In the evening, the chief executioner, Lai Junchen, personally led a group of torturers to arrest the winter official Shangshu Su Gan, who was leaving the government and preparing to return to the mansion in front of the Duanmen, which immediately caused an uproar inside and outside the court.

Li Tong had already left the palace and returned to the palace, preparing to meet some courtiers in the palace and make good friends, preparing for the next position.

In the evening, there were already visitors to the door, after learning the news, he quickly terminated the banquet, surrounded by the guards, went straight to the Xuanwu Gate of the North City, and personally presided over the night of the thousand horses.

The next development was not what Li Tong expected, although when he arrived at the Xuanwu Gate, it was already dark, but there was still an endless stream of people in front of the Xuanwu Gate who submitted letters to see. Lai Junchen's action of arresting Su Gan was like a boulder thrown into the pond, and it soon caused layers of ripples on the surface of the pool.

The Su family is a veteran portal in Guanlong, and the network behind it can be described as huge, Su Gan's father Su Miao is also the son-in-law of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, and the old man of Taizong Qin's palace. Even not long after Li Tong returned to the mansion, there were already people who pleaded for Su Gan's guilt and asked to see him.

The so-called pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, before coming to Junchen to try the case, he had not caught any big target, which had already made the Manchu ministers sad, and now he suddenly attacked Su Gan, a big fish, which is naturally even more terrifying.

However, the current situation is not a god-given old year after all, and whether Lai Junchen can gnaw on Su Gan's hard bone is also a test of his teeth. Just look at the people in front of the Xuanwu Gate who asked to be summoned by the forbidden middle, and you can see that this turmoil will definitely not be small.

Li Tong rushed to the palace at this time, one is that of course he must stand on his grandmother's side at the critical moment, and the other is that he doesn't want to wade into this muddy water to avoid being begged to see and intercede.

Lai Junchen chose Su Gan as the target of hunting at this time, obviously a considerable part of the reason was that Su Gan offended the acting king.

Although under Wang Fangqing's persuasion, Li Tong did not go directly to Su Gan for trouble, but he would not be tolerant enough to help. At present, these Guan Long nobles seem to be panicked and in a pitiful situation, and that is because of the pressure of Wu Zetian at the top.

If it weren't for the existence of his grandmother, just looking at Su Gan's attitude towards him during the day, these old Guan Longs would not have taken Li Tong in their eyes at all. Perhaps in the eyes of those people, the acting king, as a descendant of the Li family, did not help them wholeheartedly, which was much more hateful than the kings of the martial family.

Here in the Xuanwu Gate, Zuo Yulin's general Lu Chongyu has been summoned into the forbidden middle school to personally preside over the guards.

Every time there is a purge of this level, Wu Zetian seems to be killing in all directions and unstoppable, but he does not have a heartstring in his heart, worried that he will be subjected to a high-intensity backlash.

Lu Chongyu first led 500 Yulin troops into the palace, but in the next short period of more than an hour, he successively transferred 1,000 people in Xuanwu Gate, and heard the military order conveyed, not only to defend in the Ouchi, but even the Yulin army had entered the imperial city and defended the political hall.

Regardless of whether there is a need for this level of security for the time being, just seeing the transfer of Beiya's troops, Li Tong understands that Su Gan is dead this time, and his grandmother will definitely not give up. And these people gathered in front of the Xuanwu Gate, whether they were really panicked or wanted to gather crowds to exert pressure, they undoubtedly continued to push Su Gan to his death.

After a period of time, an order came from the palace again, and Wu Youning, the general of the right Yulin, dispersed the crowd outside the palace gate, and no more idle people were allowed to stay here.

At this time, Li Tong had also entered Xuanwu City, assigned a thousand cavalry to patrol the police, and at the same time summoned Guo Yi Deng Long Live, and whispered to him to pay attention to the surrounding situation of Zhuang Jingyuan, where the imperial heir lived. Once someone is found to have entered or left without warning, they will be hunted and killed on the spot without interrogation.

