When the news of Li Chong's rebellion spread to the capital, the empress was furious, and immediately sent General Zuo Jinwuwei as the general manager of the Qingping Daoxing Army to conquer the rebels. There was a lot of turmoil outside, and people in Luoyang were panicked.
Everywhere in the imperial city was talking about the rebellion of King Langya, and everyone could smell the impending rain.
In the Princess Mansion, Li Chaoge was sitting in the study, staying for a long time. Seeing her frowning, the maid asked tentatively, "Princess, will King Langya's rebel team attack the capital?"
Just rely on them? Li Chaoge shook his head lightly: "The mob is nothing to worry about."
The maid obviously breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Li Chaoge still had a serious expression on her face, she asked, "Princess, since King Langya will not threaten the Eastern Capital, what are you worried about? The imperial conquest army has already set off." , In a few more months, the rebellion will subside, and we can continue to live a stable life."
Li Chaoge was silent, she didn't know? Sarcasm or a wry smile, what's the use? How many months? Those mobs, within a few days, they themselves will be in 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 afraid of Gu Mingke. After all, Gu Mingke's silent appearance was really...too? Not to lose their temper indiscriminately? The maids became more and more courageous, and gradually dared to make some jokes with Gu Mingke.
The maids laughed and said: "The son-in-law is back? It's rare that the princess comes back early? One day, the son-in-law is in Dali Temple to add value. They are in a mansion, but the princess and the son-in-law don't see each other very often. If this continues, Both of you are going to stay in the official office now."
Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke are both madmen who work overtime. The government retreats during the summer application period, but Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke often have to stay in the government office until the curfew, and then come back on time. There are many good things going on in the imperial city, and there are even rumors that Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke's relationship is not going well after marriage, and the son-in-law would rather stay in the government office than go home.
Li Chaoge always scoffed at such rumors. Gu Mingke changed out of his court clothes and put on pale blue clothes. When he came out, he saw Li Chaoge staying in the study and reading the files, and asked, "Have you read the? case in Yuezhou?"
Li Chaoge asked: "Are you talking about the diversion of the Yuezhou River?"
"Yes." Gu Mingke sat down and said, "The Cangjiang River was diverted, and many rivers downstream dried up, so several skeletons were dug up. The foremen of Shenzhou Governor's Office couldn't recognize the bones, so they submitted them to Dali Temple to solve the case."
Li Chaoge nodded. Is it a common thing to salvage corpses at the bottom of the river? Why is it worthwhile for Gu Mingke to ask her specifically? Seeing this, Gu Mingke explained: "Rivers are erratic, and generally they don't change their course. I always feel that there is a problem. If there are people from Yuezhou who report the case of yin and yang ghosts recently, please pay attention."
Li Chaoge nodded, expressing his understanding. The Dali Temple solves criminal cases, and the Demon Township Division solves ghost and god cases. Sometimes the officials below play tricks and the information is not complete, so it is necessary for the Dali Temple and the Demon Township Division to share information and even cooperate with each other. In the beginning, Li Chaoge was very resistant to sharing information with his previous life rival, but? Gu Mingke coldly showed her the benefits of win-win cooperation and the disadvantages of doing things independently, and Li Chaoge finally acquiesced.
However, I have to say that after sharing the information system, the efficiency of the two departments in handling cases has improved a lot. Collaboration with other departments requires arguing with each other, but Gu Mingke and Li Chaoge are very simple, and they don't even need to delay their work time. Gu Mingke can just talk to Li Chaoge when he returns home.
The maid complained just now that Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke didn't spend much time together at your house. They didn't know that even when they were alone in private, Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke were still talking about work. The scattered value is just? Let them change a? Place? To do the work, the rest is no different.
After the opening, the two naturally talked about business. Gu Mingke saw that Li Chaoge was looking at the geography of Bozhou, and asked, "Are you worried about the rebellion of King Langya?"
"I can't say I'm worried." Li Chaoge closed the map and leaned on the back of the chair wearily. "It's just that there will be more trouble after worrying."
