Lanting prelude
Chapter 54 Rebellion
Chapter 54 Rebellion
Li Anyan's eyes were condensed, and she stared at Li Yuanchang: "Your Highness, could it be that you want me...to rebel?!"
At midnight, most of the lifangs in Chang'an City were already silent, but Pingkangfang was still bustling and noisy.
Li Chengqian, Xie Shaozong, Li Yuanchang, and Hou Junji sat in a private room in Qihuang Pavilion, all of them had gloomy faces, and the atmosphere was almost stagnant.
Qihuang Pavilion was originally Xie Shaozong's territory.After he hastily moved out of Yongjiafang, he moved into a house not far from Qihuang Pavilion, so this became the best place for him to have a secret meeting with the prince and others.
"Sir," Li Chengqian spoke first, "According to what you mean, your man was arrested by King Wu?"
Just now, Xie Shaozong had told the prince about Wu Wang Li Ke leading a team to raid his house, and suspected that the person he was following outside Wei Zheng's mansion had fallen into Wu Wang's hands.
"Returning to Your Highness, judging from the current situation, this is the most likely explanation."
Li Chengqian was thinking about something, and was suddenly startled: "You two subordinates, do you know about my joining forces with you?"
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, they don't know anything except the house in Yongjiafang."
Only then did Li Chengqian heave a sigh of relief, but in a short while he frowned again: "When did my third brother hook up with Wei Zheng? Why didn't there be any warning in advance?"
"If you want me to say that the current situation in the court is so chaotic, it is not surprising that anyone hooks up with anyone." Li Yuanchang interjected, "There is no need to think about this now, but think about it. If Wei Zheng leaks the news to King Wu, will King Wu think about it?" Will you inform me?"
"My lord, don't worry." Xie Shaozong continued, "Wu Wang only wants to catch me now. Before he catches me, he can't do anything."
"How do you know?" Li Yuanchang asked with squinting eyes.
"Because he doesn't have any evidence." Xie Shaozong said frankly, "He has no evidence to prove that His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to rebel, nor that I joined forces with His Highness. At best, he only has the rumors told to him by a sick old man like Wei Zheng." Forget it, how could the Holy Majesty believe him?"
"But he has your people in his hands!" Li Yuanchang didn't think so, "If he brings your people to the Holy One, wouldn't it prove that you have joined hands with the prince?"
Xie Shaozong smiled: "Okay, even if it is as the prince said, at most it can only prove that I, Xie Shaozong, was involved in the conspiracy of the court, and then I will send someone to spy on Wei Zheng. As for why I am involved and what I want to do, can anyone tell me?" Tell the sage? Who can prove that all this has something to do with the prince? Besides, after Li Feng's case, the king of Wu just wanted to accuse the prince by arresting someone. Will it arouse the sage's suspicion? Maybe he didn't eat the mutton of the king of Wu Seeing this, I am ashamed! If King Wu had a brain, I believe he would not do this."
Li Yuanchang was speechless when he heard it.
Li Chengqian was also a little worried at first, but he couldn't help laughing and said: "Mr. is still clear-headed. This analysis is reasonable, which makes people suddenly enlightened!"
"Old Xie, the King of Wu is not our focus now." Hou Junji said after being silent for a long time, "The Holy Majesty will not be going to Wei Palace this year during the Lantern Festival. We have to quickly think of a new action plan."
All four people present knew about this matter, and the silence just now was mainly because of this matter.They all knew that with the change of the emperor's plan, they would either give up their actions, or they could only draw troops into the palace, which must be one of them.
"If you want me to say, just give up the action, it is purely self-destruction!" Li Yuanchang said.
"Your Majesty's words are wrong! Why would you bring your own death if you rein in the palace?" Hou Junji snorted coldly, "If the Holy Majesty thought the same way back then, wouldn't the one who sits on the throne be the Prince Yin?"
"Brother Huang's meritorious deeds and power shook the world back then, and many people were willing to sacrifice their lives for him! Wasn't your Hou Shangshu also a knife in the hands of Brother Huang?" Li Yuanchang said, "Besides, Brother Huang There are [-] dead soldiers raised in the Qin Palace, and each of them has the courage to stand up to ten..."
"Seventh Uncle!" Li Chengqian's face darkened, "What do you mean by saying that? Could it be that I don't have the achievements and prestige of my father, so I should give up the throne to others?"
Only then did Li Yuanchang realize that he was too quick to talk and accidentally hurt the crown prince, so he hurriedly said, "That's not what I meant. I mainly want to say that times have changed, and the current situation is different from what it was back then..."
"It depends on human effort!" Li Chengqian interrupted him again, "Why can't I, Li Chengqian, do what my father can do? It's true that there were eight hundred dead men in the Qin Palace back then, but Mr. Are they all people who are greedy for life and afraid of death? Or do you think they are all embroidered pillows, and they don't have the courage to stand up to ten?"
Li Yuanchang found helplessly that he had offended not only the crown prince but also Xie Shaozong with his words just now, no matter how he explained it now, no one would want to hear it, so he had to shut up resentfully.
Hou Junji glanced at him gloatingly, and said to Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, I have told you a long time ago that I, Hou Junji, is your knife, and I will wait for your order when it will be unsheathed." !"
"Okay! Hou Shangshu's treasured sword is not old, once you draw this sword out of its sheath, you will surely be invincible and victorious!"
Li Chengqian was very excited, but just as he finished speaking, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Xie Shaozong frowning and pondering, seemingly worried, and asked, "What are you thinking, sir?"
Xie Shaozong said indifferently: "Your Highness, please forgive Xie for saying something unsightly. His Highness King Han's concerns just now are not unreasonable."
When Li Yuanchang heard it, he immediately cheered up: "How about Chengqian, am I right? Mr. Xie is a sensible person, unlike some people who only show off their bravery!"
Hou Junji smiled coldly, pretending he didn't hear it.
Hou Junji had already seen through Han Wang's softie, so he didn't bother to argue with him at this time.
Hearing what Xie Shaozong said, Li Chengqian felt a little nervous: "Sir, if you have any concerns, please speak up."
"Your Highness, in your opinion, what is the main reason why King Qin was able to defeat Prince Yin and King Qi?" Xie Shaozong asked without answering.
Li Chengqian thought for a while: "I understand what you mean, isn't it just to control the Xuanwu Gate?"
"Exactly. If you want to create trouble in Taiji Palace, you must control Xuanwumen!" Xie Shaozong's eyes were burning, "Otherwise, it is better to give up the action than to fight an uncertain battle."
"Hou Shangshu," Li Chengqian turned his face, "Are there any of your old troops in the imperial guards of Taiji Palace?"
"Yes, there is." Hou Junji thought about it, "It's just..."
"Just what?"
"It's just that if you want to instigate them against them, firstly, it's too hasty, and I'm afraid it won't succeed; secondly, even though it's an old department back then, it's too risky to lure them into the group rashly."
Before Li Chengqian made a statement, Li Yuanchang rushed to say: "Hou Shangshu, weren't you still full of passion and determined to win? Why are you cautious now?"
Hou Junji was furious: "Your Highness, Hou is too lazy to argue with you, so don't push yourself!"
Li Yuanchang was about to retort, but Li Chengqian couldn't help scolding: "Enough! Uncle Qi, can't you say a few words less?"
"Everyone calm down, calm down." Xie Shaozong hurriedly smoothed things over again, "Everyone is for His Highness's great cause, brainstorming, pooling wisdom and efforts, and don't affect the overall situation for a little emotional dispute."
"Sir," Li Chengqian ignored them, "In your opinion, what should we do now?"
"Although there are not a few days left until the Shangyuan Festival, but in the so-called wealth and wealth, in my opinion, it is not impossible to instigate rebellion against the imperial army." Xie Shaozong looked at Hou Junji, "Brother Junji, I have to trouble you The old department of the Forbidden Army pulls out a list, let's analyze them one by one, and with a little screening, we may be able to lock down a few more likely ones and try them out one by one."
"This is a way!" Li Chengqian slapped his thigh, "Test it out, click until it is done, even if it doesn't work, it won't leak the news."
Hou Junji hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly nodded: "Okay, then I'll try."
"Chengqian, can I say a few words about this matter?" Li Yuanchang asked with squinting eyes.
Seeing his unhappy look, Li Chengqian felt a little bit sorry, and said, "Seventh Uncle, I'm not letting you speak, but what you say must help our actions..."
"Of course!" Li Yuanchang said unconvinced, "Otherwise, why should I take this risk with you?"
Li Chengqian smiled: "Okay then, tell me, I'll listen with all my ears."
"Speaking of the imperial guards in this palace, I do have a suitable candidate in my hand."
As soon as this remark came out, the other three people all opened their eyes wide.Li Chengqian hurriedly asked: "Who?"
"General of Zuo Tunwei Zhonglang, Li Anyan."
Xie Shaozong's eyes flashed: "This person is the guard of the Xuanwu Gate, and he is directly responsible for the safety of the palace. If we can instigate him, the success of the event will be half successful! I just don't know what the prince means when he says he is suitable?"
"I have dealt with him a lot, we are old acquaintances, and we can chat with each other, this one; second, he was punished by the emperor's brother for running away because of debate not long ago, although he didn't say it, he was sure of it Thirdly, he was also an official of Prince Yin's Eastern Palace, and he also had a biological uncle, but he was killed by the emperor's brother during the Xuanwumen Incident, so I think this is also an entry point to instigate rebellion against him."
The other three fell into deep thought at the same time.After a while, Xie Shaozong showed approval, and said: "My lord's suggestion is good, it seems that Li Anyan is worth considering."
"I don't agree with you." Hou Junji said in a low voice, "In my opinion, these three points, my lord, are untenable. First, I have to say that I have many acquaintances with the imperial guards in the palace, but it happens that there are many important events. Second, regarding Biancai’s escape, the Holy Majesty’s punishment of Li Anyan’s salary and staff is considered an extrajudicial favor. If the law is followed, Li Anyan should be dismissed from his post and exiled! Now that the felony is punished with light punishment, it’s too late for him to be grateful. How could they hold grudges? Thirdly, so many people died at Xuanwu Gate back then. Could it be that their relatives all wanted to seek revenge from the Holy Majesty? What's more, after so many years, any hatred has already faded away? It's still worth it today. Are you talking about this?"
Li Chengqian originally agreed with Li Yuanchang's words, but he hesitated when he heard it.
Li Yuanchang really wanted to refute, but in a hurry, he couldn't find any reason to refute.
Everyone was silent for a moment.Li Chengqian had no choice but to look at Xie Shaozong, signaling him to make an idea with his eyes.
Xie Shaozong understood, thought for a while, and said: "How about this, let's work separately, brother Junji will go to test his old department, and the prince will also contact Li Anyan. In my opinion, not only are the two not contradictory, but can Increase the possibility of success. I wonder if His Highness thinks so?"
