The sacrifice was completed, and the sacrificers were all said to be respectful.

On the night of June 15, Chang'an was in turmoil, people said that there was a plan against it, Taizong wore armor and held a sword, and he was powerful in Beijing.

――"Yongshi Taizong Benji"

On June 14th, in the dead of night, in a secret mansion in Chang'an, in a secret room, a man and a woman were secretly discussing, the man was wearing a black night suit, wearing a black cloak, and his face was all hidden under the veil. The two faced the dim light, silent for a long time, and the man finally spoke: "Please tell the door master, we can't do it this time, now only in terms of the strength of the capital, we and King Yong are only five or five, and the military horse of King Qi can only be called by him or his military talisman, it is impossible to participate in the seizure of the heir this time, besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still has a chance, if we are in a hurry, we will fall into the trap." ”

Wen Ziyan sighed: "The master of the door also thinks so, but I always feel that if I don't take the opportunity to kill a few thorns in the eye, I am really unwilling." ”

The man said coldly: "Who can we kill, King Yong has the evil shadow Li Shun by his side, unless the door master personally takes action, who can do it in one fell swoop, Jiang Zhe has Master Cizhen by his side, what is the use of killing the others, with the excuse of causing them to retaliate in vain, do you want to kill Princess Changle who is cultivating in the Wuchen Nunnery?" ”

Wen Ziyan smiled slightly and said: "Princess, we naturally don't dare to kill it, but what about Ye Tianxiu, he is now in Chang'an, why don't we take the opportunity to kill him and cut off King Qing's wings." ”

The man said thoughtfully: "This idea is not bad, but Ye Tianxiu is justified in staying in the capital after all, and the identity of the head of King Qing's guard is unusual, we have to kill him secretly, or we have to borrow a knife to kill someone." ”

Wen Ziyan said coldly: "It's easy to kill a Ye Tianxiu, if I didn't want to provoke King Qing, I would have done it a long time ago, and now we took advantage of the chaos to kill him, King Qing couldn't find anyone even if he wanted to ask the teacher." ”

The man smiled faintly and said: "Let's not do it, just let Xiahou go, he is also a disciple of the Demon Gate Moon Sect, don't look at him on the surface It seems that there are too many martial arts tricks, but he is not such a simple person." ”

Wen Ziyan smiled and said: "Okay, just do as you say, Master often says that you are her right-hand man, and you really live up to your reputation." ”

The man said lightly: "What about the right-hand man, it's not that he can only obey orders." ”

Wen Ziyan said: "Don't worry, after the matter is completed, you will definitely be satisfied with the arrangement of the door master." ”

The man was silent for a moment before he said, "I'm leaving, it's not too early." ”

Wen Ziyan nodded lightly and said, "Be careful on the road." ”

The man came out of the secret room, his body was as light as a flying fly, and he disappeared into the night in an instant. And a bloody slaughter is about to begin.

On June 15th, Yongwang Li Zhen replaced the prince in Chang'an to accompany the sacrifice, when Li Zhen respectfully and perfectly completed the ceremony, even the most picky Confucianism can only be admired, and Yongwang also took advantage of the situation of this festival to return to the power center of the Yong court, which made many people hate, and some people rejoiced. Ye Tianxiu is one of them, as the head of King Qing's guards, he is clear about his hatred for King Qing and Fengyimen, and he also understands that King Qing has no possibility of victory at all, and the only way is to use power, but until today, Ye Tianxiu willingly admitted that only King Yong is worthy of being the emperor.

Ye Tianxiu reluctantly watched King Yong's car drive away, and finally decided to go back to his residence, in recent days, Jiang Houye has already sent a letter to His Royal Highness King Qing, and the poison of the little Hou Ye has been temporarily controlled, so the Hou Ye hopes to be able to send the little Hou Ye to Chang'an as soon as possible, but now the situation in Chang'an is so intertwined, Jiang Hou Ye's forces are difficult to ensure the safety of his son, so he transferred to King Qing, but King Qing also has difficulties, in Chang'an, King Qing's power is unstable, although Fengyimen can not deal with King Qing's people clearly, But it's not because they can't do anything, but because they don't want to tell King Qing the truth, if the little marquis arrives in Chang'an and they find out the clues, they can wipe out all these people in the open, and then not only the hard work of His Royal Highness King Qing will come to naught, but Jiang Xiaohou will also fall into Chang'an.

