The news of the assassin in the prison mansion immediately caused a sensation in the city, although it was not possible to find the mastermind behind the assassin, but many people guessed that I am afraid that this matter is related to what Zhang Huan did in Jiangdu, this is obviously a revenge murder case, without any clues, many people's eyes unconsciously cast their eyes on the Ten Princes' Mansion, where there lived countless clans that were hit hard in the Jiangdu incident, xt

At dusk, a carriage rattles! Stopping in front of King Luo's mansion, Li Mian bowed his head and came out of the carriage, and a guard ran up the steps quickly, arched his hand to the gatekeeper and said, "Please tell the prince that Li Shang is coming to visit!" ”

Without waiting for the guards to finish speaking, the family members who guarded the door had already gone away, Luowangfu was the house of Li Li, the Qing of Zongzheng Temple, since the outbreak of the Jiangdu incident, Li Li had not been to the court for a few days, he was angry and hateful, and fell ill.

The reason for his illness was the same as that of all clans, his three shops in Jiangdu were seized, and his losses were extremely heavy, much worse than any other clan.

He was stored in the cellar of the Jiangdu store, and all the 300,000 taels of gold that had not had time to be transported back were detained, which was the income of his house for three years, including more than 30 granges and 100,000 hectares of grain sold in Shangtian for several years, and in recent years, he successively transported more than 3 million yuan to Jiangdu to exchange it for gold, and originally planned to transport it back to Chang'an last year, but it was delayed due to the outbreak of war in the Central Plains, and when he was about to ship it next month, the Jiangdu incident suddenly broke out, and the 300,000 taels of gold packed in nearly 100 boxes were dragged away. didn't even leave a receipt, which made Li Li not angry.

Li Li lay straight on the bed, staring at the top of the tent with demented eyes, his fat body had shrunk sharply in the past two days like his net worth, and 300,000 taels of gold were gone. His heart is as painful as a knife and a sword, the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks! This is a sentence that has been on his lips for the past two days.

"Zhang Huan!" Li Li gritted his teeth and scolded: "You are thousands of times worse than Cui Xiaofu!" ”

At this time, there was a slight sound of footsteps outside, and he only heard his butler whispering at the door: "Master, Li Shang asks to see you." ”

"Which Li Shang?" Li Li's mind was very dull, and he couldn't remember who was still in the court.

"It's Lord Li Mian of the Ministry of Rites."

"Li Mian?" Li Li sat up suddenly, there was a dizziness in front of him, he waited for the dizziness to disappear slightly, and then immediately said to his subordinates: "Invite Li Shang to my inner room, xt"

Li Mian sent someone to deliver him a sticker the night before. Invite him to the house meeting yesterday. He didn't go. It's not because he still has any old feelings for Zhang Huan. In fact. He has no affection for Zhang Huan at all. It's just that he wants to use him to teach Cui Xiaofu a lesson about the hatred of killing his son. Unexpectedly, it could not be used. was broken by someone else's spine.

That's why he refused to go to Li Mian's meeting place. He wants to save face. He didn't want anyone to know how much he had lost. 300,000 taels of gold were taken away. Wouldn't it make those princes who usually speak coldly to him laugh off their big teeth.

But Li Mian came to the mansion to see him in person, which was different. He was eager to take revenge on Zhang Huan. Fortunately, he did not yet know about the assassination of Zhang Huan's house. Otherwise, he'll laugh a few times. Celebrate with a few jugs of old wine in one go. Li Li put on a coat indiscriminately. With the support of several concubines, he walked to the inner room.

Li Mian was led to Li Li's inner room. Looking at this room with his hands behind his back, it is said to be the most expensive and deserted house in Datang. The furniture is all rosewood. In the corner of the wall is Yang Guifei's bed lying on the ground. On the table, Emperor Tang Ming gave Yang Guifei a thrush with a wishful pen. But Li Mian doesn't see this. Rather, there are a few paintings on the walls.

On the wall is Wu Daozi's "Ten Finger Bell Kui Picture". The pen is sharp. This is the original land of Wu Daozi. In the Anshi Rebellion, it was lost to the people. It was snapped up by Li Li for 20 yuan from a raw land. Next to it are Li Bai's handwritten "Will Enter the Wine" and Zhang Xudi's "Champion Post". These are rare treasures. It's a pity that he was got his hands on Li Li, a fool.

Saying that lewdness refers to Li Li's way of warming the land in winter. He doesn't like to smell charcoal. So he ordered twenty-six concubines to strip naked and sit in a circle beside him. Warm up with popularity. The beautiful name is the meat screen. Place! It was on the chaise longue next to Li Mian.

If it weren't for the overall situation, Li Mian would never have come to visit this shameless Li Li. Li Mian sighed and sat down as far away from the dirty spring couch as possible.

He wanted to take a sip of tea, but his hand suddenly retracted, and even the teacup in front of him was pearlescent, covered with finger-sized diamonds.