Li Chengqian was overjoyed, and took a heavy photo of the food table in front of him: "Okay, it's settled! The two of you will split up tomorrow morning, time is not waiting for you, and you can't delay for a moment!"
Nearly five o'clock, the morning drum has not yet sounded, and the gates of all the workshops in Chang'an are still closed.
It was still dark at this time, and the Taipingfang outside the Hanguang Gate in the southwest of the imperial city was suddenly not peaceful—the Fangfang was sleeping, and was called up by a Marquis of this square, saying that someone was drunk and making trouble at the Dongfang Gate .
"Are you all living?" Fangzheng was in his sixties, with gray hair and beard, and he got out of bed with his clothes on, cursing and cursing, "If someone makes trouble and arrests him, you also want to come to me for such a small matter?"
"Fangzheng doesn't know something." Marquis Wu said with a bitter face, "This group of troublemakers have a lot of background!"
"How old is it?" Fangzheng asked impatiently, "Could it be someone from the palace?"
Marquis Wu smiled wryly: "I really let you talk about it, these guys are the forbidden army in the palace, and the leader seems to be a Zhonglang general."
"What?" Fangzheng woke up suddenly, "What are you talking about? General of the Forbidden Army?!"
"Isn't it? I heard it's called Li... By the way, Li Anyan."
Fangzheng's face turned pale, and he rushed out the door before he could put on his clothes.Along the way, Fangzheng listened to Marquis Wu intermittently narrate what happened, and finally figured out the whole story:
Li Anyan brought seven or eight subordinates, all of whom were drunk, came out of a restaurant in this square, and wanted to knock on the door of Dongfang to go out.Seeing that they were all dressed in plain clothes, the guards at the gate thought they were rascals, so they scolded them a few times, and they beat them violently.A team of Marquis Honfang, who was on patrol at night, happened to come here on patrol, and hurriedly rushed to stop them, and a fight broke out between them.During the fight, the head of the other party was punched twice in the face before angrily shouting out his official position and name.Marquis Wu were skeptical, so they hurriedly sent someone to report to Fang Zheng.
When the two rode their horses and rushed to Dongfang Gate, they were stunned by the scene in front of them: they saw the dozen or so soldiers and Marquis Wu kneeling on the ground under the threat of the rioters, and fanned each other. Slapped, everyone's face was red and swollen.
Fangzheng secretly groaned in his heart, he identified the leader of the opponent, ran over in a hurry, and kept bowing: "This general, they don't know Taishan with their eyes, and offended the general, I will definitely teach them a lesson, and please be merciful to the general, Let them go!"
This person is Li Anyan.He smelled of alcohol, and stared at Fang with bloodshot eyes for a while: "What are you, dare to intercede for them? Get out of here!"
Lao Fang has been working in this position for half his life, and he has never been humiliated like this before. He felt very annoyed, and immediately said: "I am Fang Zheng of this workshop. Fang Zhizheng, why did the general speak so rudely?"
"A big fart, Fangzheng, dares to yell at this general!"
Li Anyan spat on the ground, grabbed Fangzheng by the collar, pushed him to kneel on the ground, and ordered his subordinates to catch Wuhou who was pale with fright, and ordered the two of them to interact with each other like the others Slap.Fang Zheng was so angry that he cursed loudly, Li Anyan did it himself and slapped the Marquis several times.Fangzheng scolded again, and he slapped Marquis Wu again.Marquis Wu finally came to his senses and slapped Fang Zheng's face in a hurry. Fang Zheng fought back angrily, so the two started fighting like this.
Seeing this, Li Anyan and his subordinates laughed loudly.
The morning drum sounded at this moment, and one of his men snatched the key from the gatekeeper and opened the gate.However, what everyone didn't expect was that when the gate opened, a group of fully armed Wuhou guards rode their horses and stood at the door, and the leader was Li Ke, the general of Zuo Wuhou.
When Li Anyan saw it, he was startled, most of them were sober, and hurriedly told everyone to stop.But Fangzheng and Marquis Wu fought vigorously, Li Anyan's subordinates struggled to pull them apart.
Li Ke rode over and walked over, his eyes swept across the crowd like lightning, and finally stopped on Li Anyan's face: "General Li, which song is this from?"
Li Anyan hurried forward to pay respects, and said with an apologetic smile, "Your Highness, you...why do you watch the night yourself?"
"In order to ensure the safety of the Lantern Festival during the Lantern Festival, this king has personally patrolled the night for the past few days." Li Ke said indifferently, "Looking at General Li, it seems that he doesn't like seeing me very much?"
"Where is it, Your Highness is joking." Li Anyan winked at his subordinates, and his subordinates quickly helped those Marquis who were still kneeling on the ground to their feet.
"The king just passed the gate of the square, and heard the sound of slaps and slaps inside. It was really lively! These people must have offended General Li and were punished?" Li Ke had a smile on his face, but that smile was so cold Startled.
"Well, the thing is like this..." Li Anyan was trying to find an excuse to prevaricate, that Fangzheng suddenly broke free from his subordinates, rushed over with a stride, fell in front of Li Kema, kowtowed a few times, and then pointed at Li Anyan. He and his people complained tearfully.
Li Anyan cursed secretly, but did not dare to stop.
Li Ke listened quietly, his eyes gradually focused, and finally shot at Li Anyan like a sharp arrow: "General Li, as a general of the imperial army, you know that you broke the law and committed crimes for no reason. What do you think this king should do with you?"
Li Anyan knew that she couldn't deny it, so she smiled and said: "Your Highness, it's all because I drink too much, and my sex is messed up after drinking, please show your highness, I must learn my lesson and never do it again!"
"Lesson?" Li Ke smiled coldly, "If this king really raises his hand to let you go, what lessons can you learn? If you want to have a long memory, you have to learn some lessons, right?"
Seeing that he didn't show any face, Li Anyan was immediately displeased: "His Royal Highness, you don't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face. If you want to teach me, you have to ask the emperor first, right?"
Li Ke laughed: "General Li, you are overthinking this. Since my father has appointed me as the general Zuo Wuhou, I have the power to punish those who commit crimes according to law. I really don't need to ask my father for orders. "
"Then what do you want?" Li Anyan's expression changed.
"It's very simple, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, twenty whips."
"His Royal Highness, the responsibility for the safety of the Shangyuan Festival banquet is on my shoulders. If you hurt me, the Holy Majesty will blame me. I'm afraid you can't afford it!"
"Well, there is some truth to that." Li Ke nodded seriously, "Then what should we do?"
Seeing that he was in trouble, Li Anyan was secretly proud, so she took advantage of the situation and said: "Your Highness, I don't want to make things difficult for you. Otherwise, you let me go back to the palace, and I will personally go to the Holy Majesty to plead guilty. What do you think?"
Li Ke bowed his head and pondered, as if he had never heard of it.
Li Anyan looked at him suspiciously, and was about to say something more, when Li Ke suddenly raised his hand to stop him: "You don't need to say anything, this king has thought of an idea, which will definitely satisfy us all." He smiled as he spoke He glanced at Fangzheng next to him.
Everyone didn't know what his idea was, so they had to wait quietly.
"In order to maintain the authority of my laws in the Tang Dynasty, and to enable General Li to perform his duties, this king has decided to change the [-] floggings to [-] slaps." Li Ke smiled, "How about General Li? It won't hurt you, isn't it the best of both worlds?"
Only then did Li Anyan realize that he deliberately wanted to humiliate herself, and she was furious: "King Wu, a soldier can be killed but not humiliated, don't bully others too much!"
"Oh? You also know that soldiers can't be humiliated? Then you humiliated these loyal people in the street just now, how should you explain?" After Li Ke finished speaking, he gave the subordinates behind him a wink, and immediately two people got off their horses. The left and the right grabbed Li Anyan tightly.
Li Anyan jumped into a rage and cursed loudly.The subordinates next to him looked at each other in blank dismay, but they didn't dare to act rashly.
"Hit!" Li Ke gave an order, and immediately a deputy stepped forward, grabbed Li Anyan and began to slap his mouth, the slap was clear and loud.Li Anyan struggled desperately, cursing endlessly.Fangzheng and his subordinates on the side all showed satisfied expressions.
At this time, the sky was twilight, and passers-by who got up early saw this scene, and they were very curious, so they stopped and watched, pointing...
Not long after the morning drum sounded, Chu Lisang quietly returned to the royal residence in Wuyi Lane, Chongdefang.
Ever since Xu Wanniang and Xiao Junmo were linked together, her mind was in a mess.If Xiao Junmo is really the orphan of Prince Yin, once this shocking secret is revealed, things will become very scary, because the emperor will definitely put him to death by any means, and Wang Hongyi will do everything possible to use him——Xiao Junmo will instantly become the leader of all parties in the ruling and opposition parties. The focus of power!
What is even more frightening is, once he learns the truth about his life experience, how will Xiao Junmo face it?What would Xiao Junmo do once he knew that the emperor he devoted all his energy to was the executioner who killed his biological father?
Chu Lisang originally thought that her life experience was enough to break people down, but she didn't expect Xiao Junmo's life experience to be more bizarre than hers, and it was even more soul-rending.
As soon as he entered the backyard from the high wall, Chu Lisang saw a dark shadow flashing past the Moon Gate not far away.She walked towards the moon gate as if nothing had happened, and a delicate dagger slipped out of her sleeve quietly, holding it in her hand.
This dagger inlaid with red and emerald gemstones is exactly the one that stabbed Xiao Junmo in Yique.
The moment he passed through the doorway, Chu Lisang felt the black shadow pounce on him from the left back, and then he bent his left hand and hit the man with his elbow.
Unexpectedly, the other party reacted faster, blocking her elbow with one palm, and grabbing her wrist with the other, and then Chu Lisang heard an extremely familiar voice: "Girl, do you know how to threaten Xuanjiawei with a knife?" , is it a crime?"
This sentence was exactly what Xiao Junmo said when Yi Que was threatened by Chu Lisang with a knife.
Chu Lisang was startled suddenly, looked up at the face that made her think about it day and night, and saw the faint smile on the corner of his mouth, her eyes instantly became moist.
"You liar..." Chu Lisang stared at him, "That day you just said to leave for a while and let me wait for you at the inn, and then you disappeared. Do you know how I live these days?"
"I'm sorry, it's my fault." Xiao Junmo apologized, "I assure you, from now on, I will never leave you again."
From last night to now, Xiao Junmo and Xi Yan have successively inspected the five houses in Wuyi Lane, and finally found many warriors patrolling back and forth in this house, and also found the early-rising green sleeve in the backyard, so they confirmed that this is the Wang Hongyi's hiding place was confirmed to be where Chu Lisang lived, so he hid it.
