On the first day of June in the ninth year of Wude, the Tang Dynasty received a message from the Turks to break through the border pass and attack the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty unanimously demanded that troops be sent to resist, and the crown prince Li Jiancheng proposed to let Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, lead troops to resist the Turkic invasion instead of Li Shimin, and asked to call Li Shimin's generals and elite soldiers from Li Shimin, intending to empty the military power in Li Shimin's hands. At this time, Emperor Li Yuan agreed, asked Li Shimin to hand over the generals in his hands, and then sent them to Li Yuanji to listen to orders.

As a result, faced with the loss of his generals and the elite troops directly under him, Li Shimin had to prepare to launch a mutiny, and then use violent means to seize power. And Li Shimin borrowed the news that had been investigated before, and reported to Emperor Li Yuan, saying that the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and Li Yuan's concubine Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin had an improper relationship between men and women. As a result, Emperor Li Yuan, who was put on a green hat by his son, was suddenly "furious", and then ordered Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji to hurry over to meet the emperor the next day, that is, on the fourth day of the sixth month, and explain all this clearly.

And Li Shimin also quickly gathered all his cronies and subordinates, and then immediately began to prepare to intercept Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji in Xuanwu Gate.

And Shi Bufan was also involved in this mutiny, and then followed Li Shimin into the Xuanwu Gate.

"King Qin, I've already done it, I got the key to the Xuanwu Gate from the female official of the Shang Palace Bureau, and I can already open the Xuanwu Gate! The lady fell in love with me at first sight, and whatever I said was what it was. Xuanwu Gate guard Chang He said.

Li Shimin immediately nodded and said, "Open the door, General Dugu is already here!" ”

Shi Bufan followed Li Shimin and them into the Xuanwu Gate, and then began to prepare and waited here, waiting for Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji to come over early the next morning. At this time, Dugu Kaiyuan, the general in charge of managing the palace guards, came over to meet Li Shimin.

"I've seen King Qin!" Dugu Kaiyuan said.

"General Dugu is exempt, General Dugu can help me, that is the greatest benefactor of King Gu!" Li Shimin said.

However, at this time, Shi Bufan took the initiative to step forward and said, "I've seen my father-in-law!" ”

Shi Bufan took the initiative to meet this Dugu Kaiyuan, because his future wife was the daughter of this Dugu Kaiyuan, and it was normal to call him father-in-law. And this is the first time I have met this father-in-law, and it is the first time I have met, hoping to leave a good impression on this Dugu Kaiyuan.

And Dugu Kaiyuan looked at Shi Bufan, but he only gave a faint "um" and didn't answer anything. However, Dugu Kaiyuan continued to discuss things with Li Shimin here, and Li Shimin seemed to be very satisfied, obviously holding the victory of this Xuanwumen coup. With the help of Dugu Kaiyuan, the general in charge of palace guards, what else can't be successful? As long as it can be successful, then everything can be solved very well. However, no one knew that at this time, Shi Bufan suddenly pulled out the knife of a soldier next to him, and suddenly put it on Dugu Kaiyuan's neck.

"Father-in-law, don't move, or I may lose my sword. I'm a literati and I don't have experience with knives, so it's more dangerous, so please don't move around. Shi Bufan said.

"What are you doing?" The people at the scene suddenly exclaimed.

The people at the scene didn't know what Shi Bufan was doing, he actually put a knife on his father-in-law's neck, which was incredible to everyone. And this situation shocked everyone, because they didn't know what was going on, why did the son-in-law put the knife on his father-in-law's neck when they met for the first time? Moreover, this Dugu Kaiyuan is the one who helped Li Shimin this time, it can be said that he is his own person, why did Shi Bufan suddenly put a knife on the neck of this Dugu Kaiyuan.

"Shi Bufan, what are you doing here?" Li Shimin immediately exclaimed.

Shi Bufan immediately said, "King Qin, don't you think that our coming in this time was too smooth?" ”

"It went too well?" Li Shimin suddenly muttered, and then suddenly had a burst of surprise, as if he really thought of something.

And Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui next to him also suddenly changed their faces, and obviously felt that there was a problem. Because this time the Xuanwu Gate came in too smoothly, it seems that it was simply smooth, and it was a little abnormal. As a person who has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, Li Shimin naturally knows that once the battle situation is too smooth, it may not be a good thing, and maybe he will fall into the trap of others. The same is true for Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, they obviously just realized that today's Xuanwumen mutiny seems to be too smooth, and it is not normal.

As a veteran of the battlefield, Li Shimin has realized that things are not good, because he already feels that something is wrong. It was so smooth, it was so smooth that Li Shimin felt frightened.

"What's the matter with you? Isn't it a good thing to go too well? Chang He, the guard of the Xuanwu Gate, still obviously didn't understand, and asked stupidly.

Li Shimin asked nervously: "Shi Bufan, what did you think of?" ”

"King Qin, if, I'm just if! If someone fornicated in your backyard, what would it do to do with your concubine? Do you go to catch the adulterer first, or do you interrogate your own woman first? Shi Bufan asked.

Li Shimin said with certainty: "The adulterer is far away, and his own woman can let her come over at any time to ask him." ”

"That's right, King Qin used the crown prince and King Qi to have an affair with the emperor's concubine, so the prince and King Qi came over this morning to explain clearly to the emperor. However, why didn't the emperor arrest the two concubines and come over for interrogation in advance? King Qin, I dare to say it, you definitely have eyeliner in the palace, have you received the news that Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin were arrested by the emperor for torture. Although the emperor asked the crown prince and the king of Qi to come over and explain clearly, since he was already suspicious, why didn't he arrest Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin, who were close to him, and interrogate them, and then find out the situation in advance? This doesn't make sense, does it? Shi Bufan asked.

"This ......" Li Shimin felt that it was obviously wrong, even if he caught the adulterer, he had to catch the woman next to him first, even if he had to ask in advance, but Li Shimin did not receive this news.

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also had wrong faces, which was obviously not in line with common sense.

"King Qin, besides, the key that Chang He, the guard of the Xuanwu Gate, got this time is too weird. He said he had something to do with that boss, but it was too smooth, right? It stands to reason that all palace keys are not just one, and they are controlled by different people, how did he get the keys so smoothly at one time? This doesn't make sense either. ”

"Also, since King Qin can install eyeliner in the palace, doesn't the emperor have eyeliner in this palace? Would he allow you to walk in with hundreds of soldiers so swaggering? Also, tens of thousands of Beimen Tun troops are so blind? Of course, they will not meddle in other matters, but only follow the orders of the emperor. But even if they didn't interfere, wouldn't they go back and report to the emperor that King Qin had brought people in? We're 800 people, not 800 ants, and someone of them will surely find us. If they find out about us, then even if they don't interfere, they will report to the emperor, will the emperor sit idly by? ”

Li Shimin's face darkened again, obviously sensing that there was something abnormal, because this was also unreasonable.

"Nonsense, with my help to conceal it, how can it be revealed to the emperor?" Dugu Kaiyuan asked.

However, Shi Bufan said again: "Father-in-law, the weirdest part of this plan is you!" Why do you want to support King Qin? Don't you feel that the price of your betrayal is too low? What benefits did the King of Qin promise to give you, and you actually want to betray the emperor? ”

"I promised General Dugu the title of Duke of the Kingdom and become the general of the Left Guard!" Li Shimin replied.

Shi Bufan said with certainty: "That's right, with my father-in-law's current identity as the general of the Left Guard, a general of the Left Guard and a prince of the country, not only the King of Qin can give him, but the emperor can also give it to him, why should he go to the King of Qin to ask for it?" The emperor is currently the orthodox son of heaven, and his relationship with the emperor is far closer than that with the king of Qin, why should he go far to find the king of Qin? Obviously, he is afraid that there is a problem, and the price of this betrayal is too low. ”

"Loyalty is questionable in this world, but the price of betrayal is not enough. But the price of the father-in-law's betrayal was obviously too low. Because of a general of the Left Guard and the title of Duke of the country, the emperor can still give it to him, there is no need for him to take such a big risk to do such a thing! Yes, father-in-law? Shi Bufan explained.

