Chapter 205: Mistakes are mistakes
Several lieutenants under Qin Jin, Li Heng, had heard of it, especially this Pei Jing, who was the grandson of Prime Minister Pei Guangting, and he had seen it a few times.
"Open the door!"
Li Heng categorically ordered.
"Your Highness?"
Li Fuguo didn't dare to open the door, the chaotic soldiers were like bandits, because he knew that the Shenwu Army was coming at this time, it was a blessing or a curse.
"Open the door!"
Li Heng repeated again, Li Fuguo was just about to open the door, but the eunuchs who summoned him stopped and stepped forward to stop Li Fuguo.
"Can't open the door, can't open the door!"
His hands and feet were suddenly hugged, and Li Fuguo was shocked and reprimanded: "The dog slaves are all let go, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't listen to his orders, are you looking for death?"
But no matter how moved Li Fuguo was, those eunuchs only disagreed to open the door.
Seeing such chaos, Li Heng sighed, he has been the prince for more than ten years, and he has no cronies around him, and in the end, only this eunuch who has followed him for less than half a year can still start and finish well.
Then, Li Heng shouted outside again: "Captain Pei, the eunuch is blocking again, you can break the door by yourself!"
The voice fell, but it was just a blink of an eye, but I saw two red lacquered wooden doors collapse suddenly. A group of forbidden troops armed with bows and crossbows rushed in like wolves, and Li Heng looked closely, and the person at the head was Pei Jing.
In fact, Li Heng had already vaguely predicted what was happening, not only did he not panic, but he even had some unspeakable expectations in his heart.
"Captain Pei, what happened outside?"
Pei Jing replied solemnly: "Emasculating the demon to confuse the Son of Heaven, Zhonglang will raise troops on the side of the Qingjun." ”
Although Li Heng had already prepared, when he heard the words "Qingjun side", he couldn't help but feel a little flustered. Chang'an has always been under the strict control of the Son of Heaven, how did it lead to a mutiny?
Qin Jin has always given people the impression that he is a very upright person, and suddenly said that he wanted to "clear the king's side", which made Li Hengshi unbelievable for a while. On the other hand, "Qingjun side" is a good thing to say, but in fact, it is undoubtedly a rebellion.
So the question is, Pei Jing cooperated with Qin Jin and Qingjun but killed the East Palace first, what is the intention?
Li Heng's mind was racing, and he didn't know how many thoughts had flashed through his mind.
But soon, a fiery heart was poured down by a basin of cold water, and it gradually cooled down.
"Son of Heaven Shengming, how can you be bewitched by eunuchs? Don't be alarmist!"
For a moment, Li Heng was almost about to completely fall to these young forbidden soldiers on the "Qing monarch's side", but his years as a prince made him grind out more patience and caution than ordinary people.
Maybe the Son of Heaven deliberately wanted to indulge in such a way, in case of misfortune, he bumped into it stupidly again, it would really be self-defeating.
At this time, Li Heng must also state his position, that is, the rights of the Son of Heaven are inviolable, and he will never participate in the military advice.
Li Heng has this self-confidence, if Qin Jin really planned the "military advice" to "clear the monarch's side", if he failed, he would have to ask himself to come forward to clean up the mess. Because as long as the crown prince is not abolished, he will always be the legitimate heir to the throne.
In order to keep the achievements of the "Qing Jun's side", these people in the Shenwu Army will definitely not return their authority to the Son of Heaven.
In the blink of an eye, Li Heng had already made up his mind at both ends of the rat and would not express his position lightly. This is not Li Heng's insidious and treacherous, but the experience of years of suppression, which makes him the most instinctive reaction in the face of crisis.
Pei Jing was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect Li Heng to have this attitude, if there is no accident, the Son of Heaven will soon summon the deposed prince, looking at the ancient and modern deposed princes, how many people can get a good death?
But at this time, Pei Jing didn't care about the prince's thoughts, all he wanted was to control the prince, as long as the prince was in hand, tonight's action would be half successful.
This is also a little correction of Qin Jin's "Qingjun side" plan.
He always felt that Qin Jin had always been thoughtful, but tonight's move of "Qingjun's side" was a little hasty, and the plan in the letter was quite flawed.
It's just that this is inevitable, and when things happen suddenly, even the most powerful people have times when they make mistakes.
Pei Jing had no choice but to say to the prince: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't need to worry, everything has nothing to do with His Highness tonight, and the last general will come with troops, just to ensure the safety of His Highness, and not to give the villain a chance to poison him!"
The villain in Pei Jing's mouth obviously meant something, except for Yang Guozhong, that was Cheng Yuanzhen.
They dare to have the courage to frame them, and after encountering the advice of the soldiers, they may also do something out of the ordinary.
After that, Pei Jing no longer embarrassed Li Heng, and forcibly asked him to express his position, only bowed solemnly and said: "Please sit down with His Royal Highness the Prince, and the general will retire!"
Due to the shortage of manpower, Pei Jing only left fifty people to protect Li Heng so that he would not fall into the hands of others.
Now, Pei Jing is going to meet Yang Guozhong for a while, but it is a surprise that his people captured Yang Guozhong alive, he didn't expect this thief to be concerned about political affairs, but he was very active in this kind of conspiracy, and he didn't even return home after the curfew.
Just now, a skirmish broke out between the Shenwu Army and Yang Guozhong's entourage, and the cries for help heard by Li Heng and the eunuchs arose because of this.
