It was a cold spring day, and at seven o'clock in the morning, the palace door suddenly opened wide.
Li Xuan, who had been waiting under the Danfeng Gate all night, was suddenly awakened when Li Xuan stood at the front of the palace gate.
Qiu Huan, the chamberlain's eunuch, stood at the palace gate, holding a fly whisk in his hand. He cupped his hands toward Li Xuan and said, "King Nanchang, if your majesty has an edict, you can come to see him."
Li Xuan immediately cupped his hands and said, "I, Wang Xuan of Nanchang, obey the order."
"Your Majesty, please!" Qiu Huan took the lead to lead the way, and Li Xuan followed respectfully behind him, with a solemn look on his face.
Along the way, Li Xuan didn't ask any more questions, bypassing Hanyuan Hall and Zichen Hall, and Li Xuan went directly to Penglai Hall.
Deep in the Penglai Hall, Li Zhi seemed to have just gotten up. He was wrapped in a thick blanket and sat on the throne without washing or changing clothes.
Behind the curtains on both sides, someone was adjusting the brazier, causing the temperature in the hall to rise rapidly.
The light in the entire hall is relatively dark, which is intentional.
After Li Xuan's last confession, the light around Li Zhi has always been at a level that is most comfortable for the eyes.
In addition to reading books and memorials, the chamberlain in the palace is eager to keep the entire hall dark at all times during rest.
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"Your Majesty!" Li Xuan stood in the hall with his hands clasped, his voice was calm but very soft.
"No need to be polite." Li Zhi waved his hand directly, then looked up at Li Xuan and said: "The Internal Security Bureau has just informed that the head you sent up is indeed of royal blood. I have already informed Silla and Tubo Messenger, let them identify whether this is the King of East China Sea they have seen before. Once confirmed, the matter can be settled."
"I congratulate Your Majesty for eradicating internal troubles." Li Xuan immediately bowed deeply.
Afterwards, the head of Ashina Yandu was identified by the Internal Security Bureau as that of King Donghai.
The Internal Security Bureau and the Internal Security Bureau were also confused by King Donghai's methods.
Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan in surprise and said, "I called you here because I wanted to ask you what reward you want. Why don't you seem so happy now?"
"Your Majesty!" Li Xuan bowed his head and said softly: "The ability to kill the traitor this time is all thanks to Your Majesty's careful planning. However, I always feel that it is a little easier. Although the traitor is not weak in skill, he is just not weak. Moreover, he was not good at fighting, so he was executed by me. However, the guards around him, who assassinated me last time, did not appear this time. I..."
"How did you know he didn't show up?" Li Zhi asked back, stopping Li Xuan in his tracks.
Could it be said that Li Miao appeared last night?
Li Miao, the master of Wusheng Dao, the personal guard of the King of East China Sea, if he didn't show up, there would always be doubts about Ashina Yandu.
Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Twenty-seventh Lang, you didn't realize that Master Shiyin didn't show up last night."
"Did it be Master Shiyin who stopped that person?" Li Xuan was suddenly surprised.
Yesterday, after he asked Ming Chongyan to send Li Dan back home, he never saw Ming Chongyan again.
Originally, he thought that Ming Chongyan stayed in the palace. After all, even Li Xuan only discovered the secret passage at night.
Before that, almost everyone thought that the funeral was over and the King of East China Sea did not show up, so the matter was settled.
That's why Li Xuan "alone" traced the secret passage and killed the "King of East China Sea".
He did not expect that Ming Chongyan not only appeared, but also secretly intercepted Li Miao, which Li Xuan never discovered.
Li Miao and Ming Chongyan, the battle of strength between them has reached the level of Yangshen. If there is a fierce fight outside Li Xuan's sensing range, it is normal for Li Xuan to be unable to detect it.
"That man seems to be very powerful, but in fact he gained it by destroying his own body. In other words, apart from being a Yang Shen, he is nothing more than a living dead." Li Zhi said in an understatement. , which made Li Xuan even more surprised.
It turns out that Li Miao was able to achieve the half-step Yang God realm through sacrifice, or in other words, by sacrificing his own body. This is too unbelievable.
No wonder, what Li Xuan spied from Li Miao's Yangshen fragment was him sitting cross-legged on a futon on the ground.
"Can you still practice like this?" Li Xuan's confused and subconscious words made Li Zhi suddenly laugh, and even couldn't help but pat the royal table twice.
Hearing Li Zhi's laughter, Li Xuan immediately became solemn, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me for being naive. I wonder if I can ask, what happened next night?"
"Master Shiyin severely wounded that man. Although he escaped, he probably won't survive for long." Li Zhi's face suddenly turned cold, and then he said softly: "After last night, all the things that have appeared in Chang'an have disappeared." All the traitors to the Tao were killed, and all the Tubo spies in Chang'an, except for the members of the mission, were also eliminated."
The entire city of Chang'an was completely clean.
Li Zhi is like this. If he doesn't take action, he will do it. Once he takes action, he will immediately eliminate all hidden dangers in the sight and atmosphere.
Li Xuan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, then cupped her hands and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty, after this, if our government only needs to fight steadily, Tubo will definitely be defeated."
"Is Tubo really bound to be defeated?" Li Zhi suddenly asked again abruptly.
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, although the war between Tubo and Tang Dynasty was only in Ganliang land, it involved many things inside and outside. Silla and Turks were all tried to be used by Tubo to divide us. Sincerely, Your Majesty, please pay more attention to other countries."
Li Zhi suddenly smiled, wrapped himself in a blanket, then looked at Li Xuan and said, "Twenty-seventh Lang, isn't that your job at Honglu Temple?"
