Chapter 91 ninety

At this time Li Ke shouted from behind: "Jianguo, hurry up and send troops to rescue the father, or there will be no rush!" Everyone echoed in unison, and the hall became a mess. His face fell.Cen Wenwen looked at Li Ke, the king of Shu who kept booing in the crowd, with a thoughtful expression. At this time, an official came in hurriedly and handed Li Chengqian two submissions. Li Chengqian's face changed drastically after reading them. The submissions were sent by Yuchi Jingde and Zhang Xuansu. Hu Kou joined forces on the periphery.Zhang Xuansu's report confirmed that Li Shimin was indeed in Mayi.

Li Tai asked from the side: "It must be an emergency document from the border again?" Li Chengqian nodded exhaustedly, and there was an uproar in the hall, and the atmosphere became more tense, and Li Chengqian showed an anxious look.Li Ke, who had been hiding behind Li Tai, suddenly walked to the front of the crowd, and said to Li Chengqian emotionally: "Brother, if you are so indecisive, you are not afraid that someone will say that you want to watch your father fall into the enemy's hands, so you can sit in the Tai Chi Hall as soon as possible." That chair!" The sound was like a thunderbolt, causing Li Chengqian to sit down slumped, with a painful expression on his face.Cen Wenwen was startled, pointed at Li Ke, and said angrily: "His Royal Highness, what time is it, how can you talk like that?" Li Ke held his neck and said impassionedly with a dignified look: "I am the third son of the Tang Dynasty. For the safety of my father and the country, I have to say what I have to say even if I lose my head!"

Cen Wenwen complained in his heart that he didn't know the general idea, and took a step forward, wanting to argue with him, but Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Master Cen, don't blame the third brother, he is also in a hurry!" Then, the dazed prince stood up, He said to Hou Junji: "Give the order to the Sixteenth Guards." Hou Junji replied yes, and was about to go out when an eunuch rushed over and shouted: "Your Highness, my mother is out of breath, let you Let's go in." Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Go and report to the queen mother that I have to save my father, nothing is more important than saving my father!" The eunuch became anxious, not caring about the many The courtier looked at it, and hurriedly added: "Your Highness, Mr. Fang has rushed back from Luoyang. Your Majesty, please go there no matter what!"

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he said, "Get up and go to Qiyun Palace!" Then he left the Hongwen Palace quickly, leaving all the civil and military personnel, Li Tai and other princes looking at each other there, Cen Wenwen Taking a peek at Li Ke, he found that his face was full of disappointment, and his heart tightened. Li Chengqian trotted all the way to Qiyun Palace. The queen was sitting on a chair exhaustedly, and Fang Xuanling, who was covered with dust, stood on the side with strength. Your Royal Highness." Li Chengqian helped Fang Xuanling up, and quickly handed over a map: "Master Fang, this is the deployment of troops to rescue Mayi, please see if there are any loopholes."

Fang Xuanling leaned down and looked carefully for a while, then raised his head and said to Li Chengqian: "I think this strategy may be appropriate to reconsider." Then Fang Xuanling expressed his thoughts. Li hadn't noticed the emperor's whereabouts yet, otherwise Jieli would have captured Mayi long ago, or would have made a big show of the emperor's siege to lure the Tang army to come to his rescue and gather to wipe him out. side action.Fang Xuanling guessed that the other party must have some reason unknown to outsiders. If he kept his face, with the emperor's great wisdom and courage, there might still be hope of breaking through. If the crown prince led the whole country's elite to rescue, the emperor's Xingzang is known to the world, and the day the army arrives is the time when the city of Mayi is broken.

Hearing Fang Xuanling's analysis, Li Chengqian was terrified. He raised his eyes from the map, looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "So, I almost killed my father?" Empress Changsun said coldly: " Not only did you almost harm the emperor, you almost harmed yourself. I heard that the king of Shu has been making noises today. How can he be so kind? If you lead an army to help and the emperor encounters an accident, they will say that you are trying to seize the throne The throne, deliberately exposed the whereabouts of the emperor, and made you responsible for it; if God blesses your father to come back safely, he may not accept this favor, and he may even suspect that you intend to put him to death, no matter what the result is, You can't even speak clearly with this mouth!" Li Chengqian took a breath: "So that's the case! Then I will issue an order to stop sending troops!"

Fang Xuanling said that would not work, if he really did not send troops, if the city of Mayi was destroyed, those people with ulterior motives in the court would jump out and accuse the supervisor of the state and watch the emperor suffer.Li Chengqian was so anxious that his head was sweating, he stomped his feet and said, "It's not wrong to send troops, and it's not right not to send troops, so what should I do?" Empress Changsun also said beside her: "Master Fang, you are a veteran of the Zhu Kingdom, please hurry up!" Come up with an idea!" Fang Xuanling's eyes fell on the map again, and he remained silent for a long time, with a heavy expression on his face.After a while, he returned the picture to Li Chengqian with both hands, walked slowly to the queen, knelt down on the ground, kowtowed, then stood up, and walked out the door without saying a word.

Li Chengqian shouted: "My lord!" Fang Xuanling said in a heavy tone: "I have no idea!" Empress Changsun was startled, and looked at him in a daze: "Could it be—is it really hopeless?" Fang Xuanling said : "If I were a doctor, facing such a patient, I would have to hold the medicine box and leave." Empress Changsun's eyes darkened, she stretched out a hand to her forehead, and almost fainted, Li Chengqian hurried forward Want to help the queen. Fang Xuanling looked back at the mother and son, sighed and said, "Why don't you try a folk prescription? ——If the secret order is going northward at Li Shidu in Suizhou, causing momentum to attack the hinterland of Beiti from the west, maybe If it can attract Xieli's main force to come back, maybe Ma Yi can breathe a sigh of relief. But this is just a prescription to do one's best and obey the fate. Everything depends on how hard the emperor's own life is, so don't get too big hope." After speaking, Fang Xuanling stepped out of the hall.

Empress Changsun said with emotion: "Gan'er, your father really knows people. This is not a folk prescription, it is a fairy medicine that can't be asked for." Li Chengqian asked in confusion: "Why is the mother so cruel? Say?" The Empress Changsun looked at her son, and responded: "In the future, you will understand—oh, don't look at the courtesans, at this time, only Fang Xuanling's brains can come up with a decent one. Come up with an idea!" Li Ke sat on the chair sullenly, while Quan Wanji stood aside and reported to him the latest developments of the situation: the crown prince had listened to Fang Xuanling's idea and had transferred the Sixteenth Guards back to the camp.Cen Wenwen ordered a strict investigation into who leaked the news. More than 20 eunuchs and guards in the palace were arrested. He personally interrogated two people and died under the stick.

Li Ke said bitterly: "Master Cen is really serious, if he insists on standing up at this time to drag Dongfang aside, and to investigate who leaked the news, doesn't he see that we are behind us? "