Chapter 13 The Wind and Rain

Princess Pingyang threw down this sentence and left, Xu Qing counted the antidote in the bottle, and finished counting. But what does Princess Pingyang's words mean?

Could it be that these things of King Qin are all pretended? Did he want to take the opportunity of this military exchange to paralyze Li Jiancheng and others, and then launch a mutiny? Yes, this seems to be more reasonable, Xu Qing thought that he traveled to the Tang Dynasty, although he changed some things, but in the end he couldn't change the humanity of Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng. Especially Li Shimin, he will definitely not be a person who gives up easily.

However, when Li Shimin was electing his ultimate successor, he said, "Taili, Chengqian and King Jin do not exist, King Jin is established, and Tai Gong Chengqian is fine." "Xu Qing seems to have made a decision on this matter, if the king of Qin is established, the king of Qi and the crown prince will not exist, and if the prince is established, the king of Qi and the king of Qin will both exist. For Xu Qing, the King of Qin and the Prince competed, it doesn't matter who wins, the feeling of the King of Qin and the Prince in Xu Qing's heart is actually the same, if you can protect the life of the second child, you will have no regrets.

As for the rule of Zhenguan, which is likely to disappear, with Xu Qing here, it will not be bad to directly give him a prosperous era of Kaiyuan.

Xu Qing ordered that the defenders of Xuanwu Gate were raised to 5,000 people, and there was still a team of people patrolling outside, and the extra people were all standing on the school ground.

But at this time, the heavens thundered, the dark clouds rolled, and then the pouring rain came. There was a canopy sticking out of the school yard around it, and Xu Qing ordered the soldiers to squeeze as much as possible, and if they couldn't squeeze it, they used shields to cover their heads from the rain.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The night enveloped everything.

Almost in the middle of the night, outside the Zhide Gate of the Prince's East Palace, there was also a vast forbidden garden, in which the prince's army and the army of King Qi were stationed. At this time, tens of thousands of troops were ready to go more than five miles outside Zhidemen, and one person in front was Li Yuanji, who led the troops north this time.

The rain was pouring down, but the sergeants were unmoved, and melted together like the surrounding forest.

After a while, a cavalry flew in the distance, and it was Li Jiancheng, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, who was near. He saw Li Yuanji and said: "Yuanji, how are you preparing, this army is not as good as returning to the dynasty with victory, you can only take advantage of the heavy rain to cover up the sound, and the dark shadow of the night hides when the shadow is set off, and it will hurt you." ”

Li Yuanji was drenched in heavy rain, but his heart was warm, and he returned: "Big brother, don't worry, it's not my first time on the expedition." You, or do you think of me as a child more than ten years ago? ”

"Hehehe......" Li Jiancheng smiled and said: "By the way, are those people in the Tiance Army honest?" ”

"Big brother, don't worry, those old stubborns in Tiance Mansion have been transferred out, and the soldiers are all our own, after tonight, we left Chang'an, see how I clean them up!" Li Yuanji said with a smile, very confident.

But Li Jiancheng still sighed and said: "Yuanji, it's still what Xu Qing said, the imperial court can't do without the Tiance army. But the most important thing is that they are inseparable from these generals, they are all the pillars of the imperial court, and they have also made great contributions to the southern and northern wars of the Tang Dynasty. As for the diehards, just pack them up. ”

"Big brother, everything else is fine, it seems that they are all interested in moving, as long as you add some more chips, you are not afraid that they will not be convinced. But ......"

"But what, you just have to promise, money, women, land, official titles, or the care of children and grandchildren, as long as they are willing to submit to me, everything is easy to say." Li Jiancheng showed the domineering spirit of the emperor and asked Li Yuanji: "Do you want those few to be unmoved?" ”

"When giving gifts, the eldest grandson Wuji pretended to be sick, Wei Chigong chased me with an axe to chop, Zhang Gongjin was also old and stubborn, and Qin Qiong, although he was willing to see me, he refused to accept the gift. The most hateful thing is that Cheng Biting Jin's bastard, whatever I gave him, he smiled and accepted it, but after accepting it, he immediately turned his face and denied it and drove me out. ”

"The power behind the eldest grandson Wuji is too huge, Zhang Gongjin is stubborn and good, Qin Qiong is the loyal minister of the second brother and the loyal minister of his father, he is the same as Xu Qing in this matter, and both sides are not offended. Cheng bites Jin, this person doesn't have to worry about him, and in the end there is only one Wei Chigong left, this kind of person Yuan Ji, you have to be careful. I know you have a strong temperament, and if he proposes to compete with you, you must not agree. Li Shimin said, his eyes became more and more fierce: "If it's not okay to look at the thatched house three times, you can do it, they are good heroes, but I don't lack heroes in Datang!" ”

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "When I went to the north, the eldest brother was better in Chang'an, don't worry about me, and beware of the second brother." He's done everything, big brother, or we'll ...... him before we leave."

"Shut up! I won't do the thing you said, I, Li Jian, have nothing to do, and I haven't been able to handle the relationship between brothers well. However, I, Li Jiancheng, still have his younger brother in my heart, and if I want to be a killer, how can I do it? ”

"Big brother, you, alas, don't say it, big brother, you will always suffer a loss by this woman's kindness."

