After the court discussion, Li Yuan issued an order and ordered Chai Shao to lead his troops to Minzhou for rescue.

However, bad news came one after another.

The Jianghuai army suddenly announced its independence from the Tang Dynasty and established its own power, Fu Gongqi proclaimed himself emperor, the country name was Song, and his friend Zuo Youxian was the secretary of the military department.

Li Yuan was furious and immediately sent the Praetorian Guards to surround the mansion of Du Fuwei, the king of Wu, and put him under house arrest.

Xiao Yu said: "Before King Wu came to Chang'an, he entrusted military affairs to his adopted son Wang Xiongdan, and entrusted government affairs to his old friend Fu Gongqi.

Now Fu Gong Yi rebelled, but Wang Xiong Dan did not join in with him, so he was killed by Fu Gong Yi.

"The minister thinks that Wang Xiong's loyalty is commendable, and King Wu should have no intention of rebellion, and the culprit of all this should be Fu Gongyi."

Li Yuan was silent and announced: "Wang Xiong swore to die on his birthday, his loyalty can be learned, and his son Wang Guo was ordered to inherit the Duke of Yichun County."

"As for whether King Wu participated in the rebellion, it will be handed over to the three divisions for trial, and it must be found out as soon as possible."

"Spread the will of the orphans, and order the armies of the Jianghuai states to resist the enemy with all their strength and destroy the rebels......"

One command after another came from Li Yuan's mouth, but Pei Lian, who was standing at the bottom, hung his head and looked excited.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, as soon as Li Yuan returned to the dormitory, the chamberlain came to report: "Your Majesty, General Ding asks to see you." ”

"Xuan."

Ding Zhi walked up to Li Yuan and saluted him: "Your Majesty, King Wu has written a letter and asked his subordinates to present it to you. ”

Yue Yu immediately stepped forward, took the music in Ding Zhi's hand, and placed it on top of the imperial case in front of Li Yuan.

Li Yuan opened the song and looked at it: "...... The minister is sincerely attached to the Tang Dynasty, loyal to His Majesty, and has no two hearts.

“...... In order to show his loyalty, the minister is willing to help His Majesty eradicate the traitor Fu Gongyi.

“...... Kan Ling, the adopted son of the minister, was brave and brave, and was responsible for military discipline when he was in Jianghuai, but if anyone in the army made a mistake, regardless of relatives or relatives, he would be punished by law, and his prestige in the army was extremely high, no less than that of the minister.

"Your Majesty can send Kan Ling as the vanguard to persuade the Jianghuai army to surrender......"

At the beginning, Du Fuwei invited himself to the court, and only brought his adopted son Kan Ling and a few cronies to Chang'an.

Li Yuan closed the music and said to Ding Zhi: "You go back first, continue to keep an eye on King Wu's mansion, and no one is allowed to enter or leave." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Ding Zhi left, Li Yuan sat on the throne and pondered quietly.

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On the second day, Li Yuan issued an order, ordering Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, to be the marching marshal, Li Jing to be the deputy marshal, and Li Shichang and Kan Ling and others to go to Danyang to defeat the Fugong Qi.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Pei Lin begged to see Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, the minister has something important to report to you." ”

With that, he glanced at the chamberlain next to him.

"Stand down, all of you." Li Yuan commanded.

When only the two of them were left in the hall, Pei Lin said slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister has captured a servant of the Liu Mansion, named Jiang Xiu, who is also Liu Wenjing's henchman.

"He may know why Liu Wenjing rebelled."

Hearing this, Li Yuan asked, "Where is this person?" ”

"It's just outside the temple."

"Xuan."

After the two Praetorian Guards escorted Jiang Xiu in, they withdrew.

Jiang Xiu knelt on the ground, trembling all over: "See...... I've seen Your Majesty. ”

"Say, why did Liu Wenjing rebel?" Li Yuan's expression was serious, and his voice spread out to the surroundings with a huge coercion.

Jiang Xiu hung his head, not daring to look directly at Long Yan, and replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty...... In fact, the slave didn't know why Liu Shangshu rebelled.

"It's just that he had a close correspondence with King Wu some time ago, and he met a few times in private."

