The plot in the palace came to an end for the time being, and Li Hongyun turned his attention to Yuchi Jingde's mansion again.

He didn't take a closer look at what was going on here before, but now he zoomed in and took a closer look, and Li Hongyun almost laughed out loud.

Because that spot of light lingering outside Yuchi Jingde's mansion for a long time turned out to be an assassin!

Obviously, after the crown prince and King Qi failed to win over Yuchi Jingde, they used other methods.

If you can't win over him, then assassinate him.

Yuchi Jingde had a very high status in the palace of the King of Qin, and he was the absolute supporter and right-hand man of the King of Qin.

Looking back in hindsight, Yuchi Jingde indeed exerted great energy in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, and he was the first to be rewarded for his merits.

There is nothing wrong with the decision made by the Crown Prince and King Qi. The only problem is...

Assassinate Yuchi Jingde?

What kind of brain circuit can produce this genius idea?

Yuchi Jingde opened all the doors in his house, did not arrange any guards, and slept soundly in his room.

The assassin was very moved after seeing Yuchi Jingde being so magnanimous, so he woke Yuchi Jingde and explained his purpose.

The two actually became friends of life and death.

Afterwards, Yuchi Jingde treated the assassin well, treated him with great courtesy, and then sent him away.

Seeing this scene, Li Hongyun frowned slightly again.

This is obviously a bit too idealistic and is obviously the result of interpretation of the novel.

With Li Hongyun's intervention, this scene became more common sense.

Yuchi Jingde knew in advance that the assassin was coming to assassinate him, so he opened all the doors in his home and slept soundly.

But this is not to show his magnanimity to the assassin and try to impress the assassin with his loyalty, but more like an empty city tactic.

Opening all the doors completely contrary to common sense is actually a hint to the assassin: I already know that you are coming to assassinate me.

But not only did I not guard against you, I also opened the door and let you come in as you pleased.

So, do you dare to assassinate me?

Li Hongyun put himself into the assassin's perspective and found that being assigned this job was quite unlucky.

Assassination of Yuchi Jingde? What did the prince and King Qi think?

Although the King of Qi was not very good at fighting, his personal force value was not low. As a result, Yuchi Jingde sparred with him and snatched the gun from his hand as if it were a game, and even took it three times in a row.

Such a murderous person, who is almost considered to be the ceiling of martial arts in the world, assassinates people...

As a result, the assassin lingered outside Yuchi Jingde's mansion for a long time, and finally gave up.

He did not think that he could successfully assassinate Yuchi Jingde without his knowledge.

Although Yuchi Jingde appeared to be sound asleep and snoring loudly, who knows if he was pretending to sleep?

A general who can survive a hundred battles on a bloody battlefield, has fought many tough battles, and seen many conspiracies, will he really be defenseless?

I'm afraid that if I enter the mansion, I will be ambushed immediately.

In this way, the second operation against Yuchi Jingde also ended in failure.

After the relatively gentle poaching in the first stage, the prince and the king of Qi had realized their own disadvantages, so they changed their strategies.

Judging from these two actions, it seems that they failed.

Liang Gaozu did not accuse the King of Qin, and Yuchi Jingde was not assassinated.

But in fact, the prince's and King Qi's strategy had already worked, because they had planted a seed in Liang Gaozu's heart.

Soon, this seed will take root and sprout.

Soon after, the prince and the king of Qi took action again. This time, they were still targeting Yuchi Jingde, but the method became a false accusation.

As expected, Yuchi Jingde was imprisoned by Liang Gaozu. The King of Qin went to the palace and begged, and finally he was fished out.

Although Yuchi Jingde was fished out due to the hard work of the King of Qin, this has already sent an extremely bad signal.

Maybe next time, other heroes in Prince Qin's palace will not have such good luck.

As countless light points flickered, military reports from the north were sent to the palace, and were learned by the prince, King Qin and King Qi one after another.

Two crucial pieces of news began to stir up the situation.

The first one is Taibai Jingtian.

In other words, Taibai Venus appears in the midday position due south in the sky during broad daylight.

Taishi Ling wrote: "When Taibai sees the division of Qin, the King of Qin should rule the world."

The second one is that the Turks began to break into the border fortress and surrounded Wucheng.

These two incidents together constituted the trigger for the Xuanwumen Incident, and the conflict between the two sides instantly became fierce.

