Chapter 511: Fueling the Flames (Part II)
On March 11, 21st year of Zhenguan, the emperor hunted in Shanglin Yuan, encountered a frightened beast, and then convulsed, fortunately the prince Li Zhen shot to kill the beast, and got rid of the big misfortune, however, the dragon body was finally inappropriate, although the doctor diagnosed and treated it in time, the stroke could not be solved slightly, and he was sick in bed, not good at the line, the ministers to strike the war, the emperor did not obey, in front of the sickbed, the prince Li Zhentong commanded 200,000 troops to conquer Goguryeo, the ministers were in an uproar, the admonition was like a mountain, the emperor turned a deaf ear, only urged each to have a division not to slack off the military machine, all the ministers were panicked, and went to the East Palace to admonish the prince, The prince told his father that he could not violate his orders, but the ministers should not mislead the government.
It's raining, it's raining again, the day of March, it's always cloudy and annoying, if you encounter a difficult problem again, it will be even more irritable, at this moment Wu Wang Li Ke is like this, although people are still sitting still, but the eyebrows are full of lingering haze, a pair of eyes are staring at the chessboard in front of them, but the sunspot in his hand can't fall down.
"Your Highness, it's your turn." Ye Ling, who was kneeling opposite Li Ke, saw that Li Ke had not moved for a long time, so he suddenly laughed and made a point.
"Ahh Li Ke was awakened by Ye Ling's voice, raised his head and unconsciously chirped twice, then looked at the chessboard, shook his head with a wry smile, and threw the sunspot in his hand to the edge of the chessboard, and said with a smile: "This chess is not easy to play, this king can't see clearly." ”
Li Ke is using chess as a metaphor for the current court situation, which Ye Ling understands, but Ye Ling didn't say anything more, but smiled, picked up the sunspot that Li Ke had placed, looked at it and said: "Although the chess pieces are small, they can be used just right, but the power is not small, what do you say, Your Highness?" ”
"Hehe, that's, that's." Li Ke replied a little abruptly, stood up, paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, and said with a wry smile: "The fourth child has good intentions in this layout, hehe, it seems that he is going to play ruthlessly, Xiaoba's head, tsk, this king can't understand anything." ”
Ye Ling picked up the feather fan that was resting on a few sons, shook it gently, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei's plan is big, and His Royal Highness the Prince's plan may not be small, this big drama still has to be sung, doesn't His Royal Highness also plan to enter the venue to try his skills?" ”
"What do you think, sir?" Li Ke didn't answer Ye Ling's question directly, walked back to the place with a smile and sat down, shook his wide sleeves, and asked rhetorically.
"The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits, it has been like this since ancient times, but it is necessary to prevent the yellow finch from behind, Your Highness has thought about it?" Ye Ling smiled chic and looked at Li Ke with deep meaning.
"This ......" Li Ke hesitated for a moment, and when he got to the bottom, he still didn't dare to make up his mind, stretched out his hand and rubbed the swollen sun**, and said with a bitter face: "How can this king not know that there is a trap here, hey, just Xiaoba's ruthless temperament, but how can he not see that the fourth guy is playing with Shizi Mingtang, since he dares to lead the army to the expedition, he must have made arrangements in private, if he is acting recklessly, I am afraid that he will just fall into the trap of this guy, but ......, alas, ......"
"Well, Your Highness is really right." Ye Ling laughed and said: "Not only His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is guarding His Highness, but His Royal Highness the King of Wei is also staring at His Highness, the reason why His Royal Highness the King of Wei fully recommended General Xue at the beginning of the year is this meaning, if His Royal Highness makes a slight move, hehe, not only His Royal Highness the King of Wei, but also His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will also take His Royal Highness's sacrificial flag first." ”
"This ......" Li Ke didn't expect the matter to be so serious, as soon as he saw that Ye Ling didn't look like he was joking, he was stunned for a moment, and then after thinking about it carefully, the sweat on his forehead surged out, and he stood up again anxiously, pacing back and forth with a pale face, and his heart was full of mixed tastes, and he gasped a little anxiously.
Li Ke was in a hurry, but Ye Ling was not in a hurry, shaking the feather fan with a smile on his face, and at the same time he didn't forget to pick up the tea bowl, so he tasted the tea all his time, and his appearance was light, which made Li Ke cry and laugh, and shook his head helplessly: "What can Mr. teach me?" ”
Ye Ling shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said: "Your Highness, sit down, this tea has to be tasted carefully to get its benefits, if you are in a hurry to pour it into your mouth, it is just a cow drink, what does Your Highness think?" ”
"Huh?" Li Ke was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ye Ling with understanding, and said tentatively: "What does Mr. mean ......"
