In another room, Li Daozong's daughter captured by Xu Tian was watched by senior sister Lishan. Looking at the situation in the room, the princess of the prince's family had eyes full of curiosity, looking at the two chivalrous ladies of Lishan.
asked softly.
"Can the two sisters tell Wan'er where this is and why Wan'er was captured here?"
"My little sister is good-looking and quite courageous. She also knows how to ask where this place is. It won't take long for you to know why you were captured here. This is all the fault of your damn father!"
After hearing this, the teenage girl roughly understood why she was arrested, and sat quietly in the room thinking about something. Her calm demeanor was much better than that of those playboys.
This is Li Xiaowan, the eldest daughter of Li Daozong. She has been very smart since she was a child. She is good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She has many different views on court affairs and is very popular with her father and the current emperor. This daughter often tells her that she cannot enter the court unless she is a man.
She regrets being an official, but her personality is very similar to that of Chang Le among many other princesses. The two of them can be regarded as best friends who talk about everything.
Li Xiaowan didn't know that she was captured here by her best friend's husband, and her best friend was also in the military camp in the forest at this time. Of course, she definitely didn't know that this was the Qin family's secret military camp somewhere outside Chang'an City, and she thought it was nothing.
It's just a copycat for thieves.
Qin Wenyuan was not in the mood to care about these things at this time. He just wanted to take people here to see what the court's plan was. If he failed to achieve what he thought was a fair purpose, he would just kill the captured people.
This is a warning to those imperial powers and dignitaries of the day who want to go against themselves.
This guy was listening to the teachings in his master's room at this time, but it turned out that Master Zhiren wanted him to officially take over the position of leader of the Taoist "Tianxuan Sect". Brother Lou Yan would face the wall and think about the true meaning of self-examination and mind cultivation.
After everything was arranged in the general's stronghold, Qin Wenyuan left Zhou Cang here to protect many members of the Qin family and to take care of the hostages. He led dozens of personal guards and others to follow his master, uncle and others to Mount Li.
At this time, Li Shimin found Qin Qiong in the palace. Cheng Yaojin reported that no trace of Qin Wenyuan was found in "Qin Village". All the Xu family's property in Chang'an City belonged to the sect of the Holy Lady of Lishan. After receiving this news, Li Shimin already knew that Qin Wenyuan might never turn around again.
Chang'an City's plan, the captured ministers and several young men, if they don't calm down the anger in this boy's heart, the boy's temper will probably lead to disaster.
From the reports from the reconnaissance and cavalry division and several prefectures in the direction of Qizhou in western Liaoning that no trace of Xu Tian was found, we came to the conclusion that this kid must be hiding in secret places in or around Chang'an City.
Li Shimin understood this and ordered many experts from the Reconnaissance and Cavalry Department to go to the mountains and fields around "Qin Village" to find out where Qin Wenyuan was. The emperor was concerned about the royal family's reputation and naturally believed that Qin Wenyuan should not disobey his will.
But he didn't want to think about the evil deeds committed by the wealthy families who had offended Qin Wenyuan and made the situation uncontrollable. He finally held the idea that Qin Wenyuan shouldn't get into a big fight over trivial matters. As a minister of the Tang Dynasty, he had to take into account the overall situation of the court. To put it bluntly,
Deep down in his heart, Li Shimin was still dissatisfied with the political situation in Qizhou where the Qin family occupied Qizhou and refused to listen to announcements. Suppressing Qin Wenyuan was just a power trick used by the emperor to balance the various families and dignitaries under the Tang Dynasty to maintain a relatively restrictive relationship.
Zhou Shaofan led many masters of the Reconnaissance and Cavalry Division, disguised as woodcutter and mountain villagers, to sneak into the mountains and forests around "Xu Village". This guy acted in a low-key manner, and actually got clues about the Qin army from a doctor who had been collecting herbs in the mountains all year round.
It was also because the Qin family's personal guards did not pay attention to the imperial army and relaxed their vigilance.
This is the saying: "If you are careless, you will lose Jingzhou!"
Although the sentinels responsible for observing in the mountains and fields suddenly noticed that there were suddenly more woodcutters coming into the mountains to cut firewood, the mountain people collecting herbs did not pay much attention, thinking that it was just because of the cold weather and the fact that there were so many people going up the mountains to cut firewood.
He got up and did not report this situation to Zhou Cang.
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When Qin Wenyuan led dozens of personal guards to accompany his master to Mount Li to take over as the leader of the "Tianxuan Sect", the day after leaving the military camp, Princess Xiangcheng finally learned that her best friend, several young masters from Chang'an City, and Wei Ting were captured here.
news.
Princess Xiangcheng was concerned about Li Xiaowan's safety and begged the two senior sisters from Lishan to take Li Xiaowan into her room. The two senior sisters knew that the relationship between Xiangcheng and Qin Wenyuan was difficult to refute, so they agreed thinking that there would be no serious problems in the military camp.
Xiangcheng requested.
When Li Xiaowan saw Princess Xiangcheng, she was shocked how the princess of the Tang Dynasty could finally find out from her best friend that Qin Wenyuan was responsible for her capture and that Xiangcheng was planning to elope with her. Li Xiaowan suddenly admired Xiangcheng's courage.
