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- Chapter 838 Purpose
At the end of the night, when the lamps were turned on, the North Yamen of the Military Inspectorate was so quiet that one could almost hear a pin drop. There were only two men in black robes guarding the small courtyard outside the stall, standing motionless like two stone statues. The yard was also dark, with only a lamp burning in the study.
Xie Yingdeng, the stall owner of the Military Inspectorate, sat reading under the lamp with a calm expression.
It seems that he is not at all worried about the big action in Chang'an City today. The lights flicker but make a faint crackling sound.
Luo Shixin and Pei Xingyan's 30,000 elite cavalry appeared outside Chang'an City in the morning. Half an hour later, about two dozen important officials of the imperial court arrived at Beiya. An hour later, all the black robes from Beiya came out. A full five hours have passed, and Chang'an City has long been shrouded in darkness.
The courtyard just a few dozen meters away from Xie Yingdeng's courtyard was brightly lit. This courtyard was much larger than Xie Yingdeng's courtyard. There were many chairs added to the living room, and the room was filled with officials wearing purple court uniforms. According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, only officials above the fourth rank can wear purple official uniforms. If ordinary people saw the minister and minister in this room, they would probably be frightened, and if they saw several dignitaries wearing official attire, they would be even more excited.
Sitting at the very back were several elderly ministers, including Liu Zhenghui, who had retired from the imperial court. But as if they had discussed it, those who retreated were all wearing court uniforms.
It looked very solemn.
Yu Shinan took a sip of the slightly cold tea, subconsciously looked at Liu Zhenghui and sighed in a low voice: "The courtyard of Beiya is so deep."
Liu Zhenghui nodded and said, "It's really deep. You can't hear the sound of murder."
Yu Shinan nodded, and after being silent for a while, he couldn't help but said, "Actually, you should persuade him."
Liu Zhenghui smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "Persuasion? Some people always feel that they don't get enough, so there is no end to their lust. With a copper coin in his hand, he thought that it would not even be enough to buy a white-flour steamed bun. Wait. After getting ten copper coins, I thought that it was not enough to buy a bottle of wine. With a hundred copper coins, I thought that I could not even play with a girl from a brothel. When I had enough of the girls from a brothel in the city, I thought again "
Yu Shinan could not help but wave his hands and said: "It's too vulgar."
Liu Zhenghui shook his head and smiled: "Although it is vulgar, the meaning is very clear. I am lucky that he did not come to me. If he came to me, I can't pretend to be stupid. You also know that pretending to be stupid at this time is actually a mistake. . But there is only so much I can do. I will explain it when His Highness King Yan comes back. How can I take care of so much? Besides can I persuade him to stop it? "
Yu Shinan hummed and couldn't help but look outside: "I don't know when it will end."
"It's over a long time ago."
Liu Zhenghui said solemnly: "The moment the two generals Luo Shixin and Pei Xingyan led their troops back to the city, this matter was over."
Yu Shinan was startled, then nodded.
Daming Palace is not far from the original palace city. Although it seems that the two buildings are right next to each other, if you walk, you can't walk around for more than half an hour. To reach the Imperial City, which is further south from Miyagi City, it will take at least half an hour to walk.
There is an inconspicuous small courtyard in the deepest part of the imperial city, which is covered with weeds.
The door to the courtyard was open, but there were more than a dozen guards in bright red robes standing at the door. They are the Tiqi of the Military Inspectorate, not the black robes who guarded here before. In the small courtyard, two people were kneeling at the door of the room, a eunuch and a palace maid. The eunuch's face turned pale with fright and his body couldn't help but tremble, but the palace maid, who looked extremely vulgar, had a calm expression on her face.
The door of the room was also open, and the weak light from inside shone right on the palace maid's face. If you look carefully, you will find an admirable perseverance between her eyebrows.
Shengtu Xiaohua, one of the six stalls in the Military Inspectorate, walked into the door and looked at the simple decoration in the room without saying anything. His eyes finally fell on the inconspicuous little bench, and then he walked over and moved to the door of the house. With his back to the moonlight, Shengtu Xiaohua slowly sat down.
Emperor Li Chengde walked out of the room and glanced at Shengtu Xiaohua, then nodded slightly as a greeting.
