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Summer nights always come late, this is already a moment of time, the genius will be completely dark, a round will be full of full moon hanging obliquely in the sky, very bright, the bright silver light sprinkled to the earth, shining in the garden of the shadows of the trees, the breeze blows, the lush lotus leaves in the lotus pond swaying and undulating, the wind passes, the fragrance of flowers refreshes people's hearts, the night scene in the back garden compared with the day, has its own different taste, but Yuan Tiangang, who is dressed in a light cyan dress, has not been moved by the beautiful scenery in front of him, Just standing silently on the high roof, a pair of eyes always stared at the night sky in the east without blinking, until a brilliant meteor suddenly rushed out of the east and quickly pierced the sky, Yuan Tiangang's body suddenly shook, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and after standing silently for a long time, he sighed and muttered: "Shi Ye, life also, alas......" As soon as the words fell, in a flash, the person had flown into the pavilion in the back garden, and Li Jing, who was silently dressed in brown clothes, sat down opposite the plate, An old face was full of loneliness.

Li Jing, who is seventy years old, has long had white hair, and the old age spots on his face are clearly visible even in the dim lantern light, but his waist is still straight, and he looked at Yuan Tiangang with blazing eyes for a while, and then asked calmly: "Is it true?" ”

"Well, it seems to be true, the prince is already more than lucky." Yuan Tiangang didn't explain why, just sighed and put the conclusion straight away.

"Alas......" Li Zhi is also Li Jing's disciple, although he is an unsuccessful disciple, but a master-apprentice relationship is indelible, as soon as he thinks of Li Zhi's naughty past in this garden in the past, Li Jing's heart can not help but palpitate, faintly a little painful, but he didn't say much, just sighed long.

"Master, the inner chamberlain Grandpa Liu has arrived outside the mansion, please go and receive the order." Just when Li Jing and Yuan Tiangang's brothers were silently facing each other, the housekeeper of the Li Mansion led several subordinates to hurry over with lanterns and report loudly.

"Got it." After Li Jing was silent for a while, he responded, waved his big sleeves, reached out and took the crutches leaning on the edge of the pavilion, stood up, looked at Yuan Tiangang, who bowed his head and was silent, and said with a sigh: "Senior brother, wait a minute, go and go back." ”

"No need, I have something to do for my brother, so I'll leave." As soon as Yuan Tiangang's voice fell, he didn't see his posture, but in a flash, the person had already flown out of the pavilion, and in a few vertical falls, he had already disappeared into the darkness.

"Alas......" Li Jing looked at the direction of Yuan Tiangang's departure, sighed again, and did not delay any longer, and walked slowly to the front yard on crutches, his pace was so steady that he was almost not like an old man in his seventies, and the killing spirit gradually became stronger during the action.

"The old slave has seen Wei Guogong, Your Majesty has a secret purpose for this, please Wei Guogong to accept the order." As soon as Liu Donghe, the inner chamberlain who was standing in the front hall, saw Li Jing walking out, he hurriedly greeted him, first respectfully saluted, and then took out a copy of the secret decree from his bosom, held it in front of his chest with both hands, and reported it loudly.

Li Jing had vaguely guessed that there would be such a thing when Li Shimin went out to visit the mansion, and at this time, seeing that the premonition had finally become a reality, he was quite emotional, but he didn't say much, just nodded lightly, waved his hand, and instructed the people who followed him: "Wait for the incense case to be prepared, and wait for the old man to change his clothes and receive the order." ”

"Lao Guogong, the matter is urgent, everything is simple, and please ask the old Guogong to take state affairs as the priority, and take the decree first, Your Majesty has an order, this secret edict can only be read by the old Guogong himself, and the old slave does not dare to read it." , changing clothes and burning incense is said quickly, but if it really goes on like this, there is no time for a moment of incense, I am afraid that it will not be finished, at this time Liu Donghe is anxious, how can there be so much time to waste, so he hurriedly spoke out and persuaded him.

