The news that Emperor Li Shimin was sober was still in a state of strict secrecy. Even the only people in the harem know are Concubine Yin De and Princess Gaoyang. The next day, he asked Princess Gaoyang to personally invite someone to meet him secretly.

Princess Gaoyang didn't know why her father still wanted to play tricks since she was sober, and she didn't want to ask. It's just that what she didn't expect was that what Li Shimin was eager to summon after he sobered up was not the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling, nor Li Jing and Chu Suiliang, but - Tai Shiling, Li Chunfeng!

The two monarchs and ministers talked secretly for about half an hour, and no one knew what they said. Just a little later, Li Chunfeng left the palace and disappeared.

and the state military government.

Li Zhi, the king of Jin Dynasty, has been nervous since the first time he stepped here. The 500 soldiers of the Royal Forest Army who accompanied him protected his safety day and night, but he was still panicked, and all the rumors were in his eyes.

Because he was in Bingzhou, he heard about the assassination of his third brother King Wu. It was also at this time that the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion stayed behind, and Wei Ting's son Wei Beibei came to see him secretly, saying that he had received a secret report that someone was planning to ambush and kill the King of Jin halfway, and asked the King of Jin to enter the military mansion for a while.

Li Zhi was young and timid enough, so he was almost scared on the spot, and he hid in the military palace without saying a word. Since then, I can't wait to sleep with 500 Royal Forest Army every day, and even go to the latrine, I have to open the road in iron armor.

Soon after, Li Junxian followed Li Jing's instructions and really found the king of Jin in the Bingzhou Military Mansion. At the same time, it also brought the news of Wei Ting's death of committing suicide in fear of crime!

At this time, Wei Zhiwei knelt on the ground and wept bitterly to confess to the King of Jin and Li Junxian, saying that it was his father Wei Ting who asked him to take advantage of the time when the King of Jin came to Bingzhou to worship his ancestors, and took the time to assassinate the King of Jin. Wei Zhiwei didn't dare to disobey his father's orders, but he didn't dare to kill the main culprit. So he made an excuse to hide the king of Jin, neither killed nor let his father's people find the king of Jin again, and then everything was left to fate.

Wei Zhiwei also said that his father was rebellious and rebellious, and his failure was actually expected. But Wei Zhiqi couldn't dissuade his father, who was thousands of miles away, so he had to make this strategy and hide the king of Jin first. Now that the truth has been revealed, Wei waits for the price to bind himself and plead guilty, and is willing to return to Chang'an with King Jin and Li Junxian to accept the guilt.

King Jin and Li Junxian both believe that Wei is not only faultless, but also meritorious. However, the matter must still be arbitrated by the laws of the imperial court to be safe. But at this time, the situation was turbulent, and Li Junxian suggested that it was better to pass the book to Chang'an first to report to the King of Jin for peace, and then wait for a while in Bingzhou. After the situation in the imperial court became clear, Li Jing and the eldest grandson Wuji and others would send someone to take the king of Jin back to Beijing.

Li Zhi heard that King Wu had been assassinated by Wei Ting, and Chang'an was already in chaos, so he wished he could hide in this military mansion for a while longer, so he agreed without hesitation.

Within a few days, a person who no one expected, known as the "Emperor's Secret Envoy", came to the Bingzhou Military Mansion. This person is Taishi Ling Li Chunfeng!

He brought the edict of Emperor Li Shimin, and asked King Jin, Li Junxian and Wei to do what Li Chunfeng had guided. What exactly is done, but the edict does not say.

At first, Li Junxian was still suspicious, especially Li Zhi, he was not familiar with Li Chunfeng at all, and this edict was ambiguous, so he refused to leave the military mansion to death.

In desperation, Li Chunfeng had no choice but to say: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, His Majesty secretly ordered me to come to the state for the sake of His Highness's safety. ”

"My safety?" Li Zhi has been scared enough these days, and he is even more panicked at this time, "Is there anyone who wants to kill me?" ”

Li Chunfeng smiled bitterly, "It's for Your Highness...... Safety in the future! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Li Junxian and the others also asked confusedly.

