Regulation starts at night

chapter 93

Seeing this, Li Peiyan took a deep look at the slightly opened vermilion door, and left with a flick of his sleeves.

In the carriage, Li Peiyan frowned, thinking carefully about the whole incident.

The news of Mr. Si's pacification of Taoshan came back to the capital, and then the Tang Emperor announced to the world that he wanted to gather all the countries in the world to go to Taoqiu to discuss and judge the criminal evidence of Xiling.

When the news arrived, all countries agreed.All countries began to assemble their troops and went to Xiling Peach Hill.

Then yesterday, envoys from various countries came to the capital, and the prince personally received them and conveyed their wishes.

These things are very smooth, but also very ordinary, without the slightest trickery.

But immediately afterwards, the prince who was supposed to accompany Tang Huang to Taoqiu was left in the capital by Tang Huang.

Then, Tang Huang unexpectedly only took away the third prince, Li Yiyuan, and more than a thousand soldiers.

According to common sense, the emperor and the prince cannot leave the capital at the same time. The Tang emperor clearly knew this law, but why did he knowingly violate it?

Xu Chongshan's strange disappearance, is it because the emperor's brother left behind?What is his intention for this move?

Prince Li Peiyan rubbed the center of his brows, and thought to himself: Could it be that the emperor's brother was worried about him, so he abandoned himself?But since he is not at ease with himself, he will not give the order to temporarily supervise the country.

Since it wasn't because of him, it was most likely because of the third prince Li Huiyuan.

As an uncle, Li Peiyan was well aware of Li Huiyuan's nature. This person was narrow-minded and ignorant, so he had no possibility of being an emperor.

Since I am clear, Brother Huang must be more clear.

Then why did Brother Huang take Li Yiyuan to Taoshan?

Didn't he know that this move would leave a message in the hearts of many ministers that the third prince was about to inherit the throne?

After returning to the palace, Li Peiyan entered the study, and after thinking hard, he still decided to recruit the staff from the palace.

"Master Ji, is there any news about Huiyuan in the mansion recently?"

In front of Li Peiyan, stood an old man with white eyebrows. The old man lowered his brows and bowed and said, "Go back to your lord, there is no news about the third prince recently."

Li Peiyan frowned, waved his hand, and the old man bowed to leave.

The slightly staggering steps, when they were about to step out of the study door, they retreated gently.

"My lord, a few days ago there was new progress regarding Qinghe County."

Li Peiyan raised his eyebrows, and said impatiently: "Ji Lao has something to say, and this king has important things to do."

The old man hesitated for a few breaths, and then said softly: "According to the news from the spies in the army, Cui Yi, the captain of Qinghe County, ordered the transfer from General Hua Shanyue, the princess' bodyguard commander."

"Mountain Hua?"

Li Peiyan seemed a little surprised and murmured.The old man nodded, and a gleam appeared in his slightly squinted eyes.

"This old man thinks that Huashan Yuegui is a third-rank military general and transferred to a sixth-rank captain. Although it seems reasonable, it is completely illogical."

Li Peiyan nodded, motioning for the old man to continue.

"While it is possible to show off human favors for the positions of directors and second-rank officers of the military department, the direction of human favors should not be Hua Shanyue."

"Ji Lao means that although this transfer order was issued by Hua Shanyue, it is actually the princess's intention?"

The white-browed old man shook his head and said softly: "I don't think this matter was done by the princess. First of all, if Her Majesty's permission is not granted, Her Highness the Princess can't interfere in the state affairs at all. Even if the order is given, according to the nature of the military officials, they will not follow their words. .”

"Secondly, the princess has no grievances with Cui Yi of the Cui family of Qinghe County, and there is no benefit for him to demote his position."

"Well, what Ji Lao said is very true. How can a mere sixth-rank captain make a princess of a country so interested?"

"However, since Her Royal Highness didn't mean it, then there is only one person who can command Hua Shanyue and the directors and officials of the military department to sell favors."

Li Peiyan understood, but after thinking about it carefully, he asked again: "What's the point of him doing this? A mere Cui family can't make a fortune at all. Since you have taken risks, there should be some rewards."

"My lord, although the Cui family is a small family, there is an old man Cui behind the Cui family, and Cui Jin has always been on both sides. When the master and Mr. Si ascended to the sky, he followed the order of the head teacher of Xiling and returned. Momoyama report."

"You mean, he wants to use the Cui family to climb up to Xiling? This Li Yiyuan, who is usually happy and happy, hides such deep thoughts?"

After saying this, Li Peiyan frowned suddenly, his face was ruddy, and he slapped the table to get up.

"In order to get a high position, you dare to collude with foreigners!"

The old man bowed, shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice again: "The old man has made perfect preparations since he received the report from the spies. According to the results of the old man's investigation, the third prince was put in the prison a few months ago!"

