[Chapter 40: Nowhere to Find the Iron Shoes] (2)
Li Dan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and thought that Saburo had prepared a coup d'état to deal with his sister less than a month after he ascended the throne, and he felt that his eldest son would be worried in the future, so this Mingde Hall couldn't sit still.
Seeing that Aya was silent, his expression changed several times, he only nodded perfunctorily, and then excused himself to leave, Li Longji neither asked nor retained, only met his father's gaze with his most harmless smile, and sent it to the palace gate as if nothing had happened. After Li Dan left, his smile disappeared a little, and a feeling of uneasiness arose.
His uneasiness was soon verified—the next day, Li Dan set the date of the emperor's border patrol, which had been infinitely delayed, for August of that year.
This was a harbinger of the new emperor's high-sounding appearance, and it was re-established half a year after the emperor changed his original intention. Since then, the direction of the court has become clearer, and the originally neutral courtiers have more or less deviated, and everyone looked at the emperor with some complicated feelings, sighs, and pity. This time, the Son of Heaven is really in a desperate situation.
This day is the fifth day of the sixth month of the second year of the first year.
On Princess Taiping's side, the happiest person is Cui Xiang: "Princess, the Son of Heaven has neither a strategist nor a soldier at the moment, and there are less than two months left, and he can't turn defeat into victory." The overall situation is finally decided. ”
Princess Taiping didn't want to say anything anymore. Her mood is too complicated, although she has negotiated with Li Sanlang before, she is always unwilling in her heart, but now that the emperor's mind has changed, she has another opportunity, of course she can't turn a blind eye. But she doesn't want to lose her trust in Li Sanlang and the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor's mind has always been changeable, and she doesn't feel that it is safe now.
- The emperor suddenly behaved like this, in Li Sanlang's opinion, would she think that she said something to the emperor?
"Even so, we can't afford to be reckless." Princess Taiping solemnly warned all the staff, "After all, the Son of Heaven is the king, this seems to be a state affair, but it may just be a family affair of the father and son of the Heavenly Family, and it is not appropriate for our courtiers to interfere." Anyway, in August, everything will be known. ”
She neither helped the emperor bite Li Sanlang back, nor did she help Li Sanlang deal with the emperor, she thought that this was the best of benevolence.
The emperor, the Son of Heaven and her tripartite forces, the Son of Heaven is the weakest, followed by the Emperor, and she is the most powerful. Because of this, she can only be the one who has the right to choose a partner. Whoever wins will be qualified to work with her. For her,
San Lang, only by passing this hurdle can you be a real emperor, and I can surrender to you willingly.
On the sixth day of the sixth month of June, Li Dan summoned his youngest son Li Ye into the palace.
If Li Dan wants to protect his eldest son Li Xian, he must keep him out of the matter completely. And among these five sons, the one who is smart and makes Li Dan the most trustworthy is this young son. He asked Li Ye to use the miscellaneous and extensive contacts in Beijing to help find out where Xiao Jiangyuan was, to see if her situation was as good as San Lang said, if what San Lang said was true, he could postpone the emperor's border patrol again, or simply cancel it, if what San Lang said was false, he would really reconsider the matter of the throne.
And no matter what the result is, Xiao Jiangyuan will be killed!
Seeing that his statement seemed to scare his young son, Li Dan's heart softened, and he patted the stunned Li Ye on the shoulder: "Wulang has a good heart, Aya is also a last resort, Xiao Jiangyuan is not removed, I am uneasy, and your third brother's heart, I can't see it clearly, I just hope that everything is my cranky thinking, so Wulang can do better." ”
Li Ye understood that Aya had made up his mind, and he swallowed the words of inquiry and dissuasion. He frowned slightly, thinking about Aye's repeated admonitions to A-Yuan's death, and although he nodded, he lowered his eyes and dodged Aye's gaze. He had never felt the palace so breathless, and he left quickly.
When he returned to the Five Kings' Mansion, he felt relieved. He raised his eyes and looked at the door of his mansion steadily, and although he felt a little guilty, he finally made up his mind.
That night, three letters came out of the Wuwang Mansion, respectively to Chang'an local Wang Ju, the eastern capital Zhang Shuo and Jingzhou Cui Ri with three fast horses, the content is: The princess of Zhenguo attempted to poison the saint, I am afraid that there will be a disobedient move, the situation is critical, and I hope to help!
