For such a woman, Wan He did not scold her too much. In his pitiful historical knowledge, there were some records about Empress Dowager Xiao. It can be said that the Empress Dowager Xiao in history has gone through a lot. There were few twists and turns. After Yang Guang's death, she was eventually occupied by Yu Wenhuaji. After Yu Wenhuaji was killed by Dou Jiande, she was occupied by Dou Jiande again. After that, she went through the Turks Luo Khan and Jieli Khan. , Li Shimin, on the surface, it seems that she can be favored by so many heroes, how beautiful that is, but as a woman, after experiencing so many men, it is not a humiliation.
This woman who originally suffered a lot of humiliation in history is likely to no longer experience those humiliating years because of Wan He's arrival. However, Wan He still has great sympathy for her, and for Empress Dowager Xiao Wan He also understands this behavior to some extent. Although the emperor who is now aloof is also a bloodline of the late emperor, he is not her descendant after all, and her grandson Yang Tong died unexpectedly. Due to various reasons, Empress Dowager Xiao would do this. Something like this happens.
Wan He couldn't scold Empress Dowager Xiao too much. He hesitated and said to Empress Dowager Xiao: "Queen Mother, although the world today is still the world of the Sui Dynasty, I believe the Queen Mother herself knows how long this situation can last. Regarding the death of the King of Yue, I don't want it to end like this, but things have reached this point. Even if I want to, I can't save it. I promised General Yuchi Yichen that day that as long as I, Wan He, are around, I will do it. This promise to ensure that the blood of the Yang family continues is still valid to this day. Therefore, I hope that the Queen Mother would be more cautious in her words and deeds and not to mislead others or herself."
After Wan He said all this, he turned around and left without giving Empress Dowager Xiao any chance to reply. Looking at Wan He's leaving figure, Empress Dowager Xiao's pretty face was filled with uncertainty, and the girl next to her looked uncertain. The chamberlain also took a step forward and cautiously said to Queen Mother Xiao: "Queen Mother, how about we think of another way?"
Queen Mother Xiao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, as if all her strength had been drained from her body. She sat on the chair, waved her hands gently and said: "Forget it, let's just let this matter go and don't mention it again. ,"
The chamberlain did not expect that Empress Dowager Xiao would make such a decision, and could not help but be stunned. However, he had always been loyal to Empress Dowager Xiao, and naturally obeyed all the orders of Empress Dowager Xiao. Then he nodded and quietly retreated. After going down, only Empress Dowager Xiao raised her head, her beautiful eyes gently lingering on the sword and helmet left by Yuchi Yichen in front, and finally shook her head with a bitter look on her face and said: "Did I do something wrong?"
After coming out of the palace, Wan He was obviously not in a good mood. Zhu Muwu, who was behind him, glanced at Wan He and took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, what should we do with General Yang, er, I mean General Yuchi? ,"
Zhu Muwu mentioned Yuchi Yichen, and Wan He also had a headache. Originally, Wan He finally used the name of the royal family to trick him into serving him. Now Wan He controls the Luoyang royal family and serves the Yang family, not just for Wan He. Serve your orders, but today Empress Dowager Xiao played such a trick to make Yuchi Yichen give up his friendship with the Yang family. In this way, Wanhe's previous efforts can be regarded as in vain. Yuchi Yichen is a famous general. If he It would be a huge waste to leave it unused.
However, no matter how anxious Wan He was, he still knew that it was not appropriate to go to the door at this time, so after hesitating for a moment, Wan He endured it, but he was still angry but could not get rid of it. Wan He immediately became angry. He turned around and shouted to Zhu Muwu: "Xiao Wu, go find Yang Gongqing and tell him to pay attention to Yuchi Yichen's movements, but don't disturb him. Xingyan, please accompany me to the Ministry of Personnel."
After Zhu Muwu received the order, he took it directly. Although Wan He didn't want to go to Yuchi Yichen yet, in order to avoid anything happening to Yuchi Yichen, it was best to let Yang Gongqing keep an eye on him, and Wan He He himself rushed to the official residence of the official department with great enthusiasm.
After hearing Wanhe's visit, people from the official residence of the official department had already greeted them at the entrance of the official residence. The leader was not the official official secretary, but Liu Wenjing, who served as the minister of the official official department. Nowadays, everyone in the government and the public knows that Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuan Ling, Du Ruhui and Liu Wenjing are Wanhe's confidants. Although the four official positions are only the fourth rank, no one dares to put on any official airs in front of them. As for the Ministry of Personnel, although the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is the sixth rank The leader, but with such a great figure as Liu Wenjing under his command, he naturally did not dare to point fingers at Liu Wenjing.
Seeing Wan He coming angrily, Liu Wenjing also had a strange look on her face. Who else in Luoyang City could make this young master angry? Thinking of this, Liu Wenjing immediately understood something and twisted. He turned his head and glanced in the direction of the palace, then took a few steps forward, bowed his hands to Wan He, and said, "I see you, Your Majesty."
