokesman for the Lu family in Wuzhong in Hangzhou, Lu Yuanming held a very important position.
In just the past few days, various families in Hangzhou have secretly cleaned up the hands and feet of the Tianyin Sect.
Li Xuan nodded, how could he not know what Lu Yuanming was doing? In this case, he simply went straight to the point: "Ming Weng, someone in Chang'an is falsely entrusting the descendants of Uncle Wang. Ming Weng should have heard about it. Someone in Chang'an has already fallen into the trap." There are people in Yangzhou who are also being bullied. Hangzhou is prosperous in the southeast, so it is inevitable that some people will be confused. Xiao Wang heard that Yuan Weng will be transferred soon, and there may be new people arriving in the court..."
Lu Yuanming's expression couldn't help but change slightly.
Li Xuan's words were very cryptic. King Xi was none other than Prince Yin Li Jiancheng.
The government did not admit that King Donghai was a descendant of Li Jiancheng. They only admitted that someone was deceived by the fake descendant of Li Jiancheng.
This is true for Liu Guangye in Chang'an and Li Niannian in Yangzhou.
Even though he said this, everyone knew how powerful it was.
There is a grandson of Prince Yin, a brother of Prince Yin Zhan Shi, and a second-grandson of Prince Yin's young master who is not known yet.
With so many people colluding, who knows who else will be involved, and who knows how many tragedies of confiscating homes and destroying families will be involved.
"Although I don't know who will come, it is inevitable to investigate this matter." Li Xuan shook his head and said with emotion: "If you don't say anything else,
As soon as this matter comes out, Brother Ji Zhenxian is afraid that he will suffer some losses in this scientific examination, and this is still light, so Ming Weng must be prepared. "
The look on Lu Yuanming's face became heavier and heavier.
In his early years, He Zhizhang's grandfather, He Deren, served as Prince Yin's Zhongsheren, Prince Yin's Horse Washer, and Prince Yin's Bachelor. Although he died of illness and avoided the Xuanwu Gate crisis, the He family served Li Jiancheng after all. In addition, the He family was closely related to Qi Dynasty. Wang Li Yuanji was friendly, so in the Taizong and Gaozong dynasties, although the children of the He family were prosperous, they were not taken seriously by the imperial court. This is the reason.
Even today, He Zhizhang's two clan uncles, He Ji and He Zhi, serve as bachelors of Chongxian Hall, but they are only bachelors.
Three more months will be the spring period. If the rumors of this matter cannot be eliminated before the spring period, it will be difficult for He Zhizhang to achieve success this time, let alone the number one scholar, or even the Jinshi.
And Li Xuan was right, this was still a minor matter. If He Zhizhang was implicated intentionally or unintentionally, it would be even more troublesome.
"I understand what the prince said." Lu Yuanming nodded seriously, then cupped his hands and said, "I will deal with it immediately after I get back."
"So..." Li Xuan was just halfway through what he said. At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside. Li Zhu quickly walked in from the outside and handed a short note to Li Xuan's hand. Li Xuan took a look at it. , his brows instantly wrinkled.
"What happened?" Lu Yuanming looked at Li Xuan in surprise.
"They were the two soldiers who tried their best to join the recruiting army. They were kidnapped just after they were sent out of the city. The officers of the governor's office who were responsible for escorting them were all killed, and no one survived." Li Xuan handed the note in his hand to Lu Yuanming.
Lu Yuanming was surprised and confirmed that what Li Xuan said was correct. Finally, he suddenly said: "Does this mean that these two people are also remnants of the Tianyin Sect. They want to join the Eastern Expeditionary Army. Could it be that they want to spy on the military's movements...
Hangzhou Fa Cao, this penalty seems to be in vain! "
"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded and said with squinted eyes: "Su Yu, a member of the Hangzhou Facao Army, was born in the Su family of Youzhou. It is not an exaggeration to deal with the two of them this time, but he did not pursue the people behind the scenes. , Now it seems that I am afraid that I will suffer an unreasonable disaster."
The Youzhou Su family has no relationship with Prince Yin Li Jiancheng, so naturally they have nothing to do with the King of East China Sea.
But the reason why the two arrested people were dealt with quickly this time was simply to give Li Xuan an explanation. However, the action was a bit too fast. It seemed that in addition to the pressure from Li Xuan and the local aristocratic families, there was another force. Also putting pressure on.
Unexpectedly, he ended up falling into someone else's trap. Now, Su Yu was afraid that he would take the blame.
