Chang'an City has a curfew, and there are groups of Jinwuwei soldiers with copper rods everywhere, and no pedestrians are allowed to appear on the street, but there is no prohibition in the square, and they can pass at will.

Yang Jun rode out of Yanshoufang and headed in the direction of the palace, but he had not been far out of the gate when a group of Jinwuwei soldiers stopped him.

Because Yang Jun was wearing an official uniform, the Jin Wuwei soldiers did not take him down immediately, and said coldly as the first captain: "No matter who it is, those who violate the curfew order will be arrested, that is, the prime minister of the dynasty must return home." ”

Yang Jun took out the silver medal and handed it to the captain, "I have this, can I pass?" ”

The lieutenant rushed to ask for instructions with the 'Qi Wang Order', and soon came back, waved his hand and said, "You go!" ”

The soldiers dodged a way, Yang Jun urged the horse to run north, he went through three checks in a row, each time to confirm, it took nearly an hour to come to the East Palace.

In front of the East Palace, it is also heavily guarded, and the three thousand Yulin Army guards the East Palace very tightly, and inside the East Palace, Xue Wanjun and Luo Cheng each lead three hundred guards to protect in front of the Xiande Hall where Li Jiancheng is located.

Yang Jun had a special token to enter the East Palace, and the road was unimpeded, and he soon came to the steps of the Xiande Palace, but was blocked by Luo Cheng.

Although Luo Yi surrendered to the Sui army in Hanzhong, Luo Cheng was not implicated by his father, Li Jiancheng still trusted him, and still appointed him as the guard general, and together with Xue Wanjun, he became the two generals who guarded Li Jiancheng.

"Is Yang Xima going to see the prince?"

Luo Cheng arched his hand and said very sincerely: "Now is an extraordinary time, and you can't follow the prince." ”

Yang Jun hurriedly said: "The stakes are very high, I must see the prince, and there is an urgent matter to report to His Royal Highness the prince." ”

"Please wait!"

Luo Cheng went in to report, and after a while, he came out and arched his hand: "Your Highness invites Yang Xima to go in." ”

Yang Jun hurriedly walked into the Xiande Palace, at this time the Xiande Hall was brightly lit, not only the crown prince Li Jiancheng, but also more than 30 important ministers loyal to Li Jiancheng, and even Pei Lian, who was originally at odds with Li Jiancheng, also came together with Li Jiancheng because of the King of Qi incident.

The ministers were taken to the East Palace by Li Jiancheng to avoid possible disasters, Li Jiancheng finally reached a compromise with the Yulin general Changsun Shunde, although the eldest grandson Shunde did not obey Li Jiancheng's order, but out of duty, the eldest grandson Shunde still agreed to send 3,000 troops to protect the East Palace, which shows that the eldest grandson Shunde is neutral and does not support the mutiny.

In this way, the East Palace became relatively safe, and Li Jiancheng took his henchmen and ministers to the East Palace for protection.

In the study, Chai Shao, Wang Gui and several other ministers were discussing countermeasures with Li Jiancheng, and the final annihilation of King Qin's army made their hearts extremely heavy, but Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, still had to go against the grain at this time, and was frantically trying to usurp the throne, which also aroused the anger of the ministers, and now they are not to defend the Tang Dynasty, but to maintain the last dignity of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Jiancheng also had an intuition that since the Tang army had been defeated, the King of Qi would not wait for the King of Qin to enter the city, and he would most likely act today and tomorrow, which made Li Jiancheng very nervous.

At this time, there was a eunuch at the door: "Your Highness, Yang Xima is here!" ”

"Let him in!"

Among the more than 30 ministers that Li Jiancheng received into the East Palace, there was no Yang Jun, which actually shows Li Jiancheng's attitude towards Yang Jun, has excluded him from his confidant, and also shows that Li Jiancheng does not trust Yang Jun in his bones.

However, Yang Jun didn't know that more than 30 ministers were in the back hall, he came in from the front hall, and he didn't see these ministers, if he did, his mood must be extremely complicated.

Yang Jun walked into the study quickly, bowed down and said, "Weichen Yang Jun see His Royal Highness!" ”

"Yang washes the horse and is exempt."

"Your Highness!"

Yang Jun had just straightened his waist, but Chai Shao next to him interjected strangely and asked, "The army outside is patrolling tightly, how can Yang Xima come over?" ”

This sentence reminded Li Jiancheng, he also looked at Yang Jun strangely, he also wanted to know the reason, how could Yang Jun come over?

Yang Jun sighed, and told his brother Yang Rong about coming to him, but he concealed the news that Li Yuan had died, and Yang Jun didn't know whether this matter was true or not, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense.

After speaking, he took out the silver medal again and presented it with both hands, "Your Highness, this is the reason why I was able to pass through and inspect Jin Wuwei all the way, please take a look." ”

Li Jiancheng took the token and glanced at it, his face suddenly changed greatly, he and Chai Shao glanced at each other, and both of them showed nervousness in their eyes, if the king of Qi ordered a curfew and Duan Decao carried out the order, there would be no problem, but the problem was that the king of Qi had the privilege of passing, and he could get unimpeded with a Qi king's order, so wouldn't the king of Qi's private army be brave enough to travel freely in Chang'an?

