Chapter 116 Rescue
King Kang hurriedly shook his head at Li Ming, and then pretended to be relaxed: "Chen Tong has been slightly ill these two days and is currently recuperating at home. When he recovers from his illness, I will let him enter the palace. Moreover, the construction of the reservoir cannot be decided overnight, so it is nothing to postpone it for a few days. Chen Tong has been working hard for the Ministry of Works all year round, so it is also worth asking him to take a break occasionally."
Emperor Rende frowned slightly, and looked at King Kang and said unhappily: "Don't give me this trick. Your lying level is far worse than your two younger brothers. Let's talk, what happened to Chen Tong? Is he a little sick? If he has a little illness, he will not be able to recuperate at home. Is his illness very serious? With Li Ming here, what kind of thing can it be difficult to get him? Is it necessary for you to hide it like this?..." Speaking of this, Rende's face changed drastically and he asked hurriedly: "Did he die of illness? Tell me quickly!"
Li Ming hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, Lord Shen is definitely not seriously ill, I can guarantee this."
"Oh" Rende's face calmed down, and he slowly leaned against the head of the bed, and then asked in confusion: "What have you hidden from me if you are not seriously ill? Tell me, you definitely didn't tell the truth, don't worry about me. I feel very good now. Besides, what can surprise me more than his death?"
Li Ming hesitated for a moment, looked at King Kang hesitantly, hoping that he could answer. But at this moment, King Kang had already taken a step back, gave Li Ming to him, and said with a smile: "This... Li Ming knows more about this matter than me, so let him tell you in detail." After that, he took two steps back and threw Li Ming far away in front of Rende's bed.
Li Ming was so angry that he almost kicked him. Li Song didn't think he was careless on weekdays, but today he pretended to be Li Ming in. Originally, Li Ming wanted Li Song to make this matter lightly obscene. This not only avoided too strong stimulation to the emperor, but also allowed Li Qing and Li Jiao to have more time to integrate the military power they obtained, so that the division of power within the court became a fact, but he could also get out of the matter. Now if Li Song asked himself to say it, it would be difficult to grasp the plot, and he would definitely not be able to say the matter of saving people, although the emperor had it. It may be that Zhang Meng and Yuchi Xiong's guilt were pardoned, but in this way his strength would be exposed. In the future, he will no longer be a harmless doctor or a powerless loyal and brave marquis in the eyes of the emperor, but a powerful prince. In this way, the emperor will have to suspect himself, which is what he does not want to. In addition, he cannot say what he conspired with Shen Tong, otherwise he will also expose himself and cause trouble for Chen Tong in the future. Therefore, when these thoughts appeared in Li Ming's mind, his thoughts had already turned around for dozens of times. Finally, he briefly said:
"This is how it is. I admire Lord Shen's name for a long time, so I visited him a few days after I arrived in the imperial city. At that time, we all felt that we met too late, so we had a very speculative conversation. During the conversation, I learned that Lord Shen had been worried that the warning project that had been operating for nearly ten years would fail due to the aging of the organs, so he decided to conduct a thorough inspection and renovation of all the warning towers and command towers from the next day. However, on the third day, Chen received news that Prince Cheng detained him because he suspected that Lord Shen deliberately destroyed the organs on the warning tower. There is no news about him yet."
After hearing Li Ming's half-true words, Emperor Rende was so surprised that he almost jumped up. He blushed and shouted with excitement: "Li Jiao? This beast dares to detain Chen Tong? He is becoming more and more lawless. Apart from such a big thing, why don't you tell me earlier? With Li Jiao's habits, Chen Tong will definitely be worse than death when he falls into his hands. Yang Ping, quickly! Draw an order for me and ask Li Jiao to send someone to the palace to me! Humph, if Chen Tong is abused too much, I can't spare this evil beast."
Li Ming was startled and hurriedly stepped forward and supported Emperor Rende who was about to get out of bed with Eunuch Yang, and advised in a kind voice: "Don't calm down and please finish the conversation. Now, although Lord Shen is detained in Prince Cheng's mansion, King Cheng should know that the emperor favors Lord Shen, so he should not make things difficult for him. However, you, your body is definitely not allowed to be as excited as you. If you continue like this, I am afraid that all my efforts will be in vain. Say a few disrespectful words: If King Cheng is not specifically to deal with Lord Shen, he will never abuse him easily. Then the emperor will have nothing to see Lord Shen for a few days. On the other hand, if King Cheng is specifically to deal with Lord Shen, he is probably already out of his mind. Now you can order him to bring Lord Shen here, but you will see him at that time. Can you not be angry about the tragic image of Lord Shen? If you have something that is too long and too short, who will restrict you from becoming a king? Then can he continue to torture Lord Shen? So I think, you should calm down and slowly take care of your body. As long as you are healthy, no matter who you are, you will be honest in front of you. What's more, your health will directly affect the rise and fall and safety of our Tang Empire. I believe Lord Shen will understand all this. If he is asked to choose, he will not want you to do this. Emperor, I have said so much, but in fact there is only one purpose, that is, to conceal everyone except here knows your health and prevent you from intervening in the government too early. Only by maintaining your body well can you manage the Tang Dynasty well in the future. Can you understand my painstaking efforts?"
