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The two armies that broke through for help were all wiped out, and when Li Yuan learned about this, his face didn't even change, and he didn't know what happened to the emperor today, so he didn't have any anger at all. He just ordered the military department Shangshu to double the bereavement pension with an expression, whether it was those who fled back and were shot to death by Zhang Gongjin's order, or those who surrendered to the Yanyun army, they were all judged as war deaths, and the bereavement pensions must be sent to the homes of those soldiers within two days.

After the order, he got up and walked out of the imperial study, walked out of the Taiji Palace all the way, went out of the Xuanwu Gate and directly boarded the gate of the West Inner Garden, and Liu Hongji, who had not been down the city wall for three or four days, hurriedly came to greet him. Li Yuan was obviously stunned when he saw Liu Hongji, whose hair was messy and his clothes were dirty, and then patted Liu Hongji's shoulder and walked to the edge of the city wall.

He looked at the endless tents of the Yan Yun Army outside the city, and was silent for a long time without speaking.

Liu Hongji didn't know what the emperor meant, and he just stood aside and said nothing. I don't know how long it took, Li Yuan let out a long breath of turbidity, glanced back at Liu Hongji and asked, "Hongji, if you want to come and see, when will Li Xian start attacking the city?" ”

"It won't be long, the minister speculated, within three or five days."

Liu Hongji thought for a while and replied.

"yes......"

Li Yuan said with some emotion: "He always has to endure it for a few days, and he has to make a show to the people in the city, to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and even to the subjects of the world...... He came to the side of the Qing monarch, not to rebel and seize the throne. He made a condition, knowing that I would not agree, but he still had to wait a few days, because he wanted to show that he was famous. ”

"I heard ......"

Li Yuan paused for a moment and continued: "There is a very powerful firearm in the Yanyun army, which can kill dozens of people in an instant if it is thrown into the crowd, and if it is thrown in front of the city gate, even the heavy city gate will not be able to stop it from burning several times. I haven't seen it, Hongji...... Have you seen it? ”

"I haven't seen it either."

Liu Hongji replied truthfully.

"I don't know what kind of thing it is, and who came up with this anti-heaven method."

"It is said that Li Xian came up with it himself."

Hearing this answer, Li Yuan was obviously stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I have twenty-three sons. ”

Before he could say the next words, Liu Hongji's heart was already trembling. The Emperor said that he had twenty-three sons, but everyone knew that His Majesty the Emperor had only twenty-two sons.

"Your Majesty!"

He tried to stop the emperor from talking any more, but Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "There are no outsiders here, Hongji, when you went to Huaiyuan Town, Liaoxi to take refuge in me, I treated you as my own family. You have an excellent relationship with Jiancheng, and even Ning'er treats you as a big brother. I just said this to you today, even Pei Lin Liu Zhenghui didn't have a chance to hear me nag about this. ”

He looked at the Yanyun Army company camp outside and continued: "I have twenty-three sons and four sons-in-law. ”

After saying this, he paused, leaving Liu Hongji some time to react. Liu Hongji is not stupid, and he is even much smarter than ordinary people. When the emperor said this, he immediately reacted, and immediately understood the meaning of the words. His face turned pale in an instant, his hands couldn't help but tremble violently, and his eyes were full of incredulity.

"King Yan...... Yanwang ...... No? ”

Liu Hongji subconsciously asked, his voice trembling.

He didn't know how he had asked this, and for a moment he felt a chill on his back.

"He's not."

The emperor nodded, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was particularly bitter: "At this point, I wish he were!" I have twenty-three sons, and the eldest son is old and serious, and since more than ten years ago, all the affairs in the house have been handed over to him to handle, and everything can be done very carefully and smoothly. I asked him to lead the troops again, and although he was a little young in battle, he was still satisfied. I deliberately cultivated him so that he could inherit my family business. ”

"The second son, Shimin, grew up alone in the old house in Longxi since he was a child, although he was negligent in discipline, he was okay with knowledge and martial arts, and he was a self-disciplined person. But now I understand that this self-discipline is just a symptom, he will inevitably become rude after living alone for a long time, and he wants to grab what he wants but can't get, and tries his best to grab it, in fact, this temperament ...... It's very suitable to be an emperor. ”

"The third son Xuanba has been sick since he was a child, and the queen has been begging for Buddha for many years, and the Buddha has not favored him, and his body has only improved a little, thinking that when the disaster passed, he finally fell off the horse and died."

"Old Siyuanji's temperament is wilder than the people of the world, I remember that when he was young in Huaiyuan Town, Liaoxi, he had such bastard words in his mouth that people should be killed if they were not used by me, and I asked him angrily where he learned these words, and he also said that he came from the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. He has such a temperament and is not only self-disciplined, I said that sooner or later he will suffer a loss on this, but I didn't expect to suffer such a big loss, and even lose my life......"

Li Yuan said in a calm tone: "But speaking of which, the four of them are not as good as Li Xian. If Li Xian is also ...... I had really thought about passing the throne to him. But the first time I saw him, I knew he wasn't...... The people in the old mansion in Longxi are all dead, and the news from the criminal department says that they were killed by Liu Wuzhou's remnants, think about it now...... It was expected that Li Xian did it, and I think he knew that he was not before he entered Chang'an City. So after entering the city, all his performances were acting. ”

Whether it was Liu Hongji or the emperor, the two of them did not name Li Xian from beginning to end.

