Fang Jun was shocked and said in surprise: "Are you saying that Zhang Shigui really relaxed under my lobbying?"
Wu Meiniang was full of confidence, nodded and said: "Of course! Otherwise, why would I need to use the dead soldiers who have been buried for many years to assassinate you, Mr. Lang?"
It can be said that the words awakened the dreamer. After listening to Wu Meiniang's analysis, Fang Jun suddenly became enlightened. He hit the palm of his right hand with a fist with his left hand and said excitedly: "My lady is right, that's exactly what it is! If Zhang Shigui's position had not been unstable, the mastermind behind the scenes would have lost his mind.
Trust me, why do you rush to attack me and try to completely cut off the prince's retreat?"
Even though His Majesty Li Er's edict is very likely to contain the purpose of "deposing the crown prince and establishing a new crown prince", Fang Jun always believes that this is the "righteousness" in His Majesty Li Er's heart. It may be right or wrong, but His Majesty Li Er is indeed
He believed that Li Chengqian could not shoulder the important responsibilities of the emperor well and could not continue the territory he had opened up and the prosperous age under his rule, so he had to reluctantly leave this order.
But for him, a rising star and the pillar of the imperial court, he must still care about his past friendship. After all, although he blocks the progress of Yi Chu, he does not have to die.
Only when Zhang Shigui was no longer trusted enough and the prince was very likely to be able to calmly withdraw from the Taiji Palace even if he failed, did he have to take action against him and strive to overthrow the East Palace.
Seeing his excitement and joy, Wu Meiniang also smiled and said: "Although this assassination was dangerous, it is also a good thing. At least we know a huge flaw of the mastermind behind the scenes."
Xuanwu Gate is the gateway to Taiji Palace. Now that Zhang Shigui has blocked Xuanwu Gate, it is very likely to cut off the prince's only way of survival. As a last resort, Fang Jun could only attack Xuanwu Gate and open this passage, but the "Beiya Forbidden Army" was small in number but
Each one is as powerful as ten, so we don't have to say whether they can capture it or not. If Zhang Shigui has an evil heart and simply takes advantage of the Guanlong army's frontal attack to attack the empty inner gate, the prince will not be spared.
But now that the assassination incident has come out, it shows that Zhang Shigui did not give up on sealing the Xuanwu Gate. Instead, he was weighing the pros and cons and was hesitant, causing the mastermind behind the scenes to lose trust. He was afraid of long nights and nightmares, so he brazenly assassinated Fang Jun in an attempt to end it all.
Wu Meiniang continued: "The most urgent task at the moment is that Lang Jun should inform Zhang Shigui about this assassination. He must have his own choice."
Fang Jun laughed: "Meiniang is really my son Fang Ye, that's how it should be!"
Since Zhang Shigui is weighing his options and is hesitant, then put some pressure on him and let him realize that the forces he serves have lost trust in him...
Without further ado, Fang Jun immediately returned to the main tent of the Chinese army, ordered the scribe to polish it, wrote a letter, and handed it to the soldiers.
The soldiers held his letter and rode to the Xuanwu Gate. They tied the letter to the arrow shaft, bent their bows and nocked the arrows, and shot the arrows up the tower with a "whoosh" sound.
Several lieutenants from the "Bei Ya Forbidden Army" were on duty on the city tower. They had already stared at the soldiers of Youtun Guards who rode to the city. They saw them lining up their bows and shooting arrows. The arrows flew to the bedside to "seize" the soldiers.
There was a sound of being nailed to the window frame of the tower behind him, and he was immediately startled.
I couldn't help but cursed at the top of the city: "Are the Youtun guards all lunatics? They want to attack the city without saying a word. Do you really think that our 'Bei Ya Forbidden Army' is like the bastards of the Guanlong Army?"
The soldiers behind him had already discovered the letter paper tied to the arrow shaft, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull out the arrow, took off the letter paper, and handed it to the captain.
The captain took it and looked at it. On it were written five big characters: "Guo Guo Gong Qinqi". He scratched his head and said to the soldiers on the left and right: "Although we don't know a few big characters, this one stroke of writing is so pleasing to the eye."
, it must be excellent... What, the first word is the word 'Guo', which is the title of our commander-in-chief?"
He naturally knew this word, but he could read it but didn't recognize it. Since this letter contained the word "Guo Gong", it must be for his own commander-in-chief, but to avoid making mistakes, it was better to ask for clarification.
The soldiers gathered around, and some of them scorned: "Don't you claim to be from a scholarly family? You don't even know the words?"
Another person said: "It's no wonder Xiaowei, this word has too many gestures and is difficult to recognize."
