Xian Xian

After the news of Li Chong's rebellion reached the capital, the empress was furious, and immediately sent General Zuo Jinwuwei as the commander of the Qingping Road army to conquer the rebels. The wind is rustling outside, and people in Luoyang are also panicked.

Everywhere in the imperial city was talking about the Langya King's rebellion, and everyone smelled the breath of the mountain rain.

In the princess mansion, Li Chaoge was sitting in the study room, waiting for a long time. Seeing her frowning, the maid asked tentatively: "Princess, will Langya King's rebellious team enter the capital?"

Just rely on them? Li Chaoge shook his head lightly: "The mob is nothing to worry about."

The maid was obviously relieved? She saw Li Chaoge still? With a solemn expression, she asked: "Princess, since King Langya will not threaten the Eastern Capital, then? What are you worried about? The imperial conquest army has already started. , I want to come here in a few months, the rebellion will be subdued, and we can continue to live a stable life."

Li Chaoge didn't say anything, she didn't know whether it was ironic or a wry smile, what's the use? How many months did she get. Then, the crowds of mobs, within a few days, they themselves will become a mess.

What Li Chaoge is really worried about is not the rebellion outside.

There was a noise outside, and Gu Mingke came back. The maid stood up and saluted. In the first few days, they were still very afraid of Gu Mingke. After all, Gu Mingke’s way of not speaking was too cold, but now, the maids found that although Gu Mingke was cold, they would not irritate others. Wouldn't they lose their temper indiscriminately? The maids became more and more courageous, and gradually dared to make some jokes with Gu Mingke.

The maids smiled and said: "The princess comes back, it's rare for the princess to come back early? Come one day, but the princess gets a bonus at Dali Temple. Obviously in a mansion, the princess and the princess can’t see each other, so continue like this. Both of you will stay in the official office."

Both Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke are madmen working overtime. The government retires during the summer, but Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke often have to stay in the government office until the curfew, and then step on the point to come back. There are many good things in the imperial city. There are even rumors that Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke have a bad relationship after marriage.

Li Chaoge has always sneered at such rumors. Gu Mingke changed his court clothes and wore a blue suit. After he came out, he saw Li Chaoge staying in his study and reading the dossier. He asked: "What about the case in Yuezhou? Did you read it?"

Li Chaoge asked: "Did you say that the Yuezhou River was diverted? What happened?"

"Yes." Gu Mingke sat down and said, "The Cangjiang River was changed course, and many rivers downstream were dry, so several bones were dug out. The bones were not recognized by the post of Shenzhou Governor's House, so it was submitted to Dali Temple to solve the case."

Li Chaoge nodded. It's a common thing to salvage the bones at the bottom of the river. Why should Gu Mingke ask her specifically? Upon seeing this, Gu Mingke explained: "The river is normal, so it usually won't be changed. I always feel that there is a problem. If someone from Yuezhou recently reported a case of yin and yang ghosts, please pay attention."

Li Chaoge nodded, expressing his understanding. Dali Temple solves the criminal case, and the Town Demon Division solves the case of ghosts and gods. Sometimes the officials below are tricking the ghost, and the information is not complete. It is necessary for Dali Temple and the Town Demon Division to share information and even cooperate with each other. At first, Li Chaoge was very resistant to sharing information with his former rivals, but Gu Mingke coldly showed her the advantages of win-win cooperation and the disadvantages of independent governance, and Li Chaoge finally acquiesced.

However, it has to be said that after sharing the information system, the efficiency of the two departments in handling cases has improved a lot. Other departments must cooperate with each other, but Gu Mingke and Li Chaoge are very simple, and there is no need to delay working time. After Gu Mingke returns home, he can talk to Li Chaoge by the way.

The maid also complained that Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke did not spend much time together at home. They didn't know why, even if they were alone in private, Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke were also talking about work. The scatter is just? Let them change a place to do their work, the rest is the same.

After starting, the two naturally talked about official business. Gu Mingke saw Li Chaoge's presence? Reading Bozhou's geography, and asked: "Are you there? Worried about the Langya King's rebellion?"

"I can't say worry." Li Chaoge closed the map and leaned tiredly on the back of his chair. "That's it. Worry will cause more trouble."