In fact, in the previous process, a lot of things happened in Li Hongyun's field of vision, but after all, his energy was limited and he could only focus on part of it.

At this time, these two major events had almost disturbed the entire situation in Chang'an City, and it was impossible for him to ignore them even if he wanted to.

From a modern perspective, a simple celestial phenomenon such as Taibai Jingtian is not of the same level as the influence of the Turkic invasion. After all, one is a normal celestial phenomenon, illusory and will not affect reality, while the other

It is a real border trouble.

But in the eyes of people at the time, the former was obviously much more serious than the latter.

Because the ancients believed in the unity of nature and man, they believed that celestial phenomena often heralded some major events.

When everyone from the emperor to the people firmly believes in something, even if it is illusory, its influence will exceed many things that actually happen in reality.

And Tai Shi Ling's memorial was almost like directly handing a knife to the prince.

For the King of Qin, the statement "When Taibai sees that Qin is divided, the King of Qin will rule the world" can be said to imply murderous intentions, and big things will happen if he is not careful.

As for why this matter is so serious, it is because this celestial phenomenon is too coincidental.

Taibai Jingtian, in the eyes of the ancients, was a precursor to a major event or a change in power. In ancient times, there was a saying: "Taibai Jingtian, the world is in revolution, and the people are replacing their kings. This is because of disorder and discipline, and the people are in exile. The day sees and the sun strives for brightness."

, the saying goes that a strong country is weak, a small country is strong, and the heroine is prosperous.

What's worse is that this time, the positions of Taibai Jingtian and Taibai Venus in the sky correspond to the land of Qin.

The ancient astronomical theory matched the twenty-eight constellations with the entire territory of China, which became a powerful support for the theory of induction between heaven and man.

For example, poems such as "We go to the Li Well and look up to the breath" and "The stars divide into wings, and the earth connects to Henglu" all use the stars in the sky to refer to the direction of the underground.

And the celestial phenomenon of Taibai Jingtian appears, and it happens to appear in the position corresponding to the land of Qin, so the conclusion of this celestial phenomenon is quite clear in mysticism: the King of Qin should rule the world.

Strictly speaking from the perspective of the theory of induction between heaven and man, Taishi Ling's inference is reasonable and well-founded, and there is basically no room for refutation.

Taibai Jingtian means the change of dynasties, strong countries are weak, and small countries are strong. As emperor, Liang Gaozu was of course the stronger one, so who was going to replace him?

Taibai Venus appears again in the position corresponding to Qin, which is self-evident.

When Liang Gaozu heard this rhetoric, it is completely understandable that he was furious.

So he quickly summoned King Qin to the palace to find out what happened.

If King Qin cannot give a reasonable answer, the consequences will be serious.

In fact, it was basically impossible for the King of Qin to give a reasonable answer. What else could he say other than to argue that he had no intention of rebellion? Is it necessary to popularize modern astronomy knowledge to Liang Gaozu?

At this time, the Turks invaded, giving the prince and King Qi an excellent opportunity to take action.

The prince recommended to Liang Gaozu that King Qi should replace King Qin, and the commander-in-chief commanded all armies to march north to resist the Turkic invasion.

More importantly, he also asked Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong and other famous generals from the Qin Palace to go with him.

He even had to review and select the elite soldiers under the King of Qin to enhance the strength of his own army.

If the prince had used Liang Gaozu to continuously separate the famous ministers of the Qin Palace and send them to the local areas to do so in a relatively covert manner, then taking advantage of the opportunity of the Turks' invasion, they completely showed off their cards and stopped pretending.

King Qi's departure was equivalent to cutting off King Qin's wings and taking away all the generals who were truly loyal to him.

At that time, King Qi did not need to seriously fight against the Turks. He only needed to use the military orders of the court to firmly tie these generals to his hands.

In this situation, Yuchi Jingde and others could only endure and could not do anything, because if they acted rashly, the King of Qi could use the excuse of disobeying military orders to kill them.

After King Qin's wings were cut off, it would be much easier for the prince to take action again.

After all, in Chang'an City at this time, with Liang Gaozu constantly trying to sidestep the situation, the actual armed force controlled by the prince was more than that of the King of Qin.

The entire city of Chang'an instantly became tense.
Chapter completed!