"In addition, this matter is extraordinary and involves a wide range of things. I plan to summon the three armies and officials and merchants from all over the country, including those near the capital and surrounding counties, totaling more than 800 households and more than 5,000 people, to attack together."
Li Tai's eyelids twitched when he heard this.
This is no joke, the entire Tang Dynasty's finances are stretched thin. If we really do this, I am afraid that the entire imperial court will be severely damaged, which is really not cost-effective for the Tang Dynasty.
"His Majesty!"
"No need to say more, I have made up my mind."
However, Li Chengqian didn't wait for his refutation and spoke directly.
Li Tai sighed when he heard this, but he knew he couldn't stop it.
"This matter will be supervised by the Crown Prince and Wang Shangshu. The two of you will assist Ma Shilang in completing this task and make sure nothing goes wrong!!"
Li Chengqian said again.
"I obey the decree!"
The prince and Wang Jingwu looked at each other, lowered their heads, and said in unison.
"boom!!"
Just when there was silence in Dali Temple, there was suddenly a violent crash outside the Yamen of Dali Temple, and at the same time, there was a cry of pain, as if someone had been kicked away, and there was a scream.
"Boom!"
Just when everyone was surprised, they saw dust and smoke suddenly rolling on the originally flat street, and countless knights galloped from the city towards Dali Temple.
"What's going on? Is there another assassin coming to assassinate the Minister of Dali Temple?"
Seeing that scene, many people turned pale with fright.
"Don't worry, these are my Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty!"
At this moment, a loud voice was heard, and a group of armored elite soldiers appeared in everyone's sight. They quickly rushed into the Yamen of Dali Temple and guarded the Qing Mazhou of Dali Temple.
As soon as this imperial guard appeared on the scene, it attracted everyone's attention.
"That's...the Royal Palace Guards!!"
Suddenly, an exclamation came out from the crowd. I didn't know who shouted, and suddenly the whole Dali Temple was boiling outside the Yamen.
"The Royal Palace Guards! Yes, they are indeed the Royal Palace Guards!!"
"Oh my god, how long has it been since the Tang Dynasty saw the imperial guards?"
Everyone was talking and looking very excited.
It has been seven or eight generations since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. When each generation of emperors came to the throne, the imperial guards had to go through a fight before changing their defenses. However, in the past years, this situation has improved a lot.
However, when an emperor first ascends the throne, the palace guards must go through a fight before they can change their defenses, so a new batch needs to be replenished every once in a while.
But as time goes by, the scale of the Palace Guards becomes larger and larger. Gradually, the Palace Guards become a symbol of the royal family. Unless there are special circumstances, the Palace Guards will not be easily mobilized.
But now, the Royal Palace Forbidden Army has actually been dispatched, which is enough to illustrate the problem.
"It seems that His Majesty is really angry!"
Someone murmured to himself.
"However, this is not a bad thing."
"Yeah."
Soon, everyone nodded.
The interior of the current royal family has long been decayed and is not like the past at all. If His Majesty the Emperor really cleans up the matter at this time, it is not impossible.
"Your Majesty, Dr. Ma is here!!"
At this moment, a voice sounded, and a eunuch led Ma Zhou over quickly. Ma Zhou looked solemn, as if he had some urgent news to tell Li Zhi.
"Um!!"
Seeing Ma Zhou, Li Zhi nodded, motioned for Ma Zhou to take a seat, and then turned his eyes to the center of the hall.
"Meet Your Majesty!!"
Soon, Ma Zhou knelt on the ground with a solemn expression.
"Pingsheng!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
When Ma Zhou got up, he immediately said:
"Your Majesty, I am following your imperial decree to investigate the source of the plague outside Chang'an City. I have found out that these illnesses are indeed caused by the plague."
"oh?"
"You said it was a plague?!"
Hearing this, not only Li Er, but also all the civil and military officials in the hall, including Li Tai, Prince Li Ke and others also looked shocked.
Plague is an extremely dangerous thing. Once it breaks out, the death toll will definitely far exceed people's imagination. More importantly, once those ordinary people are infected with the plague, the consequences will be unimaginable, and the entire Tang Dynasty will fall into disaster.
"Master Ma, this matter is of great importance, are you sure?"
Li Yuan frowned slightly.
"Weichen dares to guarantee with his life that this matter is absolutely true. Weichen has carefully observed it and found the drugs used by those patients."
Ma Zhou said in a deep voice, taking out two medicinal materials at the same time and handing them to Ma Zhou beside him.
"This is?!"
Li Yuan glanced at the medicinal materials presented by Ma Zhou, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
"This is a disease specially designed to control the plague and inhibit the spread of the plague so that it cannot spread to the surrounding fertile farmland."
"Your Majesty, I suspect that someone is deliberately targeting our country, the Tang Dynasty, and using the plague to cause chaos."
As he spoke, Ma Zhou raised his head and said word by word:
"As far as Wei Chen knows, His Majesty's concubine Liu Shu was once a wizard and was good at witchcraft. She has a deeper research on some witchcraft than Wei Chen. Wei Chen thinks that this matter should be related to her."
Ma Zhou is the imperial physician. Although he is an imperial physician, he specializes in the art of witchcraft.
In the Tang Dynasty, almost no one knew about it, and everyone knew that Liu Shu was a wizard of the Tang Dynasty.
"Liu Shu!"
Hearing this name, Li Er's eyes suddenly narrowed.
Although Ma Zhou's words were a bit biased, they were not unfounded. After all, this incident was so strange. First, Empress Changsun suddenly died of a mysterious illness, and then Li Zhi suddenly ordered the mobilization of the palace guards.
Later, Ma Zhou visited the scene in person and discovered a prescription to cure the plague.
All this is such a coincidence.
Moreover, Ma Zhou also provided the medicinal materials. Obviously, those patients were captured by Liu Shu's people.
Thinking of this, Li Er was secretly angry: "Hmph, I want to see how much trouble she can stir up!!"
"Your Majesty, these medicines discovered by Ma Shilang are very effective."
"Master Ma, what do you think should be done?"
Li Zhi asked. He believed in Ma Zhou's judgment. Since Ma Zhou said this, it must be the same.
"Your Majesty is wise, I think it should be dealt with as soon as possible to avoid too much impact!"
Ma Zhou bowed and said.
"Accurate!"
Li Zhi was silent for a moment and quickly issued an order.
"yes."
Ma Zhou bowed and said.
"Retreat!!"
Soon, there was a sound of footsteps, and calm quickly returned to the hall. Only Ma Zhou and Li Er and his son were left standing in the hall, and the atmosphere was a bit dull.
"Father..."
At this moment, a young voice suddenly broke the silence.
Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this and turned to look over, only to see Li Tai looking at him expectantly.