The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and the smoke is billowing.
The bright firelight reflected the beautiful outline of the Ligong rockery pavilion. The forbidden army and the several teams who came to rescue people faced each other, and they were all red-eyed.
The vast night sky rolled through several muffled thunders, and the night wind was wrapped in a strong bloody smell.
A team was forced under the city gate by the forbidden army, and the screams rang out. One of the tall armored figures rushed forward with a sword. Wherever they passed, blood was overflowing, and the brave and fearless momentum made the attack of the forbidden army stagnate. , the others shouted to follow him, rushing out of the siege of the Custodians.
The flickering firelight fell on the figure, silver armor and white robe, sword eyebrows and phoenix eyes, full of anger.
With a bang, Jiao Lei exploded, Lonely Moon was already hidden in the dark clouds, half of the night sky was illuminated by fire, and half was as black as splashing ink.
"People are here!"
Amidst the crackling sound of burning, the Imperial Guard yelled to inform his companions, and more and more Imperial Guards rushed over to surround the team again.
On the Drum Tower, Yaoying's heart was beating like a drum, and she closed her eyes, "The sage must kill them all?"
Li De's eyes were clear and bright, and he motioned for the forbidden army on the wall to release arrows.
The arrows shot out like a rain of locusts, weaving a large net made of fine steel.
Yaoying pushed the forbidden army away and rushed to the arrow stack, "Li Zhongqian!"
She yelled.
He didn't want to implicate her, hide his identity and return to Beijing, but she wanted to call out his name in public.
The man in the slaughter raised his head, slashed over the forbidden army with a knife, and drove his horse to the gate of the vermilion palace, waving a long knife, parrying iron arrows, the sound of hoofs was like thunder, and every sound touched Yaoying's heart.
She found the letter left by him in Gaochang. He always remembered the marriage and felt that it was a drag on her life, and wanted her to have no worries in the rest of her life.
The way he thought of was to keep her secret, run back to Chang'an, and die with Li De.
Reckless, impulsive, bloody, and dying.
As in the past, he went to the battlefield alone to save her.
Yaoying wanted to scold him, and scolded him fiercely, but she couldn't spit out a single word, and tears welled up in her eyes.
He didn't drag her down. Without him, she wouldn't be able to live now. They are relatives and support each other.
"Li Zhongqian!" Yaoying shouted at him, "I am not your sister! I am not born by Queen Xie!"
Under the dim light of the fire, the expression on Li Zhongqian's face froze.
Yaoying bumped into the forbidden army and stopped her: "I am the daughter of the Chen family in Nanchu. I was rescued by Xie Wuliang when I was on the battlefield because of the war. The Chen family is the feud of the Xie family. My biological father... Li Zhongqian, you are not my brother!"
No matter whether she and Li Zhongqian are related by blood or not, it will not change their relationship, but she is the daughter of the Chen family, so she has been dragging it on and can't bear to tell him the truth.
"I am the daughter of your enemy!"
She almost screamed out the words.
Leave her alone and go.
The sky is high and the sea is wide, wherever you go.
Li Zhongqian raised his head, two calm eyes met Yaoying's.
The thunder roared, the pavilion wailed in the fire, and the two of them stared silently across the slaughtering forbidden army, the wildly dancing flames, and the dense rain of arrows.
In the next instant, Li Zhongqian twitched the corner of his mouth, grinned at Yaoying in the rain of cold arrows, raised his long knife, and slashed the two guards who were sneaking up on their horses. , going forward.
Fool, he already knew her life experience.
What if she is the daughter of the Chen family
He doesn't care.
His younger sister was raised by him, and they were close to each other. She will always be his younger sister, Li Zhongqian.
"Li De, if you dare to touch Mingyue Slave's hair, I, Li Zhongqian, will smash your corpse into ten thousand pieces!"
He ran towards her, facing the rain of swords, spears, and swords, smashed a bloody path, and rammed the palace gate with his men and horses, shaking the mountain with a roar.
Yaoying burst into tears.
Li De looked surprised, turned around and walked down the Drum Tower: "Go back to the Buddha Hall."
The Imperial Army grabbed Yaoying's arm and dragged her down the Drum Tower.
Li Zhongqian's phoenix eyes were angry, and he took the lead, rushed through the forbidden army, smashed open the palace gate, and several troops outside the palace turned around and poured in from this entrance.