Li Chunfeng had no choice but to tell the truth, "Let's put it this way...... traveled under a secret order, one was to take the king of Jin back to Beijing; Second, it is also for King Jin to rescue His Royal Highness King Wu! ”

"King Wu? My third brother?! Li Zhi exclaimed, "Isn't he dead?" Where is he? ”

Li Chunfeng smiled bitterly and said, "King Jin came with me, don't you know?" ”

Hearing this, the alert and keen Li Junxian and Wei Zhiqi both understood-Li Chunfeng's words were leaked!

For the sake of King Jin's "future safety", he must let him rescue King Wu! - Doesn't this mean that in other days, King Wu will definitely enter the East Palace and reign in the world; At that time, the King of Jin, who is kind to King Wu, will have room to survive!

So the two of them came together to persuade the King of Jin, listened to Li Chunfeng's words, and went to rescue King Wu!

Li Zhi no longer hesitated, "If I can really save the third brother, even if I take a little risk, I am willing!" Let's go! ”

At the temporary time, Li Chunfeng made a strange suggestion - put Wei Bei in a cage and escorted him to Chang'an as a prisoner, and made a lot of fanfare along the way, saying that the king of Jin had captured the thief in the rebellion and was being sent to Chang'an for trial!

Li Zhi and the others were shocked and asked Li Chunfeng why he did this? Li Chunfeng's only explanation is that this is specially arranged by His Majesty!

Where do people dare to ask more? I had to do as I was told.

So soon after, the king of Jin set off from Bingzhou and headed for Chang'an. Along the way, there was a lot of fanfare, preaching the "merits of the thief" of King Jin.

……

A few days later, the palace of the king of Wei.

Shi Du Zhenglun, the head of the Wei Palace, ran in in a hurry and shouted: "Your Highness, the big thing is not good!" ”

Li Taizheng was leisurely listening to the beauty singing, and when he heard this shouting, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and reprimanded: "What's the alarm? ”

Du Zhenglun hurriedly reprimanded the servants on the left and right, and whispered: "Your Majesty heard that Li Zhi, the king of Jin, is returning from Bingzhou, and he is accompanied by Li Junxian to escort him. Along the way, they made a big show of the Jin king's exploits to level the thieves. And there was a prisoner car with him, and the car was loaded with Wei Ting's son, and Wei was left behind in the state to wait for the price! ”

Li Tai didn't react for a while, and blinked, "What's the matter?" Wei Ting committed suicide in fear of crime, and most of his sons were accomplices, so he was arrested and imprisoned. What does this have to do with this king? ”

"Oops, Your Highness!!" Du Zhenglun couldn't wait to say, "Think about it, who is Li Junxian?" Hundred Cavalry Order, Your Majesty's confidant and favorite general! How did he go to Bingzhou, and how did he find King Jin? Wei Zhiwei was arrested and imprisoned in Bingzhou, wasn't he assigned by his father to assassinate the king of Jin in Bingzhou? Now that the matter has been revealed, King Jin is unharmed and Wei is being arrested, and it will definitely burn us! ”

"Why did it burn on us? The more I listened, the more confused I became! Although Li Tai was taken aback, he was still puzzled, and said, "Wei Ting rebelled alone, and he has nothing to do with this king!" This king also accused him, and he committed suicide because of it, didn't he? ”

"The key is here, my Highness!" Du Zhenglun almost stomped his feet and shouted, "At the beginning, His Royal Highness asked me to deliberately reveal the news to Wei Ting and force him to commit suicide!" Wei Ting was also afraid of the Xulian clan that he had no choice but to commit suicide in fear of crime. In his heart, how could he not hate His Highness? ”

Li Tai was taken aback, "You mean, it's possible for him to let his son bite me back and drag me into the water?" ”

"Who's to say it isn't!" Du Zhenglun said bitterly, "Now it seems that Wei Ting is not stupid. Although he attacked King Wu, half of his motive was to eliminate dissidents for his own nephew, Li Shen, King Ji, and the other half was to take revenge. King Jin also disappeared for so long, as expected, it must have been Wei Zhiwei's means at the behest of his father. But they didn't kill King Jin to get rid of the troubles like they did with King Wu, Your Highness, think about it, why is this? ”

