When Xu Jingzong and Li Ji and their entourage withdrew from the Zichen Palace, Gaozong and Empress Wu in the Zichen Hall did not say any more, and the atmosphere in the main hall was a little dull.

After a while, Empress Wu said to Gaozong quite unhappily, "Your Majesty, you shouldn't have told the prince so much today. ”

Gaozong ignored Empress Wu's reproachful eyes, but said to himself, "The crown prince is not young, there are some things that should be let him know, and he will officially govern in two years, I think it will be good for him to let him know this fact earlier." ”

When Empress Wu heard Gaozong say this, her eyes flashed with indescribable complex emotions, and she fell silent.

"Queen, the assassination of the crown prince has made me deeply panicked, it seems that we have not protected Jean enough!" Gaozong sighed and said, still not noticing that Empress Wu's face had changed at this time, and continued, "We need to send a few more generals to guard him." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the concubines will ask him again after the prince's body recovers to see what he thinks." Empress Wu spoke.

"That's fine!" Gaozong said slightly tiredly.

"Your Majesty, the concubine will go back to the Lin De Hall to rest." Empress Wu said with concern. Gaozong nodded slightly, and left the Lin De Hall with the support of the Empress Wu.

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In the East Palace, leaving the reclining couch and closing his eyes to recuperate, Sun Simiao was packing up the silver needles in front of him. After putting away the silver needles for Li Hong's acupuncture, Sun Simiao said, "Your Highness, the poison in your body has been resolved, and you only need to rest for another day to be fine." ”

"Thank you, teacher." Li Hong opened his eyes and hurriedly thanked Sun Simiao.

Although he was unconscious, judging from Sun Simiao's slightly tired expression, it took Sun Simiao a lot of energy to solve the poison on his body, so it concluded that if Sun Simiao was by his side, it might not be so easy to solve the poison in his body.

"This kind of poison comes from the Western Regions, it is a pollen called mandala flower as the main ingredient, it is violent, once the venom enters the heart and lungs, it will definitely die, so if it is not for the poisoning of His Royal Highness, and it is sent in time, it is estimated that the old man is helpless."

After Li Hong heard Sun Simiao say this, he was afraid for a while, and his face was a little embarrassed, today, he was almost killed! He cautiously asked, "Teacher, this poisonous orphan's body is not damaged, right?" ”

"Nope." Sun Simiao affirmed, "Not only did it not damage your body, but because the poison dissolved the hidden stubborn diseases in your body, this time it lifted the poison on your body, and your body's recovery time was accelerated a lot." ”

"Really? And such a thing? Li Hong was pleasantly surprised. Being able to cure his stubborn illness as soon as possible and let himself have a healthy body is what he has always been looking forward to!

Sun Simiao nodded slightly and said, "It will take about two more months of continuous treatment, and His Highness's body will be healed." ”

Li Hong hurriedly got up and was about to get out of bed to thank Sun Simiao, but was stopped by Sun Simiao, "Your Highness, you have just removed the poison from your body, so you should pay more attention to rest." There is also an old man who wants to tell you that even if your body is healed, because of the perennial illness, your physique is still very weak, and you still need to be carefully conditioned to recover to the physique of ordinary people. ”

"I remember this, please rest assured." Li Hong said gratefully.

"Then Your Highness should have a good rest, the old man will leave first." Sun Simiao said, then took the medicine box on the table and left.

Originally, this assassination made Li Hong very angry, because someone wanted to kill him, and he was ready to investigate to the end. Now listening to Sun Simiao's words, he was blessed by misfortune because of poisoning, and the time for his body to heal was advanced by several months, and this result made him happy. He was happy for a moment, then restrained his smile and said to Zhao Hongchuan, who had been busy in the room, "You go out and tell Yan Zhuang and ask him to summon Zhang Khan Zhi, Li Qiao, Liu Yizhi, Li Duoqi and Chen Gong to see Gu." ”

"Yes." Zhao Hongskirt whispered and left in a hurry.

In the middle of the ring, Yan Zhuang, Zhang Cambodia, Li Qiao, Liu Yizhi, Li Duoqi and Chen Gong hurried over.

As soon as he came in, Chen Gong knelt down in front of Li Hong's couch and pleaded, "Your Highness, today is a poor guard, please punish Your Highness." ”

"Please also ask Your Highness to punish you!" As soon as Chen Gong's words fell, Yan Zhuang and Li Duoqi also immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty to Li Hong. Because Yan Zhuang is the prince's family order, and Li Duoqi is the general of the guard, they are also inseparable from the assassination of the prince.

"What are you three doing here?" Li Hong asked a little puzzled, "Lone's assassination was planned by the assassins a long time ago, what does it have to do with you?" Get up. ”

"If you go on this trip, you can bring a few more guards, and Your Highness will not be poisoned by arrows because you have no protection." Chen Gong still knelt on the ground, and said in a choked tone, "This is a dereliction of duty, and I ask Your Highness to punish it severely." ”

Li Hong can be magnanimous and not deal with Chen Gong, but Chen Gong can't be heartless and unpunished, and he doesn't want to be punished if Li Hong dies this time, how much punishment he will have to suffer as the general of the prince's personal guard, and it is estimated that he will exterminate the three clans.

"As the crown prince's family order, he did not make travel arrangements, and almost killed His Highness, and I ask His Highness to punish him severely." Yan Zhuang also spoke.