The Imperial Army guarded Li De and retreated to the Buddhist temple, and General Sun came to report: "Sir, the palace gate has fallen, please move the sage, and the last commander will leave the urn to catch the turtle!"
Li De waved his hand and stood in front of the porch, looking at the direction of the fire.
Yaoying was bound by the imperial army and sat under the Buddha statue.
General Sun was sweating with anxiety, and asked in a low voice, "What is the sage waiting for?"
Li De turned his head and frowned slightly: "West Army, Xie Family Army, Wang Tingzhong Army..."
He deliberately sent people to release fake news, but none of these groups showed up, only Li Zhongqian, who was trapped in the workshop, came.
A thought crossed his mind, and Li De called the imperial guards of the imperial city.
"Reporting to the sage, everything in the city is as usual, there is no change in the generals of the Western Army and the old generals of the Xie family, and there is no emergency army report from Gaochang. I want Princess Wen Zhao's marriage certificate."
Li De turned his head in disbelief and glanced at Yaoying.
Yao Ying raised her eyes: "I'm disappointed by the sage, the Western Army will not come tonight, and the Wang Tingzhong Army will not come."
Li De did not relax his vigilance, and ordered General Sun to send another person to investigate.
"Why don't you use the Western Army?" he asked.
Yao Ying's eyes were clear and bright: "The duty of the Western Army is to guard the territory. Soon after the recovery of the Western Regions, there is still a deep estrangement with the DPRK and China. If they are involved in the chaos of the palace, the estrangement will only deepen and freeze three feet. If it cannot be resolved, the imperial court cannot trust the western army, the western army cannot trust the imperial court, and they are suspicious of each other, so how can they share a prosperous world
Li De's expression was slightly touched.
He has considered all these issues.
He walked back to the front hall and looked at Yaoying, as if he was sitting in the courtroom, his eyes were full of light, "You can think of this, and you can control them and let them keep their duties, but it's really for the sake of the overall situation, but it's a pity. Li Zhongqian doesn't have your open-mindedness."
Yao Ying sneered: "If you didn't push hard, why would my brother go all out and go back to Beijing to assassinate you? The prince, the prince, the emperor, he never took it to heart. Today's situation is caused by your own selfishness. of!"
"Myself?" Li De smiled, "Li Yaoying, without Li Zhongqian, I would not let you continue to be in charge of the Western Army."
He sat in front of Yaoying, his tone became gentle, "When I took over the Wei army, the Li family did not have the ambition to compete in the Central Plains, but they were just taking advantage of the troubled times to strengthen their power. Later, the Wei army attacked the city and gained more and more reputation, so they came to defect. There are more and more aristocratic families and small powers, and I still want to be a feudal lord who is divided into one side, but my soldiers and horses do not agree, they follow me to life and death, seeing others follow the lord to prosper, how can they be willing to live behind others?"
"Li Yaoying, you underestimate other people's ambitions. The Western Army is looking out for you now. In the future, they want to go south, just in your name to cooperate with the aristocratic family. No matter how much you look at the overall situation, there is no way to curb people's desires. !"
"More than 20 years ago, Emperor Mo fled to the south of the Yangtze River, and I received an edict that I planned to lead troops to the King of Diligence. My subordinates and clansmen tried to dissuade me. At that time, I knew that I had to embark on the road of hegemony, otherwise I would be punished. Substitutes take their place."
Now that he has joined the competition, there is no way out.
In the midst of the turbulent torrent, he could not help being as noble as he was, just as when he learned of the death of Tang Ying's mother and son, he had to marry a family in the face of Wei Jun's fiasco.
Li Yaoying will also be coerced by her subordinates and forced to make a choice. Under the power, there is no exception.
"You are just a chess piece in the hands of aristocratic families. They use you to unite people's hearts, and when they are full of wings, they will use you to fight against the imperial court." Li De and Yaoying looked at each other, "You are a disaster, the Western Army cannot be controlled by one person, and the Western Regions cannot be controlled by one person. With a vast area and few people, relying on local noble families to divide and rule them can ensure that there will be no major turmoil in the Western Regions.”
