Chapter 354 Big Reshuffle

The demon's scream had not yet settled, and there was a rapid sound at the edge of the window. The demon with keen hearing suddenly felt a chill on the back of his back, and there was obviously a strong hostility and murderous atmosphere in this voice!

It's also in a hurry to make wisdom. The demon knocked the pot of chicken soup to the ground and shouted, "Ah!!"

The banging sound and the scream of the demon obviously scared the people outside the window, and immediately heard the sound of his escape. At this time, a male servant and two maids who were cleaning in the neighboring bath also hurriedly came and asked the demon girl if there was anything wrong?

The demon was so scared that he turned pale, but it was not convenient to say more to the servants. He just said that he accidentally knocked over the chicken soup and shouted in horror. The servants and maidservants were ashamed to admit that they should not leave the demon alone in the kitchen, and quickly cleaned up.

At this time, Shuang'er came back and smiled happily and said, "Demon, the third brother and the princess are back. Well, we can put our hearts back... Hey, what's wrong with you? Your face is so bad?"

"Nothing... I just accidentally knocked over the chicken soup and was scared." The demon smiled forceful and said, "Where's the third brother? I want to see him."

"Come on, I'll call you on a special trip. The third brother is already in the front hall, greeting his mother with the princess!"

The two women went to the front hall together, and their families got together to celebrate naturally. However, the demon was always a little uneasy. He was very worried when he saw everyone drinking tea, for fear that it would also be poisoned inside. So he simply said the matter in public.

Everyone was shocked after hearing this. Qin Mubai frowned and said, "It seems that someone is going to hurt me and sneaked into the house to poison me. Mother, from now on, the government will be on more vigilance. Any food utensils, including well water, should be strictly tested. In addition, Gao Yang, I want to transfer the Hundred Horse Guards to protect my family. During this period, don't go out and leave alone easily. Demon, don't go to Qin Xian Pavilion for the time being. Stay at home and be safer.

The brief joy was suddenly swept away, and everyone's hearts were tense. Princess Gaoyang nodded and said, "It's up to you and transfer the guard to protect the family. But who is going to hurt us? It's so day and night. I'm in the light and he's in the dark. I can't prevent it!"

"I don't know." Qin Mubai frowned and shook his head and said, "Prince, among the people like Li Yuanchang, everyone wants me to die. In addition, over the years, I have killed a lot of people and offended a lot of people, and there are many people who want my life. Now at such a storm, let's be vigilant!"

"Okay..." Everyone was speechless and had to promise.

After a young man, Qin Mubai personally looked around the house for a while and found that there was a string of man's footprints behind the kitchen, and there were also traces of turning over the edges of the window. From here, the footprints lead to the back house horse court and come out of the wall. Judging from the footprints, it should be a man who is not short and very vigorous. He should be a practitioner. There is only one string of footprints in the house, but it is not ruled out that some people should be friends in the outside.

The family carefully checked the well water, food and everything that could be poisoned. Fortunately, nothing else was found. At dinner, they carefully checked the poison with silver needles, and they were all worried.

After dinner, Qin Mubai rode a fast horse to the palace in person and transferred out the guard left by Princess Gaoyang in the Xianju Hall. All 30 hundred riders were arranged to take turns in the old Qin family, and the three shifts were on guard day and night.

Although Qin Mubai is very confident in Baiqi, such a tense day and night vigilance, such as white terror, the quietness and tranquility of the past are gone, and everyone's heart is covered with a layer of cloud. Qin Mubai was so angry that he secretly thought about what to do to catch the black hand hidden behind the scenes and eradicate it.

Qin's mother and Shuang'er said that they should just report to the official. Qin Mubai smiled and said that I was an official. What kind of official should I report? Can the two county offices of Ten Thousand Years and Chang'an in the capital do better than me and Baiqi?

In this way, the Qin family was worried for nearly half a month, and Fortunately, they were safe and sound. So everyone was gradually relieved, and the shadow of this matter finally faded away, and the Qin family also returned to some normal life.

In the past half month, Qin Mubai deliberately stayed at home without leaving home, but always paid close attention to any trace of wind and grass on the court.

To his surprise, the emperor was still sick. Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang turned into Zuo Fuyoubi, assisting the young Jin Wang Li Zhi to supervise the government and doing a series of things that could affect the whole history of China.

First, the third division will try the conspiracy case of Prince Li Chengqian. Finally, the motion was reached, and the prince admitted that he had the intention of conspiracy, but it was good to repent in time and correct the chaos, and he did not die. So he demoted the prince to a commoner and exiled him to Lingnan. The court shall not be summoned and shall not enter the palace. On the same day, the prince's family moved out of the East Palace and was escorted to Lingnan for prison by Yushitai.

