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Chapter 1215 Why does the eldest brother leave?
[There will be two chapters later]

On the fourth day of June in the ninth year of Wude, everything unfolded according to plan. In the early morning of that day, Yuchi Jingde led 700 guards of the Qin Palace in advance. Under the cover of the Xuanwu Gate guard, they successfully entered the Xuanwu Gate and at the same time replaced the Qianniu Guards. He wore military uniforms and disguised himself as a Qianniu Guard. He first hid in the camp near Xuanwu Gate and disguised himself as a gatekeeper.

When Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and others were about to enter Xuanwu Gate, they ambushed them in advance and entered a bamboo forest between Linhu Palace and Taiye Pond.

This plan can be said to be quite sophisticated. After all, the only thing Li Shimin can control is the Qianniu Guards guarding the Xuanwu Gate. In addition, there are also the Qianniu Guards patrolling the palace. He wants to ambush the palace all night without being caught. The patrolling Qianniu Guard discovered that it was basically the same as the plot of a martial arts novel.

But if these soldiers disguise themselves as Qianniu Guards guarding Xuanwu Gate, then the other Qianniu Guards will be restricted by the defense zone and will never come to check. They will wait until Li Jiancheng and others are about to arrive before taking action, so that even the Qianniu Guards passing by will If Wei discovers an abnormality, he will be directly controlled by 700 personal guards... Even if the news leaks at this time, the news will not reach the ears of Li Jiancheng and others who are about to arrive at Xuanwu Gate.

After all, there are no mobile phones in this era, so it is not a problem that can be solved with just one phone call.

It's just that everything will be unexpected. This operation was discovered by someone. This person was a eunuch. He had to transport chamber pots out of the palace through Xuanwu Gate every night, so he was very familiar with the deployment of troops near Xuanwu Gate. .

When he passed by the Xuanwumen military camp, he was surprised to find that there were several times more soldiers inside than usual.

Although this eunuch was just an ordinary handyman eunuch, he worshiped a great eunuch as his adoptive father, and this eunuch was Zhang Jieyu's confidant eunuch, so he immediately reported this somewhat abnormal thing to his adoptive father. .

However, Zhang Jieyu was sleeping that night, so the personal eunuch naturally did not dare to disturb Zhang Jieyu with such untrue things. It was not until Zhang Jieyu woke up the next morning that the confidant eunuch told Zhang Jieyu the news. Jieyu.

"The number of guards at Xuanwu Gate has increased??" Although Zhang Jieyu is a woman, she still has some sensitivity. She also felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong, so she asked the eunuch to tell the news Tell Li Jiancheng.

When Li Jiancheng got the news, he was already on his way to Xuanwu Gate. It stands to reason that as long as Li Jiancheng turned around at this time, the historical Xuanwu Gate incident would not have happened.

Moreover, Li Yuanji on the side also immediately suggested that Li Jiancheng should not go to court because of illness and give up this court meeting.

At this moment, Li Jiancheng's fate was in Li Jiancheng's own hands. After thinking for a while, Li Jiancheng said, "The capital is tightly guarded. Every pass is our own. I personally promoted the Xuanwu Gate guards. There are many soldiers in Xuanwu Gate." In some words, it may be because of the change of defense, there is nothing to worry about. If I am ill at this time and give up on confronting my father, my father will definitely think that I have a guilty conscience, and this rumor will be further confirmed. Wouldn't that be counterproductive? Suffering from it?"

"In this way, you send someone to Xuanwumen to check first to see if there is anything abnormal. Then ask the lieutenants of Xuanwumen what happened last night!" Li Jiancheng ordered his men, who rushed quickly Heading towards the Xuanwu Gate, he continued walking forward unhurriedly.

Soon the men came back and reported that there was no problem with Xuanwu Gate, the soldiers were still the usual soldiers, and the commanders were also there. He also asked, and it was true that Xuanwu Gate was undergoing a defense change last night, and some soldiers slept in the barracks. The number of people was a bit larger than usual.

After the Xuanwu Gate opened at dawn, the soldiers who had changed their defenses went home. At this point, Li Jiancheng had no doubt that he was there, and he approached Xuanwu Gate step by step. When he was about to arrive at Xuanwu Gate, he unexpectedly discovered that there was Li Shimin's team in front.

Seeing Li Jiancheng coming, Li Shimin took the initiative to ride his horse, and came to Li Jiancheng alone to say hello to Li Jiancheng. Li Jiancheng dealt with it for a while, and Li Shimin felt embarrassed, and then said, "My brother was here a step earlier, but he shouldn't be walking in front of His Royal Highness." In front, why don’t I get out of the way and let His Highness the Crown Prince go first?”

Just when Li Yuanji was about to agree, Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said, "First come, first served. Whoever arrives first will naturally take the first step. Those who come after you don't have to fight for anything. They are just making others laugh!"

Such obvious irony naturally made Li Shimin's face turn green and red. Finally, he returned to his team in a somewhat embarrassed manner and entered the Xuanwu Gate first.

"Brother, you really should have killed the second brother with one knife just now!" Li Yuanji said angrily.

"Stupid!" Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "This is under the Xuanwu Sect, and the front yard is the palace. It is the most sacred place in the world. Even if we want to kill each other, we cannot use the hilt of the knife in this sacred place, otherwise future generations will How to view us.”

"Besides, we are still brothers after all!" Li Jiancheng sighed again, and finally followed Li Shimin through the Xuanwu Gate and entered the palace.

Li Shimin's team kept a certain distance and walked in front. Li Yuanji felt unhappy all the time. Li Jiancheng was also thinking a lot and didn't pay much attention to the surrounding environment until he arrived near Linhu Palace. Before he got close to the last bamboo forest, he suddenly trembled, and then he noticed something unusual.

Li Jiancheng had walked this road many times. Because the time for going to court was fixed, he arrived near Linhu Palace at almost the same time every day.

Li Jiancheng clearly knew that at this time, there would be 3 to 5 teams of Qianniu Guards patrolling nearby... Yes, two teams of Qianniu Guards could indeed be seen patrolling in the distance, but the patrol routes of these Qianniu Guards were wrong. , taking a route they would never have taken in the past.

Moreover, Li Jiancheng, the general of the two teams of Qianniu Guards, did not know him. At the same time, Li Jiancheng also found that the entire Linhu Palace was completely silent. Except for the two teams of Qianniu Guards, there were no other eunuchs and maids at all. Even some The animals were out of sight.

After thinking of the news sent by Zhang Jieyu before, Li Jiancheng finally noticed that things had changed.

At this time, Li Jiancheng's decisiveness was also shown. After discovering the abnormality, he immediately turned his horse's head, informed Li Yuanji, and prepared to return eastward directly to the East Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion.

"Brother, why are you leaving! Don't you want to see your father?" Li Shimin's shout came from behind, and Li Jiancheng felt the ghost in his heart and ran faster.

(End of this chapter)