Chapter 266: Gossip
Li Chengqian was late in the carriage, and Zheng Guogong's mansion was already full of white flowers and strips of cloth at this time.
Li Chengqian sat down with a software, and walked into the Zhengguo Mansion with a sword in his hand.
When the subordinates in the house saw the person who came like this, they hurriedly stopped him, and said while stopping: "This son, which family are you?" Can you put your weapon out the door? ”
Li Chengqian didn't speak, but Cheng Chumo behind him walked over and said: "This is His Royal Highness the Prince, who came to mourn Zheng Guogong, because Zheng Guogong was assassinated, so he took a weapon to defend himself!" ”
However, this person seems to be a little dead-eyed, or he has learned the ability to not be afraid of power from Wei Zheng, but before he can speak, Wei Zheng's son, who has been entertaining guests in the courtyard, came over, he recognized Li Chengqian's appearance, came to Li Chengqian's side and said: "Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince standing at the door, come in quickly!" ”
Li Chengqian looked at him and said, "Your subordinates don't let me in when they see me with a weapon, you don't mind if I go in with a weapon!" ”
Wei Zheng's son also looked embarrassed, but he didn't think much about it and nodded and said: "It's okay for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to defend himself with a weapon, after all, his father was assassinated and died, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can protect himself with a weapon to defend himself!" ”
Li Chengqian nodded, then followed him to the house, and said as he walked, Li Chengqian said: "You just said that Zheng Guogong was assassinated, so where is he now?" ”
Wei Zheng's son was not surprised that Li Chengqian would ask this, and pointed to the house in the backyard and said: "My father is still in the house at this time, and the servant from Jingzhao Yin's Mansion also came to take a look just now, and basically concluded that my father had his throat cut by someone, and my father was critically ill so he went." ”
Li Chengqian nodded and looked at the coffin in the courtyard and said, "This is a good pear blossom wood, when did you buy it!" ”
Wei Zheng's son seemed to have known that Li Chengqian would ask this, but he glanced at Li Chengqian before he continued: "This coffin was bought by Brother Yang Chen, and it was before he left Chang'an, at that time he begged my father to do something, and then gave my father a large sum of silver, all of which was used by my father to buy this coffin!" ”
Li Chengqian was a little moved when he heard Yang Chen's name, but he still nodded and said, "If there is anything in the future, you can send someone to the East Palace to find me, I won't sit idly by!" ”
Wei Zheng's son didn't care when he heard Li Chengqian's words, only to see him say with some sighs: "I'm not a very smart person, I can't understand reading, I can't learn the art of war, although I can inherit my father's title, but I don't think it will be of much use to the court in the future, it's better to be a rich man in the countryside!" ”
Li Chengqian didn't say much when he heard his words, but he had a new view of Wei Zheng's son, originally thought that he was just a fool, but now it seems that this person is not only not stupid, but it is very likely that he is smarter than he imagined.
When he came to Wei Zheng's house and saw Wei Zheng's body, Li Chengqian's heart was full of sighs.
I saw Wei Zhengban lying upright on the bed, blood flowing down his neck on the futon behind his shins, but there didn't seem to be much blood, maybe because he was terminally ill, or maybe because the assassin was too fast.
Wei Zheng didn't have any expression on his face, but his face was extremely pale, as if it was because the blood was no longer circulating, or maybe it was because he was already very sick.
Li Chengqian looked at it twice and then left the house, went outside and said to Wei Zheng's son, "You don't seem so sad!" ”
Wei Zheng's son was stunned, but he still touched his nose and said: "It's okay, my father has been heavily armed for many years before, and he has been unconscious almost every year, although my father left suddenly this time, but I have already prepared in my heart." ”
Speaking of this, Wei Zheng's son bowed deeply and said: "But since my father was assassinated, then please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to find out the murderer and avenge my father!" ”
Li Chengqian nodded, then touched the sword on his waist and said: "Since I came out with the sword, it means that I won't care about this matter, you can rest assured!" ”
Saying that, Li Chengqian strode out with his sword, Li Chengqian knew that they would not do it here, so he had to go out and give them a chance to do it.
Wei Zheng's son also seemed to know what Li Chengqian meant, and looked at the back of Li Chengqian's departure and said silently, "Thank you." ”
The news that Li Chengqian had entered the Zhengguo Mansion with a sword quickly spread throughout Chang'an City, and some people said that he was disrespecting the deceased, and some said that he was protecting his own safety.
But no matter what, everyone knows the news that Li Chengqian went to Zheng Guogong's mansion.
And Li Chengqian did not return to the palace as soon as he left the Zhengguo Mansion, but came to the snack street to buy food.
The people on the side seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Li Chengqian's approach.
"Zheng Guogong just went, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to see it with a sword, and he still had to go to the snack street to buy food!"
