Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

East Palace, inside the side hall of Xiande Hall.

Li Jiancheng, with a gloomy face, sat at the top of the table, flanked by Wei Ting, Pei Shiju, Wang Gui, and Xu Shimo. Three of them also had gloomy expressions, but Pei Shiju remained calm.

After a long time, Li Jiancheng whispered: "In the war in Shandong that year, in addition to Li Kai, Yuchi Gong's eldest son Yuchi Baolin was also there."

After being quiet for a while, Wei Ting swallowed, "Li Huairen is so early..."

Pei Shiju glanced at Li Jiancheng. He didn't even know the news. It seemed that although the prince was stupid, he was not without merit. At least he had such means.

Today, the King of Qin set off with his army. The whispers between Li Shan and Li Shimin fell into the eyes of many people. The news reached the East Palace. Pei Shiju confirmed in a conclusive tone that King Si of Wei had surrendered to the King of Qin, and it would not be short-lived.

Before Pei Shiju could come up with some specious evidence, Li Jiancheng, who had become suspicious yesterday, interrupted, denied Wang Gui and Wei Ting's suspicions, and confirmed the fact.

In fact, as early as the war, Li Jiancheng had noticed that Li Shan had been involved with the King of Qin when he was in Shandong. Otherwise, Li Shimin would not have sent Wang Junkuo to lead more than a thousand partial troops north to help Li Daoxuan and Tian Liuan defeat Liu Heita. .

Wang Gui and Wei Ting also knew that Li Kai had been to Guantao, but these could all be explained... Li Kai and Li Shan were close friends. When Li Shan went north to Hebei, all the personal guards around him were sent by Li Kai.

The most important thing is that Li Shan was trapped in Guantao City that day, besieged by tens of thousands of Turks, and attacked by Liu Heita's army. However, Qi King Li Yuanji led his army to stay on the bank of the Yellow River and refused to send troops for nearly two months. .

Li Shan tried to survive, and even wanted to turn defeat into victory. He could only seek help from King Qin, but he could not seek help from the East Palace behind King Qi.

Of course, there was another reason for Li Jiancheng and others to clear up their doubts. After Liu Heitai was beheaded, Li Shan decisively killed Cui Bo with his own hands. The civilians rebelled, allowing Wei Zheng, who was ordered to appease Shandong, to escape unscathed.

The East Palace also judged based on this point that Li Shan did not join the King of Qin. A series of events later proved that Li Shan only wanted to be his majesty's direct descendant and did not want to get involved in the fight for the direct descendant.

But it is understandable that Li Kai went to Guantao, but not Yuchi Baolin... As the son of Yuchi Gong, the most trusted general of King Qin, his appearance in Guantao proved a lot of things.

Is it just because they are not acquainted with each other in Dongshan Restaurant?
The palace was quiet for a while. Pei Shiju glanced at Li Jiancheng and said, "With the current situation, will the prince sit back and wait for death, or will he take a chance?"

"We must not sit still and wait for death!" Wei Ting was the first to speak. He was too close to Li Jiancheng. If the East Palace were to change his position, he would most likely not die, but he would definitely lose all his power. "But now that King Qin has entered the army, what will happen to Prime Minister Pei?" Policy?"

"The first is people, the second is timing." Pei Shiju said in a low voice: "There are also internal and external differences."

After the Renzhi Palace Incident, Li Jiancheng knew that he was unjust and no longer tried to hide it, "Please also ask Mr. Pei to elaborate."

"As long as we control the two of them, Chang'an is at hand." Pei Shiju said softly, "Chai Shao and Li Shan."

"Chai Shao controlled the Beiya imperial army and protected the imperial city." Wei Ting was a little confused, "But Li Huairen..."

"If something happened, would Li Huairen really not do anything?" Xu Shimo reminded in a low voice: "If Li Shan had really surrendered to the King of Qin earlier, now the King of Qin is leading the army, and Qu Tutong, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other confidants are accompanying the army, it is impossible Don’t tell Li Shan.”

