Li Hongxin picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and then asked: "If I really come to Beijing, how will they treat me?"
"If the prince comes to Beijing, his life may be safe." Ximen Hengye said seriously: "And Longtai will also pretend to reward the prince, so that the prince can enjoy all the glory and wealth for the rest of his life."
Li Hongxin sneered: "I think so too."
"But from now on, the prince will lose his freedom and will be watched day and night." Ximen Hengye sighed: "Not to mention taking back Xichuan, I am afraid that even the prince's place in the capital will be controlled by others."
Mr. Huang followed up and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. After entering the capital, life and death are in Longtai's hands. If one day he wants to attack the Prince, he only needs to send someone to do something in the Prince's food. Your Majesty...!" "At this point, he sighed lightly and said nothing further.
Li Hongxin smiled faintly and said nothing, but stood up and said, "Follow me."
Several people followed Li Hongxin, exited the main hall, and went to the backyard. This Shu Palace is the largest building in Chengdu. It occupies a very large area. After passing through the corridor, they arrived at an extremely spacious courtyard. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they heard the sound of barking, and an extremely strong hound ran toward Li Hongxin, sticking out its tongue in front of Li Hongxin.
"This is the hound that I must take with me when I hunt." Li Hongxin bent down slightly and reached out to stroke the hound's hair: "It was born from a breeding, with half of the blood of wild wolves flowing in it. When hunting, it is extremely fierce. ." He looked at the big black man and said, "Dai Ling, you know how ferocious it is."
The big black man said: "It is not even afraid of tigers and leopards, so the prince named it the fierce god."
"Exactly." Li Hongxin said with a smile: "But I haven't hunted much in recent years, and he is getting old...!" As he spoke, one hand was still stroking the ferocious fur of the hound, but the other hand was more A dagger. When several people were surprised, Li Hongxin had already raised the knife and inserted it into the neck of the fierce god. The strike was quick. The fierce god was enjoying the touch of his master, but he didn't expect that Li Hongxin would suddenly kill him.
The dagger penetrated deeply into the fierce god's neck. The hound howled, then raised its two front legs with all its strength and rushed towards Li Hongxin, baring its teeth. The big black man Dai Ling reacted very quickly and shouted: "My lord, be careful." !" With quick eyes and quick legs, he kicked the fierce god with one kick. His kick was full of force, and he let out another cry. The whole body of the fierce god flew several feet away, and then fell heavily to the ground. He was not dead for a while, and lay on the ground. Struggling and twisting, wailing and whimpering.
Ximen Hengye hurriedly helped Li Hongxin up and said, "My lord, are you okay?"
Li Hongxin, however, calmly stood up, looked at the twisting and twitching ferocious god, and said calmly: "It just wanted to bite me to death, did you see it?"
Several people looked at each other, and Li Hongxin sneered: "When this beast was just born, he was beside me. I personally fed him and grew up. I spent more money on it than a wealthy family, but I The king wanted to take its life, but it immediately resisted, knowing that it was going to die, but it still wanted to bite the king to death."
Ximen Hengye and Mr. Huang looked at each other and seemed to see that the other party understood what Li Hongxin meant.
Even a dog has to fight hard when it is dying, let alone the King of Shu who has been seriously threatened.
"Your Majesty, it seems that Qining's intention is to let the prince come to Beijing this time, but behind it is the imperial court's intention." Mr. Huang said solemnly: "I'm afraid Qining has secretly told Langchatulu's letter. Longtai, Longtai is already wary of the prince. If he knew about this, he would be even more wary of the prince. Not to mention that Qining wanted the prince to come to Beijing this time. Even if he didn't go to Beijing, Longtai's actions towards the prince would be very difficult in the future. It will be more restrictive.”
Li Hongxin looked up at the night sky. There was a bright moon in the sky. When several people saw this, they didn't say anything.
After a long time, Li Hongxin said calmly: "The life of my king has never been controlled by others. Chang Shi, we will make a plan tonight. They are forcing me to do so."
As soon as he said this, Dai Ling immediately showed excitement, clenched his hands into fists, and looked eager to try. Mr. Huang's eyes also flashed, but Ximen Hengye looked serious and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty is ready to take action. ?”
"I never thought of taking action at this time." Li Hongxin said with a cold expression and sharp eyes: "But at this point, it is impossible for me not to take action."
"Your Majesty, once you do something like this, it will be like an arrow shot out." Ximen Hengye said seriously: "There is no turning back when you shoot your bow. Your Majesty, you must think twice."
"Could it be that Chang Shi thinks that this king should not take action?" Li Hongxin glanced sideways at Ximen Hengye and said calmly: "You want this king to just sit back and wait for death?"
Ximen Hengye said: "Your Majesty, I just feel a little strange."
"strangeness?"
