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

Chapter 1726 The Curse of Xuanwu Gate, Only One Way to Break It

The third day of August, the first year of Chuigong.

Suitable for: making alliances, breaking ground, offering sacrifices, separation, dismantling, and consecration.

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Yulong Garden, in the main hall.

Li Xuan opened his hands and Liu Jinyu helped him adjust his purple dragon robe bit by bit.

Especially the jade pendant around the waist, which must be placed carefully.

I don’t know why, but I never feel at ease even after playing it over and over again.

Li Xuan reached out and gently held her in his arms, then whispered, "Mother, Dou'er, and the children have all been quietly sent to Taiqing Palace. There are 5,000 Right Guard Cavalry guarding the front and back, so don't worry, madam."

"Xia'er, do you really want to take her to Songshan?" Liu Jinyu looked up at Li Xuan with pleading eyes.

The five brothers Li Zhizhao, Li Zhiming and Li Zhichang, their mother, and even Ouyang, were all quietly sent to Taiqing Palace last night, but only Princess Fuchang Li Jinxia was to be taken to Songshan by Li Xuan.

"This is her business, and she must settle it. At the same time, she must completely settle the last chaos in the world. Only in this way can our family be completely stable." Li Xuan gently patted Liu Jinyu's shoulder and said softly: "Everything is under your control now. What are you still worried about? With your husband here and her here, if you..."

Before Li Xuan finished speaking, Liu Jinyu covered his mouth with her hand, looked into his eyes, and said seriously: "This trip will not be successful until you succeed."

"Okay!" Li Xuan took a deep breath, smiled, turned around, picked up the black sheathed sword on the table, and then calmly walked out of the main hall.

Xia'er was wearing a dark green Taoist robe, a wooden hairpin on her head, holding a wooden sword. She looked up at her parents, and the moment Li Xuan came out, she threw herself into his arms.

Li Xuan took advantage of the situation and picked up Xia'er, rubbed her cheek and said, "Princess Fuchang, you are getting heavier!"

"No way!" Xia Er subconsciously defended herself, then turned sideways to look at Liu Jinyu and said, "Mother, Aye is so mean."

"Haha!" Liu Jinyu and Li Xuan laughed at the same time.

At this moment, Li Lang walked in from outside, came to Li Xuan, and said solemnly in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there is a letter: Princess Taiping has entered the palace."

When Princess Taiping entered the palace, Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu suddenly became solemn.

When Li Xuan went to Songshan, Taiping entered the palace at this time.

Li Xuan turned and looked in the direction of Ziwei Palace. He could imagine that Princess Taiping was sitting in the carriage and entering the palace at this moment.

She entered the palace with only one thing in mind, which was to accompany the emperor and hold him hostage.

Hold the emperor hostage to order the princes.

"She has prepared a lot for today." Li Xuan turned sideways to look at Liu Jinyu and said, "You don't have to worry about the things in the palace. If someone attacks the house, just stop them and leave."

"I understand." Liu Jinyu calmed down and nodded, saying, "I know the importance of this matter."

Li Xuan had other arrangements for the affairs in the palace.

Princess Taiping was only temporarily confused, but the real trouble was at home.

My home and Mount Song will definitely be the focus of others' attacks.

Li Xuan raised his head, looked towards the northwest, and said softly: "It seems that the White Horse Temple will really be changed to the Qingyang Palace in the future."

After saying this, Li Xuan strode forward.

Liu Jinyu thought about it, sighed, and followed.

Outside the door, three hundred cavalrymen in black clothes and black armor stood solemnly.

Li Xuan had just walked out when a somewhat tired voice rang out beside him: "Amitabha!"

Li Xuan was surprised, then turned around gently and nodded, "Master!"

"Your Highness!" Monk Shenxiu was still as graceful as ever, and he clasped his hands together and said, "I wonder if I can accompany Your Highness to Songshan to offer sacrifices today, and then go to the White Horse Temple to settle the matter."