"How did you find me?" Chu Lisang asked.
Xiao Junmo smiled: "Look for it with your heart, and you will find it naturally."
This was an understatement, but Chu Lisang clearly felt the weight of the words "search with heart".
"Let's go, come home with me." Xiao Junmo said softly.
Just as Chu Lisang was about to say something, he suddenly remembered something about his life experience, and was immediately torn in his heart, wondering if he should tell him about Xu Wanniang and his own discovery.
Xiao Junmo noticed that her expression was different: "What's wrong?"
"No, it's nothing..." Chu Lisang hesitated, "Anyway, I can't go with you yet."
"Why?" Xiao Junmo was surprised.
"I...I still have some things to do."
From Chu Lisang's point of view, if Xiao Junmo is really the orphan of Prince Yin, then Wang Hongyi will know the truth sooner or later.Therefore, she had to lurk beside Wang Hongyi and spy on information at any time in order to help Xiao Junmo.
Xiao Junmo looked at her, very suspicious in his heart, and was about to ask, Xi Yan suddenly ran over nervously, and said in a low voice: "Leader, Miss Chu, we have to go, someone is coming."
Chu Lisang took advantage of the opportunity to push Xiao Junmo away, and said seriously: "You guys go!"
Xi Yan was taken aback for a moment: "Miss Chu, the leader finally found you..."
"Stop talking, hurry up and go." Chu Lisang said coldly.
At this time, the footsteps of a group of patrolling warriors were getting closer.Xiao Junmo knew that Chu Lisang must have some unspeakable secrets, but there was no time to dawdle now, so he could only say: "Sang'er, be careful, I'll come and see you later."
Chu Lisang endured the soreness in his heart, and nodded vigorously.
Xiao Junmo took another deep look at her, then turned around immediately, and jumped over the wall with Xi Yan one after the other.
Chu Lisang looked at the empty wall, his eyes blurred again before he knew it.
The mansion of Han Wang Li Yuanchang was located in the northeast corner of Taipingfang, so the farce that happened at Dongfangmen in the early morning soon spread to his ears.Li Yuanchang was quite astonished, and quickly ordered someone to find Fang Zheng, and inquired carefully about the incident.When Fangzheng finished speaking, Li Yuanchang couldn't help laughing in his heart, and even called "God help me!" a few times.
After all, Li Anyan was also a veteran of the Forbidden Army. Although his official rank was not very high, he was considered a respectable figure in the court. Now that he was humiliated by Wu Wang Li Ke in public, how could he swallow this bad breath?Right now, I was planning to instigate Li Anyan's rebellion, and this incident just happened, isn't this a god-sent opportunity?
Without further ado, Li Yuanchang immediately drove to Li Anyan's house in Zhaoguofang.
Li Anyan knew him well, so he didn't avoid it, and came out to see him with half of his face red and swollen.When Li Yuanchang saw it, he was filled with righteous indignation: "Wu Wang, a bastard, how could he treat General Li like this? He is too ignorant!"
Li Anyan smiled bitterly, invited him to sit in the main hall, and sighed: "He is a prince and a general, so naturally he enforces the law like a mountain and is ruthless! I am a mere general, and I am nothing in front of him!"
"General Li, this matter can't just be left alone. I will enter the palace later and let Brother Huang uphold justice for you."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness!" Li Anyan laughed at herself again, "To tell you the truth, Your Highness, I entered the palace this morning to appeal to the Holy Majesty, but..."
"But what?" Li Yuanchang observed him, and couldn't help secretly delighting.He was worried at first that if the emperor supported Li Anyan in this matter and helped him save face, then this matter would be of no use.From the looks of it now, Li Anyan was most likely to suffer from the emperor.
Sure enough, Li Anyan said: "I didn't expect that as soon as the incident in Taipingfang was over, Li Ke would enter the palace before me, and the villain would file a complaint first. Therefore, instead of speaking for me, the Holy Majesty reprimanded me all the time." Dun, said that there is nothing wrong with King Wu's law enforcement, and even the punishment is too light, and said that this account should be recorded first, and after the Shangyuan Festival palace banquet, the crime will be reduced and punished."
"How could this happen?" Li Yuanchang pretended to be surprised, "This King Wu is young and ignorant, why is the emperor so unreasonable?!"
"Forget it, anyway, I've made up my mind. As soon as the Lantern Festival is over, I'll give the Holy Father a form, requesting to be dismissed and return to the fields."
Seeing his frustrated face, Li Yuanchang felt a little more confident in his heart, sighed with him, and said: "General Li, it's not that I said bad things about the emperor behind his back. He seems to be a little confused in the past two years. It is often very unfair. If nothing else, let's just talk about the case of "framing the prince" last year. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was the work of Wei Wang behind the scenes, but the emperor actually found a scapegoat. The case was concealed from the world. You say, how can he convince the government and the public? How can he not make the crown prince chill?"
When Li Anyan heard the words, his face showed panic: "His Royal Highness, please do me a favor. Don't say such things in the humble house. If it gets out, will my family still have a way out?"
"General Li, you don't have to be so cautious." Li Yuanchang smiled, "To be honest, I'm not the only one who says this now. There are many people talking about it behind their backs. Everyone says it, Your Majesty. In the early years of Zhenguan, he was indeed a hero, but it is a pity that in the past few years, he has become dizzy day by day, which is exactly what the old saying goes - 'There is no beginning in the ruthless, and there is an end in the ruthlessness'!"
"Your Highness!" Li Anyan finally couldn't bear it any longer, and said in a deep voice, "If you continue to say such outrageous words, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you. You'd better go ahead!"
Li Yuanchang didn't move, but smiled lightly: "General Li, I always thought you were a bloody man, but today, you are just as timid as a mouse!"
"What did you say?!" Li Anyan stared, "Your Highness the King of Han, could it be that you all have made an appointment, and today you are trying to humiliate me in a different way?"
"General Li!" Li Yuanchang suddenly got up and met his eyes, "If you don't want to be humiliated, then show some manliness, so as not to let the sage, the king of Wu, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the people all over the world look down on you. It's flat!"
Li Anyan looked at him for a moment, then suddenly her shoulders collapsed, and she said with a wry smile: "What can I do if I don't want to be humiliated? I'm just a martial artist, what else can I do besides knocking out my teeth and swallowing blood?!"
"A martial artist?" Li Yuanchang smiled coldly, "Yes, you seem to be right in saying that. But don't forget, you are a martial artist who holds the power of the palace and guards the Xuanwu Gate. A martial artist who may change the color of the world and change the course of history!"
Li Anyan was shocked, and finally heard the overtones, frowned and said: "What do you mean by your highness?"
"What I mean is very simple. Now you have an opportunity in front of you. It will not only allow you to wash away your shame and feel proud, but also allow you to honor your ancestors and make you prosperous. It depends on whether you want it or not."
Li Anyan's eyes were condensed, and she stared at Li Yuanchang: "Your Highness, could it be that you want me...to rebel?!"
"It's not a rebellion, it's a revolution! It's about getting rid of the old and bringing in the new, changing the world!"
"With just you and me, how can we change the world?"
Li Yuanchang knew that he had basically succeeded, so he smiled brightly: "Come with me, I will take you to meet someone."
"See who?"
"Do you need to ask? Of course he is the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Are you sure the person you saw is Xu Wanniang?"
Hearing from Wei Laoliu that he found someone suspected of Xu Wanniang in Huaizhen Square last night, Wang Hongyi showed an expression of disbelief.
"Yes, sir. That person is in her 40s. Although she is an old lady, she still has a charming charm and lives with Doris. According to the judgment of my subordinates, there is a high probability that she is Xu Wanniang!"
"Have you sent someone over there?"
"Don't worry, sir, the subordinates have made arrangements. Now that small building is surrounded by our brothers, watching at twelve o'clock, Xu Wanniang and Dai Lisi are hard to fly!"
Wang Hongyi was very excited, and walked back and forth a few steps: "Tell the brothers, just stare at Xu Wanniang to death, and don't act rashly. She is not our ultimate goal, so don't startle the snake."
"Yes, this subordinate remembers it." Wei Laoliu was thinking something, "Sir, this subordinate has the courage to ask, since you said so, what is our ultimate goal?"
Wei Laoliu only knew that there was a secret hidden in Xu Wanniang, but he never knew what the secret was.
"I suspect that Xu Wanniang gave birth to Prince Yin back then."
Wei Laoliu was stunned: "Sir, what do you mean, we monitor Xu Wanniang just to find the orphan of Prince Yin?"
Wang Hongyi nodded.
"Then, what happens after you find it?"
Wang Hongyi pondered for a while, and then told him again what he said to Su Jinse that day, to the effect that if it was a daughter, he would be crowned queen; if it was a son, he would be crowned emperor.In the end, Wang Hongyi said leisurely again: "If that's the case, I will live up to Prince Yin's spirit in heaven, and it's not in vain for me to get to know Prince Yin for a while!"
Hearing this, Wei Laoliu couldn't help being a little moved: "Sir, your love for Prince Yin is really touching!"
Wang Hongyi smiled lightly and said nothing.
In fact, Wang Hongyi himself couldn't tell whether his plans were based on his love for Prince Yin, revenge on Li Shimin, his own desire to control the world, or a combination of these factors. .
People are so complicated - it's not only difficult to really understand other people, it's also difficult to really understand yourself.
Huan Dieyi walked into Xiao Junmo's room with a gloomy face, and saw that he was engrossed in writing, processing a batch of documents.
Xiao Junmo raised his head subconsciously, found her, and smiled: "Dieyi, you came just in time, I want to find you later."
"General Zuo has been taking care of everything since he returned to Beijing, so he still has time to find us as subordinates?" Huan Dieyi sat down next to him with a sneer on his face.
"Why," Xiao Junmo noticed her expression, "Who messed with you again?"
"What do you say?"
"How do I know?" Xiao Junmo smiled, took a delicate jewelry box, and handed it to her.
"What is this?" Huan Dieyi asked knowingly.
"It's your birthday present, open it and have a look."
Huan Dieyi opened it and took out a pair of Jade Buddha earrings. Although the Buddha statue was small, but the clothes fluttered and the face was lifelike, it was obviously expensive.Huan Dieyi was a little moved, but his face remained calm. He put the earrings back into the box and said, "What are you giving this thing for? I don't need it."
"There is always a chance to wear it." Xiao Junmo couldn't guess what petty temper she was playing, so he had to apologize, "When you are not on duty, don't always wear armor, and wear girls' clothes more. Can I wear it?"
"Not interested." Huan Dieyi pouted, "It's not as fun as the good bow and sword you gave me before."
"I said you are really difficult to serve, girl." Xiao Junmo smiled, "You said that I didn't understand the girl's mind when I gave you those things a few years ago, but you don't think it's fun to give you accessories this time, so you let me What should I give?"
