"The chief chamberlain next to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince died in Gongsun Helan's tent, his body was full of wine, and there was a Dulong short dagger commonly used by Gongsun Helan on his chest, and what was even more outrageous was that when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to the camp tent with the guards to confront Gongsun Helan, Gongsun Helan was lying on the wine table not far from Li Qing's corpse, "drunk like mud."

So many people witnessed with their own eyes, the corpse, the murder weapon, and the invitation letter written by Gongsun Helan to Li Qing, plus the two secret agents brought by Li Chengqian and their confessions, all the human and physical evidence pointed to Gongsun Helan, making it impossible to refute it, the so-called yellow mud fell into the crotch of his pants, saying that it was not, did anyone believe it?

Therefore, before Li Ji and Li Zhen rushed to hear the news, Li Chengqian directly tied up Gongsun Helan and escorted him back to his camp on the charge of malicious murder.

"It can't be!" Li Zhen stood in front of his father with a face full of surprise and annoyance, and roared loudly with a red face: "Let's not talk about whether Gongsun Helan is such a person, even if the person is really killed by him, according to his father's understanding of him, does his father think that he will make so many childish mistakes, what kind of letterhead about people, dragon dagger corpse, the funniest thing is that after the killing, he actually lay on the wine table and slept soundly, "waiting for others to go to the scene to catch the murderer", heh, is there a more ridiculous joke in the world? ”

"This is obviously a trap, a trap for Helan and Helan!" Li Zhen asserted excitedly: "It must be the Helan brothers who discovered some of the prince's unsightly deeds, and as a result, the prince came to attack first and framed him!" ”

"Hmmm! It must be so! The more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was such a possibility, and Li Zhen hurriedly continued: "Hasn't Xiao Lan'er been shouting that the prince is suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason a few days ago? It must have been noticed by the prince that some of his actions led to today's drama. I can't say that Li Qing was killed in advance by Li Chengqian's guy because he knew too much, and he took the opportunity to blame Xiao Lan'er! Otherwise, how could he be so coincidental, Li Qingfang died, and he led people to rush in? ”

"Dad, you have something to say!" After talking for a long time, seeing that the old man of their family didn't reply for a long time, Li Zhen said in a somewhat anxious voice: "Xiao Lan'er is now being detained by the prince, and her life may be in danger at any time, if you don't hurry up and think of some ways, then it will really be hopeless!" Can you just bear to watch him lose his life like this? ”

"That's it! How many times have I taught you to plan everything and then act, and to be as frizzy as you are, it will not help you to talk about things, but it will make things worse. Seeing that Li Zhen was so anxious that he jumped up and down, without a little measure, Li Ji couldn't help frowning and reprimanded.

"Now the prince insists that Xiao Lan'er is the murderer" and the evidence in his hand is conclusive, and the human and material evidence "At the murder scene, Xiao Lan'er can be said to be at a loss for words. Li Jichang sucked. angry, his mood calmed down a little, and he said to his son in a low voice: "Even if we believe that he was framed by someone and has no evidence, what can we do?" ”

In Li Ji's heart, he is also biased towards what his son Fang Cai said that Gongsun Helan was framed by Li Chengqian, but before he found the exact evidence of Li Chengqian's collaboration with the enemy and treason, he was still His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Ji was not good at blatantly confronting him, and his disrespect to the prince was undoubtedly rebellious, if so, "His Li Ji's fate will not be much better than that of Gongsun Helan now."

"What then?" Li Zhen said anxiously in his heart: "Is it just like watching Xiao Lan'er being poisoned by the prince?" ”

"Xiao Lan'er's life should be worry-free" Even if the crime of murder is true, the prince has no right to behead him "in the end, he will be escorted back to Chang'an" and sent back to the official office, so Xiao Lan'er is now at most punished and responsible, and her life should be fine. Li Ji stroked the beard on his chin and said lightly: "The old man's worries" is the prince's sudden attack today, in addition to dealing with Xiao Lan'er, "Is there any other plan?" ”

Li Ji walked back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back, if he was only suspicious of the prince before, then after today's events, he can already be completely sure that the prince does have bad intentions.

first went to the enemy camp to meet with Houjun in the name of peace talks, and then cleverly set a trap, not hesitating to throw away the life of the chief attendant around him and put Gongsun Helan in danger, "What is the purpose of what he is doing this, and below, does this prince have anything to do?"

In the morning, at Li Chengqian's repeated insistence, the generals jointly signed a letter to write down a condition for peace talks that they knew would not lead to anything, and quickly sent it to Chang'an to ask the emperor to make a decision in person.

Very abnormal!

Li Ji's heart was entangled for a while, and he frowned and walked around the tent, "Suppose, assuming that the prince has already made up his mind to surrender to the enemy, or that he wants to use the Gaochang soldiers in Hou Junji's hands to do something, then in the morning, he should have communicated with Hou Junji and had a further plan.

