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Chapter 282 Erlang, you, the general of the Twelve Guards, have failed your duty

The death of the imperial servant Zhang Daoyuan naturally shook the entire imperial city.

Although the next morning was not Lunar New Year's day, His Majesty Li Yuan still came to the Taiji Palace, and all the civil and military officials of the entire Chang'an City with rank nine or above were present.

Amidst the smoke from the incense burner, His Majesty Li Yuan walked quickly to his dragon chair with a cold face, and sat down.

Then, civil and military officials began to file in from the outside of the Taiji Hall under the leadership of the big bosses of Shangshu Province, and saluted His Majesty Li Yuan Jishou.

It was supposed to salute twice, but after saluting only once this time, His Majesty Li Yuan flicked his sleeves impatiently.

"Don't be too polite, return to your seat!"

"Yes!"

After the officials agreed, they dispersed to the left and right, and the officials from Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province went to stand next to the incense table.

Before the officials lined up, they heard His Majesty Li Yuan speaking in a low voice on the dragon chair.

"You should all know about the assassination of Zhang Daoyuan and Zhang Qing, the imperial servants, right?"

"Yes!"

The ministers agreed sparsely, saying that they all knew about Zhang Daoyuan's death.

Pei Ji, who stood at the top of the civil service, was even more exaggerated. He held the wat board in both hands, buried his head, and made a sad expression on his face, as if the dead Zhang Daoyuan was his relative.

"But do you know that when I sent people to Zhang Qing's house for the funeral yesterday, I found out that Zhang Qing's house was completely empty, with nothing but two stones..."

His Majesty Li Yuan looked down at the ministers below with a sneer on his lips.

"Which one of you can compare to this?"

Faced with His Majesty Li Yuan's soulful question, all the ministers present silently lowered their heads.

Just kidding, it's very rare to find a fool like Zhang Daoyuan, do you expect to find a second one?

Saint, don't you want to think about what the rebels who followed you to create the Sui Dynasty are trying to do?
"It's unbearable for Zhang Qing, who is so loyal to the country, to be assassinated in the Taipu Temple in the Outer Imperial City!"

With an angry look on Li Yuan's face, he slapped the dragon case in front of him with a snap.

"It's ridiculous that assassins can sneak into my outer imperial city! If an assassin can enter the outer imperial city today, will he be able to enter the palace tomorrow, and will he be able to enter my bedroom the day after tomorrow?"

Pei Ji held the wat board with both hands, lowered his head firmly, with a sad face.

As for the origin of this assassin, he had some vague guesses... because it happened that one of his relatives came to visit him in the outer imperial city yesterday!
If his guess is correct, this assassin may enter the palace tomorrow and the palace the day after tomorrow.

However, at this moment, His Majesty Li Yuan's eyes did not stay on Pei Ji's body, he finally cast his eyes on a certain king of Qin who was standing at the top of the military general.

"Erlang..."

After hearing His Majesty Li Yuan's words, Qin Wang Li Shimin hurried out of the line next to him and saluted His Majesty Li Yuan.

"Here!"

His Majesty Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin with anger in his eyes.

"You are the shepherd of Yongzhou, or the general of the Twelve Guards on the left and right. I have entrusted the safety of the entire Chang'an area to you, so you have nothing to say?"

Qin Wang Li Shimin opened his mouth, stunned and speechless.

Aye, do you remember now that my son is the general of the Twelve Guards?Why don't you let me take care of your son when he plans to manage the generals of various guards?Besides, Zhang Daoyuan was assassinated in the outer imperial city, son, when will I even be able to control the imperial city guards?

Li Yuan squinted his eyes and stared at his handsome son. After looking at him with a tangled face for a long time, his knees finally gave way, and he knelt down on the ground with a thud, and gave himself a thump.

"Yes, my son's management is ineffective, please Aye come down!"

Seeing Li Shimin knelt down and pleaded guilty in the end without any refutation despite his entanglement, a look of satisfaction flashed in His Majesty Li Yuan's eyes.

As expected, his son is still good, and he is still very respectful and obedient to himself, Aye.

But the problem is that there are too many bad guys around him, and for the sake of Erlang's face, I can't clean up all the bad guys around him, I can only watch them spoil my son.

Ugh!
Being a dad is hard too...

"Okay, I know that only a thousand days can be a thief, and there is no reason for a thousand days to guard against a thief."

Seeing King Qin's frank confession, Li Yuan's tone also softened.

"However, there must be an explanation for Zhang Qing's death, Erlang, I will leave this matter to you. I only have one request. This matter must be investigated and found out, and Zhang Qing must be given an explanation!"

Qin Wang Li Shimin kowtowed his head on the ground again, and agreed forcefully.

"As ordered!"

After seeing Li Shimin agreeing without hesitation, His Majesty Li Yuan's face softened again, he nodded slightly, and continued.

"Because Zhang Qing's family is poor, so I decided to give his family three hundred pieces of silk as compensation, and also posthumously bestow Zhang Qing with the post of Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, so that he can be buried with honor..."

"The saint is wise!"

After hearing His Majesty Li Yuan's words, Pei Ji, who had a ghost in his heart, immediately stood up and complimented loudly.

"Such a great kindness, even Zhang Daoyuan under the Nine Springs is enough to be grateful."

His Majesty Li Yuan's mouth twitched.

