Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2540
Hou Mo and Chen Lin stood at the gate of the city, catching a token thrown by the other general on horseback with both hands, and examined it carefully in front of the torch held by his hand to confirm that it was the seal issued by the Ministry of War. He took a few steps forward, returned the token with both hands, and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Open the city gate!"

The city gate that had just been closed opened again with a creak.

The general on the horse waved his hand, and dozens of cavalry in civilian clothes roared past the city gate, and the sound of horseshoes sounded like thunder in the narrow city gate.

The general held the rein in his hand, leaned over to look at Hou Mo and Chen Lin, and asked, "Did someone leave the city just now?"

Hou Mo and Chen Lin were silent.

He naturally recognized this one right away, it was General Gao Kan of Youtunwei, a reckless man who came to Guanzhong from Hebei to join the army in the past, but now he has made great achievements with Fang Jun, and made great achievements. The whole Youtunwei is like the second person under Fang Jun , It is said that in the ears of the emperor, he is also a titan.

Youtunwei usually strictly guards the Xuanwu Gate, and the camp is located outside the Xuanwu Gate, but now he came to the Jinguang Gate guarded by him aggressively. Obviously, these soldiers have just passed through the city. This is such a large-scale operation in the middle of the night... The purpose speaks for itself.

Although he was extremely against the family's order in his heart, but in the final analysis, he kept the blood of the Hou Mochen family, how could he betray the family?

The man has already escaped from Chang'an City, if you can catch up with him, go for it, as for how many you can catch in the end, it all depends on your ability.

Anyway, I still can't escape the guilt of letting people out of the city privately, and I will never betray the movements of those Guanlong children who escaped from the city...

whatever.

Gao Kan sat on the horse, looked down at Hou Mo and Chen Lin's face, and said with a sneer, "Broken cans? Hehe, it's better for the captain to stay here and wait for the military personnel to come to arrest you and release the suspicious person privately." Although the crime of waiting to leave the city can kill you, if you abscond in fear of the crime at this moment... if you don't protect everything, your family will suffer."

Hou Mo Chen Lin's face was pale and he didn't say a word.

In fact, speaking of it, he also had some guesses about the beginning and end of this matter. He always thought that as long as these Guan Long children escaped from Chang'an City, no one would continue to hold them accountable, and the conflict between Guan Long and the royal family would also be put on hold. After all, both sides No one wants to tear their face apart at this moment.

He also had the idea of ​​simply leaving.

But at this moment, when he saw the Youtun guards leaving the city at night, it was obvious that they were chasing those Guanlong children, which made his guess about himself shaken.

In case this matter is not to be covered up, but to become more and more troublesome, it is fine for him to let Guan Long's disciples go out of the city. If another one flees in fear of crime... it will definitely affect the family members.

At that time, will the family try their best to protect their own family members?
He doesn't think...

In other words, not only was he doomed, but he couldn't even escape.

Gao Kan dropped this sentence, ignoring Hou Mo and Chen Lin who had an ugly face, clamped his horse's belly, and steered the horse under his crotch to rush out of the city like a gust of wind.

Only Hou Mo and Chen Lin were left standing in front of the city gate in a daze, with a depressed face and resentment in his heart.

To Mother's Family!

When Laozi climbed up alone, he wanted a little bit of resources, so he pushed back and watched coldly. Now Laozi is more or less a person, and has the value of being used, but he pushes himself out to bear this kind of death penalty. Don't even blink?

*****
It was past midnight, but the lights of Tai Chi Palace were still bright.

The maids in the palace came in and out, and set up a table of simple midnight snacks on the tea table in the imperial study, two dishes and one soup, a bowl of white porridge, and some snacks.

His Majesty Li Er was wearing a royal blue uniform, his hair was loosely loose, but was gently tied up with a bright yellow ribbon, and he was sitting at the tea table enjoying supper.

Li Junxian, wearing a military uniform with his helmet on, stood respectfully to one side, and told in detail what happened tonight.

When it came to Li Xiang's broken nose, His Majesty Li Er gave a slight pause to the hand holding the vegetables, and asked, "How is the injury?"

"It's not serious, but I was bumped into by someone in the chaos, and I got a nosebleed. After returning to the East Palace, I was diagnosed and treated in time, and even the wound medicine was not applied."

