Chapter 2488 The Second Xuanwu Gate Incident (Part 2)


    Chapter 2485: The Second Xuanwu Gate Incident (Part 2)


    Jiang Shang quickly met Li Shimin as he wished, and when Li Shimin saw Jiang Shang, he grabbed Jiang Shang''s hands, and his attitude was so enthusiastic.


    "Mr. Jiang, you are finally here. Shimin has been looking forward to Mr.


    Jiang Shang was shaken when he saw this. After all, if Li Shimin really had a desperate ambition, he should have completely lie down and put it on his face. At least this attitude should not be the case.


    But this is good. He took the risk of intervening in the battle between Qin and Tang, and even offended the Qin Dynasty. It was not to save Li Tang, but to save the entire Taoist school by saving Li Shimin''s life.


    If Li Shimin really has a desperate ambition, then Jiang Shang would not be able to save him. Only if the other party has a chance of being saved can he be saved.


    After overturning Li Shimin''s idea of ??having a dying ambition, Jiang Shang began to observe Li Shimin seriously.


    Li Shimin is in a bad state now, with a pale face and a weak breath, dark circles spreading his eyes, bloodshot in his eyes, and a full body full of dusk aura.


    Is this still the Li Shimin he knows?


    Jiang Shang was shocked by this, but he also knew that the other party must have suffered a major blow, otherwise he would never have become like a ghost when he was healthy.


    Even if this situation is not about having a dying intention, it is obviously not far from wanting to die.


    Jiang Shang sighed in his heart, but asked: "Please tell me the truth about what happened in Chang''an."


    "this…"


    Li Shimin showed an awkward look on his face and hesitated for a long time, but he didn''t say anything useful.


    Seeing this, Jiang Shang pretended to be angry and said, "Duke Tang didn''t even want to tell me what happened, so why did I help you?"


    "well…"


    Li Shimin sighed deeply and immediately defeated Haojing. After escaping back, Chang''an fell into a riot again. The news that the aristocratic families in the city were slaughtered from his own perspective was told Jiang Shang.


    In Li Shimin''s story, the disastrous defeat of Haojing was caused by his carelessness, and the Chang''an tragedy had nothing to do with him. It was all caused by the spies of the Qin Dynasty to instigate him to shirk his responsibilities in this.


    Jiang Shang''s expression became worse the more he heard. When he heard that the Yang family had destroyed the clan because of this, he stood up excitedly and cursed Li Shimin.


    The Yang family of Hongnong was a four-generation three-month official. Instead of supporting his disciple Yang Guang, they supported Li Shimin, who was a foreign surname, but ended up being exterminated by the Tang army.


    Jiang Shang finally understood why Li Shimin didn’t dare to tell the truth. If Yang Jian from Baling knew the news, how could he not rebel?


    Faced with Jiang Shang''s scolding, Li Shimin could only turn the blame on the Qin Dynasty and supported the various doubts about the destruction of the Yang family.


    Jiang Shang didn’t know what to say about this. When did Li Shimin become so naive?


    Even if there may be people from the Qin Dynasty in the Yang family massacre, you can''t come up with any evidence. Second, it was indeed the hands of Li Tang, and third, it was the way of handling the matter afterwards.


    All have done this. Do you, Li Shimin, still feel that you have no responsibility and want to keep Yang Jian?


    Impossible.


    Jiang Shang suppressed his anger. If he had been based on his youthful temper, he would definitely not be able to pay attention to Li Shimin. He drew his sword and slashed him without saying a word. But now he is old and has too many concerns in his heart.


    For the sake of Taoism and Yuqing, he could only endure it.


    Seeing that Jiang Shang''s face was gloomy and calm, he didn''t say anything for a long time, as if he was thinking about something. After waiting for a long time, Li Shimin asked, "Sir, can I have a clever plan to help me get rid of this predicament?"


    Jiang Shang opened his eyes, looked at Li Shimin, and finally let out a helpless sigh.


    He really wanted to say that he had no choice. You are facing a desperate situation of death without life, so you should abandon the city and run away quickly. In this way, you can still save your life. Whether you die or live in the future has nothing to do with me.


    But Jiang Shang didn''t say this after all, because he knew that Li Shimin would never give up Chang''an.