Second, when the case of the prince's plot was thoroughly investigated, Changsun Wuji and others tried their best to chase and fight fiercely, eliminated the prince's party, and eradicated dissidents. On the court, there are no less than 15 officials of more than five grades who "fall". The lightest punishment is the demotion of officials, and the heavier thorough investigation is degraded to a commoner who will never be hired. The worst thing is to behead the death of the family.

Two of them especially attracted the attention of Qin Mubai. Of course, one is Fang Xuanling, who is still seriously ill. It is said that Fang Xuanling still lives in the same house with the emperor, and no one knows how his condition is. Naturally, no one dares to run in and move the room. Therefore, Fang Xuanling, who should have been floating with the prince, was safe and sound for the time being.

Another person is Hou Junji, one of the officials and military tycoons who occasionally met Qin Mubai before, but has a good connection. Hou Junji followed Li Shimin before and after the founding of the Tang Dynasty. He is absolutely a good man in marching and fighting; he is in the vanguard. He is a rare middle-time general in the Tang Dynasty today. Earlier, when Qin Mubai assisted his father in Lanzhou to fight against the Tubo people and recover Dafeichuan, Hou Junji defeated the Tubo army in the area of Songzhou in Xichuan, Jiannan. The two soldiers and horses won a big victory, and the Tubo people were disgraced. And at that time, the triumphant sound of Hou Junji was played first. Because he followed the emperor for a long time and was extremely active after the emperor ascended the throne, he was more famous than the Qin family's father and son in the army and court. He is now recognized as a military tycoon who quickly became stubborn after Li Jing, Li Xun and others.

is such a character who was purged in the case of the prince's rebellion. In fact, it is well known that Hou Junji has a close relationship with the East Palace and has always been a firm prince. Qin Mubai did not know whether he participated in this rebellion. But according to Changsun Wuji's words, he is involved. Although he was not seen on the battlefield, he "planned and commanded" and "responsible for training and mobilized" the soldiers.

This kind of fictitious thing is common in the renewed dynasty and party struggle. Changsun Wuji made it clear that he wanted to clean up Hou Junji to avoid future troubles. If he wanted to add more sins, why did he have no excuses? That is to say, Hou Junji insulted the emperor when he was squatting in the toilet one day. When he was heard by a squatting toilet next door, then you can only accept your fate.

Ironically, Hou Junji was not sentenced to death for such a "extremely vicious" charge. Instead, he was demoted to a place that almost no one expected - Liangzhou Sima.

Liangzhou, a front-line military town under the governor's office of Lanzhou. There, the assassin Zhiwen was in charge of martial arts. Although Changshi Sima was a high-ranking position, he didn't have much real power and didn't have much to do. Such official positions are recognized as "pension officials" in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty.

For a while, the Duke of Lu, the minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the most handsome and fierce generals of the dynasty were swept out of the house in an instant. When they went to the edge of Liangzhou, where chickens did not lay eggs and birds did not shit, they became an idle official who could eat and wait to die.

Moreover, he is also a direct subordinate of Qin Mubai, the governor of Lanzhou.

Qin Mubai seemed to smell some of the emperor's handwriting from this unreasonable to unreasonable move. If you follow the wrist of the eldest grandson Wuji, it is reasonable not to kill the prince, but people like Fang Xuanling and Hou Junji must be eradicated. But now Fang Xuanling is not there. Although Hou Junji fell from the sky to the ground, Fortunately, there is still a life left in the green mountains.

Qin Mubai secretly analyzed himself and felt that although Li Shimin had the intention to re-enpoint the crown prince, he did not want the imperial court to lose too much vitality, so he had the purpose of protecting it. There is another layer of more far-reaching intention. Perhaps the emperor's most trusted and most relied on person is Changsun Wuji, but it is impossible to give him 100% of the government and let him clean up his dissidents in the court. At that time, if there is no minister who is comparable to Changsun Wuji, how can you control it as a king?

It is Li Shimin's consistent method of giving trust and power, and adding a little restraint to the tiger and hurt the owner.

Two days ago, Cheng Huaibi, the deputy envoy of Baiqi, secretly came to the old Qin house and told Qin Mubai one thing. He said that according to Qin Mubai's instructions, he tortured Li Yuanchang, the king of Han, for more than ten days in a row. He couldn't survive or die. The man committed suicide several times and was rescued. Late the next night, Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, mysteriously appeared in the Baiqi camp prison and talked with Li Yuanchang for an hour. No one could get close to him.

