As soon as these words came out, Li Yong acted as if he had not heard anything and remained calm and silent. However, Pei Luo, who was strong in strength, looked very interested. He leaned forward and raised his eyebrows with one hand, saying: "According to what you said, all descendants of Li Shimin's lineage are very good." Zhengshuo, only Li Jiancheng’s child is the right one?”
Li Yong snorted and said: "Brothers Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng are right and who is wrong. We are both sons of Li Yuan. Li Shimin became the emperor and founded the Zhenguan rule. Who in the world still remembers that there was a hidden prince?" Li Jiancheng."
After Taizong came to the throne, he first made Li Jiancheng the king of Xi, with the posthumous title Yin, and Li Yuanjijiang the king of Hailing, with the posthumous title La, and he was the king of Hailing La. According to the posthumous law: "The country where the corpse is not shown is called Yin. Seeing the beauty of Jian Chang is called Yin. Being obsessed with it is called stab, and not thinking about forgetting love is called stab. They are all evil posthumous titles. But after Li Shimin established his position in the country, he showed kindness to his two dead brothers.
In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin made the prince Li Fu the king of Zhao, and adopted Li Jiancheng as his heir. Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi issued an edict during the Xianqing period, ordering his youngest brother Cao Wang Li Ming to adopt his late uncle Li Yuanji as his heir.
In the 16th year of Zhenguan, an edict was issued to restore the title of Prince Xiyin Li Jiancheng to Crown Prince, and changed the title of Prince Li Yuanji of Hailingla to King Chao. The posthumous title remained unchanged, so later generations called them "Prince Yin" and "King Chaolan". Their status during their lifetimes was restored, but their evil posthumous titles were still with them.
Naturally, Li Yong could not call Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng by their first names, so he called Li Jiancheng Prince Yin.
Gao Buwei said: "Li Jiancheng's son is no longer alive. Even the name of this prince cannot be verified, but his descendants have continued. To say that his descendants jumped out to fight for the imperial power is just a fantasy. But this person can be used as an excellent chess piece."
Ye Hu and Yijijian looked at each other and said, "...chess piece?"
The powerful Pei Luo turned to the second prince and said: "It is indeed an excellent chess piece. If you think about it carefully, if someone wants to rebel but is afraid that his master will be unknown, he can use this chess piece, just like Xiang Liang's uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty and finding Chu Huai The king's descendant Xiong Xin was appointed as the king of Chu. At that time, Xiong Xin was just a shepherd boy with no power, but Xiang Liang used him to make the people of Chu respond and eventually overthrew the Qin Dynasty."
Yi Dijian said: "My grandson understands, An Lushan's rebellion just wanted an excuse, and this built descendant is the perfect excuse!"
Ye Hu said: "It's not just a good excuse. This heir has no foundation. Not only can he stand up, but he is also easy to destroy. I remember that Xiong Xin, the King of Chu, was killed by Xiang Yu with an excuse after overthrowing the Qin Dynasty."
Bone Strength Pei Luo nodded and said: "Well said, Ye Hu's grandson did not read the history books in vain! Li Shimin once said, "Seeing the gains and losses of the king in front of you is the tortoise mirror in the body." You should read more history books of the Han people, as they are full of power and wisdom. "
Dugu Xiang covered his mouth and smiled at Jiang Shuo: "I think this powerful King Pei Luohan looks like me. He never misses any opportunity to educate his descendants."
Jiang Shuo said: "Both princes are quite knowledgeable, but Yi Jian is eager to be utilitarian, and Ye Hu seems to be more tolerant."
Over there, Gao Bujie said: "The first thing I thought about was looking for the descendants of Li Jiancheng. But what I wanted was to preserve the bloodline of Li Tang."
Yiji Jianqi said: "Li Tang's bloodline has not been cut off, so why do we need to look for Li Jiancheng's descendants to continue it?"
