At the end of May, Luoyang City, Imperial Palace.

In the main hall, Emperor Li Siyuan sat on the stool with a pale face, and his lonely figure was in stark contrast to the huge palace. At this time, it was very hot outside, although it was still early summer, but Luoyang City had already fallen into the steamer, constantly baking everyone in the city.

But even in this weather, all the windows of the main hall were closed, and the doors were closed, and there was not a single gap in them.

In front of Li Siyuan, a charcoal basin with flames was close at hand, the flames kept jumping, Li Siyuan's face flickered in the firelight, just like Li Siyuan's mood at this time, anger, surprise, fear, sadness, all kinds of emotions were mixed together, and the huge pain almost made Li Siyuan faint.

"Sage."

A eunuch pushed the door open a crack and squeezed into the main hall with a note in his hand. After the eunuch called softly, he trembled and presented the recital.

Li Siyuan glanced at the eunuch coldly and asked, "Where did you send it?" ”

"The sage of the initiation is an urgent performance sent by Shen Tan, the envoy of the Pinglu Festival."

"Shen Tan?"

Li Siyuan changed affectionately, and then said bitterly: "Pinglu Town! Did even Congyan do it? Why are they all so to me! ”

The eunuch didn't dare to answer, but he lowered his head and held the music in both hands, but his heart was full of fear, and beads of sweat kept falling, making the eunuch feel a little prostration.

Li Siyuan did not continue to ask, but lowered his head and looked at the brazier in front of him intently, and at the same time picked up a stack of concertos on the ground next to him, and then threw them into the brazier one by one.

"Li Congke sent troops to disguise himself as thieves and intercept and kill the prince and master sent by the imperial court halfway......"

"Li Conghou sent troops to attack the pavilion at night, set fire to the prince and master sent by the imperial court, and affected hundreds of people in the surrounding area, and the fire was not extinguished day and night!"

"The master assigned to Li Congzhang disappeared inexplicably, and he has not seen anyone alive or dead......

"Although the master assigned to Li Congrong arrived safely, Li Congrong did not receive him, and sent people to publicly humiliate him every day, and his behavior was extremely perverse!"

While repeating the content of the recital, Li Siyuan threw several recitals into the charcoal basin one by one, and suddenly burst into flames, almost burning the corners of Li Siyuan's clothes, but Li Siyuan's tone became more and more cold, as if coming from the underworld.

The corners of the eunuch's eyes jumped when he saw this scene, but he didn't dare to make a sound, he only felt as if it was frozen at this time, and he just hoped to escape from here as soon as possible.

After Li Siyuan burned the music in his hand, he slowly raised his head and said in a cold voice: "Take it!" ”

The eunuch suddenly had a spirit, and presented the recital to Li Siyuan tremblingly.

“…… Chen Ping Lu Jiedu made Shen Tan Wan's death report: After the minister visited and investigated, the general doctor Feng Dang rushed to Dengzhou to take office, and when he passed through the Yishui River crossing, he was suddenly intercepted and killed by thieves, Feng Dang and his party of more than a dozen people were deceived by thieves into the ferry, and after being ransacked, Feng Dang and most of the guards sank into the river with the boat, and the undead were all shot and killed by the thieves, and Feng Dang's subordinates who stayed at the ferry were then shot by the thieves......"

After reading it, Li Siyuan's face was gloomy and he said: "Where did these thieves come from, they dared to kill people in public at the ferry, and they killed the officials of the imperial court!" When did such a giant appear in my Tang world? ”

Then Li Siyuan glared at the eunuch fiercely, and asked sharply: "Would an ordinary thief have such guts?" How can an ordinary thief have such force and resourcefulness? If it is really an ordinary thief, he does not rob the merchants, but specializes in intercepting and killing the court officials halfway, are they crazy or crazy! ”

Where did the eunuch dare to speak, he immediately knelt on the ground and said nothing, and the huge pressure made the eunuch almost faint.

"So, it's not a thief at all who intercepted and killed Feng Dang! Who are they? ”

Li Siyuan, who had been sitting all the time, stood up abruptly and said loudly angrily, "Who are these?" What a person! Pinglu Jiedu made Shen Tan know, and I also knew, but why didn't Shen Tan write in the recital, why did he replace him with the word thief! Why? What is he afraid of! ”

At this time, Li Siyuan was already hoarse, and the depression and exhaustion for many days made Li Siyuan, who was already in poor health, unbearable, and even felt that he had run out of oil. And at this time, the anger was like a fire, and it was still baking Li Siyuan's hollowed out body.

Suddenly, Li Siyuan looked at the charcoal basin in front of him, as if faces appeared in the firelight, including Li Congke, Li Conghou, Li Congrong, and Li Congyan, who always thought that he had no quarrel with the world!

In Li Siyuan's eyes, those faces were either laughing, or disdainful, or roaring angrily, anyway, none of them were surrendered, none of them were respectful, and they didn't put themselves, the Tang Sage, in their eyes at all.

Suddenly, Li Siyuan felt a burst of sweetness in his throat, a tingling pain in his chest, a sudden cough, and a mouthful of black blood spurted out. The blood fell in the charcoal basin and ignited a trace of white smoke, and the charcoal fire in the basin was not extinguished, but mixed with the blood, burning more and more, as if it was burning Li Siyuan's life.

Li Siyuan was shocked in his heart, his eyes flickered, and he fell directly to the ground and lost consciousness.

