Outside the East Palace is a large square paved with empty bluestone tiles, and the square is heavily guarded and guarded.

This represents the social foundation of Datang.

The crown prince, the prince of the country, the heir of the supreme imperial power of the Tang Dynasty, the residence of the East Palace, the land of the dragon dive, does not allow idlers to set foot in half a step.

Standing outside the East Palace Square, the middle-aged man quietly looked at the guards patrolling back and forth, took a deep breath, and then untied the mouth of the sack on the horse's back, and the sack contained a person, a living person.

The living man's hands and feet were tied to death, and a large piece of cloth was stuffed in his mouth, perhaps he had been holding it in the sack for too long, and after the sack was untied in vain, the man did not even have time to show his angry eyes, and his nostrils were wide open, greedily inhaling the fresh air outside.

After sucking for a while, he finally felt comfortable, and the kidnapped person looked at the surrounding environment, and when he saw that it was near the East Palace, this person couldn't help but be shocked, his face was extremely white, as if he knew what fate he was about to face, the tied hands and feet couldn't help but struggle hard, and the cloth ball in his mouth also made a desperate whining sound, his face was flushed, and his eyes showed a pleading color.

The middle-aged man let him struggle, not only was he not nervous, but he looked at him and smiled playfully.

"Your master is inside, do you want to see him?" The middle-aged man spoke, his voice hoarse and unpleasant.

The kidnapped man was silent, just kept shaking his head, and the pleading color in his eyes became stronger.

"Don't you want to see it? I'm afraid I can't help you, your master will definitely see you today, but ......" The middle-aged man paused and sighed: "It's just that what he saw was a dead man......"

The kidnapped man's eyes showed a look of despair, his face became more and more pale as paper, and his whole body trembled like chaff.

See him like this. The middle-aged man shook his head and sighed: "Don't blame me, I am also acting on orders, I will give you a reminder before I go on the road, after reincarnation in the next life, even if you want to pinch persimmons, you must choose soft pinch." Those who look like hard characters and ruthless characters, don't be stupid to touch them, don't draw peach talismans if you don't have the Tao of demon subjugation......"

"Woo woo......" The man with the cloth ball in his mouth kept struggling, and the tears of the bean were flowing down in strings.

"Okay, there is a wrong, there is a debtor, there is retribution for cause and effect, and Brother Tai will go all the way!"

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he suddenly turned over and got on his horse. With one hand pulling out a long knife from his waist, and the other hand carrying the opening of the sack, he kicked the horse's belly hard, and the horse was in pain, and rushed towards the direction of Donggong Square.

The guards of the East Palace, who were patrolling, saw that someone dared to ride a horse in front of the door, so they stopped one after another, subconsciously raised their halberds, and a general ran out. Drawing his sword and pointing at the middle-aged man, he shouted: "Whoever trespasses into the forbidden land of the East Palace, he will be arrested if he dismounts." Otherwise, shoot on the spot! ”

The middle-aged man ignored it and rode his horse wildly.

The general was furious: "Form a formation, prepare the bow and arrow!" ”

Rumble!

In the end, it was the most elite prince of the Tang Dynasty who led the guards, and nearly a thousand soldiers in front of the square were silent, and they formed a long formation in an instant with a tacit understanding, with a shield in the front row. In the back row of guns, the archers pulled the strings with arrows, and the arrows were aimed at the middle-aged man who was running wildly, waiting for the next order from the general.

When he was still more than forty feet away from the formation of the Praetorian Guards, the middle-aged man suddenly stopped his horse. Picking up the sack in his hand, he raised his voice and said: "Let's move slowly, I sent an old man to His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

The general said angrily: "What nonsense! Where is this the gift of the old people! Capture this man alive for me! ”

As soon as the guards took two steps forward, the middle-aged man on horseback laughed and said, "The East Palace doesn't know how to count etiquette, but it hurts the heart of the old man!" That's it, so and so, I will send the old man to you, and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to see it for himself! ”

After speaking, the middle-aged man exhaled and shouted, the sack he was carrying with one hand was thrown into the air, under the stunned gaze of the soldiers, he saw a flash of snow and a bright knife, and the sack that was still in the air was split by the knife, and then the blood sprayed out, and between the electric light and flint, the sack had fallen heavily to the ground, making a thud and muffled sound, and the gurgling blood flowed slowly like a flood that broke the embankment, staining the bluestone floor tiles red.