But Yang Guozhong's retinue was a well-trained opponent of the forbidden army, and with only a cup of tea, they subdued all these people at the cost of zero casualties.
What makes Pei Jing quite proud is that he has not killed anyone so far. He wants to control the bloody conflict as much as possible within a certain range, after all, after seeing the blood, no one can guarantee that these people will be hot-blooded and can still control it.
In the final analysis, Pei Jing's experience in the battle is still shallow, and it is difficult to make a decision calmly at a critical moment. Now his top priority is to contact Qin Jin, and then Qin Jin will be in charge of command. Pei Jing only felt that the burden on his shoulders was so heavy that he could hardly breathe because of his actions tonight.
"Captain, Yang Guozhong is looking for death and life, and he wants to commit suicide by hitting the wall!"
Pei Jing sneered for a while, this exercise is also realistic, and the Shenwu Army didn't say what to do with him, so why should he be so ugly?
"Let him kill himself, see if he dares!"
In fact, there is the second half of the sentence, and Pei Jing is reluctant to say it too harshly. Yang Guozhong died, and the court went to a big traitor, and it was the people of the world who applauded.
"What about Xue Si, let him contact General Zhonglang and ask for instructions on the next move!"
However, the return of his subordinates surprised him.
"Xue Lurate, he, he committed suicide!"
"Killed yourself? How did you kill yourself?
"It is true that according to the brother beside him, after Xue Si and Yang Guozhong said a few words, his expression was not normal, and then he found him under a courtyard wall, and the horizontal knife cut the blood vessels in his neck, and he was no longer saved!"
"Do you know why you killed yourself?"
"I only heard him say a few vague words, saying that he couldn't hide from Captain Pei, and he was sorry for General Zhonglang......"
Pei Jing only felt a buzzing in his head, and then went blank again. An ominous premonition rose up, and then a sense of powerlessness filled the body.
"How can it be like this, how is it like this?"
But no matter what the truth of the matter is, Pei Jing and the thousand people under his command, or the entire Shenwu Army, even with Qin Jin, have no way back.
"Go, send someone to Anyi Fang to contact General Zhonglang!"
Pei Jing roared rarely.
He couldn't figure out what reason Xue Si had to commit suicide anyway, unless all this was a hoax, and the purpose was to get them to rebel.
After realizing this, Pei Jing intuitively felt that his hair stood on end, his chest was cold, and he even had to freeze his breathing.
There is no need for Pei Jing to look for Qin Jin, but Qin Jin has already found the door himself.
When his subordinates informed Pei Jing of the news that Zhonglang was coming, Pei Jing, who was already about to go crazy, suddenly calmed down, as if reason had taken possession of his body again.
"Quick, lead me to General Zhonglang!"
Qin Jin came alone, and he received a secret report from Zheng Xianli an hour ago, saying that Pei Jing had already taken the Shenwu Army to advance, and it was likely that there was something wrong.
Zheng Xianli's elder brother also had a few positions in the Shenwu Army, and after learning that Pei Jing had raised troops, he immediately bribed the guards guarding the city to pass the news in the form of a secret letter, but the secret letter was transferred to Qin Jin's hands, and it had been delayed for another hour.
Qin Jin knew that if Pei Jingru entered the city, he would either buy off the guards guarding the city, which was almost impossible. Or enter the city from the road of Yanzheng Gate, when Qin Jin was in charge of the city defense, he had seen the map of the entire Chang'an City, and vaguely remembered that there were several such roads.
Among them, the road of Yanzheng Gate leads directly to the East Palace, so Pei Jing is most likely to choose this road.
Therefore, Qin Jin spent another sum of money to buy off the forbidden army on duty at night, and rushed to the East Palace overnight. He originally came in the name of asking to see the crown prince, but who knew that he met the Shenwu Army jailer who controlled the East Palace, and recognized him at a glance.
"Pei Er, who asked you to lead troops into the city?"
After meeting, Qin Jin asked. Pei Jing's foreboding was confirmed, his body staggered twice, and he said dejectedly: "Xue Si sent a handwritten letter from General Zhonglang, saying that he wanted to clear the side of the monarch, and the last general ......."
Naturally, this handwritten letter is naturally fake, and Shengyefang has dug up a cloud of things such as tired of shooting couples, which is also nothing.
After getting Qin Jin's negative answer, Pei Jing screamed bitterly: "Pei Jing is tired of the Zhonglang general, so he can only apologize with death!"
At the same time, the horizontal knife in his hand swung towards his neck.
Qin Jin's hand was quick, and he stopped him as soon as he could, grabbing his wrist tightly.
"The matter has come to this, you can't change the situation by committing suicide, and you have lost a cadre of the Shenwu Army, don't do such stupid things again!"
Pei Jing choked up a little.
"It's all to blame on the last general, in fact, if it weren't for his selfishness, he wouldn't be stupid enough to fall for Xue Si's evil!"
When he said this, he felt very difficult, indeed, his heart also hoped that Qin Jin would admonish at this time, so he also lost his rational judgment of the situation at the critical moment.
Qin Jin sighed.
"Xue Si is also a poor person, and the family has dug up a tired shooting puppet, which is said to have been handled by Cheng Yuanzhen himself. He took a leave of absence today, saying that he would go home to take care of affairs, but he did not want to be taken advantage of by traitors. ”
Pei Jing asked in a trembling voice, "Then, where will the Shenwu Army go?"