Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chen Ying snatched a lantern from the attendant, took a closer look, and found that the disheveled man was none other than Luo Shixin.

"What happened?" Chen Ying exuded a strong evil spirit, commanded a few soldiers to carry Luo Shixin into the back room, and let people come through Chen Huairen.

Yi Cong responded and hurried away.Chen Ying strode across the front yard, laid the unconscious Luo Shixin flat on the bed, and checked carefully.

Luo Shixin's wounds were very serious. The most fatal wound appeared on his chest. He was hit by an iron arrow, which penetrated deep into the flesh. The wound had already turned black and had a faint fishy smell. One wondered what kind of poison it was.

Chen Ying walked outside the door, looked at a dozen soldiers and said, "What's the matter with Luo Shixin's injury?"

A soldier scratched his head, looked at Chen Ying and said timidly: "I also know who did it. We went back to the city today. When we walked to Duanyang Gate, a rain of arrows suddenly shot out from the alley. General Luo Unprepared, he was shot with four arrows, and General Luo's horse was killed immediately."

Chen Ying's face was livid, and his chest heaved with anger: "Guo Luo, go and find out who did it!"

Chapter 27 The ass decides the head (one more)

Chapter 27 The ass decides the head (one more)

In the East Palace, two brothers, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, were sitting alone, without even a single servant beside them. Li Yuanji gave a detailed account of what he had seen and heard in Chen Ying's residence.

Li Jiancheng heard Li Yuanji's report, and pondered for a long time: "So, Erlang bid farewell to Chen Ying and Sanniang?"

Li Yuanji smiled coldly and said, "Brother, do you believe that Erlang will go to the third sister's house for no reason? I'm afraid it's inconvenient for him to say something in front of me. I don't think so of the so-called farewell." However, he is willing to leave Chang'an? As long as he dares to leave, the people in Prince Qin's Mansion will all go their separate ways within three months, and there is probably no one around him except Changsun Wuji, that fat man!"

Li Yuanji's words actually made some sense.Li Shimin is not the prince, he is just the king of Qin. It is precisely because he has the opportunity to seize the throne, so a group of people who are left behind will burn Li Shimin's stove. If Li Shimin fails, their fate will not be so bad. If Li Shimin succeeds, they will get a hundred times, ten thousand times in return.

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "Father told me about Erlang going out of town in Liangzhou, but I didn't agree, but I suggested that Erlang go out of town in Luoyang."

"Brother, you...you're crazy!" Li Yuanji already regretted what he said, but he immediately changed his words: "Brother, Sanhu made a slip of the tongue."

Li Jiancheng said disapprovingly: "Don't you understand why I did this?"

Li Yuanji said with some dissatisfaction: "Of course I don't understand. What's wrong with letting him go to Liangzhou, a place that doesn't shit? He only needs to go to Liangzhou, and it won't be so easy to go back to Chang'an."

"It's not the same, it's not the same!" Li Jiancheng sighed and said, "In Chang'an, under our noses, we can detect any small movements in time, prevent them, and take countermeasures in time, but if he goes In Liangzhou, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, we don't even know what's going on behind the scenes."

Li Yuanji said disapprovingly: "Brother, you are thinking too much, what else can he do in that poor place in Liangzhou?"

"Liangzhou is the Governor's Mansion, and it is the third rank. If he goes to Liangzhou, he will definitely be dispatched by the Minister of the Longyou Daoxingtai, and he will be caught by civil and military personnel. Think about Liangzhou's 74 counties under the jurisdiction of [-] prefectures. , he will become the Northwest King of our Tang Dynasty, and the court will depend on his face, don't forget, the land of Qin Liang has strong folk customs, and it is a place where a strong army emerges."

"Qin Liang's land is too barren, how can he support the army?" Li Yuanji didn't want Li Shimin to be in Chang'an City at all. He wished that Li Shimin could be dispatched as far away as possible, and it would be better if he could be dispatched to Lingnan and become the king of Lingnan.

Li Jiancheng smiled slightly and said, "Don't forget Chen Ying, in that poor place of Lingzhou, he pulled out an elite army of more than [-] in just over a year, and the area under Erlang's jurisdiction is ten times larger than that of Lingzhou." Erlang's subordinates, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, are unique talents. If he manages Liangzhou, he might be able to manage it successfully. It is inevitable. However, the strength of the countries in the Western Regions is too weak. If Erlang has been operating in Liangzhou for several years and continues to use troops to the Western Regions, the countries in the Western Regions will be unstoppable. Speaking of this palace, even the emperor can't stop Erlang from making a strong return..."

Li Yuanji held his breath involuntarily, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.Li Jiancheng has long said that Li Shimin's heart is like a tiger and his body is like a pine and cypress. He seems to be kind and generous, but it is not a crime of cruelty. For his own self-interest, he may have insufficient ability, but if he has such an ambition, he will never Stop halfway.In other words, Li Shimin will definitely kill people for his own goals.

Li Shimin, who was trapped in Chang'an, had nothing to worry about, because whether his title of Shang Shu Ling or General Tiance, they were all false titles. Without Li Yuan's imperial decree, Li Shimin would be an empty shell.

But if he is really allowed to go to Liangzhou to operate for several years, he will definitely be able to build an army of tens of thousands of elites in Liangzhou. Whether it is the deeds of destroying the country and capturing dozens of kings, whether it is deterrence, the real big trouble is when the time comes. .

Li Yuanji saw it very well, and said in a jiffy: "Then... the big brother means..."

Li Jiancheng said: "Give Erlang two ways, either leave the town of Luoyang and serve as Yin of Luoyang, or stay in Chang'an and serve as Minister of the Book."

