Scholars, civil servants, and gentry, after Cihang Jingzhai's lobbying, most of them sided with Li Jiancheng.
In fact, there was no need for Cihang Jingzhai to lobby. Because of their interests, the gentry would instinctively side with Li Jiancheng.
Who is Tiancefu?
Those were some soldiers, vulgar Qiu Ba.
Of course the people in the East Palace looked down upon them.
Power comes from the barrel of a gun.
Maybe the people in the East Palace have never heard of this sentence, but they know that they must have an army in their hands.
Just like those gentry families who farm and study for generations, they look down on businessmen, but each of their families is doing business secretly and seeking huge business profits.
Li Jiancheng in the East Palace received the support of most civil servants in the court, but it was of no use.
When Li Jiancheng faced Tiance Mansion, he still felt a little powerless.
After the next court.
Li Jiancheng returned to the East Palace.
now.
Shi Feixuan is a guest in the East Palace.
Seeing that Li Jiancheng's face was a little ugly, the concubine smiled and said: "Your Highness, you have murderous intentions and are a little out of control. What makes you so angry?"
Master Fei Xuan has developed a clear mind with the sword and a keen mind, and can easily detect the hostility in Li Jiancheng.
Shi Feixuan's smile was very sweet, as if there was a kind of magic power that calmed down Li Jiancheng's mood.
Li Jiancheng said: "Luoyang, the divine capital, will be integrated into the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Father will ask Tiance Mansion to take over the hundreds of thousands of elite troops in Luoyang. I will have trouble sleeping and eating."
Shi Feixuan nodded and said: "It is inevitable that Your Majesty will let King Qin go to Luoyang. Chen Kang must know that we are supporting you behind the scenes. Let King Qin go to Luoyang, and things will go more smoothly. No matter what, Datang must first send Luoyang's elite army Let’s talk about it after we collect it.”
Li Yuan asked Li Shimin to go to Luoyang, which was the most rational choice.
At this time, I am most afraid of causing misunderstandings and causing extraneous matters.
If things really get messy and something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret it.
Therefore, Shi Feixuan agreed with Li Yuan's approach.
Li Jiancheng said: "The saint made it easy. The military power of Tiance Mansion is too heavy. If Li Shimin is allowed to control hundreds of thousands of troops in Luoyang, will I still be able to secure the position of crown prince?"
Shi Fei Xuan glanced at Li Jiancheng and said, "So, what does His Highness the Crown Prince want?"
Li Jiancheng gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Kill Li Shimin! As long as Li Shimin dies, the Tiance Mansion will fall apart and will no longer pose a threat to this palace."
Shi Feixuan said: "Li Shimin is the King of Qin, and it is not convenient for Cihang Jingzhai to take action. However, I can introduce someone to you."
Li Jiancheng asked curiously: "Who is it?"
Master Feixuan said with a smile: "Yang Xuyan."
Yang Xuyan, dressed in white, walked up to Li Jiancheng, cupped his fists and said, "Yang Xuyan has met His Highness the Crown Prince."
Li Jiancheng said: "Yang Xuyan? I have heard of your name. It is said that you are second only to Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong in the Luoyang Martial Arts Hall. Even in the sacred capital of Luoyang, you, Yang Xuyan, are famous. Today. I see, you are indeed a magnificent person."
Yang Xuyan is handsome and handsome, with strong martial arts and swordsmanship. In addition, he is a descendant of the Sui royal family.
Yang Xuyan has strong self-confidence.
No matter what Yang Xuyan's character is, a confident man is the most handsome.
Yang Xuyan said: "His Royal Highness, you are ridiculous. Yang is just lucky. He has worshiped under the evil king Shi Zhixuan since he was a child. Two years ago, after the recommendation of his master, he studied under the great master Chen Kang. Yang's battle is Because of his age, he is lucky enough to become the senior brother of Luoyang Martial Arts Hall."
Yang Xuyan's words may seem self-effacing, but he is actually very confident, even a little arrogant.
