Man Tanghong

Li Xiaochang roared hysterically when all the soldiers were slaughtered by the black cavalry.

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone knew what happened.

Obviously, this assassination was planned by him.

Li Shentong was riding a horse towards the arena, when he heard Li Xiaochang's roar, he didn't bat an eyelid, and coldly ordered: "Take them down!"

A group of trilogy led by Li Shentong swarmed up in an instant, surrounded Li Xiaochang and Li Xiaochang's family members, and tied them up.

"escape!"

Someone yelled, and six or seven figures emerged from the crowd in an instant, fleeing in four directions.

A group of civil and military ministers who were about to rush to the carriage to protect Wang Jia were stunned when they saw the figure fleeing in embarrassment.

If they read correctly, then three of them are county kings, and three of them are above the fifth rank.

"Take them all! No one is allowed to let go!"

Yu Wenbao waved the horizontal knife in his hand and shouted loudly.

In an instant, all civil and military ministers with some martial arts skills and manpower all rushed towards the seven or eight fleeing figures.

For the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Tang Dynasty, it is not necessary to think about arresting a few murderers who conspired against him.

Because almost all of them know martial arts, and their martial arts are not weak.

"Pfft!"

When everyone was busy catching the murderer, the leader of the black armored cavalry led a group of cavalry, carrying a few armored soldiers who had been stripped of their armor, and threw them in front of Li Yuanji.

The leading black-armored cavalryman lifted off his visor, revealing a vicissitudes of face, with many wrinkles and age spots on that face, beard, and bun on the sideburns, all snow-white.

"Chen Shi Wanbao has lived up to the king's orders and has captured all the villains. Please make a decision, Your Highness."

The leader of the black armored cavalry, that is, Shi Wanbao, said in a voice that had experienced many vicissitudes after slightly bowing his hands and saluting.

"My minister, Zhao Chengyong, has lived up to the king's orders and has arrested all the villains. Please make a decision, Your Highness."

Behind Shi Wanbao, another cavalryman in black armor also lifted his visor, imitating Shi Wanbao, clasping his hands and talking.

Li Yuanji nodded, with a smile on his face and said, "Duke Yuan has worked hard..."

Shi Wanbao laughed, and said boldly: "It's rare that Your Highness still remembers the old minister, and is willing to use the old minister. The old minister doesn't work hard at all."

For someone like Shi Wanbao who was born as a general and became a ranger in the middle, heroic sacrifices bloom in the air like fireworks, leaving behind the most beautiful symbols, and then wither quickly, this is what they want.

Letting them do nothing and stay in the house to die alone is the saddest thing for them.

Therefore, Shi Wanbao was not afraid that the imperial court would use him, a veteran in his 70s and almost [-]s, but he was afraid that the imperial court would consider his advanced age and refuse to use him, leaving him to die alone in the house.

Li Yuanji smiled and nodded, then looked at Zhao Chengyong and said, "Healed?"

Zhao Chengyong smiled unnaturally: "It's been almost half a year, and all of them have been raised."

This time Shi Wanbao followed Zhao Chengyong's subordinates, that is, the Yan Yunqi built by Li Yi.

Li Xiaochang didn't know how many people with malicious intentions he had contacted, where they were hiding, and what positions they held, so it was not easy to openly investigate.

Therefore, in order to avoid leaking the news, the twelve guards cannot be used, nor can other soldiers be mobilized.

It was just right to let Zhao Chengyong, a soldier who was about to be forgotten by others, go out.

Li Yuanji nodded again and said: "Hand over the people you captured to Dali Temple for interrogation. You take a group of soldiers back to rest first. After everything is cleared up, I will reward you for your merits."

When Shi Wanbao heard this, he laughed loudly and said: "Your Highness can handle the matter of rewarding meritorious deeds. I just hope that His Highness will use veterans more in the future, lest they get rusty when they stay in the house."

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Definitely!"

Shi Wanbao didn't talk nonsense anymore, he greeted Zhao Chengyong, took the black armored cavalry and left.

Really come like the wind, go like the wind.

Not procrastinating, not procrastinating.

"Li Shentong, why did you betray us? Don't you care about the life and death of your wife and children?"

At this time Li Shentong grabbed Li Xiaochang and arrived in front of the carriage, Li Xiaochang was still yelling at Li Shentong because the incident had been revealed.

It's a pity that Li Shentong ignored him from the beginning to the end, and didn't say a word.

After Li Shentong threw Li Xiaochang under the shaft of the carriage, Li Yuanji stared at Li Xiaochang condescendingly and asked, "Uncle Yi'an, I ask myself that I didn't offend you, why did you do this?"

Hearing this, Li Xiaochang stopped pestering Li Shentong, he slowly raised his neck, and said with a ferocious face: "You didn't offend me, but you are doing the wrong thing, destroying my Li family's country?"

