The Liangyi Hall of Ziwei Palace, which is where the emperor and the ministers who are in charge of the government discuss politics on weekdays, and occasionally meet with some ministers.

At this time, in the big hall, there were only two people, Emperor Yang Guang and Xiaoguo Junlang General Sima Dekan, and the rest of the inner shì were standing dozens of steps away.

"Your Majesty, the minister has just received news that Li Shimin, the second son of Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, and more than 20 children of the Li family, as well as the crown prince Qianniu Beishen Chai Shao, the ranger Shi Wanbao, and Yu Jin's grandson Yu Zhining is fighting with Yu Wenzhi and more than a dozen noble sons such as Pei Pin, Lai Quan, and Yu Rong! Jin Wuwei has already sent someone to rush over! "Since Ubunshu was deprived of the power of the Praetorian Guard, the Praetorian Guard in Kyoto has suffered a great purge.

Most of the sons and daughters of the nobles and those of the families were sent out of the Praetorian Guard, and even the generals above the middle level were all rotated.

Only a small number of generals from the royal family were not purged, and he was unexpectedly not rotated or demoted this time. On the contrary, Yang Guang trusted him even more, and specially dispatched a part of the soldiers and horses to be responsible for supervising the nobles of the major families in the capital, and personally reported to the emperor whenever there was any movement.

Yang Guang pondered for a while and said, "Are there no casualties?" "There were only a few minor injuries, most of them were drunk, and they didn't use their swords and weapons, they just tore and beat indiscriminately." Sima Dekan replied without raising his head.

Yang Guang got up from the dragon chair, walked down the platform, and slowly paced in the hall with his hands behind his back.

For a long time, Yang Guang said in a low voice, "No, there are casualties, Yu Wenzhi, the son of Yu Wenshu, who is in charge of the court, is dead, Pei Xuan, the son of Pei Yun, who is in charge of the court, is dead, and the rest of Rulai, Yu Rong and others are also seriously injured, as for the other noble sons who follow them, there will also be one or two seriously injured or even dead." Sima Dekan felt that the sweat on his forehead had flowed, and after a long while, he hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that Jin Wuwei's men and horses have already separated them at this time, and it is estimated that they will no longer be able to act in the chaos." ”

Yang Guang glanced at him with a somber face, "Didn't I just allocate a team of men and horses to you?" Although they are separated, you can send someone to do it again. You can dress up as the black-clothed men who attacked Chen Kefu that day, no matter what you do, my meaning is very simple, I have already told you. I hope to hear about the deaths of Pei Pin and Yuwen Zhiji in an hour! "Then, how do they deal with Li Shimin? Need to get hands-on too? "No, you don't need to touch them, you just need to kill the people I appoint. I remember that the equipment used by the soldiers and horses of Liaodong has special markings? Yang Guang said coldly.

Sima Dekan nodded, "That's true, it is said that it is so that the craftsmen who make it do not dare to mix the water with the fish." Each craftsman will leave their own mark on the weapon, and if there is a problem with the crafting of the weapon, the craftsman who built it can be found to be responsible. ”

"So good, you can find a way to get a batch of weapons with Liaodong markings, and after killing Yuwen Zhihe and others, leave one or two marked weapons at the scene." Sima Dekan couldn't help but raise his head and glanced at the emperor suspiciously, his heart was full of shock, what the emperor did, wouldn't he want to blame Chen Kefu? Thinking about it again, I still haven't had a clue about the assassination of Chen Kefu, could it be that the assassination of Chen Kefu that day was just the emperor's doing?

The purpose is just to use this as an excuse to suppress Pei Que and Yuwen Que and purge the Eastern Capital Praetorian Guard?

What are the plans of those emperors who laid out such a bureau this time? Could it be that the emperor really wanted to put Chen Ke to death? Or is there something bigger the emperor is having? He was a little dazed, the king wanted the minister to die, and the minister had to die. He is the emperor, he wants Chen Kefu to die, and even wants anyone to die, do you still need such a plan? Wouldn't it be simpler to give the next holy decree a cup of poisonous wine directly, or a three-foot white silk?

Yang Guang seemed to see through Sima Dekan's mind at once, raised his head and sighed, "I am the father of the people of the world, and everything I do is also for the people of the world."

There are some things you don't need to know too much, just do what I want. It's a pity that although the world is big, how many people can really understand everything I have done? ”

"Obey the order!" Sima Dekan lowered his waist and slowly retreated, exiting the Liangyi Palace.

The brawl between the two groups of noble sons in the West Market has ended, and as soon as Jin Wuwei is dispatched, he easily separates these drunks. However, Jin Wuwei's general Yang Wei is also an old fritter in officialdom, and the two sides of the brawl are the second son of Li Yuan, the now popular Tang Guogong, on one side and a group of people, and on the other side are the powerful Yu Wenque and Pei Valve and other children. No matter which side he is, he can't afford to offend. In other words, it was someone else fighting, and he had already locked people and took them to the yamen. But for these people, he could only separate them with kind words, handed him tea and poured water, and after saying a lot of good things, he also sent people to send the two sides back to the provinces. ,

The sergeant of Jin Wuwei reluctantly got a few carriages and sent more than a dozen sons and brothers who were still half awake and half drunk at this time back to the house. Several sergeants were also a little angry and helpless as they walked. The carriage and horses entered an alleyway, where there were no shops and few pedestrians. But on the roof, a group of black-clothed people suddenly appeared, all of them were black sè's samurai uniforms, and even their faces were all covered in black sè's face scarves.

