Chapter 385 Who is swimming naked will be revealed when the tide goes out
Chapter 385: When the tide goes out, you will know who is swimming naked
East Palace.
Gao Huitong returned to the palace again. His four-year-old daughter, the eleventh princess Li Jinggang, was canonized as Princess Qinghe. Gao Huitong opened his hands to hold his daughter, but her daughter took a few steps back and retreated into the arms of her wet nurse.
Seeing this scene, Gao Huitong felt a pain in his heart.
"Who are you?"
"I am your aunt,"
"Is your surname also the eldest grandson?" Princess Eleven, who was wearing a bun, asked curiously.
From the time she was sensible, people around her told her that her biological mother had died of illness, and she was asked to call Empress Changsun her mother.
Gao Huitong said she was her aunt, so she thought she was the sister of Empress Changsun. The empress had many sisters. For example, the wife of General Li Keshi was the empress's sister, and the wife of General Yunhui Zhang Wenjin was the empress's sister.
I have never seen this aunt before.
"My surname is Gao, and I am the younger sister of your biological mother." Gao Huitong felt his heart bleed. Ever since she was ordered to leave Prince Qin's Mansion in the ninth year of Wude, she had lost that identity and could not even recognize her daughter.
Gao Huitong brought a lot of gifts and toys to the princess, and played with her for a long time while pretending to smile.
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"Have you met Dexian?"
In Li Zheng Hall, Li Shimin asked Gao Huitong.
"The eleventh princess has grown to the height of my concubine's waist. The queen has raised her well."
Empress Changsun raised a daughter herself. Although the eleventh princess called her mother, she was not raised by the empress herself, but by female officials.
Li Shimin didn't say much.
"I have read your secret report, and the conclusion is shocking. However, the evidence produced by the investigation is not sufficient, and some aspects are unclear."
Li Shimin also didn't expect that this time the heroine Chang's prophecy case would become more and more bizarre.
"Your Majesty, in fact, the entire case is very clear. Your Majesty only needs to issue an order to summon Yuan Tiangang from Sichuan to Beijing. When the evidence comes, everything will come to light." Gao Huitong said bluntly.
Li Shimin stroked his beard, and his words hit the point.
Now Li Chunfeng is making a statement, and Six Doors has investigated a situation. Who is real and who is fake? Of course, it will be clear only when the parties involved confront each other.
"Six Gates and Hundreds of Riders will immediately secretly go to Shuzhong to take Yuan Tiangang into the court. The action must be kept secret. I will personally summon Yuan Tiangang and ask him face to face."
"I request your Majesty to allow the Six Doors to conduct relevant investigations on Du Jingai, Zheng Shiji, Cui Yuqing, Wei Siqi, Chai Zhewei, Zheng Shanguo, Cui Gan, Cui Dunli, Chai Shao, etc. related to this case."
Li Shimin hesitated for a moment.
But in the end he nodded, "Don't directly summon him for questioning. Collect information first, and then report it to me after you get the evidence."
There are many people involved, and they are not ordinary people, so Li Shimin must be cautious.
However, Li Shimin had a hunch that it would be difficult to be kind this time.
Although everything still has to wait for evidence, it is obvious that Gao Huitong also believes that Wei Du, Cui Zheng and others were behind this incident.
If they were really bold enough to use celestial phenomena, secrets, and prophecies to murder the emperor's confidants, then he would not let it go.
In Li Shimin's view, this method seriously crossed the line, and by attacking their closest officials with this method, they were challenging the emperor's authority.
Since he came to the throne, he has been as tolerant as possible to the old members of the palace and even the old ministers of the Supreme Emperor, but he has also killed some people who did not know how to live or die. Li Yuanluoyi, Li Youliang, Li Xiaochang, Wang Junkuo, Liu Deyu, etc. He has killed four princes and two important officials.
General.
"When you are free in the future, you can come back to the palace often and spend more time with Dexian."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Gao Huitong was extremely grateful.
"In ten years' time, Dexian will leave the palace and marry into the Cheng Yaojin family. Are you satisfied with this marriage?"
"The Cheng family is also a famous family in Shandong and is a newly wealthy family. The marriage your Majesty has chosen for the princess is a good one."
"It's getting late. How about you rest in the palace tonight? I haven't been with you for a long time."
Gao Huitong was ordered.
Early the next morning, Gao Huitong, who was sleeping with Cheng Huan, visited the eleventh princess and left the palace. Li Shimin went to court in high spirits. After the morning court, he specially summoned his confidant Sun Wuji.
The emperor gave this uncle a task to supervise the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai to form an inspection team to investigate brothers Chai Shao Zhai Lun, Zheng Shanguo, Zheng Yuanxuan, Cui Gan, Cui Dunli, Cui Ren, and Du Jingai
The emperor didn't say what he wanted to investigate, but Changsun Wuji couldn't hear the implication. This was obviously a matter of finding fault with the person. He had presupposed guilt first and then investigated the matter later.
As long as you investigate carefully, no matter what official you are, you can always find the problem.
