XXII. Mercy is repaid
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This palace is not only larger than other mansions, but also much more beautiful in terms of repair.
Li Shi practiced swords in the courtyard, but this sword was not distracted, just to vent his strength.
He saw a eunuch at the gate hurrying over, and immediately stopped and walked a few steps forward, and before the eunuch knelt down, he called him to excuse himself.
"How about it, can my father make a decision?"
The eunuch still half-bowed, glanced at him, and said in a low voice: "The emperor ordered Qiao Zhaoyi to be buried thickly, it seems that he wants to suppress this matter." ā
When the prince heard this, his brows were already twisted: "Hey, it's okay." After all, I didn't think that this thing would knock him down at once, but there was still a trace of luck in my heart. After he finished speaking, he originally wanted the eunuch to retreat, but as soon as the words came out, he turned to say: "By the way, is there any news from his palace?"
The eunuch smiled slightly: "Ha, what else can he do." Angry, he checked the people in the palace one by one, saying that he must find out who stole his fan. It is said that he is thundering in the palace at the moment. ā
Li Shi also looked happy when he heard this, and put the long sword into the scabbard and put it aside: "What I want is that he is like this, and when everyone around him complains, we will be better able to do it." By the way, has there been any news from your godfather?"
He looked at the eunuch and shook his head slightly, but he was not surprised. When he turned around and was about to go back to his room, he saw that the eunuch was still following him, and said, "You have done a good job in this matter." To be able to get his fan and not be discovered, it is too condescending to be an inquirement. Before, I promised you to give you a young eunuch of Sigongtai, and it must be counted, but it has not worked in the past two days, and when this matter has passed, I will go to ask for a decree to seal you. With your godfather by your side and saying good things, it will definitely come naturally, and you don't have to worry. ā
This eunuch is about twenty years old, with a well-proportioned body, and he is very strong among eunuchs. He secretly worked under Li Shi two years ago, because he usually walked around the palace, Li Shi asked him to steal the folding fan of the third prince. And his godfather is the chief eunuch in the palace, who has served the emperor's Yuan Si since he was a child.
The little eunuch kowtowed and thanked him, and was about to leave the prince's palace, and heard him say, "I will bring him a meal later, so you can go there yourself." Although the news that came out of it, I didn't let others take a look at it, and I was always not at ease. ā
After nodding slightly, the little eunuch withdrew, just walked two steps out of the palace gate, but turned to smile, walked to the intersection and turned sharply. It was the residence of the Janissary Flying Cavalry Battalion.
As soon as Li Bing and the three of them walked to the mouth of the alley in the West Market, they ran into An Zi coming out of the alley. Before he saw it, Wei Ze found out first.
"Hey, Brother Qingfang, we were just about to go looking for you. ā
Anzi carried the long sword on his back, bowed his head all the way to think about things, and only came back to his senses when he heard the shout: "Oh, Brother Wei Ze." Why are you here?"
As soon as the four of them got together, before Wei Ze could answer, there was a burst of drums in the distance.
General Sikong returned to Beijing to report on his work, and all the idle people and others withdrew. Two tall horses rushed in front of the four of them, and Anzi turned his back to them and was almost washed down, but fortunately, Li Bing reacted quickly and pulled him back.
Ma Xuewen usually hates this kind of swaggering person in the market, and when he stepped forward, he was about to drag the person off the horse, but was stopped by Li Bingqiang.
"Don't be reckless in learning, this commonplace news is to return to Beijing this time, you see that there is a large team of people behind, don't make trouble. ā
Wei Ze patted Anzi's shoulder where he was almost hit, and said again for the sake of whether he was okay: "It's really a bit of merit, so it's going to be a dog." A few days ago, I just heard the good news of his big break in Tibet, and I thought he had some ability. Why don't you guard the border now, why do you go back to Chang'an?"
