Tiantang

Chapter 104 Poison Killing

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Chapter 111
Who dares to bully you?Don't talk about Rong Wang Li Wan who may be mobilized at any time now, just talk about people like An Lushan and Yang Guozhong, which one is good?

Zhang Xuan thought to himself, it's all about this, and I still can't forget to put on the score of the powerful emperor, it's really speechless.

The emperor suddenly sighed again, and sat back slowly.It gave people the feeling that the balloon that had just been blown up was pricked by a needle, and the aura lost its momentum.

"Zhang Xuan, can I trust you?" Li Longji said in a hoarse voice.

Zhang Xuan said in his heart, if you don't believe me, why did you bring me into the palace and say these things, isn't this just nonsense.But he immediately got up respectfully and bowed down, saying loudly, "I am willing to do my best for Your Majesty!"

"Although you are young, you are quite resourceful and courageous. The crown prince's existence today is not unrelated to the management behind your back. I can see all of these." Li Longji stared deeply at Zhang Xuan, "I will take you today. Entering the palace, teaching earnestly, giving orders by ear...do you understand my heart?"

Zhang Xuan's expression turned serious, and he said in a low voice, "I understand."

"Okay. Zhang Xuan, if this crisis is resolved, I will not treat you badly... This is my promise. A promise from the emperor is as important as a thousand weights." After Li Longji finished speaking, he glanced at Gao Lishi behind him.

Gao Lishi silently took out the secret decree he had prepared from his pocket, and handed it over.

Zhang Xuan took it with both hands, but did not open it.

"I dispatched 100 palace guards to accompany you. Tomorrow morning, I will go out of the city to hold my secret decree and gold medal on the grounds of protecting the imperial concubine from entering Yuzhen Temple." Li Longji sighed, "This Chang'an city has become Like an iron bucket, it is firmly in the hands of King Rong... I have a premonition that King Rong is going to strike in these two days. The faster you move, the less danger there will be. My safety, the country of the Tang Dynasty, It's all on your shoulders, you must never slack off!"

"Your Majesty obeys the decree. Your Majesty, you should go through fire and water to share your majesty's worries, and you will die!" Zhang Xuan stepped forward and bowed. Why don't you move to Huaqing Palace for a while to avoid danger?"

Li Longji frowned, and said with a sneer, "I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and I will never leave the palace. I want to see how this wicked son who has no father and no king will persecute me?!"

Don't look at Li Longji's words of righteousness and fearlessness in the face of danger, but Zhang Xuan felt secretly in his heart when he heard it: In the future, together with the bandits from Anlu Mountain, you can run faster than a rabbit, even the imperial capital Chang'an has been abandoned, let alone an empty palace !
"You will stay in the palace tonight. Tomorrow morning, I will drive out of the city with my wife's car. Remember my words, do everything cheaply, and I will give you the right to kill first and play later, and patrol hunting on my behalf!" Li Longji stood up slowly, He glanced at Gao Lishi again and said, "Old man, let Li Jingzhong follow Zhang Xuan."

"No." Gao Lishi bowed.

"I'm going to the imperial study. Ma'am, get ready and go out of the palace tomorrow morning." Li Longji waved his hand a little tiredly, and strode away.

"Sanlang..." Yang Yuhuan looked a little complicated.

Li Longji turned his head and took a deep look at Yang Yuhuan, nodded, but said nothing more.

"My lord Zhang, this is a very important matter, and we must be careful and careful. Your Majesty has entrusted you with such a heavy burden. Your Majesty Zhang should not be negligent and slack!" Gao Lishi hurriedly bowed his hands to Zhang Xuan, and then followed him away.

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The night wind howled, and the cold air rolled in.

On the lonely and cold palace road, Li Longji's guard of honor walked slowly. Looking from a distance, the looming palace lantern seemed a little more worrisome than before.

"Everyone, this old slave thinks that what Zhang Xuan said makes some sense. Why don't you... just leave His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in this palace to guard it." Li Longji walked against the wind, Gao Lishi chased after him and whispered, "Everyone, stay in China temporarily. The palace of the Qing Dynasty, commanding the world, exterminating the traitors is just a flick of a finger!"

Li Longji snorted, "Old man, it's not that I don't know how to change power - Li Wan's wolfish ambition is not in the East Palace but in me. How can he agree to leave the city? Habayashi guards defend Chang'an, hate Habayashi guard Huo This traitor, Qing, actually sold me to King Rong, and I will definitely kill his nine clans in the future!"

"Li Wan is ready to go. If I leave the palace at this moment, I will definitely let him start early. The eight thousand soldiers of the Yulin guards, plus the three thousand bandit soldiers, isn't the city of Chang'an completely under his control? !"

"I just hope to buy a few days for Zhang Xuan." Li Longji coughed violently, choking against the wind, the cough became more violent.

"Everyone..." Gao Lishi worriedly hurried forward to beat Li Longji's back lightly, and several court ladies and eunuchs also surrounded him, making a mess.

Li Longji suddenly turned his head away and hissed at Gao Lishi, "Old man, do you think Zhang Xuan can fulfill my great trust?"

"...Although Zhang Xuan is young, he is extremely loyal to His Majesty with passion, and he is both wise and brave. This old slave thinks that Zhang Xuan is more reliable than Yang Guozhong after all." Gao Lishi carefully considered his words and said.

