People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1727 Li Zhi, You Deserve to Die
"Master, how long has this place existed?" King Han Li Yuanjia's face turned pale and he looked up at Monk Shenxiu.

His eyes were so cold that they almost pierced through his chest.

"At least five years." Shenxiu sighed, shook his head, and said, "I know what King Han is thinking, but if I am not wrong, this place should have not been opened for at least three years."

"Three years ago, that is, the second year of Yonglong." Prince Huo Li Yuangui held Xia'er in his arms, then looked down at her and asked, "Princess Fuchang, when did you come here?"

"In August of the second year of Yonglong's reign." Pan Shizheng spoke for Xia'er, saying, "In August of the second year of Yonglong's reign, the emperor went to Mount Songshan. It is recorded in history books. I was there that day, as were the Princess of Peng, the Princess of Dai, the Prince of Jinchang, the Prince of Linzi, and the Princess of Fuchang. The emperor suddenly arrived."

"So, what happened here has nothing to do with Twenty-Seventh Brother." Li Yuanjia looked outside the secret room.

The sounds of fierce fighting were still ringing, and Li Xuan was already blocking the pursuers for them.

"Amitabha!" Shenxiu sighed and said, "Since the fighting, there have been at least a thousand casualties. There are three thousand people attacking the mountain, while King Peng has only two thousand men under his command. It's very hard for them to resist."

"So, all this is not a show. It is the wronged spirits of King Cao, King Yue, and King Langya who brought us here?" Li Yuanjia lowered his head and looked at the mummies in the cave.

"There is also Duke of Zhou Wu Sansi." Li Yuangui shook his head and said, "Duke of Zhou was inspecting Liaoxi in the second year of Yonglong and died of illness in Liaoxi. No news came until the second half of the year.

The Prince of Langya was executed at the beginning of the second year of Yonglong's reign. The Prince of Yue was also exiled to Anzhou that year and died of illness in April. There was also the Prince of Cao. When the Prince of Cao died in the first year of Yonglong's reign, Twenty-Seventh Prince was still attacking Tubo. At that time, Luoshui had not yet been conquered. "

Li Yuanjia closed his eyes slightly, and the last trace of suspicion and resentment in his heart completely disappeared, leaving only a heart full of sadness.

Everything that happened today happened too suddenly and was too coincidental.

Li Yuanjia couldn't believe that this was true. He couldn't help but suspect that this was a trap set by Li Xuanbu.

But Shenxiu and Pan Shizheng told him that everything before his eyes was not fake and they were still in crisis.

Chen Guang and Lin Renji had already stood out of the secret room with worried looks in their eyes.

What they heard now was enough to shock them, enough to completely overturn the majestic image of Li Zhi in their minds.

The two looked at each other and couldn't help but sigh.

There were two people, one was the Minister of Taichang Temple, and the other was the Minister of Guanglu Temple. Many things that happened back then could not be hidden from them.

With a little speculation, both of them knew clearly when something that shouldn't be there disappeared or was moved.

Especially when standing outside the stone chamber, more sounds of fighting came from above and below, and even seemed to be getting closer, which made people even more anxious.

Li Yuangui suddenly seemed to remember something. He bent down, grabbed Xia'er's shoulders, and asked, "Princess Fuchang, I want to ask you, do you remember what happened when you came here that day?"

"Uncle, you're scratching me and it hurts." Xia'er was a little scared and wanted to step away.

Li Yuangui quickly let go. At this time, it was Li Yuanjia who picked up Xia'er and looked at her and asked softly, "Princess Fuchang, do you remember what you saw when you came here that day? Tell your uncle and he will take you to play when he returns?"

"I don't remember it very clearly." Xia'er looked back at the outside of the stone chamber in embarrassment, and gestured with her hands, "There was originally a stone palace there, with fire and gas inside. The emperor's uncle took Xia'er in, and Xia'er didn't know anything after that. After that, she went home... But after that, Xia'er was sick for several days."

