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Volume 2 Maitreya Pure Land Blood Lotus Platform Chapter 19 History is written by the victors!

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    Chapter 19 History is written by the victors!  The atmosphere on the streets of Chang'an suddenly became extremely strange.  Li Shentong was sitting in the sedan. Although there was a thick sedan curtain, he could feel the unusual atmosphere on the street It was very deserted!  But it was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.  At dawn, no one knew what happened in the imperial city, but everyone knew that something had happened in the imperial city.  Martial law continues in the streets and alleys of Chang'an.  The east and west cities are still closed.  The city gates of Chang'an were not opened until Chen, and a large-scale defense change was carried out.  The imperial troops originally stationed in Chang'an City withdrew from Chang'an and were stationed at Baqiao Camp; while the soldiers and horses previously stationed outside the city moved into Chang'an one after another The meaning hidden in it was that even Li Shentong,  It's impossible to guess.  What an eventful end of the year!  Li Shentong sat in the sedan chair and couldn't help but sigh softly.  At the same time, a strange thought vaguely arose in my heart: Maybe from today on, Chang'an will change After getting off the sedan outside Zhuque Gate, I met Pei Ji and Dou Kang who were walking out of the imperial city.  .  Since Li Yuan settled in Guanzhong, Dou Kang has been addicted to wine and sex, and rarely participates in state affairs.  He is an old minister of Yuancong who raised troops in Taiyuan, and he is also related to Li Yuan.  Li Yuan's second daughter was married to Dou Kang's eldest son, Dou Dan.  Coupled with the fact that the Dou family now controls real power, it feels like a big tree attracts the wind.  Therefore, after Dou Kang settled in Chang'an, he seemed to be a changed person, living in a state of drunkenness and dreaming.  But at this time, Dou Kang looked relaxed, with a smile on his face.  As for Pei Ji, his face was calm, with no hint of joy, anger or sorrow.  But from his slightly light steps, Li Shentong still noticed a hint of joy.  You know, since the Yang Wenqian Rebellion occurred in the seventh year of Wude, Pei Ji, as the chief minister, has been under tremendous pressure.  At first, they were ordered to escort Li Jiancheng to Yuhua Mountain, and later they killed Qiao Gongshan, Er Wenhuan, and Du Fengju. Neither Li Jiancheng nor Li Shimin had much favorable impressions of Pei Ji This also made Pei Ji in  Over the past year, there has been a lot of silence.  At this time, Pei Ji gave Li Shentong the feeling that the heavy mountain pressing on him seemed to have disappeared!  "Mr. Pei! Gong Dou!" Li Shentong raised his hands to say hello, wanting to find out more.  "Your Majesty, you are here too Haha, come in quickly. I am busy with official duties today and really can't spare any time. I apologize!" After saying that, Pei Ji hurried away.  Dou Kang glanced at Li Shentong with a smile and said softly: "Your Majesty, it's okay. Don't worry." "Is everything okay?"     rest assured?  The more Li Shentong thought about it, the weirder he felt. Just when he was wondering, he saw an eunuch in black running hurriedly from the direction of Chengtian Gate.  "Is Prince Li here? Is Prince Li here?" As he ran, the servant in black shouted.  Li Shentong frowned and stepped forward.  "Prince Li, come with us quickly" The servant in black was not polite and stepped forward to grab Li Shentong's arm.  Li Shentong was startled, and subconsciously shook his hand to shake the hand of the chamberlain, and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you? Where do you want me to go?" There are four chamberlains in black and six chamberlains in black.  Li Shentong recognized most of them.  But the chamberlain in front of him felt strange to him "Your Majesty, this is the palace, where can our family take you? Let's go quickly. There are many things to do today. If you are late, you will be delayed!"  I didn't feel any embarrassment, so I turned around and left.  Li Shentong frowned, but finally decided to follow.  Anyway, this is the imperial city. All the way down from Zhuque Gate to Chengtian Gate, there are official offices on both sides.  It was impossible to cause any trouble in broad daylight, so Li Shentong wouldn't be afraid.  But as he walked, Li Shentong felt that something was wrong!  Chang'an Imperial City is five miles and one hundred and fifteen paces from east to west, and three miles and one hundred and forty paces from north to south.  There is a cross street between the imperial city and the palace city.  After crossing the horizontal street, you will reach the palace city There are seven north-south streets and five east-west streets in the entire imperial city.  Six provinces, nine temples, one palace, four prisons, eighteen guards and the official offices of the East Palace are all arranged in this imperial city.  In addition, there is an ancestral temple on the left side of the imperial city and a Sheji temple on the right side.  