Li Peiyan calmed down, with a gloomy face, thinking of the Chongming prince who was trapped in the prison by the Tang emperor!

"Chongming? Li Yuanyuan, you idiot, you actually listened to the enemy's bewitchment in order to win the big position! Poor Yu'er is still rejoicing that you are about to rise to the top, I didn't expect you to kill yourself!"

The old man remained silent, seeing that the prince no longer vented his anger, he continued: "According to the news from my subordinates, the third prince has been to Washington, and not long after that, some people in Washington mysteriously disappeared."

"If you think about it, the third prince also knows that Hua Shanyue will not obey his orders, so he uses his family as a threat."

"Hua Shanyue? Although this person is not very loyal, he is also a proud and arrogant person. He is very clear about the future of Huiyuan, and he has always been unhappy with him."

Li Peiyan paced in the study, thinking about what to do next.

Seeing this, the old man thought about it for a moment, and then said again: "Since Emperor Tang took away the third prince and Hua Shanyue, he must have made all the preparations. You don't have to worry about it, just wait for a few days."

Hearing this, Li Peiyan suddenly thought of Xu's family and his party earlier, and knew that Xu Chongshan's disappearance was probably caused by the emperor's brother on purpose.

"Well, Mr. Ji has worked hard. This matter has been handled very well, and it has relieved a lot of worries for this king."

The old man's face was calm, and after politely confessing, he continued: "Recently, I have learned some news from the academy. It's just that the time is so short that I haven't had time to distinguish the truth from the fake, and I can't go down to investigate."

"Academy?"

Hearing the word academy, Li Peiyan frowned again. Thinking of Tangning who appeared in the palace a few days ago, he subconsciously asked, "What happened to the academy?"

The old man stroked his beard and said in a low voice: "It's not considered a change. The old man learned that Mr. Fifteen of the academy left the academy a few days ago and left the capital to go north."

"Ning Que? What is he going to the north for?"

"I haven't found out yet, but I can get an important piece of information from the previous murders in the capital."

"Whether it's Yushi Zhang Yiqi, Dongcheng Blacksmith's Shop, or Linhu Xiaozhu, there are Mr. Fifteen. Although the officials in charge of this matter in the court, although they have guesses, they are helpless. This person is very clean and neat. No direct or indirect evidence remains."

"Now that Ning Que has become a second-floor disciple, the murder case can only hang there."

Looking at the pacing prince, he stopped slowly and turned around with a solemn expression.

"You mean, he is an old man from General Lin's mansion?"

The old man nodded slightly, with a flash of light in his eyes, and added: "In my old opinion, Ning Que should be a survivor of the incident in General Lin's Mansion. And he found some clues back then, and he probably went to the north for Xiahou."

Li Peiyan sighed and sat on the chair as if absent-minded.

"This king is aboveboard. Even when he competed with the emperor for the position of supremacy, he never did anything wrong. Only that incident is a mountain buried deep in this king's heart."

"My lord, in fact, from the old man's point of view, you were not at fault. The murderer was the general of Zhenbei Xiahou, and the man behind the scenes was Wei Guangming, the great priest of Xiling. Your only fault was following His Majesty's wishes. Close the case."

"Ridiculous! Ridiculous! Hundreds of people died unjustly in the capital, and this is all the responsibility of this king. No matter what the reason is, a fault is a fault!"

The old man was silent, and retreated after bowing.

As the old man said, the Tang Dynasty was weak back then, and although there was an academy behind it, it was still unable to resist Xiling.

When Wei Guangming forced Xiahou to kill someone, even though the Emperor Tang was furious, he could only choose between the An Ning and Zhao Xue unjust cases.

When Tang Huang hesitated, Li Peiyan made the matter an iron case and helped Tang Huang get rid of this heart disease.

It is also because of this that a huge general's mansion collapsed after being charged with unwarranted charges.

All of this should have ended here, but no one thought that there were still people alive in the former General's Mansion.

This person, unfortunately, became a disciple on the second floor of the academy, and also became a master of calligraphy in the eyes of Emperor Tang.

This person is Ning Que. Now that he has a successful cultivation base and has an aura of academism, he can choose to overturn the case.

But he also knew that the iron case had been completed, and if the case was overturned, it would definitely damage the majesty of the royal family.Therefore, he could only choose another path to end all this.

As for whether His Royal Highness is worried about his own safety, it is naturally false to say that he is not worried, and it may not be true to say that he is worried.

As long as the case is not overturned, no matter how daring Ning Que is, it is impossible for him to assassinate the royal family.

…………

A few days later, when Emperor Tang and others left the Tang realm, Li Yiyuan could no longer follow his patient desire.

In the dark night, Li Yiyuan quietly found someone to send a letter to Hua Shanyue.Then, they stayed away from the camp under the starlight and waited quietly.