The thought of escaping from this place arose, and with his sharp tongue, he actually persuaded Princess Xiangcheng to have the idea of releasing the person Qin Wenyuan had captured.
How did Qin Wenyuan know about Li Xiaowan's scheming? This ignorant palace lady seemed to be thinking about Qin Wenyuan, thinking that releasing those captured would definitely prevent his father and the court ministers from pursuing the crimes committed by Ai Lang, and even restore Qin Wenyuan's reputation.
An official position is not impossible. After all, he has a mediating role. Presumably his father will not embarrass Xu Tian too much for his own sake.
She doesn't know the dangers of the world. For the sake of power and interests, she will not let go even her relatives. Let's just say that she is a woman who can be arbitrarily controlled by the royal family for the sake of profit. What can she do if she is a prince or grandson?
Li Xiaowan was very scheming, thinking that the imperial court would send a large number of spies to find out Xu Tian's whereabouts. In order to intentionally expose her whereabouts, this girl used an excuse to breathe fresh air and encouraged Xiangcheng to take her for a walk in the mountains. How could Xiangcheng know?
Her best friend's true thoughts were that she was a little bored staying in the room all day long, so she asked the guards outside the door to protect her for permission, took the maid and Li Xiaowan out of the house, and walked away from the guards to the forest path.
The three women were all dressed in dazzling colors. Soon after they left the house, they were discovered by many experts from the Reconnaissance Cavalry Division who were hiding in the mountains and observing the barracks here. Zhou Shaofan carefully examined the three women. One of them was either a princess or a princess.
Well, this guy was very happy and sent people back to the palace to report to the emperor.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After Li Shimin got his revenge, he quickly ordered Qin Qiong, Chen Yaojin, and Li Jing to each lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to surround this place. However, he himself led the imperial army and many big officials in the palace.
Internal masters went to "Qin Village" to make Qin Wenyuan subdue him.
Zhou Cang discovered the news that the military camp was surrounded by layers of layers. He hurriedly protected many Xu family members and sent them to a relatively safe mountain nest to hide. At the same time, he ordered his personal guards to enter the bunkers that had been built to prepare for the battle and act as snipers.
The hand's bodyguards had chosen their own sniping spots and hid themselves without any instructions.
The personal guards of the Xu family, who can act swiftly and without panic when facing an enemy that is ten times the number, can be regarded as the true elite of the military in terms of their military qualities.
Li Shimin led the Imperial Army to arrive here, and gathered with the three generals Qin Qiong, Li Jing, and Cheng Yaojin at the foot of the mountain to discuss how to rescue the hostages and suppress the Xu Mansion's personal guards.
Li Jing said.
"Your Majesty! As far as I know, the Qin family's personal guards all use powerful firearms that can kill people instantly and are as powerful as lightning strikes. There is only one mountain road leading to this mountain. If there are people guarding them, they must be guarded. Do not let the soldiers attack by force.
, otherwise the casualties will be huge, and the lives of the princess and others are in Qin Wenyuan's hands. I think it is best to use reasonable and gentle means to make him put down his resistance. I hope the emperor will think twice before deciding."
Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin agreed with what Li Jing said, and they both advised the emperor to send people up the mountain to have peace talks with Xu Tian first unless it was necessary to use force to solve the problem.
Cheng Yaojin volunteered to speak out.
"Your Majesty! Why don't I want to go to the mountains to see that bastard?"
Of course, Li Shimin knew that the weapons in the hands of Qin Wenyuan's personal guards were extremely lethal. His limited knowledge made him not believe that these weapons could compete with the many elite troops of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, he had only heard of the lethality of these weapons.
When he reported the matter without seeing it with his own eyes, and agreed with Cheng Yaojin's suggestion to go up the mountain to announce that Qin Wenyuan had come down the mountain to see him, his face mostly showed disdain for the Qin family's hundreds of personal guards.
Cheng Yaojin got permission from the decree and walked slowly towards the mountain road alone. When he was halfway up the mountain, the old man shouted loudly.
"You little bastard! Get out of here."
Zhou Cang showed up and said angrily.
"Don't be rude, old man. My young commander is not in the camp now. If you have anything to do, feel free to talk to someone."
When he heard that Qin Wenyuan was not on the mountain, Cheng Yaojin was stunned for a moment and then laughed "haha".
"Where is that kid now? You, the junior, have the final say here. I went up to the mountain to advise you to wait until you see the situation clearly and release the princess and the others. Now that the Holy One is at the foot of the mountain, do you dare to resist the order?"
The old man said as he walked into the Qin family's personal guard position. Seeing all kinds of strange weapons and the soldiers' fearless and excited expressions, he couldn't help but feel heavy in his heart. He had heard his son Cheng Chumo describe such weapons.
It’s scary. I think if I don’t persuade the generals in charge of the Qin family’s personal guards now, I’m afraid a war will be inevitable. Then the Xu family will be charged with rebelling against the Tang Dynasty, and war will resume in the world. The Tang Dynasty will finally be able to rest and recuperate.
