Chapter 39: The Turkic Prince
Li Chengqian is the eldest grandson of the empress, he was made the prince at the age of eight, since he had a leg disease, he has become more and more willing to fall, Li Shimin is also gradually dissatisfied with this decadent prince, and has cast more eyes on other princes, Li Chengqian has become more and more indifferent over the years, and is often poked in the back.
Li Chengqian was unwilling and angry, but also helpless, he always wanted an opportunity to be able to reflexively, but he had no reliable support, and he was unable to start, but he did not know that an opportunity was quietly befalling him.
Since Yang Huai was kicked out of the British Mansion by Liuning last time, he has been entrenched in a remote inn in Chang'an and has not left, just like when Liuning just returned to Chang'an, secretly monitoring Liuning's every move, how many times Liuning was in trouble, Yang Huai was very distressed, and wanted to no longer hide his identity and rescue her, but always found that there was another person by her side to protect her.
Yang Huai didn't know what he wanted to do or what he could do if he stayed in Chang'an City, he just didn't want to leave, knowing that after Liubin returned to Turkic, he wanted to leave and go to Liubin, but he was still reluctant.
knew that one day, Li Junzhi actually found him.
Yang Huai thought that he hid well enough, at least he would not be discovered so soon, but he didn't expect that Li Junzhi, who had only known him before, would come here.
Li Junzhi was not polite to Yang Huai, the first time they met, they talked to Yang Huai about the conditions, Li Junzhi has been planning a big plan behind the scenes, what is missing is a hot-blooded, easy to incite, and strong martial arts person, when Li Junzhi knew that Yang Huai was still alive and stayed in Chang'an, he found him for the first time.
Although Li Junzhi is a literati, his negotiation methods are sharp and decisive, and he has too many secrets of these people, and the conditions offered make Yang Huai unable to refuse.
Li Junzhi's arrival made Yang Huai a little surprised, and Li Junyi sat down and said, "General Yang, I haven't seen you for a long time, I didn't expect to see you in Chang'an." ”
Yang Huai was highly vigilant about Li Junzhi at first, and he had the impression that although he knew this person, he rarely intersected, so he asked with distrust: "Mr. Li is here, what are you doing?"
Seeing that Yang Huai was so straightforward and frank, Li Junzhi asked bluntly: "I have a big plan that needs General Yang's help, I don't know what General Yang wants,"
"Why should I believe you, why should I participate," Yang Huai was puzzled.
Yang Huai said slowly: "General Yang, don't worry, listen to me come slowly." ”
"I used to be a subordinate of the hidden prince Li Jiancheng, the hidden prince was beheaded all over the house, I was fortunate to survive, but I can't swallow this breath, the current emperor killed his father and brother, seized the throne, the name is not right, I am unwilling, I want to regain the world that belongs to him for the hidden prince, I have a perfect plan, I need a person like you to support me."
"Everyone knows that Li Chengqian, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, has always liked Turkic customs and admired our Turkic culture, especially warriors who like Turkic, like you, if you go to befriend him and win him over, the prince will definitely stand on our side."
"I still don't understand, what exactly do you want to do,"
"I can't tell you right now, if you're willing to cooperate with me and do something for me, I can trust you and tell you my plan little by little."
"It's obvious that you're begging me to do something now, how dare you use such an attitude,"
Li Junzhi smiled coldly: "Because I know you, you like Princess Liuning, but Princess Liuning likes the marshal of the Tang Dynasty wholeheartedly, you are unwilling but you have no strength, you do things for me, I can put you in the position of one person above ten thousand people, so that you have supreme rights, in this world of the jungle, only with rights, can you protect the people you want to protect." ”
Yang Huai vaguely felt that Li Junzhi had too many of their secrets, and there were too many secrets hidden by the public, this person seemed to have no offensive power, but it was unfathomable: "Even if I promise you, how dare you be sure that the prince will promise you,"
Li Junzhi smiled contemptuously again, and sure enough, Yang Huai's ambition was still very confusing: "The prince has been depressed recently, and many ministers have defected to support Li Tai, King of Wei, Li Ke, King of Wu, and even some people see that Concubine Yan is favored, so they hope that in his youngest son Li Huan, King Jiang, who is waiting to be fed, the prince needs a chance, and you gave him this opportunity." ”
Yang Huai still kept his composure: "What do you want me to do,"
"Get close to the crown prince, let him trust you, and then take him to force the palace to rebel in three months."
"Forcing the palace to rebel, Li Junzhi, what do you want to do, with all due respect, I don't think you have the ability to compete with today's saints."
"On the outskirts of Chang'an, I have raised a group of Turkic dead soldiers, these five hundred people can be completely used by you, if you can successfully trick the prince into participating in this palace forcing operation, I can trust you, and my plan can also tell you."
