Chapter 30: The Succession Trap

This is a life-and-death situation, the three of them dare not slack off in the slightest, and they are serious enough to use the swordsmanship taught by Chu Yu. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing the constant guards falling in pools of blood under the sword, Han Zhen couldn't help but sigh, you guards are usually not good at learning, and now I didn't want to kill you, but you are lining up one by one to send you to death, and many of them are cutting in line to die. It's like driving a sports car and a hearse, and it's better to see who dies faster.

As the guards increased, the three of them were besieged by this wheel battle, and when they were about to be captured alive, a fire suddenly broke out in the house of the second prince, and the fire became more and more intense, until the smoke rose before it attracted everyone's attention.

"How can it catch fire?" Han Zhen looked back curiously.

The idiot monk replied: "I ordered it, and I deliberately knocked down the candlestick when I came out just now." As the saying goes, killing people and setting fires are all one thing, how can we only kill people and not set fires? ”

Fortunately, the two masters of Qingyuan Qingli did not come back, and the guards thought that Han Zhen and the three of them were extremely famous assassins in the rivers and lakes, and they were concerned about Li Zhu's safety, and most of them were busy fighting fires, and felt that the second prince's bedroom was really unburnable.

There weren't many guards left, and the three of them finally saw the right time to kill them and fled all the way back to their respective residences.

Han Zhen calmed down, drank a cup of tea, and walked to the side of the bed to wake Tang Mei up, but seeing that she was sleeping peacefully and couldn't bear to disturb her, he accidentally kicked over the stool when he didn't want to turn around.

Tang Mei slept lightly, rubbed her eyes after being awakened by him, and found that she was lying on the bed, so she quickly got down to her shoes and apologized: "Son, it's all my fault, a few cups made me ugly, and it took up your bed." ”

Han Zhen didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly told the three of them what they had just done. He felt that this matter would be found out sooner or later, so it was better to discuss with her and tell Yao Ting the whole thing, maybe she would have a solution.

Tang Mei didn't quite agree, and hugged Han Zhen tightly: "Childe, the struggle in the inner courtyard of this deep palace is really tired of watching, why don't you take me, let's go away and fly high, to a place where no one can find us." ”

Seeing her like this, Han Zhen was also a little moved, if he followed Yao Ting all the way, it might be easy to make contributions, and the future would be bright in the future. But I thought that if Yao Ting slowly lost her grace, she would definitely be implicated and not die well, so leaving and retiring was the best policy.

The two hit it off, and there was nothing to clean up, he grabbed his delicate and smooth little hand tightly, and went outside together to look for an opportunity to escape from the deep palace courtyard wall overnight.

The two of them had just walked out not far when they saw the firelight spreading in the distance, the voices were chaotic, and many guards were walking towards this side, and they didn't know if they were here to arrest Han Zhen.

The chance of successfully escaping in this situation was too low, and Han Zhen sighed secretly, feeling that he was really confused.

The two were forced back to their quarters.

Tang Mei seriously instructed Han Zhen: "Childe, you have to remember my words, you must believe me, and when you get to the princess, you must not admit that you have done anything, and you will say that you don't know what you ask." ”

As soon as Han Zhen wanted to say something, Qianhui broke through the door and broke in, her face was gloomy and she said to him, "The princess has something to look for you, come with me." ”

Han Zhen calmed down, and as Qianhui went to the princess's mansion, Tang Mei also followed closely.

Yao Ting and General He sat in the hall, and Chu Yu stood behind the two. Yingzhi and Wan Zhi monks were also present, standing against the wall, bowing their heads and saying nothing.

Yao Ting's tone of voice was no different from usual, and she asked Han Zhen, "Han Zhen, do you know what I asked you to do here so late?"

Han Zhen deliberately yawned, shook his head and said, "Princess, I've been sleeping all the time, how would I know what you mean by calling your subordinates here." ”

Yao Ting's tone suddenly turned cold: "Give you another chance, do you say yes?"

Han Zhen's eyes were firm, and he replied decisively: "Princess, even if you give me a hundred chances......

Yao Ting slapped him in the face and scolded: "Han Zhen, since you don't want face, then I won't give you this face." ”

Qian Hui also slapped Han Zhen in the face and said to Yao Ting: "Princess, is this kid worthy of your own action, it just dirty your hands." ”

Tang Mei looked at the red slap print on Han Zhen's face and felt distressed, and hurriedly knelt down and dragged Yao Ting's trouser legs: "Princess, don't blame Han Gongzi, it was my idea, and I asked him not to say it." ”

Han Zhen helped Tang Mei up, and his tone was a little unconvinced: "Princess, the matter has been done, the life is in your hands, as long as you spare Tang Mei, you can take the lives of the three of us at any time." ”

Yao Ting couldn't help but want to give him a few more slaps, but General He, who was sitting on the side, hurriedly grabbed her and persuaded her: "They can be regarded as a breath of relief for you by doing this, so don't blame him too much." ”

Yao Ting glanced at Han Zhen and the others, and said angrily: "I know that you have suffered some grievances with Li Zhu, and my grudge with him will have to be settled sooner or later." General He's hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the south will return to the court in just three months, and even if they don't care about the situation, we will not be afraid of him for half a point. But now he has 100,000 troops and horses at his disposal in Kyoto. If he is forced to rebel in a hurry, I am afraid that even my father will listen to him and behead us all!"

Only then did Han Zhen know that he had caused a big disaster this time, although it was not a pity for him to die, but it would be too bad to hurt the princess, General He and others because of this little thing, so he couldn't help but pull out the dagger on his waist.

Seeing this, Qian Hui hurriedly kicked the dagger in his hand away, and scolded: "You little thief, do you still want to assassinate the princess when you are dying!"