Seeing Li Yuanji scolding his woman's kindness, Li Jiancheng was not angry, but sighed and said: "I remember when the queen mother died, she told me to take you and the second brother well, if I do something like fratricide, how will I see the queen mother after I go down." ”

Li Yuanji was silent, when his mother died, he was still very young, and there was almost no reflection. And Li Yuan can't take care of him because he is busy with other things, only this eldest brother is the closest person to him. In his memory, Li Jiancheng has always taken them in Chang'an or Taiyuan, whether it is reading, playing, or looking for a venue. So until now, he and Li Jiancheng are indistinguishable from you and me, and follow Li Jiancheng closely.

Today, it was the first time he had heard Li Jiancheng mention these things, and he finally knew why Li Jiancheng was so kind to Li Shimin. This is the brother's love that he can't help but love, and it is the resonance of the same blood in the veins. At the same time, he also despised Li Shimin even more.

"Okay, Yuanji, you must return with a big victory!"

"Big brother, farewell, my brother will definitely return victorious!"

The two looked at each other, and they both knew the meaning of this great resort.

At this moment, there was a sound of horses' hooves behind them, and then, the sound of horses' hooves stopped in front of them, and he arched his hand and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Emperor Xuan will enter the palace immediately!" ”

"Oh? I don't know what my father is called Lonely? Li Jiancheng took out the momentum of the prince.

The cavalryman arched his hand and said: "The last general doesn't know, the emperor only said that I should come to find the prince to enter the palace and see him in the imperial study." ”

Li Jiancheng waved his hand: "You go first, I'll give Yuan Ji a glass of Zhuangxing wine, and then come." ”

The rider hesitated for a moment and said, "Prince, this ......"

Li Jiancheng was not polite, and whipped it over: "Bastard, dare not obey Lone's orders!" ”

"Whoa!"

After the rider left, Li Yuanji immediately asked, "Big brother, what's the matter, why did my father call you over overnight?" ”

Li Jiancheng thought about it for a while, he hadn't done anything in the past few days, why did Li Yuan call him over, could it be that something big happened in the court? He remembered two things about this matter, one was the Yang Wengan incident a few years ago, and Li Shimin made a false accusation, so he transferred him from Chang'an to Renzhi Palace. The second is when Dong Zhuo died, it seems that he was killed by Lu Bu when he entered the palace to claim the emperor.

He didn't know why these two things appeared in his mind, but even if they did, combined, he had a bad premonition.

Li Yuanji saw Li Jiancheng's panicked expression, and couldn't help but worry: "This matter, it won't be the second brother who made it again, if so, the eldest brother won't go." Wait in the barracks until tomorrow, what is there that your father and you can't tell clearly? ”

"No, my father may really have an emergency, if someone really frames me, I don't go at this time, wouldn't it be true? If, like last time, someone falsely accuses me of rebellion, it will be a great sin. ”

Li Yuanji knew what kind of virtue his eldest brother was, so he said: "You can go, but I won't leave first, I'll accompany you." Also bring a team of soldiers to keep you safe. ”

Li Jiancheng said to Li Yuanji: "No, if something happens to me, and you are still there, if someone kills the two of us, then all the work will be wasted." ”

Li Yuanji also stubbornly got up: "No, when I was a child, I would go wherever you are, eldest brother, and I was scolded by my father, and we were together, and this time our brothers had to be together." ”

"Alas," Li Jiancheng sighed, "Okay, let's go together as brothers." ”

So where to go?

This question arose in the minds of two people at the same time.

The whole Taiji Palace is divided into three parts, from east to west is the East Palace, the Taiji Palace, and the Yeting Palace, and the East Palace and the Taiji Palace are not interconnected. If the crown prince wanted to see Li Yuan, he would either take a detour to Chengtianmen and enter through the Taiji Palace, or he would take the back door inside the Forbidden Garden in the north. There are two doors, a small gate on the east side, called Xuanfu Gate, which is guarded by Xu Zhen, the son of the general Xu Shiji. Enter the Xuanfu Gate, and then pass through a long underground palace road, you can enter Li Yuan's imperial study.

A door to the west, even if it is the Xuanwu Gate guarded by Xu Qing, you don't need to go through a long palace road to enter the Xuanwu Gate, you can enter the imperial study. Of course, to enter the two places, you need to go through many small passes in Li Yuan's hall.

"Yuanji, bring five hundred archers, five hundred sword and axe men, and we will enter through the Xuanwu Gate......"

"Big brother, no, the defender of Xuanwu Gate is Xu Qing, and the second brother went to Xuanwu Gate to stay for a long time on the day he handed over his military power. Big brother, this son is very evil and unbelievable. The Xuanfu Gate guard is Xu Zhen, Xu Shiji's son, and should be credible. ”

"Xu Qing ......" Li Jiancheng's eyes showed a complicated expression, and he finally nodded and said, "Then according to Yuanji's, let's enter from Xuanfu Gate, right?" ”

After a while, Li Yuanji ordered his own pro-army, some of the most trustworthy people, and went to Xuanfu Gate with Li Jiancheng.

The sky was still raining mercilessly, and it was still thundering and lightning, as if it wanted to deter the demons in the lower realm who wanted to cause chaos, and it seemed that it wanted to remind the confused people in the world - the lamb.