Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 876
Chapter [-] Bring Your Detachment of Women to the Rescue

In the secret cave of Zhongnan Mountain, the winding entrance is erected with shields. Of course, this is not to guard against wild beasts or enemy attacks, but to adopt the principle of fire light refraction to block the fire light in the cave, leaving a gap for charcoal to flow. emission.

As the bonfire was burning, a helmet was hung upside down on the shelf of the bonfire to serve as a pot. Hot water was burning in the helmet, and all the guards of Prince Qin's mansion sat around the bonfire and roasted it.

The crowd was demoralized and sighed.

Cheng Zhijie held a long ax and stood guard in front of Li Shimin. At this time, Li Shimin's eyes were closed tightly, and beads of sweat were beaded on his forehead.Even in Li Shimin's coma, Li Shimin's face was ferocious and murderous, and he didn't know what he had experienced in his sleep.

Du Ruhui looked at Hou Mo and Chen Xu and said, "How's the surrounding investigation going?

Hou Mo and Chen Xu said with a frustrated face: "It's very bad!"

Du Ruhui coughed and said, "Who else escaped from Qin Palace?"

Hou Mo and Chen Xu smiled wryly and said: "Maybe it's Zhang Liang himself. The eldest grandson joined the army and was arrested. The room chief Shi and Gao Zhizhong were also captured. The old Duan is still in the prison of Dali Temple!"

Du Ruhui didn't speak, but looked at Li Shimin who was in a coma with worry.

Hou Mo and Chen Xu said: "Mr. Du, Du Canjun seems to have escaped from Chang'an too!"

"That old uncle of mine?" Du Ruhui said with a wry smile, "He can't be counted on anymore. People who are proficient in conspiracy will never put themselves in danger!"

At this time, Li Shimin suddenly murmured: "Water...water..."

Du Ruhui, Cheng Zhijie, Hou Mo, Chen Xu and others hurriedly surrounded them.

Cheng Zhijie quickly snatched a helmet from a guard beside him, and brought the water in the helmet to Li Shimin's mouth. Li Shimin opened his eyes while drinking the water.

Li Shimin, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was very weak.

However, with Li Shimin waking up, everyone seemed to have a backbone.

Li Shimin drank a full liter of water, and then sat up with Cheng Zhijie's support. Li Shimin looked around, almost everyone had injuries ranging from serious to serious, with a look of frustration on their faces.

Du Ruhui said: "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Li Shimin did not answer Du Ruhui's words directly, but asked instead: "How many days has this widow been in a coma?"

Du Ruhui said in a dark tone: "Three days, three days!"

Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "It's been three days...it's not right!"

Cheng Zhijie asked suspiciously: "Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Li Shimin said: "It's been three days, and they still haven't found us?"

Cheng Zhijie shook his head and said: "Of course not. Brothers are short of food and clothing. They are already dizzy from hunger. They don't even have the strength to hold knives. If pursuers come after us, we won't be able to fight or escape!"

Hou Mo Chen Xu thought for a while and said: "I think it's too secretive here, they just haven't found it for a while!"

"No, no!" Li Shimin said firmly: "If the Chang'an twelve guards launched a dragnet search, it would take at most one day and one night to dig three feet of land around Chang'an. Don't you think it's strange? ?”

Li Shimin didn't talk about it, but Du Ruhui didn't think about it. Of course, now he put all his thoughts on Li Shimin and didn't care about other things.Now that Li Shimin brought up the old matter again, he immediately realized that it was too abnormal.

If something goes wrong, there must be evildoers, Du Ruhui felt the seriousness of the problem.

In the entire Chang'an City, there is only one person who has the strength to catch Li Shimin but is indifferent, and that is Chen Ying.As the general of Zuo Wuhou and Wei, Chen Ying was in charge of Chang'an [-] Fang Wuhou. When Li Shimin escaped from Chang'an, or Hou Mo and Chen Xu suddenly, everything went smoothly. The only explanation is that someone secretly released the water.

The person who released the water secretly was Chen Ying without question.

