The night gradually faded, and the sun rose in the east. A faint fog filled the streets and alleys of Chang 'an.
The guards on duty at the Gate of Heaven Influence removed the solid iron gate and opened the heavy gate like yesterday.
The city gate opened. When the guards on duty saw the situation outside the city gate, they all quivered and their sleepiness disappeared.
What entered his eyes were eight Golden Guards standing on the left and right sides of the city gate, stretching out to more than a hundred.
At the city gate, there was a special couch and a slightly tall table.
A person was lying on the couch. His feet were on the table, and he was covered with a thick blue blanket.
There was a person standing straight on each side of this person, as if they were his guards.
"This…you guys…what's going on?”The guard of the Gate of Heaven Influence was dumbfounded.
Li Junxian turned to look at the dumbfounded guards on duty, understanding their expressions.
After all, when he found out what Kong Yan wanted to do last night, he doubted his life.
"General Li?" The Sky Bearing Gate general was even more dumbfounded.
Li Junxian nodded and said,"The situation is a little special. I need to personally inform His Majesty.”
"Oh, oh, then please, General." The general reacted and didn't dare to stop him.
The person lying on the couch was naturally Kong Yan. The couch was a home-style sofa.
This sofa had been transported from outside the city to the Spring Gazing Brothel yesterday. Last night, Zhu Sanlang had moved it over again.
In Taiji Palace, Li Junxian recounted everything that had happened with Kong Yan the day before to Li Shiming.
"There's a naked beauty in the vault?”Li Shi Min was dumbfounded.
Li Junxian nodded and lowered his brow. He had talked about many things, including Kong Yan's night trial at the Supreme Court, his beating of Hu Yan, his analysis of the case, and how Kong Yan was currently blocking the Gate of Heaven Influence…
but he had never imagined that the Emperor's greatest concern was the beauty in the vault?
This made him faintly feel that…food and sex were human nature.
"No one has ever seen her face, but everyone says that she is a peerless beauty.”Li Junxian honestly replied.
"Hidden in a golden house?" Li Shi Min sneered, revealing a slightly jealous look.
"You just said that he's at the Gate of Heaven Influence?”Li Shi Min suppressed his thoughts about the beauty and asked with a frown.
"Yes." Li Junxian nodded."After the Supreme Court's investigation last night, he brought his men to the Gate of Heaven Influence and has been there for an hour."”
"What is he trying to do?" Li Shi Min frowned.
"It should be related to the case."
Li Junxian didn't say much. Although he had been following Kong Yan around yesterday, he couldn't understand many of Kong Yan's actions.
"Trial?" Li Shi Min sneered,"The Gate of Heaven Influence that came to block my way?”
Li Junxian fell silent. Last night, he had been as shocked and confused as Li Shiming.
"Did you just say that Hu Yan was also tortured?”Li Shi Min thought of this.
"Everyone in the prison has been tortured!" Li Junxian nodded.”
"What is this kid trying to do?”Li Shi Min was confused.
After
Li Junxian left, the secret guard delivered a secret report, the contents of which were no different from what Li Junxian had said.
Li Shi Min stared at the contents of the secret report and frowned.
"He didn't mention the bet and let Hu Yan help him…Why did he torture Hu Yan in the middle of the night?”
"There are countless treasures in the vault, but there is no bed. Is it really a golden house that hides a mistress? Or was that woman's identity a secret?”
"I can't even find the whereabouts of the Imperial Imperial Jade Seal, so how did he find out?”
"What is he trying to do by blocking the Gate of Heaven Influence?”
"..."
Li Shiming's questions came one after another, and the fear in his heart grew deeper and deeper.
No one could answer his question, and he would not reveal some of his thoughts to others.
"Let's wait and see." Li Shi Min shook his head. He had more important things to do now.
Knowing the whereabouts of the Imperial Jade Seal, he naturally would not remain indifferent.
The war against the Turks is inevitable!
Thinking about how he would need Kong Yan's money to start the war against the Turks, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh, his head aching.
The sky gradually brightened and the fog gradually dispersed. Kong Yan sat up straight and stretched.
"Is no one here yet?" Kong Yan yawned as he looked ahead.
"We came too early. There's still an hour before the morning court session begins. They won't come so early."”
"Then let's wait for a while." Kong Yan stood up and stretched his muscles.
Sanlang Zhu had very considerately prepared a set of toiletries for him.
After the time for two incense sticks to burn, officials began to arrive.
"This is the Sky Bearing Sect, right?”Everyone who saw Kong Yan's group was dumbfounded.