Although the relationship between him and his fourth uncle gradually deteriorated, it did not rise to the level of life and death, and the reason why he made such an order was to hope that his fourth uncle could be in the forbidden place and not be disturbed by external personnel. If there is any more incident of private advice to the emperor's heir under such circumstances, it will be really fatal.

There are really a lot of people who have the motivation to do this, not to mention whether those imperial heirs will rush to the doctor and mobilize the eyes and ears of the palace to transmit news, and it cannot be ruled out that the Wu family will take this opportunity to frame and divide.

Although the atmosphere in the first half of the night was tense, it was finally safe, but just after the end of the night, there was a relatively slight commotion at the Xuanwu Gate.

Li Tong sat upright in the straight hall of Xuanwu City, and as soon as he got the sergeant's warning, he quickly got up and grabbed his saber and walked in the direction of Xuanwu Gate, accompanied by twenty thousand cavalry sergeants.

When he came here, Li Tong found that the small door on the left side of the Xuanwu Gate had been opened, and Wu Youning was leading Xue Huaiyi, who had a shiny brain, into Xuanwu City, and behind Xue Huaiyi, there were dozens of entourages with big shoulders and round waists, which looked quite chaotic.

Xue Huaiyi also saw the acting king wearing armor and leading the crowd, and a sneer suddenly appeared on his face, and he pointed at Li Tong and said: "I am used to seeing it, and I still look like a person when I wear a coat of clothes. It's just that the soldiers are fierce, and the armor is cold, but it's not a joke of plucking the strings and playing with the pipe, once you are not careful, you will hurt yourself! ”

Li Tong didn't pay attention to Xue Huaiyi, just looked at Wu Youning and frowned: "Where did King Jianchang order the palace gate to be opened?" ”

"Master Xue is not a vulgar stream, when you come to see him at night, there must be urgency, and you don't have to follow the rules. It's already like this in the old days, and the king is new, so I don't know, give way quickly! ”

Wu Youning waved his hand and said.

Xue Huaiyi also stepped forward and stood opposite Li Tong with his waist crossed: "I don't talk about the old things this night, when I see His Majesty the Holy Emperor, I have my own arguments, don't force the king to get annoyed." ”

"Where the duty lies, don't dare to slack off. If you don't have an order, you can't do it, it's not difficult, Master Xue, please wait, let me make a report to the ban! ”

Li Tong raised his hand to summon a subordinate and told him in front of Xue Huaiyi.

Xue Huaiyi was already very angry when he saw this, and he was about to open his mouth to scold, but was stopped by Wu Youning raising his hand: "Why should Master Xue fight with the doorman, but for a short time, the palace order will be reached, and let Xiao Wang lead Master Xue elsewhere to take a break." ”

Xue Huaiyi stared at Li Tong for a moment before turning around and walking backwards.

At this time, Li Tong took another step forward with his knife and said coldly: "Wait, Master Xue and King Jianchang can retire temporarily." But these accompanying party members, where are they from, how are they sent, dare to enter and leave the military city, stay for the time being, and do a careful investigation! ”

"Don't go too far! I've put up with you...... Ha, if you don't stay, how are you going to stay? ”

Xue Huaiyi suddenly turned around and stared at Li Tong with his eyes. Li Tong didn't pay attention to him, just turned around and beckoned: "Take it!" ”

Zhao Changxing and the others strode forward after hearing this, but those members of the White Horse Temple pushed and resisted arrest by relying on Xue Huaiyi's might, and the scene became extremely chaotic for a while.

Seeing this, Xue Huaiyi sneered at the corner of his mouth, and simply stood aside with his arms crossed, watching the excitement, and screamed strangely: "Someone underestimates my monk of White Horse Temple, let him see my monk Yongjian!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the monks of the White Horse Temple who followed them into the palace couldn't help but become more arrogant, and their movements were no longer depressed, and they even waved their fists and feet, and they all made the action of blocking and fighting back.