He knew that, in fact, the emperor had no idea.When the critical moment came, the emperor counted and counted, but there was not a single person who was really suitable and available.Yang Guozhong is content with power, timid and timid, it is difficult to take on the task of turning the tide; and the prince is even more unbearable.As for the ministers in the court, whether it is Li Wan's party or Yang Guozhong's party, the emperor can't believe it at all at this moment.

And Gao Lishi still can't figure out why Rong Wang Li Wan took the risk so hastily, and even mobilized troops to form a force to force the palace!It shouldn't be so, since he has been planning for so many years, even if he has ambitions, he shouldn't act so hastily in a hurry - the more Gao Lishi thinks about it, the more outrageous and weird he feels.

But the emperor's message will never be false.Half of the [-] soldiers and horses of the Habayashi Guards on the left and right entered the Xuanwu Gate at dusk today, while the rest of the soldiers and horses were stationed at other gates.Outside the city, the Prince Rong's mansion kept three thousand bandit dead soldiers, and they were ready to go.

Three thousand dead men!It's incredible. How did Li Wan hide the cost, training and operation of 3000 people from the court for such a long time?Gao Lishi believes that there may be some exaggerated water in it.

Although Li Longji got the news at the first time, it was too late.Li Longji never dreamed that the emperor's private army guarding the capital and guarding the safety of the imperial city, the left and right Habayashi Guards, would conspire against the bandits, and Huo Qing, the general of the Habayashi Guards he had always trusted, even betrayed him. He voted for King Rong's party.

Therefore, Li Longji actually took some risks when he left the palace just now, and came and went in a hurry to make a time difference.And to show his attitude to protect the prince Li Heng in person is actually a tactic of suspicion - the emperor suddenly came out of the palace to visit Prince Rong's mansion and reprimanded him sternly. Wan will not act rashly.

It has to be said that Li Longji still overestimated his own deterrent power, but underestimated the ambition and courage of Li Wan, his son.

On the other hand, Zhang Xuan sent Prince Li Heng to attend the Hongmen Banquet at Prince Rong's Mansion, of course he was taking some risks.But what Zhang Xuan gambled was that Li Wan was not fully ready yet, and he would not completely tear himself apart from the emperor and the prince for the time being.

After all, forcing the palace looks simple and rough, but it is not that simple.It is not only a question of force, but also needs to do a lot of foreshadowing.For example, the high-sounding reasons for raising troops to force the palace, and how to quickly obtain the support of the courtiers and dignitaries in the first place, eliminate interference, force the emperor to abdicate, and let the courtiers support him as emperor.

After entering the imperial study, Li Longji sat down, and then slowly closed his eyes, but Gao Lishi could still see the corner of the emperor's mouth twitching slightly, which showed the excitement deep in his heart.

Gao Lishi habitually stood by the side in fear.

After a long time, Li Longji suddenly raised his head and stared at Gao Lishi, his eyes were dark and crazy, and his face became extremely ferocious.Gao Lishi was taken aback. After so many years, it was the first time he saw the emperor's expression.

Li Longji grabbed the pen, scribbled down a few words, then threw the pen away, and glanced up at Gao Lishi.

Gao Lishi couldn't help shivering, and his body was covered in cold sweat.It was difficult for him to describe in words the ruthlessness contained in Li Longji's glance, like the glacier that has not melted for thousands of years.

"Old man, go, pass on my oral order, and send a glass of wine to Concubine Mei." Li Longji's veiny hands trembled slightly, and he handed over a piece of paper he had just written.

Gao Lishi trembled in his heart: Concubine Mei!It turned out to be Concubine Mei... The emperor actually wanted to kill Concubine Mei who had just been pardoned and left the Shangyang East Palace!It was only a few hours before Concubine Mei left Lenggong and returned to Cuiwei Palace, but the emperor was about to...

"Didn't you hear what I said? Could it be that you also deceived me?" Li Longji hummed softly.

Gao Lishi was shocked suddenly, and immediately came to his senses, and fell to his knees with a thump, "This old slave is guilty of death, please His Majesty deal with it."

"Go away, go and announce my oral order." Li Longji almost popped out a few words from between his teeth.

Gao Lishi didn't dare to be negligent any more, he got up and was about to exit and go to Cuiwei Palace in person to implement the emperor's decision, but he had just walked two steps when he heard Li Longji's gloomy voice again "Forget it, let's put it aside for a day. Wait—tomorrow afternoon, before you go to Cuiwei Palace. Tell Concubine Mei that I will send King Rong to meet her soon. This time, I will never let her down!"

Li Longji slapped the table case suddenly, and the table case made a buzzing sound, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone paperweights on the table case shook.

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Zhang Xuan stayed overnight in the Hanyuan Hall adjacent to Concubine Yang's bedroom.He is a foreign minister, although he has the emperor's order to stay in the palace, he cannot stay in Concubine Yang's bedroom.

Zhang Xuan sat silently behind the table, staring quietly at the flickering candle, sorting out his thoughts calmly.

It was strangely quiet outside the hall, only the whistling northwest wind could be heard.Although the charcoal fire in the brazier was burning fiercely, Zhang Xuan still felt very cold.The cold air in this hall is so great, it must have been uninhabited for many years.

The heavy palace door opened with a creak, and a beautiful figure with a graceful figure and long skirt dragging the floor drew a long shadow line and appeared in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)