Crown Tang emperor

Chapter 0149

In the official office of the Jinwu Guard in Qinghuafang, the Zhonglang of the Yifu will arrange day and night patrols, and today is particularly busy.This is because from today onwards, many Jinwu guards who were originally on duty in the prison were withdrawn from Da Nei and placed in Qinghuafang nearby.

With so many colleagues suddenly pouring in, it is inevitable that the Qinghuafang government office will not be able to accommodate them.The confusion of personnel is still second, and the main thing is that the official positions have also become messy.

Relatively speaking, the generals who are on duty are generally one or two ranks higher than those who are out on patrol. When they are expelled from the leisurely ban on duty to the busy work, there is a gap in their hearts. People with lower official positions would naturally be in a bad mood.

All kinds of frictions and disputes made the entire Qinghuafang government office in a mess, and the street drums sounded for a long time, and the night patrol matters had not been arranged yet.

In addition to his official position as a street envoy, Chen Mingzhen also served as General Zuo Lang of Yifu. Get involved in these personnel disputes.

No matter how the mansion arranges, patrolling the police at night is always his job as a street envoy, so he leads a group of street disciples to prepare for a patrol first.

As soon as he went out, he heard a voice shouting in front of the door: "Master Lang, Master Lang..."

Chen Mingzhen turned her head to look, but saw that her servant was being restrained by the guards in front of the official office with her arms cut behind her back, her face suddenly darkened, and she stepped forward and slapped her hand with a whip: "You are so blind, you dare to make things difficult for my family! "

The guard was newly transferred out of the prison. He didn't know Chen Mingzhen's family. He arrested him when he saw someone sneaking around in front of the government office, but now he didn't dare to plead and let him go obediently.

"What are you doing here?"

Chen Mingzhen scolded the blind guard for a few more words, then turned to his family and frowned and asked.

"A strange incident happened at home, and the mistress asked me to come here and tell the Lord Lang, so that no outsiders should know about it..."

The house slave approached Chen Mingzhen and whispered in a low voice, beckoning him to go to a remote place before he hurriedly told the details of what happened at home.

Hearing such a strange thing, Chen Mingzhen was also in shock and doubts, not daring to be negligent, and immediately called a group of street disciples to ride their own horses and follow him straight to the home and breeding workshop.Although there is a curfew order in Shendu City, it is of course useless to them, the generals of the Jinwu Guard.

When a group of people arrived at Zhiyefang, it was already dark. Chen Mingzhen ordered people to call Wuhou and Fangding in the workshop to open the gate of the workshop, and ordered his followers to wait outside the workshop, while he hurried into the workshop and entered the house.

There is still a strong smell of feces in the Chen's house in Quli, and it has spread to the neighbors. There are many idlers in the workshop jumping their feet in the night to scold the family for stewing excrement.

Hearing these scolding voices, Chen Mingzhen's mood became even worse, and he rode his horse back and forth to scold the idlers who were rambunctious in the night, and returned home only after the left and right were quiet.

"The lord has finally returned, and this concubine is really panicked to death..."

When the husband returned to the mansion, the mistress of the Chen family breathed a sigh of relief, and pulled Chen Mingzhen back into the middle hall.

Even though a house slave had already described it in detail, when Chen Mingzhen stepped into the room and saw the jewels and jewels in the room, he still couldn't help gasping: "This, these are left behind by those dung workers?"

There are many gold, silver, pearl and jade utensils placed in the hall. The materials are already extremely precious, and the shape is even more exquisite. It is obvious at a glance that they are not ordinary.

"This is only part of it, the family in the backyard is still washing..."

The mother of the Chen family said worriedly, looking at Chen Mingzhen suspiciously and greedily: "Is there someone who caters to the master's position, and is afraid that he will not be accepted if he visits the house, so..."

"What do you know, you fool!"

Chen Mingzhen reprimanded violently. Although his official position is indispensable for gray income, it is absolutely impossible for someone to send cars to his house to deliver gold, silver and goods. possible.

Although these utensils have been washed, there is still a stench that cannot be concealed, but the charming luster makes people ignore them subconsciously. Chen Mingzhen stepped forward to pick up a few utensils and observed them carefully for a while, and his face became more serious: "This, this It’s a forbidden weapon! How did it enter my house? Who sent it?”

Discovering that these things are exotic treasures only found in the Forbidden City, Chen Mingzhen felt chills all over his body, only feeling that a strong conspiracy aura was about to overwhelm him.

