Chapter 87: The Death of the Prince (1)
On July 7, 626 AD, the fourth day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Tang Gaozu Wude, today is destined to be an unusual day.
At this time, Chang'an City in summer is already quite hot, the hot climate always makes people restless, irritable, so countless dignitaries and nobles left the capital to go to the major mountain villas to escape the summer and enjoy the coolness, and the people who stayed in the capital are still suffering, even the cheerful ones on weekdays have stopped chirping, as if they know that something big will happen tonight.
At this time, the East Palace, has already been strong, countless soldiers hidden in the major palaces, just waiting for the night to come, the prince's order, then a group of attack, quickly occupy the inner city palace, the prince's purpose is to bring the Son of Heaven to order the princes, if you can replace it, it is not impossible.
At this time, everyone in the East Palace, in addition to a group of familiar faces such as Wei Zheng and Yu Wenhuan, there are also many new faces, such as Li Yuanji, the king of Qi standing next to the prince of the main hall at this time, and so on. Brothers turn against each other, just today.
In fact, before the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the relationship between the brothers was very good, the father was kind and filial piety, in the process of the Li family's father and son raising troops against the Sui, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin brothers could also be said to have a tacit understanding until the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. After Gaozu ascended the throne, Li Jian became the crown prince, stationed in the palace to handle affairs, and became the representative of the civil official group.
And Li Shimin was the king of Qin, and continued to lead the military general group to lead troops to go out on the expedition, so he also made the greatest contribution. The crown prince collective knew that his military attaché collective was inferior to Li Shimin's military attaché collective in terms of military merits and prestige, so he was jealous and began to target and exclude the King of Qin everywhere, and even did not hesitate to assassinate him many times, but unfortunately failed. Today, the crown prince is even more wooing Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and the two are united, planning to capture the imperial city, hold Emperor Gaozu hostage, and want to decide the Spring and Autumn Period in a war.
"Wei Guogong, have all those people been arranged?"
At this time, the crown prince stood at the top and swept the dense crowd below, and finally his eyes stayed on the face of the protector Gongyu Wenhuan standing in the front row.
"His Royal Highness the Prince Qiqi, all arrangements have been made, the time has been set in the palace, and the time will be done, and after success, the smoke will be released at the Xuanwu Gate, and we will move to the imperial city."
"Very good, in order to prevent King Qin from counterattacking, we have to strengthen the heavy guards, are these all arranged?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it is also well arranged!"
The prince nodded with satisfaction.
"Everyone, the king and the wait, the success, just tonight, are you all ready?"
The prince asked the ministers in the audience loudly with an excited expression.
"For His Royal Highness the Prince, go to the soup and go to the fire, and I will not hesitate!"
Wei Zheng, who was standing next, was the first to speak loudly, and then everyone also expressed their position in unison.
"For the prince, go to the soup and fight the fire, and I will not give up!"
The sound almost resounded throughout the East Palace, and the crown prince at the top was a little intoxicated, as if the high throne was already waiting for the arrival of his new master, and then everyone began to make a series of arrangements in full swing.
At this time, the Qin Wangfu was quiet, everyone had already taken their places, just waiting for the prince to enter the net, and the King of Qin, who had been dressed all his life, was sipping tea alone in the study, but his eyes were a little anxious, showing his inner unpeace.
After all, the brothers are fighting each other tonight, which is definitely not what he wants to see, his father and brother have always had a very high status in his heart, and he has a deep brotherly relationship with the prince since he was a child.
"Brother, I've given you many chances! But you don't cherish it, don't blame me for being rude this time! Actually, you are really wrong, the throne is really not important to me, as long as you are obedient, after a hundred years of your father, you will be your emperor, and I will be my general, how good it is to be brothers. Why are you in such a hurry? ”
King Qin crumbled the tea leaves in his mouth silently while muttering, with an indescribable sadness on his face.
Time flies very slowly, but it doesn't mean that it doesn't go, finally, the bell rang in the imperial city, and more than 100 people from the rivers and lakes who dressed up as the imperial city janissaries, under the leadership of the two elders of the Xiaoyao faction, the deputy head of Diancang Pailuo and the golden gate master of Zixia Palace, have already come to the vicinity of Taiji Palace.
"The emperor lives in that palace, for us, we can catch it, everyone, countless gold, silver and jewelry, peerless beauties are in front of you, rush in for me."
The man who spoke was the most prestigious Golden Gate Lord in this group! I saw him wave the dust in his hand, and take the lead and walk towards the gate of Taiji Palace, and everyone behind him also showed greedy joy on their faces, and followed suit!