Yaoying said straight to the point: "What the Western Regions need now is stability, recuperation, and keeping the people fed and clothed. Your so-called method is nothing more than to lure aristocratic families to fight for power with interests, so you can sit back and relax. Fighting for power with aristocratic families is not beneficial to the situation! "
"Safe?" Li De sneered, "Dalang has a coveted heart for you. When he ascends the throne, will your subordinates be safe?"
He paused.
"Furthermore, you are going to marry King Tanmo - the royal court does have a covenant with us, and now they are at peace with us, in a few years? Can you make sure that the royal court has no intention of annexing the Western Regions? When you marry King Tanmo, have children with him, your children are of noble blood, and when he gives an order, will the Western Army obey him or the court?"
Li De covered his lips and coughed a few times, "I never believe in anyone's loyalty, only in interests."
He suddenly smiled, "Qiniang, can you guarantee that when you entered the city amid the cheers of the people, you really didn't have any ambitions? You don't want your children to take over the Western Army and the trade routes you control? The queen of the royal court, can you still be fair? Your business has expanded to Persia, and your desires are constantly expanding. Once you start, there is no way out."
Yaoying looked at Li De with a mocking expression, but her eyes were still clear.
"The sage is right, and I also have my ambitions. People are not sages, and people who can truly achieve no selfishness are unparalleled in the world. I'm just a mortal."
She raised her head and looked at the night sky reddened by fire outside the temple.
"The sage has a saying that if you are poor, you will be alone, and if you are good, you will help the world. I dare not say that you can help the world. When I am down, all I think about is how to live with my brother, get rid of the constraints and be able to protect myself, and see the same thing. Those who are in the situation, I will pull them when I can."
"The Western Regions have been chaotic for a long time, and the wars have continued. Controlling the trade routes and including all the tribes is not for continuous expansion, but to let them share their interests. If you have concerns, whoever starts a war in the future does not need to send troops from the Western Army. It can be calmed down. Of course, this is also a back road I prepared for myself, the three caves of the cunning rabbit, I grew up under the pressure of the saint, and I am used to planning ahead. "
The corners of Yaoying's lips twitched, "I am sending the fallen soldiers of the Western Army back to Beijing, and the cheers of the people are for them, not me. Whether I am Li Qiniang, who is precarious, or the governor who can command the Western Army, my ambition is only One, live well, since my subordinates trust me, then I should do my best so that the people in troubled times can live in peace."
Outside the hall, there were the sounds of fighting and burning, and inside the hall was Yao Ying's calm voice, her tone was soft, as if gossip was commonplace.
Li De looked at Yaoying silently, and after a while, he smiled, "It's a pity."
Yaoying's eyes were too magnanimous, and he felt that she was telling the truth.
It is a pity that he is an emperor, and he must have a long-term vision. She is Li Xuanzhen's weakness, and he is a member of various forces. He must clear obstacles for his son.
The footsteps were messy, and a blood-covered imperial army rushed into the Buddhist hall: "Sir, Li Zhongqian rushed in!"
Several imperial guards immediately surrounded Yaoying.
Li De slowly stood up, walked out of the Buddhist hall, and stood in front of the steps.
The long wind filled the corridor, the wind was rustling, and the tall figure in silver armor really rushed into the court with his entourage. A large piece.
The imperial guards were not in a hurry, lined up in a queue and continued to shoot arrows. He was gradually exhausted and out of breath. When the Guards saw this, they put on a long spear formation. Under the hood of spears, Li Zhongqian was unable to do what he wanted. out.
He gritted his teeth and pulled out his long spear, and continued to fight. He pushed aside the guards who were surrounded by layers of soldiers. Step by step, he took the bloody road to the stone steps.
Li De stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at his dying struggle.
Li Zhongqian's face was covered in blood, his phoenix eyes glared angrily, and then he stepped forward, with a bang, the long knife in his hand was picked up and fell to the ground, a few feather arrows were inserted into his back, and a plume of blood splattered.
He still walked forward step by step, his eyes fixed on Yao Ying.
The janitor swung a long spear and stabbed him in the legs.
With a thud, he knelt down on the long steps, looked at Yaoying, and used both hands and feet to climb up.
Li De looked at him coldly.
Yaoying trembled all over, slammed away the guards and rushed to Li Zhongqian's side.
Lying at her feet, he stretched out his shattered hand tremblingly and grabbed the corner of her skirt.
Li De's eyes signaled the embargo.
