Not to mention Li Chengqian's disbelief, even the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty had doubts and disbelief in their hearts. King Qi rebelled?
Li Shimin also looked at Li Anyang, wanting to confirm whether what he just said was true.
Having been together for many years, Li Shimin knew that Li Anyang would never talk nonsense about such things, but in his heart, just like Li Chengqian, he felt that Li You's rebellion was too far-fetched.
Instead of reprimanding Li Chengqian's substitute, Li Shimin stared at Li Anyang coldly, all the prestige he had accumulated over the years was invisibly pressed against Li Anyang.
If Li Shimin wanted to ask, Li Chengqian had already asked it for him, so he had no intention of speaking at the moment.
Li Anyang tightened the whisk in his hand with both hands. For the first time in his life, he felt that the sight of the emperor and the civil and military officials of the court was so unbearable. Such a sight was like a kind of torture.
"Back to the emperor, the governor of Qizhou sent an urgent message from eight hundred miles away. He said that the king of Qi rebelled five days ago and captured Qizhou. The mercenaries were on their own. The person who sent the message was waiting outside the palace. Will the emperor summon him?"
Li Anyang answered Li Chengqian's questions as calmly as possible, and also answered all the questions that everyone in the hall wanted to confirm.
After hearing Li Anyang's words of confirmation, Li Shimin closed his eyes and moved his head from the side where Li Anyang was to facing the palace door. He opened his eyes again. His eyes only contained the majesty of the emperor and could no longer see.
to any other.
"Pass!" A voice without warmth or waves came out from Li Shimin's lightly parted lips.
"It's said that someone from Qizhou has come to see you!" Li Anyang turned towards the outside of the hall and sang loudly.
At that time, he had come back to his senses and quietly walked out of the small forest of the main hall. Hearing Li Anyang singing and shouting inside, he quickly pulled over the messenger who was about to walk up and down the main hall, and gave a few careful instructions,
Only then did they let people in.
Seeing Long Yan for the first time. I don’t know whether he was excited, fearful of the dragon’s power, or just scared, or else he was uneasy because of the incident in Qi Di. After the person who brought the order entered the hall, he knelt on the ground and jumped up without waiting for Li Shimin to ask questions.
Like a bean, he told everything he knew in one go.
"Where is the memorial letter from Qizhou Governor Qiu Yutong?" The messenger's trembling words with a local accent made everyone confused and unable to understand the origin of the matter. They glanced at Li Shimin above.
Slowly frowning, Changsun Wuji's patience reached its limit. He interrupted the messenger with a loud voice and asked decisively.
"Eh? Yes." The messenger raised his head and looked at Changsun Wuji tremblingly, and responded hurriedly. He hurriedly untied the flat baggage tied to his body with both hands, and took out the tightly wrapped memorial inside. He held his hands respectfully.
Place it on the top of your head.
Seeing that the messenger had delivered the urgent message as expected, Changsun Wuji returned to his original position. He looked at Li Anyang, lowered his eyelids slightly again, and stopped speaking.
Li Anyang held the fly whisk in one hand and held up the hem of his robe with the other hand. He walked very quickly to the person who brought the message, and then took the memorial from the person with both hands. Without wasting even half a breath, Li Anyang presented the memorial steadily and quickly.
Arriving in front of Li Shimin.
Opening the memorial, just from the messy handwriting, one could tell that the person who wrote the memorial must have been anxious and uneasy at the time. Li Shimin could even smell the slightest hint of blood mixed in the pen and ink of the memorial.
odor.
If before Li Shimin read the urgent memorial, everyone in the court could still feel the faint signs of anger in Li Shimin. Then, after Li Shimin gradually read the memorial, no one could feel anything in him anymore.
mood.
Including Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Qin Qiong, and Hou Junji who had been following Li Shimin for a long time, no one could feel the slightest emotion on Li Shimin's body, as if the emperor sitting above him was the only one left.
The majesty of being an emperor was devoid of any human emotion.
This feeling made Changsun Wuji and others feel terrified and uneasy!
Such a pure emperor without clear fluctuations in this situation left Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others unsure of how to judge the direction of the matter. They could not guess what the aloof emperor would say at the next moment.
The king's order.
After reading from the beginning to the end, Li Shimin closed the bloody memorial and closed his eyes at the same time. When he opened his eyes again, his eyes were like sharp blades with sharp edges, scanning the courtiers below with a sharp meaning.
"Read this to all my beloved lords." A voice without fluctuation came from Li Shimin's lips that opened and closed.
Li Shimin did not take away his gaze from his ministers, and handed the memorial in his hand in the direction of Li Anyang.
"Yes!" Li Anyang respectfully took the booklet from Li Shimin's hand, opened it, scanned it roughly, and then read it word by word.
Qiu Yutong's memorial only gave a pertinent account of the King of Qi's hunting eight days ago.
Let's go to the emperor to reason together.
