Tang's dining table

Before the two of them reached the inner city, the gate of the inner city opened wide, and countless soldiers poured out from the city gate and dispersed into Luoyang City under the leadership of their leaders.

Only Yun Chu and Xu Jingzong were retrograde.

Looking at the soldiers attacking from all sides, Xu Jingzong sighed and said: "I don't know who launched this attack, so His Majesty was unable to end the matter in a gentle way.

Now, with thunder falling from the sky, everyone may wish themselves good luck. "

Yun Chu said: "Those people killed people and set fire to the capital when His Majesty first came to Luoyang, causing chaos in the capital. They should have expected a scene like today."

Xu Jingzong shook his head lightly and said: "Killing people actually won't solve anything. If someone dares to do it, they must have their hands clean.

Your Majesty's thunderous wrath will only add countless killings to the Tang Dynasty court and leave behind countless grievances.

When the chaos in Luoyang occurs, no matter what His Majesty chooses or does, everyone has a way to deal with it, which will only make His Majesty fall into a trap.

His Majesty's unreasonable desire to settle the matter this time was based on this consideration.

Wealthy families have kept slaves for decades or hundreds of years, and have long formed an intricate relationship. It can even be said that more than 60% of the officials in the Tang Dynasty are connected with them.

Since your Majesty came to the throne, you have devoted yourself to protecting the Zhechong Mansion. This time, someone was the first to rebel and conspire against you. This made your Majesty feel extremely frustrated. Your Majesty also learned a cruel answer through this incident. Even though he had worked hard to run Zhe Chong Mansion for so many years, he still couldn't escape the fate of being infiltrated by those people.

This incident scares His Majesty..."

Perhaps Xu Jingzong was old and talked too much, which made Yun Chu very impatient. After all, the reason why he killed the three Luozhou governors in broad daylight was because he didn't want Li Zhisheng to be embarrassed. The heart comes.

Both Li Zhi and Xu Jingzong regarded the power of wealthy families as too powerful.

Yunchu himself also had a judgment. If Li Zhi now initiated a political turmoil to completely eliminate the wealthy families, although the people of the world would definitely suffer losses, the final victory would definitely belong to Li Zhi.

It's a pity that Li Zhi doesn't have the courage to break and then stand up.

Zhang Donghai stood at the gate of the imperial city to greet Yun Chu and Xu Jingzong. Here, Yun Chu also saw Li Yifu hanging by one arm.

The three people looked at each other and were disgusted with each other.

Especially when Li Yifu saw that Yun Chu and Xu Jingzong were unharmed, he couldn't help but sneered: "It seems that the assassins who attacked the two were not strong enough."

Yun Chu smiled brightly and did not explain.

Xu Jingzong said: "I don't have the power to tie the chicken, and it all depends on the lives of the generals. Yunhou himself is an invincible general, and the assassins looking for him are just seeking death. On the other hand, Li County's baronage is not high, and he is a new recruit. It is common sense for a house to not have enough brave guards."

Xu Jingzong's young and virtuous Li Yifu couldn't argue with him, so he turned to look at Yun Chu and said, "You actually led the army to attack the city?"

Yun Chu said with a dark face: "Mr. Li County, do you have a mouth for spitting feces?

If I wanted to kill you, you would have died long ago. "

Li Yifu said angrily: "How outrageous!"

Yun Chu sneered and said: "You, the Vice Minister of Zhongshu, are not the direct boss of me, the Marquis of Lantian, so there is no need to put your official record in front of me."

Li Yifu was not angry, but said coldly: "I heard that you just threw Cheng Chumo to the ground and rode your horse over him?

You make enemies everywhere, are you really not afraid of death? "

Yun Chu said disdainfully: "Didn't Cheng Chumo and I put on a show for you at the gate of Anzhi City?"

Li Yifu's pupils shrank suddenly. He felt that what Yun Chu said was very reasonable. After all, the twelve heavy armored cavalry disappeared in Luoyang City.

And if Yunchu hadn't deliberately put on a show for others to see, there was really no need to offend the Sixteenth Guard so blatantly.

The most important thing is that what Yun Chu did was too obvious and too rough.

This is definitely not how the tricks in the court are played.

The three of them walked through the imperial city under the leadership of Zhang Donghai. When they finally entered the palace city, Li Yifu stopped, looked at the fully armed Yun Chu, thought for a moment, and then moved on.

An unparalleled warrior with superb martial arts, wearing armor, carrying a horse spear, a long bow and arrows on his back, a short crossbow pouch on his waist, a long knife stuck across his waist, and four standard thunder and fire bombs hanging on his breastplate. There are two flying axes fixed on the armor at the calf position...

It can be said that Yunchu at this time is definitely a walking murder weapon.

But just like this, after entering the palace, no one asked him to hand over his weapon, and no one stood up to ask him to remove his armor.

This is enough to illustrate the problem.

Passing through the empty square, in front of you is the Hanyuan Hall with twenty-seven steps. Before entering the Hanyuan Hall, Yun Chu refused to continue moving forward. Instead, he stood quietly in front of a group of sturdy Han generals with a horse in his hand. Stand there.

There are three roads in front of Hanyuan Hall. No matter which road you come from, you will pass by the position in front of Yunchu. Therefore, the position where he stands is very important and has a strong military vision.

The Han generals, who were a little slack at first, were glanced at by Yun Chu's cold eyes, and they immediately held the honor guard in their hands with their chests raised and their belly proud, fully displaying their appearance as honor guards.

When Li Yifu saw Yunchu stop, he turned around and laughed: "I really thought you were going to do Dong Zhuo's old deeds."

