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Chapter 142 It's All Acting

"His Royal Highness is here!"

The Li Xian brothers hurried all the way to the outside of Chengtianmen, and just handed over the sign. Before the news came from the inside, they heard a shout suddenly sounded in the darkness. The two brothers turned their heads and saw it immediately. A large group of eunuchs holding lanterns surrounded the prince and hurriedly walked over from behind.

"The younger brother sees the elder brother of the prince."

The two brothers looked at each other quickly, and they both saw a strange look in each other's eyes, but it was not a good time to communicate at this moment, even though they were unwilling, they could only greet each other, bowing and saluting Ask Andy.

"Sixth brother, seventh brother, are you not hurt?"

Li Hong didn't care about returning the gift, he hurried forward and asked anxiously.

"Ah."

Li Xian had always been at odds with the prince, and knowing that the prince was posturing, he felt even more upset, so he was too lazy to agree, so he just let out a dull voice, which was regarded as an answer.

It was fine at first, but when you are old, doesn't this thing happen?Seeing the terrified expression on Li Hong's face that couldn't be more fake, Li Xian felt an urge to scold his mother—with Li Xian's IQ, how could he fail to guess Li Hong's intentions? The left and right are just guilty and come here to find out the truth. Of course, it is one thing to be grumpy in the heart, but another thing to be superficial. It is impossible for Li Xian to act out of line on such occasions. He could only pretend to be in a state of shock and replied: "Brother Prince, you are here, my brother, my brother is still alive, alas..."

"Sixth brother, don't worry, I will report to my father for my brother, and arrest the traitors in the whole city, so that the two virtuous brothers will not be wronged for nothing." Seeing the frightened expression on Li Xian's face, Li Hong couldn't help but The ground was taken aback for a moment, but soon came back to his senses, and said a word of comfort.

"Well, my brother, thank you for your kindness."

Although the change in Li Hong's face was slight, Li Xian saw everything in his eyes, and guessed the change in his heart. He couldn't know what Li Hong was worried about, so he replied with a pun. .

"Look at what the seventh brother said, you and I are blood brothers, and the seventh brother was frightened. As a brother, as a brother, he is naturally duty-bound. Let's discuss this matter in front of the father. I don't believe that a traitor can turn against the sky." go!"

Li Hong's mind is very sharp, and he can hear the meaning hidden in Li Xian's words. Although his face remains unchanged, a trace of brilliance flashed across his eyes, and he also responded with hidden words. Li Xian said a word.

"Brother Prince is wise."

Li Xian is a very shrewd person, and he understood the subtext of Li Hong's words just by listening to it. It was nothing more than implying that the big guys had a common enemy like Empress Wu, so there was no need to fight endlessly among themselves. Such a rationale sounds good, but no matter who was assassinated last time, it is impossible to be happy. Although Li Xian is too lazy to argue with Li Hong, he doesn't want to spend more unnecessary talk than that. He replied vaguely.

"Your Majesty has a decree. His Royal Highness King Xuanlu and His Royal Highness King Zhou will meet at the Liangyi Palace!"

Just when the corner of Li Hong's mouth was twitching and he was about to say something, Gao Hesheng, the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies, hurried out from the palace gate with several young eunuchs, walked up to the crowd, and announced loudly the will.

"My son and I will give you an order to thank you."

As soon as the imperial decree arrived, the brothers couldn't care less about talking nonsense, they hurriedly thanked each other according to the usual practice, marched into Chengtian Gate, walked along the palace road and went straight to the Hall of Liangyi. I saw Gaozong pacing back and forth on the front wall irritably, while Empress Wu was comforting in a low voice beside him with a gentle face, but the distance was far away, and no one could hear what Empress Wu said clearly. Of course, No one dared to stop to listen carefully, they all rushed to the front of the chapel.

"My son and I have seen the emperor father and the queen mother."

The crown prince took the lead, and Li Xian and Li Xian followed suit. They bowed and saluted in unison to say hello. Their voices were neat, but the trembling sound between the words was very obvious. There was an unconcealable panic, not only Li Xian and Li Xian, but also Even the crown prince is the same, as to whether it is real fear or fake fear, only they themselves know.

"Xian'er, Xian'er are here, have you ever been hurt?"

Gao Zong, who was pacing back and forth quickly, saw that the masters had arrived, his anxious expression eased a little, and he sat down without going, and strode to the front of the front wall, looking at Li Xian and his brothers with concern. , asked incomparably gentle.

"Father, son, son..."

As soon as Gaozong's words came out, Li Xian, who had already prepared his emotions, immediately sobbed, his eyes were full of tears, and he choked up as if he really had infinite grievances.

Well done, that's the right way to act!Although Li Xianren lowered his head and did not glance at Li Xian, in fact, most of his attention was on Li Xian at this moment, and he was afraid that the master would not perform well on the spot. Li Xian acted in a similar manner, no matter how you look at it, he looks like a child crying to his parents after being wronged by the world, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, but Li Xian will not forget it because of this. As soon as Li Xian finished his performance, Li Xian immediately followed up, grinning, and said in a crying voice: "Father, the ministers will almost never come back. Father, the ministers are all dedicated to the public, but I have been hated by a villain in my life, so that there is an assassination in my life, I don’t regret waiting for my son to die, if I miss the mission of the father, the son will die for a hundred times, my father.”

