Linzhi

Until he went back, the wound on Li Suian's neck was not bandaged again.

The news of the death of the emperor has not been widely spread. Although Zhang Song and the others were shocked when they heard the news, they calmed down and knew that announcing the news now would only make the situation more chaotic. The old king has passed away and the new one has not yet been established , vassal kings are all over the place, the Turkic people are eyeing, and there is the Xiao family in Liangzhou... It takes almost no imagination to know what will happen.

That's the case, Xiangzhou is already chaotic enough. The people were already panicked by the news that the Turkic people might go south at any time. Those who have relatives in other places are going to join relatives, and those who have no relatives plan to follow Yujia, and those who can't go also want to go. In the countryside, avoid the limelight first, and even if you don’t leave, you must first count and store your belongings properly, so as not to be looted by the Turks.At this moment, the imperial army came to add another kick, and suddenly they went out to search and arrest, which made people even more panicked. Everyone went in without knowing it, spreading rumors, thinking that there were some Turkic spies in Xiangyang City, and they were running around. The governor was in a state of desperation, and wanted to see Zhang Song, Li Kuan and others several times to ask him clearly, but these people seemed to have made an appointment and refused to see him.

When Li Suian came back, what he saw was such a chaotic situation.

She was brought back to the temporary residence of the Li family in Xiangzhou by the soldiers. When she heard the servants telling Li Kuan that Zhang Xiang, Ji Shangshu and others were coming, Li Sui stood quietly by the side, thinking that she would be left out in the cold. Zhi Li Kuan sent someone to tell him that he was busy with official duties and asked them to wait at the governor's mansion, and he would go there later, then waved his servants back and looked at his daughter.

The father and daughter can actually be seen from their looks, especially the eyebrows and eyes. Li Suian's beautiful phoenix eyes are inherited from his father, but when Li Kuan is not smiling, his eyes are more sharp, making people afraid to look directly at them.

But other than that, Li Suian felt that the father and daughter had no similarities at all.

"Have you made enough trouble?" Li Kuan looked at her without any fluctuations in his tone.

"Do you know how much trouble you caused me this time?"

Li Suian looked back at him: "Father, does His Majesty's sudden death have anything to do with you?"

Li Kuan smiled, but there was no warmth in his eyes.

"So what?"

Even though he was mentally prepared, Li Suian didn't expect his father to admit it so happily, and was stunned for a moment.

why?

It's almost a no-brainer.Why else?The purpose of murdering the emperor is naturally the position of the emperor.But Li Suian recalled carefully, and found that since he could remember, his father had been keeping a low profile and doing things peacefully. He trusted him very much. Li Kuan's critical rescue during the initial palace change made Emperor Jiayou believe in him even more. He probably didn't expect his father to do it until his death.

Although the relationship between their father and daughter is mediocre, Li Suian was mentally prepared for what the eldest princess said before, but thinking about it, hearing it with his own ears is two different things. stranger.

"why?"

"It started a long time ago."

Li Kuan raised his hand and signaled her to sit down. Li Suian didn't move, and Li Kuan didn't force himself. He turned around and paced in the study with his hands behind his hands.

"Twenty years ago, when the late emperor was in power, Prince Zhaoyuan died young. King Zheng He Lin and his uncle He Yi intended to conspire against each other. The incident was revealed and they were sentenced to death by the late emperor. You were still very young at that time, so maybe you don't remember."

Li Suian was silent for a moment, and said: "I remember, it was Bingshen's rebellion case. I heard that His Majesty, who was also the King of Lu at that time, was also implicated in this matter, deposed as a commoner, and exiled the whole family."

Li Kuan nodded, and then revealed an astonishing secret: "Actually, at that time, I was already secretly supporting He Lin."

Li Suian stared at him blankly, and after a while he found his voice, and said with difficulty: "But... didn't the late emperor trust you very much?"