The opportunity will be lost.
As expected, Zhou Cang was heard saying disdainfully.
"Without my young marshal's military order, it doesn't matter if he resists the decree. If we live as the Qin family and die as Qin family ghosts, it doesn't matter if we are the emperor. But there is no hope of releasing him."
"You are a reckless man who is loyal but doesn't know the depth of this matter. Are you not afraid of bringing your young commander a bad name for rebelling against the Tang Dynasty and having all the armies attack him? Let me see the princess quickly to discuss a way for both parties to get down.
, your young marshal, I will take full responsibility for this matter after it happens."
Cheng Yaojin's words finally made Zhou Cang wary. He did not want to cause such a big crisis to the young marshal because of his recklessness. After some inner struggle, he agreed to Cheng Yaojin going to the mountain to meet the princess.
Seeing the princess, Cheng Yaojin sighed and explained the powerful relationship one by one. Princess Fengxiangcheng must not let her happiness lead to an uncontrollable war here. At that time, the Xu family will bear the name of rebellion and will eventually end up in the war of the Tang Dynasty.
Once again, life will be ruined.
Li Xiaowan helped Cheng Yaojin analyze the incident more thoroughly, until Princess Xiangcheng was so frightened that she was sweating profusely and said resolutely with tears in her eyes.
"General Cheng! Qin Wenyuan has not returned to Mount Li with his master. Many of the followers in the mountain are family members of the Qin family. The general must ensure that the imperial army cannot kill the Qin family, otherwise Xiangcheng will die here without leaving the mountain."
"I guarantee that the Qin family will not be attacked. The princess will follow me down the mountain now. If it is too late, something may change!"
With Cheng Yaojin's guarantee, Princess Xiangcheng sent someone to bring paper and pen, quickly wrote a letter and handed it to Zhou Cang.
"General Zhou, please give this letter to your young marshal. Please tell me that this princess owes a debt to the Qin family. If we meet again by fate, you will protect Qin Wenyuan and leave Chang'an City as soon as possible."
"I'll take note of what the princess said. If the princess changes her mind, I can protect her and get out of here. No matter how many thousands of troops there are, what can I do?"
"My princess has made up her mind, no need to say more!"
After speaking, Princess Xiangcheng said goodbye to Chunxiang and others. Before she could implement her inner thoughts of releasing the captors, she quietly left the military camp and went down the mountain with Li Xiaowan, her maid, and Cheng Yaojin...
In the Tang army's tent at the foot of the mountain, Princess Xiangcheng knelt down and allowed the emperor to scold her, but she risked being beheaded and begged her father to spare the Xu family, which made Li Shimin furious.
Xiangcheng thought too much about the royal family relationship. When he was grieving, he didn't expect Li Xiaowan to stir up trouble again.
"Your Majesty! Xiaowan thinks that Qin Wenyuan disregards the king's law, and letting the Xu family go so lightly would be a huge loss of royal dignity!"
Looking at this usually docile best friend, Princess Xiangcheng couldn't believe her eyes and ears. Is this the kind-hearted woman who talked to her about everything in the past? Her scheming should make people recognize her again.
Li Shimin's thunderous rage subsided, and with a gloomy face he ordered the imperial army to escort Xiangcheng back to the palace to be punished by the queen.
Xiangcheng was taken away by the Forbidden Army. After the voice of his father pleading with him all the way disappeared, Li Shimin announced that Qin Qiong, Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin and others came into the tent to discuss matters. After hearing Li Xiaowan's words, the emperor hated the Qin family's personal guards so much that they dared to do so.
He resisted the decree and refused to release the remaining captured people, and ordered the army to forcibly attack the mountain to kill the rebels.
Cheng Yaojin said loudly while lying on the ground.
"Your Majesty, no! Weichen promised the princess to ensure the safety of everyone in the Xu family, so that the Qin family's personal guards agreed to let the princess go down the mountain. Now that the army is attacking like this, doesn't it mean that Weichen is breaking his promise?"
"General Cheng can't forget important obligations because of small righteousness. I think the Xu family has already committed a crime of rebellion. How can we let it go so easily?"
Li Xiaowan, who stayed here, fanned the wind and started to light the fire again.
"Cheng Yaojin! You have been an official for a long time, but you are not as knowledgeable as a woman. I am really disappointed."
Li Shimin looked at Cheng Yaojin who was kneeling on the ground and said, with an impatient expression on his face.
Li Jing secretly thought that this woman was very cruel, even worse than the cruelty of her father Li Daozong. Seeing that the emperor seemed to have made up his mind, he secretly sighed at the royal family's lack of affection, and continued to speak with great discouragement.
"Your Majesty! I noticed that the terrain of this mountain was narrow and the road into the mountain was too narrow for the army to advance quickly. So I ordered the army to attack it forcefully at all costs. However, Xu's army took advantage of the danger and used its powerful firearms to resist desperately. The casualties were so great that Wei Chen could not help but
I dare to imagine that it is better for us to surround this mountain and wait until Qin Wenyuan comes back to reason with him and make him give up the resistance. I hope the emperor will think twice."