Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3886 Insight into the enemy's situation
Fang Jun was shocked and said in surprise: "You mean that Zhang Shigui really got loose under my lobbying?"

Wu Meiniang was full of confidence, she nodded and said: "Naturally! Otherwise, why use the dead men who have been buried for many years to assassinate you, sir?"

It can be said that one word awakened the dreamer. After hearing Wu Meiniang's analysis, Fang Jun suddenly realized, clenched his left hand and hit the palm of his right, and said excitedly: "My lady is right, that's right! If it wasn't for Zhang Shigui's unstable position, the mastermind behind the scenes lost Trust me, why bother to attack me in a hurry, trying to completely cut off the prince's retreat?"

Even though His Majesty Li Er's will most likely contained the will to "depose the crown prince and establish a new crown prince", Fang Jun always believed that this was the "righteousness" in His Majesty Li Er's heart. Maybe it was right or wrong, but His Majesty Li Er was indeed Thinking that Li Chengqian could not take on the heavy responsibility of the emperor well, and could not continue the territory he opened up and the prosperity under his rule, so he had to reluctantly leave this order.

But for him, a rising star and a pillar of the imperial court, he must still remember his past affection. After all, although he blocked the progress of Yi Chu, he did not have to die.

Only when Zhang Shigui was no longer trustworthy enough to make the prince very likely to be able to calmly withdraw from the Taiji Palace even in the event of a failure, did he have to attack him and strive to destroy the Eastern Palace.

Seeing him excited and happy, Wu Meiniang also smiled and said: "Although this assassination is dangerous, it is also a good thing. At least I know a huge flaw behind the scenes."

Xuanwumen is the gate of Taiji Palace, Zhang Shigui is now blocking Xuanwumen, which is very likely to cut off the only way of life for the prince.As a last resort, Fang Jun could only forcefully attack the Xuanwu Gate to open this passage, but although the number of "Bei Ya Forbidden Army" is small, they are all fierce, and one is as good as ten. When Guanlong's army was attacking head-on, they blatantly raided the inner heavy gate, which was empty of troops, and the prince would not be spared.

But now that the assassination incident came out, it showed that Zhang Shigui did not give up his mind to block the Xuanwu Gate, but was weighing the pros and cons in his heart, hesitating, which made the master behind the scenes lose trust, fearing that the night would be long and dreamy, so he brazenly assassinated Fang Jun, trying to kill everything.

Wu Meiniang continued: "The most urgent thing right now is that Mr. Lang should inform Zhang Shigui of this assassination, presumably he has his own choice."

Fang Jun laughed loudly: "Meiniang is really my son's house, as it should be!"

Since Zhang Shigui is weighing right and left and hesitating, then put some pressure on him and let him realize that the forces he serves have lost trust in him...

Without delay, Fang Jun immediately returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, ordered the scribes to grind, write a letter, and handed it to the soldiers.

The soldiers held his letter and rode to the Xuanwu Gate, tied the letter to the arrow shaft, bent the bow and set the arrow, and shot the arrow up the tower with a "swish".

A few captains of the "Bei Ya Forbidden Army" were on duty on the tower, and they had been staring at the guards of the right village who rode to the bottom of the city. With a sound of nailing to the window frame of the tower behind him, he was startled.

He couldn't help but cursed at the top of the city: "Is it true that the Youtun guards are all lunatics? They want to attack the city without making a sound. Do you really think that our 'Beiya Forbidden Army' is like the Guanlong army and other pig dogs?"

The soldiers behind him had already found the letter paper bound on the shaft of the arrow, hurriedly stepped forward to pull out the arrow, took off the letter paper, and handed it to the captain.

The school lieutenant took it over and saw that there were five big characters written on it, "Grandfather of the Guo State". He scratched his head and said to the soldiers on the left and right: "Although we don't know a few big characters, this character is so pleasing to the eye. , it must be excellent... What, the first word is the word 'Guo' that our marshal canonized?"

Of course he knows this word, but he can read it, but he doesn't know it. Since the letter has the word "Guo Gong", it must be for his own commander. But to avoid oolongs, it is better to ask clearly.

The soldiers gathered around, and some people sneered: "Don't you claim to be from a scholarly family? You don't even know the words?"

Another person said: "It's no wonder the captain, this word has too many gestures, it's hard to recognize."

The composition of the "Beiya Forbidden Army" is complicated, there are illiterate and reckless men, and naturally there are also educated people, those who can read and write come up to take a look, and say: "It's for our commander, send it quickly, so as not to miss it." event."