"Does Li Shang like this teacup? If you like me, I'll send it to you. ”

Li Li's urn voice suddenly came from behind him, as if he had a cold and his nose was blocked, Li Mian quickly stood up and arched his hand and smiled: "This teacup is worth ten thousand yuan to say the least, how dare I ask for it." ”

Li Li squinted his eyes and sat down, his eyelids were swollen, only revealing a thin slit, he shook his head lightly and said: "Zhang Huan took 300,000 taels of gold from me in Jiangdu, if you can take revenge, what is a teacup?" ”

"Three hundred thousand taels of gold." Li Mian's eyes widened suddenly, he only heard that Li Li had lost three shops, but he didn't expect it to be 300,000 gold, Li Mian looked at Li Li in disbelief, what does 300,000 taels of gold mean, the official price is 3 million yuan, and the black market price is nearly 5 million yuan, this is Datang's financial income in a year!

No wonder some people say that King Guangwu is the richest, but King Guangwu said that his money is not worth one finger of Li Li, and he is really not a waste of fame.

"It's 300,000 taels of gold, which is my income for three years, and it's gone all of a sudden." Li Li didn't seem to feel the complexity of Li Mian's mood, and his teeth suddenly chattered! The ground bite, his fist slammed into the table, his eyes opened suddenly, revealing the red bloodshot inside, and he roared like a beast: "Say it! How do you want me to help you, I have the money, I also have the people! ”

Li Mian didn't expect the victory to come so easily, a lot of rhetoric he prepared was useless, he shook his head gently, took out a booklet from his arms, pushed it to Li Li, and said: "This is the signature of the ninety-seven clans, including me and the Queen Mother, we unanimously decided to replace the Tang Emperor immediately, and now there are three candidate lists, one is Li Chenghong, the king of Guangwu, one is Li Shen, the king of Xingyang County, and the other is Your Royal Highness." ”

"Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" Li Li's heart seemed to stop beating suddenly, this is a holy object he has dreamed of since he was a child, it may be a desire for power for others, but it has a very special meaning for Li Li.

Li Lidi's biological father was the first prince Li Ying of Xuanzong Li Long base, Kaiyuan was abolished in the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, and then killed, Li Li was passed on to his childless uncle Li Cong, after Li Ying's death, it was supposed to be the eldest son Li Cong to succeed the crown prince, but the third son Li Heng was killed by a different army and took away the crown prince, that is, the later Disuzong, so whether it was a biological father or an adoptive father, Li Li had two chances to ascend the throne, but fate played a cruel joke and pushed his young son to the throne, and then disappeared.

And now Li Mian suddenly proposed to make him the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, his eyes became blank, and after a long time, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked: "Li Chenghong and Li Shen are both very popular, why did they find me?" ”

"The prestige in the clan, the three of you are comparable, but Li Chenghong is seventy years old, I am worried that he will not be the emperor for a few years, and Li Shennian is not bad, but he is only the king of the county now, and he must first be promoted to the prince before he can ascend the throne, and it is too late to take the throne, so I can only consider Lord Luo."

"I'll do it!" An electric current rushed through Li Li's brain, his face was swollen red, and he struck his fist with both hands without hesitation and said, "I am willing to take over as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty." ”

He had been longing for this position for so long, so hungry that he didn't care what the consequences would be.

A hint of imperceptible pride flashed in Li Mian's eyes, he nodded solemnly, and said in a low voice: "Then we will make a decision, the location of the clan meeting is in Taimiao, and the time is the day after tomorrow."

Li Mian left, Li Li paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, although he had calmed down a little, but he did not regret agreeing to ascend the throne, of course Zhang Huan would be furious, it was a big deal to give him the power, he Li Li didn't want to work all day long on state affairs, what he wanted was just the false name of the emperor, what Zhang Huan wanted was power, what he wanted was fame, the two did not conflict, could Zhang Huan still kill the monarch for a useless emperor?

What he really cares about is the credibility of what Li Mian said about letting him ascend the throne, after all, Li Mian came very abruptly, and it was set the day after tomorrow, the time was very rushed, he was very worried that this was a conspiracy between Li Mian and Cui Xiaofu, and finally made him happy.

Li Li thought about it for a whole hour, it should be said that it is indeed the most suitable for him to ascend the throne, on the one hand, his bloodline is the purest, and he has the highest prestige in the clan, and he controls the Zongzheng Temple, if he wants to succeed to the throne in the Taimiao, he has to nod, in addition, his financial resources are also extremely strong, with 100,000 hectares of land in his hands, and 40,000 slaves, thinking about it, there is indeed no one more suitable for the new emperor.

Li Li was about to leave the room, he suddenly found that there was a letter in the place where Li Mian had sat just now, it seemed that Li Mian had inadvertently lost it, he picked it up curiously, and saw that the letter was written on the cover: His Royal Highness King Luo personally opened six words, Li Li unfolded the letter, but he was stunned for a moment, it was actually an apology letter written by Cui Xiaofu to him.

Li Li stood stunned for a long time, he smiled slowly, his heart finally relaxed, and he immediately ordered the guards: "Go and invite Mr. Huang immediately, hurry!" ”