Chapter 39 Thirty-ninth round of Xuanwu Sect compatriots being handed over by Emperor Tang by the edge of the sea pool

On the night of the third day of June, the heat in the city has not yet dissipated, and the sky is already full of stars. There is no cloud in the clear night sky, and it looks very transparent. You can see the stars twinkling, as if they are constantly blinking and moving. s eyes.Under the radiance of the stars, the narrow crescent moon shines brightly, and sprinkles its cool light on the city and the fields outside the city, making people feel the coolness that is gradually floating. It was a very peaceful night. Many people went to the banks of the Qujiang River in the evening, or went out of the city to cool off under the city wall.The sound of frogs on both sides of the Qujiang River and in the fields outside the city, together with the melodious sound of cicadas on the trees, constitute a dynamic night scene.As the night deepened, the dew spread unknowingly, and people began to enter their houses to rest. The half-grown boys who were not heat-resistant clamored to spread wooden boards in the yard and sleep outside.

At the moment of the child, Liu Zhenghui's outer house. Liu Zhenghui was promoted as the chairman because he was the oldest.He and several generals of the Northern Army met their opponents in chess. Amidst the laughter, they drank very happily.Liu Zhenghui smiled, turned his head and said: "Qu Shangshu, the wine you brought today tastes really good. What's rare is that these young generals are also very knowledgeable. They drink a lot and don't play tricks, which is very suitable for my taste. Haha, thanks to my preparations, if I hadn't selected these drinkers in the mansion in advance, I'm afraid I would have been forced down by them long ago."

Qu Tu said: "I'm not good at drinking, so I did this helpless thing. Fortunately, you are very close to each other. I am a bystander and I am also happy to watch." A general of the Northern Army respectfully said: "I have heard of the reputation of Xingyang's 'Cell Spring' for a long time. I have been envious of Qu Shangshu and Liu Shangshu's kindness. I can get close to the two adults and taste this wine again. I am really grateful .” Qu Tutong laughed loudly, and said: "Brother Liu, you see how decent their words are, so you can drink a few more. Boys, the old man brought several jars of wine today, you can drink as much as you want. However, there is one I want to explain the matter, if you can't get rid of Liu Shangshu and his drinking companions, be careful that I will kick your ass when I turn around. Well, brother Liu is getting old, and he was a hero in the emperor's rebellion, so you can't be too good face, but his subordinates, if they cannot be put down, they will wipe my face."

As soon as Qu Tutong said this, the audience burst into applause.The generals of the Northern Army were gearing up and vowed, "Don't worry, Qu Shangshu, if you don't fulfill your lord's wishes, tomorrow we will be thrown into the Kunming Lake to feed the bastards, and we will have no complaints." Qu Tu smiled and said to Liu Zhenghui: "Brother Liu, you have to take it easy. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment can hardly get together. Let them be opponents today, and we will decide who is the best in terms of drinking capacity." Liu Zhenghui also laughed: "Qu Shangshu, if you want to talk about marching and fighting, the Ministry of War is in charge. If you talk about drinking, I'm afraid you will be willing to bow down."

Qu Tutong smiled and said nothing, when he came, he asked to send five jars of mud-sealed Xingyang "Tujiachun", and he just drank one jar, if he drank all the rest of the wine, he would have to toss at least until tomorrow's Chenshi . "Tujiachun" wine has a mellow taste and a strong aftertaste. If all the wine enters their stomachs, they will be drunk like mud. Liu Zhenghui looked at the excitement in front of him, and suddenly sighed: "Oh, it's a pity that it's a pity that it's not a blessing to open a mountain. He is also a good drinker. We used to get together to drink together when we were in Taiyuan. It would be great if he was alive now." "Yin Kaishan died of a sudden illness in the fifth year of Wude, and he was best friends with Liu Zhenghui during his lifetime.

Qu Tutong didn't answer his words, he really didn't want to mention that Yin Kaishan spoiled the excitement of tonight's banquet, he reached out and patted Liu Zhenghui on the shoulder, and said: "Brother Liu, look, why is that wine-bearded hand pointing at you again?" Come? Come, come, drink, drink." He said, holding the wine cup for Liu Zhenghui. Liu Zhenghui stared at him, and saw that the wine mustache was pointing steadily at him, and he couldn't help but wondered: "Well, how come so fast?" He took the wine cup and drank it down, inadvertently throwing the topic of Yin Kaishan aside.

At the moment of the child, in Tiance Mansion. After Li Shimin returned home, he didn't care about tea and dinner, and sat on a chair blankly, meditating.At this time Changsun Wuji walked in and said softly: "Erlang, everything is done." Li Shimin nodded and asked, "Any news from Yaojin and Shubao?" Changsun Wuji replied: "Yes. Qin Shubao, Cheng Yao Jin and Duan Zhixuan each brought 2,000 people, and they have assembled together. Qin Shubao sent a letter saying that in order to facilitate the reception, they moved the team twenty miles west." Li Shimin pondered for a while, and then said: "It's better that Shubao is more thoughtful. Alas, it's a pity that Shunde, Hongji and Shi Danai are far away from the capital. If they are here, I will feel more confident." Li Shimin fought in this battle On the eve of the eve, his heart was suddenly up and down, and a nameless irritability surged up, which made it difficult for him to control himself.

Changsun Wuji didn't understand what was on his mind, and continued to say: "The eight hundred kings are scattered among the streets at this time. After the time passed, they quietly sneaked into the Xuanwu Gate as ordered. After a while, Xuanling and the others should also arrive." Li Shimin didn't say a word, his eyes stared straight at the darkness outside the door, he didn't know what he was thinking.The elder Sun Jiamin walked up to him with a bowl of wontons, and said softly, "Erlang, you haven't stained your teeth with rice since noon. Come, eat this bowl of wontons while it's hot. There's something important to do later. If you want to do it, you will have no strength on an empty stomach."