Although he also thinks that he is a very generous and good boss, but this time, did his good friend praise him too much? It’s just three hundred pieces of silk. If so, it's embarrassing!

"By the way, where is the Minister of Zhongshu?"

After hearing His Majesty Li Yuan's call, Zhongshu's servant Tang Jian hurried out of the queue.

"Chen is here!"

"What should Zhang Qing's posthumous name be?"

"The sage accepts..."

Regarding this posthumous title, Tang Jian just opened his mouth.

"The so-called 'being honest and self-restraining is called festival, and practicing festivals is called festival', Zhang Taiqing is honest and upright, which fits the word 'jie', so I think Zhang Taiqing should use the word Jie as his posthumous title."

"So honest and self-restraint, be cautious..."

His Majesty Li Yuan touched his beard with his hands, and pondered for a while.

"That's right, so let's leave it at that. The posthumous title given to Zhang Qing will be the word 'Jie'."

"The sage has such a beautiful posthumous posthumous title, he fulfilled Zhang Taiqing's name behind him, and he is so respectful and virtuous..."

Pei Ji hurriedly stepped forward again, and said with a grateful face.

"Don't talk about Zhang Taiqing under the Nine Springs, even the ministers are grateful, and I feel very grateful!"

"Pei Qing,"

The corners of His Majesty Li Yuan's mouth curled up, trying hard to suppress his smile, and waved to Pei Ji.

"For a loyal person like Zhang Qing, I really can't turn a blind eye. That's all. You are too serious, too serious..."

"..."

Hearing Aye's duplicity, King Qin Li Shimin silently lowered his head and twitched the corners of his mouth.

Next, after His Majesty Li Yuan arranged Zhang Daoyuan's funeral, the impromptu meeting came to an end.

After the dynasty was dispersed, His Royal Highness Li Shimin, the King of Qin, went directly to the Taishi Bureau by car.

Although His Majesty Li Yuan's appointment of Li Shimin as the General of the Twelve Guards was just a nice title, he did not really give him the right to command the Twelve Guards.But with the help of this title, His Royal Highness the King of Qin still secretly bought and placed many of his own people among the twelve guards, especially among the guards responsible for the safety of the imperial city.

Especially after King Qin made a fortune recently, this buying and placing thing became even more rampant!
Because there were quite a few insiders in the imperial guards, His Royal Highness King Qin actually knew something about the assassination of Zhang Daoyuan this time.

For example, after Zhang Daoyuan was assassinated, Taishi Ling Su Yuanlang was the first to arrive at the scene; another example, when Zhang Daoyuan was suspected of being assassinated, a dull roar seemed to be heard in Chang'an City.

In other words, the murderer of this assassination is suspected to be a practitioner!
But Taishi ordered Su Yuanlang to be no better than other officials after all, and King Qin couldn't call Qingxiazi around at will, so he could only condescend himself to go to the Taishi Bureau to see him and inquire about the situation.

When the King of Qin entered the small courtyard behind the Taishi Bureau, he saw a very familiar, handsome Taoist priest in white sitting side by side with Qingxiazi Su Yuanlang, each holding a teacup, with a ecstatic expression on his face looking at the sky...

The posture is extremely similar!
"Qingwei..."

Li Shimin blurted out in surprise.

"How will you be here?"

Startled by the voice, Kong Qing turned his head to see Li Shimin, and did not stand up in a hurry to salute. Instead, he calmly put down the cup in his hand, adjusted his Taoist robe, and then stepped forward to greet the head of the ceremony.

"I have seen His Royal Highness King Qin!"

After seeing the ceremony and straightening his waist, Kong Qing shook his whisk and said neither humble nor overbearing.

"Pindao is the supervisor of the Taishi Bureau, of course he should be here, but how did His Royal Highness King Qin find time to come to the Taishi Bureau today?"

"Is such that……"

King Qin made a gesture that we have a good relationship, so I will not hide anything from you.

"The imperial servant Zhang Daoyuan was assassinated yesterday, and Aye was furious today, so Gu must find the murderer who assassinated Zhang Daoyuan, and Gu heard that when Zhang Daoyuan was assassinated yesterday, the first person to arrive was the old fairy Qingxia, so I came here to tell the old man The gods ask for advice."

"I'm afraid the old man will disappoint you, King Qin."

After hearing the purpose of King Qin's visit, Qingxiazi held the teacup, turned to look at Li Shimin, and said calmly.

"Yesterday, the old Taoist sensed the backlash of the dragon's energy. He knew that a practitioner had assassinated the court official, so he rushed over immediately. But unfortunately, when the old Taoist rushed over, the other party had already fled. The old Taoist only had a piece of white cloth left by the murderer. Other than that, nothing was found."

"The white cloth left by the murderer?"

After hearing these words, Li Shimin's eyes lit up for a moment. He never expected that there were still clues left in this case.

"Dare to ask the old god, where is that white cloth..."

"Qingwei..."

Qingxiazi shouted to Kong Qing, and turned his head towards his room. Kong Qing nodded knowingly, then turned and walked into the house, took out a piece of white cloth with blood on it from Qingxiazi's case, and walked away. He came out and handed both hands to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin unfolded the white cloth in his hand and read it softly.

"'What do you mean by 'calling Wu for me: let's be a guest!'?"

　Zhang Daoyuan did die at this time, presumably due to malnutrition.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)