"That's fine." Li Jing didn't insist much, straightened his clothes, handed the crutches in his hand to the subordinates behind him, knelt on the ground, kowtowed a few respectfully, got up, bowed and took the secret edict in Liu Donghe's hand with both hands, tore open the sealed outer envelope, took out the inner edict, unfolded it, and the face flashed with surprise, but he didn't say anything, he groaned slightly, and said loudly: "Prepare the car, the old man and Gonggong Liu will go to the camp in the south of the city immediately!" ”

The base camp of the 16th Guard Army of Nanya is located in the south of Chang'an City, five miles away from the Bashui River, built by the mountain, stretching for more than ten miles, there were originally more than 150,000 soldiers, but since Li Shimin personally conquered Goguryeo and took away 120,000 elite soldiers, there are only 30,000 people left in the camp, and the huge military camp seems to be a little empty. Of course, with more than 30,000 people here, the noise was still inevitable, and Xue Wanche, the general of Jingzhao and the general of the Right Armed Guard, who was already restless, was even more irritable when he was noisy in the barracks, so he paced back and forth in the Chinese army's tent naked.

Speaking of which, I really can't complain about Xue Wanche's irritability - Xue Wanche is a fierce general, and his favorite is the killing battlefield, and now the Tang West and North Fronts are in full swing, but he can only sit in the Beijing Division, watching others make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, which is enough to upset Xue Wanche, and the recent limelight of the Jingshi that makes him even more troublesome is obviously wrong, although Xue Wanche is not good at the way of officialdom, but he also sees that the current Jingshi is when the wind and rain are about to come and smoke the building, Xue Wanche, who had experienced the pain of Xuanwu Gate, really didn't want to be involved anymore, so he hid in the barracks, hoping to stay out of the matter, but he didn't expect that he still couldn't avoid this trouble - just now, an urgent report was sent from the Jingshizhong, the prince was unconscious, and he was afraid of a big disaster, and the king of Wu also sent someone to negotiate with him, and every hint between his words made Xue Wanche upset.

That's right, Xue Wanche has a good relationship with Li Ke, the king of Wu, and his personal relationship is not bad, but this does not mean that he Xue Wanche will definitely charge for Li Ke, of course, if the situation permits, Xue Wanche will not hesitate to shout for Li Ke, but at the moment, the dynamics of the Jingshi are unknown, as the general of Jingzhao, Xue Wanche does not dare to move easily, but his anxious heart has not calmed down because of his decision, but is even more annoyed.

"Report, general, the inner chamberlain Liu Donghe asked to see him outside the camp gate, saying that he came by order, please show the general!" Just as Xue Wanche was pacing back and forth frantically, a guard hurriedly entered from outside the tent, nodded on one knee, and reported loudly.

"Huh?" Xue Wanche paused suddenly, his eyes widened, and he frowned and asked, "How many people are here?" ”

"General Yu, there are only two carriages and a dozen Yulin soldiers." The guard was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly replied.

"Oh?" Xue Wanche's brows tightened, he snorted unconsciously, and walked around the Chinese army's tent a few times, before he ordered loudly: "Order, the whole army gathers, and the commanders of the army will follow the general to the barracks to greet him, without the order of the general, no one is allowed to open the camp door privately, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

"Yes!" When the guard saw that Xue Wanche's words were not good, how dare he slack off, he replied respectfully, and ran out of the tent, and after a while, the terrible horn sounded in the barracks, and the whole barracks was boiling in an instant, and under the light of the torches, the heavily armed Tang officers and soldiers could be seen running around in a hurry, and the murderous atmosphere in the barracks was great!

Liu Donghe followed Li Shimin to Goguryeo this time, although it was not his turn to go into battle to kill the enemy, but he could be regarded as having seen a big scene, but when he saw the chaos in the barracks, his heart was still furious, and he couldn't bear it, so he had to retreat to the side of the carriage, clinging to the curtains on the side of the carriage, and asked in a low voice: "Old Guogong, it doesn't seem to be right in the barracks, you see ......."

Li Jing, who was sitting in the carriage, was not moved at all, but said flatly: "Wait, there will be no chaos." ”

"Ah, yes, the old slave understands." Li Jingnai is the god of war in the army, since he said that it was okay, Liu Donghe is naturally trustworthy, although he is still a little apprehensive, but he does not dare to come on the face, so he can only respond respectfully, and take a few steps forward slightly, waiting for Xue Wanche's arrival.