So here comes the question, what is Chen Ying's intention to let Li Shimin go.

Suddenly, a terrible idea appeared in Du Ruhui's head. This crazy idea was like a seed with magic power, which took root in his mind and thrived.

Could it be that Chen Ying wants to be Cao Cao?Like Cao Cao, secretly controlling Li Shimin, once Li Jiancheng cannot meet his interests and demands, Chen Ying will turn to support Li Shimin and become the puppet emperor of the Tang Dynasty?
It has to be said that people who are good at tactics have very big brains.

The reason why Chen Ying released the water secretly was because he didn't want the Tang Dynasty's succession to the throne to be stained with blood. Once this happened, it would create a bad idea for future generations.

This was true in the Tang Dynasty, and it was also true in the Ming Dynasty.Because Zhu Di raised troops and seized the throne by force. Throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty, there are many examples of this. Of course, the later Ming Dynasty vassals were far less vigorous than Zhu Di. Whether it was King Ning or King Xin, they were weaker than Zhu Di. too much.

As the folk proverb says, there is a rut in the front, and there is a car behind.If the rules were formed at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it will be difficult to change later, and they will all be carried forward in this established circle.In the Song Dynasty, because Song Taizu saw the feudal lords of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms fighting for hegemony, and the blood was flowing, so at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, he released his military power with a glass of wine, divided the general power into three, and used civil and military to control the military. fundamental.

As for why Song Taizu was not afraid of the rebellion of civil servants who held power?In fact, it is very simple. It is difficult for a scholar to rebel in ten years, and the husband of a scholar can do it by playing tricks, but they will not be able to do it at all when they encounter the decision to kill.In fact, the use of literati to lead warriors is not because the literati are loyal to the emperor and the country, loyal and reliable, but because the literati are too weak to shake the foundation of the rule.

Turning his head in such a big circle, Du Ruhui's face became very ugly. He looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Highness, you also guessed it?"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "It's clear that no pursuers have arrived here in three days. We've been under Chen Ying's surveillance all along!"

Du Ruhui murmured: "But Chen Ying has sinister intentions!"

"People, don't be annoyed or discouraged by thinking that you are being used!" Li Shimin said with a wry smile: "Once the value of being used is lost, that is the saddest thing!"

Having said that, Li Shimin looked at Cheng Zhijie and said, "Old Cheng, help me out!"

Cheng Zhijie supported Li Shimin and walked out of the cave slowly.

A gust of cold wind blew from the entrance of the cave, and Li Shimin shivered from the cold.

Outside the entrance of the cave, covered with snow, it looks very magnificent under the glow of the sunset.Li Shimin didn't care to appreciate the beautiful scenery in front of him. He carefully observed the movement around him and listened attentively.

However, after looking at it for a long time, he still didn't find anything abnormal.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and yelled at the empty snow outside: "Come out... come out... the widow said five numbers, if you don't come out again, the widow will die here, let's see how you explain to your master! "

Li Shimin played foolishly.

"one……"

"two……"

"three……"

In the cave where Li Shimin was standing, at a distance of about thirty steps, there was a bulging snow bag. Of course, this was just a disguised snow bag, but it was actually a sheepskin tent. The sheepskin could insulate the cold air outside. , At the same time, the heat in the tent can also be wrapped in the tent.

Listening to the voices from outside, Liu Tong finally couldn't sit still. He knew that Li Shimin was bluffing at this time. Of course, he was not afraid of [-], just in case. If Li Shimin committed suicide, he really had no way to tell Chen Should explain.

More than [-] troops of the Beiwei Army secretly passed through Qingchuan County, the land of Bashu, crossed Motianling, and entered Guanzhong via the Yinping Ancient Road.It's just that Li Shimin's mobilization was too hasty. Chen Ying did not use this secret army, but let them be deployed outside Chang'an City, responsible for temporary approach. It is necessary to escort the children of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji to escape from Chang'an.

However, Chen Ying won.Li Jiancheng also won, so they did not pick up Li Jiancheng's children outside Chang'an City, but found Li Shimin's trace.