Li Shimin raised his eyes to look at the peaceful face of the elder Sun Jiamin, the peace and composure revealed on it made him return to the tranquility of the past.He smiled gratefully at her, reached out to take the bowl and chopsticks, and then swallowed it down. Although the food was not sweet, after all, it was a lot of ironing. Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Yuchi Jingde, Hou Junji entered the hall one after another, Li Shimin was full, but his mind was still hard to settle.Seeing that everyone was sitting still, he stood up and said: "Everything is basically stable now, everyone wait here for a while, let me do a divination first, so we can know the good and bad in the future." After that, he turned to Li An and said, " Go, call that fortune teller."

When Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui heard that Li Shimin had invited a divination master to do tortoise divination, they couldn't help looking at each other.At this moment, Li Shimin still needs to use tortoise divination to calm his mind, which shows that he is not very at ease. The fortune teller quickly followed Li An into the hall, followed by two boys, one holding the incense burner in his hand, and the other hugging the wooden support on which a huge tortoise was tied.The divination master first put incense in the censer and lit it, muttered something in his mouth, and then motioned everyone to bow down with him.When the incense burned halfway, the fortune teller untied the string that bound the tortoise, and took the red incense stick to burn the tortoise's limbs.

Both the Sui and Tang dynasties emphasized divination, and the Taidi Department was set up in Taichang Temple to take charge of this function.There are four main methods of divination: Gui, Zhao, Yi, and Shi, among which tortoise divination is the most commonly used method.The method of tortoise divination is very particular. It is necessary to distinguish the type and color of the tortoise, and to burn according to the seasons, such as burning the rear right foot in spring, the front left foot in summer, the front right foot in autumn, and the rear left foot in winter.In this way, according to the different shapes of the tortoise, the fortune teller can judge the good or bad luck. After the fortune teller burned the tortoise, he frowned and began to observe carefully to determine good or bad.At this moment, Zhang Gongjin finally entered the hall. Seeing Li Shimin divination with a tortoise, he was excited. He strode up to the fortune teller, grabbed the tortoise and threw it on the ground.Li Shimin's face was full of anger, and he reprimanded: "This king is doing great things, could it be that you are crazy?" Zhang Gongjin looked excited, and said boldly: "The last general is not crazy, this move is actually to stop His Highness from doing such stupid things." Li Shimin said in a deep voice, "Are you confused or am I?" "Your Highness, the reason why people want to do divination is to resolve doubts. Now that the action is imminent, there is no doubt, and there is no time for hesitation, why bother to do divination again? If the tortoise is not ominous now, is it a big deal? Do you want to give up halfway?" After hearing this, everyone secretly applauded, and Li Shimin was also jolted up suddenly, feeling much clearer.Du Ruhui looked at Zhang Gongjin with satisfaction, thinking that he was usually respectful and polite in the mansion, and did not make much publicity, but at this critical moment, he dared to stand up and remonstrate directly, with considerable courage, so he got a new understanding of him.Du Ruhui stood up and comforted Li Shimin, saying: "Your Highness, what Gongjin said is reasonable. The planning this time is very detailed, and I will definitely hit it with one blow. I hope Your Highness will not doubt it." Li Shimin had a sense of worrying about gains and losses because of too much thinking before.Zhang Gongjin's rude behavior was like a slap in the face, which immediately restored his former self-confidence.He changed his face and smiled, stepped forward to hold Zhang Gongjin's hand, and said, "Gongjin, I think too much." Turning around, he told Li Andao, "Just use Gongjin's words and stop doing tortoise divination. You Lead the divination master down and settle him properly." Li An led the divination master out of the hall. In order to prevent the incident from leaking, the divination master could not leave the mansion before the incident happened. Li Shimin returned to the bright and decisive style of the past. He asked everyone one by one, and fulfilled his duties. Finally, he stared straight at Yuchi Jingde and said, "Jingde, what is the reason for this incident?" Your job is the most important, that day I asked you to find a few capable people to help you, has this matter been implemented?" "It's done. They're waiting outside the hall." "Several people?" "They are Liu Shili, Gongsun Wuda, Dugu Yanfang, Du Junchuo, Zheng Rentai, Li Mengchang, and Wu Guang, seven people in total." These seven people selected by Yuchi Jingde are all brave men in Tiance Mansion. Li Shimin nodded, and said: "Liu Shili stays with Gongjin most of the time, this time Gongjin is guarding the Xuanwu Gate, and his burden is not light, so Liu Shili can be assigned to accompany Gongjin. Jingde, go and call them all in." " Yuchi Jingde led the seven people to enter in a file, and everyone in the hall also