Chapter 5: The Night of Xuanwu Gate
Xie Feng counted forty hexagrams for Emperor Taizong in a row, and the hexagrams were all dead and alive! This made Xie Feng feel very distressed. Although the master asked him not to count the fate of the Son of Heaven, Emperor Taizong was indeed a Ming monarch. In his country, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the country and the people are safe. All nations will bow down!
Although birth, old age, sickness and death are all things that people must experience in this life, they are also very happy to see the smiles on the faces of the people when they go south and north, walk the streets and alleys. But it's such a bright gentleman. Now it's going to ......
"Little horse, I counted forty hexagrams, all of them are dead! Some hexagrams show that Emperor Taizong died of illness, but some hexagrams are for killing the king!" Xie Feng said as he looked at the black horse.
"You say, what should I do!" Xie Feng didn't care if the horse could understand or not, but just said to himself.
The black horse roared again through the mountains and forests.
"You mean...... Let me find a prince who can succeed Emperor Taizong?" Xie Feng didn't know if he was thinking in his heart, or if he really understood the sound of the horse.
"Yes, I can go to find a Ming monarch like Emperor Taizong!" Xie Feng suddenly realized.
"No, horse, I can count the aftermath. How did I forget this!" Xie Feng said, looking at the sky with sparse moon stars!
"How could it be him?" Xie Feng seemed to have calculated the monarch he was looking for.
"However, now it seems that he is the only one who is suitable!"
"Let's go, pony, let's go to Chang'an City! Meet this future monarch!" said Xie Feng, and drove the carriage towards Chang'an City!
It's late at night, and Chang'an City has already been curfewed. Xie Feng had no way to enter through the city gate. I had to go to the north. Outside the city walls of Chang'an City, Xie Feng parked the carriage, jumped over, and disappeared into the dark night of Chang'an City.
To the north of Chang'an City is the land of Xuanwu Gate. The soldiers defending the city here did not notice that Xie Feng was leaping forward from the city walls.
Xuanwu Gate β
Xie Feng sat on the top of the wall of Xuanwu Gate, dressed in black, and he blended into the whole night. Except for the shiny knife in his hand. Someone seems to be waiting. He seemed to know that the man was coming.
Xie Feng waited about a stick of incense.
From afar came a group of people, all armed with swords, and they were surrounded by a richly dressed man, about twenty years old, with sword eyebrows and a high nose. Hurriedly walked towards the Xuanwu Gate. Although you have to lay down your weapons when you enter the Xuanwu Gate. Because after entering the Xuanwu Gate, it is the closest place to the emperor.
"Three Princes, please lay down your arms. Outside the Xuanwu Gate, a soldier guarding the gate stopped this group of people.
The man's guards stood on either side, and the man handed his sword to the soldier guarding the door, who opened the door. The man strode in.
"Know the destiny of heaven, know the future, and pass yin and yang. Predict what will happen later, and ask the person on credit first. Xie Feng lowered his voice, and this sentence could only reach the man's ears.
"Who is it?" the man looked inside the empty Xuanwu Gate, but saw nothing.
Suddenly, a figure fell, and the luster on the knife flashed across the man's face.
"Bold assassin, come here to assassinate in this Xuanwu Gate. The man clenched his fists and walked towards the wind.
With a slight wave of his hand, he unloaded the man's strength.
"Hey, wait, wait, don't rush into a fight with the three princes!" Xie Feng looked at the three princes who were about to rush up with their fists.
"You know me?"
"Third Prince Li Zhi, who doesn't know about this Chang'an City?" Xie Feng said lightly, not as surprised and respectful as he saw the prince.
"If you know it's me, why do you still come to assassinate me!" Li Zhi asked.
"Stop, Third Prince, I didn't say I was an assassin, it's just you alone!" Xie Feng was also speechless, he was kind enough to help him, he was good, he recognized himself as an assassin.
But what Xie Feng didn't expect was that it was late at night, and it was curfew time in Chang'an City. The people who appeared in this Xuanwu Gate on this big night, except for the people in the palace, were not assassins or anyone.
"You're not an assassin, why did you come to this Xuanwu Sect. Li Zhi heard Xie Feng say this, although he didn't mean to punch, but he was also on guard at any time.
