Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 463 The Change of Xuanwu Gate (1)

It is said that Li Shimin and Li Yuanji brought [-] knives and axemen and [-] archers to Xuanfu Gate, but they saw a piece of darkness.It stands to reason that there should be torches on every palace gate, and some torches are waterproof, so even in this stormy night, they must be lit.It's strange how dark it is now.

"Brother, hasn't Xuanfu Gate changed its guard?" Li Yuanji stood on his horse and said to Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it. It should be that Xu Shiji's child has not changed. But, the son of the general, why can't he even light a lamp?"

"I'm also surprised, brother, you're waiting here now, I'll go and shout something." After speaking, Li Yuanji drove forward, but Li Jiancheng did not wait at the same place, but followed.

Li Yuanji was even more strange when he arrived in front of Xuanfu Gate. Not only was there no lamp on the city wall, even the reflection of swords and guns was missing.Li Yuanji shouted: "Xuanfu gate guard Xu Zhen, come out quickly!"

"Huh? Bold, Xuanfu gate guard Xu Zhen, quickly open the gate!"

"Hmph, how courageous, I'm Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and tell that brat Xu Zhen to come out! Otherwise, I'll shoot an arrow!"

At this moment, a person suddenly appeared on the door, seven or eight torches were lit up, and a round object was thrown from above, and then he laughed loudly and said: "Hahahaha, the Xu Zhen you are looking for, but this one? "

Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were startled when they heard this voice, this person was Yuchi Jingde!Look at the thing thrown down again, isn't it Xu Zhen's head, or something!
Li Jiancheng said furiously: "Yu Chigong, you dare to kill the guard of the palace gate, are you going to rebel?"

Yuchi Jingde laughed wildly: "Hahaha, no, you were the one who killed Xu Zhen, you were the one who attacked the palace gate, and you were the one who rebelled!"

Li Jiancheng was shocked, he brought troops here today, and now Xu Zhen's head is on his side, if he didn't go in and meet Li Yuan, even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he would hardly be cleared.Li Jiancheng was frightened and angry, and Yu Chigong danced with a knife and said: "Prince Dog, today I will let you taste the fate of opposing our King Qin! Soldiers, for the sake of King Qin, kill me!"

In an instant, arrows rained down on the city wall.The guards around Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji quickly took out their shields to resist. At this time, the gate of the palace opened wide, and countless soldiers appeared inside. They all shouted and killed them.

Li Yuanji hurriedly said to Li Jiancheng: "Brother, you go first, I will take the soldiers to resist. You go and call the Shenwu Army!"

At this time, it was not about being reluctant to be polite and talking about the love of children, because the military situation was urgent, and many people's lives could be saved in a short time. Li Jiancheng turned his horse's head and walked back without saying a word.

Now that you have been caught, how can you get away with it.Li Jiancheng saw torches appearing in the mountains to the east and the mountains to the north in the distance. He didn't know how many people and horses were hidden under the slight torches.Are you going to die here today, second brother, you have come to this point after all, you are so cruel!
Li Jiancheng was almost desperate. At this moment, a group of more than 3000 people came from the west. When Li Jiancheng was about to kill himself, he heard a female voice: "Brother, stop, it's Pingyang!"

"San Niang?" Li Jiancheng was about to cry with joy, but immediately, he became nervous again, and said, "San Niang, it's rare that you came to kill me too?"

"Brother, I'm here to help you. I don't have much to say. You go to Xuanwu Gate. Xu Qing's place is safe. Leave it to Sanniang's Princess Army!"

Princess Pingyang was valiant and heroic, and with a yell, she took Li Yuanji with her own people to fight together.At this time, Li Jiancheng also whipped the horse's ass, and ran towards Xuanwu Gate.
-
Go back to an hour ago.

It was raining non-stop, Xu Qing thought that it would be better to let the soldiers go back, anyway, the change of Xuanwumen might not be today, and he didn't communicate with Li Shimin, so he might not choose Xuanwumen.If [-] people get sick all at once, that would be terrible.However, Xu Qing quietly left some people behind.

The yamen hall at the front gate of Xuanwu Gate can accommodate many people, and there are also military rooms and self-canteens, which can still squeeze more than 1000 people.After squeezing again, there were 500 people left in the Xuanwu Gate, and the rest went back to the camp.Xu Qing asked everyone to make a bed with dry straw, sat down to rest with peace of mind, and went back to sleep by himself.

But as soon as he lay down, the people who originally belonged to Anhe quietly entered Xu Qing's room.Xu Qing asked unhappily, "What are you doing here?"

The members of the dark river said to Xu Qing: "Master, you can't sleep today, it seems that something big happened today..."

Xu Qing said with a dark face, it can't be so unlucky, just after the soldiers were withdrawn, something went wrong?

Seeing Xu Qing's disbelief, a member of the Underworld simply whispered in Xu Qing's ear: "My lord, well, one of our brothers has already mixed in with them. Even if we want to send someone to control you today."

Xu Qing frowned and asked, "What, control me?"

