When Li Chengqian heard the news, he didn't care if the person in front of him was familiar, after all, there were many guards in this palace, even if there were some people he was not familiar with, it was normal.

So Li Chengqian glanced at Li Zhi and nodded: "This palace naturally wants to go over to pick up my father!" ”

Saying that, Li Chengqian walked out quickly, and asked as he walked, "What about Cheng Chumo?" Why didn't he come! ”

The person at the head did not hesitate, and replied as he walked: "General Cheng is presiding over the overall situation at the gate, and His Royal Highness the Prince, please move to the gate of the palace!" ”

At the gate of the palace, Li Shimin was walking in angrily, and at this moment, he no longer had the joy of Goguryeo's victory in his heart, but was thinking about what was happening in Chang'an City.

With a curfew during the day, Wei Zheng and Tang Jian died one after another, and King Wu also died tragically outside the palace, Li Shimin couldn't imagine what happened during this time.

At this moment, the fire-like clouds flashed with blood-red brilliance, and Li Shimin's gloomy face seemed to reflect a touch of blood.

Seeing that something was wrong with the situation, Li Tao quietly approached Li Shimin's side and said, "Your Majesty, don't be gloomy, once you come back tomorrow to preside over the overall situation, things will be fine!" ”

Li Shimin ignored him, but asked him instead: "What did that guard do with you just now?" ”

Li Tao didn't dare to hide it, looked at Li Shimin and said: "Yang Chen and Yulong have arrived in Runzhou, they asked their subordinates to tell me that if they have time, they will go over to see them, and they should stay until Yulong gives birth to a child." ”

Li Shimin nodded, he liked it very much that Li Tao did not hide this, and at this moment he suddenly felt that Yang Chen was just a chess piece, a chess piece at the mercy of the former Sui royal family, since Li Yulong and he had not done anything against the Tang Dynasty, then forget it, let the two of them live.

Seeing that Li Shimin didn't say anything, Li Tao's hanging heart finally relaxed, and then he continued: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely get you all the other strange things in Yang Chen's hand, the old guy from the Mo family has looked for me several times, and this time I can finally take him to Yang Chen!" ”

Li Shimin was still a little happy to hear this news, after all, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, although it is inseparable from its own leadership, but it is also indispensable to the contributions of Yang Chen and the Mo family.

Just when Li Shimin's mood had just eased a little, Li Chengqian appeared in front of Li Shimin with his guards.

The long street is so ordinary in the palace, the high walls of the guards, it is difficult to give birth to a sense of security, and Li Chengqian in the distance finally showed a touch of relief on his face when he saw Li Shimin, who had not been seen for a long time.

But the ease on Li Shimin's face disappeared, and he saw that he had a gloomy face and wanted to walk quickly to Li Chengqian's side and ask him what had happened during this time.

But just when both sides were walking together in the middle, something happened suddenly, and the guard guarding Li Chengqian suddenly pulled out the knife at his waist and rushed towards Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was shocked and pulled out the sword on his waist, at this moment Li Shimin has not removed his armor, he is still wearing the armor he wore on the battlefield, and the sword on his waist has not been removed.

Li Chengqian was also stunned, watching the guards around him rush towards Li Shimin brazenly, Li Chengqian only felt that his heart was about to jump out, but before he could react, Li Zhi, who had been following Li Chengqian, silently raised the dagger in his hand and stabbed Li Chengqian's back heart without hesitation.

The sharp dagger stabbed into Li Chengqian's heart fiercely, and Li Zhi's movements had not stopped, only to see him turn the dagger in his hand vigorously, as if he wanted to crush Li Chengqian's heart.

Li Chengqian basically lost consciousness the moment the dagger stabbed in, and it turned out that the brilliance of the blue on Li Zhi's dagger was not the luster of metal, but was coated with paralyzing poison.

On the other side, Li Shimin had already fought with the guards in front of him, and Li Shimin's divine martial arts naturally went without saying, and the guards basically had no chance to get close to Li Shimin's side and were cut down by Li Shimin's sword.

Li Tao snatched the weapons of the guards around him and rushed to Li Shimin's side, looking at the guards and saying, "Your Majesty, what are these guards doing?" Crazy? ”

Li Shimin had no intention of answering Li Tao's question at the moment, because through these guards, Li Shimin saw Li Chengqian who fell to the ground, and Li Zhi who was full of panic.

Li Shimin said angrily: "Quickly solve these miscellaneous things, the crown prince and the king of Jin are there!" ”

Li Shimin's order made the guards present not leave their hands, only to see that these guards who attacked Li Shimin were solved by Li Tao and others with a few knives, Li Shimin did not have the heart to see the life and death of these people, and desperately ran in the direction of Li Chengqian and Li Zhi.

I saw Li Zhi's face full of panic, while Li Chengqian was lying on the ground, and a big hole in the back of his heart was gushing blood.

Li Shimin anxiously shouted to both sides: "Come on, call the imperial doctor!" ”

While looking at Li Zhidao: "What are you doing?" Why did you assassinate your royal brother? ”

Li Zhi still looked dumbfounded, his face was full of fear, hearing Li Shimin's questioning, Li Zhi silently threw away the dagger in his hand, and looked at Li Shimin with his mouth open but couldn't speak.

