The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 909 For the sake of Tang Dynasty, Changjie killed his brother

"The Holy Majesty has already fallen asleep, and you dare to break into the inner palace at night. I dare to live impatiently, right?" Concubine Yin De is at the age of a tiger and a wolf, and the only person in the palace who can make her happy is already old. Even if there is "Kung Fu Tea" Nourishment has not returned to the glory of the past, and tonight, after a few whimpers, she let out, making her neither up nor down, and her resentment seems to be getting worse in this ghostly weather. , gradually turned into a ball of hot fire burning from between the dantians, unable to bear the emptiness in her body, and finally when she was taking a bath, she was served by her maid of honor with her lips and tongue, and she just took a rest when she was happy enough, unexpectedly she had not slept for long, She was woken up by a little maid.Concubine Yin De was extremely displeased and put on a dress, and came out angrily.

When she fell asleep, she had already unbuttoned her bust, and now she was wearing thin clothes, and the light cast a deep groove on her chest. When she walked out angrily, the two lumps on her chest suddenly went up and down, and the waves rose and fell. , Wei is spectacular.

Zhong Ming's eyes almost fell into the deep ditch, and a burst of anger burned from between his legs. He was so frightened that he didn't dare to look more, so he quickly lowered his eyes and bowed his head in a humble salute: "Return to De Concubine, if it is an ordinary matter, the humble official would not dare to disturb the empress Shengjia even if he has the courage. In fact, something strange happened in the Eastern Palace, and it is very likely that the people inside were involved. The humble official has a heavy responsibility, so I dare not delay in the slightest. "

Concubine Yin De of course knew that the people in the East Palace were Li Jiancheng who was imprisoned there, and then she gave him an annoyed look, her hot breasts seemed to stand out even higher, and she asked a little anxiously: "Don't you want to cover up?" Cover up, what the hell is going on?"

Zhong Ming said: "When I was patrolling the Xuande Gate of the East Palace, I saw a person peeping furtively. I yelled and asked, and that person ran away..."

"Idiot, won't you wait until you catch someone before howling?" Concubine Yin De's eyes widened with anger when she heard this, and interrupted Zhong Ming unceremoniously: "If you howl like this, it will be a ghost if he doesn't escape. You deserve to be a big soldier."

"Concubine De is trained well, and she is convinced of her humble position." Zhong Ming was sweating profusely from the training, and he realized that he was really stupid. If he followed Concubine Yin's method, he might have caught that person and continued: "That person is right. The terrain in the palace is very familiar, and he fled without knowing where he was going in a few moments. Most of the people living in the palace are nobles, and it is inconvenient for them to search and arrest them in a low-level position, so they lost their tracks. But..." Zhong Ming quickly took out the letter from his bosom Card, presented it with respectful hands: "However, we found this letter at the door of Xuande Gate. The humble officer dared not deal with it without authorization, so we specially sent it in time, and ask the Holy Majesty to make a decision."

"Hmm." Concubine Yin De didn't dare to be careless when she heard that something strange was found in the East Palace. She couldn't wait to take the letter, went to the light to check, and found that the seal was intact, she said: "You didn't read this letter, did you?" ?”

Zhong Ming said repeatedly: "I don't dare to look at the humble job."

"I'm sorry you don't dare! You just wait here, I'll go see the Holy Majesty right away." Concubine Yin De held the letter and hurried back along the original road. The twist made Zhong Ming dizzy and angry.

In Concubine Yin De's bedroom, only a candlestick was lit on the dressing table, and the magnificent scenery was buried in endless darkness.She walked quickly to the couch, held her breath and looked at Li Yuan who had already sat up.

Under the light, Li Yuan looked older than the mighty aura of the day, and his appearance at the moment was that of an old man in his twilight years.But in the world, there is no old man who can have his kingly demeanor.

The candlelight made his face half-bright and half-dark, casting his shadow long and obliquely on the palace wall, turning him into a giant.His face and body were already old, and his hair was all gray, but when the candles went out, there was still an awe-inspiring evil spirit between his brows.

Concubine Yin De is the closest woman to Li Yuan. She knows better than anyone else that this high-ranking emperor is exhausted, sick and weak, and also has emotions.However, Li Yuan's hands were not as firm and full of evil spirit as his eyes, and his hands were trembling slightly.