The Tang army is worthy of being the strongest army in the world in this era, the military discipline is extremely strict, before and after only a pillar of incense time, tens of thousands of troops have been assembled in the square in front of the barracks, lined up in several phalanxes, holding torches, facing the camp gate, except for the occasional sound of horses, there is not a trace of noise, tens of thousands of troops just stand silently, a strong aura of slaughter suddenly rushed into the sky.

"Ben General Xue Wanche is here, is it the inner chamberlain Liu Gonggong who is outside the barracks?" With the sound of armor, Xue Wanche led his generals to walk forward from behind the phalanx and shouted loudly.

Liu Donghe lit the light of the torch, saw that it was Xue Wanche, hurriedly got off the horse, trotted to the front of the camp gate, and said loudly: "The old slave is Liu Donghe, General Xue, please open the camp gate, the old slave has His Majesty's secret purpose." ”

"Father-in-law Liu, please forgive me, according to the military system, there is only a holy decree and no letter from the Ministry of Troops to transfer troops, no one is allowed to enter this military camp for a step, please forgive me for not opening the camp door to wait, what will Father-in-law Liu has to read it outside the camp, and a certain will be the leader." Xue Wanche saw clearly through the gap in the wooden fence that the person who came was indeed Liu Donghe, the inner attendant, but did not order the camp to be opened, but asked Liu Donghe to announce the decree on the spot, which was quite the style of Zhou Yafu of the fine willow camp back then.

"Ah, this ......" Liu Donghe obviously didn't expect Xue Wanche to say this, he really didn't know what to do for a while, hesitated, turned around, looked at the carriage where Li Jing was, waited for a while, and didn't see Li Jing show up, and when he was hesitating and didn't know what to say, he heard Xue Wanche speak again: "Gonggong Liu, there is no joke in the army, if you have no holy purpose, but you invade the military camp without permission, and kill on the spot according to the law, read it on Your Majesty's personal entourage, Ben will give you a chance, and if you don't retreat, Hugh blames Ben for being ruthless! ”

"Hengyou (Xue Wanche's character), do you want to follow the old story of the Marquis?" Just when Liu Donghe was so flustered that he didn't know how to respond, he heard Li Jing's calm and powerful words sounding in the carriage, and then the curtain on the carriage was lifted, and Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, had already appeared from the carriage, strode to the front of the barracks on crutches.

Xue Wanche was Li Jing's subordinate general back then, and he knew how powerful Li Jing was, but at this time, he saw that Li Jing, who had already retired to the forest, suddenly appeared here, and he was stunned, rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and then took a closer look, and confirmed that the person who came was Li Jing himself, so he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed very respectfully and said: "The old man is invited, the last general has the armor and helmet on his body, and he can't salute the whole thing, please forgive me, but then the army has its own military regulations, if the old prince has no letter in hand, please forgive the last general will not accept it." ”

Li Jing knew Xue Wanche's personality, and he was not angry for his insistence on principles, but he just stepped forward, took out a small cloth bag from the place close to his arms, stretched out his hand from the gap in the wooden fence, and said calmly: "The military department is here, please Hengyou to verify that it is appropriate." ”

As soon as he saw Li Jing behaving like this, Xue Wanche didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly led several guards to stride forward, respectfully took the small cloth bag in Li Jing's hand with both hands, opened it, and took a closer look at the torch in the hands of the guards. ”

"Well, the old man knows it." Li Jing replied calmly, but did not say anything further.

"Open the camp gates! All the soldiers will greet the envoy with Ben! At this point, Xue Wanche didn't say anything more, raised his voice, roared, and his own soldiers rushed forward, pushing the closed camp gate open, Li Jing nodded calmly, and walked into the camp on foot, Liu Donghe, who was secretly relieved, did not dare to slack off, and led the officers and soldiers of Zi Yulin to follow closely into the barracks.

