Man Tanghong

Chapter 724 An Easily Forgotten Veteran
Li Shentong grabbed Li Xiaochang's collar, gritted his teeth and asked, "What benefits did the construction give you, and is it worth it?"

When Li Xiaochang heard this, he stopped barking all of a sudden, and instead laughed strangely.

Seeing this, Li Shentong said with righteous indignation: "You are already the king of the county, and you have already obtained an identity and status that no one else can get in a lifetime. What else do you want?"

Li Xiaochang laughed and said: "Isn't there still above the county king?"

Li Shentong shrank his pupils and exclaimed, "This is impossible. Even if Jiancheng is crazy, he would not agree to such a thing. And even if Jiancheng agreed, his cousin would not agree.

Don't you forget, how my cousin treated my uncle and the others, and how he treated us, in order to regain the power of Tang Guogong's mansion. "

Li Xiaochang still smiled, looked back and hissed: "Keep your voice down, don't forget, we are still at the gate of the Tai Chi Hall."

Li Shentong gritted his teeth, glared at Li Xiaochang and said, "I advise you not to be such a fool. Even if Jiancheng promised you some conditions, he can go back on his word after it is done."

Li Xiaochang said indifferently: "We have our own countermeasures, don't worry about it, cousin. You should think about how to send me to Anli Gate first, and meet Jiancheng."

Li Shentong said angrily: "You guys like to court death, so just court death, why drag me into the water?!"

Li Xiaochang looked back again and said: "Because you are the most trusted by Yuan Ji now, only you can send me to Anli Gate without anyone noticing."

Li Shentong opened his mouth, wanting to find a reason to shirk.

Unexpectedly, Li Xiaochang saw his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Cousin, if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the people in the family."

Li Shentong pinched Li Xiaochang's arm, and it hurt Li Xiaochang, but Li Xiaochang didn't yell, but smiled triumphantly.

They are all brothers who grew up together, and they know each other very well.

Li Xiaochang knew very well that the harder Li Shentong treated him, the more helpless he felt.

He has caught Li Shentong's braid, and Li Shentong can't help him.

"I'll take you to Zongzheng Temple, and then I'll find you a Qianniuwei costume to change into, and then send you to Anlimen, as for how you get in and meet Jiancheng, that's up to you.

I will only wait for you to come down under the gate of Anli, and only for two quarters of an hour.

If it takes more than two quarters of an hour, I will leave. Whether you live or die by then has nothing to do with me. "

Li Shentong glared at Li Xiaochang viciously, and while supporting Li Xiaochang to walk to Zongzheng Temple, said in a vicious voice.

Li Xiao saw that Li Shentong finally let go, the smile on his face became brighter, and he forgot the pain in his arms and legs.

"Hahaha... Then thank you cousin."

"..."

Half an hour later, Li Shentong brought Li Xiaochang to Zongzheng Temple. After dismissing the people in the main hall of Zongzheng Temple, Li Shentong quickly found Li Xiaochang's armor of Qianniuwei, let Li Xiaochang wear it, and brought Li Xiaochang there Anlimen.

The Qianniu Imperial City Guard on the Anli Gate was reorganized by soldiers and horses from the previous four mansions, and part of it was Li Shentong's old department, so when Li Shentong showed his face, he said, "King Yong has something to bring to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Those who were under Anli's gate were allowed to go.

Li Xiaochang played the role of talking, and easily entered Anlimen.

As soon as Li Xiaochang left, Li Shentong quickly summoned the eunuch who was cleaning the weeds not far from Anli Gate, and whispered a few words in the eunuch's ear, and the eunuch hurried to the direction of Tai Chi Hall.

More than half an hour later, Li Yuanji received the news from the eunuch, and at the same time, Liu Jun's people also sent back the news.

"Your Highness..."

When Liu Jun finished receiving the news and walked into the hall, the eunuch who was helping Li Shentong with the message had just finished reporting the news.

Li Yuanji waved his hands and said, "Go down first."

The eunuch bowed and stepped back out of the Tai Chi Hall.

Liu Jun watched the eunuch disappear at the gate of the Taiji Hall before bowing down to report: "Your Highness, the people under my command are too far away from King Huai'an and King Yi'an, so I couldn't hear what they said clearly.

But after King Huai'an brought King Yi'an to Zongzheng Temple, he helped King Yi'an find a Qianniuwei armor, and asked Yi'an King to pretend to be Qianniuwei and went to Anli Gate.

The minister guessed that King Yi'an must have a plan for this move, and it is very likely that it has something to do with the two people on the Anli Gate. "

Li Yuanji nodded his head and said: "Okay, I understand, just let people watch the movement on the Anli Gate, don't say anything, let alone make any moves."

Liu Jun hesitated for a moment and said, "Shouldn't we investigate further? The King of Huai'an is obviously involved in it..."

If it's just Li Xiaochang who wants to do things alone, then there's nothing to worry about.

After all, Li Xiaochang's base camp is in Lizhou, and he doesn't have much power in Beijing, and he doesn't have many manpower to use, so there won't be too much disturbance if he can make a fuss.

