Chapter 467 Cleaning up Kyoto (2) Second update
"The century-old foundation of rejuvenating the country was almost destroyed in my hands! When I first took over, there were wars in the northwest and northeast, and the southwest was not stable. It can be said that there was no peace in all directions. Quiet, everything is complicated... Ten years, ten years in the court, no powerful ministers can take charge of the affairs, and no soldiers and armors can disturb them. In the Central Plains, there is money and grain in the treasury that can be used. However, poor governance, cliques among officials, uneven donations, and unfair lawsuits are all hidden worries. I want to create a prosperous age, and you can leave your name forever and be a good fortune. Fool, some people can't see that I work hard to govern and focus on government affairs. Fortunately, my ancestors have blessed me, and I can't be touched by external and internal troubles. At all, the people around me just caught me off guard for a moment."
Li Heng waved his sleeves and said:
"Logically speaking, this is my family matter, but the emperor has no family matters. , I can't do it without making it clear to you. You all know that it is difficult to bring peace to the world, but it is easy to sort out chaos. The sword can cut through the mess. Wu Chen will be here soon. You all know who he is. He is the deputy commander of the Imperial City Detective Department. When encountering such a thing, he is the only one who wields the sword!"
When the ministers below heard this, they couldn't stand still. Li Heng saw it in his eyes and snorted and said:
"So, you just need to stay like this for a while. Wu Chen will have his own way to find out who participated in this rebellion. Those who did not participate just need to wait calmly."
Li Yu heard this. It was his master who had to deal with this matter, and he suddenly felt confident. He recalled the past between himself and Wu Chen, trying hard to find some loving master-disciple relationship. Before he could find it, Wu Chenjin The palace.
......
Wu Chen's method was very simple and crude. He walked past the ministers one by one. Whenever Ling Yun made a sound, he would directly pick up the person and throw him out of the palace.
With only one stick of incense, the officials in question were lying on their stomachs outside the palace.
When Wu Chen walked out of the hall, Li Yu felt relieved.
Li Heng raised his hand and said: "Get up, go back to your respective yamen, and make up for the errands left over the past few days."
Looking at the entire hall, if you can stand up properly, There were not many people in the group whose legs were not shaking.
Someone would like to ask how to handle the funeral of the Queen Mother?
But they opened their mouths, but no one dared to really ask. They seemed to understand what was going on, and the officials also said they would make it clear, but...did they make it clear?
Li Heng ignored the ministers who were slowly leaving the palace and walked directly outside the palace. He counted the people who were thrown out. There were five in total. Li Heng breathed a sigh of relief.
Wu Chen checked the conditions of these five people. Except for one person who was still breathing, the others were dead.
Wu Chen raised his head and looked around. Perhaps it was because it was almost noon and he didn’t know which pillar his soul was hiding in. Wu Chen looked at Li Heng and said, "I will deal with things here after dark. , now there is still a lively person, looking for a room, I want to ask Him. "
...
Wu Chen had many questions, but the minister who was brought into the house could not hold on for long. Perhaps it was because there was no direct sunlight in the house. In addition to the normal light beam, there are two souls wandering in the room.
Wu Chen sighed, opened the door and shouted outside: "Don't hide in the pillars, come to my room, I will see you off. If you don't come, I won't have time to see you off, and you will have to wait for a while." Time.”
Wu Chen was waiting at the door. After a while, I saw that there were already more than a dozen souls in the room, so I took out a handful of dirt from my arms and threw it over. The dozen souls disappeared, followed by a flash of light...
" I can't figure out what they arranged for these people to do?" Wu Chen sat on the chair and asked with a frown.
Li Heng thought for a while and said:
“The Queen Mother suddenly returned to the palace in the middle of the night five days ago. I was really frightened. Then I fell asleep for two days and when I woke up, Zeng Tai was already dead. Liu Jinzhong said that the Queen Mother ordered the internal treasury to be searched, and the homes of several ministers were also searched, and..."
"They could have done all of this long ago. Before I arrived in Kyoto, they could have done it whenever they wanted. Why did they wait until I arrived in Kyoto and then tried every means to remove me before they started?"
< br>"Do you know what they are looking for?"
"Yes, they are looking for the Picture of Encountering Immortals."
"The Picture of Encountering Immortals?" Li Heng frowned: "What's the use? They... want to become immortals?"
"I don't know what's the use, but judging from their actions, they think this picture may be in the palace. "In the library..." "How could the Queen Mother suddenly think of checking the inner library after decades in the palace? If she wanted to find a painting in the inner library quietly, it would be easy."
"Yeah, it doesn't make sense! I didn't know about being transferred away from the mountain until I arrived at Shuangxi Village. I was very confused about what they were going to do..."
"You can see that my grandfather ?" Li Heng asked nervously.
Wu Chen smiled and said, "You still think that the Queen Mother and your so-called grandfather are one family?"
Li Heng was stunned for a moment.
Wu Chen stood up and said, "I won't be able to stay in Kyoto for long. Let's clean up the palace first. Let's go to the coffin house left by your 'grandfather' for you. What I can't figure out now, maybe we'll get there." Then you can figure it out."
...
The elder Xing Yun arrived at the remote courtyard with Li Heng and Wu Chen.
Xing Yun explained that his younger brother was probably too tired and couldn't wake up even if he pushed him after falling asleep.
Wu Chen thought of the few people outside the palace. They must have arrived, and they were probably all fast asleep in his house now.
However, there is no big head in the room anymore.
Wu Chen took a deep breath, looked at the coffin house and asked Li Heng: "After your fake grandfather built this courtyard, did he tell you anything?"
Li Heng carefully After thinking for a while, he said: "This house was originally built for my aunt..."
"How old was the female ghost when she died?"
"I don't know exactly how old she was. Very young.”
"The Queen Mother came to see you. Did she do anything to you?" Wu Chen asked.
"No, I have been sleeping for the past two days and I haven't seen her since I woke up. Only Liu Jinzhong was waiting at the side at that time. I didn't even see Xing Yun. It wasn't until she showed up to me last night with Xing Yun. I'm here to ask for a change of general."
Wu Chen looked at Xing Yun and asked, "Where were you when you weren't with the official in those days?"
Xing Yun lowered his head and said: "The official suddenly fainted. They came and wanted to take the official away. I wanted to step forward to stop him, but I couldn't move my limbs. Later, he was locked up by several people."
Wu Chen's brows furrowed even deeper: "Why does the Queen Mother have to take Xing Yun with her when she goes to see you? They can kill Xing Yun first."
Li Heng said with his hands behind his back: "She wanted me to know that if they wanted my life, they would have killed me long ago."
Wu Chen nodded and said: "In other words, what they hope most is that you can... ...Obey!"
Li Heng nodded.
"Why do you have to be obedient? Wouldn't it be easier to just change to someone who is obedient? This means that there is something in you that they can't solve or deal with. Where is your golden fan? When you were asleep They didn’t take it away?”
(End of Chapter)