Emperor Li Han of the Tang Dynasty was poisoned in his body, vomited blood on the spot, and died in a coma at the banquet.

The first to react was Tu Cheng Hua, and as soon as he gave an order, His Royal Highness's guards rushed up with swords.

Zhu Kerong took the case, pointed at Han Gongwu and scolded: "It was this traitor who killed my majesty, take it down for me!" ”

Han Gongwu was not to be outdone, smashed his glass, and scolded: "Hugh wants to deduct the basin on Lao Tzu's head, whoever does it knows it in his heart." The dog raises the mother, the thief sues first, and Lao Tzu is not afraid of you. ”

After that, a copper tripod smashed over, Zhu Kerong turned sideways, and the copper tripod went empty, affecting a eunuch behind him, and the head of the smashed blood flowed, screaming like killing a pig.

Tutu Chenghua stretched out his arms to stop the guards, and observed the words and expressions, confirming that the emperor's assassination had nothing to do with the two. He asked the guards to retreat and shouted again: "Stop!" Zhu Kerong and Han Gongwu were taken aback, and they both put down the guy in their hands, and both of them wondered what kind of medicine this dead eunuch had taken wrong today, and he had such a loud voice, and he ...... Such great majesty.

Suddenly vomited into a gloomy face, and the awl-like gaze slid over the faces of the court officials, who trembled and did not dare to take a breath of air, for fear that disaster would come out of their mouths and lose their lives in a daze.

Han Gongwu was also weak in his heart, but he forced himself to calm down and said: "I still have to immediately block the palace gate and strictly investigate it." When the words came out, he himself was shocked, how could he be so angry with this old gelding, and he said this so unmorale.

Tu Tu Chenghua nodded, but he didn't say a word, he didn't need Han Gongwu to remind him, as soon as something happened in the palace, he ordered people to get around, the palace doors were closed, and no one wanted to go out. But Tutu Chenghua still decided that the murderer was among the courtiers, and he wanted to see who the murderer was.

At this time, the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital had already carried Li Han into the inner hall for first aid, and Lu Rong was left behind in the eastern capital to accompany him, and Wang Cairen also hurried over when he heard the news.

Fortunately, Li Han was only poisoned and vomited blood, and did not breathe. After a period of chaos among the imperial physicians in the palace, Li Han finally woke up, and suddenly vomited Chenghua failed to see the murderer hidden among the courtiers, or that person was not in the court at all, but found the cause of the emperor's poisoning: a few glutinous rice balls with jujube stuffing that fell in the grass.

The Assassin wrapped the wax-sealed poison in the jujube filling of the rice balls, the surface of the rice balls was soft and smooth after cooking, and the jujube filling inside was liquid and hot due to the high temperature.

Li Xiao is an impatient person, he always swallows this rice ball when he eats it, especially when he is hungry.

Because the poisonous jujube filling is wrapped in glutinous rice noodles, it takes a while to attack after swallowing it in the stomach. This gives the poisoner plenty of time to escape.

This bowl of rice balls is eaten before noon, yesterday the emperor reviewed the chapter until late at night, and then ate supper, and the favorite concubine singing and dancing, bathing, husband and wife ceremony, tossing too late, too tired, oversleeping in the morning, woke up and found that the sun was shining, so he hurriedly got up, hastily ate, swallowed five or six rice balls in one bite, drank some soup and was busy dealing with military affairs.

It's been more than two hours since that meal.

This is a big scandal in the palace, Tutu Chenghua did not dare to publicize, secretly visited, but found that a eunuch named Yu Ze in the harem was embarrassed, this person is still a righteous son recognized by Tutu Chenghua, Chang'an was in the inner garden to make the secretary on an errand, the main construction of flowers and trees, with Li Han to Luoyang, was promoted to the deputy envoy of the diet, responsible for cooking and serving, regarded as one of the most trusted people.

After such a major event, Tutu Chenghua did not dare to hide it, and knelt down to the emperor to ask for guilt. Li Han escaped death, but he saw through some things, and he said to Tutu Chenghua: "There is no need to delve into this matter, and if you dig deeper, you will also be trapped, and everyone will be released, just say that I was stuck by a fish bone when I ate fish, and let them not go out and talk nonsense." ”

Suddenly Tu Chenghua said: "The minister suspects that this matter is related to Chang'an, this Yu Ze came from Chang'an after everyone arrived in Luoyang, and it was also the old minister's stupidity and confusion that caused this catastrophe......

Li Han waved his hand weakly: "You listen to me, this kind of thing has always been a mess, don't track it down, it won't be good for anyone to investigate it deeply." ”

Tutu Chenghua didn't dare to say anything, wiped his tears, and came out to tell the emperor what the hundred officials meant.

