Chapter 463: Conspiracy
Although many years have passed since this incident, the gossip in the capital will not stop, and no one dares to talk nonsense on the surface, but it is still very common for friends to talk about it in private. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
And as the matter of the concubine became hotter and hotter, Li Mao's ex-husband soon entered everyone's sight, although no one dared to say anything in front of Li Mao, but when they met Li Mao, the eyes full of deep meaning and unspoken words exposed the thoughts in their hearts, and Li Mao could only endure the anger in his heart in order to maintain his identity as a prince, and did not dare to do anything to passers-by.
After all, passers-by didn't say anything, if Li Mao was angry and caught a passer-by with the wrong eyes and beaten him, he would be famous, so more people would begin to pay attention to Li Mao, and guessed in private that this lost prince must have been robbed by his father, and he couldn't get angry with ordinary people, and it was impossible to guess 100% of what the passers-by's eyes meant, so he couldn't beat people indiscriminately.
But there must be a channel for venting angry emotions, otherwise, people should not be held back, but Li Mao, as a prince, is an extremely lost prince, and he has no way to find someone to vent at will, so as not to be grabbed by his father and cut down in anger.
No matter what Li Longji is, anyway, in Li Mao's heart, his father is definitely not a good bird, maybe he has been watching himself, as long as he doesn't do well, he will be killed, and Li Mao is also cautious, not daring to make the slightest bold move, eating fast and reciting Buddha every day, it seems that he has no quarrel with the world, and he almost escaped directly into the empty door.
Since there is nowhere to vent bad emotions, there is only one other way, to suppress the anger in the heart, and to use the Buddha nature that graces all things to get rid of the anger that is stuck in the heart.
However, Li Mao's study of Buddhism is very thorough, and he has not really escaped into the empty door, so even if he sits in front of the Buddha, it is difficult for him to suppress the bad emotions in his heart, so that he loses his temper in front of the Buddha statue from time to time.
After a few days of calming down in front of the Buddha, Li Mao's anger gradually dissipated, and he thought he was about to enter a stable life, but who knew that the old man who was angry a few days ago actually forgave Yang Yuhuan so quickly and connected him to the palace, and the love was even more enthusiastic than before, which surprised everyone, and caused a new round of gossip, which once again pushed Li Mao to the forefront and aroused his anger.
And what made him even more angry and upset was that Tashi Zan's guy came to annoy him again, this Tibetan nobleman who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth, actually stared at him to death, as if he would never give up if he didn't bother him to death.
Although Li Mao has no feelings for his father and emperor, since Li Erxuanwumen, there is no real relationship between the Li family's father and son, in fact, the royal family of all dynasties has no feelings at all, in order to consolidate the country, pushing the daughter into the fire pit abounds, and the matter of father and son seizing power is also endless, so the royal family has no feelings at all.
But even if the father and son become enemies, it does not mean that Li Mao is willing to choose to cooperate with Tashi Zan, a person who does not have great strength, and the consequence of cooperating with this kind of maniac is likely to be a complete defeat and fall into a catastrophe, but when he encounters this shameless kraft candy, he seems to be a little difficult to get rid of, and it is not appropriate to agree to cooperate with him, and it is even more inappropriate to refuse.
When Li Mao was upset, Tashi Zan came cheekily again, and in just a few days, he had come over three times, each time it was a clichΓ©, persuading Li Mao to join their camp.
Since there is no way to hide, Li Mao has no choice but to face the reality and prepare to have a good talk with Tashi Zan, probe the confidence of this madman, and find out how much capital this guy has, and he dares to say that he wants to return to the country.
"His Royal Highness King Shou seems to be in a very bad mood recently, this is also very understandable, the relationship between the Tang Emperor and his concubine is better, the whole Chang'an City is talking about this matter, although I have never seen this concubine, but even if she is as beautiful as a fairy, after all, she is just a woman, as long as one day you will rule the world, you can get as many women as you want, why care too much about a person? Besides, as long as King Shou can ascend to the throne, the concubine is not ready to be caught, and she can still run away. β
Tashizan was saying it very lightly, after all, it didn't happen to him, and of course he wouldn't have any pain.
