Chapter 29 The Moment of Vengeance
A few days passed in the blink of an eye. The Dali Temple investigated the rioters and traitors and the Yanhua Building was sealed. Many high-ranking officials and nobles were staggered and imprisoned. After a simple interrogation, the rioters and traitors ended with a decisive death in the autumn. As soon as the notice of the imperial list was released, some people were worried and some were worried.
In the Eastern Palace, Li Chengqian lay on his back irritably, and the pampered man Yuan Xiu looked at Li Chengqian with a resentful expression. At this time, a group of colorful palace maids surrounded him. Regarding Li Chengqian's strange temper when he was a man and a woman, Yuan Xiu could only stand up and dare not complain, for fear of losing favor or something.
"Absurd, do it..." With a loud bang, Li Chengqian swept away the teacup on the table with anger, which scared the palace maids surrounding him. They all knelt on their knees and trembled slightly. They didn't know what Li Chengqian suddenly got angry? They didn't know what they did wrong, which angered Li Chengqian.
Of course, Li Chengqian was angry not because of the palace maids behind him, but because of the seal of Yanhualou. He angered Li Wanjun's bad things, and also angered Qin Shou's den, but what if he was angry? The loss could not be recovered. From beginning to end, Li Chengqian didn't know what was angry, but he felt very angry and couldn't vent that kind of thing.
Fortunately, Li Wanjun Xiaoxing escaped. If she caught him, Li Chengqian could not imagine what the consequences would be. As for those irrelevant cats and dogs, Li Chengqian had no intention of worrying at all. Now Li Chengqian was afraid that he would know what Qin Shou had learned? How many secrets did he know?
"Your Highness, Hou Junji and Du He have something to ask for a meeting!" When Li Chengqian was sulking, the eunuch came from outside the palace gate. Li Chengqian, who was in an upset, wanted to see no one. But Hou Junji and Du He were his confidants. If they didn't see each other, it would hurt their hearts. Li Chengqian had to suppress his unhappiness and asked Hou Junji and Du He to come in.
"You should retreat, Yuan Xiu, so are you!" Li Chengqian waved his hand to retreat when Hou Junji and Du He came in. Yuan Xiu responded unwillingly and refused to leave when he heard this. He felt more or less disgusted. Li Chengqian said that. He did not regard him as his confidant at all.
"No need to be polite, Hou Junji, what's going on at the court meeting? What's going on with the guy named Qin?" Li Chengqian stopped Hou Junji and Du He from ceremonializing. Thinking of Qin Shou's affairs, Li Chengqian felt a headache. Qin Shou was not an easy person to deal with. His cunning and urgent wisdom made Li Chengqian dare not underestimate him.
There is no way for Qin Shou and Li Chengqian. This guy doesn't eat it. He is more arrogant than himself when he is hard, and he is disdainful when he is soft. Now he has whatever he wants, and Li Chengqian doesn't know what he has to attract Qin Shou. In Li Chengqian's eyes, Qin Shou is like a huge hedgehog, which hurts a lot!
Under Li Chengqian's gaze, Hou Junji bowed and told the situation of the morning court truthfully: "Report to His Highness the Crown Prince, there was no movement at the court meeting, and it was still as trivial as ever. However, Lord Qin, the Minister of Works, has been ill for several consecutive days and has not been to court. The emperor also said this..."
"How many days do you feel sick?" Li Chengqian heard Hou Junji's words and looked puzzled. What's the matter? How could Qin Shou get sick all of a sudden? There was something strange about this, and Li Chengqian felt uneasy at the first time. As the saying goes, the precursor of the storm is calm, and the matter is too sudden and weird!
No wonder Li Chengqian had such an idea. According to his understanding of Qin Shou's personality, this guy is purely a gentleman who took revenge not late on the day. A typical person who stepped on him ten times his reward was tied up. According to Qin Shou's previous personality, he might have started to pursue and revenge. Why did he become so calm?
Du He, with Li Chengqian's confusion expression, instigated gossip and said, "Report to the Princess, it is reported that the eldest princess's condition has not improved. She suddenly fell ill a few days ago. When Du heard that the guy named Qin entered the palace late at night, he seemed to have a big argument with the emperor. Finally, he ordered someone to be blamed for fifty knots. As for the back, Du didn't know!"
