Half a day passed in a blink of an eye. Li Shimin shared the joys and sorrows with the people in the fields of "Zhaojia Village", and even went to the land in person to turn over soil and cover grass. This move was very popular among the villagers. The elders in the village and those who had served in the military
The veterans who had followed Li Shimin's army and retired were all moved to tears.
Although the younger generation of villagers in the village didn't know why the elders in the village were like this, they were proud to see their excited expressions. They worked hard in front of the emperor and the ministers, which was like a harmonious work.
scene.
Li Shimin enjoyed this atmosphere very much. At this point, he finally understood why Qin Wenyuan wanted him to inspect the insecticide egg site.
"This boy has so many clever ideas! He actually thought of using my appearance to arouse the subjects' attention to insect eggs and their enthusiasm for exterminating them. He is as clever as a monster. I hope this boy's cleverness can be used in the right way and become my great success.
A wise minister of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Shimin thought like this, and his expectations for Qin Wenyuan rose to unknown levels.
The ministers who came with the emperor were overjoyed to see Li Shimin Long Yan. They thought that the emperor's visit was not the result of Qin Wenyuan's initiative and the request of Du Chuke, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. This boy is really a character. He is so resourceful at a young age.
Don't underestimate him!
In fact, these people really misunderstood Qin Wenyuan. The reason why he invited Li Shimin to come to the site of eradicating insect eggs was simply because he wanted the emperor to truly see the real situation in the land before the locust plague broke out, so that the court would treat this as a big deal.
Only in this way will the yamen in various places not dare to be perfunctory and fail in the work of eradicating insect eggs, causing the people of the Tang Dynasty to suffer from the locust plague.
Qin Wenyuan's goal was achieved. During the break after lunch, Li Shimin summoned the accompanying ministers and said:
"Dear dear friends, I believe that you have witnessed the situation in the land with your own eyes. The number of insect eggs is much more serious than what we imagined in the court. I would like to have Zhongshu Ling issue an imperial edict to various yamen to urge and reiterate this matter
We must make the officials in charge of the local government attach great importance to the work of eradicating insect eggs. I want to punish all officials who do not do their job well and investigate them. What do you think?"
Listening to Li Shimin's slightly discussed words, which were actually oral instructions, Fang Xuanling, who rushed back to Chang'an City from Licheng, stepped forward and answered.
"Wei Chen will now prepare an imperial edict according to the emperor's order and hand it over to the Zhongshu Order to forward it to the various ministers and provinces to deliver the edict to all yamen. We must make sure that the chief officials of each yamen will do their best to complete this work in accordance with the emperor's will. Wei Chen will send inspection envoys to various places.
, any officials who are found to be slacking off will be reported to the imperial court by inspection for arrest and investigation in accordance with the laws of the Tang Dynasty."
"Fang Aiqing's proposal is very good, so let's issue the imperial edict as soon as possible!"
After listening to Fang Xuanling's performance, Li Shimin directly ordered such action without further verbosity, which shows how worried he was about this matter. The ministers knew that if anyone dared to neglect their duties and miss an important matter in this incident, they would definitely
Will be sentenced to death by the emperor.
Those ministers who had relatives and friends who were officials in other places thought at this time that they would have to send messages to their relatives and friends who were officials abroad as soon as they returned, telling them to pay attention to the work of eradicating insect eggs.
After that, Li Shimin ordered Qin Wenyuan with a satisfied look to complete the pest control work in all parts of Chang'an County before returning to Chang'an City, and then drove back to the palace with a message.
After Qin Wenyuan led the crowd to see the emperor and the ministers off, an unknown smile appeared on his lips.
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On the night when Li Shimin led the crowd back to the palace, there were a few more people in the political arena outside the palace of Wang Gui in Chang'an City. This move did not attract the attention of the Wuhou who was watching the night.
"The night of dark moon and high wind and murderous people" is the best portrayal of this time.