"I said that I came to find the Third Prince, I wonder if the Third Prince's trust?" Xie Feng said in a playful tone.
"Look for me, joke, look for me not to go to the prince's courtyard, what are you doing in this Xuanwu Sect, unless you knew I was coming!" Li Zhi continued to say aggressively.
"Hey, by the way, I just know that the three princes are going to enter the palace from this Xuanwu Gate to face the saint! And what I said about the first three princes, I can only tell the three princes that you are alone, if too many people know, it will be a disaster for the three princes to be killed!"
"You know, your third prince's courtyard is full of people. It's hard to keep the wall having ears!" Xie Feng walked to Li Zhi's side with some familiarity and put his hand on Li Zhi's shoulder.
"You, take your hands away!" the third prince, Li Zhi, obviously didn't like such a move!
"You said that you specifically asked me for something, and the matter can't be known yet, so you came to this Xuanwu Gate to block me?" Li Zhi is not stupid, if he believes in understanding the wind, he will have a ghost!
"Believe it or not! I'm here for you anyway. β
"Well, you've heard of the Knife Man!"
"I've never heard of a man with a knife on credit. β
"It's the one who knows the destiny of heaven, knows the future, knows yin and yang, predicts the afterlife, and asks the knife man on credit first, haven't you heard of it?" Xie Feng was a little speechless, I am also a celebrity who is spread on the streets and alleys of the people, not to mention a household name, but you are a prince in the palace, do you really do nothing all day long, don't go out?
"Okay! If you have something, you can say it quickly!" Li Zhi was also turned around by the wind and lost his patience.
"If I say that your son Li Shimin is going to die, oh, no, your statement should be that he is going to die. What would be your reaction!" Xie Feng quipped.
"Thief, you are not an assassin!" he said, swinging his fist at Xie Feng again.
One punch, two punches.
Xie Feng has been dodging and has not fought back.
"That's enough, you're going to fight back when you're beating me!" Xie Feng said as he looked at Li Zhi, who punched after punch.
"There are assassins, arrest assassins!" Li Zhi knew that he was not an opponent when he saw the pace of dodging just now, so he shouted to the guards of the Xuanwu Gate.
Xie Feng was speechless, I am kind enough to help you and bring you news, saying that you are the next monarch of the Tang Dynasty. You'd better have someone come and treat me as an assassin and want to arrest me!
Hearing Li Zhi shouting, the soldiers guarding the Xuanwu Gate surrounded the Xuanwu Gate.
Xie Feng saw that something was wrong, passed a word to Li Zhi, and disappeared in Xuanwu Gate.
I don't know what method Xie Feng used to solve this sentence, only Li Zhi heard it.
"If you want to know what I said tonight, come to Shilipo where Chang'an City is located to find me!"
The words left by Xie Feng have been ringing in Li Zhi's ears. Li Zhi looked at the direction in which Xie Feng disappeared!
Originally, the third prince Li Zhi came to the palace to visit when he learned that Li Shimin's old illness had relapsed. But when he found out about such a thing, he didn't go to face the saint.
In the palace of Tang Taizong Li Shiminββ
"Your Majesty, the third prince has gone back. A eunuch said respectfully to a man in a yellow robe with a strong crown and beard.
This person is Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, and today he announced to the civil and military officials that he had relapsed from his old illness and could not go to court. But now it doesn't seem to have any symptoms.
"Oh, why did he come and turn back? Li Shimin looked at his personal eunuch and asked.
"The servant heard that these three princes, when they passed through the Xuanwu Gate, met an assassin!
"Assassins, what kind of assassins, my palace is so heavily guarded. Why are there assassins!" Li Shimin said angrily. After all, this assassin could enter the Xuanwu Gate unknowingly, and Li Shimin's safety was also threatened. He had to be angry.
"I heard that the Assassin was dressed in black, and his face was covered by a coat and hat, and he did not see his appearance. But he has a kitchen knife in his hand!" the eunuch said with some trepidation when he saw Li Shimin's anger.
"Kitchen knives?"
"Yes, it's a kitchen knife!"
"Could it be him?" Li Shimin touched his beard and seemed to think of something.