"Of course." Li Xuan waved his hand behind him, and a black horse was pulled up. Monk Shenxiu took the reins without hesitation, and then climbed onto the horse with Li Xuan.

Li Xuan hugged Xia'er and smiled calmly. The next moment, he urged his horse forward and headed quickly towards Xinzhong Bridge.

Liu Jinyu stood in front of the door, watched Li Xuan and his group disappear from her sight, then turned around.

The gate is still open and the courtyard is still quiet.

Liu Jinyu walked across the central hall and came to the backyard.

In the lotus pond in the backyard, five young children were playing and fighting. If you didn’t look carefully, you would really think they were Li Xuan’s sons.

"Princess!" The maid stood behind Liu Jinyu and said softly, "A guest has arrived."

"Got it!" Liu Jinyu turned around and headed towards the front yard.

……

South of Tianjin Bridge, three hundred black-armored cavalrymen, three hundred Jinwu Guards, and three hundred Qianniu Guards escorted Li Xuan, Li Yuanjia, Li Yuangui, Chen Guang, Lin Renji and others towards Mount Songshan.

After leaving Dingding Gate, two thousand black-armored cavalrymen quickly gathered.

Nearly three thousand people went to Songshan with a large amount of tribute.

"The colorful glow of Mount Song happened just after the White Horse Temple Dharma Assembly." King Han Li Yuanjia looked at Mount Song, which was getting closer and closer, and asked Shenxiu curiously, "Master, what does this mean?"

Although Shenxiu didn't know what was going on, he still said calmly and gently: "The Buddha said that in the east there is a world of countless Buddhas, with a solemn name. There are Buddhas in that world, such as the Great Light Tathagata, the Supreme Truth, and the Equally Enlightened, whose light illuminates the universe with infinite light."

Li Yuanjia looked at Li Xuan in confusion.

Li Xuan nodded calmly and said, "The Ten Auspicious Sutras Spoken by the Buddha, the Tang Dynasty is solemn, the Buddha's light shines everywhere, and auspiciousness and peace will last for ten thousand years."

"So that's it." Li Yuanjia understood immediately. What Shenxiu said was that the Tang Dynasty would be prosperous and the Buddha would bring good luck and auspiciousness.

Auspiciousness is always a good thing.

The others were all silent. They all knew in their hearts that the so-called auspicious sign was either a coincidence or man-made.

As far as they know, Li Xuan has been concentrating on handling the affairs of Hebei in recent times and has not had the time to care about anything else, so this must be a Buddhist method.

After all, this time the water and land ceremony at the White Horse Temple happened because they almost couldn't defend the White Horse Temple, let alone the Buddhist order in the entire Heluo Plain.

But no one knows what they did in Songshan.

You must know that Mount Taishi is the territory of Taoism after all, and Mount Shaoshi is the territory of Buddhism.

……

In front of the Zhongyue Mountain Temple, Li Xuan held Xia'er's hand and looked at Pan Shizheng, who was in high spirits. He bowed and said, "Greetings, Immortal!"

"Greetings!" Li Yuanjia, Li Yuangui, Chen Guang, Lin Renji and others also saluted to Pan Shizheng, who had white hair and a youthful face.

Xia'er looked the same.

This great immortal from the Shangqing Palace of Maoshan has looked younger and younger since last year. Most people cannot even tell his exact age and would simply think he is only in his twenties or thirties. This has made Li Yuanjia, Li Yuangui, Chen Guang, Lin Renji and others even more in awe of him.

You should know that Emperor Wen of Sui was born in the fourth year of Kaihuang, which means he is 101 years old now.

Everyone subconsciously looked at Shenxiu on the side.

Shenxiu also looked to be only in his thirties, but in fact he was born in the second year of Emperor Yangdi of Sui Dynasty, which means he is almost eighty years old now.

Shenxiu bowed to Master Pan earnestly, "Master."

"Master." Master Pan bowed gently, glanced at Shenxiu, and then turned to Li Xuan and others and said, "My lords, princesses, and temple officials, there is still half an hour before the auspicious time. Do you want to go to the top of the mountain now, or burn a stick of incense to the Taishi Mountain God first?"