The guards of the Qin Palace under Li Shimin's command are only regular troops. In terms of hiding their whereabouts and following them, they are far inferior to the soldiers of the Beiwei Army. Even the Tubo people couldn't find it on his neck.Don't forget that the Tubo people not only have clear and dark sentries, but also Ao Quan who is in charge of vigilance. Even Ao Quan can't find the traces of the soldiers of the Beiwei Army, let alone the guards of the Qin Palace who are in constant panic.

Following Liu Tong's order, the originally silent valley suddenly began to boil, and the snow packs on the hillside above the cave were slowly surging one by one, and the soldiers of the back Wei army showed their figures.

Looking at this scene, Cheng Zhijie felt as if he was mourning his concubine, and Hou Mo and Chen Xu felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Du Ru was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that Chen Ying's people were already under their noses, if Chen Ying wanted their lives, they wouldn't even have a chance to struggle.

It wasn't until this time that Du Ruhui realized how terrifying Chen Ying was.

Only Li Shimin was quite normal. In fact, there was a storm in his heart. He originally thought that Chen Ying would send a dozen or so scouts to keep an eye on him, but he didn't expect that there would be as many as a thousand people lying in ambush nearby.

Liu Tong bowed and said, "General Chen's subordinate Liu Tong, the commander of the Wei army, pays homage to the King of Qin!"

Li Shimin said: "Take me to see General Chen!"

Liu Tong nodded and said, "His Royal Highness, please!"

The remnants of Li Shimin followed Liu Tong and others slowly left the valley. When they reached the mouth of the valley, they suddenly found a large group of carriages parked outside. These carriages were all armored, and even the wheels were made of steel.On the flag of the motorcade was impressively written "Datang Tongli Bank!"

This is the money transport convoy of Datang Tongli Bank, but the local government or defenders have no right to inspect it.Li Shimin and others entered the armored compartment of the carriage, while the other soldiers changed into armed escorts and followed the convoy slowly with knives.

Inside the large armored vehicle, Li Shimin leaned against the cold wall of the armored vehicle, sighed deeply, and said, "I don't deserve to lose..."

Cheng Zhijie asked suspiciously: "With so many backers, Chen Ying should have been prepared long ago. Isn't our news leaked too early?"

Although Yu Chigong belonged to Li Jiancheng and Chen Ying had placed him in Qin Palace in advance, but Yu Chigong was not Li Shimin's confidant in this time and space, and Li Shimin didn't let him participate in this matter at all during the early premeditated period.

Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "There are people from us in the East Palace, so it's not surprising that Prince Qin's Mansion has their people!"

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In the East Palace, Li Jiancheng finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said, "However, Your Majesty will not be willing to abdicate. Don't tell me you want me to learn from Erlang to force the palace? What's more, the six prime ministers in the Zhengshitang are all my father's old friends. , they will not cooperate with us to force the palace against Father!"

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "The so-called loyalty is just that we don't have enough bargaining chips for betrayal. We have nothing to do with the six prime ministers, but what about Li Tang's clan?"

"You mean to let the clan kings force the palace against daddy?" Li Jiancheng thought about it and shook his head when he heard this, "No, no, it's impossible, the clan kings, there are only three people who hold the real power, Huaian King Li Shentong , King Zhaojun Li Xiaogong, and King Rencheng Li Daozong, they are all close to Erlang except King Zhaojun..."

"Your Highness, don't worry!" Chen Ying said with a faint smile, "You just need to gather them together, including Dou Dan and Feng Lun!"

Li Jiancheng walked out of Xiande Hall, stood in the middle of the street, looked at the numerous palaces of Taiji Palace, thoughtfully.

Li Jiancheng is not stupid, what Chen Ying said is the truth.

In fact, if he doesn't take the opportunity to let Li Yuan abdicate now, I'm afraid Datang will face more serious internal strife. Not only Li Jiancheng himself will suffer, but Chen Ying, who stood up for Li Jiancheng this time and tried his best to turn the tide, will also be hit.