"It's time?"
he asks.
Shengtu Xiaohua sat on the small bench where the emperor sat and looked at the sky every day. He was silent for a while and replied: "Originally, the time is not available. I should come after a while. But His Majesty also knows that everything is not static. , no one knows what will happen tomorrow.¡±
"But fortunately"
Shengtu Xiaohua said seriously: "Your Majesty is not often in front of others.It's in front of me, so I can still hide it for a while. "
Li Chengde sat upright on the chair and tidied his clothes. I don¡¯t know if it was intentional or not, but he was wearing the emperor¡¯s bright yellow dragon robe. After Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, proclaimed himself emperor, he changed the emperor's dragon robe from black to bright yellow. Although it looked less majestic, it looked more noble.
"What I want to know is whether you are the first to come to me or the last to come to me."
Shengtu Xiaohua replied seriously: "I only came here after nightfall. Of course, this is the last place."
Li Chengde glanced outside the door, pointed at the Tiqi soldiers and asked, "Where are the black robes who were guarding outside before? Have they all been killed?"
Shengtu Xiaohua nodded and said, "I have to kill him."
Li Chengde hummed and said, "It's a pity They are all conscientious people. It's not that I haven't thought of using them, but I haven't bought any of them."
"Because Your Majesty, your capital is not rich enough."
Shengtu Xiaohua smiled and said: "Since your Majesty already understands, then be gentle and as soon as possible. The minister still has to rush to Beiya to return to his life."
"Resurrection?"
Li Chengde asked: "Aren't you the acting boss of the Military Inspectorate? Why do you need to report back to others?"
Shengtu Xiaohua said: "It seems that this small courtyard cannot contain your majesty's sources of information. Weichen was indeed the acting chief of the Military Inspectorate before, but Mr. Xie returned to Chang'an City more than a month ago. Here, when I go back to resume my life, I will naturally return to the stall."
"No wonder."
Li Chengde nodded, and then asked Shengtu Xiaohua: "Is it my own choice?"
Shengtu Xiaohua nodded to show respect for him.
Li Chengde smiled, took out a pill from his sleeve and looked at it: "Then take the poison. I have never been brave, so I am always afraid of swords and guns. As for the hanging beam, it is too painful. So. It¡¯s better to take poison, and the body will be better.¡±
Li Chengde pinched the pill and frowned slightly, then stuffed it into his mouth, picked up the tea cup, took a sip, washed the pill down, and said to Shengtu Xiaohua: "I have known that this day would happen, so I always have this thing ready."
"Your Majesty is interested."
Shengtu Xiaohua stood up but did not leave.
After about five minutes, Li Chengde's face began to turn green and his body began to tremble involuntarily. He could no longer sit still and struggled and fell to the ground. After twitching for a while, he stopped moving.
The palace maid kneeling at the door quietly breathed a sigh of relief and touched the pill hidden in her sleeve.
Shengtu Xiaohua walked out of the house slowly, looked back at the emperor who was lying lifeless on the ground and shook his head: "Come here, take the second secret recipe of Zhu Yanhong and pour it in another bottle. It's already this time, how can you be stingy? That bottle of poison? Although a bottle of Zhuyanhong is worth at least ten taels of gold on the black market and is highly priced but not available, our Military Inspectorate is never short of it."
With a plop, the palace maid slowly fell to the ground softly.
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Jiu'an Street
The innermost house is brightly lit, but I don¡¯t know why the lights are shaking violently. It was like there were countless will-o'-the-wisps floating back and forth in that small house. No one living nearby dared to come out to check, because the street had been blocked by the government since daytime.
The innermost house is the Hou Mansion.
The Hou Mansion is not the residence of a marquis, but the home of Hou Junji, the Minister of War.
The reason why a large number of black robes have not left here all day long is because although this yard is not big, it needs to be searched carefully. Including every corner, even the rafters. Hou Junji's study was the top priority of the search, although nothing valuable had been found in the room since morning.
A leader in black robe took a look at Hou Junji, who was standing in the yard with his hands behind his back. He couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "Since it's already today, why should Mr. Hou hide anything for others? These days There must have been a lot of letters between you since then, andyou should also have a roster in your hand."