"Please burn incense first." Li Xuan looked at everyone and said softly, "Emperor Gaozong spent a lot of effort on the sacrifice to Mount Song back then. Although it didn't work out in the end, Xuan took away a lot of things, but a lot of things were left here. Burn incense first, and it can be regarded as a tribute to Emperor Gaozong."

"Okay!" Everyone had no objection and followed Li Xuan into the Zhongyue Mountain Temple.

Shenxiu didn't care much and followed him in.

After offering sacrifices to the mountain god, I drank some water.

The crowd then walked to the top of the mountain. Soldiers stood on both sides, their spears sharp and cold.

Yesterday, colorful rays of light appeared in Mount Songshan, and could be seen clearly even from the Ziwei Palace in Luoyang.

Queen Zheng ordered Li Xuan, Li Yuanjia and others to come and offer sacrifices to Mount Song.

It doesn't say that it is a sacrifice to the mountain god of Songshan, but it is a sacrifice to Songshan. There is a slightly different flavor in it.

So an altar was set up on the top of the mountain.

Although the altar was hastily set up in just one night, it also resulted in the guards not conducting a thorough search in Songshan.

But who could have thought that something would happen today!
……

The autumn wind is light and the forests are dense.

Looking at the endless mountains in the distance, Li Xuan stood in front of the altar and said to Pan Shizheng who was holding Xia'er's hand, "I once cultivated myself in the back of Songshan Mountain for several months. I didn't expect that the scenery would always be different every time I went to Songshan Mountain."

Master Pan couldn't help but frowned and looked towards the distant mountains and forests without finishing his words.

The mountain behind Songshan is not steep, but it is a bit rugged, and the undulating rocks make it difficult to climb. However, if you hide in the back mountain in advance, with the cover of the forest, you can't see clearly easily.

Seeing that Master Pan was silent, Li Xuan looked at Lin Renji and nodded, "Mr. Lin, let's begin."

"Yes!" Lin Renji nodded solemnly. Since the Minister of Rites Wei Xuantong was not here today, all ceremonies would be presided over by him, the Minister of Taichang Temple.

Lin Renji stepped forward, walked to the altar, opened the imperial edict, and said loudly: "In the first year of Chuigong..."

"In the third year of Sisheng." A voice suddenly interrupted Lin Renji. Lin Renji's face darkened and he looked up.

Suddenly, a general in red clothes and golden armor stood on the edge of the steep slope in front of them. He held up an imperial edict and shouted coldly to everyone, "According to the imperial edict of Emperor Suzong, Prince Peng forged the will of Emperor Gaozong. Order Tang Xiujing, the General of the Left Jinwu Guard, to arrest the traitor. The rest of you are not allowed to move. Anyone who moves recklessly will be regarded as treason!"

Emperor Suzong, Li Chongzhao.

Li Xuan calmly took a step forward, looked at Tang Xiujing and said, "You have found Prince Yong. Where is he now? Why doesn't he show up openly? Or are you, Tang Xiujing, forging an imperial edict?"

Li Yuanjia, Li Yuangui, Chen Guang, Lin Renji and others slowly retreated behind Li Xuan.

"Whether it is true or not, King Peng will know in a while. Kill." Tang Xiujing waved his right hand, and the next moment, a large number of soldiers in red clothes and golden armor came out from the bottom of the steep slope with long swords in their hands.

"Let's go!" Li Xuan said sideways.

Li Yuanjia, Li Yuangui, Chen Guang, Lin Renji and others quickly went back.

"It turns out that they were not following the orders of the palace." Pan Shizheng finally understood it completely.

"Master, let's go." Li Xuan waved his hand, glanced at Xia'er, and said, "Master, I'll leave my daughter to you."

"Yes!" Master Pan bowed solemnly, then turned and left. At this time, Li Xuan had slowly drawn the long sword from his waist and shouted, "Kill!"

……

"Kill!" The sound of fighting came from the mountain, and also from the foot of the mountain, so numerous that no one knew how many there were.

