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In a post station north of the Forbidden Garden, Yu Wenzhi and Zheng were leading more than 20 of his men to wait for Li Shanheng's arrival, which was the place where they had agreed to meet.

Yuwen Zhihe's mood is quite complicated, more than ten years ago, he and Li Shanheng were both palace guards, stayed together for five years, and the friendship is very deep, and Li Shanheng is also his father Yu Wenshu's confidant, now that the matter is done, but he wants to kill people, Yuwen Zhihe always feels that this is a bad idea.

He felt that he could give Li Shanheng a sum of money, let him fly away, or hide him, and after a few years, he would come out again after the limelight passed, but he would kill people and kill him.

Yuwen Zhiji is not a person with good intentions, he is simple-minded, short-tempered, and ruthless, but sometimes he occasionally misses old friendships.

"Second son, someone is here!"

Someone reminded Yuwen Zhiji in a low voice, in the dark, I saw two figures running towards this side, Yuwen Zhiji hurriedly ordered: "Catch the person first!" ”

When the two figures approached the gate of the post station, more than two dozen warriors who were lying in ambush around the gate swarmed up and pressed the two black shadows to the ground.

Yuwen Zhiji walked out unhurriedly and said coldly: "Li Shanheng, you really shouldn't come here!" ”

"We're not!" The two men who were pressed shouted.

Yuwen Zhihe was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look, these two people were really not Li Shanheng, Yuwen Zhihe was furious, Huo Di pulled out a knife against their necks, "Who are you?" ”

"We, we're General Li's subordinates, and he made us here."

Yuwen Zhiji seemed to think of something, and when he looked up into the distance, he saw a black shadow flashing on the official road, running towards a small river.

Yuwen Zhi and Da Urgent. He shouted: "Chase me!" ”

He ran away into the distance, followed closely by twenty men, but the shadow had already swam across the river and into the woods opposite, fleeing without a trace. There is nowhere to go.

Yuwen Zhihe knew that the person just now must be Li Shanheng, and his thoughts of killing people and destroying his mouth were seen through by him, Yuwen Zhihe was angry and anxious, and slashed at the tree with a knife, Li Shanheng escaped, how could he explain to his father?

Although the Son of Heaven Yang Guang ordered the news to be blocked. However, the news of harassment from outside the gate still spread throughout the government and the opposition early the next morning, but the rumors had changed their flavor, saying that tens of thousands of troops attacked the palace in an attempt to produce a palace coup d'état, and fought fiercely with the Imperial Forest Army. Even Yu Shiji was wounded by an arrow in the melee.

The news became alarmist, so that countless people were deeply shocked, in all dynasties, mutiny or palace coup is a major event that shakes the national system, but in addition to the shock, many people are confused, if it is really a palace coup, where will it be so calm?

Soon. The rumors were gradually clarified that it was not a palace coup d'état, but a group of generals who participated in the Battle of Goguryeo petitioning outside the gate of Chang Rang. Asked the imperial court to release the generals to protect the children, and now all these generals have been arrested.

This made the courtiers very sympathetic to Lai Hu'er, who was already guilty, but such a fuss would only add to the crime.

In a long corridor outside the Great Cause Palace, Yang Qi, the king of Yan, hurriedly walked in the direction of the imperial study.

Yang Qi is reading in the Hongwen Museum. He had just heard the news of the riot last night, which made him very worried about Jang Hyun's safety. Jang Hyun also returned from Goguryeo and was stationed in the camp of Seonai. Could it be that he was also involved in the petition?

Yang Qi walked out of the corridor, in front of the emperor's grandfather's imperial study, at this time, he suddenly heard someone behind him shouting himself, Yang Qi turned around, but saw that it was the official department of Shangshu Pei Ju, who was waving to himself, and hurriedly ran over.

"Is there something wrong with Pei Shangshu?" Yang Qi asked respectfully.

Pei Ju smiled slightly: "Your Highness went to the imperial study for Zhang Xuan's business?" ”

"Exactly!"

Yang Qi was surprised, how could Pei Ju guess his thoughts.

"The old minister knows a thing or two about Zhang Xuan, please come with the old minister."

Yang Qi followed Pei Ju to a secluded place and asked urgently, "Has Zhang Xuan been arrested?" ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, he will not make such a mistake, he is currently fine, and he is ordered to maintain order in the western inner camp, this is what the general Zhang Jin told me personally just now."

Yang Qi's heart suddenly relaxed, and he sighed and said: "I came home very late last night, I heard that he came to me in the afternoon, and I was going to take some time to meet him, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen." ”

Pei Ju lowered his voice and said: "Your Highness, the old minister heard that this matter was secretly planned by someone, using rumors to coax the Eastern Expedition soldiers, its intentions are very vicious, once the Holy Lord is angry, severely punish these Eastern Expedition soldiers, it will seriously damage the prestige of the Holy Lord in the army, and if there is a foreign enemy invasion in the future, I am afraid that no one will be willing to give his life." ”

Yang Qi was shocked in his heart, and immediately said, "I'll go and tell the imperial grandfather now!" ”

He turned around to leave, but Pei Ju grabbed him, "Your Highness, don't be impatient, listen to the old minister's words." ”

Yang Qi also realized that he was too impatient, and said with a wry smile: "Pei Shangshu, please speak!" ”

"Your Highness, after all, these generals shot and injured Yu Shiji, and they also made mistakes, I heard that the Holy Lord has asked Pei Yun to strictly investigate this matter, Your Highness will first see what the conclusion of the investigation is, if it is unfair, it is not too late to make suggestions to the Holy Lord."