Chen Laosan, dressed all in black, was hiding in an inconspicuous corner outside Wang Gui's Mansion. Under the cover of the night, he was paying close attention to the movements outside Wang Gui's Mansion. After learning what the young marshal meant, he led the crowd here to collect information.
It had been more than a day since 1 a.m., and everything was ready at this time. When people were sleeping most deeply before dawn, it was time for them to take action.
For this operation to kill Wang Gui, Chen Laosan and Sima Yuntian made careful arrangements after discussing in the mansion. The dozens of personal guards transferred from the "Wugong County" village were not allowed to use hot weapons.
Masked and wielding swords and equipped with compound crossbows, Zhao Meng and Wu Ping hid outside the Chang'an city gate to prepare for the retreat. The secret guard "Morning Light" followed the Qingxia Saint to monitor whether there were any powerful martial arts figures in Wang Gui's house.
If found, two people will be responsible for killing them.
The darkness before dawn arrived as promised, and only the cry of a nightingale could be heard. On the wall outside Wang Gui's Mansion, dozens of shadowy figures spread out their swift movements, climbed over the wall, and silently rushed into Wang Gui's Mansion.
So Wang Gui deserves to die tonight. He returned to the house early because he had nothing to do during the day. He sat quietly in the study but always felt uneasy. He thought about it but didn't know why. He thought it was him.
It happened that day when he was staying in the newly bought concubine's room. Thinking of this, the guy's heart felt hot again, and he immediately went to the concubine's room to flirt so that he could do the romantic thing again at night.
It's no wonder that Wang Gui relaxed his vigilance. After Qin Wenyuan was attacked, this guy saw no movement in the "Qi Guogong Mansion" for a long time. Based on his understanding of Qin Wenyuan, it seems that he shouldn't be so calm. The only explanation is that Xu Tian doesn't know who did it, and he doesn't even know where to start.
How could he start to take revenge? Besides, he had already eliminated the trouble, so what he did was flawless.
After Wang Gui flirted and joked with his concubine, he ordered the kitchen to make some wine and food and brought them to the concubine's room when the lights were lit. The beauty knew how to play with the wine, and insisted that the concubine drink the wine into Cherry's little mouth and then feed it to her.
in his mouth.
The dozens of personal guards who entered Wang Gui's residence either used knives or bows and crossbows to kill all the guards who were on duty at Wang Gui's residence. Without causing any movement from the sleeping people in the palace, the guards quietly cleared the trees in the palace.
The small door of the covered backyard was opened, and Chen Laosan led the crowd to hide in Wang Gui's mansion under the cover of night.
After entering Wang Gui's mansion, Chen Laosan whispered and ordered the personal guards to quickly control the houses in the mansion. Anyone who discovered their actions and the men and women of the Wang family, regardless of age, would be killed. All the personal guards were ordered to disperse. Chen Laosan
Lao San and Zhang Er found Wang Gui's residence and entered the room, but they didn't see the guy sleeping in the room.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Chen Laosan was about to wake up the servant who was sleeping in the outer room, holding a steel knife against the servant's neck and asked in a fierce voice.
"Where is Wang Gui sleeping? Come quickly and I will spare your life!"
The servant who had just woken up from his sleep saw a man in black face holding a knife against his neck. The cold feeling frightened him so much that he didn't know what was going on in the house, so he spoke incoherently with a look of fear on his face.
"Master...sleep tonight...in my concubine's room...my dear man...spare my life...!"
After asking where Wang Gui's concubine lived in the mansion, Chen Laosan raised his knife and ended her life. He did not dare to waste too much time here and attract the attention of Wu Hou, who was patrolling outside the mansion.
Under the cover of a few flowers and trees, Chen Laosan and Zhang Er came to the residence of Wang Gui's concubine. They saw that the room seemed to have a faint light shining on the window. Chen Laosan lightly touched the window and used saliva from his mouth.