The path led by the eunuch in black was not towards the palace city, but on the left side of the side street.?, heading towards the ancestral temple.  As Li Clan Zongzheng, Li Shentong is naturally no stranger to the path of the ancestral temple.  But he couldn't figure out what the black-clothed eunuch meant by taking him to the ancestral temple.  When Li Shentong arrived in front of the ancestral temple, he found many people standing outside.  And most of these people are members of the Li Tang clan As soon as Li Shentong arrived, a group of clan members hurriedly came forward to greet him.  "Why are you all here?" "As told to Uncle Six, at dawn, someone from the palace would be sent to deliver the order and order me to wait at the ancestral temple." "Where is the Emperor?" "I didn't see it" Just there  At this time, the eunuch in black spoke again, "Your Majesty, please enter the ancestral temple." "Huh?" "Haha, you will know when you get in." After the eunuch in black finished speaking, he bowed and stepped aside.  Outside the ancestral temple, a group of soldiers stood.  Judging from the attire, they looked very much like Beiya Yuancong But Li Shentong discovered that these people all had white silk scarves tied around their necks, which made them look particularly eye-catching.  We want to see what is going on!  Li Shentong signaled the clan members to quiet down and walked up the steps.  At the same time, the closed door of the ancestral temple slowly opened.  Li Shentong walked into the ancestral temple with his head held high The ancestral temple is divided into two entrances: the inside and the outside.  ??The outside is a hall, which is also the place where clan members usually hold meetings to discuss matters; while the inner room is used for sacrifices and offerings, and will not be open except on specific days without special reasons.  This ancestral temple has dedicated personnel to take care of it on weekdays.  But when Li Shentong came in, he found that the hall of the ancestral temple was empty At a glance, Li Shentong saw a dead body lying on the floor of the hall.  I couldn't help but feel a thump in my heart. I took a few steps forward, squatted down, and turned the corpse over. I suddenly exclaimed "Ah" in surprise, and my face immediately turned pale.  Li Xuanba!  This turned out to be Li Xuanba¡¯s body But at this time, Li Xuanba no longer looked as cheerful as before.  There were three shocking blood holes on the chest and abdomen, about the size of a child's arm.  The blood had dried, and the clothes were soaked with blood and became as hard as armor due to the low temperature.  So much so that when Li Shentong turned Li Xuanba's body over, it made a clicking sound.  In addition, there were more than a dozen arrow wounds on Li Xuanba's body, but compared with the three blood holes, they could basically be ignored.  It was obvious that these three bloody holes were the fatal injuries.  Li Shentong is also a battle-hardened general who has experienced hundreds of battles.  It can be seen at a glance that the three bloody holes on Li Xuanba's body are unique wounds caused by bed crossbows.  And this crossbow arrow should have been specially treated. Once the arrow is hit, the blood will not stop The wound is in the shape of a triangular prism, and among the entire Tang army, there is currently only one company that uses triangular crossbows, and that is Li Yanqing's command.  It's not that others are unwilling, but this three-edged crossbow is a weapon invented by Li Yanqing when he was in Lingnan. It is incredibly powerful and can reach a range of 1,200 steps.  When a three-edged arrowhead enters the body, the injured person's blood will flow faster At the end of the seventh year of Wude, Li Yanqing unveiled this crossbow arrow.  Although the Chang'an Army wanted to replace it, mass production has been delayed due to various reasons.  "Since Prince Zheng is back, why bother hiding?" Li Shentong stood up and shouted sternly.  Before he finished speaking, the inner hall door slowly opened, and Li Yanqing, dressed in plain clothes, slowly walked out of the inner hall.  ¡°To put it into perspective, the last time Li Shentong and Li Yanqing met was in Xingyang In the blink of an eye, it has been six years. Li Yanqing looks much more mature. Although he is still handsome, his eyebrows have not changed much.  If we talk about changes, the biggest change is that Li Yanqing started growing a beard!  The short beard under his chin gave him a more calm and capable air, and Li Shentong felt an unknown pressure in his movements.  "Prince Zheng!" "Uncle Six, you are well." "You" Li Yanqing waved his hand and said with a calm smile: "Uncle Six, please listen to me. In the early hours of this morning, King Zhao murdered Your Majesty in an attempt to seize the throne.  However, Uncle Six, you understand the righteousness and arrived in time to kill King Zhao at Xuanwu Gate" "What did you say?" "Uncle Six, don't worrythis matter was witnessed by many people, including Zhongshu Ling.  Pei Ji Pei Gong, Chen Guogong Dou Kangdou, General Dou Kangdou, and Master Zuopu Shefeng Lunfeng of Shangshu Province can all prove it. " Li Shentong's face was as pale as a sheet of paper.  