After returning from the wine shop, Li Zhen was still in a state of deep contemplation, with several followers following him from afar.
He feels that the current trend is still gradually deviating from the trajectory of history. The most typical example is Li Xian. He completely lost confidence and indulged in the world of Buddha to gain spiritual liberation.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT out of Li Xian's mental changes, one is illness, the other is the murder of his eldest son Li Chongrun. Li Zhen doesn't know whether Li Chongrun was killed in history, but one thing is certain, Li Xian in history definitely did not have a stroke.
Then the event that changed the trajectory of history should be Li Xian's stroke. The torture of the disease caused Li Xian to lose confidence in the future. Without Li Xian as a strong contender for the throne, the throne could only fall to Li Dan. Li Dan It was originally Tang Ruizong who later ascended the throne in advance. At this point, the historical trajectory has not been changed.
Li Zhen arrived in front of his house. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves in the distance, and someone shouted: "General, save me!"
Several followers were shocked, and immediately drew their swords to protect Li Zhen. They saw a knight galloping towards him from the darkness in the distance, followed by dozens of horsemen chasing after him in the distance.
In just a moment, the knight ran up to him. It was a young man. Li Zhen recognized him at a glance. He turned out to be Li Chongjun, the son of Li Xian. At this time, an arrow shot hard at Li Chongjun's back. Li Zhen With quick eyes and quick hands, he picked up the sword and said, "Dang!" ¡¯ There was a stabbing sound, and the arrow was hacked away by his sword.
Dozens of pursuers in the distance saw Li Zhen and reined in their horses. At this time, a large group of personal guards rushed out from the mansion and surrounded Li Zhen and Li Chongjun. Seeing that the situation was not good, the pursuers in the distance turned around. Ma Tou fled in panic.
Li Zhen waved his hand to stop his personal guards, "No need to chase!"
He looked at Li Chongjun and saw that he was covered in blood, with an arrow stuck in his right shoulder. His face was pale and shaky. Li Zhen supported him and ordered the people around him, "Go and call the doctor quickly!"
An hour later, the old doctor came out of the inner room. Li Zhen, who was sitting in the outer room, quickly stood up and greeted him, "Doctor Zhao, how is he?"
The old doctor sighed, "His injuries include at least three cuts on his body and an arrow. He lost a lot of blood, but the treatment was quite timelyI guess his life can be saved."
"Thank you!"
Li Zhen immediately ordered his men, "Take Dr. Zhao down to get one hundred coins."
The old doctor thanked him profusely, and Li Zhen walked into the back room. He saw Li Chongjun lying on the soft couch, with his upper body bare and covered with gauze. A maid sat next to him, carefully putting the ice-wet Gauze was placed on his forehead.
Li Chongjun slowly opened his eyes and saw Li Zhen coming in. He quickly wanted to sit up. Li Zhen stepped forward and held him down, "Lie down, you can't move!"
Li Chongjun lay down weakly again. Li Zhen winked at the maid next to him. The maid immediately stood up and retreated. Li Zhen sat down next to Li Chongjun and said with a smile: "The doctor said you are lucky, and you will be dead if you wait a little longer. "
Li Chongjun sighed lowly, "It was the general who saved me."
"What's going on? Why are you at the door of my house?"
"I was originally going to visit the general today, but the general was not there, so I waited near the square gate. Seeing the general coming back, I was about to step forward, but unexpectedly a group of people suddenly came out and started slashing with their swords."
Li Chongjun closed his eyes, that scene still frightened him.
Li Zhen pondered for a moment and asked: "Do you know who wants to kill you?"
Li Chongjun nodded, "I recognize one of them. In fact, even if I don't know him, I know who he is."
Li Chongjun gritted his teeth and said, "Wei Bo, you killed my brother, and now you want to kill me again."
Li Zhen was startled, how could it be Wei Bo?
At this moment, the anxious voice of his wife Di Yan came from outside the door, "Husband, can you come out for a moment?"
Li Zhen smiled at Li Chongjun and said, "Just rest in peace and recuperate. You won't have any problems with me."
Li Chongjun¡¯s eyes were very complicated. He suddenly said to Li Zhen: ¡°General, I have something very important to tell you.¡±
Li Zhen smiled and said, "You should rest for a while. I will come back later to talk to you in detail."
Li Zhen walked outside, and Di Yan immediately stepped forward and whispered: "Just now someone from Shangguanshe sent a note saying that there is something urgent."
She handed the note to Li Zhen, and Li Zhen opened it. There was only one sentence on it, 'Zhang Shenwang is the prime minister of the country. ¡¯
Li Zhen was speechless for a long time. Everyone competed for the position for a long time. In the end, the Zhang brothers won.
"Husband, what happened?" Di Yan asked worriedly when she saw her husband's expression was wrong."It's nothing. In the power struggle in the imperial court, the Zhang brothers had the upper hand."
Li Zhen thought of what Li Chongjun said just now, and said: "I want to talk to Li Chongjun, you go back!"
It was not until an hour later that Li Zhen returned to his study. The shock in his heart did not subside for a long time. He tried not to think about what Li Chongjun said and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his hands.
This phase battle is crucial. It is related to the change of the political direction. Now that Zhang Shenwang wins, it means that the prime ministers who support Er Zhang and Wu have a majority, making Er Zhang, who is already powerful, even more unscrupulous.
Maybe, the chance of the Li family's comeback is getting smaller and smaller. Li Zhen actually understands why this is the result. This should be Wu Zetian's revenge for the Li family's serious injury to Wu Youning. Of course, it also shows her support for Wu Youning. Er Zhang's dependence, if she continues like this, she will become Er Zhang's puppet sooner or later.