"Since it's so embarrassing, don't give it away."
Xiao Junmo was choked, and after a while he smiled wryly and said: "I always have to give it away, who made me only have a junior sister like you. Otherwise, I will accompany you to go shopping another day. You can choose what you want, and I will pay. Is this all over?"
"What's the point of choosing a gift for yourself?" Huan Dieyi rolled his eyes at him, "Forget it, let's not talk about it, I have something to do with you."
Xiao Junmo saw that her expression was different, so he screened off several attendants in the duty room, and then looked at her: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Huan Dieyi stared at him for a while, then lowered his voice and said: "You must answer the question I am going to ask next, honestly, and don't fool me."
Xiao Junmo smiled: "Look at you as a deputy interrogating a prisoner, what is so serious?"
"Be serious!" Huan Dieyi said in a deep voice, "I'm not kidding you."
"Okay, serious and serious." Xiao Junmo suppressed his smile, "Ask, Commander Huan Dalu."
"You fled with Biancai last year, did you discover any secrets of the Sky Punishment Alliance?"
"What do you ask for this?"
"Don't worry about what I do, just answer me."
Xiao Junmo thought for a while: "If there is, it must be considered."
Huan Dieyi frowned: "What is it?"
"Didn't the master tell you?"
"Tell me what?" Huan Dieyi was puzzled.
"Since even the master won't tell you, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for me to tell you." Xiao Junmo deliberately kept it a secret.In fact, he had already figured it out, since Huan Dieyi asked, he had to tell her something.And apart from the vast majority of things that cannot be said, there is one thing that might as well be revealed to her.
Huan Dieyi straightened her face: "I helped you so many times last year, but now you hide everything from me, do you still have a conscience?!"
Xiao Junmo smiled: "Okay, I'll tell you, but you have to keep it secret."
"Okay, I'll keep it a secret."
Xiao Junmo approached her and said in a low voice: "I found the original "Lanting Preface" and dedicated it to the Holy One."
"The real work of "Lanting Preface"?" Huan Dieyi was surprised, "Is it what the Holy Majesty has been looking for all these years?"
Xiao Jun smiled silently.
"Then you didn't find anything from it before you dedicated the authentic work to the Holy One?"
Xiao Junmo shook his head: "If the secret of the Tianxingmeng is really hidden there, is it so easy for me to discover it?"
"Of course it's not easy for others, but it's different for you."
"Why is it different?"
"You are the most cunning and scheming person, what can you hide from you?"
"Haha!" Xiao Junmo laughed loudly, "I said Marshal Huan, I'm your boss, did any of your subordinates say that about your boss?"
"Don't interrupt, answer me."
"Okay, I'll answer you: No, I didn't find anything."
"You lied to me."
Xiao Junmo spread his hands helplessly: "Believe it or not."
Huan Dieyi stared at him closely: "Then let me ask you again, you and Biancai have traveled so far, you must have met with many sub-helms of the Tianxing League, but why didn't I see you report to the court?"
"This is your wild guess. I just met two helmsmen of the Tianxing League in Jiangling, one who runs a restaurant and the other makes a coffin. I haven't seen them since the meeting. What can I report? Besides Now, isn't Pei Tinglong in control of all these things? If you want to report it, you have to report it, right?"
Huan Dieyi smiled coldly: "It seems that you are planning to hide it from me."
"I'm telling the truth."
"That day the Holy Majesty called you to court, you also used this kind of rhetoric to deal with the Holy Majesty, right?"
"I have one thing to say, and another thing to say two, how do you call it 'coping'?"
"Then after you finished speaking, did His Majesty believe you?"
"I don't dare to speculate about the holy will." Xiao Junmo smiled again, "I just want to have a clear conscience."
Huan Dieyi sneered again, and looked around the spacious and luxurious General Zuo's room: "General Zuo doesn't have to speak bureaucratically with his subordinates anymore! You feel beautiful sitting in this room these days, right? It's just The subordinates can't help worrying, how long can you be beautiful?"
"Hey, I said Dieyi, how do you talk?" Xiao Junmo pretended to be displeased, "That guy Pei Tinglong is jealous of me, why don't you curse me?"
"Pei Tinglong is not just jealous of you? He can't wait to eat you!"
Xiao Junmo said disdainfully: "I'm afraid he doesn't have such a big appetite."
"Maybe he doesn't, but the people behind him do." Huan Dieyi emphasized the word "behind".
Xiao Junmo frowned slightly: "Did you hear something?"
"Don't worry about what I've heard." Huan Dieyi said coldly, "I'm just here today to tell you that Pei Tinglong may be just a vicious dog, which is nothing to worry about in your opinion, but don't forget that The person who released the dog. If he wants to eat you, you will definitely not even have scum left!"
Xiao Junmo finally understood that the "dog-releasing man" Huan Dieyi was talking about was undoubtedly the current emperor.
It seemed that the emperor still couldn't trust himself after all.
Huan Dieyi stood up. "That's all I've said, you can do it yourself." After turning around to leave, he suddenly remembered something, paused for a while, and then picked up the jewelry box on the desk, "I've accepted the things, come to eat at home tomorrow if you are free , I will ask my aunt to cook some of your favorite dishes."
Xiao Junmo knew that she had risked a lot to report to him, but he had no choice but to hide everything from her. He felt very guilty, so he stood up and said, "I'll see you off..."
"No need." Huan Dieyi still said coldly, "Your general Zuo has a lot of affairs every day, and you have to deal with so many confidential matters all day, how dare you ask me to send you?" After finishing speaking, he walked out without looking back.
Xiao Junmo watched her leaving back, and smiled helplessly.
I'm sorry Dieyi, I didn't mean to hide it from you, I just didn't want you to get involved.The situation is dire and the less you know, the safer you will be.
Li Anyan disguised himself as Li Yuanchang's bodyguard and followed him to the East Palace by car.
Li Yuanchang first asked Li Anyan to wait in the side hall, then went inside to inform the prince, and told him the details of the incident, and then led Li Anyan to the Lizheng hall.
After the two parties met, Li Chengqian did not exchange pleasantries, and said straight to the point: "General Li, the King of Han must have told you everything that should be said. Since you have stepped into the East Palace today, then we are on the same boat. If you help me ascend the throne , we have inexhaustible glory and wealth; but if we are half-hearted, all of us will have to move our heads! Have you thought about it clearly?"
Cold sweat broke out on Li Anyan's forehead in an instant, he subconsciously wiped it off, and said: "I am very grateful to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Han for their favor. This is the end of the matter, and I should only follow His Highness's order."
Li Chengqian frowned: "Hearing your tone, it seems a bit forced and helpless?" He glanced at Li Yuanchang as he spoke, "Seventh Uncle, since General Li is not willing, how can you coerce him?"
Li Anyan was startled, and hurriedly knelt down on one leg and clasped his fists together: "Your Highness misunderstood, I have absolutely no such intention! I mean, since the situation has developed to this point, and Your Highness is the dignified Prince of the Tang Dynasty. Do your best, shed your blood, and cut off traitors and tyrants for His Highness, and help His Highness become a great treasure and rule the world!"
"Okay!" Li Chengqian clapped the desk, motioned to Li Yuanchang to help him up, and said with a big smile, "General Li really understands righteousness, and with your help, why worry about nothing happening!"
"General Li," Li Yuanchang interjected at the right time, "Shangyuan Festival Palace Banquet, Tai Chi Palace and Xuanwu Gate's defense arrangements must have been done, right?"
Li Anyan nodded: "Yes, Your Highness, I am the one who took the lead in this matter."
"Well, then General Lao will hand over the plan to His Royal Highness as soon as possible."
Li Anyan hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said, "I obey."
Li Chengqian and Li Yuanchang looked at each other and smiled.
Afterwards, Li Anyan immediately bent over his desk to write, and drew a sketch of the Taiji Palace, which marked in detail the deployment of troops at various key points in the palace.After finishing the painting, Li Chengqian looked at it carefully, and then asked Li Yuanchang to take him out after a few words of encouragement.
As soon as the two left, Xie Shaozong came out from behind the screen.
"I got it!" Li Chengqian showed joy and handed him the picture.
Xie Shaozong took it respectfully, looked at it, nodded slightly, but did not speak.
Li Chengqian was surprised: "Mister seems to have an idea?"
Xie Shaozong pondered again, and said: "Your Highness, I always feel that it seems too easy to plot against Li Anyan..."
"Are you suspecting that Li Anyan is not sincerely surrendering?"
"It's not doubtful, but I feel that what happened in the past two days is a bit too coincidental."
"how to say?"
"Wu Wang just arrested my subordinates yesterday and ransacked my house. Early this morning, he clashed with Li Anyan in Taipingfang and humiliated Li Anyan in public. Almost overnight, Wu Wang became a Our common enemy with Li Anyan. What's even more coincidental is that last night we were just preparing to instigate Li Anyan, and today His Royal Highness the King of Han was able to use this as an excuse to talk things out, and it succeeded." Xie Shaozong paused, "So many coincidences , doesn't Your Highness feel strange?"
Li Chengqian thought about it, and said disapprovingly: "I don't think there is anything strange. Let's just say that I am the third brother. I have regarded myself very high since I was a child, and my father praised him many times on various occasions. He has long wanted to seize the heir apparent. Since he returned to Beijing last year, he has tried every means to please his father. He heard that Wei Zheng had a fight with me a few days ago, so he felt that there was an opportunity to go to Wei Zheng to inquire about the news. The person who arrested you. What happened to Li Anyan this morning was because he purposely made a big fuss in order to show his father that he enforced the law like a mountain and would not defend him because Li Anyan was the general of his imperial guard. In the final analysis, these two things are completely in line with his personality, and both are in line with his desire to seize the throne. Don't you think so, sir?"
Xie Shaozong frowned and thought: "Your Highness makes sense, but..."
"Not so many." Li Chengqian flicked his sleeves, "Don't you just think it's a coincidence? There are so many coincidences in this world, maybe it's because of my destiny that even God helps me?"
"It's good for His Highness to be so confident. But I still think that we should be more careful and not trust this Li Anyan so easily."
"Of course! I've already made up my mind. I'll ask Han Wang and Hou Shangshu to look for their eyeliners in the palace separately, and verify it from the side to see if this security map is true. As long as there is something wrong, I will Just kill Li Anyan with your own hands!"
Xie Shaozong nodded: "This is also a way."
"In addition, I have another way to ensure that he will follow us wholeheartedly, and he can't afford the slightest difference."
"Does your Highness have any good ideas?"
Li Chengqian looked at him, smiled evilly, approached him and whispered something.
Suddenly, Xie Shaozong couldn't help bowing deeply: "Your Highness is thoughtful, I admire you!"
