Chapter 11 The Thoughts of the Parties
Huaqing Palace, Furong Garden, Li Longji and Yang Guifei were also shocked on the spot when they heard that Xiao Qubing was stabbed on the street for the first time when he went out, and then one was furious, and the other was worried.
It's no wonder that Li Longji is furious, he knows Xiao Qu's experience. Since he was a child, he lived on Xianshan, and when he got off the mountain, he met the Anxi Army, and made such a great contribution to the Tang Dynasty. After that, he rushed to Chang'an to see him all the way, and he was together these days. It is almost impossible for him to have a grudge against anyone, but now he was assassinated the first time he went out, and it was still on the street in broad daylight.
In Li Longji's view, there are only two possibilities, one is that some people seem to be very favored in the past few days when Xiao Qu's illness is very popular, and they are jealous and want to get rid of him quickly. In his opinion, this is not aimed at Xiao Quai, but at him Li Longji. Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace, Xiao Quzhi has made such a great contribution for himself for the Tang Dynasty, no matter how much he is favored, this is his right as an emperor, how dare other courtiers have opinions!
If this is the case, won't anyone dare to favor them in the future, and if they favor one, they will assassinate one, who has the final say in this world? This is a provocation and contempt for his supreme monarchy, and how can this not make him angry.
The other is that in the past few days, Xiao Quzhi taught him to accompany her to boxing every day, and under Xiao Quai's secret conditioning, Li Longji felt that he was ten years younger. He may not have a wish in his heart, hoping to continue to practice, and his body can get better and younger. If Xiao Qu was unfortunately stabbed to death, wouldn't his wish be shattered!
There is another possibility, that is, the big cannibals who were defeated by Xiao Quai, they have many merchants doing business in Chang'an, and the assassination of Xiao Qubing is to retaliate and avenge the defeat of the big cannibals in the river and Khorasan. This is also something that Li Longji cannot tolerate, the enemy country spies assassinated the general of the Celestial Empire on the street, which is an offense to the Tang Dynasty!
But Yang Guifei thought very simply, she had a very good impression of this gentle and indifferent young man.
The stories he tells are good, the jokes he tells are funny, and the things he says are new. Although Yang Guifei is favored by the six palaces, and Li Longji is often by her side, after all, she lives in the deep palace and is sometimes lonely. The appearance of this teenager just makes up for this.
So she didn't want Xiao Qu to be ill, he hadn't finished telling the story of the golden apple, and he also said that there was a novel dance to teach him.
"Shouchang County Hou is okay, right? Are you hurt? Li Longji's face was full of anger, and he ordered a eunuch sharply: "Check, give me a strict investigation!" This kind of thing happened in broad daylight in the downtown area, how did he Wang Ji do an errand? Call him to me. ”
During the period of the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army, Ai Ai said: "The Marquis of Shouchang County was attacked by thirty-eight assassins with strong crossbows, and he was hit by an arrow in the shoulder. He wants me to report to Your Majesty...... The minister didn't dare to say ......"
Li Longji wondered: "What the hell is going on?" Is there anything wrong with Shouchang County Hou now? Where is he? ”
"The Marquis of Shouchang County is now unharmed, when he single-handedly broke through the enemy formation of 20,000 people, more than 100 wounds in his body also broke through, this time he was shot and defeated the assassin alone." Gao Lishi next to him said: "Ah Lang is like this, the Marquis of Shouchang County said that Jia Jilin, the commander of Chang'an, instructed the assassin to assassinate him, and when the assassination occurred, Wang Jie's younger brother Wang Jian was also at the scene. ”
"How?" Li Longji frowned, looked at Gao Lishi, and said after a while: "Wang Ji is not so bold...... Lux, what do you think? ”
Although Li Longji said that Wang Ji was not good, he actually believed it three or four points in his heart.
He knows the contradiction between Wang Ji and Xiao Quai, and it can even be said that he caused it single-handedly. At the beginning, he first promised Wang Ji the errand of the expansion of the Anxi Army and the immigration of Hezhong, because Wang Ji could help him save money.
Later, Xiao Quzhi reported to him how important Hezhong was, and although the early investment in operating Hezhong was large, the later return was greater. In particular, Xiao Qubing promised to give him at least 100,000 catties of silver every year. As soon as Li Longji was happy, he immediately changed his mind and rewarded Xiao Qubing with this errand.
Although he later comforted Wang Jie, he still had some grudges against him. And he has been sick with Xiao Qu every day for the past few days, so it is possible for Wang Fei to be jealous. Together, it is not impossible to send An Wei Jia Jilin to find someone to assassinate Xiao to get sick!
Gao Lishi smiled and said, "Ah Lang, yes or no, it will be clear after calling them together to confront each other." The old slave thinks that the Hou of Shouchang County is not a person without a target, and there is always a reason for it......"
