Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3380 Unbelievable
Song Guogong Xiao Yu naturally understood the hidden dissatisfaction in Ma Zhou's words, smiled a little embarrassedly, nodded and said: "Your Highness is right, the old minister will once again urge the various yamen to ensure limited protection for the Anxi Army and Youtun. The supply of grain and fodder for the guards ensures that the logistics will be worry-free.”

He could understand the meaning of Ma Zhou's extension, and he could also feel the prince's dissatisfaction, and this was the reason why he had never devoted himself to the East Palace.

Fang Jun is really too important to the prince, and the kind of helping the prince when he is about to die is unmatched by others.Whether it was Xiao Yu, Ma Zhou, or Li Daozong, no matter how dedicated their loyalty was, they could not compare to Fang Jun's status in the prince's heart.

Thinking that when the crown prince succeeds in the future, Fang Jun must be the number one hero in the court, honored and favored all over the world, and no matter how hard and loyal others are, they will still be inferior to Fang Jun. This will inevitably make people feel a little jealous and resentful... …

It is naturally reasonable to have reservations at this moment, or to play with some scheming.

Li Chengqian nodded, and said softly: "The situation is tense at this moment, and I need to rely on your help. When we work together to stabilize the country, when the father returns to Beijing, I will reward you for your merits."

Although he is a bit simple and honest, he has been trained by His Majesty Li Er as the crown prince for many years. He is used to court battles and political contests, and he has a sufficient understanding of people's hearts. He can feel the alienation that Xiao Yu and others seem to have. , and also understand the reason for this alienation.

However, in his heart, Fang Junzhi's status is unmatched by anyone else.

During the darkest period of his life, he almost gave up on himself, intending to protest His Majesty Li Er with an absurd performance, and even thought of using his own life to declare protest to His Majesty Li Er!

At that time, Li Chengqian was almost on the verge of extinction, and if he took one step, he would be doomed.

Fortunately, at that time, Fang Jun stepped forward, firmly expressed his support for the prince Li Chengqian with a sincere heart, and stood behind Li Chengqian without reservation, helping him to stabilize the position of the crown prince step by step, and gradually walk out of the crucible. the abyss.

It is not an exaggeration for Fang Junzhi to Li Chengqian to say "the grace of reinvention".

Li Chengqian is a benevolent person, and Fang Jun treats each other with such sincerity and without reservation, how could he not regard Fang Jun as a humeral brother and entrust him with a heavy responsibility?

In his opinion, only Fang Jun is the pillar of the Eastern Palace, who can advance and retreat with him, Li Chengqian, regardless of gains and losses, while the rest, no matter how great their contributions, are just icing on the cake...

But he spoke beautifully, and several ministers also showed their faces and smiled, even saying things like "I dare not take credit for what is my duty", and the atmosphere at the banquet was lively.

Ma Zhou took a sip of his wine, looked at the crowd, and said, "The so-called 'half ninety to a hundred miles', the closer to the day of success, the more careful you should be, lest a moment's negligence spoil the big thing. Others Not to mention, it's just the garrisons inside and outside Chang'an City, His Highness should give some serious advice, so as not to be taken advantage of by others, causing the good situation to collapse in one fell swoop."

Li Chengqian: "..."

Xiao Yu: "..."

Everyone felt helpless for Ma Zhou's rigorous and somewhat unreasonable character.Because your words just now have already made the atmosphere delicate, can it be that you really can't feel it, and you have to make persistent efforts?
Li Daozong was about to open his mouth to change the atmosphere, when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the hall, a moment later, an internal servant stepped in quickly, and said in a loud voice: "Your Highness, there is a British official report arriving, it is extremely urgent!"

There was a moment of silence in the hall, and everyone felt a "thump" in their hearts.

Generally speaking, no matter any news from Liaodong is sent back to Chang'an, it must be sent to the capital through formal channels through war horses and various post stations.Li Ji, as the deputy commander of the Eastern Expedition, seems to be under one person and above ten thousand, but his position is very delicate, and a slight distance can cause dissatisfaction with his majesty, and Li Ji is an extremely well-behaved person, if it is not an urgent matter, How could he bypass His Majesty and not go to the station of soldiers and horses, but directly submit the secret report to Li Chengqian?
Being able to get Li Ji, who has always been respectful of rules and cautious in sex, to submit a secret report directly, is probably more than "urgent" can be described...

Li Chengqian got up quickly, and said: "Everyone sit down for a while, and come when you are alone."

Get up and quickly enter the Lizheng Hall with the servants, and receive the secret envoy.

