On December 1, the third year of Jinglong (the 18th), Zhang Qian, the commander of the Anxi Protectorate, passed away from Yanran Mountain under the order and led three thousand soldiers to show victory at Chengtian Gate.

The patient led Empress Wei and all officials to climb the Chengtianmen Tower to watch the ceremony. Seeing the army's appearance and listening to the war songs, the Turkic powerful people were crawling in prison chariots and making quail-shaped appearances. The holy heart was very happy and laughed and collapsed.

That night, heavy snow fell from the sky, and snow inside and outside Chang'an was covered with snow.

He was grateful to his goodwill, so Zhang Qian volunteered to guard the Taiji Palace Xuanwu Gate, and could not untied his armor day and night.

On December 12th, on the 23rd day, all officials followed the will and supported the crown prince as emperor. Since the end of the year was approaching, they still followed the Jinglong reign. The next year's reign was changed to Tanglong.

When the new emperor was fifteen years old, he followed the will and asked the empress to be aware of political affairs, and the prime minister Wang Dan was responsible for political affairs. He appointed King Yong Shouli as King Bin, and King Shouchun Chengqi as King Song. He ordered General Wei Wen to be the guards and capture military and horses inside and outside.

On the same day, for his contribution to destroying the Turks, Zhang Renyuan was granted the title of Duke of Han, Prince Taishi, and the Great Protector of the Beiting Protectorate. Niu Shizuo was granted the title of Duke of Chen and General of the Cavalry. Zhang Qian was granted the title of Duke of Julu County in the founding country, and was given the title of Minister of Personnel. He was promoted to the title of Protectorate of the West Protectorate.

Nearly a hundred people were awarded for the destruction of the Turks on the same day, all of whom were worshipped by the New Emperor’s benevolence and virtue...—"New Tang Book Fourth"

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"Senior brother, Cui Xi, the Minister of Personnel, came to pay a visit." With a icy slumber, Ren Cong pushed open the door of the military station hidden in Xuanwu Gate and reported carefully.

"Please go back and say sorry to him for me. Zhang once swears that before the coffin of the late emperor entered the tomb, there would be no old friends!" Zhang Qian turned around slowly, and in an instant, the chaotic beard and bloodshot on his face were illuminated clearly by the light.

"Abide by the order!" Ren Cong was startled by the haggard appearance of his senior brother and quickly bowed to agree.

Then, he quickly looked around and comforted him with great distress: "Senior Brother, don't be too sad! The emperor has been lingering in his sick bed for more than a year, and he can't take care of himself even if he eats or goes to the toilet. He was overjoyed and went to the fairy, which was actually not a bad thing for himself."

"You go and send Cui Xi for me. There is no need to mention anything else. I know very well in my heart." Zhang Qian yawned, forced a smile and shook his head, and the armor clanged with a sonorous sound as his body moved.

"But Brother, you haven't been unarmed for more than ten days in a row. Even your body is hit hard, you can't stand it." Ren Cong took a step back and shook his head seriously.

"It's okay, wearing armor, I feel at ease!" Zhang Qian sighed, and a little helplessness faintly appeared in his answer, "Besides, I can't last long. I have already said in public in the court that when the priest's coffin enters the tomb, I will immediately take my brothers and rush to the Broken Leaf!"

"So anxious?" Ren Cong was stunned. His young face was filled with reluctance. "Senior Brother, how many days have you been back? It turned out that he would be married before leaving."

"It is not appropriate to marry during the national mourning period. Getting married will have to be delayed until half a year later!" Zhang Qian sighed again and continued to shake his head gently. Then, he forced a smile and added, "Actually, I should leave on the day the new emperor ascended the throne. I am just grateful for the grace of the emperor for the past three years, so I want to do the last thing for the emperor!"

"The last thing?" Ren Cong was stunned again, his eyes quickly rounded. "Senior Brother, you are referring to you, you are not talking about the shook."

"Watching is just one of the purposes." Zhang Qian raised his head, his eyes passed through the glass window, and looked at Xuanwu Gate in the wind and snow. His voice became cold and heavy. "I don't want to see that the emperor's body was not cold, and someone was fighting with his room in front of his coffin."

"Ah, ah" Although I could vaguely feel that the elder brother's behavior was not that simple. When the truth came to his ears, Ren Cong was still stunned.

"It's cold, you sent Cui Xi away for me. Let me tell you slowly when you look back!" Zhang Qian raised his hand and gently pressed Ren Cong's shoulder. "From the moment, the situation should not be that bad. I just want to be in case!"

"Yes!" Although the weather was cold, big beads of sweat emerged from Ren Cong's forehead. He raised his hand and wiped it. He turned his head and staggered away. It seemed that he could avoid the danger hidden under the night sky by walking faster.

"Sorry!" Looking at Ren Cong's staggering back, Zhang Qian whispered in his heart.

