Chapter 256: In the midst of the chaos, take the king's head
The book continues from the above, the last book said that Chu Mofeng gathered Longcheng soldiers and horses to go to Huazhou, Li Xiaochang colluded with Liu Deyu and others to plan and strategize, captured the evil Huazhou outside the city of the army suddenly visited, and the blood flowed in the city of Huazhou in shock, which led to the attack on Li Shimin inside the palace wall, and Chu Mofeng outside the palace wall to quell the rebellion.
After ending a disparity in strength in Huazhou City, Chu Mofeng and his party quickly escorted Du Wengan on the road, Du Wengan, who was firmly tied on horseback, woke up faintly at this moment, looking at the bumpy scene in front of him, only then did he realize that he seemed to be tied, and immediately shouted loudly: "Where are you going to take me? It is a capital crime to detain a local official without a will, don't you all want to live? Hurry up and let me go, at least I can say a few good words for you in front of Your Majesty, otherwise you ......"
Who knew that Du Wengan's words had not yet been finished, but he was interrupted by a cold voice beside him, "Du Wengan, the governor of Huazhou, right, first of all, he will not arrest you rashly without conclusive evidence; secondly, if there is no will, the king will not detain local officials at will; finally, the emperor's relatives and relatives will dare to fight, what is it if you are arrested? I advise you to think about it all the way, if you want to explain something, say it quickly, otherwise once you enter the Chunming Gate of Chang'an City, you will wash your neck and wait to be beheaded." β
Listening to the other party's words, Du Wengan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, since it was King Xian who caught him, then he must have said that it was a dead end. It is rumored that this person has a very domineering style, and he never acts rashly without evidence, but once he finds evidence, then I'm sorry, if you don't die, you have to peel off your skin.
Thinking of this, Du Wengan suddenly fell into a tangled mood, and at this moment, the cold voice came again, "All the men and horses under your command have been annihilated by the Longcheng army, do you think you can leave anything behind?" Don't have any illusions, as long as the news of your capture gets out, your so-called allies will definitely destroy all the evidence of your contact with them, and then quickly clear their own ties, and then they may be able to survive, but you will be branded as a traitor, and your children and grandchildren will also... Oh no, you don't have any descendants, and the instructions His Majesty gave me before leaving was to punish your nine clans, so congratulations to you Du Dudu. β
After saying these words, Chu Mofeng immediately urged the horse forward, and shouted to the group of Longcheng troops: "The whole army is speeding up, and strive to reach the capital within two days, there is not much time left." And this last sentence seems to be addressed to Du Wengan.
Everyone responded in unison when they heard this, and then Du Wengan found that the scenery in front of him flashed quickly, and the amplitude of the bump was getting bigger and bigger, and the whole person accompanied by such a rhythm, there was a feeling of wanting to vomit, and in desperation, Du Wengan endured the vomiting feeling, closed his eyes and let the horse move forward.
This bumpy feeling lasted for about four hours, Du Wengan on horseback suddenly felt that everything around him seemed to be still, and immediately opened his eyes to see, only to see that a group of people and horses had already begun to set up camp and bury pots to cook, at this time the sky was dark, and a pile of bonfires were evenly distributed around, seemingly chaotic, but if someone who knew the formation took a look, he could see the mystery implied in it.
It seems to be chaotic, but in fact, there are at least four or five tents around each bonfire, and the combination of dotted bonfires radiates all the routes that can escape and attack around, even if someone comes to attack, they can organize a defense in the shortest possible time;
There is a way that the book is hated when it is used, Du Wengan, who is the governor of Huazhou, is not good at martial arts, does not read military books, and only does the wine and wealth every day, so he does not see the mystery here, in view of the fact that everyone is ready to rest, Chu Mofeng untied Du Wengan from the horse, and then tied him to a big tree.
It was the night sky that was full of dark clouds, the originally bright moon was also obscured, the ground was pitch black, only the temporary camp of the Longcheng army was brightly lit, before Chu Mofeng brought Du Wengan a bowl of steaming vegetable soup and a few Hu cakes, looking at the food in front of him that was so difficult to swallow, Du Wengan couldn't help but pout, "I said His Royal Highness Xianwang, you will give this to the lower officials? Isn't it that His Royal Highness the Xian Wang is too stingy, why don't you take out some food in your camp tent for the lower officials to eat? Can you eat this thing?"