Ye Ling casually put down the tea bowl and said meaningfully: "If others don't want His Highness to move, then His Highness won't move, what's so difficult about this?" ”
"But ......" Li Ke didn't expect Ye Ling to give such an answer after going around for a long time, and he was a little frustrated, flicked down his sleeves, and said reluctantly: "It's good to be stable, if you lose, what should you do?" Moreover, even if this king wants to be stable, he is afraid that he may not be able to stabilize it, and the tree wants to be quiet and the wind will not stop. ”
"Oh? Hahaha......" Ye Ling laughed loudly, laughing so much that Li Ke was very inexplicable, and looked at Ye Ling blankly and said, "Sir, why is this?" ”
"Although Your Highness can't move it personally, however, it doesn't hurt to move the chess pieces, but what's so difficult about pushing the boat down the river?" Ye Ling suppressed his laughter, and explained with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "According to a certain opinion, His Royal Highness the King of Shu is the chess piece, whether it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or His Royal Highness the King of Wei, I am afraid that they are all playing this chess piece, why don't Your Highness add fuel to the fire, since it is doomed to chaos, then let it go down completely." ”
"Well...... Li Ke's eyes lit up, he already knew what Ye Ling meant, nodded and said, "Well, since that's the case, then the king can also make do with singing once." ”
Regarding Li Ke's decision, Ye Ling just smiled, did not say anything about it, pointed the feather fan in his hand to the chessboard, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, it is your turn to play chess." ”
"Oh, good, chess, chess." Since Li Ke had made a decision, his heart was a lot more stable, so he walked back to his original position with a smile, knelt down, picked up the chess pieces, and played ......
In the study of the Wei Palace, Li Taitie, the king of Wei, who was dressed in brown single clothes, sat beside a few sons with a blue face, his eyes glanced at the door from time to time between the door and the household servant Su Miao, who closed his eyes and recuperated, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he wanted to open his mouth to ask questions several times, but when he got to the bottom, he forcibly endured it, until the green tendons on his neck were rough, and his breath was a little heavy because of this, just when Li Tai couldn't stay up anymore, the figure in the room flashed, and Wan Chongshan, dressed in black, had appeared in front of Li Tai.
"How's it going?" As soon as Li Tai saw that Wanzhong Mountain had arrived, he couldn't sit still anymore, so he stood up and asked anxiously.
"Your Highness, news has come from the inner court, Your Majesty has prepared an edict, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will start on the 23rd, and the soldiers of the various armies transferred have arrived at the military headquarters." Seeing that Li Tai was in a hurry, Wan Chongshan did not dare to slack off, and was busy bringing out the news he had discovered one by one.
"Okay, great!" As soon as Li Tai heard that things were going as he expected, he was overjoyed in his heart, and as soon as he clapped his hands together, he immediately shouted hello, and then peeked at Su Miao's face, and saw that Su Miao's old god was on the ground with his eyes closed and raising his spirit, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Is there any movement at the other end of the East Palace?" ”
Wan Chongshan bowed down and said: "Back to His Royal Highness, according to the report from the East Palace: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went on this expedition, and all the generals who returned from Anxi accompanied him, and only three people stayed behind. ”
"Three? Do you know which three generals they are? As soon as he heard that all the generals brought back to Beijing by Li Zhen were all on the march with the army, Li Tai was overjoyed in his heart, but he still asked cautiously.
"It is rumored that it is Gao Heng, Ashina Kanning, and Saran Buqi, all three of whom are fierce generals, and it is not easy to match." Seeing that Li Tai was so excited, Wan Chongshan had to remind him.
"Well, I see, let's step back first." Li Tai obviously didn't listen to Wan Chongshan's words, and waved his hand impatiently, signaling Wan Chongshan to retreat on his own.
After Wan Chongshan retreated, Li Tai excitedly paced back and forth in the study for a while, and when he saw that Su Miao never said anything, he couldn't help himself, walked in front of Su Miao in a few steps, and saluted respectfully: "Uncle, everything is still going well so far, can the next step start?" ”
Su Miao still closed his eyes tightly, as if he had never heard Li Tai's instructions, and his face was still very calm, but his heart was already turbulent, and it was almost difficult to hold himself - if it was possible, Su Miao would never want Li Tai to embark on such a dangerous road to seize the heir, let alone have a mutiny, how could he make people, there was no other way to go now, rather than being casually accused by Li Zhen of being removed, it was better to take advantage of the fact that he still had the capital, but how much hope for success Su Miao really did not dare to guarantee, Even so far, everything is going in the direction it was supposed to do.
"Has Your Highness made up your mind?" After pondering for a long time, Su Miao finally opened his eyes and asked expressionlessly.
"Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang......" Li Tai obviously didn't expect Su Miao to ask such a question at this time, and for a while, his brain couldn't turn around, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he didn't know what he was answering, and he was stunned for a while, and then he gritted his teeth and said: "Uncle rest assured, even if he is defeated, Xiao Wang has no regrets!" ”
After looking at Li Tai straight for a while, Su Miao let out a sigh and said, "Okay, you can start." ”
"Okay, come on, pass on Fu Aoi!" Li Tai slapped his hands excitedly and raised his voice to shout.
Suddenly, a sound of footsteps sounded, Fu Kui walked into the study, and when he saw Li Tai, the king of Wei sitting on the top, he immediately clicked on one knee and said loudly: "The last general Fu Kui knocks on His Highness." ”
"Well, I'm exempt." Li Tai raised his hand reservedly and motioned for Fu Kui to flatten himself.
"Your Highness." Fu Kui replied respectfully, and stood aside with his hands down, but did not ask Li Tai what his purpose was in calling him over.
"General Fu has been in this palace for two years, right?" After Li Tai looked at Fu Kui for a while, he asked with a smile.
"If you go back to Your Highness, the last general has been here for two years, two months and three days." Fu Kui didn't know Li Tai's intention to call him here, and he didn't know why Li Tai asked such a question, but he didn't hesitate at all, and replied very cleanly.
"Oh? Hehe, the general's memory is good, hmm, are you still used to it in this palace all these years? When Li Tai heard Fu Kui's answer in such detail, he couldn't help laughing, got up and paced in front of Fu Kui, and asked with a smile.
Over the years, Fu Kui has had a very hard time, not because of Li Tai's poor treatment, on the contrary - although Fu Kui just hung the name of riding Cao to join the army in the Wei Palace, but the Fenglu he took was much higher than the Wanzhong Mountain as a pawn army, and he was responsible for training the army, so he could be said to be a worthy figure in the Wei Palace, however, all this was not what Fu Kui wanted, what he wanted was a chance, a chance to avenge his family and the country, but unfortunately this opportunity never came, at least so far, I didn't even see a glimmer of hope, which made Fu Kui embarrassed, but at this time, I heard Li Tai ask, but Fu Kui didn't say anything, just respectfully arched his hand and said: "Thanks to His Royal Highness's refusal to give up, Rong is a subordinate, and it will be a great blessing in the end." ”
"Do you want revenge?" Li Tai nodded noncommittally, his eyes flashed, and he asked lightly
Avenge? This is the only goal of Fu Kui's life in the world! How many times, Fu Kui can't remember how many times he struggled to wake up from a nightmare, and he can't remember how many times he cried secretly behind someone's back, and he couldn't remember how many times he looked at the East Palace secretly ruthlessly, eager to enter the East Palace single-handedly, and fought hard with Li Zhen, but unfortunately he couldn't, at least before he was absolutely sure, he couldn't lose his own life, and he had to stay this useful body for the future, so in the face of Li Tai's inquiry, Fu Kui kept silent rationally, just blindly bowed and stood, but did not say anything to answer.
"What, are you scared, huh?" Li Tai saw that Fu Kui didn't react for a long time, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and then said with a cruel smile.
As soon as he saw that Li Tai's voice was wrong, Fu Kui's heart sank suddenly, and he faintly guessed the purpose of Li Tai's call, his eyes immediately lit up, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, the last general is not greedy for life and afraid of death, Your Highness, if you have any useful generals, even if you are told." ”
"Okay, this king's words." Li Tai looked at Fu Kui for a long time, and saw that his face did not change color and his heart did not beat, so he nodded and said: "The festival between you and Xiaoba, this king knows in his heart, since you are willing to serve this king, this king will not be slow to treat you, now there is something to do, if it is done, this king will return to the country, can you dare to do it?" ”
"Restoration?" As soon as Fu Kui heard Li Tai's words, his originally gloomy eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at Li Tai in disbelief, and muttered unconsciously in his mouth.
Li Tai looked at Fu Kui with a smile and said, "Yes, do you dare?" ”
Returning to the country is Fu Kui's weakness, at this time, Li Tai was so little, the burly body immediately trembled violently, tears slowly appeared in the corners of his eyes, and after standing for a while, he suddenly fell to his knees, choked with tears in his eyes: "The last general is willing to serve His Royal Highness!" ”
"General Fu doesn't have to be like this, hurry, hurry up." Li Tai made a look of excitement, stretched out his hand to help Fu Kui up, reached out and patted Fu Kui's shoulder and said, "Come, General Fu and come with this king." ”
"This is ......" Fu Kui silently followed Li Tai to a corner of the study, and when Li Tai lifted the cloth, revealing a large sand table, it was actually a model of the imperial city, and he gasped.
