Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Jinchengfang, Tiance Mansion.

Princess Qin's eldest son, Sun Shi, was surprised to see Lang Jun striding towards him, "Your Highness has returned to Beijing?"

Li Shimin let out a laugh, took off the long sword from his waist and threw it to the maid, and then let Yuchi Gong, Qin Qiong, and Cheng Yaojin go straight in. This time he did not bring any advisers or staff. He wanted to work together, so this was the only way, and he also had to Ask Yu Chigong who stayed in Jingzhao in detail.

Facing Li Shimin's inquiry, Yuchi Gong explained everything in detail, and there was nothing unusual about it. Only going to Sun Moon Lake was worth talking about... and this was what Fang Xuanling and Han Liang had told him.

Yuchi Gong hesitantly took out half of the jade pendant from his arms, "He took this as a token and summoned his ministers to lead his army into the city or to Sun Moon Lake."

"Is it Li Huairen?" Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened, "It's Li Huairen who conspired against me... the East Palace conspired against me... Is Li Huairen from the East Palace?"

"Unlikely." Qin Qiong shook his head, "If it's Li Huairen... Why do the palace supervisor Su Zhi and Guan Guogong repeatedly emphasize that King Wei Si will accompany His Majesty in the Manlu Palace to talk?"

"Shu Bao is right." Li Shimin nodded and said: "A few years ago, Li Huairen had already surrendered... The East Palace should also know about it now, intending to use this to lure Gu Gu into the palace."

After a moment of silence, Yu Chigong suddenly said: "It's Li Huairen...it must be Li Huairen!"

"what?"

Yuchi Gong closed his mouth again, looking a little hesitant, while Princess Qin, who had been listening, said softly: "If Li Huairen is okay, then the fire may be related to him and serve as a warning to His Highness."

"That's right." Li Shimin opened his hand and clenched it into a fist, repeating it twice, "The only three people left in Chang'an are Yu Wenshiji, Xue Yuanchao, and Wang Junkuo. If the East Palace conspires to rebel, these three people...at least Wang Junkuo will definitely rebel, otherwise Even if the palace supervisor Su Zhi surrenders to the East Palace, it will be difficult for the prince to control the palace city."

"But Yu Wenshiji and Xue Yuanchao have neither such ability nor such courage!"

"Warning in advance...it must be Li Huairen's hand. He should not have been ambushed by Pei Shiju yet...shouldn't he?"

The three generals were a little confused. They had followed Li Shimin for many years and had never seen King Qin so hesitant. Princess Qin knew it well and said in a low voice: "You can send people to investigate. The palace supervisor Su Zhi will be here this afternoon." Whether to summon Li Huairen to the palace?"

"Yes, if we send people to the residences of Jiang Guogong, Song Guogong, and Fu Guogong, I won't believe that all the prime ministers and assistants will be as rebellious as Yang Gongren!"

"All the prime ministers and ministers have to meet with His Majesty every day. If the prince plots rebellion, it is very likely that all the prime ministers and ministers will be detained, leaving only Yang Gongren and Pei Shiju." Princess Qin added: "Should we send people to Princess Pingyang's mansion? ?”

"Third Sister..." King Qin pondered for a moment.

At this time, the sound of rapid footsteps came from outside. The guards around Li Shimin were actually elites selected from the Xuanjia Army. The leaders were Yu Chigong, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, and Zhai Changsun. After being killed in the battle at Tiantai Mountain, Li Shimin elected Hou Junji, but Hou Junji is still in the Lingzhou army.

"Your Highness, there are spies outside the house." The guard reported in a low voice.

Li Shimin asked a few questions with a sullen face and asked the guards to retreat. He stood up and paced back and forth. The dark and unclear situation made it difficult for him to make an accurate judgment.

Cheng Yaojin whispered: "Four hundred personal guards are enough to enter the palace..."

"Shut up!" Qin Qiong scolded, doesn't His Highness know such a simple truth?

Even if Wang Junkuo rebels, there are many former members of the Qin King in the Beiya Forbidden Army. If 400 personal guards attack the imperial city, it will be difficult for the Tianjie Army to stop them, which is enough to support Li Shimin on the throne.

But the problem is that the situation is unclear now. Li Shimin leads his army to attack the imperial city. No matter what the final outcome is, it will be hard not to make people talk a lot... After all, the plot of the East Palace has not yet surfaced, but the Qin King's rise of troops is actually true. Really.