Gu Mingke didn't say much. He rolled up his sleeves, poured a cup of tea for himself and Li Chaoge, and said, "It's useless to be worried about what should happen. The root cause is not the rebellion, but the heart. There is no such thing as this time." , there will always be a next time."
Li Chaoge nodded sullenly. The trajectory of this life has returned to the previous life, but at least many things have changed. Li Chaoge returned to the Eastern Capital two years in advance, planted forces in Luoyang earlier, and the Demon Town Division was also established early. It has flourished and has a solid foundation. Because of Li Chaoge, the Queen's ascension to the throne was earlier, and the rebellion of the two kings was also four months earlier than in the previous life.
But the overall direction has not changed, that is to say, the next big turmoil and purge will still come. In the previous life, Li Chaoge secretly did some unclean things for the queen in order to ask the queen to marry her and Pei Ji'an. However, once this quagmire is entered, it is impossible to get out of it. The queen's demands are getting more and more excessive. Li Chaoge compromises again and again for Pei Ji'an.
She didn't stand firm herself, so she helped the queen to investigate, or? Said to concoct a treason case, it is conceivable? Offended many aristocratic families. In this life, she didn't become demented because of Pei Ji'an, nor did she get involved in the dirty work of assassination. As long as she had the right procedures and was upright, no one could force her to do what she didn't want to do, and she wouldn't fall into the situation of the previous 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 said in a low voice, "Don't worry."
His voice was cold, low and gentle, with an unspeakable sex appeal. Li Chaoge was so focused on his voice that he didn't notice that he pressed his hand. Li Chaoge thought to himself, fortunately she came to Luoyang early in this life, and snatched him here when Li Ze was still alive, otherwise, she would have been even crazier than in her previous life.
Li Chaoge coughed, suppressing the messy thoughts in his mind. She straightened up, took a sip of tea in a concealed manner, and said, "I know."
In the previous life, she was alone, and even retreated from the stormy sea. In this life, she is accompanied by Gu Mingke, so it can't be worse.
The rebels were really a mob. Langya King Li Chong didn't know how to fight at all, and he didn't have any experience in administration. It was conceivable that he would poke a hole in such a naive and reckless rebel. Li Chong recruited 5,000 soldiers and led them to Luoyang with great ambition. He thought very well, first attacked Wushui, then crossed the river to occupy Jeju, and then returned with King Huo and King Han to besiege the Eastern Capital.
However, Li Chong fell down in just the first step. When he attacked Wushui, he was intercepted by a county magistrate. Li Chong led the battered troops to besiege the city. He wanted to imitate the Battle of Chibi and use the wind to attack the fire. However, after the fire broke out, the wind changed and the fireworks all blew towards Li Chong's own army. Li Chong's troops were unable to move forward, and their morale plummeted. At this time, someone shouted at the city gate, "King Langya is fighting against the court. It's a rebellion. Those who follow King Langya will punish the whole clan." Run around.
Li Chong failed to stop them, the 5,000-strong army soon had only a few dozen people left, and they were all servants brought out by the palace. Li Chong was disgraced in the first battle, and he didn't feel like fighting anymore, so he ran back to his fief Bozhou in desperation.
Bozhou officials saw the prince's aggressive rebellion and came back in disgrace. How could they dare to open the city gate to accept him. The soldiers in Bozhou were afraid that the queen would be held accountable. In the chaos, Li Chong was killed by the soldiers defending the city.
It took only seven days for Langya King Li Chong to die.
Anti-Zhou Futang's first shot was muted, and what's more terrible? Others didn't know? Yue Wang Li Yu learned that Li Chong raised an army, so he also raised an uprising in Yuzhou and raised troops to attack Shangcai. Letters were delivered slowly during the war, and Li Yu didn't know that Li Chong had already been defeated and died when he raised his army.
After Li Yu captured Shangcai, news of Li Chong's death came from Bozhou. Everyone in the Palace of Yue Palace suddenly panicked. Li Yu planned to surrender to the queen to get rid of the crime. The counselors kept encouraging him. Li Yu's confidence gradually swelled, and he ambitiously went to war with the army sent by the queen.
Then lose.