??There are actually factors of disunity within Li and Tang Dynasties. Princess Taiping wants to push Gao Jian, Li Dan wants to push Huan Yanfan, Li Xian or Princess Wei wants to push Zhang Yue, and the three families are in separate formations, which disperses their strength.
On the contrary, after Wu Sansi was beaten and Cao Wen was eliminated, Wu Sansi must have colluded with the Zhang brothers and jointly recommended Zhang Shenwang as prime minister, and their power was obviously much greater than that of the Li royal family.
Li Zhen sighed secretly. If the Li royal family continues to fight among themselves, the throne will be really in danger.
Li Zhen thought of Li Chongjun again. In fact, Li Zhen felt a little guilty about Li Chongjun. After all, it was his strategy to assassinate Zhang Jingxiong, but he did not expect that Li Chongrun died tragically in the end.
Now there is internal strife within the Li royal family, and the situation is getting worse!
Just when Li Zhen was silent for a long time, a shout suddenly came from outside the yard: "Who is it!"
? followed by shouts, "There are assassins!"
Li Zhen was secretly surprised, pulled out his sword from the wall and rushed out of the study. There was chaos outside, with groups of personal guards running around the house. Li Zhen turned around and rushed back to the child's room, only to see that Di Yan and Wang Qingyu were already there. Running to the child's room, Di Yan held a long sword in her hand and stood in front of the child. Wang Qingyu held the three children tightly in her arms, with fear in each child's eyes.
Seeing that the person who rushed in was Li Zhen, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Di Yan asked anxiously: "Husband, what's going on?"
Li Zhen¡¯s eyes were as dark as water, and he gritted his teeth and said, ¡°Someone wants to assassinate me!¡±
"Why do you have to focus on everything tonight?" Di Yan asked worriedly.
"I don't know either!"
Li Zhen secretly thought that something must have happened in the palace that made Erzhang feel that they had a chance to win. Could it be that Wu Zetian agreed to something?
At this time, a guard reported outside the door: "General Qi, all three assassins were caught. However, they all committed suicide by taking poison."
Li Zhen walked out of the room and saw that the small building was surrounded by personal guards. He walked downstairs quickly and asked, "Where is the assassin?"
The assassins were in their inner house. The three assassins were all dressed in black. Two of them were stabbed and the other was captured alive. However, they all had poisonous bubbles in their mouths. After being caught, they chewed the poison and committed suicide immediately.
"How many casualties did our brothers have?" Li Zhen asked.
A guard came forward to report: "General Qi, three of our brothers were injured, but none of them died. The main reason is that we were vigilant in advance and found out in time, so we surrounded them from all sides."
Li Zhen nodded, "Treat the injured brother immediately. We all have merit in killing the enemy tonight. Each person will be rewarded with fifty coins. In addition, we will continue to search the house to prevent the fourth assassin."
The soldiers were in high spirits and immediately went down to search every corner of the house.
Although the assassin did not leave any clues, Li Zhen felt something strange. Of course, he first thought that the Zhang brothers sent people to assassinate him. However, if he were the Zhang brothers, they would definitely send someone with extremely high martial arts skills to assassinate him. Moreover, Li Chongjun was hunted down in front of the mansion before. As an experienced assassin, he would definitely not take action tonight.
But the situation in front of me is exactly the opposite. It is obvious that their personal guards are on guard, but they still come to kill them. Moreover, their martial arts are quite mediocre. They can't even kill one of their own personal guards. The Zhang Brotherhood will send such assassins. ?
The answer is no. There is only one possibility. The assassins were not sent by the Zhang brothers. The people who sent the assassins did not expect to succeed. They just wanted to frame the Zhang brothers so that they could take revenge on Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi.
So what is the purpose of the mastermind behind this?
Li Zhen is getting closer and closer to the truth as if peeling off a cocoon. There may be two reasons. One is to provoke a conflict between himself and the Zhang brothers. Secondly, it has nothing to do with the Zhang brothers.?A warning to myself.
Li Zhen thought that he must have offended Princess Wei by persuading Yao Chong to change his support. Could it be that Princess Wei warned him? What is the inner connection between the assassin's appearance and Wei Bo's stabbing of Li Chongjun.
But for some reason, Li Zhen thought of Wu Sansi again. During this period, he was too quiet
In the palace of Prince Liang, Wu Sansi was very excited. He had just received the news that the Holy Emperor had decided to appoint Zhang Shenwang, the governor of Taiyuan, as the prime minister. In this way, the seven people in the political hall, Yang Zaisi, Doulu Wangqin, Zong Chuke and Zhang Shenwang, formed a counter-attack. Li Tang's four-person alliance, plus the Zhang brothers' Konghe Mansion, have completely gained the upper hand.
Cao Wen said with a smile: "I believe that after the assassination of Li Zhen tonight, the hatred between Li Zhen and the Zhang brothers will quickly worsen. Soon the Zhang brothers will come to their father-in-law to deal with Li Zhen together."
Wu Sansi nodded happily. Cao Wen's strategy is very good. It will successfully intensify the hatred between Li Zhen and Er Zhang, and Er Zhang will give in and finally form an alliance with him.
Wu Sansi and the Zhang brothers have been talking for a long time. The two sides have never reached a compromise on some key conditions. The main reason is that Er Zhang is unwilling to clearly support Wu Sansi as the prince. This makes Wu Sansi very unhappy. Without this condition, he and Er Zhang What's the point of an alliance?
At this moment, his son Wu Chonglie reported in a low voice outside the door: "Father, Manager Xia is here!"
Manager Xia is Xia Zhong. He came here at this time, which really puzzled Wu Sansi. Did something happen in the palace?
He immediately ordered: "Invite him to my study immediately!"