When Wang Xuanwu saw Li Zhong's performance, he was even more puzzled.

Today's Chang'an City, compared with a few years ago, the atmosphere has changed a little.

The open and secret struggle between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Prestige for the position of the prince has become more and more intense.

Now this scene can't help but make Wang Xuanwu think of what happened fifteen years ago.

The fight between these two immortals can't have already begun to affect the innocent, right?

"Commander Li, what do you mean by that?"

Wang Xuanwu touched the handle of the knife in his hand, and he was also prepared for an accident.

Seeing this, the other guards nervously pressed their hands on the hilt of their swords.

For so many years, there has never been such a scene as today.

"What do you mean? That's what I should ask you. His Majesty is concerned about the safety of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and despite the fact that the Mingde Gate has been closed, he specially arranged for me to come over to confirm the situation of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

Wang Xuanwu, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has always treated you well, and your life was saved by him, so you repay your benefactor like this? Your conscience has been eaten by dogs, right? I'll count to three, and if you don't open the door, don't blame me for being rude. ”

The sound of fighting in the palace seemed to be more intense, and occasionally there was the noise of the crowd, which made Li Zhong's worry even stronger.

"Li Zhong, you don't shout to catch thieves there. His Royal Highness the King of Chu treats me like a mountain, and my King Xuanwu is a person of His Royal Highness the King of Chu in life, and he is a ghost of His Royal Highness the King of Chu in death.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, you are not good to serve by His Majesty's side, and take a group of men and horses to the Chu King's Mansion in full armor, what kind of heart do you have? ”

"Hmph, toast if you don't eat and eat fine wine, give it to me!"

Li Zhong was afraid that Wang Xuanwu would use some kind of delaying tactics, so he didn't want to talk to him anymore, and was ready to forcibly enter the Chu Palace.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the air immediately changed.

Both sides are the elite of the elite, and if they fight, it is impossible to see blood.

"Wait!"

Fortunately, at this time, Li Kuan's voice came from not far away.

When something like this happened at the door, there was no need for Wang Xuanwu to order, there were guards to report to Li Kuan.

Hearing that it was Li Zhong who came over with a group of 100 horsemen in full armor, Li Kuan was also surprised.

His son is still on the Gewu Academy.

There's no reason why Li Zhong can't get along with himself.

So he didn't sleep anymore, and walked to the gate with Xi Junmai.

Of course, in order to prevent accidents, he also asked Cheng Jingwen and Wu Meiniang to hide in the secret room with Xiaomai and others.

"Lord Wang!"

"Lord Wang!"

"Li Zhong, what's going on? If you want to pay New Year's greetings, you're too early, right? ”

Li Kuan soon appeared next to the wall.

Although the walls of the Chu Palace, although not as tall and deep as Chang'an City, there are still necessary wall battlements.

"Huh?"

Li Zhong took a few steps forward, and after confirming that the person on the wall was indeed Li Kuan, he couldn't help but let out a surprised sound.

Today's events reveal a strange thing.

"I wonder if His Royal Highness the King of Chu knows about tonight's warning?"

If you don't understand, just ask, at this time, Li Zhong's heart was put down.

But there are more doubts in my mind.

"What warning?"

Li Kuan looked at Li Zhong, and then at the guards beside him.

Tonight, all the staff of the Chu Wangfu gathered together for a happy gathering, where did the warning come from?

Seeing Li Kuan's reaction, Li Zhong was also a little confused.

Could it be that General Wei Chi, who patrolled the city, made a mistake?

Is the message conveyed by General Wei Chi wrong?

Looking at His Royal Highness the King of Chu like this, it seems that there is no accident in the Chu Palace.

"This ......"

Li Zhong was a little dizzy at this time.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, here's the thing, His Majesty is holding a banquet in the palace tonight, Li Junxian suddenly came to report that General Wei Chi, who is in charge of patrolling Chang'an City tonight, sent someone over to say that a large number of fireworks have been lit in the courtyard of the King of Chu's mansion, and he is worried about whether there is an accident here with His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

But the gates of the city were closed, and they could not be opened at will, so they sent for advice to your majesty. After His Majesty heard about this, although he also had doubts in his heart, he was afraid that His Royal Highness the King of Chu would have some accidents, so he asked me to personally take the hundred horsemen out of the city. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Li Zhong still told what he knew.

Obviously, there must be a misunderstanding somewhere.

