The words were spoken in amusement, but no one who listened could laugh at this moment.
Li Du looked deeply at Xu Jian, emotions surging in his dark eyes.
He thought that Xu Jian was as cautious and calm as he expected.
Even when his opponent was "already gone" and Xu Jian should have enjoyed victory, the Duke did not reveal any flaws.
He will not be arrogant or complacent, nor will he boast about his achievements.
Even if Li Du flattered Xu Jian or even threatened Xu Jian, Xu Jian would not be distracted.
Too.
Without such steady coping habits, how could we get away with it every time?
Xu Jianming secretly tricked Li Shao several times, but whenever he had the slightest hint of guilt, Li Yi would see it out.
However, Li Yi trusted Xu Jian very much.
Tsk!
Thinking of this, Li Du wanted to scold Li Yi for being stupid.
Li Shao is obviously the most precious person, but Xu Jian, who has malicious intentions, is placed next to Li Shao.
But then again, even he, Li Du, didn't see through what shocking array Xu Jian was planning, and it wasn't surprising that Li Yi didn't see it either.
Thinking like this, Li Du's eyes fell on Eunuch Cao again.
Eunuch Cao's heart is like a bright mirror.
He remembered that His Highness also complained to the Holy Emperor in the royal study, saying that Duke Fu was plotting against him secretly.
The Holy Spirit did not listen at that time.
Today these words came out of the mouth of King Jin again...
It's not a question of whether you believe it or not, but it's a matter of priorities.
For the Holy Emperor, the most important thing right now is to deal with Prince Jin and eliminate all these old worries.
At this moment, bringing the matter between His Highness and the Duke of Fu into the mix will only make the situation more and more muddy, but it will actually serve the purpose of King Jin.
Furthermore, His Highness complained on the same day, and he still got along well with Fuguo Gong in the following months.
From this point of view, 80% of the time he was provoked.
"Your Majesty," Eunuch Cao urged, "Everything has been arranged outside, so you'd better not waste any time."
With his words, several of the "escorting" imperial guards also took a step forward, with an obvious persecution posture.
Li Du snorted, no longer staying, and strode out.
Several officials from the Third Division chatted with Shan Shen and assigned work to each other.
Shan Shen turned to Xu Jian and asked: "What arrangements will the Duke make soon?"
"Commander Wan has gone to take notes on Eunuch Lao's house. I want to go over and have a look," Xu Jian thought for a while and said, "It will take a few adults to work hard to question the people detained in the palace."
Shan Shen said: "It should be, it should be."
Everything that needs to be explained has been explained, and Xu Jian said to Shan Shen again: "Master Shan, I will go over now. If the princess asks about it later, please let her go back to Cining Palace with the eldest princess to recover. Don't worry.
Here I am."
Shan Shen is busy responding.
Along the way, Xu Jian walked out of the Jin Palace.
The Royal Forest Army was dispatched to surround the mansion. Such a big movement had already alarmed the nearby neighbors.
As the news spread, many people came over, pointing and muttering at the palace gate from a distance.
Some said that the carriages of the emperor's relatives were gorgeous, while others asked what the King of Jin had committed.
Xu Jian took the horse's rope, got on the horse, skillfully avoided the crowd, and arrived at another house.
This place has been taken over by the garrison office.
Xu Jian entered the door, walked around the screen wall, and looked at the front hall not far away.
He had already seen the layout of this house in the Yamen's files.
Entering the front and back, there is a courtyard on the west side. It is not small in the capital, but it cannot be called a big house.
Wantang's loud voice came from the west courtyard, angrily: "This wall looks newly built. I'm not blind. If you smash it, smash it quickly!"
Xu Jian followed the sound and asked, "What wall did Mr. Wan smash?"
Wantang heard this and turned around and said: "Master Guo, let me take care of the house raiding next time! We guard the Yamen and follow the rules..."
According to the rules, it is not their job to copy a house in Beijing without any reason.
That is to say, the personal entourage of Duke Fu came over and held the sign of the Imperial Study Room, so Wantang kept ordering his troops and generals.
Xu Jian chuckled lightly: "Master Shan followed me elsewhere. If this happens again next time, can you change it?"
Wantang said quickly: "Where else?"
"Prince Jin's Mansion." Xu Jian answered lightly and casually.
Wantang's loud voice immediately shut up.
Be good!
Jin Palace?
All the bosses gathered around the palace, it was so exciting!
"Switch, I will definitely switch with him!" Wantang patted his thigh and said, "But why..."
As soon as the words came out, he reacted on his own.
There was talk in the morning that the man from Yongji Palace was murdered, and they surrounded the Jin Palace in the morning. It is most likely related.
