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Chapter one thousand and thirty-two

Li Longji, who was watching Xie Xiaoman and a group of dancers dancing Hu Xuan dance in Jinhuazhai, suddenly stood up when he heard Ji Wen's assassination and roared in an almost roaring voice: "It's outrageous."

For a moment, the musician was falsified and the dancer was walking in a mess. All the concubines accompanying him were all changing. Only Xie Xiaoman, who was leading the dance, stopped the rapid and slow spin, then stepped forward and bowed and said lightly: "Since your Majesty has state affairs, I dare not speak nonsense. But if you are angry, you will hurt your body, and if you are angry, you will be confused. Your Majesty is the common ruler in the universe, and you will be bound by the whole world. I dare to advise Your Majesty for the subjects of the world. No matter what happens, you will temporarily stop the anger of thunder and ask slowly."

Li Longji was already furious, but after his concubine leaned down and persuaded her for a few words, he finally calmed down a little. He looked around at Yingying and Yanyan around him, thinking that only here could he not hear the complicated affairs outside. He nodded slightly and said, "Xiaoman's words are commendable. I will come to see you dance again tomorrow. Come back to Xingqing Hall."

Seeing the people of the eunuchs hurriedly returning to the palace with the angry emperor, and after sending the concubines of the sage carriage up, Zhang Yunrong comforted the frightened people with kind words, and took Xie Xiaoman back to the bedroom. After she shut down everyone, she whispered: "I have to go and find out what's going on."

"I know," Xie Xiaoman pinched his palms with his fingernails and whispered in a low voice, "Anyway, Yang Yuyao can't get the upper hand."

Du Shiyi ordered people to travel 400 miles a day and a day to send secret memorials, while Ji Wen ran to the post for 240 miles a day, so there was a time difference between them. When Li Longji received Du Shiyi's secret memorials two days ago, he could be said to be furious and surprised. Even though Du Shiyi only blamed Ji Wen and did not push all the matter to Li Linfu, he still felt suspicious, so he left Li Linfu to see Li Shizhi alone. Fortunately, Du Shiyi was a secret memorial sent by Gao Lishi, which had not been passed on to Chang'an for a while, but he was a little annoyed about exposing Ji Wen in Yunzhou.

In his opinion, it would be fine if the generals and ministers were in private, but how could they be put on the table? Therefore, he temporarily kept the matter secret and planned to wait for Ji Wen to return to Chang'an before making any trouble.

But this time, Ji Wen, the assistant of the Censorate in the Palace, was assassinated at Baqiao Post, which was only thirty miles away from Chang'an. The fire almost burned half of the Baqiao Post. The fire was bright and everyone knew that now, this incident has spread throughout Chang'an City, and the lid can't be covered.

"Where is Ji Wen?"

Faced with the extremely unkind tone of the emperor, everyone standing in Xingqing Palace was trembling and did not dare to say anything. Even though Gao Lishi had followed the emperor for less than 40 years, he could not help but pay attention at this moment: "Everyone, Ji Wen was stabbed in the back, and I have ordered the Imperial Medical Office to do his best to treat him."

Li Longji pinched the handrail and continued to ask for a while: "Where is the assassin?"

"The fangs who were ordered by General Du to escort Ji Wen are now guarding the assassin."

"Take the assassin and Du Junli and other guards here to me, and I will interrogate them in person."

If it were normal times, Gao Lishi would definitely advise him one or two times, but at this moment he did not dare to anger the emperor at all. He agreed and immediately stepped down and arranged the arrangement. As the only and most favored eunuch in the palace, he was already decisive and took the corresponding person to Xingqing Palace two quarters of an hour later.

Except Azle, this is the first time everyone else has stepped into the palace. Everyone is nervous and at a loss. When they face the saint, their bodies are naturally stiff and they finally speak neatly. Li Longji was not interested in everyone's etiquette, and at this moment he didn't want to look at the back of his head. He immediately shouted in a deep voice: "Look up your head for me."

With his order, he soon saw a person raised his head from front to back. When he saw clearly the face of the first person in front of his head, he felt as if he had seen it somewhere, and immediately frowned and asked, "Have you ever entered the palace?"

"Your Majesty, I have been fortunate to follow the Grand Marshal to enter the palace and sing a Turkic folk song for Your Majesty." Azle paused when she said this. Seeing Li Longji frowned slightly, he immediately thought about it. He immediately sang a few lines, then kowtowed and said, "My real name is Azle, and Magistrate Meng's Ende, now he has changed his name to Du Sui."

Li Longji had asked the life of this Turkic young man with great enthusiasm. Now that he remembered this person, he said impatiently: "So that's it, I remember you. What happened to Baqiao Post last night? Tell me the truth to me."

"I am obeying your Majesty's orders."

Azle kowtowed again, and then repeated the scenes from last night. Although he was a Turkic, he had already spoken Chinese very fluently. In addition, he had been following Du Shiyi for many years, reading and recognizing words, marrying a wife and having children, and the Chineseization was already very deep. The narrative was organized and with ups and downs. As others listened, they couldn't help but feel calm, at least not as nervous as before. When he talked about taking down the assassin and asking people to prevent suicide, Li Longji on the imperial throne and Gao Lishi next to him all nodded secretly.

