Yang Chen listened to Cui Gongzi's words, nodded a little helplessly: "It's not because of the reform of the imperial examination, since Li Shimin asked Li Chengqian to be the chief examiner once and ate enough sweetness, the subsequent imperial examinations were held in accordance with this method, the name system, and the questions were asked the day before the exam, so Tang Jian was naturally useless!" ”

Yang Chen just guessed that Tang Jian was in a high position, even if the imperial examination could not help, there was no need to push him out, Yang Chen guessed that Tang Jian should see that the Tang Dynasty was getting stronger and stronger, and felt that the people of the former Sui had no chance, so he wanted to break off the relationship, but the people of the former Sui naturally refused, both sides had handles in their hands, and in the end they had to stand still.

But whether it is Tang Jian or the people of the former Sui, it is impossible for the two parties to stop there, so this time Tang Jian should be pushed out.

Cui Gongzi seemed to know something, and after listening to Yang Chen's words, he also nodded, and said with a sigh: "Time is also fate, Tang Jian's good days should come to an end!" ”

Yang Chen also snorted coldly, looked at Cui Gongzi and said, "I don't know if his good days have come to an end, but Tang Songling's good days must come to an end." ”

Cui Gongzi waved his hand and looked at Yang Chen and said: "You said that King Wu was willing to send him to death, I want to think about it, since King Wu has the blood of the former Sui, even if he takes the initiative to send him to death, it is most likely that he will send him to death for your former Sui people!" ”

Yang Chen waved his finger and looked at Cui Gongzi and said, "On the contrary, I think he may be the king of Shu, I heard that the king of Shu is also in Jiangnan, didn't he come with him this time?" ”

Cui Gongzi shook his head and looked at Yang Chen and said, "The King of Shu should still be in Jiangnan at the moment, but why don't I believe you when you say that King Wu paved the way for the King of Shu?" If you say that the king of Wu took the life of the king of Shu to pave the way for himself, it is possible. ”

As soon as Cui Gongzi's words came out, Li Siwen and Yang Chen both smiled, and the two looked at the smiles in each other's eyes and showed a knowing smile.

Or Li Siwen spoke first: "Cui Gongzi doesn't know, the relationship between the two brothers King Wu and King Shu is very close, if the real throne falls to King Wu, there is a high probability that he will be ceded to King Shu, do you think it is possible for him to pave the way for King Shu?" ”

Cui Gongzi said in disbelief: "Didn't I hear that the King of Shu was driven out of Chang'an by the King of Wu?" And because of the suppression of King Wu, the King of Shu did not have any power in the territory, so he could only travel the mountains and rivers every day to hunt and recreation, and there was no help inside and outside the court at all. ”

Yang Chen couldn't help but shake his head, looked at Cui Gongzi and said: "What you said are all superficial things, when King Wu faked his death, King Shu appeared in Chang'an for the first time, do you think he is here to take over King Wu's industry?" He came to investigate the follow-up matter, and after investigating clearly, why did he leave Chang'an immediately, because King Wu knew that now was not the time for them to rise to power. ”

Saying that, Yang Chen said helplessly: "You said that the King of Shu is traveling in the mountains and rivers, hunting and recreation, if you look closely, you may think that he is a ridiculous prince, but he is the cleanest prince, in addition to not doing the right thing, he has not done anything wrong, and he does not have any handle in the hands of others, so the moment I learned that the King of Shu followed King Wu to Jiangnan, I realized that they were ready to take up." ”

Cui Gongzi listened to Yang Chen's analysis and gradually showed a look of sudden realization, but he still said in disbelief: "The King of Shu didn't sit down in anything when he was in Jiangnan, but he just followed King Wu to show his face in various houses from time to time, and the person who is really in charge is still King Wu, and now it seems that he has some recognition of people." ”

Yang Chen was not surprised, looked at Cui Gongzi and said: "Assuming that the King of Shu is the purpose of King Wu, then the first question can be explained, he wants to shape Li Chengqian into the prince who killed his brother with his own hands, and if he thinks that there will be other attacks in the future, it should be launched after Li Shimin returns to Chang'an, and the purpose should also be to move Li Chengqian, so that Li Shimin has to change the heir to someone else." ”

Cui Gongzi nodded, looked at Yang Chen and said: "Li Chengqian's black material is still a lot, if it is the operation of King Wu's subordinates, coupled with the good news that King Shu gradually comes, he should be able to gradually return to Chang'an." ”

Yang Chen said helplessly: "In the past few years, I have also heard that Li Chengqian in the court does not have King Wei and King Wu as opponents, although he is more handy in doing things, but Li Shimin has always been a little worried, and he always feels that Li Chengqian's approach is not the best, and he has to be mentioned from time to time, causing Li Chengqian to lose confidence a little bit." ”

Cui Gongzi didn't take this stubble and continued: "Then do you say that the person who assassinated Li Chengqian now is a subordinate of King Wu?" If you want to assassinate Li Chengqian, why push yourself into the abyss again! ”

