Since the Qin Dynasty unified the world, Chang'an and Xianyang have been the imperial capital. In the two hundred years of the First Han Dynasty, Chang'an was the capital of the world. Although the Later Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty chose other capitals, Chang'an suffered more wars in the hundreds of years, but Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty unified the world and rebuilt Chang'an. , there are many forbidden gardens around it.
When Li Yuan took over the Taiji Palace, he designated a large area of land to the north of the palace as a forbidden garden... There was nothing that could be done about it, because unlike the palaces of other dynasties, the Taiji Palace was located in the northernmost part of Chang'an, close to the city wall.
The area is extremely wide, with no land or manor, so there are many birds and animals. Children of powerful people and relatives of the clan often ride and shoot here for hunting.
Li Shan followed Li Yuan on horseback and headed towards the Forbidden Garden. He glanced sideways and saw that Li Yuan's face was ashen... Along the way, he received two reports from palace officials that someone had been beaten to serious injuries. The unlucky one was Zhao Cihao.
Zhao Cihao's late brother Zhao Cijing was the Prince Consort, Princess Changguang, the fifth daughter of Li Yuan, and his wife was Changsun, a cousin of the Prince of Qin's Palace, who had always been on good terms with Li Shimin.
Galloping all the way to the palace gate, Li Shan learned that after all, he had practiced in Shandong. After returning to Beijing, he asked Su Dingfang for advice. Although his riding skills were not good, they were still solid.
Without enough time to take a closer look, Li Shan dismounted and saluted, "The third sister is here... Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"Why is Huairen here too?" Li Jiancheng, who had just arrived, was a little surprised.
"Just now, someone from the palace came to report that I am accompanying my uncle and King Xu in the garden." Li Shan hesitated for a moment, "And... Your Highness, I have to worry about this with my little brother..."
Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly, waved his hands without saying anything, and walked quickly towards Li Yuan.
"Father taught me to control the guards around the prison, so I stopped here." Princess Pingyang looked calm, "He should listen to his father's instructions."
What he said is very clear. The guards on the left and right are guarding the palace gate. There is a fight outside, not an attack on the palace... I don't care about this kind of nonsense!
Although Li Yuan was angry, he couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. The key reason why he let his daughter lead the Beiya Imperial Guards was because of his impartial stance... The fight outside the palace gate was, in the final analysis, related to the seizure of the heir. It is only right that Pingyang refuses to interfere.
Li Shan listened silently, only carefully looking at Li Jiancheng's face... He rushed here so quickly, you must know that the East Palace is farther from here than the Tai Chi Palace.
At this time, the sound of horse hoofbeats was heard, and Li Shimin galloped over, dismounted from his horse, and followed behind him was Zhang Cong, the Marquis of Nan'an County, who looked extremely ugly.
Li Shan hid to the side and looked away... and then saw the three words on the palace door.
Oh, it turns out this is the Xuanwu Gate!
Li Shan trembled, turned around and looked around. There were few buildings around, large open spaces, and sparse woods on the east and west sides.
Then he turned around and looked at the city gate... Although it was made of wood, it was so tall, so wide, and so heavy... Li Shan recalled it, well, that Zhang Gongjin was really awesome.
I don’t know if Zhang Gongjin will have this opportunity in this life...
Li Shan was thinking here, the winner was about to be decided in the Forbidden Garden... It was said to be in the Forbidden Garden, but in fact it was far away from the Xuanwu Gate.
Outside Xuanwu Gate is the Forbidden Garden, but the Forbidden Garden is divided into inside and outside. Close to the palace gate is the West Inner Garden, which is guarded by prison guards. Those guys don't dare to fight in the inner garden even if they don't have eyesight.
Seeing Sanlang Li Kai being kicked off his horse, Master Li, who had been suppressing his anger, couldn't bear it any longer. He roared angrily and stepped forward on his horse. Several horses from the opposite side approached him. Three or two horse whips were whipped out, forcing Master Li to do nothing. Able to avoid each other sideways.
Although today's chaos was not caused by Li Keshi, what happened today was actually started by Li Keshi.
Among the generals in the Prince of Qin's palace, in terms of bravery and unparalleledness, Wei Chigong should be the one; in terms of sharpness in charging, Qin Qiong should be the one; but in terms of riding and shooting, Li Keshi can be ranked among the top three.
