After dealing with Li Yuanchang, Li Shimin ordered his men to summon the group of younger brothers and sisters that Li Yuanchang had implicated, and deal with them one by one. Only then did he consider his day's work over.
Just as he returned to the inner palace and was about to rest, he suddenly heard devastating news—Li Jue had been attacked!
Li Shimin immediately summoned Yuchi Fan of the Hundred Cavalry Division and Zhang Anan of the Inner Palace Attendants Bureau and gave them a dressing down.
"What have you two done? I gave you so many men, and you still let this happen!"
"check!"
"This matter must be thoroughly investigated and the truth revealed!"
"promise!"
In fact, such sudden events are beyond the ability of the Hundred Cavalry Division and the Inner Palace Secretariat to predict in advance. Even if you captured a true deity, you might not be able to make a prediction.
After all, there's no such thing as being a thief for a thousand days but not being able to guard against thieves for a thousand days!
It's only right that the two of them suffer some consequences since His Majesty's beloved grandson was attacked.
The two left Ganlu Hall together, but stopped at the entrance.
"General Zhang, how should we investigate this matter?"
Zhang Anan rolled his eyes dramatically upon hearing this.
"How would our family know how to investigate cases?"
"But you've been in the Hundred Cavalry Division for so many years, don't you know how to investigate?"
Upon hearing this, Yuchi Fan nodded.
"Of course I know how to investigate, but His Majesty has now established your Inner Palace Secretariat to monitor our Hundred Cavalry Division, so I have to ask you how you plan to investigate!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Anan immediately understood that his younger brother was throwing a tantrum.
"Brother Yuchi, investigate however you see fit!"
"The royal family and imperial clan are under our control. If they did it, we'll definitely be able to find out!"
"You are in charge of investigating the nobles and powerful figures. Also, keep a close eye on Goguryeo and Xueyantuo."
"In our opinion, only these two places are the most suspicious!"
"Of course, the other person is also very suspicious..."
"who?"
Zhang Anan rolled his eyes at Yuchi Fan upon hearing this.
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask!"
After saying this, Zhang Anan swayed away, leaving a bewildered Yuchi Fan alone and depressed.
"Pah!"
"Look at you, so capable. So what if you're closer to His Majesty and know more inside information than I do?"
"If I knew so many inside stories, I could solve the case for His Majesty too!"
Yu Chi Fan thought Zhang Anan had some incredible inside information, but little did he know that Zhang Anan had only thought of a suspicious person, namely the former Crown Prince Li Zhi.
Prince Jin's Mansion.
Li Zhi spent his days at home either reading or practicing calligraphy. He always read the classics and practiced the unique "flying white" style calligraphy of Li Shimin.
He had lived this kind of life for more than a decade. Even after losing his position as crown prince, he still insisted on reading and practicing calligraphy every day.
As he was concentrating on practicing calligraphy, two cuckoo calls suddenly came from outside the door.
Li Zhi stood there stunned after hearing this, and it took him a long time to calm down.
The two cuckoo calls signify one thing: the assassination attempt has failed!
Of course, he did not plan the assassination; he merely provided the other party with a clue and a little bit of information.
Li Zhi knew that Li Jue was difficult to kill, but he never imagined that this guy would be so difficult to kill.
The enemy had prepared more than a dozen assassins, but they still couldn't kill him!
What should we do next?
Should they unite with other members of the royal family to put pressure on the emperor, or continue sending assassins?
Li Zhi pondered for a long time but could not come up with a suitable solution. In desperation, he could only turn his attention to the direction of the palace and place his hopes on that unattainable woman.
"Little Duozi..."
Upon hearing Li Zhi's voice, Xiao Duozi immediately ran in from outside the door.
"What are your orders, Your Highness?"
Upon hearing this, Li Zhi sized up Xiao Duozi for a moment, then said calmly.
"Get the car ready!"
"I want to go to Zhaoguo Temple to worship Buddha!"
"promise!"
Xiao Duozi agreed and then went out to instruct others to make arrangements.
Li Zhi watched Xiao Duozi's departing figure, his feelings extremely complicated.
Xiao Duozi had been serving him for over a decade, accompanying him since he was seven or eight years old. He never expected that Xiao Duozi would betray him and become a lackey of the Inner Palace Service!
Li Zhi learned from Wu Zetian that the Inner Palace Secretariat had established a special supervisory agency. To test the eunuchs and palace maids around him, he deliberately made a few small mistakes.
Unexpectedly, this test revealed that his entire mansion was full of spies!
Now Li Zhi can't trust anyone, so he can only use the second line of communication that Wu Zetian opened up for him.
Zhaoguo Temple.
Li Zhi offered incense with the same piety as always, but his method was different from others. He offered four incense sticks instead of one or three. After offering incense in the main hall, he also offered varying amounts of incense in front of the Buddha statues in the side halls, side halls, and rear hall.
This was a communication signal system devised by Wu Zetian based on the Yin Fu Jing. The order and number of incense offerings in each hall were regulated, representing different matters and priorities.
Feng Xiaobao, the young novice monk who was serving Li Zhi, secretly recorded the name of the hall where Li Zhi offered incense, the order of the offerings, and the number of incense sticks offered. He planned to bring the information to the palace when someone came.
In this way, he will have a regular income!
Feng Xiaobao was not a devout monk; he became a monk simply to make a living.
But the food at the Buddhist temple was terrible; there wasn't a single piece of meat in it. Left with no other choice, he had to steal food from the wealthy.
Generally, the food in the guest rooms of nobles was ignored. However, on one occasion, when several concubines from the palace came to offer incense, he was caught stealing food by an extremely beautiful woman.
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