But he set off on the same day as Young Master Qi.
However, the two of them went in different directions.
Young Master Qi went straight to Yanmen Pass and took the normal Beimo Chi Road to Yanshan Mountain.
Zhang Xiao, on the other hand, went against him. After leaving Chang'an, he headed east and went straight to Jizhou.
When Li Ke learned about this, he was a little confused as to what Li Chengqian's plan was.
Since we are going to Yanshan to encircle and suppress Cui Yinghe and his gang, it is obviously faster to take the Beimochi Road. Why are we going to Jizhou?
However, Li Ke did not ask Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian must have his own ideas when planning this way.
Besides, it's not convenient for him to interfere in such matters.
And the other side.
Even after arranging everything, Li Chengqian could not take any time off.
On the day that Young Master Qi and Zhang Xiao left, Su Dan came to the East Palace to find Li Chengqian.
His sudden visit surprised Li Chengqian.
"Father-in-law, why did you come here suddenly?"
Su Dan smiled dryly and said: "Of course I am going to apologize to His Highness the Crown Prince."
"father in law."
"What do you mean by that?"
Li Chengqian frowned and said, "I have never blamed you, let alone blamed you for this matter."
"It is His Highness' mercy not to blame."
"But I cannot be arrogant because of this."
Su Dan said: "When Your Highness comes to my residence, I should take full responsibility for everything."
"But I allowed these dead men to sneak into my home. This is a crime of negligence."
"And when the dead men launched an attack on His Highness, I was unable to stop him immediately. This is my dereliction of duty."
Su Dan gave a deep salute to Li Chengqian: "So I sincerely ask your Majesty to punish me for my crime."
Hear his words.
Li Chengqian didn't know what to say.
But he can also understand Su Dan The meaning is nothing more than fear of outsiders gossiping and being blamed for it.
It is better to say that I am asking for punishment than to ask for peace of mind.
After all, only after being punished can he live without fear.
Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said, "In that case, I have something to leave to my father-in-law."
"If my father-in-law can do a good job."
"I will forget about the past."
"If you can't do it well, then..."
Li Chengqian paused, looked up at Su Dan and said, "Then I'll punish you to sweep the Taiji Temple Square for two months. What do you think?"
In fact, this punishment is not too light.
Contemporary literati pay the most attention to appearance, and they will be scolded as ungentlemen in the next kitchen, let alone sweeping the streets.
But this is exactly what Su Dan meant.
He leaned forward and said, "Your Highness, if you have anything to do, just give me your orders."
"Actually, this matter has something to do with your Su family."
"My father-in-law must have been able to see that this Jiang family member was not a dead soldier who was stuffed in that day."
"But these dead soldiers were preparing for the assassination a long time ago."
"This also means that these people knew that I would go to Su Mansion a long time ago."
"so……"
Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes, looked down at Su Dan and said, "I think there must be someone secretly causing trouble in my father-in-law's house."
What he said.
It is almost exactly the same as what Cheng Yaojin and Su Dan said at the beginning.
Su Dan pursed his lips slightly, then reached into his arms and took out a notebook about two inches back.
He raised the notebook with both hands above his head and said, "I have actually been investigating what Your Highness said for a long time."
"This book records my family's
What those boys here have been doing for half a month."
Hear this.
Li Chengqian couldn't help but be stunned.
Yo ho.
How could he think of this. ??
It seems that he underestimated his father-in-law.
Li Chengqian reached out and took the book, flipped it through casually, and asked without raising his head: "Has your father-in-law found this person who is causing trouble in the dark?"
"That's not true."
"But we caught two maids who were acting suspiciously."
Speaking of this, Su Dan paused and said, "Only during the interrogation, these two maids took poison and hanged themselves..."
Li Chengqian curled his lips.
This is also their style of doing things.
Just when Li Chengqian wanted to say a few words, Su Dan suddenly said: "In addition, I also found some suspicious things."
"what's up?"
Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Liu Xiaosun's wife frequently invited my wife to go to Qujiang Pool to listen to the Jiang family's opera a few months ago."
Su Dan said: "And my wife decided to invite Jiang Jiaban home because she listened to Jiang Jiaban's music there."
"oh?"
"Is there such a thing?"
Li Chengqian rubbed his chin and said, "How is the relationship between father-in-law and Liu Xiaosun?"
"We are ministers in the same palace, that's all."
As he spoke, Su Dan looked calm and unhurried.
Obviously, what he told was the truth.
In the years since Li Chengqian came to the court, he had somewhat understood the relationship between the ministers.
There are actually many factions in the court.
There were a group of hawks headed by Changsun Wuji and Li Ji, a group of doves headed by Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, and a group of censors and generals who formed their own system.
Of course, in addition to them, there are also young heroes like Li Chengqian.
Whenever there is a dispute in the court , both sides will quarrel endlessly.
But to this day.
Su Dan didn't show too close to anyone.
In addition to his need to avoid risks, this is also related to his position.
Secretary Cheng, although of lower rank.
But he was a close minister of the emperor, and his daily job was to organize documents for the emperor.
If such people form a faction, they will be extremely dangerous to everyone.
So Su Dan chose to stay outside the system and help no one.
At the same time, he also deliberately kept a distance from the people in the court.
And Liu Xiaosun is a member of the conservative doves.
Su Tan usually avoids people who are dovish.
How could it be possible to interact with him in private?
Li Chengqian rubbed his chin.
"If you talk about it like this."
"This Liu Xiaosun's wife is very suspicious..."
Li Chengqian turned to Su Dan and asked, "Has my father-in-law ever investigated this Mrs. Liu?"
"Have done some research."
"But I didn't find anything special."
When Su Dan spoke, there was a clear look of loss and unwillingness in his eyes.
After talking to my wife that day.
He began to use his connections to find people to investigate these matters.
However, nothing was found.
Liu Xiaosun's wife was innocent and did not appear to have any contact with Cui Yinghe.
And it was also because of this that Su Dan thought of coming to Li Chengqian to plead guilty.
Otherwise, if Liu Xiaosun could be caught, he wouldn't need to think so much.
All you need to do is put the evidence in front of Li Chengqian or Li Shimin.
Then he can be acquitted directly, and this matter has nothing to do with him anymore.
Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said, "Then let me investigate this matter..."