Back to King Qing's secret stronghold in Chang'an, it was already dusk, Ye Tianxiu instructed his subordinates to keep watch carefully, so he went to the study to reply to King Qing and explain his opinion. Less than a day after writing, Ye Tianxiu was bored and couldn't sleep peacefully, so he flipped through the recent information in the study.

And at this moment, a mysterious man stood in the alley not far away, looking at it indifferently, he was wearing a gray and black gown, slightly tightened at the waist, and his figure was slender, like a jade tree in the wind, although his face was covered with green veil, he couldn't see how he looked, but the eyebrows and eyes that appeared outside the mask were already very elegant, he looked at the sky, and suddenly flew into the quiet house, his flying figure was like a light Hongfeiyan, and in a blink of an eye, he had jumped over the courtyard wall, and his figure fell high into the courtyard, which had already alarmed Ye Tianxiu's subordinates, While sending out a secret signal to the people, they surrounded the man, and the man did not panic, but walked inward, and several Qingwang guards couldn't bear it and blocked forward, but they saw a blue light appear like a lightning flash, and immediately blood flowed, and the guards were pierced through the throat by a sword.

At this time, Ye Tianxiu had already hurried over, and he shouted: "Who are you, you dare to break into a private house at night?" ”

The man sighed lightly and said, "I also came here by order, Brother Ye will see you." "After that, it was already pounced on everyone, those guards were all strong in martial arts, good at technical masters, and they all shot to resist, but that person's light skills were very outstanding, only to see his figure soaring, and the sword light was like a streamer, shining everywhere in the gray and black figure, sometimes breaking through the air, sometimes flashing and dazzling, everywhere he went, the sword was bloody. Ye Tianxiu shouted angrily, drew his sword and pounced, but the man didn't fight him, just chased and killed those guards everywhere, Ye Tianxiu was even more angry, and shouted: "You guys retreat quickly." ”

These guards are all well-trained people, and immediately dispersed in all directions, and Ye Tianxiu also took the opportunity to block the man, the swordsmanship of both of them is very clever, Ye Tianxiu's swordsmanship is spicy, fierce, and fast, but it is also calm, and the masked man's swordsmanship is light and fast, and unpredictable, with his unpredictable light skills, it is even more difficult to resist, the two of them fought seventy or eighty moves in an instant, the exquisite sword moves are wonderful, the sword qi is surging, and both of them are as dangerous as the boat in the *.

Those Qingwang guards knew that if they made their own moves, they would cause chaos, and they didn't want to alarm the officers and soldiers, so they could only surround the field, prepare hidden weapons, and thought in their hearts that if the two were separated, they would greet the masked man.

The two fought to a good place, the masked man suddenly shouted softly, and the human sword flew towards Ye Tianxiu, this sword was extremely fast, Ye Tianxiu was very calm, the horizontal sword blocked, the two swords intersected, each flying, Ye Tianxiu found that the man's body seemed to tremble, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, knowing that the man's skills were weaker than himself, his body flashed an arc, and stabbed at the back of the man's heart, he calculated the direction The masked man didn't have time to turn around, and the masked man was really angry, and his body was stagnant, Ye Tianxiu's sword stabbed towards the right half of his body, and he was about to succeed, who knew that the man had a backhand sword, and the sword light was like lightning and thunder, finally Ye Tianxiu was thoughtful, and left a little strength, but he only had time to avoid the vital point, he screamed in pain, held down the wound, and shouted: "Break through." "Ignore the pain and go out.

The masked man wanted to chase after him, but somehow he suddenly stopped, turned around and pounced on the guards who were desperately killing him, so as to intercept the enemy for Ye Tianxiu, but this time he was flying in the air, his figure was like a flying falcon, and the sword light was like a torrential rain, but with a dozen moves, he killed the few guards who stayed behind and broke off. Finally, the masked man looked at the blood all over the ground, sighed softly, took out a snow-white silk handkerchief from his bosom, wiped the blood marks off the sword, and then inserted the long sword into the scabbard disguised as a belt, and the sharp sword was actually a soft sword.

At this time, the mansion suddenly burst into flames, and the masked man frowned slightly, and immediately knew that it was King Qing's subordinates who burned the house himself, so as not to leave any evidence, and he was not angry, but just disappeared into the night before alarming the Quartet.

However, this bloody battle was only the beginning of this nightmare, just when the forbidden army patrolling the night rushed to the fire and extinguished the fire, there were two major events in Chang'an City, one was the assassination of Zheng Fang, and the other was the incident in Chang'an Metropolitan City.

