Although there was an undercurrent surging in the imperial city of Chengdu, Li Shimin did not know about it at this time. He just admired the mountains and rivers of Sichuan with Zhang Yan, Chen Zhong and others on the way home.
Everyone was laughing and laughing, it was so pleasant.
When approaching Chengdu, Li Shimin and others saw a group of cavalry wearing armor and holding weapons, hurriedly riding south.
Several people were confused, so they stopped a few people to ask.
As soon as the two teams of people met, the cavalry team was stunned for a moment, then each reined in their horses and stopped suddenly, then quickly turned over and dismounted.
The leader of the group hurried forward and bowed to Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty! Something big has happened in Chengdu. We, under the orders of Jiang Wan, the right deputy commander of Baiqisi, are going south to report to Your Majesty."
Only then did Li Shimin recognize that several people had the exclusive tokens of the Flying Cavalry Guards on them.
"I have only been traveling for about half a month. What big thing happened in Chengdu? The princes of Yizhou were hit hard just now, and why are they so dishonest so soon?"
As Li Shimin spoke, he helped the kneeling man up. After calming down a little, he said seriously:
"Don't panic. No matter how big the problem is, I will be responsible for it. Please tell me slowly, what happened in Chengdu?"
Seeing His Majesty being so calm, Nash Chang felt a little calmer, quickly collected his emotions, and said with a smile:
"Yang Yi was making noise in prison a few days ago, and wanted to pray to His Majesty for mercy and allow him to return to the court.
However, for some unknown reason, Yang Yi committed suicide in prison the next day after meeting Lu Yi, the governor of Shu County.
In the end, he only left the last words on the prison wall: "The guilty minister Yang Yi will die to clarify his will."
The princes of Yizhou took advantage of this topic and accused Taishou Lu and other people who were loyal to His Majesty of having an affair with Yang Yi, the guilty minister, and instigated Yang Yi to commit suicide in order to silence him.
When we were about to leave Chengdu at the end of the day, Mr. Jiang and other close ministers of His Majesty were in tit-for-tat confrontation with the princes of Yizhou in the meeting hall of Shangshutai.
Lord Chiang was afraid that the situation would worsen, so he quickly ordered us to go south to Zhuti County to find His Majesty and return to Chengdu to seek justice. "
Li Shimin was furious when he heard this. He suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice:
"You return to Chengdu first, inform Jiang Wan, and try to deal with it as much as possible. I will arrive soon."
Seeing the flying cavalry guard taking the order, Li Shimin also ordered the two hundred personal guard infantry to return to Chengdu. He led Chen Zhong, Zhang Yan and one hundred flying cavalry guards to ride back to Chengdu first.
Li Shimin was worried that this matter would cause a big stir and lead Huang Hao to exercise his powers of supervision and disposal. By then, he did not know how many people would suffer as a result.
Now that the situation in the court has stabilized, Li Shimin really doesn't want to go to war with the Yizhou princes at this time.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly clamped his horse's belly tightly and flew towards Chengdu...
As Li Shimin expected, now in the court, the princes of Yizhou repeatedly forced Lu Yi to explain his affair with Yang Yi, and also asked Jiang Wan to use the rights granted by his majesty to imprison and interrogate Lu Yi.
Although Jiang Wan was very resourceful, Yang Yi had indeed only met one official in the court, Lu Yi, before his death, and both of them happened to be from Jingzhou.
Jiang Wan would not be able to refute this well-founded accusation for a while, and he did not want Lu Yi to suffer such an unreasonable disaster.
Jiang Wan saw that His Majesty would not be able to wait for a while, so he had no choice but to go to the Gold and Silver Palace to ask Huang Hao to mediate on His Majesty's behalf.
As soon as he arrived at the Gold and Silver Palace, Jiang Wan quickly ordered the guards in front of the palace to look for Huang Hao.
Seeing Jiang Wan's anxious face, the guard did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly led Jiang Wan to see Huang Hao.
At this time, Huang Hao was talking with several secret guards in the Gold and Silver Palace. Huang Hao knew about the secret meeting of the princes of Yizhou before.
Just as Huang Hao was thinking about how to deal with the matter, Jiang Wan arrived.
Without any extra courtesy, Jiang Wan hurriedly said when he saw Huang Hao:
"Eunuch Huang, the princes of Yizhou are now seizing on Yang Yi's suicide and forcing me, the princes of Jingzhou, in the court. We, His Majesty's closest courtiers, are suffering from the lack of strong evidence and are in a dilemma. We don't know how to deal with it."
Huang Hao had already prepared in his heart. Knowing that for such a major event, Jiang Wan and others would not dare to fall out with the Yizhou princes in the court.
So Huang Hao comforted Jiang Wan and said:
"Don't worry, Mr. Jiang, isn't it me? I already know everything about the affairs in the court, and now I also know some information from the secret guards.
In my opinion, there is a lot of mystery in this matter, but now that His Majesty is not in the palace, there are some things that I cannot do. "
Jiang Wan saw that Huang Hao seemed to have some concerns, so he calmed down and asked:
"Eunuch Huang is your Majesty's personal attendant, and he has also received the sacred mandate to temporarily supervise all the officials in the court on your behalf. Is there anything else you can't do?"
Huang Hao forced a smile and sighed:
"Although I have your Majesty's permission to participate in the affairs of the DPRK. But after all, I am just your Majesty's servant and have a low status. It is not easy to directly handle the affairs of the DPRK, so I am a little embarrassed."
