Chapter 107: Fortunately, it's Li Su
Hearing Hu Li's roar, Li Su, Yan Bei and the others immediately turned their heads to look, only to find that Wang Dulong, who was sneering just now, was now pale and gray, with blackened blood constantly flowing out of the corners of his mouth, and at the same time, his eyes were scattered, obviously no longer good.
Seeing this situation, Zhou Long quickly walked up and touched the other party's pulse, and at the same time opened the other party's mouth and smelled it, and immediately shook his head with a disappointed face and said: "Your Highness, we are too negligent, the other party's mouth has long hidden a highly poisonous poison, and the outside is wrapped in sheep intestines, as long as you bite through the sheep intestines when you use it, it can kill people within a few breaths, and it is impossible to rescue at all." ”
"Bastard!" Li slapped the table angrily, and as a result, his palms were numb in pain, and he didn't lose face in front of everyone, so he had to endure it, and at the same time, the anger in his heart was even stronger. As soon as I thought of the dead man, the other party gave himself such a play, this is too fucking coincidence, right?
But being angry is angry, and the matter in front of him still has to be dealt with, Li Su pulled Yan Bei aside and asked softly: "Brother Yan, who is the backstage of this Yellow River Gang?" ”
Yan Bei smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Liulang, there are many backers of this Yellow River Gang, but their biggest backstage is Su Gan Chengji. ”
"Gang Chengji?" Li Su repeated this name, which was obviously not Han, and always felt that he had heard of it somewhere, but he couldn't think of it for a while.
"This Su Gan Chengji is actually not a big man, just a military attache from the sixth grade, but his identity is very special, many dignitaries and dignitaries have to give him some face, just because he is the prince's personal guard, in other words, the person behind the Yellow River Gang is actually the prince!" Yan Bei was also bitter in his heart when he spoke, and according to this clue, this matter was already very clear. The people behind the scenes are except the crown prince. It is estimated that there is no one else.
However, after Li Su heard it, he didn't show any anger, not even a trace of abnormality. Just squinted his eyes and thought about it, and then looked at the water monkey who was still crawling on the ground and kowtowing to plead.
"Rokuro, what are you going to do with this?" Although Yanbei didn't want to get involved in the battle for the throne of the two princes. But now that things have happened, and he is also one of the parties involved, it is too late to hide.
"What else can I do, of course, I try to cover this matter as much as possible, and wait until Chang'an!" Li Su said angrily. has suffered such a big dark loss, but he can't publicize it yet, otherwise if the trouble is known all over the world, then not only Li Chengqian will lose face, but even the entire royal family will lose face. What's more, there is a high probability that this matter was not done by Li Chengqian.
I heard that Li Su wanted to make a big thing small. Yanbei immediately breathed a sigh of relief, there was still room for maneuver in the matter, it seemed that Liulang had not been stunned by the anger. Know the seriousness of things. As long as you arrive in Chang'an, your majesty will be in charge of everything. At that time, it will be none of his business to deal with what he likes.
"Rokuro, since this matter is to be kept secret, I will go to the surrounding boats now and place a gag order, as for these people who have been caught, they can't stay any longer, so just deal with them all, right?" Although Yanbei is a literati, but when he is ruthless, he is more ruthless than anyone else, and the fate of these people is decided in one sentence, this time in addition to these leaders, there are seven or eight hundred captives, he even said that he would kill him, and he didn't even frown.
The two talked in a low voice, the water monkey didn't hear it, and still knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, but Li Su didn't have any soft-heartedness, speaking of which, the Yellow River Gang was engaged in the business of killing people and overselling goods, and they were rampant and domineering on the Yellow River on weekdays, and they should have been punished a long time ago. However, if it is killed with a knife, Li Su feels a little pity, now there is a shortage of people everywhere in Datang, not even enough slaves, if it is a killing of seven or eight hundred strong laborers, is it a bit too wasteful?
Thinking of this, Li Su's eyes rolled, and he said with a smile: "No matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat, it's a pity to kill them, just before I came, I asked Lu Qing to go to a place to run errands, and my subordinates are short of labor, so I just send them there, and I don't have to worry about them running back!" ”
Yan Bei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then thought of what Li Su asked Lu Qing to do, and he laughed at the moment, and said to him convincingly: "Liulang, your brain is turning so fast, it is indeed a good place, not only can you have more labor, but without your permission, I'm afraid they won't be able to come back for the rest of their lives!" ”
After discussing the handling of the captives, Yanbei immediately took action, assisted by Zhou Long and Huli, and quickly dealt with the matter, and the merchant ships that saw the attack around were all given a gag order, although the local state capital got some rumors and sent people to check it, but it was bombed away by Yanbei people, and at the same time warned the local government that no one should discuss this matter again, let alone report the matter, because of the prestige of the Qi Palace, the local officials naturally obeyed.
