Chapter 553: House of Flying Daggers
After hearing such rumors, Shi Lei knew that the Chang'an city would definitely not be calm, but it was not easy to judge which force deliberately wanted to mess up. Both Hou Junji and Li Zhi were a little suspicious, but they could not be sure that they were doing it. There were not only those who were secretly waiting for Li Shimin's rebellion. Anyone who had something to do with the royal family could not rule out this possibility.
So there is no hope for the time being to trace the root cause. I believe that Li Shimin is more anxious than everyone else, and he must have arranged a lot of light and dark forces to find out the mastermind behind the scenes.
Of course, Shi Lei could not think that this was not the case, and continued to enjoy his little life with peace of mind. Although everything was as usual on the surface, the level of alert at home has been upgraded to a state of combat readiness, because Shi Lei always felt that a big turmoil was inevitable, but it was not easy to determine which intensity and level to reach. Anyway, it was inevitable that people would be forced to turn around.
What Shi Lei can really do is to ensure that his own retreat can be kept unobstructed under any circumstances and ensure the safety of his family members is always the first priority. With this premise, Shi Lei can deal with all possibilities with peace of mind.
There is no way, Shi Lei will still be worried. There is a shadow of Li Chengqian behind this matter, or he will take advantage of this opportunity to do something. Shi Lei is also afraid that Li Chengqian will really embark on the path of no return in history. He, a firm princeling, will inevitably end up with a tragic ending of death and death.
However, his retreat was really good. Shi Lei did not take his family away without hesitation when he just noticed the bad signs. Instead, he was a little calm and composed as he sat down to watch the ups and downs. He did not reveal it in front of his family. He just privately explained several high-level actors to make them ready to respond at any time.
Several senior officials also expressed optimism about their own situation, because their current strength is really not as strong as ordinary.
The Sichuan-Chongqing direction, which has been operating for a long time and is the most solid and reliable, has huge potential. The grassland direction that has been laid out has also not weak, and it also provides more possibilities and greater depth for this line.
At night, there are many southeast coastal directions, and their strength is not weak. Moreover, because of the existence of its own powerful fleet that made the pirates scared, the entire sea is almost turned into its own back garden. When we really came to the sea, the depth was infinite, and the Shi family had more destinations to choose from.
Finally, the northeast direction with the shortest development time has become the strongest direction for the Shi family on land. There is the Taihang Mountains that have completed the actual unification and integration as a transit station, and Xiong Xiong, who is no longer the same as before, which is enough to ensure the safety of the Shi family.
Xiong Xiong has now officially become the co-lord of all Black Water Marines. Between the vast white mountains and black waters, he can be said to be like a local emperor. However, he did not rush to expand outward. Instead, he still followed Shi Lei's steady demands to integrate the power within the clan, and strive to be united.
Afterwards, he and a group of powerful subordinates led it, the Black Water Marine itself is not short of warriors. It is really not a big problem to eat up other tribes around.
With so many aid supporters and spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, Shi Lei could continue to be his rich man with peace of mind.
This leisurely life made him gain a lot. His three wives gave birth to children one after another. The Yu Linglong sisters had another pair of twins, but this time they lost one. Cheng Chuyue also gave birth to a cute daughter for Shi Lei. Now the three of them all had both children, and they gave birth to a pair of peanuts together, which happened to make up a few pairs of good words.
Shi Lei must be satisfied with this and can't be satisfied anymore. He smiles on his face every day without stopping. But this is what Shi Lei is most unhappy about the people behind him.
I am busy enjoying family happiness. You have to jump out and cause some trouble for others. This is a pity. Everyone is calm. Isn’t it good to live your own life well? Why do you have to do these messy things?
Then Shi Lei's good mood was interrupted again and again. It took less than a year, so how much happened?
First, Wei Zheng, who was called "Man Mirror" by Li Shimin, died of illness. Fortunately, this time, he did not let Li Shimin know that Wei Zheng had always recorded their conversations, and used his name as Li Shimin to win his reputation, so there was no such thing as Li Shimin settled the future.
Although Wei Zheng's death was a considerable loss for the Tang Dynasty, what really hurts is the undefeated war god of the Tang Dynasty. Li Jing, who can be said to be the Dinghai Dingjian needle of the Empire, actually passed away shortly afterwards. It really makes people sigh and sigh.
Then Chang'an City cannot be said to be mourning in the whole city. It is not long after a long time, news of the death of important officials will come. There is no way. They followed the Tang Dynasty to fight for the east for so many years, and now they are really old. Many people can even live a long life in this era.
Originally, such news only made Shi Lei and the others feel sad for a moment. It seems that they are getting used to it. At most, it will sigh that time is not waiting for anyone, but something happened immediately, which is closely related to Shi Lei and the others. Li Junxian was demoted!
This is an authentic military general, and now he is the most important person in charge of guarding the imperial city and the guardian of Xuanwu Gate where Li Shimin started his career.
More importantly, he, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Shubao and others, went from Wagang Army to Wang Shichong to the command of Wang Shichong, but he couldn't stand this man like an eight-mistress, and joined the Tang Dynasty at the last battle and became Li Shimin's confidant.
In other words, he is actually from the military general group where Cheng Yaojin and others are, and is considered to be the power of Shi Lei and others. His demotion will definitely have some impact on his strength here.
Compared with the official rhetoric and the temporary exile that Lao Yue and the others have made, Shi Lei knows the fundamental reason, but it is not because of the rumor that has been causing a lot of trouble before.
The unlucky Li Junxian was named "General Wuwei", and his title was "Wulian County Duke", and his subordinate county was "Wu'an County", and all had the word "Wu" but his nickname was actually "Five Lady". Li Shimin did not suspect that he had a ghost. In such a matter, he must have been killed by the wrong person and was not spared, so he was unlucky and became a wronged soul under the knife.
Cheng Yaojin and the others were still thinking about ways to see if they could come back from Li Junxian. Shi Lei simply told Lao Yue about this as his own guess, and Cheng Yaojin was stunned.
Shi Lei felt that there were enough troubles during this period, so many that he wanted to cut the mischievous ball behind the scenes now. But this was not over yet. News came from the horse farm that had been very quiet on the Buddhist temple, which had been very quiet, and recently he had started to find fault with his own prosperous industries.
The manager of the horse farm was really unable to resist it. The opponent seemed to have a very high level of attack. He couldn't even handle the manager himself, so he had to ask Shi Lei for help.
I heard that the other party opened his mouth and the conditions were quite excessive. They either returned their temple-produced land or had to pay rent for them. These are all conditions that Shi Lei could not agree to.
Shi Lei, who has been very annoyed recently, almost took people to give their temples a shot. However, considering that his influence is indeed stronger than him, he had to hurried towards him with his men. If he is too impatient, he doesn't mind beating these bald donkeys who are not good at learning, and Shi Lei is secretly ruthless.
Chapter completed!