The general was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "What a madman, dare to kill people in front of the East Palace!" Shoot the arrows! Take this man, dead or alive! ”

Whoosh!

The rain of arrows poured away.

The middle-aged man was not in a hurry, laughed, hid his body on the other side of the horse's belly, and the horse also neighed, shook his head, and ran away with four hooves.

The generals were furious, ordered the pursuit, and sounded the gong, Chang'an City suddenly boiled, the officials hurriedly came out to check, heard the gong in the distance, the officials hurriedly closed the door, Chang'an City became a small cage that was divided.

The generals pursued the fanatics, and the generals walked to the bloody sack, but saw a person lying in a pool of blood, with his face facing away from him, turning this person over, and the soldiers who surrounded him gasped, and the general was stunned, and blurted out: "Captain He! ”

Lying in a pool of blood was He Jiliang, who was ordered by the prince to organize assassins to assassinate Li Daozheng in Taiping Village, and the prince led the left guard to be the captain.

At this moment, He Jiliang's eyes were wide open, covered with scars, but the fatal wound was a big hole in the neck, the blood from the wound was still gurgling out, surrounded by elite soldiers who had experienced the killing array, it was clear just by looking at it that He Duwei was obviously dead and could not die again.

Obviously, He Jiliang died just now, the murderer threw the sack into the air with one hand, and raised his hand to chop it down, the knife just crossed He Jiliang's neck, and the murderer was a veteran expert, steady, accurate, and ruthless.

Pao Ze died in front of him, the faces of the guards of the East Palace suddenly became extremely ugly, the general Tie Qing faced, fixed on He Jiliang's corpse, for a long time, and said coldly: "No one is allowed to make a noise about this matter, it involves the secrets of the East Palace, wait for yourself to think about how many heads you have, dare to spread it out, wait for death!" Quick, carry He Duwei's body into the East Palace, wipe the blood on the ground clean, and ......"

After a pause, the general gritted his teeth and said: "Since that madman dares to kill people in front of the gate of the East Palace single-handedly, he is obviously prepared, we are afraid that we will not be able to get him, so we ordered to stop the pursuit, withdraw all the people, tell the officials, and reopen the door of the fang." Nothing like that happened! ”

The soldiers were ordered to hurry away.

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East Palace Yin'an Palace.

Li Chengqian's face was pale, staring at the corpse on the ground, the expression on his face kept changing, angry, frightened, and panicked. It's incredibly complex.

The general secretly glanced at the prince's face, and his heart was relieved, he knew that the list of orders he had just given was correct, and this matter was really deep, and it was not appropriate to publicize it too much.

"The cause of He Duwei's death is strange, looking at the murderer's shot and arrogant attitude, it seems to be a ranger who wanders the rivers and lakes, and the general will guess...... I am afraid that He Duwei offended the people of the rivers and lakes in Chang'an City, so he was sought revenge. Although it is He Jiliang's personal enmity, it is not appropriate to involve the East Palace, and it will ruin the reputation of the East Palace, so the last general has the courage to recall the chasing soldiers, how to deal with this matter, the last general will ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make a holy judgment. ”

The general is a clever character, just from the change in Li Chengqian's face, he knows that this matter is extraordinary, and at the same time, he is secretly congratulated on the correct wisdom of his decision at that time.

Even the excuses were carefully found for Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian's face finally eased slightly, and he nodded lightly. "You're doing a great job, step down." ”

The general was overjoyed and hurriedly withdrew from the hall with a respectful face.

Li Chengqian was the only one left in the hall, looking at the corpse on the ground, Li Chengqian's expression was cold, and he muttered to himself.

"Who did it? Qi Wangyou. Still is...... Li Su? ”

I have to say that what happened in front of the East Palace today deeply shocked Li Chengqian, and in the eyes of anyone, this is a provocation to the East Palace, and if it is put on the line. This is a provocation to the imperial power of the Tang Dynasty, at this time Li Chengqian's correct approach should be to be angry and rush to the crown, shoot the case, order the murderer to be arrested and enter the palace to report the matter to his father, if you want to expand, he can even lead the disaster to Li Tai, the king of Wei, who has been dealing with him, and create some evidence and public opinion at will, and find some trouble for the king of Wei......

However, reason told Li Chengqian that he could not do this.