Yun Chu looked at Li Yifu and said: "The strong bow behind the general's back can still penetrate the golden cave stone three hundred paces away. If the man from County Li does something evil, he will not be able to escape the magic shot of the general."

When Li Yifu heard this, his expression changed again. He waved his movable right hand and followed Zhang Donghai and Xu Jingzong into Hanyuan Hall.

The Hanyuan Hall was in a mess, and Li Zhi, who had a ribbon tied on his head, was panting while holding his hand on the table.

The three of them walked around the kneeling eunuchs and courtiers, avoided the broken bottles and cans, and the twisted palace lanterns, and came to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi, dressed roughly, said: "Where is Yun Chu? Isn't he leading the troops to attack Luoyang City? Now, I am here, let him come!"

Zhang Donghai saluted and said: "Marquis Yun stopped in front of Hanyuan Hall and was guarding His Majesty."

Li Zhi roared: "Don't let him show off, let him go."

Xu Jingzong saluted and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down and take care of the dragon body first. All the ministers in Hanyuan Palace are your Majesty's trustworthy ministers."

Li Zhi yelled: "In broad daylight, twelve soldiers killed three of my officials in my capital. I had hundreds of officials and a city full of soldiers and horses, but I was helpless against these twelve thieves. .

At this time, you said that the whole city is full of my loyal ministers, Xu Jingzong. Do you believe this when you say this? "

Xu Jingzong continued: "They are just some urban foxes and community rats, and they are not worthy of Your Majesty's anger."

Li Yifu saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I just visited the Luozhou Governor's Office and learned from the people at the scene that these twelve heavy armored cavalry are definitely battle-hardened warriors in the army, and they are not the city officials that Mr. Xu mentioned. Fox and mouse.

Just outside Your Majesty's Hanyuan Hall, there is also a battle-hardened military general. Why don't Your Majesty ask him what he said. "

Li Zhi smiled ferociously and said, "Aren't you afraid that he will assassinate the king and kill him?"

Li Yifu bent even lower, cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to your Majesty, I have checked your Majesty's whereabouts records. Starting from the third year of Yonghui, Yunchu had at least sixty-one opportunities to assassinate the king, and each time was better than this. One chance is good.”

Hearing Li Yifu work so hard to excuse Yun Chu, Xu Jingzong couldn't help but take another look at Li Yifu.

Sure enough, Li Yifu's words made Li Zhi feel a lot better, because what he said was indeed very reasonable. Even if Yun Chu, a 250-year-old man, was a bastard, he would not have any thoughts of assassinating the king.

Just like Li Yifu said, if you want to do it, you should do it long ago.

Li Zhi, who slowly calmed down, covered his jumping temples and sat on a chair. He looked at Qibi Heli who was kneeling on the ground and said: "The Jinwu guards are weak. Qibi Heli will fine him three years as a warning." .”

At this time, Qibi Heli had gradually lost the trust of the emperor since the disappearance of Liaodong. Although he was the general of Jinwuwei, he actually had no real power.

The white-haired Qibi Heli thanked the emperor for his kindness and left quickly. It seemed that the emperor must have told him something.

Li Zhi said to Zuo Chun again: "Have you found any clues?"

Zuo Chun knelt on the ground and walked a few steps: "I guarantee with my life that this matter has nothing to do with the Sixteenth Guard."

Li Zhi said: "Why is there no law involved?"

Zuo Chun said: "It is five miles from the Luozhou Governor's Office to the Imperial City, with countless residential buildings in between. If you go through the alleys, it will be more tortuous. It is more than ten miles. The thieves were quick and killed the Luozhou Governor's Office by surprise. Therefore, the thief had enough time to hide outside Luoyang.

The slave has sent people to trace the thief's escape route. I believe it won't be long before something is gained. "

Li Zhi's eyes lit up and he asked: "You mean, the thief is still in Luoyang Waiguo?"

Zuo Chun said: "Jiashi, heavy cavalry, they are too conspicuous. In addition, it is daytime. I don't believe that they can really escape without a trace."

Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "Go and supervise the matter in person. If you can't find those people, there is no need to come to see me again."

Zuo Chun remained silent, kowtowed to Li Zhi, and left Hanyuan Hall.

Li Zhi's mind returned to normal, and the eunuchs and maidens quickly crawled on the floor. After they crawled around for a while, the Hanyuan Palace returned to its bright and clean appearance.

Li Zhi looked at Xu Jingzong and said, "Aiqing's policy of forbearance will not work."

Xu Jingzong said indifferently: "The top priority now is to gain the upper hand. Anyone involved in the rebellion in Luoyang City must not let anyone go."

Li Zhi said: "I know that I can't tolerate this anymore, but is it necessary to take such a heavy blow?"

Xu Jingzong groaned in pain in his heart. He knew it would be like this. The emperor had long planned to strike hard, but he refused to say it out. He had to say it out as the prime minister...

Originally, Yun Chu was the best candidate to agree with the emperor's wishes. Unfortunately, this bastard stood outside the main hall and pretended to be loyal... It seemed that from the moment Yun Chu brought him into Luoyang City, this ungrateful bastard had already thought of it. I asked him to top the cylinder.

Rich families are the group of people that Xu Jingzong is least willing to offend. Now, the emperor wants to get a definite suggestion from him to strangle the wealthy families in Luoyang, which makes him extremely uncomfortable for a while.

Fortunately, Li Yifu was also there, so Xu Jingzong asked Li Yifu, "What do you think, Mr. Li County?"

Chapter One