The forbidden army stepped forward, cut off the long knife in his hand, and cut Li Zhongqian's neck with the sharp blade, bleeding profusely.
Seeing that the forbidden army was about to kill her, Yaoying stood in front of Li Zhongqian and raised her head, tears and surging hatred burning in her eyes, so bright that people dared not look at them: "Li De, you dare to hurt my brother's life, the most Well, even kill me, otherwise, I will kill you with my own hands to avenge my brother!"
Li De lowered his eyes, his old face twitched slightly in the night wind.
"You are the governor of the Western Army, I can't kill you like this..."
He looked up at the night sky, and his words changed abruptly: "If I don't kill you, even if I catch Li Zhongqian, you will only be obedient for the time being. Only by killing you can Dalang ascend the throne smoothly."
Yao Ying's pupils shrank, her mind twitched, her eyes circled quickly, her eyes widened, and panic flashed across her face.
Li De smiled at her, and the smile was somewhat gentle: "You have something to rely on, and you know that I don't dare to kill you, so you dare to take the risk. Qiniang, you are a smart person, and you did nothing wrong. But you underestimated the determination of a father."
Desperados are the most terrifying, because all strategies are vulnerable to him.
He was indecisive back then, and he made bitter fruit. Today, he has ended everything with his own hands, leaving no future troubles.
Yaoying couldn't help shaking her head, "Impossible!"
Before she could finish her sentence, there was a loud bang. The Imperial Army carried a long board made of fine iron and rushed into the courtyard. Soon all the corridors were sealed off. Bows and crossbows were erected on the courtyard walls, and everyone was blocked. In the Buddhist hall, one cannot advance or retreat.
Li De looked at the darkened Imperial Army and said, "It's okay if the Western Army didn't come, they are all young and promising gentlemen, who will fight for the country in the future and be wrapped in horse leather instead of being buried here with us."
Yaoying's teeth overflowed with blood, "It turns out that the person who really wants to die together is the saint."
Li De nodded: "I know Li Zhongqian, because I will make the same decision. For the sake of Dalang, I must get rid of your brothers and sisters. For you, he will definitely come back and kill me."
In addition to Li Zhongqian, Li Xuanzhen also wanted to kill him. After conquering Nanchu, Li Xuanzhen was already secretly planning. He knew that this day would come, and he was not afraid of death, but he was worried that Li Zhongqian's brothers and sisters would not die.
Instead of waiting for Li Xuanzhen to kill his father and kill his monarch, he should do it for his son, and it happened that Li Zhongqian, Li Yaoying, the remnants of Nanchu, and the ministers from the Xie family in the center of the dynasty were all killed together.
Yaoying's voice trembled: "The West Army is still in Beijing!"
Li De said calmly: "Tonight passed, the Western Army couldn't find any evidence, and Wang Ting had nothing to say. No matter how resourceful King Tanmo was, he couldn't come back to life. When Beirong surrendered, I sent someone to take a group of prisoners back to Beijing and bring them back to Beijing. They were placed in Beijing, and there are still the remnants of Nanchu... Qiniang, Dali Temple will find out soon, the ministers of Nanchu who were talking to you at the banquet are the mastermind behind the scenes, they colluded with the people of Beirong and wanted to restore the country, so Set up an ambush. The people who came to save you tonight include them. You and Du Sinan have been in close contact with Du Sinan in recent years. I have seen him in my eyes. He is a talent. This time, his identity can come in handy. You contact the people of the Nanchu family."
"Both you and I are buried in the Buddhist hall. The culprits are Bei Rong and Nan Chu's remnants. Both you and Li Zhongqian are suspected of assassination. What reason does King Tanmo of the royal court have to embarrass Wei?"
A bright light flashed in her mind, and Yaoying instantly understood a lot of things that she didn't understand before.
The reason why Li De did not reveal her life experience in public is for today, when they are all buried in the Buddhist temple, no one will suspect that Li De framed Nan Chu, and he arranged for Nan Chu to surrender. They will definitely identify her as helping Nan Chu secretly because of blood Chu, want to conspire to kill the king! Most of Du Sinan can find evidence of her alliance with Nan Chu. In addition, Li Zhongqian once committed monarchy, and his presence here is the best evidence.
The life of an emperor is enough to make all doubts pale and powerless. Who can believe that Li De is so crazy that he will not hesitate to use his own life to set a trap
The thunder was rolling, and the night wind became cold.