If possible, he really hoped that Ren Cong would mess up the past few days in a daze. Although the little fat man has been with him for more than two years and has reached the fifth rank in official position, his mind is still as simple and clean as a piece of white paper, and is not suitable for participating in any conspiracy.

However, the reality has allowed him to continue to hide from the fat man. Otherwise, the simplicity and kindness of the latter will inevitably be used by others.

Moreover, if Zhang Qian falls into an abyss that is endless, with the relationship between the two, there is no possibility of being uninvolved by the fat man Ren Cong knows it or not. Therefore, Zhang Qian could only make up his mind to reveal the truth little by little before the fat man's eyes, and force the latter to adapt in advance.

The little fat man Ren Cong actually said something very right just now. He went to the immortal after being overjoyed. For the Emperor of the Heavenly Dragon, Li Xian himself, it is actually not a bad thing.

From Zhang Qian's perspective, especially this, he even felt a little grateful for Li Xian. After all, it is better to die from a cardiovascular rupture in his joy than to die at the hands of his biological daughter and wife like another time and space. In this way, Li Xian's life is far less dark than he is in another time and space.

In another time and space, Li Xian completely lived the protagonist of the tragedy. In his youth, he was expelled from the throne by his biological mother. In his middle age, he saw his children being killed by his mother's order. In his later years, his son first rebelled, and then he was poisoned by his daughter and his wife. From beginning to end, there was no brightness in his life.

In this time and space, Li Xian was not completely defeated as an emperor. At least he saw signs of revival of the Tang Dynasty during his lifetime. At least he fulfilled his wish to destroy the Turks in his post-term, which made his mother's excuse to drive him off the throne completely untenable! At least until his death, he could still feel the respect of his biological daughter and the attachment of his wife!

It can be said that Li Xian in this time and space has completely pushed his fate away from his original track because of Zhang Qian's arrival. Compared with the original fate, his life is dozens of times brighter and dozens of times lucky!

At this time, his immortal passing could not help but put a perfect end to his life. At the same time, it also caused many brewing tragedies and conspiracies to suddenly lose their goals!

At this time, he was overjoyed and was not a bad thing for himself and the Tang Dynasty. Only Zhang Qian was like a thunderbolt in the first place.

These days, no trace of the grief Zhang Qian showed was pretending.

Although Li Xian is far from being a wise ruler. Although Li Xian has several flaws such as soft-heartedness, changing orders every day, and doing things without end. Although Li Xian once suspected Zhang Qian's loyalty and almost pushed him into a desperate situation with his own hands. However, overall, Li Xian's trust and support for Zhang Qian has reached the limit he can give!

Without his trust and support, Zhang Qian would not have been able to go from being a white man to being a super brand in just a few years.

Without his trust and support, Zhang Qian would have no chance. After being suppressed by the White Horse Sect, Princess Anle and Princess Taiping, he became stronger and stronger.

Without his trust and support, Zhang Qian would not be able to be on par with Niu Shizhao when he first arrived in the Anxi Army, and was not subject to the conditions of qualifications, military achievements and reputation.

Without his trust and support, Zhang Qian would not have been able to enter the Shi Kingdom without any scruples. King Lishi was the governor of the puppet Dayuan, and forced the Shi Kingdom to sign a compensation treaty that had never happened before with the Tang Dynasty.

Without his trust and support...

It can be said that Zhang Qian was able to rise so quickly and gradually become a force. It is closely related to Li Xian's support and trust. In many cases, it is Li Xian who took the initiative to help boost growth, which created Zhang Qian now.

However, just when Zhang Qian felt that he could give Li Xian some rewards and make Li Xian live as dark as another time and space in this life, Li Xian suddenly let go. How could Zhang Qian not feel sad in the face of the bad news falling from the sky?

Ten days ago, under Chengtian Gate, I suddenly found a mess on the gatehouse. Immediately afterwards, I heard the news of Li Xian's death. Zhang Qian was stunned by sadness on the spot.

After a little bit of rationality, the only thing he could do was to follow Xiao Zhizhong's orders to lead his brothers to maintain the on-site order on the spot, protect Li Xian's body, and send it to the Tai Chi Palace behind Chengtianmen nearby.

Immediately, he ordered Luo Huaizu to lead some of his brothers back to Weiyang Palace to station. He led the teaching group and the two personal guards to stay in the Tai Chi Palace to protect Li Xian's coffin!

The reason why he took the initiative to stay in Tai Chi Palace to protect Li Xian's coffin was completely an instinctive reaction after excessive sadness. Subconsciously, he hoped that he could send Li Xian for the last journey, so that before Li Xian's body was cold, someone would face each other with his hands and blades in front of his spirit.

However, in the evening of the same day, after his rationality was completely restored, Zhang Qian discovered that Xiao Zhizhong had dug a bottomless pit for him. His impulse was equivalent to adding two shovels of soil to his head with his own hands!

