Chapter 604: How Sharp Is Your Lance?

Wan Yulou was already a little out of breath when he walked up to the city wall, he wiped the sweat on his forehead and smiled self-deprecatingly, and said in his heart that he had just climbed the courtyard wall of the nunnery, and now he came to climb the wall of the East Palace again, didn't it cost me my life. Lao Tzu finally grew so fat, if he lost weight, wouldn't he have wronged so many delicacies from the mountains and seas that he had eaten in his stomach before?

It's really rare that he has to do such a big thing and is in the mood to think cranky, so that when he arrives at the city wall, he is still struggling with whether to find someone to carry on his back? When he saw the black stone standing respectfully on the side, the fat man's mood suddenly became happy.

"Blackstone, here."

The corners of Heishi's mouth couldn't help twitching when he saw Wan Yulou, and there was indescribable pain in his eyes. He hurriedly saluted and said, "I've seen Lord Xuanwu. ”

"Is there anything wrong with you in a moment?"

Wan Yulou asked.

Heishi's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but shudder when he remembered his bleak fate when he saw this fat man for the first time. He wanted to say something, but when he thought of the fat man's vicious methods, he didn't dare to lie. So he opened his mouth, but he didn't know whether to say something was wrong or nothing.

At this time, the woman in the big red dress turned around and glanced at Wan Yulou coldly, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "Your Highness is waiting here for you to report the news, but you are talking to my subordinates endlessly." Do you still have Your Highness in your eyes? ”

When she said the four words of my men, her tone was slightly heavier, which made Blackstone breathe a sigh of relief. The heart said that in this world, in addition to His Royal Highness the Prince, I am afraid that Lord Suzaku can also make this fat man scruples, since Lord Suzaku opened his mouth, this fat man should be more interesting.

"I have His Highness in my eyes, and there must be no you."

Wan Yulou obviously didn't have a good impression of this cold stone-like woman, so he replied without being salty and indifferent, then put on an amiable smile, patted Heishi's shoulder and said, "When I went up to the city wall, I walked too fast, and I accidentally broke my foot, and it hurt my heart...... If you're okay with everything you can do in a moment, carry me down? ”

Heishi's body shook violently, and then nodded with a wry smile and said, "Obey orders." ”

"Wanyulou!"

Li Jiancheng glanced back at the fat man and said angrily: "How long do you have to let Lone wait for you?" ”

Wan Yulou smiled flatteringly, and then trotted over and bent down to salute as he ran: "Your subordinate Wan Yulou has met His Highness, and the things you ordered have been done by your subordinates just now." Red Whisk's subordinates have already taken them to the dungeon to wait, and His Highness can be summoned at any time. The spies in Yanyunzhai didn't move, but just drove away. ”

Heishi watched the fat man run over very lightly, and a wave of anger suddenly rose in his heart. Broken foot...... Why are you running so fast when you are a fat man of hundreds of pounds?

"One does well, the other doesn't."

Li Jiancheng frowned slightly and said: "If you go to invite Hongfu, you want to do your best to be a landlord, and Lone and King Yan are friends who are unrebellious, how can you let her suffer in that broken nunnery?" In the future, if King Yan asked, there was no way to explain it, so he asked you to invite instead of arrest, but you took people to the dungeon...... Wan Yulou, your brain has been getting more and more stupid lately. As for the spies who drove away from Yanyunzhai, they did a good job, they didn't hurt anyone, they were killed, and King Yan's face was at least left for him. It's not time to tear your face yet, so you naturally have to leave a little leeway for everything. ”

Li Jiancheng paused for a moment and said: "Gu is sincere to King Yan, and he will definitely not look at Gu coldly." The reason why the red whisk was invited was completely out of necessity, and after the dust settled on the big event tomorrow, Lone would personally send the red whisk back to King Yan, even if he asked Lone to apologize. His men were too close to Chang'an...... Lone had to be on guard. ”

He paused for a moment and said, "You are all Lone's henchmen, and Lone doesn't shy away from anything. Shimin's men and horses are already less than fifty miles away from Chang'an, and they will be able to reach Chang'an by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. The father has sent people from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment to greet him, that is, Wu Yinghai also rushed to the army today with the will of his father, but the eunuch is not out of the palace easily, and the will of the father must be extremely important to let him go. ”

