Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 543: Chess game, chess pieces

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Elderly Sun Wuji summoned Chu Suiliang and told him what Li Tai said about the case. The two negotiated, and now that there was the first lawsuit against King Wei, Gu Na Wei Ting already had preliminary evidence!

The two discussed that Wei's family is a well-known family in Chang'an after all. It is inconvenient to mobilize people to catch people during the day, so as not to cause public suspicion and cause huge public opinion disturbances. After all, there is also Wei Guifei, the head of the four concubines, in the harem. It is still unknown whether she is related to the case. Therefore, the two prime ministers ordered the Baiqi General Wei Chi Baoyun to lead two hundred Baiqi Imperial Guards to quietly go to Wei Ting's house during the night, and then "invite" Wei Ting.

Furthermore, when Yuchi Baoyun and others arrived at Wei Ting's mansion, they had not yet entered the door to pick up people, but they heard the wailing and weeping in his home. Only after entering the door did we know that Wei Ting had just committed suicide!

Seeing that the suspects were all dead, Yuchi Baoyun did not indicate to the Wei family the intention of his trip in order to minimize the impact of the situation. After verifying the body and confirming that Wei Ting was dead, he withdrew the team back and reported the news to Changsun Wuji and other prime ministers.

"This is good, there is no proof!" Changsun Wuji stared at Wei Wang, who was sitting aside and making mistakes, and said, "Wei Wang, how are you?"

"Situ, everyone, this...this really has nothing to do with Xiao Wang!" Wei Wang Li Tai said in a panic and aggrieved, "Wei Ting's family can testify that he committed suicide by hanging himself!"

"Yeah, he committed suicide by hanging a beam. But if you didn't force him, how could he find his own shortcomings?" Changsun Wuji sneered, and then snorted very annoyed. "Fine, now Wei Ting is dead. , Everything is dead and there is no evidence."

Fang Xuanling, who was next to him, arched his hand and said, "Situ, such a major event is not good to act only by guessing. Why did Wei Ting commit suicide and whether he was really the culprit in the case of King Wu? Now there is no clue. Basis. We can neither wrong Wang Wang nor take Wei Wang’s remarks as the final evidence in this case."

Fang Xuanling said something fair, and both Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang nodded in approval. With his head down, Li Tai glanced at the corner of his eyes, and gave Fang Xuanling a fierce look, his eyes were as sharp as a knife.

"His Royal Highness, you return to the mansion, don't leave the mansion for now." Changsun Wuji threw this sentence to Li Tai.

"Then... Xiao Wang is leaving." Li Tai bowed his hands to Changsun Wuji and the others, and left Hongwen Hall.

"What should I do now?" Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang said this sentence almost at the same time.

Fang Xuanling wrinkled her brows and said: "It's still for Duke Wei to maintain the stability of the court and protect His Majesty. At the same time, we must not neglect the search and rescue of King Wu and King Jin. I think this The case involves a lot of things, and there must be other clues and insiders besides Wei Ting. Chu Suiliang, you continue to investigate secretly, and you must investigate this case to the bottom!"

"Yes." Chu Suiliang promised.

Changsun Wuji frowned and was silent.

Soon after the prime minister of Hongwenguan changed his shift, Changsun Wuji left Hongwenguan and drove directly to the palace of Wei.

Li Tai knew he was coming, and hurriedly greeted him.

"You're clearly covering your ears and stealing the bell, which makes you not clever at all!" Changsun Wuji stared at King Wei, gritted his teeth, "It's too obvious that you let Wei Ting be a substitute for you! Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling These people are not stupid. Even without Wei Ting’s clue, can’t they be investigated separately? Once the facts become clear, I see how you end up!"

"My uncle, Wei Ting's death really has nothing to do with me." Li Tai begged God to worship the Buddha, "including the assassination of King Wu, it has nothing to do with me! Wei Ting probably heard something and said I want to Go to the cabinet to report and expose him, in order to protect the family, Xiao and Wei Guifei, so he committed suicide in fear of crime!"

