"It's weird!"

Zhang Yurou asked a little puzzled: "Erlang and his father are both respectful and distant from Yang Xuangan, and they look very disdainful. But why do you think that the Son of Heaven will return to protect the Duke of Chu?"

"This is very simple, the current Yang Xuangan is a clay carved wooden statue placed in the court, and the Son of Heaven is about to use his person to show his benevolence and courtesy. ”

Li Shimin explained as concisely as possible: "He will naturally be magnanimous to Yang Xuangan himself, but for those who want to rely on the past, it may not be." ”

Zhang Yurou thought about it for a while, and then understood: "I see!"

"Anyway, you can find out what other illegal things are in the Chu State Mansion—"

Li Shimin finished speaking without hope, but his expression moved slightly: "And the Goguryeo side, can you help me find out the whereabouts of those ink armor weapons they seized?"

In this Liaodong War, the Great Sui suffered more than 300,000 casualties, lost armor along the way, and at least 130,000 ink armors and hundreds of thousands of instruments fell into the hands of Goguryeo.

And the latter's limited military strength is impossible, and it is impossible to use so many ink armor weapons. This is related to the population of Goguryeo, and the number of men in the prime of life is already limited, and among them, there are even fewer who have the ability to control the Mojia.

You must know that even if it is a soldier-level ink armor, it requires at least nine rank of force. The strength is at least twice as strong as that of ordinary people, and the endurance is far beyond the reach of the latter.

In addition, the ink armor brought over by the imperial army this time was not suitable for the bitter cold environment in the north. At most, it can only be used in summer and autumn, after which various problems will arise.

Therefore, Li Shimin expected that Goguryeo would definitely sell these captured ink armors to make up for its own empty national strength.

And 130,000 ink armor, even according to the armor rate of three-tenths of the local government army, is enough to equip more than 400,000 troops.

However, his request may be difficult for some strongmen, after all, the power tentacles of Qinglong Villa do not involve the place of Goguryeo.

And the country of Goguryeo is now a master, and investigating this matter requires a great risk.

It's just Zhang Yurou, but she agreed: "I'll try my best!"

In just three words, Li Shimin had already heard the weight of it, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, the more he owed Zhang Yurou, the more uneasy he felt.

After sighing slightly, Li Shimin put away all his distractions again: "And Yuwen Chengdu, there is no trace of this guy until now?"

"Nope!"

Zhang Yurou shook her head again: "The only thing I can be sure of is that Yuwen Chengdu did suffer an assassination after leaving the palace before, and then disappeared and never appeared in the eyes of others again." However, what is interesting is that Luoyang, the eastern capital, as well as Henan County, and several forces are looking for his traces. ”

This means that he is probably still alive. ”

Li Shimin's eyes flickered: "So this month, we actually still have a lot to do, don't we?"

- Continue to monitor the Blue Demon Divine Sword Sun Yan and wait for the right opportunity, investigate the lawlessness of the Duke of Chu, investigate the whereabouts of those ink armors in Goguryeo, and find the whereabouts of the Reincarnation Heavenly Eye and Yuwen Chengdu, etc., it can be said that there are a thousand clues.

And he himself can't relax, in addition to continuing to insist on martial arts cultivation, he needs to let his Dharma Protector Divine Venerable release complete combat power as soon as possible.

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In the next few days, Li Shimin's attention was attracted by his father's big moves.

His previous impression of Li Yuan has always been forbearing, modest, gentle and polite, soft-eared, forward-looking and indecisive.

But this time, his father really impressed him once. This person has not moved before, but once he moves, he is thunderous and stormy, leaving no room at all, even unscrupulous.

In just five days, in Henan County alone, there were 24 military attachés below the rank of 6, and 72 local officials were arrested and imprisoned. There are many crimes, such as greed for ink, dereliction of duty, delay in official business, or drinking alcohol during the emperor's funeral.

is different from Li Shimin, although he hates the palace to the core, when he does it, he will still distinguish between good and evil, and choose people with bad reputation and bad deeds as targets. But his father didn't care about whether he was good or bad, as long as he was under the Qi Palace, he would all be dealt a heavy blow, and even did not hesitate to directly frame and fabricate charges.

However, the heavier blow still came from the canal, and more than a dozen merchant ships under the Qi Wangfu and Mulong Villa were seized one after another in the past few days. The loss of these two families amounted to at least three million gold.

——These news, at this time, few people in the Eastern Capital City still know. The reason why Li Shimin knew in advance was not through channels within his family, but Zhang Yurou.

