Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3767 Unfathomable
Li Ji was like an indestructible sharp sword hanging over the heads of Dong Gong and Guan Long, whoever fell on it would let the sharp blade penetrate his heart and be defeated.Even if it is simply cut horizontally, without dividing the target, it is enough to change the dynasty...

The East Palace is naturally afraid, but after all, it occupies the righteousness. If Li Ji dares to risk the disgrace of the world, the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command will collapse in an instant. It is unknown how many people will follow him to betray Li Tang. The risk is extremely high .But if Guan Long has bad intentions, he can have no scruples.

And the worry that Changsun Wuji always kept hidden in his heart was like a thorn, piercing his heart all the time, making him sleepless and restless, like a thorn on his back.

This thorn is Li Jizun following His Majesty Li Er's edict to kill the Guanlongmen Clan...

Although this possibility is almost infinitely small, it is not impossible.Ten years after Zhenguan, His Majesty Li Er's heart and soul is to get rid of the infiltration, restraint, and manipulation of the government by the aristocratic family, and concentrate on gathering all the imperial power to achieve the absolute authority of the three provinces and six ministries of the central government.

It is possible for Li Ji to help him fulfill this last wish. After all, Li Ji's unreasonable behavior and decisions may not be without plans in this regard...

But the biggest question is whether His Majesty Li Er will have the heart to concentrate the imperial power after his death, so that the splendid country he brought down will be plunged into turmoil and civil strife, and there may even be resurgence by the remnants of the former Sui Dynasty, and the restoration will be successful. Ruined Li Tang Sheji?

Changsun Wuji didn't think so.

No matter how broad-minded His Majesty Li Er is, he has a vision and courage that ordinary people can hardly match, but with the continuation of the throne and the inheritance of blood, he, the emperor, can enjoy the blood of the world for a long time. , The society is in decline, and Li Tang's country is destroyed once. Could it be that some of them are empty, leaving only regrets for a lifetime?

Besides, although Li Ji, Fang Jun and others are talented enough to protect the sky, but in front of the position of Ninth Five Supreme, no one can be absolutely trusted...

As long as the worst situation like this does not happen, Changsun Wuji is confident to clean up the mess. Even if he fails to depose the East Palace Prince as expected, he will try his best to get more benefits from the East Palace. On the one hand, he will enrich the Changsun family, On the one hand, it also gave an explanation to Yu Guanlong's allies.

But at the same time, how to deal with Qi Wang Li You is another problem...

*****
When the news of the assassination of the two county kings reached Tongguan, Li Ji was playing chess with Zhu Suiliang.

The sky outside is already bright, but the sky is cloudy, and a breeze blows by, and the raindrops fall down, hitting the window paper with a soft crackling sound, and in a short while, the sporadic raindrops are connected into fine raindrops, covering the entire Xiongguan pass in fine detail. In the rain, the soldiers all retreated into the camp, closed and closed, and there was silence.

Li Ji took a breath, looked at the situation, nodded in satisfaction, then took a sip of hot tea from his teacup, and looked up at the light rain outside the window.

"Spring rain is as expensive as oil. This spring has been raining continuously. It should have been a good year."

Zhu Suiliang, who was frowning and contemplating how to turn defeat into victory, suddenly muttered with emotion, but did not raise his head.

Li Ji paused slightly while holding the cup, then smiled, took a meaningful look at Zhu Suiliang, drank tea, and then said with a smile: "I didn't concentrate enough when playing chess, I'm afraid Brother Deng Shan will lose in this game .”

Zhu Suiliang remained silent, staring at the chessboard for a long while, then shook his head suddenly, stretched out his hand to scramble the chess pieces, straightened his waist and pinched his brows: "The British master chess is superb, I am not as good as I am, I am willing to bow down."

Li Ji put down his teacup, and said calmly: "The chessboard is like life, it doesn't matter if you lose, you just win it back, but if you lose in life, I'm afraid there will be no chance to come back."

Zhu Suiliang was silent.

Just at this moment, Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong strode in from the outside hand in hand, before even having time to report, the former came in and shouted: "Something is bad, there is bad news from Chang'an."

Li Ji'an couldn't sit still, with his usual expression, he asked, "What's the bad news?"

When the two sat down, Cheng Yaojin looked anxious: "The kings of Bohai and Longxi were assassinated and killed in the mansion last night. According to the news from Guanlong, Changsun Wuji and others have already determined that they are What the East Palace did was to intimidate the clan kings, and warn them not to hook up with Guanlong and eat inside and out."

Only then did Li Ji sit up straight with a serious expression.

