Chapter 265: Assassination

Yang Chen fell silent after hearing Li Siwen's analysis, and only after a while did he speak again: "I think this matter is still up for discussion, but the accuracy of the information obtained by the two of us in Chang'an cannot be determined." โ€

Li Siwen didn't care about looking at Yang Chen and said: "They beat their own families, since you are not involved in this matter, don't participate in it in the future, Yulong is about to give birth, you should take care of her at home with peace of mind!" โ€

Yang Chen nodded, looked at Li Siwen and said, "It will take seven or eight months to give birth, but what you said is also right, since Yulong is using the child now, then I also have to take on the responsibility of being a father!" โ€

Seeing that Yang Chen obeyed his words, Li Siwen patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Good brother, you just stay in Runzhou and don't make trouble, I have raised my sister and brother-in-law!" โ€

Yang Chen pursed his lips, looked at Li Siwen and said, "The most profitable business in your hands now is what I left you from between my fingers, you really think I have no money!" โ€

Li Siwen looked at Yang Chen with a smile and said, "Who is doing your tea business now, do you want to give me some!" โ€

Seeing Li Siwen's appearance, Yang Chen also said a little helplessly: "Who else can it be, those people in Jiangnan, if you have the heart to do more business, I will ask them another day and hand over the tea shop in Runzhou to you to operate!" โ€

Li Siwen shook his head after hearing the word Jiangnan, looked at Yang Chen and said: "I can't afford to mess with those people in the Jiangnan Shi clan, since they are doing well, let them continue to do it!" โ€

Yang Chen looked at Li Siwen's confessional appearance, and also smiled, but he still continued: "I heard that the emperor has won a big victory in Goguryeo, and he should return to Chang'an soon, I really don't know what he will do after returning to Chang'an!" โ€

Li Siwen didn't have any news from Goguryeo, and suddenly remembered the appearance of Song Zhixiao just now, Li Siwen said in disbelief: "Goguryeo is broken like this?" It's only been a long time! โ€

Yang Chen looked at Li Siwen and said: "The news that Song Zhixiao personally got over there can still be fake, not to mention the map I personally drew for the emperor, and my father-in-law can't win anymore, isn't it a little unreasonable!" โ€

Li Siwen smacked his lips, looked at Yang Chen and said, "Do you know how much credit this is, if you are still in the court now, you can't say anything if you don't reward you as a second-grade official!" โ€

Yang Chen didn't care, looked at Li Siwen and said, "If you have been in the court, how can you get the topographic map of Goguryeo?" It can only be said that everything is predestined! โ€

Li Siwen thought so, looked at Yang Chen and said: "So the emperor will come back soon, when the emperor returns to Chang'an City, then Chang'an City will be lively, King Wu is dead, or His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered someone to kill him!" โ€

Yang Chen nodded, but he said with a worried look: "The emperor shouldn't blame Li Chengqian, but I'm afraid that the palace will not be peaceful these days!" โ€

Sure enough, three days later, Yang Chen learned the news of Ju Ruanyu's death, and Yang Chen never thought that Ju Ruanyu would commit suicide in the palace.

Chang'an City has not stopped in the past three days, and the accident has not stopped at all.

Three days ago, after learning the news that Li Shimin was going back, Li Chengqian immediately decided not to deal with these matters for the time being, except for the things that he was in a hurry to deal with, everything was temporarily handed over to Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji, and then it was good for him to sign and confirm.

Li Chengqian thought that he could get some leisure in this way, but he let himself hide from things like this, but things still came to his own door.

This was not the day after Li Chengqian announced that he would not hold the morning court for the time being, and Cheng Chumo ran in from the outside in a hurry.

Li Chengqian knew that something was happening when he saw Cheng Chumo's appearance, but he looked at Cheng Chumo with a blue face and said, "What's the matter, what are you doing in such a hurry!" โ€

Cheng Chu silently saw Li Chengqian's steady appearance, and stood in place for a while before he said: "Zheng Guogong, Zheng Guogong, he was assassinated!" โ€

As soon as these words came out, Li Chengqian couldn't sit still, only to see him stand up suddenly, knocking over the table and the inkstone on the table, Li Chengqian said in disbelief: "What did you say? Zheng Guogong was assassinated? Is it Wei Zheng? What did he do to assassinate him? โ€

Cheng Chumo also knew that Li Chengqian was shocked, but he still nodded and said: "That's right, it's Wei Zheng Wei Lao, he is recuperating at home, this morning when his family went to his room to serve him to wash, they found that Old Man Wei was gone, leaving a thin cut on his neck, he should have been assassinated!" โ€

Li Chengqian still couldn't believe it, looked at Cheng Chumo and said, "Who do you say did it?" What did they do when they assassinated Wei Zheng? โ€

Cheng Chumo couldn't guess who did it, but he also said with some doubts: "Zheng Guogong has not been alive for a few days, his health is getting worse and worse, we all know that everyone is guessing that he can't survive this year, why do these assassins take such a big risk?" โ€

