Chapter 140: An Unexpected Discovery
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When Xia Hongsheng came out of the palace, he found that the palace guard who had summoned him also came out, followed Xia Hongsheng on the horse, and then said: "Xia Duwei, Your Majesty ordered me to escort the adults back to the house!" ”
Xia Hongsheng arched his hand and clenched his fists on the horse and said, "So, thank you for this janissary!" ”
The two went back to the mansion together, Xia Hongsheng lay down at night, and said in his heart that Li Shimin's reaction was really not bad as Xu Xiaode expected, as soon as he heard that someone was following him, he immediately ordered him to use the convenience of spies to find out the details of those people. ⊙, in this way, he can use spies to verify without any worries, and he can also directly tell Li Shimin that those who follow him are from the family of the eldest grandson Anye. The rest of the matter, as for how Li Shimin will deal with it, it is not his own business. Just thinking about it, the eldest grandson Anye has already had to spend all his energy to deal with Li Shimin, and I am afraid that he will no longer have the extra energy to think about revenge on himself.
In the early morning of the next day, Xia Hongsheng got up early in the morning and hurried to the barracks, waiting for No. 1 to come and report to Xia Hongsheng what he found in the eldest grandson Anye's mansion.
After waiting for half an hour, I saw No. 1 walking into the tent, Xia Hongsheng had already ordered the guards outside, and his people could enter the account directly without notification. After No. 1 came in, he immediately saluted Xia Hongsheng. Xia Hongsheng nodded, signaling that he didn't have to be polite, and then asked, "How, what did you find?" ”
"General Hui, our people followed the people who came out of the Changsun Anye Mansion, only to find that they turned out to be two different groups of people, one of which was the person of Liu Deyu, the general of the Right Military Guard, and the other wave. Just living in a small compound. I don't know who it is at the moment. No. 1 reported to Xia Hongsheng: "The two of them have been separated from each other and stayed outside that house. Keep an eye on its movements at any time, and separate two people outside the mansion of General Youwuwei, so that he can wait for an opportunity to infiltrate the mansion to spy on him. The lowly and a few others are still in the eldest grandson's Anye Mansion. Forgive the humble position, the general, the humble position feels that this matter is not so simple, the eldest grandson Anye is the general of the right prison gate, responsible for the guard of the imperial city palace gate, and the right military guard general is also one of the sixteen guards. Commanding the forbidden brigade and garrisoning the Beijing Division, the two are now secretly in contact, and there are outsiders, and they burn the correspondence, and I am afraid that the lowly position will ......"
Hearing No. 1's words, Xia Hongsheng was stunned at first, and then his heart was shocked, and his heart beat wildly!
No. 1 didn't finish speaking, Xia Hongsheng naturally heard what it was. It was Yicai's heart beating wildly, and his brain was banging.
Xia Hongsheng's mind was racing. immediately said to No. 1: "Quick, quickly send more people, use all your skills, and use the fastest speed to thoroughly find out what the identity of the party other than Changsun Anye and Liu Deyu is, as well as the actions of Changsun Anye and Liu Deyu!" ”
"Obedience!" No. 1 also knew that if this was the case, the situation would be serious, so he immediately obeyed, turned around and went out of the tent.
"Wait a minute!" Xia Hongsheng called No. 1 from behind, and ordered: "Remember, don't alarm them, don't startle the snake!" ”
"Yes! Humble you know! No. 1 clasped his fists and saluted, then strode out of the military tent and arranged.
Xia Hongsheng clenched his fists and sat down, his mind running rapidly, thinking about all kinds of possibilities. Xia Hongsheng originally just wanted to find evidence of his crime in order to prevent the eldest grandson Anye from retaliating, but he didn't expect that the spies sent seemed to have found something more serious than the evidence!
Xia Hongsheng thought so deeply that he didn't even notice when Duan Zan walked into the military tent, until Duan Zan pushed Xia Hongsheng, and he woke up in shock, and saw Duan Zan with a face clubbed in front of his face.
"What's going on? I called you a few times and didn't answer, what are you thinking? Duan Zan saw that Xia Hongsheng finally had a reaction, so he asked.
Xia Hongsheng swallowed his saliva, got up abruptly and walked outside the military tent to look left and right, then lowered the curtain, and after walking back, in Duan Zhan's puzzled look, he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Duan, our spy seems to have discovered something terrible!" ”
"What?" Duan Zan asked.
"The eldest grandson Anye and Liu Deyu, the general of the Right Military Guard, had frequent contacts, and the two were in close contact with several people in an anonymous private house in Chang'an City, during which there were correspondence exchanges, and after reading the letters, they were immediately burned!" Xia Hongsheng lowered his voice and told Duan Zan what the spy had discovered.
Seeing that Duan Zhan's eyes tightened suddenly, his face was full of solemnity for a moment.
"Brother Xian, this matter should be reported to Your Majesty immediately!" Duan Zan said in a deep voice.
