Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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"Sister Nuan Nuan, my brother-in-law ran away first, He He will go with you."

"Okay, Miss You Ji, why don't we leave together and have a chat on the way?"

"You Ji heard about Miss Nuan Nuan's name as the Goddess of Wealth a long time ago. It is a great fortune to get to know Miss Nuan Nuan today."

"Hee hee, He He also likes You Ji You's story book, let's go together, let's go together!"

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Immediately, people from the back garden of Prince Wei's Mansion left one after another, swarming out of the gate of Prince Wei's Mansion, and quickly restored the tranquility of the huge back garden.

In the entire back garden, only a corner of the gazebo was still moving.Princess Wencheng also got up slowly, and asked Li Taidao with concern: "My lord brother, what happened in the mansion? How could it make you so angry that you ended the Jixian poetry meeting early? I heard you mention the murderer just now. Two words, could it be that there was a murder case in the mansion?"

"what?"

Li Tai was asked by Princess Wencheng out of the blue, his face became a little panicked, he hurriedly shook his head and pretended to be indifferent and explained: "I'm sorry, the emperor is pregnant, there is indeed a murder case, but it's just that someone in the mansion suddenly died suddenly, It disturbed the good mood of the king today, alas..."

It wasn't that Li Tai didn't want to tell the truth, but that he was too embarrassed to tell the truth.This time when Murong Shun entered Chang'an, he originally wanted to meet His Majesty Li Er through Lu Chengqing, but he was intercepted halfway by Lu Chengqing and directly sent to Wei Wangfu.

The reason why Li Tai deliberately dragged Murong Shun to the end of the Jixian Poetry Conference, and then brought him to meet His Majesty Li Er was also known to Sima Zhaozhi. It was nothing more than to win over Murong Shun, the exiled prince of Tuyuhun, and make a knot. Fan Shanyuan, sell some benefits.

Then, when Datang regained the Khan of Tuyuhun for him in the future, Li Tai will also contribute a lot, and he will also be able to add some help when he wrestles with Prince Li Chengqian.

It is a taboo thing for a prince of the Tang Dynasty to secretly befriend the crown prince.

Now that the exiled prince of Tuyuhun died in Wei Palace in a daze, how do you ask Li Tai to speak?

If this matter is publicized with a big mouth, it will be impossible to clean up by jumping into the Yellow River.

Now he no longer cares about who secretly assassinated Murong Shun, but is worried whether the person who did it secretly will spread the matter to the ears of his father, causing a disaster in vain.

However, Princess Wencheng didn't know what Li Tai was thinking, but seeing Li Tai's evasive eyes seemed to be hiding ghosts in his heart, and the sudden sudden death of a servant of the palace, could he be so shocked?

Princess Wencheng expressed disbelief.

Fortunately, she never meddles in other people's affairs and stirs up trouble. Since King Wei doesn't want to tell her, she is happy to cause trouble for herself.

Then he chuckled lightly, and said goodbye: "In that case, then the younger brother should deal with the affairs of the mansion first. I will leave first, and I will invite the younger brother to come to my princess mansion for a small gathering in the future."

"Haha, that's right." Seeing that Princess Wencheng didn't ask the question to the end, Li Tai felt relieved a lot, and said haha, "I heard that the father and emperor gave a mansion to the emperor a few days ago, and Taike will come when the time comes. Make a fuss."

"Well, I'm waiting for my brother's arrival, I will take my leave first!"

After all, surrounded by a group of palace people, Princess Wencheng walked out of the pavilion and gradually disappeared from Li Tai's sight.

At this time, there were no outsiders around the gazebo, and Li Tai finally didn't have to hide his words, so he blurted out and asked the guard who came to report, "Could it be that there are so many of you, why didn't you even see what the murderer looked like?"

"My lord, we also heard the report from the servants in the mansion, so we found out that there was a commotion in the room of the eldest prince Murong Shun. When we rushed over, there was only Murong Shun's cold corpse lying on the floor of the room. His throat bone was broken and he died of suffocation. There was no clue at all.”

A guard leader looked at Li Tai's face while talking, and finally said: "Afterwards, we searched the entire Wei Palace, and even asked the two school lieutenants at the door who came from the yamen of the leading guard's mansion, but they didn't find anything. Traces of the murderer."

After hearing this, Li Tai became gloomy, turned his head and suddenly asked Lu Chengqing beside him, "Master Lu, before you brought Prince Tuyuhun to my residence, did you ever hear him say whether someone was chasing him?"

Lu Chengqing had a bitter face, shook his head and sighed softly: "My lord, to tell you the truth, this is also the first time I met Murong Shun, and I don't know how this Prince Tuyuhun found me. Besides, between words, he was very sympathetic to me. I’m still quite secretive and not very trusting.”

After saying that, Lu Chengqing lowered his head, a stern look flashed in his eyes, and he thought to himself, Master, you almost hurt me by sending me a hot potato.

Hearing Lu Chengqing's explanation, Li Tai gave him a hard look with dissatisfaction, and cursed a trash and a fool in his heart.