Jiang Wan listened to Huang Hao's words and felt that Huang Hao seemed to have a way to deal with it, but he just didn't want to take responsibility.
He also thought that he was the deputy commander of Baiqisi, and that Governor Baiqisi was in charge of all matters of the three guards, so he bypassed Huang Hao and said to the secret guard who had just been talking to Huang Hao:
"I am the deputy commander of the Hundred Cavalry Division personally appointed by His Majesty. You and other secret guards are also under my control. Since Eunuch Huang is in trouble, you will report to me everything you know and I will find a solution myself."
Huang Hao saw that Jiang Wan was a little angry and felt that his appetite was almost gone, so he stretched out his hand to stop Jiang Wan and said with a smile:
"Master Jiang, don't be anxious. I'm just in trouble, but it's not that I don't want to help. We are all loyal to Your Majesty, and I will help you. It's just that my method is a bit radical. I wonder if Master Jiang dares to use it?"
Seeing Huang Hao relent, Jiang Wan also changed his attitude and said harmoniously:
"Since Eunuch Huang is willing to take action, I naturally don't dare to do anything. I wonder what Eunuch Huang has a clever plan for?"
Huang Hao waved his hand to repel several secret guards, and whispered in Jiang Wan's ear:
"According to the intelligence from the secret guards, before Yang Yi committed suicide, the princes of Yizhou had a secret meeting in a courtyard.
After the secret meeting, Wang Li, who was in charge of the military governor, also went to the prison of the county governor's mansion, but for some unknown reason, no one mentioned it.
I speculate that Wang Li communicated with the jailers and jailers on duty and concealed his whereabouts.
Now if we want to solve this matter, we must secretly capture the jailers and jailers who were on duty that day and torture them to extract confessions to make them reveal the truth.
If it happens, Wang Li and other people involved in this matter should be severely punished with thunderous means.
By then, not only will you be relieved of the siege of Jingzhou people, but I will also be able to take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents for Your Majesty.
This kills two birds with one stone. I don't think Mr. Jiang will object, right? "
Jiang Wan was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect Huang Hao to be so cruel and ruthless, and he would not hesitate to do such cruel things in order to please His Majesty.
"Isn't this... a bit too radical? If His Majesty were here, and according to Your Majesty's temperament, Wang Li would be punished at most to frighten the rest of the Yizhou princes."
Huang Hao saw that Jiang Wan was worried, so he encouraged him:
"Your Majesty himself wants to suppress the princes of Yizhou and purge the court in order to implement the New Deal.
Now that we have secret guards to obtain evidence, we are not afraid of the quibbles of the Yizhou princes.
It just so happens that His Majesty is not here and does not need to take responsibility for this matter. It is the time for us who are loyal to Your Majesty to eliminate dissidents for Your Majesty! "
When Jiang Wan heard the words "Your Majesty does not need to be responsible for this", most of his worries immediately disappeared.
It would be a good thing if I and others were responsible for this "massive killing" for His Majesty, and it would make the princes of Yizhou so angry that they would be unable to compete with His Majesty in the court.
Thinking of this, Jiang Wan gritted his teeth and agreed.
After the two men had finished their discussion, Jiang Wan quickly sent his confidants to inform Huo Ge, Fei Yi and others, hoping to use their plan to deal a fatal blow to the Yizhou princes.
That night, Zhang Shao received instructions from Jiang Wan to secretly arrest the jailers and jailers who were on duty yesterday.
So Zhang Shao changed his clothes, took twenty female secret guards, took the list given by Huang Hao, and arrested them all overnight.
After arriving at the Jinyin Palace, Jiang Wan, Huo Ge, Huang Hao and others had already prepared various torture instruments in the wing of the Jinyin Palace, waiting to interrogate the jailers and jailers who knew about it.
Zhang Shao placed two jailers and four jailers in the side room, and ordered several secret guards to patrol outside, but he closed the door.
Huang Hao was a rootless man with a sharp voice. When he saw several prisoners arriving, he said sadly:
"We brought you here late at night, and I think you already have some calculations in your mind.
I don’t know if you should say it yourself or let us help you recall what happened yesterday? "
Several prisoners themselves had ulterior motives, and now that they were asked this question by Huang Hao, they couldn't help but panic.
But thinking about Wang Li's bribery and threatening the lives of his family members yesterday, he didn't dare to speak.
Huang Hao saw several people with wandering eyes, kneeling on the ground and trembling.
Then he knew that something big had happened, so he picked up a torture instrument, waved it in front of a few people and said:
"You must think clearly, this is the headquarters of His Majesty's Hundred Cavalry Division, and we are all close to His Majesty.
Are you going to rely on the Dukes of Yizhou to fight against His Majesty, or are you going to rely on Your Majesty to tell the truth? "
When several people heard this, they became even more frightened. The anger of the Yizhou princes and His Majesty was beyond their ability to bear.
After thinking about it, one of the jailers finally couldn't hold it in any longer and kowtowed:
"Sir sirs, it's not that we don't understand current affairs, it's that our wealth and life are in the hands of others.
Although we intend to seek refuge with His Majesty, we dare not risk the lives of our entire family..."
Huang Hao suddenly slapped the case with his hand, interrupted the man's words, and said sternly:
"Aren't you afraid that I will kill your family now?"
Several people were frightened by Huang Hao's move and became even more frightened.
I knelt there for a moment, unable to make a decision.
