Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1130

As early as more than two months ago, when Pei Shuying blocked Zhu Shi and Cui Shiniang in Dongshan Temple so coincidentally, Li Shan knew that Pei Shiju had buried his eyeliner in Zhuangzi. Shan Shan noticed the possible scheme of King Qi, so he began to investigate secretly.

The aborigines are unlikely to be bribed, and it is also unlikely that people from Shandong will come, so the focus of the investigation is on Daizhou, Hou Chen, and Hou Hongtao.

Although some of Hou Chen's group joined Li Shan's personal guards, some joined Zhang Zhongjian's Lingzhou army, and many made a living as a businessman, most of them were one, and Hou Chen didn't notice anything unusual.

The origin of this wave of people in the Northeast of Hebei Province is much more complicated. There are descendants of powerful families in Dai County, such as He Lou Xingshu, but the number is not large. Qu Silang's jurisdiction is relatively high in loyalty, but the old Yuan Junzhang who followed Zhang Zhongjian to vote is not necessarily so.

The person mentioned by Zhu Wei has long been listed as the most suspicious person, and someone has been watching secretly. Normally, this person is indeed working in Dongshan Restaurant, but it is obviously against common sense to go out so early today.

Two hours later, the gate of the imperial city went down to the province.

Pei Shiju slowly put down the report in his hand, got up and walked out of the room, "Mao Yue, the old man is not feeling well..."

"The heat has been unbearable these days. Please rest and take care of yourself, Mr. Pei." Tang Jian said respectfully. His father, Tang Yong, was an important minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and he was an old friend with Pei Rangzhi, who raised Pei Shiju.

A quarter of an hour later, someone reported back, Tang Jian frowned, and Pei Shiju went to the East Palace again... He actually couldn't understand this point, there was already a Pei Ji, why did Pei Shiju, who also came from Wenxi Pei's West Family House, so firmly choose now? Orient Palace at a disadvantage?
Inside the Xiande Hall, Prince Li Jiancheng looked surprised, "Let's leave now?"

"But Wei Xuancheng hasn't come back yet... I don't know the current situation of Renzhi Palace yet."

"There must be a change." Pei Shiju's gray eyebrows twitched slightly, and after repelling the two servants, he approached and said: "Just now, when the sky is light, Wei Siwang Li Huairen is galloping with his personal guards. To the north, nearly a thousand cavalrymen are rushing like thunder."

Hearing this news, Li Jiancheng's first reaction was, what kind of hatred do you, Pei Shiju, and Li Huairen have, and you have buried your eyeliner in the past... Could it be that besides Pei Xuanji's death, there are other enmities?
"Your Highness, Li Huairen is His Majesty's direct descendant, leading nearly a thousand cavalry, if it wasn't for the imperial edict, there must be a change." Pei Shiju painstakingly analyzed the matter, "His Royal Highness immediately rushed to the Palace of Renzhi to express his heart, this is a rare event in a thousand years. machine."

Li Jiancheng was hesitant, and asked in a low voice after a while, "Mr. Pei is saying that someone rebelled?"

Pei Shiju had nothing to say now, he judged that there was a change in Renzhi Palace based on his understanding of Li Shan and his analysis of Li Shan's movements. As for the things behind the scenes, he basically knew nothing.

"perhaps……"

"The King of Zhao Jun? The King of Lujiang? The King of Huaiyang? The King of Xiangyi?" Li Jiancheng said in a hey voice, "It can't be the second brother!"

There is one thing Li Jiancheng understands very clearly. No matter who wants to rebel, the first thing to do is to kill Li Shimin, followed by Li Yuan... Anyone is fine, as long as he can kill Li Shimin, then he, the prince of the East Palace, will benefit the most By.

Like Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Pei Shiju, Li Jiancheng suspected that Li Yuan, the king of Lujiang County, was on the head, but he didn't include Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, on the list.

But Li Yuanji poured pots of dirty water over, insisting on putting the hat of treasonous visit on the head of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Therefore, after a long period of consideration, Li Jiancheng did not summon other staff this time, but pondered alone. After a long time, he made a decision that broke Pei Shiju's heart.

"As Pei Gong said, stop with stillness, and stillness is not as good as movement."

Pei Shiju's face was expressionless, and he was about to roar in his heart. From time to time, when he said this, His Majesty had just left Beijing to escape the summer heat, and there was no sign of it. Now, within a few days, there was a change in Qiaogong Mountain. Later, Li Huairen led nearly a thousand cavalry to go, and at this time, he used movement to stop the silence...You prince, you are not much better than the former Sui Yang Yong!
Although Pei Shiju was disappointed, he also vaguely guessed Li Jiancheng's hope. If Lao Tzu and his brothers died this time, then he would be justified as the prince... Anyway, I didn't do it at all.

Uh, Li Jiancheng's way of thinking is taken for granted... Although you don't have the intention of rebelling, at least not now, but you can't bear to be framed by others.

"Send a messenger to find out the details." Li Jiancheng also knew that he couldn't pin all his hopes on this, "If there is any change, report it immediately, and go to the Palace of Renzhi to have an audience alone."

Pei Shiju nodded, and added: "If Qiao Gongshan did not go to Renzhi Palace to report, then Wei Zheng will send a messenger to report today and tomorrow. Make an immediate decision, and it is very likely that His Highness will be summoned, so..."

"So, today and tomorrow, there should be a messenger from Wei Xuancheng to report." Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth, "Tomorrow at dusk, if there is no messenger, I will leave before closing the city gate."

Pei Shiju felt that it was a bit late, because according to the reported news, Li Huairen led his guards to go north, but in fact, some of the horses were empty, obviously for backup, which showed that Li Huairen hoped to reach Renzhi Palace as quickly as possible.

But this kind of words... After all, there is a difference between up and down, Li Jiancheng has already made a decision, and it is not easy for Pei Shiju to speak again.

After leaving the East Palace, outside the Suzaku Gate, Pei Shiju saw Princess Pingyang in a well-dressed outfit.

"Pei Gong went to the East Palace again?" Princess Pingyang looked at Pei Shiju coldly, "What does the prince want to do?"

Pei Shiju maintained a calm expression, saluted and said, "I don't know what His Highness means by this?"

Princess Pingyang let out a hey, but said no more. The two right prison guards, Generals Li Gaoqian and Ma Sanbao who stayed behind in Chang'an, had already arrived.

"From now on, all people entering and leaving the imperial city will be thoroughly checked." Princess Pingyang said indifferently, "No one is allowed to send a single soldier without an order!"

Ma Sanbao was originally the former servant of Princess Pingyang, so it didn't matter, but Li Gaoqian, the prince's confidant, couldn't bear it anymore, "If you dare to ask Your Highness, there is an order from His Majesty."

This is equivalent to imprisoning the prince in the East Palace.

Princess Pingyang stared at Li Gaoqian, "How dare you disobey the order?!"

Several personal guards around had already faintly surrounded Li Gaoqian, and Ma Sanbao held the handle of the knife recklessly, and slightly pulled out a section of the knife.

Looking at this scene, Pei Shiju was not as nervous as Li Gaoqian... Li Shan suddenly led hundreds of guards to the north, no matter what the reason was, he would definitely inform Princess Pingyang.

Obviously, Princess Pingyang is going to deter the imperial city to prevent chaos... To put it bluntly, it is aimed at the prince.

However, this time, it was indeed not the prince.

(End of this chapter)