Hou Junji looked away from the night sky and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "You also said that there is no need to pretend to be stupid today. But because of this, I have nothing to say, and I am working on my case Do you still need evidence? Although I will die, my lord is benevolent and righteous, and my hometown may still leave roots for me. Since I have an offspring, how can I not think about future generations? "
The regimental leader of the Military Inspectorate shook his head and said nothing.
An hour later, Hou Junji was escorted to the North Yamen of the Military Inspectorate.
Just in Xie Yingdeng¡¯s small courtyard.
After Xie Yingdeng saw Hou Junji walking into the room with his hands and feet shackled, he put down the book in his hand and made a gesture of invitation. Hou Junji did not refuse and sat down on the bench opposite Xie Yingdeng.
¡°The stall owner has been back a long time ago?¡±
Hou Junji asked.
"It's been more than a month."
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"Would it be more effective for you to ask than for them to ask?"
Hou Junji couldn't help but sneer slightly, with a hint of disdain between his eyebrows.
"I won't ask."
Xie Yingdeng picked up a stack of papers from the desk and handed it to Hou Junji: "I want to show you this."
Hou Junji frowned slightly, but couldn't help but took the pieces of paper out of curiosity. He just glanced at it casually, and his face suddenly turned a little pale.
Seeing the change in his expression, Xie Yingden smiled and said: "Actually, I don't need any evidence of guilt in your house, because there is really no need. The list you are looking at is probably more detailed than what you remember in your mind. . This is a list of several prominent families in Longxi. You don¡¯t know many of them, and you haven¡¯t even heard of their names. And 90% of these people have nothing to do with your case. Many of them even don¡¯t know you at all. who is it."
"But because of you, these names may disappear from this world starting tonight. It's all because of you Among them are many young people who have not yet tied their hair, and some are already gray-haired old people."
"Why bother?"
Hou Junji couldn't help but said with a trembling voice.
¡°It¡¯s not just that.¡±
Xie Yingden picked up another pile of thicker paper and made a gesture and said: "There are thousands of names here, which are the family members of the generals you and the army have. The names marked with red pen are all men, regardless of age. All will be executed. Those whose names are not checked are women, and all will be sent to the frontier as slaves."
He handed the top piece of paper to Hou Junji: "This is your family's list. Can you see if anyone is missing?"
"You can't do this!"
Hou Junji stood up suddenly, with uncontrollable panic in his eyes: "Even if I have committed a serious crime, my lord once said personally that if I make a mistake, I will not be as guilty as my relatives! I made countless sacrifices for the Yanyun Army back then. Credit, this is my lord¡¯s special decree to reward me!¡±
Xie Yingdeng looked at Hou Junji with pitiful eyes and said seriously: "You are such an idiot, how can you succeed in your attempt to rebel?"
Hou Junji's expression was suffocated, and then he whined and fell down softly.
Xie Yingdeng slowly knelt down beside him and whispered in Hou Junji's ear: "My lord specifically told me before I came back that if you really have a heart to repent and can understand your mistakes, I can leave your youngest son for you."
"real?"
Hou Junji sat upright suddenly, his eyes full of hope.
Xie Yingdeng smiled, pointed to the white paper on the desk and said, "It depends on what you do. I dare not disobey your lord's orders. But if you are not sure about it, what can I do?"
"I wrote."
Hou Junji stood up, walked quickly over, picked up a pen, and wrote on the white paper while asking: "My lord, did you really confess this sentence?"
Xie Yingdeng nodded and said: "Of course I will not lie to you, and I will not tamper with the Lord's will."
A trace of shame appeared on Hou Junji's face. He quickly wrote dozens of names on the white paper. Then he wrote his name, bit his finger and made a fingerprint.
"My youngest son is still young and doesn't know anything"
He looked at Xie Yingden and said.
Xie Yingdeng hummed and said, "I will naturally abide by the master's instructions."
Hou Junji let out a long sigh of relief, cupped his fists and bowed: "Thank you very much."
Xie Yingdeng smiled and waved his hand and said: "But later I advised the lord not to leave a source of trouble, and the lord immediately withdrew his will."
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