Chapter 134 Imperial Messenger

Immediately, Li Ke wrote a form, eight hundred miles to play Chang'an quickly. At this time tomorrow at the latest, the emperor will be able to see this table.

After handling this matter, Li Ke and Qin Mubai were relaxed for a while.

Both of them thought to the same thing in their hearts: Unexpectedly, someone took the initiative to help us clean up the mess and solve the last little trouble. It's comfortable!

Then the two of them, as if nothing had happened, symbolically sent people to the homes of the three deceased to express their condolences and continued their daily work.

At noon on the third day, the messenger of the court finally came.

"It's coming down so fast!" Qin Mubai and Li Ke couldn't help laughing. Maybe the emperor is also very eager to clean up the matter here quickly, right?

It's not an ordinary eunuch or a petty official, but the living man next to Li Shimin - Yu Suiliang.

Qijulang is an official who often follows the emperor and records the emperor's words and deeds with pen and paper. It's a bit like a historian, a bit like an aposter, and sometimes the emperor's personal secretary.

Chu Suiliang is also very good at this person. His father, Zhen Liang, was one of the eighteen bachelors in the mansion of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and was also a member of his intelligence group. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, the old officials of the Qin Palace were basically the best officials and were deeply trusted by the emperor. Now that Zhen Liang is old, he is still the head of the Hongwen Museum, a key think tank department, to win the world's literati and wise men for the emperor.

And Qi Suiliang is a rising star in the past two years. Yu Shinan was once the "secretary" around Li Shimin, but he was so old that he could only teach Li Zhi to study in the harem.

Li Shimin loves Yu Shinan's calligraphy, which is not his habit around him. Someone recommended Zhen Suiliang to Li Shimin, saying that his calligraphy is the essence of Wang Xizhi. Li Shimin invited him to the on-site trial and found that it was true. He was immediately overjoyed and appointed Zhen Suiliang as Qijulang. Beside him to help draft the edict and record his words and deeds so that they can be recorded in history books and classics.

Therefore, although Qijulang is not a big official, he is like a gong nail in the key part of a precision instrument, which is very important. Moreover, no one dares to underestimate this little living man. He accompanies the emperor almost every day, and he is mostly aware of the emperor's handling of government affairs. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the emperor's confidant.

Li Shimin sent such a confidant to "proclaim the decree", which also surprised Qin Mubai and Li Ke a little.

There was no time to think about it. Li Ke first let Zhen Suiliang enter the king's account.

Zhen Suiliang is about 40 years old. He is thin and looks more elegant and elegant, and he looks like a standard elegant scholar. Qin Mubai is relatively familiar with him, so they are all people who stay with the emperor. They often meet each other but have no deep friendship.

After Qi Suiliang came in, he read the emperor's edict first in public and then in private. Li Ke, Qin Mubai and Jiangzhou-sized officials took the order together.

The imperial edict is written for a long time, which is actually to "deeply express my deep regret" for the flood of Jishan Mountain, and appreciate the hard work of Li Ke and Qin Mubai, especially the officials and generals in Jiangzhou. And the reward is clearly given in the imperial edict. Li Ke, who restored the food that had been cut off due to excessive hunting, Qin Mubai rewarded the five hectares of the field and gave the Zheng Liupin upper-level "Xiaoqiwei" (it is purely used to commend the military officer's merit, which is the same meaning as Qin Qiong's second grade Shangzhu Kingdom). Jiangzhou officials and generals, except for Cheng Songnian and Ma Kun, have their own awards.

After the imperial edict was issued, everyone breathed a sigh of relief - it seems that the emperor is not ready to investigate the Jiangzhou case in depth, and has adopted a "peace of affairs" to tolerate these officials who may have been subordinate to Zhang Tianci, Cheng Songnian and others.

Only Qin Mubai and Li Ke know in their hearts that if the emperor did this, he probably did not compromise with anyone. He tolerated it, but it did not mean that he raised adultery. At this time, Zhang Tianci and Cheng Songnian covered the sky in Jiangzhou at that time, and the officials who were not attached to them would "not be able to get along". Now the two have fallen down. These officials were originally like frightened birds that were afraid of affecting the pond fish, but now they have been rewarded by the emperor. Fortunately, how can there be no one who is not grateful and swore to serve the emperor?

There are two benefits of doing this. On the one hand, the emperor has completely subdued the hearts of all the officials in Jiangzhou. On the other hand, if it is really a thorough investigation, who can immediately replace most of the officials in Jiangzhou and take over the state and county on behalf of Tian Xunmu? If that happens, it may be more troublesome than floods. Therefore, Li Shimin is likely to use a "slow-time plan". Let's appease these people first. As for whether they will settle accounts later, it is unknown.

The officials and generals received the reward and left happily one after another. Only Li Ke, Qin Mubai and Qi Suiliang were left in the king's account.

"Mr. Zhen must be tired of traveling thousands of miles. Why don't you have a rest? Xiao Wang asked someone to arrange a military tent for you. Why don't you rush to live first? Li Ke said politely.

"Your Highness is too polite. Weichen was ordered by the emperor to do the job, and he didn't dare to talk about his hard work. Zhen Suiliang bent down and bowed his hand to return the salute and replied humbly.