"Ahh Sage! ”

When the eunuch saw this, he was so frightened that he pounced on him with his hands and feet, and then shouted loudly in the voice of a male duck.

The palace maids, eunuchs and guards outside the main hall rushed in when they heard the sound, and when they saw Li Siyuan, who was already unconscious, they immediately became a mess, and finally sent Li Siyuan back to the dormitory, and invited the imperial doctor. Then there was chaos in the palace, and the exclamations continued all day long.

On this day, the dark clouds of Luoyang City pressed the border, and on this day, Luoyang City was pouring rain.

It was obviously noon, but the sky was like late night, thunder and lightning mixed with strong winds, which made everyone in Luoyang City feel depressed and deeply uneasy.

When the first drop of rain fell, the palace gates were closed, and the guards stationed in the palace, the soldiers of the left and right Yulin Army were like facing the enemy, not only strengthened the patrol in the palace, but also a large number of soldiers boarded the palace wall and nervously guarded everywhere.

Immediately afterwards, Luoyang Mansion Yin was dressed in fish scale armor and appeared on Xuanwu Street outside the palace with a large group of soldiers and horses, constantly driving pedestrians and people home. At this time, the gate of Luoyang City was also closed, and a group of archers patrolling the city patrolled the streets, and a large number of garrisons were also pulled up to the city.

Luoyang City in the heavy rain, the whole city is under martial law!

Just when the whole city was empty, an uninvited guest came to Feng Dao's mansion, the servant Shaoqing He Ze came alone and came to visit in the heavy rain.

In the side hall, Feng Dao looked at He Ze, whose clothes were soaked, frowned slightly, and said: "Mrs. He, you shouldn't have come today, inaction at this time is a blessing, why should Mrs. He take this risk!" In my opinion, it is better to pray for the blessing of the saints. ”

Although He Ze was drenched in the heavy rain, his face was red at this time, as if he had taken a fierce medicine, and he said with his crossed hands: "Don't blame Feng Xiang, I have been in the idle place of Taifu Shaoqing for several years, and I have never been reused, I am really unwilling in my heart!" Today is a great opportunity, the people of the entire Luoyang City are ready to move, why can't I give it a go? Please also ask Feng Xiang for some advice! ”

Feng Dao smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just an idler in the court, what can I give you?" If Mrs. He plans to listen to me, Mrs. He should be a little calm, once something goes wrong at this time, it will kill you! ”

"If I can't get ahead, I'd rather die! Besides, I had already received news before I came, that the privy envoys Feng Yun, Zhu Hongzhao, and Xuanhui envoy Meng Hanqiong were conspiring, and all parties in the DPRK and China were acting in secret, who didn't want to seize this opportunity to go further? Could it be that Feng Xiang doesn't have any ideas! ”

"Alas! I just want to protect myself, that's all. ”

"Humph! Don't say these things to me, although I, He Ze, am not a great talent, I will not believe these perfunctory words. ”

He Ze lowered his voice and said: "I'll tell you the truth, I came here today, I wanted to form an alliance with Feng Xiang, I charged for Feng Xiang in front of me, and won a place in this chaotic time." And Feng Xiang is behind me to give advice, how about it? ”

Feng Dao's face changed when he heard this, then he stood up and walked to the window, looking at the pouring rain outside, and fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, He Ze also stood next to Feng Dao, and after waiting for a while, seeing that Feng Dao was still silent, he said anxiously: "Feng Xiang! Today, the whole city is under martial law, I took the risk to ask to see Feng Xiang, and I asked Feng Xiang to give me advice! When Li Congyan left Beijing, Feng Xiang also helped, and now I come to ask Feng Xiang why he doesn't care, is it because Li Congyan is a prince and I am an idle official! ”

As soon as the words fell, Feng Dao suddenly glared at He Ze, but there was a storm in his heart: "How did he know about Li Congyan?" ”

Feng Dao thinks that he does things without leakage, and Li Congyan will not leak the news, so where did He Ze know about Li Congyan's visit late at night before leaving Beijing!

Facing Feng Dao's sharp gaze, He Zeyi was not afraid, staring at Feng Dao's eyes, looking at each other for a long time, Feng Dao finally sighed and said, "You are harming me." I am only in charge of government affairs, no matter how much I fight, the whole court, including the saints, know about it, but today you came to me to teach you how to fight, aren't you harming me? ”

He Ze gritted his teeth, suddenly knelt down, and said with his crossed hands: "He Ze's net worth and life are on Feng Xiang, if He Ze is fortunate enough to go one step further this time, he will definitely repay Feng Xiang in the future!" ”

After speaking, He Ze bowed heavily to the ground.

Feng Dao stared at He Ze on the ground for a long time, then turned around and turned his back.

"The saint is already sick, what is the use of you coming to me at this time! Think about who you should go to? Think about who to go to at this time! ”

After speaking, Feng Dao waved his sleeves into the back room, leaving only He Ze with a stunned face.

Suddenly, a thunderbolt sounded, and He Ze suddenly comprehended Feng Dao's words, and this thunderbolt seemed to have struck He Ze's heart, making He Ze suddenly break out in a cold sweat.

"Sure enough! If this does not happen, the whole clan will die. But if this thing is done, then I, He Ze, will be one person under ten thousand people! ”

Thinking of this, He Ze made up his mind, took his coat and hat, and went straight out of Feng's mansion, and disappeared into the vast rain and smoke after getting on the horse.