Great Tang Southern Emperor

"No, no, you misunderstood, I have no intention of disposing of you." Li Zhen put the grenade back on her waist and waved her hands repeatedly: "I really came to see you this time, and I didn't intend to arrest you. "

"What do you mean?" Locke frowned deeply, he didn't understand what Li Zhen meant.

"I……"

"Bah~"

Just as Li Zhen was about to answer, she was interrupted by a crisp gunshot. Naturally, the one who fired the shot was not from Locke's side, but Luo Lin who was beside Li Zhen. The pistol in his hand was still slowly emitting green smoke. , while opposite Locke, Wu Gang fell to the ground, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. In front of him, there was a military hand crossbow—the situation was already obvious. Wu Gang wanted to take this opportunity to assassinate Li Zhen, but he was kept watching. Looking at Luo Lin on the opposite side, he realized that Wu Gang was killed first by shooting, and it didn't matter whether Wu Gang was dead or not.

"It seems that Brother Luo, your subordinates are not very friendly to me." Li Zhen smiled lightly: "Originally, I was going to spare your life for the sake of the same ancestors, but now it seems... Say sorry."

"Hmph, it's come to this point, what are you talking about about the same ancestors?" After hearing what Li Zhen said, Locke sneered again and again: "Since Li Shimin took away my father's throne, how can there be any brotherhood between us?" ?”

"There is no way to do this." Li Zhen saw that Locke admitted his identity, and said seriously: "When two tigers fight, one will be injured. This is inevitable. Father and uncle are peerless men who are one in a million , what is certain is that no matter which one of them succeeds to the throne, they will be a generation of Mingjun, but in the same way, no matter who succeeds, the remaining one will definitely not end well. What's more, at that time, the uncle had the support of all the officials outside, and the inside and outside With the favor of the grandfather, the uncle is also aggressive towards the father, the father is at an absolute disadvantage, and he has no choice but to fight to the death..."

"Shut up." Locke was furious when he heard this, and said sharply: "Now it's your world, of course you want to justify Li Shimin's name, and I have nothing to say about it. But Li Zhen, don't be complacent. , do you think you are sure to win? You are wrong, since I dare to come to Chang'an, the dragon's pond and tiger's lair, do you think I will only prepare this retreat for myself?"

"I've never thought about it that way before." Li Zhen shook her head: "From that meeting in Xiaoshan, I knew that Brother Luo, you are not the kind of person who puts all eggs in one basket. If you pay attention to the investigation, it is not impossible to find out, brother Luo, how could you take such a risky strategy?"

"It's good that you understand, so don't show such a state that you are determined to me." Locke unbuttoned his clothes and sneered: "What do you think this is?"

"Your Highness, be careful." Seeing this, Luo Lin and Fatty panicked, and hurriedly protected Li Zhen behind them. At the same time, Li Zhen's guards also raised their muskets and aimed at Locke and his party.

It turned out that each of Locke was struggling with a bundle of strong gunpowder, so it was no wonder that Luo Lin and others showed such expressions.

Everyone was very nervous, but Li Zhen showed contempt on her face: "Eh? This is the No. [-] gunpowder produced by the Shuzhong Arsenal, right? Good stuff, Brother Luo, where did you get it? It's just the biggest gunpowder of No. [-] gunpowder." It should be used to make gunpowder, Brother Luo, you put gunpowder on your waist like this, and you want to die with us, but you are overkill."

Locke said coldly: "Hmph, whether it's overqualified or overqualified, I only know that this gunpowder is enough to smash everyone in the Sanqing Palace to pieces."

"That's right, but you just died with me, aren't you reconciled?" Li Zhen shrugged and said, "I'm dead, and my father has other sons to choose from. If you die, the uncle will be the only son to choose." His bloodline is gone."

"..." Locke looked at Li Zhen in amazement: "Sure enough, there are rumors in the world that although Li Zhen, the king of Yue, has an amazing view of the overall situation, he is ruthless and never puts anything or anyone's life in his eyes. , you can sacrifice everything, including your own life... At first I thought the rumors were exaggerated, but now it seems that the rumors are still modest."

Li Zhen: "..."

What is this all about?

We are not answering the question, right?

Also, when did I become ruthless?

Who spread the rumors?

How did Wei Zheng get his newspaper?