Li Yuanjia suddenly turned around and looked at Li Yuangui, his face instantly turning cold.

Li Yuangui was filled with anger and clenched his fists tightly.

Li Yuanjia looked past Li Yuangui and looked at the contents in the grotto again, "King Li Zhen of Yue...died in a small room...Wu Mei...practiced evil magic and murdered royal family members...Li Zhi...killed his brothers and abused his relatives...Xuanwu Gate...Xuanwu Gate".

"Evil magic." Li Yuanjia turned to look at Pan Shizheng and asked directly, "Master, you just said that this is where your junior brother made elixirs for Emperor Gaozong, right?"

"Yes." Master Pan did not shy away from the question and said directly, "Although I have never been here before, I know that a large amount of medicinal materials are delivered here every day, and my junior brother is the best at refining pills."

"Is it an evil magic to make elixirs?" Li Yuangui raised his head dimly.

"No." Pan Shizheng shook his head and said, "My junior brother is a descendant of Zhengyang Zhenren from the Han Dynasty. The elixirs he made were all passed down by Zhengyang Zhenren..."

Having said this, Pan Shizheng suddenly paused.

"What's wrong?" Li Yuanjia suddenly stared at Pan Shizheng.

Master Pan hesitated for a moment, but still said, "King Han should know that in addition to the recipe, the royal family will also make changes based on demand, and the royal recipe..."

"The emperor changed it himself." Li Yuangui sneered, looking at the four mummies in the grotto, and said in a cold voice: "The emperor gave the order, the demon queen executed it, the Maoshan disciples made the elixir, the King of Cao, the King of Yue, the King of Langya, the Duke of Zhou... The demon queen even filled in her own nephew for the emperor."

Duke Wu of Zhou succeeded him.

The four bodies in the grotto include King Cao, King Yue, King Langya, and Duke of Zhou Wu Chengsi.

"This is not surprising. The evil queen even killed her own brothers and her own sons, not to mention a nephew..." At this point, Li Yuanjia suddenly stopped and looked at Li Yuangui with a puzzled look on his face: "Fourteenth brother, do you remember the will left by Emperor Gaozong before his death? In the end, Su Liangsi used him to secretly execute the evil queen. He could have..."

"He knew about this matter, knew about the evil alchemy, and knew that Emperor Gaozong was murdered..." Li Yuangui suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Yuanjia and said, "Brother, could it be that Emperor Gaozong was murdered because of those elixirs? Wu Ni killed Emperor Gaozong for those elixirs?"

Li Yuanjia lowered his head and said thoughtfully: "According to what Twenty-Seventh Brother said, on that day, he, Duke Jiang, Pei Yan, and Su Liangsi were all in the palace, but suddenly, the emperor started to go crazy, and after Wu Ni left, he drove everyone away..."

"He's taking medicine." Li Yuangui immediately understood that Li Zhi was just using his madness to drive everyone away. "The medicine has been replaced." Li Yuanjia used unimaginable acumen to guess the truth of that night.

Li Yuangui was stunned.

Pan Shizheng and Shenxiu both looked at Li Yuanjia in surprise.

Chen Guang and Lin Renji wanted to just plug their ears, but they wanted to continue listening.

"So he is dead." Li Yuanjia sneered.

Li Zhi, you deserve to die!

"So what about the medicines?" Li Yuangui frowned and looked at Li Yuanjia.

"Of course it fell into Wu Ni's hands, otherwise how could she have the courage to claim the throne." Li Yuanjia snorted coldly, then looked at Chen Guang and Lin Renji and said, "I just don't know if they have used up all their tricks. After Twenty-Seventh Brother captured the palace, he didn't enter the Zhenguan Hall. Who cleaned him up later?"

"I can't remember." Li Yuangui shook his head and said, "Twenty-Seventh Brother should not know about this, and the medicine is useless to him. How old is he?"

Li Yuangui guessed what Li Yuanjia wanted to say and stopped him in advance.