Zheng Fang was assassinated at the beginning of the second watch, after completing the finishing work of the festival, Zheng Fang returned home at night, although he was a civil official, but Dayong advocated martial arts, he also did not like to sit in a sedan chair, just rode slowly, the entourage on both sides protected each other, from time to time to look around with his eyes, Zheng Fang has always been upright, outspoken and dared to admonish, so although he is honest and upright, bright character, he still made a lot of enemies, so there are quite a few excellent guards with martial arts around him, some of them have received Zheng Fang's great kindness, Thanksgiving, Some of them respect Zheng Fang's character, so they are like-minded, and some are simply the guards sent to him by Emperor Yong. Although Li Yuan is confused about some things, he is not a faint gentleman who is difficult to admonish, and he has great respect for Zheng Fang, so after an assassination of Zheng Fang, Li Yuan ordered to send four imperial guards to be Zheng Fang's guards, and later rewarded Zheng Fang's other four Jianghu people with the false title of third-class imperial guard, Li Yuan's honor and favor of Zheng Fang was above the hundred officials, and Zheng Fang was more loyal to Li Yuan.

Just when Zheng Shizhong greeted the guards guarding the door, not long after he walked out of the Suzaku Gate, a black shadow crawled on the roof on the side of the road, at this time, Zheng Fang's guards were a little lax because of the large number of forbidden troops here, who knew that at this moment, the black shadow suddenly shot out and stabbed Zheng Fang with a sword. This sword is as fast as a meteor lightning, originally Zheng Fang was absolutely lifeless, but it was also a fluke, when this black shadow was assassinated in the air, it happened that Zheng Fang remembered that although the ceremony to welcome the holy car back to Beijing had been arranged, but according to the etiquette, he should go to King Yong for instructions, after all, the emperor appointed King Yong to sacrifice on his behalf, so it is equivalent to letting King Yong sit on the throne, although King Yongwang was under house arrest in the palace during this time, but the etiquette can not be taken lightly, Zheng Fang originally attached the most importance to these etiquettes, So he leaned down from his horse and whispered to a guard that he should send a message to King Yong's Mansion tonight, explaining the reason why he couldn't go to see him tonight. At the moment when he leaned over, the assassin had already flown up and stabbed him, and the two coincidentally, Zheng Fang only felt a sharp pain, and the sword had pierced his shoulder and back.

And just when the assassin flew out, the bright moonlight had revealed his figure undoubtedly, although those guards were not able to stop the sword, but they did a good job, Zheng Fang leaned over to talk to him, and ripped Zheng Fang off his horse, and several other guards also drew their swords and surrounded the assassin, but the assassin was unusual, quite a hit, and the true meaning of drifting far away, before these guards closed up, they had already broken out of the encirclement and disappeared without a trace.

Zheng Fang endured the severe pain and said: "Immediately send someone to inform His Royal Highness King Yong, Wei Xiang and Qin Qing, the commander of the forbidden army." "I'm already unconscious. These guards hurriedly sent Zheng Fang to the Tai Hospital not far away for treatment, and the news of Zheng Fang's assassination immediately reached the ears of the major forces in Chang'an.

Just when the forces of all parties were suspicious, on June 15, a major event occurred that turned Chang'an upside down.

The two most prosperous markets in Chang'an, are the metropolitan city (East Market) and Liren City (West Market), and adjacent to the East City of Pingkangfang is the place that never sleeps, according to the convention, the curfew of the two cities is two hours later than elsewhere, and Pingkangfang is a good place to be closed at night, so the three watches here is the brightly lit, spring-filled nightless day, just in the middle of the night, the fires are everywhere, and the merchants in the East City are group fires, but in the chaos, there are people shouting "Shu people swear not to descend to Dayong" while killing people and robbing goods, There is no square gate in the east market, so the people in the city have fled, and for a while, there is chaos, and at the same time, the Chunming Gate, which is closest to the east city, also began to catch fire, and some people shouted inside and outside the city to kill Chang'an's blood. Since the founding of the Great Yong Dynasty, Chang'an has been singing and dancing, and the officials of Dongshi were caught off guard for a while, so they had no choice but to send someone to report to Qin Qingyu.