Seeing that Wei Ting hadn't thought of it yet, Wang Gui, who had been silent until now, said in a more serious tone: "Wei Chigong is about to return to Beijing."

Li Jiancheng nodded, "Yesterday it was Li Huairen who insisted on keeping Yu Chi Gong to guard Chang'an. If something happens, Li Shan will definitely control Yu Chi Gong outside the city."

Wei Ting was a little panicked, "What should we do?" "Chai Shao is easy to deal with, he's just a cripple!" Li Jiancheng snorted, "But Li Huairen... If something happens and he is not in Chang'an, it will be a bit difficult to deal with."

Pei Shiju narrowed his eyes slightly, Chai Shao was easy to deal with... Li Jiancheng spoke in a relaxed tone and seemed to be prepared.

"Yes, if it were in Chang'an, it would only take dozens of swordsmen and axes to lure him out of the house." Wei Ting clicked his tongue: "But if it were in Zhuangzi, the guards around Li Huairen were quite brave. They attacked Yang Wenqian that day, and it is said that they won a big victory in a matter of seconds. .”

Li Jiancheng's eyes flickered. The heir apparent had evolved into the current situation. What he hated most now was not Li Shimin or Li Yuan, but Li Shan.

Not only did Li Shan join forces with the King of Qin to plan the great victory in Shandong, capture and kill Liu Heitai, and slap him on the face once on the left and right, but also not only on the two rescues from Tiantai Mountain and Renzhi Palace, but also because Over the years, Li Huairen has almost been playing with himself!
Such humiliation made Li Jiancheng hate him to the bone!

"Mr. Pei, no matter what grudge you have against Li Shan!" Li Jiancheng said word for word: "As long as things are done, Li Huairen will be at your disposal!"

Wang Gui frowned slightly, wondering what kind of hatred Li Shan and Pei Shiju had... He suddenly remembered that it seemed that after Li Shan returned to Beijing from Shandong, Pei Shiju, who was serving as the crown prince, suddenly got close to the East Palace.

He finally aroused the prince's anger. This was a very important step in his plan back then. However, Pei Shiju was not happy. In the current situation, it no longer mattered how the prince was angry.

Pei Shiju was very well informed. Today, after Li Huairen went to Changlepo to see him off, he entered Chang'an City, visited Princess Pingyang, and then immediately returned to Zhuangzi. Moreover, the outside of Sun Moon Lake was heavily guarded... This was obviously to prevent him from committing a dirty trick!

Xu Shimo on the side suggested: "Your Highness, why not send someone from the palace to summon him to the palace for an audience, and then..."

Li Jiancheng hesitated, "But the last few times my father has summoned me, I have asked the palace supervisor Su Zhi to go there in person..."

"Su Zhi is from Bingzhou, Hedong, but his father was from Xia County, Jiangzhou, and later moved to Taiyuan." Pei Shiju said with a smile: "I have some old friends with my father in the early years, maybe I can persuade him."

Li Jiancheng was overjoyed, "Is this really true?"

"Let me give this veteran a try." Pei Shiju stroked his beard and said, "I'm [-] to [-] percent sure."

Wang Gui suddenly asked: "His father is in Xia County..."

Pei Shiju nodded slightly and indicated that Wang Gui's guess was correct. Su Zhi's father died in the massacre of the city by the Tang army in the second year of Wude. Very few people knew about this.

Wang Gui stopped asking, just thinking that Pei Shiju had been planning for a long time. After the previous palace eunuch was killed in Tiantai Mountain, Su Zhi was not the only possible successor, but in the end it was Su Zhi who succeeded in becoming Li Yuan's successor. The most trusted servant today.

"That's easy to handle." Wei Ting said with a smile: "We will summon him to the palace tomorrow..."

"No."

"No!"

The former sentence is Li Jiancheng, and the latter sentence is Pei Shiju.