Bai Chun looked at Zong Chuke who turned around and plunged into the bustling crowd again. He was stunned for a long time and finally came to his senses. His Royal Highness was going to find King Pei single-handedly!
"Master, no, you are alone..."
"Isn't there a 'Jingwei' in Hechangfang? What are you afraid of?" Li Hong said lightly.
I got rid of the bustling crowd behind me. The further I walked, the fewer people there were. On the streets lined with shops, a few ordinary people and business travelers were strolling leisurely. Compared with the market-like street I passed just now, It's like two worlds.
Changmingfang is close to Hechangfang. Li Hong shouted at the carriage with a long whip in his hand, turned around the gate of Changmingfang, and wandered into Hechangfang. This also made Bai Chun, who had figured out Li Hong's purpose, I finally let go of my hanging heart.
As long as you enter Hechangfang, you have your own world. 'Jingwei' has been sneaking here for three full days, so he is not afraid of anything going wrong.
The number of pedestrians on the street is gradually decreasing. In the wine shops, tea shops, blacksmith shops, butcher shops, cloth shops, etc., you can still see the figures of shopkeepers and waiters running back and forth. However, these people are now absent-minded. In a shop, there are people who look like shopkeepers and people who look like waiters, but their thoughts are not on the business of the shop.
From time to time, vigilant and sharp eyes stood at the door and scanned the surroundings. From time to time, people in the shops on both sides could be seen looking at each other from a distance, nodding to each other.
"Lead the way." Li Hong jumped off the carriage and said to Bai Chun calmly.
Bai Chun waited for the carriage to stop and then slowed down. After nodding silently, he led Li Hong to a tea shop. As the two people moved on the sparsely populated street, everyone in the shops on both sides, whether they were shopkeepers or clerks, had solemn and alert expressions. Only when they saw the two people passing by did they show expressions of relief, and then continued absent-mindedly. Taking care of business in the shop.
The two waiters at the door of the tea shop were tall and tall with sharp eyes. They watched Li Hong and Bai Chun walk to the door. After a slight salute, one of them led the two to the second floor.
The door to the second floor was slowly pushed open, and the two lawless people who had returned from Liuzhao stood up and saluted: "I have met His Highness the Crown Prince and Miss Bai."
"What's going on? Is there anything going on?" Li Hong walked straight to the half-closed window and looked out through the half-foot-wide gap.
The scene of the entire street in front of me came into my eyes clearly. As I slowly raised my head, I looked beyond the gate of Hechangfang. In half of Changmingfang, except for the occasional two- and three-story buildings that blocked part of the line of sight, the rest Everything comes into view.
"There hasn't been any movement since early morning."
"Number of people."
"About two hundred people."
"identity."
"No one is an official, and there are Turks."
"Where are you now? How many people are there?" Li Hong looked at the three-story building in Changmingfang. It seemed to be a place where literati often gathered. Different from other places where literati gathered in Chang'an City, there was a place where only poetry was discussed. Fu, don't talk about romance.
"One hundred people from Jingwei, and then there are the two hundred people who entered today as merchants and common people, and... various shops and firms in Changmingfang also have King Pei's secret sentries among them. It is quite chaotic now. I want to see King Pei. , I’m afraid there will be a fight.”
"As expected, it's in line with common sense."
As soon as Li Hong finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. In response, Bai Chun slowly opened the door and walked in.
"Your Highness, Miss Bai, a secret letter from Jingwei." The man standing at the door just now said respectfully, holding a secret letter in his hand.
Bai Chun took two steps forward, took the secret letter at Li Hong's signal, opened it, took a look, and asked the man to go downstairs. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a scream in the air.
A big bird suddenly appeared in the sky above Changmingfang from far away. Under the overwhelming power of the big bird's iron wings, a white homing pigeon tried hard to speed up again, but it was too late. Only the big bird was seen. The iron claw reached down and firmly grasped the homing pigeon that was flapping its wings and trying its best to get away from the big bird.
Seeing that the prey had been obtained, Hai Dongqing let out a cry that sounded like triumph, drew a beautiful arc over Changmingfang, turned around and flew out of Changmingfang.
And just when Hai Dongqing turned around and was about to fly away, a crossbow arrow suddenly appeared in front of Hai Dongqing who had just turned around and was about to flap his wings to accelerate from nowhere in Changmingfang. The crossbow arrow pierced the air. The roar startled Hai Dongqing.
So Hai Dongqing actually flapped his wings and moved sideways in time, narrowly avoiding the fierce arrow, leaving behind a piece of feather that slowly and feebly floated downwards with the arrow.
Through the half-foot-wide gap in the window, Li Hong saw everything that had just happened in the air. After the clenched heart turned into a small black dot with Haidongqing, he finally relaxed.
"Master..."
"explain."
"King Cao Li Ming and King Huo Li Yuangui secretly appeared in Hechangfang." Bai Chun's fingers holding the letter were trembling, and the knuckles had lost their color and became pale and weak.
At this time, her heart was full of resentment for Li Hong. At this point, King Cao Li Ming and King Huo Li Yuangui still refused to give up and wanted to attack the Crown Prince from Li Xian.
"Continue." Li Hong's tone was calm. It was not something to be surprised about when these two people came out. There were probably many people from the five surnames and seven families.