Li Kuan laughed mockingly: "That was later. The late emperor found it difficult to compete with the noble family with his own strength, so he thought of our foreign relatives, otherwise you think your grandfather married the eldest princess. Will you be unknown in the court? How could your father and I be transferred back to the capital from the border town, and have not been able to return to the battlefield since then? It is nothing more than a lesson from the previous court, which made the first emperor take great precautions against foreign relatives, for fear that they would seize power. But he never Take precautions, how did you expect your son to die in my hands?"

Li Suian took a deep breath, knowing that the following content might be even more shocking. If a year ago, she might have thought her father was telling a story and joking, but now, she has enough concentration to finish listening to it. This shocking secret.

"What happened later? Why didn't the first emperor find out that you were colluding with He Lin?"

Li Kuan didn't care that his daughter used the word "collusion", he said: "Because during the process of cooperation, I discovered that He Lin is an idiot. , the first emperor is in power, the government and the opposition are fairly stable, rebellion will have no good results, and He Lin doesn't listen to my advice at all, so I re-search for a suitable candidate for support, and that is King Qi."

"Although King Qi's aptitude is not as good as Prince Zhaoyuan's, at least he is much better than his other brothers. His mother, Concubine An Shu, is favored and doesn't have a strong background. She just needs an ally like me. The only fly in the ointment is that, There are two elder brothers He Tai and He Lin on top of him. If he wants to be in power, he has to remove the obstacles in front of him. So on the one hand, I secretly let people expose the clues of He Lin and He Yi's collusion. The late emperor was always suspicious The people who want to keep an eye on them soon, so I don’t need to worry about it; on the other hand, I waited for the opportunity to put a witch puppet in through the maid of Lu Wang’s mansion, and the birth date of Prince Zhaoyuan was written on it.”

The long past was suddenly unveiled layer by layer, and hearsay and half-knowledge gradually became clear. Li Suian's face turned pale uncontrollably when he thought of the death of He Rong's biological mother.

Seeing her reaction, Li Kuan even smiled.

"You guessed it, she put the witchcraft in the room of a concubine of King Lu, and that concubine is the biological mother of King An He Rong."

Li Suian's body trembled slightly, like a candle in the wind.

Li Kuan continued: "After everything was prepared, I asked people to leak the matter to Shi Weng Hao, the head of the palace at the time. Weng Hao was a man with great ambition and talent, and he was always unwilling to stay in the palace. He immediately seized this opportunity and reported to the first emperor that the king of Lu had secretly hidden witchcraft in his mansion and cursed Prince Zhaoyuan. Those letters with He Lin. The two princes fell off the horse, and the obstacles in front of King Qi were removed at once."

Li Suian felt a little cold, she had to step back and put her back against the wall by the door.

"But later, King Qi also rebelled."

Li Kuan nodded, with a trace of contempt in his smile: "I originally thought that although he is not as good as Prince Zhaoyuan, at least he has been swayed by his ears and eyes. After more than ten years of self-cultivation, he should not be far behind. Who knows, I still look up The aura of the first emperor's sons was concentrated on the prince, and the remaining sons had their own flaws. During the ten years when King Lu's family was exiled, almost no one in the court competed with the king of Qi, and the first emperor also deliberately set up a prince. He is the prince, but he wasted a great opportunity, hesitated where he should be, and did a lot of things that shouldn't be done. When he played tricks on King Lu's presentation of paintings to the late emperor, I knew , this person cannot be reused, and sooner or later he will implicate me."

Li Suian asked: "So you decided to fall to His Majesty?"

Li Kuan shook his head: "Before that, I had also taken a fancy to King Wei, but later I found out that he was more indecisive than King Qi. When King Qi rebelled, he was in the Taimiao with the emperor. He could have preemptively killed the then emperor. He and the crown prince are killed, then I will support him as the orthodox, and then go back to deal with the king of Qi, but unfortunately he dare not, he missed the opportunity in vain, and let Emperor Jiayou take the throne."

