Hearing the news of King Jin's disappearance, the eldest grandson Wuji and others were shocked.

If it is said that Wu Wang Weifu returned to Beijing with few people and was ambushed halfway, it is understandable; Then, the king of Jin, who went north to worship his ancestors, brought two hundred elite dragon guards and Yue cavalry, three hundred Jinwuwei honor guards, and one hundred personal hundred cavalry guards!

A full 600 people have openly disappeared in a place like Taiyuan, the northern capital, which is appalling!

"General Li, you went to Taiyuan, where did you look for the King of Jin?" Li Jing was the most calm and asked.

"Naturally, it is the official yamen, as well as the Taimiao and the imperial tomb!" Li Junxian replied.

Li Jing asked again: "The people of the state official assassination history and the Taimiao Imperial Mausoleum all say that the king of Jin has left?" ”

"Yes."

"There is no trace of King Jin landing at the post station along the way?"

"Yes."

Li Jingmeiyu stretched his eyebrows slightly, and said: "Then there is only one possibility - the king of Jin is still in the northern capital Taiyuan, at least in the territory of Bingzhou!" ”

Li Junxian, along with the eldest grandson Wuji and the others, were also taken aback, "How is this possible?" ”

Li Jing stroked his long hair and said, "Five or six hundred people, as long as they leave the capital and walk on the official road, how can they leave traces." Could it be that it can disappear into thin air? At that time, General Li was anxious to find the King of Jin, but when he didn't find it in Taiyuan, he thought that the King of Jin had embarked on his way home, and missed it on the way, so he was in a hurry to chase back. It can be seen that it is very likely that I missed an extremely important place at that time and did not look for it! ”

"Where?"

"And the state military government!" Li Jing's eyes lit up, and he said, "What can make five or six hundred people disappear without a trace at the same time, except for the army, no one can do it!" And I guess that either the king of Jin was taken captive by the army of the state; Or, it was King Jin himself who deliberately hid there and kept the news strictly sealed from the outside world. Otherwise, how could it be that even the governor assassins of Taiyuan didn't know the exact news of King Jin? ”

At this time, Fang Xuanling was slightly startled and said: "The army of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is the northern barrier of my Tang Dynasty, and the commander of the Metropolitan Governor is none other than the British Duke Li Tao, but he led the army to Mobei to quell the rebellion of Xue Yantuo, and he has not returned yet. Staying in the state is the beloved general under Li Tao, the general of Zuo Wuwei, Wei Zhiwei - the son of Wei Ting! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone broke out in a cold sweat!!

"It's Wei Ting again!"

"Don't be impatient!" Li Jing raised his hand, pondered for a moment with his eyebrows tightly locked, and said, "As far as I know, although Wei Zhiyuan is a famous and noble, he is modest and cautious and has a loyal heart. In the early years, when I was conquering Tuyuhun, he served as a grain officer in our army, so I had a good impression of him. The old man is not talented, with my ability to know people, Wei Zhiqi should not do such a rebellious thing! Moreover, if he really caused chaos and hurt King Jin, it would be too stupid. Because the government and the opposition knew that the king of Jin went to the northern capital to worship his ancestors, and he accompanied him with a royal rate. He dared to make any moves that were unfavorable to King Jin, all of them were clearly rebelling, wasn't that self-defeating? Hugh said that he was only a small and large governor of the prefecture to stay behind, and he only had 350,000 horses in his hands, even if the 200,000 main army under Li Tao belonged to him, he would not dare to make such a mistake! ”

"Wei Gong is right!" Everyone agreed. Fang Xuanling said: "In this way, it is more likely that the King of Jin hid in the military government of Bingzhou?" In other words, instead of detaining the King of Jin, Wei Zhiwei secretly hid him for protection and prevented him from returning to Beijing? ”

"Quite possibly." Li Jing furrowed his eyebrows, "In other words, Wei Zhiqi must know something!" ”

At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji's face turned pale, and he snorted and said, "I'm waiting here to guess, it's useless!" Otherwise, let me and Chu Suiliang lead the hundred horsemen to take down Wei Ting first! Or, call King Wei to ask for a question! ”

Everyone fell silent for a while, secretly thinking in their hearts that Wei Ting was King Wei's henchman. If Wei Ting really made any changes, it would be impossible for King Wei to say that he didn't know anything about it. In this way, even if King Wei is not behind the scenes or participates in these countermeasures, he must bear the crime of covering up and concealing them!