He sternly asked his family about the origins of those dung workers, but the family couldn't answer why. Dung workers are an unpopular and cheap industry. No one would have imagined that they would bring priceless jewels to others house door.In fact, no one would do this kind of thing.

However, the Chen family was not without gains. They followed up vigilantly afterwards and found out that those dung workers left the city from Anximen. .

"Shiyongfang's Gong Family...Luoyang Commander Gong Siming?"

After hearing this, Chen Mingzhen frowned tightly again, this matter was too strange, and he couldn't sort out a clue for a while, so he was careful: "These forbidden devices must not be left at home! Hurry up and pack it up, and bury it outside the square at night..."

"But, but..."

When the woman heard this, her face clearly showed reluctance. She was not from a rich family, and even if it was a real rich family, it would be difficult for anyone to treat money like dirt!

"Fool! Although wealth is good, you have to live with it!"

Chen Mingzhen's brow was sweating at this moment, and he simply went to the backyard in person to monitor his family members with a knife and pick up these lost belongings.

However, the woman thought that it was not easy to manage the inside and outside of the family, so she secretly asked the close maid to put away a few inconspicuous utensils in the middle hall and hide them. After hiding, after going out, he shook some exquisitely shaped money to the ground in the corner, and crushed it into the soil with his toes.

Rao was full of a sense of crisis in his heart, but when all the utensils were collected, Chen Mingzhen was not only shocked, but also secretly reluctant to give up.After pondering for a while, he gave another order: "Isn't there an abandoned house in Nanqu? Bury it in a remote place at night..."

After giving these orders, some Jin Wuwei street disciples came to the door and shouted, saying that another team of patrolmen had already entered the street.In addition to roaming the streets, the Jinwu Guard patrols also had military officers secretly following and monitoring them. Chen Mingzhen did not dare to leave his post for a long time without authorization, not to mention that he was guilty of a thief, and he did not want to be seen as suspicious. After stern instructions, He hurried out again.

Not to mention Chen Mingzhen's current restlessness, at this moment in Luobei Shiyongfang Gong's house, there is also a nervous and tense atmosphere.

The Gong family's mansion is much more luxurious than that of Chen Mingzhen's. At this moment, the patriarch Gong Siming and his relatives and cronies are all gathered in the hall. A few servants are pressing the ground outside the hall and beating them fiercely, with a gag in their mouths. Ma ball, prevent them from shouting.

The two house slaves hurried into the middle hall, and said with serious expressions: "I found out, there is no He's herbal medicine store in Beishi..."

Gong Siming's face became even uglier when he heard this.Although Beishi is under his rule, it has its own independent city supervision and management. There are thousands of shops and frequent turnover of people. It is not easy to search for specific targets, not to mention that he does not have enough time now.

"The concubine, the concubine only revealed her internal illness to the Qiu family's wife and friends, so the person who came to the door based on this must undoubtedly belong to the Qiu family..."

Mrs. Gong sat upright in the hall, she wanted to confess her internal illness to the public, her face was full of embarrassment, but because she knew the seriousness of the situation, she didn't dare to hide anything.

"It's not Qiu who knows such secrets..."

Gong Siming's expression was dignified, and he was tightly holding a note full of words in his hand. This note was found from the medicine box sent by the person who visited the door in the afternoon, and the content written on it was even more shocking.

The memo used Qiu Shenji's tone to inform Gong Siming that Xu Jingzhen, who was exiled in Xiuzhou for treason in the old year, was secretly escorted back to Shendu City, and the criminal department of the court was already collecting evidence of Gong's collusion with Xu Jingye in the old year. It was only because of the extensive involvement that they did not act immediately, but the members of the Gong family have been secretly monitored. Once Xu Jingzhen enters the capital, the members of the Gong family will be arrested immediately!

"General Qiu is still a trustworthy person. He is willing to take a risk to inform my family at such a critical moment. It is not in vain for me and Qiu Er..."

Lang Gongliu, the son of the Gong family, sighed, but halfway through the conversation, his father Gong Siming clapped the case and said, "What do you know! Qiu is extremely treacherous, I misread him and wronged Mr. Zhang... Alas, He warned the police today, and he was afraid that he would be implicated by my family, but the instructions in the letter may not be kind..."

