Volume 1 Chang'an Chapter 24 Coercion
"A little bit of thieves, how can we use our county lord to make a move, a few guards in the mansion will clean them up!" Li Ye joked, of course he knew that with Wu You's cultivation, it was impossible to detect it in time last night, and the aura fluctuations of the Anwang Mansion under the isolation of the enchantment were no better than Li Yan who had already opened the mansion on his own, if Wu Hongshan didn't tell her, she wouldn't have a problem.
"Really, Brother Ye is not injured?" Wu You looked at Li Ye suspiciously, and made it clear that he didn't believe it, but he didn't mean to expose Li Ye's lies, with an expression that I would believe whatever you say.
After that, without waiting for Li Ye to answer, she suddenly screamed and said to Li Ye: "Before going out, I heard my father mention that Xing Guogong is coming back today." ”
"Xing Guogong?" Li Ye and Li Yan glanced at each other.
Li Ye looked at Wu You, Wu You didn't wait for Li Ye to ask, lowered his head again, rubbed his fingers on the corners of his clothes, and said like a mosquito fly: "Father said that it remains to be seen whether Brother Ye can inherit the prince." ”
Obviously, Wu Hongshan did not intend to get involved in the struggle between Li Ye and Li Yao, let alone help Li Ye, if Li Ye wanted to succeed in getting the prince, he had to remove the obstacle of Xing Guogong by himself.
In the huge Tang Dynasty and the unfathomable Chang'an City, Li Ye is almost alone.
In the afternoon, Zongzheng Temple.
The sunshine of late spring spilled in from the window, and the warmth was melting, illuminating the scarlet official robe on his body, Wu Hongshan, who had always been sitting on the main seat, was sitting and drinking tea with people at the moment, and his words and posture were quite respectful, just because he was sitting in front of an old man, wearing a purple official robe.
Zhongshu Shilang, Tongping Zhangshi Wang Duo!
"Why is the prince free today and coming to the Zongzheng Temple of Xiaguan?" After the greetings, Wu Hongshan smiled and introduced the words to the topic.
Wang Duo's smile was calm, making people feel like a spring breeze: "If you don't have time, you can't come to Duke Wu to ask for tea?"
Wu Hongshan hurriedly said: "I don't dare to ask for ears." ”
Wang Duo restrained his smile, sighed slightly, and tilted his head towards the window, his face was as wrinkled as the dead bark of an old tree, which was particularly conspicuous in the sun, as if his cloudy old eyes were no longer clear, and he was full of sorrow and a little distracted at the moment.
"The prince has something to worry about, if the lower officials can solve the worries on his behalf, he will not refuse. When Wu Hongshan saw Wang Duo's expression, he knew that the other party was waiting for him to take the initiative to ask, so he hurriedly surrendered his hand.
Wang Duo reined in his mind and smiled apologetically, "When people are old, they are always easy to think of the past, which makes Wu Gongjian smile...... If you remember correctly, Duke Wu and King An are good friends, right?"
Wu Hongshan was stunned and replied: "King An's literary talent and martial arts are unparalleled for a while, and he is a heroic figure in the imperial dynasty, and the lower officials also have great respect for King An. ”
He was very conservative.
Wang Duo still nodded: "King An Yingming I, the merit is in Sheji, and like Wu Gong, I deeply admire King An's personality and achievements...... It's a pity, God is jealous of talents, King An went too early. Twenty years ago, when King An led his troops to Yizhou to repel the army of Nanzhao and Northern Invaders, he was still serving in the Baigong Shogunate, the envoy of the Xichuan Festival. ”
"King An's life of martial arts is indeed admirable. Wu Hongshan responded, silently speculating in his heart about Wang Duo's intention to tell him these words.
Wang Duo suddenly said: "Duke Wu and King An are of the same age, in the past, they were friends and brothers, presumably over the years, they have also taken care of the prince of King An, right?
Wu Hongshan's face changed, he lowered his head slightly, and he didn't know how to answer for a while: "Xiaguan ......."
Wang Duo smiled kindly, and said empathetically: "Duke Wu presides over Zongzheng Temple, everything is busy, and it is appropriate to take care of the crown ceremony of a junior." ”
Wu Hongshan opened his mouth, only to feel that his heart was a little difficult, and he didn't know how to answer, so he said half-loudly: "Xia Guan has been busy with official business these days, and he really cares less about the people around him. ”
Wang Duo nodded slightly, agreeing with Wu Hongshan's reason, he picked up the tea bowl, tasted the tea, and exclaimed: "This New Year's Huzhou tea, drinking it is fragrant, and it is indeed a long aftertaste. ”
As he spoke, he got up from his seat and arched his hand towards Wu Hongshan: "Don't bother Duke Wu, there are also some government affairs in a certain official office, and you need to hurry back to deal with it." ”
Wu Hongshan hurriedly got up: "The next official will send the prince." ”
Wang Duo waved his hand: "They are all acquaintances, so there is no need to be so polite." ”
"That's as it should be. Wu Hongshan couldn't help but say that he went out with Wang Duo.
When he arrived at the door, Wang Duo's footsteps slowed down, and he seemed to have no intention of saying: "I heard that the son of King An has achieved qi training, and the tiger father has no dog, it seems that King An has the mantle and has a successor." Duke Wu and King An have a good relationship, so they must be happy to see it, right?"
Wu Hongshan's heart sank, and Wang Duo said these words to him, which naturally referred to Li Ye's attack on the throne.
"It's nature. Wu Hongshan is colorful.
Wang Duo didn't say anything more, and the two parted ways.
When he returned to the room and sat down, the respectful look on Wu Hongshan's face was gone, and he groaned for a long time before sighing slightly. With Wang Duo's status and status, he has been immersed in the sea for many years, and if he wants to ask Wu Hongshan to do something, he will naturally not say it explicitly, but will only stop at the point.