    "Duke Tang, please tell me in detail about some details of the Chang''an tragedy. There are many problems in it, and there are some problems that are wrong." Jiang Shang said.


    Li Shimin was stunned and immediately said, "What other aspects do you want to know?"


    "for example…"


    The two chatted for two hours.


    Li Shimin not only told Jiang Shang what he knew, but also handed over all the recorded relevant files and information to Jiang Shang.


    After Jiang Shang learned about it, he found that there were many unreasonable things in it, and he also came to a conclusion in his heart, that is, Chang''an may have been penetrated into a sieve.


    There are too many unreasonable places and coincidences in the Chang''an tragedy.


    For example: Why did Zhang Shigui and Yang Xiu disappear as soon as Li Maozhen left?


    Why did Li Ku''s wife have a coincidence and died as soon as her father-in-law was destroyed? And Li Kui also died of illness because of this?


    Why...


    There are too many coincidences. If one or two pieces are fine, it would be fine, but if so many coincidences are put together, it is absolutely impossible to be a coincidence, but only the possibility of deliberate work.


    But even if the authorities are obsessed with Li Shimin, he will not be so slow.


    Then there is only one possibility, there must be important officials around him who are lying to him.


    As for who this person is, Jiang Shang calculated that it was among the three people, Li Kui, Li Si and Li Chunfeng, because after Li Shimin led his army to leave Chang''an, the three of them were ministers responsible for staying in Chang''an.


    Li Kui is still in a coma and can be directly ruled out.


    Then Li Chunfeng, who issued the massacre order and Li Si, who targeted Li Ku, would only be one of them, or both of them would be.


    Jiang Shang is worthy of being a wise man with intelligence of 103, and Li Shimin with intelligence of 100. He has been thinking hard for many days and cannot find out. Not only can he see the essence of it at a glance, but he also narrows the range of candidates to two people.


    As for whether it was Li Si or Li Chunfeng, Jiang Shang is not sure for the time being. After all, he doesn’t know these two people, and the information he learned is still a bit one-sided.


    Conclusion about Chang''an being penetrated into a sieve? It is not difficult to guess from what Li Shimin did after his return. After all, even Li Shimin of the Yang family was unable to uphold justice, and other Tang generals would inevitably feel sad because of this.


    If the previous rebellion of aristocratic families was difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treacherous under Li Si''s intentional disturbance, then now under Li Shimin''s series of disappointing behaviors, the generals of the Li Tang Dynasty are now truly loyal and treacherous.


    Even Jiang Shang only knows that there may be one of Li Si and Li Chunfeng who has problems. As for other generals, he cannot distinguish them for the time being.


    From an optimistic perspective, there may be only a few generals who have rebelled, but if they look at it from a pessimistic perspective, Jiang Shang felt that he would still abandon the city and flee as soon as possible. He found that it was too difficult to save Li Shimin''s life. If he was not careful, he would probably be trapped in.


    After Jiang Shang told Li Shimin about his analysis, Li Shimin''s first reaction was that it was impossible.


    "Some of Li Si and Li Chunfeng are traitors? It''s impossible, it''s absolutely impossible. They are both from the Li family and are my blood relatives. How could they betray me?"


    "Qin Hai is still Ying Hao''s cousin, and Qin is the number one force in the world. Didn''t he betray Ying Hao too?"


    “…”


    Li Shimin was speechless.


    He, Li Si and Li Chunfeng, are both distant relatives, and their blood relationship is very weak and they are almost at their best.


    Ying Hao and Qin Hai are close relatives, and their blood relationship is still within five, but Qin Hai betrayed Ying Hao, but he was still in the case of the overlords of the princes during the Great Qin Dynasty.


    Now that Li Tang is about to destroy his country, the money is scattered, what is impossible for Li Si and Li Chunfeng to betray?


    Li Shimin fell on the chair with a depressed look on his face, and pressed his eyes in pain. When he opened it again, he had no emotion at all. He said coldly: "Li Chunfeng is a great master and has contacted me alone. If he were a traitor, I would have died long ago, so he should not be."


    Jiang Shang shook his head and said, "But what if he wants to be bigger?"


    “Biger?”


    Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this and then took a breath of cold air.