Dugu Kaiyuan suddenly seemed to have nothing to say and fell into silence. And Li Shimin and the others suddenly panicked, all this was too weird, and they didn't know what was going on for a while. In retrospect, it looks as if they have fallen into a trap. They were too smooth before, they got carried away, but now they seem to have somehow fallen into someone else's calculations, and they all feel terrible.

"King Qin, you had a very serious luck mentality before, so you didn't find it for a while, but now something is wrong!" Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan probably knows what Li Shimin and these subordinates think, they have a very serious luck mentality. In criminal psychology, these people want things to develop in the direction they want, which is against the law of development. And Li Shimin and they have already fallen into a fluke mentality in the face of the huge benefits of seizing the throne like this, as well as the glory and wealth in the future. hopes that things can develop according to their own ideas and go against the laws of development, so they are covered with a lot of eyes under the effect of this fluke mentality. So they suddenly woke up at this time, obviously feeling that something was wrong.

"How do you know?" Dugu Kaiyuan immediately asked.

Shi Bufan didn't explain, obviously disdained to explain. And Shi Bufan couldn't explain it at all, because he remembered the change in the power position of the lonely Kaiyuan in the Zhenguan era. During the Wude years, Dugu Kaiyuan's identity position was the general of the left guard, and he could become a general almost with a little effort, and even the dukedom of the country also ran.

If the erection of this Dugu Kaiyuan is really the one who helped Li Shimin at a critical time, then Dugu Kaiyuan is one of the biggest heroes! Li Shimin's later ministers all obtained the title of Duke of the Kingdom, but why did Dugu Kaiyuan, the biggest hero, die only as a county duke. The title of county duke is a title for those third-class meritorious heroes, Dugu Kaiyuan helped Li Shimin at a critical time, so why would Li Shimin treat him so badly?

According to the history mastered by Shi Bufan, Li Shimin is not a saint, but he is not an absolute bad person. He is still a qualified king and friend to his friends, but he is also a mortal, and he will take revenge on the other party when he encounters something angry. Wei Zheng gave him more than ten years of anger, and after Wei Zheng's death, he knocked down Wei Zheng's tombstones. It shows that Li Shimin is just a layman, who will get angry and angry. But he is still good to the heroes, at least the killing of the heroes did not happen.

Back then, all the latecomers won the title of Duke of the Kingdom, but Dugu Kaiyuan was a county duke until he died, and it was obviously a disadvantage. Even during the Wude period, Dugu Kaiyuan was still the general of the Left Guard. But at the beginning of the Zhenguan period, the positions he held were all empty barrel positions. What is the inspection of General Wu Houwei, the inspection of the school General Zuowei, the word "inspection school" is added to this official position, which means that it is just a false position. This is clearly a horizontal transfer, but there is no actual power.

Li Shimin is not the kind of person who treats heroes too badly, so if Dugu Kaiyuan really has made great contributions, then why is he treated so badly? Could it be that Dugu Kaiyuan is not a real hero at all, but has played a less glorious role?

"Maybe it was too lucky that Li Shimin's mutiny was successful in history, if it weren't for the fact that Li Jiancheng didn't lead too many people to Xuanwumen for some reason, he was beaten by Li Shimin with a time difference, and quickly entered the palace after eliminating Li Jiancheng. All this was beyond Li Yuan's plan, and as a result, Li Yuan was caught off guard, and then forced to abdicate. When Li Shimin knew the truth of the matter, he immediately became extremely angry, Dugu Kaiyuan, who should have been the first hero, was transferred to an idle position, and he couldn't even retire as a duke. Shi Bufan thought.

As a result, everyone now showed a look of horror, especially when everyone felt that they had fallen into a trap this time, which was really not fun. If he fell into the trap of Li Yuan, the emperor, this time he would really be finished, which made everyone fall into a look of despair.