So, five days ago, the King of Qi led 20 cavalrymen to kill Quan Wanji's family, and cut Quan Wanji's body into pieces. Then the King of Qi took the troops he could mobilize and occupied Qizhou.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the governor of Qizhou desperately escaped from Qizhou City with some of his people. When he was giving the emperor a break, he had already asked for help from the surrounding prefectures and formed a confrontation with the King of Qi outside Qizhou City.
A desperate rush to escape from Qizhou City? With the faint smell of blood on his booklet, it really seems like that. As for the real situation, Li Shimin is not in the mood to hold Qiu Yutong accountable now.
After listening to Li Anyang's recitation, Li Chengqian frowned and thought to himself, Fang Yiai really guessed it. With Li You's temperament of not liking being disobeyed, he met Quan Wanji with such a lack of expression.
Something really happened to his stubborn temper.
"Which beloved minister is willing to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to go to Qizhou to bring the King of Qi for me?" After Li Anyang finished reading, Li Shimin only left some time for the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to think, but not for everyone.
When it's time for your son to speak, just open your mouth and express your plans.
Even if Li Shimin gave everyone time to speak, it is estimated that few people would dare to speak, or would be suitable to speak.
If a son rebels against me, how do I deal with my son? That is a family matter between father and son, and it is not easy for outsiders to get involved. No matter if you say it lightly or seriously, you may annoy the person above you. The middle level is extremely difficult to control.
Li Shimin obviously understood this, so he was considerate and didn't let everyone discuss it.
Regarding the Xuanwu Gate incident, he had no choice but to stain the palace gate with blood this time, forcing his father to make him the crown prince.
But Li Shimin couldn't figure out why Li You had no choice but to rebel against him. Was it just because of Quan Wanji, who was against him?
After listening to Li Shimin's question, Cheng Yaojin was very excited. He smiled silently and was about to step out of the queue to ask for Li Shimin's orders.
Cheng Yaojin felt that he was fully capable of dealing with such a trivial matter as cleaning up King Qi.
Cheng Yaojin felt that his reaction was fast enough. Unexpectedly, someone could react faster than him.
Cheng Yaojin had just raised his feet, and before he could step out, he heard someone else's voice not far behind him.
"I would like to report to your Majesty that I would like to lead troops to Qizhou to invite His Highness the King of Qi to return to the capital."
Cheng Yaojin's smile froze on his face. He looked sideways and saw Hou Junji bowing at ninety degrees in the hall. Cheng Yaojin glared fiercely at Hou Junji who had stolen his limelight and gritted his teeth.
, I thought it was Hou Junji who was grinding between my teeth.
Cheng Yaojin did not put down his raised foot, but stepped forward. Li Shimin bowed his hands and said, "Back to the emperor, I would also like to invite Qizhou and his delegation to return to the capital."
Li Shimin nodded and looked back and forth at Cheng Yaojin and Hou Junji who were holding their bows in the hall.
Li You liked hunting, and Cheng Yaojin often went out to hunt in his spare time under the pretense of training soldiers. During the years when Li You was in the capital, he had one or two minor conflicts with Cheng Yaojin because of hunting. Li Shimin was heartbroken.
It is certain that Cheng Yaojin was suspected of acting for public benefit for personal gain when he requested an order to go to Qizhou.
No matter how much trouble his son causes for him, he has to ask questions in person and then deal with it. Outsiders, huh, it's better to stand aside.
Moreover, Hou Junji had been neglected enough in the past few years. Since he was able to suppress his temper and continue to share the emperor's worries, Li Shimin did not want to suppress Hou Junji's enthusiasm.
In this way, Li Shimin had already chosen the person to lead the troops to Qizhou.
"I ordered Hou Junji to lead 10,000 troops to set off early tomorrow morning, march quickly, and rush to Qizhou day and night. The whole family of the King of Qi must be brought back to the capital with me without any mistakes!" Li Shimin said.
"I obey the order!" After Hou Junji accepted the order, he returned to his queue. The expression on his face was the same as before, without any change.
Cheng Yaojin wanted to say something, but Li Shimin glared back, so he had to cup his hands and returned to his original position in frustration.
"In addition, the order is sent to Xue Dading, the governor of Cangzhou, and Cao Canjun, Du Xingmin of Pinglu Festival, each with five thousand troops and horses, to approach Qizhou from the east and north!" Li Shimin ordered again.
Just when the court was turbulent because of King Qi's rebellion, Fang Yiai, who had taken a leave of absence from Li Shimin, was sitting in his inner study, with one hand behind his back and the other
He was holding a brush dipped in ink in his hand, his eyebrows were furrowed, his eyes were dissatisfied, and he looked worriedly at a simple sketch of a character in front of him.
Although the people in the portrait are only outlined in general lines, it can be distinguished from the lines that the person Fang Yiai is painting is obviously Hou Junji who took the lead and stole the army. To be completed
Continued..
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