Yang Qi nodded, Pei Ju's suggestion was very steady, and he really couldn't be in a hurry, he thought about it and asked, "Why is Pei Shangshu also concerned about Zhang Xuan's affairs?" ”

Pei Ju sighed, "Your Highness should know that he helped Lao Chen a lot in the grassland, and Lao Chen owes him a favor, so Lao Chen has always wanted to find an opportunity to repay him, he came to Lao Chen yesterday, and Lao Chen also promised to do his best to help him." ”

Yang Qi also knew that Pei Ju was responsible for 300,000 pieces of armor, and Zhang Xuan did him a great favor, it seems that Pei Ju really wanted to help Zhang Xuan.

Yang Qi pondered for a while and said: "I really don't have time to meet him these days, so I ask Pei Shangshu to tell him on my behalf, so that he can wait with peace of mind, no matter what, his achievements in Goguryeo will be duly rewarded, and I will try my best to help these Eastern Crusade soldiers get rid of their crimes." ”

"His Royal Highness has this heart, it is the luck of the Great Sui Society!"

Yang Qi listened to Pei Ju's words, and was no longer in a hurry to find the emperor's grandfather, turned around and returned to the Hongwen Pavilion.

Pei Ju pondered for a moment, then turned around and walked towards the Yushitai without hurrying

The reason why Pei Ju cared about this assassination incident was not only for Zhang Xuan, nor just out of sympathy for these Eastern Expedition soldiers, but because he showed the strangeness of this matter, Zhang Jin told him that it was someone who spread rumors in the western inner camp that the Holy Lord was going to disband the former army of the Eastern Expedition, which caused panic among the soldiers.

The second is that none of the generals carried weapons, and only a bow and crossbow appeared at the scene, obviously someone had ill intentions and made a big deal by shooting Yu Shiji.

But intuition tells Pei Ju, what is hidden behind this incident?

Pei Ju came to the official office of the Imperial History Terrace, and came directly to the backyard, which is the official room of the imperial historian Pei Yun, Pei Ju said to the guard at the door: "Go and inform Doctor Pei, saying that I have something important to do with him." ”

The guard walked into the official room quickly, and after a while, Pei Yun personally greeted him, and said with a smile: "Why is my brother here?" ”

Pei Yun is Pei Ju's brother, although the two do not belong to the same hall within the Pei family, Pei Ju is the head of the family, and Pei Yun also needs to show enough respect for the head of the family.

"It's a little thing, let's go in and talk about it!"

Pei Yun invited Pei Ju into the guest hall, the two sat down separately, a tea boy served them tea, Pei Ju took a sip of tea, and then asked lightly: "Brother Xian has gone to see the saint?" ”

Pei Yun was so shrewd, he immediately heard the meaning of Pei Ju's words, and immediately asked, "Does my brother have anything to do with the incident of closing the gate?" ”

"I don't have anything to do with it, but I'm interested in it."

"Interested?"

Pei Yun laughed, "Brother is rarely interested in this kind of thing, I don't think it's as simple as being interested!" ”

Pei Ju also smiled: "Why do you ask so bluntly? ”

"I really don't hide it from my brother, this matter is not big, it is not small, it is not big, it is because the Holy Lord is not very concerned about this matter, he is just very annoyed, and wants to severely punish this group of lawless Eastern Crusade generals, this is his attitude."

"You mean there's room for redemption, right?"

"Exactly, but I say it's not small because there's something behind my current story."

"Is this an excuse to damage the prestige of the Holy Lord in the army?" Pei Ju asked casually.

Pei Yun shook his head, "It's not that simple. ”

Pei Ju pretended to be stunned, "Then why?" ”

Pei Yun didn't answer Pei Ju's question directly, he picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea slowly, and said lightly: "Is this matter related to the interests of the Pei family?" ”

Pei Yun's implication is that if it has nothing to do with the interests of the Pei family, Pei Ju should not ask any more.

Of course, Pei Ju understood the meaning of his words, and he got up and said, "It's not easy for me to be the patriarch!" Since you don't want to say it, I won't force it. ”

He turned around to leave, Pei Yun also realized that he had spoken inappropriately and annoyed his brother, so he hurriedly stopped him, "Brother, please stay!" ”

Pei Yun said apologetically: "It was I who spoke inappropriately and offended my brother, because the saint repeatedly instructed me not to let anyone interfere." ”

"This person, in fact, means me!"

Pei Yun smiled bitterly, his brother was too powerful, he said helplessly: "The saint doesn't care about these middle and low-level generals, he cares about Laihu'er, does Laihu'er have the intention of rebellion?" ”

"I don't care about coming to protect my children."

Pei Ju said bluntly: "I just want to know, what is not simple about this case?" ”

Pei Yun pondered and said, "Brother has heard of a proverb that has been circulating on the streets of Luoyang recently? ”

"You mean Tao Li Zhang?"

"That's the proverb."

Pei Ju laughed meaningfully, "What does these soldiers' petition have to do with this proverb?" (To be continued)