Because the person who died was He Jiliang, there was a conspiracy behind him, and this conspiracy involved Li Chengqian himself, if this matter really made a big fuss, it was not certain whether King Wei was in trouble, but he Li Chengqian must be in trouble.

secretly sent assassins to assassinate Li Su's father in Taiping Village, this matter was known all over the city at the beginning, and this He Jiliang was the executor of this matter, the assassin was found by him, the target was set by him, and everything he did was secretly instructed by Li Chengqian.

Li Su guessed correctly, this time, Li Chengqian was not aimed at him, but just used this incident to pull the king of Qi off the horse, a typical plan to kill people with a knife.

Li Chengqian's real enemy is not outside, and even Li Su is not a real enemy in his heart, he still thinks that Li Su is not qualified to be his enemy, his enemies are all his own brothers, King Wei, King Wu, King Qi and all other kings, that is to say, if one day he is deposed as the crown prince, the brothers who may replace him as the crown prince are all his enemies, and if he can get rid of one of them, even if he can't get rid of them, he will make him stink, so that his father will be disappointed in him, and the whole world will not be able to die to his extent.

Taiping Village assassinated Li Daozheng, and the disaster was led to the Qi Palace, in order to be realistic and misleading, he also deliberately let the Qi Palace's Mansion also have a murder, which makes people involuntarily associate the two things, I have to say, this trick is indeed clever.

It's a pity that he really underestimated Li Su, not only did he not know that Li Su had a hidden force in the city, but also underestimated Li Su's reaction to this matter, in order to avenge his father and the reputation of the Li family, Li Su actually borrowed the power of the Cheng family and the eldest grandson family to investigate the matter.

There is no seamless conspiracy in the world, as long as you have the intention to find it, you will eventually reveal flaws.

The corpse of He Jiliang, who died in front of him, clearly told Li Chengqian that the news of this matter had leaked out, and it was most likely that Li Su had discovered the truth, and he sent Da Ming Daliang to kill He Jiliang in front of the East Palace, which was both a provocation and a demonstration, and he was even more sure that Li Chengqian would not dare to move.

Li Chengqian really didn't dare to move, since He Jiliang fell into the hands of Li Su, although he was dead, who knows what evidence Li Su still has in his hands? If there was no full evidence and certainty, how could he dare to kill He Jiliang, the only person in the know, on the spot?

Therefore, if the matter is big, the lawsuit will be fought in front of his father, and if Li Su is calm and relaxed, he will take it out of his arms...... No matter what he took out, as long as his father saw it, he Li Chengqian would be in big trouble, and he privately sent assassins to assassinate the father of his courtiers, and tried in vain to blame his own brother, what would be the reaction of his father when the matter was revealed?

To be sure, he would never praise his son for doing a good job and do it again......

He Jiliang's body was still placed in the hall, and Li Chengqian only felt that his hands and feet were cold, and his heart was like a mess.

Li Su Daming showed his anger, took revenge, and killed He Jiliang in front of the guards of the East Palace, but at the same time threw a lot of trouble to Li Chengqian.

Whether it's peace or war, whether it's to eliminate the incident or make it bigger, whatever you want, I will accompany you with any move.

Li Chengqian sat alone in the hall for more than an hour, but he still couldn't make a choice.

If this matter is investigated, it will be him, the prince, who will be unlucky in the end.

Li Chengqian's expression was calm, his cold eyes stared at He Jiliang's corpse for a long time, and his teeth were biting loudly.

Even if you are the prince, there are still many taboos in doing things, because his position as the prince is not stable. It's not the favor of Bo's father and the courtiers, so that the heart of Yi Chu who has been quietly shaken is dispelled, if this matter is big, his disguise for many days has become a joke, I am afraid that my father's heart of Yi Chu is even worse than at the beginning.

So, this matter can only be suppressed! As for Li Su...... Li Chengqian frowned, from today onwards, he will regard Li Su as a real enemy! Yes, the provocation and demonstration have reached such an extent that he openly slapped him in the face in front of the East Palace, and Li Su is already qualified to be his enemy.

After making up his mind, Li Chengqian exhaled, and even a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The coming day is long, and there is no hurry.

The mood that had just been relieved was disrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps.

A eunuch appeared outside the palace gate with a panicked expression, and he didn't have time to give the ceremony, so he said anxiously: "Your Highness, outside the East Palace...... ...... outside"

Li Chengqian frowned: "What's going on outside the East Palace?" ”

"Outside...... His Royal Highness King Qi came in alone! Said he wanted justice......"

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PS: There is only one change tonight...... There are friends from afar, and they are also drunk...... (To be continued.) )