The royal brothers draw swords against each other. The matter is not trivial, but the difficulty is actually not that great.
Of course, Wantang refers to the difficulty of besieging the house and seizing people.
When you follow the holy orders and do things, you have the sky above your head, the ground beneath your feet is flat, and you feel very at ease.
It's much simpler than the house in Chenmi Hutong where one's eyesight went dark and one couldn't tell whether one met a person or a ghost.
Xu Jian saw Master Wan's expression changing over and over again, and knew that he must have remembered the unfortunate thing that happened to Li Shao again, so he asked, "Did you just talk about smashing the wall?"
"Yes," Wantang came to his senses, pointed at a wall and said, "It's brand new, and the wall isn't even dry yet."
"That doesn't have to be smashed." Xu Jian said when he saw Xuan Su coming over, he motioned to him.
Xuan Su understood, jumped up onto the wall, and looked at the other side.
Once he went up, he didn't rush down. He stood straight on the wall, turning around and looking around.
Wantang was anxious and asked urgently: "What do you mean? What's on the other end?"
"The house next door," Xuan Su came down and reported to Xu Jian, "I searched it all over and found that the building was empty. There are residential buildings around this area, and there are usually people living there.
I just went to inquire about it, and they said that people occasionally come in to this house, and sometimes I hear some walking noises, and there are occasional lights at night. It doesn't seem like they have been staying there for a long time, but more like the owner is away and one or two housekeepers have been left.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Behind this wall is the courtyard next door, and people were shocked when they first saw the small standing wall."
When Wantang heard this, he directly drew the sword from his waist and struck on the wall.
This knock gave a clue.
Only the outermost layer has been newly painted, and the wall tiles inside are still old, neatly aligned with the wall tiles behind the old wall next to it.
"What's wrong?" Wantang's eyes widened in anger, "Are you kidding me?"
Xu Jian said: "Then Eunuch Sun came over and stayed for a while before leaving. It is said that he has already seen people.
According to those who followed him, when Eunuch Sun came in for the first time, no one else came in or out from the gate.
The second time he walked around the back of the house, but the back door never opened."
Wantang understood: "What the Duke means is that there must be another road in this house, but it's not in the open. We haven't discovered it yet?"
Xu Jian nodded.
Wantang became excited: "It's not like I, Old Wan, have never dug a house before. I still dig three feet into the ground. I don't believe I can't dig it out!"
After speaking, Wantang called his men and made arrangements.
Xu Jian went into the room across the courtyard and looked around, then left the moon cave door and walked along the corridor to the second entrance.
"Find a way!"
She is called Shenchen.
Xu Jian heard the sound and went over, looking at the passage hidden in the ear room and blocked by several large shelves.
There was no light inside, it was pitch black, and I don't know how long it was.
Xu Jian did not go in rashly and asked Shen Chen to call Wantang.
When Wantang heard that there was a discovery, he stopped digging the ground and came over with a lot of people.
"I'll be the vanguard." He lit the fire in one hand, held the sword in the other, and strode in.
When I started walking, I realized that the passage was shorter than expected.
Turn a corner, pry open the wooden door at the end, and then there is another corridor.
After walking around in twists and turns for about a quarter of an hour, we finally arrived at a house.
The house was also quiet, there was no other movement.
Xuan Su climbed up to the roof this time, looked around, and gave them directions: "It turned out that the house was over there, and Prince Jin's Mansion was over there, not far away. There are three entrances to this house, and there are courtyards on the left and right. The place is really
It’s not small anymore. It’s the third level now.”
The people guarding the Yamen spread out and searched as they entered.
The end result is naturally empty buildings.
Xu Jian walked into the main room.
Everything inside has been packed away, and there are no handwritten notes on the major cases.
The window opens, and there are large green bamboos outside.
Xu Jian turned elsewhere again.
In a house, he found a medicine grinder, with some finely divided medicine powder still vaguely left in the grinding groove.
Xu Jian thought for a while, then picked some handy tools from the shelf, wrapped some up, and handed them to Shen Chen: "After that, give them to Mr. Shan."
Wantang came back from a tour and said to Xu Jian: "There are at least twenty people living here. They walked in a hurry but not in a disorderly manner. They kept the bedding and took away some of their belongings. I just asked someone to ask around, and they seemed to say
There was some movement last night."
Xu Jian said: "I see that the main house at the back has many traces of daily life. I think the King of Jin often stayed here. It is so frequent that it is said that he will not enter and leave through the gate. Mr. Wan will search again later. There is probably a passage in this house that leads to Jin.
Prince's Mansion."
Wantang should come down.