Li Yu's mentality immediately collapsed. He trembled all over when he thought of Wu Zhao. He knew that he would never be able to please him. Instead of falling into the hands of the empress, he would rather die than die. Li Yu committed suicide by drinking poison, and the female family members of the Yue Palace cried a lot and hanged themselves.
At this time, it was only twenty days since Li Yu started the incident.
Li Chong and Li Yu's uprisings all failed, and the others? The prince was hesitant at first, but after hearing the news about these two people, he was frightened and trembling, and he didn't dare to have the idea of raising troops again. The rebellion of the two kings subsided quickly, and this coup d'état against the Zhou Dynasty and Tang Dynasty was extinguished in the bud without even starting a splash.
The war has subsided, but the real storm has just begun.
When the queen learned that someone was going 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 concubine, saying goodbye to each other. Li Huai thought that he would die this time, but the courtiers outside took turns admonishing them, saying that the rebellion of King Langya and King Yue was wolf ambition. Li Huai didn't know anything when he stayed in Dongdu, and he didn't make any instigated actions. It's really unfair to blame the crown prince for the crime of rebellion.
The old minister burst into tears as he said it, and shed tears in the court, and then he simply played the family card. They said in tears that they are filial to the crown prince. The queen has only one son, the crown prince. If Li Huai dies, who will send the queen to the end
Elderly people are very concerned about the retirement of the elderly, and the queen thought it was true when she heard it. After all, Li Huai was her own son. If she killed her, she would regret it in a few years, but there would be no room for redemption. The queen finally endured her anger and severely executed King Langya, King Yue's subordinates and the rest of the party, killing nearly a thousand people, but they stopped at these two and did not spread out.
The courtiers and the kings of the Li family were "relieved". Previously, when Li Yuanjiana? Bo people raised an incident, some people responded, and some princes and princesses dismissed it. They didn't get involved in the rebellion, but as relatives, they didn't report it either, so they pretended they didn't know.
Now? This is the best result. However, the kings of the Li family are satisfied, but the others may not be.
Among them, Wu Yuanxiao and Wu Yuanqing jumped the highest. They hoped that the queen would kill Li Huai, so that the throne would be passed on to their brothers. Everyone in the Wu family was quite dissatisfied that the queen raised it high but put it down lightly.
Wu Yuanqing was thinking about how to persuade the queen, when news came from the inner palace that Chongming bird was lost.
The waiters didn't know why it was lost. They fed the Chongming bird as usual. The next morning the eunuch went to change the water and found the bird cage was empty. The lock of the birdcage was opened, and there were no signs of damage around it. The Chongming bird that was supposed to be sleeping in the cage disappeared, except for a few feathers.
The eunuch was startled, and hurriedly looked around. A group of eunuchs and court ladies searched all morning but found nothing. Seeing that they couldn't hide it, the eunuch told Wei Wang in fear.
When Wu Yuanqing heard this, his first reaction was not to quickly retrieve the Chongming Bird, but to be overjoyed that this is a god-sent opportunity. He was worrying for no reason, and happened to be sent by heaven. Wu Yuanqing immediately ran to the queen, crying half-truthfully: "Auntie, the spirit bird is lost. The Chongming bird is a sign of a sage, and King Shun was reincarnated. It stayed by your side for so long. Leaving, it can be seen that Chongming Bird sincerely recognizes his aunt as Mr. Ming. But it disappeared today, it must be? Someone secretly stole Chongming Bird with evil intentions, otherwise, how could it be a bird that can open the cage and chains? ?”
The Empress didn't pay much attention to the Chongming Bird. That bird looks very chicken-like, and the auspiciousness that emerged some time ago, the Empress basically knew it. This is probably because Wu Yuanqing, in order to please her, found a big domestic chicken, dyed its feathers and gave it to her as a Chongming bird. The queen turned a blind eye to this and kept her as a mascot. But now that the Chongming Bird is lost, the Queen cheers up all of a sudden
She didn't care about the bird, she cared about this behavior. Yes? Who stole the Chongming Bird? What do they want to do? How many people in the palace want to overthrow her
The more I thought about it, the more terrifying it became. The one who could enter the inner palace and let Chongmingniao go without knowing it must be the servant of the palace, the emperor's close minister. In a place so close to the empress, someone has a different heart. If she doesn't pay attention, wouldn't she be killed
The queen broke out in a cold sweat instantly. Wu Yuanqing knelt at the empress's feet and wailed loudly, crying and complaining. The empress listened quietly for a while, and said coldly, "Princess Sheng Yuan is here."