Gu Mingke didn't say much, he rolled up his sleeves, poured a cup of tea for himself and Li Chaoge, and said, "What should happen, it is useless to be sad. The root is not in the rebellion, but in Yu Shangxin, there is no this time. , There will always be the next time."

Li Chaoge nodded boredly, the trajectory of this life has returned to that of the previous life, but at least many things have become different. Li Chaoge returned to the Eastern Capital two years in advance, planted forces in Luoyang early, and the Town Demon Division was also established early, and it has been thriving and has a solid foundation. Because of Li Chaoge, the Queen’s ascension time was earlier, and the Second King’s rebellion was four months earlier than the previous life.

But the overall direction has not changed, that is to say, will the next great turmoil and great cleaning come? In the previous life, Li Chaoge secretly did some dirty things for the empress in order to ask the empress to marry her and Pei Ji'an. However, once this quagmire entered, he could no longer get out. The queen's request became more and more excessive. Li Chaoge repeatedly compromised for Pei Ji'an.

She didn't have a firm footing, so she helped the queen to check it out, or concocted a conspiracy case, she could imagine that she had offended many family members. In this life, she did not lose her mind for Pei Ji'an, nor was she contaminated with the dirty work of assassination. As long as she had a proper procedure and stood upright, no one could force her to do things she didn't want, and she would not fall into the situation of the last life.

Seeing that Li Chaoge was still there, Gu Mingke thought, he put the tea beside Li Chaoge, patted the back of her hand, and whispered, "Relax."

His voice is cold, low and gentle, with an unspeakable sexy. Li Chaoge's attention was all on his voice, but he didn't notice that he pressed his hand. Li Chaoge thought, fortunately, she came to Luoyang early in this life, and she snatched people over when Li Ze was still alive, otherwise, she would have to be more mad than her previous life.

Li Chaoge coughed and suppressed the mess of thoughts in his mind. She straightened up, took a sip of tea like a cover, and said, "I know."

In the previous life, she was alone, and she had retreated from the stormy waves all over, with Gu Mingke by her side in this life, which would not be worse.

The rebels really are crowds of mobs, Langya King Li Chong doesn't know how to fight, and he doesn't have any political experience. It is conceivable that he is so innocent and reckless to rebel. Li Chong recruited five thousand soldiers, and ambitions took them straight to Luoyang. He thought well, first attacked Wushui, then crossed the river to occupy Jeju, and then reunited with King Huo and King Han to besiege Dongdu.

However, Li Chong fell down only in the first step. When he attacked Wushui, he was intercepted by a county magistrate. Li Chong took the rushed troops to besiege the city. He wanted to follow the example of the Battle of Chibi and use the direction of the wind to attack. As a result, the wind direction changed after the fire started, and all the fireworks were blown to Li Chong's own army. Li Chong’s troops were unable to advance, and their morale plummeted. At this time, someone on the city gate shouted, "Langya King is fighting against the court, is it? Rebellion, and those who follow Langya King should punish the whole clan." The soldiers were so scared that they took advantage of it. Ran around.

Li Chong's stop was to no avail, and soon there were only a few dozen people left in the army of five thousand people, all of whom were servants brought by the palace. Li Chong had a frustrated face in the first battle, and he had no intention of fighting, so he ran back to the fief Bozhou.

Bozhou officials saw the prince's aura? He rebelled fiercely, and turned his head back, how dare he open the city gate to accept him. The soldiers in Bozhou were afraid of the queen's responsibility. In the chaos, Li Chong was killed by the soldiers who defended the city.

It took only seven days for Langya King Li Chong to start his army to his death.

Tang's first shot was dumb, and what's more terrible is that other people don't know what to say. The king of Yue Li Yu learned that Li Chong raised his troops, so he started the same thing in Yuzhou and attacked Shangcai with his troops. During the war, the letters were delivered slowly, and Li Yu didn't know what he said. When he raised his troops, Li Chong was already defeated and killed.