In this way, there will be no excuse left.
Wu Hongshan knew Wang Duo's intentions, so he had a headache, "Prince, prince, if I can, why don't I want to see Li Ye inherit the prince? Although you are the same as the prime minister, you are not the ruling prime minister, and the power in the court is now in the hands of Wei Baoheng's party, and Xing Guogong is Wei Baoheng's right-hand man.......
Next night.
A luxurious carriage surrounded by one hundred and ten horses stopped steadily in front of King An's mansion, and walked down a middle-aged man with eyebrows like pine and resolute eyes, he glanced at the plaque of King An's mansion with his hand, let out a cold snort from his nostrils, and strode towards the gate of the palace.
In front of the gate, there were four guards with knives in Dutch armor, and seeing that the middle-aged man was climbing the stairs, he actually had the posture of rushing straight to the palace, and immediately stepped forward with his knife and scolded loudly: "Who is coming?
The middle-aged man turned a deaf ear and walked straight forward.
The four guards all drew their swords out of their sheaths and glared angrily at the visitor: "The palace is important, you are not allowed to trespass, dare to take a step forward, and die!"
"Get out!" Behind the middle-aged man, followed by an old man in a black robe, his eyebrows were cold when he heard this, and with a flick of his long sleeves, he burst out with a palm, and the aura surged out, directly knocking the four armorers out.
The armorer's body hit the door, there was a bang, a trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and seeing the middle-aged man walking on the stone platform, he rushed out violently, and slashed at the middle-aged man's head with a knife: "Those who trespass on the palace, die!"
"Mole ants!" the black-robed old man was furious, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the armor soldier, and pressed a palm on the armor's chest, which seemed to be an understatement, but in fact it was powerful, the iron armor made a muffled sound, and a large mouthful of blood spurted out of the armor's mouth, and flew out upside down again, falling into the gate.
He was about to hit the shadow wall, but a person flashed out of the oblique thorn, supported his shoulder with one hand, and stopped steadily in front of the shadow wall.
The person who came was dressed in fine scale armor, with red lips and white face, and eyebrows like a sword, it was Shangguan Allure, she stared at the person outside the door: "Where did the thief come from, he dared to rush into the An Wangfu and hurt the armor of my Wangfu?!"
"Qi Practitioner?" The black-robed old man was slightly stunned, obviously surprised by the Ann Wangfu and the magicians other than Li Ye.
The middle-aged man also frowned, but his footsteps still did not stop, and he continued to move forward, acting strong and arrogant to the extreme.
Shangguan Chengcheng's eyes burned with anger, his right hand reached into his left waist, neatly pulled out the knife from the sheath, and shouted: "Where is the royal palace armor?!"
"In!" In the passage on both sides of the shadow wall, two teams of armor soldiers with shields and bright swords suddenly poured out, the footsteps rumbled between gallops, and the sound of iron armor rings came and went, and in a blink of an eye, the battle was completed in front of the gate, ready to enter the battle at any time.
Shangguan Chengcheng stood behind the battle formation, raised his horizontal knife in front of his chest, and pointed directly at the middle-aged man: "If you don't retreat, you will die!"
"Bastard!" the black-robed old man shouted angrily, "This is the general of the left guard, you dare to face Xing Guogong's sword soldiers, do you not know whether you are alive or dead?!"
The middle-aged man is Xing Guogong Li Guanshu.
"This place is the palace of King An, do you know death when you trespass into the palace?!" Shangguan Chengcheng scolded, and after speaking, he gave an order to the first sergeant, without pausing and hesitating between his words: "The first sergeant listens to the order, enter!"
"Order!" Hearing this, the five rows of armor soldiers stepped out of the gate in unison, and the shield-holding armor soldiers in the front row directly forced towards the middle-aged man.
"Presumptuous!" The black-robed old man was furious, he had already returned to Li Guanshu, and at this moment he swept out again, and he arrived in front of the battle formation in one step, his speed was extremely fast, and he couldn't catch the figure, his hand was extremely heavy, and he slapped his palm on the round shield, which immediately caused the round shield to shatter, and the shield-wielding armor soldier vomited blood and flew out.
"Kill!" Shangguan ordered in a deep voice.
"Kill!" More than fifty armor soldiers shouted in unison, changing the battle array to approach the battle array and rushing to kill, and the tiger wolf generally killed the middle-aged man and the old man in black robes!
"That's enough!" Li Guanshu, who had been frowning and speechless, finally made a sound, his footsteps stepped on the ground, and a circle of spiritual energy ripples started from his feet, and surged out like a tide against the ground, sweeping down the royal armor soldiers who rushed over.
After making a move, Li Guanshu looked at Shangguan Chengcheng: "Where is Li Ye? Let him come out and speak!"
"What kind of thing are you!" Shangguan Chengcheng held a knife in both hands, stepped past the armor soldier who was falling in front of him, and raised his knife to slash at Li Guanshu.
"Looking for death!" Li Guanshu's eyes were cold, he was already moved with killing intent, and with a flip of his wrist under his long sleeves, he suddenly shot out a palm wind, turning into a palm the size of a zhang, and directly took the Shangguan Allure who came from the sky.
However, before the palm of his hand hit Shangguan Allure, he was blasted away by an aura from behind Shangguan Allure, and then a voice full of mockery sounded in everyone's ears: "Xing Guogong is really majestic!"
Hearing the voice, Shangguan Chengcheng stepped on the ground, did not run forward, put away his knife and turned around to clench his fists, and respectfully: "Shizi!"
The armor soldiers in front of the gate stood up one after another, all of them gave way to the road, and saluted the people on both sides, in an orderly manner: "Shizi!"