Getting this clue, Chen Mu fell into deep thought, recalling some fragments of his life in the past.

There were some things that I didn't understand very clearly, but now I have cracked them one by one, for example, when I suspected that I was the prince and pastor, Kong Xiaoxian didn't think about this problem at all, but felt that "I" was more likely to be an assassin.

In fact, Kong Xiaoxian guessed that "I" was from the disciple of Chen Qianyi, the "big thunderbolt" of Jukui Mountain, and was a native of the rivers and lakes, and in fact, it was no different from an assassin. Wandering the rivers and lakes and acting chivalrous and righteous is a chivalrous man; If you don't have any ill intentions, you are an assassin; Join the wealthy Qiu Qiu Chunmiao, that is the swordsman. In fact, there is no essential difference between the three. It's just that the environment is different. A master knight, a change of mind can become an assassin, or a swordsman.

I figured out all these things, and Chen Mu felt that something was wrong, when I was in Yuzhou, the lame man lied to me with a fake portrait, what does the old thing mean?

Could it be that at that time, he mistakenly thought that I was Zhao Mu, and he wanted to trick me into Luoyang for the sake of bounty, even if it was a lie?

This argument seems to make some sense, this old boy is still quite attentive to me, and it doesn't look like he wants to harm me......

What the hell is this old thing going to do to me?

I couldn't figure it out for a while.

Chen Mu smiled at Li Xiu and said, "Brother Li, please continue." ”

Li Xiu thought for a while and said, "Regarding the relationship between the prince and the great Sima, in fact, I know very little about the inside story, after all, I am only a descendant of the generals. What I know is just rumors. In other words, what I know is known to the Tang family. ”

Chen Mu smiled and said, "Then you might as well talk about it." ”

Li Xiu smiled ashamedly and said: "Okay, then I'll talk nonsense today, and in the future, if the virtuous brother finds out which sentence is wrong, bear with me." ”

"I've already said this, how can I blame Brother Li, please speak out boldly."

"Okay." Li Xiu shook his sleeves: "The big Sima Tang Qiong originally supported the prince, because the prince is the son of the Empress Dowager Tang, that is, Tang Qiong's nephew. Although the crown prince Zhao Ying said that his ability was limited, Zhao Ying had a generous personality and the appearance of a benevolent monarch, and everyone rumored that if Zhao Ying could successfully ascend the throne, it would definitely be a great blessing for the people of the Liang Dynasty.

It's a pity that when the first emperor was seriously ill, Zhao Ying fell ill and died violently.

It is not uncommon for people to die at the age of twenty-five. But before the prince drove, he didn't have any symptoms, and suddenly said that he was sick and died, which inevitably made people suspect that the prince was killed by someone.

At that time, almost everyone pointed the finger at the Meng family and the Ximen family, because they were against the crown prince, and they never gave up the plan to depose Zhao Ying and make the prince the crown prince. ”

Chen Mu asked: "Did you find out the cause of the prince's death later?" ”

"No, it's still an open case." Li Xiu continued: "As soon as the crown prince dies, the selection of the new prince is the highlight of the palace fight at that time. Of course, the Tang family gate valve didn't want the prince to be left behind, but the Empress Dowager Tang only had one son, so she wanted to recognize the prince Zhao Mu as her son. Tang's plan is well-founded, and it is said that Zhao Mu himself is willing, and actively cooperates with Da Sima. ”

Li Xiu paused for a moment and said in a playful tone: "You think, the Meng and Ximen families can even kill the prince, let alone an illegitimate child." ”

Chen Mu frowned: "You mean to say that Zhao Mu later repented, so he fled the capital." ”

Li Xiudao: "At first, the operation was quite smooth, but when the Empress Dowager Tang drowned the prince's reputation, she annoyed the Meng and Ximen families, and the forces of the two families in the palace broke into the Jinfeng Palace with knives and hacked the Empress Tang to death. At this time, the prince fled the capital. I guess he might have been scared. ”

When Chen Mu listens to others, he only wants to listen to the process, not the comments. Because everyone's comments can be one-sided and emotional.