"An army of 50,000...... Once you're in the city, what's the point? Lone went to the palace today to see his father, Wan Yulou, you desperately brought back the news Lone is very pleased, this is a great achievement, so today this little mistake Gu will not pursue anything. It's also indispensable to reward you when you look back, Lone has let you think about it for so long, what do you want? ”

Wan Yulou was silent and didn't answer, Li Jiancheng subconsciously turned his head to look over, and saw this fat man staring at Suzaku in a daze, and even more shamelessly, he licked his lips. Suzaku's face turned pale, and the killing intent in his eyes could almost overflow. It can be seen that if Li Jiancheng was not present, she would have fought with Wan Yulou now.

"Another one!"

Li Jiancheng said with a frown.

Wan Yulou smiled wryly and said: "Your Highness, you misunderstood me, my subordinates just heard that Suzaku's natural and fanfare dance is unique in the world, so I want to take a look, since Your Highness doesn't allow that subordinate to change it...... The subordinate wants a gold medal for avoiding death. ”

Li Jiancheng was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "Lone will give it to you later." ”

"Your Highness!"

Wan Yulou knelt down and made a big salute seriously.

"Go both of you, for tomorrow the people of the world will enter the city...... Whether it will work out or not, only tomorrow. I've already told my father how to prepare and not slack off, and my father will naturally make arrangements. ”

Wan Yulou glanced at Suzaku, then nodded and said, "Subordinates obey orders"

Suzaku saluted Li Jiancheng and said goodbye, and when he walked past Wan Yulou's side, his voice was low and his tone was cold, and he said word by word: "I will kill you with my own hands sooner or later, do you believe it or not?" ”

Wan Yulou smiled and said in a very low voice that could only be barely heard by Suzaku: "I'll you sooner or later, do you believe it or not?" ”

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The Imperial Study

Li Yuan was still leaning back in his chair in a daze, and after so many days, he seemed to be still immersed in the pain of losing his son. Or maybe even he himself is a little puzzled, why is his heart softer now that he has sat on that chair than when he was forbearing? There was a thick stack of folds on the table in front of him, but he hadn't seen any of them. During these days, most of the twists and turns he had people sent to the East Palace for the prince to deal with, and the officials below seemed to smell something, and more and more people went to the East Palace recently.

Thinking of those officials starting to show their loyalty so early, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

The door of the imperial study was gently pushed open, and Wu Yinghai, the eunuch who went out of the palace at noon today to deliver the decree to Li Shimin, walked in with very light steps. He bowed down, like a cat, without making a sound. After walking in front of Li Yuan, Wu Yinghai lowered his head and said respectfully, "Your Majesty...... The slave maid has already passed on her will to the king of Qin. ”

"How's Motoyoshi?"

Li Yuan was silent for a while and asked.

"His Royal Highness King Qi's body is very well protected, and the weather is cold, so I can't smell anything."

"You didn't see it with your own eyes?"

"Slaves and maids don't dare, that's a big disrespect."

"How are the people?"

"When the slave arrived, King Qin was still imprisoned in an iron cage. The iron cage consisted of ninety-eight wrist-thick iron rods, tied with chains, and fastened with three iron locks. The weather was too cold, and His Royal Highness King Qin's hands and feet were frozen, and blood was oozing from the cracks, which made people feel sad to look at......"

"Are you speaking for the people?"

Li Yuan's face was calm, but his voice was slightly cold.

"The slave didn't dare, but she just said what she saw."

Li Yuan was silent for a while, then pointed to the teacup in front of him and said, "Make some tea to drink." ”

Wu Yinghai answered, found out the utensils for making tea, and boiled water to make tea on the low table, his movements looked extremely gentle, and he was even more charming and enchanting than ordinary women. Li Yuan watched his movements, his face softened a little, and asked, "Wu Yinghai, do you know why I didn't hide anything from you?" ”

Wu Yinghai's body stiffened slightly, and then replied with a smile: "Because a slave is just a slave, and she will always be just a slave." ”

Li Yuan nodded, then sighed and said, "Then you just tell the truth, and say whatever you see." That's what you said to me, but I know you haven't made it clear. ”

"Your Majesty......"