Although Li Jing has been retired for seven or eight years, his prestige in the army is still extremely high, and the letter of transfer of the military department in his hand states that the troops left behind in the Nanya will be under Li Jing's control, and it is only natural for Li Jing to sit in the position of commander in the big tent of the Chinese army. After the generals were in place, Li Jing swept the generals with a serious face, and then slowly spoke: "Your Majesty has a will here, please announce the edict in public!" ”

Although the generals have been stationed in the barracks for a long time, the news is not closed, although it is not clear what happened, but they still know more or less about the recent strange situation in the Beijing Division, at this time it is strange why Li Jing appeared here, and then I heard that Li Jing not only has a letter of transfer from the Ministry of War, but also a holy will, and when he is in hand, he is a little stunned - according to the Tang military system, the letter of transfer of the Ministry of War can only change generals, but if you want to transfer troops out of the barracks, you have to add the holy decree, and neither of the two can be done without either of them, Now that both are there, doesn't that mean that the situation in the capital is already extremely bad, and the generals can't help but be shocked and inexplicable.

Liu Donghe was not completely sure whether he could successfully control the garrison of the Beijing Division, but at this time, seeing that Li Jing had already controlled the situation, the big stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground, and as soon as he heard Li Jing's words, he hurriedly stood up, took out an edict from his wide sleeve, looked around at the generals in the tent, coughed lightly, and immediately woke up the stunned generals from their fugue state, and all the generals fell to one knee in a panic.

"The Holy Son of Heaven has an edict saying: I led the army to conquer the barbarians, and entrusted the prince and his ministers with state affairs, but the night was rampant, and I was disappointed...... Today, Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, is the minister of the first assistant, and Xiao and the two ministers are in charge of the court situation, and all military and political affairs are handled by the Duke of Weiguo, and all the armies of the Beijing Division are under his dispatch, and those who do not obey will be punished for the crime of resisting the order...... Chin this! Liu Donghe's shrill voice rang non-stop in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the generals were shocked when they heard it, but no one dared to raise objections, until Liu Donghe's decree was finished, and all the generals thanked him in unison.

"The last general and others respectfully ask the old country to give instructions." Xue Wanche only realized at this time that Li Shimin had already taken precautions, and secretly congratulated himself that he was not stupidly following the pace of King Wu's side, and as soon as the generals had finished thanking him, he immediately stood up and asked for instructions in a loud voice.

Now that the situation in Beijing is still unclear, Li Jing feels that the burden on his shoulders is extremely heavy, how dare he waste time, his face sank, and he said loudly: "Order, the whole army will enter the city immediately, close the four gates, enforce the curfew, and those who dare to resist will be killed!" The specific arrangements for each army were determined by General Xue. ”

"Yes!" The generals knew the seriousness of the situation, and they all responded loudly. When Xue Wanche saw that Li Jing had not deprived him of the authority to command, he was also very happy in his heart, and he unceremoniously issued various orders in a loud voice, and made proper arrangements for the respective defense areas of the armies. At seven o'clock, more than 30,000 troops rose up and surged towards Chang'an City, which was five miles away......

At three o'clock, it is said that the night is already a little deep, but the East Palace is still brightly lit, and the palace maids and eunuchs who come and go in the Xiande Hall are even more nervous, and the East Palace is full of panic, as for Li Zhi's bedroom in the Xiande Palace, there are many important ministers in the court, but all the officials above the fourth rank in Beijing are here, and the two deputy ministers of Xiao Yu and Zhu Suiliang are also impressively listed. At this moment, although the ministers of the court and the central government of the group were discussing things in small voices, their eyes were all on the closed door of the bedroom from time to time - since receiving the summoning order issued by Xiao Yu, the courtiers of the first group have been standing here for nearly two hours, but they have never received any news from the study, but they only vaguely know that something happened to the prince, what happened, and most of the courtiers are still in the dark.

Just when the courtiers were waiting anxiously, the door of the dormitory suddenly "creaked", opened from the inside, and the doctor of the Imperial Doctor's Department with a tired face staggered out of the room. ”

Under this roar, the courtiers all quieted down, and all looked at Xiao Li, who was standing with his head down, although everyone's thoughts were different, but everyone's faces were eager......

Finishing (full book)