Gao Buwei said: "That's now. When the Empress proclaimed herself the emperor, many of the Li Tang royal family were slaughtered. As early as the Second Saint period when Gao Zong was still on the throne, some ministers in the court were worried that Li Tang would be cut off by Wu Zhao. Therefore, Only then did they come up with the idea of going to the Western Regions to look for Li Jiancheng's descendants. This matter was quite secretive. The idea of these ministers was to find this bloodline and protect it secretly, and then make a decision based on the changes in the situation in the DPRK. If the Wu family really came to the throne and claimed power After killing all the descendants of Li Tang, this bloodline will become the last object of allegiance of Li Tang's loyal ministers and patriots. If the Wu family does not usurp the throne, they will never mention this matter."
Bone Strength Pei Luo muttered: "This is the first time I have heard of this. However, when Wu Zhao and Li Zhi were in the same palace, sixty or seventy years had passed since the Xuanwu Gate Incident. I guess the bloodline of Li Jiancheng is not that easy to find. .”
Gao Buwei said: "It's really hard to find. The first person we went to look for in the Western Region was Pei Xingjian, the general manager of the Dingxiang Road March."
Ye Hudao said: "When Gaozong Li Zhi was preparing to make Wu Zhao his queen, Pei Xingjian, who was the magistrate of Chang'an at the time, had an affair with Gu Ming.
The ministers Sun Wuji and Chu Suiliang secretly discussed the matter and were demoted to the post of Chief of the Governor's Office of Xizhou. This man is indeed the backbone of the royal party. "
Gao Buwei said: "In the first year of Tiaolu, Pei Xingjian was ordered to lead an army of 300,000 to attack the Turkic rebellion. He also secretly had a mission to find the heirs of Li Jiancheng. Later, Pei Xingjian used a trick to lure the Turkic leaders to surrender and easily put down the rebellion, but he did not After he found Jiancheng, he returned to the court and resumed his life, but due to the rejection by the rear party, he soon died in depression. Until his death, he did not get the slightest news about Jiancheng's heirs."
Ye Hu said: "So Pei Xingjian still has people left in the Western Region to continue to investigate this matter."
Gao Buwei said: "That's natural. Pei Xingjian had a deputy named Wang Fangyi. Before Pei Xingjian left, he left him to build a city by the Sushui River. Wang Fangyi was a famous general of his generation and was the best at building and defending cities. The Sushui River is also known as the Suiye River. The city built by Wang Fangyi was named "Broken Leaf City". "
Yi Dijian said: "Suiye City is the westernmost of the four towns in Anxi. Unexpectedly, it has been less than seventy years since the city was founded."
Gao Buwei said: "The two princes are quite familiar with our cities and generals in the Western Regions." He glanced meaningfully at Guli Peiluo. If Guli Peiluo really had no interest in Anxi as he said, why did he Future generations will know the geography and personnel of Anxi so clearly.
Bone Strength Pei Luo chuckled, ignoring Gao Buwei's eyes, and said: "Gao Buwei, you'd better finish your story first."
Gao Bujie said: "But the Empress had so many spies, how could she know nothing about what the Imperial Party was doing? Although Wang Fangyi had repeatedly made military exploits, he was still demoted and died on the road to exile in Yazhou. After the Empress ascended the throne, she raided the Imperial Party Party, almost everyone who knew about this plan was slaughtered."
Yi Dijian said: "Ah... Could it be that the matter of finding Li Jiancheng's heir has just been settled?"
Ye Hu said: "Brother, don't be anxious. As Mr. Gao said before, we will definitely find it in the end. Just wait for him to continue talking."
Dugu Xiang said with a smile: "This Prince Yijijian is really impatient and not as calm as his elder brother."
Jiang Shuo, however, was completely immersed in this story and did not answer Dugu Xiang's words.
Gao Bujie said: "Yes, it has to be said that in the first year of Huahuolu, Pei Xingjian went on an expedition. In addition to overtly suppressing the rebellion and covertly searching for people, he also had another mission, which was to escort the Prince of Persia, Ni Nianshi, back to Khorasan to rebuild Persia. However, because of Empress Wu's After opposing the rebellion, Pei Xingjian returned to the court with his troops. There was no hope for Ni Nianshi to return to the country but he did not return to Chang'an. He stayed in Tochar for twenty years. When he finally returned to Chang'an, it is said that he brought Jiancheng's bloodline with him. "
Ye Hu said: "The clay kneader returned to Chang'an twenty years later. It should have been the end of the empress's reign."