Wu Yinghai stood up, handed a cup of tea to Li Yuan and said, "It's not that the slave doesn't say it, it's the slave and the maid...... Afraid. ”

"You still admit that you're afraid of death?"

Li Yuan put the teacup on the table and sneered: "You let people buy a large piece of land in Hedong County, and there is a big mansion that you think I don't know?" I don't say it, just wait for you to tell me yourself. But you've disappointed me...... Don't worry, I won't kill you, no matter what you see or say today, I won't kill you. The piece of land you bought in Hedong County, I have already asked the people in the household department to withdraw the money to do it...... If you have followed me for so many years, I should reward you with a place to retire, and keep your own money. ”

"Slave maid...... Thank you, Your Majesty. ”

Wu Yinghai fell to his knees and kowtowed.

"Say!"

Li Yuan waved his hand and said impatiently.

"The whole army of the King of Qin is vegetarian, and the white-clothed and white-flag weapons and armor are all handed over to the baggage camp, and the soldiers only have white flags in their hands and no weapons......"

Li Yuan was stunned and muttered: "Could it be that I am wrong, could it be that the prince wronged him?" ”

"But ......"

Wu Yinghai raised his head and looked at Li Yuan and said, "When the slave and maid came back, the guard who followed the slave and maid to announce the decree said...... The men of the baggage battalion were sharpening their knives. ”

"They're all sharpening their knives ......"

Li Yuan repeated the change, and then sneered.

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The lights in the Tang army camp were brilliant, and one hundred and eight white-clothed armored soldiers stood solemnly guarding Li Yuanji's coffin. After three hundred miles from Chang'an, only one hundred and eight of them in the entire Tang army camp had weapons in their hands, and everyone's weapons were sent to the baggage camp by Li Shimin's order. It was the personal soldiers under his command who split the tiger battalion, and the personal soldiers under the major generals were the same. This was done in order to express his position to Li Yuan.

But tonight, the baggage battalion was sharpening its knives.

After taking a hot bath, Li Shimin lay in the water and took a nap with his eyes closed. I felt that the water was getting a little colder, so I got up, and then changed into brand new clothes. It was new from the inside out, it was a set of King Qin's regular clothes, but unlike in the past, inside his royal clothes was a set of bright yellow shirts.

Standing in front of the bronze mirror and looking at himself carefully, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and then turned around and walked out of the big tent. Escorted by eighteen captains who had already received their weapons, Li Shimin walked into the largest tent in the camp. He opened the curtain and entered the door, and dozens of armored generals in the big tent stood up straight, and saluted neatly: "Minister, meet Your Highness!" ”

Li Shimin waved his hand, slowly walked to the handsome seat and sat down. He glanced at his generals, but under his deliberately calm face was a heart that was almost jumping out of his throat, not worried, not afraid, but excited and nervous.

That's right, he was nervous.

No matter who you are, you will be nervous to do such a big thing.

"Wu Yinghai is here to deliver the message today...... After the army is escorted to the city gate tomorrow, it will be stationed in the same place and cannot enter the city, and the coffin will be escorted into the city by Lone himself, and the hundred officials will be greeted at the city gate at that time, and the people of the Ministry of Rites have prepared the funeral rack according to the regulations, and the father will not personally go out of the city to pick up the ...... because he is unwell."

As he spoke, he noticed that his voice was a little hoarse.

"Yin Kaishan, Qu Tutong, you two lead the cavalry, you don't need to pay attention to other things when you get to the city gate tomorrow, and rush directly into the city, the Xuanwu Gate is the top priority, as long as you take the Xuanwu Gate, you can go straight to the palace."

"Whoa!"

"Fang Xuanling, Tang Jian, the two of you lead troops to surround all the officials at the city gate, and you are not allowed to get out of any of them, if anyone resists...... There is no mercy for killing. ”

"Dugu Huai'en, you took five thousand elite soldiers directly into the city and besieged the East Palace, without Lone's order, you are not allowed to kill people, but you are not allowed to let people out!"

"Whoa!"

"Wei Chigong!"

Li Shimin shouted, looked at Wei Chigong and said word by word: "Tomorrow, you will follow closely by Lonely's side, never leaving an inch...... The eldest brother is going to greet the coffin at the door on behalf of his father, you ...... Is your lance sharpened? ”