Chapter 275: Murder by Knife

readx; The other person was wearing a small gauze hat, wearing a green robe, a leather belt around his waist, and a pair of black leather boots, such a dress abounded in Chang'an, and he grabbed a lot of it casually, so Cui Guangyuan didn't notice him when he entered the tent, and the moment Cui Guangyuan entered the tent, this person quickly left from the back tent, but he was still a step slower, and Cui Guangyuan saw his side clearly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

This person turned out to be the former prince Li Heng, of course, Li Heng did not come to accompany Cui Guangyuan to drink when he went out of the city, Cui Guangyuan was just a Liupin county order, how could he be qualified to let Li Heng accompany him.

Li Heng got the news of Li Li this afternoon, King Di actually wanted to sit in Anxi, this news surprised him, so far, the deployment they made is aimed at King Di, but King Di was suddenly transferred, so that all Li Heng's plans failed, he was anxious, so he went out of the city to find Li Qing'an, but he happened to meet this banquet.

Li Heng had already left, Cui Guangyuan was still standing there in a daze, he didn't expect to see the former prince of the East Palace in Li Qing'an's barracks, he didn't even have time to salute, Li Qing'an saw that Cui Qing'an had seen Li Heng, so he gently patted him on the shoulder, and smiled apologetically: "Cui County Order, I was going to accompany you to hunt at night tonight, but there was something temporary, so I had to change the day." ”

Cui Guangyuan came to his senses at this time, and he hurriedly said, "Where! Where! The general has something to do, how can he abolish the prince for me, to be honest, I bothered the general today. ”

Li Qingan smiled and said to the other two: "Let's not talk so much, let's just sit down!" Come! Cui Xianling sat next to me. ”

........ In another small tent not far away, Li Heng paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, just now he went to look for Li Qing'an, but he was almost touched by Cui Guangyuan, he also realized that he was a little out of shape, but the anxiety in his heart made it difficult for him to calm down, if his father was not sure that King Di would enter the East Palace, who would it be? King Ying or King Yong? And it has been five days since Li Qing'an returned from Anxi, but he has never come to see him, does he also think that he has no hope of entering the East Palace again?

Li Heng has never been so eager to return to the East Palace as he is today, the cold reception of more than two years has made him taste the pain of losing power, he is not willing to disappear in obscurity in the power struggle, no matter what, he wants to fight for this.

At this time, as soon as the curtain was lifted, Li Qingan walked in and said with a smile: "Let Your Highness wait for a long time!" ”

"Aren't you going to eat with the guests?" Li Heng asked.

"They're accompanying him, I'm still here to see Your Highness."

"But he's Yang Guozhong's person, how can you .....?"

Li Qing'an saw that Li Heng's eyes were full of doubts, so he explained with a smile: "He betrayed Yang Guozhong in the assassination case, and Yang Guozhong no longer allowed him, so he came to join me." ”

"But when he saw me, would he take this opportunity to invite Yang Guozhong for a reward?"

Li Heng was a little worried, if his father knew about coming to see Li Qing'an privately, he was afraid that he would cause trouble again, and he had been an aggrieved prince for so many years, and he developed his habit of being cautious and cautious, he knew that Cui Guangyuan was promoted by Yang Guozhong, but he didn't know the extent of Cui Guangyuan's betrayal of Yang Guozhong, lest Cui Guangyuan run away to tell Yang Guozhong.

Li Qingan also thought of this, but since Cui Guangyuan came to his military camp for dinner and brought the evidence he needed, can Yang Guozhong forgive this person again?

"Your Highness, rest assured, if he dares to tell Yang Guozhong, I won't be able to spare him either."

Worried and worried, Li Heng had no choice, he had to sit down, took a sip of tea from the teacup, and then asked, "Why have you been back for five days and haven't come to see me?" ”

Li Qing'an hurriedly explained: "Your Highness should also know that as soon as I came back, I encountered Pei Xiao's unauthorized interception of the court, which led to the forced cancellation of my entry into the city, I originally planned to support the prince in the entry ceremony, but unfortunately the plan was not as good as changing, and then the assassination of King Di occurred, and the atmosphere in the court was extremely tense, in this case, the ministers did not dare to act rashly, so as not to make His Highness suspicious, and then I was involved in the assassination case by Xing Xuan, these highnesses must also know that I have no time from beginning to end." ”

"Really?" Li Heng sneered and said, "But you have time to go to Li Linfu's mansion to drink, you can explain to me." ”

Now there are not many people left who support him Li Heng, Li Qingan is the only powerful person, and it is also where Li Heng has the greatest hope, he is most afraid that Li Qingan will also give up on him, then he will really become a loner, he is like a resentful woman in a deep house at this time, and he hopes that Li Qingan can support him as always, but he is full of suspicion about him.

