Chapter 102: The Dust Settles and the Emperor Sets the Head
People often say that the high places are not cold, since ancient times the emperor is lonely, although he looks at the world, but it is inevitable to call the lonely widow, the heart of the non-monarch is unpredictable, in fact, no one dares to figure it out.
At this time, Li Shimin was a little remorseful, if he hadn't sent Xu Zhen to Qizhou, he would have been able to listen to what this little guy had to say, although he didn't dare to point out indiscriminately, but Li Shimin could really feel it, although Xu Zhen was contaminated with a little flattery and sycophancy, but in front of him, he still retained sincerity.
Li Shimin is at a loss, he just wants to find someone to confide in, although he is at the highest peak, he is like ordinary people, and he also wants to make a family complaint, and this desire, the more he is old, the more eager he is.
There is the Northern Yamen Forbidden Army led by Qi He Li, the rebels of the East Palace were soon surrounded, many soldiers knew the ferocity of the Heavenly Divine Soldiers, and surrendered one after another, and the Turks recruited by Li Chengqian alone refused to obey, and were surrounded and killed by Qi He Li to lead the army, and encountered the internal and external response of the Sugan Chengji, and killed it completely!
Li Chengqian was still dreaming of his own dreams, until this Turkic army was completely destroyed, and the incomparably honorable imperial bubble was instantly shattered, remembering his father's kindness, he couldn't help but hurt his feelings, fell to his knees, and wept bitterly.
He is not like Li Yuanchang, he has no objection in his heart, but he has been oppressed by many old ministers for a long time and cannot be reported by the slightest mistake, and he feels that there is no freedom and space in his life.
In the end, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I was bewitched by Hou Junji and others and embarked on this wrong path.
Now that the matter is revealed, it is embarrassing, and he is revealing his innocence and regret, and he is even more embarrassed to see his father and his brother and sister and hundreds of civil and military officials coming to the East Palace!
Li Mingda is knowledgeable and kind-hearted, seeing his brother so down, his heart is full of sorrow, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military is also a ruthless seed, afraid of being contaminated with Li Chengqian, Hou Junji and other rebellious thieves, one by one I want to leave them all clean, only the prince's left concubine Yu Zhining, the prince's young master Li Gang, tears in their eyes, kneeling in front of the saint, bluntly said that his assistance and teaching were not good, so that the prince acted recklessly, and pleaded for the prince.
If there was no Li Gang and Yu Zhining stealing the secret letter, the matter of the East Palace would not have been revealed in advance, and the two of them were really benevolent and righteous in the country, and there was no risk of shame.
However, Li Gang is a great scribe in the world, and Yu Zhining is the eighteenth bachelor of the Qin Wangfu at the beginning, the two of them know benevolence, righteousness and morality, and consciously teach without a way, and they are ashamed of Li Chengqian.
Li Mingda is not like those courtiers, his sex is intelligent, understanding, gentle and gentle, and many brothers and sisters are close and friendly.
Although the saint's face was cold and cold, his heart was full of pain, but Li Chengqian had to be severely punished to set an example.
Helan Chushi and Du He and others were all like ashes, but Hou Junji was not dead, and seeing that Li Mingda and Li Chengqian were helpless, they drew a knife and kidnapped Li Mingda, openly confronting the saint!
"Hou Junji! I treat you well, how can you insult me so far! Now, don't you dare to wake up! ”
Under the prestige of the saint, the hearts of the courtiers and soldiers around him trembled, but Hou Junji was calm, looking up to the sky and smiling sadly, defending himself with righteous words.
"I, Hou Junji, came from a humble background, and I have been promoted and cultivated by the Holy Lord, but I have been in the army for half my life, how many great contributions I have made for you, and I have been born and died several times, but I still can't compare to a fake villain like Li Jing! I, Hou Junji, have never been ashamed of the Tang family, and now I have earned all the favors with my life, and I have already returned to your Li family! ”
"You see that I was born recklessly, not welcomed, how can I be willing to fall, the mentally handicapped wait for the time to move, but the strong are to build momentum, if I Hou Junji does not strive to forge ahead, how can I get today's high position! Everything depends on my hands to work hard, how dare you say that I am not thin! ”
Li Shimin didn't expect Hou Junji to be so disobedient when he was dying, and his words were well-founded, as if everyone in the world owed him a debt, and it was really like Cao Agui, who would rather teach me to bear the world!
It's just that Li Mingda was lost in the hands of the other party, and Li Shimin didn't dare to provoke Hou Junji, but sighed and comforted: "This sentence really hurt my true feelings, that day my son was in trouble, and I was brought back by Xu Zhen after tossing and turning, I knew that someone in the court was playing a conspiracy and wanted to harm the pheasant slave (Li Zhi's nickname), but the yin and yang mistakes robbed the child by mistake, and I don't know what you did!" ”
"However, I have been waiting for you and other labors, and I have been waiting, and I have awakened to my senses, so I have not thoroughly investigated and severely punished, but I didn't expect that today, you are still acting like this, where is this where I am placed!"
When Hou Junji heard this, his heart was suddenly shocked, and he didn't expect that Li Shimin had already known that they had colluded with Tuyuhun at that time and wanted to get rid of Li Zhi, but they robbed Li Mingda by mistake.
"Holy Kuanren, it is Hou Junji who is wrong and right, but Hou Junji's life's merits cannot be erased, now I have your daughter, you are worried and sad, if I die, the family is unattended, don't you empathize? I don't dare to live extravagantly, I just hope that the saint will not affect a certain family..."
Hou Junji said this, his face was sad, and his heart was lost, but Kaisa, who was waiting for the opportunity, saw the vitality, attacked with two knives, set up Hou Junji's blade, and saved Li Mingda!