The school captain grinned: "Look, we are still literate, right? You guys, turn around and find a teacher to go to school for a few days. Everyone is illiterate and nothing!"

After saying that, he ignored everyone's annoyed scolding, quickly walked down the tower, came to the government office where Zhang Shigui worked, and handed over the letter paper.

Zhang Shigui took the letter paper, read it carefully, and then took out a fire folder from the drawer and ignited it. The light blue flame licked the letter paper, and it burned up in a blink of an eye, turning into a handful of fly ash.

After careful inspection, there was nothing left, so he got up and went to the window, looking at the gurgling rain outside the window, with a gloomy face and gloomy eyes.

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Tongguan.

The wind and rain are dark outside the window, and the lights inside the house are bright.

The soldiers knocked on the door and entered, Li Ji raised his head from the military report, looked at the battle report in his hand, frowned and asked, "What happened?"

The soldiers stepped forward, presented the battle report to Li Ji with both hands, and said in a low voice: "The news just came that in the evening, the Duke of Yue and the Duke of Wu'an met in secret on the south bank of the Weishui River, and then they went from the Zhongwei Bridge to the north bank and walked to the middle of the pontoon bridge. Suddenly, two of the Duke of Wu'an's subordinates suddenly rose up and assassinated the Duke of Yue..."

Li Ji's heart tightened, and he quickly took apart the battle report, looked at it at a glance, and was slightly relieved to see that Fang Jun was fine.

But his face was extremely embarrassing.

He didn't even ask why Xue Wanche's soldiers assassinated Fang Jun, he just waved his hands to repel the soldiers, leaned back on the back of the chair, and stared at the dancing candle flames in a daze.

In the ruling and opposition parties, who doesn't know that His Majesty Li Er pampers and indulges Fang Jun?

Except for his own son, the second generation of civil and military officials and meritorious service in the Manchu Dynasty, no one else can have Fang Jun's position in His Majesty Li Er's heart.Since Fang Jun's "enlightenment", His Majesty Li Er loved him very much, and even relied on his arm to help him, and he was promoted to a nobleman all the way, until he was named a Duke, reaching the pinnacle of being a minister.

That fellow is only 20 years old!
"One family and two princes" seems to be the supreme glory of the Fang family, but if it is not Fang Jun but someone else, even if the credit is comparable to Fang Jun, it is absolutely impossible to be promoted to the state.

How could His Majesty Li Er order to assassinate such a courtier who is "simple in the emperor's heart"?

A dull thunder outside the window awakened Li Ji from his contemplation. He sat for a while, put the battle report in an envelope and put it in a drawer under the desk, got up and walked to the door, picked up an umbrella and went out. .

The night was heavy, the rain was gurgling, and the air was damp and cold.

Seeing Li Ji coming out, the guards outside the door took a step forward and asked, "Where does the commander want, do you want to prepare a carriage?"

Li Ji shook his head and said, "You don't need to follow."

After all, hold up the umbrella and walk into the wind and rain.

Seeing that he had walked a certain distance, the guards turned into the mysterious courtyard on one side, then turned their eyes away and stood on duty in front of the government office.

Li Ji walked into the courtyard with an umbrella, and the soldiers in black and armor under the eaves stood still, turning a blind eye to him.After entering the front hall, he went straight through the halls and rooms, and was about to pass through the courtyard to reach the main hall, when he saw the stooped old eunuch walking towards him.

Li Ji stopped, and the two stood facing each other in the courtyard.

Looking at the old eunuch's eyes that were too white like dead fish, Li Ji said in a bad tone, "You ordered Fang Jun to be assassinated?"

The old eunuch's body was hunched, thin and thin, and his whole body seemed to be on the verge of falling, but his feet were standing firmly, which made people look like an extreme contrast.

He said lightly: "Why not?"

Li Ji frowned, dissatisfied: "This matter, you should discuss it with me in advance, instead of making up your own mind and acting on your own."

The old eunuch's face full of age spots seemed to be expressionless forever, but his words became more and more: "You and Fang Jun have a very close personal relationship, and even the two families are good friends. I can understand this. But you You should also know that now is a critical time, if you are not careful, all your plans will come to naught, what can't you kill a mere Fang Jun?"

"Ho!"

Li Ji smiled angrily: "You think I came to question because you want to kill Fang Jun? How do you think Fang Jun's great achievements are made now? You send even a dead man to want his life, What was the result? This assassination is tantamount to scaring the snake, and what is the difference between telling him that Zhang Shigui has leaned towards the crown prince? It is so stupid!"

The old eunuch looked gloomy, staring at Li Ji fiercely with a pair of dead fish eyes.

(End of this chapter)