Chapter 313: The Xuanwu Mutiny
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Li Yuanji was stunned, he never expected Li Shimin to do this, so he really pressed his neck, the tip of the knife pierced the skin, and Yin Hong's blood flowed out, accompanied by Li Shimin's tears, but he was motionless.
"You, why don't you hide?" Li Yuanji was surprised.
"The eldest brother is dead, you are gone, my brother is the only one left, I can't bear this kind of infamy, I'd rather die with you." Li Shimin said truthfully.
"Don't you want to be the emperor?" Li Yuanji gasped like a cow, and his face became extremely pale.
"Yes, but I never want to hurt any of my brothers, otherwise I will never forgive myself in this life, but live in guilt." Li Shimin said in tears.
Hey, Li Yuanji sighed, and put down the hand holding the knife, "Hmph, I wanted to kill you since I was a child, but when everything became easy, I didn't want to do it." Creation makes people! ”
"Yuanji, why do you hate me so much!"
"Because the two of us are in harmony with each other, my parents dislike me and want to throw me away on the day I am born."
Li Yuanji said the secret in his heart fiercely, and Li Shimin was surprised, because he had never heard such a statement. Yuan Ziyan sighed helplessly, took Li Yuanji's hand, and said gloomily: "Yuanji, in fact, you are wrong. There has never been a saying that a brother is going to kill a child, at that time it was said that you and the former queen were in harmony, and that if you were left behind, your mother would only live to be more than forty years old. So Your Majesty did move his mind, taking advantage of your mother's weakness after giving birth, and asked the nurse to take you away, but your mother woke up, refused to forgive, and forced you to die, so she took you back again. In order to get rid of this terrible spell, you have to be put in the care of a nursing mother. ”
But the nurse said. How can there be a fake? Li Yuanji asked unwillingly.
"Would you rather trust your parents, or would you be a nurse who could return to poverty when you grow up? Make your own choice. Yuan Ziyan said faintly.
Li Yuanji has also read books such as divination on the one hand, although he is not proficient, but he has also been taught by a famous teacher since he was a child, and he secretly sent his mother and Li Shimin's eight characters roughly in his heart, whether it is the time of day, it is really in line with his mother!
Li Yuanji's body trembled suddenly. Hate for a lifetime. I didn't expect to hate the wrong person in the end, and all the people I hated were my relatives who loved me the most! The queen mother does not live long, maybe she was really killed by herself!
"The Queen Mother. Son, I'm sorry for you. Li Yuanji burst into tears, but he didn't have the strength to cry.
"Yuanji, the past is in the past. Second brother doesn't blame you. Let's go, the second brother will take you back. Ask the best royal doctor to heal you. ”
Li Shimin struggled to help Li Yuanji up, but Li Yuanji shook his head, the knife in his hand slipped down, and slowly stretched out towards Li Shimin. Li Shimin hurriedly clasped his hand tightly in his younger brother's hand. Li Yuanji used his last strength to glance at the only living brother in front of him, "Two." Second brother! ”
After Li Yuanji finished shouting, he left the last two lines of tears of remorse. tilted his head and died in Li Shimin's arms.
"Yuanji!"
The raindrops in the sky became heavier, and soon turned into a pouring rain, and the deafening thunder roared, but it could not hide Li Shimin's mournful cry. Yuan Ziyan didn't bother him, but got up and left, Li Shimin's injury will not heal, and it will be with him for the rest of his life.
Halfway through, he met Wei Zheng who came in a hurry, his clothes were all soaked, and he even lost a shoe.
"Ziyan, is there anything wrong in the palace?" Wei Zheng hurriedly stopped Yuan Ziyan and asked.
"The crown prince, the king of Qi, is dead." Yuan Zi didn't reply, and said lightly, Wei Zheng's howling cry came from behind him, cry, use crying to welcome the arrival of a new dynasty.
Hearing that the crown prince King Qi has died, the East Palace and Wude Hall are also crying, and more people are thinking about their future whereabouts. Therefore, no one was stupid enough to put up stubborn resistance, but occupied the two temples without effort.
And then, as previously agreed, Wei Chigong led a team of guards to meet His Majesty and report to him what had happened today.
"Ziyan, you can go with me." Wei Chigong scratched his head and pleaded: "I'm a rough person, I can't speak, what if I anger Your Majesty and then implicate King Qin?" ”
"Well, I was just going to see him, too." Yuan Ziyan nodded indifferently.
The rain was still falling, washing away the blood on the ground, but leaving behind countless sins, just for posterity to evaluate.
I heard that Li Yuan was boating on the sea pool at this time to enjoy the rain, and from the outsider's point of view, it seemed that he himself did not know. However, Yuan Ziyan inquired and said that it was Concubine Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu who accompanied him to secretly move closely with the crown prince King Qi.
The adultery between the two has been exposed, and Li Yuan also wants to stabilize them and not give them a chance to report and collude internally and externally.
After Wei Chigong and the others arrived, they quickly controlled the Praetorian Guards on the shore, and then boarded a small boat with Yuan Ziyan and headed to the center of the sea pool.
Seeing someone coming, several guards immediately raised their weapons vigilantly, but Li Yuan waved his hand at them and motioned for them to go down, and then Yuan Ziyan and the others successfully boarded the big boat.
