A faint ray of light shone into the exit of the underground secret room. The underground secret room in winter was particularly cold.
There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and Ming Chongyan quickly came down from above, with a serious face. Then as soon as he entered the secret room, a cold sword light immediately dazzled him.
Ming Chongyan immediately stopped and leaned back slightly. Looking up, he suddenly saw Li Xuan standing in the center of the secret room holding a sword.
The sharp long sword was inserted into the ground for three points. The bright sword body directly reflected Ming Chongyan's figure. The sword light was cold and cold.
Behind the long sword, Li Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a quiet voice: "Master, you have been gone all night."
The corner of Ming Chongyan's mouth twitched slightly, then he flicked the fly whisk and said softly: "The prince is preparing to kill someone."
Li Xuan suddenly laughed, a smile that made Ming Chongyan tremble.
"There must be some sacrifices before the emperor's memorial tablet." As soon as Li Xuan finished speaking, Ming Chongyan subconsciously wanted to step back, but he firmly controlled his impulse.
Li Xuan glanced at Ming Chongyan with a sneer, then turned to look at the memorial tablet behind him, and said softly: "Actually, I am not that greedy. One arm, one leg, even one finger, one toe That’s fine, but the person still has to be left to the Tribunal for trial.”
The corners of Ming Chongyan's eyes jumped uncontrollably. This was the first time today that he felt the anger of the King of Nanchang.
The extremely sharp murderous aura made him dare not take even half a step forward easily.
The unusually alert spirit in his mind told him that if he really wanted to move on, he might really die.
"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the prince." Ming Chongyan raised his head, bowed slightly to the memorial tablet of Emperor Gaozu, and said: "Xiaguan is in charge of Zheng Yi's residence, and all the residences of the Zheng family in Chang'an City, his Friends, relatives, and all possible places were checked, but the person was still not found.”
After finishing speaking, Ming Chongyan raised his eyes to look at Li Xuan, and then saw Li Xuan looking at him with sharp eyes.
With a "chok", the long sword has been sheathed, and then Li Xuan said lightly: "It's not surprising, because at this moment, the Zheng Zhuangyuan might have died in a certain ditch, leaving the people of Wannian County, Chang'an Just continue to investigate, there is no need for me to waste any more time on this inconsequential chess piece."
"A dead chess piece?" Ming Chongyan reacted immediately, looked at Li Xuan and said, "What do you mean, the prince, is that Zheng Yi is just a dead chess piece that can be used at will in this matter?"
"What else?" Li Xuan glanced at Ming Chongyan calmly, raised her head, looked at the guest room above her head, and said coldly: "Zheng Yi, born in Yonghui three years ago, is twenty-four years old. How can a person become a descendant of King Yinxi...Why, couldn't he be the grandson of King Yinxi?"
Li Jiancheng died in the ninth year of Wude during the Xuanwumen Incident. Twenty-three years later, Emperor Taizong died of illness in the first year of Yonghui.
In the third year of Yonghui, Li Jiancheng's son should have been twenty-five years old. He gave birth to a son at the age of twenty-five, and he is now exactly twenty-four years old.
Ming Chongyan was about to tell his guess, but then he saw Li Xuan's eyes that were half-smiling, and his words were immediately blocked.
How can a descendant of our family pretend to be so easily, especially if he is a descendant of Prince Yin.
Aristocratic families, from their great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and mother, must keep detailed records, even when and where they were born, who was the midwife, and where they have been and where they have gone over the years. Everything must be recorded. It is easy to pretend to be fake.
What's more, Zheng Yi was the number one scholar in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty.
With a little investigation into his affairs, all his whereabouts in the past few years can be found out.
Then comparing it with the behavior of the King of East China Sea, we immediately knew that he was definitely not the King of East China Sea.
Ming Chongyan thought about it carefully, and perhaps everything seemed to go too smoothly last night.
It went smoothly as if someone had arranged everything and waited for them to get in.
Ming Chongyan finally nodded and said: "Your Majesty is right. Zheng Yi may indeed be just a chess piece. So, please tell me, Your Majesty, how should this matter be investigated?"
Li Xuan took a deep look at Ming Chongyan, and then said: "There is such a secret room underground in Zheng Yi's house. This cannot be excavated in a short time. Therefore, everyone in this entire mansion needs to Investigate them in detail one by one. In addition, everyone who has been in and out of this mansion in the past year, as long as they are known and can be found, will be carefully investigated in detail. This matter takes a lot of time, so please take the trouble of the real person. "
Ming Chongyan looked at Li Xuan, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes: "Pindao almost forgot that the prince also has the responsibility of Honglu Temple. In this case, Pindao will investigate this matter."
"That's the best." Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "In addition, there is the British Duke. I originally didn't want to investigate the British Duke in detail, but there were such mistakes in his family. It would be wrong if he did not conduct a detailed investigation. Live in the Imperial Ancestor, right?"
Ming Chongyan's breathing suddenly became heavy.
In fact, at the beginning, Ming Chongyan wanted to investigate Li Jingye strictly. After all, in the final analysis, this matter was just someone else's corruption and frame-up, and it could not really hurt Li Jingye.
After all, the British prince Li Ji was kind to the queen back then. Although the British prince Li Jingye now has other thoughts, the queen still wants to continue to win over the queen. Therefore, Ming Chongyan originally only wanted to suppress Li Jingye a little, but later won over the queen. That’s it.
But now, the King of Nanchang, who originally didn't want to take a trip into this muddy water, completely changed his attitude, and his reasons are indeed irrefutable.
