Chang'an is closed down, and all the streets are full of soldiers of the Sixteen Guards, who go in from house to house to search, and the chickens and dogs in the city are barking, all because His Majesty was assassinated on a trip, and it seems that they are still injured.

In Chang'an City, in a certain house, the main gate is closed and the windows are locked. Inside the room, several people were gathering together, whispering something.

"General, all the men and horses of the Sixteen Guards have been dispatched, Sun Simiao and Taiyi Ling, who were originally in Xia Hongsheng's house, have all been urgently summoned into the palace, and even Yuan Tiangang was hurriedly taken to the palace by the palace guards from the Xuandu Temple." One of them whispered: "My subordinates looked at the imperial city from afar and found that all those important ministers in the court had hurriedly entered the palace!" ”

"Good!" The masked man couldn't help but exclaim.

The man in white also smiled beside him: "Then Li Shimin was hit by my poisonous arrow, even if it was just a bruise, his life would hang by a thread." This poison is extremely difficult to control, and I only have very little in total, and the knife that cut Xia Hongsheng is coated with some of it, and the rest is coated with this arrow. In order to ensure that everything is always there, I waited until Jin Wuwei's soldiers went forward, and Li Shimin and a few people relaxed before they suddenly shot out, and Li Shimin really couldn't dodge! ”

"Not bad! Not bad! The leader of the rebel party stroked his palm and smiled: "Thanks to Lord Chen Xiang's arrow, otherwise it would have been a failure." Now that Li Shimin has been hit by a poisoned arrow, I am afraid that he will be the same as that Xia Hongsheng, and he is not far from death! ”

"You can't be too happy. Who would have thought that Sun Simiao and Sun Shenyi would be in the palace? If it weren't for him, how could Xia Hongsheng survive until now? The man in white said: "I'm worried that with Sun Simiao to save him, Li Shimin won't be able to die." ”

"This is not a simple matter, even if Li Shimin can't die this time, he will definitely be in chaos for a while." The thief leader showed a smile on his face and said, "Don't hide it from Brother Chen, I have already sent my henchmen out of Chang'an. went to lobby the surrounding tribes to attack him, and led the troops into the pass. At this time, Li Shimin was injured, and it was better for him to die, if he really couldn't die, he didn't care about the border war. And the Turks are now in internal turmoil, and the people are shaking the sky. Jieli Khan was in dire need of a conquest to replenish his wealth and appease the wrath of his tribes. When the time comes, you can use the hands of the Turks to destroy their country! Wouldn't this be more uncomfortable than killing Li Shimin?! Hahahaha! ……”

"What?!" The man in white was stunned: "You...... General Li, you want to lure the Turks into the pass?! ”

The masked man turned his head to look at him and said, "What, Brother Chen thinks it's inappropriate?" ”

"This strategy to drive the tiger and devour the wolf seems to be useful now, but if the wolf is driven away in the future. The tiger stayed and won't go back, how should I deal with myself?! The man in white asked with a frown.

"Hehe, it doesn't matter. Brother Chen didn't know that when the Turks fought against Li Tang, they were still able to exert their strength together and raise troops together. But if Li Tang is wiped out, then we don't need to do anything, he will have to mess up the Turkic interior first. The masked man smiled: "Jie Li wolf son ambition." He must have monopolized power, and he wants to squeeze out the second Khan Tuli. Tuli is not a good person, and he must fight back. And Xue Yantuo and other Western Regions tribes attached to the Turks, who don't want a piece of the pie? Therefore, I am afraid that before Chang'an City is occupied, the Turks will already fight outside Chang'an City by themselves. Brother Chen doesn't have to worry too much, when that time comes, we just need to expel the Turks. Naturally, the people's hearts are available, and the servants are like clouds, for us to drive back to the steppe with the Turks who are in civil strife. ”

The man in white nodded: "I see, General Li is very strategic." Chen admires it! In this case, I will send out another person to keep an eye on the movements of the palace, and we will hide well before being discovered. ”

The masked man nodded, and Chen Jinnan turned around and went out to make arrangements.

At the same time, in the palace, all the chamberlains and maidservants in the palace were sent out and were not allowed to enter. Only a few ministers, as well as Sun Simiao and Taiyi Ling and others, went inside, and the rest of the courtiers were anxiously waiting for the results inside.

Unlike the anxious expressions on the faces of the ministers outside, inside the inner hall, Li Shimin was smiling at the moment, where could he see the slightest bit of injury? Look at the people below, one or two are also smiling, where is there still half a minute of panic?

"Okay, Doctor Sun, I don't have anything to do, after I go out, no matter if you ask, you also say the same thing, I don't have anything at all!" Li Shimin put down the night and said to Sun Simiao.

