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Yang Zhen was saying something to Xiao Wenxuan, and when Yang Zhen's words were finished, Xiao Wenxuan's brows furrowed.

"Are you sure it was King Qi's people who caught Jin Shang?" Xiao Wenxuan asked.

Yang Zhen said: "That's right, we could have arrested this Jin merchant in advance, but I didn't expect King Qi's people to be one step faster, but our people have been following along the way, and now we are only waiting for His Majesty's will, we can take people back at any time, but before that, we didn't dare to act rashly, for fear of offending King Qi." ”

"Well, you handled it correctly, don't clash with King Qi's people, Xiao Ming's temperament I understand, although it has changed a lot in the past two years, but he is definitely not a person who suffers dumb losses." Xiao Wenxuan showed a wry smile, "Who is this Jin merchant who needs to wait for now?" ”

"It's just that if it's the second prince, Your Majesty will be difficult." Yang Zhen seemed to be a little worried about Xiao Wenxuan.

He has followed Xiao Wenxuan for more than 20 years, he knows Xiao Wenxuan very well, and his forbearance over the years is also for the stability of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, if it weren't for this, the Great Chongqing Country would have been in chaos long ago.

Frowning, Xiao Wenxuan said: "Actually, it's not difficult, if it is really done by the second prince, this time I must give Xiao Ming an explanation, for the Great Yu Kingdom, Xiao Ming is much more important than King Liang now." ”

Yang Zhen nodded, "That's true, after all, King Qi is a royal person. ”

At this time, Xiao Ming had already received a confession from Jin Shang.

Li San reported the situation to Xiao Ming again and went out of the city, when he came, the secret guards were already interrogating the Jin merchants, and when he returned, the secret guards had already recorded a confession.

At this time, Li San immediately sent the confession over.

"Your Royal Highness, this Jin merchant has been recruited, and it is indeed the second prince who instructed him to sell these barbarians into the East Palace, and King Liang also knows about it, and these barbarians are from King Liang's fief."

Li San handed the confession to Xiao Ming.

After reviewing the confession, Xiao Ming nodded, because he had basically determined that he was the second prince, because he had defeated Bei Shan not long ago, it was impossible for the barbarians to deploy killers to infiltrate Chang'an City so quickly, and these barbarians could come in because someone behind them had opened the door to convenience.

"It's time to avenge the dead soldiers." Xiao Ming pinched his confession, "Now you can bring this Jin merchant in." ”

For the sake of safety, Xiao Ming asked Li San to place this Jin merchant outside the city to prevent danger, and now he can go directly to Xiao Wenxuan to explain this matter clearly, otherwise how will he explain to the dead soldiers, and how will the Qingzhou army treat him, the king of Qi.

They sacrificed their lives on the battlefield to fight, but he couldn't even get justice back, and who would die for himself in the future.

This time he wants to show his soldiers that they are loyal and brave to kill the enemy, and he will not defeat them either.

"Yes!" Li San also spoke loudly, which made him quite angry.

Li San left, and Xiao Ming came out of the main hall.

At this time, Fei Yue'er was lying in front of the window, seeing that Xiao Ming's face was very ugly, her eyes showed a slight look of worry, when Xiao Ming turned her head to look at her, she dodged and immediately lowered her head, for fear that the fire at the city gate would affect the pond fish, which was taught by her sister before she got married, thinking that the prince would always be angry with her.

Looking at Fei Yue'er, who was like a frightened fawn, Xiao Ming's gloomy face faded.

Smiling helplessly, he went straight to the palace.

When he arrived in the palace, Xiao Ming went straight to the imperial study, and without waiting for Xiao Ming to speak, Xiao Wenxuan said, "It seems that you already have a clue to the assassin." ”

"Father already knows?" Xiao Ming said unexpectedly.

"Don't forget that this is Chang'an City, but my father is ashamed that he didn't notice your second brother's small movements." Xiao Wenxuan sighed, he, like Xiao Ming, basically guessed that it was the second prince when he learned that it was Jin Shang.

"In that case, I hope that my father will be judged." Xiao Ming handed the confession to Xiao Wenxuan with both hands.

After receiving the confession, Xiao Wenxuan simply swept his eyes, and said with a long sigh: "Second brother, you are really in a hurry. ”

After pacing in place, Xiao Wenxuan continued: "You hand over the Jin Shang to me, and I will give you a satisfactory explanation. ”

"Erchen has already asked people to bring that Jin merchant into the palace." Xiao Ming's words were concise and to the point.

Xiao Wenxuan nodded, seemed to be very tired all of a sudden, waved his hand to Xiao Ming, and said, "According to your mother, you will leave Chang'an in a few days, so you should go back and prepare first." ”

"Yes, Father." Xiao Ming bowed and turned to leave.

He is not afraid of Xiao Wenxuan and the mud, if this situation is still the case with Xiao Wenxuan, then he can only gradually alienate himself from the court.

After Xiao Ming left, Xiao Wenxuan sat on the chair and pondered for a long time, and then picked up a pen and wrote on a blank holy decree.

Here Xiao Ming returned to the palace after leaving the palace gate to prepare to return to Qingzhou, now he does not have to go to the court, nor does he have to participate in the government affairs of Chang'an, after all, he is a vassal king, which is equivalent to becoming a country of his own, and interfering in court affairs is a taboo.

In the next few days, Chang'an City, which was originally noisy because of Xiao Ming's wedding, became more and more lively, and the rumors of the second prince assassinating the king of Qi and marrying the prince suddenly became popular.

The entire Chang'an City was full of legends about this for a while.

And then a holy order was conveyed, the second prince did not cultivate morality, killed his brothers, and had no royal law, so he degraded Bashan and became a concubine.

At this point, the storm about the assassination gradually subsided with the holy decree, and the entire Chang'an City suddenly became noisy.

After Xiao Wenxuan was beaten for more than ten years of cowardly image, this time it finally broke through the earth, and the current emperor showed a tough side to the assassination, and was not afraid of the anger of King Liang to exile the second prince to Bashan, a barren and barbaric place.

In the officialdom of Chang'an, many officials understood Xiao Wenxuan's tough move as a sign that the royal strength has increased greatly, and he is no longer afraid of the vassal king's self-respect.

At the same time, what they understand most thoroughly is the role played by Xiao Ming in this incident.

In order to appease Xiao Ming's anger, Xiao Wenxuan exiled the second prince who was supported by King Liang, which shows Xiao Ming's status in Xiao Wenxuan's heart.

And the other princes also put away their contempt for Xiao Ming at this time, and they suddenly realized that this court is no longer what it used to be.

The rising vassal states in the East will affect their lives for many years to come.

After getting this answer, Xiao Ming chose to return to Qingzhou in the afternoon when the holy decree was issued.

This time he went back by merchant ship, after all, the gifts alone were huge enough.

Looking at the figure of Chang'an, the giant city in Guanzhong, gradually moving away, Xiao Ming's mouth had a hint of a smile, his wife has married back, and it is time to save up for a small life.

(To be continued.) )