The emperor seemed to trust Li Ming quite a bit. After hearing Li Ming's bitter dissuasion, he slowly calmed down. However, the anxious expression on his face still did not completely disappear. Although he was already lying on the bed, he could no longer lie down as safely as before this incident.
Li Ming sighed in his heart, and couldn't help but feel a lot of favor for the emperor of the man in front of him. Although he was a noble person, he ignored his health and tried his best to rescue him when he learned that his minister was in danger. This alone was that Li Ming was determined to control his condition so that he could last for a few years.
"If you are really worried, I have an immature idea." In order to eliminate Rende's impatient mood, Li Ming had a sudden inspiration and came up with a plan to kill two birds with one stone.
"Tell me, if it works, you will solve my pain in my heart." Emperor Rende hurriedly sat up and said, "It doesn't matter now. If it weren't for your objection, I'd have someone carried me to court long ago. Tell me, as long as it's not a particularly absurd idea, as long as I can rescue Chen Tong smoothly, I will definitely agree."
Li Ming pretended to hesitate and said, "Since the emperor is worried that Lord Shen, but you are not convenient for you to come forward, then you can let Huangmensi come forward. Now the Imperial Guard is in the hands of Prince Kang, and the third prince knows this, so if the Imperial Guard comes forward, it will affect the relationship between the two princes. However, Huangmensi is currently independent and not controlled by any prince. If Huangmensi comes forward to rescue Lord Shen from Prince Cheng's mansion, I believe King Cheng is helpless. After the emperor is in good health and can go to court to govern normally, isn't this a way?"
"Okay! I really agree with your idea." Emperor Rende agreed without even thinking about it: "Since you don't let me come forward, then this method is the best. Yang Ping, I ordered you to lead three thousand yellow gate guards to the Chengwang Mansion to rob Chen Tong for me. If anyone resists, I will kill me on the spot. If Li Jiao blocks him, tie him to the stone lion in front of the Chengwang Mansion so that he can be sober. You should take this matter first and explain it to him clearly after I go to court."
Eunuch Yang quickly walked to the front of the man and knelt down, screaming: "I received the order. The emperor does not need to worry so much. As long as the emperor is satisfied, what does it matter if it makes King Cheng misunderstand the old slave? Please wait, and the old slave will bring Lord Shen here immediately." After saying that, he stood up quickly and disappeared in front of everyone after a few steps.
Emperor Rende was in a little better at this moment. Seeing Li Ming's surprised look, he explained with a smile: "You don't know yet. Eunuch Yang is my inner palace guard general, one of the three Huangmen supervisors. According to my Tang Dynasty laws, he should be a third-rank official. He entered the palace when he was young and was appointed as the disciple of Eunuch Wang, the then general guard general. He has been serving me until now and is one of the people I trust most. In the future, you will be close to him when you have time."
Li Ming hurriedly bowed to the teachings, then he stepped forward and helped Rende lie down, opening a picture of calming his mind and calming his mind and letting Xiaohuangmen go to fry as soon as possible.
At this time, King Kang dared to lean forward, looked at Li Ming with a wry smile, sat before the collapse and talked to the emperor about the government affairs these days, in order to divert Rende's attention.
As expected, Eunuch Wang was doing things with decisiveness. In less than three hours, he brought a large group of inner palace guards to the bedroom, carrying the dying Chen Tong.
Although he was mentally prepared, the emperor still angrily smashed the medicine bowl at his hand, and with the dissuasion of Li Ming and others, he dismissed the intention to take Li Jiao off. Because Chen Tong was too seriously injured, the emperor didn't want to ask anything at that time, so he just asked the Huangmen to carry him to the Huxin Pavilion where Li Ming lived so that Li Ming could treat him nearby.
After driving away the little yellow gate, Li Ming asked Lin Long to guard the outer room. He walked to Chen Tong's bed by himself. Looking at the dying and haggard old man, tears filled his eyes.
Li Ming's heart is full of guilt now. If it weren't for the purpose of protecting himself, Chen Tong would not have been the tragic phenomenon. All this is for him. How could he afford this favor? Thinking of this, he could no longer bear it, and tears in his eyes could not help but fall.
Chen Tong raised his hand with difficulty and gently patted the back of Li Ming's hand that was placed on the bed. A strong smile appeared on the corner of his bruised mouth, and said hoarsely: "It's great that I can see you again... are they... going out?"
Li Ming nodded heavily and choked, "Don't worry, they all went out safely and did not lose a single person. This is all your credit. You are well recuperating now. After your injury is healed, I will take you to Biquan Island and gather with them. After they learned about your deeds, they were very moved and asked to take you over to express their gratitude. Now, you have left Li Jiao's devilish control, have a good rest, and I will get you back to normal as soon as possible."