stood up and stood side by side in front of Li Shimin. The candles in the hall were not too bright, and the dark red light shone on their faces, revealing the dignified expressions of everyone.Li Shimin's eyes were piercing, he slowly slid across everyone's faces, and then said in a deep voice: "Whether the big event will be successful or not depends on it. After a while, Xuanling and Ruhui will stay in the mansion, and the rest will arrive at their respective positions according to plan. I don't want to say more now, but I just want to tell everyone: Everyone should perform their own responsibilities, and do it quietly." Everyone agreed softly. Changsun Jiamin led Jing'er over. The eldest Sun Jiamin held a large wine jug, and Jing'er carried a large tray full of cups. The eldest grandson Jiamin walked up to Li Shimin and said softly: "Erlang, you are about to go, let me toast you a glass of wine." Li Shimin was slightly surprised, he didn't know there was such a ceremony in advance. The elder Sun Jiamin raised the jug and filled the cups on the plate with wine, and Jing'er walked around to toast the wine to everyone. The eldest grandson Jiamin first walked up to Gao Shilian, greeted eldest grandson Wuji and said, "Brother, let's serve uncle to drink this first glass of wine first. Uncle, you have done your best for us." Gao Shilian drank it all in one gulp. The eldest grandson Jiamin took another glass of wine and stood in front of Li Shimin, facing the crowd and said: "This glass of wine is for the little girl to respect you on behalf of her husband. The little girl has an idea. Starting tomorrow, I want to become sisters with your wives. Please come back and pay my respects to all the ladies. Come, please drink this cup." Everyone thought, if this can be done, then today's princess will be the queen who will be the mother of the world in the future. It would be a great honor for his wife to become a sister with the queen.They were excited and drank wine in a panic to express their thanks. The elder Sun Jiamin turned around, offered a glass of wine to Li Shimin with both hands, and said in a low voice: "Erlang, I didn't tell you these words beforehand, is it my fault? Come on, I'll drink this glass of wine with you. After midnight, it's cool outside after all. , you can warm up your body first." Li Shimin didn't expect that the eldest grandson Jiamin would do such a thing. He was excited and said softly, "Sister Min, how can I blame you? After I leave, I may not return until the afternoon of tomorrow. You are at home, don't worry about it." Too much." The two stared at each other and drank the wine. At this moment, the hall was extremely silent, as if a needle could be heard when it fell. Li Shimin watched the elder Sun Jiamin and Jing'er walk into the back hall, then turned his head and said, "It's time, let's go separately." At the third quarter of the next day, inside the Xuanwu Gate. Chang He inspected the tower of Xuanwu Gate, then stepped down the steps, and said to Jing Junhong and Lu Shiheng standing in front of him in military uniform: "The time is coming." Jing Junhong is currently General Yunhui of the Northern Army, and Lu Shiheng is currently General Lang of the Northern Army. Both of them are Chang He's brothers.As usual, they don't need to be on duty tonight, because they knew that King Qin was going to enter the Xuanwu Gate at night, so they waited here with Chang He to meet him. Jing Junhong looked up at the crescent moon in the sky, which was emitting a dim light above his head. Based on this, he roughly judged the current time, nodded and said: "It's okay, the corner gates are all concealed. To prevent noise, I let them They put oil on the hinges so they can get in with confidence." While speaking, several shadowy shadows walked through the doorway.Chang He went forward to meet him, and saw that the leader was Hou Junji.It turned out that Li Shimin ordered Hou Junji to connect with Chang He first, and instructed the kings to ambush in an orderly manner to the pre-designated location. Ugly at four o'clock, Yongzhou Prison. Gao Shilian led the 20 strong Wang Bao assigned to him by Li Shimin, escorted several carts full of weapons and food, and went straight to Yongzhou Prison.The cell boss had received his order in advance, so he didn't dare to sleep, and was waiting for him helplessly. Gao Shilian asked the head of the cell after entering the room, "Are all the prisoners here?" "They are all there. They have been waiting in the front room of the prison, listening to Mr. Gao's orders." The cell boss replied respectfully. "Okay, let them put the wine and meat in the car on the lobby first, then unlock it, and lead all the prisoners inside to the lobby. I have something to say." The head of the cell panicked to make arrangements.Soon, after the lock was unlocked, there were noisy voices and footsteps.After half an hour, the prison chief came over and asked Gao Shilian to go to the lobby, and said, "Lord Gao, everything is done." When Gao Shilian entered the hall, he saw that the hall was crowded with people, the prisoners were in the middle, and the guards stood around to maintain order.The prisoners didn't know what they were going to do when they were woken up in the middle of the night, and they stared blankly.Some people obviously noticed the wine and meat on the table, smelled the aroma of wine and meat, and couldn't help drooling. The cell boss shouted