Yaoying closed her eyes for a moment: "What virtue and what ability I am, the Holy One has to lose his own life in order to get rid of me."
Li De shook his head, "This deal is a good deal."
Using his blood to pave the way for Li Xuanzhen, Li Xuanzhen has no more constraints, and Wang Ting and the Western Army also have a way to deal with it. The Western army was headless, and it was the right time for the imperial court to start. According to his arrangement, the Hexi family would definitely be at war because of Shangzhu. The remnants of Southern Chu attacked and lost their morality, and the family of Southern Chu was unable to compete with the imperial court. From east to west, from south to north, we ushered in the real unification of the world.
Li Xuanzhen doesn't have to bear the infamy of murdering his father and murdering the king.
Yaoying gritted her teeth and suddenly said, "What about Li Xuanzhen, how can he get rid of the suspicion?"
Li Dedao: "He is not in Beijing, and everyone in the East Palace is far away from Chang'an. I have made thorough preparations, and a minister will take care of it properly afterwards. Qiniang, tomorrow everyone will know that you invited me to the Buddhist temple to visit Queen Xie."
Yaoying stared at him with somewhat cloudy eyes: "Yang Qian, they won't doubt me."
Li De glanced at her, raised his hand and waved, "What about this?"
With a bang, there was a sudden explosion in the quiet night, like a thunderbolt from the blue, the roof tiles trembled, and the dust rustled.
After the explosion, there was another sound, this time in another direction, and the place where the explosion was bursting into the sky was ablaze.
Yaoying's heart skipped a beat, she was stunned for a moment, then came back to her senses, drenched in cold sweat.
"Thunderbolts and fire bombs are known to the world." Li De said lightly, "This is the secret weapon of the Western Army. You are in control of the Danfang. When you and the Wang Ting army jointly defended against the Beirong, you did not disclose the Danfang. All the people who buried the firebombs are the elites of the Western Army. Qiniang, tonight, the entire Li Palace will be razed to the ground by this kind of firebombs. How can anyone in this world except you and the Western Army master so many firebombs? ?"
Yao Ying smiled indifferently, "You stole the pill, and you have already planted fire bombs, just waiting for my brother to return to Beijing... Tonight, the Western Army must draw a clear line with me in order to clear the suspicion."
No one could prove her innocence.
She died here. The first thing that the Western Army thought of must be to elect a new governor. Li De must have stayed behind, so that the Western Army had no time to thoroughly investigate the matter of leaving the palace. They couldn't check it, and Wang Ting couldn't take care of it.
Li De looked in the direction of Chang'an, raised his hand, and signaled the Praetorian Guards to light the fire.
In just an instant, this Buddhist temple will be overturned, and no one in the courtyard can escape, including himself.
This is the grave he dug for himself.
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"and many more!"
At the critical moment, Yaoying broke free from the rope, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and stopped Li De, the look of fear on her face disappeared.
Li De frowned.
Yaoying took out a copper whistle and blew it. The sound of the whistle was sharp and harsh.
A few clatters of wings flapped, and in the darkness, a behemoth swept across the courtyard and suddenly swooped down. The sharp bird grabbed straight at the eyes of the Imperial Army. Suddenly, people turned on their backs. , a mess.
At the same time, there was the sound of the imperial army falling to the ground outside the wall, and the sound of long knives falling one after another.
Li De frowned and made a gesture, no matter what happened, as long as they all died here, everything would be settled.
"Your Highness!" Yaoying stopped him, "Look."
She pointed in one direction, Li De looked over, and was shocked.
On the courtyard wall, a man holding a long knife, fighting with the archer who was ambushing in the shadows, with sword eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a tall figure.
Why is there another Li Zhongqian
Li De thought of a possibility, his body trembled violently, pushed away the forbidden army who was supporting him, rushed down the stone steps, lifted the man who was lying in front of the steps, took off his helmet, and wiped the blood on his face indiscriminately.
The long hair spread out, and the firelight illuminated a stern face.
Li De was speechless for a moment, his whole body froze, his cheeks gradually turned unnaturally red, his throat groaned, and with a wow, he spat out a large mouthful of dirty blood.
After taking great pains to plan for him, he actually came to die for Li Yaoying!
