Outside Danfeng Gate, Li Xuan walked forward slowly.
Today's matter has finally come to an end. The matter also ended at Quan Shancai and did not continue to spread.
The autumn wind blew and the cool air hit her body, and Li Xuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty!" A familiar sound of footsteps came from behind, and Di Renjie quickly caught up behind him.
Li Xuan stopped, raised his hands and asked in surprise: "Brother Huaiying, didn't you stay to check the follow-up with Qianniu Guard?"
Di Renjie is responsible for investigating the case of Zen Master Huiyang of Qianfoyuan. Li Xuan, as well as Xu Yu, the young minister of Dali Temple, Liu Sili, the imperial censor, and Cui Sheng, the minister of punishment, are all prohibited from intervening. However, when Di Renjie needs help, all of them must Full assistance.
The emperor's trust in Di Renjie was beyond ordinary.
"Your Majesty!" Di Renjie bowed his hands to Li Xuan solemnly, and then said, "I wonder if Your Majesty can answer Huaiying's question."
"You ask?" Li Xuan nodded calmly.
Di Renjie immediately asked: "Why did the prince want to convict General Quan again and again today, and why did he suddenly change his mind at the end... As far as Huaiying knows, the prince is not the one who will change at will just because of His Majesty's wishes. man of."
Li Xuan's malice towards Quan Shancai can be said to have been almost from the beginning. He found the guardian of Zhaoling very early.
Just wait for the right moment to appear, and immediately call the tomb protector to testify.
With the testimony of the mausoleum protector, Quan Shancai can be nailed almost instantly.
But Li Xuan did not call out the tomb protectors from the beginning. Instead, he waited until Fan Huaiyi explained everything clearly, and even after Zhaoling caught fire and Di Renjie left, he started brazenly and directly nailed Quan Shancai to death.
The key is that Di Renjie was not present when Li Xuan convicted Quan Shancai.
Just now, after Di Renjie argued for Quan Shancai, although Li Xuan's actions were not very obvious, Di Renjie could still hear Li Xuan's clear defense.
Li Xuan smiled, stretched out her hand to signal Di Renjie to move forward, and then continued: "Brother Huaiying, you are also the censor now. You should also know that you were originally the general Quan who was impeached by the censor Zhongcheng. Originally, everyone had nothing to do with it. A trivial matter that could be ignored or ignored, immediately turned into a monstrous event when the censor Zhongcheng manipulated it...Brother Huaiying knew that at the beginning, the censor Zhongcheng's plan was to destroy the tombs in Zhaoling and damage the fortune of the Tang Dynasty, which was a treasonous act. , the sentence is decisive!"
Di Renjie was stunned and murmured: "For such a small matter, Cui Zhongcheng actually wants to kill him."
In Di Renjie's eyes, they are just a few trees on the edge of Zhaoling. Even if the trees above Zhaoling are really cut down, it is definitely worth it to win over the heart of a general with the grace of forgiveness, but Yushi Zhongcheng …
Di Renjie looked up at Li Xuan and said apologetically: "It turns out that the prince is trying to save General Quan. Huaiying feels right."
"You can say that." Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then said: "General Quan is one of the Sixteenth Generals after all. If something happens to him, there will definitely be turmoil in the court, which will definitely affect the battle situation on the front line, so it's better not to It’s so messy.”
"Someone intends to cause trouble in the court." Di Renjie understood the meaning of Li Xuan's words with unusual keenness.
Li Xuan nodded slightly and said: "Some people have been secretly watching what happened today, and the monks from Qianfoyuan are secretly passing on the news. If Brother Di wants to find out who is behind this case, who is behind Zhao To set fire to the mausoleum, we only need to find out who wants to cause trouble in the court."
"Censor Zhongcheng." Di Renjie nodded solemnly and said, "Therefore, Your Majesty has granted Huaiying the post of Censor."
Li Xuan smiled. As expected of Di Renjie, his thoughts were really sharp. It would be interesting in the future.
"Let's go, Xuan is going to see General Quan. If you want to make this matter clear, I'm afraid you have to go to him." Li Xuan walked to the horse.
Di Renjie nodded, took the horse rope handed over by Li Zhu and said: "This time when Yushi Zhongcheng impeaches General Quan, he will not be chosen out of nowhere."