Li Bingla and the three of them walked out of the crowd and took the trail to the mansion of the non-faction: "Since the various festivals have made themselves independent, the emperor has always been very careful about such things as supporting the army and respecting himself. He had just won the battle, and he had 100,000 elite soldiers in his hands, so in order to prevent his power from growing, he naturally had to be recruited back. Maybe the emperor has already sent people to guard the border again. ā
Ma Xuewen didn't know much about these things, and it suddenly dawned on him when he heard Li Bing say: "Oh? It's so complicated, what if the new generals can't beat Tubo, you can't let the virtuous ministers go, let Tubo fight to Chang'an." ā
Li Bingyan shook his head when he heard this: "Tubo comes to fight, as long as there are generals in the imperial court, he will always not be able to fight Chang'an." However, if Sikong Wen supported the army and rebelled against Chang'an, it would not be possible that he would be the second An Lushan, and he didn't rebel like this back then? ā
Wei Ze glanced at the high-walled compound in front of him, and the four big words "Chang'an Fei Pai" had already come into view, and he whispered: "It's here." Then he sighed and said:
"What the eldest brother said is that if there is a problem with the people around him, then things are really bad!"
The little eunuch stood at the gate of the flying cavalry camp for a while and left, and then went straight to the Shang Food Bureau, took the food box and went to the palace of the third prince. Since Li Shu was grounded, the palace walls that used to be full of people are really full of people now.
He entered the gate, and he didn't even see a few other palace maids and eunuchs along the way, and he didn't see the first living person until he entered the chamber of the third prince.
"Your Royal Highness, the servant has brought you a food box. ā
Li Shutou didn't think much, and still concentrated on flipping through an old book: "I know, you can put it there, go down." ā
The little eunuch put the food box on the table, but he didn't go away, and walked straight to Li Shu: "The slave finally came when he had an opportunity, isn't it a pity to leave like this?"
Li Shu also felt familiar when he heard this voice, and looked up: "Oops!" As soon as he shouted, he saw the little eunuch make a silent gesture and pointed outside the room, and then shouted: "You slave, why are you so careless and knocking over my inkstone." Quick, wipe it clean!"
said so, but walked up to him and whispered: "Why are you here, didn't I say that we shouldn't meet to arouse suspicion?" After he finished speaking, he suddenly saw another eunuch at the door, and immediately frowned: "You don't have to wait here, go down!"
The other eunuch didn't leave when he heard this, he had been keeping his head down, but this time he walked straight up and looked at Li Shu: "Your Highness, it's me!"
Li Shu was even more surprised: "Ling Hui! Why are you here too?" He was pleasantly surprised at first, and then became angry again: "It's such nonsense, how dangerous it is to do this, he has a lot of eyes around me, if he is discovered, won't all his efforts be wasted......"
The little eunuch came to the third prince's side and asked him to sit down: "Your Highness, don't worry, I came this time on the orders of the prince." He couldn't doubt it. After saying that, he told all the things that the prince had asked him to come here before.
After hearing this, Li Shu chuckled, took out a folding fan from his waist and slapped his palm: "Ha! Wonderful, wonderful! Stupid to this point, still thinking about being the emperor, it's really hopeless." It seems that he didn't have any suspicions about what happened last time. And what about the others, does my father know?"
The little eunuch muttered: "That's what I'm here for." Last time, His Royal Highness asked me to imitate a fan and hand it to Ge Liang, but the prince didn't notice that the word "sting" on it had become "a mention". This fan was originally rewarded by the emperor, and when the thing came into the hands of the emperor, it was naturally recognized as fake at a glance, so His Royal Highness's suspicion was cleared. Judging from the words of the stepfather-in-law, it seems that the emperor knew that this thing was done by the prince, and even knew that Qiao Zhaoyi did not commit suicide. ā
Li Shu was slightly angry after hearing this, and slapped the table lightly: "In this way, my father's heart is still towards him." He made such a big mistake, and instead of being punished, I was locked up. It seems that if you want to shake the future throne of the crown prince, you can only come hard. ā
When the little eunuch and Yu Linghui heard this, they knelt down together: "That's what the slave is waiting for." We are willing to look forward to His Highness, and I will never give up. ā
Li Shuyan nodded first, then shook his head again, and asked them to get up: "It's still not good, the time is still not ripe." We can't just rely on six teams of flying cavalry to besiege the imperial city. The prince has four forbidden troops at his disposal, and it is quite difficult to deal with them, not to mention his personal guards, but we have no one to deal with. Besides, there is Ge Liang, in case he asks King Xiang for help, once he leaves the palace, King Xiang may not come to save the emperor, but I am afraid that our plan is still not careful enough. ā
When Yu Linghui heard this, he lowered his head and leaned into Li Shu's ear: "This time we came to seek this matter. I just received the news that Lord Sikong Wen had been recalled to Beijing yesterday to report on his work, and maybe he had arrived in the capital at this moment. Although there were only about 300 soldiers brought, all of them were good hands. According to custom, these people are to be rewarded in the palace!"