"What your Majesty said... is absolutely true." Li Xuan immediately came back to his senses, with a wry smile on his face, and then bowed and saluted.
While giving the gift, Li Xuan had already begun to think about how to use the envoys from various countries in Chang'an to explore the secrets behind them.
Especially the Tubo envoy.
Although the envoys from various countries in Chang'an Road are far away from their mother country, they still understand the movements of Tibet behind them better than Li Xuan.
What Li Xuan needs to do in the next stage is to figure out Tibet's response strategy during the mobilization of the Tang army.
After calming down a little, Li Xuan immediately raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have one more thing."
"What's the matter?" Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan casually, but at the next glance, his eyes froze.
Because at this moment, in Li Xuan's hand, he was holding a jade crown seal, a fresh and shiny crown prince seal.
Li Zhi was also a prince back then, and he also had such a prince seal in his hand.
"This is... the person coming." Li Zhi immediately waved his hand and asked the chamberlain to take the jade seal of the buckle button from Li Xuan's hand.
At this time, Li Xuan quickly held up his hands and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty can just look at this thing, but it is not appropriate to get your hands on it."
Li Zhigang's outstretched hand paused in the air, then turned to look at Li Xuan, and asked with surprise on his face: "Why is this?"
"Your Majesty, this thing has been in the hands of Princess Xi for many years, and was buried with her. A year ago, the King of Donghai began to dig a passage near the cemetery. After Princess Xi was buried today, he then dug through the tomb and took the things. Take it out." Li Xuan gave a slight hint.
"It has always been in the hands of Princess Xi...buried? What does the Ministry of Internal Affairs do?" Li Zhi slapped his palm directly on the table, but then Li Zhi immediately reacted: "That's not right. , Qiu Huan is a meticulous person, if Princess Xi can still hide this thing when she is alive, then she is dead..."
Li Zhi understood immediately, glanced at Prince Yin's seal with disgust, then waved his hand and said: "Take it out and destroy it immediately."
"Here!" The chamberlain on the side immediately took Prince Yin out of Penglai Hall.
Li Zhi's expression softened, and then he laughed out loud and said: "How stupid, do you really think that if you get this thing, you can conquer the world?"
Li Xuan stood in the hall, eyebrows lowered and head lowered, saying nothing.
Prince Seal, is it really that simple?
This time, the King of East China Sea was trying to get the prince seal left by Li Jiancheng, but last time, he tried to snatch the prince seal left by Li Hong.
And probably got a fake one.
Although there were thousands of thoughts in his heart, Li Xuan did not speak at this moment.
Li Zhi raised his head in surprise, looked at Li Xuan, and asked, "Why doesn't Mr. Twenty-Seven speak?"
"Your Majesty, this person has been living outside since he was a child. He is ignorant of people's hearts and does not understand the principles of heaven. He has entangled a group of people who are dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty, and then connected with Silla and Tubo with the intention of destroying the Tang Dynasty. I request that this thief's head be crushed. Hui, warn the world." There was a fierceness in Li Xuan's eyes.
Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan with a solemn expression...
At this moment, a slight sound of footsteps sounded outside the door: "Your Majesty!"
"Come in." Li Zhi waved slightly to Wang Fulai at the door.
Wang Fulai immediately entered the hall, walked to Li Zhi, and whispered a few words in his ear.
"Oh!" Li Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly, his expression suddenly relaxed, and then he looked at Li Xuan and said calmly: "The Qianniu Guards reported that the Tubo envoy and the Silla envoy identified this person as King of the East China Sea."
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty." Li Xuan immediately bowed deeply.
As he expected, the King of Donghai still used a substitute when he met with the envoys of Tubo and Silla.
How could King Luo Bin go to meet the Tubo and Silla people in person?
Whenever his identity appears on a certain occasion, once his identity is discovered by the Silla and Tubo people, he will immediately be in big trouble.
Those people had grasped this weakness of his, and who would seriously discuss cooperation with him, so it was only natural that King Luo Bin would use a substitute again.
"That's all." Li Zhi suddenly lost interest. He shook his head and said softly: "If this thief does not secretly damage the Tang Dynasty, but helps the Tang Dynasty deal with Tubo, then I may reward him for his service. If If he can exert his special skills, it might not be impossible for him to recognize his ancestors and return to the clan..."
"Your Majesty is kind, but..." Li Xuan shook his head gently and bowed: "Your Majesty, this thief is too ambitious. This kind of person deserves to die."
Li Zhi raised his head in surprise and looked at the sincere look on Li Xuan's face. He smiled with satisfaction, nodded and said, "What Twenty-seventh Lang said is true. This kind of person deserves to die. But then again, After all, he is a descendant of the imperial grandfather, so you should be responsible for finding a place to bury him."
"Here!" Although Li Xuan didn't understand what was going on, she immediately accepted the offer.
Li Zhi looked solemn: "But even so, you only killed an ordinary rebel this time, not Prince Xi's son."
"My brother understands." Li Xuan was very smart and immediately said: "The King of East China Sea is just a traitor and has nothing to do with the clan."
"Yes!" Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction, and then asked easily: "Now that this has happened, what reward do you want."
Li Xuan hesitated immediately, but just for a moment, Li Xuan handed over his hand and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I hope that on weekdays, after completing my duties, I can leave half an hour early, and then go home to spend time with Sanniang."
Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan in disbelief, and finally shook his head helplessly and said: "Now I finally know why Twenty-seventh Lang and Princess Nanchang can be so loving and harmonious. But in this matter, I I can’t promise you.”
Li Xuan couldn't help being stunned.
(End of chapter)