His group rushed out of the city late at night, and I didn't know what rumors would be in Chang'an City at that time.

If he didn't figure things out, he really wouldn't be able to go back to the errand.

According to his understanding of Li Shimin, His Majesty must still be waiting for him to go back and reply.

"Huh? That's what you call a warning? ”

Li Kuan and Wang Xuanwu looked at each other with a look at each other.

Obviously, the warning in Li Zhong's mouth should be the scene where the fireworks have just been set off.

Li Kuan didn't expect that he would be able to make such a drama by setting off fireworks and winning the pleasure of beauties.

That's really ......

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, isn't this fireworks a warning?"

"Open the door and come in."

At this time, everyone on both sides knew that there should be some misunderstanding tonight.

The tense atmosphere just now naturally disappeared without a trace.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, I won't go in, after figuring out the cause and effect of the matter, I have to hurry back and report to Your Majesty, otherwise he will probably not be able to sleep tonight."

Hearing Li Zhong say this, Li Kuan was not reluctant, and explained the situation in a few words.

"So, this so-called fireworks are actually fireworks for appreciation?"

Li Zhong looked at Li Kuan speechlessly.

This His Royal Highness the King of Chu really doesn't let himself feel at ease for a day.

On the last day of the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, he had to do this kind of thing for himself.

"That's right, if you have any doubts, you can bring back a few boxes of fireworks later, and everything will be clear by then."

So far, Li Zhong has nothing to say.

After waiting at the door for a while, I went back with a few boxes of fireworks.

……

"Mei Niang, today's events seem to reveal a hint of weirdness."

In the secret room, Cheng Jingwen and Wu Meiniang sat together, with some worry on their faces.

was ready to rest, but suddenly such an accident happened, and everyone would be a little apprehensive.

"Sister, in my opinion, there should be some misunderstanding. However, today's events have also reminded us that the prince has also made a lot of enemies over the years, especially Tuyuhun, Western Turk and Xue Yantuo, who have a deep blood feud with the prince; In addition, all the families have suffered losses at the hands of the prince, and it would not be surprising if some people played the scheme of killing people with knives. ”

Wu Meiniang thinks about a lot of things, and she is not the kind of person who is willing to be kneaded.

In her opinion, the situation in Chang'an City will be even more unpredictable in the next few years, and the Chu Wangfu really needs to make more preparations.

"That's exactly what you said. Little Corn was assassinated before, and it scared me a lot. This is still made by the Xue Yantuo people themselves, if someone in Chang'an City cooperates with them, maybe they will succeed. Before the prince spent a lot of money to build a new city in Nanyang, I didn't understand it very well, but now it seems that it is still very necessary. ”

"Not only that, but the guards in our palace also need to be strengthened. His Majesty allowed the prince to open a mansion and build a palace, and the number of guards could be expanded to 3,000, but the prince has always maintained the number of guards at about 1,000.

Now half of these 1,000 people have gone to Hedong Province to help deal with the immigration, and some are in Dengzhou and Liangzhou, and there are less than 300 people left in Chang'an City. ”

"Sister, even if it's these three hundred, not all of them are in the other courtyard."

Wu Meiniang added another fire.

She didn't want to hide in the secret room one day.

"Well, let's go back and persuade the prince together, even if it's not for himself, but also for the children."

……

In the Daming Palace, Li Shimin listened to Li Zhong's report on the news speechlessly.

"This so-called warning is caused by this thing called fireworks in front of you?"

"Yes, this is a fireworks specially made by craftsmen in order to make it more lively during the New Year's Festival."

Although he had already felt the displeasure on Li Shimin's face, Li Zhong still had to continue.

"Did you let someone tell Yu Chigong? This guy made such a big fuss. ”

"His subordinates have already arranged for someone to tell General Wei Chi the cause of the incident, presumably he should already know it at this time."

"Alright, you can go down."

Li Shimin waved his hand, "I'll let off this fireworks tomorrow morning, I want to see what is so good about this thing, and it actually makes so many things." ”

Inexplicably, Li Shimin actually missed the days when Li Kuan was inspecting Jiangnan Province and Shannan Province.

"Your Majesty, in fact, although this firework is used by His Royal Highness the King of Chu to watch, it does have a warning effect. If it is slightly transformed, it may not be able to be used for other purposes. ”

Although Li Zhong's words are also reasonable, they obviously mean to help Li Kuan speak.

