Volume 1, Chapter 49, It's Terrible
When Xu Jingzong and Li Ji and his group withdrew from Zichen Hall, neither Gaozong nor Wu Empress in Zichen Hall said anything more. The atmosphere in the hall was a bit dull.
After a moment, Empress Wu said to Emperor Gaozong with displeasure, "Your Majesty, you shouldn't have told the prince so much today."
Emperor Gaozong ignored the reproachful look of Empress Wu, but said to himself, "The prince is not young anymore, and he should know some things. He will be formally governed in two years. I think it will be beneficial for him to let him know this fact earlier."
When Empress Wu heard Emperor Gaozong say this, a complex emotion flashed through her eyes that was indescribable, and she remained silent.
"Empress, the prince's assassination this time made me feel deeply panicked. It seems that we are not protecting Jean enough!" Gao Zong sighed and said, still not realizing that Empress Wu's face had changed at this time. He continued, "We have to send a few more generals to guard him."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will ask him about this matter after the prince recovers from his health, and see what he thinks." Empress Wu said.
"It's okay!" Gao Zong said a little tiredly.
"Your Majesty, I will go back to Linde Hall to rest." Empress Wu said with concern. Emperor Gaozong nodded slightly and left Linde Hall with the help of Empress Wu.
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The Eastern Palace left and lay on Hu's couch and closed his eyes to rest. Sun Simiao packed up the silver needle in front of him. After he put away the silver needle used for Li Hong's acupuncture, Sun Simiao spoke, "Your Highness, the poison you have in your body has been relieved. Just rest for another day and you will be fine."
"Thank you, teacher." Li Hong opened his eyes and said to Sun Simiao.
Although he was unconscious, judging from Sun Simiao's slightly tired expression, Sun Simiao's energy was spent on detoxification of poison on his body. Therefore, it concluded that if Sun Simiao was by his side, it might not be so easy to detoxify the poison in his body.
"This poison comes from the Western Regions. It is made of pollen called mandala flower as the main ingredient. It is very toxic and will definitely die once the venom hits the heart and lungs. Therefore, if Your Highness had not been poisoned deeply and sent in time, I would probably be helpless."
After hearing what Sun Simiao said, Li Hong was scared and his face was a little embarrassed. Today, he was almost killed by someone! He asked cautiously, "Teacher, isn't this poisonous orphan body damaged, right?"
"No." Sun Simiao affirmed, "not only did it not damage your body, but also because the poison dissolved the hidden diseases in your body. This time, the poison on your body was relieved, which accelerated the recovery time of your body a lot."
"Really? There is such a thing?" Li Hong said in surprise. He has always been looking forward to being able to cure his stubborn disease earlier and have a healthy body!
Sun Simiao nodded slightly and said, "After about two more months of treatment, your highness's body will be healed."
Li Hong hurriedly got up and was about to get out of bed to thank Sun Simiao, but was stopped by Sun Simiao. "Your Highness, you have just relieved the poison on your body, so pay more attention to rest. I also want to tell you that even if your body is cured, your physical condition is still very weak because of the illness for many years. You still need to be careful to regulate yourself to restore your physical condition to an ordinary person."
"I remember this lonely memory, please rest assured by the teacher." Li Hong said gratefully.
"Then your highness, let's have a good rest. I will say goodbye first." Sun Simiao said, then took the medicine box placed on the table and left.
Originally, this assassination made Li Hong very angry because someone wanted to kill him, so he was going to investigate. Now, after hearing what Sun Simiao said, he was lucky in disguise because of poisoning, and the time for healing was several months ahead of time. This result made him very happy. He was happy for a moment, then restrained his smile and said to Zhao Hongshu, who had been busy in the room, "Go out and tell Yan Zhuang, and ask him to summon Zhang Jianzhi, Li Jiao, Liu Yizhi, Li Duozha and Chen Gong to see the orphan."
"Yes." Zhao Hongqi whispered to take the order and left in a hurry.
After a while, Yan Zhuang, Zhang Jianzhi, Li Jiao, Liu Yizhi, Li Duozha and Chen Gong rushed over.
As soon as he came in, Chen Gong knelt in front of Li Hong's bed and apologized, "Your Highness, today is a humble guard, so I would like to ask your highness to punish you."
"Your Highness, please punish me!" As soon as Chen Gong finished speaking, Yan Zhuang and Li Duozha immediately knelt down and apologized to Li Hong. Because Yan Zhuang was the crown prince's family order and Li Duozha was the general of the personal guard, they were also inseparable from the assassination of the crown prince.
"What are you three doing?" Li Hong asked in confusion, "The assassination was planned by the assassin for a long time. What does it have to do with you? Get up quickly."
"If you can bring more guards on this trip, your highness will not be poisoned by arrows because of your lack of protection." Chen Gong still knelt on the ground, and said in a choked tone, "This is a dereliction of duty of Wei Jun. Please punish him severely."
Li Hong can be generous and not deal with Chen Gong, but Chen Gong cannot be heartless and not apologized. He does not want Li Hong to die this time. As the general of the prince's personal guard, he will be punished. He will probably destroy the three clans.
"As the prince's family order, the travel arrangements were not made, and he almost killed his highness. Please punish him severely." Yan Zhuang also spoke.