He wet his fingers and poked through the window paper, only to see someone sleeping on the bed in the room.
"What should we do?"
Chen Laosan whispered in secret, and then thought of the thing in his arms. After a while, he smiled evilly and took out a thin tube, ignited it under the light of the fire, and slowly inserted the tube into the window hole punctured by his finger to release smoke.
Chen Laosan waved his hand and called Zhang Er to enter the room together. He covered his mouth and nose with a face towel moistened with tea in the room and dispersed the smoke. After everything was safe, Chen Laosan opened the quilt and saw Wang Gui's servant.
Still having sweet dreams.
At this time, Zhang Er stood quietly at the door of the house with a knife in hand, alertly watching the movement outside.
Chen Laosan got on the bed and pressed the blade of the knife against Wang Gui's neck, and patted Wang Gui's face with one hand. When the boy woke up from his dream, he looked at the man in front of him with frightened eyes and held the knife against him. He was so frightened that his whole body trembled and he said.
"Heroes, spare their lives, heroes, spare their lives!"
"You can spare your life. As long as you tell me who made you know about Young Master Qin's return to Chang'an City, I will spare your life."
Suddenly hearing the big man mentioning Qin Wenyuan, Wang Gui instantly understood that the news that he had sent someone to deliver a message to the "Jiang Sheng Palace" had been exposed. At this time, he was glad that he had sent his wife and children back to the Wang family in Taiyuan, otherwise he would not be able to return home tonight.
It is inevitable to die.
It seems that it’s not that others don’t retaliate for doing evil things, it’s just that the time has not come yet.
Wang Gui knew that whether he said anything or not today, he would inevitably die. With the plan to have others fight to the death even after his death, Wang Gui rolled his eyes for a while and then confessed Changsun Wuji.
"Hero, it's Changsun Wuji who ordered the villain to go to Jiangsheng Palace to report the letter. There's nothing we can do! If the hero wants to kill, he should kill Changsun Wuji. The villain is just his dog.
That’s all, if a good man kills a villain, he will not stain the master’s steel sword.”
Seeing this guy pretending to be pitiful, Chen Laosan didn't want to ask any more questions and whispered.
"Remember, be a good person in the next life!"
After finishing speaking, Chen Laosan pressed the steel knife violently, but when he saw a stream of blood spurting out from Wang Gui's neck, he stared at Chen Laosan with frightened eyes.
After killing Wang Gui, Chen Laosan took off his head and sent it back to Licheng to worship at the graves of his brothers who died. He wanted to tell those brothers who died that this revenge had been avenged and he would be killed in the future.
More heads were placed at the brothers' graves.
After wrapping the head in a piece of clothing on the bed, Chen Laosan and Zhang Er left the room. The tied concubine was still under the influence of the drug and had not yet woken up.
When he came outside the room, Chen Laosan imitated the sound of insects and barked twice. After a while, he saw dozens of personal guards arriving unharmed. Everyone quietly retreated to the small gate of the backyard of Wang Gui's mansion.
He secretly sneaked under the city wall of Chang'an City and used a rope hook to cross the wall to climb over the city wall quietly. Zhao Meng and Wu Ping, who had already been under the city wall, brought dozens of guards to the woods not far from the city wall. All the guards mounted their horses.
Taking advantage of the darkness, we galloped towards the village on the other side of Wugong County.
When Chen Laosan saw off his personal guards, he handed Wang Gui's head to be taken away by his personal guards. At this time, he had returned with the secret guards "Morning Light" and Saint Qingxia who were on guard high up on the outer wall of Wang Gui's mansion.
Go to the "Gongfu of Qi".
The killing of Wang Gui this time can be said to be without any danger. The guards who retreated said that this time they just killed the Wang family servants who were watching the night in Wang Gui's mansion and more than 20 Wang family members who were sleeping in the room.
There are almost no troublesome characters.
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"Kill people, kill people!"
