First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 454 Change of Changlin Gate
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Changlin Gate, located on the left side of the East Palace, connects to the West Palace, which is the palace gate between the East Palace and Taiji Palace.

On the original trajectory, Li Jiancheng privately hid the military armor and gave it to Officer Yang Wen. After the incident, everything was safe and sound, so he tried to continue to increase his military strength, recruiting 2000 brave men, serving as palace guards, and stationed at Changlin Gate, named Changlin. Lin Bing.

He also secretly ordered Li Yi, the king of Yanjun, to summon [-] Turkic elites and disperse them in the various workshops of the Eastern Palace.

But the situation is very different now. Li Jiancheng was almost deposed because of Yang Wengan's affairs, and the power of the East Palace has been weakened again and again, and Li Jiancheng has not had time to arrange the Changlin Gate.

Seeing Luanjia coming, Yuchigong and others hurried down to the city to meet him.

Cheng Zhijie scrambled and scrambled, ran in front of Luan's car, and stopped him, "Your Majesty, the prince launched a mutiny to murder the King of Qin."

Li Yuan was shocked when he heard the words, and before he had time to ask more questions, he directly abandoned the car and got on his horse, "Hurry up to Cheng'en Hall".

Cheng Zhijie was very surprised to see that Gao Junya was accompanying him, but it was inconvenient to ask more questions now, so everyone immediately rode their horses to Cheng'en Hall.

In the corridor of the palace city, Li Shimin had already been hit by three arrows, but luckily the soft armor blocked him, and the arrow got stuck on the soft armor.

Later, Li Yuanji led more than ten people in pursuit.

"King", shouted, Li Yuanji looked back and was overjoyed.

Xue Shi and Yu Wenbao, the guards of Prince Qi's Mansion, came galloping with dozens of cavalry.

"Quick, kill Li Shimin, quick," Li Yuanji ordered out of breath after chasing him.

Xue Shi and the two of them took the order and chased after Li Shimin without stopping.

Li Shimin looked back, his expression changed immediately, and he exclaimed: "My life is over."

The convenience in front is the West Pool Courtyard. From this corridor, you can go through the West Pool Courtyard to reach the Changlin Gate. It’s just that this distance is faster than galloping horses.

"King Qin rests away."

"The thief dares you".

There were two loud shouts in succession, Li Shimin looked up and saw several horsemen rushing towards him.

Among them, the person in the yellow robe was obviously Li Yuan, and the shout was Yuchi Gong who was beside Li Yuan.

"Aye, save me", Li Shimin fell to the ground with a thud.

Seeing this, Yu Wenbao's expression changed immediately, and he tightened his grip on the horse. Before he could react, an arrow pierced through the air, hit his chest, and shot Yu Wenbao to the ground.

Seeing this, Xue Shi rode his horse and fled, "Let's go, my lord, the sage is here."

Li Yuanji was panting after chasing after him, with his hands on his knees, his face turned pale when he heard this, he dragged Xue Shi off, got on his horse, and ran out of the palace without looking back.

"Erlang...".

"King...".

Seeing that Li Shimin fell to the ground with an arrow, everyone was shocked and rushed forward.

"Aye, hurry up and save Youzhi, hurry up", Li Shimin grabbed Li Yuan's sleeve, and then looked at Cheng Zhijie and the two, "Go to Cheng'en Palace, Youzhi Sichang and the others... hurry up".

Yu Chigong and the two of them didn't dare to delay when they heard the words, they sent someone to tell the imperial doctor, and at the same time rode their horses straight to Cheng'en Hall.

"Erlang..." After checking, seeing that the arrow was not seriously injured, Li Yuan's heart relaxed, and he asked sadly and angrily, "What's going on here?"

"Aye", Li Shimin burst into tears immediately, "Big Brother and Shiro poisoned me under the guise of Chengzong's birthday banquet, but Youzhi saw it through, so they ordered the Imperial Guards of the Eastern Palace to kill me, and Youzhi and the others stood behind to stop the pursuers..." , Li Shimin was already in tears while talking.