In addition to informing of this life-and-death crisis, the letter also provided a way out, instructing Gong Siming to secretly kill the criminal Fu Youyi who is still being imprisoned in Luoyang County Prison, and then flee from the capital at night, and arrange for Jin Wu to escape. Wei Jie envoy Chen Mingzhen escorted their family out of the city, the sooner the better, the farther the better!

The Gong family did have something to do with Xu Jingye in the past, after all Xu Jingye made such a big noise back then, and the Prime Minister Pei Yan in Shendu City had an ambiguous attitude and was killed by the Empress Dowager Wu.

But the matter has passed for so long, what the Gong family did at the time was also secretive, and the several purges after the rebellion was wiped out were not implicated. As long as the cloud has dissipated, who would have thought that the old things would cause waves again?

The question before Gong Siming right now is, is Qiu Shenji worthy of trust?

After the court meeting a few days ago, Qiu Shenji went out of his way to cater to the emperor without a bottom line, which also angered Zhang Guangfu, the prime minister who was persuaded by Gong Siming and believed that he was worth wooing, and sent someone to yell at Gong Siming.

Now it seems that Qiu Shenji still chooses to follow the emperor closely, rather than have any close contact with the foreign ministers.Then, did this warning point to a dead end for the Gong family, or was it a rescue of the Gong family because they were worried that their previous contacts might affect themselves?

Chapter 0150

Qiu Shenji is intimidated by lust and has no strength of character, which is already doubtful in itself.Right now, the only one who can be accepted by Gong Siming is this secret letter with a strange origin in his hands. Facing a big problem that concerns the life and death of the entire family, Gong Siming is also difficult to make a decision for a while.

"Send someone to notify your second uncle, have you received a reply?"

There was a dead silence in the hall, and a needle could be heard falling. Gong Siming couldn't stand the depression, so he asked again.

"Not yet."

The elder Gong's son shook his head and replied, "Luozhou Prefecture is far away in Xuanfanfang, so there won't be a reply in such a short time."

Gong Siming naturally understands this point. Xuanfanfang is located in Hegong County, Luonan, not to mention the problem of the road, just the recent grievances and conflicts between Hegong County and Luoyang County, the domestic slave holding his warrant I'm afraid it will be difficult to travel unimpeded in Luonan at night.

His elder brother Gong Siye is an official in Luozhou Sima, and he has access to a wider range of personnel and affairs than him, so he can naturally make more reliable judgments and decisions.But if what is said in the letter is true, the corresponding more conspicuous Gong Siye must have been closely monitored.

With such a sudden crisis, Gong Siming was completely bewildered, and didn't know what to do was right.

Now he was full of resentment, pointing at his son Gong Liu and yelling: "Look at what kind of villainous family you have met? If it wasn't for giving the Qiu family's house at a low price, my family wouldn't be so passive! "

Gong Liu bowed his head to bear the scolding, and didn't dare to refute whether his father's scolding was reasonable or not, but after bowing his head in silence for a moment, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said: "The situation is so serious, General Qiu still has no intention of getting rid of the prisoner's mansion. Is it true that Fu Youyi has any evidence of his crime? If my family can interrogate and find out, can't they turn around and threaten General Qiu?"

"The situation is already very difficult, can you calmly arrange it? What kind of kind person is Qiu? If he knows that my family has evidence of his crime, I am afraid that the whole family will have no way of life... No, but this is also a way of thinking."

At this moment, Gong Siming didn't care about his own inconsistency, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Xinbao has no choice but to respond, your brothers will secretly escape from the city tonight, and try to see if the envoy Chen Mingzhen is credible. If you can escape from the city, remember not to linger, and run back to the village of Bianzhou immediately, gather all the wealth of your family, and go to Xiangzhou, Hebei to vote for your uncle..."

When the members of the Gong family heard this, their expressions all changed, and they spoke one after another, insisting on their own words.Some said that it was difficult to distinguish the authenticity of the report, and they might fall into a trap if they fled hastily.Some worried that if they fled, Gong Siming and others who stayed in the capital would be in danger.

"Since the old things have been drawn out, it is indeed a dead end to stay in God. No matter whether the report is true or not, you may still have a chance if you try it, but if you don't try...your father is over fifty, Death is not a premature death, there is still hope for Erlang, after escaping, especially remember to protect the family property!"