And the so-called conditions for peace talks should be the first step in their plan, the purpose of which is nothing more than to appease the army and give the generals in the city an illusion that both sides are waiting for the emperor's reply, and no one will easily start a war again, so as to unconsciously relax their vigilance, which is conducive to Hou Junji leading the army to raid or other tricks.

In fact, by now, their goal has been achieved, and many soldiers have indeed had such thoughts in their hearts, and even he, the commander of the First Army, has a trace of slackness in his heart.

However, if they want to make a move, they can't just do it, why do they have to go to great lengths to give Gongsun Helan such a lesson, you must know that although Gongsun Helan is his cronies, he is just a partial general in the army, and arresting him will not affect the overall situation, so why do they bother to do this?

"City Gate Guard!" , Thinking of the position that Gongsun Helan had been responsible for holding all along, Li Ji was shocked, and his face instantly turned pale, "Loudly commanded the guards outside the door, and said, "Gao Yue! Quickly go to General Gongsun's account to check and see if his customs clearance seal is still there?! ”

"Yes, Dashuai!" There was a loud answer from outside the tent door, and after a few footsteps, it fell silent again.

"Dad, what do you mean by this", Hearing the old man's order, Li Zhen was immediately stunned, and asked Li Ji urgently: "Could it be that you still doubt that Brother Helan is not successful?" "Okay, don't say anything now", Li Ji took out a golden order from his arms and handed it to Li Zhen's hand" Zheng Se opened his voice and ordered: "You take my order arrows now, go to the vanguard camp and select five hundred elite people to go to the prince's camp to escort Xiao Lan'er back!" "Remember that it is an escort, not an acquittal" Afraid that Li Zhen would make a mistake, Li Ji confessed again: "Just say that Gongsun Helan is a soldier in my battalion" has committed a crime, and he should be interrogated by the commander, if the prince is unwilling to release people, he can use some means when necessary, but he must pay attention to proportion, don't hurt the prince. "And", "After hesitating, Li Jijian said: "After rescuing Xiao Lan'er", send some people to supervise the camp where the prince is located, and see if there will be any changes. ”

"Yes, the last will be ordered!" Seeing that his father had finally made up his mind, Li Zhen couldn't help but feel a little excited, stretched out his hand to take the golden order, responded highly, and then walked out of the tent quickly.

"Li Xian!" , After Li Zhen left, Li Ji thought about it and called Ji Xian, the guard guarding the door, and ordered softly: "You go to the city gate to inquire about it, see if there is anything abnormal during this time, whether there has been any change in the officers guarding the door, if there is, come back quickly." ”

"Yes, Dashuai!" , "Alas", "Watching Li Xian turn around and leave, Li Ji stood there and couldn't help but sigh, looking quite worried and whispering to himself: "I hope all this is just the old man worrying about it, otherwise, this matter will become troublesome......", after half a pillar of incense, Gao Yue and Li Xian returned successively, as Li Ji expected, Gongsun Helan's seal letter disappeared, and the three city defenses of Yumen Pass had been re-guarded half an hour ago, and now the goalkeeper guarding the main city gate is the guard leader Fang Zixing next to the prince.

"Sure enough!" , Li Ji clenched his fists, everything His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did before was "to negotiate peace and arrest the murderer, I'm afraid it is all in preparation for the attack on the city tonight?" Now, can't help but want to do it?

"Go" to inform the officers and men of each battalion that the enemy attack is coming tonight and prepare to meet the enemy! Li Ji opened his voice and instructed Gao Yue: "By the way, tell the deputy marshal again, let him control all the current guards, and prepare to open the door to thieves, close the door and beat the dog!" ”

"Yes!" Gao Yue went out in response.

"And you," Li Ji turned his head to look at Li Xian, and said lightly: "Take another five hundred elites to the prince's camp to pick up Li Zhen and Gongsun Helan and them back!" Since everything is clear" and the facts are already in front of us, there is no need to hide it as before, as long as Fang Zixing and the people close to the prince are taken down, I am afraid that I will not find the evidence of the prince's collaboration with the enemy?

Collaborating with the enemy and treason, what can be done even if the prince is a prince? There are some mistakes, and there is still a chance to correct them" but there are some mistakes, and if they are made, there is no turning back. Although Li Ji has always wondered why Li Chengqian wants to do these things, since he has done it, then don't think about anything better, this kind of thing is known to the emperor, and he will definitely not tolerate it.

What's more, because of Li Chengqian's selfishness, tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed, and tonight's incident "If he hadn't discovered it early and let the Gaochang army enter the city without any precautions, the casualties among the Tang Dynasty soldiers and the people in the city would only be worse than the previous time, which Li Ji could not tolerate."

"Don't worry!" Li Xian happily accepted the order, and promised Li Ji with his hand: "The villain is here, and he will definitely bring the young general and General Gongsun back safely!" ”！ ~！