When Li Chaoge arrived at Xuanzheng Hall, 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 called me in a hurry, why?"
The female officer looked to both sides, and said in a low voice: "The servants dare not inquire about the Queen's matter. However, King Wei came just now and talked to the Queen for a long time."
Wu Yuanqing? Li Chaoge was thoughtful, and roughly outlined several situations in his mind. At this time, the servant opened the door and said, "Princess Sheng Yuan, please come inside."
Li Chaoge entered the gate of the palace, and the queen was sitting in the side hall, with many memorials piled up on the case. Seeing Li Chaoge coming, the queen handed Li Chaoge a brochure and said, "This is the family reported by Yuzhou to have colluded with Li Yu's rebellion. The king of Yue rebelled, and the participants? There were only forty households. Far away in the Eastern Capital, I don’t know? Yuzhou’s details, can we join hands to fool me? Chaoge, who do you think should be appointed as the governor of Yuzhou? Thoroughly investigate Li Yu’s conspiracy?”
Li Chaoge knew that this was a dangerous question. If she recommended someone from the Royalists, the Empress would feel jealous, but if she recommended someone the Queen liked, other courtiers would find Li Chaoge flattering. Moreover, the matter of Li Yu's rebellion has obviously been turned over, and now? The empress has found out the scriptures of the original punishment. What? What do you mean
Is the Empress? testing her, or? trying to take the opportunity to attack
Li Chaoge's mind was full of thoughts, but his face was still very calm. She only paused for a short moment, and then said: "My son has never been in touch with the rebellion case, so I don't know how to deal with it. However, Wenchang Zuocheng Di Laogang is upright and upright, and he is upright, if he goes to Yuzhou to thoroughly investigate the rebellion case , will be able to discern loyalty and traitors, and calm the hearts of the people."
When the queen heard this? Who was the candidate? She didn't say a word. She turned to talk about another matter: "The king of Wei presented the Chongming bird a few days ago, but? Last night, the Chongming bird was lost. The king of Wei sent someone to look for it. For a whole day, no one has seen this bird. The Chongming bird was a public offering by King Wei, and it is brightly colored. It is absolutely impossible to fly away without alarming the guards. According to my opinion, it is likely that someone stole it deliberately. They also want to steal the auspicious bird that only symbolizes the Mingjun, I don’t know who they want to support.”
Li Chaoge lowered his eyes and listened quietly without expressing any opinions. It's almost time for the empress to show up. Li Chaoge said: "Maybe King Wei is not good at looking for things. The Zhenyaosi is in the imperial city. These days, I haven't found any suspicious traces. According to my son, the Chongming Bird must still be in the palace."
The Queen's tone was calm, with no thoughts on her face, she said to Li Chaoge: "This kind of ghosts and gods? You are the best at it. I will leave it to you to look for the Chongming Bird."
Li Chaoge was not surprised, raised his hand and said: "I obey."
Li Chaoge went to the palace and took another difficult case. She didn't delay, and after going back to Zhenyaosi to gather all the people, she went to the palace city to look for the Chongming bird.
Zhou Shao was not good at looking for things, and he didn't need to use his strength to find birds. Li Chaoge left Zhou Shao at the gate of the demon town, and brought Bai Qianhe and Mo Linlang into the palace. She first went to the palace where Chongming birds were kept. The eunuch who kept the birds led the way ahead, and said cautiously, "Princess Sheng Yuan, this is right here."
Li Chaoge stretched out his hand, and the people behind immediately handed Li Chaoge tools. Li Chaoge put on his gloves, walked to the cage, and looked carefully at the traces around him.
