Chapter 658: Changing Storm and Clouds (5)
After Zhao Ziliang and Chen Xuanli came out of the post station, they immediately began to hand over the defense issues, and the security of the emperor and Yang Guifei and others was taken over by the Beiting Army, and the perimeter guard was taken over by the forbidden army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
The handover work was very smooth, Zhao Ziliang ordered the soldiers of Beiting to take out a day's dry food and collect it and send someone to Chen Xuanli to send it over, and the soldiers of the forbidden army were quiet after filling their stomachs.
In the post station, Yang Yuhuan said to Xuanzong a little tiredly: "San Lang, aren't you still sleeping?" The concubine wants to rest! ”
Xuanzong said to Yang Yuhuan: "I still have some things to deal with, you can rest first, I will come later!" ”
Yang Yuhuan was puzzled: "What else is the matter with San Lang?" ”
Xuanzong stood up and said coldly: "I still want to see my good son and grandson!" ”
The three of the crown prince Li Heng and his son have been in panic in their respective rooms, because of the direct blood of the royal family, their identities are different from others, so each of them has a separate room, after the plan failed and was exposed, they almost felt that the end was coming, which made them feel that they were afraid that they would only wait for someone to wait for themselves next either a glass of poisoned wine or a white ling.
The crown prince Li Heng sat on the chair with a pale face, his eyes were almost out of focus, Li Fuguo was standing next to him and there were no masters of the six gods, Li Yu couldn't help but persuade when he saw this: "His Royal Highness the prince can't mess with himself, although today's matter is dangerous, but the emperor did not deal with His Highness on the spot, it means that His Highness has not completely lost hope!" ”
Li Heng barely cheered up and asked, "What do you mean by this, sir?" ”
Li Mi analyzed: "Your Majesty may not be able to bear to deal with His Highness on the spot, after all, you are father and son, and you have a deep affection for licking calves!" It is also possible that His Majesty has other plans or ideas, no matter what, Your Highness cannot give up hope now, and must brace yourself to face the next storm and situation! It is assumed that Your Majesty will be summoned tonight or tomorrow, and it is likely that you will be summoned on these days······"
With a "clang", the door was pushed open, and a little eunuch ran in in horror and crawled in to report: "His Royal Highness the Prince, it's not good, King Jianning drew his sword and killed himself!" ”
Li Heng stood up suddenly in shock, and then his face suddenly turned pale, and his body fell on the chair, Li Mi and Li Fuguo suddenly panicked and shouted: "Your Highness, Your Highness!" ”
Li Heng finally woke up from the fainting, saw Li Mi and Li Fuguo looking at him with concern, and asked weakly, "How long have I been in a coma?" ”
Li Fuguo hurriedly said: "About two teas!" ”
"Help me up!" Li Heng struggled to get up, but he felt that his whole body was weak, and finally got up from the bed with the help of Li Fuguo, and several people came to King Jianning's room.
The corpse of King Jianning was lying on the ground, a pool of blood flowed from his neck, and he was still holding a sword in his right hand, and there were blood stains on the blade of the sword, and a small eunuch and a palace maid were kneeling on the ground and crying, and Li Yu, the king of Guangping, was also wiping tears on the side.
"My son, why are you so stupid!" Li Heng couldn't hold back anymore when he saw the corpse of King Jianning, and pounced on him and cried bitterly.
"What's going on?" A shrill voice came from the doorway.
The few people who were crying in the room suddenly turned their heads while crying, but the people who came in were Gao Lishi, two eunuchs, and four Beiting soldiers with swords and armor.
"This ······" Gao Lishi saw the corpse of King Jianning lying on the ground, a pool of blood flowing from his neck, and the sword in his hand, and he still didn't understand what was going on.
Li Heng really didn't know how to explain this matter to Gao Lishi, but Li Yu reacted quickly and saluted Gao Lishi: "King Jianning is young and ignorant, he bumped into His Majesty before, and he is well versed in remorse, but I didn't expect him to ······ just now when people didn't pay attention."
Colliers sighed, "Hey······ His Royal Highness the Prince, let the mourning be smooth! By the way, Your Majesty has a decree to pass on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the two princes to meet you! ”
Hearing this, Li Heng couldn't help crying, he knew that the time had come to decide the final fate of his father and son, wiped a handful of tears, got up from the corpse of King Jianning, and bowed deeply to Gao Lishi: "Obey the order!" ”
Li Heng and Li Yu followed Gao Lishi and others to the door of the room where Xuanzong was, and after being blocked by the two armor soldiers at the door, they searched their whole bodies up and down, and the swords on their bodies were taken away before they were allowed to enter.
After the door opened, Li Heng and his son saw Xuanzong sitting opposite, his cold face flashed in his eyes when he looked at them, and the father and son suddenly felt a chill rushing from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads.
"Erchen (grandson) knocks to see his father (imperial grandfather)" The father and son knelt down to worship.