"Wei Hongji!" Li Yuanjia suddenly called out Wei Hongji's name, looked at Li Yuangui and said, "After Ershiqilang left Luoyang, the person who had people return to the Zhenguan Palace and renovate it was Wei Hongji."

"It could be him, but not necessarily. After all, even if he got it, he doesn't know what it is." Li Yuangui suddenly paused, looked at Li Yuanjia and said, "Brother, do you think it might have fallen into Taiping's hands, so today..."

Li Yuanjia fell silent.

Everyone inside and outside the stone chamber fell silent at this moment.

"Tang Xiujing is Taiping's man. When we left Luoyang, Taiping entered the palace." Li Yuangui connected everything with one sentence: "So, if they kill Twenty-Seventh Brother, and we are still there, then Taiping can use the emperor to control the princes... Don't forget, brother, she is the emperor's aunt."

Li Yuanjia clenched his fists, and suddenly, he smiled bitterly and said, "What are these things? Niece, nephew, throne, fourteenth brother, could it be that the curse of Xuanwu Gate will entangle the bloodline of Emperor Taizong forever, and there will be no escape forever?"

Li Yuangui wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say it.

The curse of Xuanwu Gate, the fratricide between father and son, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, Li Tai and Li Chengqian, Li Zhi and Li Ke, and the countless princes who died in Li Zhi's reign over the years, not to mention Empress Wu and Li Hong, Li Xian, Li Xian, Li Dan, Li Chongzhao, Li Chongfu, and now Taiping and Li Chongjun.

It is like this now, what about in the future?

How to do?
How can we break the curse of Xuanwu Gate?

……

After a moment, Li Yuangui suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked at Monk Shenxiu: "Master, if I remember correctly, the reason why we are here today is because of the auspicious glow of clouds that appeared after the White Horse Temple ceremony yesterday... I'm afraid this auspicious glow of clouds was caused by you and Taiping, right?"

"Amitabha!" Monk Shenxiu shook his head bitterly and said, "No matter what the two kings think, this matter has nothing to do with me."

Master Pan was standing aside calmly. Suddenly he said, "The war has stopped."

"Stop?" Li Yuanjia and Li Yuangui turned around and looked at Pan Shizheng at the same time.

Shenxiu frowned, paused for a moment, and then said, "Tang Xiujing is dead, at the hands of King Peng."

"Two armies were fighting, and the commander of one army died at the hands of the commander of the other army?" Li Yuanjia's face was full of disbelief.

“Twenty-Seventh Brother has always been fierce in battle, and he has many clever strategies. You, my royal brother, know this well. It won’t be difficult for him to take advantage of the terrain, launch a surprise attack, and behead him.” After all, Li Yuangui was the governor of a border state for many years and had dealt with the Turks more than once or twice. He saw clearly what could be used in Songshan.

"Wait a minute, maybe after we solve the problem here, we can go back to Chang'an." Li Yuanjia sighed lightly.

"Then what should we do with these here?" Li Yuangui looked outside. Outside the secret room, in addition to Chen Guang and Lin Renji, there were a dozen black-armored soldiers standing in the distance.

Although they don't know what's inside, once Li Xuan comes back, everything here will be revealed.

"Let's keep it secret, let's continue to keep it secret. These are royal family scandals after all. If people in the world knew about it, I don't know what they would say about my Li family." Li Yuanjia let out a sigh and made his conclusion.

……

With a "pop" sound, Tang Xiujing's head fell from Li Xuan's bloody hands.

Looking at the four corpses in the cave and listening to what Li Yuanjia said, Li Xuan was stunned.

Everyone in the stone chamber looked at Li Xuan in silence.

"First..." Li Xuan thought with heavy breathing, and finally said: "Leave them here first. When the matter in Luoyang is resolved, I will send people to Anzhou and Liaoxi to take out the 'coffins', and then send them to Zhaoling Mausoleum for burial."

"Okay." Li Yuanjia nodded calmly and said, "Let Li Shimin deal with these messy things himself."

(End of this chapter)