Changsun Wuji frowned for a while, and said: "Thinking about it, all things Wei Ting did, the motives can be described as confused. If it was just because of his past feasts with King Wu, he It’s not going to cause so many things. So I guess that he assassinated King Wu and blamed you on King Jin. The son of Wei Guifei Ji Wang Li Shen will have the opportunity to fight for the position of the Eastern Palace. If he succeeds, he will come. That is, the uncle of the country who has a great meritorious service will surely make one person under 10,000. But he has only the unfavored Concubine Wei and the young King Ji to be confident, he is just a doctor of the censor, and his son is just a The Northern Capital stayed behind, but it was going to oppose the entire court—Wang Wei, don’t you think he was too overpowered?"

"Yeah, yeah..." Li Tai nodded frequently, suddenly startled, "After all, uncle still suspects that I secretly instigated Wei Ting? Then kill him again?"

Zhang Sun Wuji smiled coldly, "We have no way of knowing whether it is or not. Whether you secretly instigated or borrowed a knife to kill someone, and then kill them, these things have changed with Wei Ting's death. There is no evidence to die."

"Uncle!" Li Tai yelled almost hysterically, "I really didn't do it!"

"What are you shouting!" Changsun Wuji exclaimed and stared at him, "If it weren't for you, you don't need to panic at all! Is it time for you to panic?"

Li Tai was so excited that he was overjoyed and looked at the grandson Wuji, and whispered: "Uncle, I touched my conscience to tell you the truth. The assassination of King Wu and the death of Wei Ting really have nothing to do with me. I'm clean and thorough, and I can investigate whatever Chu Suiliang and the others do! The sooner the case becomes clear, the better, and then I can be fair to the deceased and my innocence!"

Changsun Wuji's face sank as water, and he nodded nonchalantly, and said, "Since you didn't do it, that's fine. Let's leave the case aside for the time being, the facts before us are... King Wu is dead! "

Li Tai was startled at first, and then he became excited, his face flushed!

Changsun Wuji glanced at him and said coldly: "You'd better be honest and your duty lately, don't show your feet or do anything extraordinary, huh!"

"Yes, yes! Li Tai remembers the teachings of his uncle, and dare not presumptuously!" Li Tai bends over with joy, arching his hands, and promises again and again.

Changsun Wuji stopped speaking and walked away.

Li Tai was left alone in the room, almost rolling around with excitement!

"It's great, great!" Li Tai rubbed his hands and walked back and forth, like a squirrel on a hot pan, but his face was red, and his eyes lighted up. He muttered to himself: "My uncle is my uncle. No matter how fierce he is to me, how insulting me or even hitting me in front of outsiders, he still faces me in his heart! He didn't say something-Wu Wang died at the hands of Wei Ting, he must be too happy to be too late!"

"He came here today to tell me that King Wu is gone, and King Jin, the ninth brother, has long been given up by his father and his uncle without any consideration... This, the position of the East Palace, sooner or later will be mine. !"

"It seems that I am still too anxious and confused! To kill Wei Ting is too obvious, so that Chu Suiliang and Fang Xuanling have a lot of doubts about me. Uncle here is to warn me! Okay, okay, I will be more restrained in the future and do nothing! Anyway, the people who are fighting with me are no longer there. I will just wait for the crown prince and fall on me, haha!"

"Oh, my uncle, my dear uncle!" Li Tai couldn't help but laughed as he thought about it, "I felt for the first time that the more fierce you are to me, the more respectable you are. ! You can beat and scold me in the future! The harder you beat and scold, the greater the benefits for me!"

Zhongnan Mountain, in the Taoist Temple.

Li Ke sits and reads, with a pot of tea brewing beside him. Zhao Chong played a game of chess alone, touching his chin with a playful expression.

Li Ke glanced at Zhao Chong, frowned slightly, and continued reading his book. But his eyes were on the book, but his heart didn't know where he flew, completely absent-minded.

The two just sat quietly, without a word. Occasionally, I heard the sound of the flag in Zhao Chong's hand, but everything else was silent.

There are obviously two people in the room, but Zhao Chong himself is playing against him. This situation will feel strange to anyone who looks at it. But Zhao Chong didn't care at all. The two had played a game of chess, and Li Ke never played with him since that time.

Because Li Ke believes that Zhao Chong's chess moves are too weird and unreasonable at all, and that he is always concerned about him when playing chess, and he is not focused at all. Li Ke played chess just like Li Shimin, winning or losing was second, as long as he held the black and white in his hand, it was like being on the battlefield and paying attention.

"It's interesting to play chess with Qin Mubai, although his chess is very stinky and broken." These are Li Ke's original words.

