The Xi family has a close relationship with the Liang family. Liang Guangyi single-handedly supported Xi Weifang to become Minister of War. Naturally, he understood the Xi family's weaknesses better than others.
Moreover, by sending the letter, he could also tell Liang Guangyi in disguise that he only wanted to bring peace to the He family and had no intention of killing all the important families.
This can not only reassure Liang Guangyi, facilitate the subsequent "bleeding compensation" of the family, but also reduce their wariness.
Xiao Yan looked at Cang Lang: "Send someone to the Liang family and hand over Xi Weifang's confession to Liang Guangyi."
Cang Lang stuffed a piece of snack into his mouth and nodded quickly: "Yes."
Xiao Yan: "Let people keep an eye on the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple and try the case as soon as possible."
Canglang hesitated: "What about Emperor An..."
"Prince An and Feng Lai will be 'looking after' him. He won't wake up soon. Liu Tongen is guarding him every step of the way. If he attacks him again, it will easily make him jump over the wall. Don't worry about him at Yulongtai for the time being."
When Emperor An was in a coma, there was Imperial Physician Sun and the others. Even if he woke up after taking 10,000 steps back, he still had Feng Lai, his "loyal" personal servant.
Liu Tongen was afraid that Emperor An would recruit people to plot against him, so he stayed close to him, which was convenient for him to arrange other matters.
Xiao Yan thought for a while: "Tomorrow, you will have the prince's edict of sin written by the prince be announced to the world, and then order people to copy it in large quantities and spread it to all states and counties..."
Tang Ning said from the side: "Although there are many scholars in the capital, there are not many who dare to copy this thing. Moreover, it concerns the royal family and the prince. Why not give a copy to Dean Shi and others, and let the students of the academy help to write out enough as soon as possible." Many edicts were issued to various places, lest those vassal kings take the opportunity to cause chaos by not knowing the details of the capital."
Xiao Yan nodded: "What you said makes sense. I'll send him to the academy early tomorrow morning."
The three of them discussed matters, talking about the situation in Beijing and the next arrangements.
The pigeon soup on the table had become warm. Xiao Yan stretched out his hand to test the temperature on the side of the bowl, then pushed the soup bowl in front of Tang Ning and placed the spoon towards her.
When Tang Ning looked up at him, Xiao Yan just acted casually, his face still calm as he explained to Cang Lang.
"There is chaos in the capital these days. Let the people below pay more attention, and send people to watch all the roads out of the capital. Do not let go of carrier pigeons, messengers, and some caravans and spies. In addition, Let Di Tao gather the troops of the fourth battalion as soon as possible, and if there is a chance, go and show it in front of the prince."
"Prince?" Canglang was confused.
Xiao Yan said calmly: "The prince is exactly the same as Emperor An. He has no ability and is arrogant and suspicious. Now that the tiger talisman is in my hands and the power has fallen away, his position as prince is not very legitimate."
"It's okay that he has to rely on me at first, but once he gets through the crisis and feels that he has secured his position as prince, he will be dissatisfied with me."
"Young Di Tao has a face that is easy to fool. Let him calm the prince's heart and prevent him from looking for trouble when he is free."
He Jiazhaoxue, after his identity is "confirmed", he will be able to take power legitimately. At that time, he will not only have to clear out some people in the court as soon as possible, and try to replenish the court with fresh blood and install new ministers in advance, but also have to deal with aristocratic families to borrow them to fill the national treasury. After that, we have to find ways to suppress the vassal kings from various places, capture Lu Jiuan, and then prepare for war...
All these matters were urgent. He had too much to do and didn't have much time to deal with the prince.
In his eyes, the prince was a "mascot" who could temporarily balance the court. Di Tao's youthful and "innocent" face, and the Di family behind him who held 180,000 troops to suppress peace, could just make the prince feel at ease.