"Not bad." Li Xuan nodded slightly, got on his horse, and slowly headed towards Dali Temple.
There are many affairs in the DPRK and China. If we really want to get to the bottom of the investigation, everyone has serious crimes that will be put on the line indefinitely.
Cui Mi, the censor Zhongcheng, impeached Quan Shancai this time, not only for the sake of court justice, but also for a profound political purpose.
Even Li Xuan could see this, let alone the emperor. The emperor had no intention of repaying Quan Shancai.
It's nothing more than punishing first and then rewarding. This is the emperor's consistent routine.
But now Di Renjie jumped out, so Li Zhi followed the trend and settled the matter with one sentence, Di Renjie is comparable to Wei Zheng.
From now on, no matter who wants to go beyond Quan Shancai and pursue Cui Zhiwen's responsibility for this matter, he must first go through Di Renjie.
Protecting Cui Zhiwen would be equivalent to protecting the prince in disguise.
This is the root of everything.
Li Xuan glanced sideways at Di Renjie and smiled softly: Of course, Di Renjie's reasons are indispensable for this.
People who admired Di Renjie were not only Li Zhi, but also Empress Wu.
…
In the Dali Temple, Li Xuan raised his head slightly, and all the Dali Temple officials around him immediately retreated.
In the courtyard, only Li Xuan, Quan Shancai and Di Renjie were left.
"General, the decree has been conveyed just now. Please leave as soon as possible. If there is help from Gan Liangdao, the situation will be much better." Li Xuan bowed his hands to Quan Shancai with a solemn expression.
"Your Majesty is grateful to Shancai. Soon Shancai will set off for Ganliang Road and will definitely help Liu Shangshu defeat Xi Tuyuhun." Quan Shancai bowed solemnly, with a sincere look on his face.
Li Xuan waved her hand and said: "You should thank Yushi Di for this matter. If he hadn't argued hard for you in front of the emperor, I'm afraid you would have had to serve for a while in these three years of hard labor."
"Thank you so much, Censor Di. If you need it in the future, if you just say a word, Quan will fight for his life or death." Quan Shancai pointed at Di Renjie and solemnly handed over his hand.
"General, there is no need to be like this. Everything is Di's responsibility." Di Renjie quickly helped Quan Shancai up, and then asked: "General, Huaiying came here today just to ask, has the general ever Understand, why would Yushi Zhongcheng impeach the general?"
"Isn't it because Quan did something wrong?" Quan Shancai showed a wry smile on his face.
"General, please tell the truth." Di Renjie bowed heavily to Quan Shancai and said at the same time: "This matter is very important to Huaiying."
"This..." Quan Shancai glanced at Li Xuan subconsciously. Li Xuan nodded slightly with a calm face and said: "The general just said it. I think Di Yushi also had a guess in his mind. Now he just needs the general to confirm it. "
So that was the case, Quan Shancai breathed a long sigh of relief, then looked at Di Renjie, with an extremely bitter expression on his face, and said, "The last general joined the Tianshui Quan family not long ago."
"Tianshui Quan, a descendant of Fuxi, why is this so important?" Di Renjie was confused for a moment.
…
Tianshui is the hometown of Fuxi. Fuxi's family originated from Tianshui. He used snake as his totem and was called the Human Emperor. Later, he named Quan, took Quan as his surname, and used the golden dragon as his mount.
Since the Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, and Northern Qi periods, the Quan family has been a family of generals.
In the pre-Sui Dynasty, Quan was a close confidant of Yang Jian and trusted by Yang Guang.
In the Tang Dynasty, many famous generals emerged from the Quan family.
Therefore, the Duke of Lu, the Minister of War, Quan Hongshou; the Duke of Wudu, the governor of Qizhou, Quan Wanji, the governor of Bozhou, Quan Zhirang, and the governor of Guizhou, Quan Zhijie, are all direct descendants of Tianshui Quan's family.
But there is one person who cannot be bypassed.
The son of Quan Zhijie, the governor of Guizhou, Quan Yi, the captain of Zuoguoyi, Qichuan Prefecture, Qizhou.
