Li Jiancheng's painstaking efforts finally did not play a role because of the existence of his brother Li Shimin, and time did not allow him to continue to debate with his brother, and the palace gate was about to close, so he had to leave with regret.

As he said, Li Jiancheng's pressure may be able to gag Li Xiaogong's mouth and keep him silent, but Li Jiancheng could not block Li Xiaogong's heart, but Li Shimin won Li Xiaogong's heart and successfully pulled the second person in the Tang Dynasty military to his side, which Li Jiancheng did not expect.

Although Li Yuan made a final conclusion on the defeat of Hongnong County through the resolution of the court meeting, and tried to forcibly calm public opinion and put the matter to rest, Chang'an was not only Li Yuan's force.

Chang'an Liren City, here is still the largest market in the entire Guanlong area, it once declined after the Sui Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang, but with the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, it began to flourish again, although the changes of the dynasty are like vicissitudes, behind the prosperous market, the wealth has not been transferred with the change of dynasties, ninety percent of the shops have not changed their owners, and are still controlled in the hands of the Guanlong nobles.

In the southeast corner of Liren City is the place where the medicine store is located, there are more than 100 medicine shops concentrated here, a large number of medicinal materials enter and exit from here every day from morning to night, almost all the medicine shops in the entire Guanlong area are purchased from here, and the whole market is filled with a strong smell of medicine.

There is a more unique pharmacy in the middle, the whole building is painted with vermilion paint, even the flag is also red, called Baiyuan pharmacy, it is more conspicuous in more than 100 pharmacy, you can see it at a glance when you walk at the intersection, but red is more taboo in the medicine industry, it is easy to remind people of blood, so although the pharmacy is conspicuous, but the business is not very good, it is at the middle and lower level, every day is more than a dozen guests to buy, the whole shop seems deserted.

In the evening, which is also the worst time of the day, the shopkeepers of the various pharmacies are busy with the day's checkout, at this time, a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old came from the street on horseback, with a smile on his face, carrying a package in his hand, and controlling the reins of the horse with one hand, which not only shows that he is skillful, but also shows the recklessness of young people.

"Shopkeeper, I'm back!"

Ah Xilang jumped down without waiting for the horse to stop, his steps were steady, not affected by inertia at all, and the shopkeepers of the pharmacy did not know how to do it, if there was a cavalry or a Hu man who was good at riding horses, he would definitely be stunned, this Ah Xilang showed such superb horse control skills.

Ah Xilang's enthusiasm was exchanged for a fierce white eye, the so-called shopkeeper Ah Ye was only thirty years old, he leaned out of the counter, stretched out his long arm and knocked a chestnut on Ah Xilang's head, this long arm will also make the soldiers amazed, this is simply a natural archer.

Superb horse control skills, natural archers, all this hints that this pharmacy is unusual, it is indeed unusual, this pharmacy is the intelligence headquarters of the Northern Sui army in Chang'an.

The name of the master of the intelligence hall is Jiang Tong, that is, the natural archer with long arms, the shopkeeper of the pharmacy, and his position in the Sui army is the general of the Eagle Strike, which belongs to the Northern Sui Internal Guard.

The Chang'an Information Hall was established three years ago, if it has developed to more than 300 people, there are five subordinate intelligence points, and the grocery store outside Tongguan is one of the intelligence points.

Ah Xilang knew that Kaiji had exposed his equestrian skills by riding a horse, so he was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue and ran to the backyard, and the shopkeeper Jiang Tong caught up from behind and scolded: "Stinky boy, give me the things first and then run." ”

Ah Xilang put away his joke heart, flashed into a side room, his face became serious, he is also a Sui army scout, although he is not very old, but he has been in the army for six years, as a cavalryman for six years, trained a super cavalry archery, is a young brigade commander, and was later transferred to Jiang Tong's subordinates, and came to Chang'an with him as an intelligence spy, he has to go to the dock outside the city every day to get medicine, in fact, he is going to send and receive information, they rely on the letter eagle and Taiyuan contact, but in Chang'an City do not dare to raise eagles, will be discovered.

Ah Xilang took out a tube of red intelligence and handed it to Jiang Tong, Jiang Tong's face immediately became solemn, which meant that there was something important, he carefully took out a thin roll of gauze from the bamboo tube, slowly spread it out, and it was densely written with words.

Jiang Tong read it several times, thought about it again, raised his head and said to Ah Xilang, "We have something to do." ”

The next day, the public opinion of Chang'an, which had just been silent, suddenly became lively again, and the battle of Hongnong County, which was not talked about by many people, became the focus of public opinion again, but at the same time, this time the topic of discussion was deeper and wider, and the people of Chang'an seemed to have opened their minds overnight, and many details that were not noticed were also exposed one by one, and the focus of public opinion this time was directed at the current emperor Li Yuan.

Pingkangfang Guiren Wine Shop, this is a famous wine shop in Chang'an City, covering an area of more than ten acres, four floors high, huge scale, this wine shop is the industry of the Dou family, can bring rolling profits every year.

At noon, the wine shop was full of drinkers, chatting and laughing, and it was particularly lively, and a group of people sitting by the window were talking about something together, leading many good people over, holding wine glasses and listening to them.

The speaker was a Qing man in his forties, with a one-foot-long black beard, a keen eye, and an exceptionally talkative person.

