Li Shimin continued to practice calligraphy in the hot spring palace.

Li Jiancheng sighed for a long time, and was a little messy in the palace.

As the father of the two and Emperor Li Tang, Li Yuan was very heartbroken because of the two sons' attacks on each other.

But just when Li Yuan was worried, Pei Lian, who was guarding Chang'an, sent someone to tell Li Yuan in a hurry, and Li Shentong, the general guarding Hanoi, reported urgently that Li Chongjiu led an army of 200,000 from Youjing to cross Taihang Mountain and attack Tang in the south.

As soon as the news came out, Li Yuan couldn't believe it, as far as he knew, Li Chongjiu had just completed his expedition to the Turks for only two months, and his vitality had not recovered. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are tired, but the north of the grassland is undecided, Goguryeo's Eokji Wende is unstable, and Song Jingang in the south is fighting with Lin Shihong.

It is absolutely impossible for Li Chongjiu to send troops to attack Li Tang at this time. With Li Yuan's understanding of Li Chongjiu, he would not suddenly send troops to fight a decisive battle with him without being ready, which was very different from his usual cautious and serious style.

Therefore, judging intellectually, Li Yuan did not believe that Li Chongjiu sent troops to attack Tang, but on his desk, the letter from Li Shentong was conclusive. Li Yuan has always trusted Li Shentong very much, although he has repeatedly lost his troops, so Li Yuan has no doubts about what he said in his letter.

In March, Chang'an City was already in the middle of the rain.

The morning rain wet the yellow dust on the streets.

Today's morning drum in Chang'an City seems to be a little late, and the people who are going out of each square have been urging for a long time, and the fang Ding slowly opened the door of the fang. The people were surprised to find that the streets of Chang'an today seem to be a little different from the past.

Wuhou who got up early in the past. At this point, it was already a horse patrol street, but today it was Chang'an's Nanya forbidden army patrolling the streets. The streets are heavily guarded. Facing Suzaku Street, the mansion of several princes. At this moment, they are all tightly closed, and an unusual undercurrent is surging in Chang'an City.

A carriage drove out of Tiance Mansion, followed by several guards of the Qin Palace, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Hou Junji, all of whom were in the carriage.

Fang Xuanling said slowly: "The assassination of Yang Wengan yesterday has been a failure, and it was saved by others. ”

Hou Junji sneered when he heard this: "Gongsun Wuda, the dead soldiers of the Qin Wangfu who Liu Shili has trained for many years still missed. It was a surprise. ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Things are indeed strange, this should have been a foolproof assassination, and Qiao Gongshan was able to survive from the Jingshui boat, I guess the two are not coincidences." ”

Du Ruhui said: "Yes, Chang'an is not the two families of King Qin and the crown prince singing a diagonal show. ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Yes, I understand, but these are not important for the overall situation. ”

"Yes. Since yesterday, the rumors we fabricated have spread in Chang'an, and Li Chongjiu led the 200,000 Hu Han army to set out from Youjing. Climb over the Taihang Mountain to Pujin. At present, all the ministers of civil and military affairs have believed this news, and we have the holy decree that the King of Qin invited from the Son of Heaven to ban the army inside and outside Chang'an. The defenders are all controlled by us, and now we have firmly controlled Chang'an inside and outside. Du Ruhui said slowly on the side.

"Right now, Chang'an is the king of Qin's. No one can turn this day over. ”

Hou Junji listened, and his tiger eyes flashed: "Then the two military advisors." We have already controlled Chang'an, what should we do next, is it to besiege the Hot Spring Palace? ”

"No," Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "This is the next policy, the Hot Spring Palace is still guarded by five thousand Beiya forbidden troops, after all, the Son of Heaven is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, if we directly point the finger at the Son of Heaven, then it is likely to cause fluctuations in the soldiers, even if it is the henchman of the Qin Palace, I am afraid it will be difficult to stabilize." ”

Du Ruhui said: "Junji, don't you know? King Qin is also in the Hot Spring Palace now, attacking the Hot Spring Palace, what if it is unfavorable to King Qin? ”

Hou Junji said angrily: "I knew that the king of Qin took the edict of the Son of Heaven and directly reversed it, why bother to listen to the call of the Son of Heaven, so I went directly to the Hot Spring Palace. ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Junji, you don't understand King Qin's hard work, King Qin is not going into the tiger's den to get a tiger." If King Qin didn't go to the Hot Spring Palace, His Majesty would already be suspicious of our arrangement. On the contrary, now that King Qin is in the Hot Spring Palace for a day, His Majesty will not suspect us for a day, and we will have enough time to secretly arrange. ”

Hou Junji said: "You two military advisors, anyway, it makes sense, I am a rough person, I can't say anything about you, but if the King of Qin has three longs and two shorts, my old Hou will not let you go." What do you say to do? Enter the Hot Spring Palace and find a way to ask the King of Qin? ”

Fang Xuanling said: "No, King Qin is now under heavy surveillance, and he will not pass the news from the Hot Spring Palace, as for the next step, it is to kill the prince and the king of Qi, and we will succeed." ”

Du Ruhui said: "Yes, we must directly kill the crown prince and the king of Qi without alarming the saint and the king of Qin, and then admonish the Son of Heaven, so that we can succeed." ”

Hou Junji said: "You two don't want to sing and play dumb riddles anymore, how not to alarm the Holy Lord and King Qin, kill the prince and King Qi, if it is in the Hot Spring Palace, we have no way at all." As soon as this soldier and horse came out of Chang'an City, the Hot Spring Palace would know. ”

Fang Xuanling laughed and said: "Of course, so we can't do it in the Hot Spring Palace, we have to do it in Chang'an." We want to bring His Majesty and the crown prince, the King of Qin, back. ”

Du Ruhui said: "Junji, that's why we want to ask Li Shentong to spread rumors that Li Chongjiu led a large army to attack Chang'an, you say that after His Majesty heard the news, what will he do next?" ”

"Of course, Your Majesty is going to return to Chang'an from the Hot Spring Palace immediately," Hou Junji asked with a shock when he said this, "Are you planning to intercept and kill the prince halfway?" ”

Du Ruhui said: "It's not halfway, it's no different from being in the Hot Spring Palace, the place we want to do is to choose this Chang'an City, and we have chosen the place." ”

"Where?" Hou Junji asked nervously.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui both smiled and said nothing, and at this time, the carriage outside slowly stopped, and there was a humane outside: "Fang Changshi, Xuanwu Gate has arrived." ”

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "Okay, let's get out of the car!" ”

Speaking of this, Fang Xuanling lifted the curtain and looked at the towering city tower in front of him.

The bells in Chang'an City echoed leisurely.

On the hot spring palace in Lishan, night had fallen, and Li Yuan paced in the hall and pondered for a long time and said, "Spread my will!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The people of Zhongshu began to make a move on the shore.

Li Yuan said: "I will return to Chang'an tomorrow and summon Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, and Feng Deyi into the palace, and I have something important to announce!" (To be continued......)