The dragon boat swayed slightly with the waves, the air was cool, the rain was like a waterfall, but the boat was fragrant tea and dance, and it was really not afraid of thunder.
"Your Majesty, the crown prince and the Xuanwu Sect have mutinied, and the King of Qin has subdued him. Weichen is afraid that His Majesty will make any mistakes, so he is here to escort him! Wei Chi bowed his head and bowed.
Yuan Ziyan saw that Concubine Yin De's faces were pale, and Li Yuan seemed to be mentally prepared, and asked, "Where is Yuanji, the rebel?" ”
"King Qi controlled King Qin in the depths of the garden, drew his sword and faced each other, and was shot by Weichen!"
Yes! Concubine Yin Defei rolled her eyes and squatted on the ground, Zhang Jieyu's face was as white as a piece of paper, she couldn't do it, and she cried.
Li Yuan only twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, and then said impatiently: "I'm not dead, who are you crying for?" ”
Only then did Concubine Yin Defei and the others realize their faux pas, and hurriedly knelt on the ground.
"I still have important things to discuss, the scenery outside is good, let's go and enjoy the scenery first." After speaking, Li Yuan gave a look to several guards.
If Concubine Yin Defei and others were amnesty, they kowtowed desperately, although there was no shelter from the rain outside, but the palace turned the sky upside down, the emperor lost his two sons, and if he said something wrong, he would lose his head, and everyone was willing to go out and get drenched.
However, the guards did not send them to the deck, but pushed them to the boat gang, and several people suddenly realized that the outside of what His Majesty said was in the lake!
"Your Majesty, what is the crime of the concubine, you want to kill the concubine?" Concubine Yin De shouted loudly, and Zhang Jieyu also desperately cried out: "Your Majesty, why did the concubine serve poorly, and she actually attracted to kill!" ”
Li Yuan got up silently, walked a few steps closer with his hands behind his back, and said in a cold voice: "If you are quiet, I will ensure that your son grows up safely." There was a lot of talk in the court, saying that they were not my sons. ”
As soon as Concubine Yin Defei heard this, she immediately sat down on the deck, completely losing her usual arrogance. Then, with a few splashes, the women were thrown into the water.
The instinct to survive kept them struggling, but it didn't take long for them to sink. And Zhang Jieyu is a swimmer, begging to keep leaning on the side of the big boat, and keep shouting grievances, begging His Majesty to let her go.
Li Yuan was overwhelmed, the guards understood, raised the oar and hit Zhang Jieyu's head, and the skull cracked in a few clicks. Maybe she didn't want to die too much, until the end her hands were still tightly holding the boat gang, and the scene was very miserable.
After dealing with a few hateful women, Li Yuan sat down again, signaling Wei Chigong and the others to go down first, and he wanted to say a few words to Yuan Ziyan alone.
Wei Chigong was a little uneasy, Yuan Ziyan nodded slightly, and when there was no one else in the cabin, Yuan Ziyan took the initiative to ask, "Your Majesty, do you have anything else to explain?" ”
"What do you think I'll talk to you about?"
"Build the real cause of death." Yuan Ziyan said directly.
Li Yuan raised his eyebrows and sneered: "Sure enough, he is a smart person, how can you guess that it is me?" ”
"Maybe there was only one arrow left at the scene, but I did see two, and a very sad figure. The most important thing is that the direction of the completed arrow does not match the location of King Qin. ”
"Ziyan, what do you think of me?"
"You are a good emperor who has avoided more bloodshed and sacrifice, and at the same time you are also a helpless father, who has to do it as a last resort for the sake of the overall situation."
Li Yuan finally couldn't hold the emperor's frame anymore, covered his face and cried in a muffled voice, very sad, and cried for half an hour before he raised his head again, and said in a hoarse voice: "Ziyan, you must promise me one thing today, that is, not to tell the truth to the people." Otherwise, I will kill your father and brother, as well as everyone associated with the Yuan family. ”
This is an undisguised threat, Yuan Ziyan was unmoved, and asked: "Your Majesty, if you don't tell the truth to the people, he will carry an unrelieved sense of guilt for the rest of his life." Don't you care about this son in your heart, with all due respect, he is the best of all your sons. ”
"It's because he's so good that I'm doing it. Only when you can endure infamy can you temper people's hearts, and if you can't bear the sense of sin, you will be angry and use your political achievements to erase the evil. I am very pleased with the talents of the world, and under such excitement, Datang will definitely usher in a prosperous era. In the future, all the people will only remember a good emperor and a holy lord, not a demon who killed his brother and killed his brother. ”
Yuan Ziyan was silent for a while before saying, "But this is too cruel for the people. ”
"Hmph, Shimin is too sharp, but he doesn't know how to restrain himself, so that he is frightened and Yuanji is uneasy. In the end, their deaths have a lot to do with the people. Since you can sit on a world, why care about this infamy? Even if I bear this in front of the world, how many people on the streets and alleys would like to believe it? ”
I can't help but say that Li Yuan's words are very reasonable, and Yuan Ziyan can't help but agree, because the lives of the whole family are in her hands. In the end, Yuan Ziyan nodded, and Li Yuan wept again, as if he was much older in an instant.
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