"Since this is the case?" Recently, Li Chengqian was obsessed with the life of celebrating the palace. Even if the assistant minister arranged by Boss Li to persuade him, he would still do whatever he wanted. He would not know too much about the outside news. Relying on his mother's life, Boss Li could only open his eyes and close his eyes and pretend that he had not seen it.
Hou Junji nodded and added Du He's words: "Your Highness, there is indeed this incident, but the guy named Qin is a bit weird. The soldiers and generals he brought back from Ryukyu suddenly disappeared overnight, the night he had angered with the emperor, but the emperor said something the next day to drive him back, what was there..."
Hou Junji did not continue to say the following words, and there was no need to continue. Li Chengqian had a frown expression. Hou Junji knew that Li Chengqian must have noticed something, but Hou Junji was not familiar with Qin Shou and went to inquire about the news rashly, which would inevitably cause misunderstandings and verbal topics.
Chang'an seems to be calm now, but in fact it is full of internal struggles of imperial power without gunpowder. The most obvious one is King Li Tai of Wei. This guy relies on Empress Changsun's critically ill day and moved back to the palace again. With his frequent actions, Empress Changsun was happy and Boss Li was relieved, which made the wind and cranes dance in the palace now.
Since ancient times, there have been countless struggles in the royal family. Even Boss Li hates this kind of brotherly killing, but he himself cannot stop it. He himself is a person who has been killed by brotherly killing. Imperial power is such an attractive title of empirical supremacy. Many princes in the palace have been watching for a long time, just like tigers and water beasts that cannot be stopped.
"Du He, have you ever had an intersection with Qin before? What was your initial evaluation of him?" Li Chengqian suddenly raised his head and looked at Du He on the side. Li Chengqian had more or less heard of Qin Shou's interactions with Du He before, and Du He did not hide or look forward to him. Li Chengqian really wanted to see Du He's opinion.
At first, Li Chengqian knew Qin Shou very well, but after years and years, Li Chengqian became increasingly unable to see through Qin Shou, and even couldn't figure out his inner thoughts. Every time Qin Shou did something unexpected, he even broke the rules and did not play cards according to the condom, and often did something incredible.
Qin Shou is too terrible and useful. Li Chengqian believes that as long as Qin Shou surrenders to him, his candidate for the throne is 100% iron-clad. With his current interpersonal relationships and power, it is not an exaggeration for him to respond, but Qin Shou remains neutral and does not participate in the battle against imperial power, which is really annoying.
King Li Tai of Wei looked nothing on the surface, but in fact, he frequently tried to win over people and attracted some people who had no toothache. It looked a bit boring to outsiders, but it was not the case in Li Chengqian's eyes. King Li Tai of Wei was attracted by people who had something to do with Qin Shou. Even if it was the Qin Mansion, King Li Tai of Wei also went to great lengths to win over, and his heart was suspicious!
"This..." Du He really asked Li Chengqian. To be honest, he did not have a deep relationship with Qin Shou, but he had met several times. After his father Du Ruhui died, he never had any contact again. Du He could become the prince's follower today and inherit his father's title. Otherwise, he would be nothing.
"Come here, prepare for the siege! This prince is going to visit the Qin Mansion compound in person!" Li Chengqian, who could not guess the situation, chose to attack first to find out the truth. Qin Shou was too cunning, so cunning that Li Chengqian was so panicked that Du He couldn't answer Li Chengqian and did not deliberately make things difficult for him. Li Chengqian knew everything about his whereabouts and deeds.
At the gate of the palace, a guard stopped the prince Li Chengqian from leaving the palace. No matter how angry Li Chengqian was, the guards never gave in. At the end, they even threw out a sentence of orders. The prince had questions to find Boss Li, which made Li Chengqian crazy. If it weren't for Hou Junji's persuasion, he might have caused trouble.
In Ganlu Hall, Li Lao Dalong's desk was filled with several thick layers of memorials, and he reviewed each memorial calmly. The eunuch Xue Gao yawned quietly, and who knew the pain of the emperor? Li Lao Da had not been asleep for a night and had read the memorials for a night with his lamp. As the emperor's emperor's official messenger, Xue Gao naturally couldn't help but sacrifice his life to accompany the king.
