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

Chapter 1347 The emperor is seriously ill and his ambitions are rising

The mist is thick and the morning air is cold.

A stone house is isolated on the top of the mountain, quietly monitoring the entire Mangshan Mountain Road in the southeast.

Within the stone house, heavy snoring could be heard.

Two black figures flashed past, and blood suddenly appeared everywhere.

Six guards lying in a row had their throats slit in an instant.

Only the last guard opened his eyes at the moment of death and saw clearly the cold black armor in front of him.

The cold blade cut across the throat firmly, blood flowed from the sword, and at the same time it took away the last trace of life.

The black-armored soldier stood up and then walked out of the stone house, a red pennant was raised high.

The next moment, the pennant waved.

On the mountain road at the bottom of the mountain, countless black-armored cavalry holding long spears appeared in an instant.

After the 300 forwards, there is the 400 Chinese Army led by Li Xuan himself, followed by 400 backup troops.

A whole thousand cavalrymen came to strangle the countless black market foundries in the mountains.

……

Li Xuan was dressed in black clothes and armor, with a cold expression, almost indistinguishable from the cavalry around him.
There is only a little red tassel dotted on the armor, indicating his different status.

"Who would have thought that there is a foundry deep in Mang Mountain." A voice sounded in Li Xuan's ears.

Li Xuan turned around, and it was Song Jing who was also wearing black clothes and armor.

Song Jing, the Prime Minister of Henan County, was dragged deep into Mang Mountain by Li Xuan to clear out this secret foundry.

"One hundred pairs of armor a year, five hundred pairs in five years, and a thousand pairs in ten years." Li Xuan looked slightly to the west, and then said calmly: "Whether it is Bingzhou or Shaanxi, they are all big families. Where the tribe lives, it is normal to buy some armor for self-defense, and they have enough means to legalize these armors, but this foundry..."

"They will have a way to die." Song Jing nodded. Even if it was not involved in the conspiracy of the Xiao family, such a secret foundry, if discovered by the court, would immediately end up being wiped out by the army, just like now so.

"The armor that flows into the local area is nothing, but the armor that flows into Chang'an and Luoyang, even if it is just a pair of unknown origins, is enough to keep the people in Chang'an Wannian, Luoyang, Henan, and the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment busy." Li Xuan raised his head. Looking deep into the steep mountain wall, a narrow road leads directly to the center of the mountain.

As long as you make some arrangements on the top of the mountain, no matter how many people pass by below, there will only be a dead end.

"These people really know how to choose a place. In the deep mountains, there are many twists and turns. Those who can come here are all veterans." Song Jing was a little emotional. If it weren't for Xiao Dezhao of the Xiao family who had been the minister of the Ministry of War for many years, he would have quite a few subordinates. Soldiers who have retired from the army may not be able to find this place.

If the Xiao family can't find this place, it means that Li Xuan and the others can't find this place either.

"Thousands of miles away from Mang Mountain, solitary graves are desolate. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and in the late Sui Dynasty, countless fights took place at the foot of Mang Mountain, and countless soldiers and civilians fled deep into the mountains to find a place to stay. The earliest time I wanted to come here was from that time It was passed down from the hands of the survivors.”

Li Xuan frowned slightly and said softly: "I just don't know who the master behind this place is?"

"Local aristocratic families and high-ranking officials in the court are indispensable, otherwise these places will not be able to protect them no matter what." Song Jing's eyes flashed with a sharp look.

There is no telling how much black market transactions such a foundry can support inside and outside.

Black market transactions are inevitably covered by high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

Otherwise, do you really think that Chang'an Wannian, Henan Luoyang, and Jinwu Guard Qianniu Guard are all doing nothing?

Only the master behind it is strong enough to dissuade the government's attention.

Similarly, only if the owner behind it is strong enough, can such a big deal survive the prying eyes and covetousness of others.

"Yes, in a place like this, if Your Majesty knew the truth inside, I don't know how many people would be killed because of this." Li Xuan nodded calmly.

"Who would have thought that the Xiao family would collude with the King of Yue and try to rebel in the imperial capital." Song Jing still had a trace of disbelief on his face.

Far away in the south of the Yangtze River, in Chang'an and Luoyang, the King of Yue, who didn't even have much foundation, actually wanted to plot rebellion in Luoyang. This sounds ridiculous.

"The key is still Xiao Shilang." Li Xuan looked indifferent and analyzed straightly: "Although Xiao Shilang knew nothing about the current matter before, at the critical moment, all the facts were laid out in front of him. He actually had no other choice.

As long as the palace is occupied, the rest is a matter of deploying troops. "

Song Jing nodded slightly, Minister of War, this position is far more important than ordinary people can imagine.

In particular, Ouyang Tong was just appointed Minister of the Ministry of War, and was not familiar with Xiao Dezhao, who had been Minister of the Ministry of War for many years.

With his understanding of the world, he knows best where to deploy troops to stabilize the situation to the greatest extent.

"Moreover, the Xiao family is just one of them. There are also the Yan family and the Yang family. The Yan family is the mother family of the King of Yue. The reason why the Yan family was able to marry the Yang family was because Concubine Yan De's grandfather was the former general manager of Youzhou in the Sui Dynasty. Rong was once a subordinate of the former Sui Dynasty King Hejian and General Yang Hong, and the two families were very close." Li Xuan sighed lightly, but her eyes were cold.

The Yang family is equal to the mother clan of the King of Yue. Right now, this case is far from over.

"The King of Yue conspired to rebel. Xiao Decong, the chief official of the King of Yue, naturally implicated the entire Xiao family, but the King of Yue himself contacted the Yan family and the Yang family, who were related to the Yan family."

