Chapter 110 one zero nine

Li Shimin ordered Li Shiji and others to retreat, and there were only father and son left in the room. Li Chengqian hurriedly rolled down from the kang and walked up to Li Shimin in a few steps: "Father, my son deserves death!" Li Shimin said coldly. Looking at him coldly, he said, "Hmph, you were really guilty of death, but someone saved your life!" As he spoke, he handed over a letter: "You can see for yourself." Li Chengqian reached out to take it. I passed the letter, and there were a few lines written crookedly on it: "Long live the axe (lord), the prince's shop (highness) does not want to be on the chicken (ji), it is Bai (bai) Guanbi (forced) him to be on the chicken (ji) )of."

This handwriting seemed familiar, Li Chengqian asked: "Is this written by Henglian?" Li Shimin said: "Aside from him, who else in the world can write such a letter full of inscriptions?" Only then did Li Chengqian understand that Henglian was indeed an undercover agent. It was sent by his father to his side.He held up the letter with trembling hands, his eyes were red: "Heng Lian! Why didn't you tell me earlier." Li Shimin asked him where Heng Lian was, and Li Chengqian said in a trembling voice: "I, I thought he was sent by the King of Wei or the King of Shu to watch me, so I killed him by mistake and threw his body into the dry well in the East Palace." " Li Shimin was a little surprised: "What, you killed him?" Li Chengqian said regretfully: "At that time I forced him with a sword and asked him who sent him, but he didn't say anything. If he knew his identity, How could I kill him?"

Li Shimin showed a trace of sadness on his face: "Oh, this Henglian is really a loyal and kind person! To be honest, I have sent him to you for three years, but he only gave me this The seal is still for you, if it weren't for this seal, I would have almost forgotten him! You actually killed him!" After speaking, Li Shimin slammed the door angrily and left. Li Chengqian slapped his hand hard on the edge of the kang, and cried heartbreakingly: "Heng Lian——Heng Lian, I'm sorry for you!" Unconsciously.Li Shiji heard the abnormality in the room, pushed open the door, came in, hugged Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, please stop!" Then, he told the soldiers behind him: "Keep an eye on Your Highness for the past two days, don't let me go!" Let him do stupid things again!"

The autumn wind was howling, and the persuasion watches were scattered everywhere on the ground, being blown to and fro by the wind that poured into the palace.Li Shimin sat on a few sides sadly, speechless.Changsun Wuji walked in, leaned over and reached out to pick up those persuasion watches from the ground one by one.Li Shimin shouted: "Don't pick them, they are the dirtiest things in the world!" Changsun Wuji stood up straight and said to Li Shimin: "It seems that Your Majesty hates these officials very much!" Li Shimin scolded angrily, "They are all scumbags, and they all want to show their hearts in front of me on weekdays." Let me see whether it is black or red at a glance, and when a rumor spreads, I can forget the words of loyalty I have said thousands of times, for fear that I will run too slowly and not be able to climb the upward ladder of the new king!" Having said that, Li Shimin jumped off the bed, angrily stomped on the several persuasion forms on the ground, and then roared angrily: "Changsun Wuji, please check for me immediately, who has written the persuasion forms, and who is it?" Instruct them to write, don't let a single one go!"

Changsun Wuji took a look at Li Shimin and said, "There's no need to check, there is only one official in office above the fourth rank in Chang'an who has not persuaded the East Palace to enter." Li Shimin asked in surprise: "How do you know?" Changsun Wuji pointed Outside the door: "They are all here, and they are kneeling in the wind outside the Tai Chi Hall, waiting to plead guilty to His Majesty!" Li Shimin asked who was the person who did not write the persuasion form, Changsun Wuji replied: "Fang Xuanling!" Li Shimin said angrily: "He? He has been in a coma for several days." Changsun Wuji said: "If he If you are awake, there may not even be a single loyal minister in Chang'an City, don't you think so?"

Li Shimin's face changed slightly, Changsun Wuji looked at Li Shimin's expression secretly, and then continued: "When I saw these things, I was also very angry. Then I thought, if I didn't follow Shengjia on the north tour, If you stay in the capital, I’m afraid you will write such an official seal!" Li Shimin was taken aback, his eyes widened, he thought for a while, then raised his legs and walked out. Wang De picked up the lamp, and Li Shimin walked quickly through the corridor in the palace to the front of the Taiji Hall, and Changsun Wuji followed closely behind.The steps in front of the hall were full of officials kneeling, and when they saw Li Shimin approaching, all of them looked terrified and wished they could bury their heads in the ground.

Li Shimin said lightly: "It's such a cold day, you don't go home, what are you doing here?" What is the crime?" Cen Wenwen, who was kneeling in the front row, replied with a look of panic on his face: "The minister was confused for a while, listened to rumors, persuaded the prince to come in, and did something rebellious and immoral. It is really a heinous crime." Li Shimin glanced at Baiguan and said: "You say, is what Cen Wenwen said right?" Baiguan looked at each other and didn't know how to answer.Seeing that no one said anything, Li Shimin said: "Cen Wenwen was wrong, and you were wrong too! You are not guilty, because—" Li Shimin took a piece of edict from the eunuch Wang De and shook it: "You are all It's doing what it's supposed to do!"

Cen Wenwen said with a puzzled face: "Your Majesty, you are alone in danger and have no news from Chang'an. I have not received your order for two months. How can you act according to the order?" Li Shimin glanced at Cen Wenwen. Then he held up the imperial edict and said loudly: "This imperial decree was made in the ninth year of Zhenguan! Canonize the eldest son of the emperor, Li Chengqian, as the crown prince. When you hear the news of my death and persuade the prince to succeed, this is not carrying out my order. Is it a will? Not only will I not punish you, but I will also say that you are all my loyal ministers!" Li Shimin's words fell, and all the officials in front of the palace were moved to tears.

Li Shimin winked at Wang De, a eunuch hugged a brazier, several eunuchs threw a thick stack of persuasion watches into it, Li Shimin took the torch from a guard, stretched it out, and a ball of flame rose rise.In the blazing flames, the faces of all the officials showed relief expressions. They looked at Li Shimin, full of infinite reverence for this emperor who was already very supportive from the bottom of their hearts. At night, Li Shiji walked through the camp of the Wuwei Army with his hands behind his back, followed by Hong En of the Chinese Army.Li Shimin imprisoned Li Chengqian and others in the left guard barracks, and Li Shiji had suffered enough. He didn't dare to be careless in the slightest. He went to patrol more than ten times a day, for fear of any mistakes.Hong En said with emotion: "Oh, Marshal, this job is really more tiring than fighting."