Zhu Suiliang sighed lightly: "His Royal Highness is a little too violent. Although this method of assassination is very effective, it will cause too much trouble later, and I'm afraid it will damage your reputation."

Cheng Yaojin said: "I don't think so. The prince has always been too generous. To put it bluntly, he is indecisive. This time he can be ruthless. This is the appearance of an emperor."

"How can Duke Lu only look at the surface? Guan Long is powerless to break through this assassination method. He can only fight fire with fire. I hope Lord Zhao can still have some sense. Otherwise, if he orders a counterattack, there will be bloody storms inside and outside Chang'an, and the court and the public will be killed." The country is in danger!"

Zhu Suiliang shook his head to express his disapproval.

Throughout the ages, assassination incidents have been repeatedly seen in history books, but there has never been a prosperous dynasty that has practiced such despicable and violent methods.

It hurts Tianhe.

Li Ji saw something different, he asked Cheng Yaojin: "What's going on with Fang Jun?"

Cheng Yaojin shook his head and said: "There was nothing unusual. Li Junxian and Li Chongzhen personally led the team to infiltrate Chang'an City. After they succeeded, they used the cover of the rebel army to sneak out of the city. Fang Jun led the armored cavalry to respond, and then retreated to Xuanwu Gate. Business as usual."

Zhu Suiliang frowned: "The crown prince must have been forced by the clan kings, otherwise he would not have used such a strategy with endless troubles. He only wanted to frighten the clan and stabilize the royal family. How could Fang Jun fail to see the disadvantages of such an approach?" ? As a close minister of the crown prince, he didn't even think about admonishing him in order to sabotage the peace talks, and he owed His Highness's trust and love."

He has always been at odds with Fang Jun, even in this situation, he still does not forget to slander Fang Jun, and he is willing to do anything that damages Fang Jun's reputation.

Li Ji glanced at him, and said mercilessly: "So Fang Jun is trusted by His Royal Highness as a confidant, regarded as a humerus, and is favored, but you can only flatter him in front of His Majesty, but you have never been attracted by His Majesty." For the confidant."

Speaking of the way of getting along with the emperor and the prince, what qualifications do you, Zhu Suiliang, have to evaluate Fang Jun?
His majesty and the crown prince regard him as a minister of the humerus, but you are trying your best to flatter your majesty while hiding your intention to murder your majesty...

What a world of difference.

Yuchi Jingde, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Today, there are a lot of tank boats from outside the pass that flowed upstream through Tongguan and entered the Weishui River. They were all grain and fodder transported by clansmen outside the pass. Changsun Wuji's move, one is that there is indeed a shortage of food in Guanlong, and there was a momentary delay. We have to take risks, and moreover, we are testing our bottom line and intentions... How should we deal with it?"

Li Ji glanced at him, and said lightly: "You also said that you are testing our bottom line and intentions, so why should you deal with it? Just ignore it."

Yuchi Jingde nodded and remained silent.

If Li Ji ordered the hijacking of the tank boats to cut off Guanlong's grain and fodder transportation, then no matter whether he wanted to deal a fatal blow to Guanlong or use it to blackmail Guanlong to achieve a certain goal, he had revealed his own plan.

However, the order of "disregarding it" made Li Ji's position still cloudy and elusive.

Unfathomable...

At this moment, Zhu Suiliang stood up, stepped forward and retreated, Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin, and Yuchi Jingde discussed the situation in Chang'an, deduced how the clan kings would react, and how the Guanlong Clan would respond after the crown prince used the "assassination" method for a long time. Only then went away.

After leaving the government office, there was a light rain in the sky, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde looked at each other, they both saw the confusion, helplessness and anxiety in each other's eyes, then nodded slightly in greeting, they both refused the umbrellas held up by their own soldiers, just like that The meteors strode into the rain and returned to their respective stations.

*****
Outside the Golden Light Gate.

The rain fell into the Cao River, and the water on the river was sparkling and rippling. The water boats shuttled in and out of the wharf, unloading the grain and fodder one by one, and then the soldiers pushed the carts to transport them into the warehouse for supply. The daily needs of more than [-] troops.

The warehouses stretched along the side of the tall Rain Master Altar, densely packed and layered with hedgehogs.However, even if all these warehouses are filled with food and fodder, it will be a drop in the bucket for the hundreds of thousands of rebels currently gathered in Guanzhong, and they will not be able to make ends meet.

It was bright and rainy.

Sun Renshi galloped on his horse, let the rain hit his face and his coir raincoat head-on, and went straight to the military camp next to the Rain Master's Altar. After showing his waist badge and seal, he entered the camp and got off his horse outside the large tent of the Chinese army.

(End of this chapter)