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, the eldest grandson Wuji simply asked Li Jing, "Gong Wei, what do you think?" ”

"The old man thinks that it is better not to act rashly." Li Jing said, "As soon as we have no evidence, we will take people or interrogate the King of Wei on this matter, I am afraid that it will cause even greater trouble and cause chaos and panic in the government and the public." Moreover, now the life and death of King Wu and King Jin are uncertain, in case these two princes really fall into their hands, we are waiting in Chang'an, but any change may endanger the lives of the two princes, it will be a big mistake! ”

"Hateful!" The eldest grandson Wuji's teeth were gritted to the bone, "The foreign coward is in trouble, and he will give up." I can't imagine that when my Datang arrives today, there will be internal thieves making waves! Whoever it is, unforgivable! ”

"Situ is angry." Li Jing took out the Tiger Talisman token and gave it a look at Li Junxian, and said, "The only way to do this is to bother General Li to go to Taiyuan again, and there is no need to bring more people and horses, and quietly go to the Bingzhou Military Mansion to find out." Be sure to find out the news of King Jin and ensure his personal safety. What you brought with you is the royal rate, and I don't expect that no one in the state will dare to do anything wrong to you! If anyone dares to make a second - Your Majesty's Tiger Talisman is here! Give your command the right to cut the first and then play the hundred horsemen, you can do it, capture the thief and capture the king! ”

"No! The last will leave immediately! Li Junxian received the military order, and hurriedly ran away with sweat on his head.

"Here in Chang'an, it's still loose on the outside and tight on the inside." Li Jing said, "Now let's not let out any rumors, everything is business as usual." Let the thieves think that we are still unaware. The old man will go to recruit and transfer the 361 government soldiers and all the imperial city royal rates in the customs today, and strictly defend the imperial capital and the imperial city, so as to ensure that Chang'an is impregnable, and Your Majesty is foolproof! ”

"According to what Wei Gong said." The eldest grandson Wuji still had a lot of respect for Li Jing, and arched his hand at him and said, "Then Fang Xuanling and I are still sitting in the Hongwen Pavilion and presiding over the daily court meetings and taking care of the affairs of the imperial court." Chu Suiliang, you are secretly keeping an eye on Wei Ting and stepping up the pursuit of King Wu's whereabouts! ”

"Yes!" Chu Suiliang promised.

Li Jing added, "Save people!" ”

"Then I'll split up!"

In the evening of the same day, the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling were in the Hongwen Pavilion, replacing His Majesty's golden approval with Prime Minister Zhu Pi, and approving the reports submitted from all over the country.

Thinking about the affairs of several princes in his heart, the eldest grandson Wuji has never been able to settle down, and he is a little impetuous, and he can't see it when he holds it in his hand. Fang Xuanling saw that the eldest grandson Wuji was full of distress and indignation, and persuaded him to relax a few words to make him relax, but it didn't work, so it was not good to say anything.

There are thieves in the court who have caused trouble to the prince, which is certainly a big trouble for Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and others, but for the eldest grandson Wuji, it is even more ugly, and it hides the danger of heavenly killing!

Others don't know, doesn't his eldest grandson Wuji know what His Majesty the Emperor has always hated the most?

The shadow of Xuanwumen has always shrouded the heart of Emperor Li Shimin, he has been the emperor for so many years, and he has always been most worried about his son, the good do not learn the bad, and follow him to a brother to kill each other!

If the case between King Wu and King Jin is really related to King Wei...... Then, the thing that Li Shimin feared and hated the most was born after all!

What are the consequences?

I dare not imagine!

With a "snap", the eldest grandson Wuji threw the fold in his hand and stood up, "I can't help it!" - Someone, prepare the car! ”

Fang Xuanling was taken aback, and looked at the eldest grandson Wuji in amazement, "What does Situ want?" ”

"I'm going to King Wei's mansion and ask for clarity!"

"No!"

"Why not?" The eldest grandson Wuji snorted sullenly and said angrily, "My mother's uncle, today I am not Prime Minister Situ, but his uncle, okay?" ”

"This ......" Fang Xuanling suddenly frowned, got up and walked to the side of the eldest grandson Wuji, and said softly, "What if the grass startles the snake and harms the lives of King Wu and King Jin?" ”

"I didn't expect him to dare!" The eldest grandson Wuji flicked the sleeves of his robe, "Needless to say, I must go to the fourth child to ask for clarification!" Hugh said that he is His Majesty's beloved son and my own nephew, even if it is the current crown prince or my own son, as long as he is confused at this critical juncture, my eldest grandson Wuji will definitely kill his relatives and spare him! ”

Fang Xuanling was stunned for a moment, knowing that he couldn't stop the eldest grandson Wuji, so he sighed lightly and said, "Since Situ insists on going, Fang Mou can't stop it." It's just that...... No one will admit this great calamity unless we have very strong evidence to prove it. ”

Almost as soon as Fang Xuanling's words fell, a person staggered in at the gate of Hongwen Pavilion, and even the doorkeeper didn't dare to stop him. I saw that the man entered the gate and ran towards the cabinet office of the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling, and shouted as he ran, "Uncle, save me!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling were taken aback together, and the officials in the other offices of the Hongwen Pavilion were also frightened and ran out, and everyone saw that it was not King Wei!

