After half a month, Li Ling finally returned to Luoyang, the capital at the end of September.

However, he could not go home at this time. As an imperial envoy under the imperial edict, according to the court's rules, he had to wait until the errand was handed over before his personal affairs could be taken into account. Therefore, he could only ask Li Moyun to take someone to send his sister and Tangtang home to settle down, and then he went to the palace to submit the imperial edict.

Fortunately, it was only noon at this time, which was enough for him to go home after completing the relevant matters today. Moreover, because this time he was ordered by the emperor to go to Huguang, he naturally entered the palace, which reduced many unnecessary troubles. The only thing that was the only drawback was that his sister and daughter were uneasy after returning this time, and they had never met Qingxiao.

Li Ling could only comfort her: "Sister, don't worry, just go there. That's my home and your home... And Qingxiao is also a good person to get along with. You will naturally know after meeting her. Besides, I had already written a letter to go home earlier, and Yue'er was at home again..."

These words really calmed Li Le'er's mood a little, and then she looked at her brother hesitantly: "Brother Ling, where is Daddy..." Along the way, she still knew how serious the things her father had committed were. Now that people are being taken to the capital, she is inevitably panicked.

"Don't worry, sister, I will definitely find a way to protect my father. After all, he is our relative." All Li Ling can do now is comfort. As for what to do, he actually has no fixed idea.

After sending his sister and the others away, Li Ling asked other people to send many prisoners escorted from Huguang to the Tianzhuo of the Ministry of Justice. Among these people were officials from Huguang, traitors of Luotian Sect, and thieves from the Jianghu, all of them were of great origin and might even cause unnecessary chaos in the capital, so they must be resettled as soon as possible.

The Ministry of Justice now has its own teacher in charge, which is much safer than other yamen, so Li Ling sent the people directly over, and then disbanded the imperial guards on the spot and went straight to the palace with Xiao Chengzhi.

When they really arrived in front of the palace, it was already half past and the sun was slightly deviating. After handing over the waist sign with the imperial guards guarding the palace gate and expressing their purpose, the two of them were waiting there for the time being. After a while, they saw Lu Zhen slowly coming out with a trembling trembling.

When they met the old and virtuous prime minister, Li Ling and the other two were quite respectful, so they bowed together to salute. Lu Zhen also recognized the two from a distance, then stopped in front of them, coughed a few times before laughing, "Li Wenzhong, General Xiao, you are back. Do you know that the debate about you, Li Wenzhong, in the court has not stopped the issue during this period, and even the political affairs hall where I am located has delayed a lot of things."

"Lu Xiangyan is so serious, so the officials really can't afford it." Li Ling hurriedly bowed in fear, "I wonder what your so-called argument means?"

"Isn't this obvious? Of course, it's the Luotian Sect traitor you brought from Huguang. To be honest, even Your Majesty is very embarrassed about it, so many of the bullets were left in the Silver and Terminal Division by him." Lu Xiang said with a smile, and then looked at Li Ling deeply.

Although the words were not explained thoroughly, the meaning had been clearly conveyed, which made Li Ling's brows frown. Things were more difficult than what he thought. This was someone who was adding fuel to the fire and wanted to make Li Tong's relationship with him known to everyone, thus leaving him with no way out.

While he was talking, an eunuch came out of the palace, saluted Li Ling and the others, and signaled them to come to the palace with him. The emperor's summons were quite fast this time, and Li Ling and the other two dared not be negligent. They only thanked Lu Zhen and followed him to the palace.

Li Ling could feel that Lu Zhen said these words to him were indeed out of concern and kindness, just to remind himself that he might also involve this matter when he saw His Majesty’s order today, so he had to come up with a clear idea.

I thought this matter could be delayed a little, so that I could discuss it with others before responding, but now it seems that my opponents are unwilling to give me this time. Li Ling's eyes flashed, and as he walked, he had already started to think about it in his heart.

However, Xiao Chengzhi did not know the relationship between Li Ling and Li Tong, and he was filled with doubts about Lu Zhen's words. He asked Li Ling one after another, but because there was an eunuch beside him, it was so inconvenient that he could only endure it all the way a little awkwardly, and came to the emperor with a queer doubt.

Today's emperor was not busy. He had few memorials on the imperial desk. At this time, he was taking a book and reading it casually. Seeing Li Ling and the other two kowtowed outside the hall, he put down the book and made a random move: "Pretty, come in and talk."

Li Ling and the other two carefully stepped over the high threshold, stood in front of the emperor, with their hands hanging beside each other, waiting for the emperor to inquire. The emperor did not rush to speak, but looked at Li Ling up and down before speaking: "Li Qing, Xiao Qing, thank you for your hard work after going to Huguang for half a year."