It's not because he doesn't trust everyone present, but the "urgent" matter that can make Li Ji pass back to Beijing in spite of the rules must be of great importance. You can tell others, and then everyone will be called to discuss.

……

Leaving the people looking at each other in blank dismay, Li Chengqian quickly walked out from the side hall, and when he walked around a corridor in front of the door, heavy snow like goose feathers was falling from the sky. It was quiet and windless, and the snowflakes were scattered, covering the space between the two halls. The garden is decorated with silver, which is extremely beautiful.

Li Chengqian was in a hurry, how could he have the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery?

Quickly came to the Lizheng Hall, sat behind the desk in the main seat, and said: "Bring me!"

"Here!"

Since the imperial guards of the Eastern Palace went out, they turned back after a while, and brought a soldier who was dusty and haggard into the palace.

The soldier knelt down on one knee, took out a letter from his pocket, and presented it with both hands.

The servant stepped forward to take the letter, returned to the desk, and handed it to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian stretched out his hand to take it, examined the wax seal carefully, took out a silver knife and cut the seal, and asked, "Do you still have a message from the British?"

The soldier shook his head and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, no. The Patriarch just told you to hurry up and deliver the letter to His Highness as soon as possible, and he must hand it over to His Highness by hand, so there is no room for loss."

Li Chengqian nodded, cut off the seal, took out the letter, and after reading only a few lines, he took a deep breath. After reading the whole letter, he was a little dazed. Ji personally wrote the book, and he almost suspected that it was forged by others.

When hundreds of thousands of troops stormed Ping Rang City, the father was besieged by the enemy, and he was frightened when he fell off his horse, and he was still unconscious until now?
It's too sensational...

After a long while, Li Chengqian managed to stabilize his mind, put the letter back into the envelope, pondered for a long time, and ordered the soldiers to be taken down, and then invited Xiao Yu, Li Daozong, and Ma Zhou to the Lizheng Hall.

When the three of them rushed over, they saw Li Chengqian looking anxious and angry, cursing loudly: "Cheng Yaojin and Xue Wanche are the villains of the country, we must punish them to death, so as to eliminate the hatred in our hearts!"

Several people were very surprised, thinking Cheng Yaojin and Xue Wanche were far away in Liaodong, how could they offend His Highness the Crown Prince so much?
Li Chengqian took out the letter and circulated it among the three.

"hiss!"

"how is this possible?"

"It's not fake news, is it?"

After seeing it, the three of them were all shocked and exclaimed.

Li Chengqian covered his face with his hands and wept uncontrollably.

Who would have thought that His Majesty Li Er, who was in the prime of his life in the spring and Autumn period, would be frightened and fell into a coma among hundreds of thousands of troops when he personally conquered Goguryeo?

It's okay to fall from the horse in shock, but this "unconsciousness" indicates too many possibilities...

Even though the three of them were outstanding men of the moment, with rich experiences and tenacious minds, they were panic-stricken and emotionally ups and downs when faced with such news suddenly.

After a long time, Ma Zhou was the first to react. He said in a deep voice, "I don't know if His Majesty is getting better at this moment. Don't get flustered, Your Highness. Beware of some people taking risks and carrying out mutiny!"

As soon as this statement came out, the others were all shocked.

Li Daozong hurriedly said: "What King Bin said is true. Since the British Duke can pass the news back to Chang'an, Zhao Guogong naturally has the same possibility... Before that, there was an undercurrent in the city of Chang'an, and the news that His Majesty fell into a coma from a horse was caught by some people. Knowing that, there is no guarantee that there will be no other thoughts."

But Xiao Yu thought a little deeper, frowned and said: "Your Majesty fell off the horse, Cheng Yaojin and Xue Wanche were the ones to blame. It was the negligence of these two people. But the root cause is that Chang Sun Chong failed to do so Taking over the Seven Stars Gate as smoothly as planned, and being manipulated by Yuan Gai Suwen, he mistakenly believed that the "Wang Zhuan Army" had assembled in the south of Ping Rang City and was ready to abandon the city at any time... The culprit was Chang Sun Chong. This matter must be investigated for responsibility. The District Chief Sun Chong is just a person who has committed a crime. How can he bear this serious crime? Naturally, the Chang Sun family must bear this crime."

In fact, this was only half said, but everyone including Li Chengqian already understood what Xiao Yu meant.

His Majesty Li Er has already regarded the suppression of the Guanlongmen Clan as a national policy. Once His Majesty returns to Chang'an to settle the matter and pursue accountability, he will naturally cut off the wings of the Changsun family.

And how could Changsun Wuji sit still and wait for death?

(End of this chapter)