    What can be more important in Guanzhong than his life?


    Of course, we killed all the Chang''an families and cleared out a pure land for the rule of the Qin Dynasty.


    It was not until this moment that Li Shimin understood why Ying Hao didn''t take advantage of the situation to capture the entire Guanzhong in one fell swoop, because what he wanted was not just Guanzhong, but Guanzhong without aristocratic families.


    You should know that the Guanxi family is even more excessive in terms of land annexation and control of other social resources than the Hebei family, and is second only to the Liaodong family.


    The Qin Dynasty has officially established its country. When facing the problems of the aristocratic family, Ying Hao naturally cannot kill as many people as before, because he is the emperor now and cannot hold on with the flag of the Han Dynasty in front of him.


    Therefore, if the Qin Dynasty occupied Guanzhong in the first battle of Guanzhong, then the aristocratic families would be the biggest problem that the Qin Dynasty would face.


    It is for Li Shimin that he thought that Ying Hao decided to sign a ceasefire agreement for Xiuning and his two nephews. It turns out that there is such a deeper intention.


    Now, not only did he solve the big trouble of the Guanxi family by Li Tang, but he also poured all the dirty water and infamy on him, Li Shimin, making him despised and deviled for thousands of years.


    Thinking of this, Li Shimin''s face was full of bitterness and he said to himself with a tragic look: "Ying Hao, you are really cruel. Do you want to use this to revenge me and threaten you with my child, right? You did it, you did it again."


    Looking at Li Shimin who was desolate and kept talking to himself, Jiang Shang hesitated for a while and said, "Duke Tang, there are definitely more than one traitor in Chang''an City. I''m afraid a large number of people have been sworn over by the Qin Dynasty.


    Now, while the other party has not yet attacked, it is better to give up the Jedi in Chang''an and flee back to Hanzhong to find another way out. ”


    "Escape? You asked me to escape?"


    When Li Shimin heard this, he broke his defense inexplicably. He stood up like an angry lion and said angrily: "Ying Hao just wants to see the public betrayal and disgraceful. If I escape now, wouldn''t he succeed?


    I was originally going to leave, but now I will not leave, but I will stay in Chang''an and kill all these traitors who are scattered, so that he can know the consequences of betraying me. ”


    "this…"


    Jiang Shang looked at Li Shimin with disbelief. He had already said this. He thought Li Shimin would retreat, but he did not expect that he would make the other party determined to stay in Chang''an and fight with Daqin to the end.


    This is too exciting!


    Could it be?


    Jiang Shang suddenly thought of a possibility, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly.


    His original intention to come to Chang''an was to save Li Shimin''s life, but unexpectedly, because of his intervention, Li Shimin, who was originally preparing to leave, refused to leave.


    Is this a destiny union?


    Or is he also a link in Li Shimin''s death robbery?


    No matter the former or the latter, the ending is already destined. No matter what he does next, Li Shimin''s will probably not be able to escape death.


    As soon as he thought of this, a bitterness flashed deep in Jiang Shang''s eyes.


    He just wanted to save Taoism, why is it so difficult, as if the whole world is stopping him!


    "Come."


    "I''m here."


    "Summon Li Yuanba here immediately."


    "No."


    "When Yuanba arrived, he would summon Li Chunfeng and Li Si to see me respectively."


    "No."


    "After they arrived, they immediately ordered the leaders and generals of each battalion. Without obtaining the order of this minister, they were not allowed to step out of the military camp."


    "No."


    While Jiang Shang was thinking deeply, Li Shimin gave three orders in a row, and each of them contained profound meaning.


    He summoned Li Yuanba to come because he realized that his current situation was not safe.


    The summoned Li Chunfeng and Li Si was naturally to take action first.


    If Li Chunfeng is a traitor, Li Yuanba, who is the most powerful in the world, is not afraid of Li Chunfeng as the grandmaster.


    As for not allowing soldiers from each battalion to go out of the camp, it is to distinguish who turned to the Qin Dynasty, and those who are restless or step out of the military camp must be traitors.


    At this moment, Li Shimin seemed to have returned to the past and turned back to the wise and powerful Tang King, but unfortunately it was still a little too late.


    (This chapter ends)