Li Qing'an heard the dissatisfaction in his tone, so he sighed and said, "Does Your Highness think that I went to Li Linfu's mansion to drink and have fun?" ”

"Isn't it?"

"It's not!" Li Qing'an straightened his waist and said: "Your Highness, Li Linfu is just a matchmaker, I went to his mansion to see Wang Heng, does Your Highness understand?" ”

"Wang Jue?" Li Heng suddenly understood, it turned out that Li Qingan had joined forces with Wang Heng, of course he knew that Wang Heng was also a very powerful person in the court, holding more than 20 positions, and his power even exceeded that of Yang Shenjin and Chen Xilie, if Li Qingan formed an alliance with this person, would Wang Heng also turn to support him? There should be a possibility.

Thinking of this, Li Heng's face gradually became soothed, he smiled, and said softly: "General Li, I really didn't expect that King Di would be transferred to Anxi, I heard Li Li talk about it this afternoon, so I am anxious, please forgive me for the rudeness in my words just now." ”

Li Qingan smiled faintly, Li Heng actually apologized to himself, if the time was rewind for two years, how could he, as the prince of the East Palace, apologize to him Li Qingan, at that time, he would only think that he was scolding him and taking refuge in him, and would never bow his noble head to himself.

Although Li Qingan supports Li Heng, this does not mean that he is obedient to Li Heng, it is just a gesture of his, from the beginning of joining the Donggong Party, his motives are not pure, at that time he was just a pawn of Li Linfu, he is not a person who reads the books of sages, what monarch is a minister, what monarch wants his ministers to die, and ministers have to die and other thoughts, he does not have any ideas, he only has a desire for power, only an ever-expanding ambition.

This is the reason why he didn't want Li Heng to go to Anxi to sit in the town, but looked at Li Cong, the king of Qingqing, he had long seen that Li Heng was a person who was unwilling to be quiet, if he was allowed to go to Anxi, it would only be Anxi's misfortune, and it would only be his Li Qing'an's constraints.

But Li Heng was useful to him, especially when he learned that the prince of the East Palace that Li Longji really wanted to set up turned out to be the eldest grandson of the emperor, and Li Heng was a strange thing to live in.

"Your Highness, in fact, although I didn't come to visit Your Highness, it doesn't mean that I don't care about Your Highness, on the contrary, I'm thinking about how to let Your Highness return to the East Palace all the time, and even my original purpose of dealing with Yang Guozhong and King Di is this, but even if Your Highness doesn't come tonight, I will go to Your Highness, and I want to report a major news to Your Highness."

"What's the big news?"

Li Heng immediately sat up straight, and with an instinct, he vaguely guessed that what Li Qingan was going to say was most likely the dispute in the East Palace.

"Your Highness, I heard that the Holy Lord has already appointed the Lord of the East Palace."

Li Qing'an's words were like a thousand catties of great force, and he suddenly pushed Li Heng down the cold ice cave, Li Qingan said this, it must not be him, Li Heng's heart was bitter to the extreme, his face became extremely pale, and he whispered weakly for a long time: "Who is inside?" ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "Things are not so bad? Your Highness might as well guess. ”

"Yongwang?"

Yongwang Li Lan is the sixteenth son of Li Longji, and Li Heng is the same brother, he was raised by Li Heng since he was a child, if he is designated as the prince of the East Palace, it is indeed not too bad, at least he will take care of his children in the future.

Li Qing'an shook his head, he saw that Li Heng was extremely depressed, so he didn't want to hide it from him anymore, and said with a smile: "Your Highness can't think of it!" He is the eldest grandson of the emperor. ”

"Yu'er?"

Li Heng was stunned, he really never dreamed that it would be his son, and his father would actually appoint a grandson to inherit the throne, why is this?

His mind was white, as if he had stopped thinking, and he didn't know whether he was happy or sad, or even where he was.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! ”

Li Qingan woke him up in a low voice, Li Heng's soul flew back, he grabbed Li Qingan's wrist, and asked urgently, "Is your news reliable?" ”

"It was Gao Lishi who told me, and Li Linfu also thinks so."

