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Chapter 1219 Adding fuel to the fire

It was already very late at night, but the area of ​​Hepingkangfang in Dongcheng City was still brightly lit, singing and dancing, and it was particularly lively. Although the Tang Dynasty inherited the Sui system and closed the doors after dark, in fact, this regulation has been in name only. Of course, the city gate is closed and controlled by the army. It is impossible to enter and exit the city without special passes, but the Fangmen cannot be controlled. When the powerful and powerful come back late, who dares not open the Fangmen? It is meaningless for poor families to go out at night. Many Fangmen basically leave a crack, allowing those who return at night to open freely. After a while when Xuanwu Jingwei strictly investigates Chang'an, the Fangmen returned to normal at night.

The Huashanke Restaurant in East City is full of people and business is booming. The lobby on the first and second floors are all full, and the IELTS on the third and fourth floors are also full of drinkers. Since the beginning of the year, the hot business momentum has not stopped, but the boss Lu Tong has not made much money. It is a pity to say that Li Shentong does not invest a penny, but he has to share 30% of the profits in vain. However, this has also brought the convenience of Li Shentong not interfering in the operation of the restaurant.

At this time, the main owner Lu Tong was treating guests to dinner in an elegant room on the edge of the fourth floor. Inviting guests to dinner was just an excuse. Several subordinates were making fuss in the room, covering up the conversation between Lu Ping, Gao Jin and Luo Yumin with noise.

The result of the Crown Prince case was beyond Lu Ping's expectations. The momentum of the deposed crown prince came like a storm, but the final result was that the Crown Prince was demoted to the crown prince, and it seemed that even the assassination in Yong County was almost gone.

Luo Yumin smiled and said, "Li Yuan's character is kind on the surface, but he is very particular in secret. He was assassinated for the first time in his life and almost lost his life. How could he be left alone? Now it's just the calmness on the water surface, but there is a rapid flow below. Today I did something for Li Li Yuanji."

Luo Yumin told the two of them about his visit to Yin Ahshu's mansion today. Gao Jin immediately slapped the table and said, "This plan is so vicious! It is to transfer the assassination to Li Shimin."

Lu Ping frowned, "The three night pearls were copied from Dugu's mansion. Isn't this equivalent to telling Li Yuan that they were beads given by Li Yuanji?"

"That's not the case. The reason why Li Yuanji gave those three beads without giving away anything was because the three night pearls had long disappeared, and it was not because Li Yuanji searched the house. As for how they got to Li Yuanji, I don't know much about it. It seems to have something to do with Yu Shiji. Cui Wenxiang is so smart, he will not make such a childish mistake."

Gao Jin asked from the side, "What should we do now?"

Lu Ping pondered for a moment and said, "The Lord has set principles for us and tried his best to help Li Yuanji as much as possible. Then we should also help Li Yuanji this time."

"Then what should we do?"

"It's very simple. It's a prophecy and auspicious signs, which indicates that the King of Qin will be the crown prince."

"Will you do it too much and it will backfire?" Gao Jin asked worriedly.

Lu Ping smiled and said, "The key is that Concubine Yin De blew a lot of pillows and said Li Shimin's good words. Then Ruizhao Prophecy is to cooperate with Concubine Yin De's entourage. However, Concubine Yin De dared not accept Ye Mingzhu and betrayed Li Shimin. Then Ruizhao Prophecy proves the authenticity of this matter anyway and proves Li Shimin's ambitions. Li Yuan will naturally associate the suicide case with Li Shimin. Li Shenfu was ambushed before, and there is no explanation for this matter! Will Li Yuan forget it?"

Luo Yumin gave a thumbs up and praised: "General Lu can see through it!"

Cui Wenxiang's plan was indeed vicious. That night, Concubine Yin De presented Ye Mingzhu to Emperor Li Yuan, saying that it was King Qin Li Shimin who sent someone to her father's house. She dared not accept this treasure in the world. When Li Yuan asked Li Shimin why he wanted to give Ye Mingzhu, Concubine Yin De hesitated that the King of Qin wanted to be the crown prince.

Li Yuan decided not to abolish Li Jiancheng's crown prince in the morning, but to demote the crown prince to crown prince. Li Shimin would definitely not know so quickly. In addition, he came from Longyou for at least five or six days, which shows that Li Shimin has already decided to depose the crown prince.

Li Yuan suddenly became suspicious. He thought that the second son sent someone to ambush Li Shenfu last year, and there was a precedent. Could it be that the assassination in Yongxian was secretly arranged by Qin and blamed the prince? Is it also the King of Qin who was blamed?

If you are unfortunately assassinated, of course, the crown prince will benefit the greatest benefit. But if the King of Qin shouted that Huang Lu was the prince's man and the prince's assassination saint, and there was evidence that the prince poisoned the King of Chu and the Eastern Palace had steel needles hidden, Chang'an would inevitably be in chaos. The King of Qin led a large army into Guanzhong, and it is still unknown who belonged to the throne.

