Chapter 10 The Storm is Coming

Ghosts will believe in God's favor, but Xu Qing can't expose Li Shimin's lies, and Xu Qing also has to take into account Li Chengqian's psychological world. Li Chengqian is also a very good child, and he is also the prince of Li Shimin, who has been abolished and established many times. However, no matter how Li Shimin taught Li Chengqian, in the end, Li Chengqian still could not become steel.

Perhaps, Li Chengqian's decadence is related to Li Shimin's Xuanwumen Change. Imagine, when you wake up overnight, most of the people you know in your world are gone, and most of your relatives have become corpses, and they have become what people call anti-thieves. And it was his father who killed these thieves ruthlessly, including his cousin, who had been playing well with him. People who study and play together every day disappear in a blink of an eye, and they become thieves.

Wouldn't such childhood memories affect later development?

In the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, in order to prevent Li Tai, who had the heart of scheming, Li Chengqian launched a mutiny to force the palace. But alas, this time it was a mutiny launched by the crown prince, and it was also a failed mutiny. Li Shimin saw that the real reason why Li Chengqian did this was the same as his own sixteen years ago, how similar it was, but Li Chengqian relented after all, and did not wave the butcher knife to kill his younger brother. God knows, at that moment, Li Shimin watched Li Chengqian limp away, what was the feeling in his heart? Is it remorse, is it blame, is it helplessness, or is it nothing?

Xu Qing thought for a while and said, "The poison of His Royal Highness King Qin is very similar to the poison of arsenic. But the minister thought that although the Tai* Zhongdi cuisine was separated, the wine was indeed beaten in a wine vat, and it was difficult for a villain to murder the king of Qin. The prince is a brother and sister, and he must have checked the banquet wine before. The minister thought that His Highness's poison came from the elixir that His Highness ate. ”

"Nonsense! The elixir is refined by the disciples of the saint, and if you eat it, you will become an immortal and prolong your life, how can it be poisonous? ”

Xu Qing couldn't see Li Shimin's face clearly, but he estimated that Li Shimin was also nonsense. Xu Qing thought to himself, you still dare to poison yourself, you have no fear, right? Okay, well, today the master will scare you!

"Ahem, Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can catch a parrot and take a look, as long as there are three elixirs, I guarantee that this bird will die immediately."

After Xu Qing finished speaking, he said to Li Chengqian: "Chengqian, your father doesn't believe it, you have to keep it in mind, there is something called tribute in the elixir, which cannot be eaten." I'm your teacher, you can go back and experiment. ”

"His Royal Highness King Qin, take care."

After speaking, Xu Qing turned around and left.

Xu Qing came out, Li Yuan was no longer there, but Princess Pingyang was still there, she walked up to Xu Qing and asked softly, "Xu Qing, is my second brother okay?" ”

Xu Qing shook his head and said: "Princess Pingyang, it's not me Xu Qing who said something serious, what kind of person is your second brother, you don't have a B number in your heart as a sister?" ”

Princess Pingyang was stunned and said, "Could it be that this matter was planned by the second brother himself?" ”

"Well, nine times out of ten." Xu Qing shook his head and said, "I hope that the plan made by Princess Pingyang and I will never be used." ”

Princess Pingyang suddenly burst into tears, Xu Qing was not easy to comfort her, compared to the fact that people are married women, Xu Qing patted Princess Pingyang on the shoulder and said: "Princess, Princess Wanwang persuaded King Qin, as well as the crown prince, and even the emperor, don't eat the elixir." If they don't believe it, try feeding the birds with the elixir. After all, I, Xu Qing, am an outsider and a courtier, and I can't say anything more. Leave! ”

"Hey, Xu Qing......" Princess Pingyang looked at Xu Qing's back and shouted, but she didn't stop Xu Qing's footsteps.

Walking to the door, Xu Qing saw Li Yuan and Li Chengdao talking under a big tree from a distance, Xu Qing said in his heart, could it be that Li Yuan wanted to find out a thing or two in the mouth of a child? The relatively small children are open-mouthed, thinking that they have said something that is fine, but it is a huge clue. However, Xu Qing saw that Li Yuan's face was much better than before, and he knew that Li Yuan had not been able to knock on the side of Li Chengdao's mouth to make a little difference.

Xu Qing looked at it for a while, and saw that their grandfather and grandson were gradually getting along, so he carried it and planned to leave, but he didn't expect that Li Yuan had already seen him.

"Xu Qing, you stop me, Malier come over." When Xu Qing came over honestly, Li Yuan asked, "You went to see it, Erlang is okay, right?" ”

Xu Qing arched his hand and said: "The big thing is gone, but you still have to rest more, the emperor instructed His Royal Highness King Qin to eat more garlic and eat more coarse food, which can be good for the recovery of the body." ”

Listening to Xu Qing's words, Li Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief, and it could be seen that although Li Yuan was uniting with the prince to fight Li Shimin, Li Yuan was an old father after all, and when he returned to this father's position, he still cared about Li Shimin very much. However, this role of father did not last long, and Li Yuan became a majestic emperor again.

Li Yuan looked for Xu Qing and said a few more words, at this time, a few people came in from outside the door, and Xu Qing saw that it was the crown prince and the king of Qi. As soon as the prince entered the door, Li Yuan's face sank, and Li Jiancheng noticed this sharp gaze and hurriedly walked over to salute.