"After His Majesty ascended the throne, my father was so wicked that he set his sights on King Ji again. He wanted to use him to fight against the prince. He also married me to King Ji and sent Qing Luo to the palace. The prince gradually fell out of favor. Run to the border..." Li Suian had a flash of inspiration, and he couldn't believe it, "How come the Turkic people are so coincidental, knowing that the prince will go to Yunzhou? You tipped the Turkic people?!"

Li Kuan smiled: "As expected of my daughter, she is really smart."

Li Suian looked at him as if he was looking at a monster: "The Turkic people broke through the customs, penetrated into the rivers and mountains of the Central Plains, and killed so many people. What good is it for you? If you want the throne, you deserve so many people to be buried with you!"

Li Kuan said indifferently: "Those who achieve great things don't care about small things. Is the He family innocent? Didn't they also snatch their throne from the previous emperor? Didn't He Tai's grandfather also kill one from the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood?" How can you create this foundation? Which of the sons of the first emperor, including He Tai, can be called a wise king? But they are all mediocre people! There are no heroes in the era, but it only makes Zhu Zi famous! They can be emperors, Why can't I?"

Li Suian gritted his teeth, unable to say a word.

Li Kuan said: "But it's not the time yet. The He family's strength is not over yet. If I become emperor now, I will only let He Zhan, He Rong and Zhang Song join forces to deal with me. It just so happens that your sister gave birth to a prince. I will Support him to ascend the throne, and then act as the prime minister. As for the Turkic people, let He Rong fight with them first and consume each other's strength. After I have rectified the south, I will cross the river to the north, and then I will reap the benefits of fishermen. At that time, The young emperor will naturally take the Zen position, and you are the founding princess."

Li Suian's voice burst out word by word: "I don't want to be some founding princess!"

Li Kuan smiled lightly: "If you don't think about it now, you will think about it in the future. Silly boy, I know you like He Rong, but he knew that I indirectly harmed his biological mother. Do you think he will like you? When you become The emperor's daughters, He Xiu, He Rong, these people will all be a thing of the past. When the time comes, the men in the world, whoever you want, will have to marry you, and you will have to beg you to like them with all your heart. Isn't that bad? "

It turned out to be like this...

It turns out that He Rong knew it a long time ago... No wonder I went to him again and again, but he refused directly.

Li Suian suddenly remembered that He Rong had said a word to her before leaving Chang'an.

You are you, Li Kuan is Li Kuan.

At that time, she didn't understand what the other party meant. She only said that He Rong had always been prejudiced against her father, and at one time she felt aggrieved and felt unfair for her father.

Now she finally understands.

But it's too late.

A full 20 years late.

Two lines of tears welled up in his eyes and flowed down slowly, Li Suian's vision was blurred.

"He Rong is indeed capable. Unlike his incompetent father and elder brother, if his biological mother didn't have the same relationship as before, I would be happy to see you get married, and I would be happy to have such a capable son-in-law, our son-in-law Joining forces will only go smoother than it is now. But it's a pity that you are destined to have nothing to do with each other." Li Kuan's tone really had a trace of regret.

"I don't need that kind of fate!" Li Suian screamed, reacting fiercely, "I don't have a father like you who betrays the country and seeks glory, and knows a lot about foreign countries!"

She turned around and was about to run out, but was stopped by the guards who had already been guarding the door.

Li Kuan said coldly behind her: "Do you really think that I told you so much just to let you go out and report the news? Don't think I don't know. Queen Pei's ability to run away is due to your credit. You should be glad that you are me Daughter, otherwise she would be a dead person by now. Beat her unconscious, drag her down and lock her up!"

Li Suian struggled, and even reached out to grab the knife in the guard's hand, but immediately the back of her neck hurt, her body fell to the ground involuntarily, and she lost consciousness.

……

Chang'an at this time is no longer the prosperous capital of the world in the past.