The cage was ornate and intact, with no signs of damage, and a few feathers scattered around. Li Chaoge picked up a piece through the glove, and the eunuch saw it and explained: "Return to Princess Sheng Yuan, birds are easy to lose their feathers. The Chongming bird has been like this since it was delivered, and it's not because I didn't wait for my heart."
Li Chaoge understood that the roots of the feathers fell off naturally, not artificially torn, and it really had nothing to do with the eunuchs. Give these eunuchs a thousand guts, and they wouldn't dare to abuse the queen's spirit bird.
Li Chaoge turned in one direction and looked at the birdcage door. There was a lock on the cage door, and now? Both? were opened, and the keyhole showed no signs of violence. Li Chaoge asked: "How many keys are there, and in whose hands are they?"
"There are two in total." The eunuch hurriedly handed over the keys, and said, "One is in the hands of the king of Wei, and the other is dedicated to the queen and kept by the slave temporarily. Princess Mingjian, since the slave got this key, Didn't dare to carry it on him, kept it locked in the duty room, many father-in-laws can testify. The slave swears that he never handed over the key to anyone. The slave just dared not let it go after eating the bear's heart and leopard courage Walking spirit bird. Please be aware of the princess."
Li Chaoge glanced at the key, then turned his head to signal Bai Qianhe. Bai Qianhe stepped forward, took the key, looked it over carefully, and said to Li Chaoge in a low voice, "It's brand new, with no signs of being used."
"Will it be reproduced?"
"No." Bai Qianhe shook his head, "If someone stole the rubbing, it would definitely leave marks on the tooth marks, but there are none on this one."
Li Chaoge didn't say anything, Bai Qianhe was an expert in this area, he said no, most likely he really didn't. If someone in the palace can hide it from Bai Qianhe's eyes, then? The other party? Don't have to be wronged by stealing the bird. With this skill, wouldn't it be faster to steal the jade seal
The key in the palace is useless and has never been copied, so is there something wrong with Wu Yuanqing's key? Even if Wu Yuanqing's brain is not bright, he is not so stupid as to dig a hole for himself, right
Li Chaoge didn't think about the key for a while, so she changed the direction and went to find the lost Chongming Bird. No matter how? it was lost, the top priority is to get Chongming Bird back as soon as possible.
Mo Linlang led people to search in the garden, and Li Chaoge interrogated the guards of the palace gate one by one. She asked them one by one, but no one noticed that someone went out with a bird in their arms. Li Chaoge went to check the records of his entry and exit from Miyagi yesterday, and searched every door, but he didn't find anything suspicious.
Li Chaoge tossed about in Miyagi for two days, but found nothing. She also wondered, so where can such an obvious bird hide? Could it be that it was really hidden outside the palace as Wu Yuanqing said
The Chongming Bird hadn't made any progress for a few days, and Wu Yuanqing continued to instigate in? The Queen's ears, maybe? Someone bribed the guards at the palace gate and hid the Chongming Bird in? His own home. The foreign ministers colluded with the guards of the palace gate and took away the offered spirit bird. What's the next step? Isn't it? About to rush into the palace and assassinate the queen? The empress was furious and ordered people to thoroughly investigate Li Chong and Li Yu's treason case, and must dig out the inner thieves in Dongdu.
The situation that was finally calmed down suddenly expanded. I don't know? Who started it? They reported that their colleagues had correspondence with foreign kings. Those who were reported were afraid, so they could only report more people to prove their loyalty. The story was widely spread, and gradually Changsun's family was reported anonymously, saying that before the second king's rebellion, he had seen Han Wang Li Yuanjia deliver a letter to Changsun Yu. Someone also reported that the king of Han had forged the imperial decree, and that King Langya and King Yue conspired against each other, and it was King Han who instigated it.
The queen has suspected the grandson's family for a long time. Now that she has the evidence, she will immediately send grandson Yu and her two sons to prison. Changsun Yu is a veteran of the three dynasties, and in the middle of the dynasties, he lifts the weight as lightly as possible. After Changsun Yu was imprisoned, the ruling and opposition parties were shocked.
