King Liang walked through the crowd, then turned around and bowed deeply to the crowd. With tears in his eyes, he didn't dare to say anything more, turned around and got into the carriage and left.

With tears on his face, an official arched his hand and said, "Congratulations to Your Highness." ”

His "Congratulations to His Highness" resonated with people.

"Congratulations to Your Highness!" The crowd of 100,000 roared like thunder, resounding through the sky.

Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin's study.

Li Shimin, the eldest grandson Wuji, Cen Wenwen and Wei Zheng were deliberating.

When he finished talking about one thing and took a break in the middle, the eldest grandson Wuji said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Liang set off in the morning, and the officials of all ministries asked for leave to see him off, the military generals also went, and the people went to see him off, and there were no less than 100,000 people who went to see him off.

It seems that the prestige of His Royal Highness King Liang is very high, and it is about to catch up with the prestige of the emperor when he was the king of Qin. The blue is out of the blue, which is gratifying. ”

Wei Zheng and the others all heard the meaning - this was to remind the emperor that King Liang's current situation was similar to that of King Qin, and it should arouse the emperor's vigilance.

"The eldest grandson Wuji is really ruthless." Wei Zheng and the others looked at the emperor with worried faces to see how he reacted.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "My son of the three evils, hey, no one has mentioned the word three evils for a long time." Do you remember when I asked him to kneel and fainted? ”

Li Shimin's words couldn't see any of his thoughts, and even the eldest grandson Wuji couldn't figure it out.

Next, we moved on to other things.

After everyone dispersed, Cen Wenwen showed Li Shimin the record of today's meeting. He said, "Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask you a question?" ”

Li Shimin put down the notepad in his hand and said, "Say it." ”

Cen Wenwen said: "Your Majesty, the minister used to be the master of the king of Chuzhou County (Li Ke), and he knows his character very well, saying that he embezzled disaster relief funds, do you really believe it?" ”

Li Shimin looked into Cen Wenwen's eyes and asked, "Why didn't you ask this sentence at that time?" And why ask now? ”

Cen Wenwen didn't answer the previous question, he said: "The minister has a bad feeling, His Royal Highness King Liang goes out of Beijing, and it will also be the fate of the King of Chuzhou." ”

Li Shimin said undeniably: "Text, do you have any other questions?" If not, let's get busy. ”

Cen Wenwen shook his head, picked up the notepad, and bowed and retreated.

As soon as Cen Wenwen left, Wei asked for an audience.

Li Shimin asked, "Wei Zheng, do you have anything to do?" ”

Wei Zheng was a little excited, he said: "Your Majesty, the words of the eldest grandson, it is inappropriate to compare the rule of Zhenguan today to the Wude period of the year."

The minister turned out to be the staff of Prince Yin, and it was the emperor who gave the minister a second life. The minister does not hide from the emperor, and the minister has a good impression of His Royal Highness King Liang. His Royal Highness King Liang did not give a penny to his ministers, nor did he make a wish to his ministers. But the minister thought about saying a few words for His Royal Highness King Liang.

It is inconvenient for the minister to comment on other matters, but His Royal Highness King Liang is by no means a ruthless and dirty person. He had never plotted against any of his courtiers, and he had not killed so many former enemies in the grasslands and the Western Regions, and they were all well united.

Regarding the matter of Tuyuhun, the Nuo Hao Khan, who originally attacked the Tang Dynasty from time to time, has now surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the result of this incident has made the ministers deeply impressed. It shows the mind of His Royal Highness King Liang.

The minister doesn't know what to say, in short, please don't misunderstand His Royal Highness King Liang. ”

Wei Zheng wanted to say that King Liang had no ambitions, but this was too straightforward to say! He really didn't know what to say.

Li Shimin said: "Okay, Wei Zheng, I understand what you mean, you go and get busy." ”

In the following days, it was very strange in the court. It is said that Li Ke has fallen, and King Liang has also left Chang'an, and now is a good time to compete for the position of prince. But Li Tai, the king of Wei, did not move, and the eldest grandson Wuji did not move.