After Li Yu captured Shangcai, news of Li Chong's death came from Bozhou. The people in the Yue Palace suddenly became a panic. Li Yu planned to surrender to the empress in order to escape crime. The counsellors continued to encourage him by the side. Li Yu's confidence gradually expanded, and he ambitiously went to war with the army sent by the empress.

Then lost.

Li Yu's mentality immediately collapsed. He shuddered when he thought of Wu Zhao. He knew that he would never be pleased. Instead of falling into the hands of the Queen, he should die. Li Yu committed suicide by drinking poison, and the female family members of the Yue Palace cried and hanged themselves.

At this time, it was only twenty days before Li Yu broke up.

Li Chong and Li Yu all failed in the uprising. The other few? The prince was hesitant at first. He was frightened and trembling when he heard the news of the two men, and he didn't dare to raise the troops anymore. The Second King's rebellion quickly subsided. This reversible coup did not even start, and it was put out in a budding state.

The war has subsided, but the real storm has just begun.

When the queen learned that someone was about to overthrow her and re-establish Li Huai as emperor, she was so angry that she cursed. In the deep palace, Li Huai cried with the crown prince and said goodbye to each other. Li Huai thought that he was bound to die this time, but the outside ministers took turns in admonition, saying that the Langya King and the Yue King rebelled were wolf ambitions, and they tried to rebel in the name of Li Huai. Li Huai stayed in the East? He didn't know what was going on, and he didn't make any instructive actions to count the crime of rebellion on the Crown Prince. It was really wrong.

The veteran said that he burst into tears, and the tears shed tears in the hall, and he simply played the family card behind him. They kept tearfully saying that they honored the prince's son, and the queen has only one son, the prince. If Li Huai dies, who will give the queen's death in the future?

Elderly people are particularly concerned about the end-of-life care, and the queen heard that, after all, Li Huai is her own son. If she is killed, she will regret it after a few years, but there will be no room for recovery. The queen finally endured her anger and severely executed King Langya, King Yue's family and the remaining party, killing nearly a thousand people, but stopped at these two people and did not spread out.

The courtiers and Li family kings were very relieved. Before Li Yuanjia had an uprising in Boss, some people responded, and some princes and princesses dismissed it. They didn't interfere with the rebellion, but they were all relatives, and they didn't report it, just as they didn't know the way.

Now, this treatment is considered the best result, but the Li family kings are satisfied, but the others may not.

Among them, Wu Yuanxiao and Wu Yuanqing, who jumped the highest, were anxious that the queen would kill Li Huai so that the throne would be passed on to their brothers. The empress lifted it high and put it down gently, everyone in the Wu family was quite dissatisfied.

Wu Yuanqing was wondering how to persuade the empress. At this time, there was news from the inner palace that the Zhongming bird had been lost.

The waiters also don't know? How? How did they lose it? They fed the Chongming bird as usual. The **** went to change the water early the next morning, and unexpectedly found that the bird cage was empty. The lock of the bird cage was opened, and there were no signs of damage around it, but the heavy bird that should have been sleeping in the cage was gone, with only a few feathers left.

The **** was startled, and hurried to look around. A group of eunuchs and palace ladies searched for the whole morning and there was no result. Seeing that they couldn't hide it, the **** told Wang Wei in fear.

After Wu Yuanqing heard it, his first reaction was not to quickly retrieve the Chongming Bird, but to rejoice this is a godsend opportunity. He had no reason to worry, so he happened to send one from heaven. Wu Yuanqing ran to the queen immediately and cried half-truth: "Auntie, the spirit bird is missing. Chongming bird is? The sign of the saint, the reincarnation of King Shun, it was there before? Didn’t it stay with you for a long time? Leaving, we can see that Zhongming Bird really recognized that her aunt is Mingjun. But? Today it is gone. It must be? Someone has a bad heart and secretly stole the Zhongming Bird. Otherwise, it is a bird, how could it be able to open the cage and the chain? ?"

The queen hadn't put the heavy bird in her heart. The bird looked like a chicken, plus the auspiciousness that emerged some time ago, the queen basically knew it. This is probably because Wu Yuanqing found a large domestic chicken in order to please her and gave it to her as a heavy bird after dyeing its feathers. The queen opened one eye to this, and she kept it as a mascot. But now that the Chongming Bird is lost, it makes the queen cheer up all of a sudden.

