Records of the King of Xin'an County

Amidst grief and undercurrents, the [-]-day national mourning period ended.After the Taishi Bureau finished divination, the new emperor personally set the funeral date.On that day, the royal family and all civil and military officials all sent them off in filial piety.The elegy was preached, and the ceremonial guards were held, stretching for hundreds of miles, and the end could not be seen from the end; crying bursts, and the mourning sound spread far and wide, as if resounding through the entire Chang'an city.Such a scene is even more majestic than when Emperor Gaozu was buried in the mausoleum.

The prince was dressed in white, standing on a high place, looking at the white guards of honor inside and outside the city gate.Among the white flags, paper horses and plain fan barriers, there are thousands of chariots and horses, and thousands of people in plain clothes walking quietly.The huge coffin covered by the white canopy moved forward slowly, leaving deep ruts along the way.

Being so far away, he naturally couldn't tell where Li Hui was.Moreover, the funeral of the county king should not need to walk, but to accompany him on horseback.Not long after, many ordinary people who had just arrived after hearing the news came on both sides of the road. They were all dressed in plain clothes and filial piety, weeping, and knelt down to attend the funeral.As a result, the funeral procession became larger and meandering towards the Zhaoling Mausoleum in Mount Jiuzhang, which was more than a hundred miles away.

"Ah Lang, the Xu family has already taken control of the servant girl next to the Yichuan County Lord, and has obtained enough confessions. The Yichuan County Lord is moody, and the servants in the house have long been separated from her, and they have fallen to the Xu family. There are those who disobey , has also been detained by the Xu family. The Yichuan county magistrate is busy pretending to be filial, and has not noticed it for the time being." Sun Jinniang once again dressed up as a young man, and came to him silently, "The elders of the Xu family hesitated for several days. , and finally acquiesced to Xu Tian's plan. In a few days, he should be presented directly to the imperial court."

"You brothers and sisters have really worked hard. In order to persuade and guide Xu Tian, ​​Sun Dalang must have spent a lot of effort." Wang Zixian nodded slightly, "After this matter is over, we can use the connections of the Xu family to continue the business and make more small families. .At the same time, we should gradually stay away from the Xu family, and don’t teach them to notice.”

"Slave and elder brother can save it." Sun Jinniang paused, and then asked curiously: "I heard that Alang wants to travel with Mr. Song? When do you plan to leave? What preparations do you need for elder brother and slave? Don't worry, Alang, we are now gone. We are not much richer in money than before. What's more, even if we lack food and clothing, we must not wrong A Lang and Mr. Song."

"There is no need to prepare, Qingsou and Cao Silang have already started to take care of this matter. Food, clothing, housing and transportation according to their means, so as not to arouse suspicion." The prince offered, "You two continue to stay in the capital, no matter what happens, just do it in secret Listen to Xuan Qi's orders. Follow Xuan Qi's side carefully, find out news for him, and send me a letter every month to describe the situation in Beijing and Shangzhou. It's not too late for me to say."

"Yes, I understand." Sun Jinniang cupped her hands and left neatly.

A few days later, Emperor Taizong and Empress Wende were buried in Zhaoling. After the new emperor held a grand Yu sacrifice with his brothers and sisters, the funeral was completely over.The city of Chang'an, which had been shrouded in grief for several months, gradually regained its calm and tranquility. The common people and the families of officials and officials became lively again, and the sounds of playing and feasting were endless.

After several days of advice from the ministers, the new emperor, who was still in grief, finally cheered up and held the enthronement ceremony.After that, he formally canonized the crown princess Du as empress, Liangdi Yang as virtuous concubine, Liangdi Yuan as Shu concubine, child Zhang as Zhaoyi, and several unfavored beauties and talents.Afterwards, the eldest daughter Changning Princess was conferred the title of Princess Changning, the second daughter was conferred the title of Princess Yong'an, and three hundred households of Tang Muyi were sealed; Households, give a big reward.

Immediately afterwards, he added titles to the elders of the clan. King Jing, King Peng, and King Lu all increased their households by five hundred, and the eldest princesses increased their households by three hundred; his elder brothers, King Yue and King Pu Five hundred, the three sisters will be named the eldest princess, and the household will be increased by three hundred; as for the nephews, the county king will add three hundred households, and the three successor kings, including the heir to the king of Chu, will receive additional rewards, and the nieces will also have their own rewards. Heavy rewards; all the princes of the Yuanzhi clan and county added two hundred households, and the rewards were also quite a lot.

All in all, this time, none of the great awards from the royal family was lost, and everyone was happy.

Just when the clansmen were all smiling and thanking the new emperor Long En, a shocking news came out suddenly, which shocked the whole Chang'an city: Xu Tian, ​​the husband of Yichuan County Lord, sister of the King of Chu, sued his wife The magistrate of Yichuan County complained about the previous emperors, cursed Empress Du, and intended to plot rebellion.

It is said that at the beginning, the new emperor did not believe that the always well-behaved Yichuan county magistrate would do such a thing. He believed that Xu Tian was a false accusation and treated him very harshly.However, Xu Tian repeatedly pleaded with the prime minister, claiming that he had enough evidence and was willing to confront the Yichuan county magistrate, so he was reluctant to send someone to verify the truth of the matter.

Logically speaking, such a secret event shouldn't have spread so much.However, as if overnight, the high-ranking official families in Chang'an City had already learned about this matter, and there were many discussions in private.Many clans wanted to wait and see for a while, but many perceptive people had already arrested the children who were close to the Yichuan county magistrate.