From then on, Zhao Chong never played chess with Li Ke. He knows that playing chess is like drinking, it must be interesting only when you know your friends, otherwise the taste is the same as chewing wax. Between him and King Wu, one is a quagmire bandit, and the other is a royal relative, there is hardly any similarity. If it weren't for a little interest in connecting with him, it would be impossible to be under the same roof.

Furthermore, after all, King Wu is not Qin Mubai. Qin Mubai can talk to the prince about wine, and can also be brothers and sisters with the children of the world. Li Ke can't. Therefore, Zhao Chong and Wu Wang would never become friends, let alone treat him with all manner of sincerity.

"Zhao Chong, I want to go to Chang'an, can you arrange it?" Li Ke said suddenly.

"No." Zhao Chong replied without hesitation, "For the safety of your Highness, and of course for my own life, your Highness must not go to Chang'an at this time!"

"Then can you send a few powerful men to Chang'an and get some news back?" Li Ke said, "I sit here and don't know anything about the outside world."

Zhao Chong smiled, threw the chess piece in his hand into the chess basket, and said: "What does your Highness want to know?"

"I want to know if my father and mother and concubine are well? What is the attitude and reaction of the court to the rumors of Qin Mubai's rebellion? Also, how did the court track down my missing for so long?" Li Ke asked .

Zhao Chong smiled, "His Royal Highness really has so many questions, so let me answer them one by one!"

Li Ke was slightly surprised, "So you sent someone to investigate, why didn't you tell me?"

"Because His Royal Highness did not ask!" Zhao Chong said, "Your Majesty and Concubine Yang are both very good. Your Royal Highness can rest assured. As for the rumor in Kansai, the court seems to have not reacted to the rumor. It seems that it is just a rumor. The court sent Chu Suiliang to investigate the case of His Royal Highness. It seems that Wei Ting’s head has already been found."

Li Ke frowned and didn't seem to believe Zhao Chong's words, but couldn't raise any doubts, so he said: "When will I be safe to show up to Chang'an?"

"Almost." Zhao Chong said, "When the time comes, Zhao will naturally ask His Royal Highness to go down the mountain and meet the Emperor!"

Li Ke took a long, depressed breath, threw the book in his hand onto the table, got up and walked a few steps back and forth, and said, "What time?"

"I know what your Royal Highness is worried about." Zhao Chong smiled, "Don't worry, during your absence, King Wei is unlikely to be canonized as a prince. Your Royal Highness will always have a chance to compete in the East Palace!"

Li Ke's eyebrows flicked slightly, and Zhao Chong's words were blocked, so he turned the subject away: "I am worried that Qin Mubai will do stupid things after knowing the news of my murder! So! I want to show up as soon as possible to avoid such a disaster!"

Zhao Chong smiled and said: "According to reports, Qin Mubai has already settled the Western Regions and is leading the Kansai army to return. By this time, he has already been on the way. It is estimated that in a few days, the news of your Highness will be It reached his ears. By then, hundreds of thousands of Guanxi troops gathered in Lanzhou with great momentum, and the court did not know how to react-it was really interesting!"

"You are crazy, is this funny?!" Li Ke snorted annoyed, "Does the chaos in the world do you any good?"

"No." Zhao Chong smiled slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, Zhao's life and death and the honor and disgrace of the next half of the life are all in the hands of His Royal Highness. Now Zhao has to do such a disrespectful act out of interest. , Slightly restrict His Highness’s freedom of movement, this is all for your own good, but also for the sake of the overall situation. In the future, His Highness will naturally understand Zhao's good intentions. In short, your Highness must believe that Zhao will never harm His Highness. And I won’t harm my benevolent confidant, Qin Mubai. Both of you are the nobles in my Zhao Chong’s fate. Does Zhao understand this sentence enough?"

"Then you want me to be here, what are you waiting for?" Li Kejian asked with frown.

"Wait..." Zhao Chong held a few chess pieces in his hand and started playing chess again. After pressing a bit, he said, "Wang Wei, who has the advantage of Zhizhu, accidentally exposed his flaws. His Royal Highness can turn the tide at the moment!-just like this game of chess!"

"Then I, Li Ke, is the chess piece in your hand?" Li Ke's face was dark.

Zhao Chong smiled and said: "The world is like chess, you and I are both chess pieces. That's it!"