She doesn't care about the bird, but instead cares about this behavior. Is it? Who stole the Chongming Bird? What do they want to do? How many people in the palace want to overthrow her?

The more you think about it, the more terrifying it becomes. If you can enter the inner palace, and the gods, unknowingly, ghosts let go of the Chongming Bird, it must be the servant of the palace, the emperor's courtier. In a position so close to the empress, there are people who have different intentions. If she doesn't pay attention, doesn't she? She doesn't even know if she was killed?

The empress broke into a cold sweat instantly. Wu Yuanqing knelt at the Queen’s feet and cried loudly, crying while complaining. The Queen listened quietly for a while and said coldly: "Princess Shengyuan, come here."

When Li Chaoge arrived at the Palace of Xuanzheng, the queen was still talking inside. Li Chaoge stopped on the steps and waited. She asked the female officer in a low voice: "The queen hurriedly called me, why?"

The female officer looked at both sides and said in a low voice: "The slave and maid dare not to listen to the queen's affairs. However, Wang Wei just came and talked to the queen for a long time."

Wu Yuanqing? Li Chaoge thoughtfully outlined several situations in his mind. At this time, the servant opened the door and came out and said, "Princess Sheng Yuan, please come inside."

Li Chaoge entered the gate of the hall, and the empress sat in the side hall, with many memorials piled up on the case. Seeing that Li Chaoge was coming, the queen handed a paper to Li Chaoge, saying: "This is the family reported by Yuzhou who was linked to Li Yu's rebellion. The participants in the rebellion of the Yue King? There were only forty households. This group of people thought me. Far away in the eastern capital, I don’t know the details of Yuzhou, can you join hands to fool me? Chaoge, who do you think should be sent to serve as the governor of Yuzhou? To thoroughly investigate Li Yu’s rebellion?"

Li Chaoge knows that this is a dangerous problem. If she is a person who recommends the Royal Party, the empress will be suspicious, but if she recommends the queen's favorite person, other courtiers will feel that Li Chaoge is intriguing. Moreover, the story of Li Yu's rebellion has obviously been turned over, and now? The queen has turned out the original book of conviction, does it? What? What does it mean?

Is the empress? tempting her, or do you want to take the opportunity to have a seizure?

Li Chaoge thought a lot, but his face was still very calm. She paused for a brief moment, and then said: "I have never been in contact with the rebellion case. I don’t know how to deal with it. However, Wenchang Zuo Chengdi Laogang is serious, and he is not arrogant. If he goes to Yuzhou to investigate the rebellion case thoroughly. , Will be able to discern loyalty and evil, and calm people's hearts."

The queen heard this? What was the candidate? Without saying anything, she turned to another matter: "Wang Wei offered to offer the Chongming Bird a few days ago, but? Last night, the Chongming Bird was lost. The King Wei sent someone to look for him. After a day, no one had seen this bird. The Chongming bird was publicly offered by King Wei, and it was bright in color, and it would never be able to fly away by itself without alarming the guards. According to my opinion, it was mostly because someone deliberately stole it. The auspicious birds that only symbolize Mingjun, they also want to steal. I don't know who they want to support."

Li Chaoge lowered his eyes and listened quietly, without making any comments. Waiting for the queen's anger? It's almost out. Li Chaoge said: "Wei Wang is probably not good at finding things. The Town Demon Division is in the "Imperial City?", the Erchen has not found any suspicious traces these days. According to Erchen, the Zhongming Bird must still be in the palace."

The empress’s tone? Faintly, with no thoughts on her face, she said to Li Chaoge: “This kind of ghosts and gods? Are you the best at it. You are responsible for finding the Chongming Bird.”

Li Chaoge is not surprised, raising his hand should be?: "I obey the orders."

Li Chaoge entered the palace, and took another tricky case. She didn't delay, and after the Town Demon Division called for all the staff, she went to the palace to look for the Chongming Bird.

Zhou Shao is not good at finding things. You don't need any effort to find birds. Li Chaoge left Zhou Shao at the gate of the Town Demon Division, and brought Bai Qianhe and Ma Linlang into the palace. She first went to the palace where the heavy birds were raised. The bird **** was in front of him, leading the way, and said cautiously: "Princess Sheng Yuan, that's it."

