Chapter 368 Airtight
Some things are just very coincidental, so coincidental that it makes people think everything is designed.

The King of Qin sent several guards and clerks from his palace to Bingzhou on fast horses to inquire about the news. They almost happened to be the messengers who delivered the letter to Liu Wenhui, and they returned to Chang'an one after another.

After reading Liu Wenhui's letter, Li Yuan was also a little angry at Wei Wang Li Xiaozheng for not fighting back. He was about to order the Ministry of Personnel to issue an imperial edict to reprimand him, but then he thought, he had gone against the public opinion and put this guy in Bingzhou to supervise the army. If he issued an imperial edict at this time, wouldn't it be tantamount to slapping himself in the face? It would be better to send two eunuchs to warn him secretly.

At the same time, after Li Er sent out the clerk to report back, he confirmed that what his fourth brother said was true. He immediately contacted the censor of the Censorate and launched an impeachment against the King of Wei.

Li Yuan, who was in the palace, was sitting at his desk when he read the impeachment from the censor. He felt a little surprised, a little suspicious, and some indescribable emotions.

"It has only been a few days since Liu Wenhui's secret letter arrived. How come the censors in Chang'an already knew about it? And even impeached him?"

When people are in a high position, they will become more and more suspicious. Sometimes they will easily overthink and connect two originally independent events together.

For example, now, he hasn't sent anyone to Bingzhou, but Liu Wenhui has secretly arrived.

But the impeachment by the censor at this time must have been instigated by someone behind the scenes. Who was this instigator? In fact, it is easy to find out.

Just by looking at the teachers, students, relatives and friends of this censor, you can figure out who is behind him.

After Li Yuan ordered people to check the files of the impeachment censor, he immediately found out that it was the Qin Palace that was behind this.

Because this censor was named Du Chuke, from Duling, Jingzhao, and was the brother of Du Keming, an important aide to the Qin Palace.

There's not even an intention to disguise this.

So Li Yuan had some doubts. He was not sure whether Liu Wenhui of Shangmi Zha had any connection with the Qin Palace in this matter.

If so, who is leading it?
Could it be that the Qin Palace wanted to take control of Jinyang, so they secretly contacted Liu Wenhui and did this?
Or was it just a coincidence? But in this case, we can't send someone secretly because there will be censors impeaching us.

After much deliberation, Li Yuan decided that before issuing an imperial edict to reprimand, he should send someone to Bingzhou to conduct an actual investigation. However, Li Yuan was somewhat hesitant about this candidate.

Who to send?

His old confidants, those whom he could trust absolutely, such as Li Sixing, Pei Ji, Zhang Pinggao, Gao Zhenghui, Wen Daya and others, are all currently in high positions, either generals or high-ranking officials such as ministers, assistant ministers or nine officials. It is not appropriate to let them go.

Because these people are currently very close to the second and third brothers, and they are big targets, and if the noise is too loud, it may be impossible to find out anything.

Therefore, Li Yuan's idea was to find someone who would not attract too much attention to do this.

After much thought, I still couldn't find a suitable person, because once people become more suspicious, they will become less and less willing to trust others.

In the end, even the people closest to me found it untrustworthy.

He now suspected that the King of Qin played a not very glorious role in this.

After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered a person. Concubine Yin De's father was named Yin Ashu. Because Concubine Yin De gave birth to a prince, Yin Ashu was also the prince's grandfather, so he was named Taizhong Dafu, which was considered a casual official with no actual duties.

After all, Yin Ashu, just by listening to his name, he doesn't look like a stable person. How could he be from a family of officials? It was just because his daughter was born with good color that she was selected into the palace, and later she was favored and gave birth to a prince.

But this man was a ruffian and a poor man. But Li Yuan felt that he was trustworthy.

Because he was Li Yuan's in-law and had no relationship with the King of Qin, the King of Jin, and the King of Qi, Li Yuan immediately ordered someone to find Yin Ashu and gave him secret instructions, asking him to go to Jinyang under the pretext of buying horses to check the reputation of the King of Wei in Jinyang, whether he had done anything out of line, or whether there was public resentment.