Li Shimin didn't have the time to take care of Li Zhi at the moment, and he anxiously shouted to the imperial doctor while calling someone over to help.

However, Li Chengqian's blood did not stop because of Li Shimin's shouting, and after all, before the arrival of the imperial doctor, Li Chengqian's last pulse disappeared.

Li Shimin sat weakly beside Li Chengqian, with a sad look on his face, but at this moment he wanted to investigate the result, looked at Li Zhi and said, "Why did you assassinate your imperial brother?" ”

Li Zhi saw that Li Chengqian was confirmed to be dead, and looked at Li Shimin with some fear and said: "Brother Huang, Brother Huang said that he wanted to kill his father, and said that he wanted to kill his father······"

Li Shimin was also stunned when he heard Li Zhi's words, but he still stubbornly asked: "You speak clearly, otherwise I won't be able to save you from the crime of killing your own brother!" ”

Although Li Shimin's face is resolute at this moment, his heart is already full of holes.

Li Zhi saw that Li Shimin's face was the same as before, still so serious and solemn, so he stabilized his heart and looked at Li Shimin and said: "Enlighten your father, the son is wronged, the son is not going to assassinate the imperial brother!" ”

Li Shimin was annoyed by Li Zhi's appearance, and scolded him loudly: "You committed murder under my nose, and you dare not admit it? ”

Li Zhi hurriedly shook his head and denied: "Father, if you listen to me, I will definitely be able to make it clear!" ”

After a pause, Li Zhi continued: "Father, when the imperial brother was in the palace before, he said to himself that he would kill you, so that he could completely take control of the Tang Dynasty, do what he wanted, and love the people he wanted to love." ”

Saying that, Li Zhi stopped, at this moment he was trying to control his feet, so that he would not move left and right, this was a habit of Li Zhi, once he lied, he would involuntarily move left and right.

Li Shimin was also looking at Li Zhi's legs with scrutinizing eyes at the moment, seeing that although he was a little trembling, he didn't move at all, and he already believed Li Zhi's words a little at this moment.

After that, Li Zhi continued: "Erchen thought that the imperial brother was joking, so he didn't take it seriously, and echoed a few words, but just now, the imperial brother suddenly said that he was going to assassinate his father and the emperor himself, and hid a sharp dagger in his sleeve. ”

As he spoke, Li Zhi pointed to Li Chengqian's right sleeve and said, "In this sleeve, the imperial brother is still practicing the action of pulling out the dagger and stabbing forward. ”

Coughing, Li Zhi looked at Li Shimin and said: "After that, the guards who escorted the imperial brother suddenly made a move, and the sons were worried that the imperial brother would suddenly make a move against his father, so he took the first step, hoping to protect his father's comfort." ”

Li Zhi's words made Li Shimin's face a little uncertain, and Li Shimin also chose to believe Li Zhi after checking the dagger in Li Chengqian's sleeve.

At this moment, the fiery clouds on the horizon have completely disappeared, leaving Chang'an with darkness at this moment.

Li Shimin ordered the guards to carry Li Chengqian's body back to the Jinluan Palace, while he sat on the dragon chair wearing some damaged armor, and Li Zhi knelt down with a face full of grievances.

And the ministers also rushed to the palace overnight to wait for Li Shimin's instructions.

After Li Junxian and others returned to Chang'an, they began to take over the intelligence work in Chang'an City, and at the moment they were gathering information, distinguishing the truth of the information, and it seemed that they wanted to know everything that happened in Chang'an City during this period of time as soon as possible.

Li Chengqian's body had begun to turn white, and the blood seemed to have dried up.

Li Shimin still listened to the report of his subordinates expressionlessly, and moved the corners of his mouth from time to time, as if he had something to say.

Finally, all the important ministers came to the Jinluan Palace, and Li Shimin slowly spoke: "Everyone, Aiqing, it's hard work, and I'm bothering you to come to the palace to discuss things with me so late!" ”

Li Chengqian's words shocked all the officials, and they all immediately knelt in place and said to Li Shimin: "Long live my emperor!" Long live our emperor! Hooray! ”

Li Shimin snorted coldly, looked at the officials and said, "You are really all good officials of me, I have only been conquering Goguryeo for a few months, and I have turned the entire Chang'an City upside down so much!" ”

Saying that, Li Shimin seemed to be still puzzled, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said: "And you, I treat your eldest grandson's family well, why do your family still have rebellious thoughts?" ”

How dare the eldest grandson Wuji admit it, kowtowing and shouting injustice.

Li Shimin ignored him, but turned his head to look at Fang Xuanling and said, "What did I say to you when I left?" I told you that the prince will be handed over to you for discipline, look at what you disciplined? He was lying on the ground at the moment, unable to move! ”

Fang Xuanling didn't know how to explain, and knelt on the ground and looked at Li Shimin with a distressed look.

In fact, not only Li Shimin, but all the officials present did not know why Li Chengqian died, so that when they saw Li Chengqian's body in the Jinluan Palace, everyone was shocked.