"Ming Weng, do you still remember that the Tianyin Sect was destroyed, and the whereabouts of the nine hundred Tianyin black soldiers are still unknown." Li Xuan turned to look at Lu Yuanming, whose expression suddenly changed, and said softly: "More than nine hundred elite soldiers , I’m afraid they won’t be able to do earth-shaking things, but they are still capable of attacking and destroying a clan with all their strength. In five days, Xiao Wang and the Hangzhou Navy will set off north, Ming Weng, be careful.”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding me." Lu Yuanming stood up nervously, cupped his hands towards Li Xuan and said, "I say goodbye."
"Xuan sends Ming Weng off." Li Xuan stood up and then politely sent Lu Yuanming to the door of the house.
Turning around and returning to the central hall, Yu Ze came out from the darkness at this time: "Your Majesty, under this situation, the Wuyue Sixteenth Family may be nervous."
Li Xuan nodded and said with emotion: "Yes, the imperial court here is sending people to investigate the traitors of the East China Sea King, and there are remnants of the Tianyin Sect over there who are watching with eagerness. I really want someone to investigate the Sixteenth Wuyue Family at this time. I’m afraid...”
Speaking of this, Li Xuan sneered. Not even Li Xuan dared to offend the Sixteenth Wuyue Family easily.
Even if they were targeted, they would only target one family and one family, using laws to intimidate and oppress other families, but in the end they would mostly end up with the internal cleanup of these aristocratic families.
If he really did it by force, it would be a trivial matter to be ignored, and whether he would be able to return to Chang'an alive is another matter.
The 16th Wuyue family has ruled the land of Wuyue for hundreds of years. Their internal connections and in-law exchanges have long been as monolithic.
They have their own
You have your own set of rules. As long as you respect this set of rules, you will be able to get along like a fish in the south of the Yangtze River. But no matter who wants to fight against this rule, I am afraid that in the end he will be beaten to death.
"Also, be careful with those two people. Don't let them run away at will. They are our sharpest blades for killing people in the future." Li Xuan's words made the air in the entire courtyard suddenly tense.
Those two young scholars were actually kidnapped by someone sent by Li Xuan.
In other words, all the Hangzhou officers who escorted the young scholars were killed by Li Xuan.
With Li Xuan's style, she would naturally not harm innocent people at will.
The reason for doing this is because all those officers died unjustly.
But how can we be sure that all these people deserve their crimes, and also send them all to be sent away? There is only one possibility. The Hangzhou government sent people to do this deliberately.
The Hangzhou government has the right to do this, it is convenient to do so, and it is done silently. There is only one person, and that is Su Yu.
Cao Cao, the governor of Hangzhou, joined the army Su Yu.
In the study, Yu Ze handed two official documents to Li Xuan, one for Wei Wenxu of Xiaoshan County, and one for Guan Mi, the official in charge of military affairs in Hangzhou.
Anyone can see that Guan Mi's appearance at the scene that day was definitely not a coincidence. Considering all his rights to participate in the impeachment, it was obvious that someone was planning to participate in his book after seeing Li Xuan's horse causing turmoil in Yangzhou. .
Fortunately, the person who did it seemed to have forgotten that Li Xuan himself was a master of medicine, and he could cure those poisons with his backhand.
Li Xuan waved her hand, put the two official documents aside, looked at the afterglow of dusk outside, and said softly: "Their identities and backgrounds are not important, what is important is their position."
"One is a county captain, one records affairs and joins the army, one has the power to arrest people, and one has the power to impeach." Yu Ze raised his eyebrows slightly and said thoughtfully, "There seems to be something missing in the middle."
"That's right, we still need the right to judge." Li Xuan chuckled, reached out and touched the short note on the side, and said softly: "That's it, Hangzhou Fa Cao joins the army."
"Are they trying to control the power and responsibilities of Sima Hangzhou?" Yu Ze couldn't help but take a breath.
Shi Huyu, the governor of Hangzhou, was not a descendant of Yuan Jiazuo, the governor of Hangzhou. Only Yuan Yi, the Sima of Hangzhou, and Yuan Jiazuo had the same surname.
"They couldn't move Yuan Sima, so they had to attack the people below." Li Xuan took a breath, and he could see the mystery behind it at a glance.
Hu Yu is the spokesperson of the 16th Wuyue family in the governor's office in Hangzhou, and Yuan Yi is the grandson of the former prime minister Yu Shinan. They have rich backgrounds and no one is easy to deal with. Even Pei Yan, when he can't catch them, It’s hard to do anything.
In this case, Su Yu, a member of the Hangzhou judicial army with a slightly weak background, became their target.
Even started a long time ago.
Li Xuan looked up to the southwest and said softly: "This imperial edict is coming soon."