The composition of the "Bei Ya Forbidden Army" is complex. There are illiterate roughnecks, and naturally there are also those who have read. The literate ones came closer and looked at it, and said: "It's for our commander. Send it quickly to avoid mistakes."
event."
The school captain grinned: "Look, we are still literate, right? You guys should go back and find a wife to go to school for a few days. You are all illiterate and nothing!"
After saying that, he ignored everyone's angry shouts and quickly walked down the tower, came to the government office where Zhang Shigui worked, and handed the letter to him.
Zhang Shigui took the letter and read it carefully, then took out the fire folding paper from the drawer and blew it on fire. The light blue flames licked the letter paper, and in an instant it burned and turned into a handful of fly ash.
After careful inspection, there was nothing left, so he stood up and came to the window, looking out at the gurgling rain with a gloomy face and gloomy eyes.
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Tongguan.
The wind and rain outside the window are dim, and the lights inside the house are bright.
The soldiers knocked on the door and entered. Li Ji raised his head from the military report, looked at the battle report in his hand, frowned and asked, "What happened?"
The soldiers stepped forward, presented the battle report to Li Ji with both hands, and said in a low voice: "The news just came that in the evening, the Duke of Yue and the Duke of Wu'an had a secret meeting on the south bank of the Weishui River, and then they went together from the Zhongwei Bridge to the north bank and walked to the middle of the pontoon bridge.
, two soldiers under Duke Wu'an suddenly rose up and assassinated Duke Yue..."
Li Ji's heart tightened and he quickly opened the battle report and read it at a glance. He was slightly relieved when he saw that Fang Jun was fine.
But he looked extremely embarrassed.
He didn't even ask Xue Wanche's soldiers why they assassinated Fang Jun. He just waved his hands to repel the soldiers, leaned back on his chair, and stared at the dancing candlelight in a daze.
Everyone in the government and the public knows that His Majesty Li Er indulges and indulges Fang Junzhi?
Except for his own son, who was a man of two generations of civil and military service, no one could have Fang Jun's status in the eyes of His Majesty Li Er. Ever since Fang Jun "enlightened", His Majesty Li Er loved him very much, and even
Relying on his support, he was promoted through promotion and promotion, until he was given the title of Duke, reaching the pinnacle of being a minister.
That guy is only twenty years old!
"One family and two princes" seems to be the supreme honor of the Fang family, but if it were someone else other than Fang Jun, even if his merits were equal to Fang Jun's, he would never be promoted to the title of prince.
How could His Majesty Li Er order the assassination of such a minister who was "in the emperor's heart"?
A dull thunder roll outside the window woke Li Ji up from his thoughts. He sat for a while, put the battle report in an envelope and put it in a drawer under the desk. He stood up and walked to the door, picked up an umbrella and walked out.
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The night was dark, the rain was gurgling, and the air was damp and cold.
When the soldiers outside the gate saw Li Ji coming out, they stepped forward and asked, "What do you want, the commander-in-chief? Can you prepare a carriage?"
Li Ji shook his head and said, "No need to follow."
After saying that, he held up his umbrella and walked into the wind and rain.
When the soldiers saw him walking forward for a short distance and then turning into the mysterious courtyard on one side, they withdrew their gaze and stood on duty in front of the government office.
Li Ji held an umbrella and walked into the courtyard. The soldiers in black clothes and armor under the eaves stood motionless, turning a blind eye to him. He entered the front hall and walked straight through the hall. Just as he was about to pass through the patio to reach the main hall, he saw The hunched old eunuch came towards me.
Li Ji stopped and the two stood facing each other in the courtyard.
Looking at the old eunuch's eyes, which were as white as dead fish, Li Ji said in a bad tone: "Did you order Fang Jun's assassination?"
The old eunuch's body was stooped, thin and thin, and his whole body seemed to be crumbling due to exhaustion, but he stood firm under his feet, which was a perfect contrast.
He said calmly: "Why not?"
Li Ji frowned and said dissatisfied: "You should discuss this matter with me in advance instead of making your own decisions."
The old eunuch's face full of age spots seemed to be expressionless forever, but he spoke more: "You and Fang Jun have a very close personal relationship, and even the two families are close friends. I can understand this. But you You should also know that this is a critical moment. If you are not careful, all your plans will fall short. Why can't you kill a mere Fang Jun?"
"Ho!"
Li Ji laughed angrily: "Do you think I came to question you because you wanted to kill Fang Jun? How do you think Fang Jun got his outstanding achievements? You sent even a dead soldier to kill him. , what is the result? This assassination is tantamount to alerting the snake, and what is the difference between telling him personally that Zhang Shigui is leaning towards the prince? It is simply stupid!"
The old eunuch looked gloomy and stared at Li Ji with a pair of dead fish eyes.