Chapter 462: Using His Way (Part 2)

Before the fifth hour, the rumbling drums knocked away the sleeping night fog. The lanterns in front of the mansion were lit up in the dark night. The stars were dotted, shining with the stars in the sky. Carriages drove out of the house, gathered on Fang Street, then left the gate, drove on the street, and merged into a larger sea of ​​people in the court. Today is the fifth day of the August 19th, the day of the lunar court meeting. Since this is the first major court meeting since the new emperor Li Shi ascended the throne, every official attached great importance to it. No one asked for leave. All officials of the ninth rank and above must participate. Before dawn, almost all court officials went out.

Although the Tang Dynasty was a broad-minded dynasty, the ruling class was still very strict. Not every official could ride a carriage. He needed to be above five ranks to be qualified to ride a special carriage. The carriages also had levels, divided into four levels, including Genxian, Tongxian, Carriage, and Carriage. For example, the fifth rank officials took a carriage and above three ranks to Tongxian. The carriages were all blue, and the number of horses increased from five to seven. First rank officials took a red carriage of nine horses. As for the highest level of Eighteen, it was the carriage carried by the emperor and the prince. Generally, ministers could only ride it when they were summoned to the palace.

Most of the middle and low-level officials rode horses, with horse hooves and wheels scattered. The Suzaku Street formed a huge army of court.

As the drum sounded, the major city gates of Chang'an opened at the same time. Mingde Gate slowly opened under the reflection of torches. Li Qing'an's personal soldiers, who had been waiting outside the city, began to enter the city. The carriage was under the tight escort of more than 500 personal soldiers. Li Qing'an set out from the barracks on time at the fourth and third hours. Although there were more than a dozen civilian officers in his barracks, they did not belong to the category of Beijing officials, so they did not need to attend monthly court meetings, but only participated in annual meetings.

As the prince, according to the etiquette, he could ride the eighteen carriage, but in order not to show off, he still rides the nine-horse carriage. The walls of the car are black and the decoration is very simple, with black background and silver edges, which looks very beautiful.

In fact, his carriage with a black background and silver edge and his personal guards with five hundred people could not keep a low profile. Walking on the street, everyone knew that this was Li Qing'an's carriage.

The carriage passed through Mingde Gate and entered Zhuque Street. There were not many officials living in several yards at the southern end of Zhuque Street. The street seemed very deserted. Only more than a hundred merchants who were getting up early and waiting to leave the city gathered on both sides of the city gate. They were about to rush out of the city, but were stopped by soldiers guarding the city, waiting for Li Qing'an's carriage to enter the city first. About fifty steps away from the city gate, there were several black-clad men riding horses. Seeing Li Qing'an's team entering the city, the black-clad men riding horses immediately came forward. The leader was Hu Yunpei, the intelligence leader of Li Qing'an in Chang'an. Hu Yunpei rushed forward and took out the gold medal and said, "I want to see the general."

The personal soldiers knew him and Hu Yunpei's gold medal. Everyone made way for the way, and the carriage stopped. Hu Yunpei stepped forward and bowed: "I have important matters from Hu Yunpei to report to the general."

"What's the matter?" Li Qing'an's voice came from the carriage.

"Report to the general, my subordinates just received the news that Wei Jiansu had been released from Dali Temple and is currently at home."

"How long did it just happen?"

Hu Yunpei blushed and said quickly: "According to a subordinate who works in Dali Temple, Wei Jiansu was released from Dali Temple because of the fourth correction. A carriage sent him home directly. The background of the carriage is under investigation."

As soon as he said this, a subordinate of Hu Yunpei rushed forward and whispered a few words to him. Hu Yunpei hurriedly said: "The background of the carriage has been found out. The carriage finally returned to the Yong Palace, which is the carriage of the state."

In the carriage, Li Qing'an did not light the light. He leaned against the wall of the car and closed his eyes to rest. Although Wei Jiansu was placed as expected, he was wrong in time. He thought Wei Jiansu would be released last night, but he did not expect it to be delayed until the early morning of this day. It can be said that it was the last moment to release the person. This shows Li Heng's mentality. He was worried about his revenge, but he was unwilling to give in, and finally let him go.

A sarcastic sneer appeared on the corner of Li Qing'an's mouth. Did he think this was a concession? Did he think that the serious impact he had on himself could make up for it? If it was so simple, why did he let him go now? It can be seen that Li Heng knew the serious problem, but he made a move that was not painful. After all, it was a kind of contempt for himself.

Thinking of this, Li Qing'an said to Hu Yunpei: "We must closely monitor Wei Jiansu's whereabouts, and not allow him to leave Chang'an. In addition, we will continue to strengthen surveillance of major families. If there is any situation, we must report it to me immediately."

"I understand!"

Hu Yunpei bowed and was about to leave, but Li Qingan stopped him, "Did I ask the person you were looking for last time find?"

Li Qing'an was looking for Li Mi. Since the Imperial Village incident, Li Mi and Changsun Quanxu were locked up in the Imperial Village together. It was not released until eight days later. Changsun Quanxu was dismissed from his post and returned home, but Li Mi disappeared. Li Qing'an asked Hu Yunpei to look for Li Mi in Chang'an or Guanzhong.

Hu Yunpei shook his head and said, "Report to the general, his subordinates sent five hundred people to look for Mr. Li, but he disappeared without a trace like evaporated. There is news that he may have left Guanzhong. Someone saw a Taoist priest who looked very much like him in Tongguan and went out of the east of Tongguan."