He looked at Li Yanqing blankly for a long time.?? Speechless.  "Lu Yin!" "The old slave is here!" Following Li Yanqing's soft drink, a black-clothed servant walked out from the shadow of the entrance of the ancestral temple. He was the man who had guided Li Shentong just now.  He held a memorial in his hand and stood beside Li Shentong.  Li Yanqing said: "Your Majesty has long been aware of King Zhao's wolf ambition, but he has no chance to tell the world. He left this secret edict and handed it to his sixth uncle, and ordered his uncle to recruit his nephew to return to Chang'an as soon as possible This was written by your majesty himself.  ." On the memorial, there were two words written on it: "Return quickly."  The content of the memorial is Li Daoxuan's report on Li Yanqing's actions when he was in Xiangzhou.  Looking at the date, it was the day when Li Shimin launched the Suzaku Gate Incident Li Shentong couldn't help but smile bitterly!  It seems that Li Yanqing has already made a plan, and now he has no other choice.  "Yangzhen, what do you want to do?" "Me?" Li Yanqing smiled, "Uncle Liu, you will recruit your nephew to come back to Beijing to quell the chaos, and then accuse King Zhao of his crimes to the world, and help Anlu King Li Chengdao ascend the throne. Sixth Uncle  My uncle and my nephew will serve as regents together. When Your Majesty becomes an adult, he will return to power What does Uncle Six think?" Li Shentong couldn't help but take a breath and stared at Li Yanqing, speechless for a while.     Regent?  This is a huge temptation, even Li Shentong is a little shaken!  Li Yanqing said: "Today, it has been decided that it is not suitable for another war. King Anlu is the crown prince's legitimate son, and it is justifiable to be crowned the great treasure. Only in this way can our country of Li Tang continue to be stable. No matter whether the prince belongs to him or the generals of the King of Qin, they will not  There are too many complaints From now on, my nephew will be in charge of the outside world and my sixth uncle will be in charge of my family. I, Li Tang, will be able to survive for generations to come. If my uncle has other ideas, my nephew will be willing to listen to them. It¡¯s just that the Mobei Turks are raging.  With the rise of Tibet in the Western Region, the food war is about to begin, and the Liaodong region, as well as Silla and Baekje, cannot be ignored. My nephew is worried that if the war in the Central Plains resumes, it will inevitably cause greater turmoil, which will be detrimental to our country.  , My nephew is only following his uncle's lead" Li Shentong looked at Li Yanqing and suddenly smiled!  "Ninth Brother is so lucky!" The Ninth Brother he was talking about was Li Yanqing's father, Li Xiaoji.  Li Shentong took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "King Zhao is cruel, killing his father and brother. I was ordered to kill the thieves, but in the end it was still a step too late Now I must inform my ancestors and order King Zheng Li Yanqing to immediately lead his troops to turn back."  Chang'an, Premier State Affairs. Seven days later, King Anlu Li Chengdao will succeed to the throne, King Jin Li Shentong and King Zheng Li Yanqing will serve as regents!" After saying that, he turned and walked outside the ancestral temple, never looking at Li Yanqing again.  As the gate of the ancestral temple slowly opened, Li Shentong walked out of the ancestral temple.  Li Yanqing also stood up slowly, and the smile on his face disappeared "Lu Yin, pass on my order and order Xue Rengao to be the center guard and prime minister of the military affairs of the capital. Dou Fengjie will be the left guard, assisting Xue Rengao and Xue Wanche as the right guard  Army, take charge of the Baqiao camp! No one is allowed to mobilize troops without my order Order Yao Yi to march quickly and arrive at Xinfeng before dark. " Lu Yin immediately responded.  Life, bow and leave.  Li Yanqing turned around and walked into the inner hall, looking at the spiritual tablet enshrined on the altar of the ancestral temple. After a long time, he suddenly smiled, walked to an incense table, opened a box, took out a token from it, and placed it in the center of the altar.  Dad, it won¡¯t take long for you to be one of them!  Then, Li Yanqing knelt down in front of the altar and kowtowed three times.  Standing up again, he stepped out of the inner hall, chest held high, head held high, a bright smile on his face Since ancient times, this history has been written by the victors!  Thousands of years later, when people talk about this period of history, I wonder what kind of evaluation they will give themselves?  But no matter what, now that this first step has been taken, Li Yanqing has no way out!  Walking out of the side door of the ancestral temple, under the protection of Xiong Kuo Hai and Kan Leng, Li Yanqing stepped into the Zuoye Gate This time, it was just the beginning!  And next time, I will legitimately enter through Chengtian Gate!  I will enter the Tai Chi Palace!  I believe that I will be able to create a great era that is not inferior to the rule of Zhenguan
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