Li Chengqian shook his head, looked at Cheng Chumo and said: "Prepare for driving, this palace is going to go to Zheng Guogong's mansion in person, since Zheng Guogong has been assassinated, then I definitely can't be ignorant!" โ€

As soon as these words came out, Li Chengqian was a little stunned, and then he looked at Cheng Chumo as if he had suddenly realized and said, "Do you think it's possible that they want to lead me out?" If I don't go out of the palace, those assassins won't have a chance, and if I leave the palace, then they will have a chance! โ€

Cheng Chumo also clapped his hands when he heard this: "It should be like this, if you assassinate an ordinary official, Your Highness will not necessarily leave the palace, but if a very important official is assassinated, they also have interests involved, only Zheng Guogong is a person who is about to die, even if he is assassinated, no one else will pursue him except His Highness." โ€

Li Chengqian nodded, at this time he was heartbroken, looked at Cheng Chumo and said, "I hurt Zheng Guogong!" Today, the palace must go out to see him, order someone to prepare a carriage, as well as soft armor and a long sword, and the palace will personally avenge Zheng Guogong! โ€

Cheng Chumo looked at Li Chengqian with some concern and said: "Your Highness, you still have to think twice, if the target of these people is His Highness, wouldn't His Highness fall into the trap of these people when he goes out now?" โ€

Li Chengqian shook his head and looked at Cheng Chumo and said: "No matter what kind of trap they have, this palace will break in, this palace can't tolerate them threatening me by hurting others anymore!" โ€

Saying that, Li Chengqian took out the sword on Cheng Chumo's waist and picked out a good-looking sword flower casually and said: "The martial arts of this palace are not decorations, if these people want to assassinate me, come and try it, and see who dies!" โ€

Cheng Chumo also knew that Cheng Chumo's kung fu was very good, although he was a little worried that those people would start from the shadows, but he still nodded and said, "Okay, Your Highness, wait for me to prepare the carriage and soft armor!" โ€

Li Chengqian nodded, then inserted the sword back into the scabbard on Cheng Chumo's waist and said, "Pick a few soldiers with good skills to follow me, I don't want them to be my hind legs, and I don't want to see them die in front of me!" โ€

Cheng Chumo knew what Li Chengqian meant, nodded vigorously, and then looked at Li Chengqian and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, rest assured, Weichen will definitely select the best soldiers to protect your safety." โ€

The news of Wei Zheng's assassination soon spread throughout Chang'an City, and a new round of rumors began in Chang'an City, some people said that Wei Zheng had been relying on immortality, so his son was a killer, and some people said that the person who was offended by Wei Zheng when he was young came back secretly, and he was given a good time when he saw that Wei Zheng was no longer good.

But no matter where the rumors are, they have nothing to do with Li Chengqian, because everyone knows that Li Chengqian will not do such a foolish thing, but the most rumored thing is the impulsive hand of the eldest grandson.

The reason is also very simple, it is nothing more than that Wei Zheng pointed out the disadvantages of close relatives getting married in the court, and then Princess Changle died of childbirth.

At that time, some people inside and outside the court said that it was because Changle and Changsun Chong were close relatives who married, so the child was extraordinarily big, which led to Princess Changle's death in childbirth.

Although these news have been much less in recent years, some people have mentioned this rumor from time to time, and now that Changsun Chong has disappeared, and Wei Zheng has suddenly died in his own house, it is difficult for people not to associate with this aspect.

In Yufengzhai, the audience no longer had the heart to listen to the storyteller on the stage at this time, and they were all whispering about Wei Zheng's assassination below.

"Have you heard? Wei Lao's eyes were wide open when he died, it was a dead look! โ€

"What, I heard that Wei Lao's eyes were closed very well when he died, and there was still a smile on the corner of his mouth, which seemed to mean that you are finally here!"

"You two are crazy listening to books, I heard that Wei Lao is coming to an end, he was not assassinated at all, he was paralyzed in bed since he beat last year, and from time to time there is news that he is going to finish, this time I don't know why he was assassinated!"

"You guys just talk nonsense, I have a relative who is on duty in the Zheng Guogong Mansion, and he told me that the coffin of the Wei family has been bought a long time ago, and you say that a good family who will buy a coffin so long in advance, it is his eldest son who is staring at his title!"

"Your relatives are on duty in the Zheng Guogong Mansion? Then he's miserable! Who doesn't know that Zheng Guogong's Mansion has the least monthly money! โ€

"That's it, Zheng Guogong is notoriously stingy, but people have a clean breeze on their sleeves, and it's good to follow him and learn his style!"

"What's the use of the atmosphere, it's not to have a full stomach, it's useless to say anything if you don't have enough to eat!"

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At this time, the rumors outside have spread throughout Chang'an City, and these true and false news have also reached the ears of all the adults, whether it is a good or bad relationship with Wei Zheng, they can't help but feel sorry for him, they realize that Wei Zheng's death represents not only the death of a person, but also the departure of an official, maybe no one will dare to contradict Li Shimin in the future!