Li Keshi was a man from a famous family, with a magnanimous temperament, and he was fond of hunting. When he was not in battle, he hunted almost every day. Every time he went in and out of the forest, birds and beasts chased him and made noise, so he was nicknamed "Bird Thief".
Today is the beginning of Li Keshi. With his eldest son Li Jia and third son Li Kai, he and several colleagues agreed to ride and hunt in the Forbidden Garden... They were all colleagues of Tiance Mansion, Zhang Shigui, the general manager of the horse army, and the founder of Xuanjia Army. One of them, Zhai Changsun and Zuo Santongjun Cheng Yaojin.
In addition, Hou Junji, the cavalry general on the right waiting list, also came over, and Zhang Yong and Zhao Cihao were also invited by Li Kai... The former and Li Kai are cousins, their mothers are both from the Changsun family in Luoyang, and the latter's wife is also from Luoyang. Changsun family.
The cause was just a driven deer, Zhang Yong shot it with his bow, but the deer with the arrow fled all the way, and finally bumped into Luo Shou's horse.
Zhang Yongguo had been brooding over the incident in Furong Garden that day. Although Luo Yang was beaten badly in the end... Zhang Yongguo stepped forward to persuade him a few words and was beaten. Naturally, he refused to let go at this moment.
And Luo Shourang... The Luo family was arrogant and domineering after entering the capital, but suffered two losses at the hands of Li Shan. His momentum was greatly depressed, and he naturally refused to give in.
Such a trivial matter eventually turned into a fight because of Luo Shou's refusal to give in. At the beginning, it was just Luo Shou and Zhang Yong... After Luo Shou was kicked off his horse, Zhang Yong had stopped, and Luo Shou's bodyguards also Don't have the guts to step forward and take action.
But just at this time, Qi King Li Yuanji appeared... This person's hunting addiction is worse than Li Keshi. He can go without eating for a day, but he cannot go without hunting for a day.
A melee began. The first unlucky person was Zhao Cihao. He fell off his horse and was trampled by the frightened horse. He was seriously injured.
Although Cheng Yaojin was good at fighting and looked rough, he was actually careful and prudent. Last year he was granted the title of Duke of Su, and he only protected a few juniors.
Zhang Shigui, Hou Junji, and Li Keshi did not dare to challenge Li Yuanji's background, and only dared to send a few personal guards to stop him.
At this time, the situation was relatively stable, but then, dozens of riders suddenly arrived, led by Luo Yi, King of Yan County.
Luo Yi took a look at the battle situation and quickly asked the cavalry guards behind him to join the battle group. It was at this time that Li Kai was kicked off his horse.
Li Keshi used to be the military cavalry officer in Youzhou and was Luo Yi's old subordinate... Li Kai and Li Shan were walking together in Furong Garden, and Luo Yi also inquired about it. Li Shan and Li Kai had a close friendship.
Luo Yi, who was on the opposite side, had fought several times overtly and covertly with the Prince of Qin in the past two months. Fang Xuanling was also injured. Li Shimin clearly ordered the generals to avoid the attack for the time being, and everyone was already angry.
Zhang Shigui and Hou Junji gathered their personal guards and used the momentum of a battle formation. The two sides fought in a melee. Even the cautious Cheng Yaojin and Li Keshi, who had just started to protect themselves wisely, had to fight.
Luo Yi watched with cold eyes and had to admit that although he believed that Youzhou soldiers were the strongest army in the world, the soldiers of Prince Qin's palace were even better... There were nearly a hundred people, but they couldn't suppress the opponent's thirty or forty people.
But it doesn't matter, the balance was quickly broken, and Bai Qichi came again.
Cheng Yaojin glanced sideways, his face changed drastically, and he shouted, calling everyone to retreat...but it was too late, the hundreds of horses galloping forward moved like thunder, blocking the retreat.
Others couldn't think of it, but Cheng Yaojin did. After being knocked off his horse, he gritted his teeth, got up and glared at Master Li. He couldn't go hunting anywhere, he had to come to the Forbidden Garden!
You must know that the east side of the Forbidden Garden is the north side of the East Palace, and the Prince's Changlin Army is stationed at Changlin Gate next to the West Inner Garden.
In other words, most of the force in the hands of the Prince of the East Palace is nearby, and the people in the Qin Palace will definitely suffer here.