But I heard Wei Chigong take over the conversation and said: "Mother, that Xia family kid is sitting on this Laoshzi thing, it really looks like that, just when I saw blood spurting out of His Majesty's body, it scared my legs weak!" ”

"Hehe, this thing is called a blood bag, and those spies are all killed by this thing." Li Shimin pointed to the leather bag next to him that had been deflated, and said: "This thing is filled with animal blood, attached to the inner armor, put on clothes outside, and cut the bag with a knife, and the animal blood inside comes out, and it looks like blood is gushing." ”

"Speaking of which, the spy in white is also a master with a strong heart, and he shoots at His Majesty without blinking, so he doesn't worry about his hands shaking and not being allowed to shoot in the wrong place!" Cheng Yanjin also spoke.

Li Shimin shook his head with a smile and said, "Hahahaha, it seems that you really deceived Zhongqing!" The spy just made a motion, and the shot from his hand didn't have an arrow at all. This arrow has always been in my sleeve, and I inserted it myself. Today's events are all thanks to the seamless cooperation of Zhu Qing. Jin Wuwei appeared just right, not only did not let the chaotic party think it was a trap, but also escorted him in time. Hehe, I suddenly thought, take this opportunity, why don't you just do something side together? ”

When everyone heard Li Shimin say this, they all looked at him, but they heard Li Shimin say again: "Those who can enter this hall today are all people whom I deeply trust. As you remember, no matter who asked me after I went out, they only said that I was fine, and nothing happened. No matter how much you do, don't say anything more. ”

Naturally, they received the order, and one of them stayed in the inner sanctum for several hours, and then they went out of the inner sanctum.

When they got outside, the ministers who had been waiting outside for a long time immediately stepped forward to ask, everyone looked at each other, and then the imperial physician Ling bowed and said, "Your Excellency, rest assured, Your Majesty is fine, nothing is wrong. ”

After hearing this, the ministers looked at each other, some seemed to be relieved, and some bowed their heads slightly in contemplation.

"Yes, Your Majesty is fine." Sun Simiao also nodded and said, and the other people who came out of it also nodded in agreement.

The ministers were either suspicious, or unbelievable, or had other thoughts in their hearts, but they did not reveal anything, and each had his own thoughts.

said that at this time, in Xia Hongsheng's mansion, the spy who sent the message hurriedly arrived in Xia Hongsheng's study.

"What? Now that Your Majesty has just feigned to be assassinated, you should try not to contact me at this time, so as not to be seen, you should understand, but what is the accident? Xia Hongsheng saw the spy in the study and said.

The man clasped his fists and saluted, and said, "The subordinates naturally know, but this matter is very important, and they have to report to the general immediately!" That gang of rebels is not unprepared, I just heard the thief leader say today that his purpose is not to assassinate His Majesty, but that as long as His Majesty is injured, he can contact those surrounding tribes who are eyeing him to invade our dynasty together, and then take the opportunity to overthrow the world, which is really a strategy to drive the tiger and devour the wolf! The thief leader has already sent someone to lobby! ”

"Oh?!" Xia Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and suddenly realized. It turned out that Youji left Chang'an, not because the two turned against each other, but actually went to lobby! Where will she be able to lobby? You can imagine it with your toes, it must be Turkic! The former Sui Yicheng princess is still in the Turks, and the Empress Xiao is also there, if the two have no intention of restoring the former Sui, it must be fake, Youji was originally in contact with the Turks, and now I am afraid that I can really persuade the Turks to go south to commit crimes. After all, in the words of later generations, the current Turks are in urgent need of a war to divert domestic contradictions, so once they know that Li Shimin has been assassinated, I am afraid that they will immediately unite with the rebellious parties to commit crimes.

If it comes to war, Datang is actually ready, Li Shimin did not immediately use troops against the Turks now, one is thinking about getting rid of the chaotic party first, stabilizing the country, so that there is no worries. Second, there is a lack of a valid reason. Even if it is a fight, it must be justified and responsible, and even if Li Shimin wants to attack the Turks, he needs an excuse and a reason. Now that Datang and the Turks are allies, if Datang makes the first move, it is Datang's breach of contract first, which is against morality, after all, the name is not right, and the pedantic old Confucians in the court will also chew their tongues non-stop. However, if the Turks are in the front, then the Tang Dynasty is a rebellion, the Tang army is the army of justice, and the conquest of the Turks is justified. Originally, Xia Hongsheng knew that the Turkic Society in history would finally not be able to hold out in the third year of Zhenguan, so he invaded the Tang Dynasty and gave Li Shimin an excuse, so that Li Shimin opened the prelude to the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, and also opened the prelude to the demise of the Eastern Turks. This year's time has allowed Li Shimin to eliminate the chaotic parties in the country and create a stable rear, but now, if the Turks are allowed to commit a border in advance because of Li Shimin's "assassination", those chaotic parties in the country will inevitably take advantage of the situation and cause chaos in many ways, which is very unfavorable.

Xia Hongsheng asked the spy who reported the news to leave, sat down and thought about it carefully, he still had to let the emperor know the news first, and let the border army prepare in case the Turks invaded the border.

After thinking about it, Xia Hongsheng quickly picked up his pen and hurriedly wrote down this information.

"Old man, I'm sorry for you to go!" Xia Hongsheng folded the paper and said.

Li Feng picked up the paper, nodded, and quickly left the figure and disappeared. (To be continued.) )