At this moment, Gu Yixuan, who was kicked over by Li Tai and was still lying on the ground, suddenly thought of something, and shouted fiercely:

"Your Highness, Your Highness, maybe the person who secretly killed Murong Shun didn't come from outside the Palace?"

"what?"

Li Tai scolded again when he heard the words: "You mean that there are internal thieves and spies in this palace?"

"No, no, no." Gu Yixuan hurriedly got up from the ground, and reminded with a dark eyebrow: "I guess, could this murderer be one of those people from the Jixian Poetry Association?"

"Don't be tricky, let's get to the point!! If you let me go around again, believe it or not, this king will let you go down to accompany Murong Shun right now?"

Chapter 635

Hearing Li Tai's threat, Gu Yixuan couldn't help shivering, he didn't think Wei Wang's words were just joking, who else in the world could understand Wei Wang better than him?

Wei Wang and Li Tai definitely have two faces, how can Gu Yixuan's personal companion not be clear about this?

Immediately, he stopped talking, and blurted out: "Your Highness, among the people in the Jixian Poetry Association, the younger one thinks that Guo Ye is the most suspicious person, maybe this matter has something to do with him..."

"Snapped!"

Li Tai slapped Gu Yixuan's ear with a backhand, and Gu Yixuan's eyes stared with gold stars. He held his right cheek and endured the pain for a while, and looked at Li Tai with aggrieved eyes.

Li Tai was furious, and cursed: "Are you a fool when you think I'm the king, or are you blind when I think I'm the king? Guo Ye has been participating in the collection of virtuous poems in the garden from the beginning to the end, composing dozens of poems under ten altars of old wine How could he have the chance to assassinate Murong Shun? Could it be that you held grudges because you were humiliated by Guo Ye at the gate of the palace, and wanted to frame him as the blame?"

Gu Yixuan was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly, and explained nervously: "Your Highness, Guo Ye is under the watchful eye of everyone and under your nose, so naturally he dares not and has no chance. But because he has no chance, it doesn't mean that his people are gone." suspect."

"Huh? You mean his concubine from Longxi?"

Now, Li Tai couldn't help being suspicious, and after being silent for a while, he asked Lu Chengqing who was beside him, "Lord Lu, what do you think?"

When Lu Chengqing heard that he had the opportunity to pour dirty water on Guo Ye, how could he stay calm?Immediately nodded repeatedly and echoed: "His Royal Highness, Gu Guanshi's suspicion is not unreasonable. Even if Guo Ye's charming concubine is helpless, but don't forget, this time he will bring Look at the seven or eight subordinates. His subordinates have fierce eyes, and they are masters who have seen blood and killed people. Moreover, it seems that these seven or eight subordinates have been wandering around the mansion with Guo Ye's concubines. Right? Steward Gu?"

The last sentence was directed at Gu Yixuan.

Gu Yixuan received the signal from Lu Chengqing's eyes, and immediately nodded again and shouted: "Yes, yes, that's it."

After Li Tai hummed, he ignored the two of them, and said to himself: "No wonder this king said to arrange for her to be guided by servants in the mansion, but she lost her composure and refused again and again. So there is something strange in her heart?"

At this time, Li Tai's doubts about Guo Ye increased a bit, and he became more and more sure that Guo Ye was the one who secretly coveted Murong Shun's life.

Gu Yixuan who was next to him added another sentence: "Your Highness, think about it, you did not invite him to this gathering of virtuous poems, and you have never had any contact with him before. How could he come here uninvited and insist on joining in the fun Woolen cloth?"

"That's right." Lu Chengqing and Gu Yixuan sang together, "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, Your Highness!"

Li Tai nodded, and he was 100% sure of Guo Ye's suspicion in his heart, so he couldn't help asking: "But he has no grievances with Murong Shun, why should he be put to death? Can't get away with it? No, no, no, it's impossible, Guo Ye is a small sixth-rank soldier, Wailang, and he was in Tubo at the time, how could he have something to do with Tuyuhun? This is a bit unbelievable!"

A flash of understanding flashed in Lu Chengqing's heart, a bit of surprise slowly floated in his eyes, and he said to Li Tai: "Your Highness, what is the relationship between Guo Ye and Tuyuhun? I will leave it to Lu to find out. It shouldn't be Difficult to find out."

Li Tai said good-bye, and then told the guards beside him: "Go to Murong Shun's room now, clean up the scene, and then move his body out of the Wei Palace at night. Then find a place to cremate the body, and don't leave any traces for confession." People are chasing him down, causing trouble for this king."

The leader of the guards clasped his hands and said yes, and shouted at a group of palace guards to leave in a hurry.

At this moment, Gu Yixuan saw that Li Tai had nothing to say about Guo Ye, so he couldn't help but said anxiously: "My lord, since it has been affirmed that Guo Ye is the most suspected, why don't you go up to the emperor and bring Guo Ye to justice? Tuyuhun is a minister of the Tang Dynasty, Isn't this risky killing of Prince Tuyuhun enough to bring Guo Ye's head to the ground?"

"Snapped!"