Cang Lang grinned and laughed. Does the governor mean that Di Tao is stupid? Let him get "close and intimate" with the prince, so that the prince feels that he has some confidence in recruiting the Di family, so as to avoid trouble with the governor.
Canglang was munching on snacks and said happily: "Okay, I'll go find Major General Di later."
Most of the snacks were gone on the table, and it was already dimly lit outside.
Xiao Yan said, "Has the whereabouts of Emperor An's private soldiers been found?"
Canglang shook his head: "No, Liu Tongen has not left the capital recently. Except for the royal secret guards, the people he brought into the capital tonight are all the guards who were stationed at the imperial mausoleum. He suspected that he was very cautious after becoming the governor. , There is little communication with the outside world on weekdays.”
Xiao Yan frowned: "Keep watching. Whether they are members of the Liu family or close associates of Liu Tongen, anyone who comes in or out of the Liu family's mansion or Liu Tongen's side must also be carefully investigated."
He said solemnly: "No matter what you do, even if you are just delivering food, cooking and picking up night fragrance, you are not allowed to let it go."
That private army is a serious threat, and it will be difficult to feel at ease if it is not known for a long time.
Emperor An was not so easy to give up. He had to find out the location of the private army as soon as possible. Otherwise, if he delayed his action until the war started in the North, they would be attacked from both sides.
Cang Lang naturally understood the importance of this and nodded sternly: "Don't worry, Lord Governor, not even a fly can escape from Liu Tongen's side."
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It was already early in the morning when Canglang left Hexiaotang. During this period, Jinyun, Tianqing and others also came in one after another to report. Later, Di Tao, Marquis Wenxin and others also came, and even Longtingwei's deputy general Fu Yue also came to Xiao Mansion. One trip.
Xiao Yan never avoided Tang Ning when discussing matters with others. Although those people were surprised when they saw her nearby, they didn't say much.
Tang Ning rarely spoke after that. She just sat quietly aside, refilling tea for visitors from time to time. She listened to Xiao Yan and the others discussing matters in the army and the court, talking about the ministers in the court and how to deal with the aftermath, as well as various kind of arrangement.
Little by little, she remembered things that she didn't quite understand before, and also wrote down things that Xiao Yan mentioned when talking to those people.
It wasn't until dawn that she couldn't help but yawn.
When Xiao Yan sent Fu Yue and the others away and turned back, he saw Tang Ning sleeping on the couch with her eyes closed.
Most of the girl's cloak fell off, and her sleeves fell on the table and were stained with ink. She leaned her head on her arms and breathed lightly.
As soon as Xiao Yan approached, Tang Ning's eyelashes trembled slightly and she opened her eyes in a drowsy manner.
"Brother..."
Tang Ning's voice was sleepy and her eyes were misty: "General Fu is gone?"
"gone."
Xiao Yan picked her up and took her to a side room. When she was lying on the bed with her clothes on, Tang Ning's little body was nestled in his arms.
After removing the lotus hairpin that held her hair up, her black hair was spread down, and her fair face was leaning on his chest, while Xiao Yan hugged her like that, with his big hand on her waist covering almost half of her waist.
Patting her back gently with his hand, Xiao Yan coaxed: "Go to sleep."
Tang Ning murmured: "Brother, stay with me."
Xiao Yan looked at her hand gently grasping the corner of his clothes and couldn't help but raise his lips: "Okay, I'll stay with you."
As if she felt the reassuring breath next to her, Tangning squeezed the corner of her clothes and fell asleep in just a moment.
Xiao Yan lowered his head and kissed the corners of her eyes, adjusted his posture to make her sleep more comfortable, and raised his eyes to look out the empty window.
"If anything happens outside, call me at any time."
The shadow fell over there: "Yes, Lord Governor."
The wind slowly came in from the window. Xiao Yan pointed out the wind and closed the window lattice. Then he covered Tang Ning with a quilt, hugged her and closed his eyes to sleep.
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