Yang Chen looked at Cui Gongzi and said: "I guess this person should be Changsun Chong's person, you should get the news of Changsun Chong's disappearance, if there is no ghost in your heart, why run away!" ”

Cui Gongzi was still puzzled: "Eldest Sun Chong? Why did he assassinate Li Chengqian? What's in it for him! ”

Yang Chen also sighed when he heard Cui Gongzi's question, and his thoughts went back to many years ago, "Li Chengqian and Changsun Chong went out to hunt when they were young, and later they got out of touch with the large army because of chasing prey, at that time they met their sister and master who were looking for medicine in the mountains. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Chen's face was full of helplessness, "In order to let his sister and his sister's master send them back, Changsun Chong reported to his home and told them the identities of himself and Li Chengqian, my sister's master was originally not going to be nosy, but my sister decided to take them with me, and then they met the former Sui troops who came to find their sister, and after learning the identities of the two, they decided to rob them away, and at this time the people who came to find them also came." ”

Yang Chen sighed and continued: "Under the order of Changsun Chong, the people who were looking for them killed Qiansui's troops in a volley, as well as my sister and her master, while Li Chengqian was pressed down by Changsun Chong, and the two returned to the army safe and sound. ”

Saying that, Yang Chen looked at Cui Gongzi and said: "After that, there was a gap between Li Chengqian and Changsun Chong, they didn't know the identity of their sister and their sister's master, so Li Chengqian thought that Changsun Chong hurt their life-saving benefactor in order to save their lives, and Changsun Chong thought that he was trying to protect the prince, so there was nothing wrong with doing it himself." ”

After sighing, Yang Chen continued: "After that, the gap between the two became bigger and bigger, and in the end, the communication between Li Chengqian and Changsun Chong gradually became a routine, and the death of Princess Changle made Changsun Chong realize that once Li Chengqian succeeded to the throne, his title and so on would gradually disappear, so he continued to make dangerous moves." ”

Cui Gongzi listened to Yang Chen's explanation, and his eyes also showed a hint of disbelief, and then he also saw the disbelief in Li Siwen's eyes, so Cui Gongzi said dumbfoundedly: "Is it the first time you have heard of this?" ”

Li Siwen nodded, looked at Yang Chen and said, "I should have guessed a long time ago, you are the royal family of the previous dynasty, then your sister is also the royal family of the previous dynasty, so how could your sister save Li Chengqian!" ”

Cui Gongzi also nodded and said: "I inquired about Yang Gongzi's life experience before, but I learned that Yang Gongzi was invited to the East Palace by Li Chengqian, saying that he was the younger brother of a friend, and that he was a life-saving benefactor, and now it seems a little funny." ”

Yang Chen shook his head, his face was full of helplessness, looked at the two of them and said: "I'd rather my sister hadn't met Li Chengqian and them, so let them be eaten by wolves, and don't let my sister leave like that." ”

Yang Chen suddenly remembered something, looked at Cui Gongzi and said, "By the way, do you know the news of the cooperation between Changsun Chong and the Wa State?" ”

Cui Gongzi shook his head indifferently, turned his head to look at Li Siwen and said, "What? Changsun Chong and Wa Guo are cooperating again? Do you know this? ”

Li Siwen also shook his head and looked at Yang Chen and said, "Brother-in-law, how many things do you know, just say it all in one go!" ”

Yang Chen scratched his head in embarrassment, and looked at the two of them: "That's the case, when Li Chengqian and I investigated a batch of sabers before, we accidentally found that these knives were sold by Changsun Chong to the Japanese people, and later I found out that Changsun Chong has been in contact with a caravan of the Japanese Kingdom, and he gave them food and knives." ”

After a pause, Yang Chen continued: "Later, I investigated again and found out that those Japanese people were doing things for the eldest grandson, especially some burning, killing and looting, when I was my son-in-law in Ningbo quietly, it was because he found out that I looked like my sister so he kidnapped me." ”

Cui Gongzi nodded and looked at Yang Chen and said: "I have also heard about this matter, at that time, your people were all distributed to do other things, and the eldest grandson was caught off guard by this hand, so he successfully took you away, plus those people were originally people with no source, which made your pursuit difficult, and in the end it was just to smash the Ningbo government to vent your anger." ”

Yang Chen shook his head and looked at the two of them: "At that time, the people I accepted still found me, but after a hard battle, only one person was left to send me to Liujiazhuang with great effort, and then he was ready to notify others to take me away, but before the news could spread, Changsun Chong came over under Chang'an's men, and then they slaughtered the villagers of Liujiazhuang and took me away again, and our people did not find any trace of me after they came, and finally they did not dare to search for me with great fanfare, which is what happened later." ”

Cui Gongzi couldn't stop shaking his head when he heard this, and only sighed after a while: "Life is impermanent, the world is impermanent, who would have thought that the eldest grandson and young master would actually send the royal family of the former Sui to the current prince's mansion?" And this royal family of the former Sui has also made so many contributions to the Tang Dynasty! ”