But this is not it, which shocked Liu Hongji beyond measure.

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"I regret the wrong thing I did back then, but since I have done it, it is useless to regret it. When I first learned that Li Xian was the child I lost back then, I was really happy in my heart. told the queen that she was crying happily, and her illness was a little better. I have been looking forward to his return, and the queen has been looking forward to his return, and when I finally look forward to coming back, I realize that all this is just a speechless joke! ”

"Xuanba, Yuanji, and Jiancheng left me one after another, and I, the white-haired man, actually sent away three black-haired people one after another. There is only one people left, and there is still a great fault. I really thought at that time, if there was no one among the completed heirs who was suitable to take over this burden, I would give him the throne! ”

"So I summoned him back to Chang'an City, I really wanted to see him. When I saw it, my heart was cold. He's not...... He's not ......"

Li Yuan laughed a little nervously, revealing endless desolation and sorrow.

"I know how the queen died, she has long been terminally ill, and I only hope that before she dies, she will have the opportunity to see her own flesh and blood again. I wanted to satisfy her, but I didn't think I had killed her. ”

"It's too similar...... Even if the queen is occasionally unconscious, how can she not see it? When I saw my long-awaited son come back, I found that it wasn't ...... at all The queen couldn't think of it, held her breath and died. ”

"He's an obstacle!"

Li Yuan's tone suddenly rose, and even became sharp: "I told him when I first met him, I can't give him less, but he doesn't even think about what I can't give him." But he was not satisfied, and kept an eye on my seat. Such a person...... Is there any need for me to think about flesh and blood? ”

After saying this, Li Yuanmeng looked back at Liu Hongji and said word by word: "So...... Hongji, don't have any scruples, if you have the opportunity to kill him, don't show mercy. It is useless for me to want such a rebel, and if the people of the world do not come back, I will pass the throne to the heir who built it! ”

Liu Hongji swallowed hard and spat at the mouth, swallowing a mouthful of bitterness.

"The minister understands!"

He finally understood what the emperor meant by this.

Now the people in and outside the city, not only civil and military officials, but also the common people almost know that King Yan is the emperor's concubine. Therefore, the few generals who lead the troops to defend the city, no matter who they are, will have scruples. Even if King Yan is rebelling, even if such a big crime is enough to be executed for a long time, he still doesn't dare to kill him, because he is the emperor's son-in-law, and no one dares and can't have this mind except the emperor!

When Li Yuan said this, Liu Hongji understood.

The emperor now wants King Yan to die. He could even imagine that the emperor's bowels must be blue with regret now. When he invited King Yan back, he would never have imagined that it would be like today.

The emperor would never tell him such a secret and shocking thing for no reason, so Liu Hongji was careful at the beginning. He understood that if King Yan did not rebel, this matter would be rotten in the emperor's stomach, and he would not tell anyone, if King Yan himself did not know, there was no doubt that the emperor would hide it from him, and let King Yan live in the beautiful fantasy that he was the emperor's concubine all day long. But now, the time has come when the secret has to be revealed.

"Li Xian is a reckless background, and he likes to stand at the front when he fights. If Yan Yun thieves attack the city, he will definitely be in front of the battle to personally command, if you have the opportunity, you will find a way to lead the army to fight back and kill him at all costs. ”

Li Yuan dropped a sentence, turned around and walked down the city wall.

Liu Hongji bowed down to send him down, and when he was about to go down to the city, the emperor suddenly stopped, and said in a cold voice without looking back: "I heard that you have said a lot of nonsense in the past two days, and there are a lot of disrespectful and untruthful, but I don't want to worry about these things with you, so you can do it yourself." ”

If the emperor was showing sincerity before, then now he is shocking.

Liu Hongji knew that the emperor wanted his absolute loyalty.

"The minister understands!"

He hung his head, his heart stirring.

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After Li Yuan left the gate of the West Inner Garden, he returned to the imperial study of the Taiji Palace, and then sent someone to summon Zhang Gongjin. Zhang Gongjin thought that the emperor wanted to blame himself for the mistake of employing people, and he was apprehensive along the way. He didn't dare to look up until he entered the imperial study, not knowing how to explain himself.

"I know it wasn't your fault what happened last night."

Li Yuan glanced at Zhang Gongjin, put down the fold in his hand, pointed to the chair in front of him and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

"I don't dare."

"Let you sit down."

Li Yuan's tone was a little heavier and said.

Zhang Gong sat down nervously, waiting for the emperor to speak.

"From today onwards, you don't want to go to the south of the city."

The emperor's next words startled Zhang Gongjin, he thought that the emperor was going to relieve himself of military power, so he hurriedly stood up and didn't have time to explain, Li Yuan's next words made him more surprised.

"You draw 10,000 elites from the defenders in the south and east of the city, and you sit in the yamen of the military garrison and stare at the side of the West Inner Garden...... If Liu Hongji makes any unusual moves, you will lead the army to take over the city defense of Xinneiyuan! When necessary...... It doesn't hurt to kill a few people. ”

Li Yuan walked up to Zhang Gongjin and patted him on the shoulder and said, "I can trust you, and now you are the only person I can trust in Chang'an City." Xuanwu Gate is the top priority, and there must be no mistakes! ”

"Obey the order!"

Zhang Gongjin raised his head, his eyes were extraordinarily bright.