Chapter 116: Assassination The captive sacrifice ceremony is over, and the last ceremony is to share the sacrifices, under the auspices of Zongzheng, the remaining sacrifices of the ancestors will be distributed to each family, one is to show frugality, and the other shares the sacrifices, which is equivalent to letting everyone share the luck of the Tang Dynasty, which can be regarded as a gift.
However, the sharing of sacrifices is carried out within the royal family, and the sharing of sacrifices is dirty, and everyone has different identities and statuses, so it is naturally impossible to distribute them evenly - even if Li Daozong wants to divide them equally, what should Li Shimin do?
Do you want him to share as much as the rest?
Even if Li Shimin is not considered, it is not advisable to distribute it evenly - oh, I performed so well last year, and I have made a contribution to the country, I should occupy a larger share, why should I rate the sacrifice with others?
But if one person has more and one person has less, then do you think the person with less will be satisfied—oh, everyone is royal, why do you have more than mine?
Now that you have only given me such a small sacrifice, then I have no face, how can I brag with my friends when I go back?
These people are all royals, some of them are still Li Shimin's elders, they are not afraid of heaven and earth, no one can afford to provoke them, they really want to annoy them, they really dare to make trouble in Taimiao, once the trouble starts, it is enough to give Li Daozong and Li Shimin a headache for a few days.
Even if they don't make trouble on the spot, they will keep this matter in their hearts, and then Zongzheng will offend people.
Therefore, sharing sacrifices is actually a rather offending job, and it is also one of Li Daozong's least favorite links, but his identity is doomed, and this matter belongs to him.
In the past, it was okay, because in the past, the sacrifices to the Taimiao were held within the imperial court, and even the spectators were rarely invited, let alone the people, in such an environment, the sharing of sacrifices was also carried out within the royal family, even if Li Daozong was biased, the royal family made a fuss and outsiders could not see it.
But not now.
Now, in full view of everyone, not only civil and military officials and envoys from various countries, but also tens of thousands of people watching the ceremony, in case they make a fuss......
Those who make trouble may be punished, but as the leader, Li Daozong can't please him, and at least one demotion and punishment are indispensable.
So Li Daozong thought about it, simply, the prisoner sacrifice ceremony is almost over, let's drive away the people who watched the excitement, and then proceed to the last step.
That is, when the army began to drive people away, Li Daozong, who turned around and cut the sacrifice with a knife, suddenly caught a blind glimpse of a flash of fire in the evacuated crowd out of the corner of his eye......
This firelight Li Daozong is too familiar with, and just a few days ago, he took it out to play with - it was the musket designed and manufactured by Li Zhen's arsenal.
Muskets are not uncommon in Datang, not only the general single-shot musket has been equipped with the army, but also the arsenal has semi-automatic rifles, and even now even fully automatic submachine guns have been manufactured.
The one in Li Daozong's hand is a semi-automatic rifle, although it is limited by the serious shortage of bullets, but this does not prevent Li Daozong from taking it out every day to play with it.
So he was very familiar with the muzzle flame, and at least he glanced at it and immediately recognized it.
How could there be muskets here?
Could it be an assassin?
Who was the target of the Assassins?
Your Majesty?
Or the crown prince?
No matter, protect Your Majesty first.
Li Daozong, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, figured everything out almost instantly, and then fell on Li Shimin's body without hesitation and pressed him under him.
"Woo~" It wasn't until this time that the sound of gunshots reached everyone's ears, but this had nothing to do with Li Daozong.
"Boom!"
There was another violent explosion, and the bullet hit Li Daozong accurately, and then there was a violent explosion, accompanied by the explosion, and a thick yellow smoke diffused - it turned out that this bullet was not an ordinary bullet, but was specially designed by skilled craftsmen, and the explosives were hidden in the warhead, and once it touched the object, it would immediately explode violently.
Li Daozong was directly hit in the back, and half of his body was blown to pieces, but his protection was not useless, Li Shimin had his block, and he escaped with his life.
But the crisis at this time was not resolved, although the explosion was blocked by Li Daozong, but in a hurry, Li Shimin inhaled a puff of yellow smoke - no one thought that a small bullet was actually designed by a craftsman with two mechanisms, even if the bomb could not kill people, this yellow violent poisonous gas was enough to kill people within Fang Yuan's battle, which can be described as extremely vicious.
All this seemed to take a long time, but in fact it only took two breaths, and it was only at this time that the guards next to him suddenly reacted, immediately protecting everyone behind, and at the same time flicking their sleeves to stir up the air, blocking the yellow smoke that spread out because of the explosion.
The reaction of the guards was fast, but the reaction speed of the people was not slow, and after the guards protected Li Shimin, they all woke up one by one and began to flee in all directions, shouting and screaming as they ran, but it also caused greater chaos.
"There are assassins, everyone run away."
"Help, I don't want to die."
"Who's going to save me, my foot is broken......
Ah......h "Don't step on me, who will help me?"
"Get out of the way, let Lao Tzu go first." “……” Under the instigation of some people, the people panicked more urgently, rushed to flee, and wanted to leave here, but tens of thousands of people crowded together, disorderly chaos, can only cause greater chaos, and trampling incidents occur from time to time.
"There's an assassin, take over."
"Everyone, protect Your Majesty."
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't worry, I'll protect you."
"The assassin is over there, I just saw the flames." “……” The common people rushed like headless flies, and the nobles behaved very well, and some were even ready to lie on Li Zhen's body, ready to use their bodies to defend Li Zhen from the shadows - of course, such protection was useless, but added a lot of chaos.
"Everyone is quiet, all the troops immediately control the situation, build a line of defense at the Suzaku Gate, no one is allowed to leave until the killer is found, if anyone forcibly breaks through the defense line, they will be killed; Immediately verify the identity of the people present, there must be two acquaintances to prove each other, otherwise they will be immediately imprisoned, but those who resist will be killed; A part of the army was assigned to patrol the scene, and those who stirred up the emotions of the people with the intention of causing chaos were immediately killed. ” Just when everyone was panicking and vinegaring, a voice sounded, and it immediately gave everyone a backbone.