His Majesty Li Er nodded, took a bite of food, and said, "Continue."

"Here!"

Li Junxian responded and continued to talk about the follow-up development.

Until he finished speaking, His Majesty Li Er was still eating slowly, drank the porridge in the bowl clean, then put down the bowls and chopsticks, served a cup of hot tea inside, cleaned up the food bowls and chopsticks, and then all exited Went to the imperial study room.

Generally, as long as Li Junxian reports to the king, all the maids will avoid it.

The report of the "Hundred Knights" can only be a major event of the country and a secret of the royal family, not to mention that the commander of the "Hundred Knights", Kui Ye, knocked on the gate and entered the palace, it must be a great event.

Everyone is curious, but if you want to live in the palace for a few more years until the day you are released from the palace, you'd better keep your mouth shut and your ears plugged...

Holding the teacup in his hand, His Majesty Li Er sat on the chair and was silent for a long time before he stared at Li Junxian and asked, "Is this an accident, or was someone behind it deliberately designed?"

Although a slight inadvertence in this matter would cause a conflict between the royal family and Guan Long, which in turn would affect all his arrangements, but the difference between unintentional and intentional is huge.

If it was just a coincidental misunderstanding, then naturally there are many ways to avoid the conflict, at least Fang Jun and Ma Zhou did a good job.But if someone is behind the design, then the matter will inevitably be exposed, and the city will be full of disturbances, and it will be impossible to suppress it.

Li Junxian pondered for a while, and said: "According to the general's opinion, it is no doubt a coincidence. Those Longxi children are remote branches of the Guanlong family, and their blood relationship with the master's family is weak, so they can only take care of some merchants. These people often go to Chang'an to deliver goods or money, but because of the martial law in Chang'an a few days ago, they cannot enter the city, so they have been stranded outside the city or far away. In Longxi, it wasn't until the martial law in Chang'an was lifted that they all flocked to Chang'an, and they gathered together for a feast and fun today. The most important point, the cause of the incident was that those Longxi children flirted with Fang Xiuzhu in the street... In the entire Chang'an City, no one knows that Fang Jun loves his little sister the most, and according to Fang Jun's character, which Guanlong kid would dare to do this after eating a leopard? Yinzi, there will be no disciple of Guan Long who is tired of his life and will dare to take on such a task."

His Majesty Li Er took a sip of his tea and did not speak, he was a little relieved as he accepted Li Junxian's judgment.

This reason seems to have no evidence, but in fact it is very reasonable. Fang Jun is famous for being fierce, and he always treats his little sister as the apple of his eye. The consequences of spitting are even worse.

The stick went crazy, even the emperor had a headache, let alone those dudes of Guan Long?

There are countless ways to trigger conflicts, but no one is foolish enough to choose such a method, because a little carelessness may turn what was originally a conflict between the royal family and Guan Long into one between Guan Long and Fang Jun. the contradiction...

In fact, Fang Jun just followed the trend of the matter and took the initiative to take the conflict over, ignoring the possible backlash and punishment.

Loyal minister...

It was originally a dangerous thing, but His Majesty Li Er was relieved when he thought of Ma Zhou and Fang Jun's demeanor of being loyal to the country and not caring about his own honor or disgrace.

If the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were like this two people, so what if the conflict between the imperial power and Guan Long broke out at this moment?

Completely subdue or even defeat the so-called Guanlong nobles!
It's just a pity, now that there are various factions in the court, the aristocratic families are friends with each other, and they only know about fighting for power and profit to continue the family's glory, but how many people like Fang Jun and Ma Zhou put the interests of the emperor and the empire above all status?
At this moment, His Majesty Li Er became more and more firm in his strategy, which was to do his best to suppress the elites, expand the scope and scale of the imperial examinations, and support the children from poor families to become the backbone of the court.

Only in this way can the threat of the aristocratic families to the imperial power be disintegrated. As long as the imperial power can be unified, everyone in the world will regard the interests of the empire as the most important, and then the Great Tang Empire will be able to maintain its prosperity and prosperity for generations to come.

Otherwise, if the aristocratic families are allowed to control the government and monopolize resources, it will not be long before the Tang Dynasty will be the next Northern Zhou Dynasty, or even the next Great Sui...

(End of this chapter)