You may be honest, but you may have neglected your duties. You may be known as an official, but you may have integrity problems, or you may not get along well with your colleagues, etc. As long as you check, you can find out any number of problems.
Changsun Wuji does not have an official position now, but when the emperor gave him an errand, he obeyed the order with dignity and no problem at all.
"Check carefully and report any problems to me truthfully."
Li Shimin wants to find out.
Over at the Six Gates, the investigation is done privately, without any formal procedures, and any means can be used. However, the review by the Three Laws Division here is a legal procedure, and the main investigation is about the job.
But no matter what the method is, what the emperor wants is the most authentic factual result.
"Warrior Tongwu Huaiyu, uncle and nephew, and Li Junxian will also review it together."
No one can deceive the emperor, Li Shimin wants to control everything.
This incident made Li Shimin very angry. He felt that he was being deceived or even played by others. No matter who was so bold, he would pay a heavy price.
There is an undercurrent surging in the capital.
Around this prophecy, many forces are taking action.
Wu Huaiyu was not idle either.
He is still digging into the details through various channels.
More and more information shows that this incident was not accidental, nor was it Chai Zhewei's revenge for his failure to pursue Li Sanniang out of jealousy.
Because he has found another important participant.
Chai Lun, the so-called wall dragon Chai Erlang, Chai Shao's younger brother, was formerly the governor of Zezhou. Because of Master Duan's involvement in the ghost cave in the south of the city, he was deprived of his position by Li Shimin and deprived of his citizenship. The county dukes were also taken away, and he was reduced to a commoner.
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Chai Lun's qinggong was so famous in the knight circle in the capital that even Li Shimin was afraid of him and specially transferred him from the capital to serve in other places. While Chai Shao, Shi Wanbao and others completely stayed away from this circle, Chai Er was still there.
This circle.
Even after becoming the governor, they are still inextricably linked.
"The person who found Li Chunfeng with the IOU was none other than Chai Lun. He pretended to be in charge of Du Yan's mansion."
The person who reported the news to Wu Huaiyu was Li Wujie. This man was quite famous in Chang'an before. He had access to the palace and was even a guest of many princes and nobles.
The Yuan family that was beheaded before was a rising star who slowly rose up after Li Wujie followed Huaiyu to Shuofang.
After Chai Lun was demoted and dismissed as a commoner, he returned to Chang'an. Although he became a commoner, the Chai family was originally the sect of Guanlong general, so his life was still very unrestrained, not to mention his high status in the world of Chang'an.
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And generally, people of his status, even if they are demoted or demoted, will still have a chance to recover, so there is no need to worry too much.
Chai Lun was not very low-key in Chang'an, and it was not difficult for Li Wujie to investigate him.
"Chai Lun," Wu Huaiyu recited the name. It seemed that this guy really had a grudge against Wu Huaiyu and actually used this method to deal with him.
"Are you sure that Chai Shao is involved in this matter?"
"This cannot be verified yet, but the IOU in Chai Lun's hand was given to him by Chai Zhewei. Their uncle and nephew must have planned this together."
What Wu Huaiyu can basically confirm now is that Yuan Tiangang did not give Li Chunfeng 500 guan to repay his debt, and Yuan Tiangang did not even mention the connection between Bai Ri Zhi Xian and the prophecy on the secret page to Li Chunfeng. Chai Lun was behind all of this.
Of course, Wei Du, Cui Zheng and his family just helped him a little by getting this IOU and used the Yuan temptress case to expose this matter, or did they plan this matter carefully together?
It's hard to say yet.
But what he has discovered now has made Wu Huaiyu a little restless.
Even if Chai Lun is the main culprit in this matter, it is still full of threats. Although Chai Lun was demoted to a commoner, he was only a county official and governor before. His brother was not only the emperor's consort, Chai Shao was also a very powerful mountain representative in the early Tang Dynasty.
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When Wu Huaiyu was in Longxi, he fully understood the power of Chai Shao. This guy was a little emotionless and decisive, and could even be said to be a bit ruthless. It can be said that he was good at commanding troops, so it was OK if he was not in charge of troops.
It is said that Chai Shao is the kind of person who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.
At that time, Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, and Chai Shao and his wife were in Chang'an. He was able to leave his wife and face the Sui army's search alone, so he ran to Taiyuan alone to join his father-in-law.
When fighting against Tuyuhun, in order to defeat the enemy, he even used his body as bait to lay out an empty city strategy for the Tuyuhun people to attract the enemy's main force, and then let his main force make a detour and encircle them.
In terms of fighting ability, Chai Shao was also ranked high among the generals of Li and Tang Dynasties. He was a handsome man. In terms of true command, he should be second only to Li Jing, and even above Li Ji, Li Daozong, Li Xiaogong, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong and others.
The fierce generals are even more incomparable.
If such a guy really wants to do something to himself, it will definitely be difficult to deal with.
"Keep checking, be careful."