Does he hate himself so much? Would you rather sabotage your own plans than go against yourself
All efforts were in vain.
In an instant, Li De's heart was ashes, another mouthful of blood spurted out, and the front of his shirt was dyed red.
Everyone was stunned.
They are loyal to Li De and know that they will die in Li Gong today without fear. But when the prince appears here, who would dare to detonate a thunder bomb
With a snap, the imperial guard who had injured Li Xuanzhen just now threw off his long sword and knelt down.
Li De's face was ashen, the blue was faintly pale, his pupils contracted, and he was about to burst out. He grabbed the long knife on the ground, and with the strength he didn't know where he came from, he slashed at Yaoying with one knife.
He was also a military general who fought with illness in the past. Although he has been plagued by illness in the past few years, he still has the foundation. This sword is irresistible.
Li Zhongqian on the courtyard wall had dealt with a few forbidden troops. Yu Guang swept to the front of the stairs, his phoenix eyes widened, and across the entire courtyard, he was unable to rescue him at all!
The long knife fell, and the wind was blowing.
Yao Ying fell softly in front of the long steps, there was a sharp pain in her waist, and thick blood dripped down, ticking, and falling on her face.
She opened her eyes and met a deep gaze.
Li Xuanzhen hugged her, "Aren't you hurt?"
Yaoying was silent.
He blocked the blow from Li Desheng's anger, and the long knife was embedded in his back, deep into the bone.
Yaoying was in a trance for a moment.
She didn't feel anything except where her waist hit the stairs.
The last time she slept, she had a vague feeling, and now she can be sure: Li Xuanzhen's life and death have nothing to do with her at all.
"Zhang slave!"
Li De stared blankly at the long knife on Li Xuanzhen's back, let go of his hand, the blood on his face faded, his eyes were cold and deep, and he shouted: "Yi Yu! Xuan Yu!"
"Where's the people? Go to Xuan Yuyi!"
The Imperial Army stood still.
Li De looked like he was insane, he took out the Imperial Sabre and chopped randomly, "Xuan Yuyi!"
Several people were slashed by long knives, staggering to the ground, and the people next to them reacted and avoided his slashing.
Li De's hair was disheveled, Huo Ran raised his head, the bottom of his eyes was red, and he threw a knife at Yaoying again.
With a swoosh, an iron arrow pierced through the air, pinned straight to the long knife in his hand, and sparks shot out.
The goshawk screamed and swept past, its sharp claws gripping Li De's head fiercely, pulling up a piece of leathery hair.
Several daring guards took the opportunity to rush forward, grabbed Li De's arm, grabbed the knife in his hand, and held him down.
The personal soldiers who knew medicine squeezed over, carefully pulled out the long knife on Li Xuanzhen's back, stopped the bleeding, and bandaged the wound.
The courtyard was a mess of porridge, and the soldiers in Xuanyi outside the courtyard wall had already seized the opportunity, jumped over the wall, and the iron arrows swooped, overwhelming the sky, and a wave of arrows rained down, and the Imperial Army fought desperately to resist. In the second round, another group of forbidden troops fell. Soon someone realized that they were facing the flying cavalry team, and the manpower in other parts of the Li Palace should have been controlled. They made a decisive decision and retreated to Li De's side. Protect him tightly.
Five consecutive arrows rained down, and the Imperial Army would rather die than surrender.
Li Zhongqian raised his hand and signaled the flying cavalry team to stop attacking and set foot on the long steps.
Li De stood in front of Li Xuanzhen, his cloudy eyes flashed a few traces of clarity.
"The sage thought I was going to kill you?" Li Zhongqian smiled and walked to Yaoying's side. "All the armies are waiting outside. If I dare to kill the king, I will leave the palace and die without a place to be buried."
Li De sneered: "You can mobilize the flying cavalry team, but I am very impressed."
Li Zhongqian glanced at the seriously injured Li Xuanzhen.
"The flying cavalry was not called by me. Your Majesty, I didn't go back to Beijing to be rough with you. He was the one who secretly mobilized troops and wanted to kill you."
Li De closed his eyes.
Yaoying did not bring a large number of troops into the capital, and Li Zhongqian did not have many troops. Even if he miscalculated, the two would not be able to escape from Chang'an, but he forgot that Li Xuanzhen had several expeditions, and the generals in the army were likely to be secretly subdued by him.
