Luoyang Daying Nine Road Jiedu envoy coalition army, dozens of large and small generals. Although they all serve the imperial court, each has their own people to rely on.

Among them, Zhang Xu, the soldier and horse envoy of Bianzhou, is a member of Empress Zhang's family. The two were in contact, and Zhang Xu had already arranged his own people around King Jianning.

King Jianning led the army out of camp and left, and that night there was a flying pigeon to transmit the news back to Chang'an.

Originally, Empress Zhang threw Wang Cairen into prison, but Su Zong was not satisfied. It's just that because of the presence of human and material evidence, it's hard to say anything, so he pretended to be confused and suppressed the matter, hoping that after the matter eases, Wang Cairen will be pardoned, lest Li Qi, the king of Jianning, know about it in the future, and it will be difficult to explain when asked.

I didn't expect the news to reach the ears of King Jianning so quickly, and he did such a reckless thing.

Li Qi and Li Yu are Su Zong's two favorite sons. Especially since the An Lushan Rebellion, he assisted himself in ascending the throne in Lingwu, recapturing Chang'an, and shedding blood and sweat to save the stormy Tang Dynasty.

Of course, Su Zong knew that the crime committed by King Jianning could be small or big, and of course he hoped that the big thing could be turned into a small one.

Therefore, allowing Empress Zhang to add oil and vinegar to the side, Su Zong only vaguely issued a holy decree, ordering Helan Shou to rush in the direction of Luoyang overnight and stop King Jianning halfway.

Seeing that the opportunity to get rid of the thorn in her eye was about to slip away, how could Empress Zhang give up, simply not do two things, and simply lead him to Jianning Wang Bing to suppress Chang'an, and then he will be convicted of rebellion.

Thinking of this, Empress Zhang returned to her bedroom and immediately summoned Li Fuguo and He Lanshou.

told He Lanshou to only wait outside Lintong City, not to take one more step in the direction of Luoyang, and only to wait for him to Jianning Wang Bing to approach Chang'an.

Therefore, when the lord of Shengping returned to the palace of Guangping, the news that the king of Jianning led his troops to approach Chang'an had already been passed to the palace.

The government and the opposition were shocked, and all sides were running, and many people who originally supported Li Qi couldn't help but be worried, worried about the future of King Jianning and himself.

Empress Zhang and Li Fuguo even instigated a group of henchmen to come to Suzong, and they made clever words and lobbied in every way, hoping to take this opportunity to completely pull out the line of King Jianning.

"Your Majesty, King Jianning, as the deputy marshal of the three armies, fled from the battle, and took the liberty of leading his troops to attack Chang'an, this move should not be taken lightly, otherwise it will be difficult for the dynasty to continue. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, seeing that the thief is about to be destroyed in one fell swoop, the King of Jianning fled from the battle, delaying the fighter in front and the soldier Chang'an behind, which is really not the proper behavior of a courtier. ”

“......”

Su Zong knew that these people were from the line of Li Fuguo and Empress Zhang.

Li Qi and Li Fuguo have always been at odds, and in the past, there were no fewer people who reported Li Fuguo in front of themselves, but now these people are naturally doing their best to talk about things.

For the sake of her son's future, Empress Zhang also played with the rights and wrongs of King Guangping and King Jianning.

Su Zong tried his best to restrain his emotions, so as not to influence his wrong judgment due to the right and wrong of these people.

"Your Majesty, the old slave knows that the emperor is generous and benevolent, but King Jianning is doing this, obviously not taking the emperor in his eyes, and now he is leading 10,000 troops to approach Chang'an, poor Chang'an's defense is empty, he, he, he is going to rebel. ”

Seeing that Su Zong was silent, Li Fuguo simply made his words clear, and knelt down with a thud after speaking.

When Empress Zhang heard this, she was overjoyed, but her face looked sincerely frightened, and she also knelt down, crying and shouting: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is all the fault of the concubines, it is all the fault of the concubines, it should not be done, and the king should not be arrested, which provoked the king of Jianning to lead the army to come, and the emperor is in danger." Your Majesty, it's all the fault of the concubines, if King Jianning wants to kill or chop up, he will rush to the concubines, no matter how he says, he shouldn't be angry with the emperor. ”

When everyone was making noise around Suzong, suddenly a person made a grand gift to the monarch, presented a wooden box, and said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the lower officials have found this thing in Wang Cairen, and the matter is big, I really dare not hide it, and I am here to present the emperor and Niangniang." ”

"What is it? ”

When Empress Zhang saw it, it was her confidant, Xue Yiliu of Xue Shanggong.

"The lower officials don't dare. Please also ask the emperor and the mother to forgive the ministers for capital crimes. ”

When Su Zong heard this, he knew that there must be something strange in it, and finally opened his eyes.

"Xue Shanggong, I forgive you for your innocence, quickly tell me what is in your wooden box?"

Only then did Xue Yiliu get up and hand over the wooden box to Li Fuguo to present Suzong. At the same time, he said: "Back to the emperor, it is the physical evidence that King Jianning intended to kill his siblings. ”

"Ah--Ding'er, Dong'er," Empress Zhang exclaimed when she heard this, "Is he going to attack Ding'er and Dong'er?" ”

"Hui Niangniang, King Jianning, he, he intends to assassinate the King of Guangping. ”

"Bold. Before Su Zong could open the wooden box, he heard Xue Yiliu and Empress Zhang make such a fuss, and slammed the wooden box on the table in a fit of anger.

