Not long after, the eldest grandson Wuji came in a hurry, he walked into the study and saw Li Shimin sitting on the table and pondering silently, so he stepped forward and bowed, "See Your Highness!" ”

"Please be seated!"

The eldest grandson Wuji sat down and waited for Li Shimin's orders, Li Shimin pondered for a moment and asked, "How about the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix?" ”

Xuanwu Huofeng was an assassin organization from the former Wuchuan Society, and was later disbanded by Yuan Min, but last year Li Shimin also established a special samurai organization at the behest of his father, following the name of "Xuanwu Huofeng", with a number of 30 people, including 20 Xuanwu and 10 Huofeng. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

They are not only assassins, but also surveillance, intelligence investigation, etc., but this Xuanwu Fire Phoenix is not external, only to the inside of the Tang Dynasty, and the Foreign Intelligence Agency is in the hands of the crown prince Li Jiancheng.

This Xuanwu Fire Phoenix is managed by the eldest grandson Wuji, and directly obeys Li Shimin's orders, but Li Shimin has no right to use them, only Li Yuan, the Son of Heaven, can call them, they are actually Li Yuan's secret organization, but Li Yuan did it very skillfully and let his son control it for him, so that he has nothing to do with this assassin organization.

The eldest grandson Wuji bowed and said: "Back to Your Highness, they are very good and ready to be on call at any time." ”

Li Shimin nodded, sighed again, and said, "Today, the palace sent the beast head order. ”

The Xuanwu Fire Phoenix has been used many times before, and it is basically a surveillance minister, and there is no precedent for assassination so far, and the beast head order means that the first assassination mission is coming.

However, the eldest grandson Wuji was not surprised, the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix itself was an assassin organization, and of course he knew that the assassination order would come sooner or later.

Li Shimin took the note on the table, handed it to him, and said, "Take a look for yourself!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji opened the note, suddenly shocked, and looked up at Li Shimin in surprise, Li Shimin knew that he would react like this, so he smiled bitterly and said: "I was as shocked as you at first, but I can't refuse my father's order." ”

"Is it because of Song Jingang?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked puzzled.

"It's not that simple!"

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and Song Jingang's incident is just the last straw that crushes the camel." ”

"Then why do you want to do this, Your Highness, now is not the time!"

"You're wrong, now the imperial court is in crisis, there are many people who have secretly communicated with the Northern Sui, and the Guanlong nobles will not be an exception, the secret Song Jingang incident is just a part of the stones exposed on the water, which happened to be discovered by us, but how big the underwater part is, we don't know, and the father has no way to start, so he simply takes Dugu Shun to start, which can deter the betrayal of other Guanlong nobles."

The eldest grandson Wuji pondered for a moment, and still asked with some puzzlement: "Since the evidence in the case of fornicating with Song Jingang has been conclusive, why didn't the Holy Lord publicly order him to commit suicide, but used the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix to attack?" ”

Li Shimin said lightly: "I believe that my father also made this decision after careful consideration, I personally think that it is because it is the Guanlong nobles, in the early years of the great cause, Yang Guang publicly executed Yuan Zhou and Yuan Yan, and later forced Yuan Min to death, the Guanlong nobles broke with him from then on, my father did not want to take this step of breaking with the Guanlong nobles, so he didn't want to deal with it publicly, but he needed to deter the Guanlong nobles and let them understand the consequences of betrayal, so he used this method to warn, Wuji, you and I are one of them, It is also necessary to understand the painstaking efforts of the Holy One in doing so. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji sighed secretly after half a sound, if someone among the nobles of Guanlong has two hearts, I am afraid that attacking Dugu Shun will only further promote the growth of betrayal, this is an unsolvable dead loop, when Yang Jianchan let the Northern Zhou Dynasty plant the seeds of today's disaster.

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded silently and held the note tightly in the palm of his hand.

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Li Xiaoji's palace is located in Guanglufang, is a mansion covering an area of nearly 100 acres, Li Xiaoji is the cousin of Li Yuan, the son of heaven, and he is also quite capable, so he has been deeply used by Li Yuan, the son of heaven, and has been successively named the Honglu Temple, the governor of the same state, and has mastered the military power in the eastern part of Guanzhong.

A few months ago, Li Yuan ordered his son Li Yuanji to be the commander and led the 30,000 Guanzhong army to crusade against the bandit Song Jingang, Li Yuan also knew that his son was relatively simple-minded and impatient, so he appointed the cautious Li Xiaoji as the deputy general, and Li Yuanji went north to suppress the bandits.

As soon as the Tang army entered Yan'an County, it had an encounter with Song Jingang's army, and as a result, the Tang army won three battles and three victories, killing Song Jingang's farts and urine, at this time, Li Xiaoji had already seen that Song Jingang had a problem, but Li Yuanji was hot-headed, refused to listen to persuasion, and directly led the army to pursue the enemy, but was trapped by Song Jingang's army in Fushi County, food was cut off, all the horses were slaughtered, and the soldiers were digging rats to live.