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Li Shu meaningfully: "Your Highness, you can't miss the opportunity! Once the palace is secure, and the 100,000 troops under his command outside the palace turn back to Chang'an, the world can be decided." ā
The third prince was silent when he heard this, but the little eunuch said: "According to the regulations, Lord Sikong has to be corrected in the capital for three days before he can face the saint, and His Highness still has time to think about it." It is better to be fully prepared and wait for the opportunity to act. When the time comes, whether to do it or not is all in His Royal Highness's words. ā
"Okay! That's it!" Li Shu finally made up his mind: "I am detained in the palace and cannot go out, and I am surrounded by his eyes and ears, so everything depends on you!"
The two knelt down in unison: "I will swear allegiance to His Highness." ā
"Get up!"
He paced two steps around the room, and then said, "If you want to start an incident, you must use all the people available." Linghui, there are three things you need to do in three days. ā
As he spoke, he suddenly stood up, full of ambition:
"First, if you want to force the palace, there must be no fewer people who attack and defend the city gate. Inform Chang'an's 'Golden Daomen', 'Sanhu Palace', 'Weihe Confucian Pavilion', Xianyang's 'Wuliang Sword Village', and Fengxiang Mansion's 'Huangyuan Zhengwu Pavilion' that three days later, they must send people to Chang'an in disguise to guard outside the palace, in case the prince or King Xiang's people come to rescue them. It doesn't matter if the entire sect is dispatched, after raising them for so long, it is finally time to employ people. ā
Li Shu paced two steps in the room, suddenly raised his head violently, and stretched out his index finger and middle finger:
"Second, although there are many soldiers attacking and defending the city gate, there are no masters in charge, and I am not at ease. 'Lingzhenren' has cut off contact, and now apart from you and your father, as well as Zhishuang and Sikongwen, I have no other masters in my hands that can be used. You go and think of a way to get all the heads of the sects just now into the palace, the number of people is too attention-grabbing, these three or five should still be okay.
Third, after the success of the uprising, the court will be in turmoil, and maybe the envoys of various festivals or the Tubo people will be in turmoil again. I can't make a wedding dress for someone else. You go and inform the 'Shufeng Chamber of Commerce' Jiang Jikun, let his various halls inquire about the news, and report it as soon as there is any trouble. I did him so much last time, and this time it's time to repay me. ā
"Yes, my subordinates will do it well. As soon as Yu Linghui agreed, Li Shu suddenly said:
"By the way, there's a fourth. Find a 'Childe Smoke' and get him ready. The price is three times higher than last time. At such a juncture, how can there be fewer such masters. ā
(Childe smoke, see volume)
After speaking, he saw that Yu Linghui's face was embarrassed, and said: "I know you don't like him, but if you want to succeed, you can't do without him." ā
Yu Linghui hugged his fists and said: "Everything is under the orders of His Highness!"
Li Shu sent the two away and sat on the chair blankly: Things are developing so fast, even I didn't expect it. Now that God has summoned all the commonlands, how can I miss this opportunity. Now the only variable is in King Xiang.
Zhishuang, I arranged for you to be by King Xiang's side, originally planning to let you find out the news for me. But by mistake, you can help me solve a big problem this time!