King Jing originally planned to leave the matter to the concubine, but unexpectedly he received an anonymous letter.When he read it at a glance, his face suddenly changed, and he stood up staggeringly, almost overturning the book case.At this time, the concubine sent servants to report that it was Li Ge who was clamoring to clear up Li Qianniang's grievances, was waving his whip and wanted to rush out of the mansion, and planned to go to the Taiji Palace to see the saint.

Hearing this, King Jing, who has always been gentle and refined, suddenly became furious, and cursed: "You haven't tied up this little bastard looking for death!! Throw him into the yard and seal the gate! Don't let him come out again!!" , he was still a little worried, and personally held the horsewhip, supervised the servants to seal Li Ge's courtyard, and then ordered his most trusted palace man to guard outside the courtyard: "Without my order, no one is allowed to leave this little house. Let the beast out!"

Concubine Jing came here after hearing the news, crying and begging for love, but King Jing had no time to pay attention to her, so he changed his clothes and went to the palace.Along the way, he thought hard, and he didn't know who sent him the message, claiming to help him get rid of the troubles.Once this kind of scandal emerges, the new emperor will absolutely not tolerate this sand.Moreover, such a handle is held in the hands of others, Zong Zhengqing should be trembling, it is better to abdicate and let the virtuous.To avoid being criticized and used by others in the future, and being involved in some terrifying conspiracy.

"Why did uncle say that?" Because he had just survived the national funeral, the saint looked much thinner, and his expression was still gentle. "Zong Zhengqing's position is not something that my uncle can't bear, so why bother to abdicate? Over the years, my grandfather often Tell me, only my uncle's temperament is the most suitable for Zong Zhengqing's position. If Uncle Peng and Uncle Lu were replaced, it would be impossible for our clan to manage the affairs of the clan so clearly."

King Jing let out a long sigh, as if he had aged a lot within a day: "I am deeply ashamed, I never thought that there would be someone like Yichuan among the daughters of the clan... and those unfilial children of the minister have gone very far with her. She was so close, yet she didn’t notice anything, and she was convinced that she must have been wronged.”

"This is also human nature. Even I still can't believe that Qian Niang would resent Grandpa and Grandpa, and dare to curse Zitong." The saint was also quite disappointed, his eyes were slightly red, "Last year she was also involved in some Right and wrong, it turned out that she was indeed innocent. I feel that this case must be tried as soon as possible to clear her innocence. Although the eldest brother is descended from the same line, but in terms of blood relationship..."

As he said that, the saint couldn't help but shook his head: "Oh, it's unbearable for Xi Niang to stay alone in the capital. I will never let her endure any more grievances. After a while, my uncle will preside over the interrogation in the palace." After the case is over, I and my brothers and sisters are all present to attend. Don't let Uncle Peng and Uncle Lu come here for now, so as not to cause too much trouble."

King Jing was silent for a while, then fell down on the ground and wept bitterly: "I really have no face to interrogate this case, the sage doesn't know something, I only found out today... I only know..."

The saint seemed to have a tacit understanding, and instantly understood what he was going to say: "Uncle, after all, this matter has not been proven, and now it is just the Xu family's own words. Perhaps it is because of Xu Tian's dissatisfaction that he dared to accuse Qian Niang It will not be too late to talk about this matter after the trial of this case is clear."

His reaction was too calm. At this moment, even King Jing seemed to believe that what was said in the letter was all false.However, as long as he thought of Li Ge's actions, words and deeds in the past, he felt very hopeless.Knowing a son is like a father, how could he be completely unaware of what that fool could do, how could he never have doubts? !It's just that he never thought about that! !

Not long after, the sage and King Jing came to the Chengqing Palace where Li Qianniang was temporarily under house arrest.King Jing looked around the hall, and saw Yue King Li Heng, Pu King Li Tai, Sipu King Li Xin, Siyue King Li Wei, Xin'an County King Li Hui, Tianshui County King Li Jing and others were all present.Princess Linchuan, Princess Anxing, and Princess Qinghe also sat a little further away.There is another screen that separates Princess Yue and Princess Pu.

After the sage glanced at the screen very indifferently, he carried out Princess Changning, who was dressed as a young gentleman in order to confuse people, and then sat down on the main seat.After King Jing received the gift from the juniors, he ordered people to bring Xu Tian up.Xu Tian knelt down to perform Jishou's salute, and repeated the contents of his complaint.

The facts he said are of course richer than rumors, including how Yichuan county magistrate Li Xiniang cursed maliciously when the saint was seriously ill, how she was rude to the deceased Queen Wende, and how she insulted and cursed Queen Du and so on.It is not an exaggeration to describe all kinds of words as extremely vicious.In addition, when a sage came to the throne, he mentioned the words of resentment and resentment about the abolished prince Li Song a few years ago, claiming that she was the princess and other outrageous words.

Li Heng, Li Xin and the others reacted a little more slowly, but frowned tightly; Li Tai, Li Wei, Li Hui, and Li Jing were all dumbfounded; There seems to be some subtle differences.The saint glanced at them, his eyes slightly lowered.

King Jing immediately asked, "Is there evidence for what you said?"

"Of course there is evidence!" Xu Tian said, "Her personal servants can all testify! Moreover, I also suspect that there are witchcraft buried in her yard!!" After finishing speaking, he suddenly raised his head, gritted his teeth and said, "She She has no scruples in her usual actions, and I have never dared to step into her yard! I also ask the saint to send someone to search and collect evidence, and the sinner who committed such a rebellious act must not be let go!!"