I saw Chu Mofeng sneering and said: "Don't you think that there is wine and meat in this king's tent, right? To be honest, every time this king leads his troops to battle, he eats the same things as the soldiers, as for the wine and meat you said, if you are ready to explain something to this king, after returning to Chang'an, this king can pay for a meal from his own pocket, but now there is only these, if you want to eat, you can eat it quickly, if you don't want to eat this king, you can take it away, and it doesn't matter if you starve to death, this king doesn't care." After speaking, Chu Mofeng turned around and walked towards one of the bonfires, came to the side of the Longcheng army who was sitting in a circle, picked up a porcelain bowl, scooped a bowl of vegetable soup, took out a hu cake from the baggage, and started chatting with the people around him while eating.
Seeing this scene, Du Wengan couldn't help but pout, and then hugged the tree trunk and closed his eyes tightly and began to rest, after the night, Du Wengan was awakened by hunger, looking at the vegetable soup that had already been cold in front of him, and kicked the soup bowl over in anger, only to hear the soup bowl knock on the stone on the side and make a crisp sound, which made Du Wengan's heart flutter, and then a bold plan gradually took shape in his mind.
I saw Du Wengan pick up the porcelain bowl with his feet, his legs lifted upward, and then fell heavily, and then there was a sound of porcelain breaking between his feet, which was particularly loud in such a quiet night, and then Du Wengan held his breath, and the whole person motionlessly observed the surrounding situation, and found that no one noticed, and then clamped a piece of broken porcelain with his feet, and picked it in his direction, only to see that the broken porcelain piece fell on his hand by chance, and desperately struggled to pinch the broken porcelain piece in his hand, Du Wengan immediately began the rope cutting workγ
After a period of nervous busyness, Du Wengan finally broke free from the restraints on his hands, and then cut off all the feet on his feet, then straightened up and moved his limbs slightly because of the long-term binding, and looked around to find that there were no sentinels.
Along the way, several groups of patrolling sentries passed, so frightened that Du Wengan didn't even dare to come out, seeing a horse with a chew tied in front of him, Du Wengan immediately rejoiced, slowly touched the horse, and gently untied the reins, seeing that the horse did not move, Du Wengan immediately turned over on the horse, turned the horse's head and prepared to flee quickly, who knew that the horse under the crotch seemed to be pointed by someone, no matter how Du Wengan driven, he always did not move forward.
Just when Du Wengan was surprised, suddenly there was a strange whistle in the air, Du Wengan was immediately shocked, only to see the horse under the crotch as if he had received some order, and the hind hooves raised to throw the caught off guard Du Wengan, and when Du Wengan fell into the eyes of Venus, it was easy to come back to his senses and was about to get up, and then there was a sound of breaking wind in the air, and I saw a dark iron shovel coming quickly, and it was embarrassingly inserted in front of Du Wengan," I said Du Dudu, when the night is dark and the wind is high, it's not time for you to come out to admire the moon, don't you want to go out to Gong?"
Hearing this cold voice, Du Wengan suddenly sat down on the ground, looking at the person who came out of the darkness with a dejected expression, "It turns out that all this was deliberately designed by you, but I didn't expect His Royal Highness to be a dignified and virtuous king, and he is also a person who is used to making bad moves." β
"Du Dudu has won the award, if this king didn't use some yin damage tricks, how do you think so many battles were won back then?" Walking straight in front of Du Wengan, Chu Mofeng picked up the burning sky on the ground and put it behind his back, and then looked at Du Wengan with interest and said: "Don't use some yin damage tricks, how do you think people like Er and others who are not conducive to the court will subdue the law?"
Then Chu Mofeng whistled lightly, and then several patrolling soldiers ran forward, tied Du Wengan on the back of the horse again, looking at Du Wengan who was tied sturdily, Chu Mofeng yawned and said: "This king will not play with you tonight, and he will continue to rush tomorrow morning, Du Dudu will rest in peace." Because of the strip of cloth stuffed in his mouth, Du Wengan couldn't make a sound when he wanted to curse loudly at this time, and watched Chu Mofeng walk into the tent.
At the beginning of the second day, Du Wengan, who was asleep, was awakened by a rapid horn sound, only to see a group of Longcheng soldiers dressed neatly out of the camp tent, and then began to clean up the camp tent traces, about half an hour later, everyone turned over and got on their horses, and continued to drive towards Chang'an under the leadership of Chu Mofeng. Seeing that the army continued to advance, Du Wengan immediately closed his eyes and once again 'enjoyed' the bumps on the horse's back.