A hint of anger appeared in Li Mao's expression, paused, and asked, "You keep saying that you want to assassinate my father, but with your ability, how can you do it?" Even if you succeed in assassination, if you don't have enough strength, how can you restore the country, how much strength do you have, and how many people are willing to cooperate with you and stand by your side? The king felt entitled to know this. β
A smile appeared at the corner of Tashi Zan's mouth, and he said: "Although my Tubo has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the capital is also controlled by the Tang Army, my Tubo nobles and people are all unconvinced, and the power of resistance has been brewing, to tell His Royal Highness King Shou to tell the truth, as long as you raise your arms and shout, you can gather 100,000 Tubo soldiers and horses, and you can increase the army by 200,000 in the later stage, in addition, many of your officials in the Tang Dynasty have been bought off, and the Northern Army of the Tang Dynasty has been squeezed out, at least 100,000 horses can cooperate at any time, even the Tang Palace, there are also our people, If not, how to grasp the whereabouts of the Tang Emperor. β
Li Mao's expression was slightly startled, and he said: "It seems that this king really underestimated you, I didn't expect you to have such strength, but since you already have such strength, why bother to win over this king?" You must know that this king really can't provide you with any help, this king is a waste person, a waste person who is being watched, and it is a waste of time for you to win over the waste people. β
"His Royal Highness King Shou is too humble, how can you be a waste? My Tubo warriors assassinate the Tang Emperor is determined to win, and the current prince's position is not stable, once the Tang Emperor is dead, even if the prince successfully ascends the throne, he may not be able to stabilize the situation, when the time comes, as long as he adds fuel to the fire, it can set off a turmoil, support the prince and support the prince's forces, will carry out a fierce struggle, and my Tubo warriors must support a prince to justifiably raise troops, His Royal Highness Shouwang is the most suitable person, I believe that in the end the Tang Dynasty must belong to Shouwang. β
"Tashi Zan, you have considered it quite comprehensively, the reason why you support this king is only because this king was treated unfairly by his father and the emperor, and he is upset for this king, but that no other prince will cooperate with you, because your plan is too arrogant, and the chance of success is not high."
Li Mao opened his mouth and poured a basin of cold water on Tashi Zan.
Tashi Zan looked very unhappy and said angrily: "In this way, His Royal Highness King Shou is not going to support me and wait. β
"Hmph, don't worry, this king will not betray you, when you succeed, come to this king again! The king may agree to cooperate with you. β
Li Mao said.
"Okay, it seems that His Royal Highness King Shou wants to see the strength of my Tubo warriors and say goodbye."
Tashi Zan angrily left Xingguo Temple and went back to plan the assassination of the Tang Emperor.
An Lushan and Duan Shi were already waiting for Tashi Zan in the private house, and when they saw Tashi Zan coming back with an angry face, they hurriedly greeted him.
"What's the matter, this Li Mao doesn't know how to lift and doesn't want to cooperate with us?"
Duan Shi said angrily.
"Is it that he doubts our strength and is afraid that we will not be able to achieve great things."
An Lushan guessed.
Tashi Zan nodded and said, "That's right, King Shou doesn't believe that we can assassinate the Tang Emperor at all, however, he said that he will not betray us, and if we succeed in assassinating the emperor, he may cooperate with us." β
"Then what are you waiting for, let's arrange it now, let's kill this stinky emperor first,"
Duan Shi said loudly.
Tashi Zan looked at An Lushan and asked, "An Shangshu, has there been news in the palace that when will the Tang Emperor leave the palace and go out?" β
"According to the news just came, the emperor will take a train to Huaqing Palace in two days, and will be guarded by five hundred flying dragon forbidden troops, which is not easy to deal with!"
An Lushan frowned and said.