loudly: "Stop arguing, Mr. Gao has something to say." Gao Shilian stood on a high stool, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "You are all prisoners who have committed crimes. According to the law, you should be sentenced to severe punishment. Now there is a great good thing waiting for you. If it can be done, Tomorrow, the crimes you committed will be pardoned, and you can go home. Let me ask you: Are you willing to take your crimes and make meritorious deeds? Or continue to stay in prison?" There was a humming below.The prisoners whispered there. The cell boss roared again: "Why are you arguing? You elect a few bosses, and you should answer Mr. Gao's words carefully." A few naughty people who were usually in prison were elected, they walked up to Gao Shilian, and replied cautiously: "If you answer Mr. Gao's words, the villains are naturally willing to go home. It's just that what they are going to do is dangerous? " The cell boss reprimanded: "You bastard, is there any room for bargaining when you talk to an adult?" Gao Shilian waved his hand, and then said: "Let me explain to you, there are people who rebelled in the capital tonight, and you are now given weapons to defend the imperial city. It is dangerous to say this, but if you don't make meritorious deeds, don't you think so easily?" Can you pardon the crimes you have committed? Everyone, think about it carefully, let me go if you want to do it, and stay in jail here if you don’t want to do it.” The prisoners buzzed for a while again. In the end, more than 300 prisoners were willing to go out to make meritorious deeds, and no one was willing to stay. Gao Shilian said with satisfaction: "In this case, there is wine and meat here, you can have a full meal, and then go to get your own weapons and listen to my orders." The prisoners were already salivating, and as soon as Gao Shilian finished speaking, they rushed forward to grab the wine and meat. Four quarters of ugly time, west of Tongguan. Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin, and Duan Zhixuan led 6,000 people to sneak along the mountains, for fear of alarming the government along the way. When they arrived at the originally planned campsite, several people got together to discuss it again, and felt that they should be closer to the capital. Best, so that King Qin can be met in time.So without stopping, continue westward. At the fourth quarter of Yin time, inside the Xuanwu Gate. The eight hundred kings of Tiance Mansion entered the Xuanwu Gate one after another, and it took nearly two hours in total.In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, they don't wear armor, they all wear plain clothes and straw sandals, or sneak in three or five people together.Zhang Gongjin and Liu Shili led 300 people to stay at Xuanwu Gate, preparing to fight against the enemy who came to help with Chang He; Li Shimin and Yuchi Jingde led 200 people to ambush in front of the Linhu Hall, including Gongsun Wuda, Dugu Yanfang and Du Jun Chuo, Zheng Rentai, Li Mengchang, and Wu Guang surrounded the two of them; Hou Junji led the remaining 300 people to seal off all the main roads in the palace and Xuanwumen. Li Shimin had scouted the terrain around Linhu Hall in advance, and there was an open space in front of the hall, and there were not many places to hide.Li Shimin led a hundred people to quietly open the back door of Linhu Hall, and swarmed behind the wooden door. They could observe the movement outside through the wooden lattice.Yuchi Jingde led the others to ambush in the opposite Shenlong Pavilion. After Li Shimin entered the hall, he ordered everyone to lie down along the back wall and let them wait quietly. The Linhu Hall was specially built for enjoying the scenery and banquets during Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. There are long carved windows around it. People sitting in the hall can have a panoramic view of the water surface in front and the beautiful scenery of the pavilions behind. Li Shimin's arrangement at Xuanwu Gate was specially to ambush Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.After dawn, these two people must pass through here when they enter the palace to meet Li Yuan.It was about an hour before dawn, Li Shimin first stood behind the door for a while, then sat down on the spot, looking at the starry sky outside through the fence above the door. The crescent moon seemed to appear brighter as it approached dawn.The soft light shone on the palace's terraces, water surfaces and corridors, as if covered with a hazy veil.This layer of veil seems to wrap the noise of the day, revealing a seductive silence.At this time in the capital, except for the watchman on duty and the forbidden soldiers of the guards, everyone else was immersed in a deep dream.Li Shimin looked at Yueya'er, all kinds of thoughts came to him, and he couldn't control himself, just like the state of insomnia. At the second quarter of Maoshi, the Xiande Hall of the East Palace. Li Yuanji didn't sleep well at night, he was in a trance and didn't know if he was asleep or not. Meng Jiling opened his eyes and could no longer fall asleep.Yang Ju next to him was soundly asleep.He felt that it was almost time, so he got up and dressed, washed up a bit, then went out, and when he arrived at the East Palace, the time was just around the corner. Li Jiancheng was reading the memorial by lighting a lamp in the Hall of Xiande. In the past