"Report!"
At the same time.
A hurried voice sounded outside the imperial study.
Li Shimin, who was worrying about what to do, was startled. He hurriedly said, "Speak!"
The imperial guard at the door hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, someone with the identity card of the Chancellor of White Deer College just sent a message!"
Li Shimin's face suddenly lit up. He hurriedly said, "Speak quickly."
"President Zhang said that this time the enemy seemed to have left in a hurry. Maybe they didn't plan to move in advance. So the accident in Zhang Shan's mansion in East City today was just for the child. The purpose was to prepare for the evacuation."
Hearing this,
Li Shimin and the others' faces instantly changed.
Wei Zheng directly exclaimed.
"What?"
"This … when did this message come?"
"And, what else did he say?"
Hearing this, the imperial guard looked at Li Shimin and then at Wei Zheng. Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "D 'an, it's fine."
Hearing this, the imperial guard continued, "This happened two hours ago. I heard that when he was in Chang 'an City, the guards of Chang' an City did not allow him to enter. It was only when General Cheng showed up that he was allowed to enter. It seems that he was delayed for more than four hours …"
Hearing this, Li Shimin was speechless.
He was so angry that he slapped the table and shouted, "Damn it! Give the order that all the guards guarding the city gate of Chang 'an will be suspended for a year. Tomorrow morning, no one will receive 30 beatings!"
At such a critical moment, if this matter wasn't important, why would Zhang Feng personally send someone to deliver the message?
This was simply …
Preposterous!
Li Shimin was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.
Seeing this, Wei Zheng hurriedly advised, "Your Majesty, the situation inside and outside the city tonight is unknown. It is understandable for the city guard to do this. If the person who was let in is an enemy spy, it is also unknown. Let's listen to what he has to say first, what do you think?"
Li Shimin nodded.
"Continue."
At this time, that imperial guard said while trembling with fear, "That person said, Principal Zhang said, this underground palace definitely still has some secrets that haven't been taken away, so tonight, there will definitely be people who will come to take some things back. Moreover, these things are definitely things that can expose that person …"
"Report!"
At this moment.
Another Chamberlain of Imperial Insignia rushed over and interrupted Li Shimin.
Li Shimin waved his hand. "What is it?"
"Your Majesty, Chang 'an's Chunming Gate, Yanxing Gate, and Yanping Gate are on fire. The shops along the streets of the Eastern and Western Markets are all on fire. The Guang Residence next to the Eastern Palace and Yong Chang's Second Market Square are also on fire …"
"What?!"
Li Shimin was shocked when he heard this.
So many places were on fire at once.
This was definitely not a normal occurrence.
It was definitely a backup plan prepared by someone.
Li Shimin hastily ordered, "Order all the soldiers and city guards to put out the fire as soon as possible!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The fire at the city gate was a matter of losing face. More importantly, they did not know if there were other hidden reasons behind it. More importantly, the person just now said that there was something important in the underground palace. These three city gates were almost all unimportant city gates.
Even in such a situation tonight, the troops deployed by Li Shimin were only a few hundred.
Most of the soldiers were concentrated at the few important city gates.
But who would have thought that this person would actually choose to attack these city gates that were not used in a normal day?
These city gates were almost all used by the people in the city for farming, cattle, and lambs. Usually, only people who poured night incense would go in and out a few times.
These city gates were more or less forgotten by Li Shimin already.
But now?
All of the city gates that he had set up were fine. Only this place had a problem.
Also.
It was the Eastern and Western Markets. This place was an important commercial area of Chang 'an City. It was a big deal if this place was on fire.
Li Shimin had no choice but to put out the fire.
As for the Guang Residence and Yong Chang's Second Market, these places were closest to the Eastern Palace.
At this moment, these places didn't seem to be connected at all.
But Li Shimin, who was looking at the map, suddenly realized the importance of these places. If he didn't put out the fire, it would definitely cause irreparable losses.
More importantly, Li Shimin's face had been slapped so hard that it sounded like a slap!
This was the most fatal.
And …
Once the fire was put out, it would definitely disperse all the soldiers in the city, which also meant that all his plans would be ruined …
What exactly were these people trying to do?
Li Shimin's face was terrifyingly gloomy.
At this moment, he was staring at a few places on the map. But his eyes were fixed on Yong Jia Lane in the city!
This was the main point.
If Feng Zi's guess was right, then what this person wanted to do was nothing more than to create an opportunity for them like what happened at Zhang Shan's residence today!
When he thought of this.
Li Shimin pulled out the sword hanging on the pillar of the imperial study and shouted angrily, "Come, follow me out of the palace. I want to see what kind of trouble this thief is trying to cause tonight!"
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