Chapter 319 finally came
"Li Jijiu, you are a scholar, you must know more than me, a rough person. Do you think that the world is really loyal and righteous? "Qin Qiong did not directly answer Li Xiu's question, but instead asked with a confused look on his face.
"Uh? Why did General Qin ask this?" Li Xiu said in surprise when he heard this. He felt that Qin Qiong was full of strangeness, but for a moment he couldn't think of anything strange?
Although Qin Qiong was still sitting straight at this time, he was actually quite drunk and his eyes became redder. He said slowly: "Li Jijiu, if there is such a thing in front of you, if you do it, then it is unrighteous. If you don't do it, then it is unfaithful. How should you choose at this time?"
Qin Qiong's words were actually similar to the first sentence. It seemed that he had been tortured by this question for a long time. Li Xiu thought about it and had to answer: "I understand General Qin's words, but I am different from you. In your heart, loyalty and righteousness are placed at the same important position. However, in my opinion, loyalty is not a particularly important thing, or in other words, there is no one in this world worth my loyal treatment!"
When he said this, Li Xiu paused for a moment, and then said: "What is righteousness? What the heart wants is righteousness. I have my own principles of conduct and will not change because of some people. Of course, there are some exceptions. For example, for my family, I don't really care about these loyalty and righteous things!"
When Li Xiu spoke at the end, he couldn't help but show a sarcastic look on his face. No matter how he integrated into the Tang Dynasty, his true principles of doing things had long been formed in his previous life. In essence, it was extremely selfish. It was indeed difficult for people like him to remain loyal to anyone, but it was precisely because of this that he attached great importance to his family.
"So that's it. Li Jijiu, you are talented and have extraordinary vision. Even people like the King of Qin and the Prince will find it difficult to get your sincere assistance. Of course, you won't have such troubles as me!" Qin Qiong couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.
When Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were mentioned in Qin Qiong's words, Li Xiu suddenly had an inspiration in his heart, as if he had grabbed something in an instant, which made him stand up suddenly, and then he asked in surprise: "General Qin, you are swaying between loyalty and righteousness, is it because of the King of Qin and the Crown Prince?"
"Li Jijiu, don't ask about this matter anymore. I will never say it. The wine has been drunk. Thank you for your hospitality. Qin said goodbye!" Qin Qiong was unwilling to answer Li Xiu's words at all. He suddenly drank the remaining wine in the wine jar, then stood up and bowed and left.
The more Qin Qiong was reluctant to say it, the more certain Li Xiu was in his heart. He also strode to chase Qin Qiong, but Qin Qiong walked very quickly. It was not until he left the gate and was about to turn over the horse that Li Xiu chased after him. He asked loudly again: "General Qin, where are you going?"
"Goodbye!" Qin Qiong still did not answer, and he was about to leave after he was about to leave after he held his fists on his body.
Seeing this, Li Xiu was a little anxious, and he didn't care about anything else at the moment. He asked loudly again: "Is the King of Qin in Xuanwu Gate?"
Hearing the three words "Xuanwu Gate", Qin Qiong couldn't help but tremble, and then looked at Li Xiu with an incredible look, but he still didn't say anything, and immediately turned his head and ran away.
However, although Qin Qiong didn't say anything, his expression had already exposed everything, which made Li Xiuru be hit by lightning. He took a few steps back and almost fell to the ground. Finally, he leaned against the door frame to prevent him from falling down. It was not until this time that he murmured to himself: "It's really true, why is it so fast?"
The Chinese New Year is about to celebrate, and it has only been eight years since the Chinese New Year. However, the Xuanwu Gate in history was clearly in the ninth year of Wude, but now it has been more than a year ahead of schedule. In other words, his arrival finally affected the historical process, but it has not changed the results of some events.
"No! I have to do something!" Li Xiu suddenly straightened his body and said with a firm look on his face. Although he had always wanted to be out of this matter, when this matter really came, he found that he could not get out of it. Without saying anything else, he could not watch Li Chengdao be killed by Li Shimin afterwards, right?
Thinking of this, Li Xiu immediately forced himself to calm down and analyzed the current situation. Li Shimin may have been ambushed in Xuanwu Gate now, and Li Jiancheng brothers were also rushing to Xuanwu Gate. It was too late to stop him. The only thing he could do was to protect Li Chengdao and others, but he had no army in his hands, so in the end, Princess Pingyang still needed to come forward.
In the blink of an eye, Li Xiu had already made a decision and ran towards Princess Pingyang. When he ran into the Princess Villa in panting, he happened to see Mr. Ma moving in the yard at first sight. This made him run over and shouted, "Uncle Ma, how many troops can the Detachment of Women have to use?"
