jdhmnovel Chapter 494 Meeting the Saint
Chapter 494 Meeting the Saint
The night was dark and battles broke out in more than a dozen places east of Luoyang city. The dead included internal guards and Snake Spirit rebels.
Li Cunxi put Xiao Qingfang's head in a box as he would need it later when he entered the palace to meet the emperor.
When Huang Shengyan arrived here with a group of internal guards, he only saw Li Cunxi and others coming in and out of the house.
There is also a headless corpse wearing silver-white armor in the yard.
"Is this Xiao Qingfang?" Huang Shengyan asked in surprise.
"Yes, this is Xiao Qingfang." Li Cunxi pointed to the box on the stone bench at the side, "The head is inside. I have to bring this head with me when I go to the palace to see the emperor later, otherwise the emperor may still be worried."
Hearing this, Huang Shengyan's expression looked somewhat unnatural.
How could he not know what Li Cunxi meant when he said "Your Majesty is worried"?
In the Inner Guard Bureau, there are still two Inner Guard teams that are not under his jurisdiction. The leaders of these two Inner Guard teams are Fenghuang and You Huan respectively.
Their actions tonight, whether they were responsible for capturing the fleeing Snake Spirit rebels or attacking Xiao Qingfang directly, were probably all under the surveillance of the internal guards under You Huan.
Li Cunxi took Xiao Qingfang's head into the palace to meet the emperor. Regardless of whether the emperor looked at the head or not, Li Cunxi's mission was accomplished.
"Li Fumu is really a thoughtful person."
Huang Shengyan said this and said no more.
"If you don't think carefully, a minister will come to report me in the next two days."
Li Cunxi stood with his hands behind his back and half-raised his head.
"I am already the head of all officials. If I am not careful, people like King Liang will try every means to replace me. If they really find my weakness, I am afraid that my head will be like Xiao Qingfang's."
Huang Shengyan didn't respond and remained expressionless.
Most of the officials in this dynasty were clique-forming and selfish, so it was understandable that Li Cunxi received so much attention.
There were so many people in the court who wanted to replace Li Cunxi that they could not be found at all.
"Oh, General Huang, you are here, you are finally here."
Wu Yanhao came out of the main hall with a smile.
"General Huang, please order your guards to search this place. There are only a few of us, and it's not easy to search such a big house."
Huang Shengyan waved his hand, and the guards who followed him in immediately rushed into the main hall and the paths on both sides of the main hall and began to search the house to prevent any fish from lurking.
After working for more than an hour and searching the house from top to bottom, they still found no one, so they came out.
Huang Shengyan left ten internal guards here to guard, and then escorted Li Cunxi and his party to the palace.
The huge dark clouds that covered the sky have dispersed, revealing a full moon and a sky full of stars. The bright moonlight shines on the ground, the houses, and the people.
Walking out of the east of the city, everyone saw dozens of corpses along the way, including those of the Internal Guards and Snake Spirit members.
"It seems that the battle situation is not very ideal."
Wu Yanhao looked around and saw two bodies being carried out from the alley in front of him.
One is an inner guard, and the other is also an inner guard.
"Fortunately, the main culprit has been executed. If the rest are not released and allowed to wreak havoc in the city, the safety of the people will be in jeopardy..."
Li Cunxi sighed for a long time, as if he was really afraid that the snake spirit rebels would kill the people.
"These snake spirit rebels are hiding among the people. It is really difficult to find them. I can only... I can only advise Your Majesty to open the city gates and let them escape. This is the correct approach."
Huang Shengyan thought for a while and said so.
Half an hour later, Ganquan Palace.
Led by General Gao Huan of the Qianniu Guard, Li Cunxi walked into the Ganquan Palace. When he looked up, he saw Wu Zetian, who was well dressed and sitting firmly on the throne.
"Li Fu Mu, I will take my leave first."
Gao Huan did not speak to Wu Zetian, but took his leave from Li Cunxi.
He didn't want to get involved in this last part of the journey.
Li Cunxi raised the box in his arms and said loudly:
"I received the order at 7:00 yesterday and will present Xiao Qingfang's head at 1:00 today."
"The leader of the bandits, Xiao Qingfang, was executed. His head was cut off and I sent it to the palace to present to Your Majesty."
"Most of the other Snake Spirit rebels fought fiercely with the Inner Guards on their way to escape. Only a few escaped. The bodies of those who died in the battle have been sent to the Inner Guards for identification."
"Now, the case is basically closed."
Wu Zetian did not look at the box that Li Cunxi held up. She slowly stood up, walked in front of Li Cunxi, and whispered like a devil.
"I asked you to find out where Xiao Qingfang is, and this is your answer?"
"Is it Xiao Qingfang's head that I want? Cunxi, don't you understand what I mean?"
Li Cunxi remained calm and continued to bend over and hold the box containing Xiao Qingfang's head.
"Your Majesty, I will follow your orders and bring you Xiao Qingfang's head."
"It's just that I just couldn't follow the clues and find the Snake Spirit Organization behind it."
"I hope your majesty will forgive me."
Endless laughter echoed in the hall, and the empress turned around and waved her sleeves.
"Li Cunxi, you are so brave!"
"Do you know that all of You Huan's internal guards were killed or injured because you failed to successfully find out the Snake Spirit Organization behind it?"
"You made a big mistake this time. This is not like your style!"
Li Cunxi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was because too many of You Huan's internal guards had died.
I think with the means of the evil spirit and the shadow, those internal guards must be dead, and the words Li Cunxi said in Xiao Qingfang's hiding place will not be exposed.
"Your Majesty, I have failed in my duty."
Li Cunxi put down the box and knelt down and kowtowed to Wu Zetian.
"Forget it. At least you helped them capture Xiao Qingfang, and you also brought her head to me. I won't pursue the matter any further."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not punishing me." Li Cunxi stood up slowly, "Your Majesty, there is one more thing."
"What's the matter?" Wu Zetian frowned slightly.
"Your Majesty, those Snake Spirit rebels who escaped are probably still in Luoyang City. Without Xiao Qingfang's control, I'm afraid these people are..."
"Are you afraid that they will harm the people?"
"Exactly."
"Then what do you mean?"
"Your Majesty, please issue an order that the guards at the eight gates of Luoyang should be more relaxed these days. There is no need to check people leaving the city. It is better to let them go, so as not to endanger the people and cause panic."
Wu Zetian weighed the pros and cons and pretended to be magnanimous, saying:
"Then I will follow your words. You are now the first in the imperial court. Although you do not need to work as hard as other ministers, you still need to pay more attention to various cases."
Li Cunxi bowed and saluted:
"I have been blessed by your majesty's grace and have been ranked at the head of the imperial court. I enjoy wealth and honor. How dare I not serve your majesty with my life?"
Wu Zetian nodded slightly and felt more comfortable.
"Once upon a time, I promised you the title of Duke of Huang, but you refused to accept it. What do you think now?"
"I still dare not accept this position. This position should belong to my exiled elder brother. I am the youngest son. How can I be on the same level as my father?"