After about half a day, Du Wengan, who couldn't stand it, screamed through the strip of cloth, and the Longcheng sergeant who was accompanying him saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to report to Chu Mofeng, and then Chu Mofeng came to Du Wengan's side, urging the horse to walk slowly, "What's the matter, Du Dudu, haven't you already thought it through?" If you think clearly, you will nod, and the king will uncover the strip of cloth, but ......" I saw Chu Mofeng's words turn sharply, and his tone revealed a calm breath and said:" If you say useless nonsense, then the next time you want to say it, it will be self-repentance before the execution. β
As soon as the words fell, Chu Mofeng looked at Du Wengan coldly, only to see that the other party was silent for a moment, and then nodded vigorously, Chu Mofeng saw this, and ripped off the strip of cloth from the other party's mouth, and then said with a smile: "Then Du Dudu, tell me something that this king wants to know." β
With saliva smearing off the impurities in his mouth, Du Wengan paused and said slowly: "Actually, I just received a letterhead from Li Xiaochang, claiming that if the other party is in need, he will send someone to contact me, I only need to be responsible for contacting a group of outlaws, and after receiving instructions, quickly rush to Chang'an, and he Li Xiaochang will find a way to arrange for me to take people into Chunmingmen, and then everything will be commanded by him." β
Then Du Wengan thought for a moment and continued: "You know the rest, all my men and horses were killed in Huazhou City, and now I am alone, and I don't know anything about the rest. β
Listening to Du Wengan's words, Chu Mofeng remembered that the information given by Hua Ling'er mentioned that the people involved were the right prison guard general Changsun Anye, and the prison guard was in charge of the work of the city gate, and it was easy to sneak into Chang'an City through Changsun Anye, if this person was not removed, he would not be able to lead the Turks to attack the city one day, thinking of this, Chu Mofeng once again stuffed the cloth strip into Du Wengan's mouth, and then shouted loudly: "Everyone listens to the order, lest the situation change, immediately the whole army will rush back to Chang'an, there must be no mistake!" Then Chu Mofeng stretched out his hand and patted Du Wengan on the horse's back, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and galloped forward, and the Longcheng army behind him also followed Chu Mofeng in unison to start attacking.
Rushing all the way non-stop, and finally arrived outside the Chunming Gate before the city gate was closed, seeing that the gate was about to close slowly, Chu Mofeng immediately urged the horse to step forward and shouted loudly: "Don't close the city gate, I am Chu Mofeng, the sage king of the Tang Dynasty, I will go out of the city on business at the behest of His Majesty, and then close the city gate after the army enters the city." β
As soon as he heard that the people under the city said that he was Chu Mofeng, the soldiers guarding the city immediately sneered and said, "You said that you are a virtuous king, and I am still an uncle." β
Chu Mofeng sneered when he heard this, and urged the horse under his crotch to come to the city wall quickly, and then stepped on the stirrups with both feet, and the whole person jumped up, and then his feet were connected to the city wall one after another, and in an instant, the person had already climbed the city wall. Seeing that the other party was on the city wall, a group of soldiers defending the city rushed over with weapons in hand, and when they were about to ask, they saw Chu Mofeng say coldly: "Which dog thing said that he is the uncle of the country? β
A group of soldiers couldn't help but gasp when they saw it by the light of the fire, and they all put down their weapons and shouted to Chu Mofeng: "The little ones don't know that His Royal Highness King Xian has arrived, and I hope His Highness will forgive his sins." β
"That's it, open the door quickly, let the Longcheng army enter the city, this king has no time to deal with these things now, tomorrow the king of Japan will go to visit your superiors." After saying that, Chu Mofeng turned over with a harrier, and the whole person slid down towards the city wall like a big peng spreading his wings, and landed on the mount embarrassmently, seeing that the Chunming Gate was opened again, Chu Mofeng immediately stretched out his hand and waved his hand, and walked towards the city with the Longcheng army, after entering Chang'an City, Chu Mofeng immediately said sharply: "The Longcheng army returned to the garrison with Du Wengan, and Du Wengan was waiting for His Majesty in the cell. Without waiting for the Longcheng army behind him to respond, Chu Mofeng immediately rode his horse and ran in the direction of the Vermilion Bird Gate. And the five thousand dragon city military horses picked up the bell and chewed their mouths, and slowly walked towards their station.
Coming to the imperial study of the Taiji Palace, Chu Mofeng saw Li Shimin, who was reviewing the folds, as soon as he saw Chu Mofeng arrive, Li Shimin knew that the matter had been done, and immediately said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to catch Du Wengan, the governor of Huazhou, so quickly." β
Seeing this, Chu Mofeng walked up to Li Shimin and whispered in his ear, the latter's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then a strange smile appeared on his face.
