People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1084 I don’t know whether I’m alive or dead, and I’m making it up arbitrarily

The north wind howled, and the flames on both sides of the mountain road burned crazily upward.

All the dead trees on both sides of the mountain road were ignited, and endless thick smoke rushed straight up to the high platform.

"Li Jingye" choked on the thick smoke, and suppressed all the words he wanted to say.

Glancing at the body beside him, "Li Jingye" waved his hand and said: "Shout, just say that the British Duke has been shot to death, and I am willing to surrender."

"Here!" The other guards beside him immediately shouted loudly: "The British Duke has been shot to death. We are willing to surrender... We are willing to surrender."

Master Xuanxuan stood on one side with a contemptuous sneer in the corners of his eyes.

……

"The British Duke was shot to death. We are willing to surrender... We are willing to surrender..."

Clear shouts came from the mountain. Zhou Qian was shocked and quickly raised his hands: "Your Majesty, did we really shoot the British Duke to death?"

Li Xuan rolled her eyes at him angrily and said: "The people around Li Jingye are all family guards recruited by the Li family from Caozhou. These people have grown up with Li Jingye since they were young. After Li Jingye died, they How could you just say surrender?"

"Keep shooting, keep setting fire." Li Xuan looked up at the middle of the mountainside and said softly: "If you can't shoot him to death, you will burn him to death."

"Here!" Zhou Qian immediately handed over his hand, and the next moment, more long arrows were already flying into the sky.

Looking at the vague figure above, Li Xuan's eyes raised slightly, with a hint of indifference and disdain in his eyes.

Li Jingye's tricks could be concealed from no one.

Then Li Xuan lowered his head and looked serious.

Now that he has taken action like this, how can we use him?

……

The north wind howled, and more thick smoke rushed upward at high speed.

At this time, no one was shouting.

Since ancient times, it has been a road in Huashan Mountain. Under the thick smoke, it has been extremely difficult for them to breathe.

I can only think of ways to start retreating.

Before, they used some tricks to go down the mountain quickly, but now, if they want to go up again, they have to exert several times the effort.

Li Xuan watched with cold eyes. After a long time, when he saw that many people had escaped from the thick smoke and began to feel extremely tired, he finally spoke.

"Pull the road and put out the fire." Li Xuan waved her hand gently.

The next moment, the four soldiers began to move forward steadily, holding iron hooked shovels in their hands.

The tribulus stuck in the rock was pulled out with force by the hook and shovel, and the next moment it was pulled out directly.

Immediately afterwards, a pedal board was inserted.

Soon, more soldiers began to follow steadily.

The water from behind was brought up and poured directly on both sides of the mountain road.

"Li Jingye" and his soldiers on the top of the mountain began to shoot arrows one after another, but at this time, after being exhausted several times, their hands were already unstable, and their bodies lost much strength.

Arrows are inaccurate.

Even the arm shield in the right guard's hand couldn't be penetrated.

After they reached the shooting range of Youwei's crossbow, they fired the crossbow without any hesitation.

Arrows are like rain of locusts.

Life is like grass.

……

Corpses lay on the small platform, bleeding like rivers.

At the moment of death, many people looked in the same direction.

"Li Jingye" was protected by a wall formed by more than a dozen personal guards.

But now, "Li Jingye" was sitting on the ground with a look of disbelief on his face, with two long arrows stuck in his chest.

A trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, his face was ferocious, and his voice was unwilling.

On the other side, outside the human wall, there was a corpse lying on the ground. It was none other than Huashan Guanxuanxuan.

He died peacefully.

He was not killed by a crossbow arrow, but was stabbed from the side with a short knife.

Li Xuan turned sideways and looked at "Li Jingye". He was really cruel in order to prevent others from leaking the secret.

"It's a pity. Originally, this real person, Li Jingye, had many uses, but unfortunately, we didn't give them any chance to speak." Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

Zhou Qian lowered his head deeply. He could feel Li Xuan's unusual fear of Li Jingye.

I don't even want to see him.

Don't want to give him half a chance to speak.

He knew that their prince was deceived by Xiao Tianzi's actions.

It was obviously nothing, but it made him suspicious for a long time.

Now Li Xuan doesn't want to give Li Jingye such an opportunity at all.

Even if you think about it, Li Jingye is still holding on to Master Xuanxuan at this time.

What it means is self-evident without asking. Li Xuan waved his hand slightly, and Zhou Qian immediately stepped forward to confirm it thoroughly. Finally, he raised his hand towards Li Xuan and said, "My lord, you are all dead."

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded and said, "Throw Li Jingye's body down the valley."

"Ah?" Zhou Qian looked up in shock.

Li Xuan took a deep breath and said: "Command, we did not see any British princes today. When we came to Mount Huashan to offer incense and sacrifice, we encountered a group of ignorant wild bandits who wanted to occupy the mountain and become king.

During the confrontation between the two sides, they were all killed. The bandit leader lost his footing and fell into the valley... After searching everywhere, no bones were found, and no one knew whether they were alive or dead. Do you understand? "

"Here!" Zhou Qian didn't react for a moment, but he accepted the offer without any hesitation and waved his hands for his men to do it.

With so many people watching, Li Jingye was shot to death by an arrow, but Li Xuan just said that he didn't know life or death.

Zhou Qian gradually reacted.

Li Xuan did this, still trying his best to eliminate the consequences, eliminate the impact on himself, and eliminate the impact on the entire court.

The emperor's explanation was enough. So many people watched Li Jingye being shot to death and his body was thrown into the valley. The emperor knew that Li Jingye would die, so he would not pursue the case any further.

