Li Jing said: "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and they escape from the prison now, it means that they have openly rebelled, and the contradictions between them and His Majesty can no longer be reconciled. ”

Li Ji said: "Yes, I also understand this. However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in the prison, isn't it too dangerous? In such a situation, how can they compete with His Majesty? ”

Li Ji said: "I think, first of all, they are fully prepared, in case His Majesty attacks them, they will definitely be able to find a way to escape from the prison." Secondly, if they do not leave the prison, they must be trying to find a way to resolve the problem before it becomes uncontrollable.

In this way, His Majesty's face was saved, and then the two sides reached a reconciliation and eliminated this great disaster. ”

Li Ji said: "This matter is too complicated, I really can't think of any way for His Royal Highness the King of the Northwest to solve the contradiction between them and His Majesty in this situation." ”

Li Jing said: "Yes, I am also thinking about this matter, but I can't think of any solution. ”

Li Ji asked, "In case there is a fight tonight, what should we do?" ”

Li Jing said: "Contact our cronies and secretly control the troops, and there are several situations next:

In the first case, when His Majesty comes to us, we will adopt the tactic of delaying and not moving. However, His Majesty does not trust us now, and will not come to us before he starts.

In the second case, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of the Northwest come to us, we will choose to support them. However, depending on the current situation, they will not come to us. Because they don't want to expand the situation, we don't want to take the initiative to participate.

If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's plan fails and they can't escape from the prison and are poisoned, it will be fate. We're not going to be involved in that anymore.

If there is really a fight between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wins, we will join in and help them stabilize the overall situation. ”

Li Ji said: "Okay, General, you are thoughtful, I will contact our old brothers." ”

The Imperial Palace, the Imperial Palace.

The eldest grandson Wuji and Li Lizhen begged Li Shimin for a long time, hoping that he could summon Li You, and the two sides sat down to talk. Li Shimin only said that he would consider it, but did not give them a clear answer.

The eldest grandson Wuji was very worried in his heart, seeing that the situation would be out of control, but he felt powerless in his heart. He was so anxious that he had to come to the eldest grandson empress again.

"Sister, Your Majesty has already begun to arrange the things to do to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how is this good? I ...... in the Liangyi Hall just now," the eldest grandson Wuji told the queen in detail about his meeting with Li Shimin.

Empress Eldest Sun's face was pale, she thought for a moment, and said, "I'll go to see Your Majesty." ”

Goshidai.

Wei Zheng was dismissed from his post as a provincial attendant in Zhongshu and returned to the Imperial Historical Observatory.

At this moment, in his office room, there are not only Yan Liben, Zhou Pan, Gao Henian and Liu Feixu and his wife, but also Di Renjie and Zhang Cambodia, who returned to Chang'an a few days ago, because Di Renjie's father came to congratulate Li Shimin on behalf of the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, Di Renjie also returned to Chang'an when he heard the news.

Liu Feixu said: "The group of people who went to Furong Garden to assassinate Li Tai, we have found out their origin through friends in the rivers and lakes, and some of them are now in Chang'an, and they can be arrested at any time. However, this matter involves an important person, and I am afraid that the opinion of the prince needs to be sought. ”

The stakes are very high, and it is inconvenient for Liu Feixu to reveal the name of that person, so she has to report to Li You in person. Yan Liben said: "The matter of the "Datang Daily" has been clarified, Xu You was beaten into a trick, he and Xu Jingzong used to be classmates, and they had a handle in Xu Jingzong's hands, so they had to give in to him. Now, Xu Yu has agreed to testify. ”

Zhou Pan said: "The jailers in the prison have also agreed to testify, Xu You was beaten into a trick by them, and Liu Hui was killed by Xu Jingzong's personal entourage. ”

Di Renjie said: "We have already surveyed the scene of the Furong Garden, and we have controlled Li Tai's guards. We suspect that Li Tai's personal entourage who identified Liu Hui was killed by Li Tai. ”

Wei Zheng said: "Okay, it's half past four in the afternoon, and all the case files must be sorted out before seven o'clock." The matter of Li Tai's guards must be broken through as soon as possible, and all the case files must be sent to His Royal Highness the King of the Northwest before eight o'clock. ”

Yan Liben said, "Lord Wei, the matter of sorting out the file will be handed over to you. Let's go and interrogate Li Tai's guards now. ”

After Li Tai's guard captain was arrested, he was uneasy, he regretted being Li Tai's guard captain, and even regretted coming to Chang'an. He found that Li Tai's opponents were His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of the Northwest, and the power of these two people was too great. Although Li Tai has Li Shimin's care, his reputation is too stinky, and he can't see any future with him.

He found that Li Tai was ruthless, and Li Tai's personal follower Huang Yao must have been killed by him. With such a master, sooner or later he will be sacrificed. He decided that if he could get out of danger this time, he would leave Li Tai and return to the rivers and lakes immediately.

At the moment, they are locked up in a dark room, not knowing what awaits them.

At that moment, footsteps rang out at the door, and the door opened, and the captain of the guard and one of the guards were led out of the house.

In the torture room, Yan Liben said: "You two tell the situation at that time, if you dare not tell the truth, I will call you all to die immediately." "There is no time now, Yan Liben doesn't have the time to talk nonsense with them.

