Chapter 42: It Happened Suddenly

[In the end, I still haven't caught up...... I went out in the afternoon, and I came back in the evening to write it, and I haven't sent it until now, alas, ......]

The crown prince is not in the East Palace, the situation is like this, even if Li Heng doesn't care, it is impossible for those who follow him behind him to put him in danger.

In the Chongyi Fang, which is about two squares away from the imperial city, there is an inconspicuous but by no means low-key courtyard, Li Heng, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, stands in the garden, and a few plums in front of him bear some of the snow of last night, and the white yard is not cleaned, and it is a little deserted.

There was a sound of footsteps in the distance, a little hurried.

"Your Highness......"

Li Heng turned around and asked lightly, "What's the matter?"

The person who came dressed as a writer and trotted all the way, the scarf was a little messy, but he couldn't care about it at this time.

"Something's wrong!" the man said in as calm a tone as possible: "It's the Qi family, just now in Mingdemen, a few sons of the Qi family and a few students of Xu Xiang had some conflicts, and there was a fight......

The scribe raised his head, glanced at Li Heng, and saw that his face was expressionless, and then continued: "Those sons of the Qi family are injured, very seriously injured......

Although the news of Mingdemen was not slow, the specific details could not be described in words by those who had not seen that picture.

"What's the matter? At this time!" Li Heng frowned slightly: "What about the old ones?"

"Several old people of the Qi family are still on standby at the predetermined place!"

Li Heng nodded lightly: "It seems that the Qi family above the generals can't count on it......"

However, it is easy to obtain a thousand troops, but it is difficult to find a general, although this kind of thing is not as good as fighting on the battlefield, and there are not too many soldiers, but there are more requirements for the leading generals!

This time, Li Longji didn't have many soldiers in his hands, but in fact, Li Heng was no better here. A large number of soldiers and horses are not daring and impossible to mobilize, and all Li Heng can do these days is to use Wang Zhongsi's influence to continuously win over the soldiers and horses of Hexi and Hedong towns, plus some people from Jiangmen families who have taken refuge in him. The composition of the generals is extremely complex, and they do not belong to each other, originally relying on the prestige of the Qi family, and there are a few juniors of the Qi family who have led soldiers, even if they can't do it like an arm, but they can still be stable for a while!

It's just that I didn't expect that there was such a thing now, and the juniors of the Qi family couldn't count on it, and who should lead the troops naturally took time to choose, and the process of this choice originally directly pointed to the distribution of interests in the future, which was a matter that could kill people!

After thinking for a moment, Li Heng said lightly: "Go and call those people from the Qin family!"

"Good!"

But it was said that on Suzaku Street, Xu Chen led a few teenagers to follow Uncle Xu and quickly ran towards the Vermilion Bird Gate of the Imperial City.

The speed at which the spectators in front of the Huibin Building retreated was not as fast as the galloping horse under Xu Chen's crotch, but the strange thing was that all the way north, there was a hint of depression and desertion on Suzaku Street, which was still lively earlier.

"This is ......," Xu Chen had some doubts on his face.

Xu Bo turned his head to look at him and said with a smile: "Don't underestimate the people of Chang'an City! They don't know exactly what wind and rain are blowing in the palace, but the dark clouds are coming, and they are the ones who hide the fastest!"

"Haha, this reminds me of a sentence!" Xu Chen smiled.

"Oh, what's that?" Uncle Xu was a little curious.

"Without him, only familiar with his hands!" Xu Chen replied with a smile.

Xu Bo was stunned, thought for a moment, and was still at a loss: "Why haven't I heard of it?"

""The Oil Seller"!" Speaking of this, Xu Chen also paused, and then laughed: "Haha! I heard an oil seller say it last time, and I thought it made sense and wrote it down!"

"Oh......" Uncle Xu still had doubts, but now at this time, he didn't care about anything else.

Running all the way, when he walked to the Jinshui Bridge, two skyrocketing sparks suddenly burst out behind the east and west sides, tearing through the silence of Chang'an City for several months!

"What's going on?" Xu Bo grabbed the reins violently, and his face was full of shock when he turned his head.

"It's the third child!" Xu Chen looked at the familiar firelight, only a special flame bomb could have such a fierce flame.

"They...... They actually ......" Uncle Xu was speechless for a while, and he was still a little skeptical about Xu Chen's assertion, but he really didn't know what to say at the moment!

"I can't help it!" Xu Chen said expressionlessly: "The teacher is really good! I have been in Yuzhang for a few years, how can I forget all the original ability to eat?

"You can tell the master this kind of thing yourself!" Xu Bo was anxious, glared at Xu Chen, and then crossed the bridge and went straight to the Vermilion Bird Gate.

Xu Chen and the others immediately followed.

In front of the Suzaku Gate, the defenders in charge of the palace ban were also awakened by this sudden firelight, and after a rush of footsteps, several teams of soldiers of the forbidden army who were sturdy and stubborn quickly dropped the palace gate as they had done countless times in the past.

The sound of horses' hooves came, and as soon as Xu Bo's figure came down from the Jinshui Bridge, dozens of shining arrows were aimed at him.

"Stop!" The guard in front of the Suzaku Gate shouted: "The palace gate is forbidden, and the trespassers are killed!"