"Don't you think it's strange? Huang Junhan convened officers above the rank of captain in the barracks to discuss matters, those who were willing to surrender with him, those who were unwilling to follow back to Tongguan, there were more than 5,000 people back to Tongguan, it was still dusk at that time, and Yang Yuanqing launched a river-crossing offensive after a watch, there were a few hours in between, and the king of Qi actually did not move, what does this mean? ”

"It shows that the King of Qi is deliberately not rescuing the Hongnong Tang Army." Someone interjected loudly, which immediately caused an exclamation from the people around him.

"Why did King Qi do this?" Someone asked again.

The middle-aged man sneered, "It's very simple, because the king of Hejian County impeached the king of Qi for robbing Huang Junhan's woman, and the king of Qi had revenge, so he would rather the 30,000 Tang army be wiped out, and he would not send a single soldier to rescue." ”

There was a loud scolding in the wine shop, and the 30,000 troops were all wiped out, most of them were children of Guanzhong, and many of them had the children of relatives and friends.

"Damn, what kind of shit did King Qi rob Huang Junhan's woman, didn't the holy decree say that he didn't rob him?"

The middle-aged man was just about to speak, when a shopkeeper squeezed in and knocked on the table, warning the middle-aged man, "The shopkeeper told you to be careful when you talk, don't involve the saint." ”

The middle-aged man smiled coldly and said to everyone: "Everyone is not a fool, think for yourself!" One is a prince and the other is just an ordinary general, who is the false accuser and who is the innocent? ”

There was an uproar in the wine shop.

Guiren liquor shop is just a small storm point in Chang'an, these days Chang'an's major liquor shops, inns, green buildings, and mansions are discussing this matter, and the feelings of the people in Chang'an have gradually been mobilized, and the families of the fallen soldiers have begun to cry in front of the Imperial City Suzaku Gate with spirit cards, asking the court to severely punish the king of Qi, and also the fallen soldiers have a statement.

There were more and more people gathered, and on the third day, there were thousands of people, who knelt in front of the imperial city and cried loudly, intercepting the carriage and crying, hindering the officials from going to the court, which had seriously affected the operation of the imperial court.

The huge pressure of public opinion made Li Yuan anxious, and he finally had to face the reality.

Li Yuanji of the Ganlu Hall of the Inner Palace knelt in front of his father Li Yuan again, this time it was not only Li Yuan and Li Yuanji, but Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong were also present at the same time, including Li Yuanji's mother, and the Empress Dou was also looking at her son worriedly.

"Aren't you going to tell the truth this time?" Li Yuan looked at his son coldly.

Li Yuanji finally couldn't bear it, the huge pressure of public opinion that suddenly appeared in Chang'an put him in the center of a political storm, and he Li Yuanji also became the finger of a thousand people, he couldn't have imagined that he would forcibly take a woman very casually at one time, and there would be such serious consequences, his lips trembled, but he couldn't say a word.

Li Yuancai is facing huge political pressure, he is too full of words, and the official will has been issued, even if Li Yuanji admits it, he doesn't know what to do, do you really want him to make an edict against himself and admit that he is protecting his son? This will seriously affect his image as an emperor, one wrong step, one wrong step, Li Yuan also knows that this matter has seriously shaken the morale of the army, if he does not severely punish his son and give an explanation to the families of the fallen soldiers and the army, then the escape of soldiers will appear on a large scale.

Li Shimin saw that his brother was still there, hesitating, unwilling to admit it, thinking that he had lost Taiyuan and almost died in Hedong, and thinking that his lustful, vicious and selfish had led to the fiasco of Hongnong, the pent-up anger in his heart finally broke out, pointing at Li Yuanji and yelling, "You still refuse to admit it!" You scourge spirit, do you have to let us destroy the Tang Dynasty and let our Li family exterminate the species, are you willing to give up? ”

Li Jiancheng's anger also broke out, but his anger was aimed at Li Shimin, and the things that had been calmed down made waves again, and he suspected that Li Shimin was making trouble behind his back, at this time he heard that there was no trace of brotherhood in Li Shimin's tone, if it was possible, he would definitely kill Yuan Ji.

A stream of enthusiasm rushed into Li Jiancheng's mind, and he also pointed at Li Shimin and shouted: "Shut up!" You are not qualified to give orders in front of your father. ”

Li Shimin also did not back down and said angrily and coldly: "As the crown prince and the prince of a country, instead of persuading your father to correct his mistakes in time, you instigated your father to shield the wicked, so that today's serious consequences have occurred, do you still know your mistakes, do you not repent, but also shield him, and destroy my Tang Dynasty with him, are you a competent prince?" ”

The infighting between the two sons made Li Yuan tremble with anger, and he trembled and pointed at the two brothers, "You guys...... You guys! ”

Suddenly, his eyes went black, he fell to the ground softly, and he fainted, and everyone panicked at once, shouting, "Holy Lord!" Father! ”

Li Yuan was forced to issue an edict of guilt in his sickbed, for his failure to remove the king of Qi in time, which led to a great defeat in the battle of Hongnong County, he apologized to all the families of the fallen soldiers, and cut off the prince of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and demoted him to a commoner, and the crimes he committed were handed over to the third division for trial.

Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng's brothers also turned against each other because of this incident, and the relationship between the brothers began to crack, and no one could have imagined that a small incident would trigger such serious political consequences.