The rest is handled accordingly.

"Let's go down the mountain. We will report to Chang'an overnight. We will go up the mountain tomorrow to see what else is on the mountain." Li Xuan raised her head and looked toward the top of the mountain, her eyes gloomy.

……

At Xiyue Temple, Zhao Gong was waiting at the side entrance of the temple. When he saw Li Xuan, he asked seriously: "Li Jingye is really dead. Did you really throw his body into the mountain?"

"I don't know." Li Xuan turned over, shook his head, looked at Xiyue Temple, then winked at Zhao Gong, and then walked towards the temple.

Zhao Gong followed closely, and then asked: "I don't know what you mean. You don't know if he is dead, or you don't know if that person is Li Jingye, so why did you throw his body into the ground?" In the mountains?”

Li Xuan was forced to stop, then looked at Zhao Gong and said: "Uncle, there is no such thing as Li Jingye. We are not here for Li Jingye this time. We obviously just came to Huashan to worship, and then we met a group of people." The thieves and bandits who occupy the mountains as kings and then wipe out these bandits are nothing like Li Jingye."

Zhao Gong looked at Li Xuan and said helplessly: "That's not what I'm talking about. Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven always have to report the truth."

"Uncle, are you sure you want to say it here?" Li Xuan glanced behind him.

Zhao Gong looked back and saw that in addition to the right guard, Jinwu guard and Qianniu guard brought back by Li Xuan, there were many secret guards behind him.

There were thousands of people, although not many people could hear the two of them being obedient, but if someone really said a word, both of them would be in big trouble immediately.

Zhao Gong's expression calmed down, and then he followed Li Xuan into the temple.

Entering the Dongkua Courtyard, Li Xuan waved.

The Qianniu Guard, the secret guard, immediately guarded the door firmly.

Li Xuan poured a pot of hot tea and handed it to Zhao Gong with both hands.

Zhao Gong took the tea and sat down on the bed beside him. Then he looked at Li Xuan and asked, "Dalang, what is going on? What are your plans?"

"Uncle, for the sake of the overall situation, we must ensure that Li Jingye is not involved in today's matter, so it is inevitable to pretend to be confused."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan looked at Zhao Gong and said, "Actually, if that person was really Li Jingye, my nephew would have already sent people to find his body and secretly sent it to Beijing."

"Then did you send someone..." Zhao Gong suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Xuan with a face full of astonishment: "Isn't that person Li Jingye?"

"No." Li Xuan shook his head slightly, sighed softly, and said: "He is really similar, and after death, the skin shrinks, turns blue, and looks ferocious. In addition, there are some similarities, so most of them Everyone thinks he is, and my nephew also needs to let some people understand that Li Jingye is really dead, so that they can breathe a sigh of relief."

"The vast majority of people, who are they?" Zhao Gong's face turned cold instantly.

"Who else could it be? Li Jingye is so wanton in Changluo. How can there be no one behind him?" Li Xuan sneered softly.

More than two hundred people, armed with long bows and swords, came and went freely and occupied Huashan Mountain for such a long time, but Huayin County ignored them.

It’s strange that there is no problem in the middle.

However, it is not Li Xuan who needs to deal with this kind of person. He has no such right. He only needs to report to the emperor.

"In addition, there are those remnants of the Demon Cult and the Turks. Let them know that their plans to use Li Jingye have been shattered, and they will naturally settle down." Li Xuan turned to look in the direction of the palace and whispered. Said: "Of course, there is that one."

Zhao Gong fell silent, and then asked: "So where is the real Li Jingye?"

"Of course he's still on the mountain." Li Xuan turned around, looked at Zhao Gong, and said, "Tonight, the road up and down the mountain is still completely blocked. Tomorrow we will start digging up step by step. Bit by bit, we can always find him. Come on... if I don’t want him to show up again, then I’ll just do nothing and wait for him to starve to death on the mountain.”

Li Xuan's voice was very soft, but after he finished speaking, Zhao Gong couldn't help but shudder. He quickly waved his hands and said: "No, no..."

"Then we have to see what the palace means." Li Xuan walked to the table on one side, then began to grind gently, and said: "On the surface, my nephew's trick of deceiving people cannot be hidden from others. Everyone will know it." I thought Li Jingye was dead, but in fact, Li Jingye is still alive. But as long as he is trapped in the mountain, then in fact, Li Jingye will be dead tonight. It is nothing more than that we will help him collect his body in three months. That’s it.”

"Let's do it tomorrow. The sooner we deal with him, the better." Zhao Gong walked up to Li Xuan, held his hand and said, "Don't write this memorial. The news will be sent back anyway, so just wait until everything is resolved." Let's write a memorial about the matter... His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven probably don't want to know any news about him. Only you and I are sure that he is dead, so everything will be done as you say. We have not seen any Li Jingye, everything is caused by bandits. only……"

"It's just that Li Jingye's body must be found, and his identity must be determined." Li Xuan nodded, and he understood what Zhao Gong was thinking.

Li Jingye must die.

Must be 100% sure of death.

There can be no ambiguity in it.

That's why Li Xuan directly threw the body of "Li Jingye" down the mountain today, which made him a little uneasy.

Because of these matters, they have to answer to the emperor and empress.

If you can't explain it, there may even be repetitions later.

Even if it is confirmed that Li Jingye is dead, if there is no clear explanation, as long as there is a trace of news about Li Jingye later, there will be trouble to find them.

"Uncle, don't worry, Li Jingye is dead."

Li Xuan looked at the top of Huashan Mountain and said softly: "Tomorrow, you and I will each take our trusted men up the mountain and kill him..."

(End of this chapter)