Chapter 307: Report letters come one after another
Di Renjie and Qiu Shenji sat on their horses and escorted the prisoners to Luoyang with Baiqi.
Di Renjie observed along the road, stroking his beard and smiling, showing a look of relief.
Because more than half a month ago, when they were walking along the post road, they could still see decent people fleeing to the pass in groups.
What I saw at this time was that the fleeing victims had disappeared, and were replaced by carriages and horses transporting grain, which were continuously sent into Guanzhong.
In the villages along the way, you can also clearly see smoke rising from cooking stoves.
This shows that the disaster has finally stabilized. Although there is still some time before it is completely over, the most difficult period has passed.
Qiu Shenji's focus was not on that, but on the prison car, and he looked at it frequently.
There was a long row of prison cars, and most of the prisoners were the bandits in the village, and in the middle were the rebels.
Zheng Sanlang, who had severed his hand, was among them, his eyes dull, and Bai Qi's betrayer followed behind, his eyes seemed sad and happy.
The sad thing is that they made a mistake and regretted it for eternity. They originally had a great future, but were persuaded by Zheng Sanlang to conspire against them and commit a serious crime. The next step is to be exiled thousands of miles away.
Fortunately, the family has not been implicated, and they have learned that His Royal Highness has indeed made the decision for Baiqi, and all the military land allocated to each family has been recovered.
Qiu Shenji looked at Zheng Sanlang, who had a dull look on his face and an extremely numb expression: "Huaiying, do you think that guy really told the truth?"
Di Renjie was a little helpless and said very sincerely: "I can't handle your trial. He should have no secrets anymore."
Qiu Shenji frowned. At this moment, he was still full of fear when he recalled it. He lowered his voice to the extreme level: "But is that head really... really that person?"
Di Renjie also whispered in a low voice: "Of course it's a lie. Looking for a similar person to kill innocent people in an attempt to confuse the truth with the lie. This group of thieves obviously have a treason plan!"
Qiu Shenji nodded: "That was indeed a catastrophe that broke the sky. It's a pity that the village leader took away the head first, and relied on the familiar terrain to break out of the encirclement of Baiqi. If we catch this person, we can interrogate more people."
intelligence."
Di Renjie agreed: "It is indeed a pity that Baiqi can recognize the head because they are the saint's personal guards. Since the village leader discovered the secret of the head, it proves that he knows the face of the sky, and his identity must be very important! But this person's identity is definitely not trivial!
The style is somewhat familiar, I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere..."
Just as Qiu Shenji was about to speak, he suddenly let out a light sigh and looked up at the sky: "That's Liulang's condor!"
Others below also quickly discovered that, especially the elite Baiqi, they were the most enthusiastic. They waved their hands repeatedly: "It's the eagle that can't hit the target with arrows!" "I trained with it for a few days last time, and I feel that its archery skills have improved a lot...
"Come down quickly! Come down quickly! Baiqi welcomes you!"
Keenly feeling the warmth of home, the eagle circled in the sky several times and landed accurately.
Qiu Shenji raised his arm and was deceived several times by false moves. He finally let Ying'er rest on his forearm to get the letter tied to his foot: "This should be the letter Liulang gave us."
When Ying'er saw that the letter was gone, he fluttered his wings and flew towards Baiqi, running in both directions. Di Renjie made a gesture to let Qiu Shenji read it first. Qiu Shenji unfolded the letter, scanned it hurriedly, and suddenly laughed: "Liu Lang wants to
Yang Zhirou took action."
Di Renjie frowned slightly: "Yang Zhirou is the Minister of Household Affairs. Zheng Sanlang alone as a witness, without knowing the motive and without physical evidence, may not be enough to convict him of the crime."
Qiu Shenji was full of confidence and geared up: "Since Liulang wants to attack him, he must be certain. If he doesn't move, it will be enough, but if he moves, it will be thunderous! We must go to Luoyang quickly, capture Thief Yang, and hang him with Zheng Sanlang.
You can also ask more secrets..."
Di Renjie frowned, stroked his beard and smiled: "Okay, let's go to Dongdu quickly!"
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at the same time.
Li Yan entered Luoyang Palace City, Ziwei Palace, for the second time.
There is Ziwei Palace in the sky, which is the residence of God. The ancient kings chose a neutral country in the world and a neutral palace in the country. Luoyang is called the center of the world. Although Ziwei Palace is not the center of Luoyang, it has the highest terrain and can be
With its high-rise building overlooking the city, this palace really fits the name.
The builder of Ziwei Palace was Yang Guang, so it was naturally extremely extravagant and magnificent. Li Yan had already been here once, and was walking in the palace with the chamberlain for the second time. Passing by those magnificent palaces, he still couldn't bear to
Can't stop watching.
Of course, Yang Guang, a prodigal son, was not yet at his peak. When Wu Zetian came to the throne in history, the prodigal women renamed Ziwei Palace Taichu Palace and built a paradise and a bright hall, which became the best in the world.
However, it was an extreme waste of money and people, and what was even worse was that it burned down in a flash, with no hope of becoming a tourist attraction.
At the beginning of time travel, Li Yan had the idea of seeing the Mingtang of Heaven to make up for the regrets of future generations.
But now, he has changed his mind and his goal is to no longer see the kind of buildings that waste people and money.
At this moment, the chamberlain leading the way stopped and was replaced by Cao Zhen, who had been waiting for a long time.