In his own home, he set up a memorial tablet for the great ancestor.
Although Li Jingye did not do this himself, the reputation of being a bad housekeeper fell on Li Jingye, and he could not take it off no matter what.
This matter is only dissatisfied with the King of Nanchang now. Once it is widely publicized and known to the clans all over the world, there will be many people who are dissatisfied with Li Jingye.
The Li character of Li Jingye was given by the Emperor Gaozu back then. Now, they do not respect the Emperor Gaozu and have to bear such heavy responsibility. Just saying that the housekeeper is not good is already too easy for them.
If it had been any other family, they would have been executed by everyone at this moment.
"In this case, Pindao will go and get busy first." Ming Chongyan glanced at the tablet behind the secret room and shook his head slightly in his heart.
The consequences of this incident seemed to be much more serious than he originally expected.
The King of Nanchang reacted like this, so what is His Majesty's attitude in the palace?
Just as he turned around, Ming Chongyan was about to take a step when suddenly he felt a chill on the back of his neck.
Ming Chongyan suddenly turned around and saw Li Xuansen's cold eyes staring at the back of his neck.
When Ming Chongyan turned around, Li Xuan had no intention of avoiding him at all. Instead, he grinned, showing his teeth, and laughed.
Ming Chongyan suddenly felt a sense of fear and quickly walked out of the underground secret room.
At this time, his heart completely calmed down.
He couldn't help but think, was the King of Nanchang really that angry just now?
Ming Chongyan couldn't help but assume that his family's main altar had been destroyed, and he would probably kill all the people involved.
Yes, the King of Nanchang was that angry.
At this moment, heavy footsteps came from outside.
Ming Chongyan walked out of the room and looked up. In front of him, Zhou Qian and Cui Ding were carrying a table of pig heads, sheep heads, calf heads, grains, and fine wine.
Although the three animals were prepared, Ming Chongyan could still clearly see that the three animals were all killed just last night.
Pigs and sheep don't matter, but the law of the Tang Dynasty clearly stipulates that cattle cannot be slaughtered easily, but now the king of Nanchang is using it to worship Emperor Gaozu.
Even if Wei Zheng was alive, he would not dare to touch such bad luck.
And even if there was such a fool, the emperor's punishment of the King of Nanchang was nothing more than a copper fine.
What's more, it's even possible that as soon as the copper fine was imposed here, the emperor over there had already handed out a lot of rewards.
Ming Chongyan looked up at the Qianniu Guards standing solemnly on both sides, and sighed softly in his heart: He'd better shut up.
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After the sacrificial table was placed, Li Xuan once again knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to Emperor Gaozu's spiritual tablet.
After doing all this, Li Xuan came out of the secret room, then had a table set up and began to write a memorial on it.
Everything from last night to now has been written in detail without any embellishment or deletion.
Finally, he asked what should be done with the tablet of Emperor Gaozu.
Even if the common people of the world enshrine the tablet of Emperor Gaozu, the royal family needs to sincerely invite it to the Ancestral Temple, let alone the descendant of the crown prince.
Although his people did not capture it, the memorial tablet of the great ancestor still needs to be disposed of properly.
However, the royal family will not admit the matter of the descendants of the hidden prince after all. There is no proper reason to send them to the Ancestral Temple, which is also a bit difficult to deal with.
As soon as the green bamboo brush was put away, Li Xuan immediately continued to write: "I am impeaching the British Duke, Li Jingye, the governor of Meizhou, and impeaching Wei Hongji, the young minister, for his lack of strict governance in the family. Please forgive me."
As for everyone involved in this case, Li Xuan proposed that they all be investigated secretly.
He pointed out directly that this matter, including Li Jingye's, was most likely a plot by the King of East China Sea, with the purpose of cooperating with Tibet and disrupting the Tang Dynasty.
"Today, although I have not captured the traitor Donghai, I know that he is very close to us. In this way, we will cross-compare all related cases including today, and there will be people who appear on multiple occasions at the same time. He is suspected of being a traitor to the East China Sea, and this is a rare flaw he reveals..."
After writing the memorial and waiting for it to dry up, Li Xuan immediately looked up to Zhou Qian, handed over the memorial, and said in a deep voice: "Immediately return to Zuo Qianniu Wei Mansion and hand it over to the Prince of Beiping, asking him to immediately deliver the memorial to His Majesty and His Majesty. Queen of Heaven.”
"I obey the order." Zhou Qian immediately handed over his hand, then respectfully took the memorial and walked quickly towards the palace.
This place is very close to the palace, so the memorial should be delivered to the palace as soon as the palace gate opens.
Just as he put down the brush, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Li Xuan's mind.
Suddenly, he stood up and looked at the tightly guarded underground chamber, his face instantly turned extremely ugly.
Immediately afterwards, Li Xuan walked out of the room quickly, not caring about any further explanations, and immediately took Cui Ding and others out of the British Public Courtyard, and then got on his horse.
A group of Jinwu guards followed Li Xuan in two lines. As soon as Li Xuan patted his horse, they immediately followed.
Just as Li Xuan rode away, Ming Chongyan's voice came from behind and asked, "Where is King Nanchang going?"
"Secretary Department, check the collection of imperial edicts from past dynasties." Li Xuan's voice remained in the air.
Ming Chongyan stood in front of the Li Mansion, frowning and saying to himself: "Why is this related to the Secretariat Department again? Duke Zhou, please don't cause any trouble!"
Zhou Guogong, secretary supervisor, Wu Chengsi.
(End of chapter)