"At that time, the fire had already been lit. Although Ji Shiyu was seriously injured, I was afraid that someone would cut off my retreat, so I could only bandage him and immediately withdrew from Baqiao Post and rushed to Changle Post for help. Finally, I was lucky enough to save my life. Otherwise, I could only commit suicide and apologize.

"Slaying suicide and apologizing?" Li Longji was very satisfied with Azle's series of measures after the attack. When he heard the four words "slaying suicide and apologizing", he changed his color a little, "Du Junli's military law is so strict?"

Before his departure, Azle received a face-to-face instruction from Du Shiyi. In addition, he was smart and courageous, and he was more outstanding than martial arts. He immediately fell to the ground and said respectfully: "It is not that the commander was strict in the military, but that I was originally an orphan who was hiding in the Fuyun Temple in the city of surrender. He only wanted food and clothing, not to ask about anything else. Thanks to General Yan, the deputy commander of the Shuofang Jiedu, let him go, and General Du took him in. He followed him for many years and taught him loyalty and righteousness. Now he is in charge of the vanguard camp, but he has never made any contribution. This time, the commander asked me to take someone to escort Ji Shiyu into the capital. If I can't even do this little thing well, how can I have the face to meet the commander? I don't need to summon him to me, I am already dead."

When Li Longji heard about Azle's life experience, his face suddenly cleared. A Turkic Hu'er said something was still credible. He asked others one by one, and saw that everyone was talking about it, and it sounded like no problem. So his eyes immediately fell on the assassin who was tied into rice dumplings. Perhaps because he was injured, he was only to save his life and ask for confession. The man looked pale and depressed. On his side, there were two respondents who were held, both trembling as if they were sifted, and even their teeth were fighting.

Compared with the respect and politeness of Azle and others, Li Longji naturally hated these guys who suddenly lost their peace and prosperity. He slapped the handrail heavily and shouted sternly: "Come on, order someone to give Ji Wen... No, let Luo Xibingxuan come and ask him to interrogate these guys who deserve to die. Be sure to ask the mastermind behind the scenes."

As soon as these words were said, Gao Lishi, who had already seen some clues, reminded him at the right time: "Your Majesty, Luo Xibing and Ji Wen were originally Jiao Buli Meng, Meng Buli Jiao, let Luo Xibing preside over the trial..."

Before Gao Lishi finished speaking, Li Longji interrupted angrily: "Of course I know that Luo Xibing and Jiwen are so good to wear a pair of pants. So, let Luo Xibing interrogate these murderers in front of me. I would not dare to play tricks. In addition, if you go to the Imperial Medical Office, as long as Jiwen can still speak, even if you lift him, you have to carry him over."

Since the emperor had made up his mind, Gao Lishi stopped persuading him and immediately took the order out. Li Longji then ordered Azle and others to get up. After asking one by one, he knew that these were all Turkic orphans, but now he was loyal to the emperor and patriotism and serving the emperor. His mood was a little better. The emperors of all dynasties in the Tang Dynasty were not stingy with the Hu soldiers of the foreign generals. Even if the foreign generals who had caused heavy casualties to the Tang army, they would be given high officials and generous salaries once they surrendered, and would win them to serve the country. Not to mention those who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty and were loyal.

"You are loyal to your duties and work diligently. After verifying this case, will you be willing to stay in Chang'an Guard for a long time?"

Faced with this problem, Azle immediately kowtowed without hesitation and responded: "Your Majesty, how dare I not respond? I am willing to stay at the guard day and night to serve Your Majesty."

Seeing that Azle did not refuse because of Du Shiyi, the rest of the people kowtowed and agreed. Li Longji was very happy for a moment, and the anger arose caused by Ji Wen's assassination calmed down a little again. When he arrived at the Imperial Medical Office, several eunuchs hurried over with a long couch. Ji Wen was so angry that he could only hum, and his anger was stirred up again.

Think about why he was furious and refused to pardon after Zhang Shensu's second son killed the censor Yang Wang? Because it was related to the face of the court, the face of the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, wouldn't it be a mess if the crowd of people came up to imitate it?

"Your Majesty, Luo Xibing has arrived."

As Gao Lishi came in and reported in person, Li Longji nodded slightly and said, "Let him come in."

Although Luo Xibing was very powerful outside, it was his first time as the censor of the palace, as the palace's censor, that was his first time to set foot in Xingqing Palace. This time, the only person who was summoned was himself, and without the right prime minister Li Linfu, he couldn't help but have various speculations in his heart. However, unlike Yang Shenjin and Wang, who were deeply trusted by the emperor for his financial plan, he could have today all thanks to Li Linfu's support, which means that he could not leave Li Linfu, the big backer. Therefore, when he entered the palace to pay tribute, he saw a group of more than a dozen neatly dressed soldiers standing beside him, and he thought that Du Shiyi sent a guard to escort Ji Wen, and a trace of evil light flashed in his eyes. But immediately afterwards, he heard the emperor speak.

"Both Luo Xibing, Ji Wen, Du Junli's escorts, and these assassins, they are all here. Today, you will immediately hear the case in front of me."
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