This shows that Duan Decao has begun to lose his bottom line and gradually become the lackey of King Qi, Li Jiancheng asked again: "Your brother said that King Qi is going to do it tonight, does he mean that he is going to attack the East Palace?" ”

"This.... The specific plan Weichen brothers don't know, he is not the core figure, but according to the order he received, all the three thousand brave men will be dispatched at the third watch tonight, and it should be to attack the East Palace. ”

Li Jiancheng nodded, "You did a good job in this matter, go down and rest first!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the compliment, Weichen will retire first!"

As soon as Yang Jun went down, Wang Gui, who had been silent, said: "Your Highness, what this person said is a bit strange. ”

"What's the matter?"

Wang Gui sneered, "Does Your Highness think that someone like Yang Rong could see King Qi's secret list of murders?" And this 'Qi Wang Order' turned out to be silver, distributed according to rank, the gold medal is held by King Qi, and the silver medal should be held by several core figures, like Yang Rong, a character like Yang Rong, at most take a bronze medal, but he actually took out two silver medals, and generously gave it to his brother, doesn't His Royal Highness think it's strange? ”

Li Jiancheng nodded, what Wang Gui said did make sense, he stared at Wang Gui, "Then what do you mean?"

"Wei Chen speculated that this was actually the plan of the King of Qi to tell His Highness something through Yang Jun's mouth."

Li Jiancheng frowned, and asked puzzledly, "But what did he say?" It doesn't make any sense! Of course, I know that King Qi is going to do it either tonight or tomorrow night. ”

Chai Shao next to him clapped his hands, "I understand!" ”

Li Jiancheng and Wang Gui looked at him together, and Chai Shao snorted heavily, "King Qi deliberately used the fact that Yang Rong could be unimpeded to misinterpret us, making us think that Duan Decao had surrendered to King Qi." ”

Chai Shao picked up King Qi's order and said coldly: "If I guessed correctly, this Qi Wang's order is conditional, maybe there are only two sides in total that can be passed, as for bravely going to the street and the like, it is definitely not allowed." ”

"General Chai is right."

Next to Wang Gui also added: "It is not easy for King Qi to attack His Highness, the East Palace is closely guarded by the Yulin Army, he can't enter at all, if he leads the brave and forcible attack, it will attract more Yulin Army, so how can he do it to His Highness?" There is only one way to lure His Highness out, such as bringing it into the palace. ”

Li Jiancheng understood, he nodded, and also said: "So King Qi used Yang Jun to send me a message that Duan Decao had surrendered to King Qi, making me believe that King Qi would use Duan Decao's army to launch a mutiny, maybe his bravery can attack the East Palace unimpeded, right?" ”

"Exactly!"

As soon as the words fell, a guard outside the door hurriedly reported, "In the palace, someone in the palace sent a letter urgently!" ”

Li Jiancheng and Chai Shao glanced at each other, and they really cooperated tacitly!

Li Jiancheng walked out of the hall quickly, a eunuch was anxiously pacing back and forth, and when he saw Li Jiancheng coming out, he jumped up and knelt on the ground and cried, "Your Highness! The Holy Saint has collapsed. ”

Although Li Jiancheng knew that there was fraud in this, but the news came suddenly, it still made him very sad in his heart, tears fell, and he sat down on the steps all of a sudden, he suddenly covered his face, and cried bitterly.

The eunuch cried again: "The saint died, there was no one in the harem, and the corpse of the saint was cold in bed, so I implore His Highness to deal with the affairs of the saint." ”

Chai Shao nodded, "You go back, Your Highness will be there soon." ”

The eunuch wiped away his tears and went back to the palace to report, Chai Shao and Wang Gui hurriedly helped Li Jiancheng and helped him back to the study, at this time Chai Shao said in a low voice: "Your Highness, don't be sad first, this must be a false letter, deceive Your Highness into the palace, and the saint is likely to still be there." ”

Li Jiancheng sighed, "Although I know that it is the plan of the King of Qi, hearing this news still makes me sad." ”

"Your Highness, this is human nature, but now we can't be sad, we must discuss countermeasures, Weichen suggested, and the plan will be calculated."

Li Jiancheng walked quickly to the map and studied the route to the palace, he wanted to know where the King of Qi would ambush himself in order to deal with him.

At this time, Wang Gui pointed at the Xuanwu Gate with his finger, "Your Highness, it must be in the Xuanwu Gate!" ”

"Why?"

"The reason is very simple, one is that the closest way for the East Palace to enter the Inner Palace is to take the Xuanwu Gate, His Royal Highness is anxious, and the possibility of taking the Xuanwu Gate is the greatest, and secondly, the Forbidden Garden outside the Xuanwu Gate is the place where the Yulin Army is stationed, since His Royal Highness has some support from the Yulin Army, then His Highness is more likely to take the Xuanwu Gate, so Weichen almost dared to assert that the ambush soldiers were hiding in the Xuanwu Gate, waiting for His Highness to enter the palace, as long as His Highness entered the Xuanwu Gate, they would immediately close the palace gate and isolate the Yulin Army."

"But the Xuanwu Gate is also guarded by the Yulin Army, what can you say?"

Wang Gui sighed, "Has Your Highness forgotten?" Princess Qi's brother Yang Yanqing is also a general of the Yulin Army, and in the Yulin Army, the King of Qi can also be bought. ”

Li Jiancheng pondered for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "This is because he is mad, and if he doesn't give his father a good death, he won't blame me for being ruthless." ”

Speaking of this, Li Jiancheng turned around and instructed Chai Shao, "You immediately go to the Yulin Army camp in the Forbidden Garden, find the eldest grandson Shunde, and tell him that my father has died, and I need his support." (To be continued)

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