When the soldiers entered, they symbolically turned around and came out.

They said that Huangfu Duan'er was indeed not there. Liu Ting saluted Huangfu Rui and said, "Excuse me, Lord Shangshu, the villain will leave." With that, he took the people away.

They walked along the main street, turned onto another street, and stopped.

Liu Ting said to the officer who led the team: "You change into civilian clothes, scatter near Shangshu Mansion and ambush, and take it immediately when you see Huangfu Duan'er."

Since the curfew was lifted in Chang'an City, there were many tourists at night, and it was not until the second half of the night that the streets really quieted down.

In the early hours of the morning, the back door of the Huangfu Rui Shangshu Mansion quietly opened, and a carriage drove out of it, escorted by several attendants, and headed north along the street. The direction they went to was Li Xiaogong's county palace.

Suddenly, from the entrance of the alley on the side of the street, a group of black-clothed people rushed out, armed with knives and guns, blocking the way of the carriage.

Immediately, the attendant next to him saw that someone was blocking the way, and raised his sword to go up and fight.

At this time, someone among the men in black said: "Stop, we are officers and soldiers." As he spoke, he showed his waist card, and it turned out that they were members of the palace guards. The retinue had no choice but to lay down their swords.

A man in black lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw the delicate little face of the emperor. cheered and said, "Captain, it's really Huangfu Duan'er." Then he invited the emperor out of the carriage.

Liu Ting walked out from behind the man in black, and he smiled: "Sure enough, it is not what His Royal Highness the King of Wei expected." Sure enough, you were hidden by them. You'd better come with us, or else your father will be held accountable for harboring. ”

Huangfu Duan'er was originally very frightened, but after hearing Liu Ting say this, her expression became even more nervous. She cried and said, "I'll go with you, please don't bother my family." ”

Liu Ting said: "It's good to say, His Royal Highness King Wei and we have no enmity with you, we are just acting according to orders, as long as you cooperate well, we will not pursue your family." ”

Huangfu Duan'er was brought into the palace. Huang Furui's family was in great pain.

Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not returned to Chang'an, Li Shimin is in retreat again, facing the tall palace walls of the palace, Li Xiaogong, Wei Zheng and others have no choice.

Li Xiaogong said to Li Dan: "Why hasn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come back yet?" You hurry up and send someone to the direction of Yangzhou to greet you, and if you can see His Royal Highness the Prince, please be sure to rush back to Chang'an immediately. ”

Tiemen Town, Xinzheng County.

Tiemen Town is located in the traffic artery, there were many business travelers in the past, and it is a relatively prosperous town, with a population of nearly 1,000 households.

On this day, a caravan came to the largest inn in the town, Tong'an Inn.

A woman dressed in black got out of the middle carriage, her face covered with a veil, also black. Then a breeze blew, and the veil curled, revealing her snow-white jaw.

In a luxurious room, the woman in black removed her veil and revealed a snow-white face, she was about in her early twenties, although her eyes were not very large, and they still had single eyelids, but her facial features were very delicate and looked quite beautiful.

The woman looked solemn, holding a brown bag in her hand, opened it, and placed one of the tablets inside on the table against the wall.

She stroked the tablet with both hands, looked at the handwriting on the tablet, and her eyes were full of tenderness. She carefully wiped the tablet.

At this time, a maid took the washing water and said, "Madam, wash your face." ”

The woman who was called Madame was named Tomokako Hakutori, and she was the woman in black who killed the envoys of the Tang Dynasty and Silla.

Tomokako Shiratori was born into a family of famous samurai on the island of Uno-Shikoku, her father and brother were famous swordsmen, and she also practiced excellent swordsmanship from an early age.

Just when the Goguryeo people attacked Kyushu Island, Shiratori Tomokako had just married Tanaka Moyun of Kyushu Island for less than three months. She and her husband are brother and sister, childhood sweethearts, and their relationship is excellent.

In the battle against the Goguryeo, her husband's family was killed. She went home to visit her family and escaped.

She vowed to avenge her husband, so she led people to kill the envoys of the Tang Dynasty.

Later, the entire Japanese archipelago was occupied by the Tang Dynasty, and she fled Shikoku Island with national hatred and family hatred, and went to the Tang Dynasty to seek revenge on the rulers of the Tang Dynasty.

She was on her way to Chang'an, passing through this place, and staying here temporarily.

At this moment, on the official road from Luoyang to Chang'an, Li Su, Du He, Li Zhi and others are galloping towards Chang'an. Behind them was a detachment of Flying Tiger officers and soldiers. The cavalry galloped by, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust.

It was getting late, and an officer of the Flying Tiger Army who was in charge of exploring the road in front came over and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the front is Tiemen Town, Xinzheng County. Further from Iron Gate Town. There is no place to stay for about 100 miles, is it in the town of Iron Gate? Please advise. ”

Li Zhi said: "Sixth brother, I'm a little tired, otherwise, I'll rest here for one night, and I'll go again tomorrow morning." ”

Li Su looked at Li Zhi, who was full of exhaustion, and said, "Okay, then let's rest here." ”

The entourage knew Li Su's habits, so they found two large families in the town and offered to stay overnight. Today is really evil, and these two families happen to be inconvenient at home.

Just when the entourage was about to find a third one, Li Su said: "Forget it, let's stay at the guest house today." So, they came to the Tong'an Inn.

For the sake of safety, after Li Su and the others entered the inn, they did not go out in the guest room. The rooms around them were also filled with soldiers.

After they finished their meal in the guest room, they played cards to kill time.

Li Zhi was worried about Li Shimin and asked, "Sixth brother, is the pill that my father took really poisonous?" Could he be in danger now? ”

Li Su said: "There will be no danger for the time being. The poison contained in the pill is not immediate, but it is only taken for a long time, and it accumulates to a certain extent over time, then it is irreversible.

Therefore, it is necessary to immediately stop my father from continuing to take the pill. ”

Li Zhi said: "The fourth brother is also true, how can he let people eat such things for his father?" ”

Li Su said: "Li Tai may not know the truth about this matter, otherwise he would not have done that." ”

Li Su's words are really reasonable.

Even the Taoist priests don't know the toxicity of the pill, and they have a misconception that the more valuable the material for refining the pill, the better. Therefore, they not only use precious herbs such as ginseng and deer antler velvet, but also add heavy metals such as gold powder, silver powder, and mercury to them.

After such an elixir is practiced, people can indeed feel excited when they eat it, and because the content of heavy metals is not very large, its toxicity cannot be shown for a while.

At this time, Li Su didn't know that the Qinggu Dao people had also smeared something more lethal on the pill.