Li Xuan turned to look to the southeast and said softly: "From Jiangnan to Luoyang, there are countless checkpoints along the way. When the king of Yue enters the capital, he must lead troops. This is the way."

Song Jing nodded slightly. Today's Tang Dynasty is not an apocalypse full of disasters, but a real prosperous age.

There were countless capable ministers and officials along the way. If any one of them saw something fishy and alerted the central government, countless heads would immediately fall to the ground.

Therefore, before that, there were countless people who needed to be bribed along the way, which even extended to Luoyang.

"These people must be tracked down this time to prevent anyone from plotting rebellion again." Li Xuan clenched her fists tightly.

When someone comes down, someone comes up.

The people under Li Xuan also had a chance.

Song Jing could see the bloody storm in the future. He turned to look at Li Xuan and asked: "Your Majesty, many subordinates can see what happened here. The only thing they can't understand is why, why The King of Yue wants to rebel, and he wants to rebel at this time. In May, King Cao is not dead yet? "

Li Xuan glanced at Song Jing in surprise. She was indeed a good prime minister who would go down in history in the future, and her eyesight was indeed sharp.

Li Xuan nodded and said: "If we want to talk about the origin of the matter, then everything has to start with the deposed Prince Xian. Back then, the deposed Prince Xian conspired to rebel, and there were countless things involved. Among them, there were two people in the clan, King Jiang Li Wei and King Cao Li Ming. One was deposed as a commoner, and the other was demoted to Lingling County Prince. Although the matter is over, it does not mean that it is really over. "

"So, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is actually in the rebel gang that deposed Prince Xian?" Song Jing already understood what Li Xuan meant.

"Back then, the fact that he was not held accountable by His Majesty means that he had no reason to be caught." Li Xuan sighed softly and said, "His Majesty also deliberately did not pursue the case back then. Of course Brother Guangping was also there, and many people were caught by Your Majesty. Let it go completely. Although I will no longer be an official in a short period of time, I will be safe and my family will be safe after all."

Song Jing nodded seriously. The emperor's magnanimity made the whole world amazed and grateful.

"But people who have ghosts in their hearts still have ghosts in their hearts." Li Xuan looked at the cliffs on both sides and said softly: "Your Majesty has a wind disease, which is known to the whole world, but no one knows the specific situation, not even me. Likewise, if someone makes random guesses in private, or if someone leaks the news from the palace, people's hearts will start to stir. "

Song Jing fell silent immediately. In the final analysis, everything stemmed from the emperor's physical problems.

If the emperor is in good health, then naturally no one will make any random suspicions. But if the emperor is uneasy, interested people will naturally do everything possible to find out about the emperor's physical condition. In this way, when the news, whether true or false, is spread, it will be quickly The action started.

The secret valley in the distance was about to appear. Li Xuan looked at Song Jing and finally said: "There is a sentence that only exists between you and me."

Song Jing glanced at the surrounding right-guard cavalry who seemed to have heard nothing, nodded and said, "Your Majesty, please speak."

"King Cao may have been exploited by the King of Yue, but it's impossible for the King of Yue to be exploited by others." Li Xuan revealed the last layer of conjecture.

"Someone else, who?"

"Who knows, maybe it's other aristocratic families, maybe other clan princes, such as King Xu, the son of Concubine Xiao Shu." Li Xuan said softly: "The Xiao family is instigating the King of Yue's actions behind the scenes. If the King of Yue succeeds, then they may He will become a loyal minister of the King of Yue, and at the same time, he can link up with King Xu against the King of Yue."

The corners of Song Jing's eyes jumped uncontrollably. He did not expect that behind the countless conspiracies, there was a conspiracy.

Li Xuan smiled lightly and said: "If the King of Yue fails, then the King of Yue will naturally take the blame for everything. But for the Xiao family, the best chance is for the King of Yue to remove all obstacles, and then the loyal officials in the court will clear them out." The King of Yue will finally welcome King Xu."

Song Jing held up his hands with a wry smile and said: "Your Majesty, please stop teasing Guang Ping. No matter what happens, evidence will be the main factor in the end, and personal guesses will not matter. If this is the case, then can I guess, in the future?" Is there someone behind Yue Wang Changshi Xiao Decong who is instigating or using him to do something? This person may be the biggest conspirator in the whole thing. "

Li Xuan looked at him in great surprise, then nodded and said: "You can definitely guess this way, because such a possibility does exist, but if such a possibility exists, then this person will use the King of Yue, King Cao, and King Yongjia, Even the final goal of hooking up with King Lian Qi and King Yue? "

"Proclaim yourself king, or eliminate the sect..." Before Song Jing could finish her words, she was directly interrupted by Li Xuan: "We are here."

Song Jing looked up and saw the entrance to the valley a hundred meters ahead.

Li Xuan looked up instantly and coldly ordered: "Charge!"

With a "boom", countless right-guard cavalry rushed forward like a black tide.

However, just as they rushed to the entrance of the valley, the next moment they heard a "boom" and a trench appeared on both sides of the narrow path of the valley.

Dozens of right-guard cavalrymen fell in instantly, and the extremely miserable sound of horses roared from the trench.

But at this time, more cavalrymen had already crossed the trench directly, crossing directly over the heads of the injured cavalrymen.

Suddenly, dozens of arrows were shot from the front, and then accurately nailed the chest of the black-armored cavalry, but did not penetrate the armor.

Before they could fire their bows again, the black cavalry had already passed by them.

Blood flowers exploded and black tide invaded.

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Li Xuan rode on the horse, calmly watching the killing in front of him, and then said calmly: "Today, we may be able to see who has the ability to manipulate the conspiracy behind the Yang family and the Xiao family, and behind the king of Yue and the king of Xu. Who are they?"

(End of this chapter)