Li Chaoge stretched out his hand, and the people behind immediately handed him tools. Li Chaoge put on his gloves, walked to the cage, and carefully looked at the traces around him.

The birdcage is gorgeous and complete, without any trace of damage, and a few feathers are scattered around. Li Chaoge picked up a piece through the glove, and the **** saw it and explained: "Return to Princess Shengyuan, the bird easily loses its feathers. The Zhongming bird has been like this since it was sent? So, it's not that the slave can't wait for it."

Li Chaoge understood that the roots of the feathers fell off naturally, not man-made torn, and it really didn't matter to the eunuch. Give these eunuchs a thousand courage, and they don't dare to abuse the queen's spirit bird.

Li Chaoge turned around and looked at the birdcage door. A lock was hung on the door of the cage, and now both were opened, and the keyhole showed no signs of violent damage. Li Chaoge asked: "How many keys are there? Who owns them?"

"There are two of them." The **** hurriedly handed over the keys and said, "One is in the hands of King Wei, and the other is dedicated to the queen, which will be temporarily kept by the minion. The princess Mingjian, since the minion got this key, I didn’t dare to take it with him, and kept it locked in the duty room. Many father-in-laws could testify. The minion swears that he never gave the key to anyone. The minion is? Wandering bird. Please see the princess carefully."

Li Chaoge glanced at the key, turned his head and motioned to Bai Qianhe. Bai Qianhe stepped forward, took the key and took a closer look, and whispered to Li Chaoge: "It's brand new, and there is no trace of it."

"Will someone reproduce it?"

"No." Bai Qianhe shook his head, "If someone steals the rubbing, it will leave marks on the teeth marks, but there is nothing on this one."

Li Chaoge didn't speak, Bai Qianhe was an expert in this field, he said no, most of it really didn't. If someone in the palace can conceal Bai Qianhe's eyes, then? The other party? Don't be wronged to steal the bird. With this craft, wouldn't it be faster to steal the jade seal?

The key in the palace is useless? It has not been copied before, so? That is? Wu Yuanqing? There is a problem with that? Even if Wu Yuanqing's brain is not bright, he wouldn't be stupid enough to dig a hole for himself, right?

Li Chaoge didn't want to understand the key for a while, she changed the direction and went to find the lost Chongming Bird. No matter what? How did you lose it? It's a matter of urgency, or? To get the Zhongming Bird back as soon as possible?

Mo Linlang led people to search in the garden, and Li Chaoge interrogated the palace gate guards in turn. She asked around one by one, and no one noticed anyone carrying a bird out. Li Chaoge went to check the records of entering and leaving Miyagi yesterday, and they searched one by one, or did not find anything suspicious.

Li Chaoge tossed in Miyagi for two days and found nothing. She is also weird, then? What an obvious bird can hide? Where? Is it really like Wu Yuanqing said, was hidden outside the palace?

The Chongming Bird did not make any progress for several days. Wu Yuanqing continued to instigate the Queen's ears. Maybe someone bought the palace guard and hid the Chongming Bird in his own home. The foreign minister colluded with the guard of the palace gate and took away Jinxian's spirit bird. What's the next step? Isn't it? Is it about to rush into the palace to assassinate the queen? The empress was furious and asked people to thoroughly investigate the case of Li Chong and Li Yu's rebellion, and the inside thief in Dongdu must be dug out.

The situation that had finally calmed down suddenly widened. I don’t know? Dao is? Who started, reporting that colleagues have correspondence with foreign kings, and those who are reported are afraid, so they can only report more people to prove their loyalty. The story spread from one to another, and gradually the Sun’s family was reported anonymously. It was said that before the two kings rebelled, he had seen King Han Li Yuanjia send a letter to the eldest Sun Yu. Others reported that King Han had forged the imperial decree, and that King Langya and King Yue rebelled. It was King Han who instigated it from behind.

