Man Tanghong

Chapter 496 Things tend to go off track in the process of development
"Why do people outside Chang'an need to free up their hands?"

Ling Jing didn't understand why he asked, and before Li Yuanji could answer, he quickly reacted, and said in astonishment: "Your Highness means... the success or failure in Chang'an City will be decided by the outside of Chang'an City?"

Li Yuanji has already made his words very clear, if he still doesn't understand the joints, then all these years of his life will be considered in vain.

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "As far as our plan is concerned, it is indeed the case."

The city of Chang'an is now the battlefield of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. They have almost divided up everything on the battlefield. What they are doing now is that you occupy me a little, and I occupy you a little. Will reveal the final ultimate move, a showdown.

Therefore, Li Yuanji had nothing to interfere with everything in Chang'an City. He just had to wait quietly for the critical moment to come, and then follow his own plan to mess with everything.

In comparison, Li Shimin's family is now the only one outside Chang'an City, and he occupies almost all the battlefields outside Chang'an City.

If there are no checks and balances and no prevention, then even if there is an ending in the battlefield in Chang'an City, everything will not end so easily.

As long as Li Shimin fails to ascend to the throne, Li Jiancheng will have to play another match with Li Shimin.

Li Yuanji didn't want to see this kind of scene happen. He hoped that the battlefield in Chang'an City could become the final battlefield, so he had to make some arrangements outside Chang'an City to check and balance Li Shimin and prevent Li Shimin's family from dominating.

This was a plan he had long thought of.

Everything is going according to his plan.

So he didn't want the Li family of Zhaozhou to be a stumbling block for him.

After Ling Jing learned the general inside story, he knew what he should do, so he didn't stay in the Jiudao Palace any longer, got up and returned to Chang'an City to guide the Li family of Zhaozhou to join Li Jiancheng.

In this matter, Ling Jing didn't take too much trouble, after simply saying hello to Su Dingfang and Ma Zhou, and loosening his control over Zhaozhou's Li family.

People from Zhaozhou's Li family immediately appeared in every corner of Datang.

They began to ask for help from every big family with whom they were related by marriage, and also from every powerful person in the court who could help them.

Then they were introduced to Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng is frantically buying and wooing all the people he can use. He has already spent all the money in his palace, so he is in urgent need of money.

The Li family of Zhaozhou came to the door at this time, expressed their demands, and contributed a large sum of money, Li Jiancheng agreed to help them without hesitation.

Then at the Dragon Boat Festival in May, Zhao Chengyong appeared again in Jiudao Palace, holding Li Jiancheng's invitation card, saying that he would invite Li Yuanji to Quchi for a cruise.

After flipping through Li Jiancheng's invitation hastily, Li Yuanji stared at Zhao Chengyong in astonishment and said, "My elder brother wants to invite me to Quchi for a cruise?"

Zhao Chengyong nodded seriously.

Li Yuanji said with a strange expression: "You don't want to kill me, do you?"

Zhao Chengyong's straightforward face was instantly filled with embarrassment, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

The reason why Li Yuanji can say such things is not to blame Li Yuanji, it is purely Li Jiancheng's fault.

Li Jiancheng's assassination of Li Shimin in Quchi was suppressed by Li Yuan, but there were many insiders, not to mention Li Yuanji who was still involved in this incident at the time.

So it was completely reasonable for Li Yuanji to say such a thing.

If Li Yuanji didn't say such things, it would be out of character for him.

"Look, how many soldiers and horses should I bring?"

Seeing Zhao Chengyong's embarrassed expression, Li Yuanji couldn't help asking jokingly.

Zhao Chengyong suddenly became more embarrassed, hesitating and not knowing what to say.

Li Yuanji continued to joke: "You see, if I take [-] soldiers, can I save my life?"

Zhao Chengyong finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said with a wry smile: "If your Highness is worried about danger, you can refuse it, and you don't need to be so sarcastic."

Li Yuanji said seriously: "I didn't make fun of you, I was really worried about my own safety, I really wanted to refuse, but my eldest brother Xu's benefits are too generous, I am a bit reluctant."

Zhao Chengyong didn't know what to say at all, so he just shut up and said nothing.

Li Yuanji said to himself again: "Do you think this is good? I'll invite my second brother to come with me. If my elder brother wants to kill someone, he will definitely kill my second brother, not me.

That way, I have time to run. "

The corner of Zhao Chengyong's mouth twitched a few times quickly, and he didn't want to say a word.

Listen, listen, is this human?
What does it mean to invite my second brother to go together, and then if my elder brother wants to kill someone, kill my second brother first, so that I can escape? !

Is this what a younger brother should say?

Is this what a younger brother should say?

His Royal Highness King Qin is really lucky to have such a good brother like you! !

"Don't be silent, tell me, is it okay or not?"

Seeing that Zhao Chengyong was silent, Li Yuanji urged him angrily.

Zhao Chengyong opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, really didn't know what to say.