I'm afraid that when Li Yuan calmed down, dismissing Chen Ying from office and seizing the title would be the lightest punishment, and he might be executed on trumped-up charges.

Under the order of Li Jiancheng, Li Daozong, king of Rencheng, Li Shentong, king of Huai'an, Li Xiaogong, king of Zhaojun, Li Daoxing, king of Guangning, Li Daoli, king of Gaoping, Li Hui, king of Yong, Li Xiaoxie, king of Xinxing, Li Zhe, king of Jinan, Li Yuan, king of Jiaodong, A large number of clan kings, including County King Li Daoyan, Qinghe King Li Xiaojie, and Xiangyi King Li Shenfu, came to the East Palace for a banquet. (The details may be wrong, arranged according to the old Tang books.)
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While Li Jiancheng was busy hosting a banquet, Chen Ying took Li Xiuning to the Ganlu Hall of Tai Chi Palace.

At this time, Li Yuan's body still hadn't recovered, and his spirit was very poor. Pei Ji, who was promoted secretly by Li Jiancheng and promoted to Sikong, still never left, and stayed by Li Yuan's side, acting as the best audience.

Li Yuan seemed to have turned into Xianglin's wife at this time, and said to Pei Ji in a rambling manner: "Erlang's temper, who is he, I, as a father, still don't know?"

Pei Ji laughed and said, "A know son is like a father!"

Li Yuan sighed and said: "Erlang can't control himself at all, he can't listen to arguing. He has always been arrogant since he was a child. Such a person, as a general, may be able to give full play to his talents. As a monarch, he must, It's messing up the world."

Li Yuan lamented and patted the window lattice: "Erlang is...too much like my cousin (that is, Yang Guang)!"

At this moment, Chen Ying, the servant of Zhongchang, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Princess Pingyang and her son-in-law are asking to see you outside the palace!"

When Li Yuan heard that Li Xiuning had arrived, a bright light appeared in his eyes: "San Niang is here, please pass it on!"

Not long after, Li Xiuning and Chen Ying walked up to Li Yuan hand in hand, and bowed to salute.

Li Yuan held Li Xiuning's hand mysteriously and said, "San Niang, why are you here?"

Li Xiuning chuckled and said, "Father, can't my daughter come and see Father?"

Li Yuan lowered his voice and said cautiously: "Yuan Cong's imperial guards were all killed by Erlang's people, and now there are Erlang's people inside and outside here, how could he let you in? Oh, I figured it out, it must be Erlang's." You bastard, he wants to imprison you in this palace too!"

Hearing this, Chen Ying was stunned.

what happened?Why did Li Yuan think it was King Qin?Didn't he know that King Qin had been defeated and escaped from Chang'an City?Could it be that Li Yuan has lost his memory?

When Chen Ying thinks about it, it is really possible that if a person is frightened, he will protect himself and cut off unpleasant memories autonomously, just like Li Yuan, who still stays in the scene of the night of Xuanwu Gate's change.

In Li Yuan's heart, Li Shimin killed his people and held the power of the government.

It's just that Chen Ying really couldn't figure it out, how could Li Yuan lose his memory, you must know that he was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he had experienced countless storms, waves and major setbacks in his life?

Chen Ying looked at Li Yuan suspiciously.

Li Yuan grabbed Li Xiuning's hand and said urgently: "Sanniang, you can't stay here, run away, the farther you can escape, the better, that rebellious son will definitely not let you go, you escape from Chang'an, bring your women's army here Help!"

Seeing Li Yuan's tired, pale face, and his nagging look, Xiu Ning couldn't help feeling distressed.

She was about to tell Li Yuan the truth of the matter, but Chen Ying couldn't help but wink at him.

Li Xiuning had no choice but to keep silent.

Chen Ying grabbed a handful of dice, shook them towards Li Yuan, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, aren't you bored? Let's play mahjong with Prime Minister Pei..."

"Play mahjong!" Li Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, okay!"

Chen Ying gestured, and Chen Qi hurriedly asked the little eunuch to find mahjong.

(End of this chapter)