Li Jiancheng stared at Yang Xuyan and said, "You are from Luoyang Martial Arts Hall. When you come to Chang'an City, shouldn't you go see Li Shimin?"
Yang Xuyan shook his head and said: "There are enough masters in Tiance Mansion. Xu Ziling is in Tiance Mansion at this time, and Yang will not join in the fun. Luoyang Martial Arts School is just a school for teaching martial arts. What students want to do Anything is fine, as long as you don't betray China, Mr. Chen will ignore it. His Royal Highness lacks real masters around him, so Yang came to recommend himself."
Yang Xuyan is very insidious. He didn't really take refuge in Li Jiancheng.
Since there is no chance to control the hundreds of thousands of troops in Luoyang, then he will find a way to control Li Tang's court.
Yang Xuyan approached Li Jiancheng in order to find opportunities to destroy Li Tang, take control of the court, and restore the Yang family's foundation.
Li Jiancheng nodded and said: "Those who know the current affairs are heroes. Yang Xuyan, the fact that you have come to seek refuge with me shows that you are very discerning. It is said that you are the invincible master. I wonder if you can get rid of Li Shimin on my behalf?"
Yang Xuyan said: "Your Highness, Yang is not an invincible master. I am a great master."
Shi Feixuan looked at Yang Xuyan in shock.
The aura on Yang Xuyan's body is only the strength of a grandmaster. How did he become a grandmaster?
Li Jiancheng said in surprise: "Brother Yang, are you really a great master?"
Yang Xuyan said: "How about I go to Tiance Mansion now and have a fight with Xu Ziling?"
Li Jiancheng said quickly: "I believe in you. Brother Yang, as long as you can kill Li Shimin, I can guarantee you a lifetime of luxury and wealth. In the future, when I ascend the throne and become emperor, I will confer you the title of Imperial Preceptor."
Yang Xuyan smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
…
Yang Xuyan would not have any psychological burden to assassinate Qin King Li Shimin.
Not to mention Li Shimin, if necessary, he would also kill Li Yuan.
Three days later.
King Li Shimin of Qin set out for Luoyang.
Not long after leaving Chang'an City, Xu Ziling and Li Shimin met Yang Xuyan.
Xu Ziling said: "Yang Xuyan, why did you come to Chang'an?"
Li Shimin looked at Yang Xuyan.
Yang Xuyan smiled and said, "I'm going to Chang'an City to do something."
Xu Ziling said: "Then let's say goodbye. His Highness King Qin and I will go to Luoyang first. We will see you later."
Yang Xuyan said: "See you later."
Sudden.
Yang Xuyan drew his sword.
When he drew the sword, Yang Xuyan was only at the extreme level of a master. The moment the sword was completely unsheathed, Yang Xuyan completed his transformation. His mental, physical strength, and energy fluctuations have reached the Grand Master level.
Yang Xuyan's sword is too fast.
Xu Ziling was so close that he almost didn't react.
"Prince Qin, be careful." Xu Ziling exclaimed.
Xu Ziling also drew his sword.
Xu Ziling's sword narrowly blocked Yang Xuyan's sword.
The tip of the sword was less than half an inch away from Li Shimin's neck.
The sharp sword energy was spitting at the tip of Yang Xuyan's sword.
Xu Ziling's true energy formed a protective air shield outside Li Shimin's body, which offset the sharp sword energy.
boom.
The energy exploded.
Yang Xuyan was shocked back.
The horse that Xu Ziling and Li Shimin sat on could not withstand the strong force, and its muscles and bones were broken, and it fell to the ground and died.
Xu Ziling picked up Li Shimin without letting him fall.
Only then did Li Shimin react.
Was he assassinated? !
Xu Ziling stared at Yang Xuyan and said angrily: "Yang Xuyan, are you crazy? Sir promised to integrate Luoyang into the Tang Dynasty. His Highness the King of Qin went to Luoyang to take over the army. You actually dare to assassinate the King of Qin. How brave."