two years, Li Jiancheng had developed the habit of getting up early to read the memorial, for which he was praised many times by Li Yuan.Seeing Li Yuanji rushing over, he asked inexplicably: "Fourth brother, hello, Yan sleeps late, why did he wake up so early today? The emperor said that he would summon us today after dawn." Li Yuanji shook his head and said, "It's weird, I can't sleep at night anyway, so I just want to come to you for some food, and then go to the palace together to meet the emperor." Li Jiancheng pushed away the memorial in front of him, frowned and said, "It's just in time for you to come, I know Why did Emperor Father summon us?" Li Yuanji shook his head. "Zhang Jieyu sent someone to send a letter saying that Erlang went to meet the father in secret at night, and said that Erlang cried for a while there, and the father seemed very angry. From this, it can be seen that the father let us enter the palace. It's related to this matter, and today is not the day to go to court, don't Erlang play tricks?" Li Yuanji said disdainfully: "What kind of tricks can he play? No matter how big the matter is, won't all the fumes disappear with the emperor? Why don't we just endure these few days and act according to the plan in the future." "There is another piece of news. Our people around the Tiance Mansion reported that Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui entered the Tiance Mansion last night." Li Yuanji also frowned, he couldn't let go of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui's entry into the Tiance Mansion, and said solemnly: "Brother, at that time, the father strictly prohibited Fang and Du from entering the Tiance Mansion. It's not small, we have to be careful. If I say, let's postpone our entry into the palace today, and wait until we find out what Erlang said to the emperor, then we will make a decision to walk." Li Jiancheng stood up and paced slowly in the hall. After walking like this for several times, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Fourth brother, you are a bit of a soldier now. Erlang asked Father to tell him that he had no choice but to let Father Help him out. If we don't enter the palace now, the emperor will definitely blame us. Wouldn't it be self-defeating? Let's have some food in a while, and we can enter the palace when the sky is light. We can't let Erlang take the opportunity. Let's go , there is only the road outside the palace from Xuande Gate to Xuanwu Gate along the way, what can happen? Xuanwu Gate is often guarded there, and if there is any abnormality in the palace, he will definitely notify us." Li Yuanji nodded and said: "It's also the same reason. There are only five hundred people in Erlang's mansion, and there are nearly two thousand people in our mansion. It is difficult for him to resist." "That's right, we can enter the palace with peace of mind. For the sake of safety, we can let the soldiers of our two mansions put on their uniforms, and let Xue Wanche accompany him to the Xuanwu Gate, so that he can keep in touch with Chang He. If there is any change, we will immediately lead the troops to help .” "Okay, let's just say it like this. When we meet Emperor Father, no matter what tricks Erlang is playing, we will argue based on reason. Brother, if there is any difficulty in arguing, you can't fight against Emperor Father. Just wait for two days , Even if there is a big event, don't fight for it at this moment." Li Jiancheng called Xue Wanche and asked him to make arrangements according to plan. At three quarters of the Mao hour, inside the Xuanwu Gate. When Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji arrived at Xuanwu Gate, they saw Chang He waiting there.Chang He was full of smiles, humble and polite, Li Jianben wanted to ask Chang He a few more questions, but seeing this scene, he felt that there must be nothing unusual in the palace, so he stopped asking. The two rode into the Xuanwu Gate, walking forward with the sound of hooves.Originally, according to the palace rules, no one was allowed to enter on horseback, but not long ago Li Yuan issued a special decree, in order to facilitate Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji to walk in the palace, the three of them were allowed to sit on foot or ride horses.The three of them were young and impatient with the slow pace, so they all chose to ride horses. At this time, the sky is already twilight, the stars in the sky have not yet disappeared, and the crescent moon is still hanging above the head, but because the east has already revealed the color of a fish belly.Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji walked slowly in their bridles. Looking from a distance, the two riders were standing against the backdrop of the surrounding pavilions, moving in silence, hazy, like a wonderful picture in a dream. They gradually arrived in front of the Linhu Hall. Li Yuanji was still sharp-eyed, and suddenly noticed a figure flickering in the Shenlong Pavilion on his left.He immediately tightened the reins of the horse, and the horse's front hooves were suspended in the air. Without waiting for the horse to stand still, he said anxiously: "Brother, look, there are people over there." Li Jiancheng took a closer look, and saw that there were many people there, obviously a lot of people.At this time, his first thought was: Chang He betrayed himself.This is Chang He's jurisdiction, there shouldn't be