Not long after, there was the sound of armor rubbing behind Li Yuanyuan. Li Yuanyuan turned around and tried to open his eyes to see Hua Shanyue's face under the dim starlight.

"Mount Hua, we will enter the border of Dahe tomorrow. This prince is fed up with the days of riding on horses every day. Find a place with few people tomorrow and settle the matter, shall we?"

Hua Shanyue had a sullen face, looking at the disgusting prince in front of him, he really wanted to kill him with a knife.But as soon as the idea came up, the figure of the adult mother at home appeared in his mind, and the hand holding the knife was finally let go.

"Third Prince, are you sure you want to do this unruly thing?"

"What? Are you afraid? You can be afraid but you can't run away. As long as you run away, your mother will definitely..."

Hearing this, Hua Shanyue's face was cloudy and uncertain, and he said in a low voice: "Your Highness, you are the prince. As long as the position of the prince is not determined, you will have a chance to win the throne. Why bother to take risks?"

Under the starlight, Li Yuanyuan was suddenly furious, and rushed forward, putting his foot on Hua Shanyue's chest.

It's a pity that, as a prince who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, his kick can't make any waves.

Hua Shanyue still stood firmly on the spot, but Li Hunyuan stepped back and fell to the ground while staggering.

Hua Shanyue frowned, but suddenly heard Li Yiyuan shout angrily in a low voice.

"What do you know! As long as that bitch is alive, as long as that bitch's child is still alive, it is impossible for this prince to inherit the crown prince!"

"That bastard and that little bastard stayed in the palace all the time, so there's nothing I can do about it. Now that my father is out of the palace, and I have no one around to use, such a god-given opportunity, if I have kindness in my heart, I can only Watch that little bastard ascend to the big treasure!"

"As his elder brother, I rank seniority according to seniority, and that position should be mine. Since the emperor is partial, don't blame me for being cruel!"

Looking at the crazy third prince, Hua Shanyue sighed and shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "Hunyuan, you are a prince, and you should understand that the succession of the throne is orderly. Even if there is no throne, you will still be a prince. Why do you and Yu'er Do you never forget this matter? You have to know that once you take this step, there is no turning back."

"It's good if you succeed, but if you fail, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

Hearing this, Li Hunyuan took a step forward and slapped Hua Shanyue on the face.

The latter gritted his teeth, but didn't dare to dodge, so he could only look at the damned man angrily with his widened eyes.

"Who gave you the guts to call me the prince and sister by the titles? Hua Shanyue, look at yourself. You are taken care of by the sister of the emperor and sealed by your ancestors. Now you are just a third-rank leader with a knife!"

"You, who have failed like this, still want to eat the goose meat, you really are shameless!"

After several consecutive slaps on the face, a trace of blood flowed out from the corner of Hua Shanyue's mouth.

Hua Shanyue didn't feel too much physical pain.But Li Huiyuan's words were like a shining knife, wandering back and forth in his heart.

Since even an idiot like Li Yiyuan has such a view, it is even more so for her who is smart and noble.

As her admirer, Hua Shanyue has never resisted her orders over the years.

Hua Shanyue has never regretted being instigated by Li Yu willingly all these years, but today he regrets it!

He regretted not taking chances, regretting wishful thinking, regretting being obsessed with her!

It's just that time has passed, and it's too late to regret now!

"Hua Shanyue, let me tell you, as long as you, a pug, don't drag your hind legs, this prince will definitely succeed! If this prince ascends to the Great Treasure, I may betroth you to you because of your meritorious service in the dragon."

Hua Shanyue was speechless, staring blankly at the third prince who walked away with his head held high and full of confidence.

Shaking his head slightly, he glanced at the flickering starlight in the sky, thinking about the appearance of his mother at home, and thinking about the peerless appearance of Princess Li Yu, he could only turn back to the camp with a wry smile.

Just as the two left, behind a small dirt bag not far away, two figures were watching their leaving backs.

Under the starlight, the armor of one of them was emitting a faint light.

The other person pursed his lips slightly, held a Hanfeng sword in his arms, and shook his head gently.

"Commander Xu, can the arrangements be made in Dahe territory tomorrow?"

Xu Chongshan smiled slightly, glanced at the camp that was illuminated by the dim fire, and said lightly: "Don't worry, since the day I left the capital, this general has been rushing on the road overnight, and has already mobilized the Zhennan Army on the border of the Southern Jin Dynasty to go south .”

Looking at the obscured starlight, Chao Xiaoshu shook his head and said with a smile, "Tomorrow must not be a good weather."

PS: It may be updated like this in the near future, and it will continue until the end of Qingming.One update per day, [-]-word chapters.

After the Qingming Festival, Lao Niu tried her best to make up for it.

(End of this chapter)