Only the flying cavalry and the elites in the army can unknowingly annihilate the manpower he arranged in the Li Palace. Li Xuanzhen went to Beijing alone, not reckless, but had other arrangements.
He did all kinds of calculations, but he did not calculate that Li Xuanzhen was ready to usurp the throne so early, and he also cooperated tacitly with Li Zhongqian.
Yaoying deliberately tricked the snake out of the hole.
Li Zhongqian went on to say: "I received the letter you deliberately sent to me in the royal court, and rushed back to Gaochang. Li Xuanzhen's letter also arrived. He knew that you were planning to get rid of me and Mingyue Slave, and invited me to kill the father and the king together. From this point of view, we are indeed brothers."
Li De took a few steps back and sat down on the ground. His brows were exhausted and slumped, as if all his energy had been taken away in an instant, and he could no longer hide his old age.
"What about Chang'an?"
Yao Ying said lightly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry, Chang'an has a crown princess in charge, she and her grandson were attacked, they called the imperial guards to defend the imperial city, closed the gates of the palaces, and did not allow anyone to enter or leave the palace. Help."
Li De smiled.
Zheng Shi is also in anger with Li Yaoying, Li Xuanzhen should be the one who rescued the dungeon.
Li Zhongqian stepped forward and pointed the long knife at Li De.
Li De looked at him with a calm expression.
Li Zhongqian looked indifferent and said: "Li De, you blame my mother for your incompetence and oppress me. I am your son and your servant. I can't resist, I can only bear. , if you let me slaughter the city, I will slaughter the city, I just ask you to spare Mingyue slave, you didn't keep your promise, and you still want to threaten me with my mother."
Then don't blame him for having no king and no father.
He sneered, waved his knife, and the thin blade cut off a few strands of Li De's hair.
"Having your blood on my body is the greatest shame in my life."
Li De did not move.
Yaoying walked past him: "Sir, I forgot to tell you something. Back in Gaochang, I told the Western Army about my background, and tomorrow I will tell the world that I am the daughter of the Chen family. The reason why I didn't come tonight is because I told them that they shouldn't interfere in the battle between the palace and the palace."
She won't let the West Army get out of control, and she won't change her ambitions whether she gets married or not. Li De has to push her into a corner.
Li De's eyelids twitched.
"I don't want to expose my background, just because of my brother, not because I am afraid that the Western Army will turn my back on me." Yaoying raised her hand and caressed her temples, "I am not from the blood of the Li family, so I can just cut off the relationship with Chang'an. The Western Army will always guard the people of the territory. The rebels will not be stationed in Chang'an."
Li Zhongqian took Yaoying's hand, and the brother and sister walked out without looking back.
He used to want to kill Li De, but now he doesn't want to get his hands dirty and let Li Xuanzhen do it, and he feels happier.
The entanglement between the father and son was cut in two, and there is no more entanglement after that.
…
Among the corpses in the courtyard, only Li De and his son and the flying cavalry were left.
Li De looked at Li Xuanzhen, who was like a gossamer.
"Marrying clothes for others... I have planned for you, you colluded with outsiders, Zhang slave, you will die at the hands of Li Yaoying sooner or later."
Li Xuanzhen was helped up by the personal soldiers, her lips were as pale as paper, and her eyes followed Yaoying's back.
She didn't look back.
He covered his bitterness and said, "Li De, more than 20 years ago, you didn't know what my aunt wanted, it wasn't the Xie family who killed my auntie, you angered others and punished the mother and son of the Xie family. To ease your guilt... Twenty years later, you don't know what I really want."
"Do you know why Auntie committed suicide?"
He waved his hand to signal for the soldiers to withdraw, leaned forward, and whispered a few words.
Li De was shocked, trembling all over, his eyes widened, and he stared at Li Xuanzhen.
"Impossible! Impossible!"
Tears flashed in Li Xuanzhen's eyes.
Li De couldn't help shaking his head, stumbled to his feet, and turned around.
"Impossible! Impossible! I know that you are still alive, and I have sent people to meet you... As long as I marry Xie Manyuan, and when Wei Jun wins the battle, you will be able to come back... It only takes half a month... I only delayed half of it. months…”
Li Xuanzhen heard the unfinished words in his words, raised his face angrily, and the hatred in his eyes burned even more.