Concubine Yin De knew that although the emperor was old, his hands and feet were still stable and strong, and he could use a two-stone strong bow to shoot and kill birds and animals a hundred steps away in an instant.Therefore, the slightly trembling hand at this moment is definitely not old, but the content on the letter paper makes him angry or fearful.

"Move Chengtian Gate immediately." Li Yuan seemed to wake up suddenly, and suddenly ordered to the old eunuch standing beside him.

"Your servant obeys." The old eunuch rushed outside and ordered people to prepare the chariot. After he had finished his order, he went back to the inner room to wait for orders. He saw the emperor getting dressed under the service of Concubine De.

"Where's Yuan Ji? Ask him to accompany you to Chengtian Gate." Li Yuan, who was standing in front of the bed, ordered again.

"Your servant obeys." The old eunuch responded and left.

Li Yuan clutched his wrist, and suddenly called loudly: "Come back."

"What is your order?" The old eunuch appeared at the door in response, Li Yuan waved his hands anxiously and said, "It's all right, you can go!"

"Your servant obeys." The old eunuch bowed and walked away from the door.

Li Yuan walked a few steps in the room, struggled for a while, and then called out loudly: "You come back to me."

The old eunuch suddenly appeared at the door, bowed and said: "What is your order?"

Li Yuan pondered for a while, then waved his hand like a beggar: "It's all right, let's go."

"Your servant obeys." The dizzy old eunuch quietly walked away from the door with a puzzled expression on his face.

Li Yuan paced in the room for a long while, a look of hostility flashed in his eyes, and he called again: "Come back to me!"

"Here." The old eunuch flashed at the door panting, with a strange look on his face: "My lord, what do you want?"

Li Yuan, who was out of his mind, thought for a while, and finally said in a deep voice: "Decree: Dongxijiacheng Yuan Cong, the imperial guards and guards immediately went to Chengtianmen to escort. Also, immediately send people out of the palace, summon Li Shentong, Li Gaoqian, Li Anyuan, Li Daoxing, Li Daobi, Li Renyu, and Li Fengci went to the Chengtian Gate Tower to meet them."

"Your servant obeys!" The old eunuch responded, and then habitually dodged to the side of the door, and the figure disappeared.Concubine Yin De heard him say "Ah" as if waking up from a dream, and then saw him running back again, but he ran out again.Even though Concubine Yin De was nervous and frightened at this time, she was almost provoked by the dizzy old eunuch to burst out laughing.

However, Li Yuan's tense tone at this moment, as well as his hesitant and out-of-control actions also made her nervous, she didn't dare to laugh out loud, but rushed out to get ready.In less than a moment, the eunuch Gong'e swarmed in, and the neatly dressed Li Yuan boarded the chariot, left the bedroom in a hurry, and rushed to Chengtianmen.

Chengtianmen was built in imitation of Yingtianmen in Ziwei City. This is a huge building complex in the shape of a "concave" connected by gate towers, flower towers, tower towers and corridors between them.Not only is it grand in scale and majestic, it is also as easy to defend and difficult to attack as Yingtianmen, so Li Yuan's first thought of safety is here.

The walking chariot was carried by eight strong and powerful eunuchs, and they rushed towards Chengtianmen quickly.

Li Yuan was riding on the chariot, with the giant ancient sword on his knees, his body was undulating with the chariot, his heart was pounding and pounding, and there was no blood on his lips.

Not long after, he looked up at the sky, the stars and the moon were all hidden in the sky, and the darkness before dawn came. After this period of time, the sky will be brighter a little bit.But this moment is also the most difficult moment.

"Rebellious son, rebellious thief!" Li Yuan's cheeks twitched a few times suddenly, his left hand clenched the secret letter tightly until it was clenched into a ball, and then he threw it viciously on the ground.

This is a secret letter written by Li Shimin himself and presented to Li Jiancheng, inviting him to launch a palace coup together, forcing his father to abdicate, and helping Li Jiancheng become emperor.

There are a lot of civil and military officials involved in the secret letter. In the seven ministers alone, there are Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Dou Gui, Dou Lukuan, and there are countless others. Let go of the switch, lead Li Shimin's army to go south, and secretly gather in Wudan Mountain outside the city.