Li Qingan sighed slightly, it should be true. Li Mi has indeed become a monk several times, but unfortunately he was letting him leave and could not be used by himself.

At this time, Hu Yunpei remembered something again and hurriedly reported: "General, I received news from Huaqing Palace yesterday. It seems that an unknown person was appearing near Huaqing Palace."

Li Qingan was stunned. Huaqing Palace was Kongguan, and only Yang Guifei lived in it. If someone wanted to be unfavorable to Huaqing Palace, it must be targeting Yang Guifei. Who would this be?

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered: "Send additional personnel to strictly protect the imperial concubine and do not make any mistakes!"

"yes!"

Hu Yunpei quickly left, and Li Qingan thought about it again. It was indeed a bit dangerous for her to move Yang Guifei out of the Huaqing Palace.

The carriage continued to move forward, and Li Qingan simply opened the car window. The night breeze blew in, and it was full of coolness. His mind suddenly became clear. Looking at the carriage dotted in the distance, thinking that the meeting was about to begin, thinking about the evidence he had, Li Qingan once again felt the excitement before the war came.

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Li Heng arrived at Mingde Gate of the Daming Palace at the fifth time. He did not sleep all night last night, his eyelids were swollen, and he looked a little tired. Li Heng was the regent of the state and had the status of the Supreme Emperor. Logically, he could live in the palace and enjoy the honor of the emperor, but he gave up this superficial honor. Once he moved into the palace, he would lose his freedom. He was monitored by the Yulin Army. Li Heng, who valued power above everything else, would rather come to court every day like a courtier.

There is no official title like the regent of the state in the lobby. Li Heng was named King Yong. His father, Li Longji, once appointed him as the Grand Marshal and the Grand Marshal of the Shanyu. Therefore, Li Heng was actually in a position of half a monarch and half a minister. Today's morning court also had to go to Danfeng Gate and enter the Daming Palace like other ministers, but he could go directly to Qifeng Pavilion next to Hanyuan Hall to rest and wait.

Li Heng entered the Daming Palace, and there was a hint of light in the sky. The breeze blew on his face, which made people feel refreshed. The wide Danfeng Gate Square was full of courtiers. Li Heng's carriage passed through a group of middle and lower-level officials. The officials immediately dispersed respectfully, with flattering smiles on his face, and they rushed to say hello to him, "Your Highness the Superintendent!"

"It's so hard for His Highness the Superintendent to come so early."

The mental fatigue made Li Heng feel bored with these officials, but he still restrained his disgust and squeezed a smile on his face to nod to everyone. At this time, a guard stepped forward and whispered: "Your Highness, I have asked, Li Qing'an has not come yet."

"Well! Where is Wang Gong, is he here?"

"The king's kingdom has arrived."

The guard pointed forward and saw Wang Gong hurriedly coming here. Wang Gong quickly stepped forward and bowed, "See Your Highness!"

Li Heng glanced at the officials, and the officials walked away tactfully.

"Get in the car! I have something to say to you."

Wang Gong got on the carriage, and the carriage started again, heading towards Qifeng Pavilion.

In the carriage, Li Heng said slowly: "I have ordered Wei Jiansu to be released early this morning."

Wang Gong was stunned. Didn’t he say he would not compromise yesterday? Why did he change his mind again? Seeing that Li Heng’s eyes were covered with blood and his voice was a little hoarse. It was obvious that he had not slept all night. He couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, “Before the fight, the situation was defeated.”

"What? Do you think it's inappropriate?" Li Heng glanced at him.

"I just felt a little sudden. I was released in the early morning. I was worried that Li Qingan would not know."

"Then you underestimate him too much. From his last year's silver dollar dispute, I knew he had a strict intelligence organization. If I release Wei Jiansu, he would know the first one."

"But...."

Wang Gong stuttered: "Will he appreciate it just because he let Wei Jiansu go?"

Wang Gong was relatively clear-headed and put his heart in his heart. If he were Li Qing'an and Li Heng released people like this, he would definitely not accept it. At this point, Wang Gong did not agree with Li Heng's approach. He either gave in and apologized to the Pei family and Wei family, severely punished the Guanzhong army that arrested people, or persisted to the end and refused to compromise. Such a dodging release of people will not only have no effect, but will also be ridiculed. However, Wang Gong said nothing and he was silent.

At this time, a heavy bell sound came from afar. At this time, the first bell rang. After another half an hour, the meeting was about to begin. Wang Gong said, "Your Highness, I'll go down first."

"Go! If you should fight, you should fight, don't give in easily."

"I understand!"

After the carriage heard it steadily, Wang Gong pushed open the car door and went down. Li Heng looked at his back and couldn't help but feel a little worried.

He thought about it all night last night. Although Li Qing'an couldn't make any effort on his subordinates, Li Heng was worried that Li Qing'an would tell the story of him killing Jingzong. Li Heng knew that his actions were not perfect at the time. Many people around Li Yu were not dead. Most of his guards were released. Although Changsun Quanxu expressed his opinion and knew nothing about it, would he have been resentful for a long time when he was dismissed at home? There was also Li Mi, who was missing. He had also been a staff member of Li Qing'an. Will he hide beside Li Qing'an and tell the story about it.

All kinds of doubts made Li Heng feel worried. He was unable to hold on to the bottom line in the end, but he ordered someone to give Wei Jiansu his gold medal. Now he regrets a little, why did he let Wei Jiansu go? The evidence is conclusive, he should be so guilty!
Chapter completed!