Although the forbidden army on this side of the Vermilion Bird Gate does not know how much is involved behind it, and what role the people behind it play, but now they are still the guards of the imperial city, and they do not fulfill their responsibilities in the event of an accident, no matter what the final success or failure is, they can only die!

In the face of the murderous forbidden army, Xu Chen hurriedly led his brothers to surround Xu Bo, and did not show his blades, but the blood stains on the young people's bodies that had not been washed away and the faint murderous aura on their bodies made the defenders' bowed hands tightened again.

"Don't let go of the arrows!" Xu Bo hurriedly shouted: "It's me! I'm Xu Xiang's long-term follower, just out of the palace gate, do you still remember the general?"

Although it was not a long time, and the defenders of the Vermilion Bird Gate had not yet reached the time to change their guards, the fire in the distance was still there, and after listening to Xu Bo's words, the defenders in front of the palace gate only ordered the soldiers to press the arrow down.

"Wait here!" the general said coldly, then turned around and walked to a small hole in the palace gate, and said a few words to the forbidden army inside the door.

If you don't really know that Xu Bo is Xu Xiang's person, even these, this guard will not be able to do it!

In such a current situation, Xu Xiang, the saint's henchman, must also have corresponding arrangements, not to mention standing in line, at most it can only be regarded as a good fate, for his status and the background of not standing in line behind him, such a trivial thing is done casually, it is harmless to lose, but it is beneficial to win, why not do it?

How many people can come this far without selfishness?

Everybody is calculating!

A few more fires rose into the sky! Gradually the sound of shouting and killing drifted in the wind......

After the silence was torn apart, the restlessness that had been suppressed for months exploded in this instant!

It's just that the outbreak came suddenly, not only Xu Fan and the emperor were furious, but even the courtyard of Chongyi Fang was also shocked.

"What the hell is going on?"

Li Heng's voice broke the silence of the courtyard, and the heaviness that pressed on everyone's hearts seemed to loosen a lot.

With this shout, the quiet courtyard suddenly became more busy.

Someone came from all over the yard, hurrying in their footsteps.

"Your Highness, why did you suddenly launch it?"

"Yes, the time is not yet ripe, and the troops everywhere are not all in place, so we hastily launch ......"

"Ahem!" a coughing sound sounded, interrupting the noise.

Only then did everyone look up at Li Heng, but they saw that His Royal Highness the Prince, who had always been calm, was sinking like water at the moment, cold and terrifying.

"Who the hell is it? Who is not following orders and acting on their own?"

Hearing Li Heng's words, some people who had not yet reacted were shocked!

"What? Your Highness didn't give an order?"

This is naturally nonsense, I don't know how much pressure these people have been under during this time, how can Li Heng, who is the main person, be spared?

With such a life-and-death event, who would dare to joke about it?

"This ......"

"How should this be, Your Highness, but which family's soldiers and horses don't listen to orders......

"Your Highness, now is not the time to be held responsible, since the matter has come out, you still need to come up with an idea immediately!"

"I can't care so much! Your Highness, the matter has come to this, let's go all out!"

……

Li Heng's face was still gloomy, and he was silent for a while before he said coldly: "Since it has been done, then it will be done!" All the steps will be agreed upon, and if the troops are insufficient, then give up a few places and attack the imperial city......

Although he didn't know what was wrong, Li Heng was also a decisive person, and with an order, this originally quiet courtyard was completely lively.

Compared with the liveliness here, Li Linfu's house still seems deserted, but against the backdrop of those piles of sky-high flames, this desertion has a bit of a detachment of sitting and watching the clouds rise and rise.

Qian Yi's footsteps were not in a hurry, as usual, but he sighed softly when he walked to Li Linfu's side.

"What, think it's a pity?" Li Linfu's voice sounded.

"It's a pity!" Qian Yi replied with a nod.

"Hehe, what's the pity? A self-righteous fool! Compared to his brother, he is far behind!"

……

Chang'an at this moment is destined to be unstable.

To the east of Yongxingfang, there is a delicate mansion in Yongjiafang, which used to belong to a businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, and is decorated with an obvious water town flavor, with a wall cloister and a small bridge flowing water.

At this moment, there was also a sound in this elegant courtyard, and it was a hearty laughter.

"Haha! Look, what is Gao Ming? This is Gao Ming!" The young man smiled proudly: "This dumb man will eat it if he loses it, and he can't control it, so if he loses, then he still has a share?"

Li Mao, the eighteenth son of the emperor, raised his head at this moment and glanced at him lightly, without the dazed and cowardly attitude of the past.

It's just that the young man is immersed in the joy of his clever plan and does not notice this little change.

The young man in front of King Shou is Li Qi, the twenty-first son of the emperor, who is smart and clever, and can be regarded as a young man.

"Eighteenth brother, as soon as my clever plan comes out, the third brother will inevitably be in danger because of the hasty incident, and the Qi family will hurt a group of people, and those who are watching will only make a choice soon!"

"This time the third brother is more auspicious!" Li Qi said to Li Mao with a smile: "When the time comes, the father will definitely deal with the third brother, once this prince is vacant, you are expected to succeed to the throne!"