Tiantang Splendid

4128 Internal rupture
Chapter 72 Internal Breakup

"His Royal Highness, the final general has searched the entire Prince Jin mansion. Except for the concubine Jin, the eldest son and a few side concubines, there is no trace of the Prince Jin. Song Guogong, Chu Huangmen and others are also missing. The general guard is not effective. This crime deserves death, His Highness please punish me!"

Li Junxian wiped the rainwater off his face, hurried into the hall, and reported the search results to the prince, feeling unavoidably worried.

The bodyguards guarding King Jin, Xiao Yu, Yu Chigong, Chu Suiliang and others were all masters he recruited from the "Hundred Knights". Although it is most likely that Wang Shoushi took these people away through a secret way that no one knew, it was his dereliction of duty anyway.

Seeing that after dawn, the status of monarch and minister will be determined, and the crown prince will become the new emperor is almost a certainty, but in the end such a big event happened, who knows if he will be blamed?
The disappearance of King Jin is bound to cause waves, and the serious consequences cannot be borne by Li Junxian, a mere leader of the "Hundred Knights".

In other words, if the King of Jin raises his troops at one point, he must be famous, and this "name" will naturally compose and fabricate the prince's crimes, and as the number one "hawk dog minion" attached to the prince's command, "Hundred Cavalry" "Secretary" is really the best target. No matter what kind of charges are charged to "Prince Baiqi", the ruling and opposition parties will be happy to see it succeed.

Even the officials under the Prince's command may not be willing to say a few good words for "Baiqisi"...

At that time, wouldn't he, Li Junxian, want to defend the crown prince against the first wave of spears and arrows?
It's not that he doesn't want to stand in the way of the prince, the problem is that he can't stop anything except his body being smashed to pieces...

Li Chengqian was as generous as ever, and comforted him with gentle words: "The general has done a good enough job. If something goes wrong, how can it be blamed on the general? Lonely is a mean person. Although he can't see clearly, he will try his best to distinguish between rewards and punishments. Don't worry about it." .”

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Li Junxian was relieved, and said again: "The general has sent people out of the city to search along several main official roads, the focus is on the road outside the Chunming Gate leading to the Youhouwei Army Camp, as long as someone passes by, there must be traces , presumably there will be news soon.”

No one can be found in Prince Jin's mansion, which is reasonable. Since King Jin has escaped from Taiji Palace, it is obvious that he has a big plan, and he is unwilling to sit and wait for death. He will still be unable to escape the confinement when he returns to Prince Jin's mansion.Since he disappeared with Yu Chigong, he naturally fled and went straight to Youhouwei to hide in the army, no matter whether he was advancing or retreating, he could deal with it calmly.

Of course, it is more likely to go further, otherwise Xiao Yu, Yu Chigong and others would follow him to their desperation?

Li Chengqian nodded, since Zhinu has already fled outside the palace, it doesn't matter where he is now, because next, Zhinu will definitely gather forces from all sides to rise up and try to break into the palace in one fell swoop, repeating his father's past The story of "The Change of Xuanwu Gate" was usurped against the odds.

Brothers fighting against each other, brothers killing each other, this is something that the emperor tried his best to avoid when he was alive, but now it is on the verge of death, and there is no way to change it.

Yu Zhining suggested: "Everyone knows what the king of Jin has planned. We should take all the concubines and sons of Jin as hostages, so that the king of Jin will be cautious."

Lu Deming also said: "However, this matter can't be done with great fanfare, otherwise it will damage His Highness's reputation. General Li can send the 'Hundred Riders' to carry out it secretly."

Li Junxian: "..."

Damn!Can this kind of thing be done?Scholars are too wicked!
No matter what, this kind of thing will be scolded for a lifetime, and even written into the history books and cast aside forever!And no one cares about who proposed this kind of thing, only who did it...

Once this matter is done, not only will Li Junxian not be able to die well, but even his descendants and relatives will suffer.

But he just made a big mistake, just when he was guilty and short of breath, he didn't dare to reprimand the two emperor teachers who were stupid in reading in front of the prince, and he couldn't think of any words to refute, so he could only look aside for help. Fang Jun with a calm expression...

Fang Jun coughed lightly, and said slowly: "A gentleman should do something and not do something, Your Highness should think twice before doing it."

Yu Zhining and Lu Deming's expressions suddenly changed.

Ordinarily, this sentence is probably just to advise you to think twice about what you do, and to figure out what you should do and what you can’t do, but in fact this sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius". The villain also does something, and also does not do something. However, what a gentleman does is a great responsibility from heaven, and what a villain does is only for his own benefit. Self, the responsibilities are heavy and the road is long. The villain avoids them when encountering troubles, does not do things without gain, and does nothing in mediocrity. Therefore, a gentleman takes responsibility, accepts orders when he is in danger, and takes responsibility for himself. Great success"...

This is simply pointing at the two of their noses and calling them treacherous villains, which is tolerable and unbearable!

Lu Deming got up abruptly, pointing his halberd and angrily reprimanded: "Presumptuous! We have been ordered by Your Majesty to assist the Crown Prince for more than ten years now. We work hard and sleep all night long, just to live up to His Majesty's trust and not to delay the Crown Prince's knowledge. Can a sycophant humiliate at will? A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. If so, this old man will die with you!"

