After returning from Qixia Mountain, Li Jingda, the king of Qi, finally died of excessive blood loss in the middle of the road, Li Yu ordered the soldiers of the forbidden army to open the road left and right, notified all the provinces and departments, and prepared to mourn the king of Qi for three days, and ordered the officials of the criminal department and Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate the assassins.

Li Congqing, the son of Li Jingda, is not yet 20 years old this year, quite literate, smart and clever, and Li Yu is also a cousin.

After Li Jingda's death, the coffin has been parked in the lobby of King Qi's mansion, and the lobby has also been temporarily arranged as a mourning hall. Li Congqing burned paper in front of his deceased father's coffin that day, and he only knew that his father was still enjoying the autumn leaves in Qixia Mountain yesterday, and today he was lying in the cold coffin and passed away.

In the mourning hall, there were pieces of paper and sacrifices, and a lot of white candles were burned, and there was a lot of smoke and fire. Tang lord Li Yu's expression was gloomy, and his tears were so choked by the smoke that tears flowed, Li Congshan, the king of Zheng, also stood closely behind Li Yu, and the rest of the civil and military ministers also stood sideways, one by one stepped forward to comfort the dead and comfort the families of the deceased. Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, also stood on the right side of the coffin as a mourner, observing everything in front of the coffin.

Li Congqing got up from the ground after burning the paper, his legs were numb from his knees, he got up, and then bowed down to Li Yu and said, "Your Majesty, you must avenge your father and find out the assassin!" ”

After Li Congqing finished speaking, he looked back at the coffin in the hall.

Seeing this, Li Yu comforted: "Cousin, please mourn and change, Uncle Qi Wang has been handsome all his life, leading the troops to battle, but now he was assassinated by the assassin, it is really a big regret of my Tang Kingdom, I swear that I will find the assassin and comfort the dead in front of Uncle Qi's coffin." ”

After Li Yu finished speaking, he wiped away the smoked tears, but in the distance opposite, Zhao Dezhao said with contempt: Although you didn't kill the person, this hypocrisy is actually the tears of a crocodile.

Li Congqing thought of this, and an inexplicable sadness filled his chest, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his chest, spraying Li Yu's body.

Li Yu's disgusted expression flashed, but when he saw that Li Congqing had fainted to the ground, he immediately stepped forward to support him, instructed the servants to help him go to the room to rest, and ordered the imperial doctor to take care of him.

Soon after, after Li Yu and others worshipped, they returned to the palace, and Zhao Dezhao also returned to the protocol, and then wrote a letter to Kaifeng.

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In the room, Li Congqing closed his eyes tightly and lay motionless on the bed.

"Imperial Doctor, this disease of my family?" General Wang asked.

"The son of the world is in a hurry, and he is overly sad, and he will be fine after a period of rest." The doctor prescribed the medicine and then withdrew.

Soon after, Li Congqing woke up leisurely.

When General Wang saw that Li Congqing had just woken up, he said: "Don't be sad, the prince of Qi has passed away, and the old man feels heartache when he thinks of this." ”

"My father is dead, and Uncle Wang is also mourning."

"The old man and the king of Qi have known each other in the army for more than ten years, and the friendship between the robe and Ze is deep, and the old man will always remember this friendship, but he ......" General Wang suddenly felt that there was a conspiracy behind all this, and he was just carefully observing in front of the coffin, and at this moment he said again, "The old man doesn't know if there is a sentence to say or not?" ”

Li Congqing saw that General Wang was choking on his words cautiously, and he was puzzled: "Uncle Wang, you have eight friendships with your ancestor, what else can you say that you can't say in front of your juniors?" ”

"Then the old man said." Wang Shenling said eloquently, "Today, King Qi passed away, the more the old man feels that this matter is strange, I don't know what the son thinks?" ”

"Uncle Wang, please know everything, say everything, and my nephew won't blame me if I say it wrong."

This veteran general also fought side by side with Li Jingda in the early years, and naturally he had a deep friendship with Li Congqing, and at this moment he talked about the past to Li Congqing, and when he thought of the past, he suddenly felt his heart boiling, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

As early as Li Sheng's time, Li Sheng planned to pass on the throne to his fourth son Li Jingda, but later, Li Sheng died suddenly after drug poisoning, and Li Jing ascended the throne. At the time of Li Jing, he made an oath before the coffin of the former emperor that his brother would pass the throne to his younger brother Li Jingsui. After that, Li Jing took his younger brother Li Jingsui as the emperor's younger brother, his younger brother Li Jingda as the king of Qi, and his son Li Hongji as the king of Yan.

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Hongji's prestige in the army far exceeded that of his uncle Li Jingsui. Li Hongji and Li Jingsui broke out in a dispute over the crown prince, and Li Jingsui shirked the position of crown prince and was renamed King of Jin. Li Jing made his son, Li Hongji, the king of Yan, the crown prince. After Li Hongji entered the East Palace, he was afraid of losing the position of prince, so he poisoned his uncle Li Jingsui, and Li Jing abolished his position as prince because of his mutilation of his uncle, and Li Hongji died of fright......

Now that his father Li Jingda was stabbed to death, I don't know who did it, but Li Congqing thinks that the door is quite deep, and it is not so simple, and he also has such a little doubt about Li Yu, after all, his father is meddling in military affairs, and the Tang army only knows Li Jingda, but not Li Yu. So will Li Yu ...... But the death of his late father really made Li Yu breathe a sigh of relief, and the words that comforted him in front of his father's coffin suddenly became a fake gesture.