On the morning of the second day, a group of courtiers gathered together in groups in the Taiji Palace, waiting for the arrival of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, who knew that Li Shimin still did not see Li Shimin coming to the early court at the right time, everyone was shocked when they saw this, this was something that had never happened in the past, thinking that only Chu Mofeng knew the most about Li Shimin's affairs, and immediately gathered in front of Chu Mofeng to ask, only to see Chu Mofeng slowly shake his head and said: " Colleagues, this king really doesn't know why His Majesty didn't come to the court today, yesterday this king returned from Huazhou before closing the city gate, and hurriedly entered the palace to face the saint and then returned to the house to rest. β
Hearing that Chu Mofeng didn't know, a trace of worry couldn't help but appear on everyone's faces, and when they were at a loss, they saw Wang De hurriedly running in and shouting to everyone: "Everyone, Your Majesty was assassinated in the imperial study last night, fortunately, Your Majesty was killed on the spot at this moment, Your Majesty is fine, but I was a little frightened, today's morning dynasty will stop for the time being, and your lords will disperse." β
As soon as he heard that the emperor had been assassinated, the Taiji Hall blew up on the spot, and everyone couldn't help but talk about it, but Wang De suddenly shouted: "Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty asked our family to summon you, please go with our family quickly." β
Seeing this, Chu Mofeng showed a panicked expression, "Is Your Majesty really okay?" Then Chu Mofeng shouted to the ministers in the palace: "Everyone, this king will go to see Your Majesty first, if there is anything this king will inform you in time, you should disperse first, so as not to hurt your Majesty when you learn about it." β
Seeing this, everyone hurriedly saluted Chu Mofeng, and then left the Taiji Hall one after another, and Chu Mofeng followed Wang De to the imperial study in the apse, only to see the 'assassinated' Li Shimin was pouring himself a fragrant tea at the moment, and when he saw Chu Mofeng coming in, he shouted to Wang De: "Go quickly, bring those pastries in the imperial dining room to His Royal Highness King Xian to eat." After Wang De left, Li Shimin smiled and said, "What's next?"
"Spread the news that they are ready to remove the guards of the forbidden army tomorrow and hand them over to the Longcheng army, and the ministers will force them to do it. I saw Chu Mofeng say with a hideous face: "These people have never found a chance to make a move, so the younger brother will create a chance for them to make a move." β
Later, news came out from the palace that in view of the unfavorable guards of the forbidden army last night to prevent His Majesty from being assassinated again, His Royal Highness King Xian received His Majesty's approval and transferred 5,000 Longcheng troops to take over the defense of the palace tomorrow.
As soon as the news of Li Shimin's assassination and the withdrawal of the forbidden army came out, it immediately set off an uproar in Chang'an City, and Li Xiaochang, who learned the news, was also skeptical at first, but after many inquiries by Yuan Hongshan and others, the authenticity of the matter was finally determined.
In the mansion of Liu Deyu, the general of the right military guard, Li Xiaochang, the king of Yi'an County, laughed loudly with a wine glass at this moment, and then drank all the wine in the cup, and then said to Liu Deyu, Yuan Hongshan and Changsun Anye in front of him: "Everyone, the time has come, tonight General Changsun will take us into the imperial city, and then Yuan Hongshan will contact your rebel forbidden army, and on the grounds that the king enters the palace to visit His Majesty, he enters the palace to kill Li Shimin's house. When the other three people heard this, they immediately said yes, and then everyone quickly went down to prepare, and the assassination during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty kicked off in this ridiculous scene.
In the middle of the night, the entire Chang'an City fell into silence, only the watchman still stuck to his position, the Jin Wuwei, who was responsible for guarding the Chengtian Gate, saw that there were about a dozen people in front of him, walking in the direction of the Chengtian Gate, and immediately dodged to the side, and the other party quickly passed through the Chengtian Gate and walked towards the interior of the Imperial City, but not long after these people left, on the Vermilion Bird Gate Street, a team of black-clothed and black-armored cavalry, under the cover of the night, also walked towards the Chengtian Gate.
After passing through the Chengtian Gate, Yuan Hongshan, the leader of the team, took ten forbidden soldiers to connect with these people, and then Yuan Hongshan whispered a few words, and everyone quickly walked towards the Taiji Palace.
