Tang riddles

The deposed prince Li Chongjun was Zhongzong's third son, and his birth mother was a palace maid whose status was so low that she didn't even know her name. She died shortly after giving birth to him.He was bright and decisive by nature, and made great achievements at a young age.In the early years of Shenlong, he became the king of Wei and became the shepherd of Luozhou. Soon after, he became the general of Zuowei and led the governor of Yangzhou.In the second year of Shenlong, Li Chongjun was canonized as the crown prince, but because he was not the birth of Empress Wei, he was quite suspicious.Princess Anle, Wu Sansi and others attacked him many times, which made his status as crown prince shaken.

Although Li Chongjun was born intelligent, but because he did not have the correct discipline and guidance, his behavior was very illegal. In addition, he later got Yang Jian, Wu Chongxun and other dudes to be the prince's guests, which made him deviate from the right way and act disrespectfully.At that time, Wu Sansi held great power in the court, and his intentions were wrong. Li Chongjun was very obstructive in his eyes, and he wrote many times to ask for the abolition of the prince.But Princess Anle was ambitious and wanted to be the empress dowager, relying on Zhongzong's favor all day long, whispering in Zhongzong's ears, hoping that Zhongzong would abolish the prince and make herself the empress dowager.She even insulted Li Chongjun and laughed at him as a slave.Li Chongjun was humiliated and resented Wu Sansi, Princess Anle and Empress Wei.

In July of the first year of Jinglong, Li Chongjun joined forces with Zuo Jinwu General Li Qianli, Zuo Yulin General Li Duozuo, You Yulin General Li Sichong, Li Chengkuang, Dugu Yizhi, Sha Zha Zhongyi and others to lead Zuo Yulin More than [-] people from the army and Qianqi launched a mutiny.He first rushed into Wu Sansi's mansion, killed Wu Sansi, Wu Chongxun's father and son and more than a dozen of his followers, and then led his army into Suzhangmen to search for Queen Wei, Princess Anle and Shangguan Wan'er Zhaorong in the imperial city.When Empress Wei heard about the change, she surrounded Zhongzong and rushed to Xuanwu Gate, and called Liu Renjing, the general of the Zuo Yulin Army, to escort him, and asked him to lead the remaining army flying cavalry and more than a hundred people to guard below the building.

Later, Li Duozuo and others led the army to rush to the Xuanwu gate tower, but they were stopped by the guards.Zhongzong lay on the sill of the building and shouted to the Qianqi soldiers: "You are all my guards, why are you making trouble? If you can surrender, kill Li Duozuo and others, and you will keep your wealth forever." Qianqi officer Wang Huanxi and others The people immediately turned against each other and beheaded Li Duozuo, Li Chengkuang, Dugu Yizhi, Sha Zha Zhongyi and so on.The coup army collapsed and the coup failed.

After Li Chongjun's coup failed, he led more than a hundred cavalrymen out of Suzhangmen and fled to Zhongnan Mountain. He was killed by the people around him in a rebellion. Later, his head was cut off by the pursuers and enshrined in the Taimiao to comfort Wu Sansi and Wu Chongxun's father and son.

But what does this ridiculous coup have to do with the current loyal king Li Heng?This starts with King Zhong's mother's family.King Zhong's mother's family was the well-known Hongnong Yang family. At that time, there were a pair of very famous sisters. The elder sister married the prince Li Chongjun as his concubine, and the younger sister married the Linzi King at that time, who is the current saint as his concubine.The current sage and the deposed prince Li Chongjun were once brothers-in-law.After Li Chongjun was defeated and killed, almost all the people who were closely related to him were buried with him. Naturally, the sister of King Zhong's mother also died here.

