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Chapter 806

The entire Tai Chi Palace is a successor to the court's consistent pattern of sleeping in the front and sleeping in the back.The north gate, Xuanwu Gate, naturally leads to the back bedroom, which is mostly palace gardens.

When Li Yuan passed Xuanwu Gate, when he glanced at the soldiers of Xuanwu Gate, he suddenly showed a trace of wrong emotion.

Because the soldiers of the Xuanwu Sect were equipped too formally, their knives and guns were all polished to a shine, and their armors were all well-dressed. They were not the ones that were shown in the usual guards, but the regular ones for fighting in battle.

Li Yuan was just astonished, but then he was relieved. Now there are rumors in Chang'an that Li Chongjiu's 20 troops are coming to invade, so the guards have stepped up their guard, which is a matter of course.

Li Yuan cleared his doubts immediately.But he didn't see the sweat oozing from the foreheads of the soldiers standing on the city gate with their hands firmly grasping the handles of their knives.This is very abnormal, this is cold spring, how could the soldiers sweat for no reason?

Li Yuan drove his car forward slowly. He didn't go to Tai Chi Hall first, but planned to go to Beihai Pool to change clothes first.The Crown Prince, King Qin, and King Qi went directly to Tai Chi Hall.

Driving slowly, the Beiya Forbidden Army followed Li Yuan into the palace and stationed outside the Xuanwu Gate. Generally speaking, the Beiya Forbidden Army could not enter the city, but the city was guarded by the Nanya Forbidden Army, so it was only possible to follow Li Yuan into Beihai Pool. More than a hundred guards.

Along with King Qin, Crown Prince, and King Qi, there were no more than a few dozen guards who went to the Tai Chi Hall, and they were all guards belonging to each palace.

Li Yuan's three sons all rode horses, which was also the style of martial arts in the Tang Dynasty. They disdained to ride in chariots like the princes of the Southern Dynasty, not to mention the later generations who used people as animals to sit in sedan chairs.

Qin Wang Li Shimin looked calm at the moment, he did not look back at the faces of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.Yang Wenqian's change was a strategy he had carefully planned for many years, from Er Zhuhuan, Wei Ting's acquisition, and many eyeliners inside the East Palace.

From the beginning of the incident, Li Yuan's anger and Li Jiancheng's reaction were all within his expectation.If Li Jiancheng could have followed Wei Ting's words and defended Chang'an to support himself, then Li Jiancheng's end would have come.

At that time, after Li Jiancheng's defeat, it is still a matter of whether he can protect his life, but the Eastern Palace Reserve will definitely not be able to keep it.At that time, I can justifiably be promoted from the king of Qin to the crown prince. Whether it is in terms of the order of seniority, or my own ability and military exploits, this position will be his sooner or later.

As long as that time comes, Li Shimin believes that the entire Li Tang will be integrated under him, win over the Guanlongmen Clan, and then use the power of Guanxi to fight against Li Chongjiu's current forces.At that time, Li Chongjiu, as long as he made a mistake and lost two or three battles when he attacked Tang, then Li Shimin was confident that he would have the power to turn the whole situation around.

It's a pity that Yu Zhining didn't keep an eye on Qiao Gongshan in the end. The escape of Qiao Gongshan was unimaginable. He even killed dozens of cronies who were guarding the ship by himself, and finally appeared in front of Li Jiancheng smoothly, even in front of Li Yuan He testified in front of Li Jiancheng to clear his grievances.

Li Jiancheng did not stand on his own in Chang'an City, but went to the Hot Spring Palace to plead guilty to Li Yuan. Even the killer sent by Yu Zhining to assassinate Yu Wenying was destroyed halfway.Li Shimin knew who the real leader behind all this was, and who else was there besides Li Chongjiu.

After Li Shimin heard about it, he thought to himself Li Chongjiu, Li Chongjiu, how afraid you are of me, you have used so many tricks but you just don't want me to inherit the throne.

Afterwards, Li Yuan is a smart person. After the outrage at the beginning, after investigating the whole story, he must be the most responsible person afterwards.Although Li Shimin knew that Li Yuan would not touch him, he had completely lost his trust in him. Then in the future Tang Dynasty, he would be marginalized forever.
Li Yuan didn't trust him, Li Jiancheng suppressed him, and Li Chongjiu plotted against him. A series of blows made Li Shimin not discouraged, but strengthened his determination.Today he is ready to put all his eggs in one basket, even though Li Chongjiu forced himself to be very dangerous, even if the remonstrance succeeds, the Great Tang Dynasty will be greatly injured by this incident.

But Li Shimin will never be unknown, he will die in the crowd, and he will die in silence.

Li Shimin's eyes were cold, and Li Yuanji, who had been observing Li Shimin, couldn't help being surprised.Li Yuanji was in a very disturbed mood today, because before yesterday he had secretly received a letter from the general and warrior Xun who was captured by Zhao Guo.

When he was stationed in Jinyang, the warrior Xun used to be his general, and the two had an old relationship, so they had a lot of contacts.But the sudden letter from the samurai Xun surprised him very much.

The samurai told Li Yuanji that he was being investigated by Zhao Guo's secret spies. Li Shimin would probably go to Xuanwu Gate and kill him and the prince, and then force Li Yuan to abdicate. He told Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng to take precautions immediately.

After Li Yuanji received the letter, of course he regarded him as a wild night talk. The warrior Xun was now Zhao's prisoner, so he kindly reminded himself.Li Yuanji originally wanted to burn the letter, but on second thought, he went to Prince Li Jiancheng, handed the letter to him, and asked him what he meant.