When Gong Siming mentioned this point, he was somewhat determined: "After rape, he will use power and regard human life as worthless. If everyone in the city will inevitably die, then there is no need to miss the family property in China and go to Turks. Although my family is not a famous family , but he has also served as a prominent official and is familiar with Chinese affairs. He is a virtuous person that Bianhu is eager for. The foundation of the Tang family is short or difficult to protect, but it is already old after being raped. , Another achievement..."

Speaking of this, Gong Siming is ready to sacrifice for the family business.But their Gong family is also a big family, Xiangzhou governor Gong Zhiyuan is his clan uncle, and Puzhou governor Gong Pengzu and other prominent eunuchs, as long as these people can be preserved, the current disaster will not be a catastrophe.

After making a decision, Gong Siming didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered his family to pack up the luggage for the sons and take action at night.

As for himself, he went back to the county and sent someone to secretly report the master of Hegong who was in the prison. If Qiu Shenji's report was true and his children could be sent out of Shendu City safely, he would directly kill Fu Youyi It can be regarded as repaying Qiu Shenji, but if Qiu Shenji is still framed, then let's die together!

At the beginning of midsummer, there is a crescent moon in the sky, and there are many stars.

Some time ago, Chen Mingzhen was upset because of the "Street Messengers", and in order to avoid suspicion, she asked the police to only patrol in Luobei in the future.I thought that I would be able to get a little quiet when I arrived in Luobei, but I didn't expect to encounter more and more serious troubles.

He led the street people to wander aimlessly on the street, but his mind was still filled with the pictures of the jewels in the middle hall of the house, and at the same time, he was also wondering who was playing with him like this?What is the purpose?

There are so many forbidden artifacts that cannot be obtained through ordinary channels. It is conceivable that the mastermind behind the scenes must be extraordinary.

It's not that Chen Mingzhen has no suspects, and subconsciously thought, is King Siyong's family trying to frame him?Sending many forbidden items into his house, and then slandering him for stealing artifacts from the palace while taking advantage of his position?

But this idea was quickly dismissed by himself because it was too far-fetched.He was in charge of patrolling Luonan before, and he knew that King Siyong's family was guarded tightly and tightly, and there were surveillance and interrogation when they entered and exited. It was impossible to transport so many palace artifacts out of the workshop so quietly, even accurately. Send them to his family's mansion in Luobei.

Moreover, this charge is too far-fetched. Although he was ordered to make things difficult for the Three Kings in Luonan, he never once entered the Young King's Mansion. There are a large number of Jinwu guards and even the palace assistants who can testify.

What's more, it's not me who really wants to embarrass King Yong's family, but the general Qiu Shenji, yes, Qiu Shenji!

If the Young King is excluded, then the other person who can do such a thing is Zuo Jinwuwei General Qiu Shenji!But why did Qiu Shenji do this?

Even if it was because of the "Street Envoy Song" that he suspected that he had secretly communicated with the young king and refused to try his best to frame the young king, it seemed that it was not worth Qiu Shenji's death.Moreover, with Qiu Shenji's power, and he is the general in command of the Zuo Jinwu Guard, there is absolutely no need to use this method to deal with a subordinate general like him.

Also, what is the reason for those thieves and dung workers who hold the Luoyang order Gong Siming's family lead?

Full of miscellaneous thoughts, Chen Mingzhen had a splitting headache and couldn't figure out a clue at all, and her mood was so bad that she wished she could yell loudly to vent the anguish in her heart.But he was afraid of being seen to be acting strangely, so he had to be patient and continue patrolling.

In the first half of the night, nothing happened on the street, but just after the time passed, suddenly another group of rangers galloped towards them, and they shouted from a distance, "Is the envoy Chen Jie in the army?"

"I'm here, what happened?"

Chen Mingzhen came out more and more, and answered.

On the opposite street, the wanderer rode forward on his horse, and replied: "On the long street of Anximen, a few people were found in the vicinity of Shiyongfang. They refused to reveal their identities, but only said that they wanted to see Jieshi Chen."

Chen Mingzhen's heartstrings were already tense, and she was wary of any new accidents. After hearing this, her heart beat even faster, and her tone became a little trembling: "Where is the person? Lead me there quickly? Or Does anyone else know about this?"

"The low-ranking officers temporarily detained him in Wuhou's shop in Jingxingfang and went out to find the street envoy. When he turned around the street, he saw the street envoy. Before he could report..."

