After keeping watch all night on New Year's Eve, when the sky finally lit up, the sleepy Chang'an people yawned, walked out of the door, and wished each other a happy New Year with their neighbors.
Whenever this time comes, the happiest people are the children at home!
Putting on the new clothes that had been coveted for a long time under the box, the children were like birds released from their cages, cheering and chasing each other in the alley at the door.
Some older girls will tie a bright red ribbon on their hair and a round or flat red dot in the middle of their head, and shyly follow their parents to meet their relatives.
When I get a few words like: This girl is so handsome, my heart will be as sweet as eating candy.
When a stupid boy saw this scene, he also begged his father to tie a pigtail and add red dots...
But unlike those girls, he would usually be kicked out a long way away by his furious father...
Laughter and noise constitute the most basic elements of joy in this Spring Festival.
But in this joyous atmosphere, no one noticed that there were two staggering figures on Zhuque Street, staggering towards the palace at the end of the street.
"Your Majesty! I have an urgent matter to report! The prince is raising an army privately with the intention of rebelling! Your Majesty..."
Soon, a fierce shout suddenly sounded at the quiet palace gate! Just like the summer thunder, everyone was caught off guard!
Rebellion! Or the prince is rebellious!
After receiving the news, the Five Cities Military and Horse Division immediately imposed martial law!
The Qianniu Guards on the left and right came out to surround the East Palace, and the guards on the left and right immediately took control of all the palace gates in the imperial city!
At this point, four of the sixteen guards of Nanya were roaming in Chang'an, driving all the Chang'an people who had not realized what was happening back home!
On this New Year's Day, the entire Chang'an area is under martial law!
Prince's East Palace.
Li Jiancheng, who had always been graceful and elegant in the past, turned pale instantly after receiving the news!
"Prince! Er Zhuhuan rebelled, he, he bit us back and went to file a complaint! Now we have become traitors, it's over! It's over!"
In Li Jiancheng's bedroom, a young staff member rushed in barefoot and frightened.
"I know!" Li Jiancheng's eyes were red, and his whole body exuded a strong aura of surliness.
However, the staff member had clearly lost his mind at this time and did not notice that the prince's expression was wrong. He still said in horror: "It's over now. I've said it a long time ago. I've said it a long time ago! Let's not touch those things.
, now, now..."
The voice stopped abruptly, and he never had the chance to say the next words.
At his neck, a pair of huge palms pinched him tightly, then lifted him up little by little, and finally threw him out the door like throwing garbage.
"Bang..."
With a muffled sound like a watermelon splitting, the staff member's head hit the stone steps outside hard. Soon, bright red blood flowed out from under the disheveled hair, coloring the entire bluestone steps.
"Your Highness, those people outside are just like chickens and dogs. I will escort you out!"
After killing this frightened staff member, Yin Nu was as unconcerned as crushing an ant to death, and came to Li Jiancheng with a grin on his face.
"Kill out?" Upon hearing these words, Li Jiancheng's body suddenly shook.
Having been in the position of Prince for so long, it’s not like he hasn’t prepared a way out for himself!
However, what can he do if he is killed now?
Could he really go to Qingzhou and summon Yang Wenqian to raise the flag for rebellion? With tens of thousands of recruited soldiers, could he conquer Chang'an, which was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of standing troops?
"No! I can't leave!"
"No! Your Highness the Crown Prince cannot leave!"
Two voices sounded in the room almost at the same time!
Li Jiancheng suddenly looked up when he heard the noise, only to find Wei Zheng, covered in dust, hurriedly approaching outside the door.
Hurrying to the door, Wei Zheng glanced at the still bleeding corpse, frowned slightly, and then ignored the blood flowing everywhere, stepped on them and walked into the house.
"Wei Qing, you, how did you get in! Have the people outside dispersed?" Looking at Wei Zheng walking towards him, Li Jiancheng felt as if he had grasped the last straw and rushed forward in surprise.
However, Wei Zheng shook his head: "The East Palace is now heavily surrounded. It involves conspiracy. It is impossible for them to disperse. I came in through a secret passage outside this time."
Li Jiancheng's face was filled with ecstasy. He shook his whole body and murmured: "Yes, this is treason! Treason..."
Wei Zheng quickly stepped forward to support Li Jiancheng and said urgently: "Your Highness! You must not panic at this moment! If you are just one step away, you will be doomed!"
"Wei Qing's family, what should I do now?" Li Jiancheng gasped hard and asked with a slightly trembling voice after being stabilized by Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng slowly raised his hands, with a stern look in his eyes: "Your Highness! The strange thing that happened this time, and the timing of it, must have been planned by someone!
From what I can see, those people just want to confuse your mind with the crime of treason and make you make mistakes in panic! So now, as long as we don't act according to their ideas, there must be a way to break the situation!"
"Break the game? Yes, break the game! But how to break the game!" Li Jiancheng said a few words nervously, but soon he was like a deflated balloon, with despair on his face: "Those armors, those recruited soldiers
, we can’t tell clearly!”
"If you can't tell, I won't tell you!"
Staring at Li Jiancheng with sharp eyes, Wei Zheng said coldly: "Your Majesty is so kind today that he will never convict you based on just one family's words. What's more, you are still the crown prince of the country! You are involved in the foundation of the country!"
"Yes, I am the crown prince, and I am my father's favorite son!"
This time, as if being awakened by Wei Zheng, Li Jiancheng's eyes widened instantly!
He grabbed Wei Zheng's shoulder, and the force in his hand seemed to crush Wei Zheng's arm.
"Wei Qing, what do you think I should do now?"
"Your Highness!" Wei Zheng endured the pain on his shoulders and said word by word: "You should go to the palace alone now and cry to His Majesty that you have been framed! If Your Majesty asks, blame all the blame on others and that person.
Yang Wenqian! I just insist that you were deceived!"
Li Jiancheng nodded hurriedly, but after a moment, he seemed to have remembered something and asked hurriedly: "Then, what should we do about Yang Wenqian? This is a crime of treason, punishing the nine tribes! How can he be captured without hesitation? What if,
He took out the letters between Gu and him! Gu is also inseparable!"
Wei Zheng turned around and glanced at the body lying at the door: "Then, make sure he can't take it out!"