In the morning court the next day, many people came forward to speak to Chang Sunyu. Pei Ji'an argued even more with reason: "King Han did send a letter to his eldest grandson, but his eldest grandson ignored it and burned the other party's letter. From this, it can be seen that Xianggong never had second thoughts."
A grassroots official who recently gained power due to reporting said faintly: "If the grandson Xianggong has no ghosts in his heart, why did he burn King Han's letter? The king of Han colluded with King Yue and King Langya. When the grandson Xianggong got the letter, he should have Immediately reported to the Holy One, but he concealed it and destroyed all the evidence. Maybe it was? He was persuaded by King Han, and he was secretly covering King Han."
"You..." Pei Ji'an was furious, but he had nothing to say. The letter was sent by King Han, and Pei Ji'an couldn't stop it at all. He could only persuade his grandfather not to get involved. But?, Zhang Sunyu would be accused of collusion and treason if he left the letter, and these villains would say he was guilty if he destroyed the letter. If you want to add a crime, there is nothing to worry about.
Changsun Yu once fiercely opposed the establishment of the Wu family as queen, but now it has fallen into the hands of the queen, just as the queen wanted. The queen said with a gloomy face, "The king of Han forged an imperial decree and instigated rebellion, which is an unforgivable crime. The order will be issued to deprive the title of the king of Han immediately, and strictly investigate all those who have contacts with the king of Han. Stay. Changsun Yu has contacts with the King of Han, and he is also suspected. The Changsun Mansion will be sealed off, all the men of the Changsun family will be imprisoned, and no one will be allowed to visit until the treason case is found out."
No one dared to speak in the huge hall. Everyone felt a chill, the empress wanted to thoroughly investigate the case of treason, and even the eldest grandson's family, who only had correspondence with her, would not be spared. If this continues, how many people will be involved
In the Xuanzheng Palace, everyone was in danger for a moment, and everyone wondered if they had communicated with the foreign vassals before. The queen looked at the courtiers with different expressions in the audience, and slowly asked: "The case of the eldest grandson's treason is a matter of great importance, and there is no room for loss. Among the loves, who has the confidence to be competent for this case?"
The ministers were silent. The presiding judge of this case is very important, and can almost decide the life and death of the eldest grandson's family, as well as the future direction of the court. After all, those Beijing officials who have relatives with the vassal princes are a minority, but those who have friendship with the eldest grandson's family are many.
Conspiracy is a serious crime. If Changsun Yu is convicted of treason, all the in-laws, friends, and students of the Changsun family will be implicated, and if one is not careful, the court will be bloodbathed. Therefore, who will be the presiding judge Sun Yu is really crucial? Important.
After a brief silence, everyone suddenly began to wrestle, and each family was recommending someone from their own side. Everyone is capable of literary and martial arts, and no one is convinced, and there is a quarrel in the court. Some people say that they are impatient and even want to fight.
Li Chaoge couldn't bear it anymore, she took a step forward, and said loudly: "I recommend Gu Mingke, the young minister of Dali Temple. Gu Shaoqing is fair and strict. Since the judgment of the case, there has not been an unjust or wrong case. I think he is competent for this case."
The grassroots courtier who provoked me just now seemed to be dissatisfied: "Gu Shaoqing is Princess Sheng Yuan's son-in-law. Princess Sheng Yuan recommends Gu Shaoqing. I'm afraid it may be considered nepotism."
Li Chaoge ignored him at all. Gu Mingke stepped forward, cupped his hands slightly and said, "Thank you Commander for your love. I am willing to give it a try."
The courtiers in the court gradually became quiet, and the queen nodded and said, "Okay, then? Let Gu Mingke, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, preside over the trial, and the doctor and secretary Lang of the Ministry of punishment will listen."
This? As a result, everyone has no objection. Monarchs and ministers are suspicious of each other, but? When it comes to Gu Mingke, everyone trusts that Gu Mingke will deal with it fairly. He presided over the trial, no matter? The queen or the courtiers are at ease.
The imperial eunuch looked at the empress's face, raised her voice and shouted: "There is something to play, and there is nothing to retreat."