Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3849 What is the truth?

After a night of fierce fighting, the rebels did not achieve much results. The front line of Chengtianmen was still under the six-rate defense of the East Palace, and the rebels did not make an inch of progress.But the battle was extremely fierce, with heavy casualties on both sides. After dawn, the heavy rain poured down, and the rebels finally called for gold to withdraw their troops. Both sides braved the heavy rain to treat the wounded and collect the corpses.

The rain washed away the pools of blood everywhere, but it couldn't wash away the broken limbs and arms, and the corpses lying on the pillow...

Changsun Wuji returned to Yanshoufang, took off his heavy armor and washed briefly, had breakfast with Yuwen Shiji, Dugu Lan, Linghu Defen and others, and listened to reports from various parties.

When they heard that the guards in the right village split up and went straight to the private troops stationed in various places, everyone's expressions were solemn.

Dugu Lan said worriedly: "These powerful and private armies all entered the customs to help us achieve great success in Guanlong. Now the shortage of food and fodder has made them complain. If they are wiped out one by one by the right guards, I am afraid that from now on, the Longmen clan in Guanlong will be extinct. In front of the gate outside the gate."

They were coerced and lured by you to come to Guanzhong, but the food and fodder were burned by a fire, and you were unable to replenish it for a long time, and now you are just sitting back and watching the private troops being eaten up and wiped out one by one by the right guards. Under the death vendetta.

The harm caused by this kind of "backstab" is often even worse. After all, everyone and Donggong are fighting for their own decisions. Whoever wins and who loses is expected. We can unite and join hands to write chapters together.But now the private army of the clan outside the Guan is almost equivalent to being completely betrayed by the clan of Guanlong, and its nature is completely different from the war between the two armies.

Maybe there is no way for Guan Long to be so closed to outsiders for a while, but this thorn is stuck in his heart, and it hurts when touched, and it explodes more violently when he meets the scene...

Changsun Wuji took a look at Dugu Lan, and said in a deep voice: "The most important thing right now is not how to protect those elites and private soldiers, but how we survive ourselves first! You have all seen the current situation, we and Donggong are trying to reach peace talks , because of this, he made repeated concessions, and as a result, the private armies of powerful clans stationed in various places were wiped out one by one. Was it Fang Er who did it? Or the Prince? Or Li Ji? In fact, these are not important, because some people don’t want to See that we have reached peace talks with the East Palace."

Linghu Defen was puzzled: "We have been negotiating peace with the East Palace since then, who else can influence this matter? As long as the two of us turn our hostility into friendship, even Li Ji can only recognize it with his nose, otherwise he dares to send troops to come, and then he will be killed." It is an act of plotting rebellion and rebellion, and with Li Ji's temperament of cherishing his reputation and deep-rooted in the city, he will never risk the disapproval of the world."

As long as peace talks can eliminate this mutiny and bring the court back on track, even if the Guanlongmen Clan retreats and pays more benefits for this reason, this account is still profitable.

Gathering all the forces to storm the Taiji Palace like now, the loss is too great, even if the Eastern Palace Six Rates are defeated, so what?
What about the Right Tunwei outside the Xuanwu Gate?
What about Li Ji in Tongguan?
He felt that Changsun Wuji had lost his head at all, so the private soldiers of Linghu's family were all on standby outside the city at the moment, and hadn't yet entered the city to participate in the storming of Taiji Palace...

Changsun Wuji knew that if he couldn't persuade these Guanlong backbones today, it would easily cause divisions in Guanlong, and his success would fall short.

He took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Your Majesty may have left a will."

If this remark was placed elsewhere, it would be shocking, but when I said it here, the few people in front of me only showed surprise...

His Majesty Li Er is very talented and general, even if he died in the army, he must leave a will to explain his funeral, this is what the title should mean, otherwise it would be abnormal.Everyone was surprised because since Changsun Wuji mentioned this matter on purpose, he must have known the content of the will, and it is even very possible that there was some great event in the will.

Seeing all the people looking at him, Changsun Wuji put down his teacup, his eyes sparkled: "It is very likely that the posthumous edict has stated the matter of setting up a new crown prince."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

Dugu Lan hurriedly asked: "How can you see it? Could it be that the auxiliary machine already knows the content of the will?"

Changsun Wuji shook his head and said, "I don't know the specific content, but this will must be in the hands of Li Ji, and what do you think about Li Ji's various unreasonable behaviors?"

Everyone was moved.