"General Fu is not mistaken, what this king wants you to do is to take this place, can you be confident?" Li Tai smiled hideously, pointed to the sand table and asked.
Fu Kui had already guessed what Li Tai was going to do, but at this time, when the picture was poor, he was still violently shaken, stared at the sand table in front of him silently, and after muttering for a while, he suddenly raised his head and said: "If it is properly arranged, this matter is not impossible, and the general is willing to try to the death!" ”
"Haha, good, good, this king really didn't misunderstand the general, hahaha......" Hearing Fu Kui's words, Li Tai couldn't help but laugh out loud, and his laughter was full of self-satisfaction......
It is a major event for the prince of the East Palace to take command of the expedition, and there are many things to prepare, whether it is the guards of the East Palace who went out with the army or the civil officials of the East Palace who stayed behind, they are all busy at this time, and the busy scene in the East Palace is that Li Zhen herself has not been idle, and he has been busy from Chen to noon, and finally dealt with the officials of the various departments who came to the door, and before he could catch his breath, he saw Gao Heng walking in with a bitter face.
"See Your Highness." As soon as Gao Heng saw Li Zhen's eyes swept over, he hurriedly rushed forward and saluted respectfully, but his tone seemed a little weak.
"Excuse me, what's the point of finding a lonely person?" Li Zhen had already guessed his meaning as soon as he saw Gao Heng, but he didn't say anything, but pretended not to know.
"Your Highness, I ......" Gao Heng learned that this expedition to Goguryeo did not have his own share, he couldn't sleep well for two days in a row, full of resentment, but he didn't dare to go to Li Zhen to make trouble, today was instigated by Ashina Kanning and Saranbuqi, two guys who also failed to go with the army, and finally got courageous, and wanted to come to Li Zhen to theorize, but he really saw Li Zhen's face, and he was full of pride and instantly didn't know where to go, and was asked by Li Zhen again, and he stammered for a while and didn't know what to say.
"Huh?" Seeing this, Li Zhen was secretly amused in her heart, but her face deliberately stiffened and snorted coldly.
Li Zhen has been the prince for a long time, and his majesty is flourishing, and the generals have long dared not laugh in front of Li Zhen, even if Gao Heng, who is a disciple of Li Zhen, saw Li Zhen's face, he did not dare to be as casual as in the past, at this time, seeing that Li Zhen's expression was wrong, Gao Heng's heart was suddenly shocked, but he was unwilling to give up the purpose of this trip, so he made an impassioned expression: "Your Highness, the last general asks to go out with the army to wipe out the barbarians!" ”
"Not allowed!" Li Zhen's face did not loosen in the slightest, and she spit out two words in a cold voice.
"Ah......" Gao Heng was dumbfounded when he heard it, but he was unwilling to leave the heart of the invincible book, his eyes rolled, and he said with a shy face: "Your Highness, the last general has been learning art with you for many years, and it is finally a little successful, it seems that this territory is the place where the last general has learned, Your Highness, you let the last general go on a journey, and the last general begs you." ”
"Hahaha......" Seeing that Gao Heng couldn't do it and came to grind softly, Li Zhen couldn't help laughing.
"Your Highness, have you allowed this?" Gao Heng saw Li Zhen smiling heartily, and also laughed for a while, so he asked cautiously.
Li Zhen suppressed her laughter, looked at Gao Heng with interest for a while, and saw that Gao Heng was a little hairy, then the corners of her mouth curved, and she said with a smile: "Not allowed." ”
"......" The smile on Gao Heng's face immediately turned into a bitter smile, and he swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva fiercely, looking at Li Zhen with pity on his face.
"Lone has another important thing to do." Li Zhen glanced at Gao Heng, and the glint in his eyes flashed: "You help keep an eye on a good person." ”
"Who?" As soon as Gao Heng heard Li Zhen's words, he was immediately shocked by the Dragon Invincible Study, Huo Ran raised his head, and hurriedly asked.
"Fu Aoi." Li Zhen was silent for a while, and then said word by word.
"Is that him?" Gao Heng was shocked, and the words blurted out, and as soon as his heart moved, he already knew Li Zhen's unfinished words, his pupils suddenly contracted, his face was straight, and he bowed and saluted: "Your Highness, rest assured, the last general will know what to do." ”
"Well, after you leave, you have to be cautious, everything is arranged by Mr. Na, and help Gu Guan to take care of his home, so you can do a great job, go." Li Zhen didn't want to say anything more about this matter, so she waved her hand a little gloomily and motioned for Gao Heng to step back.
"That's it, it's all fate!" After Gao Heng retreated, Li Zhen sat in the study for a long time, then sighed, stood up, strode out of the study, and went straight to the harem......
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