Yao Ting smiled bitterly: "Qianhui, what do you think, he wants to commit suicide." ”

Tang Mei hurriedly threw the dagger farther away, for fear that it would hurt Han Zhen.

"It's come to this, why don't we escape here for a while, it's not too difficult to fight a bloody way. Chu Yu thought about it.

Yao Ting paused for a moment, thought carefully before making up her mind, and raised her voice to everyone: "From this moment on, what the three of you have done will be erased, and no one is allowed to admit it if asked, even if it is torture, coercion and temptation, understand?"

Several people nodded and returned to their respective residences. Han Zhen stayed up all night, ready to face the coming uproar.

Tang Mei has been by Han He's side and said some comforting words to him.

It was a very lucky thing for her to be arranged by Yao Ting to be by Han Zhen's side, she originally thought that the guests under Princess Yao's curtain were some serious and unspeakable old generals, but she didn't expect that her host would be a handsome boy of her age.

Although she will serve others as wholeheartedly as she does to Han Zhen when she meets others, her heart is not happy. But the first time she saw Han Zhen, her heart was drunk, and she was so happy at that moment.

Han Zhen's mood fluctuated, and the scene of the second prince using that ruffian appearance kept coming to his mind, as long as he had the opportunity, he must be Yao Ting's vanguard and slash this person.

But after thinking about it, he is of little use now, and he can't do martial arts or literature, and it is really unexpected to be able to get Yao Ting's support.

He glanced at Tang Mei's soft side face, and thought to himself that fortunately he was not married to Yao Ting, if he walked outside with Yao Ting, the two princes would not dare to hug her and kiss her, it would be funny to think about it.

By dawn on the second day, Li Zhu and a group of guards had searched most of the dormitory, and when they saw people, they asked if they had seen the assassins, thinking that everyone was suspected of being murderers.

He had already offended many people before he could find Han Zhen, first breaking into Concubine Dong's bedroom, which was not yet fully dressed, and then quarreling with the other party because he talked too loudly to Concubine Zhen.

Everyone gathered to Xianzong early in the morning to complain and accuse him of his guilt one by one.

Li Zhu didn't care about it, his wife's death made him feel that he had lost face, and the temporary loss of reason made him continue to mess around in the palace.

After a while, he rushed straight to Concubine Xi's dormitory with a group of guards.

The guard Qingyuan reminded him in a low voice: "Second prince, the emperor is the most fond of Concubine Xi now, and I am afraid it is not good to offend her." ”

Qingli said: "Today, the second prince has lost all his face, where can he manage so much, and he is in a hurry, so we will use 100,000 male soldiers to start an incident, and then the entire palace will be shaken several times." ”

Li Zhu nodded: "It makes sense, if you don't give me an explanation for today's events, I must grab the position of emperor and sit down." ”

Xianzong made his eldest son Li Yuan the crown prince, and he was very fond of Yao Ting. Even if Yao Ting returned from defeat, he was not punished by half of the punishment, and Li Zhu was always regarded as an outsider, so this made him always dissatisfied.

As soon as he gave the order, the courtyard door of Concubine Xi's residence was kicked open by the guards.

But the scene in front of him surprised him, Concubine Xi was whispering to a handsome little eunuch in the house at this time, looking very intimate.

Concubine Xi was surprised to see him, and she didn't have her usual arrogance in her panic, so she hurriedly avoided the little eunuch and smiled at Li Zhu: "Why does the second prince look so angry today, I don't know why this is?"

Li Zhu said coldly: "I want to see if you have an assassin hidden here, who would have thought that I would find out about this scene, hehe...... Okay, yes. ”

He didn't care about Concubine Xi now, so he led the guards to search around here for a while, and then turned around to leave. When they first arrived at the door, a father-in-law met them head-on and said to Li Zhu: "Second prince, great joy, great joy!"

Li Zhu recognized that this was the eunuch beside Xianzong, but he still didn't give him face, "snapped" and slapped the other party, and scolded: "You dead eunuch, I just died of my wife, how happy is it?"

The eunuch was not annoyed, and continued: "The crown prince has died, and the emperor is looking for you everywhere to discuss matters." ”

Li Zhu's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said happily: "What, there is such a good thing?" As soon as the words came out, he felt that it was not appropriate, and changed his posture and said: "How can my eldest brother die if he is so good! ”

The eunuch shook his head slightly: "Hey, it's because the assassin last night was too fierce and the palace guards couldn't resist it, and the prince was killed." ”

Li Zhu couldn't wait, so he immediately took all the guards and followed the eunuch to Xianzong.

When he arrived at the court, the ministers, Yao Ting, Han Zhen and others were already waiting here.

Xianzong on the dragon sat on his face with a calm expression, he couldn't see what he was thinking, and Li Zhu was not in the mood to guess his thoughts.

After Li Zhu saluted, Xianzong sighed and said to him: "Your eldest brother was killed by assassins, and my body is not as good as day by day, so I have decided to pass this throne to you now, and I will be my emperor with peace of mind." ”

Everyone thought that this Li Zhu would be very prevaricated, but he agreed very happily: "Father, the ministers must live up to the grace of the saint, and the Tang Dynasty will definitely prosper under my governance, better than before." ”

Xianzong stood up and said, "Okay, the enthronement ceremony will start now." Come, come on, I'm tired of wearing this dragon robe for a long time, so I'll take it off for you. ”

The idiot monk said in Han Zhen's ear: "This is obviously fake, how can such a big matter be decided in such a hurry, the second prince is too stupid, right?"

Han Zhen whispered: "It's not that the second prince is stupid, he is very smart, you see that his two eyes are glowing red, but this position has been waiting for him for too long, and the desire for power has long overwhelmed him." ”