Yang Xuyan was a little surprised that his quick sword was unexpectedly blocked by Xu Ziling's sword.
Yang Xuyan sneered and said: "Someone offered me a very high price to kill Li Shimin. Xu Ziling, it is said that your Tai Chi swordsmanship can connect yin and yang, and can transform hardness and softness as desired. It is the strongest defensive swordsmanship. That move you just made, It really amazes me. I wonder how many fast sword moves you can block from me?"
In the past, when Yang Xuyan assassinated a target person, he could take his head with just one sword strike.
The failure to kill Li Shimin was Yang Xuyan's first failure.
If it were an ordinary assassin, if he missed a hit, he would be thousands of miles away.
The same is true for assassins' life-saving methods.
Yang Xuyan is not an ordinary assassin.
Today he had to kill Li Shimin, unless Xu Ziling could defeat him.
Xu Ziling calmed down and said, "If you want to kill King Qin, you have to get through me first."
Yang Xuyan sneered and said: "Then you have to protect Li Shimin. You are the Grand Master, and with your protection, if Li Shimin is beheaded by me, then you will become the laughing stock of the world."
Xu Ziling said to Li Shimin: "Your Highness, King Qin, no matter what happens, don't move. You can't be within three feet of me, otherwise, I won't be able to protect your safety."
Three feet is exactly the length of Xu Ziling's sword.
Li Shimin nodded and said: "Okay. I just don't move."
Li Shimin is worthy of being the King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty. He has been on the battlefield and experienced mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
After being assassinated, Li Shimin quickly calmed down.
Yang Xuyan's figure flashed and turned into phantoms, making it difficult to tell which phantom was the real body.
The Qinggong and body techniques of the Momen Butian Dao are unparalleled in the world, and are not much inferior to the Qinggong of the Huajian Sect.
Yang Xuyan was moving, and so was Xu Ziling.
Xu Ziling kept changing his position, and the sword in his hand slowly and sometimes quickly turned into streaks of sword light.
Ding ding ding…
The two sharp swords kept colliding, and the sword energy and sword light intertwined with each other.
Yang Xuyan's quick sword is pure killing swordsmanship and the most powerful attack.
Xu Ziling's Tai Chi swordsmanship combines hardness and softness, and the speed may not seem fast, but in fact it has a strange rhythm and frequency. The sword light flashes, and it can accurately block Yang Xuyan's fast sword every time.
Neither Yang Xuyan nor Xu Ziling used their eyes to see each other's sword moves.
The two drew their swords too fast.
Even the great master's eyesight is difficult to keep up with the speed of the sword.
They can only rely on their perception to judge the attack angle of the opponent's long sword.
If you make a misjudgment and make a mistake in drawing your sword, you will either die or be disabled.
Xu Ziling had learned horizontal training and had strong body defense, but he could not stop Yang Xuyan's sword.
Of course, Yang Xuyan definitely couldn't withstand Xu Ziling's sharp sword.
Since ancient times, fighting with weapons has been the most brutal.
Yang Xuyan and Xu Ziling are great masters of swordsmanship. The fight between the two is no longer a rough fight, they have turned sword fighting into an art.
The swordsmanship and fighting skills of the two are definitely palace-level artistic achievements.
But often the more beautiful the art, the more dangerous it is.
Yang Xuyan was a little annoyed that all his attacks were blocked by Xu Ziling.
Yang Xuyan said: "Xu Ziling, you and I are both students of Luoyang Martial Arts Hall, and we are Chen Kang's students. I can also do what you and Kou Zhong know. I don't believe that I can't break your sword defense!"
Yang Xuyan really knew what Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong knew. The only difference is that Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong received personal training from Chen Kang.
Yang Xuyan relied on self-study most of the time.
However, Yang Xuyan relied on talent and obsession to achieve the same martial arts achievements as Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong.
Yang Xuyan disappeared again.
This sword.
This is Yang Xuyan’s trump card.
The hair on Xu Ziling's body stood up, as if he smelled the smell of death, and he felt a lingering fear in his heart suddenly.