If it weren't for Qin Qing who had been alarmed by the assassination of Zheng Fang, he was afraid that he would have to delay, but he had already gone out with Qin Yong, as soon as he saw the fire in the direction of Dongshi, Qin Qing and Qin Yong were both generals on the battlefield, and immediately ordered all the forbidden troops to be dispatched, Qin Qing sent the forbidden army to protect the important yamen and mansions of Chang'an, and then ordered the city gate to be closed, Qin Qing personally led a forbidden army to surround the Dongshi group, all this took only half an hour, Qin Yong was responsible for the inventory of the streets and alleys, and the forbidden army loudly conveyed military orders everywhere, Declared that Chang'an entered a state of martial law, all residents must stay at home and are not allowed to go out, if there is a violation of the military order, there will be no forgiveness, such a means is really effective, and when Qin Qing and Qin Yong meet in the East City, the entire Chang'an is the only place where it has not calmed down, just because there are the most foreign merchants and warriors in the East City, although the fire inside has subsided, but they kill each other, although Qin Qing and Qin Yong also want to send the forbidden army to suppress it, but this is a prosperous place in Chang'an, if the forbidden army suppresses it, the jade will be burned, The two couldn't make up their minds for a while, and now the only people who can be the masters in Chang'an are King Yong and Prime Minister Wei Guan, Wei Guan is a civil official, and the two have to send someone to ask King Yong for instructions.

Before the fire started, Li Zhen, the king of Yong, was discussing with me what had happened these days, and Li Zhen said happily: "Suiyun, now this king can be said to have won the hearts of the army and the people of Dayong, what do you think?" ”

I said respectfully: "Your Royal Highness this time Chang'an to accompany the sacrifice, so that the world can see His Royal Highness's demeanor, although the emperor still has the heart to protect the prince, but now who does not know that the prince is immoral, so the minister implores His Highness, this time do not rush to persecute, but His Royal Highness also has to follow the meaning of the Fengyi master on the book, if His Royal Highness really attacks the prince, I am afraid that everyone in the world thinks that His Royal Highness does not care about brotherhood, and the emperor is in a hurry, obviously just wants to give the prince a lesson, if His Royal Highness is forced too hard, the emperor can not step down, I'm afraid that I will anger Your Highness. ”

Li Zhen frowned and said: "You are right, but you also know that now that the master of the Fengyi Sect has personally gone out, I am afraid that from now on the prince will not make any mistakes, and if it drags on for a few years, I am afraid that this king will not have a chance." ”

I smiled and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, now Fengyimen is already desperate, no matter how powerful they are, they can't withstand the hearts of the people in the world, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not a puppet at the mercy of him, his nature is difficult to change, anything can be done, of course, we can't just wait, the minister's plan is already there, but King Qi is too much in the way, although King Qi has a rough temperament and a shallow scheming, but there are some things that others have not yet discovered, King Qi has already noticed it with his talent and cleverness, Therefore, His Royal Highness's top priority is to send His Royal Highness King Qi out of Chang'an. ”

Li Zhen thought for a while and said: "It's not difficult, there are some changes in the Northern Han Dynasty, and I can recommend King Qi to inspect the border pass." ”

I hurriedly said, "Your Highness may wish to ask yourself to inspect the border passes." ”

Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, and said, "You mean that you want to capture the old people?" ”

I clapped my hands and said: "That's right, if His Royal Highness returns to the army, it will be like a dragon into the sea, how can those people let His Highness go, when the time comes, there is no one else with this qualification except the King of Qi, as soon as the King of Qi leaves, His Royal Highness can fight with the prince with peace of mind, and when the matter is completed, as long as a military order, are you afraid that the King of Qi will not obediently bind himself back to Beijing?" ”

Li Zhen nodded and said: "Okay, I'll wait until my father comes back, and I'll explain the matter, and when the sixth brother leaves, I can rest assured, now the prince's leading generals are only the sixth brother, if he leaves, I can rest easy." ”

I shook my head and said, "That's not necessarily, Jingjiang horses also have the power of the monarch and are proficient in the art of war." ”

Li Zhen smiled and said, "Suiyun, don't you tell me that you didn't do anything in the Qin family?" ”

I smiled slightly, thinking of Hua Liu, the elite of the secret camp, my former personal guard, isn't it now by Qin Yong's side?

Just when I was talking and laughing with King Yong, there were guards who reported that it was Zheng Fang's assassination, King Yong and I were worried, not long after, the guards in the palace came to report that they saw the fire, this is the second fire tonight, the location seems to be Dongshi, I and King Yong looked at each other, I quickly used my brain, how could so many things happen together, if it is a coincidence, it is too much.