Don't know how to defend me?

"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Locke looked at the guard behind Li Zhen: "What I am most curious about now is, where do these people behind you come from? According to my information, you are in Chang'an The army in the city should still be searching for assassins, right? It should be that no one has left the city, so where did they come from?"

"This is my youth army."

"Impossible." Before Locke could speak, Wen Tonglin preemptively said: "According to our information, the Boys' Army is also in Chang'an City, and none of the 1 people is missing—at least they didn't have any before we left Chang'an City." Abnormal movement. Unless they all have wings, they can't be faster than us."

"This is..." Li Zhen looked at Wen Tonglin. This man was handsome and handsome, with the essence in his eyes, and he was obviously an amazing talent.

"Student Wen Yun, small character Tonglin, has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Wen Tonglin smiled slightly, and gave a light salute to Li Zhen.

"Wen Yun? I seem to have heard of this name somewhere?" Li Zhen lowered her head and pondered, "I always think I've seen you somewhere."

"Your Highness has certainly met the students." Wen Tonglin said with a chuckle, "Father Wen Dalin, we should have met once ten years ago."

"Oh, by the way, you are Duke Yu's concubine." Li Zhen finally remembered that he had really seen this Wen Tonglin. Just ten years ago, this Wen Yun had done a big thing.

Wen Yanbo, the Duke of Yu State, first came from Luo Yi, the general manager of Youzhou, and then came to the Tang Dynasty with Luo Yi. He was captured by the Turks and imprisoned in the bitter cold of the Yin Mountains. The eldest brother Wen Yanhong, styled Daya, was born in Qi, Taiyuan. When Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, Yanhong participated in the maintenance of the aircraft.Another third brother, Wen Yan, was appointed as the Minister of Zhongshu, and he was named Duke of Qinghe County.At that time, it was called "one family and three men", which can be called prominent.

And this Wen Tonglin is Wen Yanbo's youngest son, and he is also a concubine. His mother is a maidservant, the product of Wen Yanbo's drunkenness. He came from a lowly background and was repeatedly bullied by his mistress and fellow brothers.Later, his mother died of illness, and Wen Tonglin couldn't bear the humiliation. Ten years ago, he sued Wen Yanbo's family to the Wannian County Government, and blatantly severed his father-son relationship with him. This incident was a sensation at the time.

At that time, this incident was very troublesome, and it even reached Li Shimin's case. It was at that time that Li Zhen met Wen Tonglin once, so he had an impression of him.

This incident was widely circulated at the time, and the people in the government and the public had everything to say, but in the end it was Li Shimin who took action to appease the incident, and the incident was over.But because of this incident, Wen Yanbo was so angry that he vomited blood for three liters, and almost died suddenly. Fortunately, his life was saved after the imperial doctor's treatment. He died in the tenth year of Zhenguan, and since then all the three Wen brothers have died (Wen Daya and Wen Dayou both died before Wen Yanbo), and the Wen family has declined since then.

However, after Li Shimin appeased the two parties ten years ago, Wen Yanbo sent Wen Tonglin back to Qi County, his ancestral home, and there was no news about Wen Tonglin after that. It has always been rumored that Wen Tonglin made things too big, which caused the Wen family to lose face. What a big mistake, Wen Tonglin was actually murdered by the Wen clan, and there has been no news about Wen Tonglin since.

Li Zhen never thought that the person who disappeared ten years ago would reappear ten years later, and he was still mixed with Locke, and judging from his status, he was not too low in Cheng Jianxi—— It's really interesting.

The abandoned son who was regarded as a shame by the Wen family turned out to be the Qilin who could lead the Wen family to prosper. If the Wen family had not oppressed Wen Tonglin too much back then, Wen Tonglin would not have fallen to where he is today, and the Wen family could at least prosper for another generation. , instead of being like today, the family is full of mediocrity and waste, although they bear the name of a famous family, they have no right to speak.

"Unexpectedly, His Highness still remembers the students." Wen Tonglin still had that handsome appearance, which was dozens of times stronger than his current half-father elder brother.Although he doesn't know exactly what his talents are, just based on his bearing alone, Li Zhen has reason to believe that if Wen Tonglin's head of the Wen family falls to Wen Tonglin, there may be a fourth Duke in the Wen family. indefinite.