"Father, there must be a traitor in Dali Temple. This is the result of a thorough investigation by the two virtuous younger brothers. Such a madman should be severely punished. My son is willing to ask Father to make a decision!"

Hearing that Dali Temple was not mentioned in Li Xian's words, Li Hongke became anxious, fearing that Li Xian would say something unpleasant again, before Gao Zong could speak, he hurriedly snatched it from the side, filled with righteous indignation After a while, the upright look on his face shows that his acting skills are not inferior to that of Lu and Zhou Zhou.

"Huh? How could it be so? Xian'er, tell me, I want to know how all of this came about." Although Gaozong had obtained a notification and knew the news of the assassination of the two kings, he didn't know the details. Hearing what the crown prince said with such affirmation, the anger in his heart immediately arose, and with a sullen face, he snorted and asked in extreme displeasure.

As soon as Gaozong's words came out, everyone's eyes were all focused on Li Xian, whether they were worried or panicked or happy, but there was one thing in common, that is, expectation, Not only the crown prince, Li Xian, but also Empress Wu, but there was a faint chill in Empress Wu's eyes, which could not be detected by others, but Li Xian was sensitively aware of the murderous intent, and his heart trembled involuntarily. .

"Father Huang Mingjian, when my son and six elder brothers learned that Dali Temple was on fire when they were parting from the court, they were worried about the errands of the father's handover, so they dared not neglect, led the people and rushed there. When I went to Jingzhao Mansion Yin Cui Jing, Shao Yin Chen Renhao and others, after asking, I learned that Master Cui and others had also been notified and rushed here. My son was very pleased to see that Jingzhao Mansion arrived in time He was thinking about how to reward the person who reported the letter, so the minister asked Chen Shaoyin to invite the person who reported the letter, but after asking, he felt that there was something strange in it. People stay here, I thought..." Li Xian already had a draft before entering the palace, and even though he was a little uncomfortable being watched by everyone's focused eyes, he didn't panic, bowed his body, and told the matter What happened in the past was narrated eloquently, the trembling sound of the words was still the same, but the words were spoken smoothly and tightly.

"Why did Xian'er think that the person who reported the letter was suspicious? Let me tell you about it." Before Li Xian finished speaking, Empress Wu raised her hand and asked with a slight frown.

"After returning to my mother, the person who reported the letter was surnamed Yan Danhe, who claimed to be a patrolman of Jingzhao Mansion. When the fire started, he was near Dali Temple. Seeing the raging fire, he rushed back to Jingzhao Mansion to report the letter. In theory, there is nothing absurd about it. However, as far as I know, the fire in Dali Temple started at [-]:[-] p.m. It is a full five miles away from Dali Temple to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, and it takes ten miles to go back and forth. With such a distance, unless Yanhe can fly, otherwise, there is absolutely no possibility of running back and forth in a moment, and it is even more frightening. It takes a lot of time to talk about the deployment of troops by the yamen of Jingzhao Prefecture. Therefore, the minister thought that there must be something strange about what Yan He said. , so that the sixth brother was involved, and almost missed the important event of the father, and the sons were panicked."

Li Xian is very clear about the purpose of empress Wu's interruption at this time. The left and right are just to divert the topic, so as to find some loopholes and entangle them, so as to reduce Gaozong's anger, but what, Li Xian said to this He had taken precautions a long time ago, so he wouldn't have any panic, so he expressed his judgment in a calm manner, with extremely clear order and no fault at all.

"Father, the seventh brother tried his best to do business, but suffered such a disaster. It is really wrong. According to Erchen, since what Yan He said is false, Chen Renhao, the young minister of Jingzhao Mansion, must have nothing to do with it. I implore Father Thoroughly investigate this person, and give justice to the sixth and seventh younger brothers." At the beginning, Li Hong suspected that there was something tricky in the Jingzhao Mansion, but now that Li Xian had revealed the inside story, he refused to let it go, and he would not wait for Empress Wu to do it again. Opening his mouth, he immediately stood up from the side, made a loud suggestion, and continued to play the role of his angry "bystander".

"Father and emperor have learned a lesson, my son thinks what the elder brother of the prince said is true, so I implore father and emperor to judge." Seeing Li Hong's statement, Li Xian was not to be outdone, and immediately hit the snake with the stick, and echoed loudly: .

"I won't forgive the rebellious ones, come here, immediately announce Chen Renhao's arrival!"

Gaozong could tolerate Empress Wu shielding He Lanminzhi, and he could tolerate Empress Wu's behind-the-scenes listening to politics, but he couldn't tolerate someone who dared to assassinate his son in the street. When he got angry, he didn't ask Empress Wu for her opinion, and left with a roar As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in a panic for a while...

(End of this chapter)