To put it mildly, if the imperial city is attacked and the prince and his majesty are gone, Li Shimin will most likely bear the blame... The history books will definitely record that in October of the ninth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, King Qin attacked Hedong and suddenly disappeared. When he returned to Beijing, he led his bodyguards into the imperial city. His father and brother died that night. The next day, King Qin ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. How could Li Shimin, who strives for perfection, take such a scapegoat?

Li Shimin would never take this path unless it was absolutely necessary.

"First send people to Jiang Guogong and other prime ministers and assistants to investigate, and also send people to the third sister's mansion." Li Shimin ordered: "Those who leave the mansion will set off at the same time. Yuchi Gong, you put on armor and lead ten personal guards, and then leave the city from Jinguang Gate. Rush to Xianyang County and lead the army to attack Chang'an... If there is no change, we will garrison around Sun Moon Lake."

Yuchi responded respectfully, "Your Highness, after I leave the city, will I go to Sun Moon Lake to investigate?"

"Go there." Li Shimin nodded appreciatively, "But be careful, someone should be monitoring Zhuangzi."

"If Huairen is unlucky, that's it. If Huairen..." Li Shimin stopped mid-sentence, "No, no, if Huairen is fine, he should have sent his personal guards to Baqiao..."

Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but retorted: "Your Highness, Li Huairen doesn't know that His Highness is back in Beijing."

"Shut up!" Qin Qiong was really speechless. He and Cheng Yaojin were both from Wagang, and at the same time they joined the Tang Dynasty from Wang Shichong's command, and directly joined Li Shimin's command. Their relationship was extraordinary, so he had to explain: " People like King Wei Si, since they have surrendered to His Highness early on, they will not know that if the East Palace plots rebellion, they will definitely take action against His Highness."

Cheng Yaojin thought for a while before realizing it. Li Shimin and his wife looked at each other, both of them had worries in their eyes... They all thought that the prince's first target was King Qin, but the number one target behind the prince was It must be Li Shan.

Li Shimin stopped thinking about these things for the time being. Not only was the situation unclear, but he also didn't know what Li Shan's condition was now. However, Li Shimin believed that Li Shan should not have been killed...otherwise it would be difficult to explain the sudden incident.

"Jingde, go get ready. All the servants in the mansion are gathered in the backyard." Li Shimin looked at Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong, "You two will command the personal guards and arrange defenses to avoid any emergency."

"Yes."

A quarter of an hour later, more than ten people rushed out of the Tiance Mansion in various directions, taking away many snoopers. Then Yuchi Gong drove his horse out of the mansion and led ten personal guards to gallop towards the Jinguang Gate. .

At this moment, in Dongshan Restaurant in Dongshi, Fan Feng and Zhou Xin were exchanging information in the corner. After a while, both of them looked unhappy.

Zhou Xin failed to stop King Qin. Although he set off a fire warning at the critical moment and King Qin did not enter the palace but returned to Tiance Mansion, Zhou Xin also saw Yuchi Gong with his own eyes.

"The King of Qin is wary. He should send Yuchi Gong back to Xianyang County to lead the army, right?" Zhou Xin muttered, and suddenly asked: "Where is Alang?"

"Not found." Fan Feng's face was filled with despair. "I went back and forth to the east of the city twice, and just now I went to the south of the city. I couldn't find Alang along the Longshou Canal, Qingming Canal, and Yong'an Canal."

"How to do?"

Fan Feng gritted his teeth and said, "I walked into Zhuangzi at night. Alang once told me that if he is not here, Zhao Guogong will be in charge."

Zhou Xin hesitated for a moment and then whispered: "There are still more than ten young men in Dongshan Restaurant, four of them are from the Zhu clan, and two of them are Alang's former personal guards."

"Okay, you go and give the order." Fan Feng raised his head and looked at the sky, "Hurry up, the city gate will be closed if it's too late."

At about the same time, Yuchi Gong led ten personal guards to drive out of the city from Jinguang Gate, while more than ten people from Fan Feng and Zhou Xin walked out of the city from Chunming Gate.

It is true that the writing is a bit slow, but it is almost finished. Many places need to be carefully considered, and many clues need to be gathered together at the end. Sorry, I will speed up the progress.

The most important thing is that a lot of manuscripts were scrapped. The outline was temporarily changed before. Li Shan helped the eleventh prince Li Yuanjia ascend the throne. However, there are too many things to write later. I really don’t have such a lot of energy. After thinking about it again and again, I thought I'd go back to the original outline.