"Stop, who are you? Why trespass on the Taiji Palace!"
Before they arrived at the gate of Taiji Palace, the guards guarding Taiji Palace found everyone and scolded from afar.
"The one who wants your life!"
With a wave of the Buddha dust in the hand of the master of the Golden Gate, there were countless fine hairs in the front section of the Buddha dust turned into small needle-shaped hidden weapons, and shot straight towards the large group of guards guarding the gate of Taiji Palace. The people who followed behind looked disdainful, as if they had seen the scene of these guards lying on the spot, after all, the Lord of the Golden Gate was the master of a faction, and these ordinary guards could resist!
Then, the fact was unexpected, the guards standing in front of the palace gate saw that the Golden Gate Lord was in trouble, and immediately retreated, and then the same group of people dressed in guard clothes walked out behind, all holding long swords in their hands, dancing sword flowers, forming a protective net, cutting off the Golden Gate Lord to shoot countless needle-shaped hidden weapons.
"Yo! It seems that this imperial city guard still has two hits! Brothers, you can't help but dream a lot of nights, and you can solve it quickly!"
Seeing that his needle-shaped hidden weapon was blocked, the Golden Gate Lord's face changed, but he still pretended to be relaxed, but it was for everyone to act immediately.
More than 100 people who immediately followed showed their weapons and rushed towards the gate of Taiji Palace.
At this moment, the sound of neat steps sounded all around, which made everyone who was about to rush to the gate of Taiji Palace stop their steps.
Everyone immediately stopped, looked at the place where the sound came from, and saw that on the left side of the crowd, a pair of guards walked out from the left corner with neat steps from behind, and the number of them was probably as many as a thousand, all of them expressionless, and walked to a place two feet away from everyone and stopped.
Then there was another sound of footsteps on the right, and everyone hurriedly turned their heads to look, and a column of guards came out of the right corner, and the number of them also stepped forward.
The faces of the people in the rivers and lakes present changed, if you want to say that there are three or five hundred people, maybe they can still deal with it, but this time there are more than two thousand people, then they have to kill until the time comes!
Just when everyone hesitated, the sound of stepping behind everyone immediately sounded, and when everyone looked back, they still had the same number of guards on both sides, firmly surrounding the more than 100 people in the field.
"Fuck! Ambush! ”
"! I haven't seen the jewelry beauty, I'm afraid I'm going to explain it here! ”
At this moment, the people in the field were completely chaotic, and while raising the weapons in their hands and vigilantly looking at the many guards who came up, they began to chatter and scold!
"Don't panic, these guards can compare with us, we have to go out, and they can stop it!"
The voice of the Golden Gate Lord sounded again, but this time it was not about attacking the Taiji Palace, but about how to escape, obviously, the facts in front of them were in front of them, and they all knew that the other party had already prepared, and it seemed that today's plan was not finished, but he was still confident in escaping from the Imperial City.
"Really? Who gives you confidence? You can try it now and see if you can break out of the encirclement of these thousands of people! ”
At this time, a general in golden armor walked out at the gate of Taiji Palace, but the voice seemed to be very young, and as soon as this voice came out, it immediately attracted the attention of all the people in the rivers and lakes.
The person who came was Yuesheng, today's Yuesheng was like the birth of the Ming Hongdao that day, and the golden soft armor given by the emperor Lao'er was worn on the body, which looked very heroic and extraordinary, and the color of gold and gold stood out like a flock.
"Who are you? Why do you want to hinder me from waiting for good things? ”
The Golden Gate Lord, who was standing in front of everyone, asked Yuesheng.
"This is the Golden Gate Master of Zixia Palace, you are the deputy head of Diancang Pailuo, and you two are the two elders of the Xiaoyao Sect. Are your three factions ready to be wiped out? ”
Yuesheng didn't answer the question of the head of the gold, but instead pointed to the other three people hidden in the crowd one by one!
The faces of the three people who were pointed out by Yuesheng changed suddenly, except for the Golden Gate Master, and Yuesheng's straightforward threat caught them off guard and shocked.
"There is no doubt that trespassing on the imperial city with the intention of assassinating the current emperor is a great crime of the Nine Clans, I dare to say that you will be able to do what you say!" As for the rest of you, if you act rashly, don't even think about walking out of here today! ”
Yuesheng raised his tone a lot again, looked at these people with an expressionless face, and threatened with every word.
"Of course, forgive you for not making a big mistake, it's not like we can't talk, that's right, I can let you go, oh! By the way, I forgot to tell you, I'm General Zhenyuan, and you must have heard my name! ”