"Five hundred dead soldiers, no matter how strong your five hundred dead warriors are, they can't be compared with the Praetorian Guards in the palace, this is a war that must be lost, you still don't want to be delusional."
"Young man, you are still too inexperienced, war, you don't have to win to win, I have a wire newspaper, the two pillars of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Changyu is going to leave Beijing for a while, Zhao Nan I have a way to control it, then you just need to do it according to my plan, I have my own reason."
Yang Huai has been monitoring Liuning's every move, and naturally knows that Tang Changyu and Liuning want to escort Yunqing back to Liubin under the pretext of going back to Turkia to participate in the ceremony, but this matter is extremely secretive, and the two have been doing it very secretively, and Li Junzhi can find out the news, which is really powerful, but I don't know if the emperor is the same as Li Junzhi, and knows everything about Chang'an.
Li Junzhi didn't give Yang Huai more time to think: "As long as I make a storm in Chang'an, someone will complete other things for me, so do you want to cooperate with me?"
Yang Huai nodded, he was ambitious, he wanted revenge, he wanted to get everything Li Junzhi said, rights, love, are things that he can not reach now, he also wants to lurk by Li Junzhi's side, his understanding of Liuning is beyond Yang Huai's imagination, this latent enemy is so powerful, but the other party knows nothing, Yang Huai must protect Liuning and find out the person who has been selling information to Li Junzhi.
Yang Huai agreed to Li Junzhi's conditions and went to the prince's East Palace the next day.
Yang Huai did not hide his identity, and directly met the prince, saying that he was once a Turkic general, who escaped death in a fire, and now wanted to find a place to live in Chang'an, so he came to the prince.
Li Chengqian really likes everything about the Turks, he is deeply attracted by the beautiful grassland scenery and rough and simple folk customs of the Turks, he is obsessed with everything there, but there are very few records of this nomadic people in the history books, Li Chengqian can only get a glimpse of a little Turkic culture, in his heart, everything in the Turks is so mysterious and beautiful, Li Chengqian has always wanted to get close to the Turkic people and see the real Turkic culture.
And Li Chengqian also seems to have some impressions of the person in front of him, this name.
On Li Chengqian's eighth birthday, he was named the crown prince, and at that time his father prepared a huge banquet for him, which was the first time in Li Chengqian's life to see the grand scene of the coming dynasty of all countries.
Li Chengqian, who has liked Turkic culture since he was a child, met the old Turkic king at that banquet, at that time, the Turkic king was accompanied by three children, the three of them were different, a girl, and now she has become her nominal concubine, and there are two boys, although one is silent, but calmly observes the audience, this quiet and revealing is the breath of the leader, this person must be educated as a successor like himself, Li Chengqian thought, and this person, later he really led the Turks for a period of time, He is Jingli.
But Li Chengqian found at a glance a child who had been silent and expressionless, but who had the wild and unruly aura of Turkic since he was a child.
"What's your name, I'm the prince, Li Chengqian, let's make friends." At that time, Li Chengqian, who was young and ignorant, was very warm and friendly and took the initiative to greet the child, which was an opportunity that many people couldn't ask for.
But the child just raised his eyes and glanced at Li Chengqian lightly, and said without squinting: "I'm Yang Huai." Yang Huaiping looked at Li Chengqian, the aura revealed between his gestures was not at all weak as a successor, looking at Yang Huai's rejection of people thousands of miles away, Li Chengqian didn't know how to continue talking, and the plan to make friends had to be abandoned.
But I didn't expect that more than ten years later, in Chang'an, thousands of kilometers away, the two would be able to meet again. Unexpectedly, the little boy who was indifferent at that time has now grown into a Turkic general who can take charge on his own, although he has fallen down.
Li Chengqian didn't have any suspicions about Yang Huai, and he didn't talk about the things that the two had a relationship with each other when they were children, in fact, Yang Huai didn't remember it, and he wouldn't remember some things that didn't mean anything to him for a long time.
After Yang Huai came to the East Palace, he was soon treated as a guest by the prince, Yang Huai was a strong martial artist, and he also knew a little about Han culture, although he was indifferent, the prince did not care, except for the days of the last dynasty and helping his father deal with government affairs, almost all of them were with Yang Huai, Yang Huai would teach the prince to dance the sword, sometimes the two would learn martial arts, and the two would also taste tea and enjoy flowers, or talk about poetry and songs.
Yang Huai in a long time of contact with Li Chengqian, was actually inspired to have some compassion, in fact, this prince has a benevolent heart, but some have been imprisoned by the prince's burden for too long, stared at by too many eyes will not go wrong, suppressed for too long, and do things a little timidly, but even more down, if he was born in an ordinary family, Li Chengqian must be a talented man who can walk the rivers and lakes on his own, happy and hateful, but it's a pity.
The prince and Yang Huai talked almost nothing, inseparable, and for a while, there were a lot of rumors in Chang'an City.