One of them stretched out his hand and pointed downward, the rest of the men in black nodded, and more than a dozen of them opened their crossbow arrows and suddenly shot at the Jin Wuwei sergeant escorting the carriage below. The sudden crossbow bolt shot killed all the dozen or so Jinwuwei soldiers at once, and even those people didn't have time to let out a scream before they died.

The carriage stopped suddenly, and Pei Pin and the others in the carriage didn't even know that death had come, and they were still asleep.

One after another, the men in black jumped from the roof and quickly surrounded the carriage, and Sima Dekan was also dressed in black. He personally picked up the carriages, and after confirming the target, he asked his subordinates to kill them. More than a dozen gentlemen, in addition to killing Yuwen Zhihe and Pei Pin, he also killed three, and the rest were basically done by him himself, stabbing each of them. This knife is very measured, and it will make people look very heavy, but in fact, as long as it is healed, it will not die.

Most of the bolts were removed from the corpses, but a few were deliberately left behind as if they had not been found. After Sima Dekan took one last look at the scene, he nodded, and with a wave of his hand, dozens of black-clothed people quickly disappeared, as if they had never appeared.

After waiting for a long time, a pre-arranged guard dressed in civilian clothes pretended to pass by the scene of the murder and found the murderer. In time, the Jin Wuwei soldiers were brought in, and those who were still bleeding were saved from the wounded, while Yang Guang's designated Yu Wenzhi and Pei Pin, as well as the three gentlemen, and more than a dozen Jin Wuwei soldiers were already dead.

When the news was received, Yuwen Shuzheng, who was newly transferred to the rear secretary, and Pei Yun, who was also newly transferred to the secretary of the Ministry of Ministry, and others handled government affairs in Shangshu Province.

Pei Pin is Pei Yun's eldest son, and suddenly heard that his eldest son was killed on the streets of Kyoto like this, which made Pei Yun extremely angry, and swept the table full of official documents to the ground.

In the side room where the ministers of Shangshu Province usually work and rest, there are only two people at this time, Yuwenshu and Pei Yun, who are also full of yīn sink.

After a long time, Pei Yun gritted his teeth and said, "This matter was not done by Li Yuan!" "It won't be the other people of the Li family who did it!" Yuwen Shu said coldly.

They all know what happened today, Li Shimin and others and Yu Wenzhi and others were all drinking in Gaosheng Restaurant, and they fought after getting drunk. Although there was a lot of commotion, it was just an ordinary brawl between a group of young people. Aside from minor injuries to a few people, nothing else happened. And then Jin Wuwei arrived, separated them, and was responsible for escorting them back to the house. When the men in black assassinated their son, Li Shimin and the others were still under the escort of Jin Wuwei's sergeants. It is impossible for them to have the opportunity to make a move, and they all know what kind of person Li Yuan is, and if Li Yuan is given a hundred dares, he will not dare to openly send a killer to assassinate their son in the capital.

The door was pushed open, and Yu Wenhua walked in, handing Yu Wenshu three crossbow arrows.

"Father, this is found at the scene of the assassination, this is the standard crossbow arrow of Liaodong soldiers and horses, and there is a special mark on it. I've been in Liaodong for so long, and I'm very clear about this. ”

Yuwen Shu Huo Ran got up and opened his eyes angrily, "Are you sure?" ”

"Father, I am sure that all the instruments in Liaodong are made in Liaodong, and after each craftsman makes them, he must engrave his own exclusive mark on the instruments he makes. Look at the symbol "Matching Blade" on this, which is the Arabic numeral used by Chen Kefu, and these four symbols are the number of the crossbow arrow craftsman.

These symbols are used by people except in Liaodong, and no one in the Central Plains uses them at all. ”

Pei Yun angrily grabbed a crossbow arrow and plunged it into the wooden table, "Chen Kefu, this is definitely Chen Kefu's doing, he must have suspected that the man in black who assassinated him before was sent by us." He is revenge, the revenge of the red luǒ luǒ! Chen Kefu is a thief, despicable! Yu Wenshu also believed Pei Yun's words a little at this time, except for Chen Kefu, he couldn't find a second person who dared to kill his son. Although Li Yuan is now opposite to them, Li Yuan has always been just an incompetent person, he does not believe that Li Yuan dares to make a move in Kyoto, and assassinates more than a dozen noble families including the Yu family and the Lai family. And now there is only this Chen Kefu who has a conflict of interests with them. He just couldn't believe why Chen Kefu had drunk the tea that Yuwen Zhi had handed him not long ago, and why he had suddenly done such a thing.

The angry Yuwen Shu was full of white hair and beard, his eyes were wide with anger, he clenched his fist and slammed it on the table, and roared angrily, "How dare you do this? Lie to me too much! The old man must let him pay for his blood debts, and from now on he will never die, either he dies or I die"!