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

Chapter 1360 Wu Chengsi leaves Beijing, Wu Sansi arrives in Beijing, and the brothers meet
The clouds are thick and the north wind is blowing.

Outside Chunming Gate, a dozen carriages swayed towards the dock.

On the Wei River, an official ship was parked on it.

The carriage stopped, and Wu Chengsi, dressed in purple robes, got down expressionlessly.

Looking back, there were not many pedestrians walking around. Wu Chengsi then cast his gaze on the city gate, his eyes narrowed, as if someone was staring at him there.

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"Uncle, how many people do you think he has offended?" Li Xuan, wearing a black and gold silk robe, stood behind the parapet of the Chunming Gate city wall and looked sideways at Wu Chengsi on the pier.

Zhao Gong stood in front of Li Xuan, sighed softly, and said: "Over the years, even though he has restrained himself on the surface, secretly he is still very domineering and terrifying. Chang'an is okay, but after leaving Chang'an, I don’t know how many people were killed by him.”

"Will the secret guard protect him this time?" Li Xuan asked curiously.

Zhao Gong immediately became vigilant, glared at Li Xuan, and said, "Dalang, don't do this nonsense."

Li Xuan smiled calmly, waved her hands and said, "No, uncle, although my nephew has a normal relationship with Zhou Guogong, he is not going to kill him, and this kind of thing is not something that my nephew can interfere with."

Zhao Gong understood Li Xuan's subtext, sighed softly, and said: "You should know that in addition to Qianniu Guards, Secret Guards and Inner Guards, His Majesty also has a group of people. The same goes for the Queen of Heaven. This group of people I will secretly keep an eye on Wu Chengsi and save his life at the critical moment. At the same time, I will also see how many people in this world dare to kill him. "

Li Xuan nodded lightly. The emperor and Empress Wu would not let anyone kill Wu Chengsi easily. The key lies in the word "easily".

Zhao Gong said, save his life at critical moments, but what about non-critical moments.

Killing is always a matter of seconds.

Charging and killing bravely is just a common man's behavior. Real masters always attack and assassinate secretly.

Many times, a dwarf assassin pretending to be a child is the best way to kill someone.

"I heard that this time, Duke Zhou's power outside was completely wiped out, and many of his men in the mansion were captured by the Qianniu Guards. Without his own people, it would be difficult to rely solely on the power of the government." Li Xuan looked at the pier again.

"Although Chengsi has lost a lot of people these days, secretly, he still has a group of people who are responsible for caravan transportation and are not in the mines. Although the protection is not that comprehensive, he is an imperial envoy. If the local states and counties let the imperial envoy die in their Within our jurisdiction, they can’t even think about it.”

Zhao Gong also looked at the pier and said softly: "I just hope he will be quiet along the way and not act like a monster."

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded lightly. At this moment, Yuan Wanqing, Su Liangsi, Li Zhaode and others came to see Wu Chengsi off on behalf of the masters of each family.

Although Wu Chengsi was dissatisfied, he could only suppress it and smiled and thanked him.

Not to mention, the people behind Li Xian, Li Dan, and Li Xuan are not easy to mess with, but people like Yuan Wanqing, Su Liangsi, and Li Zhaode are all inextricably connected with the secret guards. Although Wu Chengsi would not be assassinated if he offended them, he would inevitably feel a little uncomfortable along the way.

The journey the emperor set for him was to start from Henan, then to Hebei, and finally to Anton.

After arriving in Anton, there will be a secret decree immediately appointing him to patrol Anton for one year.

Along the way, he seemed to be an imperial envoy, but in fact he was telling those he had offended that he had lost power.

Wu Chengsi, the nephew of the Queen of Heaven, did not serve as the Minister of Rites, so he went out to Anton to work as an inspection envoy, and he stayed there for a year.

This was clearly telling them that Wu Chengsi had lost power.

Wu Chengsi had asked Empress Wu about the risks involved, but Empress Wu asked rhetorically, what on earth have you done to offend so many people.

Wu Chengsi could never say what he said next, because once he said it, Empress Wu would directly remove him from his position as Minister of Rites and demote him to a commoner.

In recent years, although Empress Wu didn't care about what he was doing outside, she was extremely strict with him in Chang'an.

It is precisely because of this that Wu Chengsi was quite well-behaved in Chang'an, but outside, he did not know how many people he harmed.

So he had to go on this trip eastward.

It's not that he didn't have opportunities. After all, he was the censor in charge of disaster relief and inspection, and the emperor didn't dismiss him from his position as the Minister of Rites. If he really found any trouble along the way, he would just take the opportunity to get rid of it.

"Wish him a happy journey." Li Xuan's expression calmed down, as if he really didn't care about Wu Chengsi's life or death.

Zhao Gong glanced at him in surprise, and then asked: "Dalang, where do you think he is most likely to be in danger?"

"It must be Anton." Li Xuan put his hands back and said softly: "The front of the army is no better than the place. If he really wants to provoke a mutiny among the soldiers, no one can save him."

Zhao Gong's eyes suddenly jumped. There were many Liu Rengui's old troops in the Anton Protectorate.

If Li Xuan really wanted to do something, Wu Chengsi would be dead.

The person who casually framed Wu Chengsi was harsh, and even his death was his own responsibility.

"And that's not all. Opposite Anton, there is Silla who is ready to make a move. There are never a few radicals in Silla." Li Xuan lowered his head softly.

Zhao Gong clenched his fists immediately, and after a long time, he said: "It seems that we need to give the Silla envoy a warning."

"Forget it." Li Xuan waved her hand and said, "It's okay if I don't tell them. Once I did, the Silla people had other thoughts. Your Majesty doesn't want another war in Anton in the past two years."

