Chapter 39: The Storm is Coming

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Hou Junji sent Li Chengqian out of the mansion, and his quaint face did not show the slightest change. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

This rebellion forced the palace, for others, it was something that they couldn't think of, but for Hou Junji, it was a small matter of sesame mung beans.

Everything is because of Hou Junji's extreme character.

Hou Junji has great talents, but his personality is eccentric, and he is not allowed to sand in the eyes of a bachelor. For him, there are only two kinds of people in the world, either white or black, friend or foe, and there is no other color. It is true that Hou Junji has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty and is Li Shimin's confidant, and he was loyal to Li Shimin once upon a time. And Li Shimin did not live up to him, and had the grace of knowing him, and promoted him, a common man with no background at all, to one of the top important ministers in the court, and the close relationship between them has been maintained for decades.

But since Hou Junji put Li Shimin in prison, in Hou Junji's eyes, Li Shimin is no longer an emperor who has the grace of knowing him, but an enemy. He is a decisive general, and in his eyes as long as he is an enemy, he must be destroyed.

At the moment he was released from prison, Hou Junji was already thinking about how to rebel.

Things may seem, but it's true.

Hou Junji's personality is so eccentric and extreme, in history, Hou Junji was originally just a boastful arrogant guy, and history called him "a good bow and arrow, but he is not a good artist, but he is allowed to call himself a martial artist." But Li Shimin saw Hou Junji's talent on the battlefield. It was a keen intuition on the battlefield, and Li Shimin felt that Hou Junji was the second Huo Qu's disease.

Huo Qubing is a general of the Han Dynasty, but he is an outlier among the generals, he never reads military books, but he is good at fighting tough battles and winning all battles, just because he has a wolf-like intuition on the battlefield, and can perceive the enemy's flaws in the shortest possible time, so as to launch an offensive, chase and fight, and defeat the enemy.

Li Shimin asked Li Jing to instruct Hou Junji and teach him the art of war, hoping that he could become a better general than Huo Quai. Under the guidance of Li Jing, Hou Junji, who already had a talent for verticality, grew into the new general of the Tang Dynasty, and truly replaced the retired Li Jing and became the first general of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Hou Junji thought that Li Jing had a private collection and did not teach him his mastery. Originally, even if this kind of thing happened, it would not be strange. Even if Li Jing accepted Hou Junji as an apprentice, it was Li Jing's freedom to teach or not to teach the absolute learning. What's more, Li Jing only instructed Hou Jun to gather the art of war at Li Shimin's request, and did not accept his apprentices. Don't say that Li Jing didn't hide his smuggling, even if he did, so what?

But Hou Junji didn't care so much, in his eyes, if you don't teach me, you are my enemy, completely ignoring the friendship between master and apprentice, and sued Li Shimin and accused Li Jing of intending to rebel.

Hou Junji's character is extreme to the extreme.

He no longer cared about Li Shimin's kindness to him, he only knew that Li Shimin was his enemy, and Li Chengqian's appearance was just an opportunity and an excuse for rebellion.

It can also be seen from his arrangement that Hou Junji has long been preparing for a rebellion against the palace.

Otherwise, he would not have arranged for his most trusted henchmen to become the guards of the imperial city, and arranged for his own guards to enter the East Palace and become the dead soldiers beside Li Chengqian. He didn't even think about whether Li Chengqian would be deposed, he didn't care at all.

Regardless of whether Li Shimin will depose Li Chengqian or not, in the end, Hou Junji will still persuade Li Chengqian to rebel and force the palace.

has been delayed for a long time, just because the preparation is not sufficient, and now the arrow is on the string, but it has to be sent.

In the face of Li Chengqian's mistake, Hou Junji did not complain, but decided to fight with all his might, planning things in people, and success in heaven, regardless of life and death.

He returned to the lobby of the Hou Mansion and recruited his henchmen to leave the city with his wife and children overnight and take refuge in the north.

The cancellation of the curfew on Qixi Festival is the most lax time of the year when night control is the same.

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Chang'an Du Mansion.

Li Shimin asked Du He to deal with the debate, and ordered him to go down and let him be quiet alone.

Du He hesitated for a moment and said, "Father-in-law, there is one thing I don't know whether to say or not...... It's the guards from before, the guards next to the plane are a little weird, they don't look like ordinary guards......"

Li Shimin said solemnly: "How do you say this? ”

Du He touched his nose and said: "The debate machine knows my identity, and he will not dare to kill me if he gives him ten leopard guts." But he hated me to the bone, and made me kick me, and I was angry and said heavy things. But the guards didn't hesitate to draw their swords and kill me, which was not what the guards should do, but like ......"

"A soldier who treats orders as everything......" Li Shimin took Du He's words, his face was also solemn, the status of the prince was noble, and the guards of the East Palace had undergone special training, and most of them were masters selected from the descendants of the Tang Dynasty generals, and they were worthy of trust. While protecting the prince, these people are also responsible for obeying the prince and helping the prince to accomplish anything.

