At dawn, in front of the Xuanwu Gate in the north of the Minister's Biji Da Nei, the arch went straight to the Shendu Garden from the holy car.

Li Tong was both a prince and a general of the Southern Ya, so he was naturally in the front class, and rode his horse to accompany him on the side of the holy car. On the opposite side of him, Wu Chengsi, the king of Wei, also rode his horse slowly, although the position was already extremely conspicuous, Wu Chengsi's face was still so gloomy that it almost blended into the starry night.

However, Wu Chenghe's face was so ugly at this time, not because he was walking side by side with Li Tong, but because of the chariot that accompanied him after the holy car, and the imperial heir Li Dan also had a part in the salute today.

Although this was not a good phenomenon for Li Tong, when he saw that Wu Chengsi's face was even more ugly, he also laughed secretly in his heart. You old boy is glaring at me again, now dumbfounded, right?

The sorrow and joy came too suddenly, and in the first month of the year, Wu Chengsi also served as a gift. As for now, there is a sense of the tide receding and everyone swimming naked. It turns out that no matter how much you toss, after all, you are still the mother and daughter, and you Wu Chenghei can only be the same as your grandson, and you can follow the left and right.

Of course, for Li Tong, who has seen too much of his grandmother's operation, he doesn't think there is any clear direction in this. At this point in the situation, no matter what political intention his grandmother expressed, there was only one purpose, that is, to confuse the public and ensure the stability of her own power.

Whether it is the imperial heir Li Dan, or the heir of the King of Wei, Wu Chenghei, of course, including the current Li Tong, they are all a card in Wu Zetian's hand, when to play which card, it is just a need of the situation at that time, and it does not represent the final result.

In fact, anyone with a modicum of political wisdom can see this clearly. However, because each has different levels of interest in the current situation, it is inevitable that they will be affected to a greater or lesser extent.

Especially people like Wu Chengsi, their brains are not smart enough, and they are more likely to indulge in superficial stimulation. Li Tong seriously suspected that Wu Chenghei would not live long in the future, and he should have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and he really couldn't stand this stimulation because of the ups and downs of life, daily gains and losses.

Thinking like this, the holy car entered the Dragon Scale Palace. There is still a period of time before dawn, except for the soldiers of the forbidden army who are on duty in the arch guard, the accompanying officials can take a look at the family members who have entered the Shendu Garden in advance, and then return to the Dragon Scale Palace to pay tribute when it is dawn.

Li Tong, as a general of the Southern Ya, did not have such convenience, and sat in the side hall with the generals, waiting for the summons.

In today's forbidden army system, the left and right Yulin armies of the Beiya are divided into camps and thousands of cavalry, and the left Yulin general Lu Chongyu and the right Yulin general Wu Youning can be said to be the most powerful generals. Among the southern ya, the left and right guards are the leaders, the left guard Xue Huaiyi, and the right guard Xue Mosi.

These four guards can be said to be the four heavenly kings among the generals of the forbidden army, and they directly control more than half of the forbidden army in Shendu City.

The other Nanya generals, although their names sound majestic, they actually have their own waters, including the left and right Jin Wuwei. Although there are many street disciples under Jin Wuwei, they are basically a rabble, and it is okay to intimidate civilians, and there is no hope of real fighting.

The forbidden army system has its interlocking and meticulous checks and balances, but in fact there is also a big crisis. As long as you can handle these four guards, or even just some of them, the seemingly tight palace defense will become full of loopholes.

Li Tong sat in the hall, his eyes casually looked at these people, and there was no lack of miscellaneous tricks flashing in his heart. If you want to make trouble in the forbidden, you can't avoid these four people, especially the left and right Yulin Army.

The North Ya Yulin Army was expanded on the basis of the left and right camps in the Gaozong period, and one of the most important features is that the soldiers are not the first, which is different from the soldiers of the South Yafu or the cultivators, and belongs to the professional soldiers, so in terms of combat effectiveness, it is very secure.

In addition, there is another characteristic of the Yulin Army, that is, there are a large number of soldiers.

This is also very understandable, Gaozong's efforts to develop abroad are strong, and they are among the best in the entire feudal period, and war consumes money and food in addition to human lives.

Throughout the early Tang Dynasty, until the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the financial situation was actually so-so.

Gaozong had to maintain a high-speed external expansion, and at the same time build the eastern capital to get rid of the restrictions of the Guanlong group. In such a situation, where is there enough money and food to expand the Yulin Army, a professional army that is almost completely out of production.

One of the key factors why the Yulin Army was able to be established was that on the basis of war dividends, a large number of elite soldiers were directly introduced to strengthen the military strength of the central government.

It is precisely because of this that in the early Tang Dynasty, there will be many generals who will serve as the general of Yulin Wei, such as the previous Heiya Changzhi, Quan Xiancheng, the current Koji Chongyu and the later Li Duozuo and others. In addition to the fact that they lack a foothold in the political situation, it is also feasible for the generals to command the soldiers.

Li Tong wants to continue to expand his influence in the forbidden army, and although the insertion of people in key positions is direct and effective, it is too conspicuous and needs to be cautious. In addition, there is another way, and that is to expand his influence in the group of Tibetan soldiers.

In fact, there is a basis for this matter, and don't forget that he also has a group of friends who are remnants of Goguryeo. The situation is gradually unpredictable, and Li Tong can't guess what his grandmother will do next, so he thinks deeply about every bit of power that he can control the influence at the moment.

At the moment, he was thinking about whether it was possible for him to directly intervene in the military affairs of the Northern Ya, and if he could, maybe he would be able to use his Goguryeo friends as a breakthrough point to quickly build up a group of forces close to him in the Northern Ya, instead of just a Thousand Cavalry Brigade Marshal Guo Da whose thoughts were greater than reality.

