After finishing his meal slowly, with Wang Lou's anxious look on his face, Li Hong walked out of the Li Zheng Hall. The carriage was already waiting at the door. He glanced at the heavy snow that was still falling outside and got in. After getting into the carriage, he headed towards the palace behind him.
The deaths of Pei Yan, Xue Yuanchao, and Gao Zhizhou were obviously the result of Bai Chun's arrangements. As for how they died, Di Renjie would be able to find out soon. As for whether Di Renjie could explain the reasons clearly, Li Hong believed that he might not be able to do anything in his life. I don’t understand what carbon monoxide poisoning is.
Not to mention now, even in the previous life, carbon monoxide poisoning was a common thing. The people in the previous life, both in terms of knowledge level and common sense level, were many times more civilized than this era, but they were still the same. Someone was poisoned by carbon monoxide, even if he was in the car, he kept making common sense mistakes, so Li Hong was not worried at all. Di Renjie was able to find out that it was Bai Chun's fault.
At most, they just suspected that Bai Chun had done something, but it would be even more difficult to come up with evidence.
As soon as I walked into the Penglai Hall, I saw two unfortunate people kneeling on the thick carpet. There was no figure of the Queen Mother in the upper part of the main hall. Who were these two people kneeling for
"Hey, hey, what are you doing? What's wrong? What are you two doing kneeling here?" Li Hong kicked Li Xian next to him and asked in confusion.
Li Xian looked up at him and didn't dare to speak, so he had to wink at Li Hong. Seeing that Li Hong was still confused, he could only say in a low voice and quickly: "The queen is angry because of what happened last night, and the father is because of Princess Wencheng." Regarding the death, it is said that he was furious in the court today. "
"Didn't you go to court today? It's spread throughout the court that Pei Yan, Xue Yuanchao, and Gao Zhizhou all died inexplicably overnight." Li Zhe tugged on Li Hong's clothes and whispered. .
"That's none of your business. Why are you kneeling..."
"Kneel down, too!" Li Hong rushed to hear a gust of wind in his ears. Needless to say, it must be a feather duster, so he hurriedly stepped back to avoid Long Ma's thunder blow.
But Wu Mei had no time to retract the feather duster in Wu Mei's hand. After Li Hong avoided it, he couldn't hold back the momentum and hit Li Xian on the shoulder. The blow immediately made Li Xian grin on his face, but he didn't dare to cry out the pain.
"Kneel down!" Wu Mei's face was livid. Overnight, Wen Cheng died, and Pei Yan, Xue Yuanchao, and Gao Zhizhou also died one after another.
The West Market of Chang'an was in chaos. Right before the emperor, a scandal occurred where the crown prince and two princes joined forces to fight against Wencheng!
What's even more despicable is that the street where the fight took place early this morning was closed because there was no time to completely clean up the blood and traces of the fight last night!
"What's going on?" Wu Mei held a feather duster in her hand, looked at the three people kneeling in front of her, and asked coldly.
"Mother...Mother, I don't know which thing you are referring to?" Li Hong looked at the feather duster that made him dizzy and asked with a bit of shamelessness.
At this time, Li Xian and Li Zhe had no hope. Now they were like wilted eggplants or defeated roosters, with their heads hanging down and not daring to speak.
Only Li Hong was the only one who dared to speak in the face of Long Ma's majesty and tremendous pressure.
"What's going on with Pei Yan and the other three? Is it your idea?" Wu Mei stared closely at Li Hong's eyes, trying to find a trace of uneasiness and tension in them.
But in the end, she only saw doubts and confusion in Li Hong's eyes, and even a hint of surprise.
"Aren't Pei Yan and the others at Dali Temple? I asked Bai Chun to send someone to protect me last night. What's wrong, mother? What happened?" The expression on Li Hong's face was like the expression on Li Lingyue's face when she was acting cute and coquettish. As if, he looked at Long Ma and asked.
Wu Mei looked at Li Hong silently and said nothing, then looked at Li Xian and Li Zhe. Seeing that the two had no reaction to Li Hong's words, she couldn't help but feel confused.
Did these three people really not know that Pei Yan and others who were imprisoned in Dali Temple died last night
Sighing slightly, he sat down on the chair and said in a softened tone: "Then you asked Bai Chun to protect Pei Yan last night just to prevent Pei Yan from being robbed?"
"It's not obvious..."
"Kneel down!" Wu Mei shouted coldly and kicked her nose into her face. Just as his face softened, he stood up on his own initiative, becoming more and more lawless!
"Oh." Someone had no choice but to continue kneeling and said, "Er Chen sent Bai Chun to Dali Temple last night because he was afraid of Pei Yan's accomplices and used Lao Ba to blackmail Er Chen to let Pei Yan go. Later it turned out that Er Chen guessed It is indeed good. Pei Yi, Xue Zhongzhang, Pei Yanxian and Liu Dewei conspired to kidnap Lao Ba, and Liu Dewei is the supervisor of Dali Temple. If they cooperate inside and outside, they can definitely kidnap Pei Yan and others, so for the sake of safety, Erchen, Only a thousand soldiers from the Buddha Battalion were sent to Dali Temple."