Li Yuan had to immediately make preparations for such important news, whether it was true or not.

The key is the content of the letter, which convinced him.

First of all, Li Shimin, who has already established himself as king, has completely broken with him. It can be seen from the two incidents that he sent people to pretend to be the Sui army to assassinate Zhao Cijing in Gansong Mountain, and poisoned Li Yuanji to entrap Li Jiancheng. The concept of family affection is no longer in the hearts of the people, and in the eyes of the people, there is only power and the throne of supremacy.

The second is the courtiers. When Jinyang raised troops in the past, the Li and Tang Dynasty was in full swing. The Guanlong nobles and local tyrants in Guanzhong organized soldiers and dead soldiers to occupy counties and counties and change their courts. In just a few days, Weinan, Xinfeng , Gaoling, Fuping, Sanyuan, Huayuan, Yunyang, Jingyang, Tongguan, Shangyi, Huxian, Lantian, Fengyi County, Fufeng County, and Shangluo County all responded by massacring Sui soldiers in the counties and counties. Thank you, welcome Li Yuan to enter the pass with great joy, the children of the nobles in Guanlong were excited and rushed to Changchun Palace to serve.Since then, whenever the Li-Tang Dynasty encountered difficulties in terms of financial, material, and human resources, the major wealthy families and gentry in Guanzhong responded to the court's call one after another.

But what do these people get in exchange for their sacrifices?
Dugu who tried his best to support him in the founding of the country died, Dugu Huai'en died, Dugu Cheng died, Yu Yun died, Du Yan died, Wei Kuangbo died... until now, Liu Wenjing, who was ordered to start the Tang Dynasty, is also dead. Li Jiancheng, who is famous and virtuous, was imprisoned... All the manors that Dou Pai worked so hard to build in Yizhou were confiscated by the court, and the family's wealth was less than [-]%. Their family members were persecuted by Li Yuanji for various reasons...

With all these things, how can the prime minister and courtiers not feel the sorrow of the rabbit dying and the fox?In order to protect themselves and avoid following in the footsteps of Dugu Zheng, Dugu Huai'en, Yu Yun, Wei Kuangbo, Du Yan, Liu Wenjing and others, it is normal for them to take risks.

What's more, today's Li Tang is precarious and at stake. The courtiers who have selfish thoughts, want to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, and defect to the new master no longer believe that the lingering Li Tang can keep the Sui army out of the "national gate". This kind of situation that is not triggered is always threatening the survival of all the courtiers. When their hearts are broken and they can do anything, can they not hope that the Li and Tang Dynasty will add to the chaos?

Li Yuan certainly has a domineering and mighty side, but behind the scenes that make all Li Tang subjects look up to him, there is a strong lack of self-confidence and panic. The reason is still the same - the Sui Dynasty is too powerful.

All these things made Li Yuan more and more sensitive. It was precisely because of his mentality that he was often used by some rumors of rebellion, so that Li Yuanji, who lived on massacres, became his most trusted son step by step.

Especially in the past two years, Li Yuan's health has been deteriorating, and his aging can no longer be concealed. This feeling of fear and suspicion is even more obvious.

Li Yuan knew very well that many officials looked at him like a group of vultures waiting for their prey to die. Once he died, they would come to peck at his corpse; Those nephews and nephews who depended on him for glory and wealth are also eagerly counting the time of his death, and then watching the battle for the crown prince in order to grab more power, and even his throne is in their coveted list

All of these make Li Yuan fear death, loss of power, betrayal by his subjects, and fear that everything about him will abandon him... He is afraid, and he will make others more afraid than him... He wants to hold on to it firmly. Everything, wanting to scare everyone - the only way is to hold the knife of slaughter, only killing and death can let everyone know - Li Yuan is the ruler of the Li Tang Empire no matter what.

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The layout of Chengdu City is the same as that of Daxing City. It faces south and is symmetrical from left to right. I don’t know whether Li Yuan is lazy or is obsessed with Guanzhong.Of course, this is not the first time he has done this. It was the same way back in the construction of Xiangyang.