(End of this chapter)
Li Anyan's eyes were condensed, and she stared at Li Yuanchang: "Your Highness, could it be that you want me...to rebel?!"
At midnight, most of the lifangs in Chang'an City were already silent, but Pingkangfang was still bustling and noisy.
Li Chengqian, Xie Shaozong, Li Yuanchang, and Hou Junji sat in a private room in Qihuang Pavilion, all of them had gloomy faces, and the atmosphere was almost stagnant.
Qihuang Pavilion was originally Xie Shaozong's territory.After he hastily moved out of Yongjiafang, he moved into a house not far from Qihuang Pavilion, so this became the best place for him to have a secret meeting with the prince and others.
"Sir," Li Chengqian spoke first, "According to what you mean, your man was arrested by King Wu?"
Just now, Xie Shaozong had told the prince about Wu Wang Li Ke leading a team to raid his house, and suspected that the person he was following outside Wei Zheng's mansion had fallen into Wu Wang's hands.
"Returning to Your Highness, judging from the current situation, this is the most likely explanation."
Li Chengqian was thinking about something, and was suddenly startled: "You two subordinates, do you know about my joining forces with you?"
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, they don't know anything except the house in Yongjiafang."
Only then did Li Chengqian heave a sigh of relief, but in a short while he frowned again: "When did my third brother hook up with Wei Zheng? Why didn't there be any warning in advance?"
"If you want me to say that the current situation in the court is so chaotic, it is not surprising that anyone hooks up with anyone." Li Yuanchang interjected, "There is no need to think about this now, but think about it. If Wei Zheng leaks the news to King Wu, will King Wu think about it?" Will you inform me?"
"My lord, don't worry." Xie Shaozong continued, "Wu Wang only wants to catch me now. Before he catches me, he can't do anything."
"How do you know?" Li Yuanchang asked with squinting eyes.
"Because he doesn't have any evidence." Xie Shaozong said frankly, "He has no evidence to prove that His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to rebel, nor that I joined forces with His Highness. At best, he only has the rumors told to him by a sick old man like Wei Zheng." Forget it, how could the Holy Majesty believe him?"
"But he has your people in his hands!" Li Yuanchang didn't think so, "If he brings your people to the Holy One, wouldn't it prove that you have joined hands with the prince?"
Xie Shaozong smiled: "Okay, even if it is as the prince said, at most it can only prove that I, Xie Shaozong, was involved in the conspiracy of the court, and then I will send someone to spy on Wei Zheng. As for why I am involved and what I want to do, can anyone tell me?" Tell the sage? Who can prove that all this has something to do with the prince? Besides, after Li Feng's case, the king of Wu just wanted to accuse the prince by arresting someone. Will it arouse the sage's suspicion? Maybe he didn't eat the mutton of the king of Wu Seeing this, I am ashamed! If King Wu had a brain, I believe he would not do this."
Li Yuanchang was speechless when he heard it.
Li Chengqian was also a little worried at first, but he couldn't help laughing and said: "Mr. is still clear-headed. This analysis is reasonable, which makes people suddenly enlightened!"
"Old Xie, the King of Wu is not our focus now." Hou Junji said after being silent for a long time, "The Holy Majesty will not be going to Wei Palace this year during the Lantern Festival. We have to quickly think of a new action plan."
All four people present knew about this matter, and the silence just now was mainly because of this matter.They all knew that with the change of the emperor's plan, they would either give up their actions, or they could only draw troops into the palace, which must be one of them.
"If you want me to say, just give up the action, it is purely self-destruction!" Li Yuanchang said.
"Your Majesty's words are wrong! Why would you bring your own death if you rein in the palace?" Hou Junji snorted coldly, "If the Holy Majesty thought the same way back then, wouldn't the one who sits on the throne be the Prince Yin?"
"Brother Huang's meritorious deeds and power shook the world back then, and many people were willing to sacrifice their lives for him! Wasn't your Hou Shangshu also a knife in the hands of Brother Huang?" Li Yuanchang said, "Besides, Brother Huang There are [-] dead soldiers raised in the Qin Palace, and each of them has the courage to stand up to ten..."
"Seventh Uncle!" Li Chengqian's face darkened, "What do you mean by saying that? Could it be that I don't have the achievements and prestige of my father, so I should give up the throne to others?"
Only then did Li Yuanchang realize that he was too quick to talk and accidentally hurt the crown prince, so he hurriedly said, "That's not what I meant. I mainly want to say that times have changed, and the current situation is different from what it was back then..."
"It depends on human effort!" Li Chengqian interrupted him again, "Why can't I, Li Chengqian, do what my father can do? It's true that there were eight hundred dead men in the Qin Palace back then, but Mr. Are they all people who are greedy for life and afraid of death? Or do you think they are all embroidered pillows, and they don't have the courage to stand up to ten?"
Li Yuanchang found helplessly that he had offended not only the crown prince but also Xie Shaozong with his words just now, no matter how he explained it now, no one would want to hear it, so he had to shut up resentfully.
Hou Junji glanced at him gloatingly, and said to Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, I have told you a long time ago that I, Hou Junji, is your knife, and I will wait for your order when it will be unsheathed." !"
"Okay! Hou Shangshu's treasured sword is not old, once you draw this sword out of its sheath, you will surely be invincible and victorious!"
Li Chengqian was very excited, but just as he finished speaking, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Xie Shaozong frowning and pondering, seemingly worried, and asked, "What are you thinking, sir?"
Xie Shaozong said indifferently: "Your Highness, please forgive Xie for saying something unsightly. His Highness King Han's concerns just now are not unreasonable."
When Li Yuanchang heard it, he immediately cheered up: "How about Chengqian, am I right? Mr. Xie is a sensible person, unlike some people who only show off their bravery!"
Hou Junji smiled coldly, pretending he didn't hear it.
Hou Junji had already seen through Han Wang's softie, so he didn't bother to argue with him at this time.
Hearing what Xie Shaozong said, Li Chengqian felt a little nervous: "Sir, if you have any concerns, please speak up."
"Your Highness, in your opinion, what is the main reason why King Qin was able to defeat Prince Yin and King Qi?" Xie Shaozong asked without answering.
Li Chengqian thought for a while: "I understand what you mean, isn't it just to control the Xuanwu Gate?"
"Exactly. If you want to create trouble in Taiji Palace, you must control Xuanwumen!" Xie Shaozong's eyes were burning, "Otherwise, it is better to give up the action than to fight an uncertain battle."
"Hou Shangshu," Li Chengqian turned his face, "Are there any of your old troops in the imperial guards of Taiji Palace?"
"Yes, there is." Hou Junji thought about it, "It's just..."
"Just what?"
"It's just that if you want to instigate them against them, firstly, it's too hasty, and I'm afraid it won't succeed; secondly, even though it's an old department back then, it's too risky to lure them into the group rashly."
Before Li Chengqian made a statement, Li Yuanchang rushed to say: "Hou Shangshu, weren't you still full of passion and determined to win? Why are you cautious now?"
Hou Junji was furious: "Your Highness, Hou is too lazy to argue with you, so don't push yourself!"
Li Yuanchang was about to retort, but Li Chengqian couldn't help scolding: "Enough! Uncle Qi, can't you say a few words less?"
"Everyone calm down, calm down." Xie Shaozong hurriedly smoothed things over again, "Everyone is for His Highness's great cause, brainstorming, pooling wisdom and efforts, and don't affect the overall situation for a little emotional dispute."
"Sir," Li Chengqian ignored them, "In your opinion, what should we do now?"
"Although there are not a few days left until the Shangyuan Festival, but in the so-called wealth and wealth, in my opinion, it is not impossible to instigate rebellion against the imperial army." Xie Shaozong looked at Hou Junji, "Brother Junji, I have to trouble you The old department of the Forbidden Army pulls out a list, let's analyze them one by one, and with a little screening, we may be able to lock down a few more likely ones and try them out one by one."
"This is a way!" Li Chengqian slapped his thigh, "Test it out, click until it is done, even if it doesn't work, it won't leak the news."
Hou Junji hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly nodded: "Okay, then I'll try."
"Chengqian, can I say a few words about this matter?" Li Yuanchang asked with squinting eyes.
Seeing his unhappy look, Li Chengqian felt a little bit sorry, and said, "Seventh Uncle, I'm not letting you speak, but what you say must help our actions..."
"Of course!" Li Yuanchang said unconvinced, "Otherwise, why should I take this risk with you?"
Li Chengqian smiled: "Okay then, tell me, I'll listen with all my ears."
"Speaking of the imperial guards in this palace, I do have a suitable candidate in my hand."
As soon as this remark came out, the other three people all opened their eyes wide.Li Chengqian hurriedly asked: "Who?"
"General of Zuo Tunwei Zhonglang, Li Anyan."
Xie Shaozong's eyes flashed: "This person is the guard of the Xuanwu Gate, and he is directly responsible for the safety of the palace. If we can instigate him, the success of the event will be half successful! I just don't know what the prince means when he says he is suitable?"
"I have dealt with him a lot, we are old acquaintances, and we can chat with each other, this one; second, he was punished by the emperor's brother for running away because of debate not long ago, although he didn't say it, he was sure of it Thirdly, he was also an official of Prince Yin's Eastern Palace, and he also had a biological uncle, but he was killed by the emperor's brother during the Xuanwumen Incident, so I think this is also an entry point to instigate rebellion against him."
The other three fell into deep thought at the same time.After a while, Xie Shaozong showed approval, and said: "My lord's suggestion is good, it seems that Li Anyan is worth considering."
"I don't agree with you." Hou Junji said in a low voice, "In my opinion, these three points, my lord, are untenable. First, I have to say that I have many acquaintances with the imperial guards in the palace, but it happens that there are many important events. Second, regarding Biancai’s escape, the Holy Majesty’s punishment of Li Anyan’s salary and staff is considered an extrajudicial favor. If the law is followed, Li Anyan should be dismissed from his post and exiled! Now that the felony is punished with light punishment, it’s too late for him to be grateful. How could they hold grudges? Thirdly, so many people died at Xuanwu Gate back then. Could it be that their relatives all wanted to seek revenge from the Holy Majesty? What's more, after so many years, any hatred has already faded away? It's still worth it today. Are you talking about this?"
Li Chengqian originally agreed with Li Yuanchang's words, but he hesitated when he heard it.
Li Yuanchang really wanted to refute, but in a hurry, he couldn't find any reason to refute.
Everyone was silent for a moment.Li Chengqian had no choice but to look at Xie Shaozong, signaling him to make an idea with his eyes.
Xie Shaozong understood, thought for a while, and said: "How about this, let's work separately, brother Junji will go to test his old department, and the prince will also contact Li Anyan. In my opinion, not only are the two not contradictory, but can Increase the possibility of success. I wonder if His Highness thinks so?"