The East Palace has arrived.
After the prince entered the palace, he has been working in the East Palace. As for the palace where Li Zhi and Empress Wu lived, he only ordered people to clean it and did not move in.
There are many examples of people ruling in the East Palace. Li Shimin took office in the East Palace during the first few years of the Zhenguan period.
But that was because Li Yuan lived in the main palace of Tai Chi Palace, and the father and son secretly fought for a while.
However, Li Zhi is now located in the Daming Palace in Chang'an. The prince came to Luoyang to supervise the country and still lives in the East Palace. He sticks to his duty and is immediately praised by both the government and the public.
In fact, this kind of operation is normal. The prince has never been a person who oversteps his bounds, but if a small thing is brought out and praised greatly, you can also see the attitude of the courtiers.
Cao Zhen can also feel the difference in status.
In the past, they were fine in Chang'an Shaoyang Courtyard, but they didn't dare to speak loudly outside the palace, and they were a head shorter when facing other eunuchs. Although they still groveled in front of officials, they seemed to be fawned over in front of other eunuchs.
exist.
He always remembered that when the prince was under house arrest, it was this man who came with an imperial edict announcing that the prince would supervise the country. He always came to greet him: "Li Jiyi, Madam Shangguan has been thinking of you these days!"
Li Yan laughed: "Whoever asked the Crown Princess to drag Wan'er into the palace will not let her out. She will naturally miss me as her master."
Cao Zhen stuck out his tongue, and excitedly talked about some interesting things in the palace, and then suddenly said: "By the way, I just learned that Li Jiyi was going to enter the palace, and General Pei also stopped, saying that he was waiting for Li Jiyi."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yan saw a man in purple robe standing on the side of the hall, holding his fists in the distance: "Li Jiyi, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
The tall man with a curly beard, holding his fists and laughing loudly from afar, was none other than Pei Judao, the father of the Crown Princess.
Li Yan hurried forward and returned the courtesy: "General Pei, how can you allow the elder to wait!"
Pei Judao waved his hand: "I just happened to enter the palace to report the land and water transfer to His Highness. This is still the job you assigned me. I want to talk to you!"
In today's imperial court, there is no official position specifically for managing water transportation. Pei Judao is the general of Zuojin Wuwei, the third rank, in charge of the palace, the capital patrol, the beacon guard, the roads, and the water and grass matters. The latter is better related to water transportation.
At this time, Pei Judao started to complain, and Li Yan also said sincerely: "Water transportation is so complicated, and the interests of all parties are really difficult to manage. Only General Pei can do it!"
Pei Judao snorted: "Don't flatter me. This water transport is very difficult to handle. Gong's method is to give money to each noble clan. It is simple and crude, but it is indeed effective. Now I want to take back the power of water transport, but I can't do this.
Therefore, Li Jiyi has been praised by His Majesty as a general and a prime minister, and is a great civil and military talent, so I want to ask you for advice."
Li Yan pondered for a moment and said seriously: "In my humble opinion, if we want to truly eliminate the chaos in water transportation, we can only establish a special transshipment department, and then set up local transshipment envoys on each road to cooperate with the two cities."
"His Royal Highness supervises the country and wants to appoint officials specifically responsible for water transportation. Naturally, it can be done. However, adding official positions has been an extremely sensitive move since ancient times. Especially when it involves the huge interests of water transportation, it will inevitably attract the attention of all parties.
This matter is important and should not be touched lightly."
"I can only ask General Pei to take charge temporarily and work hard!"
Pei Judao looked a little moved and gave a serious salute: "Since you have gained His Highness's trust, this is what you should do for a minister. Li Jiyi's position as assistant minister is worthy of the name. Allow me to venture, I don't know why I entered the palace this time..."
Li Yan took out a letter: "I recommended Shi Jin, the chief minister of the Zuo Prison Gate, to be the official doctor in charge of the Bei City Slave Association. Now a lot of evidence has been found."
"The beginning of that incident was a letter of report. I saw that the words in the letter were conclusive and well-founded, and I recognized that the person who wrote the letter was thoughtful and well-targeted, so I chose to trust..."
"And now another report letter has come, and it's even more important!"
If it were anyone else, he might have to avoid it, but Pei Judao directly stretched out his hand: "Can you show me the report letter?"
Li Yan handed it over.
Pei Judao scanned everything quickly and his expression changed immediately: "Shilang Yang of the Ministry of Finance is harboring thieves?"
Li Yan said: "This is a major matter related to the Minister of the Ministry of Health. I have to go to the palace to see His Highness."
Pei Judao said seriously: "This matter is not trivial. Apart from this report letter, are there any other witnesses?"
Li Yan said: "To be honest with General Pei, there is another person in the Baiqi rebellion who also confessed that Yang Shilang had evil intentions. But I didn't believe it at the time, and I only half-believe it now."
"In the past few days, the internal guards, with an attitude of preferring to believe what they have rather than what they don't have, have been keeping an eye on the Yang Mansion and found that they used a lot of nourishing medicines, but no one in the house was seriously ill, but the thief was injured by me before.
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Pei Judao looked solemn and showed the decisiveness of a military general: "Catch the thief and the dirty man. This matter requires speed and speed. You and I will enter the East Palace together. If you want to use the Sixteenth Guards Forbidden Army, I will fully cooperate!"