Unexpectedly, Li Jiancheng didn't even read the letter after seeing it, but directly tore it into pieces, and even scolded Li Yuanji, he was so confused. This was clearly either Li Chongjiu's plan to alienate, or he set a trap for himself to exploit.If he reported this matter to Li Yuan himself, but instead said that the prince was not in harmony with his brothers, it would make his current situation worse and he would be severely punished.

After Li Yuanji heard what Li Jiancheng said, of course he didn't dare to mention it again.

Now the three brothers have their own thoughts, after entering the Xuanwu Gate for a hundred steps, there are two small lakes on the left and right in front of them, and the Linhu Palace is on the side of the lake.

Suddenly there was a rumbling sound from the Xuanwu Gate behind them, and everyone turned their heads, only to see that the Xuanwu Gate was closing.

At this moment, the faces of the prince and King Qi changed.The Bairi Xuanwu Gate closed for no reason, which is absolutely abnormal.At this moment, outside the Xuanwu Gate, the Beiya Forbidden Army stationed outside saw that the gate was closed rumblingly, and they all found it unusual.

A general of the Beiya Forbidden Army shouted: "It's not even night yet, how can the gate of the White Palace be closed without authorization."

There was no answer from inside the gate, and the Nanya imperial guards guarding the palace gate left and right pushed the palace gate hard, and the palace gate closed inch by inch.Thousands of Beiya imperial guards stationed at the gate rushed forward one after another when they saw that something was wrong.

But what greeted them was a wave of arrows!
A row of crossbowmen stood on the tower, shooting down the dozen or so people who rushed forward.However, the imperial guards of the Beiya were entrusted with the important task of protecting the royal family, so they would not retreat because of the arrow attack, but rushed forward when they saw the obstruction from the tower.

"Prince, the king of Qi rebelled and wanted to murder His Majesty! All the troops are not allowed to act rashly unless they obey the order, and those who disobey the order will be executed!" Chang He, the guard of the Xuanwu Gate, stood on the tower and shouted loudly.

The Beiya imperial guards were taken aback when they heard this, but when they saw Chang He's loud announcement, everyone was skeptical.

Just after a moment of hesitation, the Xuanwu Gate gradually closed.

"Don't listen to them." A confidant general in the imperial army went to snatch the door and held it at the last moment before the door closed, but when he saw the other party throwing blood and flying, someone chopped him out, and then threw Xuanwu The door was forcibly closed, and thousands of Beiya imperial guards were kept out of the door.

After the Xuanwu Gate was closed, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were in a panic.

After hearing Chang He yelling, Crown Prince, King Qi rebelled and wanted to murder His Majesty, Li Jiancheng almost fell off his horse in fright, but saw Li Shimin slowly drew out his sword, and led the guards of King Qin's Palace to stop in the direction of Xuanwu Gate. .

But at this time, there was a lot of fighting on both sides of the Linhu Palace, but I saw the Tiance Mansion generals Liu Shili, Gongsun Wuda, Dugu Yanyun, Du Junchuo, Zheng Rentai, Li Mengchang, Zhang Shigui and others leading hundreds of people from the Qin Palace , and rushed out from the vicinity of Xuanwu Gate, toward Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

At this moment, Li Yuanji grabbed Li Jiancheng's horse's head and said, "Prince, King Qin really wants to rebel, let's run away!"

"Escape?" Li Jiancheng asked in a daze, "Where are we fleeing to?"

Li Yuanji would not be able to answer normally, but today he reminded the warrior, so he had already prepared the draft.

The Chengqian Palace in the West Palace is Li Shimin's residence. You must not go here, and the East Gate is the Prince's East Palace. In the East Palace, there are six leaders of the East Palace, with more than [-] troops, led by Xie Shufang. Li Jiancheng came to see Li Yuan this time, and the Six Leaders of the East Palace They all stay in the mansion, but this is also where the most ambushes are.
Only Wude Hall in the south is better, this is the residence of King Qi in the palace, Li Yuanji is not only very familiar with this place, there are dozens of guards of Prince Qi's mansion guarding the palace.

At that moment Li Yuanji said: "Prince, let's go to Wude Hall."

General Li Jiancheng Feng Li led dozens of guards of the East Palace and said: "Prince go first, I will hold King Qin here for a while." General Li Yuanji Yu Wenbao also got Li Yuanji's order to turn around and kill him.

Li Shimin, who was riding on a horse, watched these shrimp soldiers and crab generals coming, and just let out a cold snort. At that moment, the general of Qin Palace led hundreds of elite Qin Palace guards to fight out together.

Li Shimin led a dozen Qingqi to bypass the interceptors, and chased and killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji alone.

On the horse path in the palace, Li Shimin galloped his horse, and soon caught up with Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, watching their backs as they fled in a hurry.

Li Shimin couldn't help thinking, if Li Yuan was willing to pass on the throne to him, why would he be here today if he didn't have an orderly family? , Who are they who persecute themselves, all this is what they asked for.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin drew his bow and took the arrow, aimed at Li Jiancheng's back heart and shot it!
In Beihai Pool, Li Yuan had just finished changing, when he heard the sound of killing and the rumbling of horseshoes from a wall away.

When Li Yuan saw it, he immediately shouted to Chen Fu, the supervisor in the palace: "What happened outside, go and see immediately!"

Chen Fu immediately ran outside as soon as he agreed.

"Quick, put armor on me."

Li Yuan, who had been in the army for many years, immediately knew that there must be a mutiny in the palace.

At this time, Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Feng Deyi, Feng Lun, Dou Dan, Yan Shigu and other ministers all asked for an audience outside the hall at the same time.

(End of this chapter)