Back to the early Tang Dynasty as a fairy Chapter two hundred and seventy-ninth: Erlang, you, the general of the Twelve Guards, have neglected their duties
Chapter two hundred and seventy-ninth: Erlang, you, the general of the Twelve Guards, have neglected their duties
The death of Prince Edward Zhang Daoyuan naturally shocked the entire imperial city.
Although the next morning was not a lunar day, His Majesty Li Yuan still arrived at the Taiji Palace, and all the officials with civil and military positions above the ninth rank in Chang'an City also arrived.
Amid the incense from the incense burner, His Majesty Li Yuan walked quickly to his dragon chair and sat down with a cold face.
Then, the civil and military officials began to file in from the outside of the Taiji Hall, led by the ministers of Shangshu Province, and bowed to His Majesty Li Yuan.
He was supposed to salute twice, but after only saluting once this time, he saw His Majesty Li Yuan waving his sleeves impatiently.
"Stop being polite and return to your seat!"
"yes!"
After the officials agreed, they dispersed left and right, while the officials from Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province went to stand next to the incense case.
Before these officials could line up, they heard His Majesty Li Yuan speaking in a deep voice from the throne.
"You should all know about the assassination of Zhang Daoyuan and Zhang Qing, right?"
"yes!"
The ministers reluctantly agreed, saying that they all knew about Zhang Daoyuan's death.
Pei Ji, who was standing at the head of the civil service, was even more exaggerated. He held the Wat board in both hands, buried his head, and made a sad face, as if the dead Zhang Daoyuan was his relative.
"But do you know that when I sent people to Zhang Qing's home yesterday to attend to the funeral, I discovered that Zhang Qing's family had nothing but two stones and millet..."
His Majesty Li Yuan lowered his head and looked down at the ministers below with a sneer on his lips.
"Which one of you can match this?"
Faced with such soul-searching questions from His Majesty Li Yuan, all the ministers present lowered their heads silently.
Just kidding, it’s rare to find a fool like Zhang Daoyuan. Do you still expect to find a second one?
Sage, don’t you think about what those people who followed you in creating the Great Sui Dynasty were planning on doing?
"Zhang Qing, who is so loyal to the country, was assassinated in the Taipu Temple in the outer imperial city. It is simply unbearable!"
Li Yuan had an angry look on his face and slapped his hand on the dragon case in front of him.
"It's ridiculous that assassins can sneak into my outer imperial city! If an assassin can enter the outer imperial city today, will he be able to enter the inner palace tomorrow? Will he be able to enter my palace the day after tomorrow?"
Pei Ji held the wat board with both hands, his head lowered, and his face looked sad.
He had some vague guesses about the origin of this assassin... because one of his relatives happened to come to the Outer Imperial City to see him yesterday!
If his guess was correct, it was really possible that the assassin would enter Ouchi tomorrow and the palace the day after tomorrow.
However, His Majesty Li Yuan's eyes did not stay on Pei Ji at this time. His anger was not extinguished and he finally cast his eyes on a certain King of Qin who stood at the top of the military generals.
"Erlang..."
After hearing His Majesty Li Yuan's words, King Qin Li Shimin quickly walked out of the queue next to him and saluted His Majesty Li Yuan.
"My son is here!"
His Majesty Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin with an angry look in his eyes.
"Are you the Yongzhou Mu, or the General of the Twelve Guards? I have entrusted the safety of the entire Chang'an area to your hands. Don't you have nothing to say?"
King Qin Li Shimin opened his mouth and was stunned and speechless.
Aye, do you remember now that my son is the general of the Twelve Guards? Why don't you let me take charge of the generals when my son plans to manage each of the guards? Besides, Zhang Daoyuan was assassinated in the outer imperial city. When will my son be the general?
Can even the imperial guards control it?
Li Yuan narrowed his eyes and stared at his heroic son. After looking at his troubled face for a long time, his knees finally softened, and he knelt on the ground with a thud, and gave himself a thud.
"Yes, my son has been mismanaged, please punish me!"
Seeing that although Li Shimin was struggling, he finally knelt down and confessed without any rebuttal, a look of satisfaction flashed in His Majesty Li Yuan's eyes.
As expected, his son is still good, and he is still very respectful and obedient to his Aye.
But the problem is that there are too many bad people around him, and for the sake of Erlang's face, he can't get rid of all the bad people around him, so he can only watch them lead his own son.
well!
It’s hard to be a father...
"Well, I know that you can only commit a thief for a thousand days, but there is no way to prevent a thief for a thousand days."
Seeing King Qin's confession, Li Yuan's tone softened.
"But there must be an explanation for Zhang Qing's death. Erlang, I will leave this matter to you. I have only one request. This matter must be investigated to the bottom of the matter and give Zhang Qing an explanation!"
King Qin Li Shimin kowtowed on the ground again and agreed sonorously.
"As you command!"
After seeing Li Shimin agreeing without hesitation, His Majesty Li Yuan's expression softened a bit again. He nodded slightly and continued.
"Because Zhang Qing's family is in ruins, I decided to give him three hundred pieces of silk as a compensation, and also gave Zhang Qing the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry so that he could be buried in glory..."
"The saint is wise!"
After hearing His Majesty Li Yuan's words, Pei Ji, who was worried, immediately stood up and complimented loudly.
"It's such a huge favor that even Zhang Daoyuan can shed tears of gratitude even under Jiuquan."
