Chapter 83: The Great War of the Sui and Tang Dynasties (13)

Night has quietly fallen, Li Jiancheng stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, looking out of the window with a melancholy gaze, the war of the Sui and Tang dynasties had gradually approached Chang'an, and he knew very well that he had little time left.

But even if it is to end, he can't let the former Tang Empire be humiliated, and it must end in a dignified manner, this is his responsibility, no one can bring the final humiliation to the Tang Dynasty, whether it is his own brother or his father, it must not be allowed.

At this moment, Li Jiancheng's heart gradually became cold and hard, and he clenched his fists.

"Your Highness, Wu Senjun asks to see you." A guard whispered at the door.

Li Jiancheng nodded, "Bring him to see me!" ”

In a moment, several guards brought Wu Shiyi up, and Wu Shiyi knelt down on one knee, "See His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Jiancheng glanced back at him and asked lightly, "Where is the news of King Qi?" ”

The reason why Li Jiancheng knew that King Qi was preparing to mutiny and seize the throne was that the news was secretly obtained from Wu Shiyi, although Wu Shiyi was one of Li Yuanji's five-member group, he was Wu Shitong's brother after all.

Although he agreed to plan for Li Yuanji in a moment, he soon woke up to the fact that even if Li Yuanji succeeded in ascending the throne, he would be infamous through the ages, and he did not want to bear such an infamy, so he secretly reported the news of Li Yuanji's preparation for a mutiny to Li Jiancheng.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Li Yuanji has given up the mutiny and changed it to a palace coup."

Li Jiancheng was shocked in his heart, he was not worried about Li Yuanji launching a mutiny, he knew that although the 40,000 troops listened to Li Yuanji's military orders, but this was because of his father's order, the military power was actually in the hands of his father, and if he launched a mutiny, the eldest grandson Shunde would be the first to jump out and oppose it, and Duan De would not agree.

But launching a palace coup is another matter, it can be done by using the dead soldiers recruited by Li Yuanji, once his father is held hostage by him, he will issue a will in the name of his father, and many things will go bad, which makes Li Jiancheng's heart nervous.

"When is he going to do it?"

"The King of Qi is going to hold the Holy Lord hostage first, and then call the King of Qin back to be executed, and finally deal with His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know when he will do it."

Li Jiancheng walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and asked again: "Those dead soldiers recruited by King Qi are brave, can you command?" ”

Wu Shiyi shook his head, "Although the lowly position participates in the recruitment, the command is in the hands of Li Deren, and only the King of Qi can be transferred, and the lowly position cannot be commanded." ”

This is a bit difficult to do, Li Jiancheng stared at the roof, the problem now is that he has no military power in his hands, there are only five hundred guards in the East Palace, and he can't command the army, the army only listens to his father's orders, but his father refuses to believe his words.

What to do? Li Jiancheng was at a loss, he walked a few steps, suddenly stopped, and a thought surged in his heart, 'Why can't I use the guards of the Qin Palace's Mansion and Tang Feng to deal with the King of Qi?' ’……

At this time, there were only three hundred guards in the palace of King Qin, who were specifically responsible for protecting the family of King Qin, and there were hundreds of Tang Feng members, they were not in the army, they were distributed all over the capital, and Zhang Gongjin was the head of Tang Feng.

At this moment, a soldier reported outside the door: "Chief Manager Zhang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has sent someone to say that there is a major matter to discuss with the chief manager." ”

Zhang Gongjin put down Li Shimin's letter, although the request in the letter was urgent, but the King of Qin also instructed him to pay close attention to the movements of the East Palace and the King of Qi, which was also a major event, Zhang Gongjin had a headache, and all kinds of important things pressed on his shoulders together, making him a little unbearable.

But it's so late, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone, there must be something important, Zhang Gongjin immediately ordered: "Let him go to the reception room and wait!" ”

Zhang Gongjin put down Li Shimin's letter, and pressed it with a handful of letters, before getting up and going to the reception room.

In the reception room, Wang Gui, the Zhan Shi of the East Palace, was staring at a painting on the wall with his hands behind his back, the East Palace Zhan Shi was the highest subordinate official of the East Palace, and was generally served by the prince's henchmen, Wang Gui was only promoted to the East Palace Zhan Shi two months ago, and he is currently the prince's first confidant.

At this time, footsteps sounded at the door, and Zhang Gongjin walked into the reception room quickly.

"It turned out to be Wang Zhan's matter, it's rude!" Zhang Gongjin hurriedly apologized.

Wang Gui returned the salute and said worriedly: "The matter is urgent, so I came uninvited, and I hope that Manager Zhang will bear with me." ”

"Please be seated!"

The two sat down, and a guard brought fragrant tea, but Wang Gui didn't have the heart to drink tea, and asked in a low voice: "May I ask Manager Zhang, does His Royal Highness King Qin know about King Qi?" ”

"What's the matter with King Qi?" Of course Zhang Gongjin knew something, he deliberately pretended to be confused and asked.

Wang Gui stared at him for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "King Qi is about to launch a palace coup, and the first one to deal with is King Qin. ”

"Is there such a thing? How did I not know? Zhang Gongjin seemed to be smiling, he guessed Wang Gui's intention, and there was a very strange feeling in his heart, the prince wanted to cooperate with King Qin, he had been fighting for so many years, and now he actually wanted to work together to deal with a third party.