"King Li Zhe of England, King Li Chong of Langya, and Princess Honghua also appear around here." Bai Chun couldn't help but his hands were shaking, and even to the end, his tone began to tremble.
Princess Honghua! Both the prince and himself are not kind to him. Now he has given her the Liangzhou fiefdom with her consort, all he can give, just hoping that she will no longer stand on Princess Wencheng's side when Princess Wencheng embarrasses the prince. On this side, I didn’t expect to end up feeding the white-eyed wolf!
"Li Zhe? Why does this little guy come here to join in the fun? Are there any of your people in his house, Bai Chun?" Li Hong asked with a smile.
"have."
"Inform him to leave, just say it's my intention, and tell Langya King Li Chong through your mouth. He is just a king of a royal clan. If you dare to trick Li Zhe into doing evil again, be careful that I will destroy him! Even if it is His father, King Yue, can't even plead for mercy! Let him go back to his fief immediately." Li Hong's tone was very soft, but the sharpness of his words made Bai Chun feel an invisible murderous aura.
"Then... where is King Cao..." Bai Chun reminded with some worry.
"Don't pay attention to him. Sooner or later, he will suffer." Li Hong became angry when he mentioned King Cao.
It’s okay to be domineering and domineering every day, but this person really likes to stir up trouble and sow dissension. I don’t know if it’s a problem he’s had since he was a child. Even now, he still thinks that he has someone to support him when his grandfather was alive. Take courage.
King Cao Li Ming was the youngest son of the late Emperor Li Shimin. He relied on Li Shimin's favor and his mother, Yang, was originally the concubine of Chaosi King Li Yuanji. After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he and others were included in the palace. , so there was Li Ming, King Cao.
After the death of Queen Wende, Li Shimin even wanted to make Yang his queen, but was eventually dissuaded by Wei Zheng. From that time on, King Cao Li Ming began to feel that he had entered the royal family's orthodoxy, and even felt that he might be related to Wen. The sons of Empress De: Li Chengqian, Li Tai and Li Zhi competed for the title.
Fortunately, at that time, Li Shimin did not appoint Yang as his queen, so he restrained himself a lot. With the brotherly disputes between Li Chengqian and Li Tai, and then Li Zhi ascended the throne as emperor, King Cao Li Ming never had a good relationship. Opportunity to compete for favor.
After Li Zhi ascended the throne as emperor, Cao King Li Ming once even thought about seeking power and usurping the throne. However, unexpectedly, Li Zhi or Changsun Wuji, the original leader of the Guanlong Group, had long been suspicious of him, so Li Zhi In the fourth year of Xianqing's reign, on the grounds that his mother-in-law had once been Princess Chaoci, he was adopted to the Queen of Chaoci, Li Yuanji, and he had less trouble in these years.
But I don't expect that this guy has never changed his ways. Even after he was adopted as the queen of the Nest Thorn King Li Yuanji, he has never changed his ways. His shadow has been seen everywhere in Chang'an City these days.
Bai Chun, who left in a hurry, returned to the room after a while, nodded to Li Hong, and whispered: "King Ying and King Langya have left. They did come together. King Ying took the message." …”
"What did you say about him?" Although Li Hong didn't have much interaction with Li Zhe, this guy was straight-minded and always said one thing and another.
"Aren't you afraid that the emperor and the empress will know if he asks you? Let you take it easy and be careful that the emperor and the empress ask you for guilt." Bai Chun repeated Li Zhe's instructions exactly.
"Is there any more?" Li Hong's mind flashed with Li Zhe's appearance, thinking that back then, this guy took the blame for him. Every time he was beaten by his mother, both he and Li Xian would hide. Only when he was beaten , just stood still stupidly and allowed his mother to beat him.
"I want you to finish your work and invite him to dinner. He wants to have hot pot." A smile flashed at the corner of Bai Chun's mouth.
She was a little confused about this King of England. He was intelligent, graceful and could be said to be a beautiful young man.
But even if he is outspoken, in Li Hong's words, a dog can't hide two ounces of sesame oil in its belly and wants to show off whatever it has. Even if it means losing money, it still looks like it doesn't matter.
He knew early on that he had no hope of becoming a prince, so he followed Li Xian around every day when he was a child. In the past two years, after discovering that Li Xian had some ideas, he once advised him outright, which led to Li Xian moving away from him. The farther away they are, the more barriers begin to form between the brothers.
Li Hong smiled silently and nodded silently. It is still difficult to judge whether Li Zhe is outspoken or wise. After all, if we look at the development of the previous generation, he is not without hope in the battle for the crown prince. .
At that time, Li Chengqian, the eldest son of Empress Changsun, had a fierce fight with his second oldest brother Li Tai. The last one was demoted to a commoner, and the other was demoted to the title of King of Donglai County. His father, as the third son of Empress Changsun, sat on the mountain and watched. Hu Dou and Yu Weng successfully sat on the throne of emperor.
Now that he is fighting with Li Xian, isn't it just like Li Chengqian and Li Tai back then
Although Li Zhe still had the fourth child, Li Dan, behind him, the original historical trajectory: he died, Li Xian was abolished, and Li Zhe and Li Dan became emperors.
(End of chapter)