Quan Yi initially served as a guard in the palace because of his family background, but when he was on duty, he was suddenly granted the marriage to Princess Yiyang by the Queen of Heaven and became the Prince Consort.
Princess Yiyang is the daughter of Concubine Xiao Shu who was rescued from Yeting by the filial emperor Li Hong.
Although she was a princess, Quan Yi married a thirty-year-old princess at the age of twenty, and she was also a princess whom Empress Wu hated. It was a mixed blessing for a while.
But there was nothing he could do about the prince's request and the queen's order.
Fortunately, not long after, Quan Yi was transferred to Lieutenant Zuoguoyi of Qichuan Prefecture in Qizhou. Quan Yi stayed away from the disputes between the government and the opposition.
When Quan Shancai told the inside story with a wry smile, Di Renjie was really confused. He didn't expect that there was such a big involvement behind it.
Li Xuan stood aside calmly. It was also when he was taking stock of the prince's payment of debts that day that he contacted Princess Yiyang and Princess Xuancheng from King Ze and King Xu, and finally contacted Quan Yi. Contacted the Tianshui Quan clan.
Quan Shan was the Marquis of Lueyang, Tianshui Lueyang, but he was from Dangxiang, so he had nothing to do with him, but he happened to be connected with the Quan family, and trouble started immediately.
Quan Shancai, Quan family, Princess Yiyang, King Xu of Ze, prince.
Quan Shancai, Shangshu Zuocheng, prince.
"General, let's ignore all other matters. Today I would like to ask: If you were asked to guess who burned Zhaoling and colluded with Zen Master Xiang Huiyang of Qianfoyuan, who do you think it would be?" Li Xuan said in one sentence The question was very direct, and Di Renjie on the side was stunned when he heard it.
Don't talk about evidence, just rely on guesswork?
Who can tell you the evidence about the dispute between the two parties?
Li Xuan looked at Quan Shancai calmly. The corner of Quan Shancai's mouth twitched slightly, and then he said with a wry smile: "Now, Quan has nothing to hide. If Quan were to guess, who would dare to light a fire in Zhaoling?" I am afraid that the only ones who are guilty of this are those few North Gate bachelors.
However, they should not collude with Qianfoyuan. There are many people behind that place, including the Ministry of Punishment, Yushitai, Menxiasheng, and many people are involved. "
"Okay." Li Xuan turned to look at Di Renjie and said seriously: "Brother Huaiying, by now you should know how to check."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, General Quan." Di Renjie solemnly handed over his hands. Although the matter involved a lot, it was not impossible.
Li Xuan smiled and said, "Brother Huaiying is confident, but let's start with the minions first. If Xuan's guess is right, a lot of people will die during this period!"
Di Renjie was stunned for a moment, then fell silent.
…
In the dark secret room, on the left side, a voice sounded angrily: "Who asked you to burn Zhaoling?"
"It's none of our business. We just sent people to Zhaoling to clean up the traces. We didn't send anyone to set fire to it." Another voice on the right said.
"Isn't setting fire just to clear the traces?" The voice on the left became more and more annoyed and said rudely: "Do you really think that the saint doesn't know what's going on behind this? He just stayed on the outside and watched us fight. That’s all, but setting fire to Zhaoling today has already challenged His Majesty’s bottom line.”
"Isn't it just Di Renjie? Lu Yuanfang has been driven to Taozhou, and he is still afraid of Di Renjie." The voice on the right was extremely disdainful.
At this time, the figure on the left suppressed his anger and said word by word: "The Queen of Heaven has an order that no one can touch Di Renjie."
"What?" The figure on the right reached out and pressed the gauze curtain in the center, and almost opened the gauze curtain in one step.
But the figure on the left suppressed him firmly, and then said in a cold voice: "Di Renjie is responsible for investigating the Zhaoling fire case and the case of Qianfoyuan. Your people must be careful. If we really investigate, They exposed too much."
"It doesn't matter, just die a few times." The voice of the figure on the right was calm, and then he said lightly: "Although Di Renjie is in danger, it is nothing. The real trouble is the King of Nanchang..."
"The King of Nanchang belongs to His Majesty, not the Prince. His actions this time are all His Majesty's will."
"Okay, but Minister Zuo Cheng..."
"Just do it as it is."
"yes!"
(End of chapter)