Li Tai and the eldest grandson Wuji both knew that if the matter of establishing the crown prince was proposed now, they would definitely not be able to compete with King Liang, and there were too many people who supported King Liang.

They all seem to be waiting for something.

Half a month later, King Liang's convoy entered Longyou Road. Yang Kang shouted: "There is a big earthquake pass (Zhangjiachuan, Gansu) ahead, the road is difficult to travel, everyone be careful." ”

The mountain road here is rugged, with strange rocks on both sides of the road, and sparse shrubs growing, making it a good terrain for ambushes. The officers and men drew their bows and arrows, clenched their swords and guns, and were ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

This is in the territory of Datang, why are they so careful?

It turned out that before that, they had already encountered two assassinations and an ambush. They can't help but be careless.

On this expedition, Du He had just gotten married, and as a colt, it was inconvenient for him to travel far, so Du He did not follow. Wei Chi Baoqi took marriage leave because of Du He, and he presided over the Flying Tiger Army, but he did not follow.

The men and horses escorting King Liang were the two squadrons of the Flying Tiger Army, plus King Liang's guards, and the armed police of various states along the way alternately escorted, and the strength remained at more than 600 people, and Yang Kang was the commander-in-chief.

Yang Kang rode on a horse, holding a telescope, and observed both sides of the road as he walked, and suddenly, he saw a figure flickering behind the bushes on the left side of the front, and he shouted: "There is an ambush!" ”

Before the words fell, a burst of arrows came, Yang Kang hurriedly waved his knife to block, two arrows hit him in the shoulder and chest, he screamed, and almost fell off the horse.

Yang Kang wore the bulletproof vest given to him by King Liang, which effectively prevented the penetration of the arrows, but the impact of the arrows also made him choke enough.

Because this is not the first time that King Liang has been attacked, the officers and soldiers have already taken precautions, and they are wearing heavy armor one by one, and the enemy's bows and arrows have not caused many casualties.

After a few waves of arrow rain, hundreds of ambush soldiers rushed down the slope, judging from the dress, there were quite a few Tibetans. Ignoring the bows and arrows of the Tang army, they rushed directly towards King Liang's carriage.

King Liang's guards were all selected from among the veterans who had experienced the war again and again, and the officers and soldiers of the two Flying Tiger Army squadrons were absolutely elite.

There was no suspense in the battle, the Tibetans had not yet rushed to the official road, and a third had already been shot dead, and after the melee battle, in less than 20 minutes, most of the Tibetans were killed, and the rest fled into the distance.

Yang Kang came to the carriage and said, "Lord Wang, it's okay, the enemy has been repulsed." ”

A deep voice came from the carriage: "Well, got it." ”

Yang Kang shouted, "Keep going." The convoy moved on.

The convoy walked a few more miles, and the road ahead was flat and the field of vision was wide, and the enemy could not set up an ambush in this kind of terrain, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, a group of Tang troops came in front, and it was the defenders of the Great Earthquake Pass who came to respond.

The captain of the armed police brigade escorting King Liang stepped forward to contact. He didn't see the other party's senior officer, and asked, "What about your Captain Li?" ”

A young officer said: "He's behind, right away." ”

At this time, it was already very close to the Great Earthquake Pass, and the ambush battle had just been experienced, so the captain of the armed police brigade was not alert and led the way in front. The convoy continued on its way.

The Tang troops who came to meet them lined up on both sides of the road, escorting the convoy to march. Just as King Liang's carriage was marching to the middle of the queue, the men and horses on both sides of the road suddenly attacked.

The attack was too sudden and too close. In an instant, several of the guards next to the carriage were cut to the ground. King Liang's carriage was surrounded by hundreds of enemies.

The Tang army escorting King Liang was caught off guard, although they were numerous, they couldn't be rescued!