After this attack, not only Li Su's ship was damaged, but many palace guards were also injured, so Li Su rested here for a few days before returning to the road. As for this attack, because of his deliberate suppression, not many people know about it, although there are occasional rumors among the people, but they are all vague, and no one knows what happened that night.
However, although Li Su tried his best to hide it, it was not difficult for some people to know about it, and Li Su was also very clear about this, but he didn't plan to hide it from those people, such as Li Shimin in Chang'an City.
"Bastard!" Li Shimin in the Taiji Palace slammed the information in his hand on the table, the green tendons on his forehead jumped, and his eyes were crimson as if he was going to choose someone to devour, and he seemed to be angry.
"Your Majesty, although all the evidence in this matter points to the crown prince, it seems that it is not so simple from the perspective of subordinates!" A black-clothed shadow stood in front of the bookcase, and there were only two people in the entire study, him and Li Shimin.
"Hmph, I know it's not that simple, but in my Datang territory, someone dares to attack my son, it's just that he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead!" Li Shimin said murderously. He was originally a short-term character, and he was particularly fond of Li Su, so after knowing that someone was attacking his fleet, he couldn't wait to find out the murderer behind the scenes, and then slaughtered the other party with his own hands to vent his anger for his son.
"This matter mobilizes all the forces of the shadow guard, you must find out this matter for me, no matter how deep it is involved, I will never tolerate it!" Li Shimin commanded the shadow viciously again.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, the subordinates are already doing this, the key to this matter is the true identity of that Wang Dulong, but this person is obviously a chess piece that has been laid down many years ago, we only found out some things after the other party was twenty years old, as for before the age of twenty, this person's experience is a blank, as if it appeared out of thin air, can lie down such a chess piece more than ten years ago, it can be seen that the strength of the other party is definitely not weak, in this way, we have to suspect a lot of objects!" The shadow still said in an extremely flat tone.
"Okay, let's go down and do it! I want you to give me an answer as quickly as possible! Li Shimin waved his hand and said very domineeringly. Now he is not only an emperor, but also a father who wants to avenge his son, and nothing can calm his anger except to find the real culprit.
The shadow received the order and immediately retreated silently. And Li Shimin walked back and forth behind the bookcase a few times, and finally sat down angrily, grabbed the information just now and read it carefully, and finally sighed softly: "Liulang, my good son!" Fortunately, you encountered this incident, if it is replaced by Qingque and others, I am afraid that it will be another storm that will be difficult to quell! ”
Li Su didn't know that he was praised by the emperor's father again, after he rested in Weizhou, he immediately took a boat all the way to the west as before, and arrived in Zhengzhou after passing through Kaifeng in later generations, that is, Bianzhou of the Tang Dynasty, the last time he went to Dengzhou, it was from here to get on the boat, but this time he did not get off the boat, but took a boat around in a circle, driving to the northwest, until he was about to reach Jinzhou, he got off the boat and changed to take a car, along the cement avenue to the north, and began to march towards Taiyuan, because he had already made an appointment with Wang Guo and Cui Yu, Go and meet the man who is giving him advice.
Originally, Li Su only planned to take some of the guards to Taiyuan by himself, so that the speed would be faster, and he could run a round trip in three days at most, but after the attack of Weizhou that night, Wen Xin and Xijun were worried about the safety of their husbands, so they had to quarrel and go together. Li Su considered that as women, it is difficult for them to go out, and Taiyuan is the place of Longxing of their old Li family, so it is not bad to simply take them to play, anyway, it is also hot to go to Chang'an in this kind of weather now, so it is better to go to Taiyuan to escape the heat.
Out of this consideration, Li Su parked the ship in Jinzhou, and only sent Zhou Long and two hundred guards to guard it, while Yanbei took dozens of people to Chang'an first, because there were some things that he still had to deal with, and at the same time, he had to report to Li Shimin about the events that night. As for Li Su, he took Wen Xin and her family, and there were more than 900 guards, Hao Hao Tang Tang rushed to Taiyuan, of course, Wang Guo and Cui Yu also accompanied him.
Taiyuan is also known as Jinyang, in the former Sui Dynasty, it was called the three major cities in the country with Chang'an and Luoyang, and Li Yuan was stationed in Taiyuan, Li Shimin's youth was also spent here, at that time he also had a title, called Taiyuan Gongzi, plus later Li father and son from here to win the world, so the city of Taiyuan, have a very deep feeling, after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, has expanded Taiyuan City many times. It is also worth mentioning that the most favored little son, her title is Princess Jinyang, and Li Zhi's title is King Jin, both of which are from Taiyuan City.
Taiyuan was originally the hub of the northern trade routes, but with the opening of the Western Regions by the Tang Dynasty, the historical Silk Road began to rise, which greatly affected the northern trade routes, and Taiyuan City began to decline. However, the situation was quickly improved, and this was all thanks to Li Su's help, although he also did it unintentionally.