"His Majesty has decreed that my young master has full authority to investigate the murder of Duke Xue's Zhangsun Shunde. He can investigate the Tang royal family and all the civil and military officials…" Sanlang Zhu held the imperial edict in his hand and read it out to every official who arrived.
"Stand here first. Just stand like you did in the main hall. We'll interrogate everyone together!”Zhu Sanlang's face was cold and his voice was devoid of warmth, but he was quite pleased with himself.
He thought that he had to thank Li Er for being caught. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had such an opportunity.
"Who gave you the guts to block the Gate of Heaven Influence?”An official from the Ministry of Justice who was proficient in law asked with a livid expression.
Zhu Sanlang waved the imperial edict in his hand and said indifferently,"Do you know him? This is called an imperial edict. Do you know what this means?”
"Ruzhen personally arrives!"
"Do you know what it means to be in person?”
"That is to say, when you see this imperial edict, you have to treat it as if His Majesty the Emperor is present!”
"What, you still want to disobey the emperor's orders?”
"..."
Zhu Sanlang glared at the official and spat out the words that Kong Yan had taught him yesterday.
The official's face immediately turned green. He glared hatefully at Zhu Sanlang, and when he saw the bright yellow imperial edict in the other party's hand, his face twitched violently.
He wasn't stupid. He was surrounded by Golden Guards. If this imperial edict was fake, he probably wouldn't have the right to speak.
"How could Your Majesty be so…absurd!”He could not help but complain in his heart.
More and more people came. When they first arrived, they looked confused and didn't know what was going on. When they heard Zhu Sanlang's words, they all blew their beards and glared.
However, perhaps it was because of the herd mentality, or perhaps it was because the first to arrive were some small officials standing at the back of the hall, no one dared to barge in.
Gradually, more and more officials arrived, and some of the officials who were confident of their contributions to the Great Tang angrily rushed up to Kong Yan. When they saw Li Junxian standing like a statue beside Kong Yan, their auras immediately dissipated, and when they heard Zhu Sanlang's twisted reasoning, they hatefully retreated to the back.
Li Junxian's official position was not high, but all the officials in the court knew that he was Li Shiming's subordinate. In fact, he could sometimes even represent Li Shiming!
Since he was standing beside Kong Yan, everyone would naturally think that Kong Yan's actions were authorized by Li Shiming.
Li Junxian had long since guessed what everyone was thinking. He was speechless and his face darkened.
He really wanted to say loudly that all of this had nothing to do with His Majesty and that it was all Kong Yan's doing…But he was afraid that if he said this, Kong Yan would treat him as a suspect and arrest him for a heavy punishment. He was even more worried that Kong Yan would push all the blame for his negligence in the investigation onto him!
After personally witnessing the scene in the torture chamber of the Supreme Court, Li Junxian didn't doubt the possibility of this happening.
Now, all he could do was to stay as far away from Kong Yan as possible. It would be best if everyone could tell that he was not familiar with him!
"What's going on?" A certain directorate chancellor looked at the officials gathered in front of the palace gate with a dumbfounded expression.
"Hehe ~ Chancellor Kong is here.”An Imperial Censorate official called out with a fake smile.
"Hmm?" The group of officials turned around and stared at Kong Yingda like a hungry wolf staring at a little lamb.
Kong Yingda gulped, her body stiff. She said in a trembling voice,""Could it be that my rebellious nephew has caused some big trouble again?”
"Hehe, what do you think?" The officials sneered.
"Let's go up and take a look." An official who was on good terms with Kong Yingda sighed.
Under the watchful eyes of the officials, Kong Yingda walked to the city gate and saw Kong Yan sleeping on the sofa. He couldn't help but gasp.
"What is this disobedient nephew doing?”Kong Yingda couldn't help but tremble.
"The imperial edict is here. I'm here in person. Go back to your position.”Zhu Sanlang said somewhat impatiently, not even lifting his head to see who it was.
At first, it was indeed interesting to use the imperial edict to intimidate others, especially when he saw the helpless expressions of a group of high-ranking officials.
However, there were too many officials.
One by one, he had to recite it over and over again, and the pleasure was getting lower and lower.
In the end, he even wanted to hand over this laborious task to his subordinates.
"Bastard!" Kong Yingda immediately spat,"Is this how an imperial edict is used?”
Zhu Sanlang's expression turned cold. He raised his eyes to look at Kong Yingda. He was about to flare up when he was stunned.
"Kong…Cough cough…Kong…" Sanlang Zhu coughed heavily, his face flushed red.
"I thought you couldn't see me.”Kong Yingda's face was cold as she mocked.
Zhu Sanlang, who had been arrogant in front of the other officials just now, was now like a henpecked husband. He had to smile apologetically after being sprayed with saliva.
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