Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 838 Secret Discussion (Continuation [-])
The atmosphere in the room was somewhat dignified. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui exchanged glances, both of them were a little surprised. His Highness came in person late at night. Everything was considered a happy conversation before. Why did Li Shan go back on his word at the last moment?
Du Ruhui frowned and said, "Why is the King of Handan hesitating?"

Well, the title has changed, from Huairen to King of Handan.

Li Shan raised his head, "Duke Keming misunderstood, since he joined King Qin, he should obey orders, but..."

Fang Xuanling relaxed and said with a smile: "Your Highness is magnanimous, if Huairen is at fault, you may as well tell me."

Li Shan glanced at Li Shimin, smiled wryly and said, "It's about... King Ma Bin..."

"King Ma Bin?" Unresponsive Li Shimin glanced sideways at his right-hand man, "Who is this?"

Du Ruhui seemed to have remembered something, but Fang Xuanling, whose eldest son had a lot of contacts with Li Shan, had already blurted out, "Ma Zhou!"

"Oh, no wonder, no wonder!" Fang Xuanling propped his hands on the table and leaned forward, "It's no wonder that they suddenly turned against each other!"

Du Ruhui also recalled it, and explained to Li Shimin who was still confused: "Ma Zhou, a native of Qinghe County, has a gap with Qinghe Cui, and was once an assistant teacher in Bozhou. He settled down in Sun Moon Lake a few years ago, and has always been by Huairen's side since then."

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Although he is not very famous, he was counselor Huairen in Shandong and later in Daizhou, and he was deeply trusted. However, after the Yanmen victory at the beginning of last year, he suddenly returned to Beijing and slandered Huairen several times. Benevolent, turned against each other."

"Now that I think about it, it should be Huairen's handwriting, right?"

Li Shan smiled wryly, "Please forgive me, Your Highness."

Li Shimin was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Are you in the Beiya Forbidden Army now?"

"Yes, it was recommended by Jiangxia County Lord. Now he is the guard of the right prison gate, Cao Shenjun, and lives in the home of Chang He, the guard of the right prison gate Zhonglang."

There was another silence, Du Ruhui squinted his eyes and looked at Li Shan, and said slowly: "If I remember correctly, Chang He is now in charge of Xuanwu Sect."

Hey, everyone said that Fang Xuanling was a good person, but Du Ruhui was not bad. This sentence hit the point, and it was a good thing for Li Shan.

Li Shimin obviously understood, and looked at Du Ruhui helplessly, "Keming has been with the lonely for many years, do you think the lonely king is so infinite?"

Du Ruhui kept a stern face and did not say a word, secretly arranging chess pieces in the Beiya Forbidden Army. State, and nine out of ten the purpose is for Pei Shiju.

And Li Shan said everything frankly today, in the final analysis, it was for the King of Qin, and Li Shimin would not fail to understand this.

As far as the current situation is concerned, if Li Shan invites himself to fight, it will be difficult to control the Beiya Forbidden Army in a short period of time. Once the Donggong takes action, the biggest threat is not the Beiya Forbidden Army itself. After all, even if Li Shan transfers away the old cronies, There are also generals such as Zhang Jin and Li Keshi.

The key point is the Changlin Army stationed in the Forbidden Garden, which is the prince's direct descendant, and if the Changlin Army wants to enter the imperial city, unless the East Palace has already controlled the entire imperial city, the only way to do so is through the Xuanwu Gate.

Therefore, after Li Shan specifically mentioned that Ma Zhou lived in Chang He's house, Du Ruhui immediately pointed out that Chang He guarded the Xuanwu Gate.

Li Shan smacked his lips, "Forgive me, Your Highness. After all, Pei Hongda will be [-] years old next year. Who knows when he won't wake up..."

Li Shimin snorted, "You are very thoughtful."

Li Shan was afraid that Pei Shiju would take advantage of this opportunity to attack... In this secret confrontation, he and King Qin didn't have much choice. Li Shan also experienced Pei Shiju's scheming for the first time. Time to do it.

If the crown prince succeeds, not to mention other things, Li Shan is afraid that he will not be able to rescue his mother in time... For this reason, he has to confess the most critical and deeply buried pawn.

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "Huai Ren, tell me from beginning to end."

"Ahem, the year before last, His Majesty granted the Temperance to the Daizhou General Manager's Mansion, and transferred the school to the north. King Ma Bin mentioned that he had an old friend with Chang He." Li Shan had already prepared the draft, and said it slowly with nine truths and one false, In the end, he emphasized intentionally or unintentionally: "That day, I just did it casually. I just saw that Chang He Yuan was an old general of His Royal Highness, but was recruited by the Eastern Palace. In the early years, Duke Yuan was beheaded by Brother Daoxuan in Guantao..."

Li Shimin nodded. Since the fourth year of Wude, after the Luoyang Hulao War, similar incidents have happened more than once. Donggong intervened in the army and tried his best to win over the generals. Li Shimin kicked Shi Wanbao to Hebei Road for this reason.

Afterwards, Shi Wanbao was beheaded by Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan in Guantao, and his whole family was confiscated. The final ending of his heirs was to be exiled to Lingnan, which can be called tragic... So after Chang He was driven back to Chang'an by Li Shan, the East Palace would definitely not just stand by. Look at it, it will definitely win over.

And it happened that Ma Zhou and Chang He had a good relationship, so Li Shan shoved him in smoothly... Unexpectedly, Chang He entered the most critical Xuanwu Gate guarded by the imperial army in Beiya, so Ma Zhou suddenly turned against Li Shan.

This logic is quite smooth, Li Shimin and Du Ruhui are relieved, but Fang Xuanling is a little suspicious... This is too coincidental, after all, the eldest son Fang Yizhi has a good relationship with Li Shan, and he knows that Ma Zhou and Su Dingfang are worthy Li Shan's right-hand man, for the sake of Chang He who had not yet entered the Beiya Imperial Army, Li Shan actually pushed Ma Zhou over, which is a bit unreasonable.

This is true, but Li Shan has no way to explain this aspect... It cannot be said that Chang He was a key pawn in the Xuanwumen Change recorded in the history books, and it cannot be said that I drove him back to Chang'an just to see if the trajectory of history would be correct. It will follow the original time and space. I can't say that I drove Chang He back to Chang'an specially, so I didn't hesitate to find an excuse to drive Duan Zhixuan back to Chang'an, right?
Du Ruhui didn't think about it, but asked in a deep voice: "Can you be trusted?"

Li Shan nodded affirmatively, "King Ma Bin knows all about the inside story."

"Know everything?" Li Shimin frowned.

"Yes." Li Shan said softly: "It doesn't matter whether it's the background of the minister or your highness."

"If His Highness orders, Duke Xuanling, Duke Keming, Duke Ling or the eldest grandson can be appointed."

After a pause, Li Shan added: "Where is this person often indecisive, not a firm-minded person, King Ma Bin has his own means."

Li Shimin took a breath, and took a deep look at Li Shan, "Don't worry about everything in Beijing."

"The minister obeys the order."

This is also the reason why the Turks have mainly attacked Hedong for so many years. The Yanmen Pass in the past few years was useless, and it was supported by Mayi. This terrain alone is a headache for those barbarians who grow on horseback.

This time, Ashina Sheer would not have chosen this path if it hadn't been for Liang Shidu's first chaos in Guanzhong.

Among the four roads, Hedong, Qin Zhidao, and Guannei Road, the most likely way is to attack Longxi Road, and then go east to attack Guannei Road. This is the road that Xue Ju took back then... This is derived from Ashina Sheer's previous writing thoughts.

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