"Emperor, His Highness the Crown Prince wants to leave the palace, but he stops the guards and leaves angrily..." After reading a memorial from the local government, Chief Mao walked in from outside and immediately bowed to report what happened at the palace gate. As the head of the palace guards, Chief Mao naturally had to report the matter of the crown prince's departure to Chief Mao to know.
"Hmph~" Boss Li slapped the table and showed murderous aura. Facing Boss Li's sudden murderous aura, Commander Mao couldn't help but tremble slightly. What a strong and strong murderous aura! Commander Mao didn't know why Boss Li was like this, and he didn't know who his murderous aura was targeting? The prince or?
"Conscience is the most fair judge for everyone. You can deceive others, but you can never deceive your own conscience... Alas~ What did I do wrong?" Boss Li remembered what Qin Shou once said, and suddenly felt that Qin Shou's words were particularly reasonable. The seemingly simple words were full of the most rational words in life.
The reason why people make mistakes is that they cannot extricate themselves from pursuing the wrong things. Now Li Chengqian is like the meaning of this sentence. His pursuit is completely out of his own trajectory. This is something that Boss Li cannot tolerate. If it weren't for the fact that the matter was clear, Boss Li might have really gone wild and destroyed his relatives for justice.
Joining forces with the traitors to harm the traitors he had built, this is something that Boss Li cannot tolerate, even if his own eldest son is no exception. When Li Chengqian colluded with the traitors, Qin Shou took the risk and submitted a direct report. At first, Boss Li did not believe it. Thunder Ting was furious and scolded Qin Shou. If Qin Shou had not been justified and evidence, Boss Li would even be sent to the prison for his slander.
Commander Mao didn't know who Boss Li said to himself, what Boss Li said, or who he implied. These were not the things that Commander Mao was concerned about. He was just an errand runner, responsible for reporting the truthful reports of what happened in the palace. As for other things, admiration and help, the royal family was not that he could talk too much.
"Send someone to spread the word that Li Jing quickly enters the palace. I have something to discuss with him!" Boss Li's hand clenched into fists was trembling slightly. I don't know if it was angry or what happened. Commander Mao let go and bowed to leave. He didn't dare to think about whether there would be any dangerous things happen if he was still waiting.
"Chengqian, Chengqian, what do you want me to do?" After Boss Li waited for Commander Mao to leave, he was gloomy and difficult to make a decision. He thought about what Boss Li was bald and leaned against the dragon throne, holding his swelling forehead with one hand. He thought in his heart that Qin Shou's words before leaving Chang'an were uncomfortable. I really hope that Qin Shou's words were wrong.
Qin Shou left, and on the night of the Yanhualou incident, he took his Ryukyu elite soldiers away and went to find medicine for Li Lizhi. If it weren't for Boss Li's nod, Qin Shou wouldn't have been so easy to dispatch troops and generals to go there. As for where Qin Shou went to find medicine, Boss Li didn't know. He didn't have the mood to ask. He silently supported Qin Shou's choice.
Boss Li wanted to not support him. Li Lizhi learned that Qin Shou had almost had an accident and sent troops to rescue him. She was worried that he would not be able to bear the stimulation and then fell ill again. If the maid who was serving the mansion had not discovered it earlier and sent it to Jimin Hospital under the jurisdiction of the Medicine King in time, Li Lizhi would have died long ago.
"Oh~" Boss Li sighed again, this time the sigh was full of fatigue and boredom. Boss Li didn't know why this was the case. Over the years of his career in the throne made Boss Li feel tired. Thinking of the evil fate he had made, Boss Li raised his head and looked up at the roof of the Ganlu Palace, and his heart was difficult to calm down for a long time.
Heading to the remote road in Lingnan, thousands of elite soldiers with strange armed forces rushed to the road, and the fast horses rolled up sand and dust. When the woodcutter saw the horse, he immediately avoided his side. With a confused expression on his face, he saw thousands of people with strange armed forces passing by quickly. These people looked like soldiers but not soldiers, which was really puzzling and puzzled.
