The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Chapter 21 Letter from Wei Zheng
Zheng Jibo, the current head of the Zheng family in Xingyang, glanced at his old father helplessly and said, "Father, don't be so excited."

Zheng Zhan glared at Zheng Jibo, "I feel happy to see His Highness. Is it your turn to teach you?"

After saying that, he looked at Li Chengdao with a kind face.

Tut tut sighed: "The eyes and nose look very much like Guanyin."

Zheng Zhan, the head of the Zheng family, could only stand aside with his head bowed and his eyebrows lowered.

Li Chengdao smiled and said: "Grandpa, you are old and you have to take care of your health."

Zheng Zhan immediately said with a smile: "Well, Chengdao is still sensible and knows how to care about Grandpa."

"Come here, let me take a good look at you. You were still a little baby when you came back last time, and now you have grown so big..."

Zheng Zhan stretched out his hand covered with age spots and touched Li Chengdao's face with a smile in his eyes.

He is already over 90 years old, and the number of times he can see Li Chengdao can only be counted on one hand.

"Chengdao, why didn't you send the news in advance when you returned to Xingyang this time? And what's with the blood-stained armor on your body?"

Zheng Zhan looked at Li Chengdao, who was dressed in silver armor and looked heroic, and asked with some confusion.

When Li Chengdao mentioned this matter, his starry eyes suddenly shot out with a cold murderous intent.

"Li Shimin set an ambush at Xuanwu Gate, and my father and Uncle Qi Wang were killed on the spot!

Chengdao relied on two thousand of the prince's guards to escape from Chang'an by luck. "

As soon as the words fell, a commotion broke out on the scene.

"What! The prince was killed!"

"Your Highness, is what you said true?"

Zheng Jibo looked at Li Chengdao with a solemn expression.

Li Chengdao's face was gloomy, "How could Chengdao deceive my grandfather about this kind of thing? The traitor Li Shimin usurped the throne. It won't take long for the news to spread throughout the world."

"What a great Li Shimin, he actually usurped the throne from his direct descendants!"

Zheng Zhan leaned on his crutch fiercely and said angrily: "Such a rebellious and unethical behavior, such an animal behavior, should be laughed at by the people of the world, and all the princes should rise up to attack!"

Li Chengdao bowed and said: "Chengqian came to Xingyang to seek help from the Zheng family. He will return to Chang'an one day and kill the traitor Li Shimin with his own hands."

Zheng Zhan looked at the shocking dried blood on Li Chengdao's armor, and his anger became even more intense.

From this armor alone, we can judge how many brutal fights Li Chengdao had to go through before he could reach Xingyang Kaifeng.

The faces of the rest of the Zheng clan were also extremely ugly.

Yu Gong and Li Jiancheng were killed, and their Zheng family would have one less queen and one less future emperor.

In private, it was their relatives of the Zheng family who were killed.

Zheng Zhan tremblingly helped Li Chengdao up, "The prince is being murdered by a traitor, how can we stand by and watch? Your Highness, get up quickly, Xingyang Zheng family will definitely help His Highness kill the traitor!"

Zheng Jibo continued: "Yes, your highness, please rest assured. Zheng will definitely do his best to help you gather the army, return to Chang'an, and kill the rebellious Li Shimin."

Publicly and privately, whether from the perspective of the Zheng family's interests or from the perspective of relatives, they must help Li Chengdao.

"Thank you, Grandpa." Li Chengdao bowed again before taking a seat.

Zheng Yuanzhou, who greeted Li Chengdao at the city gate, thought of the murderous white-robed army and asked: "Your Highness, where did the cavalry outside come from? It doesn't seem to be the prince's personal guard, right?"

Li Chengdao said: "That is an army secretly trained by my father, just to prevent unexpected events.

After the Xuanwu Gate Mutiny, they learned that their father had been murdered and immediately rushed to rescue him.

Then he met me just outside Chang'an City. After killing Li Shimin's thousand Xuanjia troops, he followed me all the way south to Xingyang. "

After listening to Li Chengdao's explanation, Zheng Yuanzhou sighed and said: "It's a pity that His Highness the Crown Prince, who is also a man of great talent and strategy, was ambushed and killed by Li Shimin. It is really hateful!"

As he spoke, he looked at Li Chengdao and said, "Whenever Your Highness needs something, I, Mrs. Zheng, will do my best to help.

I will never sit back and watch Li Shimin usurp the throne and take away what originally belonged to His Highness. "

Li Chengdao nodded lightly and thanked him again.

Zheng Zhan said: "His Highness must have been very tired after traveling all the way. I will instruct my servants to take His Highness to bathe and change clothes so that he can have a good rest."

"Thank you, grandpa."

Li Chengdao walked out of the main hall and came to a quiet courtyard under the leadership of an old housekeeper.

This courtyard was originally where Zheng Guanyin lived before getting married.

Later, Li Yuan ascended the throne and Li Jiancheng became the crown prince.

The Zheng family deliberately left this courtyard empty and ordered people to clean it every day.

It was left to Zheng Guanyin who went home to visit his relatives.

Li Chengdao lived here once when he was a child.

Under the service of two smart maids, Li Chengdao washed away the blood and stains on his body.

After putting on clean brocade clothes and returning to the room comfortably, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

These days, he was always on alert and never had a good night's sleep.

Coupled with running all the way, his fatigue was almost reaching its limit.

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After Li Chengdao slept in Zheng's mansion, the seven thousand white-robed troops under his command were also properly settled.

Although Wang Xiuwen was unable to provide meat, he still gritted his teeth and opened the granary and provided some coarse grains to ensure that all the seven thousand white-robed troops were full.

However, the Zheng family has a great business, and the head of the family, Zheng Jibo, personally sent a large amount of meat to them.

Time flies so fast, and in the blink of an eye, Li Chengdao has been staying in Kaifeng, Xingyang for three days.

In the past three days, apart from getting familiar with Kaifeng, he spent the rest of the time in the military camp and the Zheng family's mansion.

Just today, a piece of news reached Zheng Mansion from Chang'an.

The person who sent the letter was none other than Wei Zheng, a staff member of the East Palace.

In addition to the content of the letter about Li Shimin usurping the throne, there was another piece of equally heavy news.

Li Chengdao, the legitimate son of the crown prince, was canonized as the grandson of the emperor by Li Yuan!
(End of this chapter)