Zhao Gong fell silent, then raised his head and looked towards the Wei River in the distance. At this time, an official ship was slowly approaching the dock.

"Someone left, someone came." Zhao Gong's eyes were fixed on the Wei River. "Oh?" Li Xuan was a little surprised, raised his head, and his eyes also fell on the newly arrived official ship.

They saw the newly arrived official ship parked beside Wu Chengsi's official ship without hesitation, and finally stopped completely.

Almost instantly, the ship's planks were set up on the pier, and immediately, a middle-aged man in his thirties wearing a green official robe, a white face and a light beard, and a cautious look stepped out of the official ship.

When Wu Chengsi approached from the official ship, he kept frowning and staring at him until the other party stepped off the ship and saw his face clearly. Wu Chengsi was surprised and unbelievable, and then his face turned completely gloomy. He stood down, gritted his teeth and said, "Wu Lang."

"I've seen you, eldest brother!" Wu Sansi bowed deeply and carefully raised his hands to Wu Chengsi: "Brother, what is this?"

"Why should Wu Lang pretend to be confused and go eastward to patrol for disaster relief under the orders of my brother? Wu Lang, when did you come back? Why didn't you have any news before?" Even though Wu Chengsi tried his best to remain solemn, there was a strong sense of gritted teeth in his words. Heavy.

Although Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi are cousins, there are still several people between them.

Wu Chengsi is the eldest son of Empress Wu's second brother Wu Yuanshuang, but Wu Chengsi also has a younger brother Wu Chengye.

Wu Sansi was the son of Empress Wu's eldest brother Wu Yuanqing. Wu Yuanqing had three sons, Wu Shensi, Wu Zaisi and Wu Sansi.

The reason why Wu Chengsi has been at the center of the court these years is because Wu Chengsi is the oldest among the brothers.

As for the other Wu Chengye, Wu Shensi and Wu Zaisi, they died young one after another.

It is also because of this that the relationship between Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi is not good.

Wu Sansi was jealous of Wu Chengsi's ability to dominate the court, while Wu Chengsi looked down on Wu Sansi's feminine character. The two brothers had not had much contact over the years.

But today, the two brothers met again in Chang'an.

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Standing ten steps away from Wu Chengsi, Wu Sansi continued to hold over his hand and said sincerely: "My little brother received the imperial edict in Shehong ten days ago and came to Chang'an to await orders. I originally planned to reunite with my brother after arriving in Chang'an. I never thought that my brother would be leaving just as my brother arrived today.”

Wu Chengsi's face turned cold, but his heart couldn't help but sink.

Ten days ago, ten days ago happened to be the second day after the Mangshan Foundry Camp was destroyed.

It was at that time that the emperor knew Wu Chengsi's secrets over the years.

Wu Chengsi was now almost certain that at that moment, the emperor had made up his mind to remove him.

Otherwise, he would not have ordered Wu Sansi to come back at that time.

Immediately, Wu Chengsi's expression calmed down, he looked to the side and said, "Come here, prepare two glasses of wine. I want Wu Lang to drink one."

"Here!" The servants on the side quickly got on the boat, then took a bottle of wine from the boat, then found two cups and brought them to Wu Chengsi.

"Wu Lang." Wu Chengsi took off the wine glass himself, waved his hand and asked someone to bring it to Wu Sansi.

Wu Sansi took the wine glass and looked at his always domineering brother with a playful expression.

"It's unfortunate that we, brothers, have to part ways just after we meet; it's lucky that we can at least meet you today." Wu Chengsi raised his wine glass and said seriously: "Brother, I have been in Chang'an for many years, and leaving today is nothing. There are many things to say, but I only have one sentence, please remember it."

Wu Sansi looked at Wu Chengsi. Although he knew that his brother must have an ulterior motive behind the hypocritical look in front of him, he still said seriously: "Foolish brother, please listen to my brother's teachings."

"Think more about yourself in the future when something happens." After saying this, Wu Chengsi drank the wine in one gulp.

Wu Sansi's expression suddenly became serious, and then he nodded and said, "Young brother, I remember."

"Very good." Wu Chengsi raised his head, threw it hard, and the wine glass in his hand was thrown into the Wei River, and then slowly sank to the bottom of the river.

Turning around, Wu Chengsi cupped his hands and said: "To learn from my mistakes, let me leave the wine glass in the Weihe River to warn Wu Lang. My aunt must still be waiting for Wu Lang in the palace now. I won't delay for you. It's time for you to set off. If It's a lucky chance that you and I will see each other again in the future. If the situation changes, you and I will cherish each other. "

When Wu Sansi heard this, his expression changed instantly: "Brother, why did you say this?"

Wu Chengsi shook his head, and then stepped onto the deck. The guards and servants around him quickly followed, and soon they were all on board.

At this time, Wu Chengsi raised his hand and said: "The water in Chang'an is deep. If Wu Lang has any questions in the future, you can write to me for details. Brother, I will reply immediately."

Wu Sansi was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately understood that Wu Chengsi still wanted to get information about Chang'an from him.

But in an instant, Wu Sansi sincerely said: "Brother, don't worry, Wu Lang will definitely ask for advice at any time."

Wu Chengsi breathed a long sigh of relief, then bowed solemnly and said: "As a brother, I asked Wu Lang to take care of my two useless sons."

"Okay!" Wu Sansi nodded lightly. Although he was a little surprised, he never thought that this would be the last time the two brothers would meet.

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The white note was filled with small words. Zhao Gong glanced at it and handed it to Li Xuan. At the same time, he said, "Chengsi still has some scheming intentions."

Li Xuan took one look at it and smiled, shook his head and sighed: "The king's flag changed at the top of the city. I left Chengsi and thought twice. There was Wu Minzhi earlier."

Zhao Gong fell silent immediately.

(End of this chapter)