In fact, when the emperor went out before, the guards were even larger, but Huaqing Palace was not very far from the capital, and there were no bandits too large in the surrounding area, so there was no need to bring too many people and horses, and the speed of the train was too fast, the cavalry could not keep up, and the guards could only take the train, so naturally they could not bring too many people and horses, there were a large number of people and horses in the capital and Huaqing Palace, and what could happen on the road in the seventy or eighty miles.
"The five hundred Flying Dragon Forbidden Army is indeed difficult to deal with, so we can't fight hard, we should outwit it, and it is the best policy."
Duan Shi said.
"General Duan has any good ideas, you might as well talk about them."
Tashizan hurriedly asked.
Duan Shi thought for a moment, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said: "I once took the train from Chang'an City to Luoyang, and I clearly remember that between Chang'an City and Huaqing Palace, there is a rather large bridge, and under the bridge is deep water. β
Tashi Zan and An Lushan glanced at each other, nodded with satisfaction: "General Duan is right, as long as the train overturns under the bridge, the Tang Emperor will be able to escape this catastrophe, but the train is so huge, how can we let it fall under the bridge?" In case the plan fails, the Tang Emperor will inevitably be vigilant, and it will be difficult to do it next time. β
"Hmph, the train is huge, but it can only walk on the tracks, and once the rails are put into a foreign object, the train will derail."
Although Duan Shi has only been on the train a few times, he has already figured out the most basic situation of the train, as long as the rails are tampered with, the train will not be able to run normally, and even a major accident will occur.
An Lushan frowned and thought for a while, and said suspiciously: "General Duan knows that when Your Majesty travels, there is definitely more than one train, and there is a path-finding train in front of you for ten miles and one mile respectively, once the rails are manipulated, the road-finding train in front will definitely overturn, so that the emperor's train will stop immediately and will not overturn under the bridge at all." β
"What An Shangshu said is that there are two pathfinder trains in front of the emperor's train, and it is indeed not good to do things on the tracks in advance, which is a big trouble!"
Tashi Zan spoke.
Duan Shi thought for a moment and said: "This is not difficult, you can ambush a person under the bridge in advance, and when the emperor passes by by the train, he suddenly puts the iron rod on the rails, so that the train can unexpectedly turn over under the bridge." β
"It's a good idea, but this ambush man must be hidden, and if he is discovered by the soldiers patrolling in advance, he will be exposed."
"It's easy to get the ambush man to hide in the water, ventilate with hollow reeds, and then come out of the water to prepare when he hears the sound of the train."
"In this way, it is certain that the train will be overturned, but it is really impossible to determine whether the train will actually turn into the river, after all, this kind of thing has not happened before, and no one can predict what will happen when the train encounters blockage."
"Yes! In case the train just derails and does not overturn into the river, it will be difficult for our plan to succeed. β
"Even if the train overturns into the river, there will be people to save the emperor, but there is still no guarantee that the emperor will be drowned!"
Everyone said babblingly.
An Lushan thought for a long time, and said: "Then prepare some more men and horses, in addition to the people hiding under the bridge, and send some people and horses to hide in the water, once the train falls into the water, immediately rush under the water and kill the emperor, if the train does not fall into the river, you can also immediately cross the water, rush to the carriage in which the emperor is riding, and kill the emperor in the carriage." β
"Has it been determined where the carriage the emperor is riding?"
"The top five carriages are all owned by the emperor alone, but it is not easy to determine which carriage the emperor is in."
"As long as you make sure that it is in the first five quarters, you can just let the assassins rush over."
"There is still no guarantee of 100 percent success, and if the train capsizes into the river, the odds are greater, and if it is just derailed, the chances of success are not so great."
"There is no 100% successful plan in the world, if you don't give it a try, how do you know if it can succeed."
"That's right, how do you know if you can succeed if you don't give it a try, not this time, think of other ways next time."
Tashi Zan thought for a moment, and said: "Okay, I have two hundred warriors around Chang'an City, and this time I will send fifty elites to complete this task, and I hope I can succeed at one time." β
"Okay, that's it, I'll send someone to inquire about the specific time of the emperor's trip, and calculate the exact time when the train will pass through the bridge."
An Lushan said.