"I dare not speak of my hardship for your Majesty." The two spoke at the same time.

"Then let's talk about what you have accomplished in Huguang these days." The emperor said casually with a smile.

In fact, before Li Ling left Huguang and returned to Beijing, he had already written all the details of his errands in the past six months into a memorial and rushed to the capital. I guess the emperor had already read it at this time. But since the emperor asked again at this time, he did not avoid hiding it, so he carefully explained what he had seen and done along the way from Suizhou to Xiangfan and then to Wuchang.

This statement took more than half an hour, and the emperor actually listened to it with relish and did not interrupt it. It was thanks to Li Ling's eloquence was quite good, and he wrote novels, so he did not make a fool of himself in front of the emperor. Of course, he still made some changes or avoided some things, such as his sister and the mother and daughter, who were deliberately hiding him, and the many benefits he received from Huguang later naturally could not be explained in detail with the emperor.

However, the emperor didn't care too much about these things. He paid more attention to various problems in the administration of Huguang. So when Li Ling finally finished saying everything he should say, a light flashed in his eyes: "Jiang Guixun and others really dared to do such a thing as having no king or father, abandoning the country and family? Even for their own interests, they want to take risks to attack you, the imperial envoy?"

"Your Majesty's clarity, this is what the ministers and subordinates have experienced. I dare not say anything false." Li Ling bowed and replied. At this time, Xiao Chengzhi also said, "Yes, Your Majesty, although I have not experienced this change, I still listened to the changes in Wuchang City from my subordinates. Those corrupt officials in Huguang are really extremely brave. If such traitors are not severely punished, it will be unreasonable!"

The emperor nodded with a gloomy face: "What about Luo Tian Sect? After this incident, Luo Tian Sect is really as you said, and has been seriously damaged by the vitality. Will it be difficult for the court to become a major trouble?"

"Your Majesty, it's not my boast. This is indeed the result of the Luotian Sect's rebels. This Huguang Rebellion has been their last attempt after years of defeat. When their strength has been greatly damaged, they must even win over the local forces in Xiangfan for their use in order to fight against the official army.

"As a result, this battle not only made their overall plan fail, but those important people in the Luotian Sect were also sentenced to death, either killed or arrested. Now the two elders of the Luotian Sect, the Earth Elder Zhao Chenghuang and the Feng Elder Li Tong, have been taken back to the capital by the ministers and handed over to the Tianzhuo of the Ministry of Justice. They can be executed at any time to serve as a warning to others.

"There are two other guardians. Thunder light and shadow were killed, and the body had been brought back. Your Majesty clearly explained that, except for Ji Wuyou, who had just been promoted to the position of leader, the Luotian Sect had no ability or real power, there were only four elders, three guardians, and seven guardians. Among them, the fourth elder, except Elder Kong, did not know his identity. The sword guardian had left Luo Tian in his early years and went away to other places... Everyone else had already surrendered.

"So in my opinion, the threat of Luotian Sect has been completely over. The court no longer needs to be on guard every day as before. Any ignorant people are inspired to make trouble. It can be said that even though Luotian Sect has not been completely uprooted, it is difficult to do anything."

The emperor stroked his beard with some joy and said, "If you really follow what Li Ling said, then you have done a great thing for me and the court in Huguang this time that you have not accomplished for decades! Well, you should be rewarded!"

"Your Majesty is wronged, I am ashamed of accepting it. This is what we should do as a minister. Since we receive the honor of the king, we should do our job for you." Li Ling hurriedly said humbly, and Xiao Chengzhi saw this and hurriedly followed: "I think so too."

"Haha, Li Ling, you don't have to be so humble. Merit is merit. If you don't reward me, how can I and the court convince the public?" As he said that, he was about to point the topic to the matter he cared about most, when he saw Li Ling suddenly knelt down and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty is so kind to me, I am both admired and ashamed. There is one thing I really can't bear to say. Even if Your Majesty will blame me for it, I will be convicted and punished for it. I must confess this to Your Majesty."

The emperor just saw his eyebrows and eyes roared, but Xiao Chengzhi was shocked and full of surprise. I wonder where he was making trouble.

"What do you want to confess to me?" the emperor asked immediately, his eyes becoming meaningful.

"What I want to report to Your Majesty is that in fact, the elder Feng of Luotian Sect, Li Tong, is the biological father of me, so I am the identity of me..." He seemed to be unable to continue to say the following words, so he could only bow to the ground and stop talking.
Chapter completed!