But Li Shimin didn't mind too much.

Li Geng studied at Guanshishan Academy, and now he also knows about going to sea with the "Gewu Academy".

Of course, if Li Zhong's person who helped speak was Li Chengqian or Li Tai, then he might have one more mind.

"This firework, if I guessed correctly, nine times out of ten it has something to do with black powder. The Gunpowder Manufacturing Bureau has not performed particularly well in the past two years, and Li Kuan has the heart to think about messy things, so let him go to the Gunpowder Bureau to toss and toss. ”

Li Shimin suddenly thought of a way to "punish" Li Kuan.

For this lazy guy, arranging more things for him to do is also an alternative punishment, right?

……

Patriotic Mansion.

Li Jing had already fallen asleep, but was awakened by a bunch of cavalry rushing towards Suzaku Street.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, at the time of curfew, how could there still be a large group of cavalry galloping outside?

Li Jing, who is very politically sensitive, immediately felt something different from it.

At this time, he naturally couldn't sleep.

Lao Mao, as Li Jing's personal guard back then, has been following Li Jing now.

It was like inquiring about the news, so it was naturally handed over to him.

"County Cheng, the subordinates followed a while, it should be the people of the Hundred Cavalry Division in action, it seems that Li Zhong led the team, and he went out of the Mingde Gate with His Majesty's warrant, I don't know what important tasks there are."

Lao Mao wandered outside for almost an hour, and only when he saw Li Zhong leading the team back to Daming Palace, did he return to the house.

For Lao Mao, the curfew naturally can't control him.

"Li Zhong is out of the city with a large group of cavalry so late?"

Li Jing frowned, unable to figure out the reason.

"Yes, it didn't take long to go out and came back. It didn't look like there had been any change in the ranks, and there was no sign of a fight. ”

Lao Mao also felt that tonight's events were a bit weird.

I've been living in Chang'an City for a long time, and I can encounter any strange things.

"The atmosphere in Chang'an City is slowly changing, Lao Mao, you have to pay attention to the movements of Da Lang and Erlang, and let them not get involved in some places that should not be mixed."

Li Jing also knew that his eldest son was relatively close to Li Chengqian, which was not what he wanted to see.

But his son is older, and he doesn't listen to himself much since he was a child, so he is also a little helpless.

"His Royal Highness the Prince's position as the prince is unstable, and it is difficult for Chang'an City to settle down."

Although Lao Mao is a military man, his vision is not bad.

"Be careful! The old man is now a teacher at the Tang Royal Military Academy, and he can teach a few students for His Majesty with peace of mind, and try to avoid other things. ”

……

In the East Palace, Li Chengqian sighed a little regretfully.

"In this way, there is no accident in the Chu Palace, is this a misunderstanding?"

After the banquet was dispersed, Li Chengqian immediately arranged for the eldest grandson Jiaqing to inquire about the affairs of the Chu Palace.

Judging from the situation reported by Li Junxian at that time, something big should have happened.

At that time, he still felt a little happy, this Li Kuan had been reluctant to defect to him, and now he was finally retributed.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, my subordinates got the news from a hundred horsemen, and the warning signal that Jin Wuwei saw when he was patrolling the city today was actually a kind of fireworks used by His Royal Highness the King of Chu to entertain himself. When Li Zhong rushed to the gate of the courtyard of the Chu Palace, he almost clashed with the guards of the Chu Palace. ”

The eldest grandson Jiaqing also felt a little pity.

Today's situation was so critical, he thought that Li Kuan would definitely be unlucky.

It turned out to be a false alarm.

This is really the answer to that sentence, good people don't live long, and disasters will last for thousands of years.

"Countless people in Chang'an City probably won't be able to get a good night's sleep tonight, and the reason is actually a misunderstanding. I don't know how my father punished Li Kuan. ”

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please forgive me, Your Majesty does not expect to punish His Royal Highness the King of Chu."

Although he didn't want to admit it, the eldest grandson Jiaqing found that the possibility he said was the most likely to happen.

"Since this Li Kuan is so favored, then we have to win him over even more, if we really can't win him, we have to find a way to kill him, otherwise sooner or later he will have to support other people."

Li Chengqian's mind is almost not as broad as before, and he can't accommodate so many things.

"That's true, I heard that he is very close to His Royal Highness King Jin, maybe he has some idea in his heart."

The words of the eldest grandson Jiaqing strengthened Li Chengqian's determination.