Because of their good background, they have a strong sense of autonomy, and they are not the kind of fools who let them do whatever they want. They can do a lot of wrong things for the crown prince, but they will never kill people indiscriminately because of an order, let alone a senior member of the court and the central government of Du He's status.

If it was really a specially trained Donggong guard, in the face of the order to "kill Du He", in the case of beating, they would at most press Du He to the ground, beat him severely, and beat him half to death, it was impossible to take out the weapon, and the knife would be fatal.

Because the crown prince is not the emperor after all, and he has no power to kill or die. Unless someone threatens the prince's life, these guards have the power to protect the prince and thus kill people.

Li Shimin let Li Chengqian's matter disturb his heart, and he didn't care about this, and now let Du He mention it, and also remember Du He's situation in "Little Six Flowers", at that time, the guards slashed Du He's fatal vital point, without blinking, it really didn't look like the guards in the East Palace, to a bit of a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time and killed decisively.

Li Chengqian had never been on the battlefield, let alone had the opportunity to lead his troops to fight, where did he recruit these guards?

A figure appeared in Li Shimin's mind...... Hou Junji remembered that Fang Xuanling and Du Ru vaguely reminded him some time ago that Hou Junji and Li Chengqian were close, "Is it ...... No...... Junji will not betray me......" His face was a little cloudy, and the successive events made him, a famous king in history, feel a little restless.

He glanced at the debate machine who had fainted on the ground, and said, "Save his life first, and find a way to get something out of his mouth...... I want to see, there is me in the Tang Dynasty, who dares to turn the sky upside down......" His eyes widened, and his words were full of murderous aura.

After Du He asked him to wake him up, he confessed everything he knew before he raised the whip, and he didn't dare to hide it at all.

However, this face is the face after all, no matter how much Li Chengqian pampers him, he will not tell him everything about everything, let alone discuss with him and let him know the inside story.

However, it was not for nothing, Li Chengqian once boasted to the debate machine that he had more than 200 dead soldiers in his hands who could be ten dead soldiers to work for him. As for where the dead came from, he did not know.

Li Shimin listened to Du He's report quietly, and there was no expression on his face, just gloomy and terrifying.

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On the second day, Li Shimin announced that Li Chengqian had connived at his disciples and committed evil, and said that Li Chengqian had not only repented, but had made a big fuss in Dufu, indiscriminately used the power of the crown prince, and was lawless, and was severely punished. But he did not directly abolish Li Chengqian as Du He thought.

Du He was shocked by Li Shimin's approach, but then he was also surprised.

Li Shimin could not have been unaware of Li Chengqian's intention to raise 200 dead soldiers without authorization, and he knew that Li Chengqian had already had a rebellion, and if he chose to abolish Li Chengqian at this time, he would undoubtedly force Li Chengqian to launch a rebellion.

Although Li Shimin is an emperor, he is a human being after all, flesh and blood. No matter how many faults Li Chengqian makes, it is also his son, and he is unwilling and unbearable to do this.

He planned to settle the matter mildly, and save his son's life by killing the possible rebellion in the cradle.

However, Li Chengqian's severe punishment was not well enforced.

Because Li Chengqian was sick, he was very sick.

Dying, there is a possibility of death anytime and anywhere.

The imperial doctor in the palace has already diagnosed it, but the cause is unknown, it is a heart disease.

Since the night of the Qixi Festival, there has been a strange appearance, the expression is sluggish, not eating or drinking, it has only been three days, and it has been no longer human.

Du He faintly sensed the atmosphere of the coming storm, ran to the palace if he had nothing to do, stayed by Li Shimin's side, chatted with him, and discussed state affairs.

On this day, Li Shimin listened to the report of the imperial doctor. The imperial doctor has excellent medical skills, but in the face of heart disease, there is nothing he can do, so he can only play Li Shimin, hoping that he can find the root cause, otherwise the situation is worrying.

Li Shimin asked the imperial doctor to go down and said to the eunuch beside him: "Swing, I want to visit the East Palace......"

"Father-in-law......" Du He was as anxious as an ant on the fire, since he got the news that Li Chengqian was sick, he had already concluded in his heart that this was a bitter plan, Li Chengqian wanted to lead Li Shimin to the East Palace, follow the example of the Xuanwumen change back then, and do the thing of forcing the palace. It's just that he really can't say it clearly, and he wonders Li Shimin's reaction. He should already know that Li Chengqian had 200 soldiers in hiding, so why did he take this risk?

Li Shimin got up and said, "You can go with you too......" Seeing Du He's stunned face, he continued to smile and said: "In the past three days, you have been running here every day, isn't it just for today?" "He's smiling, but his smile is cold, cold.

Du He suddenly realized that Li Shimin was a person, he had experienced many more things than him, and his political talent was ten times better than that of him at the beginning, since he dared to do this, he must have a comprehensive plan.

Besides, isn't it just 200 people, so why should I be afraid?

Thinking like this, he smiled and said, "I am willing to accompany Your Majesty." ”