And because of this relationship, after Ruizong ascended the throne, Princess Taiping fought with the saint who was still the prince for several years. This incident has always become a key point for Princess Taiping to attack the saint.Back then, Princess Taiping said convincingly that the Taoist sage and the deposed prince had conspired together to launch a coup, but they were exempted only because the sage was cunning and escaped from the relationship.The sage who speaks the Tao is out of character, born rebellious, and caused chaos in the court. He strongly advised Ruizong to depose the prince, and he must not be allowed to ascend the throne, otherwise the Tang Dynasty will not be safe.These remarks were plausible and extremely provocative, so that many rumors in the court at that time pointed to the saint, and the direction of public opinion overwhelmingly began to favor the abolished prince.

At that time, the saint was trembling, walking on thin ice, and he was extra cautious in everything he did and said, because even the East Palace where he lived had Princess Taiping's eyeliner.It happened that at this time, his Yang Liangyuan was pregnant, and the child in her belly was the later loyal king Li Heng.The saint worried that the child would become a more powerful target for Princess Taiping to attack him, so he conspired with Zhang Shuo at that time to abort the child.He even brewed the abortion pill himself, but in the process of brewing the medicine, he was so tired that he fell asleep and had a dream that the god and the man were overthrowing the tripod.After waking up, he felt that something was wrong, so he hurried to ask Zhang and said, Zhang said to interpret the dream, saying that it was an auspicious dream, and it was destiny.So the sage gave up and dropped the child, and King Zhong was born safely.

Whether the matter is really so miraculous, outsiders may not know, but King Zhong knows it himself.His mother once told him that the person who really prevented his father from brewing abortion pills was actually Zhang Shuo himself.And the truth of this matter has become an eternal secret, especially after Yang Guipin and Zhang Shuo passed away one after another, only father and son are left to know this secret.

And why did Shen Sui make the inference that Qin Zhen killed the official of the Konghe Mansion to set the blame on King Zhong?Does King Zhong have any reason to kill these officials of the Crane Mansion?It should be mentioned that when the saint was still the crown prince, there were a large number of eyeliners of Princess Taiping in the East Palace. These eyeliners were actually the former officials who controlled the Crane Mansion, and among them were five people including Lu Bingwen, who was currently killed.After the Konghe Mansion was disbanded, these people were taken over by Taiping. In fact, there were a large number of officials in the Konghe Mansion who had been recommended by Taiping to the Emperor Wu for many years, and they were all Taiping people.So they were arranged to be members of the prince's guard of honor, or the guards of the Eastern Palace, and some even pretended to be servants and mingled in the Eastern Palace because they were no different from internal servants because they were white-faced and beardless.Those people were the main reason for the panic that the Crown Prince's East Palace fell into, and King Zhong was almost aborted, which also had a great relationship with these people.Now Princess Taiping has died long ago, but these scourges of the past have remained. It is not unusual for King Zhong to take revenge on these people.What's more, King Zhong may have been brooding about his father's cold-blooded abortion of himself, and there is no guarantee that he will not rebel because of it. This has become the best basis for blaming him.

King Zhong understands that such blaming is obviously fatal, especially for his own father, it has a strong persuasive power.And he really didn't understand why the people at King Shou knew about such a secret thing back then, and... not only King Shou knew it, but Shen Bozhao, who was in front of Xue Dao, obviously knew it very well.Where did their news come from?Who leaked it?He looked at the counselors under him for a while, and finally his eyes fell on his wife and brother Wei Jian.He has never mentioned this secret to any outsiders, but he has only ever told his wife, Webster. Could it be that his wife told Wei Jian, and Wei Jian leaked it?No...you can't think wildly, this matter needs to be investigated before a decision can be made.

Although Zhong Wang has been comforting himself, his heart is already in a mess. What makes him most unacceptable is not that he was framed, but the betrayal of the people around him.He couldn't help looking at Shen Sui again, this person... can what he said be true?Did he really have good intentions when he told me this?Or is there some other purpose?

At this time, Li Jinyue, who had never spoken, spoke:

"Third brother, after I formed an alliance with you in Youzhou, I was able to return to Chang'an only because of your care. If you suffer slander and blame this time, I will not be alone. Today, I am very sincere Come here and tell you all the news we know, you have to plan early. You must not wait passively for the other party to make a move."