Seeing Li Xiu's panic and sweating, Ma Master was also startled and asked strangely: "Did you not wake up? Why did you come to ask such things early in the morning?"
"I..." Li Xiu didn't know how to explain this to Mr. Ma. He stomped his feet and said anxiously again, "Uncle Ma, don't ask why, hurry up and gather all the troops that can gather. I'll go to see the princess now. The Tang Dynasty is about to change its days!"
After saying that, Li Xiu turned around and ran to the inner house. When he came to the yard where Princess Pingyang lived, he saw that she was practicing morning as usual, but her morning practice method had changed from riding a horse to Tai Chi. However, Li Xiu did not care about all this at this time. He ran over and shouted at Princess Pingyang: "Princess! Hurry up! Get ready for the army, the King of Qin is about to rebel!"
"What?" Princess Pingyang was shocked when she heard this, and then looked at Li Xiu with a suspicious look and asked, "You can't be joking, are you? My second brother has already mentioned the dispute over giving up the throne, and the military power in his hand has been handed over. What are you going to rebel?"
"Princess, I can't fully believe the words of the King of Qin. Moreover, although he handed over military power, his prestige in the army is still there. There are also a group of generals loyal to him in the army. Moreover, he doesn't need too many troops. He only needs a few thousand people to ambush the prince and the King of Qi, and then enter the palace to force His Majesty to abdicate. Who can stop him then?" Li Xiu said anxiously again. He knew that this matter was very cruel to Princess Pingyang, but she had to face it at this time!
"What? This... this is impossible!" Princess Pingyang suddenly turned pale when she heard this, and then she was even more unwilling to believe this fact. This is also human instinct. When encountering such a major change, many people chose to escape in their subconscious mind.
"Princess, this is the fact. If I guessed correctly, the King of Qin had led people to set up an ambush near Xuanwu Gate. As long as the prince arrived, he would definitely not escape and die. So please make a decision early!" Seeing Princess Pingyang's expression of being dissatisfied, Li Xiu was also very distressed, but now he could no longer escape.
"No! I want to send someone to notify my elder brother. I must not let my second brother do such a wrong thing!" Princess Pingyang finally woke up at this time, and suddenly stood up straight and said. At the same time, the powerlessness and weakness on her face slowly disappeared, and instead replaced by a cold expression. At this time, she became the third lady who commanded thousands of troops on the battlefield again.
"It's too late to go up. We are in the south of the city and Xuanwu Gate is in the north of the city. Even if we set off immediately now, we don't have time to notify the prince. And I'm sure that when the Qin King eliminates the prince and the Queen of Qi, he will attack the prince and the King of Qi's family as soon as possible, so we'd better bring the army into the palace immediately, and it's possible to save their family!" Li Xiu said again. Although he knew that such a choice would only make Princess Pingyang very painful, this was the most rational choice.
"The troops are divided into two groups, with helmets. You immediately ordered Uncle Ma to lead a team of people to Xuanwu Gate to rescue the elder brother!" Princess Pingyang made a decision without hesitation, but even Li Xiu felt a little scared when she looked like this, because her expression when she spoke was too calm, and the evidence was so cold that there was no emotion at all, which was really unacceptable.
"Here!" The maid next to her immediately agreed, put on her skirt and ran away. Then the guards in the princess's mansion immediately gathered. A guard with a thousand people was stationed outside the Princess Pingyang's mansion for many years, which was also the princess's ceremonial guard. Of course, most of the other princess' guards were symbolic, but the guards around Princess Pingyang were all elites in the Detachment of Women's Army.
"Putting armor!" With Princess Pingyang's order, she immediately turned around and returned to the room. The remaining maids immediately followed her into the room. After a while, Princess Pingyang walked out with her armor. Li Xiu often saw this set of black armor, which was in Princess Pingyang's bedroom, but this was the first time he saw Princess Pingyang put on it.
Princess Pingyang always gave Li Xiu a gentle and generous woman, but until today I saw her wearing armor, I found that Princess Pingyang actually had such a heroic side. However, Princess Pingyang's face was cold at this time. After walking out, she immediately turned over and got on the horse. Li Xiu hurriedly got on the horse and then left the mansion with Princess Pingyang.
Outside the mansion, Mr. Ma had already gathered the guards in the mansion. Everyone was holding weapons in black helmets and black armor. The whole field was filled with murderous aura. Mr. Ma also changed into a piece of armor. With Princess Pingyang's order, he didn't ask any reason at all, and led his army to rush towards Xuanwu Gate.
When Ma Ye led his army to leave, Princess Pingyang immediately rushed east with Li Xiu and others. Not far away, it was the military camp stationed by the Detachment of Women. If you want to stop the riot in Chang'an City, you can only rely on this Detachment of Women! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!