The East and West cities should have been bustling with excitement at this time of day, with constant hawking, but now, Chang'an City is in a bleak state, with only the occasional clashes of soldiers and cries, indicating that there are still many people in this huge city. people.

After the Turks entered Chang'an, like hungry wolves entered the sheepfold, they rushed into the common people's houses to search and loot property, and they would not let go of some pretty women when they saw them. He knew about these thoughts, but he did not stop them.

The Turkic army followed him and came here from Turkic for thousands of miles. It seemed to be invincible, but in fact it also lost a lot of troops. Not for long.

Wolves will not turn into sheep when they arrive in the Central Plains. Fu Nian never thought of changing them. In his opinion, the Turkic people must have this kind of blood in order to defeat the enemy on the battlefield. What's the difference?

A Turkic soldier was hurrying by with an urn filled with gold and silver. When he saw Da Khan leading a group of people across Zhuque Street, he stopped and saluted.

Fu Nian was unmoved by what he saw and heard along the way, without changing his face, he walked straight across the long street and walked towards the tall tower.

"I heard that there are still many soldiers in Lingzhou and Ganzhou. Haven't they come to Chang'an?" Fu Nian asked the Turkic minister walking on his left.

The other party smiled contemptuously: "They are being dragged down by Mrs. Xiao now, how can they have time to control us? Besides, aren't the Central Plains people good at infighting? They must be counting on Li Kuan to attack us first, so that they can follow behind to take advantage of it!"

The other Turkic people laughed when they heard this, with tacit contempt.

If defeating Chen Wei made the Turkic people full of confidence, then entering Chang'an made their self-confidence and pride swell to the extreme.

Just imagine that the Turks have fought against the Central Plains for so long, who can really break into the Central Plains, and even take this long-famous city as their own?

only them.

The fact of victory made everyone feel excited and complacent.

But not without doubts.

One of them said to Fu Nian: "Khan, our battle line is too long, and Chang'an is far away from the royal court. Once the opponent attacks from the rear and cuts off our back, and someone from the front comes to us, We might have a hard time coping."

Before Fu Nian could speak, someone immediately objected: "Li Kuan is busy trying to seize their emperor's position, and it's too late to save soldiers and horses to deal with their own people. How could he come to fight with us? Who are we Turks afraid of? Really? In war, how can these soft-footed chickens in the Central Plains be enough for us to fight? Didn’t the famous Chen Wei also become a ghost under the sword of Khan?”

"But the advantage of our Turks lies in the cavalry, not in defending the city. If the Great Khan wants to continue going south, he must defend the land he has captured? Who will defend the city? We have never defended it before!"

Fu Nian raised his hand to stop the dispute among his subordinates, and was about to say something when he glanced out of the corner of his eye, but seemed to see the reflection of a weapon.

He narrowed his eyes and ran forward suddenly!

Following his movements, a knife suddenly protruded from the side alley, and the knife-wielding man jumped up and rushed to the place where Fu Nian was standing!

The hit missed, the assassin reacted extremely quickly, turned around and chased after Fu Nian.

At the same time, dozens of people jumped out from the dark, holding knives and pounced on the group of people who followed Fu Nian.

This is a premeditated assassination!

Fu Nian, who was running forward, soon found that his way ahead was also blocked. The two assassins, together with the people who were chasing him just now, were three in total. Deadly.

The other party was not masked. Judging from their attire, they should be the imperial guards who guarded the city before. Before Fu Nian entered Chang'an, he heard that they were disbanded by King Ji on the spot and fled in all directions. Did they want to break up into parts and carry out an assassination?

Overcome!

Fu Nian sneered, drew out his saber, and slashed at the enemy in front of him.

He had great strength, the two swords met, and with a clang, a hole burst out on the back of the opponent's sword.

And behind Fu Nian, He Xiu saw the opportunity, exhausted all his strength and speed, the blade of the sword was like a white light, and slashed towards the opponent's back!