"This ......" Li Congqing had some doubts in his heart, but it was all based on General Wang's words, and it was really not good to doubt the other party so much, but General Wang's words today also planted the seeds of hatred in Li Congqing's heart, this Li Tang's throne originally belonged to my father, and this Li Tang's country was also tossed by this Li Jing, Li Yu's father and son, and it was full of holes and precarious.

General Wang reminded: "The prince, the old man said this, but the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, the prince needs to be careful today, and don't be confused by the fake face of the lord." ”

Li Congqing thought for a long time, there is indeed no family affection in the emperor's house, he frowned, and thought about Li Yu's performance in the mourning hall today, although the behavior is generous, but how can it be said that there is no personal grudge in it, Li Jing, Li Yu and his son are not a little wary of their father and son, and now that his father who is in charge of the military has died, all this should also be Li Yu's heart.

Li Congqing instructed: "Uncle Wang, don't spread what you say today, otherwise the consequences are not what you and I expected." ”

"The old man understands!" General Wang immediately nagged a little, and then bowed goodbye.

After Wang Counselor left, Li Congqing thought for a long time in the room, and he suddenly looked up, but saw that the spider silk on the beam of the room was also tightly entangled, and a flying insect was falling into the web laid by the spider.

Li Congqing smiled.

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Late at night, in Jinling City, in the area of the general store in the south of the city, in an ordinary house, a Qinhuai River flows through the alley, the blue waves outside the window are rippling, and the trees are also sparse.

The candle flame in the room was not bright, only the size of a bean, and behind a small door in the secret room of the room, two people stood behind the door and stood looking at each other.

One is in a brocade robe, and the other is tall and mighty, and the tall and mighty person is Ouyang Yuntian, who escaped that day.

The two stood for a long time, and the look of the man in the brocade robe has always been cold, at this moment, the man in the brocade robe looked at Ouyang Yuntian in front of him, and asked: "Leader Ouyang, you are not doing well this time, so many people can't deal with a milky child, this trip has already lost a lot of people to the lord, do you really think that the lord will not scold, the lord has worked hard to arrange so many people in Jinling City, and there is no return." ”

The brocade-robed man glared at Ouyang Yuntian.

Ouyang Yuntian saw the man in the brocade robe, and arched his hand: "It's all Yuntian's incompetence, you must know that Zhao Dezhao has such a powerful person around him, and he won't act so recklessly, that night I waited for twelve people to assassinate Zhao Dezhao, but the other party attacked with the strength of four people, and the opposite side was one enemy and three, which was really terrifying." In the past few days, his subordinates have been sending people to secretly check Zhao Dezhao's strength, but there have been no other discoveries, and I don't know how powerful the forces behind this Zhao Dezhao are? Ouyang Yuntian said in the end, he had already lowered his arrogant head.

The brocade-robed man said coldly: "Ouyang Yuntian, you must find out the hidden forces behind Zhao Dezhao at any cost this time, otherwise he will definitely become a stumbling block for the lord in the future." ”

"Yes, a milky kid is so powerful, it's underestimated by his subordinates, but I also ask the commander to give me some people." Ouyang Yuntian thought of the failure of the assassination that night, he was very unhappy, with Ouyang Yuntian's strength it was easy to kill someone, but he underestimated Zhao Dezhao's strength, and he had been in a stalemate with him for a long time, but he did not hurt him in the slightest, which also made him amazed.

"Of course, there are people, but don't be reckless this time. This time, the lord sent an elite ghost to you, hoping that you will not disappoint the lord. There is also Li Jingda, the king of Zheng of the Tang Kingdom, who has just died, this man has a son, and it is said that he also has an elite assassin in his hands, you might as well approach this person and try to tempt him with the throne, hehe...... There are past grievances between Li Jingda and Li Jing's father and son. ”

Ouyang Yuntian arched his hand and said, "Yes, my subordinates obey orders." ”

The brocade-robed man looked up and saw that the spider in the secret room was staying near the spider's web, and the web was vertical, but the spider allowed the flying insect to escape.

When the brocade-robed man saw this, he laughed.

After leaving the secret room, the brocade-robed man looked left and right, and disappeared into the bustling crowd by taking advantage of the night.

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The natural conditions in the south of the Yangtze River are excellent, and the people of Wufu are abundant, but they are also comfortable and luxurious. When the moon shadow star appeared, the Qinhuai River was still lively, flowers and boats came and went, and everywhere was the sound of silk and bamboo singing, or the toast was sung, and there was no sadness at all. Even if the fourteen states of Jiangbei have all been lost, and the entire Tang Kingdom has actually been in crisis, the city of Jinling is still singing and dancing.

In the protocol courtyard, Zhao Dezhao sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, observing the changes in Jinling City, Chenyuan They have also launched a carpet investigation, I believe that there will be news of the assassin soon, and he now thinks about it, he has been in this Jinling City for more than half a month, and he doesn't know what is going on in other places, looking at the sky, it seems to be ......

Zhao Dezhao raised his head and saw that the spider web on the corner of the eaves was perpendicular to the ground, and the spider seemed to be closing the web.

"It seems that it is going to rain in this Jinling City."

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