The officials behind Liu Wenjing also wanted to step forward and salute Wan He, but to flatter Wan He, one must be qualified. I am afraid that none of them has that qualification, so these people can only He was standing behind him obediently, looking at Wan He with a flattering look on his face.
Wan He glanced at Liu Wenjing, and when he thought of what had just happened, he felt very angry. If he really wanted to dig deeper into this matter, it was because Liu Wenjing deliberately misunderstood Wan He's meaning and put Yang Tong, Huangfu Wuyi, Wei Jin Everyone was killed. When he first learned about this, Wan He was so angry that he almost killed Liu Wenjing. However, Changsun Wuji and others jointly persuaded Wan He, saying that Liu Wenjing did this, but it was meritorious, but not Afterwards, Wan He calmed down and figured it out. With the deaths of Yang Tong, Huangfu Wuyi and others, the city of Luoyang was indeed much cleaner, which saved Wan He a lot of trouble, so he no longer pursued the case. That's it.
But this time Wan He came to the official department so angrily, it was not because he came to ask Liu Wenjing to accuse him. Wan He took a step forward, walked in front of Liu Wenjing, and lowered his voice and said: "Where is he?"
Wan He asked this question in a confused way, but Liu Wenjing was stunned for a moment before she understood the meaning of Wan He's words. She immediately replied: "Your Majesty, please come down with me." After saying that, Liu Wenjing was He made a gesture of invitation, and Wan He waved his hand, indicating that all the soldiers following him should stay here, and he took Pei Xingyan and followed Liu Wenjing into the official residence. Those officials originally wanted to follow, but Wanhe's soldiers blocked the door of the official residence. As officials of the Ministry of Personnel, they couldn't even enter the official residence of the Ministry of Personnel. What kind of thing is this? All the officials in the Ministry of Personnel were smiling bitterly, but they had nothing to do with these soldiers. They could only stand at the door of the official residence and wait.
Speaking of Wanhe, Pei Xingyan, led by Liu Wenjing, walked around the official residence of the official department. This official department is the head of the six departments, and the official residence of the official department is naturally not comparable to ordinary official residences. The corridors in the official residence extend in all directions. If it weren't for Liu Wenjing, a "local snake", to lead the way, Wan He and Pei Xingyan would definitely be stunned here.
After walking like this for a quarter of an hour, Liu Wenjing took Wan He and Pei Xingyan to a remote small courtyard. There was only one wing and a few rockeries in the small courtyard. Liu Wenjing first bowed to Wan He, and then quickly He walked into the rockery, skillfully touched one of the stones, and then patted another stone in. Not long after, he heard a creaking sound coming from the back of the wing room.
Liu Wenjing walked back to Wan He, raised her hands to Wan He and said, "Your Majesty, please come this way."
Wan He was not too surprised. Although this was not the Ministry of Justice, it was not a big secret to set up a dungeon in the official residence of the Ministry of Officials. Wan He immediately nodded, and then led by Liu Wenjing. Pei Xingyan walked directly to the back of the wing. As soon as he walked around the wing, he saw an extra hole in the small open space behind the wing. There were stone stairs extending down step by step. There were also The firelight flickered from time to time, which looked particularly strange.
With Pei Xingyan by his side to protect him, Wan He didn't have anything to fear. He just walked towards the cave entrance. As soon as he entered the cave entrance, he could see from the firelight in the cave entrance that the walls of the cave entrance were all very smooth. It can be seen how much manpower and financial resources were spent on the construction of this dungeon.
However, Wan He's thoughts were not here. He just walked directly down the stone staircase. This walk lasted for a long time for a stick of incense. The stone staircase finally reached the end. He took advantage of the braziers hanging on the left and right walls. The firelight could be seen clearly. In front of the stone stairs, there were rows of cells. In front of the door of each cell, there were two men wearing yamen clothes guarding there, not squinting. On the left was another door. Wan He knew that the iron gate must be the interrogation room in the dungeon. A damp musty smell and the smell of blood spread throughout the dungeon, making Wan He frown involuntarily, but the guards did not react at all. No, obviously I'm used to this smell.
At this time, Liu Wenjing also took a step forward and said to Wan He: "Your Majesty, there are less than ten prisoners in this dungeon now. Among them, the people the Prince is looking for are imprisoned in cells No. 7 and 8. Your Majesty, Should these two people be brought to trial now?"
Wan He's face was also very gloomy, and he was simmering with anger. He came here to extinguish the fire. Wan He immediately nodded, waved his hand, turned around and walked towards the interrogation room, and Liu Wenjing He also nodded repeatedly, turned around, and shouted to the guards: "Bring up prisoners No. 7 and 8,"