Li Longji nodded: "What about the Marquis of Shouchang County?" Announce his return! ”
On the other side, in Jing Zhaoyin's temporary official office outside the Huaqing Palace, the eunuch who delivered the decree had not yet arrived, and Wang Weld and Jia Jilin had already rushed back to report the matter to Wang Jie.
"It's really not you?"
"Of course it's not us, we tracked him all the way to the West Market, and were about to go over to teach him a lesson, when the group of killers suddenly appeared."
"And then?"
"Then we were standing in the back and watching the play, and then Jia Jilin arrived. He tried to go up and hunt down the killers, but I stopped him. ”
Wang Ji hurriedly said: "You, you, why don't you use your brains, a round of crossbow sneak attacks can't kill him, and you still expect to kill him later." He must have seized on this to sue so-and-so. But it's okay, if there is no evidence, he can't win this lawsuit. ”
Jia Jilin said a little timidly: "Doctor, there is one more thing, the weapons in the hands of those killers, the crossbows and horizontal knives are all in the arsenal, and they were taken away by the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army. ”
Wang Ji was stunned, his face was full of shock, and after half a sound, he scolded: "You are a pig!" How can you let them take it! ”
Jia Jilin was sweating profusely, anxious and afraid, and couldn't speak for a while: "I...... I ......"
Of course, he couldn't say that he was afraid of death, so he didn't dare to fight with Xiao Quai.
In this case, Wang Ji also knew that no matter how much he blamed, it would be useless, and countless thoughts kept turning in his heart. Is there anything missing in the case of the arsenal fire? Is Xiao Qubing aware or unaware? If he had known about it, what would have he done to remedy it? What do you want to say when you see the emperor? This younger brother is too much to cause trouble for himself!
Just when Wang Ji was worried, Li Longji's personal eunuch arrived: "Xuanyu Shi Dafu, Jingzhao Yin Wang Ji entered the palace to see the driver!" ”
It didn't take long for Wang Ji to be led by the eunuch to a palace in Huaqing Palace. Soon Zhongshu Ling (right phase) Li Linfu, Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhangshi (left phase) Chen Xilie, and Taifu Qing and Imperial History Zhongcheng Yang Guozhong also arrived.
Li Linfu was sent by Wang Ji to send someone to support when he left, Chen Xilie is Li Linfu's humanoid appendage was also called over by Li Linfu, and Yang Guozhong came over by himself because of his close relationship with the palace.
Since Li Longji was tired of the government and indulged in pleasures, he would spend two to three months in Huaqing Palace to soak in the hot springs every winter. Correspondingly, in order to be with the emperor often, these close ministers also moved their offices outside the Huaqing Palace. Gradually, a new city was formed with Huaqing Palace as the center.
However, in this way, it is convenient to discuss things on a regular basis.
The four close ministers of the Son of Heaven were all present, and everyone understood what happened. Of course, the Quartet has its own plans, and Wang Ji wants to clear up the relationship between this matter and himself; Li Linfu originally wanted to win over Xiao Quai, but now that his right-hand man Wang Quzhi and Xiao Quai's contradiction has been stimulated, he naturally wants to help Wang Quzhi speak;
Chen Xilie said in his heart, I am talking about Lao Zhuang, I don't say anything, I will echo what Li Linfu says; Yang Guozhong's heart blossomed, he was originally hostile to Xiao Quzhi, because Xiao Quzhi was Gao Xianzhi's person, and Gao Xianzhi was Li Linfu's person. But now that Xiao Qubing and Wang Ji are fighting, aren't the enemies of the enemy comrades-in-arms? So he decided to help Xiao get sick.
And Li Longji saw so many people coming, but he was slightly unhappy in his heart. His mind is not on the government, he thinks that everything as long as he can deal with the past. He didn't want to make a big deal and listen to the people below arguing because it would disturb his fun.
Li Longji was already a little impatient, but at this time, Xiao Quai's illness was delayed, and Wang Ji seized the opportunity and kept pleading to him with sincere words, this matter had nothing to do with him, this matter was not done by Jia Jilin, the commander of Chang'an, and Li Linfu and Chen Xilie also continued to help.
Li Longji became more and more impatient, at this time, he wanted to pretend to be an ostrich and turn this matter into a small matter, isn't it okay for Xiao to get sick? Seeing Li Longji's attitude, Yang Guozhong, who was weak and weak, was anxious in his heart, this stunned Xiao Quai, what are you still rubbing!
PS: There is one more chapter. Two scenes, originally intended to be written interspersed with two scenes according to the timeline, and that scene was almost not finished. Later, I found that interspersed writing may not work well, so I simply wrote one scene and one chapter.