He was thinking like this, when suddenly the figure in front of him flickered, and when he looked up, it was Xue Huaiyi who came to him and raised his hand to signal him to go to a remote place in the hall.

Li Tong followed Xue Huaiyi and said with a smile: "What does Master Xue have to say?" ”

When he arrived in the corner, Xue Huaiyi's face pulled, looked back at Li Tong, and said in a somewhat unkind tone: "Wei Tuan'er's cheap maid is in the palace right now, I see the face of the acting king, and I don't care about the past anymore, but please tell her back, if you make another story, I will not be polite to her!" ”

Li Tong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and after a while, his face sank: "Can Master Xue make it clear?" Xiao Wang may not be talented, but if everyone makes mistakes, they are confident that they can take on one or two! ”

"The acting king doesn't have to be like this to me, I have no bad thoughts about you, and I know that cheap maid, hey, in short, the matter has been told to you, some people don't want to see me well, if you blindly cover up, then you can only take care of yourself!"

After Xue Huaiyi said this, he didn't stay any longer, turned around and brushed his sleeves away.

Being held accountable by Xue Huaiyi's headless and brainless, Li Tong was of course a little unhappy in his heart, and he was also in no mood to stay in the palace to calculate the military of the Northern Ya, so he walked out of the hall, stood under the corridor and looked at Xue Huaiyi's back towards the inner hall, his brows furrowed slightly.

At this moment, the figure of Wu Chengsi flashed in the hall on the other side, looking at Li Tong and smiling gloomily.

Li Tong was on fire at this moment, and when he saw Wu Chenghe's cheapness, he was even more unhappy, so he straightened his crotch, held the handle of the Yi knife in his hand, and went straight to Wu Chenghe.

Seeing the young king's unkind look approaching, Wu Chengsi was stunned for a moment, subconsciously took two steps back, beckoned two soldiers to stand behind him, and then stabilized a little, looked at Li Tong and said, "You, what are you going to do?" ”

"Huaiyi is difficult, didn't Wei Wangjian say it? Since entering the incident, I have not committed any crime with Wei Wangjingwei, and I have not quarreled with each other, if you lead the matter into my inner house, I will never let you go! ”

Li Tong knocked on the handle of the Yi knife with his hand, looked at Wu Chengsi and said coldly.

When Wu Chengsi heard this, his eyes widened in disbelief, and he raised his hand to Li Tong and said angrily: "Shaft Er, dare to talk to me like this!" You dare to threaten me? ”

"There is no way for good or evil, but people call themselves! If King Wei thinks that I am only talking about it, then you can try it! ”

Li Tong sneered, summoned a straight commander of the forbidden army who was paraded in front of the palace, and asked, "Is General Youjin Wu Weiyuan straight?" See him! ”

As he spoke, he also glanced back at Wu Chenghe, and did not hide the ruthlessness between his eyebrows.

Although he didn't know the exact reason for Xue Huaiyi's words, he could probably guess some, it was nothing more than Wei Tuan'er introducing a new boyfriend to his grandmother, so that Xue Huaiyi knew. Now I see that Wei Tuan'er has left the forbidden center, so let's knock it out.

He hadn't figured out how to deal with Xue Huaiyi for the time being, but Wu Chengsi, an old bastard, had an attitude of watching the excitement that made him unhappy, and of course he couldn't make Wu Chengsi comfortable and add some blockage to this guy.

If it was before, it wouldn't have been so direct, but now, his grandmother and his fourth uncle have a hidden intention of releasing their previous suspicions, so what are you afraid of. Even if Wu Chengsi's head is not bright, he will not regard the current Li Tong as the first target.

Wu Chengsi was naturally not in a good mood at this time, especially after seeing the acting king threatening him at the exit, Yuan Xuan, the general of the Jin Wuwei who turned his head, hurriedly walked in to see him, and his face couldn't help but be even more gloomy.

After retreating to the side hall, he summoned Wu Yizong, who had been the former general of the Right Jin Wuwei, and asked: "Right Jin Wuwei Yuanxuan, what does it have to do with the acting king?" ”

Wu Yizong lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I really don't know, Your Highness saw that the two of him colluded?" ”

"Do you still need me to see you? The acting king bluntly threatened, turned his head and summoned Yuan Xuan, whether the two of them colluded or not, do you still need to ask? ”

Wu Chengsi said hatefully: "No wonder, this kid has no fear and dares to make a big deal in the mansion!" What is the matter with Yuan Xuan, if you think about it carefully, I want to tear down that vertical arm! ”

"Acting as a king? How dare he? ”

Wu Yizong was also a little confused at this time.

"Huaiyi has already held him accountable, hmph, this kid is just a lot of self-obsessed blessings, and he doesn't know what kind of disaster he has absorbed. For the sake of a mere beautiful maid, she didn't even put Huaiyi in her eyes! ”

Wu Chengsi said again: "Continue to dig deeper, who will be lured into the palace by the cheap maid and Taiping, take the real deeds, and then tell Huaiyi." ”

"But, is this His Majesty the Holy Emperor...... I'm worried that digging deeper may anger Your Majesty. ”

Wu Yizong couldn't help but say again.

"It's a matter of concern. Yes, didn't you say that the state officials reported that there were aliens in Hanoi and the opposition? Attract the divine capital to help Huaiyi and solidify the pet. ”

Wu Chengsi said this, and said: "Greed for longevity is the nature of a human being. His Majesty Maitreya is incarnated, but now he is recruiting Shen Zhi to play as Prince Jin, which is not a good sign. After the emperor's heir, we must suppress this evil wind! ”