Li Yuan's expression was stunned, a trace of surprise flashed on his face, and there were doubts.

Pei Lin glanced at Li Yuan and asked for him, "Is the correspondence between Liu Shangshu and King Wu in Liu's mansion?" ”

"Liu Shangshu is cautious, and he burned those letters after reading them." Jiang Xiu replied.

"And what did they say when they met?"

"Every time Liu Shangshu meets with King Wu, he will take people away, but once, when I went in to change tea, I heard a little bit, and they mentioned 'Bingjia' and 'Jianghuai'."

Hearing this, Li Yuan's face changed greatly: "What else do you know, let's talk about it together." ”

Jiang Xiu spit out what he knew.

After Jiang Xiu finished speaking, Li Yuan called the Praetorian Guards: "Send him to Dali Temple, lock him up first, and let Dali Temple Qing interrogate him properly." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Before the Praetorian Guard left, he looked at Pei Lin quietly.

Pei Lin nodded slightly at him, and then looked away.

After they left, Pei Lin said to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, last time Jing Zhaoyin searched out the armor from Liu's mansion and secretly hid the armor, but it was a big crime to rebel.

And Jiang Xiu's confession can prove that Liu Wenjing's private hiding of armor was to help Du Fuwei rebel, and he sent a killer to assassinate Lin Zhiwu to help Du Fuwei eradicate the genius of our dynasty's military weapons, in an attempt to weaken the Tang Dynasty's forces.

The minister guessed that Du Fuwei had already had the intention of rebellion, and he entered Chang'an as an official just to confuse the world and make us lose our vigilance.

"Then secretly plotted, secretly hid the armor, and sent killers to assassinate the military genius Lin Zhiwu, maybe after killing Lin Zhiwu, they would also assassinate other pillars of the court, in order to achieve the purpose of weakening the strength of our dynasty.

"Then let Fu Gongqi lead the Jianghuai soldiers to rebel, he will act in Chang'an as an internal response, and the inside should be combined with the outside, and capture Guanzhong."

Li Yuan's face gradually became ugly.

Pei Lin continued: "Who knew that there was an accident in the assassination of Lin Zhiwu, Lin Zhiwu escaped, the assassination operation failed, and those killers were caught.

"They confessed Liu Wenjing again, and Jing Zhaoyin also searched for the armor hidden in Liu's mansion, everything came too suddenly, Du Fuwei had to act in advance, and let Fu Gongyi immediately raise troops."

It sounds seamless, shocking, and believable.

"Smack!"

Li Yuan slapped his palm on the throne and said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, Lone gave them high-ranking officials, and they dared to betray Lone?" ”

Then, Li Yuan asked people to send a message to the three envoys: "Within three days, the truth must be ascertained." ”

"Your Majesty is angry, fortunately, Lin Zhiwu was only slightly injured, and there is no major problem, and now we have controlled Liu Wenjing and Du Fuwei and have not caused a major disaster."

Pei Lin appeased him, and then said goodbye to Li Yuan.

After leaving the palace, Pei Lin asked Chen Mian: "How are things going?" ”

"Ah Lang, rest assured, everything is under control." Chen Mian said.

......

Through the small window in the cell, Dai Dalang saw the white clouds outside, and the white clouds of various forms slowly floated past.

His eyes were full of envy and anticipation, and soon, he would be able to soar freely and openly like these white clouds.

As long as he endures for a few more days, he will be able to avenge his father's murder, and he will be able to get out......

A killer walked over and whispered, "Da Lang, do you really believe that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will help us?" That is Princess Jinyang, and she is also the righteous sister of His Royal Highness the Prince, I heard that their brother and sister have a good relationship. ”

Dai Dalang didn't feel worried at all, he said: "Although I haven't met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I believe in Guo Liangdi.

"Our Dai family was originally friends with the Guo family, but later our family fell into the middle of the road and had to rely on the Guo family to live.

"But the friendship between the two families is still there, my father assisted the Guo family for two generations, and sacrificed himself for Guo Shangshu, Guo Liangdi promised me that I would definitely help my father avenge.

"With Guo Liangdi here, I believe that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not break his word......"