If it weren't for the curfew, Wang Jufu would have gone to the Five Princes' Mansion as soon as he read the letter. He forced himself to calm down his excitement and excitement as soon as possible, and carefully confirmed the handwriting on the letter, before he breathed a long sigh of relief. He wanted to simply cause trouble and completely bring down Princess Taiping, and he was worried that the saint would not agree, but he didn't expect the emperor to give the saint a reason to agree in a blink of an eye. Before he could find the saint to tell him what he was thinking, he came to this great help again.
Obviously, the people who are attached to the saint are all in the same mind as him, and with the blessings of King Xue and other brothers, the saint has no reason to disagree. As long as the saint agrees, with his famous teacher of the Son of Heaven, he will survive in a desperate situation, once the matter is completed, the dragon will be great, and the natural future will be limitless.
Now there is only one credible person left by the saint's side who can speak, and who else is he to tell this matter?
For the sake of safety, the next morning, as soon as the door opened, Wang Ju first went to the Five Princes' Mansion to visit King Xue, and only after confirming what he wanted in his heart did he enter the palace to meet him.
In the Mingde Palace, Li Longji was looking at a screen in a daze, and in Wang Ju's opinion, it was very decadent. Wang Ju said: "The minister used to just know the prince, but now I am afraid that he will not know the son of heaven!" ”
Knowing that Wang Ju was coming, Li Longji sent everyone in the hall out, not even the living room, and his eyes never left the screen in front of him for a moment. Hearing Wang Ju's words, Li Longji just chuckled: "What you said is useless to me, has no one told you?" ”
Wang Ju's best Warring States strategist is suddenly useless as Xiao Neijian said, listening to the words of the sage, Xiao Neijian talked to him about this that day, it seemed that the sage instructed him? He immediately saluted obediently and said, "The minister is incompetent. ”
Only then did Li Longji turn his head and glance at Wang Ju: "Come here." ”
Wang Ju obeyed the order and immediately stepped forward.
"It's a lot of fun." Li Longji said and told the origin of the 10,000-year-old landscape imitation screen, "Some people seem to be born with that ability, do things exquisitely, and do everything well, but unfortunately some things are destined to have trade-offs." ”
"It depends on what you take and what you give up." Wang Ju didn't dare to guess blindly, so he could only follow Li Longji's words and say the purpose of this trip, "If the person you take is the world, then everything else can be abandoned." ”
"But I'm still unwilling, why can't I have both fish and bear's paws. I am the Son of Heaven, is this not possible? ”
"If the minister said a disrespectful word, if the saint hesitated before, it was affectionate in his heart, but at this moment, everything is beyond the saint." Wang Ju said respectfully, "In fact, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Son of Heaven in all dynasties has been a great achiever, generation after generation is informal, and the saint has such blood flowing in his body, even if the minister doesn't say it, the saint will do that." ”
"After all, it's the times that can't help anyone......" Li Longji sighed.
"What the sage said is true, now the situation is urgent and imminent, if you don't make up your mind quickly, I'm afraid it will be too late!"
However, how to solve this matter? A few days later, Dongdu Zhang said that he gave Li Longji the answer - he sent someone to give Li Longji a gift: a sharp instrument knife!
The knife is a murder weapon, a murderer, and a soldier.
When Li Longji opened the opening and said the gift, Wang Ju stood next to him. Seeing that what Zhang said coincided with the one in the Five Kings' Mansion, he couldn't help but purse his lips and smile.
Naturally, he also wanted to cut through the mess quickly, after all, there was not much time left. It's just that this poor Son of Heaven doesn't have any reliable troops available, and he can't even touch the 10,000 horsemen used in the previous coup, which is not as good as when he was the king of Linzi in the past. At this time, Wang Maozhong stood up.
Since Li Longji ascended the throne, Wang Maozhong was sent to the prime minister of the war horse in Beijing, the official position is not low, the authority is not small, although it is limited to the war horse, but the war horse is closely related to the soldiers, and others are cheerful and sleek, and they have really made a lot of friends. He lobbied for many days, and finally 300 soldiers were willing to serve the Son of Heaven.
At the same time, Li Fan, the king of Qi, Li Ye, the king of Xue, and Li Ye, who were especially good friends with Li Longji on weekdays, such as Jiang Jiao and Li Lingwen, also joined forces and decided to help him.
At the end of June, Cui Riyong also returned to Beijing to "report on his work."