Li Chengqian was overjoyed, and took a heavy photo of the food table in front of him: "Okay, it's settled! The two of you will split up tomorrow morning, time is not waiting for you, and you can't delay for a moment!"
Nearly five o'clock, the morning drum has not yet sounded, and the gates of all the workshops in Chang'an are still closed.
It was still dark at this time, and the Taipingfang outside the Hanguang Gate in the southwest of the imperial city was suddenly not peaceful—the Fangfang was sleeping, and was called up by a Marquis of this square, saying that someone was drunk and making trouble at the Dongfang Gate .
"Are you all living?" Fangzheng was in his sixties, with gray hair and beard, and he got out of bed with his clothes on, cursing and cursing, "If someone makes trouble and arrests him, you also want to come to me for such a small matter?"
"Fangzheng doesn't know something." Marquis Wu said with a bitter face, "This group of troublemakers have a lot of background!"
"How old is it?" Fangzheng asked impatiently, "Could it be someone from the palace?"
Marquis Wu smiled wryly: "I really let you talk about it, these guys are the forbidden army in the palace, and the leader seems to be a Zhonglang general."
"What?" Fangzheng woke up suddenly, "What are you talking about? General of the Forbidden Army?!"
"Isn't it? I heard it's called Li... By the way, Li Anyan."
Fangzheng's face turned pale, and he rushed out the door before he could put on his clothes.Along the way, Fangzheng listened to Marquis Wu intermittently narrate what happened, and finally figured out the whole story:
Li Anyan brought seven or eight subordinates, all of whom were drunk, came out of a restaurant in this square, and wanted to knock on the door of Dongfang to go out.Seeing that they were all dressed in plain clothes, the guards at the gate thought they were rascals, so they scolded them a few times, and they beat them violently.A team of Marquis Honfang, who was on patrol at night, happened to come here on patrol, and hurriedly rushed to stop them, and a fight broke out between them.During the fight, the head of the other party was punched twice in the face before angrily shouting out his official position and name.Marquis Wu were skeptical, so they hurriedly sent someone to report to Fang Zheng.
When the two rode their horses and rushed to Dongfang Gate, they were stunned by the scene in front of them: they saw the dozen or so soldiers and Marquis Wu kneeling on the ground under the threat of the rioters, and fanned each other. Slapped, everyone's face was red and swollen.
Fangzheng secretly groaned in his heart, he identified the leader of the opponent, ran over in a hurry, and kept bowing: "This general, they don't know Taishan with their eyes, and offended the general, I will definitely teach them a lesson, and please be merciful to the general, Let them go!"
This person is Li Anyan.He smelled of alcohol, and stared at Fang with bloodshot eyes for a while: "What are you, dare to intercede for them? Get out of here!"
Lao Fang has been working in this position for half his life, and he has never been humiliated like this before. He felt very annoyed, and immediately said: "I am Fang Zheng of this workshop. Fang Zhizheng, why did the general speak so rudely?"
"A big fart, Fangzheng, dares to yell at this general!"
Li Anyan spat on the ground, grabbed Fangzheng by the collar, pushed him to kneel on the ground, and ordered his subordinates to catch Wuhou who was pale with fright, and ordered the two of them to interact with each other like the others Slap.Fang Zheng was so angry that he cursed loudly, Li Anyan did it himself and slapped the Marquis several times.Fangzheng scolded again, and he slapped Marquis Wu again.Marquis Wu finally came to his senses and slapped Fang Zheng's face in a hurry. Fang Zheng fought back angrily, so the two started fighting like this.
Seeing this, Li Anyan and his subordinates laughed loudly.
The morning drum sounded at this moment, and one of his men snatched the key from the gatekeeper and opened the gate.However, what everyone didn't expect was that when the gate opened, a group of fully armed Wuhou guards rode their horses and stood at the door, and the leader was Li Ke, the general of Zuo Wuhou.
When Li Anyan saw it, he was startled, most of them were sober, and hurriedly told everyone to stop.But Fangzheng and Marquis Wu fought vigorously, Li Anyan's subordinates struggled to pull them apart.
Li Ke rode over and walked over, his eyes swept across the crowd like lightning, and finally stopped on Li Anyan's face: "General Li, which song is this from?"
Li Anyan hurried forward to pay respects, and said with an apologetic smile, "Your Highness, you...why do you watch the night yourself?"
"In order to ensure the safety of the Lantern Festival during the Lantern Festival, this king has personally patrolled the night for the past few days." Li Ke said indifferently, "Looking at General Li, it seems that he doesn't like seeing me very much?"
"Where is it, Your Highness is joking." Li Anyan winked at his subordinates, and his subordinates quickly helped those Marquis who were still kneeling on the ground to their feet.
"The king just passed the gate of the square, and heard the sound of slaps and slaps inside. It was really lively! These people must have offended General Li and were punished?" Li Ke had a smile on his face, but that smile was so cold Startled.
"Well, the thing is like this..." Li Anyan was trying to find an excuse to prevaricate, that Fangzheng suddenly broke free from his subordinates, rushed over with a stride, fell in front of Li Kema, kowtowed a few times, and then pointed at Li Anyan. He and his people complained tearfully.
Li Anyan cursed secretly, but did not dare to stop.
Li Ke listened quietly, his eyes gradually focused, and finally shot at Li Anyan like a sharp arrow: "General Li, as a general of the imperial army, you know that you broke the law and committed crimes for no reason. What do you think this king should do with you?"
Li Anyan knew that she couldn't deny it, so she smiled and said: "Your Highness, it's all because I drink too much, and my sex is messed up after drinking, please show your highness, I must learn my lesson and never do it again!"
"Lesson?" Li Ke smiled coldly, "If this king really raises his hand to let you go, what lessons can you learn? If you want to have a long memory, you have to learn some lessons, right?"
Seeing that he didn't show any face, Li Anyan was immediately displeased: "His Royal Highness, you don't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face. If you want to teach me, you have to ask the emperor first, right?"
Li Ke laughed: "General Li, you are overthinking this. Since my father has appointed me as the general Zuo Wuhou, I have the power to punish those who commit crimes according to law. I really don't need to ask my father for orders. "
"Then what do you want?" Li Anyan's expression changed.
"It's very simple, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, twenty whips."
"His Royal Highness, the responsibility for the safety of the Shangyuan Festival banquet is on my shoulders. If you hurt me, the Holy Majesty will blame me. I'm afraid you can't afford it!"
"Well, there is some truth to that." Li Ke nodded seriously, "Then what should we do?"
Seeing that he was in trouble, Li Anyan was secretly proud, so she took advantage of the situation and said: "Your Highness, I don't want to make things difficult for you. Otherwise, you let me go back to the palace, and I will personally go to the Holy Majesty to plead guilty. What do you think?"
Li Ke bowed his head and pondered, as if he had never heard of it.
Li Anyan looked at him suspiciously, and was about to say something more, when Li Ke suddenly raised his hand to stop him: "You don't need to say anything, this king has thought of an idea, which will definitely satisfy us all." He smiled as he spoke He glanced at Fangzheng next to him.
Everyone didn't know what his idea was, so they had to wait quietly.
"In order to maintain the authority of my laws in the Tang Dynasty, and to enable General Li to perform his duties, this king has decided to change the [-] floggings to [-] slaps." Li Ke smiled, "How about General Li? It won't hurt you, isn't it the best of both worlds?"
Only then did Li Anyan realize that he deliberately wanted to humiliate herself, and she was furious: "King Wu, a soldier can be killed but not humiliated, don't bully others too much!"
"Oh? You also know that soldiers can't be humiliated? Then you humiliated these loyal people in the street just now, how should you explain?" After Li Ke finished speaking, he gave the subordinates behind him a wink, and immediately two people got off their horses. The left and the right grabbed Li Anyan tightly.
Li Anyan jumped into a rage and cursed loudly.The subordinates next to him looked at each other in blank dismay, but they didn't dare to act rashly.
"Hit!" Li Ke gave an order, and immediately a deputy stepped forward, grabbed Li Anyan and began to slap his mouth, the slap was clear and loud.Li Anyan struggled desperately, cursing endlessly.Fangzheng and his subordinates on the side all showed satisfied expressions.
At this time, the sky was twilight, and passers-by who got up early saw this scene, and they were very curious, so they stopped and watched, pointing...
Not long after the morning drum sounded, Chu Lisang quietly returned to the royal residence in Wuyi Lane, Chongdefang.
Ever since Xu Wanniang and Xiao Junmo were linked together, her mind was in a mess.If Xiao Junmo is really the orphan of Prince Yin, once this shocking secret is revealed, things will become very scary, because the emperor will definitely put him to death by any means, and Wang Hongyi will do everything possible to use him——Xiao Junmo will instantly become the leader of all parties in the ruling and opposition parties. The focus of power!
What is even more frightening is, once he learns the truth about his life experience, how will Xiao Junmo face it?What would Xiao Junmo do once he knew that the emperor he devoted all his energy to was the executioner who killed his biological father?
Chu Lisang originally thought that her life experience was enough to break people down, but she didn't expect Xiao Junmo's life experience to be more bizarre than hers, and it was even more soul-rending.
As soon as he entered the backyard from the high wall, Chu Lisang saw a dark shadow flashing past the Moon Gate not far away.She walked towards the moon gate as if nothing had happened, and a delicate dagger slipped out of her sleeve quietly, holding it in her hand.
This dagger inlaid with red and emerald gemstones is exactly the one that stabbed Xiao Junmo in Yique.
The moment he passed through the doorway, Chu Lisang felt the black shadow pounce on him from the left back, and then he bent his left hand and hit the man with his elbow.
Unexpectedly, the other party reacted faster, blocking her elbow with one palm, and grabbing her wrist with the other, and then Chu Lisang heard an extremely familiar voice: "Girl, do you know how to threaten Xuanjiawei with a knife?" , is it a crime?"
This sentence was exactly what Xiao Junmo said when Yi Que was threatened by Chu Lisang with a knife.
Chu Lisang was startled suddenly, looked up at the face that made her think about it day and night, and saw the faint smile on the corner of his mouth, her eyes instantly became moist.
"You liar..." Chu Lisang stared at him, "That day you just said to leave for a while and let me wait for you at the inn, and then you disappeared. Do you know how I live these days?"
"I'm sorry, it's my fault." Xiao Junmo apologized, "I assure you, from now on, I will never leave you again."
From last night to now, Xiao Junmo and Xi Yan have successively inspected the five houses in Wuyi Lane, and finally found many warriors patrolling back and forth in this house, and also found the early-rising green sleeve in the backyard, so they confirmed that this is the Wang Hongyi's hiding place was confirmed to be where Chu Lisang lived, so he hid it.