Without Li Mingda as a hostage, Hou Junji completely lost his reliance on survival, but he sat paralyzed on the ground, crying and laughing, like crazy!
Li Shimin pulled Li Mingda into his arms, and saw that his daughter was safe, so he was relieved, at that time, Li Yuanchang was newly dead, Qizhou was still quelling the rebellion, and he had no intention of killing Li Chengqian, and even Hou Junji's life, he wanted to save it.
At this time, the old people who immediately fought for the world at the beginning, those who died early, and the old ones will die, Li Shimin has really become a lonely person, for these old people, he is reluctant, but he is angry at their rebellion, and he is heartbroken.
Li Shimin's side couldn't bear it, and asked himself if Hou Junji was stable and meritorious, but many civil and military forces couldn't let it go, and they all admonished Hou that his crimes could not be punished, and that heaven and earth would not tolerate it, and he would be killed to revitalize the dynasty, and he would be killed to thank the world!
After not grasping the essentials, Li Shimin had no choice but to put all the convicted people in prison, so as to wait for his mind to calm down and then make a difference.
This compartment had just been cleaned up, and news came that it was the Earl of Shenyong's Mansion that was burned by bandits, and all the servants were killed!
In order to protect his family, his father Hou Junji did not hesitate to beg the Holy Lord, but at such a critical moment, he created such a disaster.
The saint was upset and irritable, and spent all day in his study meditating and lamenting, so he arrested him and imprisoned him, and ordered the three divisions to sort out the affairs of the East Palace without mentioning it.
Thinking about big things and worrying, but no one shared them, the saint's heart was inevitably desolate, and Li Mingda was summoned into the palace, and Li Mingda boiled tea.
It's just that she was lonely and helpless at the time, so she had to be guarded by Xu Zhen, although she deliberately covered it up, but her words often revealed her admiration for Xu Zhen, and sighed that Xu Zhen was wise and resourceful, and if she was here, she would definitely be able to come up with a proper plan.
Li Shimin has understood his daughter's intentions since he saw Xu Zhen for the first time and saw the iron wrench he gave his daughter on Xu Zhen's hand.
Xu Zhen naturally didn't know that in Chang'an City, a pair of noble father and daughter were laughing and talking about their deeds, and at this time he was following Li Tao, commanding the soldiers of Kyushu Prefecture, and wanted to use strength against Qizhou.
The government soldiers have not yet arrived, the government soldiers of Qing, Zi and other states have not listened to Li You's orders, Li You listened to the policy of Yan Hongliang and others, and spread the text to many counties, but the counties no longer followed, and some people persuaded the king of Qi to plunder the people in the city, and fell into Douzigang as bandits.
When the soldiers of the Qi Palace, Cao Du Xingmin, conspired to take Li You, the sergeants had many intentions, and stayed in the dark night, Du Xingmin led the army to chisel into the wall, Li You and Yan Hongliang wore armor and took bows and arrows, and hid in the mansion in order to resist stubbornly, but Du Xingmin arranged the army and surrounded it!
This Yan Hongliang is also an arrogant guy who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and he led his men and horses to resist desperately, until the sun was shining, and Du Xingmin couldn't break it.
At a difficult time, there was a pioneer galloping into the city, and it was Xu Zhen who led the edict of the sage, wanting to see Li You alone and persuade him to get lost and return.
Li You is a soft-hearted and hard-hearted person in the end, seeing the angel coming, thinking of his father's majesty, he has already been timid in his heart.
Xu Zhen is neither humble nor arrogant, carrying a bow and arrows and a long knife, and enters, all the thieves dare not harm each other, and they all give way to the way, Xu Zhen came all the way to see Li You, and handed over the edict written by the Holy Lord.
Li You finished reading the edict, felt the kindness between the lines of Li Shimin's words, tears fell, and he already had the intention of surrendering in his heart, Xu Zhen took the opportunity to persuade again: "The king used to be the emperor, but today he has become a national thief, many loyal and brave thieves for the country, and they have no scruples, if the king does not descend quickly, it should turn into simmering embers!" ”
As soon as Xu Zhen finished speaking, flames jumped out of his palms, where did many Qizhou thieves see Xu Zhen's illusion, they all thought that Xu Zhenguo was an angel of fate, and immediately bowed down most of them!
Li You was still hesitating, but he saw the figures outside the mansion walking around, but it was Du Xingmin who had been explained by Xu Zhen earlier, and ordered people to pile up mountains of grass outside the mansion, and they would burn all the thieves in the mansion to death!
At this time, Li You was finally frightened and compromised, but he was embarrassed by Xu Zhen: "It's not that I don't want to surrender, but I'm afraid that Brother Hongliang's life will not be guaranteed..."
When Xu Zhen heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, this Li You's trust in Yan Hongliang has reached such a point!
In order to avoid killing and injuring people, Xu Zhen immediately promised not to hurt Yan Hongliang, Li You came out of the mansion to surrender, Du Xingmin's brothers were killed and injured, and Yan Hongliang was found in the mansion, gouged out his eyeballs and threw them on the ground, and the rest were killed by breaking his shares, and when Xu Zhen came, Yan Hongliang was already dead and couldn't die anymore...
(Note: Li Gang's official calendar of the Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang dynasties, taught three princes, namely Yang Yong, the prince of the Sui Dynasty, Li Jiancheng in the early Tang Dynasty, and Li Chengqian, all three of them actually did not die well, but the history of Li Gang is quite high, died in 631 AD, considering the needs of the characters, this work delays time, in order to create a sad and angry Li Chengqian, don't blame.) )