The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly scolded, "Don't be onlookers, all of them will quit the Hongwen Pavilion!" ”

"Yes...... all the officials retreated and closed the door of the pavilion.

Only the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling and Li Tai, the king of Wei, were left in the room. Li Tai was sweating profusely, his face was pale, his whole body was trembling, and he knelt down for the eldest grandson Wuji with a plop: "Li Tai is guilty, come to confess, uncle save me!" ”

"What are your sins?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked.

"I ...... I was negligent for a moment and forgot to report a big matter to the court. led to the assassination of King Wu! Li Tai fell to his knees and said in a panic.

"What's the big deal?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked with a gloomy face.

Li Tai told the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling that he invited Wei Ting and others in the palace that day to discuss, if King Wu was made the crown prince after returning to Beijing, where would we go? At that time, Wei Ting had suggested that King Wei should simply kill King Wu halfway to prevent future troubles.

Speaking of this, Li Tai exclaimed bitterly: "At that time, I was furious and categorically refused, and I also angrily reprimanded Wei Ting in front of everyone and expelled him from the palace. I didn't think of it...... Wei Ting actually took matters into his own hands and sent a killer to intercept and kill King Wu halfway! ”

To Li Tai's surprise, the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling did not show any surprise when they heard this "big news", but glanced at each other, and they were both sneering.

Li Tai was a little panicked at this time: strange, why aren't they surprised at all? Did you already know about it?

"His Royal Highness King Wei, you just said - 'intercepted' King Wu?" Fang Xuanling frowned and said, "Why didn't you say that it was abducted or assassinated, but 'intercepted and killed'?" Do you know that King Wu has been assassinated? ”

"Huh? This...... This! Li Tai suddenly gasped: What a cunning Fang Xuanling!

"Say!" The eldest grandson Wuji roared!

"Yes, yes!" Li Tai was already sweating profusely, kneeling on the ground and trembling all over, and said in a long-winded voice, "Just now, my subordinates reported to me that the killer sent by Wei Ting has ...... King Wu has been killed! ”

"What?!" Eldest Sun Wuji was already furious in shock, "How do you know, who told you?" ”

The sweat on Li Tai's face slid down to the ground one by one, and he didn't dare to raise his head and said: "There is a confidant in Wei Ting's mansion, who used to be the editor in my literature museum, and he has a deep relationship with me, so he leaked the news to me in private......"

"Clever words, full of nonsense!" The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't bear it anymore and finally exploded, and he raised his foot and wanted to kick Li Tai!

Fang Xuanling was startled, hurriedly hugged the eldest grandson Wuji, and said in his ear, "Situ is angry!" The king of Wei is the lord, and we are the ministers! ”

"He is clearly in a critical moment, betraying his accomplices to protect himself!" The eldest grandson Wuji said angrily, "Otherwise, how could he wait until Wei Ting had already succeeded and King Wu had been killed, and then come back to report!" Isn't it just to clear up the relationship and put all the blame on Wei Ting's head! ”

"Uncle, you have been wronged!" Li Tai burst into tears, and his head slammed on the ground, crying, "Wei Ting acted privately on his own initiative, and I didn't know it in advance. Moreover, he just said casually at the time, I didn't care about it, I didn't expect him to be so black-hearted, and he really did it! Then, I just learned the news from the doorman in his mansion! Tai was already so frightened that he had no master, so he hurriedly came to find his uncle to report the case! ”

"Then why don't you report it early?" The eldest grandson Wuji rebuked angrily.

"Everyone knows that Wei Ting has an old feud with King Wu, and he drank a lot of wine at the banquet that day, I thought he was just drunk and angry, and I didn't take it to heart at the time. And ......," Li Tai hesitated for a moment, and said, "I remember that he is my lord and an important minister of the imperial court, can I still betray him because of a word and let him be full of trouble?" Such an unrighteous act, Tai can't bear to do it! ”

"I forgot, you took Wei Ting's daughter as a concubine!" The eldest grandson Wuji gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "Until now, you are still putting gold on your face and leaving all the blame on your father-in-law?" Okay, okay, I'll take Wei Ting first, and let him confront you face to face - come on! ”

Li Tai, who was lying on the ground, actually breathed a sigh of relief at this time! I secretly said in my heart: Confrontation, confrontation is good! If you don't confront you, how can you show that I, Li Tai, am innocent? The assassination of King Wu was indeed done by Wei Ting alone, and it has nothing to do with me! …… Fortunately, I asked Zhao Chong to secretly keep an eye on Wei Ting and learned that King Wu had been killed, otherwise everyone in the world would think that I had killed King Wu, and I would have been miserable by him!

"It's called the first strike! Wei Ting, Wei Ting, don't blame me! If people don't die for themselves, it's better for you to die than for me! ”