Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

"Greetings to Your Highness!"

"Meet His Highness King Qin!"

Li Shimin stood at the gate of the demolished Tiance Mansion, looking at Yu Chigong, Su Dingfang, and Wang Junhao who were striding forward to greet them.

Li Shimin made an accurate judgment at the first time. The change must come from Li Huairen, the heir of Wei, because of Su Dingfang.

Everyone in the court knew that Su Dingfang would always stand with Li Huairen, and Li Shan's political stance and choices could represent Su Dingfang.

Of course, there was another reason, because Li Shimin saw Chang He, the Xuanwu Gate guard at the back of the crowd.

Li Shimin clearly remembered that Li Shan mentioned as early as the beginning of last year that he had placed Ma Zhou next to Chang He... Chang He had defected to the East Palace for many years, and there was no reason to suddenly lead troops to help at the critical moment.

It can only be Ma Zhou...or directly Li Shan's handiwork.

Li Shimin did not ask what was going on, but immediately asked about the current situation... It had only been a few hours since he arrived in Chang'an, and except for the warning of water leakage in Yongchangfang, there was extremely little information.

"Third sister!" Li Shimin was surprised to see Princess Pingyang, "Is father okay?"

Princess Pingyang looked at the almost burned-out Tiance Mansion and said, "I haven't entered the palace yet, but as Zhao Guogong just said, my father is well and Huairen is by his side..."

After a pause, Princess Pingyang emphasized her tone and said, "Several prime ministers and assistants are also here. Sichang is out of danger. He is controlling the Beiya forbidden army and protecting the imperial city."

Li Shimin laughed bitterly. Of course he understood his sister's addition... Don't be suspicious of Li Huairen.

Li Shimin did not doubt that Yu Chigong and Su Dingfang came hand in hand, which was enough to prove everything.

Yuchi Gong looked Li Shimin up and down, and was calling a few guards to come over and bandage his wounds. Suddenly he turned back to look at Su Dingfang, "Where's that guy Wang Junkuo?"

"Before leading troops to aid Tiance Mansion, Wang Junkuo and dozens of rebel soldiers were trapped in Shangshu Province." Su Dingfang responded: "At this time, you will either die or be captured."

"Wang Junkuo really rebelled!" Cheng Yaojin, who still had an arrow mark on his face, smacked his lips and cursed in a low voice, "Idiot!"

From the corner of his eye, Li Shimin glanced at Yuchi Gong's head, which was thrown by Yu Chi Gong at the edge of the steps. He was filled with emotion. Brothers had been fighting for ten years, but in the end it ended like this.

After confirming the victory, there was also a little sadness, but these emotions were quickly eliminated. Li Shimin asked Su Dingfang in detail about the current situation in the imperial city and palace. At the same time, he took off his damaged armor and asked someone to bandage his wounds.

Well, the personal guards around Su Dingfang stepped forward, cleaned the wound, and took out the purified jade pot spring from his waist.

Li Shimin took a breath and forced a smile: "If Huairen had gone north a few years earlier, most of the wounded soldiers would have been unharmed in the battle of Hulao in Luoyang."

Li Shimin suffered a total of six wounds on his body. The most serious one was that his right shoulder was hit by a long knife, and his armor was damaged.

"Jingde, you and Cheng Yaojin will lead the troops into the imperial city first, and we will stay behind." Li Shimin ordered while enduring the pain, and glanced at Princess Pingyang, "I still have some things to ask Duke Zhao."

I have to explain it. Princess Pingyang's attitude is very obvious.

After a pause, Li Shimin turned around and ordered the bodyguard, "Let the princess come with the eldest son and the second son, and they will go to the palace together to see his father later."

"Yes."

Princess Pingyang frowned slightly, a little confused. The imperial city and even the palace city had become a battlefield tonight, with corpses everywhere and extremely bloody. What should the women and children do at this time?