Since Gao Lishi and Li Linfu both think so, then this news will not be wrong, a kind of joy of a long drought and a rain poured into Li Heng's heart, and his pale face just now immediately became radiant, it is his son, his son is going to be the emperor's grandson, then he will be the emperor in the future, although Li Heng still has some regrets in his heart, after all, the emperor does not have the power of the emperor, but this is much better than his brother staying in the East Palace, he also knows how difficult it is for him to return to the East Palace, except for Li Qing'an, there is no important minister to support, Moreover, Li Qingan is far away in Anxi, and now his son can enter the East Palace, and he is also satisfied.

Thinking of this, Li Heng could no longer suppress the joy in his heart, and asked with a smile: "General Li, how sure do you think Yu'er will enter the East Palace?" ”

Li Qing'an behaved quite calmly, he smiled and said: "If His Royal Highness can keep the secret strictly and not tell anyone, including the person next to him, then I think he is seventy percent sure, and if he wants to do the opposite, if there are too many people who know, someone will immediately destroy and obstruct it, and try every means to slander the eldest grandson, then there will only be thirty percent of the certainty." ”

Of course, Li Heng understood what Li Qing'an meant, the battle in the East Palace has been more than two years, and the more it reaches the last moment, the more tragic the struggle will be, it can be said that the real struggle has just begun, so what can he do for his son, Li Heng thought for a long time, in addition to secrecy, he can also provide money and things for his son, most of the 50,000 taels of gold that Li Qing'an gave him back then were useless, in addition, it seemed that he was powerless, Li Heng glanced at Li Qing'an, he suddenly scolded himself, how could he forget Li Qing'an, if he was willing to support his son, That son's strength will be greatly enhanced, Li Qingan is good to support him, but it does not mean that he supports his son.

Li Heng hurriedly stood up and gave Li Qingan a deep salute, "I beg General Li to continue to support my son, Li Heng is grateful." ”

Li Qingan also returned the courtesy: "Please rest assured, whether it is His Royal Highness or the eldest grandson of the emperor, Li Qingan will do his best to be loyal." ”

........ After secretly meeting with Li Qing'an, Li Heng left the barracks and quietly returned to Chang'an City, Cui Guangyuan also left one step earlier, at this time it was less than half an hour away from Haishi, Chang'an City gradually quieted down, pedestrians hurried to their homes, and soon the streets and alleys of Chang'an were empty.

At the mouth of Suo Luo Alley in Yongfu Fang, a light carriage was still parked at the mouth of the alley, and at this time, the door of a small courtyard opened, and the middle-aged woman of Yanzhi sent Sun Ru and her maid out of the small courtyard.

"Madame will do it according to the method I taught you, put one tablet every three days, and within ten days, his heart will always belong to you, this is my promise to Madame."

Sun Ruren nodded and smiled: "If it works, I will repay the fifth aunt twice." ”

She carefully put away a small paper bag, and then got into the carriage and commanded, "Go home!" ”

The carriage turned its head and drove towards the palace of the king of Di, the middle-aged woman stretched her neck and waited until she disappeared, only then did she take out two ingots of yellow and clear gold from her arms, her eyes were shining, she hurriedly walked back to the courtyard, and the courtyard door creaked shut.

After about a quarter of an hour, the whole vicinity of the mouth of the alley was completely silent, and there was not a single pedestrian, and suddenly, from the opposite alley came a dozen black shadows, they moved quickly, their bodies were as light as apes, and they jumped lightly into the courtyard wall.

For a moment, only a low exclamation was heard from inside the room, and there was no more sound.

........ At the moment, the rumbling drum sounded, the time to close the gate and the city gate came, and a large group of Jin Wuwei began to inspect the street, just when the drum was about to stop, a carriage drove quickly, stopped in front of the Qingwang Mansion, Li Li pushed the car door, strode towards the house, and commanded: "Gambling and drinking are not allowed tonight, the people on duty must not slack off, and those who are not on duty should close the door early and the black light, if anyone dares to make trouble, they will be beaten with a cane of fifty and rush to the manor." ”

He walked quickly through the door and asked, "Has my father slept?" ”

The housekeeper hurriedly said, "The prince is still in the study, with Mr. Yan." ”

"Oh! He's pretty fast. Li Li laughed and walked directly to the inner house.