In fact, neither of these two paths is a good one.First of all, he went out to Luoyang. It seems that he is a powerful official. The key is that Chen Ying's official position as appeasement envoy of Henan Province Economic Strategy has not been withdrawn. If Li Shimin goes to Luoyang to serve as Luoyang Yin, then Li Shimin will become Chen Ying's subordinate official. Chen Ying wouldn't make things difficult for Li Shimin, but he shouldn't be comfortable either, because Li Shimin couldn't move Chen Ying's military power.

It would be even more tragic to stay in Chang'an to serve as Minister of the Minister, because the Minister Zuo Pushe is Pei Ji. Pei Ji has always regarded himself as the boss of the Minister of Shangshu. If Li Shimin wanted to wrestle with Pei Ji, he would probably be much younger.

When Li Yuanji heard this, he beamed with joy and said, "Brother, this is really wonderful..."

Before Li Yuanji finished speaking, there was a rush of footsteps coming from outside the hall. Since Li Jiancheng ordered that no one approach the hall within [-] steps, the footsteps did not mean to stop. Presumably it must have happened For important matters, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji followed the prestige at the same time.

I saw Yuchi Gong coming in armor, walking with clang.Twenty steps away from Li Jiancheng, Yuchi bowed respectfully and said, "The last general will see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Li Yuanji looked at Yuchi Gong, his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "I heard that General Yuchi is good at making horses?"

Yu Chigong replied indifferently: "Reporting to His Royal Highness King Qi, the general only understands a little bit!"

"Don't be humble, find a time, let's compete!" Li Yuanji clapped his hands and said, "I have a good horse called Xue Wuhen, which is a unique horse in the West. No trace is yours."

Li Jiancheng yelled at Li Yuanji with a straight face: "San Humo is going to mess around!"

Li Jiancheng said respectfully to Yuchi again: "General Yuchi, what happened?"

Yu Chigong said: "His Royal Highness, just got the news that Zuo Wuhou General Luo Shixin was killed in Duanmen Lane, and his life is in critical condition!"

"What?" Li Jiancheng's face suddenly changed.

There is a saying that the ass determines the head, and the head determines the thoughts.The position is different, the way of thinking is different.The moment Li Jiancheng heard of Luo Shixin's assassination, he subconsciously pointed the finger at Qin Wang Li Shimin.

Because, this matter is very simple.Li Yuan originally threw Li Shimin's proposal to release Liangzhou to Li Jiancheng. Obviously, Li Yuan did not agree with Li Shimin's release to Liangzhou. The situation was different from what Li Jiancheng thought.

Li Yuan originally supported Li Shimin to check and balance Li Jiancheng, but now Li Shimin quit and asked to be released and become a lazy prince, Li Yuan naturally would not agree.

However, Li Jiancheng also handed in his opinions on how to deal with it. I am afraid that Li Shimin had already learned about these two paths through channels. From Li Shimin's point of view, he would not choose either of these two paths, because he was not satisfied with any of them.

The only way to break such a resolution is to create a big case in the court to attract everyone's attention.Then Luo Shixin became the primary target.

Luo Shixin was a general under the command of Chen Ying under the Eastern Palace Gate. However, at this moment, Luo Shixin was promoted to General Zuo Wuhou. From a third-rank officer, this is equivalent to a deputy in a large military region in later generations. The assassination of a general of this level will definitely cause violent shocks in the court.Li Shimin can hide behind the scenes, give pointers, and inspire words.

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Chen Ying stayed outside Luo Shixin's house for a whole night, even Li Xiuning tried to persuade him, but Chen Ying was not moved.Chen Ying blamed himself very much. He knew that Luo Shixin was beheaded by Liu Heita in the fourth year of Wude in history. However, in this time and space, Liu Heita had already been beheaded by Luo Shixin, but Chen Ying never imagined that Luo Shixin was still Assassinated.

Chen Ying really couldn't figure out why Luo Shixin was assassinated.Luo Shixin is different from Chen Ying, Chen Ying still has some enemies, but Luo Shixin is a pure person, he has no enemies at all.It's not going to cause trouble, but at this moment, Luo Shixin was assassinated.

Chen Ying's brain was running fast, analyzing the person who assassinated Luo Shixin.Duanyang Gate is already the inner city gate. In this position, ordinary people or the followers of wealthy families are not allowed to hold bows and crossbows. Being able to get a bow and crossbow to the position of Duanyang Gate must have certain influence.

However, there are too many wealthy families in Chang'an.To put it bluntly, if one brick hits three people, it is likely that two of them will come from wealthy families.

Chen Huairen operated on Luo Shixin himself, took out the arrowhead, bandaged the wound, cleared the heat and detoxified, and after all the work was done, it was almost dawn.

Chen Ying watched Chen Huairen come out of the room, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is Luo Shixin's injury?"

Chen Huairen breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly: "Fortunately, General Luo's armor is strong, and the arrowhead only pierced through one layer, and did not go deep into the internal organs. If it weren't for the hook on the arrowhead, the poison has been cured now. It won't be a problem."

Chen Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

For a while, Guo Luo did not bring back any useful news.

After about an hour, Luo Shixin woke up.Luo Shixin yelled, "I'm starving to death!"

Chen hurriedly asked someone to prepare a meal for Luo Shixin. Luo Shixin devoured it voraciously, and drank up a large bowl of porridge in a short while.Luo Shixin wiped his mouth and said, "Brother Chen is worried, you must be investigating who is dealing with me at this time, right?"

Chen Ying nodded and said: "That's right, I'm already looking into it, but there's no clue yet. Brother Luo, don't worry, no matter who it is, I won't let him go!"

"Don't check anymore!" Luo Shixin looked at Chen Ying and said.

Chen Ying asked in surprise, "Why?"