The corners of His Majesty Li Yuan's mouth twitched.
Although he also feels that he is a very kind and good boss, but this time, did he praise his good friend too much? It was just three hundred pieces of silk. He said that he was so generous that he was so grateful that he burst into tears.
If so, it would be embarrassing!
"By the way, where is the Vice Minister of Zhongshu?"
After hearing His Majesty Li Yuan's call, Tang Jian, the Vice Minister of Zhongshu, quickly walked out of the queue.
"I'm here!"
"What should Zhang Qing's posthumous title be?"
"The saint's appearance..."
Regarding this posthumous title, Tang Jian came up with it.
"As the saying goes, 'Being honest and self-restrained is called Jie, and practicing integrity is called Jie.' Zhang Taiqing is an honest and upright man, which fits the word 'Jie', so I think Zhang Taiqing should use the word Jie as his posthumous title."
"Be honest and self-restrained, practice moderation..."
His Majesty Li Yuan touched his beard with his hand and pondered for a moment.
"That's right. Let's do it. The posthumous title given to Zhang Qing will be 'Jie'."
"The saint has such a beautiful posthumous title, perfecting Zhang Taiqing's posthumous reputation, and being such a courteous and virtuous corporal..."
Pei Ji quickly took a step forward again and said with tears of gratitude.
"Not to mention Zhang Taiqing who is under the Nine Springs, even the ministers and others are so grateful that they are deeply moved!"
"Pei Qing,"
His Majesty Li Yuan raised the corners of his mouth, tried hard to suppress his smile, and waved his hand towards Pei Ji.
"For a loyal person like Zhang Qing, I really can't turn a blind eye. That's all. You're too serious. You're too serious..."
"..."
Listening to Aye's duplicitous words, King Qin Li Shimin lowered his head silently and twitched the corner of his mouth.
Next, after His Majesty Li Yuan made arrangements for Zhang Daoyuan's funeral, the impromptu meeting ended.
After the dispersion of the dynasty, His Highness Li Shimin, King of Qin, drove directly to the Taishi Bureau.
Although His Majesty Li Yuan appointed Li Shimin as the General of the Twelve Guards, he only gave him a nice title and did not really give him the right to command the Twelve Guards. However, with the help of this title, His Highness King Qin still quietly served in the Twelve Guards.
Among the guards, especially among the imperial guards responsible for the security of the imperial city, many of their own people were hired through bribery and placement.
Especially after King Qin made a fortune recently, this bribery and placement thing became even more rampant!
Because there are many insiders in the Imperial Guard, His Highness King Qin actually knows some inside information about Zhang Daoyuan's assassination.
For example, after Zhang Daoyuan was assassinated, the first person to arrive at the scene was Taishi Ling Su Yuanlang; for another example, when Zhang Daoyuan was suspected of being assassinated, a dull roar seemed to be heard in Chang'an City.
In other words, the murderer of this assassination is suspected to be a practitioner!
But after all, Taishi Ling Su Yuanlang was no better than other officials, and the King of Qin could not call Qingxiazi around at will, so he could only condescend to go to the Taishi Bureau to ask for a meeting and inquire about the situation.
When King Qin entered the small courtyard behind the Taishi Bureau, he saw at a glance a very familiar, handsome Taoist priest in white sitting side by side with Qingxiazi Su Yuanlang, each holding a tea cup, looking lost in thought.
Looking at the sky...
The posture is very similar!
"Qingwei..."
Li Shimin blurted out in surprise.
"How will you be here?"
Kong Qing, who was startled by the words, turned around and saw Li Shimin. He did not stand up in a hurry to salute. Instead, he calmly put down the cup in his hand, straightened his Taoist robe, and then stepped forward to salute.
"I have met His Highness King Qin!"
After the ceremony was completed and he straightened up, Kong Qing shook his fly whisk and spoke in a neither humble nor arrogant tone.
"Pindao is the supervisor of the Taishi Bureau. Of course he should be here. But how come His Highness King Qin has the time to come to the Taishi Bureau today?"
"Is such that……"
King Qin acted like we have a good relationship, so I won’t hide anything from you.
"Yesterday, Grand Servant Zhang Daoyuan was assassinated. Today, Aye is furious. Ling Gu must find the murderer of Zhang Daoyuan. And I heard that when Zhang Daoyuan was assassinated yesterday, the first one to arrive was the old god Qingxia, so I came here to ask him
Please ask the gods for advice."
"I'm afraid the old Taoist will disappoint you, King Qin."
After hearing King Qin's intention, Qingxiazi held the teacup, turned to look at Li Shimin, and said calmly.
"Yesterday, the old Taoist sensed the backlash of the dragon's energy and knew that a practitioner was assassinating the imperial official, so he rushed over immediately. But unfortunately, when the old Taoist rushed over, the other party had already fled. The old Taoist only had a piece of white cloth left by the murderer.
Other than that, nothing was found.”
"The white cloth left by the murderer?"
After hearing these words, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up. He had no idea that there were still clues left in this case.
"I dare to ask the old god, where is the white cloth..."
"Qingwei..."
Qingxiazi called Kong Qing and tilted his head towards his room. Kong Qing nodded knowingly, then turned and walked into the house, took out a piece of white cloth with blood written on it from Qingxiazi's desk and left.
He came out and handed his hands to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin unfolded the white cloth in his hand and read it softly.
“‘Call me a fool and be a guest!’ What does this mean?”