This matter was considered confidential outside, but it was not a big deal in the palace, because in a seemingly airtight place like the palace, news actually spread in all directions. Because there were so many people and so many different opinions.

Naturally, it could not be hidden from Li Yuan's current favorite concubine, Zhang Jieyu. Li Xiaozheng had always had a good relationship with Zhang Jieyu's brother Zhang Wulang, and he was very polite and courteous in front of Zhang Jieyu. This is why Li Yuan appointed Li Xiaozheng as the commander of Bingzhou's military. Pillow talk was also one aspect.

Another reason was that Li Yuan felt that the King of Wei was quite similar to his brother, the King of Qin when he was young, and was brave and courageous.

For this purpose, he directly bypassed the King of Chu Li Zhiji and entrusted him with an important task.

Concubine Zhang immediately went to see Concubine Yin De.

After calling her sister a few words and analyzing the pros and cons, Concubine Yin De quickly made a decision, which was very helpful.

First of all, Concubine Yin De gave birth to a prince, so she had to consider her son.

For the sake of her son, she had to cling to Li Yuan's thighs. If the King of Qin took power now, only the two brothers, the King of Jin and the King of Qi, would be in power, and the other brothers would probably not be taken care of too much. Therefore, in essence, Concubine Zhang, Concubine Yin De, including the Zhang and Yin families, and King Wei Li Xiaozheng, actually hoped that Li Yuan could always retain enough power so that their people could live a better life.

These are somewhat different from the old ministers, because they are now in high positions and have obtained all the official titles they deserve.

Moreover, in the past, Prince Wei Li Xiaozheng was very respectful to her, the favorite concubine of Li Yuan. Therefore, Concubine Yin De immediately hit it off with Concubine Zhang and sent a palace servant to give Yin Ashu a verbal message as a hint.

At the same time, Concubine Zhang also asked her brother Zhang Wulang to explain the pros and cons to Yin Ashu.

Zhang Wulang naturally did not dare to neglect his sister's request, and immediately took gifts to Yin's house.

When Yin Ashu heard that Zhang Wulang was coming to visit, he prepared a banquet and singing and dancing to entertain him. Both families were considered relatives, and Zhang Jieyu and Yin Defei had a very good relationship, so the two families were also very close.

After a few drinks, Zhang Wulang stated his purpose, which was actually just one sentence: to protect the King of Wei.

Although Yin Ashu was uneducated and a scoundrel, he actually looked pretty good and had a pretty smart brain. After drinking almost all the wine and dismissing his attendants, he asked:

"Wulang, our two families are on the same boat. Tell me the truth. You are not planning to support the King of Wei to be the crown prince, are you?"

After Yin Ah Shu said this, Zhang Wulang suddenly realized something. "Uncle Yin, what are you talking about? Is it possible for people like us to get involved in the matter of whether the crown prince is the crown prince or not? This is obviously the intention of His Majesty. It is His Majesty who wants the King of Wei to come out. The King of Qin and his brothers have made great contributions."

When Yin Ashu heard this, his eyes turned around and his mind was spinning eighteen times.

As a relative by marriage, he could only rely on Li Yuan, because all his wealth and honor came from his daughter, Concubine Yin Defei.

So after hearing this, he suddenly felt that he understood Li Yuan's intention and what he should do about this matter.

Just protect King Wei and everything will be settled.

Why didn't Li Yuan let his trusted aides investigate, but instead asked himself, a relative who had never done any actual work, to investigate? It meant that he didn't want to find out anything.

At the same time, in the capital, Concubine Zhang also sent someone to inform Li Xiaozheng of the news in Chang'an and asked him to make some preparations in advance.

As fate would have it, a matter that was originally very clear and understandable became bizarre after being mixed up by a bunch of self-righteous people.

(End of this chapter)