"Enough ——!" Li Duoqi was just about to speak, but was reprimanded by Li Hong, "You have to say that you are guilty, Lone will not force you anymore, how to punish you severely, wait for Di Renjie to return to Chang'an, but now Lone has something important for you to say, so don't kneel." ”

"No!" Seeing that the prince said this, Yan Zhuang, Li Duoqi and Chen Gong immediately stood in front of Li Hong respectfully and waited for the order. Li Hong saw that the atmosphere in the room was a little solemn, and the expressions of the six people were very serious, so he opened his mouth and smiled, "Everyone sit down, let's talk about some serious things, and you don't want to be so serious." ”

The six of them bowed down to thank them, and then sat down, and Li Hong said, "Lone was assassinated this time, and the assassins had already planned it, so it can be seen that someone had revealed the news that Lone was often out of the palace during this time to them. ”

During this time, the prince often went out of the palace, although no confidentiality measures were taken in this matter, but because Li Hong had lived in the East Palace all the year round, he frequently went out of the palace and did not attract the attention of others. So it's really hard to guess who leaked the prince's exit from the palace to the enemy. However, the prince was able to summon a few of them here for questioning, and the fact that he leaked the news of his exit from the palace can prove that at least the prince did not suspect them.

"Your Highness, let's go to Chang'an City to hang out, the only one who knows your identity is Lu Sanniang, so I feel that 'Lu Ge' is the most suspicious." Chen Gong was the first to say.

They have been to "Lu Ge", and Lu Sanniang of Lu Pavilion also knows the identity of the prince, and also knows that the prince has sent books to Yanshoufang Green Onion Noodle Restaurant. Based on this, it is not difficult for Lu Sanniang to think of the extraordinary relationship between the prince and the scallion noodle restaurant.

Yan Zhuang nodded slightly and said, "General Chen is right, the suspicion of the thirteen ladies of 'Lu Ge' is indeed not small. ”

"The Fan Yang Lu clan is a member of the Shi clan, and there is no conflict of interest between them and His Royal Highness. Even if they were to make such an unwise move, the minister felt that the suspicion that 'Lu Ge' had revealed His Highness's whereabouts to the Assassins was debatable. However, Helan Minzhi often goes in and out of various squares, and has a deep grudge with His Highness, plus Wei Ling's death involves taxes in the East and West Cities, if he has seen His Highness's figure and revealed the news to the assassins, it would make sense. Zhang Cambodia analyzed.

"The minister also agrees with Zhang Siyilang's statement." Li Qiao agreed.

Yan Zhuang and Chen Gong suspected "Lu Ge", while Zhang Khan Zhi and Li Qiao suspected Helan Minzhi. In this way, only Li Duoqi and Liu Yizhi did not speak.

"What about the two of you?" Li Hong moved his gaze to Li Duoqi and Liu Yizhi and asked.

Li Duoqi thought about it for a while, and said with a little puzzlement, "Your Highness, the last general can't guess who revealed your whereabouts to the assassins, but there is one thing that makes the last general puzzled, that is, the left and right Jin Wuwei and the officials of Chang'an County have been patrolling Chang'an City all year round, and they are very familiar with the terrain of Chang'an City. ”

"Yes, the minister is also very confused about this." Liu Yizhi echoed.

Li Hong had never thought of this before, and now when he heard Li Duoqi and Liu Yizhi say this, he was also surprised. Because if the speculation of the two comes true, then it is said that there are also undercover assassins in Jin Wuwei and Chang'an County Yali. And being able to reach into the Chang'an County Ya and the Nanya Guard, the origin of the assassin is not simple.

There was a blame for the Huaxian tragedy before, and now there is an ambush and assassination in Chang'an City.

Li Hong found that he hadn't done anything until now, and the enemy even tried to kill him. This made him wonder where he had provoked so many powerful enemies, and they had to kill themselves at the risk of extermination? Could it be that all of this is really because of his name and a proverb that Gaozong told him when he left just now?

"But the old man should rule, Li Hong should come out, and there are many people in the world who return to the Tao, and those who are named Li Hong are old and old." "The true monarch, Muzi bows, the king rules the world, and the world is happy."

Thinking of what Gaozong said to him just now, when Gaozong and Empress Wu came to see him.

Li Hong himself was confused.

"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was silent, Yan Zhuang asked cautiously.

"The assassination of Lone must have made some moves by the father and the queen mother, but we are not in a hurry to intervene in this matter, let's see the situation first. Of course, we can't do nothing, we still have to check what we want to check, and we still have to find what we need to find. Li Hong moved his gaze to Yan Zhuang and Liu Yizhi and said, "Yan Zhuang, this aspect will be handed over to you and Master Liu." ”

Yan Zhuang and Liu Yizhi hurriedly got up to receive the order.

"As for supervising the Chang'an County Ya to find out the cause of Wei Ling's death, it will be handed over to Zhang Siyilang and Li Sheren." Li Hong said to Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao.

For him now, the issue of taxation in the East and West Cities is no longer the focus, and the formation of his own intelligence system and secret guards, and the formation of a personal guard cavalry sufficient to protect him, is what he needs to do urgently.

Zhang Cambodia and Li Qiao received the order.

At this time, everyone saw that the prince's face was tired, and they did not say anything more and left.