Whether the crown prince Zhao Ying was killed by the Meng family and the Ximen family is a mystery in itself. Although the crown prince Zhao Ying is young, it is not uncommon for people to die of heart attack and other diseases at the age of twenty-five. Therefore, just because they are seriously suspected cannot be judged to be murderers.

Li Xiu said that Zhao Mu fled Luoyang because he was afraid of Gong Dou, this statement is not necessarily true, if Zhao Mu was a timid person, how could he actively cooperate with the great Sima Tang Qiong in the first place.

Since he sensed danger, why didn't he seek Tang Qiong's support, but instead fled from Luoyang and ran to Chang'an to seek Tang Gan's protection?

How did Tang Qian protect Zhao Mu, and why did he let Tang Kun take advantage of the loophole?

With Tang Gan's status, he must be extremely meticulous in his work, could it be that the prince was murdered by conspiracy?

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The more you think about the problem, the more complicated it becomes, and it is easy to think about the problem and get out of it.

Chen Mu felt that in the case of not being able to get important information, it was best not to think about those extremely small probability events, otherwise things would become confusing and directionless.

After chatting with Li Xiu for a while, and without hearing any important information, Chen Mu got up and said goodbye.

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When I returned to the watchtower at the North City Gate, I saw the lame man playing chess with "a group of people", the lame man sat alone in the west, and a group of people on the opposite side surrounded Zhang Han, comparing and dating, acting as a military advisor.

Chen Mu walked over and saw that there was still a pair of chariots and horses under the lame man, Shi Xiangquan, and three soldiers, and there were only two horses and a cannon left on Zhang Han's side, and one was missing, and there was a lack of one soldier and two pawns.

The lame cannon is at the top of the door, and the next step is the killing move of the iron door bolt, and Zhang Han is already sure to lose. I really don't know what the dog-headed military advisors around Zhang Han are still shouting.

Seeing Chen Mu come back, the originally lively room quickly quieted down, and Zhang Han stopped playing chess, stood up and saluted.

The lame man was still sitting there, quite amused.

Chen Mu looked at the chessboard, grabbed Zhang Han's horse, and kicked the lame old handsome man away.

The room burst into laughter.

"Don't be too relaxed, I think the other side may be killed at any time. Now it's not that the opposite side doesn't want to fight, and it's very likely that a lot of ladders are being made. Chen Mu looked at the mountains to the north: "It would be nice if there weren't so many trees near Jiuquan." If I were the master of Jiuquan, I would burn all these trees. ”

Chen Mu's words were fulfilled at dawn the next day.

The enemy army carried countless ladders and rushed towards Jiuquan City.

The enemy's 12,000 men surrounded the four gates of Jiuquan and attacked from four directions at the same time.

The battle began, and the situation was so tragic that it was too bloody to be described.

The enemy generals have a resolute will to fight, and the enemy forces attack in turns.

Because there were too many ladders, they couldn't be burned at all, and from time to time, enemy troops broke into the city and fought hand-to-hand with the Liang army.

The enemy army planned to give the Liang army no time to breathe, so that the Liang army's arrows could not be replenished, and at the same time, the rolling wood and other materials in the city would be used up in about a day. At this time, the enemy continued to storm, and the soldiers climbed up the ladder like ants.

What's even more terrifying is that the enemy army has a steady stream of new ladders.

The flames of war were everywhere, and the smoke of gunfire was everywhere.

Jiuquan City has become a passage between the world and hell.

Chen Mu led 400 ironclad soldiers to defend the northern city, destroying more than 1,000 enemy troops in a day and night.

On the city wall in other directions, the soldiers of the Liang army fought bravely to kill the enemy, and the battle situation was almost the same as that of the northern city.

Tang Yun, the grain governor, was seriously wounded, and Kong Xiaoxian, the lieutenant general of the third division, personally ascended to the south gate and continued to fight.

Ximen Dian's allegiance was seriously injured and fell into a coma, and the overseer Wu Dong led Hu from the top of the guards.

Li Xiu stood on the high platform, directing the delivery of materials and the rationing of personnel, and he had already shouted through his throat.

At this time, in Jiuquan City, from the veterans of the armor to the teenagers with bundled hair, none of them were of a bad breed.

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