He was not far from Fang Jun, and was tall and thin. At this moment, he stood up and cursed, his fingers almost hit Fang Jun's nose, and the saliva sprayed on Fang Jun's face...

Yu Zhining was also furious: "The ignorant junior, who thinks he has power but is arrogant. Since ancient times, those who do big things don't care about small things. A fool who talks about justice like you will only delay His Royal Highness's future, put the Tang Dynasty in danger, and sell his name. Invitation straight, really hateful!"

He scolded, but he stood up and took a step back, he had heard that Fang Jun had a bad temper, even a senior elder like Linghu Defen dared to beat him, so how could he be afraid of Yu Zhining?If Fang Jun beats him up here, he may be fine, but his reputation will be ruined and his face will be lost for the rest of his life.

At this critical juncture, how could the prince punish Fang Jun for Yu Zhining's face?

Thinking of this, the anger in my heart became even hotter.

Thinking of him, Yu Zhining had been working in the Eastern Palace since the day the Crown Prince was canonized. For more than ten years, he had worked hard and worked hard, but in the end, he was not only dominated by a sycophant, but even suffered humiliation and could not expect the Crown Prince to uphold justice for him... …

Could it be that the past ten years have been fed to dogs?
He was afraid that Fang Jun would be violent and hurt others violently, but Fang Jun didn't even look at him, turned to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, the crown prince of the country, that is, the emperor's position is an upright thing, and he should walk the glorious road, even for a while. Don't be narrow-minded and do such nasty things in suffering, otherwise, even if you pour all the water of the Yellow River in the future, you will not be able to wash away such stains, and you will be cast aside in history."

Li Chengqian hurriedly said: "Erlang, don't worry, I am alone with my young slaves and my compatriots, and we share the same blood. Although today we openly broke up because of the high position, and even fought against each other, but this is the number of days, life and death, success or failure, each has its own destiny. How can you bear to face the Jin Palace?" Brothers, sisters and nephews to attack? It doesn’t matter if you say you are weak or stupid, Gu Wanwan doesn’t have that kind of determination.”

Do you really think that killing brothers and sisters is as easy as talking about?

Since ancient times, filial piety and brotherhood have taken the lead. Killing brothers, siblings, destroying the family's bloodlines, cutting grass and rooting out such a thing not only has to bear huge conscience condemnation, but also has to face turbulent public opinion.When the father had to do this during the "Xuanwumen Change", and then the attacks, slanders, abuse, and doubts he endured, when did it stop in the past 20 years?
Even if it is the day of the funeral, those literati will not stop there, they will definitely write it in the annals of history, and let the descendants of future generations cast aside and curse for hundreds of thousands of years...

He looked at Yu and Lu again, smiled wryly and said: "It's not that Gu Zhi is biased toward Erlang, the two masters should understand Gu Zhi's behavior as a human being, such things are absolutely impossible."

Yu Zhining and Lu Deming sighed, the former remained silent, while the latter said helplessly, "Why do you want Your Highness to bear the name of injustice? It's just that the blind situation is too dangerous, and any method that can restrain and fetter the King of Jin will be wanted." Give it a try. Your Highness has a kind heart, and it's the old minister's fault."

Li Chengqian said happily: "The two masters are always thinking about Gu, although the method is not appropriate, but how can Gu blame it? Now that the situation is critical, there are many places that rely on the two masters, so don't make a difference."

Only then did Yu Zhining and Lu Deming take their seats again.

Li Chengqian originally thought that this small disturbance was over, but Fang Jun said, "His Royal Highness should send someone to the Prince Jin's mansion immediately to enforce martial law inside and out. Since the two of you can think of such a way, others may not be able to think of it. If one sneaks into Prince Jin's mansion to do vicious things, and frame His Highness as the blame, then something bad will happen."

Li Chengqian was stunned. The two teachers, Yu and Lu, proposed to put the concubine Jin and the prince under house arrest as hostages. You scolded her like a dog, but he admitted his mistake and bowed his head, but you turned a corner and walked his way. ...

You can't bully people like this, can you?
Moreover, the sense of irony in this is too strong, and it is obvious that they do not trust those two...

Sure enough, as soon as Fang Jun finished speaking, Yu Zhining and Lu Deming got up again, and the two of them bowed to Li Chengqian, their faces flushed, and their voices were angry: "Since we are regarded as treacherous villains, we will even do it at the expense of Your Highness's reputation." It is better to go back to the mansion to burn incense and pray for the common anger of man and god, and wish His Highness to ride the wind and waves with the help of capable ministers and achieve the great cause of the emperor, so I will leave."

Then, regardless of Li Chengqian's persuasion, he turned around and exited the door, and walked away.

Li Chengqian watched the two masters go away helplessly, no matter how good his temper was, he couldn't help being a little annoyed. He stared at Fang Jun and said, "Gu Yi has tried to save you, but why do you have such deep prejudices against the two masters? The situation is tense now. You should rely on the strength of the two masters, but you... don't know what to say."

Now the Guanlongmen faction is obviously on the side of King Jin, and is about to face the swordsmen of the East Palace, but the internal struggle of the court is not a national hatred, a life-and-death struggle, and there is still the possibility of changing camps until the last moment.

And Yu Zhining is the bridge connecting with Guanlong, but now it is very likely to be completely cut off...

Especially the rupture within the East Palace cast a shadow over his heart. He didn't understand how Fang Jun could make such a big mistake with his intelligence and shrewdness?
(End of this chapter)