Li Xiaoji was afraid that Li Yuanji would die in Fushi County, so he had to go north to help, and finally was ambushed by the 80,000 Song King Kong army, and the 20,000 Tang army was annihilated.

However, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, once he was shot in the head by an arrow, the chance of survival was extremely slim, the difference was only early death and late death, Li Xiaoji survived in Chang'an for a month, and finally died.

That night, a mourning tent was erected in front of the palace, and there was a crying in the palace, and all the servants and several wives and concubines wore linen and filial piety, kneeling in front of the mourning shed and weeping bitterly.

Early the next morning, the princes and ministers rushed to pay tribute to Li Xiaoji, because Li Xiaoji had no heirs, only a few nephews of the Li clan could serve as filial piety for him.

At noon, the palace was full of ministers who came to pay their filial piety, and then a carriage slowly came to the front of the palace, and two warriors with swords helped out the trembling Dugu Shun from the carriage, since Dugu Shun was questioned by the Son of Heaven because of the Song King Kong incident, it was as if he was ten years old overnight, and basically did not go out, hiding deep in the house.

If you look closely, you will find that Dugu Shun's old state is a little strange, he is just faltering and needs someone to help him walk, but his gray silver hair is still a lot, and his eyes are still as sharp as before.

However, at this time, no one will notice Dugu Shun's strangeness, because there are too many people who come to pay their filial piety, everyone can only simply put on incense, appease the family, and greet the old in front of the mourning hall is disrespectful to the deceased, so even if colleagues meet, they just nod their heads, and then leave.

Dugu Shun left his name on the signature book at the door, this is the purpose of his trip, to show his sincerity, as the head of the Dugu family, he personally came to Li Xiaoji to pay filial piety regardless of his old age and frailty, I believe that Li Yuan will see it in his eyes and dilute the adverse effects of Song Jingang's incident.

Dugu Shun put on sackcloth, wrapped a white cloth around his head, comforted Li Xiaoji's wife a few words, and then took three sticks of incense to kowtow to Li Xiaoji in front of the spiritual throne to hang his filial piety, and several Li disciples next to him hurriedly helped him up.

Dugu Shun said with tears: "I think back then, Xiaoji was taught by me when he was a child, and now although he unfortunately died early, he sacrificed his life for the country, strong!" ”

Several Li disciples were very moved, and wept together: "With the old master's evaluation, my uncle Jiuquan can also look at it." ”

Dugu Shun encouraged them a few more words, inherited the unfulfilled will of the elders, continued to serve the country, etc., and then staggered away on crutches.

The two samurai helped him into the carriage, and the eighteen escort samurai mounted one after another, and the coachman asked, "Master, are you going back to the house directly?" ”

"Let's go home!"

Dugu Shun, who got into the carriage, had straightened his waist, and the aura of aging was swept away, although he was over seventy years old, he was very well maintained, his eyes were not dazzled, his ears were not deaf, his head was full of silver hair, and he was in good spirits, just to disguise himself as very weak and old when he went out or received guests.

Dugu Shun did not regret that he helped Song Jingang, perhaps he was out of revenge for Li Yuan's appointment of Doulu Kuan as Xiangguo, but just a few days ago he got an important news that the Northern Sui Army had captured Yulin County, and he immediately realized that the Sui Army was about to make a move against the northern part of Guannei, and Song Jingang may be a chess piece laid by Zhang Xuan, otherwise with the sharpness of the Sui army's cavalry, how could Song Jingang escape the Yellow River.

Moreover, there are also many high-slave oil wells in Yan'an County of the Dugu family, and Dugu Shun also learned that the Sui army had a deal with Song Jingang, exchanging his armor for high-slave oil, and Dugu Shun was more sure that the Northern Sui army supported Song Jingang behind his back.

As the head of the Dugu family, Dugu Shun certainly has to consider the future of the family, once the Tang Dynasty is defeated by the Northern Sui, where should his family go?

And when Dou Qing valued Zhang Xuan, he offended Zhang Xuan, which made Dugu Shun always regret it, and he had to admire Dou Qing's unique vision, if he could trap Zhang Xuan back then, the Dugu family would be a completely different fate.

Thinking of this, Dugu Shun couldn't help but sigh secretly, just to see if he could make up for it and save a little room from Beisui.

At this moment, the carriage 'quack! Dugu Shun was caught off guard and almost fell from his seat, which made him angry in his heart, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Master, there are dead people blocking the road in front, and the clothes seem to be from our house."

Dugu Shun was stunned, pulled the curtain probe and looked out, only to see two corpses lying on the ground in front of him, indeed wearing the clothes of the servants in their house, at this time, the warriors rushed forward to check.

Just then, a cold arrow came from the west roof. '' shot, straight to the top of Dugudi's head, the arrow glows with a highly poisonous blue light, the power of this arrow is very strong, and it hit it in an instant, without waiting for Dugu Shun and the surrounding warriors to react, 'Poof! The long arrow pierced directly through the top of his head, and Dugu Shun screamed and died on the spot. (To be continued.) )