The father and son spoke, and Xu Qing turned his back to each other, looking up to count how many leaves there were on the tree.

Li Yuan looked at the two brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji and said, "King Qin was poisoned in your banquet, how do you explain this matter?" ”

Li Jiancheng hurriedly knelt down and said, "Father, the son is guilty!" ”

"So, you gave the poison?!" Li Yuan stood up angrily and scolded: "You brute, even your own brother is going to be murdered!" ”

"Father!" Li Jiancheng knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing: "If it is the son who plots to kill his younger brother, it is the thunder and lightning that hits the son of the son willingly, and the son will not appear in the Chengde Palace." Father, this is someone who is provoking our brotherhood, framing his sons, and plotting to kill his second brother! ”

Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng knelt down together and said: "Please ask my father to find out the real murderer, avenge the king of Qin, and wash away the injustices for his sons and ministers." ”

Li Yuan sighed, both of them said so, what else can Li Yuan do, the palms of his hands and the backs of his hands are full of meat. So he waved his hand and said: "The truth of the matter, I will naturally let people find out, but whether the two of you are guilty or not, it is uncertain." In any case, the matter is in your East Palace, even if you are not guilty of murdering your own brother, you are also guilty of lax censorship, and I will send you to copy the scriptures 500 times. Okay, now let's go see your second brother......"

When Li Jiancheng heard this, he raised his head, hey, he was really willing to kowtow. Li Yuan suddenly remembered the incident two years ago, when the prince also broke his head, but finally found out, alas......

Li Jiancheng helped Li Yuanji up and went in to visit with Li Yuanji.

Xu Qing returned to the Xuanwu Gate and saw the forest of knives and guns on the school field, but there was no sound, even the noisy gnats were shocked by the breath of slaughter. On the side, more than fifty more who were caught stripped of their armor and sat on the ground, their heads hanging down.

Xu Qing nodded to Zhuge Yan and waved his hand again, meaning to let them disband, and now the matter is not a big deal. Not long after, dozens of gang commanders walked to Xu Qing's place, and they all said puzzledly: "General Xu, many people were suddenly arrested in the army today, I don't know why?" ”

Xu Qing glanced at these people who came to inquire, they were very cramped, not like venting their dissatisfaction, but for the sake of the brothers in the army, suppressing their fears, and pleading in front of the dignified Xuanwu general. Xu Qing said to them: "It is reported that some people in the army have betrayed their military intelligence to others, which greatly threatens the security and order of Xuanwu Gate, and they will have to be taken down as a last resort." ”

"What? Betrayal of military intelligence! ”

"These bastards, I thought they were going out to recruit prostitutes!"

"That's so, General, their crimes are unforgivable, please punish them severely!" Defecting to the enemy and treason, fleeing from the battle, betraying the military situation, and spreading rumors are the four things that cannot be forgiven in the army, and each of them may cause a war to fail. When the gang leaders heard this, they regretted helping those rabbit cubs to intercede, and said to Xu Qing: "General, the last general and other royal subordinates are not strict, and it is a capital crime!" ”

Xu Qing waved his hand indifferently and said: "There are indeed some lawbreakers in the army, don't be afraid, in the future, this kind of investigation will continue." In the army, you should be prepared for danger in times of peace, never forget, the real enemy is by your side. The moths that have been captured today are temporarily locked up in the army and guarded. ”

The gang leaders bowed their hands together and said, "Oh! ”

Among those who were arrested, there were also Xu Qing's own people, Xu Qing was thinking, King Qin had a lot of secret hands, but between the secret hands, it seemed impossible to know each other, and there may also be slogans used to identify each other, but for others to steal slogans, they must be changed often. If you keep those people in check and don't let them communicate with the outside world, the people of the dark river will be able to follow the vines and peel back the cocoons to find out some other people related to them.

There is another trick, which is a plan to encircle the point and send reinforcements.

There is still a list in Xu Qing's arms that has not been handed over, there are not many names in this list, but every name is already 100% confirmed to be the person of King Qin, Xu Qing is waiting for them to jump out by themselves.

Li Shimin's counterattack plan has begun, and this poisoning incident is just the beginning, or it is simply a cover-up, no one knows what bad intentions are buried in Li Shimin's heart. Xu Qing, as a person of later generations, can only guess one or two stories from Li Shimin's pen in the general history books. But the storm is coming, and it has become an inevitable trend.

The poisoning incident of King Qin has spread from the palace to the outside of the palace. Surprisingly, the incident that should have caused an uproar, Xu Qing didn't feel it. Except for the eldest grandson Wuji and others who went to the palace to inquire, there was no news of anyone else entering the palace, and there was no news of who the imperial history was.

What's even more unexpected is that the next day is the court meeting, which is still calm as usual. Xu Qing felt that something was wrong, there were many officials in Chang'an City, but they were all old foxes who had been in officialdom for a long time, and they usually suffered a little loss in front of Xu Qing, but before the big event came, they would have the intuition of old fritters. So, Xu Qing issued another family order, all the Xu family's industries, factories or other things, all stop production, everyone hurried out of the city, find a big mansion in the mountains, no matter how much money is written down first, whether it is a man or a woman, they must take weapons to protect themselves.