Then Li Daozong left. At that time, the guards checked Li Yuanchang, and everything was as usual, so there was no doubt. However, less than an hour after Li Daozong's walk, the hundred-rider guard found that Li Yuanchang's seven holes bled to death in the room.

After that, there were eunuchs who specially wiped their buttocks for this kind of thing to collect the corpses. It was wrapped in a roll of sacks and put into a thin coffin and took it away.

And now, the news circulating outside is that Li Yuanchang, the king of Han, has died in the Donggong Rebellion. Because he rebelled against his ancestors, he was not allowed to enter the ancestral temple after his death, so he was buried at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain. His family was arranged by Zongzheng Temple to find a way out or ending...

Li Yuanchang, the king of playboys who was once famous for his poetry and painting and was more scourgeful in Chang'an, ended up with such a hasty and mysterious death method, which became the talk of the people of Chang'an.

Chaotang, stormy waves; Chang'an, the wind and clouds change color.

Qin Mansion is extremely quiet.

At this time, it was the end of the month. Yaoer said that he had to go to Qin Xian Pavilion to make a monthly account. Such things should not be missed. He asked Qin Mubai to allow him to go out. Qin Mubai thought that he couldn't be so cautious that he didn't even live a normal life. Isn't it because of choked? So I agreed. Thinking that it's boring enough these days, it's also good to go to the Qinxian Pavilion to relax by the way.

Princess Gaoyang did not quarrel for the first time and said that she wanted to follow. Because of the arsenic, she didn't go out for half a month, and the previous plan to go to Famen Temple became a bubble. She was bored and found a job to relieve herself - learning to cook with Shuang'er.

As a result, a rookie master and a rookie apprentice often make the kitchen of Lao Qin's house smoky. Not to mention that, they have to use some strange things that can't be judged in appearance, claiming to be delicious food, which is used to poison the family's taste buds and stomach.

Facts have proved that the speed of Shuang'er's cooking progress is obviously a turtle speed. To this day, the dishes she makes are still shocking and unpalatable; Princess Gaoyang is really not a cook, but she has a little potential to become the blue phoenix (the leader of the Five Poisons) of the Tang Dynasty.

Princess Gaoyang finally found a new thing to do and decided to stay in the house today to study how to bake the "Giant Victory Slave" pancakes with Shuang'er. Instead, he saved Qin Mubai a clean tongue, so he got into the car with the demon and took several bodyguards to the Qinxian Pavilion together.

The two of them haven't been alone like this for a long time. The demon was a little uncomfortable and blushed.

"Third brother, when this storm is over, are you going to Lanzhou again?" The demon asked carefully.

"Hmm." Qin Mubai said, "If it hadn't been for the delay in this matter, I would have gone long ago. The situation in Lanzhou is a little tense now. I'm worried that my father is too busy to come alone. In case of war, you can't do without me."

The demon nodded gently and whispered like a mosquito, "Third brother, I have a small request..."

"Ha ha, what's there to be polite about with your family? If you have something to say, just say it!" Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"Well, well, then I said..." The demon smiled sweetly and was a little shy. He said, "I really want to go out of Chang'an and go out and have a look!" Although I can't see it, it's good to smell the air outside. I haven't left Chang'an for several years. It's been a long time.

"Is this little wish?" Qin Mubai smiled with a little shame and said, "The last time I traveled to Xiangyang, I should have taken you there. OK, I'll see what the weather will be like tomorrow. If the weather is good, how about going out for an outing together? Don't go too long or too far. You can go to Zhongnan Mountain for a walk, or go to Dongguan for a while. Spring is coming. The ancient temple Taoist temple on Zhongnan Mountain will usher in the worship of good men and women. The scenery of Luoshui should also be good. There will be many tourists hiking, and it should be very lively at that time.

"Really? Thank you so much, third brother!" The demon said happily, and his voice was full of excitement.

Qin Mubai nodded with a smile. Thinking that the demon couldn't see it, he hurriedly said, "The third brother will never lie to you."

"Well, I believe in the third brother." The demon smiled and said, "Actually, the demon has been very satisfied in this life. There are only a few small wishes left, which are all related to the third brother..."

At this point, the demon was shocked, and his face turned red, with an expression of spilling his mouth.

Qin Mubai didn't laugh at her and whispered, "Demon, if you have any wishes, just tell me. As long as the third brother can do it, he will satisfy you.