After Han Gongwu returned to the camp, he immediately found Han Shaozong and told him about it, Han Shaozong was shocked: "It's really a blessing, if Zhu Kerong doesn't enter the palace today, if His Majesty doesn't give a banquet, if there are no hundreds of officials and officials to testify, my father will not be able to wash it even if he jumps into the Yellow River." This is someone scheming against my father behind his back. ”

Han Gongwu unconsciously broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, he wiped his forehead, thinking that the emperor suddenly vomited blood, Zhu Kerong accused him of being a murderer, and suddenly spit into Hua's sharp cone-like cruel gaze, and couldn't help but feel frightened again.

sighed: "It's a fluke, God has eyes, and I almost can't get out." ”

For a while, he said angrily: "This must be Zhu Kerong's trick, and I am inseparable from him." ”

Han Shaozong said: "If it was Zhu Kerong, he would not have entered the palace to face the saint, it was he who saved his father's life by mistake." Han Gongwu gasped, thought about it carefully, and nodded silently: "This is also true, is it ...... Li Mao? ”

Han Shaozong said: "The chaos in Luoyang is beneficial to three people: Li Mao, Liu Wu, and Li Quanzhong. But only Li Mao can single-handedly plan this matter, the child went to Xue An today, and found that he was gone, and he couldn't see his figure after searching Luoyang City, he must have fled, why did he flee, he must have found the truth about Li Mao's march into Luoyang, or took Li Mao's benefits, or was taken by someone, he didn't dare to say, and he was afraid that his father would pursue him, so he ran away. Li Mao used Shi Xianzhong as a pretense to call for battle in front of the door, but sent a large army to detour to the southwest to attack Luoyang, and today there is such a thing in the palace, and Li Mao's ambition has been revealed. ”

Han Gongwu said: "What he said is extremely true, I almost fell for him." This man is very deep in the city, and he must have done it. He holds the male soldier in his hand, he doesn't take me in his eyes, he can't play ruthlessly if he is soft, what should he do now for his father? ”

Han Shaozong said: "Please ask my father to enter the palace immediately to face the saint, explain the reason, and ask Your Majesty to decide." ”

Han Gongwu said with a smile: "Your Majesty is afraid that he is in shock at the moment, there is no need to look for him, I will go to Zhu Kerong by myself, there are no eggs under the nest, he will join forces with me." ”

Zhu Kerong was also shocked by what happened in the palace in the afternoon, he suspected at first that it was Han Gongwu's ghost, but after thinking about it carefully, it was not: Han Gongwu couldn't get any benefit from killing the monarch at the moment, one of them. Second, he himself was in the palace at the time, and how to get out after killing the king was a big problem. After all, the guards in Miyagi are in the hands of Tutu Chenghua. Third, Han Gongwu is a brave and unscrupulous man, how can He De go deep into the Forbidden Palace to assassinate the emperor?

Killing the emperor is only good for one person, that is Li Mao, the emperor is stranded in Luoyang and does not return, he is very passive, as soon as the emperor dies, he can find a favorite canonized among the princes of Li Tang according to his own wishes, and the empress dowager of the four palaces is in his hands, this matter is very simple to do.

Yes, it must have been Li Mao's doing, as soon as he understood this, he heard that Han Gongwu asked to see him, but he didn't want to see him, and he wanted to be afraid of him in his own camp. Does he dare to force himself to eat a bowl of rice balls?

After the two met, there was no nonsense, and after a few words, they speculated, and they totaled each other, if they didn't join forces to deal with Li Mao, they would probably die without a place to be buried.

After saying it for a while, they jointly entered the palace to meet Li Han, one is to greet him, and the other is to explain the hidden worries of the two.

Li Han had stopped the poison at this moment, and he was also anxious about being stabbed, he instinctively ruled out that it was Han Gongwu and Zhu Kerong who were fighting for his custody, not for him to die.

So who in the world wants him to die the most, Liu Wu and Li Quanzhong may be, as soon as they die, they will have a reason to seek revenge from Han Gongwu and Zhu Kerong, but the desire is not so strong, not to mention that the two families are fighting in full swing, and they can't spare their hands. Maybe there are He Jintao, Shi Xianzhong, or He Sancai, Niu Shengyu and these people.

If they die, the young lord is in power, and the imperial power is further weakened, they can cut off the king, but they are also not strong enough, the world is in chaos, and the heroes are competing for the deer, which may not be a good thing for them, of course, the most important thing is that they are not able to reach out to Luoyang, into the palace, and into their own rice ball bowls. Then the only thing left is Li Mao, he will not die for a day, Li Mao is a minister after all, and if he dies, he can set up the emperor as he pleases, and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. He is the second Cao Cao, the traitor who usurped Li Tang Jiangshan.

Once this thought came to him, it never lingered and was deeply imprinted in his soul.

Now that he heard that Han Gongwu and Zhu Kerong also meant the same thing, he confirmed his judgment even more, especially when Han Gongwu said that Li Mao's army had crossed the mountains and mountains and was advancing eastward along the Luo River, Li Han couldn't help but vomit blood again.