Half an hour later, a group of ghostly figures quietly appeared on the city wall taking advantage of the dark night and the sound of raindrops beating.Make the person standing guard dizzy first, and look at the technique, he is a master who has been practicing for many years.Then, they split into two groups, heading straight to Xu Qing's room, and walking to the hinge that controls the iron gate.

The passerby who came to Xu Qing's room first threw a sleeping incense into Xu Qing's room, waited for a while, opened the door and looked, and all the members of the underground river in the room looked at him in unison.

Whoops, so many guests.

Puff puff puff, Xu Qing's people quietly killed them all the way, the gate was closed, and the interrogation began.The front and back doors are far apart, and whispers on this side cannot be heard on the other side.After waking up those few people, Xu Qing saw, hey, one of them made a secret hand gesture.

Well, whoever recruits first will survive.The one in the dark river was the first to recruit workers, and the rest of them saw it, and they all went all out, competing to tell what they knew.According to this, Xu Qing sent a signal outside, and sure enough, the iron gate rang.

The dark river is on the move!
The dark night is boundless, the river world!
The gate was fastened, and the people from Anhe shot a row of crossbow arrows, and then someone sent out a signal, and the city gate opened wide, letting Li Shimin's people in.

The soldiers resting on the outer gate were all shouted, and hid on the city wall like Xu Qing, silently.After a while, Xu Qing saw more than a hundred knife and axemen coming in from outside the door, hiding on both sides of the door.Seeing that the situation inside is very good, another seven or eight people came in, it seems that a big man has arrived.

Originally, they should check the city wall again, or see if Xu Qing was caught, but what happened immediately made them lose their mood.In the distance, the sound of Li Jiancheng's hooves disturbed the silence outside the Xuanwu Gate, but he didn't know that 1000 people had already ambushed here.There are only one hundred inside the Xuanwu Gate, and nine hundred outside the gate.

And at this moment, in Li Yuan's imperial study in the Tai Chi Hall:
"Your Majesty, that's the plan of the King of Qin. Xu Zhen is dead now. Immediately, that Xu Qing will join the King of Qin. So, what's the use of killing me?" Pei Ju smiled and said: "I, Pei Ju, may You can also contribute to the Turkic issue in the Western Regions in the future. And your Majesty, from now on, please sit on the seat of the Supreme Emperor."

Li Yuan sneered and said, "Do you think I will compromise so easily?"

"If you don't compromise, so what if you don't compromise?" Pei Ju roared: "Li Jiancheng is dead! Li Yuanji is also dead! Who else can inherit the throne, relying on you, an old man, you think you can really live forever! "

"I won't bother you to worry about these things." Li Yuan said coldly to the guards standing at the door: "No matter what, you, a slave of the five surnames, I still have to get rid of you. Dabao, I can’t leave you as a disaster.”

Pei Ju was captured by Long Wei, and he shouted hoarsely: "Li Yuan! Don't you want the Western Regions? Don't you want to mess with the Turks? You'd better write the imperial decree, abolish the prince, and become the King of Qin! Hahaha... "

"Pull it down, cut it off!" Li Yuan waved his hand.

Click, Pei Ju died.

Then, the guard cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the palace is not safe now, please move to the army. Among the four armies, the Emperor has two armies. If he has two armies in his hands, no matter how great the disaster is, he will be able to calm it down." Of."

It was impossible to figure out what happened outside the door now, Li Yuan was in the deep palace, and he didn't dare to conclude that Li Jiancheng did not rebel just because of Pei Ju's affairs.Maybe it's a ruse?Of course, it would be extremely dangerous for King Qin to go out now after making such a fuss.King Qin's power has penetrated into the army of Yingzhou, could it not reach the fourth army?

So Li Yuan said stubbornly: "In the past three years, I have only taken a fancy to two people, one is the crown prince, and I supported him to defeat the King of Qin. Now, I don't know if he has rebelled, but the other person, I have taken a fancy to Xu Qing. He doesn't go anywhere. Xu Qing has 1 people in his hands. If a small Xuanwu Sect can't stand it, it means that I am really old and useless. To die is to die. The man chopped off his head. You go down, follow the previous guards, don't increase the number of troops, and everything will continue as usual."

Before the guard left the house, the little eunuch came with someone, and it was Pei Ji.Pei Ji came in panting, and said to Li Yuan, "Your Majesty, no, no."

In fact, Pei Ji heard everything Li Yuan said just now.Li Yuan asked: "Pei Ji, why not?"

Pei Ji was out of breath and said: "Your Majesty, at this time the Crown Prince and the King of Qin must be outside the Xuanwu Gate. Brothers are fighting each other. The Emperor is right in front of you. Why don't you stop it? Even though one of them must be at fault, But we can’t let this mistake lead to another catastrophe.”

After a pause, Pei Ji swallowed his saliva and continued: "Xu Qing is a loyal minister, and he will never rebel. At this time, the Xuanwu Gate still belongs to the emperor. However, Xu Qing is too indecisive. Knowing who to help, I’m afraid one of them would have died a long time ago.”

Li Yuan took the imperial guards in the palace and quietly went to Xuanwu Gate.

(End of this chapter)