Chapter 2635 Please send your confidant to take the letter to another way, don't let others know
Li Chengqian had Yu Ji in his heart, but he never thought that those gang of thieves would be so arrogant as to act like this.
In the Jiangdu Palace, there were so many killers arranged, not only thieves pretending to be servants and attachés.
There were also a large number of murderers disguised as palace guards, so that the imperial army in the East Palace was caught off guard at the beginning and killed dozens of people.
Fortunately, he responded in time and used an empty Maple Grove Palace as bait to attract the main force of thieves to Maple Grove Palace.
General Cheng cooperated internally and externally to strangle the main force of the thieves outside Fenglin Palace. Otherwise, if the thieves were allowed to attack from all sides, I don't know how many people would die.
"Everyone in the family, I am alone in Jiangdu Palace in Yangzhou. Such a big thing has happened. I am afraid it will be difficult to suppress the news."
"And I don't want my father and mother to worry. Shouldn't I summon His Majesty as soon as possible?"
"Your Highness, I believe that your Majesty should be informed as soon as possible and asked to make a decision on how to deal with it."
Yu Zhining glanced at Zhang Xuansu beside him, saluted Li Chengqian, and gave his own suggestions.
"Your Highness, I think it's time to submit an urgent report. In addition, I would also like to ask Your Highness to write a letter to His Majesty and report the facts to His Majesty."
Li Chengqian looked at Yu Zhining in slight shock. At this time, General Cheng on the side let out a hey.
"Your Highness, Lao Cheng also feels that this strategy is more appropriate for Yu Zhan. After all, it is possible to mobilize so many brave soldiers who are not afraid of death to lurk into Jiangdu Palace."
"Who can guarantee that there will be no one among the officials in the court who knows about this matter?"
"If we take out half of the officials in Yangzhou City and chop off all their heads, not a few of them will be unjustly accused."
Cheng Yaojin's words made Li Chengqian turn pale and look at this scheming General Cheng, who talked about chopping off heads like he was talking about killing chickens.
At this time, Zhang Xuansu, who had a bad temper but had no shortage of brains, was frowning and speaking out.
"Your Highness, what General Cheng said is absolutely true. Your Highness the Crown Prince has always been benevolent and generous, and this is the first time he came to the south of the Yangtze River. He has no conflict with the officials of Yangzhou."
"But this killing has clearly been planned for a long time, which means that the source may not be in Jiangnan, but somewhere else."
"But I don't understand. The relationship between His Royal Highness and the courtiers is at best indifferent. Why is it like this..."
General Cheng couldn't help but say when he saw Yu Zhining and Zhang Xuansu frowning and thinking hard for a long time without saying a word.
"Okay everyone, it's useless no matter how much we guess now. We can only wait and see if we can dig out the truth from the captured thieves."
"The most important thing now is to send a letter to the court to let the court know what is happening here."
Li Chengqian stroked his short beard for a long time before slowly nodding his head.
"Since Cheng Taibao and Yu Zhan both think that this should be done, then I will personally compile a letter and send it to my father."
General Cheng stroked his thick beard like a steel needle, narrowed his eyes, and gave his advice again.
"Your Highness, it is best to report urgently to the court first."
"In addition, I would like to ask Your Highness to send your confidants to take the letter with you on a separate journey, and do not let others know about it."
"Why is this?" Everyone present turned their attention to General Cheng.
"Previously, His Majesty told Old Cheng that the Supreme Emperor intends to go to Jinyang, the place where Long raised his troops, this year. If His Majesty has really made the trip, this letter..."
Yu Zhining rolled his eyes, nodded in agreement, and gave his new suggestion.
"What General Cheng said is absolutely true. In this case, this urgent report should be carefully considered to prevent it from disturbing the enemy."
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"There are eighty-three unidentified thieves in total, and the whereabouts of Palace Supervisor Xiao are unknown."
"According to the petition between Eunuch Ningzhong, General Yuchi and a group of East Palace officials, these thieves who attacked Jiangdu Palace and Dongcheng should be a group."
"They started the fire in Dongcheng first, hoping to take the opportunity to cause chaos in Dongcheng and attract everyone's attention there."
"In this case, Palace Supervisor Xiao will lead the main force of thieves and go straight to Fenglin Palace to harm His Highness the Crown Prince."
"It's just that they didn't expect that not only did His Highness the Crown Prince not stay at Maple Forest Palace, but General Yuchi strictly guarded Maple Forest Palace and fought to the death with the traitors."
"General Cheng came to his aid in time and surrounded a group of thieves outside Maple Forest Palace. However, seeing that the situation was over, those thieves committed suicide one after another in a frenzied manner..."
"Furthermore, after inspection, some of the dead still had unbitten poisonous pills in their mouths. We also asked Yangzhou officials, but they could not find out the identities of these thieves."
"Yangzhou Governor Zhu has committed suicide out of fear of crime..."
Li Ke sat blankly behind a table placed directly in front of the royal palace of Zhenguan Palace. He was not the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and even if he was the prisoner of the country, he was not qualified to sit in that position.
He could only sit in front of the newly placed eucalyptus table to listen to politics, and today's news immediately made Li Zhi stunned and dumbfounded.
The news came urgently from Luoyang, the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty, eight hundred miles away from Yangzhou, and it was only a few days before the incident happened.
Li Zhi listened blankly to this rapid recital, unable to figure out which deity his eldest brother had offended.
He was actually protected by a large army, and he was actually able to let those dead men lurk in Jiangdu Palace outside Yangzhou City in advance with the intention of killing him.
This shocked Li Zhi, and a trace of regret arose in his heart for no reason. Why was his eldest brother safe and sound?
Such a detailed and careful arrangement could not hurt him at all. Could it be that God was on his side.
At this moment, in the main hall, only the trilling voice of the official who was performing the task was echoing, and the other ministers had experienced the initial uproar.
They all remained silent in a tacit understanding, watching their noses with their eyes, and their hearts with their noses, making the atmosphere in the entire Zhenguan Hall look extra solemn and tense.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was assassinated. This was definitely the first time in these years that Hou Junji, the hero of the Tang Dynasty who had pacified Gaochang Kingdom last time, had evil intentions.
Another major vicious incident after setting up an ambush outside Chang'an City in an attempt to kill His Highness the Crown Prince but ultimately failing.
Changsun Wuji's face was ashen, he pursed his lips tightly and said nothing, but directly opposite him, Duke Yun's eyelids were fluttering wildly, and he was secretly upset in his heart.
Why were those gangs of thieves so incompetent that they didn't beat the Crown Prince to death or become crippled, but not even a single hair was hurt?
Otherwise, that bastard Cheng Yaojin would be punished by His Majesty for the crime of inadequate protection. What a pity, what a pity...
After finishing the urgent report, Li Zhi was still in a daze. It was not until he heard his uncle Changsun Wuji coughing lightly that he came to his senses.
However, he immediately set his sights on Changsun Wuji, his uncle.
"Zhao Guogong, the prince is in Yangzhou and is in danger of being killed by thieves. What should we do?"