Wu Huaiyu already knows that the emperor is also investigating in depth, and he is now confident. The more in-depth the emperor investigates, the better it will be for him. Otherwise, if the emperor doesn't investigate, then Wu Dai Li Xing's shit basin will be directly put on his head.
It is called a day of never peace.
After the morning court ended, Cheng Yaojin pulled Huaiyu into the car together.
"The emperor has sent hundreds of horses to pick up Yuan Tiangang in the middle of Shu."
"I know this."
"Yuan Tiangang's hometown is within my Luzhou Governor's Mansion. I have written a letter to have him sent to Luzhou immediately to arrange for people to protect Yuan Tiangang and never let any accidents happen."
"Thank you, Uncle Cheng."
"Thank you, I didn't expect someone to use such a despicable method to deal with the Wu family. Do you know who did it?"
Wu Huaiyu did not disclose it. It was also good for Cheng Yaojin that Cheng Yaojin should not be too involved in these matters. Anyway, things are still under control.
After bidding farewell to Cheng Yaojin, he returned to the Yongzhou Yamen, where a visitor came to visit him soon.
The person who came turned out to be General You Wuhou, Tianshui County Duke Qiu Xinggong, Wu Huaiyu's cheap father-in-law.
Although the emperor granted him a marriage and asked him to take Qiu Xinggong's daughter as his concubine, and Qiu Xingze even married a daughter, Wu Huaiyu had a bad impression of the Qiu family.
Even though Tan Guogong Qiuhe sent his grandson to visit Wu several times to invite him as a guest, Wu Huaiyu never went. Qiu Xinggong also visited Wu's house several times, but Huaiyu was never seen.
Unexpectedly, he went directly to the Yamen to find him.
"That sick man from Du Yan's family wants to harm you," Qiu Xinggong told Huaiyu directly the news when they met.
The sick son of Du Yan's family he was talking about was Du Jing'ai, Du Yan's eldest son. He had been frail and sick since he was a child, but he had been dragging it out for year after year. It seemed that he would die at any time, but he never died. This guy also had tuberculosis, anyway.
Suffering from all kinds of diseases.
"Oh, I have no enmity with him, why would he want to harm me?" Huaiyu asked with a smile.
"That sick man has always been wicked. Since he was thirteen years old, he has had to marry a virgin every year, four times a year, for ten years. No girl who has married him has survived more than three years.
This guy just sucks people's essence to die. It is said that he eats Zihe Che every day."
Zihe Che, that is human placenta, and after processing it is also a medicine.
Qiu Xinggong himself eats people's hearts and livers, but he still dislikes Du Jing's love for eating Zihe Che.
"I heard that the wicked Du Jing'ai recently secretly found a charlatan who is good at fortune telling."
"Then what?" Huaiyu became serious.
"The sick man of the Du family asked the sorcerer to say that your eldest wife has dragon eyes and a phoenix neck. She is a very noble person. She is also said to be unfathomable. She will definitely be the master of the world in the future."
The eldest daughter of the Wu family, not Wu Yu'e, but Wu Huaiyu's eldest daughter, Wu Yingluo, born to Fan Jiuniang, has been betrothed by the emperor to the tenth prince of Concubine Wei.
Du Jing'ai found a sorcerer who was good at fortune-telling and taught him that Wu Huaiyu's eldest daughter had dragon eyes and a phoenix neck, and she would be the master of the world in the future.
Doesn’t this coincide with the previous prophecy?
Emperor Chuan III, Wu Dynasty Li Xing, the heroine Chang.
Wuxing, the heroine,
Wu Huaiyu's eldest daughter Wu Yingluo has been betrothed to the tenth prince, the son of Concubine Wei.
This rumor spreads with just one mouth, but its destructive power is explosive.
It stands to reason that Wu Yingluo will be the princess in the future, and the princess will become the ruler of the world?
Coupled with the previous eleven-character prophecy, does this mean that the Wu family will replace the Li family in the future?
To put it more recently, Yang Jian was the father-in-law of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and his daughter was the queen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Later, when Yang Jian's grandson became emperor at a young age, Yang Jian usurped the throne of the Yuwen family, and the Sui Dynasty replaced the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Although the story about the heroine sounds unbelievable, the more bizarre the rumor, the more people believe it.
Wu Huaiyu was surprised that Du Jingai was so ruthless, one move after another, drawing blood with each move.
But he was curious that Qiu Xinggong would actually tell him this.
"The Qiu and Wu families are now in-laws, and they both prosper and suffer. What's more, I have always hated Du Yan, and I also hate his ill-behaved sick man."
"Mr. Yi Guo, please think of a countermeasure quickly, otherwise if the warlock really spreads the rumor, the impact will be very bad."
"I wonder if Mr. Qiu can follow me into the palace, help me bear witness, and express my good wishes to Your Majesty?" Huaiyu stood up.
"No problem, I can follow you into the palace now."
"Okay, thank you Mr. Qiu."
Huaiyu did not hesitate, and immediately entered the palace with Qiu Xinggong to meet the saint.