Wang Gui sighed, "I also know that this matter is difficult to believe, but this matter is top secret, and it must be true." ”

"Alright! Even if it's true, what do you want me to do? ”

Wang Guiyi gritted his teeth and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's intention, strike first, and our two families will join forces to eradicate King Qi together." ”……

Wang Gui is gone, Zhang Gongjin is still sitting in the reception room, he needs to sort out the chaos in front of him, if he really joins forces with the prince to eradicate the king of Qi, how can the interests of the king of Qin be guaranteed? Zhang Gongjin sighed, he didn't even know what to do, but one thing was clear, he couldn't agree to anything until His Royal Highness King Qin gave instructions.

Zhang Gongjin walked back to the room slowly with his hands behind his back, took one from the table casually, and suddenly saw the letter from His Royal Highness King Qin under the book, he was stunned at first, and suddenly slapped himself suddenly, such an important matter, he actually forgot.

An hour later, a carriage quickly drove out of the side gate of the Qin Palace, under the cover of night, in the direction of the metropolis, not long after, the carriage stopped in front of the Cao River next to the metropolis, a 500 stone boat was parked on the Cao River wharf, and there were more than 20 guards with knives standing on the boat.

Zhang Gongjin turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to open the carriage door, the two maids got off the carriage first, and carefully helped a young ** down, she was holding a young child in her arms, ** glanced at the big boat, turned around and asked: "Manager Zhang, why can't we leave in the carriage?" ”

"Back to the princess, the situation in the city is very tense, and the Jin Wuwei in charge of the city gate has been controlled by the King of Qi, we are worried that it will be unfavorable to the princess, and it is safest to leave by merchant ship."

"What about Your Highness? Who will guarantee his safety? ”

Zhang Gongjin sighed secretly in his heart, and had to comfort: "Please rest assured, Your Royal Highness has already made arrangements, nothing will happen, and the humble position can be guaranteed." ”

"Alright! Mr. Zhang also asked himself to take care. ”

"Thank you Princess, the lowly will take care of herself."

Princess Qin got on the boat, and the big boat slowly left the dock and sailed along the Cao River towards the outside of the city......

Wu Shiyi's mansion is in Pingkangfang, he rode away from the East Palace, and returned directly to the mansion, at this time the Tang Dynasty was on the eve of storms, Chang'an was in a difficult situation at home and abroad, everyone was heavy, Wu Shiyi was no exception, he was annoyed that he was unfortunately involved in the rebellion of King Qi, and he was afraid that he would ruin the reputation of the martial arts because of himself.

He had something on his mind, and the speed of the horse was not fast, and after a while, he had reached the gate of Pingkangfang, and was about to enter the workshop, when suddenly a carriage drove past him, and a person leaned out of the carriage window, holding a wooden stick, and smashed it on Wu Shiyi's head, and Wu Shiyi snorted and fell off the horse.

Two men in black jumped out of the carriage and dragged him directly into the carriage, while the other man mounted his horse, and the carriage sped up and sped away into the darkness......

In the room, Wu Shiyi was beaten all over his body and was pressed to his knees in front of Li Yuanji.

"You bastard! How dare you betray me! ”

Li Yuanji's face was blue, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he stabbed at Wu Shiyi with a sword, Wu Shiyi screamed, the long sword pierced his body, and slowly fell to the ground, Li Yuanji pulled out his sword, and his backhand pierced his heart with a sword, and Wu Shiyi was killed immediately.

"Drag him out to feed the wild dogs, that's what betrays me!"

Li Yuanji roared angrily and ordered the guards to drag Wu Shiyi's body out, at this time, Wang Shubao walked into the lobby quickly, he glanced at Wu Shiyi's body, and felt a little uneasy, Wu Shiyi was pulled in by him, will he be implicated?

Seeing that Li Yuanji's face did not seem to hate him, he hurriedly bowed down and reported: "Your Highness, there is news from the palace, just tonight, the prince went to the Heart Cultivation Hall and secretly reported His Highness's situation to the Holy Lord. ”

"He's really trying to deal with me!" Li Yuanji gritted his teeth for a while.

Li Yuanji turned around again and asked, "What did the father say?" ”

"The saint doesn't believe the prince's words, saying that the prince is trying to regain military power, and he has ill intentions!"

Li Yuanji sneered, "It seems that the old man still trusts me." ”

"Your Highness, the crown prince already knows about His Highness's intentions, we can't delay any longer, we must prevent the prince from taking the lead."

"You mean to say that we have to deal with Donggong first?"

"Deal with King Qin first!"

Wang Shubao hurriedly said: "The prince only has five hundred guards, and the role he can play is not great, the key is to control the saint first, let him send an edict to transfer the king of Qin back, and then deal with the prince." ”

"But will the crown prince tell King Qin about this, and King Qin is ready to come?" Li Yuanji stared at him sharply.

Wang Shubao sighed, "It's impossible not to take risks in anything, King Qin and the crown prince have always been enemies, they don't trust each other, King Qin may not believe the prince's words, but if we move the prince, it will be known to the Manchu Dynasty both civil and military, and then the king of Qin will really be prepared." ”

Li Yuanji walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and Wang Shubao made some sense.

"Your Highness, or we can do that."

Wang Shubao added: "We can buy off the close attendants, so that the saint is unfortunately critically ill, and the court will naturally inform the king of Qin to come back to see the saint for the last time, and we don't need to make an edict, so it is even more foolproof." ”

Li Yuanji walked around a few times with his hands behind his back, he squinted his eyes and smirked, "That's it!" Let my father be one step away from his death, and if I write a letter to King Qin, I don't believe that he will come back to grab the throne? ”…… (To be continued.)

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