"Then the three of you brothers went alone to the Western Market where Pei Yi asked you to go? Aren't you afraid that Pei Yi and the others would plan to hold you hostage in exchange for Pei Yan?"
"I'm afraid, but what should I do? Lao Ba and Li Lingyue are the darlings of you and your father. I have discussed it with them, that is, I would rather have something happen to the three of us brothers than let Lao Ba have anything happen to him. No? Besides, I don't think Pei Yi would do anything to us." After Wu Mei stared at her for several times, Erpilian stood up from the ground.
Then he stood behind Wu Mei in a flattering manner, kneading Wu Mei's shoulders, and motioned to the two unlucky guys to get up too.
But those two unlucky guys could not be as shameless as him without Wu Mei's order, and they did not have his audacious courage to stand up without Long Ma's order.
Wu Mei enjoyed Li Hong's massage and closed her eyes slightly and said: "You two should get up too. The brothers worked together to save Li Dan last night, which also shows that you still care about Li Dan, the emperor's younger brother. The royal family can have such brotherhood. , it is also commendable, I and your father are very pleased with your actions last night. "
"Yes, Queen Mother." Li Xian and Li Zhe, two unlucky men, responded at the same time, and then they stood up obediently and stood to one side.
"Is it true that Wencheng wants to shoot you?" Wu Mei frowned again.
Li Zhi was furious because of Wencheng's death. Although she was a princess of the royal family, she had won the hearts of the people in Tubo and Tang Dynasty, especially in Tubo, for so many years. Now she was accused of treason, which is unclear. How could he not be angry that he was dead
"It's true. Brother Huang was injured last night. An arrow hit his shoulder." Li Zhe took a step forward and said.
Last night, I followed Li Xian and the two men to fight against the rise of the old five killers. Moreover, during the tense and suffocating fighting at that time, the whole person was in a state of excitement. In addition, Wen Ben attacked them secretly and made them At that time, Wen Cheng was also treated irrationally, so he naturally thought that it was normal for Li Hong to let Wen Cheng commit suicide.
But when they woke up early this morning, thinking of everything that happened last night, Li Xian and Li Zhe felt as if they had just had a dream, forcing Princess Wencheng to commit suicide without any reason.
Wu Mei raised her head sideways, looked at Li Hong, a trace of worry flashed in her eyes, and then turned into a cold gaze, and asked calmly: "How is the injury? Is it serious?"
"I thank my mother for your concern. It's not serious. It's just a little flesh wound, just a little bit hit by an arrow. It's not a problem." Li Hong explained happily, feeling the care of Mother Long.
"This matter will soon spread to Tubo. If there are people who are interested in fanning the flames, I am afraid that Dai Zhide will not be able to suppress it in Tubo. Don't relax your vigilance because of Wencheng's death. What do you think? "Wu Mei still has doubts about the death of Pei Yan and others, but what else can she do if they are already dead
What's more, Pei Yan was supposed to die, but he was murdered in Dali Temple before the trial was clear. Now he has become one of the suspects in the murder of Pei Yan.
As the minister of Dali Temple, Di Renjie could no longer keep his face. People died under his nose. This made him have to be suspected by the court officials, whether he was ordered by the queen to murder Pei Yan. .
Rumors began to spread in the court that Di Renjie had something in Pei Yan's hands, and he was afraid that he would be exposed during the interrogation of the three courts, so he took the first step and killed Pei Yan to silence him.
In short, there are all kinds of rumors, and these rumors are like flying snow outside, spreading overwhelmingly from the court early this morning.
"Mother, I plan to inform Jinghui, Lin Shiling and Yiyang soon, and rush there as soon as possible after the first day, taking Aunt Wencheng's coffin with them." Li Hong's surprised hand touched Wu Mei He paused on his shoulder. He did not expect that the Queen Mother was immediately concerned about the serious situation in Tubo, rather than the rumors in the court.
"Who told you to stop? Continue." Wu Mei tapped the feather duster on the table and urged.
"Yes, Queen Mother."
"There is no need to wait for the first day of the year. Since you want to establish the Tubo Protectorate, you must go to Tubo for burial as soon as possible after Wencheng's death, and convey the respect of the Tang Dynasty to Mangsong Mangzan to Tubo..."
"Isn't it necessary? My son is now under firm control..."
"It must be like this. Who knows if Wen Cheng left any last words in Tubo. If there is news of her death, Bi Jinghui and the others will be the first to arrive in Tubo. Dai Zhide alone, even with Anxi's troops, may not be able to It can be suppressed, as you said, Wencheng's influence in Tubo is too great, you better not be too careless!" Wu Mei was worried, and she was worried that Li Hong would be dazzled by Wencheng's death, and she was happy. Couldn't be more complacent.
"Yes, I will arrange it now. When the heavy snow outside stops, let them set off immediately." Li Hong said gratefully. No matter what, the mother's beating was for his own good. In addition to gratitude, Li Hong felt nothing but gratitude. Moved.
(End of chapter)