"Then, does Elder Sister have a good strategy?" King Zhong asked.

Li Jinyue looked at Shen Sui, Shen Sui smiled, and answered for her:

"The strategy is very simple. It is to insist that you have no reason to kill the sixth person. Then it will be difficult to set the blame."

"The sixth person? You mean the head of the escort agency?" Apparently, the bloody tragedy that happened in Daozhengfang yesterday has already spread throughout Chang'an City.But King Zhong felt puzzled and couldn't help asking:

"Why did Qin Zhen kill this bodyguard? If he wants to blame me, he should understand that I have no reason to kill this person."

The smile on Shen Sui's lips showed something meaningful: "That bodyguard should be related to the fire at Princess Taiping's mansion. I only know so much so far. The purpose of Qin Zhen's killing him may be for Princess Taiping. Confusing this case with the case against Mr. Lang of the Crane Mansion should be for purposes other than setting the blame on him."

Shen Sui's words were unclear, King Zhong was confused, but there was a person beside King Zhong who realized that this person was Wang Zhongsi.After all, Wang Zhongsi was the leader of the forbidden army in the palace, so he had some understanding of some secret affairs in the palace.He leaned close to King Zhong's ear and said in a low voice:

"Perhaps Shou Wang is annihilating the evidence for the dead Concubine Hui."

"Concubine Hui killed Taiping?" King Zhong was taken aback and asked in a low voice.

"This matter... I'm afraid it's not just Concubine Hui who did it. Behind Concubine Hui, there are today's sages." After Wang Zhongsi finished speaking, he was startled to feel that his clothes were soaked in sweat.

King Zhong felt his hair stand on end, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

When the banquet came to an end, a group of people waited to see Li Jinyue and Shen Sui out of the mansion. King Zhong took Li Jinyue's hand and said sincerely:

"Eldest sister, thank you for your help this time, Mr. Bo Zhao, I really admire you from the bottom of my heart, and I must rely on you from now on. Let's keep in touch in the future."

Li Jinyue smiled, patted King Zhong on the shoulder, and said:

"You, let Yang Shenjin come back quickly, you don't know what he has done for you."

"What?" King Zhong was stunned, he was somewhat confused about how Yang Shenjin, who had never appeared in the conversation before, would suddenly appear.

Li Jinyue pulled his arm suddenly, leaned close to his ear and said a few words quickly:

"Yang Shenjin assassinated Concubine Wu Hui, and he is already on the blacklist of Dali Temple. This is a certificate of honor, third brother, with the death of Concubine Hui, you and the King of Shou are already at odds with each other, and there is no room for change. Be careful, as a sister, I don't want to see you in trouble."

King Zhong froze on the spot.Li Jinyue patted him twice more vigorously, and led Shen Sui to turn around and walk to her carriage.

The night was dark, and Li Jinyue and Shen Sui's carriage drove out of Zhongwang's mansion. Zhongwang led the counselors around him and stood at the door, looking at the back of the carriage blending into the night, his heart was overwhelmed, and he didn't speak for a long time.

I don't know how long he stood there, Wei Jian softly persuaded him to go back, King Zhong's face was ashen, suppressing the burgeoning anger, he gritted his teeth and said:

"I have endured for many years, and once I was completely abolished by that kid Yang Shenjin, all previous efforts were wasted! He made too much trouble for me, Huangfu, Wei Jian, you immediately tie that kid Yang Shenjin to me! I have to settle with him A bill!"

The author has something to say: Let me explain, the reason why I put the matter of Yang Shenjin at the end is not really trying to help Yang Shenjin back to Zhongwang’s side, but threatening to beat Zhongwang: We have agreed on everything that should be agreed upon. From now on, you have to listen to our words and act, otherwise, you will not be able to get rid of Yang Shenjin's killing of Concubine Hui.