Back then, Li De knew that he and Tang Ying were still alive before he married Xie Manyuan! He was afraid that Tang Ying would disturb the wedding, so he only sent his clan to pick up the mother and son. It was during this half month that Tang Ying lost her virginity.
Li Xuanzhen laughed, not knowing whether he was laughing at Li De or at the mockery of fate.
"Half a month! Half a month!"
Li De screamed frantically, ran, slipped under his feet, fell into a sea of corpses and blood, closed his eyes in pain, his face was desolate, and his mouth kept repeating.
"Half a month..."
He's crazy.
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With such a big commotion in the Li Palace, the people in the imperial city stayed up all night.
During the day, when the city was under martial law, the crown prince Li Xuanzhen suddenly appeared, holding an edict, ordering the Yulin Army, the Imperial Guard, and Jin Wuwei to obey the prince's orders and defend the imperial city. The generals were in a panic, and they were taken down by other people who had long been with Li Xuanzhen.
The prime minister in the court had already seen that there would be a confrontation between father and son. He wanted to persuade him, but was detained in the Taiji Palace by the flying cavalry team that suddenly appeared. When they were released, it was already midnight.
On the second day, a rumor spread that when Li De was visiting Empress Xie, he suffered from hysteria, went mad, and cut people off when he saw them. The officer has no objection.
There was no objection from the people: the crown prince was decided by Li De himself, the emperor was ill, and the crown prince should indeed take over the affairs of the state.
Next, the crown prince acted resolutely and dealt with a large number of officials and generals. Among them, Nan Chu surrendered and died one after another, and everyone didn't care. They only thought that they missed their homeland and became depressed.
A few months later, Li De died in the Li Palace, it is said that he became ill from overwork.
What happened next has nothing to do with Yaoying.
On the night she came out of the Li Palace, Xie Qing came forward with a whip, Yaoying picked up the long whip, turned around, and threw the whip at Li Zhongqian.
"Going back to Beijing on your own initiative? Conspiring with Li Xuanzhen and conspiring to force the palace? Leave me a letter, asking me to live in peace and not avenge you?"
Yaoying gritted her teeth and whipped her backhand again.
"If I don't come back, the two of you can only fight against Li De head-on. Do you know how many casualties there will be! Li De has a thunderbolt, so he is in a hurry. No matter how good your martial arts are, you are not an opponent of the Imperial Army!"
Li Zhongqian didn't dare to argue, and after being whipped for several times, he begged for mercy: "I didn't plan to rush to die, Li De set up a poisonous plan, Li Xuanzhen was afraid that he wanted to strike first and decided to kill the king, I'll help him a few small favors, no matter what. Whether he succeeds or not, Li De has to peel off his skin."
Li Xuanzhen met him privately when he came back from Nanchu. He hid in Chang'an. Li Xuanzhen pretended to be imprisoned, but in fact he escaped. The brothers' original plan did not involve Yaoying, because she should still be in Gaochang. Even if she finds something wrong and rushes back to Chang'an, someone in Liangzhou will stop her.
Although he and Li Xuanzhen had a deep conflict, when they were in Beirong, the two brothers made waves and cooperated tacitly. On the matter of killing Li De, they had the same goal and would not mind working together again.
No one expected that when the news of Yaoying's return came, she had already arrived at Jingzhao Mansion.
At that time, Li Zhongqian was still hiding and couldn't deliver a letter to Yaoying. He was so anxious that he rushed to Li Palace to save people. If Li Xuanzhen hadn't arrived to stop him and exchanged silver-armored felt robes with him, he would have thought that Yaoying had nothing. I know, I was really deceived by Li De.
Yaoying snorted lightly, knowing that Li Zhongqian didn't tell the whole truth, he and Li Xuanzhen were not fully sure, but fortunately she came back in time to cooperate with the Crown Princess and attract Li De's attention, so that Li Xuanzhen could find an opportunity to start.
"We're still careless. Li De actually got the pill recipe for the thunder bullet. If it wasn't for Li Xuanzhen's presence, the Li Palace would have been razed to the ground today."
Yaoying frowned, there was a fine work in the Western Army, she had to clean up the workshop, the pill recipe was not a secret, she would hand it over to the court, but the fine work could not be kept.
Li Zhongqian was also terrified and heaved a sigh of relief.
Yaoying put away her whip