"Of course I remember you. You did a great thing back then. Even now, people still mention your feat from time to time." Li Zhen said with a smile, what Wen Tonglin did was indeed a big deal.

You must know that China has ruled the country with filial piety since ancient times, and filial piety is the most important thing. Especially during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were even cases where people with pure filial piety were appointed as officials (at that time, the basic standard of filial piety was to see whether you were filial or not). , and it was not much worse in Li Shimin's time, because he forced his father to take the position by killing his brother, so he felt guilty about Li Yuan and paid more attention to filial piety.

However, under such circumstances, Wen Tonglin dared to directly go to court with his father, requesting to sever the relationship between father and son.

If you were someone else, it wouldn't be surprising for such behavior to be imprisoned for three to five years.

That is to say, Wen Tonglin had indeed been greatly wronged in Wen's family, and was beaten all over his body. Even Li Shimin felt distressed when he saw the wounds on his body, so Wen Tonglin's crimes were pardoned, but his request was not granted.At the same time, he also put Wen Tonglin in his blacklist. If there is no special reason, no matter how talented Wen Tonglin is, he will never be able to become an official in this life.

"What's the big deal? Back then, I was young and frivolous and couldn't bear things. Now that I think about it, if I could have endured a little bit back then, with my talent, it would not be difficult to get ahead. When I become famous, I will turn around and beat the Wen family with my achievements." This should be the best and the happiest way of punishment." Wen Tonglin said with a wry smile: "It doesn't look like now, not only is he deprived of his fame, he even loses the right to live in front of others."

"Actually, if you had left later, maybe your life would be completely different from what it is now." Li Zhen said sincerely, "Because I was planning to recruit you at that time, but at that time my power was not strong. When I mobilized people to look for you, you had already disappeared, I really didn't expect that now when we meet again, it will look like this."

Li Zhen's words are really not lying. One must know that those who dare to break the rules of the world and dare to resist the world are either lunatics or peerless geniuses.

Wen Tonglin is obviously not a lunatic, so he can only be the latter.No matter where such a talent is placed, he will be regarded as a guest of honor. After the incident, Li Zhen really hoped to recruit him, but unfortunately, his influence at the time was still too small, and the only blood dragon Wei was recruited by Li Shimin to investigate the information of Tuyuhun, so Li Zhen had no one to send. By the time his men found Qi County, Wen Tonglin had disappeared, which was Li Zhen's great regret.

"Thank you for your great kindness, Your Highness. However, good fortune tricks people. Wen Yun and His Highness have no ties with each other. There is no way to do it. The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say these things." Wen Tonglin's eyes flashed a touch, and he could see it , what Li Zhen said is true. In a desperate situation, there is still a person who can't forget her. This feeling is really good. Even with Wen Tonglin's character, I can't help but feel a little moved.But just like what he said, good luck tricks people, Li Zhen didn't meet him, otherwise Wen Tonglin's future would definitely go in another direction.

"Stop reminiscing about the old days." Li Zhen and Wen Tonglin babbled so much, Locke could naturally see that Li Zhen was delaying time, although he didn't understand why Li Zhen would delay time when he was in an absolute advantage, but What Locke knew was that if Li Zhen was allowed to continue talking, then he and others would really be doomed.

"Li Zhen, you haven't answered my question yet." Locke said impatiently, "If you can answer my question, I'll be caught by you, so what's the problem?"

Li Zhen glanced at him: "Arrest you? Then let you bribe the jailer to escape?"

"Don't underestimate people." Locke was furious. If he didn't remember his identity, he would probably scold his mother.

"Okay, okay, stop yelling, do you dare to be presumptuous in front of Grandpa Sanqing?" Li Zhen said coldly: "Since you want to ask, then I'll just tell you, these thousands of people are indeed It’s the Boys’ Army.”

"Impossible." Li Siqian finally found a chance to interrupt: "Just now Wen Tonglin has made it very clear that the total number of youth troops you brought back to Chang'an this time is less than 1, and these [-] people are now in the youth army barracks. , there is no sign of mobilization, unless they have wings, otherwise how could they be faster than us."

"I said, did you misunderstand something?" Li Zhen laughed and said, "It is true that the youth army I brought back to Chang'an from Lingnan was less than 1 people, but..."

"But... who told you that I only have this [-] young army?"

"..."

What do you mean?