Today from the mouth of the forbidden army, the news of justice came out, His Majesty has been safe and sound, tonight in the imperial study behind the Taiji Hall to review the folds, and tomorrow's morning court will be held as scheduled, after learning the news, Li Xiaochang and others will target the location of the Taiji Palace.
Push open the door of the Taiji Palace, only to see the hall brightly lit, after everyone entered in turn, suddenly the palace door behind them closed rapidly, seeing this scene everyone found that the situation seemed to be a little wrong, in the past Taiji Hall should not be this scene, after thinking about it, Li Xiaochang shouted that it was not good, and then rushed to the outside of the hall, who knew that the door of the hall could not be opened anyway, when he was anxious, he saw a large number of black-clothed and black-armored soldiers pouring into the apse on both sides, and then His Majesty Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty slowly walked to the dragon chair accompanied by Chu Mofengγ
Seeing this scene, everyone finally knew that they had been tricked, and immediately looked at Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng viciously, only to see Chu Mofeng sneering and saying: "I've seen the fine, I've seen the stupid, but I've never seen you so stupid, just release a message to lure you to jump out, it's really stupid." β
"I have nothing to say if I become a king or a loser, and I have nothing to say if I am planted in your hands today. I saw Li Xiaochang holding a horizontal knife and pointing at Chu Mofeng and said: "He Li Shimin has you by his side, and it is really a trouble, but this king has also left his back." β
"Are you talking about Du Wengan, the governor of Huazhou, that idiot?" Seeing that the other party heard that he had a backhand, he did not show surprise, but said with a slight joke: "I was arrested by this king a few days ago and returned to Chang'an, so I am waiting for you people to be dealt with together after they are caught." β
Hearing this, Li Xiaochang's body was discharged, and then he said viciously: "Don't panic, everyone, there are many of us in the hall, and we still have a chance to win if we kill them." After speaking, he raised the horizontal knife in his hand and was about to rush forward, but Chu Mofeng sneered and said, "Are you sure you have more people than us?" As soon as the words fell, the door of the hall that could not be opened suddenly opened, and the people standing in the back row suddenly trembled, and then saw a big hole in the chest gurgling and bleeding and fell to the ground.
I saw a group of black-clothed and black-armored soldiers outside the gate walk in, sandwiching Li Xiaochang and others in the middle, and then Chu Mofeng gave an order, and a group of soldiers stepped forward one after another, and began to chop melons and vegetables, as if they had received an order, and no one sent their blades to Li Xiaochang, Yuan Hongshan, Liu Deyu and Changsun Anye.
Seeing this scene, the four of them picked up their weapons and prepared to wipe them towards their necks, but suddenly four golden lights flew by, the four of them had a pain in their wrists, and all the blades in their hands fell to the ground, and a group of Longcheng soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to detain the four of them when they saw this, only to see Chu Mofeng say coldly: "Your Majesty hasn't spoken yet, the four of you are like cutting yourself off, some of them are too cheap for you." β
Thinking of dying, who knew that now they couldn't even die, the four of them couldn't help but curse loudly, only to see Li Shimin snort coldly and said: "A group of pigs and dogs who don't know whether they are alive or dead, where do I not stand you, you actually do that rebellious thing, it really disappoints me, especially my uncle, Liu Deyu, the general of the Right Military Guard, removed all official positions, demoted his family to commoners, confiscated his family property and put it into the national treasury, and sentenced him to be beheaded; Yuan Hongshan, the commander of the army, was demoted to a concubine, and all official positions were confiscated, and all official positions were confiscated and confiscated into the state treasury, and he was sentenced to be beheaded; Du Wengan, the governor of Huazhou, encouraged his subordinates to participate in the rebellion, demoted to a concubine, confiscated his family property and put it into the state treasury, and sentenced him to nine clans; Sun Anye, the general of the right prison guard, confiscated his family property and put it into the state treasury, and sentenced him to be transferred to Shanzhou, and every person who committed a crime was immediately executed at noon tomorrowγ β
After hearing his verdict, the first evil immediately sat down on the ground, and then Li Shimin waved his hand with annoyance, signaling the Longcheng army to escort the prisoners away, and after everyone dispersed, Wang De had already led a group of small yellow doors to start cleaning the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin saw this and glanced at Chu Mofeng, who saw this and hurriedly followed Li Shimin towards the apse......
As the saying goes, a husband and wife are a hundred days of grace, and watching Chu Mofeng travel with beauty, Li Shimin enters the palace to make amends, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......