people at dawn, and now there are people ambushing here, they must have bad intentions, they can come in, if there is no Chang He, it will be absolutely difficult to enter.In a flash of thought, Li Jiancheng stopped his mount, turned the horse's head, turned back, and shouted: "Fourth brother, let's rush out of Xuanwu Gate." Before Li Jiancheng finished his sentence, he heard a loud noise from behind. It turned out that the doors and windows of Shenlong Pavilion and Linhu Palace collapsed, and a group of people rushed out of it.Li Shimin on the right rushed to the front. I saw him open his big bow, put on a big feather arrow, look at Li Jiancheng's back, and release the first arrow with a "swish".The arrow feather was like a shooting star, and it went straight to the back of Li Jiancheng's head. Just as he took another step forward, the arrow feather pierced Li Jiancheng's throat with a "plop", and he fell off the horse with a "plop" without making a sound. Li Yuanji drew out his sword and pushed aside the flying arrow feathers. He saw Li Shimin's figure and Li Jiancheng's arrow fell from his horse. He understood that this was a carefully planned action by Li Shimin.With a thought, he felt that if he walked to Xuanwu Gate, there would be Chang He guarding there, and Chang He was already unreliable.He suddenly remembered that the only one who can save him now is his father.So he turned the horse's head and snatched into a forest corridor on the left, intending to run to the Hall of Liangyi from now on, to ask his father for help. When Yuchi Jingde saw that Li Shimin had shot and killed Li Jiancheng, he opened his mouth in shock.Before they came, their strategy only said to capture the crown prince and King Qi, but did not mention beheading on the spot. Unexpectedly, Li Shimin set an example when he came up.Seeing Li Yuanji fleeing to the side road, he jumped over the railing in a flash, and dashed diagonally to intercept him. At four o'clock, in front of Xuanwu Gate. Xue Wanche led the two brothers Feng Yi and Feng Li to stand in front of Xuanwu Gate.They are responsible for contacting Chang He and keeping abreast of the movement in the palace. Not long after Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji entered the palace gate, they first walked out of the gate, took down the lantern hanging on the top of the gate, and then returned to the gate.At this time, there was only a "squeak", and the two thick red doors slammed shut. Xue Wanche's eyes widened, not understanding why Chang He did this.At this time, the sky is already bright, and as a rule, except for the middle door, the other side doors must be opened for sweeping purposes.Now Chang He suddenly closes the door, what kind of mystery is he going to make? Xue Wanche remembered what the prince had earnestly warned him before he left, and couldn't help feeling anxious.He took a few steps forward and rushed to the door, slammed the door with the handle of his knife until the red paint on the door fell off, and shouted: "Chang He, Chang He." However, there was no sound inside the door. Xue Wanche raised his loud voice and shouted: "Chang He, what the hell are you doing? Open the door quickly." Chang He still ignored him. Xue Wanche turned his head to Feng Yi and Feng Li and said: "No, there are changes in the palace. Chang He is definitely unreliable, you stay here to guard, and I will call the soldiers from the East Palace and the Qi Mansion. The Crown Prince and the King of Qi are in the palace. Its situation is difficult to understand, so we had no choice but to rush into the palace to rescue." The two replied in unison: "Let's do it like this, General Xue will hurry back." At this time, the soldiers of the East Palace were led by Xue Wanjun, and the soldiers of the Qi Mansion were led by Qu Ga and Xie Shufang, and they were all ordered to wait in front of the gate.Xue Wanche rushed over like a galloping horse, and shouted: "There is a change in the palace, you all hurry to gather in front of the Xuanwu Gate. Wan Jun, lift up those purlins." Soon, the sound of footsteps and hoofbeats broke the silence before dawn.Not long after, more than two thousand people gathered in front of Xuanwu Gate.Xue Wanche commanded the crowd to raise the purlins and hit the middle door. Chang He, Zhang Gongjin, and Liu Shili on the tower saw Xue Wanche coming fiercely, and ordered the soldiers to light torches and throw them down, trying to stop them from hitting the door with a fire array.Seeing that the fire attack was ineffective, they commanded the soldiers to draw their bows and shoot arrows, throwing down the ashes.Seeing this, Feng Li gave an order, and densely packed arrow feathers were shot down below.In this way, the people on the top of the tower can rely on the cover of the battlements, but after all, there are many people below the city, and the two sides seem to have a tie, a bit of a stalemate. At four o'clock, in front of Fanglin gate. Gao Shilian led five hundred jailers and prisoners, and they were gradually approaching Fanglin Gate.At this time, there was a faint sound of fighting from the Xuanwu Gate, Gao Shilian turned his head and said to the jailer: "Restrain this group of people to wait in front of Fanglin Gate first, and wait for me to get in touch with An Yuanshou from Jiayou Gate Then, decide to stop walking." At the moment of the hour, the forest garden in the palace. Li Yuanji steered his horse into the forest corridor, where the branches were drooping and the flowers and trees were lush. After walking for a while, the horse was stabbed with blood, and slowly slowed down.Seeing the approaching pursuers, Li Yuanji felt very anxious, so he abandoned his horse and ran desperately. At the moment of time, in front of Liangyi Hall. Li Yuan was furious last night, so he rested in Liangyi Hall.Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda entered the palace together, and when they came to Liangyi Hall, they saw Pei Ji waiting there. Pei Ji was at a loss, not knowing why Li Yuan had summoned him urgently, and said to the two of them: "The emperor will come out immediately, and has sent an order for us to wait here. My lords, what is the emperor's urgent matter?" Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda shook their heads again and again, and said: "We also have doubts in our hearts. Mr. Pei spends the most time with the emperor. If you don't know, we don't know why." At this time, only the middle door of the Liangyi Hall squeaked, and an eunuch shouted inside: "The emperor is driving." Soon, several eunuchs and court ladies walked out of the middle gate surrounded by a group of eunuchs and maids. Door.Li Yuan on board was tired and gloomy, and said to the three of them: "Let's go boating in Haichi first, and follow me." A group of people turned westward, and then turned north again. Everyone was speechless all the way, and walked slowly towards Haichi. At the second quarter of the hour, the forest garden in the palace. Li Yuanji ran wildly, suddenly he saw a person who looked like a black iron tower standing in front of him, he took a closer look and recognized that it was Yuchi Jingde.Li Yuanji crossed the sword in his hand, and said: "General Yuchi, I have no enmity with you in the past, and I have no grudges in the present, why stop me? Please let me go, and there will be retribution." At this time, the sky was already bright, the eastern sun peeked out, sprinkled the bright morning glow on the earth, reflected Yuchi Jingde's whole body brightly, as if bathed in light.Holding double whips in his hand, Yuchi Jingde approached Li Yuanji slowly, and said as he walked, "If you don't kill you today, you will bring endless disasters to the King of Qin. The torment of being 'cloaked in hemp' is also thanks to you. Cut the nonsense, come, copy the guy." Li Yuanji saw that the pursuers were approaching and there was no way out, knowing that he was facing life and death, so he gritted his teeth, thrust his sword straight into the palace, and shouted loudly: "Black thief Yuchi, I will fight you to the death. " The two of them fought endlessly there with sword and double whip, in terms of bravery, Li Yuanji was inferior to Yuchi Jingde after all, now he was frightened and frightened, he was running wildly just now, his strength was much weaker.After several moves, Li Yuanji's foot suddenly went limp, and he fell to the ground with a "poof".Seeing this, Yuchi Jingde raised his double whips with all his strength, and hit the double whips straight down with the momentum of Mount Tai.Hearing a muffled sound, Li Yuanji let out a miserable cry, and lay down on the ground, his shoulders were ripped apart, and blood gushed out continuously. Yuchi Jingde knocked away the single sword in Li Yuanji's hand, stretched out his foot to step on his chest, fixed another whip on his neck, Li Yuanji's body bounced several times, he exhaled more air, and inhaled less , Seeing that he couldn't survive. Yuchi Jingde heard the din of people at the Xuanwu Gate, and also heard the sound of knocking on the door. He pondered for a moment, pulled out his sword and chopped off Li Yuanji's head. He held his head in his hand, and then quickly headed towards the Linhu Hall. run there. Li Shimin was standing in front of the gate of Linhu Hall, seeing Yuchi Jingde galloping over, he said loudly: "Jingde, Xuanwu Gate is in danger, you can quickly go for reinforcements." Yuchi Jingde responded, seeing Li Jiancheng's horse standing beside him, he grabbed it and flew on him.When he arrived at the place where Li Jiancheng's body was lying, he flew off his horse again, cut off Li Jiancheng's head with a sword, and mounted his horse again. In this way, he held the reins of the horse tightly with one hand, and held the heads of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji with the other, and quickly rushed towards the Xuanwu Gate. run. At the second quarter of the hour, in front of Xuanwu Gate. Under the violent impact of the Xuanwu Gate, the first gate finally fell down with a "bang". Xue Wanche continued his efforts and directed everyone to hit the second gate. Seeing this, Zhang Gongjin on the gate tower hurriedly said to Chang He: "The situation is critical, and we must take the initiative to attack. Chang He, you are here to observe the dispatch and try to block the follow-up people with bows and crossbows. I will take people down and charge for a while." Zhang Gongjin led Liu Shili, Jing Junhong, and Lu Shiheng down the gate tower, commanding the soldiers to open the middle gate and attack outward. Zhang Gongjin is brave and powerful, his arms are especially strong, he can wield two maces, he is the most powerful among the chaotic army.Now he rushed to the forefront, first roared, his tongue burst into thunder, and then he swung his two sticks to kill, only heard the muffled sound, and