Seeing this scene, Li Tong's face couldn't help but become even more ugly, and he drew a knife in his hand and said sharply: "Those who resist arrest, don't be killed!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the scene fell silent for a while, and Wu Youning stepped forward and pointed at Li Tong and said, "Don't be presumptuous!" Gongmen, you can't afford the responsibility! ”

Li Tong sneered, suddenly rushed forward, and slashed at a White Horse Temple monk standing at the front with a sword. Seeing this, the monk's eyes were already convex, and he subconsciously waved his arm to block, but the sword flashed, blood burst out, and half of his forearm had been directly cut off by the rapidly and heavy blade of castration!

In the night, a terrible scream sounded suddenly, and everyone was so shocked that they didn't come back to their senses, the blade in Li Tong's hand turned again, and the tip of the knife rose, directly cutting the throat of the monk who fell to the ground and wailed, and the screams stopped abruptly, leaving only the faint sound of the monk falling to the ground and convulsing and rubbing the ground.

"Resistors, follow this example! Take! ”

Li Tong retreated sharply, put the knife into the sheath, and then raised his eyes to look at Xue Huaiyi and Wu Youning, whose faces had become extremely shocked, and said in a deep voice: "Please Xue Shi wait outside the palace gate with King Jianchang, the palace order arrives, and then invite Xue Shi into the palace!" ”

"The acting king is so vicious, I will never give up with you!"

Xue Huaiyi also had the experience of leading a large army to go on an expedition, although the scene in front of him was bloody and terrifying, but he reacted faster than Wu Youning, his face was already distorted with shame, and he pointed at Li Tong and roared angrily.

Wu Youning didn't expect Li Tong to be so bold, and after reacting, he looked at the thousands of cavalry soldiers and said sharply: "Quickly remove the murder weapon and armor of the next king, otherwise it will be the same crime!" ”

However, after hesitating for a moment, the thousands of cavalry soldiers drew their swords in their hands and hugged the acting king in the center, although they were speechless, but the momentum of slaughter rose sharply.

A moment later, thousands of cavalry soldiers in Xuanwu City rushed to hear the news, and led the team Guo Yi to be Wu Youning's person. Seeing this, Wu Youning's face softened slightly, and he continued: "The acting king used danger for no reason, quickly detain him back to the camp, and wait for me to show Your Majesty, and then make a judgment!" ”

Although Na Guoyi didn't know what the specific reason was, when he saw the bloody corpse in front of him, and saw the blood stained in the skirt armor of the acting king, and then heard the order of the king of Jianchang, he moved forward, and said to Li Tong who was standing among the thousands of cavalry sergeants: "The lowly rank is acting on orders, please bear with the general!" ”

As he spoke, he was about to raise his hand to give an order, and Li Tong said: "Abide by the military order, that's the best!" I am the general who oversees the camp today, and if it is not for me, it will be a chaotic life! Quickly take down the palace in front of you to prevent thieves, and those who violate the order will be punished with the same crime! ”

That Guo Yi was already in an extremely entangled mood at this moment, and when he heard this, the arm that had been temporarily raised suddenly froze, and he turned his head to look at Wu Youning with a begging face.

"Unload Feng Guoyi's armor and seize his weapons, and detain him in the same camp with the thieves!"

Li Tong shouted again.

The thousands of cavalry soldiers present were also extremely difficult at the moment, and they didn't know who to order, but they weighed it a little in their hearts, and it was always more reliable to give the military order on behalf of His Royal Highness. Even if it is necessary to investigate after the fact, taking down a Guo Yi is far less culpable than directly taking down a thousand horsemen.

So after a moment of silence, the thousand cavalry sergeants present surrounded that Feng Guoyi and said in a low voice: "The lowly rank is acting on orders, please forgive Guoyi!" ”