"How did you find me?" Chu Lisang asked.
Xiao Junmo smiled: "Look for it with your heart, and you will find it naturally."
This was an understatement, but Chu Lisang clearly felt the weight of the words "search with heart".
"Let's go, come home with me." Xiao Junmo said softly.
Just as Chu Lisang was about to say something, he suddenly remembered something about his life experience, and was immediately torn in his heart, wondering if he should tell him about Xu Wanniang and his own discovery.
Xiao Junmo noticed that her expression was different: "What's wrong?"
"No, it's nothing..." Chu Lisang hesitated, "Anyway, I can't go with you yet."
"Why?" Xiao Junmo was surprised.
"I...I still have some things to do."
From Chu Lisang's point of view, if Xiao Junmo is really the orphan of Prince Yin, then Wang Hongyi will know the truth sooner or later.Therefore, she had to lurk beside Wang Hongyi and spy on information at any time in order to help Xiao Junmo.
Xiao Junmo looked at her, very suspicious in his heart, and was about to ask, Xi Yan suddenly ran over nervously, and said in a low voice: "Leader, Miss Chu, we have to go, someone is coming."
Chu Lisang took advantage of the opportunity to push Xiao Junmo away, and said seriously: "You guys go!"
Xi Yan was taken aback for a moment: "Miss Chu, the leader finally found you..."
"Stop talking, hurry up and go." Chu Lisang said coldly.
At this time, the footsteps of a group of patrolling warriors were getting closer.Xiao Junmo knew that Chu Lisang must have some unspeakable secrets, but there was no time to dawdle now, so he could only say: "Sang'er, be careful, I'll come and see you later."
Chu Lisang endured the soreness in his heart, and nodded vigorously.
Xiao Junmo took another deep look at her, then turned around immediately, and jumped over the wall with Xi Yan one after the other.
Chu Lisang looked at the empty wall, his eyes blurred again before he knew it.
The mansion of Han Wang Li Yuanchang was located in the northeast corner of Taipingfang, so the farce that happened at Dongfangmen in the early morning soon spread to his ears.Li Yuanchang was quite astonished, and quickly ordered someone to find Fang Zheng, and inquired carefully about the incident.When Fangzheng finished speaking, Li Yuanchang couldn't help laughing in his heart, and even called "God help me!" a few times.
After all, Li Anyan was also a veteran of the Forbidden Army. Although his official rank was not very high, he was considered a respectable figure in the court. Now that he was humiliated by Wu Wang Li Ke in public, how could he swallow this bad breath?Right now, I was planning to instigate Li Anyan's rebellion, and this incident just happened, isn't this a god-sent opportunity?
Without further ado, Li Yuanchang immediately drove to Li Anyan's house in Zhaoguofang.
Li Anyan knew him well, so he didn't avoid it, and came out to see him with half of his face red and swollen.When Li Yuanchang saw it, he was filled with righteous indignation: "Wu Wang, a bastard, how could he treat General Li like this? He is too ignorant!"
Li Anyan smiled bitterly, invited him to sit in the main hall, and sighed: "He is a prince and a general, so naturally he enforces the law like a mountain and is ruthless! I am a mere general, and I am nothing in front of him!"
"General Li, this matter can't just be left alone. I will enter the palace later and let Brother Huang uphold justice for you."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness!" Li Anyan laughed at herself again, "To tell you the truth, Your Highness, I entered the palace this morning to appeal to the Holy Majesty, but..."
"But what?" Li Yuanchang observed him, and couldn't help secretly delighting.He was worried at first that if the emperor supported Li Anyan in this matter and helped him save face, then this matter would be of no use.From the looks of it now, Li Anyan was most likely to suffer from the emperor.
Sure enough, Li Anyan said: "I didn't expect that as soon as the incident in Taipingfang was over, Li Ke would enter the palace before me, and the villain would file a complaint first. Therefore, instead of speaking for me, the Holy Majesty reprimanded me all the time." Dun, said that there is nothing wrong with King Wu's law enforcement, and even the punishment is too light, and said that this account should be recorded first, and after the Shangyuan Festival palace banquet, the crime will be reduced and punished."
"How could this happen?" Li Yuanchang pretended to be surprised, "This King Wu is young and ignorant, why is the emperor so unreasonable?!"
"Forget it, anyway, I've made up my mind. As soon as the Lantern Festival is over, I'll give the Holy Father a form, requesting to be dismissed and return to the fields."
Seeing his frustrated face, Li Yuanchang felt a little more confident in his heart, sighed with him, and said: "General Li, it's not that I said bad things about the emperor behind his back. He seems to be a little confused in the past two years. It is often very unfair. If nothing else, let's just talk about the case of "framing the prince" last year. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was the work of Wei Wang behind the scenes, but the emperor actually found a scapegoat. The case was concealed from the world. You say, how can he convince the government and the public? How can he not make the crown prince chill?"
When Li Anyan heard the words, his face showed panic: "His Royal Highness, please do me a favor. Don't say such things in the humble house. If it gets out, will my family still have a way out?"
"General Li, you don't have to be so cautious." Li Yuanchang smiled, "To be honest, I'm not the only one who says this now. There are many people talking about it behind their backs. Everyone says it, Your Majesty. In the early years of Zhenguan, he was indeed a hero, but it is a pity that in the past few years, he has become dizzy day by day, which is exactly what the old saying goes - 'There is no beginning in the ruthless, and there is an end in the ruthlessness'!"
"Your Highness!" Li Anyan finally couldn't bear it any longer, and said in a deep voice, "If you continue to say such outrageous words, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you. You'd better go ahead!"
Li Yuanchang didn't move, but smiled lightly: "General Li, I always thought you were a bloody man, but today, you are just as timid as a mouse!"
"What did you say?!" Li Anyan stared, "Your Highness the King of Han, could it be that you all have made an appointment, and today you are trying to humiliate me in a different way?"
"General Li!" Li Yuanchang suddenly got up and met his eyes, "If you don't want to be humiliated, then show some manliness, so as not to let the sage, the king of Wu, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the people all over the world look down on you. It's flat!"
Li Anyan looked at him for a moment, then suddenly her shoulders collapsed, and she said with a wry smile: "What can I do if I don't want to be humiliated? I'm just a martial artist, what else can I do besides knocking out my teeth and swallowing blood?!"
"A martial artist?" Li Yuanchang smiled coldly, "Yes, you seem to be right in saying that. But don't forget, you are a martial artist who holds the power of the palace and guards the Xuanwu Gate. A martial artist who may change the color of the world and change the course of history!"
Li Anyan was shocked, and finally heard the overtones, frowned and said: "What do you mean by your highness?"
"What I mean is very simple. Now you have an opportunity in front of you. It will not only allow you to wash away your shame and feel proud, but also allow you to honor your ancestors and make you prosperous. It depends on whether you want it or not."
Li Anyan's eyes were condensed, and she stared at Li Yuanchang: "Your Highness, could it be that you want me...to rebel?!"
"It's not a rebellion, it's a revolution! It's about getting rid of the old and bringing in the new, changing the world!"
"With just you and me, how can we change the world?"
Li Yuanchang knew that he had basically succeeded, so he smiled brightly: "Come with me, I will take you to meet someone."
"See who?"
"Do you need to ask? Of course he is the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Are you sure the person you saw is Xu Wanniang?"
Hearing from Wei Laoliu that he found someone suspected of Xu Wanniang in Huaizhen Square last night, Wang Hongyi showed an expression of disbelief.
"Yes, sir. That person is in her 40s. Although she is an old lady, she still has a charming charm and lives with Doris. According to the judgment of my subordinates, there is a high probability that she is Xu Wanniang!"
"Have you sent someone over there?"
"Don't worry, sir, the subordinates have made arrangements. Now that small building is surrounded by our brothers, watching at twelve o'clock, Xu Wanniang and Dai Lisi are hard to fly!"
Wang Hongyi was very excited, and walked back and forth a few steps: "Tell the brothers, just stare at Xu Wanniang to death, and don't act rashly. She is not our ultimate goal, so don't startle the snake."
"Yes, this subordinate remembers it." Wei Laoliu was thinking something, "Sir, this subordinate has the courage to ask, since you said so, what is our ultimate goal?"
Wei Laoliu only knew that there was a secret hidden in Xu Wanniang, but he never knew what the secret was.
"I suspect that Xu Wanniang gave birth to Prince Yin back then."
Wei Laoliu was stunned: "Sir, what do you mean, we monitor Xu Wanniang just to find the orphan of Prince Yin?"
Wang Hongyi nodded.
"Then, what happens after you find it?"
Wang Hongyi pondered for a while, and then told him again what he said to Su Jinse that day, to the effect that if it was a daughter, he would be crowned queen; if it was a son, he would be crowned emperor.In the end, Wang Hongyi said leisurely again: "If that's the case, I will live up to Prince Yin's spirit in heaven, and it's not in vain for me to get to know Prince Yin for a while!"
Hearing this, Wei Laoliu couldn't help being a little moved: "Sir, your love for Prince Yin is really touching!"
Wang Hongyi smiled lightly and said nothing.
In fact, Wang Hongyi himself couldn't tell whether his plans were based on his love for Prince Yin, revenge on Li Shimin, his own desire to control the world, or a combination of these factors. .
People are so complicated - it's not only difficult to really understand other people, it's also difficult to really understand yourself.
Huan Dieyi walked into Xiao Junmo's room with a gloomy face, and saw that he was engrossed in writing, processing a batch of documents.
Xiao Junmo raised his head subconsciously, found her, and smiled: "Dieyi, you came just in time, I want to find you later."
"General Zuo has been taking care of everything since he returned to Beijing, so he still has time to find us as subordinates?" Huan Dieyi sat down next to him with a sneer on his face.
"Why," Xiao Junmo noticed her expression, "Who messed with you again?"
"What do you say?"
"How do I know?" Xiao Junmo smiled, took a delicate jewelry box, and handed it to her.
"What is this?" Huan Dieyi asked knowingly.
"It's your birthday present, open it and have a look."
Huan Dieyi opened it and took out a pair of Jade Buddha earrings. Although the Buddha statue was small, but the clothes fluttered and the face was lifelike, it was obviously expensive.Huan Dieyi was a little moved, but his face remained calm. He put the earrings back into the box and said, "What are you giving this thing for? I don't need it."
"There is always a chance to wear it." Xiao Junmo couldn't guess what petty temper she was playing, so he had to apologize, "When you are not on duty, don't always wear armor, and wear girls' clothes more. Can I wear it?"
"Not interested." Huan Dieyi pouted, "It's not as fun as the good bow and sword you gave me before."
"I said you are really difficult to serve, girl." Xiao Junmo smiled, "You said that I didn't understand the girl's mind when I gave you those things a few years ago, but you don't think it's fun to give you accessories this time, so you let me What should I give?"