"No, nothing... In fact..." The demon lowered his head, hesitated, and whispered, "Actually, as long as I can hear the voice of the third brother and smell the third brother every day, I will be satisfied. This is the greatest wish of my life. If you can accompany the third brother to travel through the mountains and rivers, listen to the wind in the Western Regions, smell the smell of the East China Sea, boat in the river, brush the piano on the top of the mountain, demon... There is no regrets in this life!"

Qin Mubai's heart thrombled slightly. He reached out and took the demon's hand and patted it gently. He said softly, "What's so difficult? When the third brother returns to Beijing for a long vacation next time, he will take the demons and his family to swim in the mountains and rivers, and go wherever he wants!"

"Uh-huh..." The demon bit her lip, nodded gently, and said, "It's a pity that I can't see the third brother with my disappointing eyes. I really want to know what the third brother looks like when he smiles. It must be the most beautiful smile in the world..."

"You can touch it!" Qin Mubai picked up her hands and put them on her face, with a smile on her face and said, "How about it? Can you feel my smile?"

"It's so silly to laugh, so naive, but so happy! Third brother, the princess and the owner are so lucky, because you love them and spoil them all your life... But I'm luckier than them, because at this moment, I hold the third brother's smiling face!"

......

When he arrived at Qin Xian Pavilion, Yao'er went to make a deal with the Wu brothers and others. Qin Mubai had always ignored such things, so he took several bodyguards accompanying him to listen to the music and drink royal wine.

What a coincidence. As soon as he arrived at the Jiuge, Qin Mubai met his second brother Qin Bin. He just came in alone. So the two brothers had companions and sat together in an Accord.

Qin Bin usually doesn't speak much and has a calm personality. Today, it seems that there are a lot of things on my mind. Qin Mubai asked him what he was worried about. Qin Bin sighed, stared at Qin Mubai and said, "Third brother, let's move our three brothers to Lanzhou together!"

"Why?" Qin Mubai frowned and asked.

Qin Bin drank a glass of wine and sighed, "Such a big event happened in the court, and all patterns will be changed. Which side should we stand on at this time?

Qin Mubai suddenly realized and asked in a low voice, "Changsun Wuji wants to get over you?"

Qin Bin nodded alertly and whispered, "It's not only me, but also your big brother. In fact, we know his intention. Although we are the eldest sons of the Qin family, everything in the Qin family has been supported by you. Changsun Wuji knocked sideways to win over our two useless brothers into his camp first, and then restrain you with family affection, so that you have to join his faction.

Qin Mubai nodded and said, "The second brother is wise, and I almost expected Changsun Wuji's hand for a long time. I just didn't expect that he didn't come to me directly, but through you... I'm afraid he also thought I was not easy to talk, or too **, so he played a side drum from you first.

"What's the opinion of the third brother?" Qin Bin said, "Now the government is determined by Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang. The two assist the king of Jin, and they are already in power. Moreover, Chu Suiliang is obviously not comparable to Changsun Wuji. Nowadays, Changsun Wuji is under one person and above ten thousand people. If you and your eldest brother follow him, you and your father will be passive. I know that you have always had no intention of getting too close to Changsun Wuji, not to mention your father. In addition, as the leader of the guard of His Majesty the Emperor, if we stand in the camp of Changsun Wuji, then... the ending can be imagined. On the other hand, if we don't work for Changsun Wuji, can we be the enemy? Hou Junji, such characters have been cleaned up. What are we?

"Don't worry, second brother. Let me think about it. You have an appointment with your eldest brother these two days. When are you free to come home together? How about the three of us discussing in detail? There are many people in the wine shop here, with mixed walls and ears, so I won't say more. Qin Mubai said.

"It's good. The day after tomorrow, I took a break with my eldest brother and came to Lao Qin's house to visit my mother.

"Good."

It's rare for the two brothers to have a drink together. Qin Mubai hasn't relaxed for a long time, so he drinks casually today. I didn't control the wine glass for a while, but I drank more. The two brothers were drunk together and fell asleep in the Accord.

It was midnight when the demon finished the matter. When he came to Qin Mubai, he found that his two brothers were drunk, so he asked the bodyguards to gently lift him into the carriage and send Qin Bin home to settle them properly. Then the demon sat in the carriage again and returned home with one of them.

Qin Mubai snored like thunder and slept like a dead pig. The demon sat next to him with a smile, and his slender fingers gently and slowly stroked his face. The smile on his face was sweet and warm and intoxicating.

Walking into the Lifang Hutong that you must pass through every day, it is only 200 steps away from Lao Qin's house. The demon suddenly panicked inexplicably.

She is not unfamiliar with this mood! That's how I felt when I found arsenic in the kitchen that day!