The study is brightly lit, the incense burner in the corner of the room is curling with green smoke, the room is full of sobering fragrance, this is a way for Li Cong to curb his sleepiness, others are too fat, as soon as the sky is dark, he will fall asleep, he has developed a habit in recent years, but he can't sleep tonight, his staff Yan Kai and his son Li Li have successively sent news, there are major discoveries, he endured sleepiness, waiting for the two of them to arrive.

Yan Kai had already arrived first, and he placed a yellowed piece of letter paper in front of Li Cong, which was naturally the evidence that Cui Guangyuan had found from the mountains of files in Chang'an County.

"Your Royal Highness, this Han Baiyan is the staff of King Di, he is a powerful figure, the folk chivalrous heroes call him Mr. White Face, this person has networked hundreds of killer aliens for King Di, the two monsters of Jinzhou are one of them, Tianbao seven years, they were bought by Han Baiyan from Wannian County Prison, this receipt is an agreement he reached with the prison at that time, His Royal Highness saw it, it was written clearly, and bought the two monsters of Jinzhou with a thousand yuan, as well as Han Baiyan's autograph, which was originally a contract signed privately, But the prison man was afraid that something would happen, so he kept it, and I spent 2,000 yuan to buy it today, and now it is the evidence that King Di assassinated Li Qing'an. ”

In fact, there is no need to wake up his mind, Li Cong is not sleepy, the evidence in front of him makes him extremely excited, he reads this contract over and over again, suddenly, he frowned and said: "Then how can it be proved that the two monsters of Jinzhou participated in the assassination of Li Qing'an?" ”

"Your Highness don't worry, at that time, the two monsters of Jinzhou were caught by Li Qing'an and sent back to the capital, they left a confession at the Yushitai, admitting their identity and assassinating Li Qing'an, but they didn't know who was behind the scenes, and they were killed soon after they were transferred to Dali Temple."

"This bastard!"

Li Cong gritted his teeth and said: "Back then, he dared to frame me, causing me to fall to this day, and I am not a gentleman if I have revenge, this time I have to let him taste what it is like to think about it." ”

Yan Kai also sneered: "Your Highness, don't worry, I heard that the little prince has also discovered the handle of King Di, it is better for us to take a two-pronged approach, so that he will never turn over." ”

"Hmmm! You can say that again. ”

Li Cong nodded, he looked at the leak, and said unhappily: "Why hasn't Yu'er come yet?" It's going to close soon. ”

"Father, I'm here!" Li Li's voice came from outside.

He walked in quickly, bowed and said, "The child sees his father." ”

"Excuse me! Did you find any tricks? ”

Li Li smiled and said: "Back to the father, the child did find the handle of the king of Di, this king of Di has a favorite widow, and he went to find a witch to ask for flattery, the child found this witch today and got the exact news." ”

Speaking of this, he whispered a few words in Li Cong's ear, and Li Cong was surprised: "Is he really like this?" ”

Li Li nodded affirmatively, "It must be so, something must be on him." ”

"Good! I'll go and complain to my father tomorrow so that he can't eat and walk around. ”

Li Yu smiled and said: "Father, I mean, don't come forward to ask for flattery." ”

Li Cong was stunned, "Why is this?" ”

"Father, think about it, the assassination of Li Qing'an was the father's attempt to wash away his innocence, so his father has been investigating the truth for the past two years, but his widow's begging for flattery is a bit deliberate, and my father seems to be suspected of setting up a trap when he says it, I mean, it's best to let the people around him denounce it, so as not to make the saint suspicious."

Li Cong lowered his head and thought for a long time, and said, "But whoever will sue him around him depends on him for food." ”

Li Li smiled, "Father, I heard that the eunuch Zhang Fengen, who served him, had a very bad relationship with him, generally speaking, this kind of thing is the duty of the eunuch, if he doesn't report, it is his dereliction of duty, it is better to leak this information to him, and then bribe him heavily, he will naturally come forward to expose it." ”

"Wonderful!" Yan Kai next to him struck his fists and smiled: "If His Royal Highness sues King Di, the Holy Lord will definitely find Zhang Fengen to confront him, and then he will reveal the secret of King Di, I estimate that King Di will not be able to tell even if he has three mouths, this time he will definitely die!" ”

Li Cong looked at Yan Kai, and then at Li Li, his train of thought was completely restrained by these two people, he nodded, and said excitedly: "Just do as you say, this is called borrowing a knife to kill people, tomorrow morning Yu'er will go to Zhang Fengen, if it succeeds, I will go to Xingqing Palace in the afternoon." ”

(To be continued)