"Brother, I've been traveling so far overnight. How about stopping to rest for a while?" Li Debei drove away his dizzy forehead with a tired look on his face. He contacted the fast horses for a few days to rush on the road. The horses who were traveling for the merchandise had already begun to bubble up until they foamed at the mouth. If it weren't for the forces of the Qin family's cooperation along the way, they wouldn't have been able to catch up so far.
Li Debao pondered for a moment while Li Debei spoke for a while and thought of the next stop shop to give a distance. He stopped and marched quickly, shouted and ordered: "Wow~~ rest on the spot for half an hour! The investigation team is responsible for monitoring the surrounding situation, and the rest are resting..."
As soon as Li Dezhao finished his words, thousands of fast horses stood and stopped at the same time. The sound of dismounting and the sound of busyness in their positions sounded at the same time. The furnace building, the investigation of the investigation, and the division of labor began to rest on the spot in an orderly manner to make food, fill the rest time of the hungry belly that had been hungry for a long time.
Li Debei picked off the kettle from the horse, took a few big sips in one go, took a breath, looked around the surrounding landform and said, "Brother, it's at least two hours away from the next shop. With our speed, I believe that within a few days, I will definitely reach the Lingnan boundary!"
Now they are in a deserted mountain and wilderness. They have no idea where they run. They only know the general point that Qin Shou and Yuan Shenpu have already set off in a steam car. The tireless mechanical car is much faster than the horses and does not need to rest. They just follow the official road along the way.
"Well, just work harder and do not ruin Qin's affairs, alas~" Li Dezhang gently softened his forehead a little tiredly. This was the first time they sent troops to fight in the Tang Dynasty. Their father and the emperor were watching, and they had to fight a beautiful battle and be proud.
"Brother, in the pre-Qin period, there was such a magical thing..." Li Debei nodded in response to Li Dezhang's words. Li Dezhang still knew these most basic knowledge. When he thought of something, Li Dezhang asked curiously. Before he finished speaking, he immediately reached out to Li Dezhang to stop his words.
"Debei, have you forgotten the training standards? Hurry up and check the brothers' equipment to make sure that each person's equipment is not lost or lost!" Li Dezhong frowned and reminded Li Debei unhappily to avoid him from talking too much to leak any news. After all, that matter is too mysterious, so as not to leak the news and attract greed.
"Ah? OK, OK, look, look at my memory!" Li Debei suddenly patted her forehead with a sudden realization, lowered her head with a guilty expression, Li Debao smiled speechlessly, and patted Li Debei's arm with one hand. When Li Debei raised her head, she nodded and signaled that she might as well take the order.
After Li Debei went to execute the order, Li Dezhang immediately took out a hand-painted sheepskin map. On the dilapidated sheepskin map, it outlined the general area of Lingnan and Yangyuan Mountain. This is their ultimate goal and the place where the troops mobilized this time to annihilate the Poison King and his men who were hiding in Yangyuan Mountain.
This time, not only did they annihilate the Poison King, but they also had an additional task, which was to assist in annihilation of the rioters outside the Tang Dynasty. They were considered as sentinels for the striker, and of course they were also considered suicide squads, because Qin Shou gave them a task to kill all the rioters when their father Li Jing led his troops to come.
"Oh~ It's really a headache! Poison King, Poison King, I am waiting for the laborers to come to find you. Is it your luck or your misfortune?" Li Dezhang held his knotted chin with one hand and muttered to himself. He had been feeding on half-baked meat for a long time, and with hard training, Li Dezhang was like a mature middle-aged man in his thirties at this moment.
The reason why Li Dezhang is so confident is entirely because he trusts the reel muskets worn on his waist. This kind of semi-mechanical reel musket is difficult to defend against even martial arts masters. The muskets of thousands of people and the intensive shooting of the Poison King are hard to escape no matter how powerful they are, let alone the secret mobile artillery.
Li Dezhang put away the sheepskin map, walked towards the center of the elite soldiers sitting on the ground, and said loudly: "Brothers, I will reiterate that after arriving at the destination, all water and food are ready. Do not eat food and water other than your own. Do you know what our main task is?"
Chapter completed!