"yes. Who in the Manchu Dynasty didn't know that King Jianning and King Guangping had a deep brotherhood, how could they intend to assassinate. Xue Shanggong, do you know that bullying the monarch is a capital crime. ”

"The minister knows, it is precisely because the minister knows, so he has to present these things to the emperor and the mother, if because of the minister's timidity and dare not expose this matter, it will cause a big disaster in the future, it is really a bully to the king, and the crime should be ten thousand deaths. ”

Su Zong's mind was a little confused. He naturally didn't want to believe Xue Yiliu's words.

His first reaction was the same as that of Empress Zhang. thought that King Jianning would arrest Queen Zhang's child, so that he could be coerced and stand up for his mother.

He never dreamed that Li Qi would attack Li Yu. This can't be, this can't be.

A huge shadow gradually became clear, and the sword light and sword shadow outside the Xuanwu Gate more than a hundred years ago flashed in his heart.

Li Fuguo raised his eyes and took a look, knowing that Su Zong was finally moved, took back the wooden box presented to the emperor, and opened it himself.

Li Fuguo had a subtle and hideous smile on his face, as if the wooden box was entrenched in an extremely poisonous and cunning poisonous snake, as long as he touched the mechanism lightly, the poisonous snake would suddenly fly up and pounce on the person who had disgusted him for a long time.

Su Zong waved his hand and motioned for the idle staff to withdraw, leaving only Empress Zhang, Li Fuguo, and Xue Yiliu present.

At this time, Su Zong's heart was already filled with all kinds of huge contradictions.

Born in the family of the emperor, it is difficult to have a sincere family affection. Fathers and sons have grudges, and there are countless cases of fratricide.

He remembered that when he was dormant in the East Palace, why didn't he tremble and walk on thin ice. He spent most of his life in the shadow of his father, Emperor Xuanzong.

Sometimes just because of a small thing, you have to be severely reprimanded.

I still remember that I went hunting in Weichuan with my father, and I got a lot, and Emperor Xuanzong was very happy. During the dinner, the accompanying Wenchen military generals were naturally very relaxed, enjoying the new row of field hunting dances in the pear orchard, while drinking wantonly.

After eating a piece of roast deer leg rewarded by his father, he picked up a piece of dough and wiped the grease stains on the knife.

Who knew that it was just such a small action, just a piece of bread, but he was seen by his father and threw a glaring glance full of rebuke at him.

I had to hurriedly put the dough cake that I was going to throw away into my mouth. The father's stern expression eased at this time.

Sometimes he is also resentful, blaming himself for being born in the emperor's family, blaming his father for not being able to sympathize with him, and even being more tolerant and benevolent to his own son than those ministers.

After a long time, he had to think that this emperor's family was affectionate.

Originally, Li Yu and Li Qi were two very good children, although they were not born to the same mother, they were so affectionate.

Just when Su Zong's thoughts were mixed, Li Fuguo and Empress Zhang had already checked and sorted out the items in the box.

Li Fuguo roughly divided the contents of the wooden box into several categories and placed them in front of Su Zong.

There are thirteen epistles.

Since last year, most of the people in Jianning have poured out their grievances to his mother, Wang Cairen.

In each article, he inevitably expressed his jealousy of his brother Li Yu, the king of Guangping, from his personal talent and martial arts to his official rank, all of them were critical and complaining. felt that his father was too unfair, obviously over the years, he had helped his father a lot, but he was not treated fairly. The elder brother is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and he is only a deputy marshal, and he has to be restrained by Li Mi and Guo Ziyi.

Even, it also mentioned King Jianning's speculation about the position of the crown prince, thinking that his father would definitely pass on the position of the crown prince to his brother Li Yu, and his father did not look at his hard work and efforts.

And in a letter two months ago, he expressed his hatred for his brother nakedly, and even mentioned that Emperor Taizong wanted to achieve great things and did not talk about the benevolence of women and children, implying that King Jianning might want to kill King Guangping.

Although I can't see Wang Cairen's letter to King Jianning, it seems that Wang Cairen is also persuading his son who is obsessed with power, hoping that he should value brotherhood and righteousness in the Tang Dynasty, and not indulge his delusions.

Obviously, the careful persuasion of the concubine King Jianning did not listen to his heart, and his words became more and more fierce and arrogant.

In another case, there is also a letter.

In the letter, he instructed his mother to help inspect the eating habits of King Guangping and the topographical map of King Guangping's palace. Although he has a lot of contacts with Li Yu, he doesn't know much about the details of ingredients procurement and cooking, and the roads in the palace. He also said that five gold ingots were attached, so that his mother could easily employ people.

On one side of the letter, a map is spread out. It is indeed a map of the Quang Binh Palace, and even the route from the palace to the palace is depicted everywhere. Several notes have been added to indicate that the terrain is hidden and could be used as a location for assassination.

There is also a food list. They are all kinds of wine and food that King Guangping loves to eat. The location of the merchant where the ingredients are purchased, and the wife and children of the chef's family, are explained in great detail.

There was only one gold ingot left. It shows that in order to prepare this information, Wang Cairen has spent a lot.

Su Zong looked at the so-called physical evidence in front of him, and when he realized that these things were happening between his sons, his heart was like a knife, and his body kept twitching.