The north gate of Tai Chi Palace is the famous old Xuanwu Gate. Not far from the old Xuanwu Gate, it is Weiyang Palace!

Leading the two confidants of the regiments to station in the old Xuanwu Gate is equivalent to placing the entire Tai Chi Palace under the control of the three thousand triumphant troops!

If someone dares to attack Tai Chi Palace, the soldiers of the Sai Ye who are stationed in Weiyang Palace can come to support their own robes at any time. If someone dares to attack the Sai Ye soldiers of the Sai Ye in Weiyang Palace, Zhang Qian can also know it as soon as possible and rush to stop it.

Tai Chi Palace and the Daming Palace where the new emperor lives are connected to each other through the Neixi Garden. If someone dares to launch a coup at this critical moment and attack the Daming Palace, Zhang Qian can rush over to protect the emperor at any time. If someone tries to mobilize the Imperial Guards in Weiyang Palace, the soldiers of the Sailye who are also stationed in Weiyang Palace can also know it as soon as possible and respond in a timely manner according to Zhang Qian's command!

In other words, since the moment he led his troops into the Tai Chi Palace, Zhang Qian and his three thousand brothers became the ballast stones of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Whether Zhang Qian was thinking or not, he could no longer stay out of the matter. Any attempt to be unfavorable to the new emperor or to Queen Wei must first consider how Zhang Zhenshouzhou will react!

You should know that Zhang Qian was commanded not by the ordinary three thousand soldiers, but by the three thousand tigers and leopards that had just swept across the desert! Whether it was combat experience or combat effectiveness, the latter was ten times that of the former!

At present, no one in Chang'an dares to doubt that these three thousand tigers and leopards can crush the Imperial Guard into powder, although the latter is also known as the Ten Thousand Cavalry!

Especially the Tang Dynasty civil and military officials who attended the prisoner offering ceremony and witnessed the appearance of the Ye Army with their own eyes were not brave enough to gamble. If something big happened in the court, which side would Zhang Qian stand on?!

"Xiao Zhizhong, you are such a scam! Did I dig your ancestral grave or abandon your daughter? You have to deal with me like this!" Every time I sort out the cause and process of the whole matter, Zhang Qian couldn't help but curse.

He could now clearly infer that Xiao Zhizhong ordered him to lead the Sailing Ye Army to maintain order nearby and escort Li Xian's corpse into the Tai Chi Palace, which was not an act of power in a hurry. The old fox must have calculated the possible consequences of this move before giving the order, including his reaction after receiving the order!

Since I was grateful and would not ignore Li Xian’s body in Chengtian Gate, I would definitely not let others deal with Li Xian’s youngest son Li Chongmao before Li Xian’s body was cold!

And I didn’t even need to do anything at that time. As long as I showed a little gratitude to Li, it would be enough!

After all, Li Chongmao was established as a crown prince before Li Xian's lifetime. It was natural for the prince to ascend the throne to the emperor after Li Xian's death. No force could use public means to challenge this decision.

If anyone wants to launch a coup, he must keep the secret in advance. If he wants to keep it confidential, there will be no more than a battalion of soldiers and horses to mobilize!

A mere battalion of soldiers, even the Imperial Guards, were all delivered to their doorsteps when facing the three thousand soldiers of the Shaw Leaf! Xiao Zhizhong himself believed this and believed that all the civil and military officials in the court could recognize this. Therefore, a single order stabilized the political situation after Li Xian's sudden death!

It is pitiful that the political situation of the Tang Dynasty has stabilized. Li Xian's life has also changed from a complete tragedy to a serious drama with a tragic color. However, Zhang Qian, who played a key role in it, was completely placed on the crater.

For ten days, Zhang Qian has been guarding Xuanwu Gate and is truly true. But it is not entirely because of the sadness of Li Xian's death, and he wants to protect the other party's heroic spirit until the coffin is buried. There is another important reason, he can't say it, but he already knows it clearly in his heart!

That is, he couldn't guarantee what kind of consequence he would end up slacking off a little or leaving the barracks!

He could not guarantee whether Empress Wei would be grateful to him. After all, while ensuring that the new emperor successfully inherited the throne, he also hindered Empress Wei from taking the opportunity to use force to eradicate political opponents and become the second second in Wu Zetian.

He could not guarantee whether Princess Taiping would hate him to the core. After all, based on the only historical knowledge left in his mind, Princess Taiping should have fought with Queen Wei first after Li Xian's death and won a great victory.

Zhang Qian couldn't even guarantee whether he had accidentally become the biggest villain in this time and space.

After all, in the history of another time and space, after Li Xian died, after several battles, the winner was Li Longji, the King of Linzi! Now, all the battles were forced to be suppressed because he led his brothers to take charge of Xuanwu Gate. Since there is no beginning, it is difficult to have a final one!

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