The people who had just retreated from the top of the mountain didn't know for a moment whether to continue going down the mountain or retreat back to the Zhongyue Mountain Temple.

"Go over there, there is a road over there!" Xia'er suddenly spoke, pointing to a certain shade of trees, and said, "Uncle Huang took Xia'er there before."

Li Yuanjia looked at Pan Shizheng in surprise, then picked up Xia'er and walked into the shade of the trees.

A moment later, following the path behind the shade of the trees, everyone came to a waterfall on the mountainside.

"Isn't there a palace here?" Xia'er raised her head blankly and looked at Li Yuanjia.

Li Yuanjia turned and looked at Pan Shizheng with a serious expression.

"This was where my junior brother made elixirs for Emperor Gaozong. Princess Fuchang came here once." Master Pan said calmly.

"The emperor is making elixirs, why does he need Princess Fuchang to come?" Li Yuangui's face had turned cold.

"Take a break first." Li Yuanjia waved his hand to interrupt Li Yuangui. He looked around and saw no place to rest. He lowered his eyes slightly. After a moment, he looked at Pan Shizheng and asked, "Master, there won't be any secret room here, right?"

Li Yuangui, Chen Guang, Lin Renji, Monk Shenxiu and others all looked at Pan Shizheng with sharp eyes at the same time.

"Maybe." Master Pan said calmly, "I have never been here before, so..."

"Let's look for it!" Li Yuanjia took the lead and walked towards the smooth wall not far away.

The reason why he suspected that there was a secret room here was because the walls were too smooth and there didn't seem to be any cracks.

"Kill..." The sound of fierce fighting came from the top and foot of the mountain in the distance, and the sound of swords clashing continued to be heard.

This sudden mutiny made many people feel depressed.

Tang Xiujing, Tang Xiujing.

Tang Xiujing came here in the name of Li Chongzhao, did he really come here in the name of Li Chongzhao?

Li Yuanjia, Li Yuangui and the others have not forgotten that it was Princess Taiping who rescued Tang Xiujing from Li Xuan...

With a creaking sound, a stone door slowly opened before his eyes. Shenxiu turned around and looked at everyone and said, "Found it."

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At this moment, Shenxiu suddenly sniffed and said, "Something is wrong!"

"What's wrong?" Before Li Yuanjia could figure out what was going on, Shenxiu had already rushed in.

When Li Yuanjia and others entered, a secret door slowly opened behind the stone gate.

The cave behind and the mummies in the cave suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

Everyone who saw this scene was shocked.

……

Li Xuan, covered in blood, walked into the secret room with Tang Xiujing's head in his hand.

In the secret room, four caves and four mummies appeared in front of Li Xuan.

Li Yuanjia, Li Yuangui and others were already standing in front of a cave on the left side, silent, with endless anger and sadness on their faces.

Li Xuan walked forward slowly, and the light coming in from outside revealed the thin face of King Li Zhen of Yue in front of Li Xuan.

Even though the blood had dried up, his appearance could still be vaguely seen, and above his head, countless bloody characters were written: "I, Li Zhen, the King of Yue, the eighth son of Emperor Taizong, died today in a small room at the hands of a villain.

How sad and painful.

Wu Mei was an evil queen with a wolfish nature. She could not hide her evil intentions. She practiced sorcery and murdered members of the royal family.

God and man are outraged, and heaven and earth forsake him.

Li Zhi, I know it’s you.

I know it was you who instigated her to do this.

You killed your brothers and abused your relatives. I curse you and you will not die well.

You, and your heirs, will all die a bad death.

Father, late emperor, Ba Lang followed you today.

This is a curse, this is a curse.

The former emperor.

Xuanwu Gate, Xuanwu Gate...

The curse of Xuanwu Sect will be entangled in the bloodline of Emperor Taizong forever, and it will never be freed.

Li Zhen, the king of Yue, died on June 23 of the second year of Yonglong in Songshan Mountain. "

(End of this chapter)