Hearing this, Chen Mingzhen heaved a sigh of relief, and then rode forward, and soon arrived at Wuhou's shop in Jingxingfang. When he stepped into the door, he saw several people standing facing the wall with their arms tied behind their backs. He asked in a deep voice, "Who are you waiting for? Why do you want to see me?"

Several people turned their heads around. When Chen Mingzhen saw it, he was even more surprised: "Gong... you guys get out first."

Seeing that one of them was Gong Liu of Yi Mansion, Chen Mingzhen was surprised, but also full of caution, waved away other people in the shop, stayed here by himself, and then asked again: "Gong Liu, are you not on duty in Yi Mansion today?" , how do you break the ban?"

"What's going on tonight, didn't General Qiu inform Jieshi Chen?"

Hearing Chen Mingzhen's question, all the members of the Gong family changed their expressions, and Gong Liu couldn't help asking in surprise.

When Chen Mingzhen heard this, she was shocked for a moment. She turned her back to hide her shock, and said slowly: "Of course the general told me, otherwise I would come here as soon as I heard the news. Tell me, you guys plan."

Gong Liu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the words, and continued to say: "The general really believes in people, thank you Chen Jie for your help today. If my brother can live away from the gods, there will be a rich reward in the future!"

"Life away from God?"

Chen Mingzhen murmured and repeated these words, her eyes were full of doubts, but after turning around, she forced herself to be calm again, raised her hand and said, "But before doing things, I have one more thing to ask you, just follow me. "

While speaking, he raised his hand to signal Gong Liu to follow him into the inner hall of Wuhoupu. When he saw that there was no one around, he stepped forward and threw Gong Liu to the ground. Turning into an extremely ferocious expression, he growled in a low voice: "What kind of treachery is Qiu Shenji planning with your family? My family was sent a forbidden object today, is it your Gong family's instigation?"

"I, I... General Qiu, Chen Jie envoy, why are you..."

Seeing Chen Mingzhen like this, Na Gong Liuyi was frightened to death for a moment.

However, Chen Mingzhen didn't give him time to lie, the blade in his hand sank, and he had already cut the opponent's neck: "Don't try to hide it from me! I will press you one by one later, if your words are wrong, you will die!"

"Hi, low position... yes, it's General Qiu, who knew that my family's gatekeeper was in trouble, and sent a secret letter to warn him, and arranged for Chen Jie to escort my brother to escape from the city of God..."

Gong Liu was completely panicked at the moment, especially the stabbing pain in his neck frightened him out of his wits, and he explained all the things tremblingly.

"Sure enough, the dog thief wants to kill me!"

After listening to Gong Liu's narration, Chen Mingzhen's face was as pale as paper. She never thought that she would be involved in such a big incident in her ignorance!

He didn't dare to believe what Gong Liuyi said, and then he pressed the rest of the Gong family one after another, and the confessions were all the same.At this time, Chen Mingzhen was already profusely sweating, like a water ghost fished out of the river, his body was trembling uncontrollably as if suffering from malaria.

Chapter 0151

After interrogating the members of the Gong family, Chen Mingzhen searched for other things to stuff their mouths. Because of the force, one of the members of the Gong family even dislocated his jaw.

But Chen Mingzhen was full of fear at the moment, so he didn't have the energy to care about these things.Chen Mingzhen didn't care what serious crime the Gong family had committed, and what kind of connection Qiu Shenji had with their family.But what he couldn't figure out was, why did Qiu Shenji implicate him?

The Gong family actually believed that Qiu Shenji would be kind enough to take the risk to inform and rescue them, which made Chen Mingzhen feel that this family was really stupid and ridiculous.How vicious Qiu Shenji is, Chen Mingzhen has seen it with his own eyes. Last year when Bozhou put down the rebellion, he ordered the killing of thousands of good people from the village to pretend to be military merits...

That's right, is it because of this incident that Qiu Shenji wanted to implicate him and kill him in one fell swoop?

Chen Mingzhen was originally from Guoyi in the Zhechong Prefecture of Waizhou. It was precisely because of his outstanding performance in suppressing the rebellion in Bozhou that he was appreciated by Qiu Shenji that he was promoted to the Zuo Jinwu Guard of Nanya.

Originally, Chen Mingzhen was also delighted to be drawn as a confidant by a great general of Nanya. He enthusiastically participated in such sensitive matters as the murder of the young king, and only hoped that his position in the mind of the great general Qiu could be consolidated.