The queen had suspected the grandson's family for a long time, and now she caught the evidence and immediately sent her grandson and two sons to jail. Long Sun Yu is the veteran of the three dynasties. He lifted weights lightly in the middle of the court. After Long Sun Yu went to jail, the government and the opposition were shocked.

In the early morning of the next day, many people came forward to speak to the elder Sun Yu. Pei Ji'an is even more arguing: "King Han did send a letter to the eldest son Sanggong, but the eldest son Sanggong ignored him and burned the other party's letter. From this, it can be seen that Sanggong did not have two hearts."

One? The grassroots official who has recently gained power from the report said quietly: "The grandson Xianggong is in his heart? No ghost, why? Why do you want to burn King Han's letter? King Han colluded with King Yue and King Langya, and Changsun Xianggong should have received the letter. He immediately reported it to Sheng, but he concealed it and destroyed all the evidence. Maybe, it was he who was persuaded by King Han to cover King Han quietly."

"You..." Pei Ji'an was furious, but? There was nothing to say. The letter was sent by King Han, Pei Ji'an couldn't stop it at all, he could only persuade his grandfather not to mix up. But?, if the eldest Sun Yu left the letter, he would be accused of collusion and treason. If he destroyed the letter, he would be called guilty by these villains. If you want to add a crime, there is no reason to worry.

Long Sun Yu once fiercely opposed the Liwu clan as the queen, but now it falls into the hands of the empress, just as the empress intended. The empress said with a sullen expression: "King Han faked the imperial decree and incited treason, and the crime is unforgivable. The order will be immediately taken to deprive the king of Han, and all people who have dealings with the king of Han will be strictly investigated. Anyone who is against the party? No? Stay. Changsunyu and King Han are in contact, and there is suspicion on him. To seal up the Changsun mansion, all men from the Changsun family are put to jail, and no one can visit until the rebellion case is investigated."

No one in the huge court dared to speak. There was a chill from everyone, and the queen wanted to thoroughly investigate the rebellion, even the eldest grandson's family, who had written correspondence, could not be spared. If this continues, how many people will be involved?

In the Palace of Xuanzheng, everyone was in danger for a moment. Everyone was wondering if they had communicated with the princes of other regions. The queen looked at the courtiers with different attitudes, and slowly asked: "The case of the eldest grandson family's rebellion is important, and there is no room for loss. Who is confident in this case?"

The ministers were silent. The trial person in this case is very important, and can almost decide the life and death of the grandson's family, and the direction of the court. After all, these Beijing officials and vassal princes are related to a minority, but those who have friendship with the Changsun family, then there are too many.

Conspiracy is a big crime. If the eldest Sun Yu is convicted of rebellion, all the in-laws, friends and students of the eldest grandson’s family will be implicated, and if one is not careful, the court will be bloody. Therefore, who will be the chief trial officer, Sun Yu, is of the utmost importance?

After a short silence, everyone suddenly began to wrestle, and each family was recommending people on their side. Everyone can be literary and martial arts, and no one is convinced. It is a quarrel to face up. Some people say that they are impatient and even have to do it.

Li Chaoge couldn't bear it. She stepped forward and said loudly: "The minister recommends Gu Mingke, Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Gu Shaoqing is fair and strict. There has not been a wrong case since the conclusion of the case. The son thinks that he is good enough for this case."

The grassroots courtier who provoked just now seemed to be dissatisfied: "Gu Shaoqing is Princess Sheng Yuan's servant. Princess Sheng Yuan recommended Gu Shaoqing for fear of being cronyism."

Li Chaoge ignored him at all. Gu Mingke stepped forward and slightly arched his hands and said, "Commander Xie to show love. The minister is willing to give it a try."

The court officials gradually became quiet, and the empress nodded and said, "Okay, then it will be handed over to Dali Temple Shaoqing Gu Mingke for the trial, and the Xingbu Langzhong and the Secretary Lang will listen."

This? As a result, no one had any objections. The emperor and his subjects were suspicious of each other, but when it was put on Gu Mingke, everyone believed that Gu Mingke would deal with it fairly. He presided over the trial, no matter the queen or the courtiers were at ease.

The imperial emperor contemplated the empress's face and shouted, "If you have something to tell, you will leave the court if there is nothing to do."