Li Yuanji straightened his chest slowly, and said in a loud voice: "Since I took power, my Tang Dynasty has first defeated the Turkic invasion, then recovered six and a half states, and re-registered hundreds of thousands of hermits and escaped households." , Expanding the population of my Datang.

My Tang Dynasty is developing towards a more prosperous and prosperous situation, so why did it become a perverse act and destroy my Li family?
If making my Tang Dynasty prosperous and prosperous is considered perverse action, then what is right action? "

Li Xiaochang smiled ferociously and said: "You disregarded the principles of ethics, usurped the authority that belongs to your elder brother, and destroyed the family rules that my Li family has always followed, the eldest son inheriting the family business, isn't it perverse?"

Li Yuanji said with a chuckle: "So you let me watch my elder brother and second elder brother kill each other, and in the end, both of them will be hurt, and the Tang Dynasty will fall apart, so it is considered a righteous act?"

Li Xiaochang stood up slightly, and said confidently: "Your elder brother and your second brother are at odds, you should support your elder brother and get rid of your second brother, so that is the right thing to do."

Li Yuanji said with a smile: "My eldest brother can't even tolerate my second brother, how can he tolerate me? How can such a brother be a role model for our generation?"

Li Xiaochang said without hesitation: "So you usurped the power and the throne, and broke the family rules that my Li family has always followed? You still say that you are not acting against the law?"

Li Yuanji felt even more ridiculous, "Uncle Wang, whose power did I usurp? All the power in my hand was given to me by my father, not by me.

Who did I take?My father is still the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and my elder brother is still the prince of the Tang Dynasty. "

Li Xiaochang was stunned for a moment, and said with a sneer: "This is where you are sinister! You want both life and profit, you just want your elder brother to stand in front of you and be your puppet!"

Li Yuanji shook his head and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang, you underestimate me. If I think so, then I have no ambitions like you."

Li Xiaochang was taken aback for another moment, then roared angrily: "What do you mean by that?"

Li Yuanji smiled bluntly and said: "It means that you are all dead!"

After saying this, Li Yuanji ordered without hesitation, "Come here, take all the people back and hand them over to Zongzheng Temple and Dali Temple for interrogation.

After the interrogation is clear, all the people involved will be arrested and brought to justice, and then convicted according to the law. "

"Li Yuanji!"

Li Xiaochang still wanted to speak.

However, Li Yuanji was too lazy to listen to Li Xiaochang's speech, and directly waved his hands to let Li Shentong and Yu Wenbao take everyone down.

Yang Miaoyan, who had been hiding in the carriage, poked his head at this moment, but was driven back by Li Yuanji, and then Li Yuanji told everyone to disperse, and continued to do what he should do.

It's as if nothing happened just now.

But smart people know that Datang's officialdom is about to usher in a big earthquake.

The assassination has ended, but the series of turmoil caused by the assassination has just begun.

There are four county kings and three high-ranking officials involved in the incident this time. It is obvious that they jumped out, and there are probably more people who didn't jump out.

After this thorough investigation, not only the royal family and nobles, but also the civil and military officials will also undergo a major cleansing.

After Li Yuanji handed over this matter to Zongzheng Temple and Dali Temple, he never asked about it.

After returning to the palace, Li Yuanji immediately ordered the general to be the supervisor, and asked the general to recruit manpower to build a corridor running through the east and west of the Taiji Palace behind Zhu Mingmen, completely dividing the Taiji Palace into two halves.

From now on, the area to the north of Taiji Palace will be the palace city of Taiji Palace, where Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin, as well as all the Yingying and Yanyan in the palace, live.

The place south of Taiji Palace is the imperial city of Taiji Palace, which will be the place for office in the future.

The inner palace and the outer palace are completely separated, without interfering with each other.

In the future, foreign officials will not be allowed to enter the inner palace, and it will not be so easy for people in the inner palace to figure it out.

This is equivalent to building a big cage to enclose Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin.

Li Yuanji wanted to do this a long time ago, but he never found a suitable opportunity.

After all, Li Yuan is only in his 50s, Li Jiancheng is only in his thirties, and Li Shimin is not yet in his thirties. They are all at their most energetic. Let them stay in Liangyi Hall or Anlimen, and they will be suffocated. Crazy.

Therefore, dividing them into more living areas can also make them live more comfortably.

But at the same time, they also have to endure the life of captivity.

Now Li Xiaochang, together with a group of county kings and ministers, just gave Li Yuanji an excuse to assassinate.

Li Yuanji could just use this excuse to achieve what he wanted to do a long time ago.

After the prisoner started work, Li Shentong, Yu Wenbao, and the newly appointed Shangshu Shi Wanbao of the Ministry of Punishment had already inspected Li Xiaochang and others.

A total of more than 100 people involved in the incident were interrogated, including more than a dozen high-ranking officials.

In the face of these people, Li Yuanji did not hesitate to kill all the evil leaders, and dispatched the remaining people and their families to Jiaozhou, Liangzhou, Daizhou and other places.

When everything was done, it was already May.