Li Yuan was originally a little suspicious of Li Yuanji, but Concubine Yin De presented the night pearl to make Li Yuan wake up as if she was dreaming. The real tiger was hidden!

The next morning, Li Yuan sent someone to the street to inquire, and he heard a lot of nursery rhymes, such as "Ermuzi, the world", the East China Sea, the Little Dragon King, not the eldest and second," and so on. Some people even dug a jade turtle in the small river in front of the Qin Palace, which seemed to be a jade turtle to pay homage to the Qin Palace.

In Li Yuan's view, these nursery rhymes were obviously to cooperate with Princess Yin's momentum and smash the silent mask of the second son Li Shimin to pieces.

Li Yuan was furious. Seventh percentile believed that the assassination was done by the second son Li Shimin, and only threeth percentile left was suspected that it was done by the prince. However, it was absolutely impossible to ask Li Yuan to rehabilitate Li Jiancheng. However, Li Yuan still showed a little lenientness and issued an order to send Li Jiancheng's children to the East Palace, reunite their family, and revoke the surveillance of the bedroom.















In the afternoon, Li Yuan was listening to Li Shentong's army training report. He had a one-year truce with the Zhou Dynasty. Li Yuan's greatest hope was to expand the army and train troops, but their territory was too small, and the 200,000 army was already the limit and could not expand the army anymore. He could only retreat and refine an elite army to compete with the Zhou Dynasty army.

Although Li Shentong boasted in front of the emperor, saying that his army was so elite and his morale was so high, many senior officials in the court knew that whether the army was elite depends on the commander. A mediocre commander could not train an elite army, and Li Shentong was just a person who was too mediocre to be more mediocre. However, Li Xiaogong's 20,000 Hanzhong Army and Li Shimin's 60,000 Longyou Army did become elite.

As for the high morale, it is true. It is the result of the Tang Dynasty's implementation of the land system for military merits. The money and rewards were basically exploited and intercepted, and there was no share of the soldiers, but the land was different. The soldiers at the bottom could be divided into land, so they naturally had the enthusiasm to make contributions in wars, and of course they were of high morale.

Li Shentong also knew that training was not good, so he tried his best to speak out with morale, as if morale was trained by him.

Just as Li Shentong described the training scene of the army, an eunuch reported at the door, "Report to Your Majesty, Your Highness, the King of Chu, is asking for a meeting!"

"Let him in!"

The eunuch went out to call someone, and Li Yuan asked Li Shentong with a smile: "Second brother, what do you think of Yuanji?"

Li Shentong's heart was thrilled. Could it be that the emperor wanted to make Yuan Ji the crown prince? He knew it was impossible after a second thought. No one should think about it if the crown prince was blocking it there.

He smiled and said, "Yuan Ji does not have the wise and wise nature of Shimin, nor the scheming ability of the prince. To be frank, it is quite mediocre. However, when I dated King Qi, I felt the word "true". No matter whether he is lustful, cruel, or generous to his opponents, he is just doing it casually and doesn't have to worry about him."

This evaluation is not high, but it meets Li Yuan’s needs at this time. He nodded, “You are right, he is such a person.”

At this time, Li Yuanji walked in quickly, and Li Shentong also said goodbye. Li Yuanji knelt down and bowed, "My son is paying homage to my father!"

"Get up!"

"Thank you, Father!"

Li Yuan took out a report and asked, "This is the final report of you going to search the Guanlong noble manor. I compared your list with the Dali Temple's house search list and found that there were fewer precious things, such as the phoenix jadeite of the Dou family, the yellow jade screen of the Hou Mochen family, and the ten famous swords of the Yu family. I want to know what's going on?"

Li Yuanji's heart was shocked. Could it be for the three night pearls? No! That night pearl was not obtained by raiding the house, maybe it was the three night pearls that reminded the emperor of this incident.

Li Yuanji took out a book of the book from his arms, put it on the table with both hands, and knelt down and said, "My son is guilty and took some favorite things privately. This is a list.My son is here to confess his guilt to his father today."

This is the role of the eunuch Zhao Dezhong. Last night, the emperor checked the two lists personally. He called the police to Li Yuanji in time, and Li Yuanji could only plead guilty in time.

Li Yuan picked up the clear scroll and looked at it, and smiled and said, "I just said it! Why did those things grow wings and fly? It turns out that they are all here with you. You are quite good at choosing the best things."

"The son-in-law will send them into the imperial trunk immediately."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "I know you are generous and have a lot of expenses, but these things are too precious and cannot be rewarded to outsiders at will. This is how you send the things into the imperial warehousing and then pick some ordinary things from the imperial warehousing. Do you understand?"

"My son understands whether the father can give the Yu family ten famous swords to me, and I really like them."

"Yes, I'll give it to you."
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