Chen Tong nodded with a smile. The physical and mental torture she could no longer bear it. After relaxing her whole body and mind, she fell asleep in a daze.
Until dark, Li Ming used three buckets of boiling water to clean the wound on Chen Tong's body. He had a strong psychological endurance at this moment and was anxious and hated. It was not until the last wound on Chen Tong's body that he sat heavily on the ground in front of the bed, letting Lin Long wipe the sweat from his forehead with heartache.
After a long time, Li Ming stood up and walked alone to the corridor outside the room. Looking at the quiet lake water in front of him, his heart tides fluctuated. Lin Long walked gently behind him, grabbed his hand in his hand, and comforted softly: "Brother, you don't have to be too sad. After all, people have been rescued now. As long as you are well recuperated, I believe he will get better soon. Also, aren't you by his side? With you, the emperor's chosen medicine, what else can you worry about?"
Li Ming smiled miserably and said, "This thing would not happen this time is all because of my lack of experience. If I contacted King Kang in advance, Lord Wang would not have to take such risk to destroy the warning device, then he would not have to suffer this kind of suffering. In fact, this incident is also a warning to me. As a leader, his every move and a small decision can affect a person's life. This is the truth that will last forever, but I I didn't understand it well, so my actions were full of loopholes. If I hadn't been particularly lucky this time, and when King Kang was helping him unintentionally, I'm afraid this big gang would have been buried in my clumsy plan. So, if I had the chance, I had to reflect on myself, because I found that I have been a little stubborn and could not listen to other people's advice recently. If this continues, I don't know how many people are following me." After saying that, my expression was a little sad.
Lin Long hurriedly advised: "Brother, don't blame yourself too much. You didn't know the world before, so you don't know much about the ugliness and conspiracies in this world. It's already amazing to have such achievements in less than a year. Don't so many people who have been in conspiracy for decades still make mistakes? Dad often says that after making mistakes, you can correct yourself against the mistakes you made. This is a real wise man. Brother, I think you are such a person. Don't be too pessimistic. I have absolutely confidence in you."
Li Ming sighed, then gritted his teeth and said, "This Li Jiao is really inhumane. Lord Shen is so old that he can still do it! Humph, I, Li Ming, swear here that when Li Jiao falls into my hands, I will kill him with my own hands to relieve Lord Shen's hatred and avenge him."
Lin Long burst out laughing and said, "It's really rare for brother to look like this, but I hope you remember your vow today and don't be able to do it at that time."
Li Ming was stunned and then smiled self-deprecatingly. Perhaps what Lin Long said really makes sense. Although he wanted to peel off Li Jiao's skin now, if Li Jiao put it in front of him and let him slaughter, he might really not be able to take action.
The next day, when Li Ming took Chen Tong the medicine he had decocted, Lin Long also came back from outside to investigate the news. The Lin family spies in the Linjiazhuang, nearest Xiangshan City, had quietly contacted her based on Linlong's secret notes. It turned out that Gao Wei found the Lin family business in a city passing along the way. After showing Lin Long's mark, he asked them to inform Linjiazhuang of the situation of Zheng Yu and the Imperial City business with Feige. After Lin Lingfeng received the news, he immediately sent a letter to Xiangshan City, asking them to send people to the Imperial City to assist Lin Long immediately. He himself tried to arrive within seven days to remove the time for the message transmission. It turned out that Lin Lingfeng should be able to arrive here in four or five days.
After hearing this rare good news, Li Ming's bad mood was dispelled a lot. The most important thing in front of him was to deal with the second prince. If you act one day later, it would be possible for the second prince to find a trick to deal with him. Although killing him may cause an imbalance in the current situation, after weighing the pros and cons, Li Ming still decided to take action.
Since the main force of this operation is coming, Li Ming has to hurry up and do his preliminary work. The map in his hand has been completed, and Lin Long can draw it for two more days, but considering the urgency of time and the meticulousness of the plan, Li Ming decided to go to Lin Long immediately to investigate and complete the unfinished parts, and also personally see how the current atmosphere of the imperial city is.
So, after lunch, Li Ming arranged Chen Tong and went to the emperor's bedroom to report Chen Tong's injuries. After reassuring the emperor, he used the excuse to go out to find special medicinal herbs, and was sent out by the yellow gate to the palace by the yellow gate.
Looking back at the palace where he had lived in it for more than half a month, Li Ming pulled the jacket on his body and quickly flashed into the alley next to him with Lin Long. Here, Lin Long specially bought a house as a place to change clothes after leaving the palace. Now, Li Ming will make a comeback here and complete the last job of the detection.
When they flashed into the alley, Li Ming and Lin Long took a few steps, a group of people suddenly flashed out of the fork in front of them. These people were all majestic and extraordinary. Li Ming was about to dodge aside, but suddenly found that the second prince Li Qing was among the group, and Li Qing's eyes at this moment had already projected on Li Ming's face.
Chapter completed!