Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Outrageous!

Everyone in the Tang Dynasty court was working hard to defeat the Western Turks.

Now there are actually blind people who leak information and want to kill 100,000 elite soldiers in Western Turkestan. This is intolerable!

As long as he finds out this spy, he will definitely wipe out his entire family!

"promise!

Lai Ji responded with a serious expression, then quickly ran out of the hall.

A few breaths of silence.

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Du He, I know that the Western Turks are difficult to defeat, but I hope you can completely defeat them before the cold winter comes!"

"I don't have much time left!"

Hearing Li Shimin's sad words, Du He's face suddenly changed.

Could it be that Li Shimin's health has deteriorated again?

Du He said solemnly, "Your Majesty, rest assured. I will do my utmost to conquer Western Turkestan before the end of the year!"

He had to speed up the development of explosives. Without this magical thing, it would be difficult to quickly blow up the walls of the Western Turks.

Besides, there is a risk every day if the spy is not found.

There was a pause.

Du He asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, if you feel unwell, why not hand over all state affairs to the Crown Prince?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is already 29 years old this year and is fully capable of standing on his own."

As Du He finished speaking, the hall fell into silence again.

a long time.

Li Shimin laughed and scolded, "Only a scoundrel like you dares to say such a thing. If anyone else tries to persuade me to abdicate, I will definitely execute them."

Although Li Shimin did not give a direct answer, his words already showed his thoughts.

Still want to continue to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty!

Du He grinned and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

It’s time for a cup of tea.

Zhang Shigui, dressed in an official robe, strode into the hall with a list of rewards in his hand.

"See Your Majesty!"

"The list of generals for the expedition against Western Turks has been delivered!"

Zhang Shigui, who had originally planned to rest, suddenly felt that something was wrong when he heard that His Majesty wanted a list of generals.

On the way here, Zhang Shigui secretly asked Lai Ji about the matter and learned the whole story.

If nothing unexpected happens, a large number of people will definitely die in the next period of time.

What an eventful time!

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Present it!"

"promise."

Lai Ji took the list from Zhang Shigui and quickly handed it to Li Shimin.

Looking at the list of hundreds of people in his hand, Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly.

There was silence for more than ten breaths.

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Except Du He, everyone else please leave."

"promise."

Everyone responded and left the hall.

Zhang Shigui rushed over in a panic, and when he saw that the emperor did not allow him to participate in this matter, his expression paused slightly.

"Hey!"

He sighed secretly, then followed the others out of the hall.

As the Minister of War, he doesn't even have the qualifications to participate in uncovering the spies. It seems that His Majesty trusts Duke Han Guo far more than him!

On the imperial platform.

Li Shimin said to Du He, "You little bastard, come up and watch with me."

"promise."

After Du He bowed, he quickly walked onto the imperial platform.

The two men spread out the list and began to check one by one, starting with Hou Junji, Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui and others.

After looking at half of the generals, neither of them found any suspicious targets.

These people were either old ministers of the Prince of Qin's Palace, generals trained by Li Chengqian, or descendants of those old ministers.

Another ten breaths passed.

The two people's eyes fell on the same person.

Li Shimin asked in a deep voice, "Du He, do you think that Liu Can, the Chief Clerk of the Left Guard, is a suspect?"

"This man is from the Hedong Liu clan, and is the younger brother of the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, Liu Shi!"

Some time ago, the Sanyuan Han family, the Hedong Liu family and the Gaoling Yu family were exterminated by the imperial court. The few remaining members of the clan must have held a grudge against the imperial court.

If there really is a spy, this person is the most suspicious.

Du He said softly, "Your Majesty, we can list him as one of the suspects and see if there are any others."

Li Shimin nodded, and the two continued to look back.

After reading the list.

Du He and Li Shimin found a total of three suspects, all of whom were from the Guanlong forces.

In addition to Liu Can, the Chief Clerk of the Left Guard, there were Han Xun, the General of the Left Guard, and Yuwen Xiao, the General of the Left Cavalry Guard.

These three people came from the Hedong Liu family, the Sanyuan Han family, and the Guanzhong Yuwen family respectively.

Li Shimin frowned and asked, "Du He, besides the Guanlong family, which other forces do you think are suspicious?"

Other forces?

After hearing Li Shimin's words, a bold idea suddenly popped up in Du He's mind.

"Could it be that Li Ke is behind this?"

During this period, the Eastern Palace and Li Zhi's staff were fighting fiercely, but Li Ke, who was watching the fight from the sidelines, was unreasonably quiet.

Even during the usual court meetings of all officials, he didn't say a word.

Although Du He guessed that Li Ke was one of the masterminds behind the incident, he did not dare to place his suspicion on Li Ke without any evidence.

There is a big difference between questioning the prince and questioning the ministers.

After thinking about it for a while.

Du He shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, apart from the Guanlong family, no one else is a serious suspect."

"Rong Chen, take another look and see if there are any other suspects."

After saying that, Du He looked over the list again.

He was checking these generals to see which ones had connections with Li Ke or could be easily bribed by Li Ke with a large sum of money.

After reading it again, Du He wrote down two more people.

Yang Sizhi, the commander of Luzhou, and Shi Chang, the commander of Songzhou!

Yang Sizhi was from the Hongnong Yang family, and his daughter was the Princess of Chu. As a father-in-law, he had no reason not to help his son-in-law Li Ke.

As for Zhechou Duwei Shi Chang, he was originally Li Ke's chief secretary. Later, when he followed Li Ke to conquer the Western Turks, he was awarded the title of Zhechou Duwei.

Li Shimin suddenly said, "What new tricks have you found?"

"Your Majesty, I have not found anything else."

"Really not?"

"Your Majesty, truly not."

Du He nodded sincerely.

Li Shimin did not ask any further questions, but instead pinned the suspicion on the three Guanlong families.

If there really were spies, Li Shimin hoped they were from these three families so that it would be easier for him to deal with them.

If other people were involved, it would definitely be a huge psychological blow to him!

Let’s finish talking about business.

Li Shimin smiled and asked, "Du He, when do you plan to leave for Western Turkestan?"

Du He bowed and replied, "I will go check on the progress of the thunder bomb development in the next few days, and then we will make a decision based on the situation."

Without explosives, it’s useless to go to Western Turkestan now.

"it is good!"

Li Shimin nodded and continued.

"Du He, since you have your own ideas, I won't give you any orders. You can arrange your own time!"

The situation has become a bit complicated now. In addition to leading the army to attack the Western Turks, we also have to find out those spies.

The difficulty increases sharply!

Du He bowed and replied, "I thank Your Majesty for your trust!"

The two chatted in whispers for another half a quarter of an hour. After Du He finished his meal, he left Cuiwei Palace in the night.