the blood splashed where the stick fell.The people who hit the door uttered a cry, dropped the wood that hit the door, and scrambled back. Seeing this, Xue Wanche was furious, and cursed: "How many people dare to act fiercely? Qu Xi, Shu Fang, come and kill me." Zhang Gongjin led the crowd to rush out, and lined up in front of the gate, unanimously stretching their bows and arrows to repel the soldiers of the Eastern Palace.Xue Wanche came to kill Zhang Gongjin with a knife.Behind them, Feng Yi, Feng Li, Qu Xi, and Xie Shufang led their troops to surround them and began to fight. Zhang Gongjin and the others were in the minority, although they tried their best to stop them, they were outnumbered by the enemy, so they had to retreat slowly.At this moment, Feng Li beheaded Jing Junhong, and Feng Yi stabbed Lu Shiheng to death.Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Gongjin tried his best to resist Xue Wanche's attack with his two sticks, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, retreat to the door, retreat to the door." Zhang Gongjin and Liu Shili retreated to the door covered in blood, and wanted to close the second door again, but Xue Wanche had already led people to follow them in, and could not close the door.Zhang Gongjin fought and retreated, and gradually walked out of the door.At this time, someone shouted from behind: "General Zhang, don't love to fight, get out and retreat here." Zhang Gongjin looked back in his busy schedule, and saw Chang He standing there leading hundreds of crossbowmen.Zhang Gongjin understood what Chang He meant, so he accelerated his speed and retreated sharply. Chang He saw that no one on his side was entangled with the enemy, he waved his hand and shouted: "Shoot the arrow." Immediately, arrows rained down, shooting down the people in the front row.Xue Wanche waved his big knife to push aside the shaft of the arrow, and shouted loudly: "Get out, get out." At the second quarter of the hour, in front of Jiayou's gate. The sound of fighting and knocking at the Xuanwu Gate alarmed the guards of other gates, and they sent people to find out what happened, and gradually they gathered in front of Jiayou's gate to chatter. "What's going on? People from the East Palace and the Qi Mansion are so bold that they dare to attack the Xuanwu Gate!" "Yeah, Xue Wanche is working hard there." “我们怎么办？现在北军的几个头儿都不露面，我们应该如何应之呢？” 来此探听消息的人皆是各门的宿卫将领，其中一人问安元寿道：“元寿，你与玄武门离得最近，你想怎么办呢？” 安元寿神色自若，说道：“事发仓促，难辨其明。当此混沌之时，若没有上面的符令，还是把好自己的门为上策。这样最为稳妥，不管将来发生任何变故，都追究不了我们的责任。各位兄弟，你们以为呢？” 众人想了想，觉得安元寿说得很有道理，遂各归其门，加强戒备。 辰时三刻，玄武门前。 薛万彻见门洞狭小，内里之人用强弓硬弩封住了自己的前进道路，任你有通天的本领也难进一步。他将眉头一皱，对众人道：“玄武门坚固，硬攻难入，我们先退出去，再想别的法儿。我想，张公谨既然来到这里，则天策府内定然空虚。我们不如分兵一部去攻天策府，若能一股脑儿拿下秦王家人，秦王定会投鼠忌器，不会对太子和齐王太无礼。” 众人然诺，准备留下五百人继续在这里攻打，其余人马杀向天策府。其时天策府内人马尽出，仅留下众女眷和房玄龄、杜如晦等人，若薛万彻领兵来攻，定然能轻松擒拿他们。 说话间，就听玄武门城楼上有人在那里大叫：“喂，薛万彻，你仔细看看，我手中提的是谁的脑袋？”这声音粗壮洪亮，薛万彻听出这是尉迟敬德的声音。 薛万彻抬头一看，就见那里用绳索悬着两颗人头。众人上前细细观看，虽然人头已血肉模糊，还能认出是李建成和李元吉的脑袋。薛万彻、冯立、冯翊等人看罢，顿时惊呆在地。 尉迟敬德探出身来，大声吼道：“薛万彻、冯立、冯翊，你们好好听清了：李建成和李元吉谋反，秦王奉皇上之命，已令我等立斩此二贼。你们速速放下兵器，返回驻地，可免一死；若执迷不悟，依旧在这里鼓噪不已，此二贼就是你们的榜样。” 下面的近二千人顿时变得鸦雀无声，停顿有片刻时间，一些人抛下手中兵器，慢慢走出囤外。 薛万彻、冯立、冯翊心如死灰，他们相视良久，不发一言。过了好一阵子，薛万彻见众人已经散去大半，遂叹道：“唉，事情若失了先机，即招致一败涂地。二位兄弟，我们走吧。” 三人简单地商量了几句，然后飞身上马，身边仅带数十骑，亡命终南山中。 辰时四刻，海池之畔。 李渊到了海池之畔下了肩舆，对裴寂等人说道：“知道朕今日为何召见你们吗？” “臣不知。”三人拱手齐声道。 “唉，这件事情真是难办。”李渊叹了一口气，接着说道，“朕一直想让他们三兄弟各安其位，不忍责之太深。可是他们愈闹愈烈，再听之任之就难以控制了。他们三兄弟等一会儿过来，定然各说各理，就请你们三位爱卿辨析明白，供朕裁之。总而言之，今后不能再拖泥带水，将他们或贬或扬，有一个彻底的处置之道，以去掉朕心头上的这块心事。”说完，他将昨天晚上李世民进宫告状的事情说了一遍。 裴寂马上着急起来，顿时涨红了脸辩道：“陛下，这定是秦王的妄说之词。若说太子和齐王淫乱后宫，纯粹是无事生非。尹、张二妃帮助陛下立国，这些年又深居宫中，等闲难见太子和齐王之面，何来淫乱？” 萧瑀不悦道：“裴监，陛下让我们来，是想让我们以公正的立场来辨析这件事情。你出此语，已经摆明了是偏向太子一边，就失了公允。我问你，若尹、张二妃不交结宫外，何来那么多的钱财？” 裴寂马上反唇相讥：“萧公常替秦王说话，也是众人皆知的事实，你为何不能多一些公允呢？” 李渊见他们又当面吵了起来，怒道：“吵什么吵！他们兄弟还没有过来，你们先吵起来，又如何来判断他们兄弟的好坏呢？”说话间，李渊忽然耸起耳朵静静听了一会儿，然后问道，“你们听听，玄武门那里为何如此喧闹？” 裴寂三人仔细一听，果然听到玄武门那里传来喧闹声。 李渊喃喃道：“别是他们兄弟在那里碰面，就闹将起来。嗯，速速派人去看一看。” 过了一会儿，前去打探消息的太监返了回来，禀报道：“皇上，前面有兵封锁，不许任何人过去。” 李渊骂道：“笨蛋，连这种小事情都办不来，要你有何用处？太监不能在宫中行走，简直是天大的笑话。谁人敢到宫中来伏兵？他定是不想活了。” 太监如鸡啄米一样叩头，连声道：“小人无能，小人无能。” 李渊实在是冤枉了这位太监，他正要再派人前去打探的时候，就见海池北首出现了一溜人，疾步向这边跑来。他们到了近前，为首之人挥槊一指，数百名甲士有秩序地散开，将李渊他们包围起来。 为首之人身披重甲，手持长槊，缓步走到李渊面前。他到了李渊面前略微一拜，然后挺直身子说道：“末将尉迟敬德奉秦王教令，特来拜见皇上，并行守卫之职。” 李渊大惊，问道：“刚才玄武门那里为何喧哗？莫非有人作乱吗？你来见朕意欲何为？” 裴寂斥道：“大胆！尉迟敬德，你见了皇上为何不跪，莫非想造反吗？” “敬德不敢。秦王让末将禀报皇上，今日太子和齐王作乱，欲谋害皇上，秦王已经举兵平叛，并将此二人诛杀。因恐怕有人来惊动圣驾，特遣末将来此守卫。” 李渊听说李建成和李元吉已经被诛杀，仿佛听到晴天霹雳，张大了嘴惊呆在那里。他又见周围那些甲士虎视眈眈，方才明白事情的来龙去脉。他泪飞如雨，颓然坐地，用手捶地说道：“冤孽，冤孽，事情果然做出来了。二郎，你对自己的亲兄弟手段也这样狠吗？” 裴寂凑近李渊的耳边说道：“陛下，今日之乱元凶为秦王。现今之计，须马上调动天下兵马，让他们火速入京勤王，方能消弭此祸。” 李渊明白眼前的处境，叹道：“裴监，你真是糊涂之人。二郎兵围于此，你以为我们还能从容出入吗？”他想起以往许多宫中之变的结局，心里不免惴惴不安，目视尉迟敬德道：“二郎现在什么地方？你让他来见朕。” “陛下，秦王正在那边忙于劝说东宫和齐王府中之兵，无暇过来。秦王说道，请陛下速降手诏、兵符，使诸军皆受秦王处分，以应付眼前的危急局面。” 李渊哼了一声，怒道：“朕若不降手诏，不交兵符，你难道敢来弑君吗？” “末将不敢。秦王仅说让皇上降诏，实在没有说其他言语。” 听说李世民不让尉迟敬德来杀自己，李渊放下了心，转头问萧瑀和陈叔达道：“朕现在方寸大乱，你们说，此事应该如何处置？” 这二人此时也是万分震惊，想不到李世民在不动声色之间，竟然做出了这样惊天动地的大事情。二人震惊之余，又对李建成和李元吉生出了一些怜悯之情。然李世民毕竟取得了决定性的胜利，这是任谁也阻挡不了的事情。想到这里，二人遂劝说李渊道：“陛下，建成和元吉无功于天下，却又嫉妒秦王功高望重，迭施奸谋，正该讨之。现在秦王功盖宇宙，率土归心，为陛下的元良之后，陛下委之以国务，则是大唐之福。” 裴寂冷冷地嘲讽道：“你们二人攀龙附凤，现在是不是有点太快了？” 尉迟敬德听到裴寂还在那里冷言冷语，心中大怒，大吼道：“裴寂老儿，你为二位奸王的帮凶，这账还没有算呢！别惹得黑子火起，也一把拧下你的脑袋来。” 裴寂顿时不敢再吭声了，好汉不吃眼前亏，李世民既然敢杀了李建成和李元吉，再杀他这个糟老头儿，自然也不在话下。 尉迟敬德又逼李渊道：“事情紧急，请陛下速降手诏。宇文先生已经候在这里，可为陛下拟旨。” 宇文士及果然端着笔墨及御宝候在一侧，李渊心道：二郎果然处心积虑已久，连这等小事，事先都筹划得很清楚。 李渊在尉迟敬德的连连催促下，接连写了两道手诏。一道令宇文士及出上门宣敕，令诸军皆受秦王处分，并将所有兵符交给了李世民；另一道手诏由黄门侍郎裴矩入东宫和齐王府，由其晓谕诸将卒，令其罢散。 如此，李渊的权柄彻底地交给了李世民。 办完这些事情，李渊长出了一口气，对尉迟敬德说道：“朕到现在还没有进早膳，你可去告诉二郎，朕要入殿歇息进膳，行吗？” 尉迟敬德到了此时方才抛去长槊，跪伏在李渊面前说道：“陛下，末将立刻派人禀报秦王。然末将奉秦王教令，不敢擅离陛下左右，以尽守卫之责。” 李渊横了他一眼，说道：“你对二郎，实在是忠心得很呀！”