"No!" Xia Hongsheng immediately waved his hand: "Brother Duan, now we are just guessing, but after all, there is no evidence in hand." Although the eldest grandson Anye is bad, after all, he is the general of the right prison gate of my dynasty from the third grade, if there is no conclusive evidence in our hands, it is a frame-up. We must wait for them to gather more conclusive evidence before we can go to His Majesty. ”
"But we're just going to wait?" Duan Zan was very anxious, and said to Xia Hongsheng: "You must know, if someone really wants to do that bad thing, time is not waiting, we just do it and wait, wouldn't we miss the opportunity?" ”
Xia Hongsheng shook his head: "Brother Duan, don't worry, Your Majesty is no one, even if the eldest grandson Anye really wants to do wrong, he is definitely not His Majesty's opponent." The eldest grandson Anye is such a person, and the younger brother believes that he will definitely not be the mastermind behind it. Now that the eldest grandson Anye doesn't know that we have discovered his affairs, we can just follow the vine and find out the mastermind behind the scenes, so that we can completely wipe it out in one fell swoop! ”
Regarding whether there was a rebellion at the end of the first year of Zhenguan, Xia Hongsheng did not study the history of the Tang Dynasty in his later life, but it is not very clear. But Xia Hongsheng is sure that Li Shimin's throne is solid, that is to say, even if there is a rebellion at the end of the first year of Zhenguan, it is destined to be quelled.
This eldest grandson Anye's character is not good, but he didn't expect his brain to be so bad, and he forcibly embarked on a road of no return!
Xia Hongsheng was not idle, and sent all the spies under his command out, paying close attention to the movements of the left and right guards and the right guards, and also paying attention to the movements of other military guards stationed in the capital, in case others colluded with Changsun Anye.
This eldest grandson Anye is really small-minded, he is ready to rebel, and he is still worried about sending someone to follow him and take the opportunity to retaliate, such a person is destined to be unable to sustain major events in his life.
Secretly, Xia Hongsheng's spies had all been sent out, paying attention to the movements of the various guards in Chang'an City, as well as the movements of the eldest grandson Anye and Liu Deyu, and at the same time secretly investigating the other party who was in contact with the two of them.
On the bright side, Xia Hongsheng is still what to do. Duan Zan was still training in the barracks, and Xia Hongsheng stayed in the barracks most of the day every day, and only left the barracks in the afternoon, taking Qi Yong to take a stroll around the East or West Market as usual, or going to the Hongwen Pavilion to find the gang of gentlemen to play, or blowing the cowhide in front of Xu Hui and Li Lizhen.
But he didn't go back to Jingyang once, but just kept those pro-soldiers at home vigilant at all times.
For three days in a row, every day on the first day, he would go to the barracks to report the situation to Xia Hongsheng.
On the morning of the fourth day, No. 1 once again strode into the military tent, saw Xia Hongsheng inside, and ignored Xia Hongsheng's opening to ask him, so he immediately saluted and said: "General Qiyu, I finally have an eyebrow about the identity of the other group of people, and the people lurking nearby heard the conversation of the people in the courtyard at night, and mentioned that they are the people of King Yi'an!" ”
"King Ngee An?!" Duan Zan exclaimed: "Li Xiaochang! ”
"Ngee Ann King Lee Hyo-chang?" Xia Hongsheng felt that this name seemed to be heard and somewhat familiar, but it was not very clear.
Duan Zan explained: "Li Xiaochang, the king of Nghe An, heard my father say that in the last years of the previous dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the emperor raised troops in Taiyuan, and he was unable to cross the river and enter the customs due to lack of food and grass on the way to the army. Li Xiaochang once mastered Yongfeng Cang, served the emperor, solved the problem of lack of grain and grass, and the emperor canonized him as the Shangzhu country, and after ascending the throne, he was named the king of Yi'an County! Today, Li Xiao, the king of Nghe An, is often the governor of Lizhou! ”
The local governor, who was also the king of the county who was released, had close ties with the guards in the capital, and the burning of the letters was too suspicious, and now it could be reported to Li Shimin.
So Xia Hongsheng said to No. 1: "Continue to pay close attention to the movements of these three forces, notify the people who are planted in it, and do your best to search for evidence of their rebellion!" The premise is that you can't startle the snake! ”
"Obedience!" Number One clasped his fists again, then turned and strode away.
Xia Hongsheng looked at Duan Zan again and said, "It is already a very suspicious thing that the local governor of the unified army and the exiled county king are secretly in such close contact with the guards in Beijing. Some time ago, His Majesty just said that he would reduce the king, and I think that the mastermind behind this scene must be Li Xiaochang. Brother Duan, you and I will inform Your Majesty immediately! ”
The two hurriedly left the army together and rushed to the imperial city.
As for the outside of the Vermilion Bird Gate of the Imperial City, just as he was about to be notified to enter, he saw the eldest grandson Anye walking out in armor, and asked the two of them without smiling: "Isn't this Xia Duwei and Duan Duwei, their expressions are so hurried, I don't know what the so-called thing is?" ”
Duan Zan didn't want to pay attention to him, but Xia Hongsheng rolled his eyes and said, "General Hui, naturally I have met Your Majesty, Lingnan Urgent, Feng ...... Uh......"
Xia Hongsheng stopped his mouth, and the eldest grandson Anye was also stunned, and then turned around: "Go to Hugh, don't let General Ben hear." ”
Xia Hongsheng deliberately made up an ambiguous answer to mislead him, if the eldest grandson Anye wanted to rebel, combined with the previous rumors, the eldest grandson Anye would definitely think that Lingnan Feng Ang was against him, and he would definitely correspond with Li Xiaochang and take advantage of the "Feng Ang rebellion". If the communication can be intercepted, then there is evidence of the rebellion of the eldest grandson Anye.
The two hurriedly entered the imperial city and went straight to the Taiji Palace. (To be continued......)