Xu Jian returned to the original route and entered the palace to resume his life.
In the imperial study room, the Holy Master looked very solemn.
Eunuch Cao had already returned first. He came out to greet Xu Jian and said in a low voice: "The King of Jin is keeping him in the dungeon. He seems to be quite cooperative.
The Zajia family had just reported the story of the siege to the Holy One, and the Holy One was very angry.
What do you get from your place?"
Xu Jian whispered: "No one was caught. They all ran away. I met people from Shuntian Mansion at the palace gate. They said that there is no whereabouts of His Highness Li Rong for the time being. I guess..."
Halfway through the words, Eunuch Cao understood and sighed.
After entering, Xu Jian saluted and then reported the conditions of the two houses one by one.
The Holy Master closed his eyes after listening, thought for a while, and said, "So, the servant Li Du kept in the house, a dead soldier or something, ran away last night?"
At that time, he had not yet made up his mind to take action, but he gave Li Du the opportunity to arrange the "future affairs".
At dawn today, as soon as the city gate opened, he had already disappeared.
Even Li Rong can run away.
Xu Jian said: "Since King Jin thought that you would attack first, dismissed everyone in advance, and made arrangements for His Highness Li Rong, why didn't he leave?"
With the ability of King Jin, it is not difficult to sneak out of the city.
As for giving up everything when you leave, then why not give up now?
As long as the green hills remain, there will be no need to worry about running out of firewood.
It's better to have a chance than to die here.
All the actions of King Jin are more like "going with the flow".
From the moment he attacked Li Jun, it was time for him to go to court and go back to his hometown, waiting step by step for the Holy Emperor to take action first, while his subordinates Eunuch Ye, Eunuch Tong and others disappeared.
"To die alone, let others live in exchange for others?" The Holy Emperor murmured, stroking his beard, and shook his head again, "He is not that kind of person, what on earth is he thinking? Does he think that I dare not kill him?"
In front of Princess Baoying and officials from the Third Division, Li Du admitted that he had planned the incident between Baoping Town and Dingguo Temple, that he had murdered his adoptive mother, Concubine Dong, and that he had poisoned Li Jun. These charges were enough for the Holy Emperor
He was convicted.
It can be said that it is justified.
Even if a future saint goes to see the late emperor, he will be able to explain why he still attacked his brother more than ten years later.
It can't be true, as Li Du said, that the road is dead, and at the last moment he just wants to make the cause of Zhang Xuanshi's death public, right?
The Holy Emperor stood up and said, "I will go see him personally."
Eunuch Cao hurriedly followed.
"Your Majesty," Xu Jian advised, "in my opinion, it is better to make a decision as soon as possible. Since we don't know what King Jin is still thinking about, it is better to make a decision earlier to avoid long nights and dreams."
The Holy Emperor stamped his feet, raised his hand and patted Xu Jian's shoulder to show that he had heard. However, he did not comment on what he said. He only said: "You can come with me."
Xu Jian followed the emperor out of the imperial study.
Eunuch Cao led the way, and Xu Jian fell a few steps behind, looking at the Holy Master's back.
Based on his understanding of the Holy One, the Holy One would definitely kill Li Du, but he would not issue an order immediately.
The reason why we are in a hurry today is because we are afraid of the public opinion in the court, and we don't want to trouble the Queen Mother. But now that we have a chance to win, the Holy One will not be too anxious.
The situation is very good, so good that there is enough time for the people below to find out the case and figure out the details, thoroughly and thoughtfully.
Then, when the courtiers made suggestions and demanded Li Du's death, it was time for the Holy Emperor to take action.
Acting like this cannot be considered a bad thing for the emperor. In many cases, it can even be said to be extremely correct, but it happened that they were facing Li Du.
Li Du's behavior of throwing himself into a trap is so strange.
Xu Jian couldn't rest assured, so she wanted to end her marriage as early as possible.
He had to find another chance to convince the Holy One.
The Imperial City Dungeon is very remote. The closer you get, the colder it becomes.
Before entering, His Majesty stopped and whispered to Xu Jian: "I know you are worried about causing another trouble, and I am worried too, but right now Li Rong's whereabouts are unknown. Li Du is alive and can still be used as bait. Once Li Du dies, Li Rong will no longer show up.
.”
Xu Jian frowned and said, "That's what you said."
Several people entered the dungeon.
The cold air is coming.
Xu Jian squinted to adjust to the darkness inside, and then saw Li Du who was locked in a cell deep inside.
Li Du sat against the wall, raised his head to look at the person who came, curled his lips, and smiled secretly and provocatively: "Who do I think I am, my sixth brother is actually here in person."