"Enough-!" Li Duozha was about to speak, but was scolded by Li Hong. "You insist on saying that you are guilty, and Gu will not force you anymore. How should you punish you severely? Let's talk about it after Di Renjie returns to Chang'an. But now Gu has something important to you, so don't kneel down."
"No!" Seeing the prince say this, Yan Zhuang, Li Duozha and Chen Gong immediately stood respectfully in front of Li Hong and waited for the order. Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was a bit solemn, the six people's expressions were very serious, he smiled and said, "Everyone, let's sit down, let's talk about something serious, don't act so seriously."
The six people bowed to thank the gifts, and then sat down. Li Hong said, "The assassin had already made plans for Gu's assassin this time. It can be seen that someone had revealed the news that Gu often left the palace during this period. You can analyze and analyze who has the ability and who planned the assassination."
During this period, the prince often left the palace. Although he had not taken confidential measures to keep this matter confidential, because Li Hong had lived in the Eastern Palace for many years before, he frequently left the palace but did not attract other people's attention. So it is hard to say who leaked the prince's exit from the palace to the enemy. However, the prince could summon them here to ask questions, and it was proved that the person who leaked the news of his exit from the palace could be proved, at least the prince did not doubt them.
"Your Highness, let's go to Chang'an City to stroll. The only person who knows your identity is Lu Shisanniang. Therefore, Beizhi thinks that the "Lu Pavilion" is the most suspicious." Chen Gong said the first.
They have been to "Lu Pavilion", and Lu Shisanniang of Lu Pavilion also knows the identity of the prince and also knows that the prince has sent books to the Conghua Noodle House in Yanshoufang. With this, it is not difficult for Lu Shisanniang to think of the extraordinary relationship between the Prince and the Conghua Noodle House.
Yan Zhuang nodded slightly and said, "General Chen is right. The Thirteenth Lady of the 'Luge' is indeed quite suspicious."
"The Lu family of Fanyang is a clan and there is no conflict of interest between them and His Highness. Even if they are in their capacity, they will definitely not make such an unwise move. Therefore, I think that the suspicion that the Luge revealed His Highness's whereabouts to the assassin is worth discussing. However, Helan Minzhi often goes between the various yards and has deep grievances with His Highness. In addition, Wei Ling's death involves tax revenue in the East and West City. If he saw His Highness and then revealed the news to the assassin, it would make sense." Zhang Jianzhi analyzed.
"I also agree with Zhang Siyilang's statement." Li Jiao agreed with the words.
Yan Zhuang and Chen Gong suspected that it was "Luge", while Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao suspected that Helan Minzhi. In this way, only Li Duozha and Liu Yizhi did not speak.
"Where are you two?" Li Hong turned his gaze to Li Duozha and Liu Yizhi and asked.
Li Duozha thought for a moment and said in confusion, "Your Highness, I can't guess who revealed your whereabouts to the assassin. However, one thing that made me puzzled. That is, the left and right Jinwu Guards and the Chang'an County Yamen runners inspected Chang'an City for many years and were very familiar with the terrain of Chang'an City. When His Highness was assassinated, there was a lot of fighting between General Chen and His Highness's personal guards and the assassin. They should have arrived early, but why did they appear so late?"
"Yes, I'm also confused about this." Liu Yizhi agreed.
Li Hong had never thought of this before. Now he was surprised to hear what Li Duozha and Liu Yizhi said. Because if the two people's guesses come true, then there were also undercover agents of assassins in the left and right Jinwu Guards and Chang'an County Yamen. And if he could reach into the Chang'an County Yamen and the Southern Yamen Army, the origin of the assassin is not simple.
There was a frame-up in the Huaxian tragedy before, and now there are ambushing and assassination in Chang'an City.
Li Hong found that he had not done anything yet, and the enemy even used a killer move to deal with him. This made him very surprised. Where did he provoke so many powerful enemies, they insisted on committing the danger of extermination of the clan and killing him? Is all this really the same as what Emperor Gaozong said to him when he left just now, because of his name and a prophecy?
"But I say that Laojun should be governed, Li Hong should come out, and many people who return to the Tao in the world will be called Li Hong every year." "The true king is Muzi Gongkou, and the king ruled the world and had great joy in the world."
I thought of what Gaozong said to him just now when Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu came to see him.
Li Hong himself was also confused.
"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Yan Zhuang asked carefully when he saw His Highness the Crown Prince remained silent.
"I believe that my father and mother will do something about the assassination of Gu. We are not in a hurry to interfere in this matter. We should check the situation first. Of course, we cannot do nothing. We should check what we should check ourselves, and we should look for what we need to find ourselves." Li Hong turned his eyes to Yan Zhuang and Liu Yizhi and said, "Yan Zhuang, this is my hand to you and Liu Xueshi."
Yan Zhuang and Liu Yizhi hurriedly stood up to accept the order.
"As for the reason why Wei Ling's death was found by the supervisor of the Chang'an County Government, it was handed over to Zhang Siyilang and Li Sheren." Li Hong said to Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao.
For him now, the taxation issue in the East and West cities is no longer the focus. Building his own intelligence system and secret guards and forming a personal guard cavalry that is enough to protect himself is what he urgently needs to do now.
Zhang Jianzhi and Li Jiao received the order.
At this time, everyone saw that the prince's face was exhausted, and they said goodbye and left without saying anything. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!