"What's wrong with buying food? The relationship between Zheng Guogong and the crown prince is not so close, if your neighbor dies, you won't eat? ”
"That is, if there is something to do, we don't buy anything to eat, what do you let us do in this business, no one has something to do, but I don't see anyone less in eating and drinking!"
"That being said, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a special identity after all, and I still don't think it's good for him to come over to buy snacks with such fanfare!"
The discussion on Li Chengqian's methods has basically not stopped, and Li Chengqian does not seem to care about these comments, and still goes his own way in and out of trouble.
It wasn't until he came to a neighborhood far away from the troubles with bags of things that the assassin who seemed to be lurking in the street for a long time suddenly rushed towards Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian was also prepared for a long time, and a chaotic war was about to break out.
The assassin's skills were also very good, and while dodging the attacks of Cheng Chumo and others, he rushed in the direction of Li Chengqian, and Li Chengqian also looked fearless, drew the sword at his waist and fought with the person opposite.
Li Chengqian asked while fighting with the assassin opposite, "Zheng Guogong was assassinated by you!" ”
This assassin was also idle and had nothing to do, and answered Li Chengqian's question: "That's right, Zheng Guogong was assassinated by us, do you want to avenge him?" Come on! ”
Although the number of these assassins was not as large as Cheng Chumo, Li Chengqian and others, everyone's martial arts were exceptionally strong, and Li Chengqian was gradually a little overwhelmed.
Cheng Chumo on the side saw that Li Chengqian was a little out of strength, and hurriedly came to Li Chengqian's face, beckoning his brothers to protect Li Chengqian, and rushed towards the assassin without fear of death.
Fortunately, there were many people, and the Assassins saw that the soldiers were not afraid of death rushing towards them, looked at each other, turned around and left.
Li Chengqian sat on the ground with a look of remorse, and Cheng Chumo also said with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, it was the incompetence of your subordinates that allowed the assassins to escape!" ”
Li Chengqian waved his hand and did not blame Cheng Chumo, but said with some sadness: "It's because their martial arts are too high, if we don't have a large number of people, we will all be planted in their hands today!" ”
Cheng Chumo also sighed a little: "Where did these people with strong martial arts come from? Why did I assassinate you? ”
Li Chengqian shook his head and looked unwilling, and then looked at Cheng Chumo and said: "Since these people are doing things, then we will strictly guard against it, listen to my orders, and when I return to the palace, we will guard the entire Chang'an City, especially the mansions of important ministers of the imperial court, whether it is day or night, we must send people to find the streets, and the palace must also strengthen the guards, so the soldiers outside Chang'an City will also be transferred to me." ”
Cheng Chumo nodded, thinking that it could only be like this!
Soon Li Chengqian returned to the palace, and the order for the arrangement of the soldiers was also ordered.
There was a lot of trouble in Chang'an City, but for the people, it was just a matter of talk, and no matter what Li Chengqian did, in their opinion, he was stabilizing the situation and waiting for Li Shimin's return.
Even though the soldiers patrolling outside were strengthened, the people were still as usual, and their lives were not disturbed.
In the palace, Li Chengqian was anxiously reviewing the recital, which was full of nonsense but still smelly and long, and Li Chengqian was worried.
King Jin slipped into the main hall at some point, looking at Li Chengqian's anxious look, King Jin whispered: "What's wrong with you, brother prince, why do you look restless, my father told us to do things calmly and not in a hurry!" ”
Li Chengqian raised his head and looked at King Jin who had slipped in, and said helplessly: "Why did you come in, didn't you tell you to stay in the palace?" It's not safe out there right now! ”
King Jin was not afraid of Li Chengqian, so he walked up to him with a smile and said, "My son wants to eat grapes, I'm embarrassed to ask someone for it, let me come and ask for you!" ”
Li Chengqian couldn't help but smile when he heard King Jin's words, and then looked at him and said, "Just tell your nurse what you want to eat, she is the one who is responsible for taking care of you, what is polite to her!" ”
King Jin also blushed and looked at Li Chengqian and said: "Now there are strange rumors in the harem, and the sons can't stand their strange appearance and just don't speak, I don't like those people, so I don't want to ask them for something to eat!" ”
Li Chengqian was stunned when he heard this, although he was in charge of the country, but the affairs of the harem were not his own control, if he guessed correctly, the person in charge of the harem should be Concubine Yang or Wei Guifei, and his father was not in Chang'an, and he was not qualified to care about them, if they said something cool to make the King of Jin and his son unhappy, Li Chengqian had nothing to do.
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian looked at King Jin and said: "Father is coming back soon, you don't have to worry about these things, just tell me what you want to eat, I'll let the kitchen prepare to send it over, don't care what those people say, what they say may not be true!" ”