Just when the sky was just dawning, a frightened cry came from Wang Gui's mansion, and the sound was very creepy.
The shrill screams soon attracted the attention of Wuhou, who was on night patrol in Chang'an City. A dozen Wuhou quickly gathered in front of Wang Gui's mansion and knocked on the door of the palace. When the people in the mansion opened the door, what greeted Wuhou's eyes was
There were several corpses swaying around near the gate of the mansion. Seeing that there were so many dead people, the Wu Hous knew that something serious was going on. They did not dare to take the initiative to search the mansion without authorization, so they hurriedly sent people to Jingzhao Yin Mansion to report to the superior officials.
Jiwen, the governor of Jingzhao Yin Mansion, was still sleeping when he suddenly heard the housekeeper's urgent voice coming from outside the house.
"Master, master!"
"Why are you so alarmed?"
After being woken up, Ji Wen shouted impatiently.
"Sir, there is an emergency report in the yamen. I heard that there is a serious death in the residence of Mr. Wang Guiwang, the admonishing official."
Hearing what the housekeeper said, Ji Wen sat up from the bed suddenly, and an ominous omen immediately arose in his heart.
Ji Wen hurriedly put on his clothes and had no time to wash up so that he could meet in the lobby of the palace to meet Marquis Wu who came to report the matter. As soon as he entered the lobby, Ji Wen saw that Marquis Wu who had reported the incident had a look of panic on his face. Knowing that the matter was serious, he didn't want to be verbose.
, asked directly.
"Tell me what's going on in Wang Gui's house?"
"Sir, there was a cry for murder in Lord Wang's mansion this morning. The patrolling Marquis Wu heard the cry and came to investigate. As soon as they entered the gate of the palace, they saw several corpses lying in the palace. Seeing that the matter was serious, the Marquis Wu did not dare to enter without permission.
The palace sent someone to report to the Yamen in a hurry. After receiving the report, the subordinates also realized that the matter was serious, so they came to the Lord's Mansion to report to the Lord, and asked Lord Ji to tell us how to deal with this matter."
"Do you know Mr. Wang's current situation?"
"Reporting to your lord, there is currently no news about Lord Wang."
"You go back to the Yamen and call more Wuhou and Yamen servants to go to Lord Wang's mansion with Wu Zuo. I will go to Lord Wang's mansion first to see what's going on."
After listening to the visitor's report, Ji Wen did not fully know the specific situation, so he ordered the visitor to quickly go back to the Yamen to bring the Yamen servant and Wu Zuo who investigated the case. As for calling him Wuhou, it was entirely to control Wang Gui's mansion first, so as to avoid
Someone took the opportunity to cause trouble or destroy the murder scene in the mansion. Ji Wen was very experienced in dealing with such matters. Unfortunately, when the "Qi Duke's Mansion" was burned that night, Ji Wen ignored the facts for fear of offending Changsun Wuji.
Pretend to be deaf and dumb.
When Ji Wen arrived at Wang Gui's residence, many Wuhou from Chang'an City had gathered here. These Wuhou must have come to support after hearing the news here while patrolling in other villages.
When all the Wuhous saw Master Ji arriving, they all came forward to see him. Jiwen waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to be polite and ordered the leader of Wuhou here to lead people to take precautions outside the mansion, so that no one could come near the mansion.
After the instructions were completed, Ji Wen brought a dozen Wuhou into the mansion. As soon as he entered the mansion, Wang Gui's concubine, who had been wrapped in smoke and tied up in the room, woke up at some point and called for someone to untie her.
At this time, he led the only remaining servant in the house to kneel in front of Ji Wen and cry loudly.
"My lord, you have to make the decision for me! Master... he... he... he has been beheaded by the thieves. What should I do... wu... wu...! Now the mistress and the young master
, the young ladies are all in my hometown in Taiyuan, and here I am a female prostitute, what should I do... what should I do... Wu... Wu..."