The immortal of the Tang Dynasty, but the game starts at Xuanwu Gate?

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, in the afternoon.

Inside the prison, Chen Huai'an muttered dejectedly, "Damn it, are these people really not going to feed us?"

"If this continues, we'll be the first to starve to death."

Wei Zheng's eyes were vacant. Upon hearing this, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he sighed, "What's so strange about that?"

"The outside world is probably in complete chaos right now. All the prisoners, officers, and jailers who could move have been taken away, leaving only the two of us. Who's going to bother bringing us food?"

Chen Huai'an opened his mouth, but no tears came.

He had planned every step, but he never expected to end up without food.

"Coo coo~"

Wei Zheng's stomach rumbled again, and he said with some discomfort, "Mr. Chen, let's think of a solution. We can hold on for now without food, but we don't even have water to drink. If this continues, we'll really starve to death."

Chen Huai'an looked thoughtful: "There is indeed a way."

Wei Zheng immediately stood up: "Why didn't you say so earlier if you had a solution?"

"You didn't ask, and besides..."

"Enough with the 'and'! First, use your method to get enough to eat!"

Chen Huai'an: "..."

You said it yourself.

"..."

Since Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate Massacre yesterday, Li Jiancheng was shot and killed on the spot, Prince Qi Li Yuanji died, and Xue Wanche fled with the remnants of the Eastern Palace army.

Li Shimin then confronted Li Yuan head-on, and under the threat of the two bloody heads thrown by Yuchi Gong, he successfully gained control of the army.

Today, Li Shimin once again launched a bloody purge, and the people of Chang'an were filled with fear.

In summary, Li Shimin has now achieved a decisive victory.

However, at this crucial moment of power transition, after purging the bloodlines of Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Prince Qi Li Yuanji, eliminating any potential threats, Li Shimin did not immediately have Li Yuan issue an edict to establish himself as Crown Prince.

Firstly, because time is running out; it's almost evening now.

Secondly, he felt there were more important things... or rather, people he needed to see.

"Auxiliary machine, Keming."

Li Shimin's cold expression softened slightly: "Let's go, come with me to see someone."

Behind them, Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui looked at each other but said nothing.

Because they knew very well who Li Shimin wanted to meet.

The person who foresaw their every move from the very beginning!

Li Shimin, along with Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui, led a dozen or so imperial guards into the imperial prison in a grand procession.

Before he arrived, Li Shimin had even thought about what words to use to start the conversation.

However, when the three arrived at Chen Huai'an and Wei Zheng's prison cells, they were instantly dumbfounded.

The prison door, made of wood as thick as an adult man's thigh, had been broken in half, leaving a gap large enough for one person to pass through.

The cell was already empty.

"They ran away?" Changsun Wuji thought instinctively.

"No!" Du Ruhui held a different view: "Both of them are top-notch intelligent people. Wei Zheng goes without saying, but Chen Huai'an had already figured out what we were going to do."

"I now even think that they probably already knew that His Highness, not the Crown Prince, would win."

"That's why he didn't reveal this information to the Crown Prince, but instead locked himself up."

"Now that the dust has settled, they don't need to run."

Changsun Wuji guessed, "What you said makes some sense, but have you thought about it? If they stay in the prison cells, their lives will be in Your Highness's hands."

"Life and death are both in Your Highness's hands."

"Would a normal person dare to gamble like that?"

"It's normal that they ran away."

Du Ruhui frowned slightly: "I still stand by my opinion. I don't think they need to run away. Putting aside the fact that the Crown Prince is dead, these former Crown Prince supporters can't run very far anyway."

"If they wanted to run away, they would have done so on the night of the third day of the Lunar New Year. Why go through all that trouble and lock themselves up in jail?"

Changsun Wuji thought about it and agreed.

Li Shimin rubbed his temples and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it, let's send someone to investigate first. We don't have much time to waste."

"Since we can't find them, let's leave it at that for now and deal with things in the palace first."

Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui remained silent. From Li Shimin's words, they could roughly tell that Li Shimin did not believe that the two men would run away.

Thus, the group, having accomplished nothing, decided to return to the palace.

However, on their way back to the palace, while passing a restaurant, the sharp-eyed Du Ruhui suddenly noticed two people wolfing down their food, one of whom... looked somewhat like Wei Zheng, the man they were looking for.

"Your Highness!" Du Ruhui was stunned and called out subconsciously.

"What's wrong?"

Too many things have happened in the past few days, and Li Shimin was in a bad mood because he couldn't find the person, so his tone wasn't very good.

Du Ruhui paid no attention and pointed to the two people in the restaurant: "Don't you think those are Wei Zheng and Chen Huai'an?"

"Um?"

Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji were both startled, and then looked in the direction Du Ruhui was pointing.

When Li Shimin saw the person's face clearly, he was shocked.

That's right!

He did not know Chen Huai'an.

But how could he possibly forget Wei Zheng's face?

It was this guy who kept instigating Li Jiancheng to kill him!

Although I don't know why these two are here, and why they're eating so terribly, like they're starving ghosts reincarnated.

But none of that matters anymore!

"Wei Zheng!"

"Chen Huai'an!"

Chen Huai'an and Wei Zheng, who were enjoying their meal, turned around when they heard someone calling their names.

A meaningful smile appeared on Li Shimin's lips, and he immediately shouted, "How dare you! You've been imprisoned, and you still dare to escape?"

"Where do you place the law?"

Where is the law?

Chen Huai'an: "...May I ask, Your Highness, what crime have I committed?"

"You escaped from the imperial prison without permission, and you still dare to say you are innocent?" Li Shimin walked over and stared at him coldly.

Chen Huai'an sniffed: "Your Highness, I ask you again, what crime have I committed to be imprisoned in the Imperial Prison?"

Li Shimin: "......."

Don't tell!

You really shouldn't believe it!

This question stumped him.

Chen Huai'an and Wei Zheng were both people who were not afraid of backing down and spoke their minds.

Seeing that Chen Huai'an had spoken up, Wei Zheng chimed in, "We are innocent, we just had an interest in spending a couple of days in the imperial prison."

"Who knew there wouldn't even be anything to eat in the prison, and there were only the two of us in the entire prison."

"We've done nothing wrong, and we were just hungry, what's wrong with going out for a meal?"

"Which national law? Which legal regulation have you violated?"

Changsun Wuji was stunned and asked, "So, the reason you escaped from the Heavenly Prison was simply because no one brought you food, and you were just starving?"

"What else?" Chen Huai'an said righteously, "You guys had a good time. You took everything from the prison, prisoners and officers alike, not one was spared. You packed them all up and took them away."

"They didn't even send two people to watch us!"

"We were both starving, and there was no one to help us. What's wrong with us going out to find something to eat?"

Wei Zheng: "Yes, what's wrong?"

The three of them: "..."

"..."

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