As Li Yuanji, who is most trusted by the emperor, his Qi Palace occupies Xingdaofang across the street from Taiji Palace.However, Li Yuanji has too many secrets. If he is too close to the palace, many things are inconvenient to do. He also quietly occupied a private house in Lanlingfang, south of Xingdaofang. Shansifang.His wife and children are all in Xingdaofang, and he himself lives in the house of Lanlingfang from time to time. Here, he can plan boldly without being discovered by Li Yuan.

Tonight, he was in his private house in Lanlingfang, planning a plan to deal with Li Shimin with a group of confidantes.Only by seizing Li Shimin's military power can he carry out follow-up plans, otherwise, even with the name of prince, he will not be able to control Li Shimin who has great military power. This is the lesson he learned from Li Jiancheng.But it is definitely difficult to do it with one's own strength, only by relying on the power of the father. Although the father can't send Li Shimin now, but after all, there is a relationship between the monarch and his subjects, father and son. No matter how disobedient Li Shimin is, he will not Dare to do it is too much; after all, no one can bear the name of being unfilial.

When he got the news of Li Yuanzhao's meeting, it was nearly half an hour later. This is because the eunuch who passed the edict first went to Xingdaofang, and then Han Zhi, who was in charge of the "center", sent people to Lanlingfang. The distance between the two is extremely far, although the messenger came quickly, it took a lot of time on the road.

Hearing that his father had summoned him urgently, Li Yuanji did not dare to neglect, immediately dressed neatly, and left the house under the protection of more than a dozen personal guards.

"Woooooo..." Just as he was about to take the reins of the horse under the lamp and was about to mount the horse, there was a strange sound in the night wind, and black objects were thrown over one by one. Li Yuanji reacted quickly and pulled out the horse. With the saber at his waist, he slashed at something that was about to approach him, only to hear a 'crash', and the thing shattered in response, and what was inside sprayed his head and body. Li Yuanji had been away from the battlefield for a long time, but he didn't know he was dripping on his body What is the slurry, the pungent smell made him even more angry, but before he could catch his breath, many more things were thrown at him, and he swung his knife wildly, smashing them into pieces one by one.

The guards, who were also drenched all over, turned pale with shock, and one of them said, "Your Highness, it's kerosene."

"What?" Li Yuanji turned pale with shock, but it was already too late, and countless torches flew from the darkness.

'boom! '

The flames rose, and the rising flames turned the ground in front of the mansion gate into a sea of ​​flames in an instant. More than a dozen firemen were running away, and those who fell were struggling in the fire, and the screams resounded loudly. It is like a ghost in the night sky.

A raging flame ignited on Li Yuanji's body, and he fell to the ground in the flames. The flames were not a fatal injury. If he rushed out of the fire circle and rolled on the open space, he might still be able to escape by luck, but at this moment, more than a dozen Mongolian The masked men rushed out and stabbed the surviving people with the spears in their hands.

One of them grabbed a spear and threw it at Li Yuanji viciously. With a "poof", he nailed the rolling Li Yuanji to the ground.

"Ah!" Li Yuanji let out a miserable howl, holding the spear piercing through his body with his burning hands, and when he turned his eyes sadly and angrily, he found that the person who had pierced his body was also coldly fighting with him. Looking at each other.

Suddenly, Li Yuanji's eyes widened and he screamed: "Li Shimin, you actually killed your own younger brother with your own hands?"

Li Yuanji recognized it. These cold eyes belonged to Li Shimin, and he knew that the other party was Li Shimin.

At this time, he seemed to have forgotten the burning on his body, and was shocked by Li Shimin's ruthlessness. His brothers were fighting openly and secretly, but Li Yuanji thought he couldn't do it by himself.

The fire intensified, and Li Yuanji's hands holding the spear sizzled in the flames, but the eyes that looked at Li Shimin across the fire never moved, they just frowned and twitched a few times...

It gradually disappeared, turning into a charred corpse on the long street.

"I don't want to do this either, but for Datang, I have to..." Li Yuanji's supposedly familiar voice came from the air, but he could no longer hear it.

This voice that slowly turned from pain to firmness belonged to Li Shimin.

For Datang.

He is back.

The scene in front of me may be just the beginning.

(End of this chapter)