In fact, whether His Majesty Li Er left a will or not, everyone is just guessing, after all, neither the real thing nor any rumors spread.But now, reminded by Changsun Wuji, thinking of Li Ji's various weird and unreasonable behaviors since he withdrew from Liaodong, he realized it in an instant.

It was raining outside the window.

Yuwen Shiji frowned tightly: "The auxiliary machine means that the reason why Li Ji procrastinated, slowed down his march after withdrawing from Liaodong, and refused to return to Chang'an is because he respected His Majesty's will?"

Dugu Lan wondered: "Even if His Majesty really left a will, how could it be possible not to allow Li Ji to return to Guanzhong quickly?"

Chang'an is the capital of the world and the empire, and it is also the foundation of the Li and Tang Dynasties. Once Chang'an falls into turmoil for a long time, the foundation of the dynasty will be shaken, and the regime will collapse and the empire will collapse.

Therefore, if His Majesty Li Er left a will, he should order Li Ji to return to Chang'an to settle the chaos, how could he do the opposite?
It doesn't make sense.

Changsun Wuji drank tea without saying a word. Some people always lack a keen sense and perception of this kind of deeper struggle. He is unwilling to analyze in detail like a teacher teaching students.

Those who can't keep up will eventually be eliminated.

Of course, if you go too fast and leave the main force, you will also kill yourself...

Yuwen Shiji explained: "In fact, Li Ji was indeed procrastinating in every possible way. He walked for half a year for the three-month journey... Even if His Majesty did not leave a will, Li Ji was ordered to command the army and the head of hundreds of officials. , responsibility, and should return to Guanzhong as soon as possible to put an end to the chaos. But Li Ji did not do so, so there is only one explanation, he must have been ordered by His Majesty's will, so he did so."

Dugu Lan is not an idiot, but he is not very good at these conspiracies and tricks of political struggle. Now that he understands it, he is more and more confused: "But what is Li Ji trying to do by doing this? Could it be true as we guessed before, this guy Want to use our hands to overthrow the Eastern Palace, and then he will return with hundreds of thousands of troops to 'eradicate the traitors', 'restore the court', and establish another prince to achieve the goal of monopolizing power?"

It's not just the Guanlongmen faction, in fact, the speculations of various forces on the motives behind Li Ji's various strange actions are probably the same.

Otherwise, there is really no reasonable explanation.

Changsun Wuji held the teacup in his palm, with a gloomy face, turned his head to look out the window at the gloomy wind and rain, and said indifferently: "Li Ji's purpose is probably the same, but these may not be his own ideas."

Dugu Lan stared wide-eyed, even raised his beard, and said in shock, "You mean, this is what was stated in His Majesty's will?"

He finally understood, but fell into deeper puzzlement.

Because if Li Ji's various actions are really in accordance with His Majesty's will, then His Majesty's real intention of this will is to use Guan Long's sword to depose the crown prince, and then Li Ji will set things right and set up another prince to inherit the throne...

Is this too harsh? !
Even though it is well known that His Majesty Li Er is dissatisfied with the crown prince repeatedly, in the past few years, as the crown prince has performed better and better, the matter of easy storage has not been mentioned in the court and the court for a long time. Everyone thinks that His Majesty Li Er The position of the prince has been acquiesced, and there will be no more changes.

But who would have thought that His Majesty Li Er would leave a will on his deathbed and would still be obsessed with deposing the prince?
Linghu Defen sighed and said: "The poison of a tiger does not eat its son... If His Majesty is still alive, even if the crown prince is deposed, his glory will be preserved for a lifetime. But His Majesty is no longer here. If the crown prince's position is not guaranteed, any new king will be in trouble." He will not be allowed to live."

Guan Long raised his troops to revolt for the benefit of the clan, and no one can say anything about the death of the crown prince.However, when His Majesty Li Er was dying, he still couldn't forget the matter of Yi Chu, and even personally made a plan to drive the prince to a dead end. These methods were vicious. Even if he was hostile to the prince at this moment, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Among them, the one who feels the most is naturally Changsun Wuji.

The Crown Prince, King Wei, and King Jin are all the direct sons of His Majesty, and they are also descended from Empress Wende, and they are all blood relatives of Changsun Wuji, and his nephews.In the past, although he was at odds with the crown prince and wanted to dethrone and replace him with the crown prince, and the crown prince was almost desperate, Changsun Wuji never really wanted to kill a certain nephew.

If Empress Wende had a spirit in heaven, how sad, hopeless and heartbroken would she be when she learned that Her Majesty treated her eldest son like this?
Your Majesty, my true heart is as hard as a stone, and my relatives do not recognize me...

(End of this chapter)