Seeing that Li Yuanji was about to urge him again, he could only say in a low voice, "I can't decide this matter, I have to go back and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for instructions."

Li Yuanji hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Then you go, what are you waiting for?!"

Zhao Chengyong bowed without hesitation, and hurriedly left the main hall of Jiudao Palace.

The steps under his feet were extremely fast, as if something that could threaten him was chasing after him.

Li Yuanji waited until Zhao Chengyong's figure completely disappeared, then put away his unworthy younger brother's appearance, and said lazily: "Things seem to be developing differently from what I imagined..."

In his vision, the Li family of Zhaozhou should completely serve Li Jiancheng, attach themselves to Li Jiancheng's sect, and then follow Li Jiancheng and fall under his and Li Shimin's soldiers.

But things changed as things developed. After climbing up to Li Jiancheng, the Li family of Zhaozhou did not serve Li Jiancheng, nor did they attach to Li Jiancheng. Instead, they gave Li Jiancheng a lot of money and asked Li Jiancheng to provide them with protection.

Li Jiancheng asked them for someone, and they also gave.

But at the same time as giving people, it will also be expelled from the Li family.

In this way, if Li Jiancheng falls in the future, they will not be too implicated.

It is even worse for him to use this as an excuse to be rough on Li Shi of Zhaozhou.

If you don't want to be rough, you have to use the old method to deal with the Li family in Zhaozhou.

After a round of tossing, everything seemed to be back to the original point, which made Li Yuanji very sad.

"No matter how you say it, the Li family of Zhaozhou is comparable to your rich family of the Li family of Longxi. How can it be so easy to deal with. Your ideas are certainly good, but if they don't follow your ideas, you can only watch helplessly." Let people slip away from under your nose."

Behind the screen behind Li Yuanji, someone suddenly spoke in a faint tone.

Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at the back of the screen, and said angrily: "My third sister asked you to come back to help me, not to let you watch my jokes."

Ma Sanbao came out from behind the screen with a smile, found a seat and sat down on his own, and said, "If you can help, the minister has already helped, and the rest of the ministers can't do anything."

Li Yuanji glared at Ma Sanbao and said, "Based on the two messages you gave me in secret before, it counts as helping me?"

Ma Sanbao put away the smile on his face, and said in surprise: "Isn't it enough? If it weren't for the minister, you would never know that His Royal Highness borrowed soldiers from Youzhou and hid them in Fuping.

If it wasn't for the minister, you wouldn't know that the two His Royal Highnesses, the left and right Marquis Wu, had already taken refuge in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. "

Li Yuanji laughed in his heart, full of sarcasm.

He didn't know whether the other general of Wuhouwei belonged to Li Jiancheng, but he knew Li Youliang was from Li Jiancheng.

So even if there is no information about Ma Sanbao, as long as Li Youliang takes the position of General Wuhouwei, he can guess that another general Wuhouwei is Li Jiancheng.

It can also be guessed that Li Jiancheng wants to control the defense of Chang'an City.

Therefore, Ma Sanbao's news can only be said to be an early warning to him, but it cannot be said to be crucial.

So Ma Sanbao used this to claim credit and to be lazy, in his opinion it was a joke.

"Don't ask me for credit here, and don't try to use this as an excuse to be lazy, just say, should I go to this Hongmen banquet set up by my elder brother?"

Li Yuanji threw Li Jiancheng's invitation in front of Ma Sanbao, and asked with a snort.

Ma Sanbao said in a daze: "You should ask your counselor what to do?"

Li Yuanji looked at Ma Sanbao with a half-smile.

Ma Sanbao's hair stood on end when he was seen, and hurriedly said: "Go, why don't you go, His Royal Highness has promised you so many benefits, if you don't go, wouldn't it be a great loss.

Besides, didn't you say that you would invite His Royal Highness King Qin to accompany you?

With His Royal Highness Qin Wang here, you don't have to worry about your own safety. "

Li Yuanji glanced at Ma Sanbao, snorted and said, "Next time I ask you anything, you just answer it. Don't put on airs with me, or you won't be as good as you are."

Ma Sanbao hurriedly nodded his head and said, "Definitely, definitely..."

Only then did Li Yuanji put away his hostile expression, sighed and said, "I just don't know if my second brother is willing to go with me, and if my elder brother is willing to let my second brother go with me."

Ma Sanbao subconsciously pinched his beard and said: "His Royal Highness King Qin should agree, after all, at this critical moment, His Highness King Qin will never let you have any private contacts with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should also agree, after all, if you miss this time, if you brothers meet again, I am afraid that each of you will be armed with swords. "

Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully, "Then wait for my elder brother to reply. If my elder brother agrees, I will send someone to invite my second elder brother."

Ma Sanbao stroked his beard and nodded, but did not speak any more.

Li Jiancheng's reply arrived soon, but this time it was not Zhao Chengyong who came to pass the message, but Wei Zheng.

(End of this chapter)