"My lord, according to common sense, Qining wanted to trick the prince into the capital, so he shouldn't have taken out the letter." Ximen Hengye said in a low voice: "Originally, we were going to let the prince into the capital, so we would be careful and guard against any fraud. Although Qi Ning is young, he is not stupid. He naturally knows that the prince does not want to go to the capital. To persuade the prince to go to the capital, he should do his best to make the prince believe that there will be no danger after entering the capital. But he If you take out that letter, not only will it not reassure the prince, but it will make us more suspicious."
Li Hongxin said "Oh" and said, "Do you think there is something fishy about him?"
"There must be something fishy." Ximen Hengye said solemnly: "Your Majesty, why did this person take out that letter? Taking it out will only make the Prince feel that going to the capital must be dangerous, which runs counter to Qining's purpose of deceiving the Prince into going to the city. This was never the work of a smart person."
Mr. Huang said: "Chang Shi, maybe Qining got the letter and was complacent and felt that he was very clever, so he deliberately showed off in front of the prince."
"I don't think so." Ximen Hengye shook his head and said: "I have been in contact with this person twice. He is indifferent to emotions and anger. He is not an ordinary young man. He knows that what he does will only make it more difficult to achieve his goals. , just to show off his brilliance and ruin his own purpose, that is extremely stupid. If he were such a stupid person, he would never be in the position he is in today."
Li Hongxin thought thoughtfully and frowned: "Chang Shi is saying that he did this deliberately to make me feel in danger and force me to take action?"
"Whether this is really his purpose, I dare not say anything." Ximen Hengye said: "But the result of his doing this is indeed forcing us to take action. If this is his purpose, this person's mind is really insidious."
Dai Ling shook his head and said: "Chang Shi, I think Qining is just pretending. He just thought that the prince had no power to fight back, so he deliberately provoked the prince, just to make him understand that he now holds real power. You can do whatever you want the prince to do. He is young but holds a high position. Even Wei Shutong, a feudal official, is respectful in front of him. Therefore, this person is inevitably arrogant and thinks he is omnipotent. The behavior of young people It’s just arrogance.”
Ximen Hengye smiled lightly and said, "General Dai, do you think Qining would be so arrogant?"
"Chang Shi, I think what General Dai said is not unreasonable." Mr. Huang said: "The city of Chengdu is under the control of Wei Shutong, and Wei Shutong bows his head and obeys Qining. In Qining's eyes, I'm afraid he feels He is the master of Chengdu, and he only thinks that Chengdu is already under his firm control. Even if he really offends the prince, he thinks that there is nothing he can do." After a pause, he turned to Li Hongxin and said: "Your Majesty, it's a big deal. We must make a prompt decision. If we are indecisive, we will suffer from it in the end. Even if Chang Shi is right, Qining is deliberately forcing us to take action. Should we give up the plan because of this? If we do nothing, then in three days, the prince will be killed by them. Sent to the capital, as soon as you step out of Chengdu, the prince’s years of hard work will be in vain!”
Li Hongxin pondered for a moment and then said: "Chang Shi, what Mr. Huang said is not wrong. Even if it is Qining who forced me to take action, is this why I will give up?"
"Your Majesty, this is not what I mean." Ximen Hengye said: "Now that things have happened, no matter what Qining's purpose is, we have to take action, but before we take action, we must make sure everything is foolproof."
Mr. Huang sighed: "History, nothing in the world can be foolproof, and in the current situation, we can only try our best."
Ximen Hengye shook his head and said: "The only sure thing is to predict the enemy beforehand. Let's figure out exactly how Qining wants to deal with us, and we can take advantage of it."
"Just follow the plan?"
Ximen Hengye said: "Your Majesty, the total number of guards in the palace now totals more than 120 people. There are thousands of Jinguan guards under the Prince's command, but now they are stationed in Shiyi. How many people do we have here? Wei Shutong knows everything, so in their opinion, even if we take action, we will only have these people on hand."
Dai Ling said: "Chang Shi, that's why I feel that Qining didn't really mean to force the prince to take action when he took out the letter. There are two thousand guards in the Governor's Mansion, although hundreds of them were transferred to Heilongjiang Province. Cave, but there are still thousands of people in the city, stationed near each gate. Including the yamen in the city, the total number of people is two thousand. Even if those yamen are not counted, they still have thousands in their hands. The men and horses, and they are all elite soldiers selected by Wei Shutong, they have ten times the strength of ours in their hands, and they will not worry about us taking action at all."
"General Dai, there is no need to worry about whether Qining forces us to take action now." Ximen Hengye said: "You are right. They have ten times more troops than us on the surface, so they will definitely despise us, and their eyes are not clear. I will definitely keep an eye on the Shu Palace."
Mr. Huang nodded and said, "Yes, there must be informants all around Prince Shu's palace. If we make any move, they will definitely know."
"So the troops of the Prince of Shu cannot be used for this operation and can only be used to confuse them." Ximen Hengye said with deep eyes: "The key to this operation is to kill Qi Ning and Wei Shutong. Once a person dies, the government will be left with no head, so whether it succeeds or not depends on whether we can kill these two people as soon as possible."