Li Yuan raised his head up, unconsciously shed two lines of tears, the thing he was most worried about finally happened, brother fighting against each other, how cruel this is for an old father.

In front of Cheng'en Hall, Gao Chong, Li Daoxuan, Duan Lun, Chai Shao, Li Daozong and others leaned on each other, everyone was injured, and more than a hundred soldiers surrounded them.

Among them, Duan Lun's leg was broken, and Chai Shao's arm was seriously injured, bleeding profusely. The most seriously injured was Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang.

The clothes on his chest were torn and soaked in blood, and Li Daoxuan cursed while holding the gaping horizontal knife, "Prince, Li Yuanji, you are courting death, courting death!"

"Prince, stop it." Li Daozong also suffered several injuries, "Don't make the same mistake again and again."

On the other side, Li Zhiyun had already been captured by the soldiers, his hands and feet were bound, he struggled on the ground and shouted: "Brother, are you really going to kill us all?"

Li Jiancheng had a complex expression, hesitating.

Seeing this, Gao Chong tore off his skirt to wrap Chai Shao's arm wound, and said in a low voice, "Delay for time."

Chai Shao and the others immediately understood, and they tried to persuade each other.

"Your Highness, we have known each other since we were young. It has only been two years since Sanniang passed away. Are you going to kill me now?" Chai Shao said with a look of grief and indignation.

Li Jiancheng shook his head when he heard the words, staggered, waved his hands and said: "No, Sichang, I have no intention of killing you...".

Li Xiuning, the Princess of Pingyang, is talented and courageous, and has a very charming personality. Everyone she knows praises her highly.

Li Jiancheng and Li Xiuning are brothers and sisters of the same mother. Li Jiancheng loves this sister very much. Hearing Chai Shao say this, his heart is very confused.

Li Zhiyun burst into tears on the ground at this time, and grabbed the ground with his head, "Brother, you abandoned me in Hedong back then, and even though I was in prison with a knife and an axe, my brother never complained at all. Now you are going to kill me after all. me?"

"Jihong, big brother won't kill you", Li Jiancheng said immediately: "You stay here honestly".

Gao Chong grabbed the enraged Li Daoxuan tightly, and Li Daozong coughed, "Your Highness, we are born from the same root, so why rush each other, you...".

"Stop talking," Li Jiancheng finally jumped into a rage, roaring angrily, "Why do you support Li Shimin, why? When Gu is worse than him, why do you have to fight against Gu?"

Gao Chong suddenly tensed up, holding his mace tightly, ready to break through at any time.

Just when Li Jiancheng was about to collapse, there was the sound of horseshoes running in the distance, and everyone looked up. Gao Chong was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "The sage is here."

Li Jiancheng took a closer look and saw that it was Yu Chigong and Cheng Zhijie coming on horseback. He suddenly realized that he pointed at Gao Chong and the others and roared, "Kill, kill them".

The armored soldiers rushed forward, Gao Chong and others fought hard.

"Kill", Yuchi Gong and Cheng Zhijie rushed forward with a spear, one spear pierced the two of them, charging and killing in this empty square, the two of them had no enemy under their command.

The soldiers were quickly defeated. Li Jiancheng turned around and ran away when he saw this.

The iron mace in his hand slammed away, and with one move, he smashed the mace directly on Li Jiancheng's leg. Li Jiancheng fell to the ground in response, clutching his calf and screaming incessantly.

Gao Chong sat down on the ground, grinning his teeth in pain, and cursed at Yu Chigong and the other two: "If you two don't come, I will collect the corpse."

Li Yuan and others arrived later, looking at the bloody battlefield in front of the palace, their faces were gloomy.

"Aye, Aye, I was wrong, please spare my life..." Li Jiancheng prostrated himself on the ground, begging for mercy.

"Where's Li Yuanji?" Li Yuan ignored him, looked around, and asked sharply.

(End of this chapter)