"I may not be able to block this sword." Xu Ziling's mind was spinning.
If you can't stop it, don't stop it.
Xu Ziling used all his strength, his sword turned into a sword light, and stabbed forward.
Both sides suffer, and both sides perish.
Of course Xu Ziling couldn't stop Yang Xuyan's quick sword move.
When Yang Xuyan's sword pierced Xu Ziling's body, Xu Ziling's sword would also penetrate Yang Xuyan's body.
boom.
The two long swords exploded, leaving only the hilts and the sword bodies in pieces.
Xu Ziling spat out a mouthful of blood.
Yang Xuyan appeared thirty meters away with blood on the corner of his mouth.
Last minute.
Yang Xuyan chose to give up and did not die with Xu Ziling.
When Yang Xuyan withdrew his sword, the long sword collided with Xu Ziling's sword. The two suffered a backlash from the force and both suffered internal injuries.
Yang Xuyan believed that he was a descendant of the Yang family royal family and a nobleman of Tianhuang. His life was a hundred times more valuable than that of Xu Ziling, a mud-legged person.
It is not worthwhile to die together with Xu Ziling.
Xu Ziling said: "Yang Xuyan, it turns out that you are also afraid of death. But your fast sword is really scary. My husband once said that the only martial arts in the world that cannot be broken is fast. You have really understood the essence of 'fast'. If you do it again A few more swords and I won’t be able to stop them.”
Yang Xuyan said: "I underestimated you. Xu Ziling, your Tai Chi swordsmanship is impeccable, your defense is invincible, and you deserve your reputation. Huh. However, you can protect Li Shimin for a while, but you cannot protect him for a lifetime."
Xu Ziling said: "As long as I am here, you can't kill King Qin. Yang Xuyan, if you assassinate King Qin, you'd better think about how to explain it to your husband."
Yang Xuyan laughed and said coldly: "I, Yang Xuyan, don't need to explain to anyone when I do things. Xu Ziling, Kou Zhong, you two have ruined my good deeds again and again. Next time, you will definitely die by the sword. Down."
Yang Xuyan's figure flashed and turned into an afterimage, disappearing within the range of Xu Ziling's perception.
…
Xu Ziling escorted Li Shimin back to Luoyang City and immediately notified Kou Zhong, asking him to protect Li Shimin.
It is related to the integration of hundreds of thousands of elite troops in Luoyang into the Tang military system. The King of Qin could not tolerate any mistakes.
If Yang Xuyan took advantage of it, he assassinated Li Shimin in Luoyang. Not only Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, but also Chen Kang will be ridiculed by everyone in the world.
Xu Ziling came to Chen Kang's house.
In the study.
Chen Kang put down the research manuscript in his hand, felt that Xu Ziling's breath was a little unstable, and said, "Injured?"
Xu Ziling nodded and said: "It's a small injury, nothing serious. I can recover after half a month of training."
Xu Ziling told the story of Yang Xuyan's assassination of King Qin.
He originally thought that Chen Kang would be furious after hearing this.
Unexpectedly, Chen Kang was very calm.
Chen Kang said: "I can teach you martial arts. However, I cannot control your thoughts. Everyone must be responsible for their own choices."
"Yang Xuyan is a descendant of the Yang family of the Great Sui Dynasty. He is very ambitious. He is likely to become the enemy of you and Kou Zhong."
"A generation has its own responsibilities. Everyone will also have their own opponents."
"I, Fu Cailin, Bi Xuan, Ning Daoqi, you juniors should not get involved in the grudges of our generation."
"You young people will have your own opponents and missions."
"My opponent, Chen Kang, is Ning Daoqi."
"Ziling, do you understand what I mean?"
Xu Ziling said: "Sir, I understand. What you mean is: people can only rely on themselves."
Chen Kang nodded and said: "As long as you understand. Practice well."
(I hurriedly rushed, but still couldn’t update before 12 o’clock in the morning. Hey. Please vote.)
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