Li Ke nodded and smiled and asked, "Zui Suiliang is a close minister of his father. When he was leaving, did his father ask you to bring an order to Xiao Wang?"

"There is no oracle, there is a secret letter." Zhen Suiliang said righteously, "Your Highness the King of Wu, take the order!"

"Weichen took the order!"

Zhen Suiliang took out a piece of writing from his arms and handed it to Li Ke. Li Ke took it, took it apart and took a look. Suddenly, he looked surprised.

Qin Mubai and Zhen Suiliang also wondered, but did not ask what was written in the secret decree. Since it is a secret order, there is no reason for others to ask.

"Mr. Zhen, my father's secret order ordered you to temporarily replace the governor of Jiangzhou, and will immediately send the imperial envoy to help you investigate the cause of the death of Zhang Tianci and others." Li Ke said.

"Is this what Your Majesty arranged?" Zhen Suiliang was slightly surprised for a moment, and immediately bowed his hand and said, "Weichen obeys the order!"

"Qin Mubai, Your Majesty's secret order is to temporarily replace Ma Kun Jiangzhou Prefecture as a lieutenant, and continue to lead these soldiers to help the disaster victims to build dams. If there is any abnormality, you can cut it first and then play it!" Li Ke received it again.

"Weichen takes the order!" Qin Mubai hugged his fist and said to himself: The emperor's tricks are really endless!

"As for me... I will leave for Chang'an immediately." Li Ke frowned gently, looked melancholy, and said, "I must also take Quan Wanji, who was imprisoned by me..."

After Li Ke's words, Zhen Suiliang and Qin Mubai understood that the emperor was going to transfer Li Ke back. The documents should be handed over to Zhen Suiliang, the newly appointed confidant, and the military affairs should be handed over to Qin Mubai for temporary handling. Li Ke was not allowed to take care of the affairs here!

Because Li Ke and Quan Wanji had a big fight before, Qin Mubai secretly told the emperor. Moreover, the emperor also knew that Li Ke concealed Zhang Tianci's story. It seems that Li Ke is likely to be "repaired" by the emperor after returning to the court!

Li Ke, Qin Mubai and Quan Wanji set the ending very early, and finally it is about to appear. The Jiangzhou case was settled. After Li Ke was rewarded in public, it was time to go back to the emperor to "receive the crime".

At present, Li Ke seemed to be a little worried. He wandered for a few steps and asked Yan Suiliang, "Mr. Zhen, why did your father suddenly transfer me away at this time?"

"I don't know your majesty's intention." Zhen Suiliang shook his head. Obviously, he didn't want to say anything more to Li Ke. If you can't even keep it a secret, you won't be called a "secretary".

In fact, Li Ke and Qin Mubai knew in their hearts that the reason why the emperor sent Zhen Suiliang to take over Jiangzhou means that he must be aware of the cause and effect of everything, and he must have listened to the emperor's holy will and come to do things. Otherwise, with the current ** and tension in the land of Jiangzhou and the caution of Li Shimin, it is impossible to send a confused person to take care of the afterth.

Li Ke deliberately asked Zhen Suiliang in order to make the play more realistic and show that he was very confused and guilty.

"Your order is like a mountain, so I have to leave for Chang'an immediately!" Li Ke frowned and whispered as if talking to himself, "I don't know whether it's a curse or a blessing..."

Qin Mubai took over and said, "Your Highness, since you came to Jiangzhou, Su Xing has been busy with disaster relief and comforting the people at night. Even if there is no function, there is hard work. His Majesty's heart is like a mirror. He has always been clear about rewards and punishments. He must have been rewarded after His Highness returned to the court.

"I hope so!" Li Ke smiled bitterly, "Since I was impeached last time, I'm a little like a frightened bird now. Not long ago, I impulsively imprisoned Quan Wanji. In fact, I also regretted doing so later. Although Quan Wanji's words hit me too much, his starting point was also for my good, and after all, he was my teacher. In doing this, I really don't respect the teacher and don't care about it.

"Your Highness, why do you think so much? Don't you know when you go to Chang'an?"

"It's true, it's true."

Qin Mubai and Li Ke are like playing a double reed question and answer. They have to make the informed Zhen Sui Lianggan stand aside and feel embarrassed - to tell the truth, if he leaks his holy will, then he must be unbearable; don't tell Li Ke without telling him without telling it, Li Ke will definitely hate him when he remembers it in the future!

What a dilemma!

"Cough..." Zhen Suiliang coughed gently to attract the attention of the two and smiled, "Your Highness, you don't have to worry too much. Although you have gone a little too far in the detention of Quan Wanji, in general, you have performed very well since you arrived in Jiangzhou. The emperor praised you in front of the ministers more than once!"

"Is that so? Then the king can rest assured to go back to Chang'an, haha!" Li Ke laughed loudly and secretly gave a wink between Qin Mubai. At the same time, he scolded in his heart: Chu Suiliang is also a fox, and he has to hide something. Although he said a seemingly well-known and irrelevant nonsense, he secretly reminded Li Ke that "there is no danger".

This Zhen Suiliang is also a smart person!

Although this play is endless, it is good that there is no big deviation in the ending, just like Li Ke, Qin Mubai and Quan Wanji had planned before!