Li Tai's face became grim, pondered for a moment, and said, "The thief shouts to catch the thief, killing two birds with one stone?" ”

"Exactly!" Du Zhenglun clapped his fists and exclaimed, "Wei Ting, this old treacherous and slippery thing!" He may have left a way back, that is, he was worried that one day His Highness would kick him out as a substitute for the dead! So, he let his son hide the King of Jin in Bingzhou first, leaving it as a lifesaver for the Wei family! In the end, if Wei Ting succeeds in getting rid of King Wu and His Royal Highness in Chang'an, then King Jin will be worthless and will definitely be killed; On the contrary, if Wei Ting misses and has an accident, then Wei Zhiqi will become a hero who kills his relatives and protects the King of Jin, and he also has to expose His Royal Highness's various crimes, not only without fault, but with merit! In this way, not only the Wei family is preserved, but also Wei Ting can be avenged; Moreover, King Wu is dead, if Your Highness sinks because of this, the only one who can be made the crown prince is the son of Jin - Ta Wei will be priced, and there will be the merit of the protector's support! ”

"This! ...... "Li Tai, his face has changed greatly!"

"That is to say—it is very likely that Wei Ting left something behind in his son Wei Zhiqi? As long as King Jin and his entourage return to Chang'an, they will hand over the evidence...... Stain this king? ”

Du Zhenglun was startled, and his voice trembled, "This, this...... I haven't even thought of this yet! Wei Ting, an old fox who never died, did not hesitate to die to kill two birds with one stone, either he succeeded in his own rebellion, or his son Salted Fish turned over and became a hero of the protector! According to this analysis, it is very likely that he really left something for Wei to use to testify to His Royal Highness King Wei. The purpose is to completely defeat His Royal Highness and support the King of Jin, so that Wei will become a Conglongwang clan! - Wei Ting, an old immortal old bastard, is really too ruthless and poisonous! What a bastard! ”

Li Tai stared at Du Zhenglun deadly, his face turned white, and he said in his heart, Du Zhenglun, who has always regarded himself as a famous Confucian, only knew that he was very good at reciting poems before, but he didn't expect that he would be so sharp in a hurry!

"Your Highness...... Now, what do we do? Du Zhenglun asked in a cold sweat.

Li Tai swallowed hard, his teeth clenched.

"It's come to this, there's no other way!" Li Tai's eyes widened, "You must not let Wei wait for the price and return to Chang'an!" ”

"But he and the King of Jin drove with him, and Li Junxian and the five hundred Imperial Forest Army accompanied him!" Du Zhenglun said with a panicked face, "What's the matter?" ”

"What about Zhao Chong? Isn't assassination his forte? Has Zhao Chong been contacted? ”

"Still no news!"

Li Tai slapped his forehead heavily, "Just when it was time to employ people, there was no one available!" …… Why aren't there one or two capable generals around me?! ”

Du Zhenglun's eyes lit up, and he eagerly leaned into Li Tai's ear and said: "It's better to let the royal soldiers turn into bandits, and intercept Wei Zhiqi and King Jin and his party halfway, all of them are excepted, and there will be no future troubles!" ”

Li Tai's face changed, "Confused! This is a blatant rebellion! …… Moreover, the other party has 500 imperial forests, among which there are 100 elite cavalry, and the soldiers and horses of the royal palace are merely used, how can they be used? ”

Du Zhenglun gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, "Now that the matter has come to this, there is no other way, and I will also let it go - my son is now in the position of Governor of Puzhou." Puzhou is the only way to pass through the state to Guannai, and the king of Jin and his entourage must settle here. Aren't there still so many skilled henchmen in His Highness's mansion? Let them rush to Puzhou in the starry night! I enclosed a letter for the dog to make arrangements for convenience, and then asked the strong man in the house to try to poison Wei Zhiqi, and then talk about it! ”

"I didn't expect that the severed head of the dead snake snake could still open its mouth and bite people......" Li Tai's eyes turned straight up, and after thinking for a long time, his face tensed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I have to do this first!" - Remember, start cleanly and quickly, and leave no evidence behind! ”