Gao Buwei said: "To be precise, it was the first year of Emperor Zhongzong Jinglong's reign."
Ye Hu said: "Oh... the empress has returned to the Li Tang royal family, so the heirs who have been built are no longer needed."
Gao Buwei nodded and said, "Yes, but this heir is quite troublesome. Master Mu can't kill him, but he can't leave him alone to prevent him from being used by people with ulterior motives..."
When he mentioned "people with ulterior motives," Dugu Xiang couldn't hold it back and burst into laughter. Gao Bujiang couldn't help but turn his head to look at her.
The bone-strength Pei Luo smiled and said: "The boys below are all spoiled by me, Mr. Gao, don't blame me."
Gao Buwei glared at Dugu Xiang fiercely before continuing: "He can only hide people..."
Jiang Shuo's heart suddenly felt like a flash of clarity - it turned out that the Silla guard Jin Silan in the palace heard the secret that could not be said and cannot be destroyed when the clay master Weiye met with Zhongzong, which was the secret of establishing an heir! The secret he asked the Nestorian Dharma King to keep from generation to generation must be the hiding place of this descendant or a token of identity.
Gao Bujie didn't know what Jiang Shuo was thinking, so he continued: "When Master Ni found this heir, the child was only five or six years old. Master Clay died of illness soon after returning to Chang'an, and he is now four years old." In his early teens."
Jing Zhencheng suddenly said in a trembling voice: "So, the big secret brought back by the Clay Master is such a big living person! And this person is still living in the Tang Dynasty."
Jing Zhencheng's Chinese accent was quite different from that of the Huihe people. Gao Buwei couldn't help but look him up and down curiously, and said, "Yes, of course he is still in the Tang Dynasty."
Guilty, but..."
Jing Zhencheng didn't wait for Gao Bujie to finish, and interrupted him with a trembling voice: "In this way, this matter has nothing to do with Japan's sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty!"
Gao Bujie was confused and said with an awkward smile: "What Japan? What envoy to Tang Dynasty? What are you talking about, my dear friend?"
Jing Zhencheng said to Li Yong: "Li Envoy, did you hear this? This matter has nothing to do with Japan's sending an envoy to the Tang Dynasty from beginning to end!"
Jing Zhencheng's accent was strange. Li Yong had already heard that the Uighur in front of him was disguised by the Japanese Jing Zhencheng. He sighed with a pale face and said: "Yes... Yong is very wrong about this! Everything is actually It was just a coincidence that the visit of the envoy from the Tang Dynasty coincided with the return of the clay kneader to the capital in the same year, and the sudden return of the envoy from the Tang Dynasty is suspicious..." ap.
Jing Zhencheng suddenly stood up and said: "If someone is suspicious, we should investigate it! Is it possible to kill four hundred people at will just because of suspicion?"
Gao Bujie was confused and said: "My dear friend, what are you talking about... What is going on with Mr. Li?"
Jing Zhencheng did not reply to him, but stared at Li Yong with burning eyes. Li Yong's eyes were both calm and sad, and he said to Jing Zhencheng: "Jing Lang, Yong has been upright in his life. Although he does not know martial arts, he often acts as a chivalrous man." I have claimed to be the leader of the world for forty years. It can be said that killing people is not justified, but I have no regrets in my heart. I am the only one who made a complete mistake in sending the Japanese envoy to the Tang Dynasty. I caused four hundred people to die unjustly, all of which were Yong's crimes... Lang, I will let you handle me today without any complaints."
Jing Zhencheng stretched out his hand to pull out the knife, only to find that the long knife was not under his side. He was so angry at the moment that he couldn't care about anything. He turned around and ran towards Dugu Xiang in the corridor, shouting hoarsely: "Give me the knife!"