Zhou Fang, who had been silent all this time, glanced at Qin Qiong, whose wound was also being bandaged, stepped forward and said softly: "Will you lead fifty personal guards to escort you later?"

Zhou Fang was relatively careful. In any case, in just a few months, one of your three adult princes was deposed as a commoner, and the other had his head chopped off. It was just right for the King of Qin to bring his wife and children to the throne. "You are Zhou Lang, right?" Li Shimin nodded with a smile, "It was you who saved my father outside Renshou Palace last year, and it's you who led the troops to rescue me this time."

"They are all assigned by Alang."

"This time it's Huairen, it's Huairen again." Li Shimin sighed a few times, smiled and said to Princess Pingyang: "Third sister, don't worry, we all agree with Huairen."

Princess Pingyang snorted, "Huairen is not the kind of person who takes credit and is arrogant."

"That's true." Li Shimin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I rescued him three times in two years. I'm afraid my father will also be in a very difficult situation..."

How to reward Li Shan has often given Li Yuan a headache in the past two or three years.

Princess Pingyang couldn't help but smile, "It's not Huairen's fault. If I'm to blame, I can only blame my father...well, and you, my second brother."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment before laughing loudly, "That's right, that's right. If he hadn't been enthroned as the county king earlier, this wouldn't be the case."

After all, Li Shan was canonized as the county king because of the Yanmen victory, and he was taking the blame for Li Yuan and Li Shimin.

Half an hour later, under the protection of Zhou Fang and Chang He, Li Shimin, his wife and children, and Princess Pingyang walked into the Suzaku Gate.

Under the illumination of the torches held high by the Imperial Guards, the corpses lying on the ground and the blood splattered on the walls were clearly visible. It was obvious that a brutal fighting had taken place in the imperial city.

"Your Highness." Yuchi Gong strode over, "Wang Junkuo has been captured alive, and the rest of the rebels are either dead or surrendering."

"Huo Guogong was in charge of the imperial city and sent Qu Hong to guard the Suzaku Gate, the right guard gate general Xinxing County Gongma Sanbao to guard the Chengtian Gate, and Wei Siwang's personal guard Liu Heier to guard the Xuanwu Gate."

After all, Qu Hong and Liu Heier were both commanders of the bodyguards of Li Huairen, the successor king of Wei. Yuchi Gong asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, is this appropriate?"

Li Shimin smiled and said, "If others don't know it, don't Jingde also know it?"

After speaking, Li Shimin tilted his head and whispered to Princess Pingyang: "After all, Duke Wu is guarding Chang'an, so he already knows everything."

Princess Pingyang nodded and asked: "Where is the East Palace?"

"Zuojian Gate Guard Primary School He Lou Xingshu is guarding Jiafu Gate." Yuchi Gong hesitated, "This person... the imperial army noticed the fire in Jinchengfang at night. After Wang Junkuo was exposed, he ravaged the imperial city. It was this person who led more than a hundred imperial troops to stand guard near Yong'an Gate. .”

"This person is from Daizhou." Princess Pingyang suddenly remembered, "He is from Huairen's personal guard. When he was planning to build Xia City, he was the one who was connected with Sichang."

The corner of Yuchi Gong's mouth twitched. King Si Wang of Wei really had enough manpower secretly!

Li Shimin walked all the way to the gate of Chengtian, where Chen Shuda, Duke of Jiang State, and She Dougui, the right servant of Shangshu Province, came out to greet him at the same time.

"Greetings to Your Highness."

Li Shimin picked up the two prime ministers and said with a wry smile: "If it weren't for Huairen, we would never see each other again."

Chen Shuda said with emotion: "Your Majesty also said this."

Li Shimin looked back and ordered Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin to accompany them with fifty personal guards.

Princess Pingyang on the side sneered again and again. Chen Shuda and Dou Gui looked at each other and didn't think there was anything wrong with King Qin's move. However, when King Qin saw Queen Wei Si, he would also be confused about whether to laugh or cry.