"Since it's so embarrassing, don't give it away."
Xiao Junmo was choked, and after a while he smiled wryly and said: "I always have to give it away, who made me only have a junior sister like you. Otherwise, I will accompany you to go shopping another day. You can choose what you want, and I will pay. Is this all over?"
"What's the point of choosing a gift for yourself?" Huan Dieyi rolled his eyes at him, "Forget it, let's not talk about it, I have something to do with you."
Xiao Junmo saw that her expression was different, so he screened off several attendants in the duty room, and then looked at her: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Huan Dieyi stared at him for a while, then lowered his voice and said: "You must answer the question I am going to ask next, honestly, and don't fool me."
Xiao Junmo smiled: "Look at you as a deputy interrogating a prisoner, what is so serious?"
"Be serious!" Huan Dieyi said in a deep voice, "I'm not kidding you."
"Okay, serious and serious." Xiao Junmo suppressed his smile, "Ask, Commander Huan Dalu."
"You fled with Biancai last year, did you discover any secrets of the Sky Punishment Alliance?"
"What do you ask for this?"
"Don't worry about what I do, just answer me."
Xiao Junmo thought for a while: "If there is, it must be considered."
Huan Dieyi frowned: "What is it?"
"Didn't the master tell you?"
"Tell me what?" Huan Dieyi was puzzled.
"Since even the master won't tell you, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for me to tell you." Xiao Junmo deliberately kept it a secret.In fact, he had already figured it out, since Huan Dieyi asked, he had to tell her something.And apart from the vast majority of things that cannot be said, there is one thing that might as well be revealed to her.
Huan Dieyi straightened her face: "I helped you so many times last year, but now you hide everything from me, do you still have a conscience?!"
Xiao Junmo smiled: "Okay, I'll tell you, but you have to keep it secret."
"Okay, I'll keep it a secret."
Xiao Junmo approached her and said in a low voice: "I found the original "Lanting Preface" and dedicated it to the Holy One."
"The real work of "Lanting Preface"?" Huan Dieyi was surprised, "Is it what the Holy Majesty has been looking for all these years?"
Xiao Jun smiled silently.
"Then you didn't find anything from it before you dedicated the authentic work to the Holy One?"
Xiao Junmo shook his head: "If the secret of the Tianxingmeng is really hidden there, is it so easy for me to discover it?"
"Of course it's not easy for others, but it's different for you."
"Why is it different?"
"You are the most cunning and scheming person, what can you hide from you?"
"Haha!" Xiao Junmo laughed loudly, "I said Marshal Huan, I'm your boss, did any of your subordinates say that about your boss?"
"Don't interrupt, answer me."
"Okay, I'll answer you: No, I didn't find anything."
"You lied to me."
Xiao Junmo spread his hands helplessly: "Believe it or not."
Huan Dieyi stared at him closely: "Then let me ask you again, you and Biancai have traveled so far, you must have met with many sub-helms of the Tianxing League, but why didn't I see you report to the court?"
"This is your wild guess. I just met two helmsmen of the Tianxing League in Jiangling, one who runs a restaurant and the other makes a coffin. I haven't seen them since the meeting. What can I report? Besides Now, isn't Pei Tinglong in control of all these things? If you want to report it, you have to report it, right?"
Huan Dieyi smiled coldly: "It seems that you are planning to hide it from me."
"I'm telling the truth."
"That day the Holy Majesty called you to court, you also used this kind of rhetoric to deal with the Holy Majesty, right?"
"I have one thing to say, and another thing to say two, how do you call it 'coping'?"
"Then after you finished speaking, did His Majesty believe you?"
"I don't dare to speculate about the holy will." Xiao Junmo smiled again, "I just want to have a clear conscience."
Huan Dieyi sneered again, and looked around the spacious and luxurious General Zuo's room: "General Zuo doesn't have to speak bureaucratically with his subordinates anymore! You feel beautiful sitting in this room these days, right? It's just The subordinates can't help worrying, how long can you be beautiful?"
"Hey, I said Dieyi, how do you talk?" Xiao Junmo pretended to be displeased, "That guy Pei Tinglong is jealous of me, why don't you curse me?"
"Pei Tinglong is not just jealous of you? He can't wait to eat you!"
Xiao Junmo said disdainfully: "I'm afraid he doesn't have such a big appetite."
"Maybe he doesn't, but the people behind him do." Huan Dieyi emphasized the word "behind".
Xiao Junmo frowned slightly: "Did you hear something?"
"Don't worry about what I've heard." Huan Dieyi said coldly, "I'm just here today to tell you that Pei Tinglong may be just a vicious dog, which is nothing to worry about in your opinion, but don't forget that The person who released the dog. If he wants to eat you, you will definitely not even have scum left!"
Xiao Junmo finally understood that the "dog-releasing man" Huan Dieyi was talking about was undoubtedly the current emperor.
It seemed that the emperor still couldn't trust himself after all.
Huan Dieyi stood up. "That's all I've said, you can do it yourself." After turning around to leave, he suddenly remembered something, paused for a while, and then picked up the jewelry box on the desk, "I've accepted the things, come to eat at home tomorrow if you are free , I will ask my aunt to cook some of your favorite dishes."
Xiao Junmo knew that she had risked a lot to report to him, but he had no choice but to hide everything from her. He felt very guilty, so he stood up and said, "I'll see you off..."
"No need." Huan Dieyi still said coldly, "Your general Zuo has a lot of affairs every day, and you have to deal with so many confidential matters all day, how dare you ask me to send you?" After finishing speaking, he walked out without looking back.
Xiao Junmo watched her leaving back, and smiled helplessly.
I'm sorry Dieyi, I didn't mean to hide it from you, I just didn't want you to get involved.The situation is dire and the less you know, the safer you will be.
Li Anyan disguised himself as Li Yuanchang's bodyguard and followed him to the East Palace by car.
Li Yuanchang first asked Li Anyan to wait in the side hall, then went inside to inform the prince, and told him the details of the incident, and then led Li Anyan to the Lizheng hall.
After the two parties met, Li Chengqian did not exchange pleasantries, and said straight to the point: "General Li, the King of Han must have told you everything that should be said. Since you have stepped into the East Palace today, then we are on the same boat. If you help me ascend the throne , we have inexhaustible glory and wealth; but if we are half-hearted, all of us will have to move our heads! Have you thought about it clearly?"
Cold sweat broke out on Li Anyan's forehead in an instant, he subconsciously wiped it off, and said: "I am very grateful to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Han for their favor. This is the end of the matter, and I should only follow His Highness's order."
Li Chengqian frowned: "Hearing your tone, it seems a bit forced and helpless?" He glanced at Li Yuanchang as he spoke, "Seventh Uncle, since General Li is not willing, how can you coerce him?"
Li Anyan was startled, and hurriedly knelt down on one leg and clasped his fists together: "Your Highness misunderstood, I have absolutely no such intention! I mean, since the situation has developed to this point, and Your Highness is the dignified Prince of the Tang Dynasty. Do your best, shed your blood, and cut off traitors and tyrants for His Highness, and help His Highness become a great treasure and rule the world!"
"Okay!" Li Chengqian clapped the desk, motioned to Li Yuanchang to help him up, and said with a big smile, "General Li really understands righteousness, and with your help, why worry about nothing happening!"
"General Li," Li Yuanchang interjected at the right time, "Shangyuan Festival Palace Banquet, Tai Chi Palace and Xuanwu Gate's defense arrangements must have been done, right?"
Li Anyan nodded: "Yes, Your Highness, I am the one who took the lead in this matter."
"Well, then General Lao will hand over the plan to His Royal Highness as soon as possible."
Li Anyan hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said, "I obey."
Li Chengqian and Li Yuanchang looked at each other and smiled.
Afterwards, Li Anyan immediately bent over his desk to write, and drew a sketch of the Taiji Palace, which marked in detail the deployment of troops at various key points in the palace.After finishing the painting, Li Chengqian looked at it carefully, and then asked Li Yuanchang to take him out after a few words of encouragement.
As soon as the two left, Xie Shaozong came out from behind the screen.
"I got it!" Li Chengqian showed joy and handed him the picture.
Xie Shaozong took it respectfully, looked at it, nodded slightly, but did not speak.
Li Chengqian was surprised: "Mister seems to have an idea?"
Xie Shaozong pondered again, and said: "Your Highness, I always feel that it seems too easy to plot against Li Anyan..."
"Are you suspecting that Li Anyan is not sincerely surrendering?"
"It's not doubtful, but I feel that what happened in the past two days is a bit too coincidental."
"how to say?"
"Wu Wang just arrested my subordinates yesterday and ransacked my house. Early this morning, he clashed with Li Anyan in Taipingfang and humiliated Li Anyan in public. Almost overnight, Wu Wang became a Our common enemy with Li Anyan. What's even more coincidental is that last night we were just preparing to instigate Li Anyan, and today His Royal Highness the King of Han was able to use this as an excuse to talk things out, and it succeeded." Xie Shaozong paused, "So many coincidences , doesn't Your Highness feel strange?"
Li Chengqian thought about it, and said disapprovingly: "I don't think there is anything strange. Let's just say that I am the third brother. I have regarded myself very high since I was a child, and my father praised him many times on various occasions. He has long wanted to seize the heir apparent. Since he returned to Beijing last year, he has tried every means to please his father. He heard that Wei Zheng had a fight with me a few days ago, so he felt that there was an opportunity to go to Wei Zheng to inquire about the news. The person who arrested you. What happened to Li Anyan this morning was because he purposely made a big fuss in order to show his father that he enforced the law like a mountain and would not defend him because Li Anyan was the general of his imperial guard. In the final analysis, these two things are completely in line with his personality, and both are in line with his desire to seize the throne. Don't you think so, sir?"
Xie Shaozong frowned and thought: "Your Highness makes sense, but..."
"Not so many." Li Chengqian flicked his sleeves, "Don't you just think it's a coincidence? There are so many coincidences in this world, maybe it's because of my destiny that even God helps me?"
"It's good for His Highness to be so confident. But I still think that we should be more careful and not trust this Li Anyan so easily."
"Of course! I've already made up my mind. I'll ask Han Wang and Hou Shangshu to look for their eyeliners in the palace separately, and verify it from the side to see if this security map is true. As long as there is something wrong, I will Just kill Li Anyan with your own hands!"
Xie Shaozong nodded: "This is also a way."
"In addition, I have another way to ensure that he will follow us wholeheartedly, and he can't afford the slightest difference."
"Does your Highness have any good ideas?"
Li Chengqian looked at him, smiled evilly, approached him and whispered something.
Suddenly, Xie Shaozong couldn't help bowing deeply: "Your Highness is thoughtful, I admire you!"
(End of this chapter)
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