That guard was originally Li Tai's bodyguard, unlike the captain of the guard who followed Li Tai later, and there was a conflict between them. He did not dare to expose Li Tai in front of the captain of the guard, for fear that he would tell Li Tai that he would be retaliated against.

Moreover, he thought that Li Tai had restored the title of county king, and he was about to gain power, and if he behaved bravely, he would be a great hero in front of Li Tai in the future, so he was very hard-mouthed, and he said: "You innocently arrested us, and His Highness will not spare you if he knows it." ”

After all, Yan Liben and the others are court officials, and they still have some scruples, and in the face of the toughness of the guards, there is no better way, and they can only interrogate slowly.

Liu Feixu didn't care so much, she knew that time was pressing, so she immediately resorted to the tricks of the rivers and lakes. She drew her willow sword and was about to stab at the guard.

Where can Gao Henian let his beloved wife do such a rough job, he stretched out his hand to stop Liu Feixu, pulled out his knife, and directly cut off the guard's head with a single sword.

When the captain of the guard saw this, his teeth chattered in fright.

Gao Henian said: "If you cooperate honestly, I will guarantee you to be an official officer in the Flying Tiger Army from my lord, and the future is immeasurable, if you don't cooperate, this person will be your end." ”

The captain of the guard is a good man and a smart man, and he doesn't want to lose his life for a master like Li Tai. He immediately said, "Okay, I agree to do it." However, I still have one condition, if you agree, I will fully cooperate with you. ”

Gao Henian said: "Say it. “

The captain of the guard said, "Among these guards, two are my brothers in the rivers and lakes, please let the two of them join the Flying Tiger Army with me." ”

Gao Henian immediately agreed to him.

The captain of the guard told him everything about the situation that night, and also his analysis.

He said affirmatively: "The dead Huang Yao was the one who killed Li Tai, I checked Li Tai's sword at that time, and the wound on Huang Yao's body was made by that sword." Later, I asked the imperial physician who treated the wound, and they were able to prove that the wound on Li Tai's body also matched the sword. ”

Yan Liben immediately sent someone to arrest the imperial doctor who was treating Li Tai's wounds at that time.

Di Renjie said: "We also thought of this, but after Li Tai entered the palace, the imperial doctor had already returned to the imperial doctor's office. "The identities of Di Renjie and Zhang Cambodia are not convenient to go to the Imperial Medical Department to arrest people.

Yan Liben said: "I'll do this thing." ”

Yan Liben took the confession of Captain Li Taiwei recorded by Zhang Khan Zhijie, and went to see Wei Zheng with Liu Feixu and others.

Northwest Palace.

Li Duan and the others drove a carriage to the Northwest Palace, but they didn't go in, so they asked people to call Baihu over.

When he saw the white tiger, he said directly: "You guys hurry up and arrange for me to enter the palace." ”

Qin Tianjian.

Since Li Chengqian and Li You were arrested, Li Chunfeng, a real person, was sad, and he didn't have the mood to take a figure eight steps when he walked, he really wanted to do something for Li You, but he really couldn't invite Taishang Laojun to save Li You.

He was depressed, and suddenly the black panther came, and he whispered to Li Chunfeng, who suddenly laughed.

He said: "Please tell the prince, I promise to do this matter seamlessly." ”

Liangyi Palace, study.

After arranging everything, Li Shimin was in a good mood, and he took a hardcover copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" with gold thread and read it.

At this time, Empress Changsun came.

Li Shimin guessed what she was going to say, and said a little unhappily: "Guanyin, did the auxiliary machine come to you and say something?" You don't have to worry about it. ”

Empress Eldest Sun said, "Erlang, does things have to get to that point? ”

Li Shimin said: "It's not that I did too much in this matter, but that those two bastards don't know what to do, and what they did to Qingque was too much." Chang'an City is not their Chang'an City, but my Chang'an City, and it is up to me to decide whether Qingque stays in Chang'an.

You don't have to intercede for them, you don't know what they did, they colluded with those ministers, and tomorrow they will boycott the dynasty, the government, the classes and the strike, and the good and decent Chang'an City will be made into a miasma by them.

You say, "They're not plotting rebellion, aren't they?" ”

Empress Eldest Sun knew Li Shimin and knew that she couldn't reason with him now, in that case, she would be even more angry. She said: "Cheng Qian and Li You are also your sons, can't you sit down and have a good talk?" What problems between father and son cannot be resolved through heart-to-heart talks?

Li Tai is the son of the concubine, and Li Chengqian is also the son of the concubine, and the concubine doesn't want to see them kill each other. ”

Speaking of this, Empress Eldest Sun knelt on the ground, and she cried and said, "Your Majesty, concubine, please have a good talk with Cheng Qian and Li You." ”

Li Shimin has always respected Empress Changsun, at this moment, he saw his beloved wife kneeling on the cold ground, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed, he stretched out his hand to help Empress Changsun, and said: "Guanyin, let's do it, you go talk to them first, I want to see their attitude." ”

Empress Changsun saw that Li Shimin had a living mouth, and said happily: "Thank you Erlang, the concubine will go to the prison to persuade them." ”