The people also saw that Li Qitian and Xiong Jinshui were either rich or expensive, they were not guilty, and they were even more courageous. Even when they became curious about Li Qitian, their eyes would always look at him from time to time.
Li Qitian took a deep breath and calmed himself down, so that he wouldn't be like the people who were watching on the spot. He really wanted to take out the identity of the emperor immediately, so that these people would not dare to do it again.
But it slipped to his mouth, but was held back by him.
At this time, the image of the Son of Heaven has been completely destroyed. If Li Qitian reveals his identity, he is very likely to face the questioning of the people. Could he arrest all those who questioned him
Neither, he could not lose his identity in front of his subjects, and he still had to maintain the image of the Son of Heaven, so this was not the time to reveal his identity.
Li Qitian stood on the spot with his hands behind his back, waiting for Xiong Jinshui to lead the people to disperse the onlookers, tore off the notice, and held it in front of him with both hands.
He didn't bother to look at the writing on it any longer, he just held the piece of paper close, and carefully observed the big seal of the Chuan Guoyu Seal again.
Seems to be true...
"Go back to the palace. Order someone to open the warehouse and find the imperial decree for the previous pilgrimage to compare." Li Qitian went with a sullen face.
Xiong Jinshui hurriedly responded and asked someone to arrange it.
Li Qitian called several ministers of his cronies and checked it for an entire afternoon. Finally, he was finally able to confirm that the jade seal was indeed not fake. Even the upper part of the seal had yin and yang bumps and the angle was the same.
In the imperial study, everyone was frowning in thought.
Li Qitian said: "Do you think that the identity of the prince of the Northern Ji Kingdom is true?"
Back then, he did order people to slaughter the Northern Hebei Harem with blood, leaving no one that should be killed, but the Grand Palace was not something he could kill alone. Naturally, he used his subordinates to act.
Among them, who inadvertently let go of the prince, or someone who did it on purpose, leaving a prince since then.
"What Zhou Lian, I've never heard of it!" Li Qitian took a sip of tea and threw the tea bowl on the table. The tea was spilled all over the table, and Xiong Jinshui was frightened and immediately wiped it with his sleeve.
The courtiers looked at each other, and one of them stood up and said: "Go back to the sage, there was indeed a prince named Zhou Lian in the previous dynasty, who was born by Concubine Yu. At that time, Concubine Yu was just a nobleman, and he died after giving birth to the prince. The emperor then posthumously named her a concubine, and the prince was handed over to Concubine Lian, who was the head of the Fuchun Palace at that time, to be raised. Later, it was recorded in the clan's mansion of the previous dynasty that Concubine Lian's servants did not work well, and the little prince was only five years old. He fell into a pond in the Imperial Garden and drowned. The drowning prince was called Zhou Lian. But no one could have imagined that he was not dead yet. If he is alive now, he should be sixteen or seventeen years old."
Li Qitian narrowed his eyes coldly.
He naturally understood from the harem, that the faint-hearted monarch of Beiji country had no other abilities, but he had a lot of children, so Zhou Lian would not be paid much attention to.
"A prince who was supposed to be drowned suddenly appeared." Li Qitian sneered, "Either the record is wrong, this is a deliberate fake death, or someone pretended to be his identity! I think it should be the latter. "
A prince whose biological mother was deceased had been by Concubine Lian's side since he was a child. How could he possibly want to guard against Concubine Lian's feigned death and escape? He must be really dead.
So now, there is a person who pretends to be the prince of the previous dynasty with the imperial jade seal of the previous dynasty!
Li Qitian made a judgment, and the roots of hatred were itching.
The ministers did not dare to say much when they saw that the Son of Heaven was like this.
Li Qitian rubbed his back molars angrily, "What do you mean! After getting the jade seal of the former dynasty, he dared to come to me and give orders to the world. That Zhou Lian is simply shameless! I should tell the following arresting fast, the whole city was searched and there was no time to post it. A notice to go out."
In Li Qitian's view, this is the best way at the moment.
"Who the hell dares to spread rumors, once I catch it, I will never forgive him lightly!"
Several ministers bowed their heads and saluted, and each hurriedly went to work as instructed.
However, the search process was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and the people who caught the fast were limited. Li Qitian later dispatched Gyeonggi Guards to assist, but the house-to-house search was very disturbing to the people. They used the arrest of the Jiangyang thief as an excuse, but the people were panicked. , the entire capital was shrouded in tension and solemnity.
The people who have just experienced the baptism of war are now most afraid of such a thing happening. Everyone was discussing it in private, but it was Jiang Yang thief, and finally they all got in touch with the "announcement" a few days ago.
Thinking about it this way, it makes sense. Today, the emperor has destroyed the power that the North Ji state has seized. Now that a prince of the North Ji state has emerged, of course, today, he is afraid that the North Ji state will be revived.
There are a lot of smart people, everyone thinks of this reason, and naturally they dare not talk about it. Finally, there are no more people in the capital who talk about the prince of the previous dynasty and the jade seal of the country. However, the capital also showed a state of black clouds pressing down on the city, and the wind was roaring.
Just as the Gyeonggi Guards were searching, overnight, notices were posted next to several main streets.
Only this time, Zhou Lian, the prince of the previous dynasty, as a royal family, severely accused Li Qitian of being selfish and not caring about the life and death of the people.
This is enough for the common people to read, and when the people from the Gyeonggi Guard and Shuntian Prefecture arrive and tear up the notice, everyone has almost read it.
This search has been carried out for more than 20 days, but there is still no clue.
At this moment, a swift horse galloped into the capital, and the knight on the horse held the news of victory and shouted loudly: "Victory! Victory! Prince Zhongshun and Duke Dingguo, together with the divisions of the Qin kings from all over the world, attacked most of the Tartar capitals and captured the Tartars alive. Khan, now the Tatars are headless, they have already ordered people to come out and surrender! The families of the Tartar Khan and the traitor Lu Heng have been escorted into Beijing, waiting for the sage to decide!"
Immediately, the knight rode his horse all the way to the palace, repeating loudly all the way, very skilled, obviously this set of words has been said many times along the way.
When the people heard the words, they immediately clapped their hands and cheered, swept away the tension and haze in recent days, and everyone said: "Go, go to the city gate and watch them escort the Tartars and traitors!"
"That's right! It's been so many years, I've been bullied all the time, it's really a bad breath!"
"Prince Zhongshun and Duke Dingguo are mighty! This battle is really not easy!"
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The people rejoiced, and even the old people who had experienced the sight of the Tartar hooves had already wiped away tears of excitement.
It is precisely because of the perennial wars and turmoil that their lives are precarious and displaced.
What they longed for was a peaceful and self-sufficient life, and Prince Zhongshun and Lu Heng joined forces to accomplish this!
The news of the good news spread all over the streets and alleys, and the people of the entire capital almost rushed to the city gate, waiting on both sides of the road for the prison cars to enter the city gate.