As he spoke, he sighed with emotion: "This time I have learned what is called the Eight Pillars Country." Before the rise of Mulong Villa in Henan, it was the share of private salt, and part of it was owned by our Qinglong Villa. But because of the Blue Demon Divine Sword Sun Yan, with King Qi as his backing, his father could only choose to retreat. But this time, they are facing Shanglingzun, whether it is black and white, the Qi Palace's Mansion is vulnerable. If this continues, I don't think it will take more than three months at most, Mulong Villa will collapse, and their trade routes will be completely cut off. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yurou said to Li Shimin in a guessing tone: "Looking at Ling Zun's methods, it doesn't look like a temporary idea. In particular, the evidence of the crime is by no means something that can be collected in a short period of time, and most of it has been planned for a long time. ”

Li Shimin also felt that he underestimated his father too much.

It's right to think about it, in the past years of the Eight Pillars Country, the era when the families of the twelve generals were withering one after another, his father was able to lead the family to gradually get out of the trough of the last years of the emperor, and once again show the trend of rising and taking off, and he could never be a mediocre and incompetent person.

However, Li Shimin suspects that this time the martial arts Li clan counterattacked, his mother is the real hero. It's hard to imagine that his father's style could have become so domineering, ruthless and ruthless, leaving no room for manoeuvre.

Yang Jin, the king of Qi, theoretically has the possibility of reaching the top of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme. But now that their grudge is next, they can only die in the future, and once King Qi ascends the throne, it will definitely be the end of the martial arts Li clan. Does his father really have the courage?

And that night, when Li Shimin returned to the Tang State Mansion, he saw seven carriages with the mark of the Qi Palace, parked on the street in front of his house.

Cao Wen, the head of the Qi Palace, led a group of entourages and dozens of cages to stand in front of the gate of the Tang Mansion, but they were not allowed to enter. This person's face was iron-blue, which made the surrounding atmosphere almost solidify, and all the entourages of the Qi Palace's entourage were all cautious and trembling.

Li Shimin glanced at Cao Wen, and then just walked into the gate as if he didn't see it. Then he unexpectedly found that the housekeeper Li Dai was sitting in the gatehouse.

"How long have these people been here??"

Li Shimin asked curiously: "Father, doesn't he want to meet?"

He knew that at this time, his father happened to be on regular vacation, and he stayed at home all day today.

"They came about noon, and it was almost three hours. ”

Li Dai didn't dare to hold up in front of Li Shimin at this time, and saluted respectfully: "I said that I came to make amends to Lord Guogong, but there is a head of the palace here, hehe-it can be seen that this Qi palace has underestimated our Lord Guogong!"

"If it weren't for that, they wouldn't have dared to search my courtyard on the night of the Thousand Autumn Festival. ”

Li Shimin also snorted coldly, and then flicked his sleeves disappreciatively: "Just let them continue to stay at the door, I'll go see my mother first-"

"Childe, please!"

Li Daigong saw Li Shimin leave, and then sat back on the recliner behind him with a leisurely expression.

"Let people pour a basin of cold water at the door, a rootless person, who is still blocking other people's doors in the middle of the night, it's just unlucky!"

Li Shimin is still Xuanwu Lou, the Dou family he saw. Then he keenly noticed that his mother's complexion was better than a few days ago.

While guessing whether this was Dou Clan, the reason for the vicious breath in the past few days, he knocked on the side, like Dou Clan inquiring into the details.

But the latter quickly gained insight into his intentions, and looked at him with a smile: "Your news is quite well-informed, and our family's action against the Qi Wangfu is now unknown to Da Lang." I have to say, Zhang Zhongjian's daughter is really affectionate to you-"

Li Shimin was embarrassed this time and didn't know how to answer.

"People have a lot of affection for you, and I hope that you won't lose her. If you really can't reciprocate, then at the beginning, you should pay attention to proportion. ”

After Dou finished admonishing, he sighed lightly again, with a look of hopelessness: "You don't have to guess much about this matter." Looting and killing the cargo ship of the Qi Palace's mansion is my arrangement. Align those henchmen in the palace, but it was your father's handiwork. He was indeed premeditated, but he hesitated and did not have a seizure. The first few times you were searched in the other hospital, it happened to be the reason. He Li Shude has softened all his life, but this time made me slightly satisfied. Of course, you also have a credit for that—"

When Dou said this, he couldn't help but look at his second son with appreciation: "Your father came back and told me, saying that although you are young, you can see the pattern of knowledge, but you are already very comparable. Those words made perfect sense, and he didn't hesitate anymore. ”

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, and then he only felt that the long-suppressed resentment in his heart suddenly dissipated a lot.

I thought to myself, Xuanba, Xuanba, father, he still hasn't forgotten you after all. I am also thinking in my heart to avenge you.

If it weren't for the unwillingness, how could Li Yuan make so many preparations in advance?

At this time, Dou took out another jade slip and threw it in front of him. Li Shimin took it in his hand, and after a while, he looked at his mother in surprise.