Xuanzong said expressionlessly: "What about King Jianning? ”
Gao Lishi stepped forward and whispered in Xuanzong's ear: "King Jianning has cut himself!" ”
Xuanzong's face froze when he heard this, and then he sneered again and again: "It's good to die, it's good to die!" Useless things, living still harms others and yourself, it's better to die! The crown prince and the king of Guangning, since the king of Jianning knows that he has broken himself, why don't you break himself? Do you still have the face to come to see me, the emperor, the emperor's grandfather? ”
Li Heng and Li Yu's father and son trembled, and Li Heng kowtowed again and again: "The son is not filial, the son deserves ten thousand deaths, and the most deserving death!" ”
Xuanzong stood up and roared: "Hmph, you really deserve death, I have given you father and son enough things, and you are not satisfied!" I'm seventy years old this year, how many years do I have to live? When I die, this throne and the Tang Dynasty are not you, the crown prince, are you father and son so impatient? You have to snatch it from me to enjoy it, right? ”
The emperor's words were all said to this, almost to the point, the prince knew that no matter how much he defended himself, he would be pale and powerless, so he could only kowtow again and again, and the bleeding on his forehead did not stop, and he kept saying: "The son should die, the son should die······"
Xuanzong roared for a while, as if he was old and a little tired, he closed his eyes and said slowly: "In this world, only children are unfilial to their parents, and no parents are sorry for their children!" Don't do it, you prince, go back with your son and think about it behind closed doors, and you are not allowed to see anyone without my permission! ”
Li Heng and Li Yu, father and son, were imprisoned, although they were not given death directly, but it was better to be imprisoned than to be given death directly, this kind of taste is not something that any superior can bear, Li Heng and his son were protected and left in despair.
No one guessed Xuanzong's thoughts, everyone thought that since Xuanzong did not deal with the prince's father and son on the spot, then he would definitely take over the matter, but he didn't expect Xuanzong to confine the father and son, what does this mean? You must know that the emperor is already old, and he is in his seventies, and if he forgets about this father and son without paying attention, then won't this father and son be imprisoned to death? No one knows what Xuanzong thinks.
In the early morning of 15 June, the first thing Zhao Ziliang did when he woke up from the camp tent outside Ma Weiyi was to quickly send detectives to Xianyang and Chang'an to investigate the situation and see if Chang'an and the surrounding counties and towns were still under the control of the imperial court.
After eating dry food for breakfast, Zhao Ziliang asked Chen Xuanli to discuss the issue of arranging defense and discussing the emperor's whereabouts, but this issue was obviously not something they could decide now, and they had to ask the emperor what he thought.
Xuanzong was obviously also thinking about this issue, and as soon as the two of them had finished deploying their own defenses, Gao Lishi sent the eunuch Xuan and the two of them into the post station to meet the emperor.
Zhao Ziliang walked to the door of the post station, and saw his son Zhao Ting standing at the door with Fang Tian's halberd waiting, Zhao Ziliang asked, "How was the situation after my father left last night?" The Holy Driver hasn't been disturbed anymore, has it? ”
Zhao Ting said: "No! After his father left last night, the saint summoned the prince, father and son, but before the eunuch made the decree, King Jianning drew his sword and killed himself! After the saint met the crown prince and the king of Quang Ninh, the father and son were imprisoned! ”
"Oh?" Xuanzong's handling of this made Zhao Ziliang quite surprised, and he couldn't figure out what the emperor's plan was for a while.
Zhao Ziliang was about to go to the post station, Chen Xuanli's voice came from far behind, the two immediately entered the post station together, and soon arrived at the lobby in the post station, the emperor took the post station lobby as a place to summon the ministers and generals, at this time there were already many accompanying ministers standing in the lobby.
"Minister Zhao Ziliang (Chen Xuanli) See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live!"
Xuanzong's spirit was much better than last night, and he raised his hand with a smile on his face and said, "No courtesy!" Since the two Aiqing are here, let's start the discussion! ”
"Your Majesty Xie" The two got up and retreated to the ranks of military generals, where the two of them were the tallest among the generals, so the two stood at the front.
Xuanzong said: "The news from the front the day before yesterday that the rebels have left Tongguan to attack in the direction of Chang'an. It has been a day since I and the hundred officials arrived at Ma Weiyi, and it is not clear what the situation in Chang'an is now, but I am afraid that the traitors are not far from Chang'an, and whether I will go or stay in the palace? If you want to leave, where are you going? What do you think? ”
Prime Minister Fang Xuan stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the palace should be withdrawn to Lingzhou, now the northern desert Hu people are weak, Lingzhou has almost no threat from the north, and there are Yellow River natural dangers in the west and north, and there is Longyou Hexi as a barrier in the southwest, most of the east of the river has been controlled in my hands, Lingzhou is not too far from the place occupied by the traitors, and His Majesty's will can be conveyed unimpeded at any time!" ”
After hearing this, Xuanzong shouted: "Come on, where do you get the map!" ”
No one answered, and Gao Lishi stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, we came out in a hurry, and we didn't bring a map!" ”
Zhao Ziliang came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, there is a picture of the Tang Dynasty in the military tent of Weichen, and Weichen can order someone to get it!" ”
Xuanzong agreed: "Quasi! (To be continued.) )