Li Shentong is different, Li Shentong is now very red and purple, not only controlling all the royal family members, but also controlling the soldiers and horses of the twelve guards.

It would be bad if he mixed with Li Xiaochang.

Li Yuanji glanced at Liu Jun, and said calmly, "You can do whatever I ask you to do, and don't ask too much about the rest, and don't worry too much about it."

When Liu Jun heard this, he quickly lowered his head and said, "It's the minister who made a slip of the tongue, please punish him, Your Highness."

Li Yuanji continued to say indifferently: "Punishment will be avoided. I heard that Yuan Guogong has been unemployed in the mansion for almost a year. I will write a letter and you can bring it to him for me."

The title of Yuan Guogong is very strange to many people in later generations, and to many people in Datang, it doesn't have much sense of existence.

But when it comes to Duke Yuan's name, many people know it.

Yuan Guogong is the famous Shi Wanbao.

His elder brother Shi Wansui served several dynasties, he was a generation of famous generals, and he made many brilliant achievements. After he was murdered and died in vain, the family declined, and he himself became a hero in Chang'an.

Later, when Li Xiuning ruled the roost in Guanzhong, he assisted Li Xiuning and Li Shentong to welcome the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty from Taiyuan.

Later, he attacked Luoyang with Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, killed Li Mi, fought Wang Shichong, defeated Xu Yuanlang, and was named the Duke of Yuan for his meritorious service.

Then he has been idle in the house.

Historically, when Li Shimin conquered Liu Heitao, he also went out with Li Daoxuan, but because Li Daoxuan was young, greedy for merit, he was ambushed by the enemy, and he was given a pot by the enemy, causing him to follow suit After losing the battle, he had to flee back to Chang'an.

It was that defeat that completely ruined his military career.

After all, a county king disappeared under his care, and he also buried an army of [-]. With Li Yuan's temperament of protecting the calf, it would be pretty good if he didn't settle accounts with him, let alone let him lead the army.

Besides, he was also older, older than Qu Tutong, when Li Jing and other young generals showed their prowess, he had no chance to go to war.

Unless it is due to helplessness or no one is available, no one is willing to send a veteran who is in his 70s and almost [-] years old to fight on the battlefield.

Not to mention whether he can move a knife with a swing, even if the boat and car are exhausted along the way, it is enough for him to drink a pot.

"Here!"

Liu Jun bowed and agreed.

Li Yuanji started to write the letter, and after finishing the letter, he asked Liu Jun to send it out quickly.

When Liu Jun received the news and came to the hall to report the situation, the person sent by Li Shentong had already explained everything clearly.

Li Xiaochang thought he was able to control Li Shentong's family, so he took control of Li Shentong.

But he didn't know that after Li Shentong learned of his overall plan, he made a decisive choice.

In Li Shentong's view, whether it is a wife or children, they are far less important than the country and society of the Tang Dynasty.

If the wife is gone, you can remarry, and if the children are gone, you can be reborn, but the turmoil in the Tang Dynasty is very likely to be devastating.

So when making a choice between his wife and children and Datang's Jiangshan Sheji, Li Shentong chose Datang's Jiangshan Sheji without hesitation.

Li Shentong reported Li Xiaochang's overall plan verbatim.

After Li Yuanji learned of Li Xiaochang's overall plan, he immediately began to think about countermeasures. After thinking about it, he finally decided to lure out Li Xiaochang and everyone behind him, and then wiped them all out.

In order to avoid being noticed by Li Xiaochang, or those behind Li Xiaochang.

Li Yuanji did not hesitate to use Shi Wanbao, a veteran who was about to disappear from everyone's eyes.

This veteran has ties to Li Xiuning, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, but he is not one of them.

The veteran is low-key enough and inconspicuous enough.

If he did something behind his back, no one would stare, or even care.

So it is absolutely right to leave it to him to deal with Li Xiaochang and those people behind Li Xiaochang.

If Yu Wenbao, Su Dingfang, Xie Shufang and others were allowed to do it, they might be noticed by Li Xiaochang as soon as they moved their buttocks.

At that time, Li Xiaochang would be very cautious, and if he canceled the plan, it would be another trouble.

When Li Yuan was still alive and still the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanji could not directly attack Li Yuan's cousin without evidence.

In the imperial court, especially the center of power, no matter what they do, they pay attention to their teachers and their reputation.

Especially when dealing with dignitaries, this is even more important.

There is a definite number for killing people when they disagree with each other, and copying knives when someone is upset.

It's not that you are in power in the Tang Dynasty, you can kill whoever you want, if this is the case, the dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty will have turned against each other, and the country of the Tang Dynasty will have been messed up long ago.

Killing whoever you want is only for those officials who have no status and no background.

As long as officials with status and background, especially the fifth grade or above, or above the earl, can only be demoted, they cannot be killed as long as they do not commit serious crimes of treason.

If you have to kill, you can only toss to death in the process of demoting, instead of killing directly.

(End of this chapter)